SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras Thru April 15 Architecture Month: April 2018 Presented by the District Architecture Center

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras Thru April 15 Architecture Month: April 2018 Presented by the District Architecture Center"

Corey Spencer
6 years ago
Views:

Kennedy Center and Washington Performing Arts, collaborate to present SHIFT, a week-long spotlight on North American orchestras of all sizes.

Architecture Month: April 2018 Presented by the District Architecture Center April is Architecture Month featuring behind the scenes tours, interactive lectures, and exclusive parties throughout

1 Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe to the CultureCapital.com Insider Hot Hits & Hidden Jewels Openings Last Chance Limited Engagement One-Nite-Only Free SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras Thru April 15 Two premier presenting organizations, The Kennedy Center and Washington Performing Arts, collaborate to present SHIFT, a week-long spotlight on North American orchestras of all sizes. The festival is composed of mini-residencies, pop-up concerts and full-orchestra concerts. Ticketed and Free events. Check here for complete schedule. Architecture Month: April 2018 Presented by the District Architecture Center April is Architecture Month featuring behind the scenes tours, interactive lectures, and exclusive parties throughout Washington, DC. These public events shine a spotlight on Washington's design culture for architecture enthusiasts of all ages. The Ugly Duckling Saturday, April 10 am Saturday, April 12 pm Saturday, April 3 pm Sunday, April 12 pm Sunday, April 3 pm Olney Theatre Center Olney, MD In the folk traditions of other cultures, different animals also learn the lesson of the ''ugly duckling.'' This show unites the classic ugly duckling with the Burmese mole that hates dirt and the Inuit bald eagle with a full head of hair. Grades K-5 Produced by Virginia Rep On Tour. Lee Mingwei - Sonic Blossom Wednesday, April 12 pm Thursday, April 12 pm Friday, April 12 pm

Saturday, April 14 @ 12 pm Sunday, April 15 @ 12 pm Monday, April 16 @ 12 pm Tuesday, April 17 @ 12 pm Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Washington, DC In celebration of the museum s 50th

portrayal. Timed during the Cherry Blossom festival, Lee Ming Wei s participatory performance installation was conceptualized while he cared for his mother after she recuperated from surgery.

Pascal Salomon, piano Presented by Embassy Series Thursday, April 12 @ 6:30 pm Embassy of Israel Washington, DC Pascal Salomon has performed intensively in France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain,

2 Saturday, April 12 pm Sunday, April 12 pm Monday, April 12 pm Tuesday, April 12 pm Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Washington, DC In celebration of the museum s 50th anniversary, visitors will receive a transformative gift of song as part of the museum s ongoing IDENTIFY: Performance Art series illuminating personal stories, visibility and experimentation through portrayal. Timed during the Cherry Blossom festival, Lee Ming Wei s participatory performance installation was conceptualized while he cared for his mother after she recuperated from surgery. The artist and his mother found comfort in listening to Franz Schubert s Lieder. Pascal Salomon, piano Presented by Embassy Series Thursday, April 6:30 pm Embassy of Israel Washington, DC Pascal Salomon has performed intensively in France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Israel, China and USA, both in recitals and chamber music. Some of his solo appearances with orchestra are Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Sinfonietta of Lausanne and La Sinfonietta de Genève, Orchestre du Capitol (Toulouse), National Chamber Orchestra of Moldova (Chisinau). Includes buffet reception and wine. Girlfriend Tuesday, April 7:30 pm Signature Theatre Arlington, VA A vibrant and tender coming of age musical duet from when flannel was the height of fashion and mix tapes were the language of love. It s 1993 in small-town Nebraska during the summer between high school and whatever comes next. A rock n roll valentine that delivers subtle wisdom with an exhilarating kick. Rolling Stone Magazine. Thru June 10. Wed Apr 11 Capital Laughs, U Don't Know Jack w/ Jack (Stand-Up Comedy) DC Arts Center (DCAC), Three's Comedy - Laugh Index Theatre Ford's Theatre, History on Foot: Investigation: Detective McDevitt National Gallery of Art, Screening of 67th Annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Strathmore, AIR: Chao Tian

