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FABIOLA R. DELGADO

Independent Curator, Creative Producer, & Cultural Advocate

CULTURE

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LIT VOICES

NOVELIST, BERNICE MCFADDAN

DC THEATRE

PORGY & BESS

Featured Stories

STOP SOLITARY! Peering Through The Window

Reclaiming Power: Disability, Desire, and Resistance in Porgy and Bess

The Potomac Unveiled: History, Nature, and Culture of a National River

Woman on Fire at Creative Cauldron: A Haunting Exploration of Identity and Empathy

Agents of Their Own Destinies: Reimagining Hamlet’s Women

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Firstborn Girls: A Conversation with Novelist Bernice McFadden.

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Arena Stage's The Age of Innocence: A Masterful Production

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The Bedwetter: A Hilarious Musical about Overcoming Obstacles

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Finding Heart and Laughter in the Immigrant Experience

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DCTRENDING'S 2024 Winter Booklist

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Who We Are

DCTRENDING is a socially-engaged online magazine at the intersection of the arts and culture in the nation’s capital. Our content reflects the diverse, abundant, and creative communities in the Washington, D.C., metro area.

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Arts

The 33rd D.C. Environmental Film Festival: Films That Inspire Change

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Arena Stage's The Age of Innocence: A Masterful Production

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'Leopoldstadt' is a Tour de Force of Wit, Intellectualism, and Emotion

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NASA & D.C. Walls: A Cosmic Collaboration

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Carter Wynne / DC Arts Center Curatorial Initiative / INTRINSIC TOOL

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Mortality, Chaos, and Aging Millennials: ‘Comeuppance’ at Woolly Mammoth

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Homecoming / Homegoing: Weaving Expressions of Community, and Healing at the Phillips@THEARC

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The New York Circus Project Twists ‘Hamlet’ into an Acrobatic Extravaganza at Union Market

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Broccoli City Festival 2024: Unity Through Music and Culture

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Potomac River Shen Series at Union Station: A Panorama of Ecological Landscapes

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Our Take on the 2024 DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival

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The Kite Runner Glides Between the Past and Present at the Kennedy Center

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At the Folger Theatre, Metamorphoses Celebrates Black Humanity

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Intimate Moments: Sydney Vernon’s Interior Lives at Phillips@THEARC

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New Worlds, Renewal, and Radical Transformation at the National Museum of Women in the Arts

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Alexandre Diop: Jooba, Jubba, L'Art du Defi, the Art of Challenge at the Rubell Museum in Washington, DC

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Reimagined 'Company' Offers a Modern Take on a Classic at the Kennedy Center

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In 'Penelope,’ a Heroine Spins a New Yarn Out of a Classic Epic at Signature Theatre.

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Tough Conversations and The Legacy of History in ‘The Niceties’

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Bullets Falling Upon Deaf Ears: A Glimpse Behind the Curtain of Private Jones

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The Lehman Trilogy: A Bracing Sign of the Times

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'Las Hermanas Palacios' Unravels Cuban Migration in 1980's Miami

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Queering One's Heritage with "Public Obscenities"

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A Beatles-infused, Feminist, Joyful ‘As You Like It’

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Arena’s ‘POTUS’ is a Laugh out Loud, Deeply Human Comedy

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The Washington Ballet Announces Its 2023-2024 Season

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Parisian Burlesque, Romance and The Vibrant Music of Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Kennedy Center

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To Kill a Mockingbird: A Fresh Look at a Classic

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‘PASSING STRANGE’ & PRIDE NIGHT AT SIGNATURE THEATRE: A ROCKIN’ MUSICAL AND CELEBRATION

Culture

In the Sacred Space of Sixth & I, A Musical Revolution Unfolds

The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington Presents: A Holiday Celebration

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Miguel Milló's La Vida Entre Latidos at DC's Mexican Cultural Institute

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Deconstructing Deceit: A Review of Zadie Smith's 'The Fraud’

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A Taste of the Caspian Sea at Joon

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Engaging with Internationalism at the 'Romanian Weekend at the Wharf'

