October 2 and Beyond…
Hello. As always, check the blog roll to your right, and consider confirming all events. For those new to the list, please think of making it a “favorite” and spreading the news.
Also, scroll down to the future – there may be events worth planning for, or making a res. far in advance – such as the Renwick event on Nov 9 or even the Kalb-Costas evening of Oct. 13.
As for now:
All Roads fimfest through Oct. 6 www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads
Duke Ellington Jazz Fest to Oct 7 www.dejazzfest.org
And, once again, for additions or corrections or just some love, reach out to glennsblog@aol.com
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 T = Theater
Thursday, October 2 - Biden-Palin Debate – who wudda thunk it?
A – 6 – 8 PM – Multi media exploration of the chemical elements – Studio Gallery 2108 R St.
F – 6:30 PM – “Abbott Thayer and the Art of Camouflage.” In the McEvoy aud of the SAAM, 8th and G NW, reception to follow, funded by the Vassar alumni Association.
L – 6:45 PM – Geo. Scheper of Johns Hopkins “The Inuit Culture Through Art and Film” Oops – $40 at the Ripley Center, but he is a Hopkins colleague….
F –8 PM – kick off of the Fall film series in the Ring Aud. of the Hirshhorn
Friday, October 3
F – “An American Carol” opens in area theaters. Any resemblance of the main character to Michael Moore is strictly intentional. I know the guy who wrote the film. If it is half as funny as he is, go!
F, L – 10:15 AM and 11:30 AM – Jim Henson’s daughter Heather will introduce and discuss outstanding puppet videos at the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center
M – Noon – classical concert at the Sumner School – 17th and M Sts. NW
A – First Friday gallery openings at Dupont Circle –
Gallery 10, Aaron Gallery, Washington Printmakers Gallery, all on CT Ave. Foundry Gallery at 1314 18th St. below Mass. Ave. NW and above N.
A – 6:30 – 9 PM – three artists “imagining Ireland” at the Arts Club of DC – 2017 I St. NW
A – 7 PM – Midnight – Closing party for the imaginative “Space Invaders” exhib. avant garde excellence - 7 PM –performance artist Holly Bass will provoke you 7:45 – she explains 8 PM – music and more http://www.dissidentdisplay.com/gallery/ 416 H St. NE Pinkline is a sponsor!
***A – 7-10 PM – PASS Gallery features several artists including Adams, Sesow, and Mahoney… In the alley behind 1617 S St. NW, but access alley from 17th St. above S….http://community-2.webtv.net/PASSGALLERY/FallGroupShow2008/ A two story converted garage – this is the real deal.
M – 8 PM – Jazz at Lisner Auditorium – Trumpeter Allen Vizutti backed by the Air Force Band!
M – 9:30 PM – small griot, hip hop MC and singer songwriter K’Naan will weave his magic at Nat’l Geographic – 1145 17th St. or M St. between 16th and 17th
October 4 – Saturday
Its celebrate Michael Phelps (remember him?) and Katie Hoff day up in Crabtown, including a party at Fort McHenry. Never been there? Shame! www.baltimore.org/Phelps
10:30 AM – 5 PM – October Fest at Mt Zion UMC Church – Rose Park – 26th and P Sts
11 AM – 5 PM – Tour of solar houses in the area. www.solartour.org
M – Noon -6 PM – Jazz n Families Fun Day. Sylvan Theater on Washington Monument Grounds. www.dejazzfest.org
M – 1 PM – Free master class with soprano Elizabeth Futral at the Levine School – 2801 Upton St. NW Res. required 202-686-8000 ext O.
A, M – 1-3 PM – Panelists will discuss the Latino contribution to art and culture – McEvoy aud of SAAM – 8th and G NW. Actor and art collector Cheech Marin will appear. Yes, he of Cheech and Chong!
***L – 1 PM – and I am very sorry to be missing this tribute to the truly legendary sports writer Sam Lacy, whom the better known legend Shirley Povich befriended and lionized during tumultuous times. Lacy was a friend of my father, and his son Tim and Dwayne Sims will discuss Lacy’s pivotal role of hounding the racism in baseball and aiding its demise. Historical Society of Washington, 810 K St. NW.
F, L – 1:30 PM – Jim Henson’s daughter Heather will introduce and discuss outstanding puppet videos at the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center. Reception follows. Yes, $10, but I worked a bit with her Dad, who started his career in this area. Who remembers “Sam and Friends?”
