An Entertaining ‘Barber’ from WNO
• May 1, 2018

Washington National Opera’s “Barber of Seville,” at the Kennedy Center through May 19, is beautifully performed by a cast packed with terrific singers, most notably Russian tenor Andrey Zhilikhovsky, as the Barber, aka Figaro,

Weekend Round Up April 26, 2018
• April 26, 2018

Filmfest DC comes to an end this weekend, when two annual events will take place in Georgetown: French Market and the House Tour.

‘Sonic Blossom’ at Portrait Gallery (photos and video)
• April 25, 2018

The participatory artwork by Lee Mingwei, the ninth performance of the museum’s “Identify: Performance Art” series, will take place through April 29, from noon to 4 p.m.

Georgetown Gateway Designs Shared
• April 23, 2018

The designs will be presented at the next meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E on Monday, April 30, and are expected to have a preliminary review by the Old Georgetown Board soon after. 

A ‘Crucible’ Raw to the Ear, Eye and Heart
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The new production at Olney Theatre Center, running through May 20, remains resolutely in its time, emitting not so much a need for comparison to our present political battles as a gut-punch echo of our own frailties and easy cynicism.   

Ivo van Hove Stages 2 Bergman Works
• April 19, 2018

The Belgian theater director and his Toneelgroep Amsterdam company bring “After the Rehearsal” and “Persona” to the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater April 19 to 22.

Weekend Round Up April 19, 2018
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Filmfest DC gets rolling Thursday, April 19, screening 80 films from 45 countries through Sunday, April 29. And it’s a big weekend at the Folger, which will bring “The Winter’s Tale” to a close and celebrate the Bard’s birthday Sunday.

Sally Mann at the National Gallery
• April 18, 2018

Southern culture rests permanently at a crossroads of public opinion, at once fetishized and villainized for its traditions and its temperament. On the surface, we adore its quirks: its languid […]

Match Safes: Hot Items for Collectors
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From around the 1830s through the 1920s, almost everyone carried the newfangled “strike anywhere” matches to light lanterns, stoves and candles. Proceeded by old-fashioned wood splints — which were dipped […]

Milos Forman, R. Lee Ermey: More Than Movie Originals
• April 16, 2018

The world of movies and movie-makers and making is a universal circus — even now in the age of super heroes and Marvel Comics. The movies are populated and peopled by […]