By Southwester Staff This month, over a dozen DC-area performing arts summer camps will gather at Arena Stage for a free public fair, where future campers can meet camp representatives and sample offerings for the upcoming summer camp season. The fair provides families of elementary, middle, and high school students […]
Hirshhorn Opens Educational Art School for All Ages
By Southwester Staff As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum opened the Hirshhorn Art School, a first-of-its-kind art education experience, on October 30. Visitors are invited to “think like an artist’ in the new hub, which combines elements of a professional artist’s studio, museum galleries and […]
Southwest Chamber Players to Host 30th Annual Christmas Concert
By Southwester Staff The Southwest Chamber Players announced their annual Christmas concert program will include a potpourri of carols and Messiah, with a bit of a French twist. The concert, free and open to the public, will be held at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, December 22 at 5:00 […]
Step Afrika!’s Holiday Step Show Returns to Arena stage in Limited Engagement
The company of Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show at Arena Stage. Photo by Jati Lindsay By Southwester Staff After two straight years of sold-out runs, the world-renowned step troupe Step Afrika! returns to Arena Stage with their Magical Musical Holiday Step Show. The festive “step-stravaganza” will run December […]
Annual Holiday Celebrations Return to U.S. Botanic Garden
A poinsettia bed at the U.S. Botanic Garden. Courtesy of Devin Dotson By Southwester Staff Holiday cheer returns to the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) from Thanksgiving Day through January 5, 2025 (closed on Christmas Day) with their popular annual holiday display. Multiple model trains will run in the gated outdoor gardens […]
Arena Stage Opens World Premiere Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile
By Sheila Wickouski A recent cartoon in the New Yorker magazine shows a Sherlock Holmes character asking a group at a house party when he would be invited for a visit when there was not a murder. This is something that another famous fictional detective, Hercule Poirot, could well ask […]
Book Review: Fall Into A New Season of Books
By Rhonda Henderson With crisp leaves dancing around the Duck Pond, squirrels attempting to surreptitiously hide acorns (but fooling no one), and hoodies now a necessity to walk kiddos to school or make that quick coffee run, we know it’s (finally!) fall in Southwest. I believe it’s always time for […]