Kids with sensory sensitivities enjoy going to museums, plays and events like their neurotypical peers. However, they may need some modifications to make the experiences accessible for them. Movies Select AMC Theatres Movies can transport children to another world, but they can be overwhelming to the senses. Select AMC …
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Top 10 Family Events for July Find your summer fun at these events happening around the DMV this month
Click the images below to download this Top 10 calendar as a PDF. This roundup of family events appears in the July 2022 issue of Washington FAMILY.
Read More »5 More Camps to Love: 2022 Washington Summer Camp Directory Spotlights
In addition to language learning, gymnastics, wildlife exploration, performing arts and overnight experiences based in Jewish cultural traditions—highlighted in our first 2022 Summer Camp Directory Spotlights—here are another five camps from Washington, D.C. and Virginia that will challenge, stimulate and create bonds of friendship this summer. Congressional Camp, a …
Read More »Top 10 Family Events for February Celebrate Valentine's Day and explore musicals and cartoons with this month's events
Click the images below to download this Top 10 calendar as a PDF. This roundup of family events appears in the February 2022 issue of Washington FAMILY.
Read More »Top 10 Family Events for January Battle winter's chill with these suburb seasonal activities in the DMV
Click the images below to download this Top 10 calendar as a PDF. This roundup of family events appears in the January 2022 issue of Washington FAMILY.
Read More »Shining a Spotlight on Inclusion
Theater classes offer kids with disabilities the opportunity to shine.
Read More »InterAct Story Theatre’s Free Virtual Events for Families Begins This Weekend
The sixth annual Wheaton Family Theatre Series invites parents and young children to sing and dance online.
Read More »“Peter Pan and Wendy” at Shakespeare Theatre Company This new adaptation will have kids cracking up — just don't expect any musical numbers
“Peter Pan and Wendy,” a modern retelling of the classic J.M. Barrie play, has been racking up positive reviews since it opened earlier this month at Shakespeare Theatre Company. The Washington Post said it was a “wittily contemporary rendition of Neverland,” while DC Metro Theatre Arts described it as a …
Read More »Local 6th Grader Flies in “Peter Pan and Wendy” Chauncey Chestnut plays Michael Darling in new Shakespeare Theatre Company production
Wendy Darling and her bothers. Peter Pan. The Lost Boys. In Shakespeare Theatre Company’s (STC) new production of Peter Pan and Wendy, the characters are mostly children, but the actors who portray them are mostly adults. The exception: Chauncey Chestnut, who plays the littlest Darling sibling, Michael Darling. Chauncey, a …
Read More »‘Aladdin’s’ Whole New World
The Broadway national tour of Disney’s “Aladdin” is making its way through cities across the country, bringing a whole new world to the Hippodrome starting Nov. 13. As the show approaches its second anniversary, five new cast members have been added, including newcomer Kaena Kekoa, a native of Hawaii who …
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