Between the end of the Revolutionary War and his first presidential election, George Washington tried to turn the Potomac River—running 405 miles from the Appalachian Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay—into […]
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Hoesy Corona: Wayfaring
Mixed-media artist Hoesy Corona spent 2021 as the artist in residence at the Nicholson Project in Southeast D.C. Now his latest works—large-scale fabric prints and sculptures—are on display in the […]
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SSSSSS // Small Scale Site Specific Sculpture Show
Buying art can feel daunting, and most D.C. row house and apartment dwellers probably assume they don’t have the space to display sculpture. The exhibit SSSSSS // Small Scale Site […]
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DC Environmental Film Festival
Contrary to what Netflix and Adam McKay want you to think, Don’t Look Up is not the most important film ever made about climate change. It’s a flawed metaphor with […]
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The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience
Who didn’t binge-watch Bridgerton last winter? It’s true, we’ve been counting down the days until the next act of binging begins (season two drops March 25), and now something a […]
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DC Independent Film Forum 2022
On Feb. 10, just as the omicron wave was receding, DC Independent Film Forum announced a return to theaters and live audiences for their 23rd annual film festival this March. […]
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Capital Irish Film Festival
Kate Dolan’s You Are Not My Mother follows a family whose mom disappears and returns… different. It plays opening night of this year’s Capital Irish Film Festival (along with opening […]
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Syncopated Ladies
The Syncopated Ladies already “broke the internet.” The women’s tap-dance band touts viral videos, an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and celebrity recognition from Beyoncé, Octavia Spencer, and Shonda […]
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Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Camille A. Brown is on a roll. This spring, she’ll make history as the first Black woman in 65 years to both direct and choreograph a Broadway production, with the […]
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Memphis Jookin’: The Show
Washington Performing Arts has a long and laudable history of welcoming Black dance artists in the District. From 1968 to 2005, Washington Performing Arts Society, as the group was previously […]