The Capital Fringe Festival starts on July 19 and runs through the 29th. The non-traditional performing arts festival provides an outlet for DC area fringe artists, offers new and current works produced in unusual spaces, and merges exploratory artists with a wider audience.

When it comes to “cool” web features, DC tends to be the forgotten city thanks to the larger/closer to the action metropolitan areas in this country (you hear, me, Google Transit! I’m still waiting to be freed from the tyranny of WMATA’s Station Master!). I’m happy to report that Google Maps Street View of The [...]

As of June 1, 2007 Ford’s Theatre Historic Site — both theatre and museum — will be closed to the public for renovations. (The Petersen House, the House Where Lincoln Died will remain open for visitors 9 am until 5 pm daily.)

While current exhibition Red is getting all the promotional buzz, I recommend you take a few minutes (15 if you’re a quick browser, 30 if you like to stroll) to check out The Textile Museum’s other exhibition, Architectural Textiles: Tent Bands of Central Asia. Sounds like a snooze fest, but seeing the creativity and [...]

The DC Department of Transportation (DDOT)  recently launched the first DC Pedestrian Master Plan that examines all aspects of improving the city’s pedestrian environment.  A public meeting is being held to introduce the plan’s purpose and scope, announce the results of the citywide online survey and obtain community feedback.  Walk, bike, or Metro over to [...]

Jazz in the Garden begins May 25, 2007. Enjoy summer evenings of jazz in the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden. Every Friday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., rain or shine, experience an eclectic mix of top Washington-area jazz artists. Sculpture Garden hours are extended to 9:30 p.m. on [...]

Saturday, February 24 , 12 noon, National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium. Shawn Davis of the Academy for Educational Development introduces the landmark exhibition Visual Griots of Mali, the result of a project in which U.S. and Malian photographers helped the youth of the country create their own photographic documents of their [...]

If you’re ever near the new convention center (yes, I realize I should stop refering to it as the “new” convention center) and you find yourself craving a delicious microbrew, pop in to the first of several Old Dominion franchises slated to open in the DC area.

“Independent documentary filmmakers have an extraordinary power to bring people together across continents and cultures,�? said Festival Director Patricia Finneran.