Welcome to Culture Capital, your gateway to the world of arts and entertainment in the Greater Washington region, covering the District of Columbia, the City of Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland.
Highlights
| Philadanco Friday, May 16 Strathmore This Philadelphia-based modern dance troupe, founded by Joan Myers Brown to cultivate black dancers and choreographers, will perform a program of highly athletic material rooted in Jazz, modern and African traditions. |
| The Washington Ballet's Cinderella Through Sunday, May 11 Warner Theatre A blockbuster bar none, Septime Webre's Cinderella is a spectacle of opulence and beauty, athleticism and schtick, with ravishing costumes and Prokofiev's ultra-lush score…all befitting a world-famous fairy tale. |
| Folger Poetry Board Reading: Lucille Clifton Tuesday, May 13 Folger Shakespeare Library Lucille Clifton's poetry binds deceptively simple language with an emotional punch. |
| The School for Scandal Through Sunday, June 15 Folger Shakespeare Library True loves and true characters are revealed amid gossip, clever pretenses, and compromising situations in this witty comedy of very bad manners and irresistible folly. |
| Electoral College: The Debate Continues Wednesday, May 21 National Archives Experience |
