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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
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
Guerilla Art Exhibit
The Workhouse Arts Center
Metro area artists descend on the Workhouse Arts Center's Gallery W-16 as everything is hung in the Workhouse’s first Guerilla Art show!
The public is invited to an artist’s reception Sunday, July 19th from 2:00-4:00pm.
Date(s): 7/1/2009 to 7/26/2009
Venue: Gallery Building 2nd Floor
Categories: Exhibits
"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
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
Lecture "Silent Strategists: Harding, Denby, and the Navy's Trans-Pacific Offensive, World War II" by Manley R. Irwin
National Archives and Records Administration
12:00pm
In November 1943, the U.S. Navy launched an offensive that would carry U.S. Armed Forces to the far reaches of the Pacific. Author Manley Irwin discusses his findings and the records in the National Archives from the 1920s that reveal that President Warren Harding and Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby made significant contributions to that offensive. A book signing will follow the program.
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
Open Life Drawing
The Del Ray Artisans Gallery
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Open life drawing continues on selected Wednesdays this summer. The focus will be on short poses (1-15 minutes). These open life drawing (or painting) sessions operate on a drop-in basis so there is no need to register in advance. $8 for DRA members and $10 for non-members. Grab your supplies and join us at the gallery to work from our live models.
July 1st, 2-5 pm
July 15th, 2-5 pm
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Categories: Arts, Other Events
Neuroscience, Memory, and the Performing Arts
Keck Center of The National Academies
6:30pm – 8:30pm
This 6:30 p.m. panel discussion at The National Academies’ Keck Center will bring together prominent neuroscientists including Guy McKhann, professor of neurology and neuroscience at the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute at Johns Hopkins University, performance artist Jonah Bokaer, and Michael Kahn, artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, to discuss the nexus between neuroscie...
Categories: Discussion
SOME 40th Anniversary Inaugural Concert
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
7:30pm
Led by Elaine Rendler, D.M.A., the renowned Georgetown Chorale and other choral groups and singers will perform Henry Mollicone’s moving Beatitude Mass (for the Homeless) and other selections at 7:30 p.m. on July 1 at the Basilica of the National Shrine. The performance will commemorate SOME’s (So Others Might Eat) 40th Anniversary and will benefit the organization’s services for the hom...
Categories: Charity Events
Ha Ha at Ri Ra
Ri Ra Irish Pub
8:00pm – 10:00pm
FREE Live standup comedy show
by local standup comics
$25 cash prize joke contest for non-com audience members after the show
Every Wednesday night
8 to 10 pm
FREE SHOW
Ha-Ha at Ri-Ra
Ri-Ra Irish Pub
2915 Wilson Blvd
Arlington,VA 22201
703-248-9888
http://www.rira.com/arlington/home.html
www.StandupComedyToGo.com
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