Find the best of DC, Maryland and Virginia theatres, performing arts, museums and galleries. Search here by date, range of dates, locality and interest and choose from among 300 presenters throughout Metro DC. There are even categories for Free and Family & Kids! That's why we call CultureCapital your link to the Arts in Metro DC.
Spotlights
| Rickie Simpkins Wed, May 29 Strathmore Rickie Simpkins, master musician, will showcase a collection of invigorating original and traditional melodies featuring fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals along with cello. |
| Edvard Munch: A 150th Anniversary Tribute Through Sun, August 11 National Gallery of Art Continuing the Gallery's devotion to Munch's art, with three major exhibitions in recent decades, this installation celebrates the 150th anniversary of his birth with some 20 of the most beloved images from the Gallery's collection. |
| Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909 - 1929: When Art Danced with Music Through Mon, September 2 National Gallery of Art The Ballets Russes--the most innovative dance company of the 20th century--propelled the performing arts to new heights through groundbreaking collaboration between artists, composers, choreographers, dancers, and fashion designers, with such familiar names as Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, George Balachine, Vaslaw Nijinsky, and Coco Chanel. Washington is the sole US venue for 150 original costumes, set designs, paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings photographs, posters, and film clips in a theatrical multimedia installation. |
| Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass Sat, June 29 Strathmore Go behind the scenes of the parallel universe that is public radio's This American Life. In the style that has won millions of radio fans, Ira Glass talks about how it all comes together each week, mixing stories from the show, live onstage, with taped selections of stories, recreating the sound of the show as the audience watches. |
| The Story Behind 'Beyond the Story' Thu, June 27 National Geographic |
| The Guardsman Sat, May 25 through Sun, June 23 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
