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Instead of simplistic, romantic notions of war draped in patriotic glory, the listener encounters a more difficult and nuanced 20th-century musical landscape of existential questions, gruesome descriptions, defiant submi...

Getting into the holiday spirit is a highly personal ritual. Some people cue up Bing Crosby on the record player, while others string white lights around their Douglas-fir. You might put together an elaborate gingerbread...

MILAN (Reuters) - Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" kicks off La Scala's season on Friday with the renowned Milanese theater under fire for choosing the German maestro over local hero Giuseppe Verdi on the biggest night of th...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Geographic Society opened its vaults and offered hundreds of historic and contemporary photographs and works of art at auction on Thursday, taking in nearly $3.8 million.

outlet malls used to be secret treasure troves far away from cities and their namesake retail stores. They sold rare, past-season merchandise at discounted prices or blemished designer dresses missing buttons or beads. R...

It's that time of year again, when everyone gets a Christmas card from the White House. Just kidding! Only certain people get the annual mailing,...

The Eighth Annual Downtown Holiday Market runs through Dec. 23. More than 180 rotating exhibitors and artisans are selling crafts, jewelry, pottery, paintings and textiles. Noon-8 p.m. daily. F Street NW sidewalk, betwee...

As if UNC-CH didn?t have enough athletic and academic headaches, critics are taking basketball coach Roy Williams to task for his habitual use of the word ?freakin? .? Click to Continue »

Cliffhangers both fiscal and presidential may have dominated Washington’s public sphere, but subtler, timeless concerns governed its stages. The year’s most memorable dance offerings presented micro and mac...

Everyone knows Andy Warhol's iconic pop art of the Campbell's soup can, Marilyn Monroe and Jackie O. But what was he doing before that? How...

Psy, the South Korean rapper whose viral pop hit “Gangnam Style” has been viewed over 900 million times on YouTube, is expected to sing for the President and First Lady Michelle Obama on Sunday night at â€...

The top 10 productions, trends and events in the full and hectic life of Washington theater in 2012: Woolly Mammoth Theatre. The year’s most ingenious theater piece. Playwright Anne Washburn (“The Internatio...

Shake it up, baby: It was a year of change for classical music institutions in Washington. Francesca Zambello was named artistic director of the Washington National Opera (finally!); Neale Perl was nudged out of his post...

I'm sorry, the recap is cancelled, I have to mourn. I was terrified for the entire episode that that was where they were going with her storyline, but refused to accept it.

As the U.S. economy continued the long slog of the slowest recovery since the 1930s, Washington’s commercial art scene neither expanded nor contracted significantly in 2012. But the leading galleries, supplemented...

This is what marriage equality looks like. Reddit user Deesnuttzz posted this amazing picture of a bearded couple applying for a marriage license in Seattle,...

Just six months into the arts beat, I’m struck by the breadth, depth and vibrancy of offerings from the local arts and culture scene. My (Half-a-Year) Top 10 list highlights the wide-ranging stories that kept me t...

Love is not merely risky business. It’s a bona fide public menace — or seems so at least, when wielded like a nuclear device by the romantic terrorists of director John Malkovich’s fascinating reviva...

It's the "Breaking Bad" cupcakes you didn't know you were waiting for. Bryan Cranston, star of "Breaking Bad," tweeted a photo of cupcakes baring the...

As we begin the weeks of end-of-the-year countdowns and “Best of...” lists, Pantone is Tangerine Tango-ing out of 2012 and introducing us to our new favorite color: Emerald . How did Pantone land on this hue ...

Did Eleanor Roosevelt really feed King George VI and Queen Elizabeth hot dogs? The question seems to linger at the end of “Hyde Park on Hudson,” perhaps more so than any sordid curiosity about Franklin D. Roo...

These days, I'm having a lot of trouble with irony. Sometimes I'm even afraid of the concept. Imagine that -- a literature professor afraid of irony. Isn't that ironic? Why am I afraid?