3 Thu Apr 12 GALA Hispanic Theatre, En el tiempo de las mariposas (en español) GALA Hispanic Theatre, En el tiempo de las mariposas (In the Time of the Butterflies) Fri Apr 13 The Arlington Players, Sweeney Todd Jane Franklin Dance - Border Sat Apr 14 Arlington Arts Center, Spring Solos 2018 The Clarice, Maryland Opera Studio: Dialogues Des Carme?lites Metro Micro Gallery, Ecdysis Harmonics a site specific installation by Dawn Whitmore National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Explore! Rhythm and Dance Surratt House, John Wilkes Booth Escape Route Tours Sun Apr 15 Mon Apr 16 Tue Apr 17 Washington Jewish Music Festival, Klezmer Brunch NSO Music for Young Audiences: The String Thing Signature Theatre, Girlfriend Signature Theatre, John - Discussion Nights Sat Apr 14 gallery neptune & brown, (Inside) Out: New Work by Erick Johnson The Puppet Co., Tiny Tots: Jellybean Circus UrbanArias, Florida Zenith Gallery, Light Up Your HeART Sun Apr 15 National Cherry Blossom Festival: Spirit of Washington Cherry Blossom Cruises National Cherry Blossom Festival: Glorious Gardens Self-Guided Tours National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image Mon Apr 16 Kreeger Museum, Conversations at The Kreeger: April, Bonnard, The Bay, the South of France Apr 11 - Apr 14 Apr 11 - Apr 16 Apr 12 - Apr 13 Apr 12 - Apr 14 Apr 14 - Apr 15 Keegan Theatre, Chicago Atlas Presents: Balloonacy Wolf Trap, Pat McGee Band (Shine Album & More) with Chris Trapper GMU Center for the Arts, Spring New Dances Dance Place, ClancyWorks Dance Company Olney Theatre Center, The Ugly Duckling Apr 15 - Apr 16 Dumbarton Oaks, Music at Dumbarton Oaks - The Knights

4 Wed Apr 11 District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Building of the Day Tour: Center for Landscape Architecture District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Ruta de la Amistad: The Route of Friendship at the 1968 Olympics Strathmore, Afternoon Tea Washington Performing Arts, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras: Albany Symphony WIFV, The Locavore Film Series Presents DOEVILLE Thu Apr 12 AMP, Ray DeVito & Dylan Vattelana District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Building of the Day Tour: Museum of the Bible Embassy Series: Pascal Salomon, piano Montpelier Arts Center, Avon Dews Strathmore, Michael Brown, piano Fri Apr 13 The Alden, Christylez Bacon: The Human Beatbox Alliance Française, Ciné-mômes (FR) Alliance Française, Bread Tasting District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Building of the Day Tour: Kenilworth Recreation Center Montpelier Arts Center, Melissa Aldana National Cherry Blossom Festival: NCSS Cherry Blossom Grand Ball National Cherry Blossom Festival: Newseum Nights: In Bloom National Geographic, Student Matinee: Beauty & the Bizarre Washington Performing Arts, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Sat Apr 14 American Youth Chorus, Let Us Entertain You! BlackRock, Fatoumata Diawara & Elikeh District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Tour: Netherlands Carillon District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Kids Tour: Architecture of the White House Neighborhood District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Congressional Cemetery Walking Tour District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Tour: Logan Circle and the 14th Street Corridor GMU Center for the Arts, L.A. Theatre Works: The Mountaintop Harmony Hall, Concert: L.T.D. Tribute Band Hill Center, Mapping Segregation Walking Tour Jane Franklin Dance - The Big Meow National Cherry Blossom Festival: Sakura Matsuri-Japanese Street Festival Presented by the Japan-America Society of Washington DC National Geographic, You're the Expert: Live Recording at National Geographic National Museum of Women in the Arts, Slow Art Day National Philharmonic, School for Lovers National Theatre, Let it Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles Pan American Symphony Orchestra, Tango Impressions Strathmore, Afternoon Tea Washington Performing Arts, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras: National Symphony Orchestra Wolf Trap, The Gay Men s Chorus of Washington, DC: Small Ensembles Extravaganza Sun Apr 15 Bender JCC, Escher Quartet, String Quartet BlackRock, Ghost Town to Havana

