October 15 and beyond!
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The Philip Barlow classification system
A = Art opening or art lecture L = Non-Art Lecture
B = Book Talk M = Music
D = Dance P = Poetry (Grace C. insists!)
F = Film T = Theater
October 15, Wednesday –
Noon and 1:30 PM – back to back book talks on the Lincoln Assassination – both focusing on a Surratt. Jefferson Rm. of the National Archives. Constitution Ave. ground level entrance.
T – 7:30 PM - Twelve solo performances of five minutes each by local performance artists, including the likes of Hilary Kacser, all under the tutelage of the amazing Laura Zam, at the DCAC’s Black Box Theater at 2438 18th St. NW just below Columbia Rd., and next to Millie and Al’s. Yes, you will be home in time for that last (thank God!) debate. Res. suggested – 202-462-7833 www.laurazam.com
8 PM – Annual faculty reading to benefit Food and Friends. Board room Butler Pavilion of AU –
October 16 – Thursday
T – Free Day of Theater – Possibly too late, but did you go to http://www.freenightoftheater.net/shows/show_listings.cfm?region=23 ?
A – 11 AM – 7 PM – Open house at the ARTiculate Gallery of WVSA 1100 16th St. NW
F – 5:30 PM – 1996 documentary “Nasser 56” on the months before and after the nationalization of the Suez Canal and the war it promulgated. Rm 241 of Geo’town U’s intercultural center . www.ccas.georgetown.edu
F – 5:30 PM - The amazing Marco Williams will present his documentary “Banished” about 3 US towns that expelled their African American populations a t the start of the 20th century. Wechsler Theater in the Mary Graydon Center on the AU quad. 202-885-5950
A, B – 6 PM – Historian Dan Ward discusses Edward Biberman’s Dashiell Hammett portrait at the Nat’l Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Sts. NW
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
A – 6-9 PM – Laurel Hausler at Nevin Kelly – 1517 U St. NW
A – 6-8 PM – Mary Page Evans at Addison-Ripley, 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW near R.
**A – 6-10 PM – 75 artists present their work at WPA’s annual Art Night – in the hip 3 story space of Hickok Cole Architects – 1023 31st St. NW near the Georgetown waterfront. Half of each art sale will benefit the WPA. A fine event!
**B – 6:30 PM – fabulous panel of writers from Harper’s mag, includes local great guy Ken Silverstein, plus Barbara Ehrenreich and others. Should be a feast. Busboys and Poets – 14th and V Sts. NW
P – 6:45 PM – Poet Laureate of the United States Kay Ryan reads from her work. Madison Bldg. of the Library of Congress – Mumford Rm. – 101 Independence Ave. SE
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, M – 7 PM – Documentary “Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia.” Coolidge Aud. in the Jefferson (main) Bldg. of the Library of Congress
M, L – 7:30 PM – Saul Lillienstein on “Wagner and Brahms” and their interlocking relationship. Rm. 310, Media and Public Affairs bldg at GW – 805 21st St. NW
F, D, M, A – 8 PM – Sorry, Mr. Alpert (there will be a seat for you!), but I have to promote this performance art film about Marina Abramovic, the legendary Serbian Jewish artist and considered by many to be the “mother “ of performance art. Ring aud. of the Hirshhorn. And let’s remember that the Serbs were US Allies in WWII, and were far far less genocidal than their immediate neighbors during that era, when hundreds of thousands were murdered.., infinitely more than in recent conflicts…
October 17 – Friday
L – 12:30 PM – Dan Leipziger, the very smooth yet outspoken World Bank VP for poverty reduction and economc development”(don’t you love that title, and does this guy have his work cut out for him or what!) res. req. at the Rome Building aud. of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Int’l Studies, 1619 Mass. Ave. NW - 202-663-5943.
L – 2 PM – Prof. Stephen Brown on “The Role of Metaphysics in Theology According to Godfrey of Fontaines.” Aquinas Hall aud. of Catholic U. Yes, I just wanted to type “Godfrey of Fontaines.”
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 – 6-8 PM – Drawings by Nicole Lenzi at Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW
A – 6-8 PM – “Architects Fired!” at Cross MacKenzie. Experimental ceramic works by DC area architects. Each was given 12 pounds of earthware to fashion a piece. 1034 31st St. NW in Canal Square.
L – 7 PM – Thom Mann of Brookings will moderate a panel on “Technology, Elections, and Electronic Voting.” Anyone worried about election fraud and mismanagement? Nat’l Archives – ground floor entrance at front of the bldg….
