Arts and Culture

Marta Pérez-García has seen many of her friends suffer from domestic violence. In many of those cases she didn’t realize they were suffering until it was too late. “I am from Puerto Rico, and there is a big problem with domestic…

Cultural Tourism DC has hosted diverse, multiday groupings of free guided tours of neighborhoods around the city once or twice a year since 2000. Now offered each fall, WalkingTown DC will showcase 50 neighborhoods over the next nine days —…

While many functions are canceled this weekend due to the forecast of severe weather, there are still events taking place around the city for those willing to venture out. Some organizers caution that they may have to postpone their events…

Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week. I AM NOT A WITCH After raising suspicions in her village, 9-year old Shula…

George Pelecanos is a prolific and respected author whose work is often praised by critics for accurately portraying the District. In his latest novel, The Man Who Came Uptown, readers familiar with neighborhoods like Petworth, Park View…

Dolores Kendrick — hailed as Washington’s “first lady of poetry” and a “deeply revered figure in American literature” — served for nearly two decades as DC’s second poet laureate until her death last November at the age of 90. Now, a search…

The Adams Morgan Day festival is set to celebrate its 40th anniversary on Sunday with an array of offerings for adults and children from noon to 6 p.m. The event, DC’s longest-running neighborhood festival, was on the brink of collapse just…

Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week. MADELINE’S MADELINE Like any other New York teenager, Madeline (Helena…

Multiple communities are gathering in DC this weekend (Sept. 7 through 9) and offering opportunities for locals to explore their interests. Try new gelato flavors, watch short films or gain insight into the world’s leading university for…

The Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center is moving to Maryland. In Washington, DC, the seventh-largest media market in the country, WTOP is the king of commercial radio. But the FM broadcaster told Bethesda Magazine last month that it plans to…

Built in the 1780s, Georgetown's Halcyon House has a rich history full of tales and mysteries that are a part of DC lore — as well as some that are just being brought to light. The landmark mansion at 3400 Prospect St. NW now houses an…

Whether it’s watching local playwrights debut their work on stage or enjoying a good old-fashioned summer barbecue, there is something for everyone to enjoy this holiday weekend. Note the weather report — heavy rain at times with…

Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week. JOHN MCENROE: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION The hot-tempered bad boy of…

For decades, the Fort Dupont Park free concert series was legendary for its roster of nationally known R&B and jazz acts, performing all summer long, sometimes on both Fridays and Saturdays. This year’s 46th annual season, with just six…

If grant funding is awarded, Tenleytown may soon have a second public mural: A local artist is proposing to honor Rock Creek Park’s natural and social history with a colorful new artwork adorning an otherwise gloomy retaining wall across…

Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week. SUPPORT THE GIRLS Lisa (Regina Hall) is the general manager at Double…

Watching The Washington Ballet perform is an opportunity to enjoy the simple pleasure of the human body as it interacts with narrative and music. If you like good music and have ever enjoyed the sport of people-watching, you’re sure to…

The days following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968 were especially bleak in DC, as neighborhoods across the city erupted with riots, fires, and looting. Fifty years later, local teenagers revisited that history as a…

Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM What fools most Shakespeare adapters be.…

The 2016 radio series “Anacostia Unmapped” on WAMU helped introduce that Southeast DC neighborhood’s vibrant history to many listeners who had never set foot there, and it brought back memories for its longtime residents. But a…