Dc Arts

Have you ever wondered how we'll find the next Steve Jobs?

This weekend give yourself a treat. Run away to the circus if only for a couple hours. Invite some friends. Drink some bubbly. And wear some glitter yourself. Live large. When you start shaking around the fairy dust, who knows what'll happen.

WASHINGTON -- Multimedia artist Doug Aitken's "SONG 1" was officially inaugurated on Thursday night literally wrapping the Hirshhorn Museum in moving ...

Rob Bettman, Executive Director for the D.C. Advocates for the Arts, has organized a movement bringing artists, arts groups, and patrons together to lobby D.C.'s mayor and council members for increased arts funding.

Oberhofer falls into the multitude of indie bands churning out lo-fi music. Thankfully for the listener, and the audience on Tuesday night, this group favors a rock and roll influence more than obtuse haze.

Government funding is critically important to local artists and arts organizations, but how much arts funding is the right amount of arts funding?

There will be comfort to be had in the various music venues across D.C. Whether it's pop, hip-hop, rock, or rockabilly that makes you feel at home, there's somewhere for you to be this week.

The most notable shows of the week may be the ones I am choosing not to attend. It's not that the concerts that I will attend are entirely unknown, but just that much more reliable than the big names.

WASHINGTON -- Local artist Jacqueline Levine's work draws from disparate sources of inspiration: the Bible, pop art and "Honey I Shrunk The Kids," amo...

WASHINGTON -- It's been too long -- three years -- since D.C. had its last Artomatic. And now it's back! This year's festival will be from May 18 ...

Working out of its headquarters at the Museum of Unnatural History (its logo cleverly mimicking the Smithsonian's) at 3233 14th Street NW, 826dc provides writing programs for underserved youth.

In the 10 years I've lived here, I don't recall so much arts and culture happening on so many levels outside the usual institutions and a handful of galleries. Very exciting times in the D.C. arts scene.

Despite the place's storied jazz history I can't find any evidence that there's been a single jazz event there any time recently. Quite simply, nobody wants or needs the venue.

D.C. has lots of embassies, and lots of embassies host cultural events that showcase arts and culture from their countries. Cultural diplomacy at its best!

When you think of D.C., you generally think of politics and grand monuments. I discovered a thriving arts scene beyond the National Mall that even D.C. residents didn't know about, much less tourists.