January 31 until….
So. who’s gonna win the big game? No, Not Obama and Hillary, but New England vs. The Giants!
Oh, you only watch to see the commercials of course!
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GO GIANTS!!!
(well, seems they did the job, eh?!!!!!!)
The Phil Barlow Classification System:
A = Art Opening or Lecture
B = Book talk
D = Dance
F = Film
M = Music
T = Theatre
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 our Changing City” Call to confirm.
Tuesday, February 5 - SUPER TUESDAY – WHOAAAA
F, M – Noon – The classic 1969 offering “Duke Ellington at the White House.” Nat’l Gallery E. Bldg. aud.
F – 6:30 PM – Amazing Dutch film on an Indonesian puppeteer/poet searching for the reasons behind jihadist martyrs at Goethe Institut
B – 2 PM - Chevy Chase Library 5625 CT. Ave. Jim Myers discusses “Whose Washington is It? Race, Class, and Ethnicity, and Generational Tensions in our 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
8 AM – 2 PM- Free cholesterol, blood pressure, etc. checks for women at the Verizon Center, 610 F St. NW www.sistertosister.org
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 from 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
M – 6-10 PM Yes, $10 for the Smithsonian Jazz Cafe at the Natural History Museum,. but you get dance, song, and stories from Maurice Hines, brother and partner of the late great Gregory Hines.
B – 6:30 PM – Journalist and veteran SNCC organizer Charles Cobb on ” …A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail. If you don’t know what SNCC was, look it up, and attend! Sumner School and Museum. 1201 17th St. NW at M. Near Nat. Geo and the YMCA.
First Fridays at Dupont:
A – 5-8 PM – “Ugly Suburban Houses and Other Landscapes” Washington Printmakers Studio 1732 Ct. Ave, NW Poetry reading at 8 PM by Charles Woolverton. How many of you remember an annoying 60s song entitled “Woolverton Mountain?”
A – 6- 8 PM – Works of Bill Schmidt at Hillyer Art Space, 9 Hillyer Court in alley behind Cosmos Club and Phillips Gallery
A – 6 – 8 PM – New members show at Foundry Gallery – 18th St. NW between N St. and Mass. Ave.
A – 6-8 PM – “Collateral Damage: Centaurs and Other Losers” + two other shows at Studio Gallery, 2108 R St. NW
A – 6- 8 PM – ”Digital Journals” two artists at Gallery 10 – 1519 CT. Ave,. NW, over Kramerbooks
NOT at Dupont:
A – 6-8 PM – 11 photographers of note at Parish Gallery – 1054 31st St in Canal Square in Georgetown, just below M St., near Blues Alley and Sea Catch restaurant.
F – 6:30 PM – “Black Women On: The Light, Dark Thang” Discussion after the screening on the politics of skin color issues. Mary McLeod Bethune Nat’l Historic House – 1318 Vermont Ave. NW, just off Logan Circle
A - 7-10 PM – GreenheART event – one night only on 8th floor of Lofts 11 at 1123 11th St. NW. Many fine local artists will be displaying their work, with a percent of any sales going to charity. and the Loft 11 people get you to see their fab condos… rsvp required rsvp@taurusdev.com Michele de la Menardiere, Anna U. Davis, and others will be hanging with their art…
F – 6:30 PM – “Black Women On: The Light, Dark Thang” Discussion after the screening on the politics of skin color issues. Mary McLeod Bethune Nat’l Historic House – 1318 Vermont Ave. NW, just off Logan Circle
A - 7-10 PM – GreenheART event – one night only on 8th floor of Lofts 11 at 1123 11th St. NW. Many fine local artists will be displaying their work, with a percent of any sales going to charity. and the Loft 11 people get you to see their fab condos… rsvp required rsvp@taurusdev.com Michele de la Menardiere, Anna U. Davis, and others will be hanging with their art…
F on M - 7 PM - Dan Anker’s “Music from the Inside Out” which features performances and stories from members of the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra. Yes, $10, but you get to visit the Emergence Community Arts Collective at 733 Euclid St. NW 202-462-2285
F – 7 PM – Japanese classic “Vital” a medical student unravels when his grilfriend’s corpse turns up in his anatomy class Freer Gallery
Saturday, February 2 -
9:30 AM and 11AM – “The Nicolo Whimsey Show.” – juggling, pantomime, and a musical saw (not the music of Saw 1, 2, or 3!) National Theater. 1321 PA. Ave. NW
A – Noon – 6 PM – Open Studio at the apt. of the one and only Matt Sesow. Corner of Columbia Rd. and Mintwood in the heart of Adams Morgan. www.sesow.com Now don’t be scared – he’s a most welcoming fellow and will hand you a brew at the door…
F – 2 PM – Belgian Films on art – introduced by Phil Mosley of Penn State. Nat’l Gallery E. Bldg. aud.