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 www.dcartscenter.org
P – 7:30 PM – Yes, $12 to hear Hardison prize recipient Mary Kinzie read at the Folger Shakespeare Library (worth it just to see the bldg!) but I knew Hardison and he was a wonderful person and scholar. 201 E. Capitol St. SE.
Saturday, October 18 –
9 AM – 2 PM – 150th birthday celebration of Theodore Roosevelt, at Roosevelt Island. Games, cake, and a 10 AM lecture by Roger Di Silvestro about TR’s legacy as a conservationist.
B – 10 AM – 4 PM – your chance to get into the State Dept. Bldg – for the Foreign Service assoc. book fair! 2201 C St. NW in the exhibit hall of the Truman bldg.
L – 10 AM – “Not your grandmother’s canning.” Ed Bruske demonstrates easy, minimal equipment, modern canning techniques. Historical Society of Washington, DC. 801 K St. NW
B – 11 AM – Noon – The great Sylvia Earle will discuss her new book on the oceans in Baird aud. of the Museum of Natural History
F – Noon – National Geographic Grosvenor aud – M St. between 16th and 17th - the wonderful
“Whale Rider.”
Noon – 4 PM – Murch Elementary school “Fall Art Fair and Flea Market” 36th and Davenport NW. Still a great event, even though uber parent organizer Ed Gold, super art teacher Georgia Stockdale have retired, and the Kempner kids have graduated….
A – 2 PM – Panel discussion with artists on how one depicts torture – AU Museum at the Katzen Center – also last chance to see the amazing exhibition of political art
F – 2:30 PM – Jules Dassin’s great “Phaedra” at the East Bldg aud. of the NGA. Yes, based on the Euripides “Hippolytus.
A – 3-4 PM – Scott Ruby will discuss “Fragile Persuasion” Russian Porcelain and the Fine Art of Propaganda.” You got to like that title! And it is a “donation suggested” at the Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Garden. You know you want to go there! 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807
A - 3-6 PM – Fun benefit for the Washington Animal Rescue League – $10 at Nevin Kelly, 1517 U St. NW, plus a Percentage of each sale goes to WARL. Costumes are encouraged – a good test for Halloween. What will gallery owner Nevin wear?
T – 4 PM – Free reading of the new play by Dan McIvor, whose “A Beautiful View” is currently playing. Studio Theater, 14th and P Sts. NW
A – 4 PM – tour of the provocative exhibitions at the AU Museum in the Katzen Center
A – 4-6 PM – Studio Gallery, 2108 R St. NW
A – 6-8 PM – “Regime Change Begins at Home” www.irvinecontemporary.com
A – 6:30-8:30 PM - Many artists exploring the theme of “black.” No, not that. Black as in the absence of reflected light. Yes, there will be a Franz Kline. And a Stella, Serra, Ruschka, Gilliam, and our fabulous hostess, Annie at G Fine Arts, 1515 14th St. NW (yes, where I met my wife!)
M, P – 7 PM – res. required at 202-785-1997 for the Nat;l League of American Pen Women’s “Abrahan Lincoln in Poetry and Song.” Pen Arts Bldg., 1300 17th St. NW. Yes, 2009 is the Bicentennial of Lincoln’s birthday, so get ready for a plethora of events about this ever more astonishing man. Fun fact – the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in 1922, and that is four score and seven years before this bicentennial. OK, I’ll stop now…
Sunday, October 19 –
B – 10 AM – 4 PM – another chance to get into the State Dept. Bldg – for the Foreign Service assoc. book fair! 2201 C St. NW in the exhibit hall of the Truman bldg.
L – 10:10 AM – Eboo Patel, founder of a noted interfaith Youth org. in Chicago, at the Washington National Cathedral.
Noon – 5 PM – Dupont Circle House Tour – well, it is 25 or 30 smacks, but since Gerald Allan Schwinn talked me into working at one of the houses (1916 S St. NW), I’m listing it! www.dupont-circle.org
Noon – 4 PM – Key Elementary School’s Harvest Festival. 5001 Dana Pl. NW
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
F – 3 PM – res. req. at the DCJCC 202-939-0794 – if you missed the screening at Busboys, ITVS gives you another chance to see “Lioness,” a documentary on American women serving in Iraq and what they find upon returning home.
T – 4 PM – Again, a free reading of the new play by Dan McIvor, whose “A Beautiful View” is currently playing. Studio Theater, 14th and P Sts. NW
F – 4:30 PM – NGA East bldg aud. DC premiere of the French feature“The Last Underground” on Muslim workers in a remote industrial site outside Paris, and the grim complications which arise.
October 20, Monday –
Noon – 2 PM – Flu and Pneumonia shots available at the Metropolitan United Methodist Church near Ward Circle, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. No, not free unless you have Medicare Part B card. 202-363-4900.
