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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
Happy Hours: Summer in Georgetown
Georgetown, DC
There are hundreds of reasons to visit, dine, and shop in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., this summer as over 60 restaurants and retailers join together for a neighborhood-wide Happy Hours promotion every Wednesday from July 1st-August 26th. In addition, Georgetown hotels are offering special Summer Happy Hours hotel packages valid everyday throughout July and August (subject to restrictions.)
Categories: Food & Wine
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
Kalorama Landscape
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, July 8-10, 10am-5pm
Instructor: Kotler $320.
Working in the courtyards, alleys, and quiet side streets of Kalorama neighborhood, this class will concentrate on the poetry of light, shadow, time and place, characteristic of the urban landscape.
From Masterpiece to Inv...
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
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
Crash Course In Love Seminar July 8-9, Buy your ticket now and use the promo code JULY4 to receive $50 off and a free bliss® spa skincare set ($45 value)
Ritz Carlton Washington DC
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Vh1 Presents Steve and Joann Ward's Crash Course in Love
Washington D.C. on July 8th and 9th
Ritz Carlton Hotel
Buy your ticket now and use the promo code JULY4 to receive $50 off the ticket price and a free bliss® spa skincare set ($45 value). Tickets are limited and this offer expires July 4th.
Categories: Lecture
Washington Kastles vs. St. Louis Aces featuring Anna Kournikova
Kastles Stadium at CityCenterDC
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Come and see the Washington Kastles take on the St. Louis Aces featuring Anna Kournikova. 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
Roland Maria Stangier, Organist, to Perform in Grace Church Bach Festival
Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown)
7:30pm – 9:15pm
On Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 pm Roland Maria Stangier of Essen, Germany will
perform Toccatas by JS Bach as well as improvisations. The concert is under the auspices of the 2009 Grace Church Bach Festival. Professor Stangier
teaches organ and improvisation at the Folkwang University in Essen, Germany
and performs internationally as a concert artist. His schedule for 2009
includes recital...
Categories: Fairs & Festivals
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