Rhizome DC announces plans to purchase a building, launches community financing push
Rhizome DC, home base for the city’s DIY arts community, has announced plans to purchase an empty storefront in...
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DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities announces 2024 music census
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities will put its support behind collecting the 2024 DC Area Music...
Musician and activist Aaron Myers chosen to lead D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
The D.C. Council voted unanimously today to confirm Aaron Myers — a jazz vocalist, pianist and longtime artist-activist — as...
Through Cats’ Eyes: Saxophonist Brian Settles’ intimate, evocative images of Brookland D.C.
Editor’s note: This article is part of a recurring series highlighting D.C. musicians who double as photographers, part of...
Through Cats’ Eyes: D.C.’s jazz scene from the lens of drummer Keith Butler
Editor’s note: There is a long tradition of jazz musicians who double as serious photographers. As dual practitioners, these...
Recovering from fire, Blues Alley aims for a quick reopening
Editor’s note, 11.1.22: Blues Alley announced on Sunday that it would reopen Monday evening, less than one week after...
What to see at this week’s 12th annual Washington Women in Jazz Festival
The Washington Women in Jazz Festival was one of the first major cancellations to hit the D.C. jazz scene...
Jazz is returning to the Kennedy Center’s Club at Studio K
Nearly two years since the Covid-19 pandemic first swept through the country, the Kennedy Center is finally reactivating the...
D.C.’s jazz scene is coming back to life. Here’s where to find it.
Editor’s note: this article is from 2021 and is no longer updated. Please refer to the full DC jazz...
Washington Women in Jazz Festival, One of the Pandemic’s First Casualties, Makes Its Return
For many D.C.-area musicians, the cancellation of last year’s Washington Women in Jazz Festival (WWJF) came as a surprise....