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Unlimited Impressions: Featuring artists Karen Kunc, Judy Pfaff, and Brian Shure with an Opening Reception Oct. 23, 2009 5:30-8:00 pm
The Art Gallery, University of Maryland
From Friday, October 23 through Saturday, December 19, Unlimited Impressions showcases three dynamic printmakers that display the breadth of possibilities inherent in the printmaking process. The exhibition takes place in The Art Gallery located on the 2nd floor atrium of the Art-Sociology Building at the University of Maryland, College Park campus. A reception takes place Friday, October 23, ...
Categories: Arts
NSO Pops: An Evening with Chris Botti/Marvin Hamlisch, conductor
Kennedy Center, Concert Hall
A master artist and performer, American jazz trumpeter Chris Botti joins the NSO Pops for a wide-ranging repertoire of pop, jazz, and classical music
Categories: Music: Classical, Music: Other
Dracula, presented by danceRINK
Baltimore Theatre Project
One of Halloween’s classic characters is coming to the stage in Dracula, a unique dance/theater experience adapted from the 1938 vintage radio-play starring Orson Welles. Director/Choreographer Scott Rink and Composer Scott Marshall have re-imagined the familiar Bram Stoker tale through the eyes of a 10-year old on Halloween Eve, with a killer combination of dance, movement and stunning ima...
Categories: Theater, Dance, Family Oriented
Imagining China: The View from Europe, 1550-1700
Folger Shakespeare Library
As knowledge about China spread slowly westward through trade and travel, this vast country occupied European imagination.
Categories: Exhibits
DAR Museum exhibition - "Wedgwood: 250 Years of Innovation and Artistry"
DAR Museum
The DAR Museum showcases the beautiful artistry and marketing genius of Josiah Wedgwood 250 years after he founded his famous ceramics company. “Wedgwood: 250 Years of Innovation and Artistry,” celebrates the 250th anniversary of Wedgwood and the remarkable story of discovery, vision, experimentation, industry and exquisite design.
FREE to the public. Monday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p....
Much Ado About Nothing
Folger Shakespeare Library
Beatrice and Benedick’s witty war of courtship moves to a Caribbean beat in this festive production set in the heart of DC.
Categories: Theater
The Studio Theatre: ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICAL
Studio Theatre, Secondstage
by Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith
directed by Jason Loewith
Elmer Rice’s expressionistic masterpiece re-imagined in a stunning new musical! After losing his job to a machine, Mr. Zero’s monotonous life swirls into chaos. With jangling, percussive music reflecting period influences – including early-20th-century modernists, Tin Pan Alley and gospel – this work conjures a vision of ...
Categories: Theater
Exhibit: Merri Nelson's Drawings of a Maine Summer Island
Art League
10:00am – 6:00pm
“Summer Island,” Merri Nelson’s solo exhibit of delicate, detailed drawings, portrays the diverse environments of a small Maine island. For years this island has been her subject and inspiration.
This small island, which will remain unnamed, was once inhabited but has reverted back to the wild. “The moment I stepped on the island I felt at home. I love that it’s absolutely pris...
Categories: Arts
Exhibit: "Interaction of Color"
Art League
10:00am – 6:00pm
The title of this exhibit is the same as Joseph Albers seminal book on color theory. This juried exhibit, featuring works of all-media by Art League members, will focus on how colors can be used to create excitement, movement, space, contrast and dynamism in a work, whether representational or abstract.
Opening reception: Thursday, October 8, 6:30-8pm.
Categories: Arts
Butler's Orchard Pumpkin Festival! Every October Weekend!
Butler's Orchard
10:00am – 5:00pm
Butler's Orchard is hosting its 29th Annual Pumpkin Festival at our beautiful farm in Germantown, Maryland. The festival will take place every Saturday and Sunday in October, and November 1st and Columbus Day. Admission is $10.00, with children under 2 free. Activities included with admission are Hayrides, Straw Maze, Wild Cat Run Slide, Tube Slide, Rubber Ducky Derby, Pumpkin Coach, Hayloft Ba...
Categories: Fairs & Festivals
THEARC Arts Day featuring the Matt Dievendorf Jazz Trio
Levine at THEARC
10:00am – 2:00pm
There is fun for the whole family when Levine School of Music, Washington Ballet, and Corcoran Gallery come together for the fourth annual THEARC Arts Day. This celebration of the arts features performances and activities for all ages.
