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Richard Selden

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 New London, CT
Joined February 2009
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South Asian Dance Festival in D.C., Nov. 6-7 georgetowner.com/articles/20… @DanceLoft14
Dance Loft's 1st South Asian Dance Festival, Nov. 6-7 | The Georgetowner

Dance Loft's 1st South Asian Dance Festival, Nov. 6-7 | The Georgetowner

Diwali, the five-day Hindu festival of lights — also celebrated by Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists — runs from Friday, Nov. 6, to Wednesday, Nov. 11, peaking

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DC Artswatch georgetowner.com/articles/20… @strathmore @OlneyTheatre @DanceLoft14 @INSeriesDC @TheaterAlliance
DC Artswatch: New Buildings, New Names and a Tour | The Georgetowner

DC Artswatch: New Buildings, New Names and a Tour | The Georgetowner

Olney Theatre’s Campus Remake Is Now Complete

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Adventure Theatre MTC opens its Platinum Jubilee Season with “Beatrice Likes The Dark” at Glen Echo Park georgetowner.com/articles/20… @Adventure_MTC @theatreWash @glenechopark
Adventure Theatre MTC's Platinum Jubilee Season | The Georgetowner

Adventure Theatre MTC's Platinum Jubilee Season | The Georgetowner

Remarkably, Greater Washington, D.C., is home to three children’s theater companies of advanced age. Imagination Stage, founded as Bethesda Academy of

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The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington presents its fall cabaret on Oct. 24 georgetowner.com/articles/20… @GMCWashington
Gay Men's Chorus Tackles Sports at Fall Cabaret, Oct. 24 | The Georgetowner

Gay Men's Chorus Tackles Sports at Fall Cabaret, Oct. 24 | The Georgetowner

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington will toss out the first ball of its 2026-27 season, “Unapologetically Joyful,” at the Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW,

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2 Latino-specific exhibitions at the National Museum of American History georgetowner.com/articles/20… @smithsonian @SmithsonianMag @amhistorymuseum @USLatinoMuseum
Latino Culture at the American History Museum | The Georgetowner

Latino Culture at the American History Museum | The Georgetowner

National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Why? Because five Central American nations celebrate their independence on Sept. 15. Mexico

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Through Sept. 27: “Garbo” at GALA Hispanic Theatre in D.C. georgetowner.com/articles/20… @TeatroGALA @theatreWash
An Actor Wins World War II at GALA | The Georgetowner

An Actor Wins World War II at GALA | The Georgetowner

Playing through Sunday, Sept. 27, at GALA Hispanic Theatre in Columbia Heights, “Garbo: The Actor Who Saved the World” isn’t about Greta Garbo, though the

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On Lonnie Bunch’s resignation georgetowner.com/articles/20… @smithsonian @NMAAHC @amhistorymuseum
Bunch Resigns as Smithsonian Secretary | The Georgetowner

Bunch Resigns as Smithsonian Secretary | The Georgetowner

On Sept. 8, Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, 73, announced his resignation. He is expected to depart the Smithsonian — named for

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My Georgetowner obit for Yayoi georgetowner.com/articles/20…
Purveyor of Polka Dots Yayoi Kusama, 97 | The Georgetowner

Purveyor of Polka Dots Yayoi Kusama, 97 | The Georgetowner

Yayoi Kusama, whose artistic trademarks were polka dots and yellow pumpkins, died in Tokyo on Aug. 14, aged 97. Her repetitive, endlessly adaptable, seemingly

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My Georgetowner obit for Dolly georgetowner.com/articles/20…
Dolly Parton, 1946-2026 | The Georgetowner

Dolly Parton, 1946-2026 | The Georgetowner

But Dolly Parton, composer of “Coat of Many Colors,” “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You,” “9 to 5” and three thousand others, died at age 80 on Tuesday, Aug.

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D.C.’s Theatre Alliance presents “Woody Guthrie’s American Song” through Aug. 29 at The Wharf georgetowner.com/articles/20… @TheWharfDC @theatreWash
Last Chance: 'Woody Guthrie's American Song' at The Wharf | The Georgetowner

Last Chance: 'Woody Guthrie's American Song' at The Wharf | The Georgetowner

“Nobody knows the exact number of songs written by Woody,” wrote radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel of Woody Guthrie. “Take a thousand, a good, round,

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Bethesda’s Round House Theatre will open its 50th anniversary season with August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” on Sept. 9 georgetowner.com/articles/20… @RHT_roundhouse @theatreWash @VisitMoCo @BethesdaUP

'Ma Rainey' to Open Round House's 50th Anniversary Season | The Georgetowner

States Ryan Rilette, artistic director of Bethesda’s Round House Theatre: “One of the things I love most about Round House is that, even as we’ve changed

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EleFest is this weekend at the National Zoo georgetowner.com/articles/20… @NationalZoo @smithsonian @dcpl @NMNH @marylandzoo
This Weekend: EleFest at the National Zoo | The Georgetowner

This Weekend: EleFest at the National Zoo | The Georgetowner

This year, to date, there has been good elephant news and bad elephant news.

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Closing Aug. 30 at the National Portrait Gallery: “The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today” georgetowner.com/articles/20… @smithsoniannpg @smithsonian
Outwin Winners, Finalists in Portrait Gallery Show | The Georgetowner

Outwin Winners, Finalists in Portrait Gallery Show | The Georgetowner

The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition was first held in 2006, the year after the death of longtime National Portrait Gallery docent Virginia Outwin

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Georgetown’s new citizenM hotel georgetowner.com/articles/20… @georgetowndc @citizenM @MarriottIntl
A New Hotel on Georgetown's Waterfront | The Georgetowner

A New Hotel on Georgetown's Waterfront | The Georgetowner

Newly opened in Georgetown: a citizenM hotel. Are you wondering what the M stands for?

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District Fringe closes this Sunday georgetowner.com/articles/20… @theatreWash @TheDCArts
Final Weekend of District Fringe in Van Ness | The Georgetowner

Final Weekend of District Fringe in Van Ness | The Georgetowner

“Uninhibited,” “Unafraid” and “Unstoppable” are the bywords of District Fringe, the scrappy theater festival wrapping up on the campus of the University of

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7/18-19 Lotus and Water Lily Festival in D.C. georgetowner.com/articles/20… @KenAqGardens @washingtondc @PublicGardens
Lotuses, Water Lilies Flower at Kenilworth | The Georgetowner

Lotuses, Water Lilies Flower at Kenilworth | The Georgetowner

Which of the following statements is false?

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Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana Sharif has resigned georgetowner.com/articles/20… @arenastage @theatreWash @TheDCArts @AmericanTheatre

'Differing Visions' at Arena Stage: Sharif Resigns | The Georgetowner

Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif resigned on June 26, opening night of the theater’s world-premiere production of “CrazySexyCool: The TLC

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Chamber Dance Project performs at Woolly Mammoth, June 24-27 georgetowner.com/articles/20… @woollymammothtc
Chamber Dance Project's June Season; Bruning to Step Down | The Georgetowner

Chamber Dance Project's June Season; Bruning to Step Down | The Georgetowner

Whether or not you’ll be greeting astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere at 4:24 a.m. this Sunday, a convivial opportunity to celebrate the North

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Kennedy Center recap and status report georgetowner.com/articles/20… @NatSymphonyDC @WashNatOpera
Trump's Name Off Ken Cen; Opera Sues | The Georgetowner

Trump's Name Off Ken Cen; Opera Sues | The Georgetowner

Once again, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, “the sole national memorial to the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy within the city of Washington

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