Arts and Culture

Community service tops our Lineup for the third straight weekend, this time to help health care workers who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual entertainment continues as the public is encouraged to stay home: dance…

Given the impact of the novel coronavirus on the DC community, this edition of our Lineup focuses on self-care and ways to help others over the next few days. Virtual opportunities to connect with local projects like the Cherry Blossom…

With the threat of the novel coronavirus, most events have been canceled across the District. But there are still activities happening in the city over the next few days — and ways to stay safe doing them, including options for remote…

This week’s openings include two very different crime stories, one set in present-day Milan and the other in 19th-century Oregon. Also on screen, the New African Film Festival continues; unfortunately, due to coronavirus-related temporary…

DC theaters may soon be struggling with the economic impact of the new coronavirus as theatergoers choose to stay at home or are forced to do so.  In San Francisco, municipal officials ordered a 14-day halt to performances and other…

The next few days in the District include community-building opportunities such as a gathering to feed DC residents who are experiencing homelessness, a workshop about business development in the city, and an auction that benefits a local…

This week’s openings include two movies that depict the evil that men do for the sake of money. Also on screen are a Polish drama of faith, an American buddy comedy about the Christian film industry, and a documentary about a Brussels…

This weekend the District bids farewell to February and greets March with educational opportunities throughout the city. Learn about new charter schools, support local nonprofits, take a guided tour on the history of the Shaw and Logan…

This week’s openings include a political drama set in 1970s East Germany and a documentary about one of the defining American rock groups of that decade. The Capital Irish Film Festival offers a documentary of The Troubles, and repertory…

In Balanchine + Ashton, which wrapped up a five-day run at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, The Washington Ballet took on the hefty task of capturing the essence of the 20th century’s most monumental choreographers — and it succeeded quite…

On April 4, 1968, the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, then-19-year-old Southeast DC musician Lloyd Ashley Pinchback played onstage with singer/guitarist Chuck Brown for the first time. Brown, who died in 2012, is now widely…

Community is at the center of many events in the District over the next few days, such as a photography exhibition featuring images of DC, a workshop on home renovation, a concert to benefit people experiencing homelessness, an open mic to…

This week’s openings include a harrowing drama of post-war Leningrad and a present-day tale of dance and sexuality in a former Soviet territory, the country of Georgia. Repertory offerings include a late-career masterpiece from Abbas…

Pianist Glenn Sales is experienced enough — and French composer Jules Massenet’s music is simple enough — that Sales can sneak bites of his sandwich as he plays for The Washington Ballet’s rehearsal of British choreographer Frederick…

The 108-year-old gift of more than 3,000 cherry blossom trees from Tokyo to Washington, DC, finds fresh life in a vibrant new keepsake book from Smithsonian Books, Cherry Blossoms: Sakura Collections From the Library of Congress. The slim,…

American Ballet Theatre brought a heartbreakingly beautiful valentine to DC last week. The New York-based dance company performed the classic story ballet Giselle onstage at the Kennedy Center for a seven-day run in a production…

This weekend offers numerous ways to celebrate Presidents Day, Valentine’s Day and Black History Month. Other options include programs celebrating local musicians, poets, choreographers and dancers. Events to help out community members in…

A common thread runs throughout this week’s Valentine’s Day openings: depictions of women at work, from a fictional itinerant painter to documentary portraits of a celebrated movie critic and a biologist whose work should be better known.…

February is getting off to a festive start in DC, with a number of events over the next few days tied to special observances like Black History Month, Valentine’s Day and the Lunar New Year. Art markets, local history and the Democratic…

This week’s openings include a timely story of workplace harassment and an epic about Italian organized crime. Upcoming repertory screenings include more from Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, and, in an archival 35-mm print, a classic…