William Paca Garden Plant Sale
Saturday, May 8, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday, May 9, from noon - 4 p.m.
The sale features a variety of heirloom flowers, vegetables and herbs, native trees and shrubs, and some of the newest seeds offered in this year's seed catalog...
Montgomery County History Day
Saturday, March 20, 2010
History Day is one of the rare programs providing students the critical thinking and research skills used in all subject areas. History Day helps students develop real world analytical and communications skills needed for future success and leadership...
THE ZOO STORY
March 17- April 10
Edward Albee’s first play, first performed in 1960, is brought to DCAC for the first time by the provocative Theatre Du Jour...
Global Youth Service Day
April 23-25
On Global Youth Service Day, join millions of young people around the world who are tackling the issues most important to them, including education, the environment, and childhood obesity...
Bowie State University's 145th Anniversary
10 a.m. on Monday, April 19, 2010
This year Bowie State University (BSU) celebrates its 145th anniversary as Maryland’s oldest HBCU and one of the oldest in the nation...
Old Friends, New Friends
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8 p.m.
The City of Fairfax Band's oldest ensemble Alte Kameraden
German Band and its newest ensemble the Main Street Community Band guide you
on a musical journey in a toe-tapping evening of regional entertainment...
The Fairfax Partnership for Youth Conference
Monday, April 12, 2010
The Fairfax Partnership for Youth challenges mental heath professionals, parents, school personnel, students, youth, and advocates for mental wellness, to come together to build resiliency among today’s youth...
Celebrate Maryland
Sunday, March 28
Celebrate Maryland where the state began! Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC), a museum on the site of the Maryland’s first capital, will commemorate the 376th anniversary of the founding on Sunday, March 28...
National Zoo’s 16th annual guppy Gala
MAY 14
Families with preschool and elementary school-age children can talk to veterinarians, scale rock-climbing walls, enjoy live entertainment, feast on kid-friendly treats and much more at the National Zoo’s 16th Annual Guppy Gala sponsored by UnitedHealthcare® on May 14 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m...
Stacy Mitchhart- concert
Friday April 9, doors @ 7pm/show @ 8pm
Stacy Mitchhart, Grammy Nominated blues artist, is coming to NW Ohio area as part of the Discovery & Travel channel special
that follow Stacy on a tour of historic theaters across the United States...
Giants of German Romanticism
April 11, 2010
Featured pieces include Incidental Music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Felix Mendelssohn, and Johannes Brahms' Serenade No. 1...
THE CELLAR STAGE UPCOMING EVENTS
APRIL 2010
Several exciting events take place in the month of April from Uptown Concerts...
A Blooming Good Time!
April 17th & 18th, 2010, 10 am – 4 pm
The Second Annual Garden Fair at Sotterley Plantation will take place the weekend of April 17th and 18th, 2010 from 10am – 4pm. This year’s event will include a wide array of things to do, offering something for everyone...
Wagner’s Ring – in One Day
Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.
The first “all-in-one-day” presentation in the Washington area of Wagner’s renowned music drama, Der Ring des Nibelungen, will be shown over 16 hours without interruption or intermission...
Hadar Galron’s MIKVEH
May 5–June 5, 2010
The English language world premiere of Israeli playwright Hadar Galron’s MIKVEH takes us inside the insular world of a religious community to explore the ever-changing role of women in Israeli society.
Dance Is The Answer 2010 Flash Mobs
April 15 through May 2, 2010
Intersecting this year’s Dance Is The Answer will be Dance/Metro DC’s variation on a world-wide phenomenon that has busted into being in the last few years, with the age of viral videos and social networking. These are known as Flash Mobs.
American Career Fairs
April 6th
This job fair will provide job seekers an opportunity to meet face to face with a variety of local employers that have positions available. Positions include Administrative, Customer Service, Sales, Retail, Accounting...
MAMA’S BLACK SHEEP
Thursday, April 1st 8pm
This musical collision of singer-songwriters Ashland Miller (guitar/vocals) & Laura Cerulli (drums/vocals) effortlessly erases boundaries between the genres of pop, rock, country & blues creating an atmosphere of hand-clappin, foot-stompin congregational good times...
What Ham Saw: Drawings from Palestine
April 9 –May 7, 2010
“The drawings of What Ham Saw reference my trip to Palestine and Israel in April of 2008. I returned to the Middle East with the goal of creating an illustrated book in which the stories of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict were told by Palestinians, Israelis, and Internationals who are living and responding to it...
BIRDING FOR THE BLIND
Saturday, May 15th 2010
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Join us for this program designed specifically for visually impaired people (VIPs), and their families (or friends)...
