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Mementos: Painted and Photographic Miniatures, 1750–1920
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
June 17 through May 13, 2012
The word “miniature” was originally associated with the creation of small images and portraits. Tiny, often expensive likenesses—requiring a highly trained artist with good eyesight and a steady hand—were often made as mementos, love tokens or memorials that could be kept close to the body. Their carefully worked metal housings were often bracelets, pendant...
Categories: Arts
One Life: Ronald Reagan
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
July 1 through May 28, 2012
The Portrait Gallery will observe the centennial of the fortieth president’s birthday with a one- room exhibition chronicling Ronald Reagan’s early years in Illinois through his acting and political career, to his presidency from 1981-1989. This exhibition has been funded by the Guenther and Siewchin Yong Sommer Endowment Fund.
Categories: Arts
150th Commemoration of the Civil War: The Death of Ellsworth
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Through March 18, 2012
The National Portrait Gallery, housed in a former Civil War hospital, will mark the 150th anniversary of the war through four alcove exhibitions.
The opening exhibition recounts the life and death of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth (1837–1861), the first Union officer to be killed in the Civil War. A friend of President Abraham Lincoln, Ellsworth—who died at the hands of ...
Categories: Arts
SOHO Photography Exhibit
The Art League Gallery
The Art League will feature a special exhibit of photographs taken by this year’s SOHO (Space of Her Own) class from January 28-February 6, 2012.
After a basic photography workshop with Art League instructor Allison Duvall, each girl was given a point and shoot camera, a roll of black and white film, and tasked with taking photos of the people, places, and things most significant to them. ...
January All-Media Exhibit
The Art League Gallery
Juried by Alan Beland, this exhibit by Art League members will feature artwork of all-media and subject matter.
Winter Museum Exhibitions Open at American University Museum
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
Winter Museum Exhibitions Open
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Admission is free.
Begin January 28, 2012
Kids@Katzen: The Photographic Life
Photographs by Kids@Katzen participants inspired by museum exhibitions.
Raoul Middleman: City Limits
His nudes are not pretty— they are sagging, dimpled, and real. His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of post-industrial ...
Cygnus Ensemble with guest artists Miranda Cuckson, violin; Daniel Panner, viola; and Blair McMillen, piano
Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium
From the Library's Fritz Kreisler Collection - seldom-heard chamber music by the Austrian master, presented with a new Library commission by Harold Meltzer, co-founder of the Sequitur ensemble. The poignant 1919 String Quartet, Kreisler said, "is my gift to Vienna." Alongside it, Meltzer's Kreisleriana, for violin and piano, and his "haunting, continually inventive" sextet Brion, which made sev...
Categories: Music: Classical
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition
National Building Museum
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition through September 3, 2012
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition features 15 LEGO® models built by LEGO® certified professional Adam Reed Tucker. The buildings and structures that Tucker has assembled are some of the most recognizable works of architecture in the world, including the Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa, and the World Trade Center.
Admi...
Categories: Exhibits
Investigating Where We Live
National Building Museum
Investigating Where We Live
July 30, 2011 to May 15, 2012
Opening Reception July 29, 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Free . No registration required.
Investigating Where We Live presents students’ interpretations of D.C. neighborhoods through photography, writing, and original artwork. This year’s participants explored Bloomingdale, the H Street Corridor, and Mount Pleasant.
Major funding for Inves...
Categories: Exhibits
Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection
National Building Museum
Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection, long-term
This survey of the permanent collection explores America’s architectural heritage through exquisitely detailed drawings; antique building toys; rare, early 20th-century photographs; and original building fragments from national historic landmarks.
Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection is made possible by the Trust...
Categories: Exhibits
Washington: Symbol and City
National Building Museum
Washington: Symbol and City, long-term
Discover how the built environment of Washington, D.C. reflects the complex relationship between its role as a national symbol and seat of government and its day-to-day life as an evolving municipality.
Exhibition Tours: Thursday–Sunday at 2:30 pm (based on docent availability)
Washington: Symbol and City is made possible by The Morris and Gwendo...
Categories: Exhibits
Building Zone
National Building Museum
Building Zone long-term
Monday through Saturday: 10:00am - 4:00 pm; Sunday: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Ages 2-6 with adult supervision
The Building Zone introduces children to the building arts through play in an interactive gallery of hands-on activities for the Museum's youngest visitors.
The National Building Museum gratefully acknowledges The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation for its su...
