Oct. 25 – Nov. 1 and Beyond….
Updated Thursday, Oct. 25 – Minor update coming Friday. Check new “page” feature to the right -”Think Tank Events List.” Do additional clicking on the “blog roll” to your right – Smithsonian Calendar is particularly useful - and please share with your friends – the more the merrier. And remember – please think about seeing the exhibs even if you miss the opening! One sentence reviews, events I’ve missed, etc., write to Glennsblog@aol.com
Speaking of Glenn, now is the time to consider registering for the FREE conference of the Historical Society of Washington, DC next Thurs. – Sat, Nov. 1-3. Yes, I will be giving a talk, but don’t let that stop you! http://www.historydc.org/2007Conference/form.asp
The Phil Barlow classification system: A = Art opening or lecture F= Film T= Theater M = Music PWYC = pay what you can B = Book
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Thursday, October 25
11 AM – 7 PM yard sale redux – with a German lunch from 11:30 AM – 2 PM – 1920 G St. NW The United Church
5:30 PM – UC Berkeley prof. Jean-Pierre Protzen on Inca Architecture - Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 32nd St. NW in Geo’town
A – 6 – 8 M – works by WPA/Corcoran artists Adams, Layne, Lee-McCann, Levy, Lewandowski, N’Diaye, Pierce, Rottman, Sterlikova, and Zipperer. Parker Gallery, 629 NY Ave. NW, next to Conv. Ctr.
B – 7 PM – Sitcom writer and producer Amy Cohen reads from her memoir “The Late Bloomer’s Revolution” at Sixth and I St. Historic Synagogue, NW. Yes, $6 or buy the book.
B – 7:30 PM – excellent and engaging historian Marc Leepson on his new book about Confederate General Jubal Early’s assault on Washington in 1864. Barnes and Noble, 3040 M St. NW
7:30 PM – former army chaplain Ryder Stevens on “Building Bridges: A Spiritual Approach to Peace and Reconciliation” – Navy Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
F – 8 PM - “8 Bit” by Justin Strawhand. at the Hirshhorn. About early video gamers, starting on mainframes.
T – 8:00 PM PWYC: KIT MARLOWE, by David Grimm. Rorschach Theatre, Casa Del Pueblo Church, 1459 Columbia Rd NW DC. http://www.rorschachtheatre.com/default.aspx?webpage=marlowe
Friday, October 26 – So it’s raining – go out anyway!
T – 11:30 AM – outdoor stage at Ford’s Theater – 10th St. NW below F – Play about events surrounding the assassination of you know who (RAINED OUT)
A – 6:30-8:30 PM Last day of WPA’s Options 2007 at the Edison Gallery - 8th St. between G and H NW. Artists will be discussing their work, and it is fun – some delightful kinetic sculpture, etc.
F – 7 PM - Outdoor screening of “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown,” Hyde Elementary school – 3219 O St. NW (CHARLIE HAS CANCELLED THIS SCREENING)
M – 8 PM – The Gramercy Trio – Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg., discussion precedes at 6:15 PM Tickets free by phone with small service charge. 202-707-5502
T – 8:00 PM - PWYC: KIT MARLOWE, by David Grimm. Rorschach Theatre, Casa Del Pueblo Church, 1459 Columbia Rd NW DC. http://www.rorschachtheatre.com/default.aspx?webpage=marlowe
8:15 PM – World wide web super prioneer and nice guy Robert Kahn, head of the Corp. for Nat’l Research Initiatives, discusses Managing Digital Objects on the Internet.” Powell Aud. at the Cosmos Club. 2170 FL. Ave, NW. Go just so you can walk through the Club!