F – 2 PM – Japanese/Thai film on a Japanese man who flees to Thailand to escape his violent past. Freer
F – 2 PM – 500 Years Later - Museum of African Art – Smithsonian
M – 3 PM – Celebration of the Book of Psalms and the 80th anniversary of the Royal School of Church Music, featuring a choir of 400 voices from all over the land. Washington National Cathedral
M – 3 PM – Celebration of the Book of Psalms and the 80th anniversary of the Royal School of Church Music, featuring a choir of 400 voices from all over the land. Washington National Cathedral
A – 3 PM – Sidra Stich, guest curator of the Lucelia Artists Awards, will discuss the works and current issues in contemporary art. McEvoy aud. of SAAM. 8th and G Sts. NW
B – 4-6 PM – Eminent investigative reporter in the I. F. Stone mold, Robert Parry discusses his work “Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush.” Busboys and Poets. 2021 14th St. NW at V St.
A - 6-8:30 PM – 2nd anniversary show at the hip Project 4 space at 903 U St. NW. Favorite artists such as Margaret Boozer, Laurel Lukaszewski, and Rich McDonald will be on display.
A – 7-9 pm - Paintings of Richard Chartier and Paul Vinet at Transformer, 1404 P St. NW
Sunday, February 3
10 AM – Krista Tippett, host of public radio’s “Speaking of Faith,” at the Washington National Cathedral
A? – Noon – Ann Laird Jones, a minister from Greenville, MS on “Arts and Theology Through Clay.” Tell me you’re not just a little curious, eh? Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle
A – 2 PM - Sara Greenough on British Photographs from 1840-1860 - Nat’l Gallery of Art East Bldg. aud.
3 PM – The terrific Lonnie Bunch, founder of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture, on the place of Black History Month. McEvoy aud of the SAAM, 8th and G Sts. NW.
B- 4 – 6 PM – Chris Bracey, journalist and veteran SNCC organizer on “Saviors or Sellouts” The Promise and Peril of Black Conservatism from Booker T. Washington to Condoleeza Rice.” Long but provocative title, no? Sumner School and Museum 1201 17th St. at M. If you don’t know what SNCC stands for, you must go and find out. and the title raises the question – what does Hannibal Lecter have with his meal at the White House? Condoleeza Rice, of course. Ba Da boom.
F – 4:30 PM – Two more from the England’s New Wave 1958-1954 series. Including the iconic “Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,” with Tom Courtenay, James Fox, and that fabulous ending. Nat’l Gallery East Bldg. auditorium.
F – 4:30 PM – Two more from the England’s New Wave 1958-1954 series. Including the iconic “Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,” with Tom Courtenay, James Fox, and that fabulous ending. Nat’l Gallery East Bldg. auditorium.
Monday, February 4 -
A – 12:10 PM and 1:10 PM -Andrea Nelson on “Transatlantic Analogies: The Photobooks of Walker Evans and Moi Ver. Nat’l Gallery East Bldg. Small aud. (not the more commonly advertised ”larger” one where the films are normally shows)
M – 4:30 PM in Room 118 at the Kogod School on the Quad at American University. Heavyweights Leonard Slatkin, James Wolfensohn, Nancy Snider, and Kathleen Getz discuss the role of music in personal and professional lives.
