DC JazzFest Opens on a High Note at The Hamilton Live
• September 3, 2026

By LaMarr Funn The 22nd annual DC Jazz Festival kicked off Wednesday, Sept. 2, at The Hamilton Live. Opening night was a success! This year’s festival was launched before a […]

Art All Night Returns to Georgetown, Sept. 12
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For one thing, Art All Night — taking place in all eight wards of Washington, D.C. — isn’t one night, it’s two: Sept. 11 and 12, starting at 7 p.m. […]

Weekend Round Up September 3, 2026
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Enlivening the DMV this Labor Day weekend: festivals of jazz, magic and food vendors. Meet football and baseball legends on Saturday at “RFK Legacy: A Tailgate Experience.” Sunday options include […]

Onstage Georgetown: September 2026
• August 31, 2026

The 2026-27 theater season heats up while temperatures outside cool down. Time to get back on your performing arts wheels and pedal over to your favorite DMV venue for some […]

Purveyor of Polka Dots Yayoi Kusama, 97
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Yayoi Kusama, whose artistic trademarks were polka dots and yellow pumpkins, died in Tokyo on Aug. 14, aged 97. Her repetitive, endlessly adaptable, seemingly playful motifs led some to label […]

Auction Block: Works by Eakins, Dubuffet and Goldin
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This month’s Auction Block features a self-portrait by contemporary photographer Nan Goldin, works on paper by artists Jean Dubuffet and Thomas Eakins, an embroidered Fendi handbag, an Arts & Crafts-style […]

DC JazzFest Is One Week Away
• August 27, 2026

Five-day festival brings jazz legends, rising stars and hometown talent to venues across Washington, D.C. The 22nd annual DC JazzFest returns Sept. 2 through 6, bringing five days of performances […]

Jane Austen Films, Ball at Dumbarton House
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You can’t spell Dumbarton House without Austen. Jane Austen, that is. Washington, D.C., continues to suffer from a severe case of Austenmania, a disorder that first appeared in 1995, the […]

Dolly Parton, 1946-2026
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A handful of octogenarian songwriting legends are still with us: Joni Mitchell, 82; Barry Manilow, 83; Carole King and Paul McCartney, both 84; Bob Dylan, 85. Elton John will turn […]

Weekend Round Up August 27, 2026
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Catch two gallery talks about single works of art on Friday, one at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the other at the National Museum of Asian Art. Then roll gnocchi […]