May 8 until…
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Big Read NOW! www.wdchumanities.org/bigread/
Free embassy tours through May 17th - www.passportdc.org
Organized by the great group at Cultural Tourism DC… 202-661-7581
**Artomatic opening night party Friday! - www.artomatic.org
Exhibition goes through June 15 – always a real trip!
Every weekend night, May 8, 9,10 – sunset to the bewitching hour - – Fri, Sat Sun -
Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter projects illumination on the National Cathedral
www.cathedral.org/cathedral.ltu visible for miles and miles!
150 Belly Dancers! Sat and Sun. 1 PM and 5 PM. 202-885-2587 Yes, $25 at
The Greenberg Theater – 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW, but I know one of dancers,
and her husband and kids!
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The Philip Barlow classification system
A = Art opening or art lecture
B = Book Talk
D = Dance
F = Film
L = Non-Art Lecture
M =Music
P = Poetry
PYWC = Pay What you Can
T = Theater
Z = Last letter of the alphabet
Thursday, May 8 –
L – 6 – 8 PM – Maria Hohn of Vassar, with reception – “I Prefer Panthers to Pigs” – German Students, Black Panther GIs, and the 1970/71 Racial Crisis in the 7th Army. What a title! German Historical Society, 1607 New Hampshire Ave. NW
L – 6:45 PM – Prof. Dale Snow on Schopenhauer – Goethe Institute, 812 7th St. NW
Friday, May 9 –
A – 10 AM – 3:30 PM – Asian arts festival in rotunda of Natural History Museum – you know – the one with the gigantic elephant in the middle. Learn vegetable carving, etc.
A – 1-5 PM – Symposium on Aaron Douglas. Keynote by David Driskell,. SAAM.
A – 5-7 PM – Diverse media by member so the Capitol Hill Arts League, 545 7th St. SE
A – 5-8 PM - Dup. Circle artist Scott Brooks. at Long View Gallery- 1302 9th St. NW
A – 5:30 – 8 PM – Grand opening of the Healing Arts Gallery of the Smith Farm Center. Art is on environmental themes. 1632 U St. NW Yes, near Results, and Stetson’s
T – 6 PM – Kennedy Center Family Terrace Theater – U Michigan performers’ tribute to Shakespeare’s Clowns.
A – 6-8 PM – Ptgs. By Herman van Staalduinen at Me Art Gallery, 1119 V St. NW
A- 6 – 8:30 PM – landscapes of Brad Aldridge. Susan Calloway Gallery, 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW
A – 6-8 PM – Two artists at Jayme McClellan’s exemplary Civilian Art Project – 406 7th St. NW just above D.
A – ARTOMATIC opening night party!!!! www.artomatic.org
B – 7 PM – the dynamic Michael Eric Dyson on how the death of MLK changed America - Politics and Prose
F – 7 PM – Indigenous films from Amazon Villages – Nat. Geographic Aud. . – M St. NW between 16th and 17th
T, D, M – 8 PM – The Cody Rivers Show – comedy duo with dance, music, physical theater and high concept comedy. At the Warehouse – 1017 7th St. NW. Yes, $12, but I will do anything to promote the good works of Paul and Molly Ruppert!
L – 8:15 PM – Rabbi Raymond Scheindin of JTS on “Rabbi and Vizier: Samuel Nagid of Granada” Adas Israel, Ct. and Porter Sts. NW
Saturday, May 10 –
All Day, All over DC - www.learnapaloozadc.com
A – First day of HERE AND NOW from www.transformergallery.org
6:30 AM – 1 PM –Migratory Bird Festival – Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens – one of the
great unknown treasures of the area. 1550 Anacostia Ave. NE 202-426-6905 x 31
L – 9:30 AM – Rabbi Raymond Scheindin of JTS on “Rabbi and Vizier: Samuel Nagid of Granada” Adas Israel, Ct. and Porter Sts. NW
10 AM – 3 PM – Nat’l Train Day at Union Station with celebrity conductor Al Roker
10 AM – 4 PM – Asian Pacific Festival – Dancers, theater, music – you will be amazed. Historical Society of Washington Bldg. – 801 K St,. NW across from Convention Center.
