Art All Night Returns to Georgetown

September 11, 2024

 Art lovers and night owls rejoice! In 2024, Art All Night is back and better than ever.   Presented by Mayor Muriel Bowser, Art All Night is an annual creative extravaganza […]

‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’

September 5, 2024

By Dina Gold “I really wanted to ride on the carousel. Why couldn’t we have fun like everybody else?” said Tina Clarke in Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round the […]

One Director, Three Very Different Plays


Now playing at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia: Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Could two plays be less compatible? Take the subject of […]

Weekend Roundup: Sept. 5-8


Now that Labor Day has come and gone, the busy fall season is in full swing. Enjoy concerts at Wolf Trap and the Kennedy Center, spend the weekend at Mount […]

Onstage, Georgetown: September

August 29, 2024

By Mark Edelman September marks the beginning of Theatre Week — an even better reason to get out there and save on more than 30 productions scattered in and around […]

JazzFest Underway; Meet the Artists at Arena Stage


The DC Jazz Festival, DC JazzFest for short, has been a District-wide happening from the get-go. Musicians performed at 18 venues during the inaugural five-day festival (then called the Duke […]

Weekend Roundup, August 29 through September 2

August 28, 2024

Happy Labor Day weekend! There is so much to do this weekend, including the 20th anniversary of the DC JazzFest. The weekend roundup begins with five events, and at the […]

Publicity Pro Recounts Campaign Adventures via Whistle Stop

August 26, 2024

The presidential nominating conventions are over. Candidates up and down the ballot from those vying to become president, representative, senators or other positions are listed. It’s the end of August — we […]

The National Gallery of Art, From a Different Angle

August 22, 2024

The Champs-Élysées is in ruins. Though the Arc de Triomphe is intact in the distance, on each side of Paris’s grand avenue the walls of elegant apartment buildings are exposed […]

Weekend Roundup, August 22-25

August 21, 2024

As we make the transition from summer to back-to-school, there are still plenty of options for weekend activities. This evening, enjoy a fashion show on the rooftop of the Rosewood, […]