Planet Word: Igniting Minds with the Versatility of Language
• July 11, 2024

Planet Word is fun! If you want a way to connect words to pictures in a child’s mind, Planet Word has it. Through demonstration, performance, listening, watching, practice and speech, a tour through one of Washington, […]

RalRosa’s 3rd Rum & Rose at Hillwood
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The third time proved a charm for the supportive guests who came together for the Watson family RalRosa Foundation’s  Third Annual Rum & Rose event held at the former residence […]

Weekend Roundup (July 11-July 14)
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We’re in the heat of summer now and there are lots of things to do this weekend! Go swing dancing at the Wharf and cool off at a happy hour […]

Covering, and Uncovering, Carole King
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A few years back, this Late Boomer went with some Early Boomers to see “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” on Broadway. It was my sister’s birthday gift to herself. Nominated […]

‘Pathways to Performance’ Spotlights Black Ballet at the Kennedy Center 
• July 8, 2024

By Hailey Wharram On July 2 and July 3, Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet) and the Kennedy Center presented “Pathways to Performance: Exercises in Reframing the Narrative” in the […]

Weekend Roundup, July 4-7
• July 1, 2024

Happy July 4 week! We’ve got an early weekend roundup for you with lots to do to not only celebrate Independence Day, but the whole weekend after. The Nationals will […]

White Dinner on the Piazza at I Ricchi Dazzles
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A sold-out crowd gathered in their finest white finery on the Piazza at I Ricchi Restaurant on June 21 for the 9th Annual White Dinner “Cena Bianca,” celebrating the 35th […]

‘The Kite Runner’ Pulls at the Heart at the Kennedy Center
• June 27, 2024

By Hailey Wharram White paper kites pepper an azure Kabul skyline as Amir (Ramzi Khalaf) delivers the searing opening line of “The Kite Runner”: “I became what I am today […]

OnStage, Georgetown: July and August Shows
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By Mark Edelman July and August offer audiences a wonderful smorgasbord of Broadway musicals, along with some top-drawer dramas and a comedy. Enjoy a summer gasp of theater in air-conditioned […]

Paula Modersohn-Becker at Neue Galerie New York
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The “neue” (pronounced “NOY-uh) in Neue Galerie New York is German for new. Honoring a Vienna gallery of the 1920s and ’30s, the name suits what is still the youngest […]