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Wednesday, April 30th
Lunchtime - Gallery Talk at NMWA - Metro Center
Gallery Talk: Equal Exposure
12:00pm - 12:30pm
"Fight for your right! Looking for some artistic and intellectual nourishment during your lunch break? Join us on Wednesdays for short gallery talks to explore highlights from special exhibitions and NMWA’s collection with museum staff. This week, Director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center Heather Slania discusses selections from the Equal Exposure: Anita Steckel’s Fight Against Censorship special exhibition." Note: Talk is free, if you want to tour the museum before or after, admission applies.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Meet at Information Desk
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Metro: Metro Center or take any number of buses that go to 13th & H St NW
See more free events and exhibits on view on the "Free in DC" Inside Out page on CultureCapital.com!
Thursday, May 1st
Morning - Chamber Music Concert at the Strathmore Mansion - North Bethesda, MD
Friday Morning Music Club: Chamber Concert
11:00am - 12:00pm
Friday Morning Music Club members perform as part of this weekly concert series. See program details here.
Strathmore Mansion
10701 Rockville Pike - Bethesda, MD (map)Metro: Grosvenor, walk across the street, to the left when you exit the metro, or take the bridge across from the garage, the Mansion is on the grassy hill to the left of the main Strathmore building
Evening - Lecture at UMD - College Park, MD
Homer's Iliad: An Anti-War Manifesto
7:30pm
Can Homer's Iliad, seen for centuries as exalting the glory of the warrior, be read as an anti-war statement? To what extent does it call into question the code its characters live by? This discussion of Homer's epic will feature perspectives from actor Denis O'Hare, Combat Paper Project founder Drew Cameron, UMD Classicist and Homerist Lillian Doherty and emergency medicine physician and combat veteran Sudip Bose, who founded the organization The Battle Continues after his 15-month deployment to the front lines during the Iraq War.
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Stadium Drive, UMD - College Park, MD
Metro: College Park and take a bus or taxi
Evening - Chamber Ensemble Concert - Archives
The President's Own Marine Band Chamber Ensemble
7:00pm
Established by an Act of Congress in 1798, The United States Marine Band Chamber Ensemble is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. The Marine Band is uniquely known as “The President’s Own” because of its historic connection to the President of the United States. This performance will include music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Rodgers, and others.
National Archives
between 7th & 9th on Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
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Friday, May 2nd
Lunchtime - Chamber Music Concert - Chinatown
Friday Morning Music Club: Chamber Concert
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Members of the Friday Morning Music Club perform. See program details here.
Calvary Baptist Church
755 8th St NW - between H & G
Metro: Gallery Pl - Chinatown
Images courtesy of Book Hill Galleries
Early Evening - Spring Art Walk - Upper Georgetown
Book Hill Galleries Spring Art Walk
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Presented by Robert Brown Gallery
The Georgetown Galleries on Book Hill invite you to our Spring Season Art Walk. Each of the six galleries, including Addison/Ripley Fine Arts (1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW), Maurine Littleton Gallery(1667 Wisconsin Ave. NW), Neptune Fine Art(1662 33 St. NW), Robert Brown Gallery (1662 33 St. NW) and Susan Fine Arts (1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW), will launch a fine art exhibition and host an evening stroll in one of the most beautiful parts of the city. Start the spring with a night of art, fun and refreshments while supporting the arts in DC.
Neptune Fine Art
1662 33rd St, NW
Upper Georgetown, just south of R St
Metro: Foggy Bottom or Dupont Circle and take a bus, or take a bus south from Tenleytown, please see metro trip-planner for best bus access from where you are coming
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Saturday, May 3rd
Afternoon/ Evening - Art Opening at Gallery plan b - 14th St/Logan Circle
Art by Kevin H. Adams
New Paintings by Kevin H. Adams
2:00pm - 8:00pm
Note: This exhibit is only on view for a few days!
On view Thursday, May 1st - Sunday, May 4th
Kevin H. Adams will be presenting a mini-show of his newest works. In his 5th solo show at Gallery plan b, Adams’ work continues to show his ability to capture light and sense of place in his oil paintings.
Gallery plan b
1530 14th St NW
Metro: U St or McPherson Sq and take the Circulator bus to 14th & RI Ave/ P St or walk, also
walking distance from Dupont Circle
Late Afternoon - Opening Reception for Art Exhibit at NVCC - Alexandria, VA
Kimberly DiNatale "Meditations on the Boundless" Acrylic Paintings on Yupo Paper
4:00pm - 6:00pm
On view Friday, May 2nd - Sunday, June 8th
Image Title: “Ocean” Acrylic on Yupo Paper
112w x 60h inches Photo credit: Kimberly DiNatal
Opening for Meditations on the Boundless, an exhibition of acrylic paintings on yupo paper by Kimberly DiNatale.
Fisher Art Gallery - Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall
at NoVa Community College
3001 North Beauregard St - Alexandria, VA
Metro: See metro trip-planner for best bus access from metro. Driving? Paarking available in the Beauregard Garage $2 per hour.
