January 18 until…
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We employ The Philip Barlow Classification System: A = Art opening or talk B = Book talk D = Dance F = Film M = Music PWYC = Pay What You Can T = Theater ( see the “Barlow event” reviewed in the Friday 1-18 POST Style Section by the bewitching Jessica Dawson)
Friday, January 18
A – 12:30 PM – Hirshhorn gallery talk – featuring curator Ryan Hill and artist Linn Meyers, whose work is in the show at the Hirshhorn, and is a friend of the classy G Fine Arts owner Annie Gawlak.
A – 5-8 PM – porcelain sculptures by Gary Erickson at Cross-MacKenzie Ceramic Arts Erickson gives a powerpoint presentations at 5, reception begins at 6. Canal Sq. in Georgetown, 1054 31st St. NW
A – 6 PM – midnight – J. Coleman plus new artists – Art Whino – 717 N. Asaph St. Alexandria, VA. and if you want to see J. Coleman paint live, along with another local “grafitti” artist extraordinaire Kelly Towles, plunk down $8 at the Black Cat on 14th St. NW this coming Tuesday at 9 PM for what promises to be a bawdy, noisy performance art event….
A – 7-9 PM Paintings and Paperwork by Matthew Langley, curated by the ethereal and elusive JW
Mahoney. at the great non profit space the DCAC – domain of B Stanley and friends – 2438 18th St. NW, just below Columbia Rd in Adams Morgan
F – 7 PM - Persian film “Havana File” at Freer Gallery
M – 8 PM – Russian pianist Artur Aksenov performs Beethoven, Liszt, Wolf, Wagner, and Mussorgsky at Ward Recital Hall of Catholic University 2102-319-5861
8 PM – Julian Bond speaks at interfaith Memorial service for MLK. Washington Hebrew Congregation, Macomb and Mass. Aves, NW
8:15 PM – John Conyers and three youth choirs in an interfaith service for MLK at Adas Israel, 2850 Quebec St. NW, near Cleveland Park metro stop. Dessert reception follows.
Saturday, January 19 -
F – Noon – Nat’l Archives – “The Tuskegee Airmen” - famed black fighter squadrons of WWII, starring Laurence Fishburne, John Lithgow, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. (1995, 100 min.)
M – 1 PM – Men’s Choir of People’s Community Baptist Church at the great hall of the MLK Library, 9th and G NW,
1-3 PM – “Ben’s Birthday Family Bash” at the Postal Museum – right next to Union Station – celebrates that wacky early postmaster and founding father, Benjamin Franklin
M – 1:30 PM - Washington Arts Trio performs Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, and Arensky at Anderson House, 2118 Mass. Ave. NW, a magnificent mansion worth the visit in itself, across the street from the Cosmos Club and Indian Embassy.
F – 2 PM and 4:30 PM - Two British New Wave films at the Nat’l Gallery East Bldg aud. www.nga.gov
M – 4 PM – Heritage Signature Choir at MLK Library
A – 5-8 PM – Twelve painters show at the Watergate Gallery, 2552 VA. Ave. NW
A – 5-7 PM – works by Georgetown U senior art prof. John Morrell – Addison/Ripley Fine Art -1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW
A – 6-10 PM – Anne Surak curates “Open Mind” at Bebar, 1318 9th St. NW
A – 6:30-9 PM PM – four artists addressing current conditions in Africa – International Visions Gallery – 2629 Ct. Ave NW just above Calvert.
A – 6-8 PM – Gallery Plan b – abstract minimalism by Palisades artist Scooter Flaherty – 1530 14th St. NW
M – 8 PM – Dutch pianist Marcel Worms performs “New blues for the piano” at Westmoreland United Congregational Church, 1 Westmoreland Circle.
Sunday, January 20
10 AM - “Hunger and the Poor” – Innovative lecture by former Congressman Tony Hall of Ohio - Washington Nat’l Cathedral
M – 11:45 AM – Friends Meeting of Washington celebrates MLK with a potluck and civil rights singalong. Reservations required. 202-966-8738 2111 Florida Ave. NW above R St. If I had a hammer…
2 PM – Senior Judge Arthur Bennett will discuss alternatives to incarceration. Music and refreshments follow. Prison Art Gallery, 1600 K St., Suite 501 (entrance is actually on 16th St…)
F – 2 PM – Persian film “Havana File” at Freer Gallery
M – 2 PM and 4 PM – DC Youth Orchestra at Coolidge High School - 6315 5th St. NW
M -3 PM – Pianist Matthew Graybill performs Haydn, Schumann, Dutileax, and Liszt at Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave NW near Ward Circle
M -4-7 PM – Gospel music concert at Second New St.Paul Baptist Church, 2400 Franklin St. NE
F – 4:30 PM – another great British New Wave film at the Nat’l Gallery www.nga.gov
M – 5 Pm – Organist David Higgs of Rochester NY at the Washington Nat’l Cathedral.