2 PM – Blessing of the pets, in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, at the Nat’l Cathedral www.nationalcathedral.org
A – 2 PM – Gallery talk for “Close Encounters: Facing the Future” at the AU Art Museum at the Katzen Center – www.american.edu/museum and www.brushfire.provisionslibrary.org
B – 4-6 PM – A.B. Spellman – “Things I Must Have Known” Busboys & Poets – 14th & V NW
Sunday, October 5 –
10 AM – 5 PM - Takoma Park Street Festival – put on your Birkenstocks and head to Carroll Ave at Laurel Ave. www.takomafestival.com
10 AM – 6 PM – Turkish festival – 13th to 14th Sts and PA. Ave. NW
A – 10 AM – 5 PM – 40 juried artists showcase their work, plus a kids tent and walk plus refreshments and entertainment. McLean Project for the Arts www.mpaarts.org
M – 10:30 AM and 1 PM – www.capitolhillcommunityfoundation.org
11 AM – 5 PM – Tour of solar houses in the area, redux. www.solartour.org
11 AM – 4 PM – Taste of Bethesda www.bethesda.org
M – Noon - 7:30 PM - Jazz on the Mall – The Duke Ellington Jazz fest. Sylvan Theater on Washington Monument Grounds. www.dejazzfest.org The amazing Taj Mahal will knock you out – blues to the max! McCoy Tyner and Dee Dee Bridgewater are great, too!
B -1 PM – Really good guy Ken Silverstein on his “Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship” at Politics and Prose
A – 2 PM – lecture – “Miro and Eroticism” – NGA E. bldg aud.
M – 3-7 PM – Teaching demonstration of flamenco in the Kogod Courtyard of the SAAM
F – 4:30 PM – Isaac Julien’s “Derek” NGA E. bldg aud.
Monday, October 6 –
D – 6 and 7:30 PM – Buddhist dance perf. by the Nepal Dance School. Nat’l Theater, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
F – 7 PM – “The Big Question” – a doc on the concept of forgiveness, featuring Chopra, Tutu, Shankar, a variety of elders, etc. Q and A follows. 6th and I Sts. NW Historic Synagogue. www.sixthandi.org
Tuesday, October 7 –
B – 10:30 AM – Nikki Giovanni at Politics and Prose
A, T – Noon – Alex Dumbadze on “Violence and Chris Burden.” I’ll be there – Burden stayed at my group house back in 1980. My rule – no weapons. Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center.
6:30 – 8 PM – Panel discussion with key players in “Bringing Back Eastern Market.” Goethe Institute, 7th and I Sts NW at Gallery Place. Res req. 202-289-11200 x 166 or rsvp@washington.goethe.org moderated by the superb Bill Gilcher www.adolf-cluss.org
B, P – 7 PM – the great Nikki Giovanni at McEvoy Aud. of SAAM. Res suggested. 202-633-8520
F – 7 PM – Weschler Theater of the Graydon Center at AU. – Charles Dunkerly’s meditation on the Homestead Act of 1862.
Wednesday, October 8 –
M – Noon - WPAS presents a cappella ensemble Reverb at the Harman Center, 610 F St. NW
October 9 , Thursday – Yom Kippur - ( day of fasting and repentance for our Jewish friends)
Opening of the run of “Citizen Josh” at Arena. A one man show worth seeing by my long time acquaintance Josh Kornbluth. A “red diaper baby” like myself, but he grew up in the Bronx and went to Princeton, the very definition of a fish out of water…. Yes, he finished four years but never got that diploma. Find out why and have some laughs along the way….
Also, opening day of the 3 day DC Labor Filmfest www.dclabor.org
A – 4-7 PM – Linda Hesh’s “For and Against” Installation – Washington Project for the Arts, 2023 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, (just west of Dupont Circle) – as part of their “Happenings” series http://www.wpadc.org/events/current.html Be a part of it!
