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The Four of Us
DCJCC, Theater J
January 20–February 21
By Itamar Moses
Directed by Daniel DeRaey
When Ben’s first novel vaults him into literary stardom, his best friend David, a struggling playwright, is thrilled for his newfound success...or is he? This poignant play explores the nature of friendship, memory and what happens when your dreams come true—for your best friend.
“A clever comic drama with a nifty twist” –The New York Times
Categories: Arts, Books & Authors, Theater
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection
National Gallery of Art
Chester Dale's magnificent bequest to the National Gallery of Art in 1962 included a generous endowment as well as one of America's most important collections of French painting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This special exhibition, the first in 45 years to explore the extraordinary legacy left to the nation by this passionate collector, features some 84 of his finest French and American paintings.
Categories: Arts
The Workhouse Celebrates Black History Month
The Workhouse Arts Center
The Workhouse Celebrates Black History Month with an exhibit of works by several well-known African American artists, including Margo Humphrey, Michael B. Platt, Preston Sampson, Stanley Squirewell and Thermon Statom. Mr. Platt’s imagery centers on ritual and the transformation of the human spirit that occurs when it confronts imagined or actual events and circumstance. Preston Sampson sees...
The 13th Annual National Juried Show
Gallery West
Gallery West invites the public to view works selected for the 13th Annual
National Show, juried by Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the American
University Museum. Located at 1213 King Street in Old Town Alexandria’s Boutique
District, the gallery boasts two floors of visual art created by some of the
most talented artists in the country. The reception on February 6th is open ...
Categories: Arts
Culture of the Mind and Spirit, Montpelier Arts Center, Main Gallery
Montpelier Arts Center
John Beckley, Rushern Baker, Alonzo Davis, Cheryl Dyer, Henry Elliott, Thomas Gomillion, Jacqueline Lee, Angela Mathis, Clarence Page, Roland Richardson, Elbert R. Roberson, and Kenneth Shepherd, in an exhibition of African American artists who have a common heritage and profound links to Montpelier Arts Center. Feb. 5- Feb. 28
Marcella Morgese, Montpelier Arts Center, Library Gallery
Montpelier Arts Center
Mixed media works by Maryland sculptor. Feb. 5- March 26
Bethesda Literary Festival - Essay & Short Story Contest
Bethesda
Deadline: February 26
First place: $500 and published short story/essay in Bethesda Magazine
Second place: $250
Third place: $150
Honorable Mention: $75
For more information and eligibility requirements, please visit www.bethesda.org.
Categories: Books & Authors
10-4
Youtube
A new dance on camera from Unevenlane, conceived and created by Mary Lane. Unevenlane is a new dance company based in Washington, DC. Under the artistic direction of the company's founder Mary Lane, the group is compiling a unique body of work with a distinctive style. While exploring various mediums for the context of her work, Lane's choreography demonstrates a respect for structure as she co...
Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor
National Geographic Museum
Soldiers. Charioteers. Archers. Musicians. Generals. Acrobats. Nearly 2,000 years ago, thousands of life-size clay figures were buried in massive underground pits to accompany China's first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, into the afterlife. Their discovery outside the city of Xi'an in 1974 is one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century.
Now, you can stand face-to-face with these t...
Categories: Exhibits, Family Oriented, International
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....
Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction
The Phillips Collection
O’Keeffe’s bold representations of flowers, bones, and landscapes are icons of 20th-century art; she was also a pioneer in abstract painting. The exhibition of over 100 works reveals this achievement, from her groundbreaking charcoals of 1915, to her close-up views of flowers and bones, to her spare watercolors of the 1970s. It also includes examples of Alfred Stieglitz’s famous photogr...
Categories: Exhibits
Intersections: Pulse—Tayo Heuser
The Phillips Collection
Heuser translates the luminosity of Mark Rothko’s paintings into three dimensions with a wall-mounted sculpture in the museum’s elliptical stairwell. Glowing, colored forms, crafted from handmade paper and drawn in ink, seem to float against the walls. Part of Intersections, in which artists respond to art and spaces in the Phillips with projects of their own. Weekdays: By donation; Weekends: Included in museum admission
Categories: Exhibits
Orestes, A Tragic Romp
Folger Shakespeare Library
Anne Washburn’s fresh translation/adaptation of Euripides’ classic is directed in a world premiere by Aaron Posner.
Categories: Theater
Tom Green: Accident and Intent
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
11:00am – 4:00pm
Tom Green has been a legendary figure in the Washington, D.C., art world for over 40 years. His paintings, drawings, watercolors, and installations somehow manage to move freely between the formal and the accidental, the iconic and the idiosyncratic, the serious and the absurd. This exhibition samples the career of this important and influential Washington artist.
Categories: Arts
Robert Devers: Cult of the Hand
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
11:00am – 4:00pm
This interdisciplinary exploration retraces and reimagines the influences of culture, craft, and place on the artist. Through the multicultural perspective provided by the history of maiolica glaze painting, the artist maps his own journey in the form of paintings, ceramics, and installations to offer a new translation of pattern, form, and space and to provide new perspectives of cultural infl...
