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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
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
Tiny Tot Tuesdays - “Magic Toy Shop”
Glen Echo Park
The Puppet Co. presents “Tiny Tot Tuesdays,” a program designed for our youngest theater patrons (ages 0 - 4). The shows are shorter, the lights stay on, the doors stay open and the show is set up on the floor! Performances on two Tuesdays each month at 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. Tickets, $5, adults and children (including babies). Reservations strongly recommended. Call (301) 634-5380 or visit www.thepuppetco.org.
Categories: Theater, Family Oriented
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
Adult Dance Camp
Arlington Cultural Affairs Center
10:00am – 3:00pm
Jane Franklin Dance presents an Adult Dance Camp, July 6 - 10 at 3700 S Four Mile Run Dr. (Studio 129) in Arlington, VA. The camp will include daily classes in Dance Technique, Repertory, and Methods in Choreography and will conclude with a performance for family & friends on July 11, 8 pm.
In Dance Technique classes, Jane Franklin offers challenging methods to integrate and refine movement....
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
Art Workshops at the Washington Studio School
Washington Studio School
10:00am – 5:00pm
Drawing Into Painting Workshop
Two weekends, July 18-19, July 25-26, 10am-5pm
Instructor: Phillips $360.
Developing and sustaining an idea through the process of drawing to painting, this workshop focuses on the identification of motif and its compositional role in expression. With an emphasis on perception and composition, students will work with a variety of media as they ...
Categories: Arts
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
A Conversation with Jean Shin
Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum
6:00pm
Artist Jean Shin sits down with contemporary art curator Joanna Marsh and conservator Hugh Shockey for a conversation about creating art made of ephemeral materials and the challenges and considerations for museums in preserving uniquely constructed works of art.
Categories: Arts
Washington Kastles vs. Philadelphia freedoms featuring Venus Williams
Kastles Stadium at CityCenterDC
7:00pm – 10:00pm
The Washington Kastles kick off their home matches against the Philadelphia Freedoms and Venus Williams, who will be playing professionally in Washington for the first time. The stadium is located at CityCenterDC at the corner of 11th and H Streets, NW.
Tickets are on sale to the general public through www.washingtonkastles.com, Ticketmaster, or by calling 202-4TENNIS (483-6674).
Categories: Other Events
Washington Kastles vs. Philadelphia Freedom
Kastles Stadium at CityCenterDC
7:00pm
The Washington Kastles will be back in the heart of downtown Washington for their second season of Advanta World TeamTennis. They kick off another action-packed season on July 7th against Venus Williams and the Philadelphia Freedom.
Kastles Stadium will return to CityCenterDC with an expanded, nearly 3,000 seat stadium at the corner of 11th and H Streets, NW. In addition to their seven home...
Categories: Other Events
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