Summer Arts Preview: Performance
By Gary Tishler and Richard Selden THEATER ‘The Remains,’ Studio Theatre. Picture this: 10 years after their marriage made history, Kevin and Theo celebrate with a dinner for their families. Billed as...
View Article35th Annual DKMC Walk Weekend
Stretch your legs and your mind during the 35th Annual Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk. Five diverse museums will open their doors free of charge for this weekend long celebration in one of Washington,...
View Article‘Hamilton’ Popping Eyes, Ears, Minds in D.C.
Founding Father Alexander Hamilton — in the form of the Broadway smash “Hamilton,” winner of 11 Tony Awards — has finally landed in Washington, D.C., ensconced until Sept. 16 with tremendous, original...
View ArticleThe Kennedy Center Honors: From Astaire to Cher
Even the bestowing of honors is a process that is often a long and meandering journey, replete with startling, even revolutionary pit stops. That’s certainly the case for the Kennedy Center Honors,...
View ArticleProfs & Pints: The Women of “Hamilton”
Profs and Pints presents: “The Women of ‘Hamilton,'” with Cassandra Good, assistant professor of history at Marymount University and author of Founding Friendships: Friendships Between Men and Women in...
View ArticleWeekend Round Up November 23, 2018
This weekend, the National Symphony Orchestra will play along with clips from “Frozen” and other Disney Animation favorites. Ending their runs: “Silent Night” and “The Fall.” On Small Business...
View ArticleHappy New Year — We Made It!
As we write—or try to write—about the future and things to look forward to in 2019 as well as things to look back to what is really an unfinished year, it’s hard to get going. We mean, folks, this...
View ArticleProfs & Pints: Hamilton’s History Remix
Profs and Pints presents: “Hamilton’s History Remix,” with Richard Bell, associate professor of history at the University of Maryland. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical was completely sold out...
View ArticleProfs & Pints: Hamilton’s History Remix
In a special encore, Profs and Pints presents: “Hamilton’s History Remix,” with Richard Bell, associate professor of history at the University of Maryland. The talk will be staged at a new Profs and...
View ArticleWeekend Round Up April 18, 2019
Tomorrow is both Good Friday and the start of Passover. Along with Easter programming at Washington National Cathedral, the Takoma Community Center, the Graham Georgetown and the Hamilton, this weekend...
View ArticleFebruary 9 Arts Watch
This month’s Arts Watch includes news of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to a local theater, renovations of the National Gallery of Art, postponement of the […] The post February 9...
View ArticleGU’s Let Freedom Ring MLK Celebration Returns to Kennedy Center
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 16, Georgetown University’s Let Freedom Ring Celebration returned to the Kennedy Center to present an award in the name of John Thompson Jr. […]
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