Weekend Roundup: Feb. 6-9
• February 6, 2025

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 […]

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 […]

All That Jazz, Georgetown: February 2025
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By Mark Edelman With Valentine’s Day coming up, take that special someone to hear some great jazz. We can’t promise you romance; but whether it’s “luck be a lady tonight” […]

Weekend Roundup: Jan. 30-Feb. 2
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There are plenty of options for things to do this weekend, including the Reading Room Festival at the Folger, seeing emerging artists from Nashville at Wolf Trap, and ice cream […]

Kennedy Center’s Rutter to Step Down
• January 27, 2025

Kennedy Center’s president since 2014, Deborah Rutter, will step down from her role at the end of the year amidst uncertainty in a new (returning?) administration. Rutter’s contract is up […]

Classical Echoes in Oak Hill Cemetery
• January 23, 2025

Sponsored Content Since its founding in 1849, Oak Hill has been the final resting place of the well-known and the well-heeled. This Georgetown cemetery was established on land contributed by […]