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Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?
DCJCC, Theater J
March 6–March 21
Written & Performed by Josh Kornbluth
In collaboration with David Dower, Director
DC favorite Josh Kornbluth considers the pop-art enigma who was commissioned to paint ten Jewish notables like Einstein, Gershwin, and Golda. In wrestling with Warhol’s motives and style, Kornbluth uncovers his religious identity and the spiritual dimensions of Warhol’s art.
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 Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700
National Gallery of Art
Arrestingly real sculptures and paintings of the saints, the Immaculate Conception, and the Passion of Christ are among some 20 Spanish masterpieces of the 17th century on view in a landmark exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600–1700 will showcase major paintings by Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Zurbarán, and Francisco Pacheco,...
Categories: Arts
Exhibition: 6 Abstract Women
Workhouse Arts Center
The Workhouse presents 6 Abstract Women as part of MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts. Well known award winning abstract artists Andrea Cybyk, Marcia Dale Dullum, Michele Hoben, Joyce McCarten, Jan Sherfy and Roberta Thole will exhibit their work in Gallery W-16. Opening March 3 - 28 please join the artists for an opening reception March 14 2 – 4pm.
Ceramics Workshops with Mitch Lyons
Workhouse Arts Center
The Workhouse will welcome internationally acclaimed ceramic artist Mitch Lyons. Lyons clay monoprints can be found in numerous private and public collections throughout the United States, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Woodmere Museum, American University and the University of Delaware.
Since 1968 he has been pioneering his image making from a slab of clay and has led over 100 workshop...
Categories: Arts, Discussion, Lecture
Marcella Morgese, Montpelier Arts Center, Library Gallery
Montpelier Arts Center
Mixed media works by Maryland sculptor. Feb. 5- March 26
41st Annual Laurel Art Guild Open Juried Exhibition
Montpelier Arts Center
This year’s juror is Michael Janis. Open to all Maryland, Northern Virginia, and District of Columbia artists over the age of 18. March 5-28. Reception and Awards ceremony, Sunday March 7, 2-4 pm.
Sahomi Naka, New Prints, Resident Artist Gallery
Montpelier Arts Center
New works by innovative resident printmaker.
Reception, Sunday March 7, 2-4 pm.
The Art Of Living
The Textile Museum
Homes and furnishings shape the human experience of everyday life. Each culture designs domestic environments that reflect its own social traditions, aesthetic preferences, political and economic circumstances, and local climate.
The Art of Living highlights the historical and cultural breadth of The Textile Museum's collection through the display of textile furnishings, including hangings, ...
Categories: Arts
Ballets and Brawls: French Music of Court and Countryside
Folger Shakespeare Library
A program of French romance and wit circa 1610, including charming French dances and songs for voice and lute
Categories: Music: Classical
Washington National Opera's Porgy and Bess
Kennedy Center, Opera House
WNO's critically acclaimed production, which received rave reviews in Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco, is back! George Gershwin melded classical music, jazz, blues, and spirituals into iconic American songs like "Summertime," "I got plenty o' nuttin'" and "Bess, you is my woman now." This quintessential American masterpiece follows the story of a crippled beggar and the headstrong woman he loves.
Categories: Theater, Music: Classical
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
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: at the time being, Linn Meyers
The Phillips Collection
Meyers has drawn intersecting geometric shapes on an archway, creating visual vibrations of movement and color. She was inspired by the brushwork and colors of Vincent Van Gogh’s Entrance to the Public Garden in Arles and The Road Menders. 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
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
Rosemary Feit Covey's "Peep and Strip Show" At The Art League Gallery
Art League
10:00am – 6:00pm
When peering through a keyhole, we consciously know we’re viewing something that wasn’t meant for our eyes, and therefore it becomes exciting and forbidden. Rosemary Feit Covey’s provocative images forces the viewer into the role of voyeur, either by demanding the viewer to observe her engravings through a peep show box, or on a photographer’s light box. Suggestive rather than overtly e...
Pentimenti: After the Flood
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
10:00am – 4:00pm
Don Kimes works in media ranging from acrylic paint and digital sources to steel, clay, and wood. He contemplates painting in the context of history and time. The sources for the work included in this exhibition are the remnants of images that had documented much of his life’s work destroyed in a 2003 flood. Kimes, a professor in the art department at American University, states that he is us...
