It’s (Capital) Fringe Month!
• July 9, 2018

Plays in the festival, which runs through July 29, are all uniformly and un-uniformly out of the mainstream, unique, fresh and original. Our writer’s system is to look for companies with odd names and plays with offbeat themes.

African Art Museum Director Speaks in Georgetown
• June 7, 2018

In his work, not only for museums but as a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford has sought to overcome the centuries-long assault on and denigration of African culture.

DCArtswatch June 6, 2018
• June 6, 2018

Compiled by Richard Selden AU MUSEUM GETS CORCORAN ART Nearly 9,000 works of art from the Corcoran collection that the National Gallery of Art chose not to acquire after the […]

LAST CHANCE: Thursday’s Breakfast With Scott Tucker
• April 9, 2018

RSVP to Georgetown Media Group’s May 3 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, at which the Choral Arts Society of Washington’s artistic director will speak, by emailing richard@georgetowner.com.

DCArtswatch April 4, 2018
• April 4, 2018

Compiled by Richard Selden FILMFESTDC RETURNS The 32ndannual international film festival known as FilmFestDC will take place April 19 to 29, presenting 80 films from 45 countries. Tickets for the […]

Weekend Round Up March 8, 2018
• March 8, 2018

The 48th annual St. Patrick’s Parade of Washington, D.C., is this Sunday. Get your Gaelic on the night before at a concert by the Irish Tenors at the National.

Air and Space Curator Shares Revamp Plans
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Chief Curator Peter L. Jakab, who spoke at this month’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast, started out at the National Air and Space Museum seven years after the museum opened, during the nation’s bicentennial.

LAST CALL: Georgetown Night at ‘Hamlet’
• February 22, 2018

Use the GEORGETOWNER55 code to order your tickets for the Thursday, March 1, performance of this attention-getting Shakespeare Theatre Company production, including a special pre-show reception.

Obama Portraits Unveiled at National Portrait Gallery
• February 12, 2018

The Michelle Obama portrait will be up through November with other recent acquisitions; the Barack Obama portrait will be on permanent display in the America’s Presidents gallery.

Halcyon Hosts Arts Lab Open House
• January 25, 2018

The former Fillmore School now houses studios for Halcyon’s artist fellows; a dance studio named for Septime Webre and the “one-room” Mysa School.