Arts
Weekend Roundup: What to Do Between Christmas and New Year’s
Half Virtual Arts Round Up, September 3, 2020
• September 3, 2020
Closing soon: a botanical art exhibition at the Athenaeum in Alexandria. Now open: the grounds and pavilions at Glenstone and the sculpture garden at the Kreeger Museum.
Half Virtual Arts Round Up, August 27, 2020
• August 27, 2020
Tomorrow is the last day to view the Ida B. Wells mural. Live and in person: a Haggadah program at the Museum of the Bible, storytelling and cemetery tours at Lincoln’s Cottage and comedy at the Birchmere.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, August 20, 2020
• August 20, 2020
In-town suggestion: the weekend wine garden at the Kennedy Center’s River Pavilion. Out-of-town suggestion: George Mason’s Gunston Hall, south of Alexandria, Virginia.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, August 13, 2020
• August 13, 2020
Starting a two-week run on Monday: Metropolitan Washington Restaurant “Week.” Also on Monday, works of art 12 and 24 feet tall go on view at the reopened Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden.
Half Virtual Arts Round Up
• August 6, 2020
You can browse used books in Georgetown, tour District Winery, view art in Del Ray and soak up Shakespeare in Staunton. But there’s still plenty to do from your keyboard.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, July 30, 2020
• July 30, 2020
Those staying put this weekend can go on virtual tours of Prohibition-era U Street and Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, July 23, 2020
• July 23, 2020
The zoo gates are opening on Connecticut Avenue and the hangar doors are going up (so to speak) in Chantilly. But don’t put your screens away yet.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, July 16, 2020
• July 16, 2020
The National Gallery of Art has reopened the ground floor of its West Building and the Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, is presenting “Elzbieta Sikorska: Everything is Double.”
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, July 9, 2020
• July 9, 2020
Those venturing out can augment their reality on the National Mall or visit niche museums in Frederick and (starting July 17) Middleburg. And French cuisine would be apropos this weekend.
Half-Virtual Arts Round Up, July 2, 2020
• July 2, 2020
Fourth of July weekend is here, and a few more cultural organizations — but far from all — are putting a toe in the water reopening-wise.
