Latino Culture on Display at Fiesta DC (photos)

October 1, 2018

A highlight of the two-day festival is the Parade of Nations on Constitution Avenue, featuring native Latino cultural dance troupes as well as groups from local civic and cultural organizations and schools.

Heidi Latsky Dance’s ‘On Display’ at the Portrait Gallery (photos)

September 25, 2018

The Sept. 23 event was the Washington, D.C., premiere of “On Display,” initially conceived to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Hoyas’ Comeback Against Columbia Falls Short (photos)

September 24, 2018

The football Hoyas’ comeback attempt against the Columbia Lions before a sellout homecoming crowd came a few yards short on Sept. 22 at Georgetown University’s Cooper Field.

Moore’s ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Is a Call to Action (photos)

September 19, 2018

Michael Moore made an appearance at the D.C. premiere of his documentary, “Fahrenheit 11/9,” on Sept. 17. The two-hour film is about the 2016 election and the subsequent presidency of Donald Trump.

Inside the Kavanaugh Hearing (photos)

September 6, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh is considerably more conservative than the justice he would replace, Anthony M. Kennedy, who has, since at least 2005, been the swing vote on many of the Supreme Court’s most ideologically charged decisions.

Record Numbers at National Book Festival (photos)

September 4, 2018

Thousands were turned away as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor discussed her new books for children on the festival’s main stage, the Washington Convention Center’s 2,500-seat ballroom having quickly filled to capacity.

John McCain: The Long Goodbye

September 3, 2018

The presence and participation of the two presidents, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, was practically an ode to embracing bipartisanship, as opposed to a eulogy for it, as well as a kind of affront to the absence of President Donald Trump.

McCain Continually Crossed the Aisle

August 30, 2018

The late Sen. John McCain will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda starting at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 31. Speakers will include Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Chuck Schumer and Mike Pence. 

National Portrait Gallery Honors John McCain With Memorial Photo (video)

August 27, 2018

The National Portrait Gallery today honored the life and legacy of the late John McCain by hanging his photograph for an indefinite period in the museum’s In Memoriam space on […]

Portrait Gallery Displays Bernstein Photo on 100th Birthday (video)

August 23, 2018

The photograph, a promised gift to the museum from Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, is on view in the Gallery’s “Celebrate” space on the first floor, near the G Street entrance, through Sept. 23.