T, L – 6 PM and 7:30 PM – “Swift to My Wounded” Bill Largess portrays Walt Whitman, who tended the wounded during the Civil War in downtown DC. Nat’l Theater, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
B – 6 PM – John Podesta in the Samuel Gompers Room at the AFL-CIO HQ on 16th and I Sts. NW Worth it just to see the Gompers Room! And they tend to have a nice spread, too….
B, M – 6:30 PM – “I, Johann Sebastian Bach” by Jean-Pierre Grivois. Goethe Institute rsvp@washington.goethe.org or 202-289-1200 x 164
L – 7 PM – “dream” program for foreign policy buffs? Brzezinski, Scowcroft, and Ignatius on “Picking Up The Pieces: America and the World”Three international guests will respond – Bishop Mwamba, Haili Cao, and Karim Sadjadpour, and then a wrap-up by Tom “ I was totally wrong about Iraq for four years and my globalism analyses are anecdotal and facile but people still buy my books” Friedman. Washington National Cathedral.
7 PM – Doran McGrath of GW and Iris Miller of Catholic discuss Community Development in Old Anacostia. Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum. 1901 Fort Pl. NE. 202-633-4875 or acmrsvp@si.edu This would be a good evening for your first visit to this museum.
Tuesday, October 21 –
B – 10:30 AM – the fun David Macaulay at Politics and Prose
**F – 6-8:30 PM – Terrific guy and filmmaker William Kavanaugh will screen and discuss his remarkable film “Brick by Brick, “ which follows the several year process of a community and the battle about affordable housing. Building 38, UDC law School – Van Ness metro stop,
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
L – 7:00 PM – “Growing up Montessori” David Kahn, Exec. Dir. Of North American Montessori Teachers Assoc. (wonder how many there are? I’ll research that..) illustrated talk at the Visitor’s Center at the National Zoo. www.aidanmontessori.org
L – 7-8:30 Pm – Experts will discuss new techniques dealing with female incontinence. Res. rq. At GW Hospital – Washington Circle. 888-449-3627
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
5:30-7:30 – Adults only community open house and reception to inaugurate the new building at the Hardy Middle School – your tax dollars at work! - 1819 35th St. NW rsvp 202-729-4350
A – 5:30 PM – Wm. Wylie of UVA on Ansel Adams. McEvoy aud. of SAAM, 8th and G NW
A – 6 PM – Amy Baskette will give gallery talk on Ernest Hamlin Baker’s portrait of Howard Hughes. Nat’l Portrait Gallery – 8th and F Sts. NW
T – 7:30 PM – another 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 www.longviewgallery.com
A – 7-11 PM – hip art opening and panel in Georgetown. 1251 Wisconsin Ave. NW Those www.artwhino.com guys are at it again!
October 25, Saturday –
B – 10 AM – 4 PM – another chance to get into the State Dept. Bldg – for the Foreign Service assoc. book fair! 2201 C St. NW in the exhibit hall of the Truman bldg.
A – 2 PM – Panel discussion with artists on how one depicts torture – AU Museum at the Katzen Center – also last chance to see the amazing exhibition of political art
A – 4-6 PM – Studio Gallery, 2108 R St. NW
A – 6 – midnight – another extravaganza by www.artwhino.com at National Harbor. C’mon – you have wanted to check out Nat’l Harbor, haven’t you?
M – 8 PM – midnight – The Hee Bee Gee Bees play at Casa Fiesta – 4910 Wisconsin Ave. NW
October 26, Sunday
Marine Corps Marathon – beware road closings!
B – 10 AM – 4 PM – last chance to get into the State Dept. Bldg – for the Foreign Service assoc. book fair! 2201 C St. NW in the exhibit hall of the Truman bldg.
1 PM – Historical tour of Woodley Park (yes, my new ‘hood) – 2661 Conn. Ave. NW
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 – Balzan Lecture at Carnegie www.ciw.edu - 16th and P NW
L – 7 PM – Controversial, passionate, and brilliant AU Professor Allan Lichtman on “7 Days Until Tomorrow.” Yes, about the election. Katzen Center Recital Hall at AU.
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 – Tuesday
B – 6-8 PM – National Press Club’s amazing Book Fair – over 40 authors peddling their books and willing to personally inscribe. A must for bibliophiles. The later you go, the less crowded it is and the greater chance to gab with an author, who may or may not be testy by then… Nat’l Press Club – 14th below F
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 Development 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!
A – 6:30 PM – Andrea Pollan at the Hirshhorn on Robert Irwin!!!
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