Categories: Fairs & Festivals, Free, Music: Other
Halloween at the Medical Museum!
National Museum of Health and Medicine
10:00am – 1:00pm
The National Museum of Health and Medicine will host family-friendly Halloween activities for ages 5 and up. Children will be able to participate in a costume contest (held by Family Magazine) and make skeleton crafts (a dancing macaroni skeleton, a medieval plague mask, and a skeleton wall hanging) as well as join in a Halloween-themed family yoga demonstration by Shakti Yoga. Admission and parking are FREE!
Categories: Family Oriented
John Dreyfuss: Inventions
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
11:00am – 4:00pm
Sculptor John Dreyfuss will display six new large-scale works in the Sylvia Berlin Katzen Sculpture Garden. The clean lines of Dreyfuss’s forms represent stylized hand tools made larger-than-life.
Artists’ reception: Saturday, September 12, from 6–9 p.m.
For information on events associated with this exhibition, visit www.american.edu/museum.
Australian Indigenous Art Triennial: Culture Warriors A National Gallery of Australia Exhibition
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
11:00am – 4:00pm
Australian Indigenous Art Triennial: Culture Warriors will showcase the works of artists from each state and territory in Australia that represent a diverse range of contemporary indigenous art. This traveling exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists’ reception: Saturday, September 12, from 6–9 p.m.
Halloween Lunch Cruise
Spirit of Washington
11:30am – 2:00pm
Halloween Lunch Cruise.
Halloween is a time for celebration and lots of treats. Bring the kids aboard the festive Spirit of Washington for a spooktacular lunchtime experience full of food, candy, awesome DC views and tons of Halloween fun! And don't forget to wear your favorite Halloween garb, if you'd like!
Categories: Tours, Family Oriented, Holiday
MAIMFest
The Workhouse Arts Center
12:00pm – 9:30pm
The Workhouse Arts Center proudly presents our first annual MAIMFest (Mid-Atlantic Independent Musician)! On October 31, 2009, MAIMFest will have artist from the District all the way down to North Carolina performing from Noon-til-dusk. Before the goblins and ghouls haunt the night, come out to the quad to take in some of the best talent in the region! Venture out for some spooktacular fun as these bands serenade you and your family!
Categories: Family Oriented
Premier Tasting Experience
Tarara Winery
12:30pm – 5:00pm
Intimate, hour-long tastings of seven premium Tarara wines, including limited quantity and pre-release selections, in our board room overlooking breathtaking lakeside landscapes. Receive an elegant and informative glimpse into Tarara wine and Virginia winemaking from one of our wine specialists. Complete with select food pairings, this is truly a special wine experience. Tastings take place Sat...
Categories: Food & Wine
Teddy Bear Band
The Alden Theatre
2:00pm – 4:00pm
$14/10 MCC Residents
Ages 3+. Bring your teddy bears and come sing, clap and play with the Teddy Bear Band from Minnesota. Children and parents alike will delight in this wonderful musical experience.
Categories: Music: Other
Tilt!
Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum
3:00pm – 6:00pm
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about pinball machines with collector and historian David Silverman. Then join us in the courtyard to test your skills on his one-of-a-kind pinball machines. Lecture at 3 p.m., game playing follows.
Night of the Living Ghouls: Roller Derby Action
DC Armory
4:00pm – 7:30pm
Got a sweet tooth? Spend your Halloween with the sweetest treat in town–the only all women’s flat track derby league in DC. The fright attendants of Scare Force One are looking to draw first blood on the Cherry Blossom Bombshells for taking them out of last year’s championship run. Night of the Living Derby Ghouls starts at 4pm (doors open at 3)
Plus costume contest for fans and tr...
Categories: Other Events
Parking Lot Trunk or Treat
Emmanuel United Methodist Church
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Parking Lot Trunk or Treat is a safe Halloween event where children go from car to car instead of from house to house. Cars are parked between 6pm and 6:30pm. Kids collect candy between 6:3pm and 7:30pm. If you are giving out candy, bring lots of it!