M – 6-8 PM – also at AU, but in the Katzen arts center, an open house featuring performances by student and faculty members of the music department.
M – 6 and 7:30 PM – National Theater, 1321 PA, Ave. NW – The Columbia Flute Choir
******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 legendary Pat Aufderheide. Some films broken out on dates below. Entire program at: www.centerforsocialmedia.org/events/2009best_of_input/872
Tuesday, February 5 - SUPER TUESDAY – WHOAAAA
F, M – Noon – The classic 1969 offering “Duke Ellington at the White House.” Nat’l Gallery E. Bldg. aud.
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 202-289-1200 812 7th St. NW
B – 6:30 PM – Jesse Holland on the African American Presence in the Capitol, White House, and Nat’l Mall. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW
F – 7:30 PM – DCJCC – 16th and Q “Making Trouble” Documentary on Jewish comediennes from Molly Picon and Fanny Brice to Joan Rivers and Gilda Radner. Yes, $10, but you get to hear an introduction and hopefully a Q and A with film participant and the star of Theater J’s current drama offering, the fantabulous Judy Gold. Yes, I am a huge fan…
F – 7:30 PM – DCJCC – 16th and Q “Making Trouble” Documentary on Jewish comediennes from Molly Picon and Fanny Brice to Joan Rivers and Gilda Radner. Yes, $10, but you get to hear an introduction and hopefully a Q and A with film participant and the star of Theater J’s current drama offering, the fantabulous Judy Gold. Yes, I am a huge fan…
Wednesday, February 6 -
D – Noon - Dance company from India at Harman Center – F St. between 6 and 7th Sts. NW Reservations suggested. Box lunch can be ordered in advance
Noon – 4 heavyweights discuss the results of Super Tuesday. Mary Graydon Center. on the quad of American University
F – Noon – Adena Ifill shows clips from her documentary “Congressman Robert Smalls: A Patriot’s Journey from Slavery to Capitol Hill. Reservations required uschs@uschs.org or 202-543-8919 x 38 VFW Building, 200 Maryland Ave. NW
4 PM - 5th grade basketball game at West Elementary School. My man – Jack Kaltenheuser
F – Noon – Adena Ifill shows clips from her documentary “Congressman Robert Smalls: A Patriot’s Journey from Slavery to Capitol Hill. Reservations required uschs@uschs.org or 202-543-8919 x 38 VFW Building, 200 Maryland Ave. NW
4 PM - 5th grade basketball game at West Elementary School. My man – Jack Kaltenheuser
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 Location needs to be confirmed…
B – 7 PM – Twice winner of the Pultizer Prize, the great David Levering Lewis at Politics and Prose
M – 7:30 PM – Violinist Yura Lee at the Nat’l Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 NY Ave. NW, Res. required 202-783-7370
M – 7:30 PM – Violinist Yura Lee at the Nat’l Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 NY Ave. NW, Res. required 202-783-7370
Thursday, February 7 -
B – 1 PM – WSJ reporter Paul Barrett on “American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion.” Metropolitan Wash. office of Recording for the Blind. Suite 312, 5225 Wisconsin Ave. NW
F, A – 6 PM – The eminent John Hanhardt discusses filmmaker’s strategies by showing clips from “Bladerunner,” “Moulin Rouge,” The Shining,” and other works. McEvoy Aud. of the SAAM, 8th and G Sts. NW
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 totally required 202-682-7797
7 PM – Cartooning and Politics – Pulitzer prize winning cartoonists Pat Oliphant, Ann Telnaes, Matt Davies, and Clay Bennett discuss their craft. Nat’l archives. 7th and Consitution, NW
B – 1 PM – WSJ reporter Paul Barrett on “American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion.” Metropolitan Wash. office of Recording for the Blind. Suite 312, 5225 Wisconsin Ave. NW
F, A – 6 PM – The eminent John Hanhardt discusses filmmaker’s strategies by showing clips from “Bladerunner,” “Moulin Rouge,” The Shining,” and other works. McEvoy Aud. of the SAAM, 8th and G Sts. NW
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 totally required 202-682-7797
7 PM – Cartooning and Politics – Pulitzer prize winning cartoonists Pat Oliphant, Ann Telnaes, Matt Davies, and Clay Bennett discuss their craft. Nat’l archives. 7th and Consitution, NW
F – TV 10:30 PM – PBS Nat’l – WETA, Channel 26 “Prince Among Slaves” Latest Nat’l Primetime doc by the superb Mt. Pleasant based documentarian Andrea Kalin. Also try to see her “Partners of the Heart” if you have the chance – a great story beautifully presented.
