Karen Zacarías’s stage adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Age of Innocence is a three-hour and 15-minute slow burn that still leaves the audience wanting more. Now playing at Arena Stage, this classic novel preserves much of the original text so that the audience gets the whole experience of Wharton's tongue-in-cheek social commentary and trademark humor.
Read MoreThe DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival returned to the district this June, once again providing a platform for emerging filmmakers innovating documentary storytelling. Held from June 13th to 16th, the festival showcased a diverse range of documentaries on big screens across the city. These films tackled critical topics like LGBTQ+ shelters and the controversial reinstatement of Arizona's abortion ban.
Read MoreJust opened in May at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC, La Vida Entre Latidos, in collaboration with IBERO University, features the lush, high-definition photography anthological series of Mexican artist Miguel Milló (b. 1959). Best translated as “Life Between Heartbeats,” the show highlights strange and fragile figures that are the protagonists of the portraits.
Read MoreThe Art of the Challenge part of the Alexandre Diop: Jooba, Jubba, L'Art du Defi, the Art of Challenge exhibit at the museum, showcases five potent works by the French-Senegalese artist. Diop tackles complex themes such as colonialism's lingering effects, violence, and suffering. While the themes he explores are timeless, his choice of found materials adds a fresh perspective, transforming them into a powerful commentary on the contemporary issues he grapples with
Read MoreAn event review of author David Brook’s new book release, How to Know A Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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