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The Potter’s House: Beyond a Coffeehouse

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Stacey Abrams: Be curious. Solve problems. Do Good

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An Immersive Winter Wonderland at the Swedish Embassy

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American Author Explores the Soul of Baltimore

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The Nomadic House / Clouds(s) Project

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An American Woman in Soviet Moscow

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Social Impact

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At NMWA, Panelists Explore Intentionality and Access in Art Curation

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Tough Conversations and The Legacy of History in ‘The Niceties’

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The Power of Good Questions

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The March: The Story Behind the Filming of the March on Washington

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Stacey Abrams: Be curious. Solve problems. Do Good

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An Exploration of Comedy’s Role in Social Movements

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Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience

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Dreaming Abolition from DC to Palestine

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KNOWING MARJAN NADERI

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SOCIAL CHANGE, NEW BLOG, LOCAL AUTHORS

because Black voices matter

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Author Profile of Courtney LeBlanc

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Gene Bruskin: The Moment Was and Is Now

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Shipwreck: A History Play about 2017

A Group of Local Teens Express Diversity and Inclusion Through Art Mural

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Talking Creativity and Collaboration with Author Mike Maggio

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ARTS, SOCIAL CHANGE, CULTURE

Living within the Truth: "The Havel Project"

How Volunteers Saved a Deaf Immigrant

ARTS, CULTURE, SOCIAL CHANGE, ON VIEW

MY IRAN | Six Women Photographers

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Review: Meredith Monk's Cellular Songs at the National Museum of the American Indian

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THE RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA: WHO'S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW AND GREEN? Exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

ARTS, SOCIAL CHANGE

ARTS, SOCIAL CHANGE

As Waters Rise, a Movement Surges and Youth Rise to Meet the Call

The Art of Living Like a Refugee

A Conversation with Alison Friedman

The Melrose Georgetown Hotel Stands With Women’s Equality

What You Need To Know About DC’s Food Deserts

Kay Chernush / Founder & Artistic Director / ArtWorks for Freedom

Love Has No Color

The Stories She Tells / Iranian Photographer / Gohar Dashti

LIT VOICES

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Firstborn Girls: A Conversation with Novelist Bernice McFadden.

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Latest Stories, LOCAL AUTHORS

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Finding Heart and Laughter in the Immigrant Experience

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DCTRENDING'S 2024 Winter Booklist

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The ‘79 Iranian Revolution: A D.C. Author Remembers

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Exploring Love and Transformation: A Book of Poetry by D.C. Area Writer Liza Achilles

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Summer Booklist 2024: Best New Books by D.C. Area Authors

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Washington Writers Publishing House Winner: Len Kruger's Debut 'Bad Questions'

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MD Author Donna Hemans’ new novel, 'The House of Plain Truth,' Explores Migration and Belonging

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Emily Wilson & The Iliad; Beyond the Here and Now

DCTRENDING’s Third Annual Holiday Booklist

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The Power of Good Questions

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Forms of Freedom and Love Explored by D.C. Area Poets

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America Fantastica: Lives of Fantasies

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Searching for Connection, Joy, and an Absent Father: A Review of Angie Kim’s ‘Happiness Falls’

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The Poetry of Baseball

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Wit, Faith, Fatherhood: Three Recent D.C. Area Poetry Collections

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2022 Holiday Booklist: 14 books by D.C. area authors

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New Anthology of D.C.-area Afro-Latinx Poetry

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‘Mother Tongue’ by Joyce Kornblatt

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Celebrating Women’s Fiction: ‘Creatures of Passage’ by Morowa Yejidé

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A Woman Determined to Control Her Own Future

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Wealth Disrupts in "The Other Ones"

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A Conversation with R.E.I.L.

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A Conversation with Dean Bartoli Smith

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Shifting perspectives & social commentary

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A Poet Fighting Hunger & Food Insecurity

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Read (and give) local this holiday season

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Barris and the Prince of Rappa

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The City of Good Death ... Where the Past Haunts Everyone

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