Friday, October 10 –
B – 6-8 PM – “Development Redefined: How the Market Met It’s Match” Institute for Policy Studies head John Cavanaugh and AU prof Robin Broad at Busboys and Poets – 14th and V NW
Saturday, October 11 –
M – 1:30 PM – Pianist Alan Mandel in the glorious atrium of Anderson House of the Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Mass. Ave. NW, across from the Phillips, Cosmos Club, and Indian Embassy
1 – 4 PM – Herb Day at the Nat’l Arboretum. Learn to grow them, etc. Has to be a nice event, and if you haven’t been there, well…. 3501 New York Ave. NW www.usna.usda.gov
A – 3-5 PM – Studio Gallery at 2108 R St. NW
Monday, October 13 –
L – 8 PM – Marvin Kalb will talk sports with the Bob Costas, a great live performer. At the National Press Club. RSVP at www.kalb.gwu.edu or 202-994-6463. It will be full I assure you.
October 14 – Tuesday –
All day conference of the DCPA at the Kellogg Center of Gallaudet. www.dcpa.org
A – 7 PM – Artist talk by Barbara Bosworth at the McEvoy aud. of the SAAM, 8th and G Sts. NW
L - 7 PM – Political discussion with David Brooks, EJ Dionne, Douglas Brinkley and others. National Archives, Constitution Ave. entrance. Now the prolific Brinkley is listed as prime author on our WWII Memorial volume, but he does not list it among his works. Could it be because he was paid a flat fee and thus gets no royalties? Is it because he didn’t appreciate having his essay edited for content? You can ask him.. or me. Also, he is NOT the son of David Brinkley. That would be Columbia University professor and truly thoughtful guy Alan Brinkley.
October 16 – Thursday
L – 6-8 PM – German Historical Institute – Peter Hayes of Northwestern U. on “Corporate Freedom of Action in Nazi Germany” – 1607 New Hampshire Ave. NW
L – 6:45 PM – Carnegie Science Lecture – Simon Levin of Princeton on sharing of our biological environment. www.ciw.edu Carnegie Center – 16th and P Sts. NW
F – 8 PM – film in the Ring aud. of the Hirshhorn
October 17 – Friday
A – 6-8 PM – 9 artists including the brilliant Lily Cox Richard at the huge and wonderful Arlington Arts Center – 3550 Wilson Blvd. at the VA Square metro stop. Yes, I love the staff there, including Claire Huschle and Jeff Cudlin.
A – 6-8 PM – Studio Gallery 2108 R St. NW
A – 7-9 PM – at the DCAC, Michael Platt curates works by Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter on the subject of “Suspicious Activites.” 2438 18th St. NW
Sunday, October 19 –
1-4 PM – Foggy Bottom- West End block Party I St. between 23rd and 24th Sts. NW
A – 2 PM – Opening day lecture for exhib on Pompeii and the Roman villa. Guest curator Carol Mattusch will speak in the East Building aud – National Gallery
October 20, Monday –
B, M – 6:30 PM – “I, Johann Sebastian Bach” by Jean-Pierre Grivois. Goethe Institute rsvp@washington.goethe.org oe 202-289-1200 x 164
October 22 – Wednesday
A, B – 7 PM – NGA chief curator emeritus and collector extraordinaire John Wilmerding on “Tom Wesselman: Pop Artist, or Not?” Haven’t heard of the artist? This is your chance. Lecture is not at the NGA, though, but at Smithsonian American Art Museum – 8th and G NW
T – 7:30 PM – Pay what you can. World Premiere of “Honey Brown Eyes” at the DCJCC 16th and Q Sts. NW
October 23, Thursday
A – 5:30 PM – Wm. Wylie of UVA on Ansel Adams. McEvoy aud. of SAAM, 8th and G NW
T – 7:30 PM – Pay what you can. World Premiere of “Honey Brown Eyes” at the DCJCC 16th and Q Sts. NW
F – 8 PM – film in the Ring aud. of the Hirshhorn
October 24 – Friday
A – 6-9 PM – Tony Savoie at the Longview Gallery, 1302 9th St. NW
October 25, Saturday –
A – 4-6 PM – Studio Gallery, 2108 R St. NW
October 26, Sunday
A – 2 PM – Opening Day lecture for the Dutch Master Jan Lievens exhib. Arthur Wheelock will speak in the East Bldg. aud of the National Gallery
F – 4:30 – Jules Dassin’s fabulous heist film “Rififi.” The silent robbery scene is one of the greats in all of cinema. NGA E. bldg aud.
