This Thursday: Breakfast with Air and Space’s Jakab
• February 20, 2018

Peter L. Jakab, chief curator of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, will speak at the next Cultural Leadership Breakfast at the George Town Club.

Celebrating the Year of the Dog in D.C. (photos)
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The parade through Chinatown on Sunday, Feb. 18, featured Chinese lion and dragon dances, musical performances, youth groups, marching bands and beauty queens.

D.C. Powerhouse Peggy Cooper Cafritz Dead at 70
• February 19, 2018

A mover-and-shaker for decades, Cooper Cafritz, cofounder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, died Feb. 18 of complications from pneumonia.

Obama Portraits Unveiled at National Portrait Gallery
• February 12, 2018

The Michelle Obama portrait will be up through November with other recent acquisitions; the Barack Obama portrait will be on permanent display in the America’s Presidents gallery.

Weekend Round Up February 8, 2018
• February 8, 2018

Some options this weekend: tasting chocolate, cooking Indian food, learning about bridal etiquette and attending classical, jazz and choral concerts.

At the Phillips: ‘Ten Americans: After Paul Klee’
• February 7, 2018

Paul Klee was one of those rare artistic innovators whose influence, like an undercurrent, can be difficult to gauge from the surface but should not be underestimated. Born in Switzerland […]

Halcyon Hosts Arts Lab Open House
• January 25, 2018

The former Fillmore School now houses studios for Halcyon’s artist fellows; a dance studio named for Septime Webre and the “one-room” Mysa School.

‘Pickett’s Charge’ at the Hirshhorn
• January 24, 2018

Our way of describing art in grand, esoteric terms developed strangely throughout the 20th century as American academics began mimicking the dense and syntactically exorbitant style of influential French philosophers […]

This Week: New York’s Winter Antiques Show
• January 22, 2018

The loan exhibition from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a treasure chest, but so are the booths of the 70 exhibitors, all of which showcase objects of museum quality.

Closing Soon: ‘Nutshell Studies’ at Renwick Gallery
• January 16, 2018

Prior to the closing of “Murder Is Her Hobby” on Sunday, Jan. 28, there are two special events on the calendar, both on Fridays at noon.