Categories: Family Oriented
AFI Silver’s Screen Valentines: Great Movie Romances
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
February 3 through March 7, AFI Silver will celebrate love all month long with screenings of some of the great movie romances of all time. Ranging from old Hollywood classics to quirky romantic comedies of today, the showcase will have something for everyone.
Highlights include THE AWFUL TRUTH, starring Cary Grant and Irene Dune as a divorcing couple both guilty of wandering ways; the 1980...
Categories: Film
The Gaming Table
Folger Shakespeare Library
By Suzanne Centlivre
Directed by Eleanor Holdrige
The thrills of the gaming table stylishly play out against the eccentricities of English manners in this handsome comedy. Lady Reveller, an independent widow with a penchant for gambling, leads a nightly card game, which bankrupts some and entertains all.
Categories: Theater
"Red" at Arena Stage
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
A co-production with Goodman Theatre
Written by John Logan
Directed by Tony award winner Robert Falls
In the Kreeger Theater
January 20-March 4, 2012
A visceral, “superbly taut” (Chicago Tribune) battle of wills, Red (winner of six Tony awards, including Best Play) drops you squarely inside the world of painter Mark Rothko and sets your heart pounding. At the height of his career, Ro...
Categories: Other Events
Rivers and Memories
Brentwood Arts Exchange
10:00am – 7:00pm
The artwork of long-time local prominent artists E.J Montgomery and Lilian Thomas Burwell will be on display at the Brentwood Arts Exchange from January 30 – March 24 2012. The exhibition titled Rivers and Memories features the artists’ highly developed explorations into the expressive potential of color and space. Visually engaging, the exhibition’s two dimensional and three dimensional ...
Brentwood Arts Exchange Front Window Featured Artist: Susan O'Brien
Brentwood Arts Exchange
10:00am – 7:00am
The artwork of ceramicist Susan O'Brien will be highlighted in the Brentwood Arts Exchange's (BAE) Craft Showcase throughout February and March, 2012. Ms. O'Brien's work, which combines ornamentation, function and a playful sense of humor, is informed by the history and evolution of dining wares and rituals. Sources such as eighteenth-century silver, Faberge' eggs, architecture, European cerami...
Dandy Lion: Articulating a Re(de)fined Black Masculine Identity
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
10:00am – 5:00pm
January 29 – May 13, 2012
Twenty emerging photographers and filmmakers present refreshing images of young black men who challenge popular notions of urban black masculinity. Guest curated by Shantrelle P. Lewis.
Categories: Exhibits
Wood, Paper, & Fiber Exhibtion
The Art Gallery at the Univeristy of Maryland
11:00am – 4:00pm
The Art Gallery and the Department of Art at the University of Maryland present Wood, Paper, & Fiber, a transformative exhibition of regional, national and international contemporary artists working with some of art's most basic materials to create sculptural objects that transcend their elements and captivate the viewer. The exhibition features works of art by artists Ben Butler, Chris Gilmour...
The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
11:30am – 7:00pm
Oct. 28 through April 22, 2012
Historically, “blacklist” denotes a group of people marginalized and denied work or social
approval. In an effort to redefine the word, these fifty African Americans provide insight on the
struggles, triumphs and joys of black life in the United States. The portraits are both pictorial and
verbal, representing some of the most dynamic and inspiring persona...
Categories: Arts
Love, Politics & Scrabble: The Games People Play
The Del Ray Artisans Gallery
12:00pm – 6:00pm
“Love, Politics & Scrabble: The Games People Play” promises to bring fun and games to the Del Ray Artisans’ gallery beginning with the opening reception on Friday, February 3, 2012, from 7 to 10 pm. This juried exhibit invited artists to depict any of the numerous games people play throughout life.
In conjunction with the show, the gallery is housing a fine art and fine craft Marketpl...
Something of Splendor Gallery Talk
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
12:00pm
Join us for a series of gallery talks featuring the decorative arts from the White House collection on display in the Something of Splendor exhibition. Experts on the collection highlight specific pieces and tell the stories behind them. The series continues every first
Friday through May 2012.
This Friday, White House Assistant Curator Lydia Tederick presents Documenting the White House with Historic Images
Family History Fridays
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
12:00pm – 4:00pm
Stop by the Resource Center for genealogy starter sessions and consultations on the first Friday of the month. For more information, call 443-263-1816.
Free program.
Categories: Family Oriented
DC Shorts Laughs
Riot Act Comedy Theater
5:00pm – 11:00pm
Washington-A collection of hilarious and eclectic films from past DC Shorts Film Festivals will be shown February 3 and 4, 2012 at the Riot Act Comedy Theater in Washington, DC as part of a new event from DC Shorts called "DC Shorts Laughs."
