The Washington Ballet’s 2023-2024 season was announced earlier this summer with some highly anticipated productions, including …
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To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, the National Archives and Records Administration held a screening of The March and a panel discussion on August 25, 2023.
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According to the Romanian Cultural Institute, this three-day event is “the biggest Romanian cultural and public diplomacy program in the United States.” Organized by the Embassy of Romania and the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, with the support of the Maramureș County Council, this festival showcased wide-ranging arts, culture, and customs. It took place on District Pier from July 7 to 9, 2023 and was free and open to the public.
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Here There Are Blueberries, playing at The Shakespeare Theatre after its world premiere at San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse, is compelling, thought-provoking, and tightly written.
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Borum’s book illustrates how comedy can change minds by breaking down barriers between people. When it includes more perspectives, comedy elevates marginalized voices and brings social issues to life.
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Just in time for baseball season, Sandra Marchetti has published her second full-length poetry collection, Aisle 228, about the 2016 Chicago Cubs, going to ball games with her father, and listening to baseball on the radio.
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Gregory Luce reviews three poetry collections by D.C. area writers: Let’s Call It Paradise by Mike Maggio, Ordinary Time by Sarah deCorla-Souza, and Having a Baby to Save a Marriage by CL Bledsoe.
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It’s not often that a night at the theater leaves you feeling like “you’ve been to church!” This raucous bio-musical now playing at Ford’s Theatre follows the pioneering life of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973).
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Blue is a coming-of-age tragedy that’s as much about forgiveness, identity, and the false hopes and expectations of Black men, as it is about police brutality.
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The House of Sweden, aka the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C., promised their event celebrating Sweden’s 2023 EU Presidency would be a “magical evening.” It most definitely was.
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