October 28, Tuesday –
L – 6:45 PM – the 2008 Balzan lecture by Enrico Bombieri of Princeton on “The Shifting Notion of Mathematical Truth.” Carnegie Science Center. 16th and P Sts. NW www.ciw.edu
L – 7 PM – Controversial, passionate, and brilliant AU Professor Allan Lichtman on “7 Days Until Tomorrow.” Yes, about the election. Katzen Center Recital Hall.
November 3, Monday
T – 7:30 PM – Pay what you can. Daniel Berrigan’s “Trial of the Catonsville 9” Church St. Theater, 1742 Church St. NW, DuPont Circle. You “sixties” types remember him and it, no?
November 9, Sunday –
A – 1-4 PM – Italian cultural afternoon at the Renwick with wine and cheese tastings and a tenor. SAAMprograms@si.edu or 202-633-8590
A – 7 PM – Noted critic Michael Kimmelman on “An American Abroad: Culture and Society in Europe” – McEvoy aud. SAAM, 8th and G NW
November 12, Wednesday
6:45 PM – Carnegie Science Lecture – Susan Kieffer of University of Illinois on Geysers of The Solar System – www.ciw.edu 16th and P Sts. NW
November 13-15 – Annual Conference of the DC Historical Society. Check it out!
November 13, Thursday
A, F – 6 PM – one hour of great video art. Works of Wm. Wegman, Leslie Thorton, and Martha Rosler. McEvoy aud. SAAM, 8th and G Sts. NW
F – 8 PM – film in the Ring aud. of the Hirshhorn
November 16, Sunday
A – 3 PM – Judah Best on The Mysteries of Art Theft – McEvoy aud. of SAAM, 8th and G NW.
November 17 – Monday
L – 7 PM – Wm. and Mary History Prof. Mapp on British Imperial Perspectives on the 7 Years War (which is called here “The French and Indian War.”) In the glorious atrium of Anderson House of the Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Mass. Ave. NW, across from the Phillips, Cosmos Club, and Indian Embassy
November 18 –
P – 8 PM – The amazing Carolyn Forche will read in the Copley Lounge at GeorgetownUniversity. 202-687-7435 . And she should be happy – This delicate but iron willed artist loathed the Bush administration and its fellow travelers….
November 20 – Thursday
L – 6-8 PM – German Historical Institute – Chris Buchheim of Mannheim U. on “The Economic Dev. of
Germany in the 3rd Reich: A Comparison with the Post WWII Period” - 1607 New Hampshire Ave. NW
November 21, Friday –
All Day – Re-opening of the Nat’l Museum of American History!
Saturday, November 22 – 45 year anniversary of the death of President Kennedy
M – 1:30 PM –The US Air Force Chamber Players, in the glorious atrium of Anderson House of the Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Mass. Ave. NW, across from the Phillips, Cosmos Club, and Indian Embassy
November 23, Sunday –
T, D, A, F – All Day – Source Theater Open House, 1835 14th St. NW www.sourcedc.org
December 2, Tuesday –
All Day – On the 145th anniversary of the completion of the Capitol Dome, grand opening of the new
Capitol Visitor Center. Who cares if it cost more than the building of the Capitol itself? www.aoc.gov/cvc
December 4, Thursday –
L – 6-8 PM – German Historical Institute – Jan-Otmar Hesse of Gottingen U. – Between Science and Politics: Economics and National Socialism – 1607 New Hampshire Ave. NW
6-8:30 PM – A “Gilded Christmas” Open House in the glorious Anderson House of the Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Mass. Ave. NW, across from the Phillips, Cosmos Club, and Indian Embassy
December 13, Saturday -
M – 1:30 PM –Vocal ensembles Illuminaire and Carmina, in the glorious atrium of Anderson House of the Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Mass. Ave. NW, across from the Phillips, Cosmos Club, and Indian Embassy
January 28, Tuesday
F – 6:45 PM – documentary on memory expert and Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel Carnegie Science
Center – 16th and P Sts. NW Dr. Kandel and filmmaker Petra Seeger will do Q and A.
January 29, Wednesday
L – 6:45 PM – Carnegie Science Lecture – Steven Beckwith, VP of Research for the University of California (see you there, Steve Ransdell?) on the Big Bang and its aftermath – The First 2 billion years. www.ciw.edu 16th and P Sts. NW
February 12, Thursday
L – 6:45 PM – Carnegie Science Lecture – Margaret Tolbert of the University of Colorado on What we can learn from Saturn’s moons www.ciw.edu 16th and P Sts. NW
