Events/Things To Do

Charlotte Hollister Annual Gala What: Charlotte Hollister Annual Gala at the Arlington Arts Center Featuring: Jane Franklin Dance When: Sunday, May 21, 2016 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm Where: Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201 Directions to the Arlington Arts Center at… Read More

PAUL D. MILLER aka DJ SPOOKY: REBIRTH OF A NATION Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 8 p.m. By Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky Featuring Sound Impact Eisenhower Theater–from $19 Conceived as a reimagining of director D.W. Griffith’s infamously racist 1915 silent film, The Birth of… Read More

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT HONORING JOHN F. KENNEDY Wednesday, May 24, 2017, 8 p.m. National Symphony Orchestra Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Concert Hall–from $79   Program:   Copland:                           Fanfare for the Common Man William Grant Still:               Poem for… Read More

HUBBLE CANTATA Thursday, May 25, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Paola Prestini, composer Royce Vavrek, librettist Concert Hall–from $15   The Hubble Cantata, brought to life by Metropolitan opera star Nathan Gunn (with soprano to be announced), music director Julian Wachner, a 20-piece instrumental ensemble, and a… Read More

THE WASHINGTON BALLET Frontier Thursday, May 25–27, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Opera House-from $25   The Washington Ballet, in a self-presentation at the Kennedy Center, has independently commissioned Frontier, choreographed by former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Ethan Stiefel, inspired by President Kennedy and his aspirations… Read More

THE WASHINGTON BALLET Frontier Thursday, May 25–27, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Opera House-from $25   The Washington Ballet, in a self-presentation at the Kennedy Center, has independently commissioned Frontier, choreographed by former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Ethan Stiefel, inspired by President Kennedy and his aspirations… Read More

Between a film premiere and a West End debut, there’s Strathmore. Unparalleled in her breadth and versatility, Audra McDonald brings the music that has shaped her career to the Music Center at Strathmore on Friday, May 26, 2017 at 8 p.m. The concert follows the premiere of her latest… Read More

THE WASHINGTON BALLET Frontier Thursday, May 25–27, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Opera House-from $25   The Washington Ballet, in a self-presentation at the Kennedy Center, has independently commissioned Frontier, choreographed by former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Ethan Stiefel, inspired by President Kennedy and his aspirations… Read More

Never afraid to speak her mind, pop culture icon Whoopi Goldberg shares her musings on life and unique observations on current events, coupled with an unscripted audience Q&A, in the Music Center at Strathmore on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 8 p.m. The woman who… Read More