Q: I always think of spring as planting season. Why do gardeners say fall is actually a better time to plant? A: Spring gets ...

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is the only play in Wilson’s monumental 10-play American Century Cycle that takes place in Chicago. The occasion is one of the legendary blues singer’s recording sessions.

A federal judge has ordered Kennedy Center officials to give 30 days’ notice before making major physical changes to the building, including demolition, after the national performing arts center ...

On Sept. 19, Mark the 50th anniversary of the American Folklife Center with activities, displays and a new exhibition, “Alive in Many Hands: 50 Years of the American Folklife Center.” On Oct. 17, as ...

Homecoming Family Day is Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at President Lincoln’s Cottage, 140 Rock Creek Church Rd. NW, on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. During the Civil War, ...

Washington Glass School, Sept. 18 to Oct. 31, celebrates the school’s quarter-century as a major force in the DMV arts ...

From Sept. 20 to Oct. 9, the Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival will hold three programs of early chamber music performed on period instruments. Special guests include viola da gambists Susie Napper ...

The eldest of four, Craig D’Ooge was born in Detroit on September 10, 1950, to Macsene and Martin Leonard D’Ooge before the family later settled in Ohio. On rare trips back to the Midwest with his own ...

The William H. Rumsey Aquatic Center will close Oct. 1, 2026, clearing the way for demolition and construction of a $44.5 ...