Categories: Arts
From a Global Window: The Caribbean @ The Columbia Foundation by Denee Barr
The Columbia Foundation
10:00am – 5:00pm
From a Global Window:
The Caribbean @ The Columbia Foundation
Columbia, Maryland
12 Unique Photographs and Handmade Paper
By Denee Barr
February 3 - May 28, 2010
www.columbiafoundation.org
St. Vincent and the Grenadines are an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing...
Categories: Exhibits
Free Concert for Children
Clarendon Presbyterian Church
10:30am – 11:15am
The IBIS Chamber Music Society presents its annual concert for children. There are two opportunities to meet the flute, harp and string family in our 45-minute program entitled
SONG AND DANCE.
IBIS musicians are members of the Kennedy Center, National Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis
There is street parking at the church, which is a few...
Categories: Family Oriented, Free, Music: Classical
Art on Tap
J Brian's Tap Room
11:00am – 11:45pm
Showcasing the local artistic talents of PANK!'s resident finest:
Laura Honsinger
John M. Lee Jr.
Heidi Capman
Alex Russell
& More
A month long exhibition. A J. Brian's First
Categories: Arts
CausalityLabs: New Projects
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
11:00am – 4:00pm
Andy Holtin and Galo Moncayo, working together as CausalityLabs, create works that explore the nature of the world through a kind of mechanical theatre with humor and mimicry. Their collective works dig into materials and events to get at our notions of meaning, sequence, and cause and effect. Holtin is a professor of sculpture at American University. Moncayo is currently a member of the studio...
ANIMAR-TE: 20 years of computer animation at the University of the Balearic Islands
American University, Katzen Arts Center Museum
11:00am – 4:00pm
Organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, this exhibition recognizes the work of the Digital Animation Department at the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain), an international leader in computer animation.
Artists’ reception: Tuesday, April 6, from 6–9 p.m.
For information on events associated with this exhibition, visit www.american.edu/museum
Categories: Exhibits
Pentimenti: After the Flood
American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center
11:00am – 4:00pm
Don Kimes works in media ranging from acrylic paint and digital sources to steel, clay, and wood. He contemplates painting in the context of history and time. The sources for the work included in this exhibition are the remnants of images that had documented much of his life’s work destroyed in a 2003 flood. Kimes, a professor in the art department at American University, states that he is us...
Categories: Exhibits
Glamour's 2nd Annual Retail Rally
Tyson's Corner Mall
12:00pm – 4:00pm
Are You Ready to Rally? Glamour's 2nd Annual Retail Rally is here. Glamour subscribers will find the coveted booklet filled with exclusive deals from our favorite brands in the April issue. Not a subscriber? Then visit us at these locations to pick up limited-copies of the Retail Rally booklet. Plus, get a Glamour Swag Bag when you purchase from participating brands during the event and enter...
Categories: Other Events
Celebrating Women's History Month: Bookmaking and Chai with Sushmita
Convergence
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Saturday, March 20 from 1-3pm
Celebrate the old-fashioned tradition of listening to other people's stories and learning from their experiences. Bookmaking artist Sushmita Mazumdar will read excerpts from her book "Teatime: Story of a Girl's Courage," based on stories she heard from a friend's grandmother who was a new bride during the India-Pakistan partition.
Each participant will transf...
Categories: Arts, Books & Authors, Family Oriented
Free Concert for Children presented by the IBIS Chamber Music Society
Arlington Central Library
1:00pm – 1:45pm
The IBIS Chamber Music Society presents its annual concert for children. There are two opportunities to meet the flute, harp and string family in our 45-minute program entitled
SONG AND DANCE.
IBIS musicians are members of the Kennedy Center, National Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis
There is street parking at the church, which is a few...
Categories: Family Oriented, Free, Music: Classical
Benefit Concert for Haiti
Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Pianist Yukiko Wilson of Silver Spring is organizing a concert on March 20th at 2:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, 10309 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring. The concert’s purpose is to raise donations that will go to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief. Admission to the concert is free, though donations are encouraged at the event. Russ Arlotta (guitar/ vocal), Maho...
Categories: Music: Classical, Music: Other
"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, â€...
Categories: Arts
Hey Papi Promotions presents Ark of Safety Christian Church 1st Annual Gospel Talent Show !
Ark of Safety Christian Church
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Ark of Safety Christian Church 1st Annual Gospel Talent Show !
SEE CHRISTIAN TALENT AT ITS BEST!
