Jayna Elise shines as Tina Turner in the National Theatre production, bringing her D.C. roots and Duke Ellington School of ...

Comedian and actor Dave Chappelle will receive the President’s Award at the 56th NAACP Image Awards. It airs live from the ...

I was on AGT when I was 14. After all of that, I went to a performing arts high school, The Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Once I graduated, I moved to LA for songwriting, which led to me ...

In this issue, with Black History Month in mind, The Georgetowner proudly calls its readers’ attention to a Georgetown ...

centered on a 2022 speech he gave at a naming ceremony at Washington D.C.’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, his alma mater. His speech spotlighted his comedy roots, rise to fame and why ...

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, ...

Jan. 18, starting at 4 p.m., 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, Virginia, $25 ($18 for seniors) The program will feature works from Duke Ellington ... p.m., Wakefield High School, free This year's ...

AfroBlue performs “One+One=We,” composed by member KayaZhanna, a Duke Ellington School of the Arts graduate and a current senior majoring in Jazz Studies at Howard University. (Jacques Benovil/The ...

Some words of wisdom from a graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts are worth repeating. Comedian Dave Chappelle, who hosted “Saturday Night Live” two days before the inauguration, concluded ...