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Oct 16, 2023

After A Banner Year For Art All Night, D.C.’s Annual Fest Could Grow Even Bigger

The event’s organizers and participating arts organizations are looking at ways to build on this year’s success.

Aug 15, 2022

PARK(ing) Day Is Back Next Month, Letting Businesses Temporarily Transform Parking Spaces

That explains why you might be seeing mini-gardens and sitting areas around the streets of D.C. next month.

Jun 10, 2022

Bed, Bath & Banksy? Immersive Art Exhibit Moving Into Shuttered Chinatown Retail Space

An unauthorized Banksy exhibit being staged in an abandoned big box store actually feels pretty … Banksyian.

May 27, 2022

Want To Step Into A BTS Concert? This New Immersive Art Exhibit In D.C. Is For You

A new exhibit at the Korean Cultural Center in D.C. allows visitors to immerse themselves Korean art and pop culture, including a concert by K-Pop band BTS and the film “Parasite.”

Jan 28, 2022

National Geographic Museum To Welcome Back Guests In February With Free Admission

The museum in downtown D.C. is offering free admission — with advanced registration — for the second half of the month.

Aug 20, 2021

There’s A New Poetry Collection Inspired By The Anacostia River

Artists referenced the river’s long history, not to mention its varied wildlife, in their works.

Jul 08, 2021

‘It’s A Lot Of Love Out Here’: Families Gather For Festival And Petting Zoo In Woodland Terrace

Vibrant energy filled the Woodland Terrace community on Wednesday as children from the area clambered over obstacle courses, ate burgers and fried fish, got their faces painted, and chalked the sidewalks as a part of Woodland’s first annual petting zoo. 

May 10, 2021

Psychedelic Art Installation Meow Wolf Isn’t Coming To Fort Totten After All

The exhibit will no longer anchor the development’s second phase reopening.

Apr 02, 2021

Historic Board Says Transformer Sculptures Can’t Remain In Georgetown

A historic preservation board said that while it would support a temporary reprieve for Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, the two sculptures could not remain outside a Georgetown home in perpetuity.

Apr 01, 2021

D.C. Is Getting An Immersive Van Gogh Exhibition This Summer

It’ll feel like stepping inside “Starry Nights” at the Bryant St. Development in Northeast D.C.

 
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