‘El Muro/The Wall’ Dance at National Portrait Gallery (photos)

May 21, 2022

On three successive evenings in mid-May, the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (DTSBDC) premiered the latest in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. ‘El Muro’ […]

Cultural Leadership Breakfast: Capital Fringe’s Julianne Brienza, June 16 

May 19, 2022

On Thursday, June 16, just five days before Capital Fringe Festival tickets go on sale, Founding Director Julianne Brienza will speak as part of The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series, […]

Weekend Round Up, May 12 – 15

May 12, 2022

With the unofficial start of summer nearly upon us, there are so many exciting options this weekend. Enjoy parades, art exhibit openings, book and film festivals and so much more. […]

Financial Times Brings Big Ideas for 2022 to The Reach

May 2, 2022

At the Kennedy Center’s The Reach on May 7, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Financial Times’s inaugural FTWeekend Festival will feature “leading luminaries,” authors, scientists, politicians and of […]

Weekend Round Up, April 28 – May 1

April 28, 2022

Happy weekend! So much to do the next few days in the neighborhood including the Georgetown French Market and a new coffee shop grand opening. Don’t miss the one-weekend-only performances […]

Twilight Tattoo Returns to Celebrate America’s Army (photos)


The U.S. Army Military District of Washington’s  summer tradition of presenting The U.S. Army’s Twilight Tattoo military pageant will once again return live on most Wednesdays in May, June and July. […]

Women Leaders: Rebecca Read Medrano, Gala Hispanic Theatre

April 25, 2022

Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our Monday April […]

Over Breakfast, Tim Nelson Talks In Series and Opera


How did In Series, D.C.’s 40-year-old presenter of small-scale, opera-related productions, get its name? From all the “in” words — intimate, independent, innovative, inexpensive — used to describe it, according […]

DC Jazz Festival Says: ‘Let the Good Times Roll!’

April 21, 2022

“Let the Good Times Roll” this Monday April 25 at Arena Stage’s Mead Center will honor Grammy Award-winner and Oscar nominated trumpeter Terence Blanchard, DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) Chair Emeritus […]

Weekend Round Up, April 21 – 24


This weekend is full of lots of things to do, including Saturday’s Georgetown House Tour, FilmFestDC and a celebration of Atlas Performing Arts Center’s anniversary. We also have a special […]