Admission: $10.00 plus a canned good and/or non-perishable food item
Purchasing tickets: Online at www.thearkofsafety.org and from the church after Sunday services 8:45 a.m. or 11:00 a.m.
Prizes: Kids Ages 6 to 12: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place trophies, Ages 13 & above: 1st place $500 & plaque, 2...
Categories: Family Oriented
Mirror To The World: Documentary Photography 2010
Glen Echo Park
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Photoworks Gallery @ Glen Echo Park is proud to present its 2nd Annual "Mirror to the World" exhibition of documentary photography. The show features the work of eight photographers from the DC area, working both in their neighborhoods and around the world.
Curated by photographer, author, and columnist, Frank Van Riper, the exhibit includes an eclectic mix of images and narrative styles.
...
Choralis Choral Concert
Falls Church Presbyterian Church
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Choralis sings works from the 16th -21st English choral tradition, including works by Byrd, Handel, Vaughn Williams, Britten, Rutter, and others, and featuring John Rutter's moving Mass for the Children. Tickets: $25-$40; $5 for students 22 and under w/ID; free for children 12 and under.
AT FC Presbyterian, 225 East Broad St., Falls Church, VA
Categories: Music: Classical
Celebrating Haydn and Handel!
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
7:00pm
The program consists of Haydn's Missa Brevis St. Joannis De Deo (Little Organ Mass) and Lord Nelson Mass; Handel's Coronation Anthem "Zadok the Priest" - all accompanied by a professional chamber orchestra. Tickets/Info available at www.northernvirginiachorale.org or call 703-239-2180. $15 advance purchase ($20 at the door); students 12-24 $10; children under 12, free.
Categories: Music: Classical, Music: Other
The Thomas Circle Singers Goes Pops: A Choral and Champagne Celebration
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church
7:00pm – 10:30pm
The Thomas Circle Singers goes pops on March 20 with a concert featuring the music of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, George Shearing and Dave Brubeck, all accompanied by a snazzy jazz combo. Following the concert join the singers for a festive party with savory delectables and desserts, champagne, and a silent auction of tempting treasures. A raffle drawing will be hel...
Categories: Other Events
Voce Chamber Singers Concert: Easy to Love
St. John Neumann Church
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Join Voce Chamber Singers for a concert of favorite love songs by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter and Jerome Kern, including My Funny Valentine, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, The Way You Look Tonight and many more! Enjoy delicious refreshments and an exciting Silent Auction featuring fine art, jewelry, restaurant certificates and more, all in a fun jazz club atmosphere.
Categories: Music: Other
Aftermath II -The Possible World
Duke Ellington School for the Arts
7:30pm – 7:30pm
The Duke Ellington School of the Arts spring performance, Aftermath II: The Possible World is a student written and performed piece that explores gender parity in the 21st Century and global issues concerning young women. The Ellington Theatre Ensemble writes and performs scenes that explore the ongoing challenges of women in their quest for bringing forth a Possible World. This event is a t...
Categories: Theater
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
All Brahms
Music Center at Strathmore
8:00pm
Enjoy the passionate music of the great romantic
German composer Johannes Brahms. Chee-Yun
plays the riveting Violin Concerto (the original
manuscript of which resides at the Library of
Congress), created for the composer’s recital
partner and friend, Joseph Joachim. The pastoral
Symphony No. 2, composed during Brahms’s trip
to the Austrian Alps, concludes the program.
BRAHMS Hungar...
Categories: Arts, Music: Classical
Prince George's Philharmonic
Bowie Center for the Performing Arts
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 8:00 pm
Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie, MD
Charles Ellis, Conductor
Larry Williams, Horn
Bennett: The Four Freedoms: A Symphony
Beckel: The Glass Bead Game
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Phone: 301-446-3245
E-mail: pgphilharmonic@gmail.com
www.pgphilharmonic.org
$20.00, General Admission
$18.00, Seniors
Free, age 18 and under, tickets required
Free Parking
Categories: Music: Classical
Charles Mokotoff Classical Guitar Recital
St. Albans Episcopal Church
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Charles Mokotoff will perform a recital of solo guitar works by Scarlatti, Albeniz, Boccherini, Rak, Mozart and others.
Categories: Music: Classical
Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra Concert- Beethoven and Bach
Covenant Presbyterian Church
8:00pm – 9:30pm
Join the Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra for an evening of Beethoven and Bach featuring piano soloist, Ann Lee.