B- 5 PM – Mary Reuth discusses her book “Rome and Canterbury: The Elusive Search for Unity.” Washington Nat’l Cathedral.
9 PM – Channel 32, WHUT - Uplifting documentary featuring Takoma Park resident, Chicago Tribune writer, and pundit Clarence Page. “These Kids Mean Business” was directed by good guy Zach Richter
Monday, January 21
All day events at the Historical Society of Washington, DC www.historydc.org celebrating MLK day
M – 10 AM – Noon – Interfaith service at 10th St. Baptist Church, 1000 R St. NW at 10th
M -2- 4 PM Broad ranging celebration of MLK Day, including the Urban Nation Hip Hop Choir and local poet and educator Bomani Armah plus Anwan “Big G” Glover and Tri-Flava. Yes, all at the Washington Nat’l Cathedral. Plus the Princess of Controversy. Hey -that’s what it says! 202-537-6200
M – 6 PM – Denyce Graves and others perform in honor of MLK Day. Check KenCen website for further info
M – 6-9 PM – MLK celebration featuring local and nat’l entertainers. The Lincoln Theater, 1215 U St. NW.
Tuesday, January 22
B – 7 PM – The Dean of American News Broadcasters, the wonderful Dan Schorr, at Politics and Prose. Who can forget that great moment while on the air he was handed a copy of the just -released Nixon “Enemies List” and saw and read out his own name without missing a beat…
T – 8 PM – PWYC for “No Child” at Woolly Mammoth – 641 D St. NW
January 23-26 – amazing performance art events everyday, at the 14th and T NW in the former Church of the Rapture. and you can trust Philippa Hughes on that! www.meatmarketgallery.com
Wednesday, January 23 -
F – 10-11:45 AM – Legendary documentarian Aviva Kempner (Partisans of Vilna and The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg) discusses her film in progress on pioneering radio and TV giant Gertrude Berg. Katzen Arts Center of American University. Ward Circle NW.
F – 6 PM – at MLK Library. Gordon Parks, Jr’s 1972 piece “Super Fly,” with the legendary sound track. Don’t ask no reasons why….
M – Noon – at Sidney Harman Hall – 610 F St. NW – Folk master Bruce Hutton sings and tells tales…
T, M, A – 6-8 PM – Performance Art at Church of the Rapture, 14th and T NW www.meatmarketgallery.com
B – 6:30 – 8 PM – retired army colonel Ann Wright, who resigned her commission over objections to the current war, on her book “Dissent: Voices of Conscience” Busboys and Poets – 14th and V NW
7 PM – legendary local pol Arrington Dixon at the Anacostia Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE. Res. Required at 202-633-4844. talk is on the Anacostia community and its rich heritage and character.
M – 7:30 PM – Ensemble Salzburg at the Embassy of Austria. Reservations req. 202-895-6776 Think they’ll play a little Mozart?
T - 7:30 PM – PWYC at the DCJCC, 16th and Q St. NW – the amazing Judy Gold, all 6′3″ of her, in “25 Questions for a Jewish Mother.” www.washingtondcjcc.org and call to confirm
T – 8 PM – PWYC for “No Child” at Woolly Mammoth – 641 D St. NW
F – 8 PM – Channel 32 – Uplifting documentary featuring Takoma Park resident, Chicago Tribune writer, and likable pundit Clarence Page. “These Kids Mean Business was directed by good guy Zach Richter
Thursday, January 24 -
M – 6 PM and 7:15 PM - The Ryan Cohen Quartet, then Exegesis – jazz at the Grosvenor Auditorium of Nat’l Geographic - M St. between 16th and 17th NW.
T, M, A – 6-8 PM – Performance art at Church of the Rapture, 14th and T NW www.meatmarketgallery.com
6:30-9 PM – Citizen Forestry Class – Learn tree identification and planting techniques – no experience necessary but reservations required- Casey Trees, Suite 1050, 1425 K St. NW, 202-349-1909
T – 8 PM – PWYC at the DCJCC, 16th and Q St. NW – the amazing Judy Gold, all 6′3″ of her, in “25 Questions for a Jewish Mother.” www.washingtondcjcc.org should that be “25 kvetches..”
Friday, January 25 -
T, M, A – 5-8 PM – Performance art at Church of the Rapture, 14th and T NW www.meatmarketgallery.com
7 PM – Nat’l Archives – Barbara Bush has an “American Conversation” with Archivist of the US Allen Weinstein. Get there early….
A – 6-9 PM - Wine and champagne opening for Stirling Elmendorf and good guy photographer Mark Parascandola at Caramel Boutique, 1603 U St. NW
A – 7 PM “Visions of Connections” – artists from Colombia, Ghana, Trinidad, Uruguay, and Washington, DC. Theme is African Art and Culture in the Americas. Wesley United Methodist Church – 5312 CT. Ave. NW at Jenifer.