Saturday, October 27
9 AM – 1 PM – Tree planting with the Casey Tree Planting Fund. registration required – www.caseytree.org or 202-833-4010, x 109 Coolidge High School, 6315 5th St. NW
9 AM – 2 PM – St. Margaret’s Rummage Sale – 1820 Ct. Ave. NW above St. St/Fl. Ave
T – 9:30 AM and 11 AM – Excellent local improv group “Now This” performs Halloween skits at the Marriott Metro Center, Salon E, Ballroom Level 775 12th St.,NW
10 AM – 4 Pm – Dupont Circle Fall Arts and Crafts Fest. 22nd and P – Church of the Pilgrims
B – 10 AM – 4 PM – Used book sale and preview of new outdoor reading garden - Chevy Chase library – 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW
10:30 AM – 4:30 PM – Day of the Dead Celebration – art and cooking demos and wreath workshops. Nat’l Mus. of the American Indian
A, M – 11 AM – 9 PM – “Rumi at 800: A Sufi Celebration” Music by Persian Nat’l Music Ensemble plus poetry, art, and food. Freer Gallery
11 AM – 4 PM – Music and Arts fest – Three Moravian churches combined – 405 Riggs Road NE
12:30 Pm – David Gariff lectures on NY-Hollywood in the 30s – art and commerce, followed by screening of Harold Clurman’s “Deadline at Dawn” – McEvoy aud. of SAAM
M – 3 PM – Katzen Center of AU – instrumental and vocal student competition
F - 3:00 PM – Doc by British filmmaker Peter Cronin on Peter Whitehead. NGA East bldg aud.
A – 5-7 PM – American Ptg. and Fine Art Gallery – 5118 MacArthur Blvd. works of German born Brooklyn based painter Joachim Marx
A – 6-8 PM – “The City.” Three artists at the very cool Randall Scott Gallery. 14th St. just below RI Ave. NW www.randallscottgallery.com
A – 6-8 ish The very hip Project 4 at 903 U St. NW
A – 7-9 PM – Transformer Gallery – 1404 P St. NW – first solo exhib of D. Billy. artist talk will be 2 PM, Dec. 1
T? - 7 and 10 PM- www.lobsterboy.net ’nuff said. Except to add that the pride of Baltimore -Trixie Little and the Evil Tap-Dancing Hate Monkey – are featured.
T – 8:00 PM – PWYC: KIT MARLOWE, by David Grimm. Rorschach Theatre, Casa Del Pueblo Church, 1459 Columbia Rd NW DC. http://www.rorschachtheatre.com/default.aspx?webpage=marlowe
Sunday, October 28
Do not worsen your Halloween party hangover by getting caught in Marine Corps Marathon traffic. Check for road closures
B – 10:30 AM – Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute gives yet another boook talk about his Einstein biography. Washington Hebrew Congregation. Mass. and McComb NW
A- 2 PM – “The Double Life of J.M.W. Turner” by Gillian Forrester of the Yale Center for British Art. NGA East bldg. aud
B – 2-4 PM . Progressive anti-war authors Robert Dreyfuss and Peter Eisner read from their books. Bethesda Writer’s Center – 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda. www.writer.org
M- 3 PM – Katzen Center of AU – instrumental and vocal student competition
A – 3 PM – Lecture on Earl Cunningham. also, last weekend to see that exhib! McEvoy Aud. of SAAM – 8th and G NW
F – 4:30 PM – “Comedy of Errors” starring Isabelle Huppert. Eckles Library at Mt. Vernon Campus of GW- 2100 Foxhall Rd. NW
F – 4:30 PM – Director Emmanele Cuau presents the DC premiere of her film “Tres Bien, Merci” at the NGA E. Bldg aud.
Monday, October 29
B – 1 PM – The great Richard Rhodes at Politics and Prose to discuss his book on nukes, “Arsenals of Folly.”
B – 5:30 PM – Newt Gingrich will discuss his new book “A Contract With The Earth” at SAIS. Who could make that up? 1740 Mass Ave. NW. res. required 202-663-5648
B – 7 PM – Sandra Day O’Connor at the Nat’l Portrait Gallery - 8th and F Sts. NW 7 PM – “According to the Flesh: Metamorphoses of the Jew in Christian and Post-Christian Europe” lecture on historical anti-semitism and new manifestations in contemporary France and Europe - US Holocaust Museum – res. requested 202-488-6162
7 – 9 PM – US- Iran panel at Washington Nat’l Cathedral -many heavyweights on this one..
