A Pertinent, Impertinent ‘Cabaret’ in Olney
• September 3, 2019

The production, directed with jazz-matazz, great heart and theatrical empathy by Alan Paul, is at the Olney Theatre Center through Oct. 6. 

Weekend Round Up August 29, 2019
• August 29, 2019

Justice Ginsburg, David McCullough and José Andrés will be at the National Book Festival on Saturday. And the portcullis will be hoisted this weekend of the Maryland Renaissance Festival.

202Creates Showcases D.C.’s Creative Economy
• August 26, 2019

The initiative is led by Angie Gates, director of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment. September is the designated month of celebration, but there are ongoing programs to support local creatives.

Coming Up: Gero’s Falstaff at the Folger
• August 22, 2019

Ed Gero will be Sir John Falstaff, the bug-of-belly soldier, roustabout and kind of tutor to the young heir to the English throne, in “Henry IV, Part One” at Folger Theatre. The show runs from Sept. 9 to Oct. 13.

Weekend Round Up August 22, 2019
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Get yourselves to Duffy’s Pub tonight, “Mean Girls” Nation! And there will be more trivia (of a general nature) tomorrow night at Alexandria’s Lee-Fendall House.

New Executive Director at Georgetown Heritage
• August 21, 2019

For the past seven years, Jeffrey L. Nichols was president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, outside of Lynchburg, Virginia.

‘Manifesto: Art x Agency’ at the Hirshhorn
• August 20, 2019

Playing across 13 screens in an immense gallery, each channel of Julian Rosefeldt’s “Manifesto” features Blanchett as a different character in a different setting.

Actors Gone: Fonda, Hauer and Torn
• August 19, 2019

Movie and TV show casts are filled out by actors and actresses who are not stars but who are as necessary as stars, and who at times deliver the moment or the role that becomes indelible.

Weekend Round Up August 15, 2019
• August 15, 2019

This Sunday is Signature Theatre’s annual open house and season preview. Looking for something active? Try baby goat yoga on Saturday morning, then ping-pong lessons after lunch.

Montrose Park’s Memorial Sphere Vandalized
• August 12, 2019

The sphere was installed in 1956 by the Georgetown Garden Club as a memorial to Sarah Louisa Rittenhouse, who lobbied Congress from 1904 to 1911 to buy the Montrose estate for a public park.