Saturday, January 26
A – Noon – Performance Art Panel - Church of the Rapture, 14th and T NW www.meatmarketgallery.com
A – 4 PM – Gallery anniversary lecture by Nevin Kelly, on contemporary Polish art, at 4 PM, followed by an opening and reception from 5-8 PM at Nevin Kelly Gallery, 1517 U St. NW
Pieces from the many fine local artists, who have shown there, such as Sondra Arkin, will be also be displayed. www.nevinkellygallery.com
A, T, M – 6 PM – midnight - Closing party – Church of the Rapture, 14th and T NW www.meatmarketgallery.com
A, T, M – 6 PM – midnight - Closing party – Church of the Rapture, 14th and T NW www.meatmarketgallery.com
Wednesday, January 30-
6 PM – The amazing author and journalist John Hockenberry, best known for his work at NPR, will speak on many topics, including the differences today between radio and TV. At the Goethe Institut, 812 17th St. NW above H St.
Sunday, January 27 -
M – 3 PM – Enso String Quartet with Soprano Rosa Lamoreaux - NAS Auditorium 2100 C St. NW www.nasonline.org/arts
Thursday, January 31 -
B – 2 PM - Chevy Chase Library 5625 CT. Ave. Jim Myers discusses “Whose Washington is It? Race, Class, and Ethnicity, and Generational Tensions in out Changing City” Call to confirm.
7 PM – Nat’l Archives - Primary Election Reform, The People, and The Press. Panel Discussion moderated by the Newseum’s terrific Frank Bond, with Jules Witcover, David Keene, and Ken Bode. Can Bond get a smile out of Keene or Bode? We’ll see…
B – 7 PM – “In the Shadow of the Holocaust – German Jewry since 1945″ – eminent Professor of the University of Munich - Michael Brenner – US Holocaust Memorial Museum. reservations suggested 202-488-6162
A – 7 PM – Collage superstar Wangechi Mutu speaks at the Hirshhorn
M – 7:30 Pm - Ryan Brown of Opera Lafayette discusses Gluck’s Armide and Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Funger Hall, GW, 2201 G St. NW
Friday, February 1
A – 6-9 PM “Collectors Select” A boffo opening at the fabulous Arlington Arts Center Building at 3550 Wilson Blvd. in Arlington. Not far by car, and one block form VA. Square Metro Stop. With Claire Huschle on the staff, and Philip Barlow, Philippa Hughes and Tony and Heather Podesta among the collectors, this is a can’t miss evening! SIX separate themed exhibitions – whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
***Feb 4-10 Best of Input Film Festival – int’l films and docs. organized in DC by the Goethe Institut and its media guru Bill Gilcher, Women in Film and Video, AFI, and the American University Center for Social Media, run by the superb Pat Aufderheide. Some films broken out on dates below. Entire program at: www.centerforsocialmedia.org/events/2009best_of_input/872
Tuesday, February 4 -
F – 6:30 PM – Amazing Dutch film on an Indonesian puppeteer/poet searching for the reasons behind jihadist martyrs at Goethe Institut
www.goethe.de/washington reserve 202-289-11200 x 165 812 7th St. NW
Wednesday, February 6 -
F – 6:30 PM – at Brazilian Embassy, 3006 Mass. Ave. NW res. required – 202-289-1200 x 170 documentary on an expedition to Argentina’s extreme Tierra del Fuego www.bacidc.org
Thursday, February 7 -
F – 7 PM - a short drama on a hit man, and an amazing feature length documentary on the landscapes of China, at the Canadian Embassy www.canadianembassy.org reservations required 202-682-7797
Saturday, February 9 -
A, D - 5-8 PM – One of THE Arts events of the season. Opening and bring your dancing shoes. At District Fine Arts, a dual show featuring the works of Elliott Negin and Groover Cleveland. Cleveland has not exhibited in 10 years. “I am a conceptual artist. I’ve just been thinking of art for the last decade.” Come see what he’s been thinking about. 1639 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Sunday, February 10 -
F – 4 PM – http://www.cosmicconnexion.com/static/index.html go there for explanantion of this “how do you explain all of human experience in 68 minutes of TV?” collage. at Maison Francaise, 4101 Reservoir Rd. NW e-mail culturel.washington-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr providing first and last name and number of persons in your party
Friday, February 22 -
F – 7 PM - Well, uh, some guy who makes the occasional documentary film and teaches the occasional grad seminar at John Hopkins and keeps a free weekly cultural events list will be introducing one of the documentaries nominated for an academy award this year. If the writer’s strike is not settled, this guy will have to write his own material, so beware! National Archives – Constitution Ave, between 7th and 9th NW.