The event will feature 39 of DC Short's top laugh-out-loud comedies from previous festivals along with local comedians who will perform stand-up in bet...
Categories: Film
“Last Two Years” by Dina Volkova at Touchstone Gallery
Touchstone Gallery NEW Location
6:00pm – 8:30pm
February 1 – February 26, 2012
Opening reception: Friday, February 3, 6 - 8:30pm
“Last Two Years” by DINA VOLKOVA
Art work presented was painted in the duration of the past two years consists of three clearly distinguished themes: roads, figurative works and associative abstractions.
For more information please visit our website: www.touchstonegallery.com
Touchstone Gallery
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Categories: Exhibits
“Coast to Coast” by Carol Lopatin at Touchstone Gallery
Touchstone Gallery NEW Location
6:00pm – 8:30pm
February 1 – February 26, 2012
Opening reception: Friday, February 3, 6 - 8:30pm
“COAST TO COAST” by CAROL LOPATIN
Exhibition will feature large plein air paintings, consisting of favorite locations throughout our homeland. They are not about capturing a moment, but studying and soaking up some of the differences of our great land.
For more information please visit our website:...
Categories: Exhibits
Touchstone Gallery Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 6 - 8:30pm
Touchstone Gallery NEW Location
6:00pm – 8:30pm
February 1 – February 26, 2012
Opening reception: Friday, February 3, 6 - 8:30pm
“Last Two Years” by DINA VOLKOVA
Art work presented was painted in the duration of the past two years consists of three clearly distinguished themes: roads, figurative works and associative abstractions.
“COAST TO COAST” by CAROL LOPATIN
Exhibition will feature large plein air paintings, consist...
Categories: Exhibits
DC Shorts Laughs
Riot Act Comedy Theater
7:00pm
A collection of 38 hilarious and eclectic films from past DC Shorts Film Festival will be shown February 3 and 4, 2012 at the Riot Act Comedy Theater in Washington, DC as part of new event from DC Shorts called "DC Shorts Laughs." Visit dcshorts.com for more information about the event and to purchase tickets.
Categories: Film
Chamber Music in Takoma Park
Tacoma Park Community Center
7:30pm – 9:00pm
"Four Play" - Antonin Dvorak Piano Quartet in D Op. 23; WA Mozart Piano Quartet in Eb K493
Categories: Music: Classical
Friday Night Contra Dance At Glen Echo Park
Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park
7:30pm – 11:30pm
Come dance in the historic Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park. Come to the lesson that starts at 7:30 and then dance for three hours afterward.
Cost is $9
Categories: Dance
Taste The Color of Sound
Rock N Roll Hotel
8:00pm – 2:00am
A Special Night of Conscious Music from Around the World!
All ages $10
Categories: Arts, International, Music: Other
Chucho Valdés
George Mason University Center for the Arts
8:00pm
Legendary Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdés and his band, the Afro-Cuban Messengers, perform a sublime evening of Latin jazz in their first appearance at the Center. Hailed as “the dean of Latin jazz” and “one of the world’s great virtuosic pianists” by The New York Times, this multi-Grammy Award winner has defined his genre and influenced countless musicians worldwide. “Whether Chu...
Categories: Music: Classical
The Royal Family
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
8:00pm
Enjoy George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's classic parody of the lives of the Barrymore family. Performances Friday and Saturday at 8:00 and Sunday at 2:00, January 27 through February 5.
Categories: Theater
Teen Ensemble: Romeo and Juliet
Crystal City Theater
8:00pm – 9:30pm
Synetic Studio’s Teen Ensemble Production of Romeo and Juliet! Under the direction of Senior Company Member Ryan Sellers and assisted by Alex Mills, the teens of Synetic Studio will perform Romeo and Juliet in Crystal City.
Only three performances February 3-4.
Fri. at 8pm, Sat. at 2pm and 8pm;
Tickets: $15
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Categories: Theater
Lovers: An entertaining stand up sitcom about relationships
Casa De La Luna
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Theater
Spotlight Comunicaciones Presents
Lovers
February 1-15; Nightly show times: 8 pm and Sunday: 4:30 pm; No Monday show
Casa de La Luna
4020 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
20011
Tickets
$15 online advance
$20 at the door
Buy now: https://www.boxofficetickets.com/go/event?id=170565
Box office line: (571) 921-5825
Spotlight Comunicaciones continues its 2012 theater...
Categories: Theater
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