Arts & Entertainment
This Week’s Arts Hot Hits & Hidden Jewels
The best local A&E events for the week provided by CultureCapital.com

Bad Jews
Thru Jan 17. Studio Theatre.
Find more info HERE.
Joshua Harmon’s savage comedy about family, faith, and legacy follows three cousins and their verbal battle royale over a family heirloom.
New York Opera Society
Jan 3. National Gallery of Art.
Find more info HERE.
The New York Opera Society’s Viennese New Year Concert will include two performances by ballroom dancers Rudeger Homm and Ekaterina Kanevskaya, as well as excerpts from the operettas Die Fledermaus and the Merry Widow.
Jerusalem 3D
Thru Mar 31. National Geographic.
Find more info HERE.
Through breathtaking aerial footage, eye-opening personal stories and remarkable historical perspective, Jerusalem 3D takes viewers inside the heart of the ancient city in ways never seen before. After being granted special permission in the region’s strict no-fly zone, filmmakers were able to capture the first-ever large format aerial footage of the Old City and throughout the Holy Land.
Twelve Years That Shook And Shaped Washington: 1963-1975
Thru Oct 23. Smithsonian Anacostia Museum.
Find more info HERE.
The exhibition looks at the emergence of gay rights movement in the District among the social movements of that period. Featured are several photos of gay rights protests held at the White House and other local sites. Also on view are copies of early mimeographed issues of DC’s first gay paper, The Gay Blade (now the Washington Blade), founded in 1969 and an early newspaper dispenser box.

The Opening Reception for the 34th annual D.C. Black Pride was held at the Capital Hilton on Friday, May 23. Presenters, speakers and entertainers included Ts Madison, Monroe Alise, Billy the Goat, Kerri Colby, Apple Brown Betty, Heather Mahogani, Lyrical Mar, Lolita Leopard, Ink, and Bang Garçon. Anthony Oakes was the host.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)





















The 2025 Silver Pride Resource Fair and Tea Dance was held at the Eaton Hotel on Wednesday, May 21.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)










Out & About
Queer film festival comes to D.C.
DC/DOX to showcase LGBTQ documentaries made by LGBTQ filmmakers

DC/DOX will host a film festival beginning on Thursday, June 12, at the Regal Gallery Place, Eaton Cinema, and the U.S. Navy Memorial Burke Theatre.
This festival will premier LGBTQ documentaries made by LGBTQ filmmakers. Each screening will be followed by in-person Q&As with the filmmakers.
For more details, visit dcdoxfest.com
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