Cities across the globe offer plenty of cost-free experiences, from iconic architecture and museum exhibits to vibrant public performances and holiday festivities.

Former director Stephanie Stebich is now a senior adviser at the Smithsonian after employees described a tumultuous tenure at ...

The Delaware Art Museum returns visitors to the 1920s during “Jazz Age Illustration,” the first major exhibition of popular ...

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book. ‘The Message’, offers an urgent and anguished ...

The keyboard, everything, came to me,” she said, “including knowing that I wanted ‘Fanga’ to go with that.” It was the moment of inspiration for the title song of “Soaring High,” Kuumba’s live concert ...

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

The James Wilson Kilby African American Museum and Education Center — the first African American history museum in the county ...

In 1975, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes laid down a melodic mandate that applies to our times: “Wake up, everybody / No more ...

Growing up in a home of mixed cultures—African American and Korean—there was such a ... her work is her ability to capture the essence of social and cultural movements through her art. "Black Lives ...

I get chills recalling the sheer power of art that I felt in this room at the National Portrait Gallery, as if the genius loci of Washington, D.C. was standing next to me like a ghost.

Hosting a holiday event that reflects African American culture can make the gathering feel even more special and meaningful.

Now more than ever, the dialogues of the day play out through the visual arts ... Parlá's vibrant cultural tapestry and ...