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 […]

‘Make Way for Berthe Weill’ in New York
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Q: Does Columbia, New York City’s Ivy League university, established by royal charter as King’s College in 1754, have an art museum? A: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art […]

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 […]

Hirshhorn Concert: ‘Igor and Coco’
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“Igor and Coco,” the catchy title of a free concert on Saturday, Feb. 1, in the Hirshhorn Museum’s Ring Auditorium, refers (no surprise) to Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and French […]

Weekend Roundup: January 23-26
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This weekend, stay warm indoors at events like “Tina,” the Tina Turner musical and drag star Sasha Velour at Strathmore, comedian Nick Swardson and of course cheering on the Commanders […]

Happy Birthday, Rabbie Burns!
• January 21, 2025

If you sang “Auld Lang Syne” on New Year’s Eve, you were speaking Scots. The lyricist? Poet Robert (aka Rabbie) Burns. Literally “old long since,” the three-word title means “old […]

Weekend Roundup: Jan. 16-20
• January 16, 2025

Stay safe this weekend as you take part in any (or all!) of these events. Note: Georgetown Lutheran steeple climb & tour postponed to Jan. 25, 26. Chefs Unite for a […]

January 2025 D.C. Artswatch  
• January 15, 2025

New Executive Director at Capital Jewish Museum Dr. Beatrice Gurwitz, former deputy director of the National Humanities Alliance, joined the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum as executive director […]

Gorey 100 at the Library of Congress
• January 13, 2025

Edward Gorey’s work, distinctly Edwardian, was never gory. True, he populated his curious tales with stoic victims of misfortune — among the childhood fatalities alphabetized in 1963’s “The Gashlycrumb Tinies,” […]

Panel on Earliest Opera by a Black American, Jan. 16
• January 9, 2025

Sometimes it takes a while for a rare treasure to be uncovered. In 2000, Harvard University’s Houghton Library acquired a group of opera scores from a Paris collection. A remarkable […]