February 7 Until………
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The Phil Barlow Classification System:
A = Art Opening or Lecture
B = Book talk
D = Dance
F = Film
M = Music
T = Theatre
F – 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/2008best_of_input/872
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
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
6-9 PM – Singles event at Whole Foods, 2323 Wisconsin Ave. Boys, I’m engaged now but I can tell you that this is a cool event with many terrific women. and the food is good, too.
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 – 6:30 PM – “Chisholm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed” on the legendary first elected black congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm, who ran for president when Barack was in elementary school. Author DaMaris Hill discusses her myths and realities in a Q and A afterward. Mary McLeod Bethune Historic House - 1318 Vermont Ave. NW, one half block off Logan Circle.
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
F – 7 PM – Animation and documentary by Tadanobu Asano, Freer
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 Constitution, NW
.8:15 PM – Charles Hoge of Walter Reed discusses PTSD and Mild Brain Injuries among returning soldiers. Powell auditorium of the Cosmos Club. FL. Ave. at Mass. Ave. 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. Yes, this was listed on a prior date, but that was nat’l feed. WETA delayed Also try to see her “Partners of the Heart” if you have the chance – a great story beautifully presented.
Friday, February 8 -
Noon – Chesapeake Bay environmental activist and author Mike Tidwell speaks on global warming – NY Ave. Presbyterian Church, 1313 NY Ave. NW
12:30 PM - Geoff Lamb of the Gates Fdn. on the New Philanthropy and Global Development. Room 200, SAIS Rome Bldg. 1619 Mass Ave. NW at Scott Circle.
3-5 PM - U Penn prof. John Jackson on the Black Hebrew Israelites of DC, NYC, and Dimona, Israel. res. required. berkleycenter@georgetown.edu Rm 242 of Georgetown U’s Intercultural Center
A- 5-8 PM – works of Mary Chiaramonte and Jessie Mann at the Longview Gallery, 1302 9th St. NW
A – 6-8:30 PM – 10th annual National all-media show at the Touchstone. Open call, juried by classy super star curator Vivienne Lassman (Washington Convention Center, etc.) at the Touchstone Gallery, 406 7th St. NW at D.
A – 6-9 PM – Catriona Fraser Gallery at 7700 Wisconsin Ave. – Int’l Photography exhib.
7;30 PM – Shelly Fine will discuss the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family – Suite 103, 4400 MacArthur Blvd. NW
B – 8 PM Yes, $15 at the Folger, but co-sponsored by my school, Johns Hopkins, and featuring authors Azar Nafisi “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” Daniel Mendelsohn, and the amazing Samantha Power, now a big foreign policy advisor to Obama.
Saturday, February 9 -
11 AM – Noon – Free samples at chocolate making demo – www.nmai.si.edu Nat’l Indian Museum on the Mall
A – 11 AM – Japanese Puppetry lecture and demo. KenCen Millennium Stage (always look at blog roll to the right)
F – 2 PM – Hungarian shorts of the 1960s by the innovative Balazs Studio Nat’l Gallery aud.
A – 4 PM – Gallery talk by William Christenberry – AU Art Museum, Katzen Center – 4400 Mass Ave. NW at Ward Circle. Includes discussion of his “Klan Room Tableau.” (The talk was SPECTACULAR – GO TO THE OPENING NEXT SAT!)
F – 4:30 PM – 1964 feature from famed Hungarian director Istva Szabo – Nat’l Gallery aud.
A - 5-8 PM - THE Art event of the evening! At District Fine Arts, 1639 Wisconsin Ave. NW between QSt and Reservoir Rd. 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. This is your chance to get a Negin before his career takes off. Don’t know about Cleveland – the guy is elusive. Rare book dealer extraordinaire and conceptual art fan Barry S. Alpert is particularly curious.. (AND IT WAS THE ART EVENT OF THE EVENING!)
A – 5 -7 PM – 6 artists interpret love, including a champagne reception. American Ptg, Gallery, 5118 MacArthur Blvd.NW
A – 5-7 PM – works by members at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE
A – 5 – 7 PM – Reuben Breslar at Athenaeum Gallery – 201 Prince St., Alexandria
B – 6-8 PM – Peniel Joseph on “Waiting Til Midnight: A History of Black Power in America” Busboys and Poets. 2021 14th St. NW at V St.
