Your Guide to Basquing in the Old West

What are the best restaurants for authentic Basque cuisine?

March 21, 2012

Events March 20-22: Walt Whitman and the Civil War, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, and Big Bang for the Buck

March 19, 2012

The Zoo Animals Find a Pot of Gold

The Cheetah Conservation Station’s maned wolves get a St. Patty’s Day treat

March 16, 2012

Nature in Focus at the Environmental Film Festival

Environmental Film Festival highlights on view at Smithsonian locations

March 16, 2012

Weekend Events March 16-18: Evolution of Video Games, Saint Paddy Party, and Masterworks of Three Centuries

March 15, 2012

Game On At the American Art Museum This Weekend

“The Art of Video Games” opens at the American Art Museum with a weekend packed with gaming, panels, and performances

March 14, 2012

Events March 13-15: Public Murals in Southeast DC, The Last Reef, and Hoop Dance with Thirza Defoe

This week, discuss the varying views on public murals, take a 3-D journey of the world’s coral reefs, and perform a People’s Dance with Thirza Defoe

March 12, 2012

Weekend Events March 9-11: John Carter, Make Your Own Mud Cloth, and A Song for the Horse Nation

March 8, 2012

What Was It Like to Dine with the Persian Kings?

For the 25th anniversary of the Sackler Gallery, elaborately crafted Iranian metalwork from Arthur Sackler’s original gift are now on display

March 6, 2012

Events March 6-8: An Amazonian Odyssey, Conservation Clinic, and The Lovejoygroup

This week, take a virtual tour of the Amazon River, learn how to preserve your favorite works of art at home, and enjoy the eclectic jazz of Lovejoygroup

March 5, 2012

Celebrities of the Past, Now in “Vibrant Color” at the Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery showcases Harry Warnecke’s early color photographs of famous faces from the 1930s and ‘40s

March 2, 2012

Weekend Events March 3-5: Calefax Quintet, Women’s History Month, and Nowruz

March 1, 2012

Music That Rocks the Imagination

The motivation behind Quetzal’s music is stirring dreams – and helping build communities

March 2012

Here & Now

March 2012

Events Feb 28-March 1: Paradox of Liberty, A Not So Still Life, and Perspectives on “Limits to Growth”

This week, learn about slavery at Monticello, meet artist Ginny Ruffner, and join experts for a day of discussion on sustainability

February 27, 2012

Local Artists Blend Brand and Art at the Anacostia Community Museum

“Artuare” and “Conversations in the Contemporary” blur the definitions of commercial and fine art

February 24, 2012

Events Feb 21-23: Youth Poetry Slam, Echoes of the Silk Road, and Suprasensorial

February 21, 2012

Weekend Events Feb 17-19: Gallery Talk, Presidential Family Fun Day, and a Tour with the Artist

February 17, 2012

Events Feb 14-16: Handi-hour, Noodles and a Movie, and a Mardi Gras Special

Make a craft for your Valentine at the Renwick Gallery, try Taiwanese noodles at the Freer Gallery, celebrate Mardi Gras with Little Red and the Renegades

February 13, 2012

Geeky Gifts for Your Valentine

Having trouble finding a gift that matches the brilliance of your Valentine? We’ve got the solutions

February 13, 2012