Weekend Roundup: A Golden Prelude to Summer’s End
• July 30, 2025

Welcome to August! Enjoy Shark Week at The Wharf, a free community day at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, pup night at The Stacks and more. Happy […]

Jewish Museum Puts the J in LGBTQ
• June 18, 2025

Pride Month Pop Quiz: Name three LGBTQ historical figures (a) with a connection to Washington, D.C., and (b) who were or are Jewish. Larry Kramer, Wilson High ’53 — author […]

‘Delighting Krishna’ at the National Museum of Asian Art
• June 12, 2025

In 2011, I happened upon a Brooklyn Museum exhibition called “Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior.” One of the showstoppers: a large painted textile of eight milkmaids in a line — four […]

A Confluence of Art and Dance in Kalorama 
• June 5, 2025

An Art Salon at the Home of Artist Kelly Dinglasan Minton  A star-studded art salon was hosted on May 29 by visual artist Kelly Dinglasan Minton and her husband Joel […]

Weekend Roundup: May 22-26
• May 21, 2025

This long Memorial Day weekend, there are lots of things to do, including the last Washington National Opera show of the season, Jazz in the Garden starting up again at […]

From Tokyo to the Tidal Basin: Art, Cocktails & Cherry Blossom Vibes Above D.C.
• April 3, 2025

By Charlotte Meyer-Schönherr  Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a stunning rooftop event at Arlo Hotel DC, celebrating Women’s History Month and the arrival of cherry blossom season […]

‘Setting Sail’ at Hillwood
• March 27, 2025

In 1959, Dina Merrill appeared as Ensign Benson in the Jerry Lewis comedy “Don’t Give Up the Ship,” then as Tony Curtis’s love interest, 2nd Lt. Barbara Duran — evacuated […]

AU Museum Opens 5 Shows
• February 13, 2025

Is the American University Museum the District’s most stimulating visual arts venue? It was on Feb. 8, opening night for five spring shows, the most anticipated being “Fred Folsom: Women […]

‘Bugatti’ at Easton’s Academy Art Museum  
• February 12, 2025

As I drove across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge toward Easton, Maryland, I took stock of the cars around me — egg-shaped forms in olive and jewel tones, wide-eyed and listless, […]

Spring Arts Preview – Visual Arts
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Setting Sail: The Story of Sea Cloud  Feb. 15 to June 15  Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens  Using documents, photographs, models, paintings and decorative art objects, “Setting Sail” tells the […]