A – 8 PM until – works by the provocative Dana Ellyn – The GallAerie – 1644 Newton St. NW, in Mt. Pleasant www.danaellyn.com
F - 11 PM – “Swing State Ohio” – I think you know what this is about. Busboys and Poets.
Sunday, February 10 -
10 AM – Discussion of Faith and Bioethics Maria Fibnitzo and Cynthia B. Cohen - Washington National Cathedral
11 AM – Noon – Free samples at chocolate making demo – www.nmai.si.edu Nat’l Indian Museum on the Mall
Noon – 9 PM – NOW SOLD OUT – Inaugural “Our City Filmfest“ www.yachad-dc.org Busboys and Poets – 2021 14th St. NW at V St.
F – 2 PM – Asano’s film about an aimless Japanese man who commits a shocking act of violence. Freer Gallery
A – 2 PM – Alvia Wardlaw of Texas Southern U on collecting African American Art. Nat’l Gallery East bldg. aud.
M – 3 PM – Pianist Sara Daneshpour does Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, and Prokofiev McEvoy Aud of SAAM.
M – 3 PM – US Air Force Band with Restless Heart – DAR Constitution Hall
M- 3 PM – Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins and friends - Nat’l Academy of Sciences aud. 2100 C St. NW www.nasoline.org/arts
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.
F – 4 PM & 5:45 PM – two classics by Hungarian director Istvan Szabo Nat’l Gallery East bldg. aud
M – 5 PM – The Catholic U Orchestra will have a discussion and play Debussy’s Prelude..of a Fawn” and then play Brahms 1st. Church of the Ascension – 1217 Mass Ave. NW
M – 6:30 PM – Orchestra of New Spain at Nat;’l Gallery West Bldg Garden Court
Monday, February 11
A – 5:30 PM – Irish architects will discuss building in their native land. Koubek aud. at Crough Architectural Center of Catholic U. 202-319-5188
A – 6 and 7:30 PM – “A glittering valentine from female illusionists.” hey, that’s from the release! National Theater, 1321 PA. Ave. NW
F, T - 6:30-8:30 PM – “Reinventing Source” about the Source Theater and 14th St. re-development . Busboys and Poets – 2021 14th St. NW at V St.
M – 7 PM - Broadway singing star Julia Nixon and NPR’s Jewell Robinson perform a tribute to the great Jazz singer Sarah Vaughn – McEvoy aud. of the SAAM
B – 8 PM - ”Beyond Bullets – The Suppression of Dissent in the US”reading by author Jules Boykoff – at Bridge St. Books - 2814 PA Ave, NW right as you cross that bridge into Georgetown. You’ve walked/driven past it, or had ice cream next door – time to drop in!
Tuesday, February 12
7 AM – 8 PM – PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IN DC, VA, and MD “The Potomac Primaries,” or as the lovable Mark Shields of The Newshour calls them “The Crabcake Primaries” - OUR VOTES MATTER THIS TIME!
F, M - Noon – the 1969 classic “Duke Ellington at the White House.” Nat’l Gallery aud.
B – Noon – “The Islamicization of Azerbajian” res. req. 202-687-6080 Rm 462 of Georgetown U’s Intercultural Center, 37th and O Sts. NW
B – Noon – Eminent local poets including E. Ethelbert Miller read “words of love” at the Library of Congress’s Madison Building Pickford Theater. res recommended, 707-5394
F, M – 7 PM – The Art Deco Society will screen Vitaphone music shorts from the 20s and 30s featuring the Duke, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and others. Sumner School and Museum – 1201 17th St. at M St. NW Donations accepted.
7 -9:30 PM – An evening with George Stephanopolous, interviewed by Frank Sesno. Jack Morton Aud. of GW – 805 21st St. NW If we are lucky, in attendance would be his brilliant wife Alexandra Wentworth (Jay Leno appearances, on Seinfeld – played his girlfriend “Schmoopie,” etc.)
F – 7:30 PM – “I love Vienna” – Austrian Embassy. Res. Required. rsvp@austria.org
T – 7:30 – PWYC – “Doubt: A Parable” at the Olney Theater www.olneytheatre.org main character is Sister Aloysius
Wednesday, February 13
B – Noon - Jack Fruchtman on “Atlantic Cousins – Benjamin Franklin and His Visionary Friends – National Archives
M – Noon – The Great Noise Ensemble – Harman Arts Center, 610 F St. across from Verizon Center (sometimes known as “The Phone Booth”)
A – 5:30 PM – Local art stalwart and stupendous glassmaker Tim Tate discusses his work and others as inspired by love and commitment. SAAM.