Categories: Family Oriented
Historical Ghost Walks in Waynesboro
Waynesboro Historical Society
6:30pm – 10:00pm
Waynesboro After Dark, a historic Ghost Walk venture, features the history and haunts of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, a once-thriving industrial town. We return this year with new stories and new storytellers. Waynesboro was named after General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, and built above a mysterious cavern complex.. It has witnessed brutal Indian raids and hosted Robert E Lee's army on its way to Gettys...
Categories: Tours
Halloween Costume Ball, benefiting danceRINK
Baltimore Theatre Project
7:00pm – 11:00pm
A Halloween Costume Ball for adults and children will be held on Saturday, October 31 at 7pm with proceeds benefiting danceRINK future programming. Tickets are $100 per adult and $10 for children. Guests are encouraged to dress up in costume. The evening will include a performance of Dracula followed by a post performance party where guests can meet and greet the cast and crew, show off the...
Categories: Charity Events, Dance, Family Oriented
Ariadne auf Naxos
Kennedy Center, Opera House
7:00pm
Composed by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Sung in German with English supertitles
The running time for this production is approximately two hours and 23 minutes including one 20-minute intermission.
Tragedy and comedy collide when two sets of performers - one an opera company and the other a commedia dell'arte troupe - are forced to perform together. With stunning ...
Categories: Music: Classical, Music: Other
Disney on Ice
Patriot Center
7:00pm
Make an ordinary day extraordinary when Disney On Ice presents Celebrations! brings more than 50 Disney characters to Washington D.C. for one colossal party on ice!
Patriot Center, Fairfax VA Oct. 21-25
Show times:
Wednesday 21st – 7:00 p.m.
Thursday 22nd – 7:00 p.m.
Friday 23rd – 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 24th – 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Sunday 25th – 12:30...
Categories: Family Oriented
The New Approach to Cardiac Care
The Historical Society of Washington, DC
8:00am – 1:00pm
How Women at Risk Can
Prevent, Detect and Reverse Heart Disease
Featured Speaker Sakiliba M. Mines, MD
On site Referrals for Calcium Scoring will be given to attendees
Covered by Medicare
Historical Society of Washington, DC
801 K Street, NW at Mount Vernon Square Washington, DC 20001
Saturday October 31st, 2009
8:30-1:00 pm
Breakfast will be Served
Seats are Limited to free lecture
Go Online to Register
http://timmed.com/lecture.aspx
Categories: Lecture
Laugh Riot at The Hyatt
Hyatt Regency Hotel (Bethesda)
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Live standup comedy show
Laugh Riot at the Hyatt
5 local comics
$25 cash prize joke contest for non-com audience members after the show
Every Saturday night
8 to 10 pm
$10 Cash Admission
Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel
One Bethesda Metro Center
7400 Wisconsin Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-657-1234 www.Bethesda.Hyatt.com
www.StandupComedyToGo.com
Categories: Arts, Theater, Other Events
The Three B's
Music Center at Strathmore
8:00pm
Enjoy a spectacular evening of concertos
composed by the giants of concert music—Bach,
Brahms and Beethoven. The thrilling violinist
Elena Urioste joins cellist Zuill Bailey in Brahms’s
powerful Double Concerto. Brian Ganz performs
a true gem of Baroque literature, Bach’s Piano
Concerto No. 5. Beethoven’s heroic Triple Concerto
completes the program.
BACH Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor
Categories: Arts, Music: Classical
The Three Bs
The Music Center at Strathmore
8:00pm
Elena Urioste, violin
Zuill Bailey, cello
Brian Ganz, piano
Piotr Gajewski, conductor
Enjoy a spectacular evening of concertos composed by the giants of concert music—Bach, Brahms and Beethoven. The thrilling violinist
Elena Urioste joins cellist Zuill Bailey in Brahms’s powerful Double Concerto. Brian Ganz performs a true gem of Baroque literature, Bach’s Piano Concerto No. 5. Bee...
Categories: Music: Classical
UM Symphony Orchestra: Spirit Nights
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
8:00pm
James Ross, music director. Sibelius’s rarely performed Fourth Symphony sits at the core of a program featuring works that help anchor the dark masterpiece. Also featured: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Arturo Márquez: Danzon no. 2 and Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole.
