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Last Chance: Throwback ‘Babbitt’ Has Lessons for Today
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Founder Prepares to Bid Opera Lafayette ‘Adieu’
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Choreographer Diana Movius Is Nov. 21 Breakfast Speaker
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All That Jazz, Georgetown: November
Weekend Round Up May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
•On Saturday: mandolinist Chris Thile’s “Live from Here” will broadcast from Wolf Trap and balalaikas will ring out in Rockville.
LAST CHANCE: Washington National Opera’s ‘Tosca’
May 23, 2019
•The final performance of the Puccini classic will be this Saturday, May 25, at 7 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Opera House.
Helen Hayes Awards: A Portrait of D.C.’s Theater Community
May 16, 2019
•This year’s presentation of the Helen Hayes Awards, the 35th annual, took place on May 13 at the Anthem in the Wharf development.
America Loses Its Sweetheart, Doris Day
May 14, 2019
•The big band singer and movie star celebrated her 97th birthday only a few months earlier, still in good health, but reportedly succumbed to pneumonia.
Strathmore’s New CEO in the Spotlight
May 13, 2019
•Monica Jeffries Hazangeles spoke at Georgetown Media Group’s May 9 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, held at 1310 Kitchen & Bar by Jenn Crovato.
LAST CHANCE: Strathmore CEO to Speak This Thursday
May 6, 2019
•Strathmore President and CEO Monica Jeffries Hazangeles will speak at Georgetown Media Group’s May 9 Cultural Leadership Breakfast at 1310 Kitchen & Bar. RSVP to richard@georgetowner.com.
Chorus Stands Out in ‘Oresteia’ at Shakespeare
April 30, 2019
•The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s new production of Ellen McLaughlin’s adaptation of Aeschylus’s “The Oresteia” is the last production to be directed by Artistic Director Michael Kahn.
Vibrant Summer Season Ahead at Wolf Trap
April 25, 2019
•Where Catherine Filene Shouse grew crops and bred horses and dogs — also hosting Washington’s political, business and social elite — stars from Herbie Hancock to UB40 will perform this […]
Shakespeare’s 455th Birthday at the Folger (photos)
April 17, 2019
•The celebration concluded with a grand appearance and cutting of the cake by Queen Elizabeth I herself, accompanied by her favorite, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burleigh.
Appreciating D.C.’s Jazz History
April 10, 2019
•On April 17, at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, the Citizens Association of Georgetown hosts Georgetown University professor Maurice Jackson conversing with local jazz greats.