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Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company
George Mason University Center for the Arts
Saturday, November 7 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
“Here is bravura dancing at its greatest,” raves The New York Times about this renowned folk ensemble that is known for its masterful dance prowess, infectious enthusiasm, and vibrantly colored costumes. Founded in 1937 by Pavlo Virsky and Mykola Bolotov, the Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company has toured around the world, celebrating the pas...
Categories: Family Oriented
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
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
Washington Craft Show
Washington Convention Center
Enter a world where art merges with everyday life—and re-establishes the human connection.
A premier event of contemporary craft in America, the Washington Craft Show is recognized for presenting masterful work, beautifully displayed. Each piece is one-of-a-kind or limited edition in a range of prices, each designed and made in artists' studios across America.
At the Washington Craft ...
Categories: Exhibits, Fairs & Festivals, Family Oriented
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....
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
Noted Author Belleruth Naparstek to Teach Groundbreaking Healing Technique for Surviving & Thriving Beyond Cancer and Other Serious Illness: Works with Standard Medical Treatment
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
The ConferenceWorks!® presents Belleruth Naparstek - Gift of the Imagination: Surviving and Thriving Beyond Cancer Workshop on Nov. 7th -8th at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Old Town Alexandria. Naparstek is a psychotherapist known worldwide for her powerful guided imagery and her outstanding ability to help people rediscover their bodies’ innate ability to heal.
www.conferenceworks.com
Categories: Lecture
Cookbook Publishing
L'Academie de Cuisine
10:00am – 1:00pm
In this half-day session, Lisa Ekus-Saffer, literary agent since the year 2000 with over 200 successful book deals and Virginia Willis, chef, food writer, and author of the critically acclaimed Bon Appetit, Y'all, Recipes and Stories of Three Generations of Southern Cooking, help aspiring authors navigate through the exciting, yet challenging world of publishing. The session seeks to educate a...
Categories: Books & Authors, Lecture
COFUMC Arts and Crafts Fair
Community of Faith United Methodist Church
10:00am – 3:00pm
On Saturday, November 7 from 10am to 3pm, the Community of Faith United Methodist Church will be hosting an arts and crafts fair to raise money for
both local and nationwide missions. This event is for all age groups. There will be multiple vendors with various price ranges – everything from hip clothing and jewelry to fine art for true art appreciators. There's something for everyone! B...
Categories: Charity Events, Fairs & Festivals, Free
Exhibit: "small works"
Art League
10:00am – 6:00pm
This popular annual exhibit features works of all-media and subject matter that are no larger than 10” x 12” or 120” square.
Opening reception: Thursday, November 12, 6:30-8pm.
Categories: Arts
Exhibit: "Becoming Animal"
Art League
10:00am – 6:00pm
In this juried exhibit, work may explore the animal within and feature images of animals real or imaginary including everything from our favorite pets to endangered and/or extinct species.
Opening reception: Thursday, November 12, 6:30-8pm.
Categories: Arts
22nd Annual Washington Craft Show
Washington Convention Center
10:00am – 6:00pm
DC's major fall event for contemporary craft, the Washington Craft features special guest Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright appearing and signing her new book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box, on Saturday, November 7.
This premier national showcase presents 190 leading contemporary craft artists from 34 states and DC, exhibiting and selling their signature arts...
Categories: Arts
"Cleaning and Greening-America Recylces"
Western Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant
10:00am – 2:00pm
FREE! Joint Tours of a Composting Facility and Wastewater Treatment Plant
Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Rain or Shine)
Join Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and Prince George’s Department of Environmental Resources on two exciting tours that features “cleaning and greening” facilities. If there are students in the crowd, we will also be talking about environmental ...
Categories: Family Oriented
"Boing!" Tory Cowles' Solo Artist Exhibit
Art League
10:00am – 6:00pm
In Tory Cowles’ latest series of abstract paintings she strives to incorporate more interactive three-dimensional elements. Her work has always been light, playful, and joyful, but now the work invites the viewer to participate.
