Arts and Music

Around Town Best Bets

Every week, WETA critics are bringing you the must-see arts in and around DC: Our best bets in film, theater, museums, and more!

November 22, 2024

A star-studded cast led by Ralph Fiennes gives a commanding performance in a film about the inner workings of the papacy. Tim Gordon praises what he calls an early Oscar contender: Conclave.

November 8, 2024

Emmy-winning actor John Leguizamo brings a world-premiere play to Washington, D.C. Jane Horwitz wants you to be the first to catch a glimpse of "The Other Americans" at Arena Stage.

October 25, 2024

Arlington is celebrating 40 years of its public art program, and Philippa Hughes gives us a tour of some of the works you can see across the country. From "Dark Star Park" to "Queen City" and beyond.

October 11, 2024

Assembled on the edge of the National Mall is an outdoor collection of sculptures that will amuse, intrigue, and delight you. Janis Goodman gives us a tour of the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.

September 27, 2024

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, and a small sampling of its treasures are on display in a brand new gallery space. Philippa Hughes takes us through Collecting Memories.

September 13, 2024

Explore the evocative views of New England in an exhibition over at the National Museum of Asian Art. Robert Aubry Davis takes us on a tour of Shifting Boundaries: Perspectives on American Landscapes.

August 30, 2024

Poor Things filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with Emma Stone for an unsettling trio of stories about unhappy people searching for love, belonging, and the divine. Travis Hopson reviews the absurdly dark and humorous Kinds of Kindness.

 

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