Arts
Filmmaker Gets Foot in the Door With ‘Step Back, Doors Closing’
Smithsonian Craft Optimism Opens April 24
• April 22, 2021
The Smithsonian Women’s Committee’s curated, climate-conscious makers’ market will be available online through May 1.
Weekly Arts Round Up, April 22, 2021
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Sign up for the National Sporting Library & Museum’s online program on brook trout next Thursday and you may win a sample of dry flies.
Celebrating Smiles to Mark International Haiku Poetry Day, April 17
• April 15, 2021
To spark some creativity in a rough time, here at The Georgetowner we decided to write some haikus about smiles (and masks), with images by the Beauty Team.
Weekly Arts Round Up, April 15, 2021
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Ford’s is presenting a radio play and GALA will reopen with a show about radio plays. This Saturday: a streamed performance by the Thalea String Quartet.
Alice Neel at the Met
• April 13, 2021
Part chronological and part thematic, “Alice Neel: People Come First,” on view through Aug. 1, presents close to 100 works in Neel’s signature style.
D.C. Petal Procession Features Cherry Blossom-Themed Cars (photos)
• April 12, 2021
On April 10, a mini parade of painted vehicles passed in front of the National Archives building on its way to visit all eight wards of Washington, D.C.
‘Glow’ Lights Up Georgetown Starting April 9
• April 8, 2021
This year, there are two parts to “Glow.” The spring component will run through June 27 and the summer component from July 2 through Sept. 26.
Weekly Arts Round Up, April 8, 2021
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Five works of light art will make their Georgetown debut tomorrow, when “Glow” opens to the public. Glen Echo Park’s Dentzel Carousel is 100, and the virtual celebration has begun.
Rose Park Hit With QAnon-Tweaking Easter Prank
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An activist group’s version of the Easter bunny was busy the night before Easter Sunday hiding more than 3,000 eggs around D.C.
Texas Novelist and Georgetown Bookseller Larry McMurtry, 84
• April 1, 2021
The author of “Horseman, Pass By” (reworked by Hollywood as “Hud”), “The Last Picture Show,” “Terms of Endearment” and “Lonesome Dove” died on March 25.