Open Life Drawing Sessions
Spring
Open life drawing continues at the Del Ray Artisans gallery. These sessions operate on a drop-in basis so there is no need to register in advance...
Workshop: Art Theory and Developing the Artistic Identity
Saturday, April 17, 2010, 10 am – 12 pm
From Picasso to Warhol, whether the artist is a realist or an abstractionist, each artist is challenged with the task of producing work that is both compelling AND lucrative without sacrificing his or her artistic vision...
A Spring Celebration Concert
Sunday, March 21 at 7:30 PM
Concert will feature Chamber Orchestra conducted by Pablo Saelzer and Chamber Strings conducted by Jorge Orozco...
Group Art Show, “Insatiable”
Opening Reception March 19, 2010 8pm - 12 pm
5 artists are presenting works on women’s sensuality. The Show will be on display Until April 19, 2010...
"Seeing Red” Exhibit
March 19, 2010
The galleries at ArtSquare will present “Seeing Red”, an exhibit of paintings and sculpture that explore different – and often contradictory – meanings and expressions of the color red...
Premiere: The Grace of Mary Traverse
April 8-17, 2010
Internationally acclaimed British playwright and recent GU Visiting Faculty Member Timberlake Wertenbaker returns to Georgetown’s campus for the D.C. premiere of her award-winning “The Grace of Mary Traverse”...
Constructed Place
March 20 – May 8, 2010
Constructed Place is a juried indoor and outdoor exhibition that examines contemporary relationships between viewer and artwork...
FRED & FRIEDA PREMIERE
April 15-18
New Play Tells Story of Reunion between African-American Soldier
and Holocaust Survivor He Rescued in World War II...
Solo Exhibit: Angela Iovino
April 16 through May 18
Local artist, Angela Iovino has a solo exhibit of her recent paintings completed in Italy at the Parish Gallery on 31st Street in Georgetown from April 16 through May 18...
Melodic Melange
Sunday, March 21, 3pm
With the American Youth String Ensemble and conductor Cheri Collins...
Home Court: Charity Basketball
7:30 p.m. on March 24, 2010
Home Court, an annual charity basketball game between Members of Congress and Georgetown University Law Center faculty, will take place at 7:30 p.m. on March 24, 2010, at Thurgood Marshall Academy in Washington, DC. The game benefits the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, the largest provider of legal services for the homeless in Washington, DC...
Women’s Auxiliary in Alexandria Informational Meeting
Saturday, May 1, 10 a.m.
This meeting is for those interested in becoming a volunteer for The
Salvation Army...
Art and the Arctic: Change, Challenge, and Inspiration
Tuesday, April 6, 6 to 8pm
Celebrate the 40th Earth Day with environmental artist Alison Sigethy who will discuss her earth-friendly sculptures inspired by her travels to the Arctic...
A Feast for the Senses: Cuisine des Artistes 2010
Thursday, May 13
Presenting a literal feast for all five senses, the District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC) hosts a smorgasbord of artistic endeavors...
ECO-FRIENDLY ELECTRIC BIKE -- EARTH DAY
THURSDAY, APRIL 22
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on Thursday, April 22, Big Wheel Bikes will introduce Pedego Electric Bicycles to the DC area...
Performance: Violinist Judith Ingolfsson
Sunday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.
Since winning the 1998 Gold Medal at the prestigious International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Iceland native Judith Ingolfsson has established herself worldwide as an artist of "remarkable intelligence, musicality, and sense of insight"...
What’s Your Bag?
April 2 - 25, 2010
This show explores the "Bag as Art" in all mediums and interpretations - handbags, backpacks, tea bags, suitcases, sacks, paper or plastic...
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary's 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk
May 23 2010 8:30 AM
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary will hold the Metro area's only vegan and green-friendly 5K Run for the Animals and 1-Mile Fun Walk at Wheaton Regional Park on Sunday, May 23rd...
Torpedo Factory Art Center Upcoming Events
March 18, March 25
Two upcoming events at the Torpedo Factory Art Center...
Washington Antiquarian Book Fair
Friday, March 5 from 5 – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 6 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Proceeds from ticket sales benefit Concord Hill School, a coeducational school for children in preschool through third grade focusing on both the academic and the developmental growth of the young child...
Tracie Griffith Tso at the Reston Museum
March 5 to April 19, 2010
A timeline of an artist's evolution can be seen in the dual media exhibit of Chinese brushpainting on paper and pottery by Tracie Griffith Tso...
National Portrait Gallery Upcoming Events
March 21, March 26
Two upcoming events at the National Portrait Gallery...
Vox Naturae: A Recital for City Wildlife
March 26, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Australian opera soprano Maria Pollicina is “well worth hearing for her fearsomely powerful and laser-projected voice,” according to The Guardian...
