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
| 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. |
| Ken Ludwig Book Party & Talk Sat, June 8 Folger Theatre Enjoy an interactive discussion on Twelfth Night with acclaimed author and Tony Award-nominee Ken Ludwig, followed by a book-signing for his new book, How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare. |
| Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina Through Sun, June 9 National Gallery of Art The Albertina Museum in Vienna, Austria, lends to the Gallery 118 of its finest watercolors, drawings, and prints by Dürer for an unprecedented exhibition that can only be seen in Washington and that also includes 19 closely related drawings and prints from the Gallery's own collection. |
| 2013 Source Festival June 7 - 30, 2013. CulturalDC's Source Festival, now celebrating its sixth year, will debut 24 original works for the stage from June 7 to 30, 2013. Each year the Festival presents three Full-Length Plays, 18 10-Minute Plays and three Artistic Blind Dates. |
| Shen Wei Dance Arts Through Sat, May 25 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
| The Legacy of Bob Marley Sun, June 23 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
