The National Gallery of Art, From a Different Angle
• August 22, 2024

The Champs-Élysées is in ruins. Though the Arc de Triomphe is intact in the distance, on each side of Paris’s grand avenue the walls of elegant apartment buildings are exposed […]

Zen and American History Exhibitions
• August 8, 2024

Last April, a Japanese motorcycle joined the dozen in “America on the Move,” the 26,000-square-foot exhibition in the General Motors Hall of Transportation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American […]

Planet Word: Igniting Minds with the Versatility of Language
• July 11, 2024

Planet Word is fun! If you want a way to connect words to pictures in a child’s mind, Planet Word has it. Through demonstration, performance, listening, watching, practice and speech, a tour through one of Washington, […]

Celebrating 30 Years at the Kreeger
• June 6, 2024

By Forbes Dudley Honoring an impressive 30 years as a museum, the Kreeger celebrated their anniversary this past Saturday evening with food, drinks, live jazz music, and the opening of […]

‘Brilliant Exiles’ at the Portrait Gallery
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Both the Paris Métro and the world’s tallest Ferris wheel made their debut at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. With the fair as its starting point, the National Portrait Gallery’s […]

‘Bonnard’s Worlds’ at the Phillips
• May 23, 2024

One of the most captivating art museum experiences in Washington, D.C., a city with many, is the Phillips Collection’s Rothko Room. In this small gallery, seated on a bench in […]

The Georgetowner’s Spring 2024 Theater Guide 
• April 10, 2024

 ONGOING …  At Arena Stage, Trip Cullman directs “Unknown Soldier,” the last musical by “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” composer Michael Friedman, with lyrics by Friedman and Daniel Goldstein, who wrote […]

Artswatch : Rubenstein Leaves KenCen; NGA’s Cornell Trove; Helen Hayes Nominations
• February 14, 2024

Rubenstein to Conclude Kennedy Center Chairmanship   Chair of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees since 2010, philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group global investment firm, will step […]

Spring Visual Arts Preview
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Building Stories   National Building Museum    Opened Jan. 21    Curated by children’s book historian Leonard S. Marcus, a founding trustee of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, and featuring […]

Weekend Roundup, Feb. 8 – 11
• February 8, 2024

Happy weekend! So many options, including performances by The National Philharmonic and The National Chamber Ensemble. Celebrate Mardi Gras at The Wharf, enjoy a book talk on Phillis Wheatley at […]