New Play "In Darfur"
Saturday, April 3 at 8:00 pm
Winter Miller’s searing new play in Darfur explores the recent genocide unfolding in Sudan...
MINDS WIDE OPEN: 6 ABSTRACT WOMEN EXHIBITION
MARCH 3-28
The Workhouse presents 6 Abstract Women as part of MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts...
Bake for Hope
May 2nd – 8th
Bake for Hope hosts volunteer-run bake sales across the country the week before Mothers Day, May 2nd – 8th...
“Peep and Strip Show” at The Art League Gallery
March 11–April 5, 2010
When peering through a keyhole, we consciously know we’re viewing something that wasn’t meant for our eyes, and therefore it becomes exciting and forbidden...
"Collage of Artists"
March 3-28, 2010
(glass, enamel,fiber, and assemblage)
Cindy Brandt, Ann Citron, Ruth Gowell, Lea Topping, and Claudia Vess...
Focus Music presents Dave Nachmanoff
Tuesday, March 9, at 8 p.m.
California-based performer with 10 albums, Nachmanoff is known for sophisticated songwriting, clean guitar playing, rich and textured instrumentation and top-notch singing...
Pottery with Flora and Fauna
March 1 to 28, Monday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
On Sunday, March 21, at 3 PM, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3604 Chatham Rd., Ellicott City, MD 21042, CPC performs Faure's ethereal Requiem with Chamber Orchestra, joined by Darren Perry, baritone, Donald Fries, organ, Susan Sauerwein, harp and Ronald Mutchnik, violin.
Reston Youth Network
June - August
More than a dozen County and non-profit organizations have joined to form the Reston Youth Network (formerly known as the Reston Latchkey Youth Initiative)...
Adnan Charara
March 5- April 2, 2010
Charara’s exhibit Hueman will feature paintings and sculpture in his signature ‘’cartoon” imagery, using whimsy and a cacophony of colors to comment on our common humanity, injustice, the immigrant experience and much more...
Amadeus Harmonie
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Amadeus Concerts is pleased to present a concert by the Amadeus Harmonie...
Clay, Copper, Wood & Fire
March 9 through April 3, 2010
If your cup of tea when it comes to pottery is not cups at all, but large, dramatic pieces fired in wood-burning kilns, you’ll want to see Clay, Copper, Wood and Fire: Featuring the Wood-fired Pottery of John Snyder at Waverly Street Gallery...
Uptown Concerts
MARCH 2010
AUDUBON NATURE FAIR
Sunday, May 2, 2010 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Enjoy the Washington Revels, Banjo Man Frank Cassel and Scales & Tales. Green Marketplace, native plants, and hands-on nature activities!
Dance Is The Answer 2010
April 15 through May 2, 2010
Dance/MetroDC’s confluence of all that is dance-tastic in the DC metro region is called Dance Is The Answer. Dance Is The Answer is a collective effort on the part of the region’s dance companies and artists to collaborate...
Riversdale March Events
March
CUA Presents “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” by Bertolt Brecht
7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 22, Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24; 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, and Sunday, April 25
In the midst of an economic crisis, a group of businessmen make a desperate deal with gangster Arturo Ui. What follows is a classic tale of a city held hostage by greed, corruption and violence. Brecht challenges the audience to consider how much freedom they would willingly give up for the sake of peace and prosperity...
Young at Heart Seniors
Saturday, May 15, 2010 5 – 7 pm
Annual Spaghetti Dinner –please note new date !
RESCHEDULED DATE DUE TO ANTICIPATED BAD WEATHER !!
Fun for the entire family! Open to the Public—Walk-ins Welcome...
Smithsonian Videoconference Program
April 13 at 6:00 pm
Do you have an outgoing personality and enjoy talking to others about art? The Smithsonian American Art Museum is recruiting volunteers for their videoconference program...
Classical/Jazz Concert Listing
Sunday, March 21st at 5:00pm
It's jazz! It's classical! It's SYMPHONY LOUNGE – a unique joint venture of the Capital City Symphony and Charlie Barnett's Chaise Lounge...
21st Annual Patuxent Wildlife Art Show and Sale
MARCH 26, 27, AND 28
WILD ABOUT WILDLIFE? THE FRIENDS OF PATUXENT PRESENTS THE 21ST
ANNUAL WILDLIFE ART SHOW AND SALE AND ARTISTS’ RECEPTION MARCH 26, 27, AND 28 AT THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE VISITORS CENTER, PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGE IN LAUREL, MARYLAND...