5 The Clarice, Music in Mind: The Bohemian Spirit: Left Bank Quartet Kennedy Center, Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Isabel Leonard in Recital Strathmore, YAA: Ragtime In Concert Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association, Concert: Shostakovich & Iannaccone (DC) Mon Apr 16 District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: The Once and Future Washington District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Building of the Day Tour: Ron Brown College Preparatory High School Hill Center, Talk of the Hill with Bill Press: Gov. Terry McAuliffe Tue Apr 17 District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Resurrection City: City of Hope, Protest and Mobilization District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Building of the Day Tour: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel Dupont Underground, Live at the Heartbreak Hotel Saturday Night, GUMP Strathmore, Specialty Tea: Israeli Tea Wed Apr 11 Goethe-Institut, When Paul Came Over the Sea Hill Center, The Life of a Poet: Conversations with Ron Charles Matthew Zapruder Kennedy Center, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - Songwriter Idol Kennedy Center, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - NSO Full Orchestra Pop-Up Concert Library of Congress, Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier National Cherry Blossom Festival: Storytime: Under the Cherry Blossom Tree National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gallery Talk: Women House Thu Apr 12 Anderson House, American Aristocrats: A Family, a Fortune, and the Making of American Capitalism Friday Morning Music Club--Collington Concert Series Hill Center, The 14th Amendment: African Americans and the Meaning of Citizenship Kennedy Center, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - NSO In Your Neighborhood Late-Night Concert Kennedy Center, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - Hip-Hop Orchestra of the University of Maryland Library of Congress, Book Talk, Special Tour Highlight Library Week Celebration Reston Community Center, Meet the Artists: Oscar Paz-Suaznabar Reston Community Center, Meet the Artists: Beverly Cosham, jazz vocalist National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Thursdays at Noon: 3 in 30 Washington Performing Arts, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - Dogs of Desire & Theo Blackmann Fri Apr 13 Friday Morning Music Club, Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series Hill Center, African American Women: A History of Sexual Violence & Trauma Kennedy Center, SHIFT: Metropolitan Youth Orchestra (MYO) National Cherry Blossom Festival: National Japan Bowl Thru Apr 14 Zenith Gallery, Light Up Your HeART gallery neptune & brown, (Inside) Out: New Work by Erick Johnson

6 Sat Apr 14 Arlington Arts Center, Opening Reception: Spring Solos 2018 Hill Center, Tragedy, Turbulence, Transition and Transformation: Remembering 1968 Washington, DC Kennedy Center, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - NSO In Your Neighborhood Chamber Concert Kennedy Center, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - Teddy Bear Concert: The Garden Symphony Millennium Stage, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (AYPO) National Archives, We Can Do It! American Women in History National Cherry Blossom: Festival Parade National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Hold Up! Slow Art Day Washington Performing Arts, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - Pop-Up Concert with Time for Three Washington Revels, Maritime Voices at U.S. Navy Memorial Thru Apr 15 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image National Cherry Blossom Festival: Glorious Gardens Self-Guided Tours Sun Apr 15 District Architecture Center, Architecture Month: Walking Meditation Workshop Hill Center, Carolyn Malachi Hill Center, The Rape of Recy Taylor Kennedy Center, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - NSO In Your Neighborhood Day at the Zoo Kennedy Center, SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras - United States Air Force Strings Montpelier Arts Center, Thomas Hunter National Cherry Blossom Festival: Anacostia River Festival National Gallery of Art, Why Is Art Necessary? National Gallery of Art, Fretwork Mon Apr 16 Ford's Theatre, Book Talk: They Knew Lincoln Kennedy Center, 2018 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert Millennium Stage, The Washington Renaissance Orchestra (WRO) Tue Apr 17 Apr 14 - Apr 21 Thru Apr 22 Millennium Stage, From The Rich Dark Earth National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Explore! Rhythm and Dance DC Arts Center (DCAC), Another Dimension Thru Apr 25 Dumbarton Oaks, Encountering Ancient America: Machu Picchu in Popular Culture, Thru Apr 27 Publick Playhouse, Local Women in Abstraction Arlington Artists Alliance, Spring Break Exhibition Thru Apr 28 Zenith Gallery, In the Beginning: The Rhode Island Years, Glen Echo Park, I Draw the Line: Oil Paintings by Robert LeMar Thru Apr 29 Hill Center, Viewfinders: 8 Photographers Strathmore, Up in the Air Strathmore, Still Lives: Jennifer Allevato Montpelier Mansion, Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit Glen Echo Park, The World in Infrared: Landscapes by Sheila Galagan Glen Echo Park, Wild Things: National Capital Art Glass Guild Montpelier Arts Center, Linda Bernard & Roslyn Logsdon: Opening Reception Montpelier Arts Center, Linda Bernard & Roslyn Logsdon

