‘Striking Iron’ and ‘I Am …’ at African Art Museum
The two exhibitions, now on view, offer a case study in the National Museum of African Art's targeted but multivariant presentation of African history, culture and artistic achievement.
Debate Part 2; Trump in the Zone
Kamala Harris was a standout at the Democratic debate on June 27, followed on June 30 by the startling spectacle of President Trump and North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un stepping across the DMZ.
The Sixth of June
Today is the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy, Operation Overlord, the first day of the grand effort to take back France and Europe from the armies of Hitler’s Nazi Germany.
Calm on 30th St.: Protesters Gone
The arrest of the protesters made way for the embassy to be handed over to the administration of opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who is now recognized by many governments as the country’s acting president.
This Sunday: Spy Museum’s Grand Opening in L’Enfant Plaza
For the official May 12 opening, the museum will host a family festival with musicians from the NSO's Youth Fellowship Program, makeup artists, food trucks and a magician.
Facing Off, Quietly, at Venezuelan Embassy in Georgetown
After boisterous protests and the arrest of leaders from the organization that calls itself the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective, the peace lines seemed to have been drawn.
Venezuelan Embassy Drama Continues
At press time, nothing was yet decided — either in Caracas or at the embassy on Georgetown’s 30th Street.
Telling Stories at National Geographic Museum
Nearly 50 people came to hear Kathryn Keane’s talk at Georgetown Media Group’s April 11 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, in part due to the “Queens of Egypt” exhibition.
Notre Dame, Paris’s Beacon, in Dire Jeopardy
Notre Dame is more than a church, of kings and bishops and Christians and martyrs, it is a kind of lifeform of humanity built with stone and wood, that aspires to flight even now.
Welcoming the Year of the Pig
On Feb. 7, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was among those at the Chinese Embassy to welcome the Year of the Pig at a special...
