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Wednesday, January 6
Lunchtime - Gallery Talk at the NMWA - Metro Center
Gallery Talk: Womanimal
12:00pm - 12:30pm
These bite-size lunchtime talks are offered every Wednesday. This week, Director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center Heather Slania discusses selections from the special exhibition Womanimal: Zine Art by Caroline Paquita. During each talk, museum staff members facilitate interactive conversations, encouraging visitors to look closely and investigate the mediums, techniques and overarching themes of special exhibitions and works from the museum’s collection. Note: Talk is free but if you want to tour the museum before or after, regular admission applies.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave, NW
Metro: Metro Center, use the 13th St exit and up two blocks to NY Ave or take one of many buses that go to 13th & H St
Lunchtime - Gallery Talk at the National Gallery of Art West Building - Archives
Gallery Talk: American Art and Literature: Winslow Homer and Herman Melville
repeats daily Wednesday, January 6 - Friday, January 8
and additional dates thru Friday, January 22
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Permanent collection gallery talk given by Eric Denker, staff lecturer, National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
West Building, Main Floor, Rotunda
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
Afternoon - Gallery Talk at the National Gallery of Art West Building - Archives
Gallery Talk: Louise Bourgeois: No Exit
repeats on Thursday and daily Monday, January 11 - Wednesday, January 13
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Exhibition gallery talk given by Diane Arkin, staff lecturer, National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
West Building, Main Floor, Rotunda
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
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Thursday, January 7
Morning - Chamber Music Concert at the Strathmore Mansion - Grosvenor. MD
Friday Morning Music Club Concert
11:00am - 12:00pm
Members of the Friday Morning Music Club perform works by Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Piazzolla.
Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane - North Bethesda, MDMetro: Grosvenor
Lunchtime - Signature Theatre newcomers speak about their experiences - Shirlington, VA
Inside Signature with MaryJoanna Grisso and Sean Ewing
1:00pm
Signature newcomers Sean Ewing (Bernardo) and MaryJoanna Grisso (Maria) from West Side Story speak about their experiences.
Signature Theatre
in the Mead Lobby
4200 Campbell Ave - Arlington, VA
Metro: Pentagon and take the 7A, 7F, 22A, 25A, 25D, or ART 87 bus to the Shirlington Bus Station. See metro trip-planner for the best route to get to “Shirlington Bus Station.” Walk towards Campbell Avenue and make a left. The Theatre will be at the end of the street. You can also take an uber or lyft from Pentagon City for $10 or less. See uber and lyfy promotions for new users below.
Lunchtime - Gallery Talk at the National Gallery of Art West Building - Archives
Gallery Talk: American Art and Literature: Winslow Homer and Herman Melville
repeats daily Wednesday, January 6 - Friday, January 8
and additional dates thru Friday, January 22
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Permanent collection gallery talk given by Eric Denker, staff lecturer, National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
West Building, Main Floor, Rotunda
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
Afternoon - Gallery Talk at the National Gallery of Art West Building - Archives
Gallery Talk: Louise Bourgeois: No Exit
repeats on Thursday and daily Monday, January 11 - Wednesday, January 13
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Exhibition gallery talk given by Diane Arkin, staff lecturer, National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
West Building, Main Floor, Rotunda
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
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Friday, January 8
Lunchtime - Chamber Music Concert at Calvary Church in Chinatown - Gallery Pl
Friday Morning Music Club Concert
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Members of the Friday Morning Music Club perform works by Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven.
Calvary Baptist Church
755 8th St NW
between H St & G St NW
enter in the building next to the church
Metro: Gallery Pl - Chinatown
Lunchtime - Gallery Talk at the National Gallery of Art West Building - Archives
Gallery Talk: American Art and Literature: Winslow Homer and Herman Melville
repeats daily Wednesday, January 6 - Friday, January 8
and additional dates thru Friday, January 22
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Permanent collection gallery talk given by Eric Denker, staff lecturer, National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
West Building, Main Floor, Rotunda
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
Early Evening - Opening Reception at Gallery Underground - Crystal City, VA
Winter Light Opening and Reception
5:00pm - 7:00pm
On view Monday, January 4 - Saturday, January 30
Gallery Hours: M-F 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-2pm
Come out to Crystal City for January's Opening Reception at Gallery Underground featuring “Winter Light” in the Focus Gallery and new Members Show including sculpture, glass, ceramics, jewelry, watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed media. Also featured this month is watercolorist Lauren Marcott (watercolors), and a tribute to well-known painters Jackson Pollack and Wassily Kandinsky.
