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News & Politics

Outgoing National Gallery of Art Director Rusty Powell Looks Back on His Colorful 26-Year Tenure

"'Blockbuster' became sort of a pejorative word. I don't know what's wrong with being too popular, frankly."
National Gallery of Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Freer Sackler Gallery, Vermeer  |  Apr 2, 2019
Food

Joan Nathan Collects Jewish Recipes From Around the World in Her New Book

Recipes, Passover, Joan Nathan  |  Apr 11, 2017
News & Politics

There Are Some Very Unlikely Hanukkah Parties in DC

Embassies, Hanukkah, Holiday Parties  |  Dec 20, 2016
Photograph by Greg Powers.
News & Politics

The Surprising Story of Bonnie Fogel, Who Turned Imagination Stage into the East Coast’s Best Children’s Theater

Many know her as the dynamic young mother who founded a tiny Bethesda afterschool arts program in 1979, then spent the next three decades transforming it into Imagination Stage, the premier children’s theater on the East Coast. But few of Fogel’s wonder-struck patrons have heard the remarkable life story behind her remarkable success.
Theater, Maryland, Bethesda, Imagination Stage  |  Jun 14, 2016
News & Politics

The "Free-Range Mom" Is About to Hit the Big Time

Danielle Meitiv is writing a book, suing Montgomery County, and starting a nonprofit.
People, Work & Family  |  Aug 25, 2015
Things to Do

Septime Webre’s Big Show

The Washington Ballet's magical director is larger than life. So why is his company still small?
After Hours, People, Dance  |  Aug 23, 2015
News & Politics

What Happens to the Holocaust Museum When the Last Survivors Are Gone?

For the past decade, meeting eyewitnesses has been the most affecting part of a visit to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. But: “We are a finite group,” one survivor says.
People  |  Jan 8, 2015
Things to Do

Howard Theatre to Reopen Monday

DC’s Howard Theatre reopens on April 9 with a lineup including Wanda Sykes, the Roots, and Chuck Brown.
After Hours, Music, Theater, Comedy  |  Apr 6, 2012
Things to Do

Band Notes: Vetusta Morla

This Spanish band, playing at U Hall on Wednesday, will disprove everything you think you know about Euro rock.
After Hours, Music  |  Mar 20, 2012
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