DC Jazz Festival Launches Cuba Collaboration
• May 4, 2023

They say music is the universal language. So, it shouldn’t be surprising that it’s often a tool of exchange in cultural diplomacy.  One of the premier musical cultural institutions in […]

PostClassical Ensemble Fills Stage With Falla  
• May 1, 2023

Though he is probably the best-known Spanish composer, in this country Manuel de Falla isn’t a marquee name. Many of his compositions are piano pieces, chamber music works or zarzuelas […]

A Ghostly Romp: GALA Hispanic Theatre Presents ‘La valentía (Valor)’
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Family fights over what-to-do with a home that’s been in the family for generations aren’t usually funny. But when such conflicts are cleverly handled — as is the case with […]

Weekend Roundup, April 27 – 30
• April 27, 2023

A busy weekend is upon us! Rest up now to get ready to head to the 20th annual French Market, a weekend spring garden sale at Mount Vernon, Glen Echo […]

Earth Day Weekend Roundup, April 20 – 23
• April 20, 2023

Earth Day weekend is upon us, spring weather continues to delight, and so many great activities await: Join Citizens Association of Georgetown and Friends of Rose Park for an Earth […]

May 18 Cultural Power Breakfast: Woolly Mammoth’s Maria Goyanes
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Maria Manuela Goyanes, artistic director of D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 2018, will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s next Cultural Power Breakfast, on Thursday, May 18. Admission […]

Emancipation Day Weekend Roundup, April 13 – 16
• April 13, 2023

Emancipation Day weekend is upon us, with a District holiday on Monday (putting off those taxes just a bit). We’re in full-on spring events and activities mode now. Here’s your […]

‘Angels in America, Part One’ at Arena 
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The subtitle of part one of “Angels in America,” at Arena Stage through April 23, is “Millennium Approaches.” Set in the fall of 1985, the first half of Tony Kushner’s […]

The Georgetowner’s Spring Theater Guide  
• April 12, 2023

ONGOING …   The National Capital New Play Festival at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre is featuring two world premieres: “On the Far End,” Mary Kathryn Nagle’s one-woman show about Muscogee leader […]

‘Shout Sister Shout!’ at Ford’s Theatre Brings Audiences on a Rollercoaster of Successes, Sorrows
• April 6, 2023

Settling into a seat for “Shout Sister Shout!” at Ford’s Theatre, one expects to hear a voice capable of raising the historic rafters: that of Carrie Compere as “Godmother of […]