First lady tunes into students

Blanchett's star power a big draw in D.C.

WASHINGTON -- Cate Blanchett and Liv Ullmann conducted an impromptu lesson over the weekend in the duties, delights, and hierarchies of star power -- with the help of the Australian embassy.

Night owl's photos on view

Timothy Dicke shoots up to 2,000 photos each week of Maryland scenes lit by a phosphorescent glow. Thirty of the very best are the subject of a one-man show, the artist's first, running through Nov. 7 at Creative Alliance.

Plucky 'Caesar' troupe carries on in downpour

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company performs amid ruins of Patapsco Female Institute

Enduring imprint

A new BMA exhibit reveals the evolution of Matisse's printmaking

'Minds Interrupted': a candid, on-stage look at mental illness

On Monday night, Tyrone Stokes will stand up on stage and tell a paying audience about the "heavy season" that he likens to the final quarter of a football game, "when I was trying to get help for my loved one, who is mentally ill, before the clock ran out."

Author wrestles with expectation

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is in a situation simultaneously so thrilling and yet so uncomfortable that it's hard to figure out just how much she is to be envied and resented. On her 31st birthday, the Columbia novelist and short-story writer won a "genius" grant - which is not unlike being anointed...

Renowned pianist stirs emotions behind bars at Jessup

Pianist who has played concert halls the world over takes time out to perform at the Jessup women's prison

Langrée, BSO bring power to dramatic work of Haydn

All orchestras need to get back to their roots periodically, putting aside the big-gun Tchaikovsky and Mahler works and exploring the more intimately scaled world of Haydn. He was, after all, the "father of the symphony," the composer who created the mold and filled it more than 100 times.

Gossip magnet Sienna Miller makes a Broadway debut

It certainly sounds juicy: A British starlet makes her Broadway debut opposite her ex-fiance's best friend in a play about a doomed love triangle. Making it even spicier? Her ex-fiance happens to be just two blocks away in his own play.

'Fiddler' still provides comfort in its old age

The humble Jewish folk of Anatevka haven't changed much since they were first seen on the Broadway stage 45 years ago in a hit musical called "Fiddler on the Roof." The world hasn't changed much, either, at least not in terms of peaceful coexistence between people of different faiths and customs,...

Got an itch for antiques?

Big Flea's supersized collection of what-have-you

Great Halloween Lantern Parade lights up the night

No lantern yet? Don't fret. This year, procrastinators will have the opportunity to walk in the Creative Alliance's Great Halloween Lantern Parade.

Clef Notes: Brian Sacawa asks "New York City or Bust?"

Charles Theatre continues its opera series with 'Die Walkure' from Valencia

Tenor Placido Domingo about to turn baritone

At 68, he's past the usual retirement age, but Placido Domingo is still adding to a remarkable resume that includes tenor, conductor and opera administrator. His latest assignment: baritone.