D.C. Rises Early for the Royal Wedding
• May 21, 2018

Excitement built at 7 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton in the West End as all attention turned to the three large TV monitors live-streaming the wedding from Windsor Castle.

Christ Church Marks 200 Years
• May 14, 2018

Hundreds of parishioners gathered at the Georgetown landmark for a special service commemorating the laying of the church cornerstone on May 12, 1818.

Haspel’s Confirmation Hearing Is Contentious (photos)
• May 10, 2018

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) said he expected the committee to vote on Gina Haspel’s nomination for CIA director sometime next week.

Outdoor Art Exhibit Takes Over Rose Park
• May 8, 2018

Kiril Jeliazkov has planted 81 pieces of his huge outdoor artwork project — “The Orange Step” — into the grounds of Rose Park and parts of Massachusetts Avenue.

Bernstein’s ‘Candide’ Is a Glorious Mess
• May 7, 2018

The genre-defying show — at turns defined as an American opera, an operetta and a musical — is now, as part of the Bernstein centennial, in the Kennedy Center Opera House through May 26.

African Art Museum Is Focus of June 7 Breakfast
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Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford, the new director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, will speak at the George Town Club as part of Georgetown Media Group’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series, sponsored by Bonhams.

Choral Arts Artistic Director Speaks in Georgetown
• May 3, 2018

At Georgetown Media Group’s May 3 Cultural Leadership Breakfast at the George Town Club, Tucker spoke about his first five years as Choral Arts artistic director and, movingly, about what motivated his change of career plans in his early 20s.

An Entertaining ‘Barber’ from WNO
• May 1, 2018

Washington National Opera’s “Barber of Seville,” at the Kennedy Center through May 19, is beautifully performed by a cast packed with terrific singers, most notably Russian tenor Andrey Zhilikhovsky, as the Barber, aka Figaro,

Correspondents’ Dinner 2018: A Tale of 2 Parties
• April 30, 2018

The president held his own party in a place called Washington, Michigan — a party that was not so much a party as it was a rally and a brag-fest, at which he roasted the media instead of the media roasting him.

Heating Plant Condos: Back to the Drawing Board?
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After what was described as “a roller-coaster Historic Preservation Review Board hearing” on April 26, the developers may appeal to the mayor for a special designation.