Her acrylic/mixed media works are spontaneous with just enough structure to hold the piece together. Color is extremely important. Cowles is very interested in...
Categories: Arts
Del Ray Dozen Invitational Photography Show
Del Ray Alexandria, VA
10:00pm
This show highlights the photography of 16 Del Ray Artisans. Each photographer has a separate space to display a body of work. The show, running 11/6 – 11/29, will also feature poetry by local poet Brash. Opening reception is Friday 11/6 from 7 – 10:00 pm and is FREE and open to the public.
Categories: Arts
Children's Historic Home Tour
Strathmore Mansion
10:30am
Tailor-made for young ones 5 and up, this special guided tour tells the stories of the Mansion at Strathmore and gives an overview of its architectural features.
Free, but reservations required. Call (301) 581-5109.
Categories: Tours, Family Oriented, Free
Bastien und Bastienne
Embassy of Austria
10:30am – 12:30pm
Mozart Children's Opera "Bastien und Bastienne"
Mozart's opera Bastien und Bastienne is an enchanting singspiel that is guaranteed to entertain and delight children and parents alike. It tells the story of shepherdess Bastienne, who is in love with a shepherd called Bastien. One day, Bastienne starts to fear that she is losing her dear friend Bastien to a rich girl from the town and seeks h...
Categories: Music: Classical
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.
A BIG! President: Taft Family Day
National Archives and Records Administration
11:00am – 2:00pm
This year marks the centennial of the inauguration of President Taft, whose recreated bathtub can be found in “BIG!” Learn more about his life and the events during his administration with hands-on activities designed for family audiences.
• Meet President and Mrs. Taft
• Participate in a Taft archival adventure
• Create your own political cartoon about the 1912 Presidential Electi...
Categories: Family Oriented, Free, History
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine (Verflixt und zugenäht)
Shakespeare Theatre
11:00am – 1:00pm
A big paper screen sets the scene as pattern and cutout sheet for a play with sewing machine and paper. Stitch-by-stitch textile artist Susanne Winter and sculptor Johannes Volkmann sew images; cut-by-cut they create patterns; word-by-word they tell stories.
A performance that leads your imagination on a journey.
Approximately 45 minutes; ideal for ages 6+.
This performance is part of Kids...
Categories: Fairs & Festivals
Paintings by Jennifer Manner
Glen Echo Park
12:00pm – 5:00pm
The Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo Park’s resident painting and drawing studio, presents works by
Jennifer Manner. In the Yellow Barn Gallery. 12 to 5 p.m. Call (301) 371-5593 or visit www.yellowbarnstudio.com.
On Top of the World: Book Artists from Australia
Glen Echo Park
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Photoworks presents an exhibition of Australian Artist Books in Glen Echo Park’s Popcorn Gallery. Curated by Tara O’Brien, the exhibition features works by Monica Oppen, Peter Lyssiotis, Noga Freiberg, Ilse van Garderen, Anne-Maree Hunter, Julie Barratt, Jan Davis, Penny Evans, Babette Angell, Heather Matthew, Tim Mosely and Geraldine Connolly. An opening reception will be held on November ...
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
Bastien und Bastienne
Embassy of Austria
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Mozart's opera Bastien und Bastienne is an enchanting singspiel that is guaranteed to entertain and delight children and parents alike. It tells the story of shepherdess Bastienne, who is in love with a shepherd called Bastien. One day, Bastienne starts to fear that she is losing her dear friend Bastien to a rich girl from the town and seeks help with Colas, the town's magician.
Saturday ...
Categories: Music: Classical
At Glen Echo Park: Video Documentary Presentations by Guest Artists
Glen Echo Park
1:30pm – 3:30pm
Photoworks brings guest artists to Glen Echo Park to show documentary video presentation in lobby of the Popcorn Gallery in conjunction with the launch of FotoWeek DC. Presentations and a discussion will run from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. For more information call 301-634-2274 or visit www.glenechophotoworks.org.
