In a small back room in Northwest Washington, during the frigid month of January, the air was thick with laughter. Purple and red lights illuminated the space, highlighting the drum, saxophone and cowbell...

District residents gathered at Anthem Row on Sept. 14 to watch live music at GoGo & Cumbia, an event highlighting the vibrant go-go and cumbia music scenes in Washington and the active community of...

On Sept. 13, “Beauty Behind Bars: The Transformative Power of Art in Confinement,” hosted at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, spotlighted visual art and poetry created by current and formerly incarcerated...

Nine faces are painted over an artistic rendition of the capitol building near Judiciary Square. Faceless people line the bottom. They give out food, dance and hold a banner: “Homeless Lives Matter.”...

When the band Tonic came out on stage at HFStival on Sept. 21, frontman Emerson Hart had one request for the crowd. “Let’s go back to 1996, shall we?” he said, before launching into a guitar-heavy...

On Sept. 27 and 28, Washington, D.C. hosted a series of Art All Night exhibitions across various neighborhoods. On Sept. 28, Dupont had Art All Night shows at the Dupont Circle, Dupont Underground, O Street...

When Jae K. Gee entered American University, they planned on majoring in political science. But Gee decided to switch to theater arts with a minor in political science after finding a home in AU’s theater...

Every Sunday afternoon, drum beats can be heard echoing throughout Meridian Hill Park, called Malcolm X Park by locals, in northwest Washington. The park’s weekly drum circle began during the Civil...

Washington, D.C., residents and visitors gathered at Dupont Circle on Oct. 6 to enjoy an immersive cultural experience through the ArtWalk Dupont. On the first Friday of each month, the Dupont Circle...

The All Things Go Music Festival returned to the Merriweather Post Pavilion from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, bringing a lineup of 32 artists to the Washington, D.C. region for the festival’s ninth year.  Starting...

When a group of Washington firefighters and emergency medical service workers put a band together, they thought it would be a one-time thing to entertain their coworkers. The band, Heat Stroke, has...