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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
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....
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
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
"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
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.
22nd Annual Washington Craft Show
Washington Convention Center
11:00am – 5:00pm
DC's major fall event for contemporary craft, the Washington Craft Show features 190 leading contemporary craft artists from 34 states and DC, presenting their latest signature arts for everyday or special occasions, home décor, and what to wear with individual style in ceramics, glass, jewelry, fiber, wood, furniture, metals, mixed media and craft couture.
Each one-of-a-kind and limited-e...
Categories: Arts
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.
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
Travel Tales Too - Sunday Matinee
Gunston Theatre One
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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
Ariadne auf Naxos
Kennedy Center, Opera House
2:00pm
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
Korean Folktales
Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Korean Folktales
3:00 PM
Grand Salon
Renwick Gallery
Learn about the fascinating tradition of Korean folktales with Young-Key Kim-Renaud, chair of the Korean Studies Department at the George Washington University. She elaborates on the history and significance of this rich art form in Korean culture that has inspired the work of SunKoo Yuh, one of the four featured artists in Staged Stories: Renwick Craft Invitational 2009.
Categories: Arts
National Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
The Alden Theatre
3:00pm – 5:00pm
The premier showcase for great chamber music in Northern Virginia.
The Concerts at the Alden series is sponsored by the Music Friends of the Fairfax County Public Library and the Alden Theatre at the McLean Community Center.
Admission is free. No tickets are required.
Categories: Music: Classical
Fine Arts Quartet
National Academy of Sciences
3:00pm – 5:00pm
The Fine Arts Quartet is one of the most distinguished ensembles in chamber music today, with an illustrious history of performing success and an extensive recording legacy. Each season, the Fine Arts Quartet tours world-wide, with concerts in such musical centers as New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Moscow, Tokyo, Beijing, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Mexico City, and Toronto. Initially f...
Categories: Music: Classical
Fine Arts Quartet
National Academy of Sciences
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Fine Arts Quartet at the National Academy of Sciences on Suhnday, November 8, 2009 at 3PM. Works by Haydn, Schumann and Bruckner.
Categories: Music: Classical
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
George Washington Masonic Memorial
3:00pm
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, one of the nation's premiere chamber ensembles, has rapidly become well known for its exceptional performances and diverse repertoire. Founded in 1992, and comprised of twenty-one members of the world-renowned National Symphony Orchestra, the membership also represents a convergence of members from Washington's great chamber ensembles, including the American Chamber p...
Categories: Music: Classical
Steinway Series: Lucille Snell
Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Steinway Series Lucille J. Snell
3:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
American Art Museum
Free tickets to the Steinway Series are available in the G Street lobby one hour before each performance.
Flutist Lucille J. Snell celebrates her first solo recital since retiring in 2008 from the U.S. Air Force and in Washington, D.C. She will be accompanied by pianist Lori Dean and violinist Alexander Dean.
Categories: Music: Classical
American University Wind Ensemble
Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center - Abramson Family Recital Hall
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Happy Birthday!
A Musical Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of the Modern Wind Ensemble
American University Wind Ensemble presents traditional and contemporary music for winds, brass, and percussion.
Selections Include:
Symphonic Suite by James Clifton Williams
Three Studies in English Folk Song by Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Beau Ideal by John Philip Sousa
Marc B...
Categories: Music: Classical
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
George Washington Masonic Memorial
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Categories: Music: Classical
Schubert Mass in F Major, D 105
Odeon Chamber Music Series
4:00pm – 5:30pm
The Falls Church Concert Choir consists of the combined choirs of St. Alban's, St. Patrick's, and St. Paul's Episcopal churches and guest singers from community. The chamber orchestra is formed from area professionals and members of American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.
This concert will be conducted by Fred Binkholder, Music Director of St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Director of George...
Categories: Music: Classical
Armonia Nova Early Music Ensemble performs 'Mon Cuer: Chanons des Femmes'
St. Mark's on Capitol Hill
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Join 3 modern women as they explore through music how medieval women viewed love, both secular and sacred; and how they viewed the men they loved. This is beautiful music of women trouveres from the 12th and 13th centuries, Hildegard von Bingen and others.
Categories: Music: Classical
2nd Saturday Art Walks at the Workhouse
Workhouse Arts Center
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Beginning July 11 the Workhouse studio artists will keep their doors open after hours on the 2nd Saturday of each month, and they invite you to join them for the 2nd Saturday Art Walks at the Workhouse. The 2nd Saturday art walks are the perfect time to explore the Workhouse and experience the vitality, creativity and diversity of the artists who make up this unique arts community. As you strol...
Categories: Arts, Exhibits, Food & Wine
Lionel Loueke
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kay Theatre
6:00pm
Jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke blends jazz with West African harmonies and rhythms in music infused with the sounds of his home country of Benin, and influenced by his teachers in Paris and his American mentors Terence Blanchard, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.
Categories: Music: Other
Everyone Else (Alle anderen)
AFI Silver Theatre Cultural Center
6:15pm – 8:15pm
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
Open Blues Jam hosted by The Idle Americans featuring Matt Kelley! @ Bangkok Blues Thai Restaurant
Bangkok Blues Thai Restaurant
7:00pm – 11:00pm
Open blues jam every Sunday hosted by The Idle Americans at Bangkok Blues Thai Restaurant, 926 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA 703-534-0095, www.bangkokblues.com www.theidleamericans.com
Categories: Music: Other
Grand Opening of the West End Farmers Market
Ben Brenman Park
9:00am – 1:00pm
On Sunday, May 3rd, the West End Farmers Market will celebrate re-opening for the summer season. The Alexandria Public library will be sponsoring a storyteller. Local artists and craftspeople will be selling their work, including photographs, paintings, children’s clothing, jewelry, soaps, creams, lavender items, and alpaca yarns. A local musician, Doug Alan Wilcox will be singing. Prim...
Categories: Arts, Food & Wine, Other Events
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
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
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