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Susan Yanero Exhibit at the Washington Studio School
Washington Studio School
Mixed media work on canvas by faculty artist Susan Yanero, on view at Washington Studio School through the summer. Visiting hours are Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-3pm and Sunday from 2-4pm.
Categories: Arts
gute aussichten: young german photographers 2008/2009.
Goethe-Institut Washington, the German Cultural Center
June 18 – September 2, 2009
Opening reception on Thursday, June 18, 6 – 8 pm with Stefan Becht and Curator Josefine Raab
RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 165
Works by nine winners of the German competition for graduate photography students come to Washington as part of the exhibition’s worldwide tour. gute aussichten, an annual competition now in its fifth year, covers a wide spectrum ranging...
Categories: Exhibits
Call for Entries - Revenge of the Sequel Art Exhibit
The Del Ray Artisans Gallery
The Del Ray Artisans is now accepting entries for Revenge of the Sequel, its September art show.
Revenge of the Sequel, the first of its kind exhibition in the country, is a juried art show in which artists have the opportunity to unleash their talents to create an image(s) that depicts and conveys their uninhibited and unabashed versions of a sequel. For this show, the artist is creating...
Categories: Auditions, Exhibits, Other Events
King Lear
Shakespeare Theatre
One of the most powerful dramas in Western literature, King Lear is both an intimate family drama and an explosive political epic. Beginning with a monarch’s division of his kingdom amongst his three daughters, Lear explores the most basic questions of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil. Tony Award winner Robert Falls remounts his 2006 production, which captures bot...
Categories: Theater
Summer Camps at the Workhouse Arts Center
Workhouse Arts Center at Lorton
*Visual Arts Exlplorers Camp
Ceramics, glass and many more media will be introduced as the Explorers traverse the Workhouse discovering their hidden talents! Ages 5-16, 2-Week sessions
*ArtStar Theatre Camp
This program promotes self-confidence and creative expression while learning the tools of the theatrical trade. Ages 8-15, 3-Week sessions
*ArtStar Performance Workshop
Advanced theatr...
Categories: Other Events
"Fabrications," Nancy Pane Fortwengler's Solo Artist Show
Art League
10:00am – 6:00pm
In Nancy Pane Fortwengler’s series of figurative dress paintings, the body exists without the figure. The human body is not present in any of her work. The dresses, costumes, and tiers of fabric are in motion without a body to propel them. “Fabrications” reveals the construction, shape, and composition of these vibrant forms while embodying the presence of the human figure.
Explorin...
Categories: Arts
CMDupre: The Mysterious Other
Torpedo Factory Art Center
10:00am – 6:00pm
A selection of paintings by the Friends of the Torpedo Factory Artist of the Year, CMDupré. This year's juror was Shauna Lee Lange, who praised Dupré for creating paintings that "achieve visual ecstacy at its best."
Reception: Second Thursday Art Night, June 11, 6-8pm
Juror Talk: 7pm, during reception
Meet the Artist: Second Thursday Art Night, July 9, 6-8pm
Award Ceremony: 7pm, during reception
Summer Music Classes for Youth - REGISTRATION
Coolidge High School
10:00am – 5:00pm
All students welcome – come join the fun at DCYOP this summer. Students are excepted into the program regardless of whether or not they have experience – brand new beginners welcome! (DCYOP was featured recently on NPR All Things Considered at http://dcyop.org/nu_upload/File/NPR%20story%205.29.09.mp3 )
The DCYOP is ensemble-based training for young people. Students learn a musical i...
Categories: Music: Classical, Music: Other, Other Events
Live! 2009 is out of this Orbit Kicking Off with Chaka Khan
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
12:00pm – 1:30pm
This is it. Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza has gone out of this orbit to find one of the galaxy‘s brightest stars. Brace yourself! Clear your schedule for the celestial sounds of soul diva Chaka Khan. And wait it gets better…The show is Free! That’s right Free! Live! is officially the nation’s best outdoor lunchtime concert series sizzling all summer long.
Where else can you see the ...
Categories: Arts, Dance, Other Events
Conversation with the author of "House at the End of the Road"
The New America Foundation
12:15pm – 1:45pm
Book Event: The House at the End of the Road; The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South
In 1914, in defiance of his middle-class landowning family, a young white man named James Morgan Richardson married a light-skinned black woman named Edna Howell. Over more than twenty years of marriage, they formed a strong family and built a house at the end of a windin...
Categories: Books & Authors
Organ Recitals at the National Cathedral
Washington National Cathedral
12:30pm – 1:00pm
A Cathedral organist gives a short talk about the Cathedral’s 10,650– pipe organ followed by a mini-recital.
Categories: Exhibits, Lecture, Music: Classical
Europe Laughs – Intercultural Comedies. Flowers from Another World (Flores de otro Mundo)
Goethe-Institut Washington, the German Cultural Center
6:30pm – 8:15pm
Spain, 1999, 108 min., DVD, Spanish with English subtitles, Director: Icíar Bollaín, Julio Llamazares, Cast: José Sancho, Luis Toscar, Lissete Mejía, Chete Lera
A small agrarian Spanish village is populated by single men who are each looking for a mate. They organize fiestas and invite women who are searching for husbands. Four threads are woven together in the film through the lives of th...
Categories: Film
National Theatre Summer Cinema: Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor?
The National Theatre
6:30pm
The National Theatre presents a FREE film retrospective on the career of legendary actress and Washington philanthropist Elizabeth Taylor. All films are screened at 6:30 PM in the Helen Hayes Gallery of the National Theatre. Seating is limited; tickets are required. Tickets are distributed in the lobby beginning at 6:00 PM, one ticket per person in line. You must be in line to receive a ticke...
Categories: Film
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