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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
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
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
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
"Greece Abstracted," Betsy Anderson's Solo Show at The Art League
Art League
10:00am – 6:00pm
“Greece Abstracted” features Betsy Anderson’s latest series of landscapes paintings inspired by the color, light, and architecture found in the Greek landscape. Struck by the stark contrast between the crisp white buildings and deep blue sky and water on the island of Santorini, and the colorful flowers in Mykonos, Anderson focused on creating a body of work that would evoke the feeling ...
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
"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
Second Thursday Art Night: Alive with History
Torpedo Factory Art Center
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Browse open studios and galleries, interact with the artists, and enjoy refreshments at this free event held on the second Thursday of each month! Enjoy special activities and exhibition receptions throughout the year. Visit our website for more information about this month’s special activities.
http://www.torpedofactory.org/thursday.htm
Categories: Arts
Gallery Talk with George Gurney
Meet in G Street Lobby, Smithsonian American Art Museum
6:00pm
Interested in knowing more about the Public Works of Art Project, initiated by the Roosevelt administration during the Great Depression? Join Deputy Chief Curator George Gurney on a tour of the exhibition 1934: A New Deal for Artists. Gurney discusses conditions that led to the federal relief program and how artists responded to it.
Categories: Arts
Win Harry Potter Advanced Screening Tickets - Poptimal.com's The Jone Dome Live Podcast
RFD Washington
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Think you know Pop Culture? Here is your chance to prove it. Play our trivia games to win!!
WHAT: Poptimal.com’s The Jone Dome (Live Podcast)
WHEN: Thursday, July 9, 2009; Show Starts At 6:30pm
WHERE: R.F.D., 810 7th Street, NW (Gallery Place Metro)
HOSTED BY: Poptimal.com (DC’s Preeminent Pop Culture Gurus)
RSVP: Facebook – Poptimal...
Categories: Film, Other Events
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
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
The Music Center at Strathmore
8:00pm
Put on your shower caps and experience the dreadful anticipation once again as you watch one of the most terrifying movies ever made. Alfred Hitchcock’s original full length film noir classic will be shown with the original voice track, while the BSO performs Bernard Herrmann’s score, famous for its screeching, piercing violins.
Categories: Music: Other
SHAKESPEARE IN HOLLYWOOD, presented by the NoVa Woodbridge Theatre Group
Lakeside Theatre, NVCC-Woodbridge
8:00pm
SHAKESPEARE IN HOLLYWOOD, presented by the NoVa Woodbridge Theatre Group at NVCC Woodbridge's Lakeside Theatre, July 2009
Categories: Theater
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
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
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