After Smithsonian controversy, Amy Sherald opens to fanfare in Baltimore

Baltimoreans flocked to opening day of “American Sublime,” the exhibition Amy Sherald removed from the National Portrait ...
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Research Centers

The Smithsonian is one of the world’s foremost research centers in science, the arts, and the humanities. In addition to ...

With federal shutdown hindering Washington school trips, some Ohio students got a special tour

When the federal government shut down threatened Fort Recovery Middle School's field trip to Washington, a four-decade ...
Washingtonian

November Culture Guide: 44 Things to Do in the DC Area

Happy November, DC! Fall is in full swing. Music artists Amaarae, Samara Joy, and Noochie are live in concert at local ...

Hear now the haunting tale of the Ghost of Mrs. Kyle

Ghost stories are preserved by the retelling. Here are two: one from colonial Virginia, complete with scratchy cassette ...

A Confederate statue is restored as part of Trump’s efforts to reshape how history is told

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has restored a memorial to a Confederate general in Washington, D.C. that demonstrators took down during racial justice protests in the summer of 2020, part ...

Businesses near National Zoo battle 3 weeks without visitor traffic amid government shutdown

Businesses that rely on visitors to the National Zoo are battling a stark and increasingly prolonged decline in sales as the ...
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Baltimore Museum of Art welcomes Amy Sherald's exhibition after Smithsonian controversy

The exhibition is in Baltimore after Sherald canceled the show at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery over the summer ...

Can you guess DC’s official symbols? Some of them may surprise you

How well do you know D.C.? The nation's capital is full of culture, history and symbolism. Here are the District's official ...