Saturday, February 9 -
A - 5-8 PM – One of THE Arts events of the season. At District Fine Arts, a dual show featuring the works of the amusing and multi-talented 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 This is your chance to get a Negin before his career takes off. Don’t know about Cleveland – the guy is elusive
A – 8 PM until – works by the provocative Dana Ellyn – The GallAerie – 1644 Newton St. NW, in Mt. Pleasant www.danaellyn.com
Sunday, February 10 -
Sunday, February 10 -
F – 4 PM – http://www.cosmicconnexion.com/static/index.html go there for explanation 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
Tuesday, February 12
PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IN DC – IT MIGHT ACTUALLY MATTER THIS TIME!
Wednesday, February 13
F – TV 11 PM – PBS Nat’l – WMPT Channel 22 “Prince Among Slaves” Latest Nat’l Primetime doc by the superb Mt. Pleasant based documentarian Andrea Kalin. Also try to see her “Partners of the Heart” if you have the chance – a great story beautifully presented.
Thursday, February 14 –
A- 6-8 PM Washington Sculptor’s Group opening – Washington Square 1050 Conn. Ave., N.W. at L Street In the big atrium – a nice space! Juror: David Furchgott, President, International Arts & Artists Artists: Christian Benefiel, Brent Crothers, Joel D’Orazio, Pattie Porter Firestone, Frank Fishburne, Breon Gilleran, Michael A. Guadagno, Len Harris, James Kessler, Jin Lee, Carol Gellner Levin, Mitra M. Lore, Phelan Meek, Judy Sutton Moore, Bill Moore, Lincoln Mudd, Mahasti Y. Mudd, Pokey Park, Tom Rooney, Craig Schaffer, Richard Schellenberg, Mike Shaffer, Bo Simeon, Frances Sniffen, Pamela Soldwedel-Barrett, George Tkabladze, Ron van Delden, Raymonde van Santen, Sarah Wegner, Elizabeth Whiteley, Joyce Zipperer www.washingtonsculptors.org
Friday, February 15 -
7 PM – Banneker Monument Unveiling and Discussion – Senator Ben Cardin, Clayton LeBouef, Michael Eric Dyson, and Tina Allen Nat’l Archives, 7th and Constitution Aves. NW
7 PM – Banneker Monument Unveiling and Discussion – Senator Ben Cardin, Clayton LeBouef, Michael Eric Dyson, and Tina Allen Nat’l Archives, 7th and Constitution Aves. NW
Saturday, February 16 -
A – Noon – 6 PM – Artist Open House - Dana Ellyn will unveil her new series “Year of the Presidents” across the street from MLK Library at 916 G St. NW – Mather Bldg. Suite 304, www.danalellyn.com 202-737-6161
A – 2 PM - Artists’ talk featuring painters Paul Vinet and Richard Chartier at Transformer, 1404 P St. NW
Sunday, February 17 -
A – 3 PM – Artists talk and poetry reading at Washington Printmaker’s Gallery at 1732 Ct. Ave. NW
Friday, February 22 -
F – 7 PM - Well, uh, some guy who makes the occasional documentary film and teaches the occasional grad seminar at Johns 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.
Saturday, February 23 -
F – 2 PM – “Have You Heard From Johannesburg ? Apartheid and the Club of the West.” Smithsonian African American Art Museum
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