DC CAP ALL STARS RAIN PURPLE AT KENNEDY CENTER

The Music of Prince. was this year’s theme for the 9th annual DC-CAPital Stars that took place at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the Eisenhower Theater followed by a gala reception and old fashion Throw Down Party in the Nations Gallery featuring ‘The Source’ band. The event featured a Celebrity Judge Idol-Style Competition including Patti Austin, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter; Hinton Battle, Tony […]

PUBLICK PLAYHOUSE PG’s HIDDEN TREASURE

Most people trying to avoid the traffic backups on the BWI Parkway barely notice the Publick Playhouse at the intersection of 202 and 450 Annapolis Road and blow by this unique theater with the Art Deco marquee and tons of free parking behind it. I’ve seen Ruby Dee perform there, but last weekend I was invited to […]

27TH ANNUAL BERKS JAZZ FEST OPENS MARCH 31st

The two week long, ten day long jazz emersion experience AKA the Berks Jazz Festival begins the last Friday in March on the 31st and extends to the second Sunday in April on the 9th. The opening night Celebration features Patti Austin, Jonathan Butler and Gerald Albright at the ornate Santander Center in downtown Reading, […]

MNEMONIC BY COMPLICITE

On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, the international touring group from London, Complicite paints a bold and chaotic picture of the European immigrant experience with in-your-face full frontal, primordial images of climate change and Stone Age icemen. Mnemonic grapples with the fragmented yet creative aspects of memory as seen through the grieving mind of an estranged […]