Washington, D.C. Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Arts === {{Main|Theater in Washington, D.C.}} [[File:Moulin Rouge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts audience perspective.jpg|thumb|A performance of ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]'' at the [[Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]]] Washington, D.C., is a national center for the arts, home to several concert halls and theaters. The [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] is home to the [[National Symphony Orchestra (United States)|National Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Washington National Opera]], and the [[Washington Ballet]]. The [[Kennedy Center Honors]] are awarded each year to those in the performing arts who have contributed greatly to the cultural life of the United States. This ceremony is often attended by the sitting [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] and other dignitaries and celebrities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/about/home.html |title=About the Kennedy Center Honors |access-date=June 29, 2008 |publisher=The Kennedy Center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516004214/http://kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/about/home.html |archive-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref> The Kennedy Center also awards the annual [[Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} The historic [[Ford's Theatre]], site of the [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|assassination of President Abraham Lincoln]] on April 14, 1865, continues to function as a theatre and as a museum.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rothstein |first=Edward |title=Where a Comedy Turned to Tragedy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/arts/design/07linc.html |access-date=April 2, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 6, 2009 |archive-date=May 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512181850/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/arts/design/07linc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.|Marine Barracks]] near [[Capitol Hill]] houses the [[United States Marine Band]]; founded in 1798, it is the country's oldest professional musical organization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/WHO_WE_ARE/ensembles/marine_band/index.htm |publisher=United States Marine Band |access-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019060441/http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/WHO_WE_ARE/ensembles/marine_band/index.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> [[American march music|American march composer]] and Washington-native [[John Philip Sousa]] led the Marine Band from 1880 until 1892.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Davison |first=Marjorie Risk |title=Excerpts from the History of Music in the District of Columbia |journal=Records of the Columbia Historical Society |year=1969 |volume=66β68 |page=183 |jstor=40067254}}</ref> Founded in 1925, the [[United States Navy Band]] has its headquarters at the [[Washington Navy Yard]] and performs at official events and public concerts around the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.navyband.navy.mil/History.shtml |publisher=United States Navy Band |access-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081210/http://www.navyband.navy.mil/History.shtml |archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Founded in 1950, [[Arena Stage]] achieved national attention and spurred growth in the city's independent theater movement that now includes organizations such as the [[Shakespeare Theatre Company]], [[Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company]], and the [[Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Studio Theatre]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilmeth |first=Don B. |title=The Cambridge history of American theatre |year=2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnRa7u3-T2IC |author2=C.W.E. Bigsby |isbn=978-0-521-66959-7 |access-date=June 16, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906002902/https://books.google.com/books?id=mnRa7u3-T2IC |url-status=live }}</ref> Arena Stage reopened after a renovation and expansion in the city's emerging [[Southwest Waterfront, Washington, D.C.|Southwest waterfront area]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kravitz |first=Derek |title=The emerging Southwest: Transformation underway |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092307325.html |access-date=April 2, 2001 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 26, 2010 |archive-date=February 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216174004/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092307325.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[GALA Hispanic Theatre]], now housed in the historic [[Tivoli Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Tivoli Theatre]] in [[Columbia Heights (Washington, D.C.)|Columbia Heights]], was founded in 1976 and is a National Center for the Latino Performing Arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gala Theatre History |url=http://galatheatre.org/history.php |publisher=GALA Hispanic Theatre |access-date=April 2, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830222103/http://www.galatheatre.org/history.php |archive-date=August 30, 2009}}</ref> Other performing arts spaces in the city include the [[Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium]] in [[Federal Triangle]], the [[Atlas Performing Arts Center]] on [[H Street (Washington, D.C.)|H Street]], the [[Carter Barron Amphitheater]] in [[Rock Creek Park]], [[DAR Constitution Hall|Constitution Hall]] in [[Downtown, Washington, D.C.|Downtown]], the [[National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|National Theatre]] in Downtown, the [[Keegan Theatre]] in [[Dupont Circle]], the [[Lisner Auditorium]] in [[Foggy Bottom]], the [[National Sylvan Theater|Sylvan Theater]] on the [[National Mall]], and the [[Warner Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Warner Theatre]] in [[Penn Quarter]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} The [[U Street Corridor]] in Northwest D.C., once known as "Washington's Black Broadway", is home to institutions like [[Howard Theatre]] and [[Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Lincoln Theatre]], which hosted music legends such as Washington-native [[Duke Ellington]], [[John Coltrane]], and [[Miles Davis]].<ref name=ustreet>{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Levin |title=Lights Return to 'Black Broadway' in Northwest Washington, D.C. |date=September 10, 2006 |url=http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/travel/10surfacing.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610144435/http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/travel/10surfacing.html?ref=travel |archive-date=June 10, 2011}}</ref> Just east of U Street is [[Shaw (Washington, D.C.)|Shaw]], which also served as a major cultural center during the [[jazz age]]. Intersecting with U Street is [[Fourteenth Street (Washington, D.C.)|Fourteenth Street]], which was an extension of the U Street cultural corridor during the 1920s through the 1960s. The collection of Fourteenth Street, U Street, and Shaw was the location of the [[Black Renaissance in D.C.]], which was part of the larger [[Harlem Renaissance]]. Today, the area starting at Fourteenth Street downtown going north through U Street and east to Shaw boasts a high concentration of bars, restaurants, and theaters, and is among the city's most notable cultural and artistic areas.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} The [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]] (WAFCA), a group of more than 65 film critics, holds an annual awards ceremony.<ref name="aboutwafca">{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.wafca.com/about/index.htm|website=www.wafca.com|publisher=Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association|access-date=March 11, 2024|archive-date=December 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209235303/http://www.wafca.com/about/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page