Categories: Arts
Alan Feltus and Lani Irwin: Personal Interiors
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
11:00am – 4:00pm
This exhibition presents recent work by two artists with long associations with the AU Art Department who now live and work in Assisi, Italy. This exhibition features paintings, drawings, and collages that reveal relationships of the figure in still, intimate spaces.
Artists’ reception: Saturday, January 30, from 6–9 p.m.
Gallery talk with Alan Feltus: Saturday, January 20, at 4 p.m.
Categories: Arts
Cream: Washington Project for the Arts Art Auction Exhibition
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
11:00am – 4:00pm
This exhibition features work by Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) member artists, as well as national contemporary artists selected by top curators from some of the most important art institutions in the country. WPA invites contemporary art aficionados to indulge their passion for art at the WPA Art Auction Gala on Saturday, March 6, at 6 p.m. All proceeds benefit WPA programs and exhibit...
Categories: Arts
Love & Munny By P.A.N.K.!
Barefoot Greens Seafood
11:00am – 9:00pm
Love & Munny A little shindig for LOVE. Selected artists will be presenting their Munny Designs for purchase. A portion of the proceeds will go to the American Heart Association. This is a Valentine's Day Event with Valentine & Nautical Themed Munnys and Art. Some specialty menu options may be available.
Come show your support for your community, artists and a good cause! From February 7th-1...
Categories: Arts
"Adam Parker Smith: The Bad. The Bad. The Bad." Opening Reception and Exhibition
The Art Gallery at the Univeristy of Maryland
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Wednesday, January 27 through Saturday, April 3, The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland presents the exhibition The Bad. The Bad. The Bad. by internationally acclaimed artist Adam Parker Smith.
This exhibition of new works detours from Smith’s previous exhibitions, which focused on interpersonal relationships, romance, and sexuality, directing us now to reflect on, as Smith says, ...
Categories: Arts
Open Life Drawing Sessions: Long Pose
Del Ray Alexandria, VA
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Open life drawing continues at the Del Ray Artisans gallery. These sessions operate on a drop-in basis so there is no need to register in advance. Bring your supplies and join us at the gallery to draw or paint our live models. We don't supply easels - only plenty of chairs - but you are welcome to bring your own if you want to use one. For people wanting to spend an extended amount of time...
Categories: Arts
Chamber Music Competition
Jane Lang Recital Hall
7:00pm – 9:00pm
This annual event welcomes both adult and school-aged chamber musicians who compete in three age categories.
Categories: Arts, Free, Music: Classical
Irvine Institute for Environmental Education: Winter Tree Ecology and Identification
Irvine Nature Center
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Continuing education course running from January 20 - February 10 on Wednesday nights from 7p.m. to 9p.m. at the Irvine Nature Center.
Categories: Lecture
Disney On Ice: 100 Years of Magic
Verizon Center
7:30pm
More than 60 of Disney's captivating characters and their unforgettable stories come to life in this commemorative celebration, produced by Feld Entertainment. In this lavish ice show, everyone's favorite sweethearts, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, take audiences on a fun-filled adventure, sharing memories with Disney friends.
Categories: Family Oriented
Poetry Reading: Terrance Hayes
Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center - Abramson Family Recital Hall
8:00pm
Terrance Hayes’s most recent collection of poems, Wind in a Box, was named one of the best books of 2006 by Publishers Weekly. Poems from Lighthead, his forthcoming collection, have appeared in such journals as American Poetry Review, Poetry, and the New Yorker. He is also the author of Hip Logic, which was selected for the National Poetry Series, and Muscular Music, the winner of the Kate Tu...
Categories: Books & Authors
The Bad Plus
Wolf Trap, The Barns
8:00pm
Transforming jazz for the 21st century with pop and rock-inspired original tunes and creative covers, this power trio is "about as highbrow as badass gets." (Rolling Stone)
Categories: Music: Other
Let There Be Love
CENTERSTAGE
8:00pm
Old Alfred is sure that his country is getting taken from him. The embittered old West Indian, himself an immigrant to Britain, watches jealously while new waves of migration wash ashore. Whether fighting with his proudly feminist daughter, raging against the inexorable tide of social change, or combating his own failing health, his life is one long battle. Until a young Polish woman arrives at...
Categories: Theater
The Studio Theatre: IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER
The Studio Theatre: Milton Theatre
8:00pm
One Sexy Play, One Hot Writer!
IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER
by Tarell Alvin McCraney
"Heartbreaking! Superior! Generates Real Heat!" - The Washington Post
Tarell Alvin McCraney returns to the world of his 2008 Studio Theatre hit play The Brothers Size with In the Red and Brown Water. An epic story from the Louisiana projects, this coming-of-age tale follows a young female runner of grea...
Categories: Theater
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