Signature Theatre’s Hallmarks: Intimacy and Sondheim
• September 23, 2024

In 2006, his Carnegie Mellon BFA in hand, Matthew Gardiner went to work for Signature Theatre — a 150-seat space in what had been a bumper-plating factory (“The Garage”) on […]

Artechouse Explores Oceanic Wonders
• September 19, 2024

Story and photos by Daisy Bateman Artechouse has just opened its latest exhibition, “Twilight Zone: Hidden Wonders of the Ocean,” a groundbreaking collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This […]

AFI Film Festival Says ‘Bienvenidos!’ and ‘Bem-vindo!’
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Opening tonight, Thursday, Sept. 19, the AFI Latin American Film Festival — held at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland — “celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections” […]

STC’s ‘Comedy of Errors’: Connecting, We Find Ourselves
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By Lucy Cullen The Shakespeare Theater Company opened its production of William Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” on Sept. 10, directed by Simon Godwin. The show follows Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse […]

An American Voice: James Earl Jones, 1931-2024
• September 12, 2024

Actor James Earl Jones — the phrase seems redundant — who rose to stardom when opportunities for Blacks were few and brought role after role to memorable life for half […]

The Kreeger Museum Turns 30
• September 11, 2024

In 1994, four years after David Kreeger’s death and two years after his widow Carmen moved out (she died in 2003 at the age of 94), the Kreeger Museum opened […]

2024 Fall Arts Preview: Visual Arts
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Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing American University Museum Through Dec. 8  The American University Museum is the first U.S. venue for the touring exhibition, “Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing,” featuring […]

2024 Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts
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CLASSICAL  This Saturday, two weeks before the National Symphony Orchestra’s gala — featuring pianist Yunchan Lim playing Rachmaninoff (Sept. 28) — the NSO presents “Echoes of America” in the Kennedy […]

September 2024 ArtsWatch
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DC Design Week to Kick Off Underground  This year’s DC Design Week, themed “Stories Within,” will kick off on Sept. 27 with a party at Dupont Underground. Events (in daily […]

Art All Night Returns to Georgetown
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 Art lovers and night owls rejoice! In 2024, Art All Night is back and better than ever.   Presented by Mayor Muriel Bowser, Art All Night is an annual creative extravaganza […]