Categories: Music: Classical
The Quality of Life
Arena Stage in Crystal City
8:00pm – 10:00pm
September 11- Novermber 1, 2009
Arena Stage presents Quality of Life written by Emmy Award-winner Jane Anderson (Mad Men, Norma) and directed by Lisa Peterson. In this “magnetic work of theater” (San Francisco Chronicle) filled with compassion, honesty and humor, we find two couples who are dealing with devastating personal tragedies. The couples meet one weekend in an attempt to forge a...
Categories: Theater
Paintings of the Potomac River School
Sandy Spring Museum
9:00am – 4:00pm
Potomac River School, an exhibition of recent landscape paintings of the Potomac River Basin by artists Mary Kokoski, Andrei Kushnir and Barbara Nuss.
Categories: Arts
Adagio Ballet - Fall Classes In Fairfax
Adagio Ballet in Fairfax
9:00am – 8:30pm
Adagio Ballet in Fairfax is proud to be offering a wide range of new ballet classes available for all ages 2 and up for the coming fall session. Beginning on Sept. 3rd and running through Dec. 27th, this is a great opportunity to meet new friends, learn new skills, and enjoy. The Adagio curriculum is designed to provide young dancers with a joyful transition from the world of magical fairy-tale...
Categories: Dance
Business Fair
Xi Omega Center
9:00am – 3:00pm
This fair provides an opportunity for you to promote your business and for the community to learn about the different services and businesses available to them.
Categories: Exhibits
Falls Church Farmers Market Chef Demonstration
Falls Church Farmers Market
9:00am – 11:00am
The Falls Church Farmers Market Chef demonstrations bring local restaurant chefs to the farmers market to show consumers how to use and cook local seasonal foods in their diet. Each demonstration features products available in the market that the chef has developed a specific recipe for. On Oct. 31st the recipe is: Buffalo brisket grilled with Stayman apples served with watermelon radish relish...
Categories: Fairs & Festivals, Food & Wine, Lecture
Halloween at H St. FRESHFARM Market
H St. FRESHFARM Market
9:00am – 12:00pm
Scarecrows, grubs and free-range chickens welcome! Wear your costume to market for a morning of tricks and treats with your favorite farmers. The Halloween Parade begins at 10:30 with judging at 11:00. Plenty of games and other fun activities for children, including bobbing for apples and making decorations. Free. Double the value of EBT/SNAP food stamps and WIC/Seniors' coupons for purchases through November 21.
Categories: Family Oriented
Double Dollars Program at H Street
H St. FRESHFARM Market
9:00am – 12:00pm
Double the value of EBT/SNAP food stamps and WIC/Senior coupons by shopping for fresh, seasonal food at the H Street FRESHFARM Market. Enjoy summer's bounty of peaches, ripe juicy tomatoes, corn and so much more! Located in the parking lot directly across from the H Street Self-Storage, the market carries a full range of nutritious fruit, vegetables, grass-fed meats, eggs, organic milk, chees...
Categories: Food & Wine
Global Light Festival
Hilton McLean
9:00am – 5:00pm
Experience 4-days of spirit/mind/body presentations with natural healing approaches to health and wellbeing. Topics on new healing technologies, energetic and sound healing, children and families, education, sustainable living, transformational practices. Net proceeds go to fund new health and wellness centers. Registration online or on site: http://www.globallightfestival.org
Categories: Discussion, Lecture, Music: Other
Second Annual Halloween “Boo” Cruise
Spirit of Washington
9:00pm – 12:00am
Second Annual Halloween “Boo” Cruise.
Come one, come all, and join us in your scariest Halloween garb for a spooky cruise event out on the Potomac! Spirit Cruises' Halloween "Boo" cruise is a Halloween party unlike any other. We've got food, entertainment, haunting late-night views of DC beneath the moon and a costume contest. All for one frighteningly low price!
Categories: Tours, Food & Wine, Holiday
Fall 2009 Adult Dance Technique Class
Arlington Cultural Affairs Center
9:30am – 11:00am
Fall Adult Dance Technique
Saturdays, 9:30 - 11:00 am
Sept 12 - Dec 19
$18 per class, or 6 classes for $90
3700 S Four Mile Run Dr.
Arlington, VA 22206
703.933.1111
www.JaneFranklin.com
info@janefranklin.com
In Adult Dance Technique classes, Jane Franklin offers challenging methods to integrate and refine movements. As a Certified Movement Analyst (Laban Institute for Movement Stud...
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