Artapedia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html From Murals to Martial Arts: New Smithsonian Exhibit Reflects on Chinatown’s History and Asian American Influence in DC How It Feels to Flee LGBTQ+ Persecution: Kendra Frith Shares Her Story Potomac River Shen Series At Union Station: A Panorama Of Ecological Landscapes Homecoming / Homegoing: Weaving Expressions of Community, and Healing at the Phillips@THEARC Beyoncé’s Fourth of July Show Redefined American Music, Legacy, and Spectacle Shayn Green: Making Art You’ll Want to Stick Your Nose In Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Latest Production Recenters Frankenstein on the Women at Its Heart  District Fringe to pick up where Capital Fringe Festival left off Galatea: A Mythical Love Story, Playfully Reimagined by Theatre Prometheus Buried secrets, unburied souls: ‘Woman on Fire’ stuns at Creative Cauldron Clever farce ‘Fake It Until You Make It’ at Arena sends up the absurdity of identity The 33rd D.C. Environmental Film Festival: Films That Inspire Change Hexagon’s ‘Splitting Our Sides!’ draws laughs from political chaos All theatrical disciplines shine in ‘Julius Caesar’ at American University In Signature Theatre’s ‘Job,’ a woman confronts the horrors of the internet At Omnium Circus, inclusion and accessibility take center stage An Interview with Tom Navratil Beautiful Dreamers by Minrose Gwin Queen of Harlem Renaissance comes alive in Essential Theatre’s ‘Zora’ Art as a call to action: William Gropper’s bold critique resonates post-election The Avett Brothers bring big questions to the high seas in ‘Swept Away’ at Arena Stage Centuries: Imagining Black Women Cycling Across Time An Interview with Ira Shapiro An Interview with Jonathan D. Reich Unsung Black history and exceptional musicality in ‘Mexodus’ at Mosaic Intimate Moments: A Look At Sydney Vernon’s Interior Lives At Philips@THEARC ‘Raisin in the Sun’ at Port Tobacco Players brightens Black family story About Father comes home from the revolution in ‘Sunset Baby’ at Anacostia Playhouse The uncertainty of ‘Doubt: A Parable’ finds life again at Rooftop Productions Author Q and A with Scott Alexander Howard, The other Valley For Mosaic’s ‘Lady Day,’ Roz White transforms into Billie Holiday in a captivating performance Author Q and A with Joel Looper, Another Gospel ‘Blue’ Oversimplifies Police Brutality, Delivers Stellar Performance A race against time in Synetic Theater’s mesmerizing ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Grief tests Black women’s friendship in ‘Long Time Since Yesterday’ at Howard Increasing Queer Wellness and Mental Health With Coming Out Happy Vibrant ‘Twelve Ophelias’ at GMU is a feminist spin on the Bard New musical ‘Sonnets and Soul’ resonates deeply at Howard University Big laughs and bawdy fun in ‘The Book of Mormon’ on tour at the National Arena Stage world premiere unveils the tumultuous journey of a Black woman principal in DC In ‘Penelope,’ A Heroine Spins A New Yarn Out Of A Classic Epic At Signature Theatre. Reimagined ‘Company’ Offers a Modern Take on a Classic at the Kennedy Center The Arlington Players come out with a snazzy and spirited ‘Prom’ Desire is deadly in American University’s ‘Spring Awakening’ Robots give humanity one last hurrah in Rorschach Theatre’s ‘Human Museum’ The scent and feel of an Irish bog in ‘Distillation’ from Solas Nua Alexandre Diop: Jooba, Jubba, L’art Du Defi, The Art Of Challenge At The Rubell Museum In Washington, DC Poet Layla Said Embodies the Unyielding Power of Art Artomatic transforms abandoned building into a free artistic oasis