B – 6 PM – The truly great Jonathan Kozol on “Letters to a Young Teacher” res, required 202-687-7446 – Ballroom D – Leavey Center of Georgetown U. – 37th and O Sts. NW
F – 6 PM – Another in the great lecturer John Hanhardt’s series on “Making the Moving Image” This time, clips from “The Wild Bunch,” “A Touch of Evil,” and more SAAM
M – 7 PM – Ben Hutto conducts a giant local youth choir at the Washington Nat’l Cathedral www.cathedralchoralsociety.org
B – 7 PM – Panel on Presidents Jackson, Bush One, Nixon, and Coolidge, in relation to current events and each other. Tim Naftali, Elizabeth Drew, and David Greenberg discuss. Nat’l Archives.
B – 7 PM – Theologian Paul Zahl on :”Grace Between Men and Women” All Saints Church – 3 Chevy Chase Circle
F – 8 PM – “All My Loved Ones” Czech film about a Jewish family there during the Nazi occupation. Yes, $10, we must support great films at the Avalon Theater - just south Chevy Chase Circle on Ct. Ave.
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. If you missed last week on WETA…
F – FEBRUARY 14-17 - Oscar Nominated Foreign Films – Grosvenor Aud. of Nat’l Geographic. www.nglive.org Yes, $7 per film, but well worth it, particularly “Beaufort,”by the cousin of DC resident and thoughtful progressive Diane Perlman.
Thursday, February 14 - (yes, Sharon B. – I will say “Valentine’s Day”)
11 AM – Noon – Free samples at chocolate making demo – www.nmai.si.edu Nat’l Indian Museum on the Mall
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
A – 6-8 PM – “Anima Mundi” two artists at Flashpoint, 915 G St. NW
F – 7 PM – controversial videographer Tony Oursler at the Hirshhorn
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
A - 4 PM – Gallery talk with Roger Brown at the AU Museum – Katzen Center
A - 5 PM – Artists talk with Carlos Luna and Museum Director Jack Rasmussen - AU Museum at the Katzen Center
A - 6-9 PM - Another Jack Rasmussen – engineered super opening at the AU Museum at the Katzen Center. 6 artists including Luna and Brown, William Christenberry and the others. THE EVENT OF THE EVENING – SEE YOU THERE!
Sunday, February 17 -
A – 3 PM – Artists talk and poetry reading at Washington Printmaker’s Gallery at 1732 Ct. Ave. NW
Monday, February 18
F – TV 9 PM – PBS Nat’l – WHUT Channel 32 “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. If you missed last week on WETA or WMPT..
Tuesday, February 19 -
5 PM – Lecture and Reception. The amazing Mark Yoffe, Ph D, “Notes of an Accidental Undercover Operative” in Armenia . at GW. 2130 H St. NW
Wednesday, February 20
F – TV 8 PM – PBS Nat’l – WHUT Channel 32 “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. If you missed the three earlier broadcasts this month. Yes, Andrea is a good friend…
Friday, February 22 -
F – 7 PM - Yours truly will be introducing one of the Oscar Nominated Documentaries. If the writer’s strike is not settled, I’ll have to write my own material, so beware! National Archives – Constitution Ave, between 7th and 9th NW.
A – 7-9 PM – works by Lisa McCarty, curated by that polymath JW Mahoney. at DCAC – 2438 18th St. NW in Adams Morgan just below Columbia Rd.
Saturday, February 23 -
F – 2 PM – “Have You Heard From Johannesburg ? Apartheid and the Club of the West.” Smithsonian African American Art Museum (SAAM)
Wednesday, February 27th -
6:30-8 PM – Celebration of the life and legacy of legendary DC politician John Wilson. Wilson Bldg. (yes, named after him) – 1350 PA. Ave. NW “City Hall”
Sunday, March 2 –
A, B - 3-5 PM - The Picture Book Art of the wonderful Susan Stockdale. Kogod Center for the Arts, Sidwell Friends School – 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Yes, Grant Stockdale’s sister, but don’t hold that against her!
Monday, March 10 -
7:30 PM – Renowned local lecturer Ori Z. Soltes on his work “The Ashen Rainbow: Essays on Arts and the Holocaust” - DCJCC 16th and Q NW. Yes, $8, but he is a dear friend…and like the Men’s Warehouse guy – I guarantee it.
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