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Mixed Media Multiplied! - Art Exhibit (Thursdays - Sundays at Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria VA)
The Del Ray Artisans Gallery
Del Ray Artisans (DRA) members will present a show of their mixed media works at the Del Ray Artisans gallery. This event is free and open to the public and the facility is handicap accessible.
“Mixed Media” uses a combination of two, three, or more traditional media and materials to create a unified work of art. In this, the second all-member show for 2009, Del Ray Artisans who work in ...
Categories: Exhibits, Free, Other Events
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
Climb Wall Weekend
Glen Echo Park
10:00am – 2:30pm
Step into your harness, stretch out your limbs and get ready to climb at Discovery Creek Children’s Museum! Put your skills to the test as you scale the Museum’s Climb Wall. Climb Wall activities are included with the price of admission to Discovery Creek. Free for members and children under 2; $5 for non-members. Located in the old stables building, near the Park entrance. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p...
Categories: Family Oriented
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
Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Exhibit
Glen Echo Park
12:00pm – 5:00pm
The Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo Park’s resident painting and drawing studio, presents works by sixteen local artists and members of the Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association. Collectively, their accomplishments range from high-level academic degrees to local and national awards of excellence. The Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association provides a forum for members to collaborate on activities that ...
The Monkeys of Danyang
Classika Theatre
12:30pm
Set in ancient China, three mischievous Monkeys run through the farms of Danyang, stealing food and causing trouble. The Monkeys believe they are the ones who run the town of Danyang. Eventually, they meet their match - an old man even trickier than the Monkeys!
Categories: Theater, Family Oriented
Last Train Home - Summer Sunday Concerts in the Park
McLean Central Park Gazebo
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Last Train Home
Over its eight-year existence, LAST TRAIN HOME has evolved from a five-piece part-time band in Washington D.C. to what critic Peter Cooper of the Nashville Tennessean calls "one of the country's most formidable roots-rock bands." And while roots-rock is the core of Last Train Home's sound, don't overlook the country, swing, bluegrass, folk, mariachi, pop, punk, and Tin Pan All...
Categories: Music: Other
Sunday Afternoon Waltz
Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park
3:00pm – 6:00pm
Join us for a Waltz Dance in the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park on Sunday, July 5, 2009 and will feature the ensemble Rhapsody. This versatile band will provide a lively mix of folk waltzes with a few other couple dances, including Hambo, Schottische, Swing, Tango, and Polka. The fun begins at 3:00 p.m. with a half-hour introductory Waltz workshop followed by 2½ hours of social dancing. ...
Categories: Dance
Open Blues Jam hosted by The Idle Americans featuring Matt Kelley! @ Bangkok Blues Thai Restaurant
Bangkok Blues Thai Restaurant
7:00pm – 11:00pm
Open blues jam every Sunday hosted by The Idle Americans at Bangkok Blues Thai Restaurant, 926 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA 703-534-0095, www.bangkokblues.com www.theidleamericans.com
Categories: Music: Other
Grand Opening of the West End Farmers Market
Ben Brenman Park
9:00am – 1:00pm
On Sunday, May 3rd, the West End Farmers Market will celebrate re-opening for the summer season. The Alexandria Public library will be sponsoring a storyteller. Local artists and craftspeople will be selling their work, including photographs, paintings, children’s clothing, jewelry, soaps, creams, lavender items, and alpaca yarns. A local musician, Doug Alan Wilcox will be singing. Prim...
Categories: Arts, Food & Wine, Other Events
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