Curator’s Talk and Book Signing with Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at Washington Craft Show
Washington Convention Center
3:30pm
Diplomatic and personal history come to life through the brooches prominently worn by Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
David Revere McFadden, chief curator of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, reveals how the Secretary’s accessories signaled her moods and views on the diplomatic situation at hand.
Special guest Madeleine Albright will have a conversation w...
Categories: Lecture
Everyone Else (Alle anderen)
AFI Silver Theatre Cultural Center
3:30pm – 5:30pm
Everyone Else (Alle Anderen), Director: Maren Ade
In the framework of the AFI European Union Film Showcase.
The movie Everyone Else tells the story of Gitti and Chris, an unlike couple, who spends a summer vacation on Sardinia. Chris is a rather conservative type and Gitti, who is played by the Austrian actress Birgit Minichmayr, lives with her heart on her sleeve and tells people her opini...
Categories: Film
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
Perry Hall Folk Music Night, featuring Julia Rose
Perry Hall United Methodist Church
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Monthly "open mike" Folk Music Night is held Saturdays. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. The featured performer this month is Julia Rose. Her web site is http://www.juliarose.com/
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Categories: Music: Other
Anna In The Tropics
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Music Room 2200
7:00pm
Jose Carrasquillo, director of Anna in the Tropics, leads a pre-performance lecture exploring Nilo Cruz’s prevalent theme of ‘escape’ in his plays, Cuban culture and immigration trends to south Florida in the early part of the century, the importance of the cigar ‘culture’ in Cuban life, the role and importance of a lector in a cigar factory and the world of extreme gender roles defined in the play and how they intersect
Categories: Lecture
Washington Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra
National City Christian Church
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Washington Sinfonietta
Joel Lazar, principal conductor
Mozart - Overture to Don Giovanni
Dvorak - Czech Suite
Haydn - Symphony No. 99
Saturday, November 7th - 7pm
National City Christian Church - walking distance from the McPherson Sq. Metro
5 Thomas Circle NW
Washington, DC
tickets are $15 and available at the door or online - www.washingtonsinfonietta.com
This is a really high qua...
Categories: Music: Classical
Giuseppe Lupis, Piano
Downtown Piano Works
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Downtown Piano Works is pleased to welcome International Concert Artist Giuseppe Lupis to our Local Artist Concert Series. As always, there is no charge for admission but space is limited to 60. Please RSVP (301) 631-1234 to guarantee a seat for this performance.
Giuseppe Lupis is a pianist and a musician whose interests range from baroque music to contemporary styles and from jazz to his o...
Categories: Free, Music: Classical, Music: Other
DC A Cappela Festival
Georgetown University, Gaston Hall
7:30pm
Each year, the GU Phantoms and Grace Notes get together to host one of the premier a cappella concerts in the Washington DC area. This long-running event features the two host groups, other Georgetown a cappella ensembles, and special invited groups from up and down the East coast of the U.S. Founded in 1988, the co-ed Phantoms perform rock, pop, and R&B a cappella music, and in recent years h...
Categories: Music: Other
West Potomac Sinfonietta performs Bach, Corelli, Howell and Poulenc's Organ Concerto, Nov. 7th at 7:30 PM
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Wellington Parish
7:30pm – 9:30pm
The Sinfonietta comprises an elite group of advanced orchestra students under the direction of Ms Mary Wilkerson from West Potomac High School that consistently performs chamber orchestra selections at a very high level. For the past four years Sinfonietta earned the highest rates at District X Orchestra Festival, earning the group the Blue Ribbon Music School Award. The Sinfonietta has perf...