Res. Required – 202-383-1828
A – 10:15 AM – Shelly Shelburne on “Art of the Pluralistic Seventies” at the East Bldg aud. of the Nat’l Gallery
A, L, M – 10:30 AM – Smithsonian staff will discuss the DC “Jazz Age” photography of Addison Scurlock. A great opportunity for jazz and history aficionados! At Historical Society of DC, 801 K St. NW opposite convention center. Res. Req. 202-383-1850
11 AM – 4 PM – ever wanted to go in that Mosque/Islamic Center at Mass. Ave and the bridge over Rock Creek Parkway? Of course you have. Try this – Muslim Women’s Assoc. presents an Int’l Mother’s Day Bazaar. Food and crafts! 2551 Mass. Ave NW
F – 1 PM- 6 PM – Pangaea Day film festival – at the Letelier Theater, 3251 Prospect St. NW , upstairs courtyard, one block off Wisconsin Ave, In Georgetown. Worth it just to see this jewel of a venue. Refreshments all day. $10 donation requested – nobody turned away. www.dciff.org
A – 1:30 PM - The Hirshhorn’s charming Ryan Hill will talk with Transformer artist Jennifer Burkley Vasher – at Transformer 1404 P St. NW
D – 3 PM – Stephen Clapp and Laura Schandelmeier perform their new work “Haunted.”
Studio Gallery in Dupont Circle. 2108 R St. NW
A – 3 – 6 PM – Meet the “Sparkplug” artists’ collective with their works at DCAC , 2438 18th St. NW . Curated by the lovely and talented Lea-Ann Bigelow (who works at the National Gallery but doesn’t bandy that about…)
A – 4 PM – Performance art by Paul Shoemaker at 1840 14th St. NW
A, T – 4:30 PM – Genius Performance artist and actress Anna Deveare Smith, all 6-ft of this Baltimore native, will analyze a Ruth Orkin photo of 1950. SAAM, 8th and G BW.
A – 5:30 – 8:30 PM – Gretchen Feldman ptgs at Nevin Kelly, 1517 U St. NW
T – 6 PM – redux – Kennedy Center Family Terrace Theater – U Michigan performers’ tribute to Shakespeare’s Clowns.
A – 6:30 – 9 PM – Brazilian reliefs by Marlene Godoy at In’tl Visions Gallery,
2629 Ct. Ave. NW just north of Calvert
Sunday, May 11th – visit or call you mom!
A – Last chance to see The Cinema Effect, Part I at the Hirshhorn. Pt. II opens June 20
B – 9 – 11 AM – Alice Rothchild on ”Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience” Busboys and Poets – 2021 14th St. NW
L – 10 AM – Rabbi Raymond Scheindin of JTS on “Rabbi and Vizier: Samuel Nagid of Granada” Adas Israel, Ct. and Porter Sts. NW
L – 2 PM – Last of the 5 lecture yearly Mellon series – Hahvahd’s Joseph Leo Koerner on Bosch and Breugel – Nat’l Gallery East Bldg aud.
M – 3 PM – The Mendelssohn Piano Trio for Mother’s Day – SAAM – 8th and G NW
A – 3 PM – “Consuming Art” Yes, edible jewelry lecture by Claudia Crisan. Yes, samples will be offered right there in the Grand Salon of the Renwick.
F – 5 PM – Actress Julie-Marie Parmentier will lead post screening discussion after DC premiere of Isild Le Beseo’s “Charly” on a 14 year old foster child. Nat’l Gall E. Bldg.
T ,M – PWYC at DCJCC – 16th and Q Sts. NW World premiere based on the life of King David. Tickets available starting at 6:30. A “Goliath” production! (Couldn’t resist…)
F, TV – 10 PM – on WETA, channel 26 – America at a Crossroads – Muslim American Comics Come of Age.” You may have heard of the “Allah Made Me Funny” comedy tour. This film by my colleague Glenn Baker goes behind the scenes. You will laugh!
