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title: "Revada Arts Center Opens in Southwest Washington"
url: https://www.herewashingtondc.com/2026/10/23/revada-arts-center-opens-southwest-washington/
date: 2026-10-23T05:34:06-04:00
modified: 2026-10-23T05:34:06-04:00
author: "Mina A. Alonzo"
categories: ["Events"]
site: "HERE Washington DC"
attribution: "HERE Washington DC"
---

# Revada Arts Center Opens in Southwest Washington

*Source: [HERE Washington DC](https://www.herewashingtondc.com/2026/10/23/revada-arts-center-opens-southwest-washington/) — October 23, 2026 by Mina A. Alonzo*

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new arts hub opens Friday, Oct. 23, in Southwest Washington, giving three nonprofit groups a shared address at 340 Maple Drive SW, a short walk from the Wharf.

The Revada Arts Center will house the Theater Alliance company, the IN Series opera group and 4EYE Film Center, a new arthouse cinema. The building includes a black box theater, a small cinema, a rehearsal studio, a scene shop and a co-working area that runs as a cafe in the daytime and a bar at night.

Theater Alliance spent 13 years in Anacostia before losing that home. It found the Southwest space, once an unfinished ground floor of an apartment building, through a city pilot program under Mayor Muriel Bowser that makes vacant storefronts easier to use. The center is named for the Revada Foundation, its largest donor.

A Friday ribbon cutting starts a multi-day festival. Saturday, Oct. 24, brings a Community Day with music classes, acting workshops and creative play from noon to 2 p.m., then an open house with building tours from 2 to 4 p.m.

Ward 6 Council member Charles Allen welcomed the partnership, saying it gives the local arts scene a chance to reach new audiences.