Arts and Culture

“he highway was lined with yellow wildflowers that danced from their roots every time a car drove by. Smoke seeped up into the sky from the refineries in the distance. Birds that had flown south from an unpredictable winter rose and fell…

Three recently published poetry collections explore themes of loss, devotion and self-love, demonstrating the art form’s capacity to express the depth of the human experience. The Shomer by Ellen Sazzman; published in 2021 by…

What does gentrification feel like?  The answer is complex, it’s safe to say. Perspective matters. If you have been displaced or if the neighborhood you grew up in is no longer recognizable, maybe you feel anger and resentment. If you…

In a phone interview with The DC Line just a few weeks before he passed away on April 3, longtime DC broadcaster Bruce Johnson said his dedication to journalism may have stemmed from the calling he felt as a teenager to become a missionary…

“Whoever says you can’t live in two places at the same time is dead wrong” is my favorite line in Alberto Roblest’s recently published book of short stories, Against the Wall. Capitalizing on themes of loneliness, power and self-discovery,…

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive demand for mental health services, a DC-based group of art therapists is participating in an online exhibit that highlights the potential for cultivating resilience through art making. …

At a time when the world has been preoccupied with the health of seniors, dancer and choreographer Nancy Havlik has continued teaching an unlikely approach to the physical and mental well-being of people over the age of 65 — dance. …

On the last Sunday that Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library was closed to the public, two professional ballet dancers whirled through the historic building’s newly renovated space. The dancers, Alexandra Hutchinson and Derek…

As recently as 1973, homosexuality was considered a “sexual deviancy” and gay people were classified as mentally ill by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).  The LGBTQ+ community and its allies have activists such as Barbara…

With just the movement of a computer mouse, a silver pitcher covered with two winged camels and foliate patterns is viewable from all angles and at various scales. This Central Asian artifact, made in the late seventh or early eighth…

A new initiative for local artists that has community members pay in advance for nine different original works of art distributed its first round of art to 33 participating patrons last Saturday. The program was formed by Rhizome DC, a…

Built of wood and featuring a distinctive A-frame construction, the new Little Free Library at CentroNía, a bilingual and multicultural early childhood education provider in Columbia Heights, looks much the same as the existing…

Capital Fringe’s new digital, audio and video project “Down to Earth” highlights local artists as they explore the intersections of climate, sustainability, history, culture and community in Ward 7’s Kenilworth neighborhood. Capital…

Washington, DC, may bring home an Oscar this Sunday. Mike Capbarat, currently a producer for the DC-based storytelling studio Duke & Duck, is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film as a producer of “Burrow” from…

The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital kicked off its all-virtual programming on Thursday, featuring over 100 films from around the world. Last year, the festival was canceled just as it was slated to begin because of…

Women’s History Month takes center stage in this edition of The DC Lineup, along with events focused on local Black history, music, art and gardening. The weather should be cold but sunny with clear skies throughout the weekend, March…

Summer 2020 ignited change for the Joy of Motion Dance Center, a DC-based nonprofit. Financial hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic prompted the closure of two of the center’s studios. The organization's reckoning with racist…

Events that honor the conclusion of Black History Month as well as history, arts and animal rights are featured in this edition of The DC Lineup. The weather for this weekend, Feb. 26–28, should be cloudy on Friday afternoon with rain…

Mutual aid initiatives and culturally diverse arts programs are featured throughout this edition of The DC Lineup. The weather for this weekend, Feb. 19‐21, will start out partly cloudy on Friday followed by clear skies in the evening…

Marjan Naderi, DC’s youth poet laureate in 2020, had long worried that poetry was dying. After years of expressing herself through poems, winning slam poetry contests, and even publishing her own book, Naderi wondered whether her craft was…