Kate Lindsey Is WCO’s Sapho
Washington Concert Opera will present French composer Charles Gounod’s 1851 opera “Sapho” on Sunday, Nov. 18, in Lisner Auditorium.
PostClassical Celebrates Walt Whitman
The musical portion of the program reinforced the evening’s topics — all seeming to converge on the eve of the midterm elections — of immigration, voting, war and America’s essential nature.
Stable DC
IN THIS D.C. ARTS SYNERGY, ALL PLAYERS MAKE IT HAPPEN
Stable really was a stable — for a Nabisco factory, in the days of horse-drawn...
A Timely Opening for ‘Silent Night’
The Pulitzer-winning opera has been repeatedly staged, but the timing injected something into the evening that took on the nature of an event.
A Collector of Senegalese Jewelry Tells Her Story
The exhibition “Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women,” showcasing jewelry created by master goldsmiths in Senegal in the early and mid-20th century, opened on Oct. 24 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art.
Kevin Puts on His Pulitzer-Winning Opera: ‘Silent Night’
In the opera, at the Kennedy Center from Nov. 10 to 25, the war-weary soldiers on the front declare an unofficial Christmas cease-fire to greet and mingle with their counterparts.
DC Artswatch
WASHINGTON GUILD OF GOLDSMITHS SHOW
The opening reception for the 19th biennial juried show of the Washington Guild of Goldsmiths will be held on Friday,...
Weekend Round Up November 8, 2018
This weekend's musical options include Duke Ellington School vocal ensembles, John Lloyd Young, Chris Botti, the City Choir and Trio Karénine.
Holiday Arts Preview: Visual Arts
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Gordon Parks: The New Tide,
Early Work 1940–1950
Through Feb. 18
Within just a decade, Gordon Parks (1912–2006) grew from a self-taught portrait photographer...
LAST CHANCE: Thursday’s Breakfast With Revels Heads
Washington Revels Artistic Director Roberta Gasbarre and Executive Director Greg Lewis will speak at the George Town Club on Nov. 8. RSVP to richard@georgetowner.com.
