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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
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
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.
Free Noontime Cantata Series
Church of the Epiphany
12:00pm – 1:00pm
J.S. Bach Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132
Concerto in D Minor after Vivaldi, BWV 596
The free Noontime Cantata Concert Series is a popular series of fifty-minute concerts presented on the first Tuesday of the month (October – December and March – May) at the Church of the Epiphany in downtown Washington, DC (1/2 block from Metro Center Metro station). Each conce...
Categories: Music: Classical, Music: Other
"Honorable Survivor: Mao’s China, McCarthy’s America and the Persecution of John S. Service" by Lynne Joiner
National Archives and Records Administration
12:00pm
"Honorable Survivor" weaves John S. Service’s extraordinary story into the fabric of a watershed moment: World War II was ending, the Cold War was dawning, and the McCarthy-era witch-hunters were stirring. Award-winning journalist and news anchor Lynne Joiner tells the true story of John S. Service, a U.S. Foreign Service officer in wartime China whose reports were not heeded by U.S. policyma...
Afternoon Adventures: Arts and Crafts Class
Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Children are invited to explore different historic arts and crafts activites each week. Learn the basics of working with clay, sewing, gardening, and jewelry making. Each session includes storytime and a 40-minute art lesson. Members: $60 for 6 sessions, Nonmembers: $70 for 6 sessions.
Categories: Arts, Family Oriented, History
Eastern Market: Restoration and Reinvigoration. Community Forum and Panel Discussion
Goethe-Institut Washington, the German Cultural Center
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Tanya Beauchamp, Historian and Historic Preservationist, specialist on Cluss buildings
Joseph Browne, Director, Adolf Cluss Project
Curtis Clay, NCARB, AIA, Administrator, Office of Property Management – Construction
Donna Scheeder, Chair, Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee
Baird Smith, FAIA, FAPT, Quinn Evans Architects, which oversaw the restoration of Eastern Market
Bill Gilc...
Categories: Discussion
Arthur Sze and Afaa Michael Weaver
Folger Shakespeare Library
7:30pm
Second-generation Chinese American poet Sze is a Guggenheim Fellow and the author of eight books of poetry.
In his collection The Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985 to 2005, Baltimore native Weaver arranges his poems according to the five-element theory in Chinese philosophy.
Categories: Books & Authors
Latin Dance and Stretch (Cuban Technique)
Glen Echo Park
7:30pm – 8:30pm
Inspired by over forty years of dance tradition in Cuba, this dance is one that allows you to explore and expand both your physical and creative abilities. You will study different techniques of breathing, muscle isolation, and stretching, among others, as well as become acquainted with the distinct rhythm of the Caribbean. Above all, you will leave the class feeling healthy and with a forceful...
Categories: Dance
Danzon for Beginners
Glen Echo Park
8:30pm – 9:30pm
Danzón, the official music of Cuba, originated from a European-influenced ballroom dance played by Cuban ensembles. The style developed in the second half of the 19th century, and has been an important root for Cuban music until today. A danzón, in its original form, does not feature any improvisations, unlike most other popular Cuban genres. In this class, you will learn the basic structure ...
Categories: Dance
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
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