Arts & Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment

Mini Golf and BBQ at the National Building Museum
05/24/2013 - 12:00am
The summer, the National Building Museum brings back its popular indoor Mini Golf exhibition. The expanded attraction features two 9-hole course options, with all new holes designed and built by leading Washington-area architects, landscape... >>more
Must See Music: James Blake
05/15/2013 - 10:04am
If James Blake were to stop being a musician tomorrow, he wouldn’t need to wait long to find a new job-- he could easily find work giving seminars on tech-induced loneliness. In his Sunday night performance at the 9:30 Club, Blake, accompanied... >>more
The Literary Hill
05/08/2013 - 12:00am
Meet the authors below — along with three dozen other local writers – at the Literary Hill BookFest on Sunday, May 5, 11a.m.-3 p.m., in the North Hall of Eastern Market. The BookFest features book talks, activities for the kids, book... >>more
The Jazz Project
05/08/2013 - 12:00am
Thoughts Of A Jazz Lover Jazz can be enigmatic, an alchemy of mysterious sounds and moods that is spontaneous and yet deliberate in its free flowing creativity. The music can be complex, but good jazz feels as simple as first love—it goes... >>more
The Hero/Traitor Repertory
05/08/2013 - 12:00am
The Shakespeare Theatre Company offers a rare treat this month at Sidney Harman Hall, where shared themes, sets and actors occupy a single stage in alternating productions of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and Friedrich Schiller’s... >>more
Art and the City
05/08/2013 - 12:00am
It’s easy to connect with the sculptures of Carol Newmyer. Maybe it’s their dramatic movement—the rhythms that began in the origins of life.  Her “Eurythmy” dance figures are based on the movements of the Pilobolis... >>more
Half a Loaf
05/08/2013 - 12:00am
Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie has been known as one of the most prominent writers of English prose since his breakout novel of 1981, “Midnight’s Children.” A critical (Booker Prize winner) and popular success, the book... >>more
Third Annual Literary Hill Book Fest A Great Success
05/07/2013 - 8:38am
On Sunday, May 5, in the North Hall of Eastern Market, throngs of the reading public chatted with 38 Capitol Hill authors, listened to mini Book Talks, and of course, bought books. Also in attendance were representatives of writer's groups,... >>more
Lady Lamb And The Beekeeper
05/03/2013 - 4:00pm
Aly Spaltro, the spunky 23-year-old songstress from Portland, Maine, who performs under the stage name Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, sings with a vicious and raw gusto on her recently released album Ripely Pine. In a recent interview with Hill Rag,... >>more
Must See Music: The Cave Singers at the Rock N Roll Hotel
04/22/2013 - 12:17pm
The Cave Singers don't just perform, they throw a full-tilt-boogie party! From their first chord, the band set the tone for an evening of pure American folk rock. Playing songs mostly off their fourth album Naomi, the group set the audience... >>more
The Lady Becomes Him
04/22/2013 - 10:38am
Commedia dell’Arte is ane excellent tonic to take the edge off the working week. In the tradition of seventeenth century Italian theater, such performances incorporate, masks, physical comedy and mistaken identity to craft the perfect farce.... >>more
Must See Music: David Wax Museum
04/08/2013 - 10:03am
Seeing a show by the self-described "Mexo-Americana" band David Wax Museum is like catching a glimpse of a mirage of an oasis while stranded, thirsty in the Arroyo desert. Oscillating in size throughout their Thursday show at the 9:30 Club... >>more
The Literary Hill
04/06/2013 - 12:00am
Going the Distance At age 37 Georgetown University physics professor Frances Slakey decided to attempt “the first global surf-n-turf”: he would climb the highest mountain on every continent and surf every ocean. “To the Last Breath... >>more
The Jazz Project
04/06/2013 - 12:00am
Thoughts Of A Jazz Lover Jazz can be enigmatic, an alchemy of mysterious sounds and moods that is spontaneous and yet deliberate in its free flowing creativity. The music can be complex, but good jazz feels as simple as first love—it goes... >>more
YIMBY – ‘Yes, In My Back Yard!
04/06/2013 - 12:00am
District residents interested in finding out how they can bring Earth Day concepts home to their neighborhoods all year long – via their annual block parties and other community events  – are invited to an Earth Day (April 22)... >>more