Catching Up With Tchaikovsky
• January 30, 2025

For a non-Italian, Tchaikovsky wrote a lot of operas: 11. Wagner wrote even more: 13, the librettos as well as the music. Mozart, who died in his 30s (not from […]

Onstage, Georgetown: February 2025
• January 29, 2025

By Mark Edelman February is for lovers, so take that special someone to one of these special productions this month. Fall head over heels over these labors of love, live […]

All That Jazz, Georgetown: February 2025
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By Mark Edelman With Valentine’s Day coming up, take that special someone to hear some great jazz. We can’t promise you romance; but whether it’s “luck be a lady tonight” […]

Weekend Roundup: Jan. 30-Feb. 2
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There are plenty of options for things to do this weekend, including the Reading Room Festival at the Folger, seeing emerging artists from Nashville at Wolf Trap, and ice cream […]

Kennedy Center’s Rutter to Step Down
• January 27, 2025

Kennedy Center’s president since 2014, Deborah Rutter, will step down from her role at the end of the year amidst uncertainty in a new (returning?) administration. Rutter’s contract is up […]

Classical Echoes in Oak Hill Cemetery
• January 23, 2025

Sponsored Content Since its founding in 1849, Oak Hill has been the final resting place of the well-known and the well-heeled. This Georgetown cemetery was established on land contributed by […]

Hirshhorn Concert: ‘Igor and Coco’
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“Igor and Coco,” the catchy title of a free concert on Saturday, Feb. 1, in the Hirshhorn Museum’s Ring Auditorium, refers (no surprise) to Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and French […]

Weekend Roundup: January 23-26
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This weekend, stay warm indoors at events like “Tina,” the Tina Turner musical and drag star Sasha Velour at Strathmore, comedian Nick Swardson and of course cheering on the Commanders […]

Weekend Roundup: Jan. 16-20
• January 16, 2025

Stay safe this weekend as you take part in any (or all!) of these events. Note: Georgetown Lutheran steeple climb & tour postponed to Jan. 25, 26. Chefs Unite for a […]

Panel on Earliest Opera by a Black American, Jan. 16
• January 9, 2025

Sometimes it takes a while for a rare treasure to be uncovered. In 2000, Harvard University’s Houghton Library acquired a group of opera scores from a Paris collection. A remarkable […]