Gary Tischler

People in the culture-noticing business often talk about Washington, D.C., treasures, hidden or obvious.  They mean old, historical homes ...

The National Zoo's food-tasting extravaganza -- Zoofari -- gets bigger and better each year.

“Other Desert Cities”, Directed by Kyle Donnnelly, runs through May 26 at Arena Stage

From Nobel Prize winners to celebrated actor Kerry Washington, commencement weekend in D.C. is in full swing. Congratulations to the Class of 2013.

The Washington Ballet's Septime Webre created a masterful and dazzling work in "The Sun Also Rises." We just wish that had been more time to see it.

Arena's "Other Desert Cities" display family members' biting comments about their lives -- with a strong cast that keeps it real.

The German-born singer Ute Lemper is making one of her frequent jaunts to Washington, this time at the Sixth and ...

The boys are back.

We’re talking Ernie and F. Scott, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American chroniclers ...

"Show Boat" is a wowser, as our reviewer notes and finds soprano Andriana Chuchman "the heart and soul of the show."

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A talk with Shakespeare Theatre Company director Michael Kahn reveals the rise and fall of great men in two plays.

Country music giant George Jones has died -- and so has a bit of country music itself.

An interim councilmember no more, Anita Bonds led the pack to secure her at-large seat on the District Council.

Singer Richie Havens -- more than a performer at Woodstock -- was also a teacher for the environment.