Opera Lafayette’s Ryan Brown to Speak at Oct. 24 Breakfast

September 30, 2024

Ryan Brown, founder and artistic director of Opera Lafayette — the highly regarded presenter of baroque and classical operas with a chamber orchestra of period instruments — will speak at […]

Social Scene: The Afterparty—CAG Celebrates Georgetown—and The Georgetowner

September 26, 2024

The Citizens Association of Georgetown hosted its “Celebration of Georgetown” annual fundraiser — and celebrated The Georgetowner’s 70th anniversary on Sept. 20, at Coolidge House on Prospect Street. Co-chaired by […]

Onstage, Georgetown: October


By Mark Edelman October leaves a few more weeks (now through Oct. 13) to enjoy Washington area Theater Week with tickets as low as $20 for a number of these […]

Curtain Up for DC Theatre Week


Just as Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week is a gift to your taste buds, DC Theatre Week — starting tonight, Thursday, Sept. 26 — is a gift to your eyes, ears, […]

Weekend Roundup, Sept. 26-29


Another weekend awaits! Enjoy the last of the Nationals Post-Game Concert Series with Lady A, see a new educational experience by The White House Historical Association, laugh at a comedy […]

Citizens Celebrate Georgetown — and The Georgetowner

September 23, 2024

The Citizens Association of Georgetown hosted its “Celebration of Georgetown” annual fundraiser — and celebrated The Georgetowner’s 70th anniversary on Sept. 20, at Coolidge House on Prospect Street. Co-chaired by […]

Signature Theatre’s Hallmarks: Intimacy and Sondheim


In 2006, his Carnegie Mellon BFA in hand, Matthew Gardiner went to work for Signature Theatre — a 150-seat space in what had been a bumper-plating factory (“The Garage”) on […]

Artechouse Explores Oceanic Wonders

September 19, 2024

Story and photos by Daisy Bateman Artechouse has just opened its latest exhibition, “Twilight Zone: Hidden Wonders of the Ocean,” a groundbreaking collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This […]

CAAPA Brings Color to the Classics


The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts, known as CAAPA, held the opening reception for its 18th Annual Melody of Art Season on Sept. 10 at the Arts […]

AFI Film Festival Says ‘Bienvenidos!’ and ‘Bem-vindo!’


Opening tonight, Thursday, Sept. 19, the AFI Latin American Film Festival — held at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland — “celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections” […]