Where to Spend Galentine’s Day in D.C.
• February 10, 2025

First made popular by the NBC show Parks and Recreation 15 years ago, Galentine’s Day has become an unofficial celebration of sorts. Every February 13, women and girls are encouraged to celebrate […]

‘GUAC’ at Woolly Mammoth Uses Art to Advocate for Gun Reform 
• February 6, 2025

“When you lose a son, what do you do?” According to Manuel Oliver, “you do what you do best,”—continue being the best father you can be. On Feb. 14, 2018, […]

A Harvard Art Historian at Politics and Prose
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“Girl With a Pearl Earring,” Tracy Chevalier’s novel about a 17th-century portrait by Johannes Vermeer, dropped into bookstores in 1999, four years later becoming a film starring Scarlett Johansson. Donna […]

Weekend Roundup: Feb. 6-9
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As we make our way through February, there are a lot of wonderful options for things to do this weekend. Watch the Super Bowl at District E, see a piano […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Memorial Days: A Memoir’
• February 5, 2025

The author will be speaking at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Wednesday, Feb. 19. “Memorial Days: A Memoir” by Geraldine Brooks is a spectacular ode to grieving and an elegant homage […]

67th Grammy Awards a Welcome Distraction
• February 3, 2025

If you’ve been stuck in an endless state of doomscrolling this year thus far, the 67th Annual Grammy Awards brought some musical joy to Sunday evening with rousing performances, fun […]

Burgess Company Dances ‘Seeds of Toil’ on Feb. 8
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“When I was a child,” recalls D.C.-based choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess, “I asked my mother about the scars on her hands and she answered simply, ‘I picked pineapples as […]

Celebrating Black History Month in D.C.
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By Zoe Howard-Barr There are plenty of options for things to do to honor Black History Month this February from visiting museum exhibits to seeing comedy shows and taking in […]

Catching Up With Tchaikovsky
• January 30, 2025

For a non-Italian, Tchaikovsky wrote a lot of operas: 11. Wagner wrote even more: 13, the librettos as well as the music. Mozart, who died in his 30s (not from […]

Onstage, Georgetown: February 2025
• January 29, 2025

By Mark Edelman February is for lovers, so take that special someone to one of these special productions this month. Fall head over heels over these labors of love, live […]