LAST CALL: Georgetown Night at ‘Hamlet’
• February 22, 2018

Use the GEORGETOWNER55 code to order your tickets for the Thursday, March 1, performance of this attention-getting Shakespeare Theatre Company production, including a special pre-show reception.

Michael Urie: Michael Kahn’s Last Prince?
• February 21, 2018

Over the phone, Michael Urie sounds young, an enthusiast in his 20s perhaps. There is something both excited and exciting in his voice. In photographs, he looks about that age, eyes […]

Spring Arts Preview
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By Ari Post and Richard Selden VISUAL ARTS SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM Do Ho Suh: Almost Home March 16 – August 5 Internationally renowned for his “fabric architecture,” which explores […]

Twyford Directs ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth’
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Talking with Washington actress Holly Twyford about the play “Becoming Dr. Ruth,” which runs from Feb. 21 to March 18 at Theater J, a lot of zigs and zags start to […]

This Thursday: Breakfast with Air and Space’s Jakab
• February 20, 2018

Peter L. Jakab, chief curator of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, will speak at the next Cultural Leadership Breakfast at the George Town Club.

D.C. Powerhouse Peggy Cooper Cafritz Dead at 70
• February 19, 2018

A mover-and-shaker for decades, Cooper Cafritz, cofounder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, died Feb. 18 of complications from pneumonia.

2 Powerful Operas: ‘Maria di Rohan’ and ‘Don Carlo’
• February 15, 2018

Washington Concert Opera presents Donizetti’s “Maria di Rohan” on Feb. 18; Washington National Opera follows with Verdi’s “Don Carlo” from March 3 to 17.

Bruni Brought ‘French Touch’ to the Birchmere
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The former first lady of France’s sold-out show in Alexandria, Virginia, promoting her second album in English, was Carla Bruni’s first American engagement since 2014.

Disney on Ice: ‘Frozen’ at Capital One Arena
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Just in time for the Winter Olympics, “Disney On Ice presents Frozen!” fired up the Capital One Arena Feb. 14 and will be there through Feb. 19. Fans can see […]

Obama Portraits Unveiled at National Portrait Gallery
• February 12, 2018

The Michelle Obama portrait will be up through November with other recent acquisitions; the Barack Obama portrait will be on permanent display in the America’s Presidents gallery.