Arts and Culture

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…

This week’s openings include three programs of Oscar-nominated short films, while repertory offerings include recent features from Iran and Turkey as well as a classic Japanese ghost story. Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective…

The District hosts its own versions of national and international activities this weekend for Super Bowl 2020, Groundhog Day and Peru’s Pisco Day — along with a final opportunity to contribute to a global art project on display at the…

When Jason Reynolds was introduced earlier this month onstage at Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, a packed audience of middle and high school students from DC erupted into a standing ovation. Reynolds, in turn, assured them…

The next few days in the District are full of opportunities to learn. Hear a local biology professor’s talk about why dolphins are migrating to the Potomac, attend a multilingual education fair, take ice skating lessons at the National…

This week’s openings include a better-than-average Nicolas Cage freakout feature and a documentary about a Russian oligarch turned political prisoner. In repertory, an Iranian film takes us to a village whose residents seem invincible, and…

Two exhibits on display this month at Dupont Circle’s Studio Gallery respond imaginatively to environmental themes, but the featured artists do so through wildly different approaches to aesthetic and ecological concerns. The Jan. 3…

The next few days in the District include opportunities to commemorate history with Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities and the annual Women’s March. Film screenings, park cleanups, gallery tours and a contemporary art program for the…

There’s always trouble somewhere on the planet, and many of this week’s screenings, from new titles to classics, depict a past or present, real or fictional problem around the globe. Openings include a pair of intriguing foreign films,…

Over the next few days in the District, you can find local favorites like mumbo sauce and members of the Nationals championship team. Opportunities to learn about history, local art and a career in the foreign service are other options,…

This week’s new films include two dramas set on death row. If that seems like an unusual coincidence, there’s a common theme of justice and forgiveness that runs through even more of this week’s offerings, including the biopic of a German…

The start of the 2020s is full of novel experiences and learning opportunities across the District — some of which could help you get off to a good start with your new year’s resolutions. Spend an evening at U Street Music Hall finding…

After a slew of high-profile holiday openings, 2020 begins with a pair of compelling new films, one a tropical melodrama and the other a 3D documentary about one of the dance world’s most challenging artists. Also on screen is an…

Once you know who wrote the play, there's little doubt about whether Dear Jack, Dear Louise has a happy ending. The playwright — Ken Ludwig, one of DC’s most prolific and most produced comedic theater writers — is the younger son of the…

The District closes out the year saying goodbye to two local cultural institutions: the Newseum and the music venue Gypsy Sally’s. Seasonal festivities like a Kwanzaa book giveaway, Christmas donation drive, holiday fundraiser, bar…

This weekend in the District, celebrate the start of winter with holiday donation drives, performances, markets, light displays and history lessons. As we near the end of 2019, there are fittingly a few finales on our list: Join the final…

Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to notable movie screenings in the coming week. This week’s openings include potential Oscar front-runners, and repertory offerings include sobering Christmas fare to go…

A few out-of-the-ordinary events are taking place in the District this weekend, including a world squash championship, the largest ice maze in the U.S. and a 5K jog where runners wear jingle bells on their shoes. Holiday markets, a bike…

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. RICHARD JEWELL There aren’t a lot of leading dramatic roles for an actor…