Categories: Music: Classical
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
Haydn and Mendelssohn
Music Center at Strathmore
8:00pm
National Philharmonic Assistant Conductor Predrag
Gosta makes his Strathmore debut in a concert that
celebrates Mendelssohn’s birth and pays homage
to Haydn’s passing 200 years ago. The Lord Nelson
Mass, named for the British admiral who defeated
Napoleon in Egypt and Italy, calls for dramatic
soaring runs for the soprano and culminates in
a jubilant fi nale. Rediscovered in the 1980...
Categories: Arts, Music: Classical
Travel Tales Too
Gunston Theatre One
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Jane Franklin Dance presents Travel Tales Too
November 7 at 8 pm and November 8 at 2 pm
Gunston Theatre One
2700 S Lang St
Arlington, VA
Tickets: $28 - $12
Purchase online, at the door, or by phone 703.933.1111
www.janefranklin.com
Travel Tales recalls dances from the past 12 years created in partnership with distinctive music and visual artists. In Indistinct Boundaries projections b...
Categories: Arts, Dance, Family Oriented
Transfigured Night
Dumbarton Church
8:00pm – 10:00pm
On Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 8pm, the Left Bank Concert Society will give a performance of music for strings as part of the Dumbarton Concert Series. Heralded for presenting “stellar performances year after year,” Dumbarton Concerts seeks out ensembles from throughout the world to create a concert season of the highest quality. Dumbarton Concerts is delighted to collaborate with the L...
Categories: Music: Classical
What Lies Beneath Nature and Urban Landscape
House of Sweden
8:30pm – 10:30pm
photo-exhibition - What Lies Beneath: Nature and Urban Landscape
Austria: Josef Hoflehner (www.josefhoflehner.com)
This exhibition of works by both renowned and emerging photographers and curated by Judith Turner-Yamamoto, brings a diverse array of modern European artistic sensitivity to the Washington DC metropolitan community.
Over twenty EU photographers explored the nuances of natural...
Categories: Exhibits
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
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
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
Corpus Christi Christmas Attic
Corpus Christi School
9:00am – 3:00pm
The Corpus Christi School PTO presents the 30th annual Christmas Attic Craft Fair and Silent Auction on November 7th from 9 AM to 3 PM.
The 30th annual Corpus Christi Christmas Attic and Craft Fair includes crafters, global cuisine, family fun, a unique silent auction, and a raffle. Children can enjoy making their own crafts, shop for reasonably priced presents, a moon bounce, and a surpr...
Categories: Fairs & Festivals
Forum on Part-Time Faculty Unions: A National and Local Movement
Busboys and Poets @ 5th & K (The Cullen Room)
9:00am – 12:00pm
Part-time faculty across the country and throughout the region are coming together to improve higher education and their jobs. Many have found that unionization and collective bargaining help resolve their workplace concerns. At The George Washington University and Montgomery College, part-time faculty have joined together with SEIU Local 500 and have won gains in job security and better pay. ...
Categories: Books & Authors, Discussion, Free
Iconoclash! Political Imagery from the Berlin Wall to German Unification
Goethe-Institut Washington, the German Cultural Center
9:00am – 5:00pm
Political iconography is established with meaning and purpose. Tampering with an icon means that the original value system has been altered, compromised or simply fallen away, creating new meanings in the process.
Opening discussion and reception, organized in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, on Wednesday, November 4, 6:30 – 9 pm.
6:30 pm: Discussion with panelists
Mark...
Categories: Exhibits
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...
Mary Virginia Swanson Lecture, "Presenting Your Work to the Fine Art Community"
Glen Echo Park
9:30am – 11:30am
Photoworks at Glen Echo Park presents a lecture by Mary Virginia Swanson in conjunction with FotoWeek DC. The lecture, “Presenting Your Work to the Fine Art Community,” will take place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Swanson makes it her goal to help photographers find the strengths in their work and identify appreciative audiences in today's marketplace. She is considered an expert in the area of ...
Categories: Arts, Discussion, Lecture
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