The Jewish Community has celebrated Purim. The joyous festival commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman in the ...

A homecoming dance from Nejla Yatkin, Virginia Opera gets political with Loving v. Virginia, and the Washington Ballet goes ...

Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz, starts on the vernal equinox — this year Thursday, March 20 — and is commonly celebrated for 13 days thereafter. The nonreligious holiday, focused on the ...

Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.

Every spring, as the earth tilts toward balance, millions celebrate Nowruz—the Persian New Year—a 3,000-year-old festival ...