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Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Foggy Bottom Historic District
Foggy Bottom brings sculpture to the public with its inaugural Foggy Bottom Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit opening on Saturday, May 3, 2008. This six-month exhibit will showcase 12 area sculptors whose work will be displayed in the front yards of private residences in the Foggy Bottom Historic District. During the run of the exhibit, artist-led tours will be offered on the 2nd Saturday of each month...
Categories: Music: Classical
Auditions for the Youth Orchestra
Calvin Coolidge Senior High School
Come audition for the Youth Orchestra. Age: up to 21.
All students who audition will be accepted into The Program. The most advanced students will be accepted into the most advanced ensemble, The Youth Orchestra.
This summer 2009, the Youth Orchestra will take a "Heart-of-American-Music" tour including stops in Nashville and New Orleans.
There is no fee to audition.
Categories: Auditions, Family Oriented, Music: Classical
Fall Registration NOW OPEN at Joy of Motion Dance Center!
Joy Of Motion Dance Theater
Joy of Motion Dance Center, recipient of the D.C. Mayor's Art Award for Excellence in Service to the Arts, is known for it outstanding dedication to dance education for people of all walks of life.
Find your groove in your favorite dance class this fall at Joy of Motion Dance Center. There are 100's of Drop-In and Enrollment classes to choose from!
Voted "Best Studio for Kids" by Bethesda...
Categories: Dance
BLUE
Textile Museum
Blue iris has been chosen as Pantone, Inc.'s 2008 "Color of the Year" and various shades of blue have appeared on fashion runways in recent seasons, but textile artists have been using this bold color for several millennia - and continue to do so today. BLUE, on view at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. April 4 through September 18, 2008, explores the creation and meaning of the color blue...
Categories: Exhibits, Family Oriented, Other Events
In the music, from the Spirit, through the Eyes.
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center
Visionary Artist: David Boothman
Paintings and Drawings September 6 - October 31
Friday, September, 6:30pm, Gallery Talk followed by Reception 7:30 - 9pm.
For more information, call 301-953-1993 or 410-792-0664.
TTY 301-490-2329 (hearing impaired line only)
Open 7 days a week, 10am - 5pm.
Directions: Baltimore-Washington Parkway to Laurel-Bowie Road (Route 197). North tow...
Categories: Exhibits, Family Oriented, Other Events
Paintings
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center
September 7 - October 27
Reception: Friday, September 12 from 7 - 9pm.
FREE ADMISSION.
For more information, call 301-953-1993 or 410-792-0664.
TTY 301-490-2329 (hearing impaired line only)
Open 7 days a week, 10am - 5pm.
Directions: Baltimore-Washington Parkway to Laurel-Bowie Road (Route 197). North toward Laurel on Route 197 to Crystal Plaza Shopping Center. Turn left onto Muirkirk Road. Art Center drive is first right.
Categories: Exhibits, Family Oriented, History
The Finishing Touch: Accessories from the Bolivian Highlands
Textile Museum
The Finishing Touch: Accessories from the Bolivian Highlands, on view at The Textile Museum February 15 through September 18, 2008, invites visitors to explore the liveliness and diversity of the region's woven and knitted textiles. The Museum's first new exhibition of 2008, The Finishing Touch features a charming group of belts, bags and other accessories made and used by the indigenous people...
Categories: Exhibits, Family Oriented, Other Events
New Ceramics
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center
September 6 - 28
Reception: Friday, September 12 7-9pm.
FREE ADMISSION.
For more information, call 301-953-1993 or 410-792-0664.
TTY 301-490-2329 (hearing impaired line only)
Open 7 days a week, 10am - 5pm.
Directions: Baltimore-Washington Parkway to Laurel-Bowie Road (Route 197). North toward Laurel on Route 197 to Crystal Plaza Shopping Center. Turn left onto Muirkirk Road. Art Center drive is first right.
Categories: Music: Other
Resurrection by Daniel Beaty
Arena Stage in Crystal City
In a unique blend of music, poetry, and dance, Daniel Beaty brings us six show-stopping characters - from Eric, a budding child scientist, to The Bishop, the leader of a mega church, to his son Isacc, a corporate executive. The stories of these African American men collide one evening in an unforgettable look at identity, relationships, and, above all, our human connections. The author of "Em...
Categories: Theater, Music: Other
Project 3: Empowered by Artistry
Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
Collaborative art exhibit by three arts organizations dedicated to social justice issues, making a difference for women and girls, both locally and globally, through individual creativity and fine arts.
The exhibit features work from artists, mainly women, across the globe. Through September 13, 2008.
Categories: Theater, Other Events
A Spectacular Tour to Remember
U. S. Capitol Historical Society
10:00am
The U .S .Capitol Historical Society has begun their Exterior Walking Tour of the Most Famous Building in the World, the United States Capitol.
The two hour tour will explain why it took 40 years to build the Capitol, why and how it has been continually enlarged since then, famous incidents and crucial events that took place inside it, the scope and purpose of the massive construction projec...
Categories: Exhibits, Family Oriented, History
COOL GLOBES: HOT IDEAS FOR A COOLER PLANET
United States Botanic Garden
10:00am
This summer, "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet" will be the featured exhibit in the United States Botanic Garden's annual "One Planet -- Ours!" exhibition focusing on sustainability. Public art with a purpose, Cool Globes will feature more than 35 sculpted globes, each five feet in diameter, designed by local, national and international artists to represent simple solutions people can...
Categories: Exhibits, Other Events
Barry Gallery: Italian Portfolio, Student Interior Design Exhibition
Marymount University
10:00am – 8:00pm
Marymount University's Barry Art Gallery will display the Italian Portfolio: Student Interior Design Exhibition from September 6 through October 31, 2008.
Over the summer, a group of 20 Marymount undergraduate and graduate Interior Design students spent three weeks in Italy, studying architecture and use of space. They visited Tuscania, Rome, Siena, Pompeii, Florence, and Venice with sketchbook...
Categories: Exhibits
Continuity of an Unfinished Project
American University, Katzen Arts Center
11:00am – 4:00pm
The series of engravings by Spanish artists Franciso de Goya y Lucientes and Ricardo Calero are linked through the medium of light and their similar depictions of human nature. This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Embassy of Spain.
Special events related to this exhibition include:
Gallery talk with Ricardo Calero and curator Fernando Castro Flórez
Tuesday, September 9, 5:30 p.m.
S...
Categories: Exhibits
Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
12:00pm
Washington's longest running free outdoor lunchtime concerts series, Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza is back for its eighth season. Blasting off its inaugural week with an "International Fest" featuring the world famous reggae band Third World on June 4. Be prepared to jam to hits like "Now That We Found Love" and "Try Jah Love"
From June 4 thru September 30, business people and visitors alike...
Categories: Dance, Family Oriented, Music: Other
Films by Alexander Kluge: Yesterday Girl
Goethe-Institut Washington, the German Cultural Center
6:30pm
Author and director Alexander Kluge began his career in the New German Film movement of the 1960s. Revolting against the ruling principles of German filmmaking, he produced films that had nothing in common with the standards of his time. Having produced fifty-seven theatrical motion pictures, he now experiments with new methods and media techniques, producing short films for iTunes and podcasts...
Categories: Film
Open Mic Poetry
Busboys and Poets
8:00pm
Busboys and Poets hosts an open mic poetry session every Monday from 8pm-10pm. Every 3rd Monday is "Other People's Poetry" night where attendees can read works from their favorite poets!
Categories: Other Events
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