• Beethoven Coriolan Overture, and Symphony No. 2
• Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 1
Conductor Dr. Dana Eckensburg McCarthy will present a pre-concert talk at 7:30pm
Concert begins at 8:00pm
Concerts are FREE, donations are appreciated.
Categories: Music: Classical
Light Everlasting - Songs of Faith, Hope and Love
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center
8:00pm – 10:45pm
The 120 member Adult Chorus of the Fairfax Choral Society and full string orchestra will present LIGHT EVERLASTING, March 20, 8 PM at Schlesinger Concert Hall, NVCC, 3001 N. Beauregard St., Alex, VA 22311. Reserved Seat Tickets $10 - 35 at fairfaxchoralsociety.org or call 703-642-3277 for group rates. Works to be presented are by Holst, Stroope, Elgar, Mawby, Whitacre, Hoiby and others. This co...
Categories: Music: Classical
Voices of TerezÃn—An Artistic Tribute in Two Parts
Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center - Abramson Family Recital Hall
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Part One
American University Chamber Singers
Convery: Songs of Children
Chamber Singers presents Robert Convery’s poignant setting of nine poems authored by children interned at TerezÃn (Theresienstadt), a ghetto that served primarily as a gathering point for Jews destined to be shipped to Auschwitz death camp.
Part Two
Smoke of Home
Written by Zdenek Elias and Jiri Stein, transl...
Categories: Theater, Music: Classical
The 5th Annual Capitol Movement Project
The Lincoln Theatre
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Capitol Movement, Inc. presents The Fifth Annual Capitol Movement Project Dance Concert featuring world premiere works from Tim Roberts, Tony Czar, J.Kevin Aguilar, Shontal Snider, Andre Fuentes, Thomas Ford, Karla Garcia and Live in Color! Explore a diverse repertoire of Jazz, Hip hop, Contemporary, Gospel, and Theatrical Dance. Proceeds from this fabulous event help fund youth outreach efforts and scholarship programs.
Categories: Dance
Feelin' Groovy - A '60s Cabaret
Atlas Performing Arts Center
8:00pm – 10:00pm
The CONGRESSIONAL CHORUS presents "Feelin' Groovy," a cabaret of some of the best music of the turbulent 1960s: Motown and the Beatles; Broadway classics from Camelot to Hair; the hits of Simon & Garfinkel and the Mamas and the Papas, the songs of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE, for tickets call...
Categories: Music: Other
Working It Out: 3 Contemporary Plays about the Workplace
CENTERSTAGE
8:00pm – 9:45pm
Work: the thing we all love to hate—until it’s gone. Three of America’s sharpest playwrights, including West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin, tackle the workplace in three wildly different ways. A mélange of contemporary pieces performed back-to-back in one event, featuring:
Hidden in this Picture by Aaron Sorkin
Washed Up on the Potomac by Lynn Rosen
Jerry & Tom by Rick Cleveland
Times ...
Categories: Theater
Play In A Day
Imagination Stage
8:00pm
The clock ticks as playwrights, directors and actors from professional Washington, D.C. theaters craft ten-minute plays in just 24 hours, culminating in an evening of unpredictable, one-of-a-kind theater.
Categories: Theater
The Light in the Piazza at Arena Stage
Arena Stage in Crystal City
8:00pm – 11:00pm
One windy day in the Tuscan countryside, Clara loses her hat in a sudden gust, and as if guided by fate, it lands at the feet of the handsome Fabrizio. As their whirlwind courtship unfolds, Clara's mother, Margaret, is unable to conceal the family secret and must reconsider not only her daughter's future but her own as well. Arena’s Artistic Director, Molly Smith directs an intimate, chamber ...
Categories: Theater
Urban Village Market at Court House
Court House Metro
9:00am – 4:00pm
Located in heart of the Court House section of Arlington, right near the Court House Metro, the Urban Village Market at Court House sells a little bit of everything: funky jewelry, redesigned vintage bicycles, collectibles, original crafts, vintage clothing, prints & posters and so much more!
We’re open every Saturday, all year round, so visit us on North 15th Street and you'll find a litt...
Categories: Fairs & Festivals
Georgetown University Players Improv Show
Georgetown University, Leavey Center
9:00pm
In a night of unscripted comedy relying on audience suggestion, the performers’ quick wit and active minds shine in mixed programs of long-form improv games.
Leavey Center, Bulldog Alley, next to Subway in Hoya Court
$6 general / $4 student
Contains adult content
Categories: Theater
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