Arts
Jazz Icon Monty Alexander Ushers in the New Year at Blues Alley
Florida ‘Beachside’ Book Launch at Pillar & Post
• March 16, 2022
A beautifully illustrated hardbound coffee table book, “Beachside,” by House Beautiful’s Digital Editor Hadley Keller was launched at a champagne and pastries reception on March 11 at the antique and […]
Women Cultural Leaders: Molly Smith, Artistic Director, Arena Stage
• March 14, 2022
Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our Monday March […]
Gin Dance Company Takes a ‘Look Beyond’ at Atlas Intersections (photos)
• March 12, 2022
The Gin Dance Company of Northern Virginia took the stage at the Intersections Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C., on March 5 with a program of […]
Weekend Roundup, March 10 – 13
• March 10, 2022
Though spring hasn’t fully sprung and we’re setting our clocks back Sunday, this weekend still promises loads of delights. Check out a traditional German ritual at DC Brau, Tudor Place […]
Smithsonian Honors Female Scientists With 120 Statues on National Mall
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Outdoor sculptural installations are often visually arresting, thought provoking, yet ambiguous in meaning. Not so, the “#IfThenSheCan” exhibit – the largest collection of life-sized 3-D printed statues of real women […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return’
• March 9, 2022
A British expat reclaims her roots. Upon his death in 1938, Thomas Wolfe bequeathed to America’s literary canon a 1,100-page manuscript which, published posthumously, trumpeted a universal truth: “You can’t […]
2022 Spring Gala Guide
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MARCH Thursday March 10 N St. Village Gala 5:30-9 p.m., Marriott Marquis, 901 Massachusetts Ave. NW Attend the gala and auction to hear stories of hope and triumph from N […]
Picasso: Painting the Blue Period, at The Phillips Collection
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Pablo Picasso was a painter. However, the reason we know his name is because at some point he came to represent something more than his work. I have never walked […]
Afrofuturist Opera at Strathmore, April 28-29
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Shortly after Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, two dystopian classics, George Orwell’s “1984” and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” — the first published in 1949 and the second in 1985 — […]
Spring Arts Preview: D.C.’s Women Cultural Leaders Speak Out
• March 7, 2022
In honor of Women’s History Month and our special arts preview issue, we asked area arts leaders what it’s like working at the famed museums and theaters D.C. has to […]