Early Evening - Opening Reception at the Goethe - Chinatown
Search for a New Sound. The Blue Note Photographs of Francis Wolff
6:00pm - 8:00pm
On view Saturday, May 3rd - Thursday, July 3rd
Regular Gallery hours: Mon-Thr 9am-5pm; Fri 9am-3pm
Organized by the German Historical Institute, the Goethe-Institut, the Kennedy Center, and the Library of Congress - this one is a citywide celebration at various venues! Co-curator Tom Evered joins the Goethe-Institut and the German Historical Institute for the opening reception of Search for a New Sound. The Blue Note Photographs of Francis Wolff. The event will include a performance by acclaimed pianist Jason Moran, the Kennedy Center’s Artistic Advisor for Jazz and current Blue Note Records artist. Read more about the events related to this exhibit here.
Goethe-Institut
812 Seventh St NW
Metro: Gallery Pl - Chinatown or take the Circulator bus to 7th & Mass and walk south on 7th
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Sunday, May 4th
Afternoon - Outdoor Family-Friendly Celebration of Spring - Grosvenor, MD
May Revels
12:00pm - 4:00pm
An outdoor family festival celebrating spring, featuring performances of traditional music and dance, processions, a crowning of the May Queen, mummers plays, children’s activities, food, crafts, sing-alongs, and audience participation - even in the May Pole Dance! Read more here.
Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane - North Bethesda, MD
Metro: Grosvenor
Afternoon - Poetry & Literary Reading - Bethesda, MDPoetry from Broadkill Press and Broadkill River Press
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Reading by several poets published by the Broadkill Press and Broadkill River Press. Readers include Jamie Brown, Martin Galvin, Joyce Gaines-Friedler, Sid Gold, Mary Ann Larkin, Amanda Newell, Laura Brylawski-Miller, Richard Peabody, and Grant Clauser. The reading will be followed by a reception and book signing.
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St - Bethesda, MD
Metro: Bethesda, elevator exit is closest
Late Afternoon - Author Talk at the JCC - Rockville, MD
Author Discussion with David Laskin4:00pm
David Laskin, bestselling author, will discuss his book “The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century” at The JCC of Greater Washington in Rockville.
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
6125 Montrose Rd - Rockville, MD
Metro: White Flint and walk, bus or taxi, about a two minute drive or a twenty minute walk
Daytime - Family-Friendly Open House at Artisphere - Rosslyn, VA
Spring Family Day Open House
12:00pm- 4:00pm
In celebration of spring, Artisphere will host a day of free fun and interactive art for the entire family. Programming will include two performances of Happenstance Theatre’s Pinot & Augustine, two sets by The Grandsons Jr., splotch monster art-making with artist Steve Loya, glitter and temporary tattoos with Tina Seamonster and Zumba ® Kids! Read more details about the day here.
Fun for all ages and a sure-fire 45-minute crowd-pleaser, Happenstance Theatre’s Pinot and Augustineis a classic, family-friendly clown duo inspired by the golden age of Circus. Pinot is the authoritarian clown in fancy clothes and white cone hat. Augustine is the appealing red-nosed bumbler who punctures his pomposity. Their show bubbles over with physical comedy, virtuosity and musical surprises from the sublime to the ridiculous: from lyrical melodies on a musical saw to pratfalls and a whoopee cushion.
Artisphere
1101 Wilson Blvd - Arlington, VA
Metro: Rosslyn
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Monday, May 5th
Evening - Concert Reading at Source - 14th St/ U St
Yank! The Musical
7:30pm
Yank! (the hit Off-Broadway musical) tells the story of Stu, a scared Midwestern kid who gets drafted for World War II in 1943, and becomes a photographer for Yank Magazine, the journal 'for and by the servicemen.' Yank! has a score that pays homage to the 1940s and explores what it means to be a man, and what it is to fall in love and struggle. Presented by Rainbow Theatre Project, which is committed to being the premiere theatre for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in the Nation’s Capital by presenting plays and musicals that reflect the unique experiences, interests and history of the LGBT community.
Source Theatre
1835 14th St, NW
Metro: U St or take the Circulator bus to 14th & U or any bus along 14th St to T St
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Tuesday, May 6th
Evening - Play Reading at Undercroft Theatre - Chinatown/ Mt Vernon Sq
A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch & JB Priestley
7:00pm
Presented by Washington Stage Guild
"A comedy drama co-written by the brilliant Iris Murdoch and Priestley, author of the Stage Guild's smash hit "An Inspector Calls." The Stage Guild free reading series is a favorite with our audiences."
Undercroft Theatre
900 Massachusetts Ave NW
Metro: Mt Vernon Sq - Convention Center or Gallery Pl - Chinatown or take the Circulator bus to the stop closest to 9th & Mass
Evening - Concert at NoVa Community College - Alexandria, VA
The Alexandria Band and the NOVA Community Chorus
Band and Choral Music Concert featuring The Alexandria Band and the NOVA Community Chorus. Free performance, donations appreciated.
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall
at NoVa Community College
3001 North Beauregard St - Alexandria, VA
Metro: See metro trip-planner for best bus access from metro
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