7 National Gallery of Art, Avant-Garde to Underground: Outliers and Film, Part Two National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Lee Mingwei - Sonic Blossom Apr 13 - Apr 29 Thru Apr 30 National Gallery of Art, Creative Writing Workshops: Flash Fiction: Building Tension Goethe-Institut, Early UFA Film Posters: Projecting Women Reston Community Center, Youth Art Month: 3D Gallery Reston Community Center, Young at Art Reston Community Center, Annual Reston Founders Day Exhibit Thru May 1 Thru May 6 Thru May 8 The Art League, Looking Up The Art League, Robert Gilbert's A Study of Manhattan: Power, Dominance, & Excitement Montpelier Arts Center, Veterans Book Group Washington Revels, Revels World Story Time Thru May 13 National Gallery of Art, Michel Sittow: Estonian Painter at the Courts of Renaissance Europe National Gallery of Art, Outliers and American Vanguard Art National Gallery of Art, Avant-Garde to Underground: Outliers and Film, Part Two National Gallery of Art, 67th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Apr 11 - May 16 Apr 14 - May 17 Thru May 18 Thru May 20 National Gallery of Art, Screening of 67th Annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Metro Micro Gallery, Ecdysis Harmonics a site specific installation by Dawn Whitmore Montpelier Arts Center, Joyce Wellman National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, One Life: Sylvia Plath National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Portrait Discovery Kits Thru May 27 Brentwood Arts Exchange, Front Window Feature Artist: Michelle Dickson Brentwood Arts Exchange, Biomorphic Montpelier Arts Center, Mike McConnell: Étude in See Thru May 28 National Gallery of Art, Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings Thru Jun 1 District Architecture Center, rebirth::washington DC 50 Years after 1968 Apr 14 - Jun 2 Arlington Arts Center, Spring Solos 2018 Thru Jun 3 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady Folger Shakespeare Library, Beyond Words: Book Illustration in the Age of Shakespeare Thru Jun 5 Apr 11 - Jun 6 Thru Jun 29 Capital Laughs, Phil & a Mic with Phil Mike (Stand-Up Comedy) Capital Laughs, U Don't Know Jack w/ Jack (Stand-Up Comedy) National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Open Studio Fridays National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Conversation Circle Thru Jul 1 Thru Jul 8 Thru Aug 5 Thru Aug 15 Thru Aug 19 Thru Sep 3 Thru Oct 20 Thru Oct 28 Thru Nov 4 Thru Nov 12 Thru Dec 1 National Gallery of Art, Cézanne Portraits National Gallery of Art, Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna National Gallery of Art, Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints Into Maiolica and Bronze Dumbarton Oaks, Seeing Cherries Dumbarton Oaks, Outside/IN: Martha Jackson Jarvis at Dumbarton Oaks National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers Library of Congress, Drawn to Purpose National Gallery of Art, Jackson Pollock s "Mural" National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, National Portrait Gallery - Recent Acquisitions National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Portraits of the World: Switzerland Strathmore, Jennifer Kahn Barlow

8 Thru Dec 9 Thru Dec 31 Thru Jan 1 Surratt House, The Full Story: Maryland, The Surratts, and The Crime of the Century An Exhibition Anderson House, Tour: Anderson House Library of Congress, Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I Library of Congress, Tour: Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Building Thru Jan 6 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Celebrating Fifty Years National Archives, Remembering Vietnam Thru May 19 Thru Dec 31 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Lincoln's Contemporaries Kreeger Museum, Reinstallation of the Permanent Collection CultureCapital.com is a program of HumanitesDC 925 U Street NW Washington, DC Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe to the CultureCapital.com Insider

July 4th, 2018 Independence Day Celebrations in Metro DC. Capital Fringe Festival: July 7-29, 2018

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe to the CultureCapital.com Insider Hot Hits & Hidden Jewels á Openings á Last Chance á Limited Engagement á One-Nite-Only á Free July 4th, 2018 Independence Day