Monday, May 12 –
M – 6:30 PM – concert of classical Serbian music. Reception follows. Arts Club of DC –
2017 I St. NW Great patio if weather cooperates…
M – 6:30 PM – Chilean duo Eduardo Peralta and Cecilia Echenique perform. Inter-American Dev. Bank, 1330 NY Ave. NW
T – 7 PM – High level panel on “The Political Impact of Arthur Miller on 21st Century American Theater.” David Henry Wang, Mark Bly, Ari Roth, and Emily Mann. Gonda Theater at Georgetown U. res. required. 202-687-2787.
Bs – 7 PM –Olsson’s simultaneous! – Mary Tillman on her martyred son Pat Tillman at the Penn Quarter Olsson’s 418 7th St. NW, and Laurie Lindeen on her Rock and Roll Cinderella Story – at the Olsson’s Dupont Circle – 1307 19th St. NW
B – 7 PM – Navy Memorial – Book on a Navy Seal and a daring operation during the defeat of the Taliban. If you have never been to the Navy Memorial, check it out sometime – a hidden gem on PA. Ave between 7th St. and 9th St. NW
Tuesday, May 13 –
10 AM – 4 PM – 225th Birthday party with cake and tours at the Society of the Cincinnati – Anderson House – 2118 Mass. Ave. NW across from the Cosmos Club
F – 6:30 PM – the 1968 BBC film “Students in Revolt” precedes a panel discussion on that tumultuous period. Goethe Institute, 812 7th St. NW res. req. 202-289-1200 x 164
L – 7 PM – Talk about the history of Society of the Cincinnati, at Anderson House – 2118 Mass. Ave. NW across from the Cosmos Club
Wednesday, May 14 –
A – Noon – Talk by Curator Sabine Albersmeier. Great name! SAAM – 8th and G NW
M – 7 PM – live Swedish big band music on the roof terrace of the House of Sweden at the Georgetown waterfront, 2900 K St. NW Spectacular view, according to Field School senior Mara Hilmy, who just attended her prom there. Reserve rsvp to hos@foreignministry.se
Saturday,May 17 –
Noon – 5 PM – open studios in conjunction with Mt. Rainier Day – Features the complex run by Margaret Boozer plus the school of Tim Tate and many others. At Route 1 (Rhode Island Ave.) and the District Line.
Noon – 5 PM – Open studios – Mid City Artists – I hate that it is the same time as Mt Rainier, but Mid City is Sunday, too www.midcityartists.com our faves are Mark Parascandola, Bridget Sue Lambert, neon guru Craig Kraft, and Betsy Karasik, who ran out of her fabulous cheeses last time…
L, A – 1:30 PM – Hirshhorn curator Kristine Hileman will talk with artists from the Here and Now exhibition at 1840 14th St. NW – the former Church of the Rapture
L – 3 PM – Whitney Biennial artist Matt Mullican from NY will lecture
A – 2-4 PM – artist talk at District Fine Arts – Gene Markowski will speak about the
Catholic imagery in his work, including an amazing Last Supper or two…1639 Wisconsin Ave. NW Remember, this is the place that gave Elliott Negin a venue!
Thursday, May 22 –
A – 6:30 PM – What about stolen art? Bonnie Magness-Gardiner of the FBI – SAAM
L – 7 PM – “The Rescue of Children and Youths at Buchenwald” by Kenneth Walzer – at Holocaust Museum. Res. Requested – 202-488-6162 www.ushmm.org
Saturday, May 24 –
The Urban Verbs – Something Strange – 9:30 Club BE THERE.
Thursday, May 29 –
A, F – 6 PM – Three Women in Video Art- SAAM 8th and G NW
Saturday, May 31 –
A- 3:30 PM – Cynthia Connolly of the Ellipse Arts Center will talk with thread artists Mariah Johnson and Valerie Molnar. At Transformer 1404 P St. NW
