Arena Stage’s production of August Wilson’s Jitney, newly extended through October 27, 2019, is a tour de force. It’s moving.
Read MoreThis past month, the Westmoreland Congregational Church hosted “Visions of Home: An Afternoon of Palestinian Poetry and Art.”
Read MoreWalking through the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ new exhibition, The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction, is a solemn, intimate experience.
Read MoreWhen you think of Abstract Expressionism of the 1940s and 1950s, a New York-centered, male-dominated movement comes to mind.
Read MoreJackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview, which won the 2019 Pulitzer is an exercise in setting up expectations, subverting those expectations, and then completely throwing them out the window.
Read MoreAt a time when only bad news headlines our nation’s immigrant story, it’s good to hear something positive.
Read MoreWhen you start reading Maryland native Rion Amilcar Scott’s new short story collection, The World Doesn’t Require You, you realize, almost from the first page, that this is something special.
Read MoreThis is what Massumeh Farhad, Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art at the Freer | Sackler Gallery commented when asked about the American media’s portrayal of the exhibit, My Iran: Six Women Photographers, currently on view at the gallery.
Read MoreAs a child, New Orlean’s born artist, Anne Marchand was enchanted by what lies between the earth and sky.
Read MoreStill vocally vibrant and pushing artistic boundaries, Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble performed her piece Cellular Songs at the Rasmusen Theater located in the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC.
Read MoreThe 2019 Capital Fringe Festival is one of those DC events where you read the schedule and you want to see it all.a
Read MoreThai artist, Rirkrit Tiravanija’s first ever exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Green, brings people together amid political images of violence and protest.
Read MoreI spent the Sunday before Mother’s Day (May 5) at the third annual Mother’s Day Climate Rally, which I helped organize and was co-sponsored by 21 different local groups.
Read MoreGet with the program. The National Gallery of Art 2019 Spring Film Program (April-June) features cinema from Cuba, new films from Romania, Roberto Rossellini classics, Washington premieres, and presentation by filmmakers.
Read MoreAll hail the QUEENS! International Women’s History Month revs up in DC this month with two Queen-centric openings.
Read MoreQUEENS OF EGYPT reign currently at an exhibit at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC.
Read MoreSUPERFINE!! the fair opened to crowds of art aficionados and new collectors at Union Market / Dock 5 in DC on Halloween night. New to the District, the fair got its start in New York and Miami.
Read MoreTurn Me Loose, the story of Dick Gregory, the first Black comedian-activist to radically explore racial comedy premiered in Washington, DC at Arena Stage to enthusiastic crowds, last week.
Read MoreConcepts of human migration are explored in a group of sculptures by Mexico-city based sculptor, Betsabee Romero.
Read MoreBeloved British graphic artist, Ralph Steadman, sat quietly enough on stage at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center until he decided to take off his shoe and share his new Picasso socks with the audience.
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