Gallery Underground
Crystal City Shops
2100 Crystal Drive - Arlington, VA
Metro: Crystal City
Evening - Opening Reception at the Arts Club of Washington - Farragut West or Foggy Bottom
A Creative Century: The Beginings: Opening Reception
6:30pm - 8:30pm
“A Creative Century: The Beginnings” is an exhibition designed to celebrate the Arts Club’s history as it begins its centennial year. The sub title “The Beginnings” refers to both the exhibition’s focus on the early history of the Club and to the hope that this exhibition will stimulate interest in viewers to delve further into the many extraordinary aspects of the Club’s history in all of the arts. In addition to displaying archival photographs and other Club memorabilia as part of the exhibition, at least one hundred paintings, drawings, and prints from the Club’s permanent collection will be on display, with a particular emphasis on works by early members of the Club.
Arts Club of Washington
2017 I St NW
Metro: Farragut West is closest, 18th St exit, or you can walk from Foggy Bottom - GWU
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Saturday, January 9
Afternoon - Iranian Film Screening at the NGA East Building - Archives
The Cow
1:00pm - 2:45pm
(Dariush Mehrjui, 1969, DCP, subtitles, 104 minutes)
“There are other films about men and cows, but unlike The Cow they can hardly be called love stories, nor are they works that so powerfully explore madness, solitude, and obsession. This milestone of Iranian New Wave cinema tells the story of a poor villager (played by stage actor Ezzatolah Entazami in one of Iranian film’s greatest performances) whose only source of joy and livelihood is his cow, which provides milk for the village. (Not surprisingly, when the film came out, the Left believed that the ‘milk’ symbolized oil.) One night the cow is mysteriously killed, and that’s when the madness, or transformation, begins” — Ehsan Khoshbakht. Restored digital print courtesy of National Film Archive of Iran.
National Gallery of Art
East Building Auditorium
4th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
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Sunday, January 10
Morning & Afternoon - Kid-Friendly Tour and Treasure Hunt - Anacostia
12 Years Tours to Treasure
11:00am-12:00pm & 2:00pm-3:00pm
Recommended for families and children ages 6 and up
"Families enjoy a docent-led tour of the exhibition Twelve Years That Shook and Shaped Washington (1963–1975). Afterwards kids can go on a self-guided treasure hunt with an exhibition family guide to test their knowledge. They’ll receive a free gift for completing the hunt.
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
1901 Fort Place, SE
Metro: Anacostia and take a bus, taxi, uber, or lyft. See metro trip-planner for bus access. See uber and lyft promotions for new users below.
Late Afternoon - Concert featuring Spanish Influences on Classical Music - Arlington, VA
Arlington Philharmonic Ritmos Festivos
3:00pm
Arlington Philharmonic, Arlington's professional symphony orchestra, presents a family friendly concert featuring Spanish influences on classical music from the Old World to the New. The repertoire includes Borne's Carmen Fantasy, a flute solo based on Bizet's themes, directly from Spanish folk influence. The flute solo will be performed by Aaron Goldman. North America will be represented by Gershwin's Cuban Overture and Moncayo's Mexican dance (Huapango). The Argentine Ginastera's thrilling suite from Estancia and the Brazilian Villa-Lobos's Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 take us to South America.
Wakefield High School
1325 S Dinwiddie St - Arlington, VA
Metro: Metro and take a taxi, uber, or lyft. See metro trip-planner for bus access. See uber and lyft promotions for new users below.
Late Afternoon - Classical Piano Concert at the NGA West Building - Archives
Concert: Yael Weiss, pianist
3:30pm
Program: Auerbach, Ludwig’s Nightmare; Beethoven, Sonata in C Minor, op. 111; Schubert, Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960
National Gallery of Art
West Building, West Garden Court
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
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