T – 8 PM – PWYC of “Current Nobody,” at Woolly Mammoth.
Tuesday, October 30 -
6 PM and 7:30 PM – The parlor magic of Eric Henning The Nat’l Theater, 1321 PA. Ave. NW
6:30 Pm – Marc Pachter of the Nat’l Portrait Gallery and Thomas Lutz of the Topography of Terror Site in Berlin, discuss “Monuments, Men, and Memory.” Forgive them their alliteration. At Goethe Institute, 7th and I Sts., NW
6:30 PM – Panel including Dave Eggers, Karim Chrobog and Joe Marlowe on South Sudan. Greenberg Center of AU – 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW res. req. 202-332-0982
6:30 PM – Professor Tyler Cowen of GMU on “How to Get the Best Food Possible in Washington, DC” Cleveland Park Library – 3310 CT. Ave. NW
7 PM – Przbyla Center at CUA – Conserrvative member of Parliament Patrick Cormack will speak on the US- United Kingdom Alliance
T – 8 PM – PWYC of “Current Nobody,” at Woolly Mammoth.
*****9 PM – but get there much earlier if you actually want to see the pre-race vamping and the race itself. Otherwise, go at 9 and just join in the post-race promenade. Yes, it’s the High Heeled Drag Race, on 17th St. NW between P and R. A genuine feel good event.
Wednesday, October 31 -
F, M – 6 PM – KenCen Concert Hall – Organist Roy Brubacher will improvise accompaniment to the 1925 silent film version of Phantom of the Opera. Now, haven’t you always wondered what those huge organ pipes in that hall sound like? This is your chance. Free for those wearing costumes. Those not wearing costumes? Also free.
T – 8 PM – PWYC of Josh Lefkowitz’s one man show “Now What?” at Woolly
November 1, Thursday
B – 6 Pm – 8:30 PM Over 35 authors will sign their books at the National Press Club. Yes, a bibliophiles dream….
November 2, Friday
A – 6-8 PM or so – “First Friday” Many Dupont Circle gallery openings
November 3, Saturday
A – Noon – 5 PM – Open studios! www.midcityartists.com
***A – Openings on 14th St. – 6-8 ish at 1515 – G fine Arts, Hemphill, Curator’s Office, etc.
November 4, Sunday
A – Noon – 5 PM – Open studios again! www.midcityartists.com
November 5, Monday
A – 6-8:30 PM - “Unembedded” The Iraq photos of four photojournalists. In conjunction with the APHA conference. At AFL-CIO HQ - 815 16th St. at I St. NW http://www.unembedded.net/main.php
November 6, Tuesday -
***** A – 6-9 PM – Another big big opening at the American University Museum at the Katzen Center – go to blog roll at right. THE place to be for an opening this week. and if you have never been to the Katzen Center, do it!
November 9, Friday -
A – 6-8 PM – Bethesda art walk. Many gallery openings. www.bethesda.org 2nd Friday of every month (Dupont Circle is “First Friday”)
November 18, Sunday
********M - 5 PM – 30th anniversary concert of the Catholic Gospel Choir at St. Augustines Church – 15th and V Sts. NW. Including the golden throated Janet Topolsky, this group will move you!!!!
November 27, Tuesday
7:30 pm Reading celebrating the new anthology Family Pictures (ed. Kwame Alexander, Capital BookFest Books, 2007), featuring Katy Richey, Jacqueline Jules, Deanna Nikaido, and Mary-Sherman Willis. Host: Kim Roberts Grace Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW, between K St. and the canal, lower Georgetown. 333-7100. Series hosted by David Bujard and Sally Avignone - http://www.gracedc.org
December 1, Saturday
A – 4-7 PM – Holiday Open house at Nevin-Kelly 1517 U St. NW
