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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
Panamanian Dance Party
Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Eileen Torres of Salsa Centro kicks off this series with a Panamanian dance party featuring live music and rhythms of deejay Earl International. Torres demonstrates salsa and traditional Panamanian folk dances with the dance group Danzas y Ritmos Panameños. Bring your dance shoes and join them on the dance floor!
Eileen Torres de Salsa Centro empieza esta serie con una fiesta de baile panam...
Categories: Arts
"The Big Easy"
The Morrison-Clark Inn & Restaurant
5:30pm – 7:00pm
The Morrison-Clark Historic Inn & Restaurant annouces the return of "The Big Easy". Enjoy Cocktails, Imported/Domestic Beer & Complimentary snacks every Thursday 5:30-7pm.
Categories: Food & Wine
Topaz Thursday nite FREE comedy show
Topaz Hotel
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 Thursday night
8 to 10 pm
FREE SHOW
Topaz Hotel Bar
1733 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036-2801
202-393-3000
www.TopazHotel.com
www.StandupComedyToGo.com
Open Blues Jam hosted by the Big Boy Little Band featuring Bret Littlehales & Matt Kelley at the Zoo Bar Cafe
Zoo Bar Cafe
8:30pm – 12:30am
Open blues jam every Thursday hosted by the Big Boy Little Band featuring Bret Littlehales and Matt Kelley at the Zoo Bar Cafe, free! Friendly neighborhood pub w/great food, directly across from the Zoo. www.myspace.com/bigboylittleband www.zoobardc.com
Categories: Music: Other
Slow Blues and Swing Dancing
Back Room at Glen Echo Park
8:30pm – 11:30pm
Capital Blues hosts Slow Blues and Swing Dancing in the Back Room (East Addition) at Glen Echo Park on July 2, 2009 and (almost) every Thursday from 9 – 11:30 pm, with a half-hour beginner lesson at 8:30 pm. DJ Mike Marcotte & Guests will play a wonderful variety of styles including traditional and contemporary blues music, and classic cover tunes going back through the history of blues music...
Categories: Dance
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