Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, ...

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with concerts and lion dances, enjoy a discounted meal during Winter Restaurant Week, or immerse ...

Washington, D.C., has always been a small ... Opened in 1910, it became a cultural beacon, hosting luminaries like Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong during its golden era.

DC! Take a pause from your new year diet plan to indulge in Winter Restaurant Week specials. Also, there’s a ton of Lunar New Year celebrations happening around town, and a new LEGO exhibition all ...

Activism / Most Americans voted for someone else in 2024, but as New York City’s public advocate said, “We’re going to have ...

Jan. 18, starting at 4 p.m., 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, Virginia, $25 ($18 for seniors) The program will feature works from Duke Ellington, George Walker, Scott Joplin and William Grant Still.

Washington, DC, with its international symbols of American independence, rich history and local culture, will serve as center ...

Mansion on O Street founder H.H. Leonards is the driving force behind a push to create an augmented reality trail charting D.C.'s role in the nation's quest for freedom and equality.

The little-known story of a pioneering black fighter pilot who later worked with iconic French dancer Josephine Baker and American jazz legend Duke Ellington has inspired a new show by ...

Dr. Ying-Shan Su, a collaborative pianist, joined the Nicholls faculty in 2022. She previously served as the collaborative ...

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America Larry Tye 416 pages ISBN: 035838043X Mariner Books 2024 In 1986, a guy walked into a Post Office in South ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world ... Itseemed as if young Duke was more inclined to baseball at a young age. Duke got his first job selling peanuts at Washington Senator’s ...