Smithsonian Honors Brokaw With ‘Great Americans’ Medal (photos)

September 25, 2017

During the Sept. 21 event, Brokaw donated a West Point presentation saber and two pieces of the Berlin Wall, representing his more than five decades in broadcasting.

Last Chance: Textile Museum Director Speaks Thursday

September 18, 2017

John Wetenhall, director of the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum, oversaw the 2015 relocation of the Textile Museum, founded in 1925, from a Kalorama mansion to a modern building on the GW campus.

FALL PREVIEW ARTS

September 13, 2017

“Politically and socially, we are at the edge of another precipice. And those of us who are artists must charge into the fray, leading a charge to turn a tide.” — […]

Weekend Round Up September 7, 2017

September 7, 2017

This weekend: picadillo and pizza, Rick and Richard, paddling the Potomac and preserving Georgetown’s trees.

DC Shorts Film Festival Starts Sept. 7

September 5, 2017

A dozen of the showcases are thematic: all-animation, all-LGBT, etc. New this year is a free outdoor showcase on Sept. 14 in Farragut Square.

Fun, Loud Launch for ‘202 Creates’

August 31, 2017

“202 Creates” events will include a Labor Day Weekend Music Festival at the historic Lincoln Theatre and a family-friendly arts and cultural festival on Sept. 9 at the Southwest Waterfront and Randall Field. 

Revival’ at National Museum of Women in the Arts

August 9, 2017

Recently, most contemporary art passing through this city has focused on our external experiences, the way we negotiate, perceive or fit into our environments. Yayoi Kusama’s monumentally popular “Infinity Rooms” […]

‘Revival’ at National Museum of Women in the Arts


Recently, most contemporary art passing through this city has focused on our external experiences, the way we negotiate, perceive or fit into our environments. Yayoi Kusama’s monumentally popular “Infinity Rooms” […]

DC Artswatch: July 12, 2017

July 12, 2017

DC Artswatch Earlier this month, longtime Washington Ballet artistic director Septime Webre became artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet, succeeding former Royal Swedish Ballet artistic director Madeleine Onne. The newly […]

Markus Lüpertz at the Phillips, Hirshhorn


The Hirshhorn just opened a major exhibition of rock-star Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the museum’s third in five years. It is a highly personal landscape of political dissent, a sly, […]