Mapping Georgetown: Where Will Georgetown Take You?
• April 3, 2023

How cute is Georgetown native, Emily Durso — whose Mapping Georgetown stories we feature today — and how clever is her 1960s Book Shop poster for the Francis Scott Key […]

Celebrating Sergei Rachmaninov in Song: April 4 at French Embassy
• March 30, 2023

On Tuesday, April 4, the Russian Chamber Art Society will mark the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninov’s birth with a performance of his vocal and chamber music at the Embassy […]

Cultural Power Breakfast: GWU’s Corcoran: ‘A Very Different School’ 
• March 27, 2023

Of the storied institution that was the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design, Dr. Lauren Onkey, director since 2021 of George Washington University’s Corcoran School of […]

Weekend Roundup, March 23 – 26
• March 23, 2023

Another weekend awaits! Enjoy springtime in D.C. with signature events like the Blossom Kite Festival, find some delightful food and drink at the Spring Wine Fling and take in some […]

‘King Lear’ at Shakespeare Theatre
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Shakespeare’s “King Lear” is based on a story of a mythical King Lear and his three daughters — but the play is no fairytale. The first production of “King Lear,” technically […]

Ford’s Theatre Presents ‘Shout, Sister, Shout!’
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What becomes a legendary artist most is to be celebrated in the art of subsequent generations. The guitar-playing gospel great Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973) has recently been portrayed in the […]

An Evening with Kitty Kelley: Register for The 2023 BIO Award Virtual Event, March 28
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Announcement From 2023 BIO Awards: Kitty Kelley is the preeminent unauthorized biographer of our time and is the winner of the 2023 BIO Award. The BIO Award is presented annually […]

American Art in Philadelphia, at PAFA 
• March 16, 2023

Far older than either the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1876) or the Barnes Foundation (1922), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the nation’s longest-running art museum and art […]

Weekend Roundup, March 16 – 19
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Happy almost Friday! Luckily, tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day and it’s an action-packed weekend. Enjoy “Ireland on The Wharf,” the Georgetown Art Walk on Book Hill, the 31st D.C. Environmental Film […]

95th Academy Awards: ‘Everything Everywhere’ Wins Big, Music Highlights, Best-Worst Dressed
• March 13, 2023

The way we watch movies has changed quite a bit in recent years. Movie theaters are closing and people are opting to screen films in their own homes (many of […]