EXHIBITIONS AT HEMPHILL AND AT OTHER VENUES
January 22–March 26, 2010
The Ballet Theatre of Maryland
fall 2010
The Ballet Theatre of Maryland (BTM) is pleased to announce a unique opportunity for the public to choose which fairytale story will be presented next season (fall 2010). That’s right – the decision of which full-length ballet BTM will perform is in the hands of the public...
Passport to a New World of Cinema: Global Lens 2010
February 27, 2010 to March 26, 2010
The Global Lens 2010 film series is a collection of films from around the world developed by the Global Film Initiative, a non-profit film organization that promotes cross-cultural understanding through the medium of film...
Theatre Du Jour,
March 17- April 10
Edward Albee’s first play, first performed in 1960, is brought to DCAC for the first time by the provocative Theatre Du Jour.
Washington, DC – Catholic University’s School of Philosophy presents the 2010 Graduate Student Spring Lecture Series.
The original Warhol silkscreen prints that comprise Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century will be on exhibit in The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, located in the main lobby of the Washington DCJCC, from February 25 through May 2.Admission is free.
Performances on Saturday, March 6 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, March 7 at 3:00 pm. A talk-back with the cast will follow the performance on Thursday, March 11.
Maryland Day
Sunday, March 28
Maryland Day will be celebrated at Historic St. Mary's City...
Earth Day Clean-Up
Saturday, April 24, 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Volunteers will work together to kick start spring cleaning. Not only will Earth Day volunteers get the chance to improve the environment, but also venture to places in the Zoo not often seen by the public eye...
Easter Monday: Celebrating the African American Family
Monday, April 5, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Rich in culture and history in the African American community, the Zoo and FONZ will welcome thousands of visitors with a variety of activities...
Family Concert : Carnival of the Animals
Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
The BSO, Bob Brown Puppets and narrator Rheda Becker dazzle with a rendition of Saint-Saëns’ beloved classic. This musical carnival is complete with an elephant, kangaroos, a dancing turtle and a beautiful swan...
BSO SuperPops Motown Tribute with Spectrum
Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, April 25
Feel the groove with the cool sounds of Motown presented by one of today’s hottest and most talented vocal groups—Spectrum...
España
Thursday, April 15 - Sunday, April 18
Join BSO Concertmaster Jonathan Carney and remarkable Spanish conductor Juanjo Mena in a lively program featuring a masterful violin concerto by Joaquin Rodrigo...
Mozart, Mendelssohn & Beethoven
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Associate Concertmaster Madeline Adkins joins Assistant Principal Viola Christian Colberg in a classical chamber music performance...
Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony
Thursday, April 8th - Saturday, April 10th
Two of today’s bright young talents join together for the United States premiere and BSO Co-commission of a brand-new work by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara...
Off the Cuff: Pulcinella
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
The BSO performs Pulcinella in its entirety, prefaced by enlightening and entertaining insights with Maestra Alsop, all in a 90-minute program with no intermission...
Casual Concert Pulcinella
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
It’s story time at the symphony—and not just for kids. Prokofiev’s classic tale of a heroic boy and threatening wolf takes center stage in this concert of musical storytelling...
Hearts, Cards & Carnival
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Vocalists from the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program will perform concert presentations of two 20th-century American operas...
Circus Maximus
Thursday, March 18th - Sunday, March 21
This program opens with a short work by David T. Little, who imagines a circus very nearly out of control—in laughter, music and mayhem...
The Puppet Co. Playhouse presents “Beauty and The Beast"
February 27 – April 11
A romantic tale of a handsome prince, and his love, Beauty, set in a great forest in old Russia...
Friday music series: Chatham Baroque
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 1:15 p.m.
Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "a splendid period-instruments ensemble," Chatham Baroque was honored as "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" by National Public Radio and the National Association of Recording Merchandisers...
The Pain and the Itch
Wednesday-Saturday, Mar. 24-26, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 28, 2010 at 7 p.m.
The Nomadic Theatre presents "The Pain and the Itch," by Bruce Norris...
Georgetown University Players Improv Show
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 9 p.m.
In a night of unscripted comedy relying on audience suggestion, the performers’ quick wit and active minds shine in mixed programs of long-form improv games...
Friday music series: Yvonne Lam, David Jones, Wenyin Chan
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 1:15 p.m.
This trio will perform a program including Béla Bartók’s Contrasts, (a work written for Benny Goodman and Joseph Szigeti that melds the folk traditions for which Bartok is well-known with American jazz culture), and Darius Milhaud’s Suite for violin, clarinet, and piano...
SCULPTURE 1275: Craig Kraft
January 18 – March 19, 2010
In cooperation with the Axent Realty Group, the Washington Sculptors Group (WSG) is pleased to announce the opening of the seventh exhibition in a series of sculpture solos featured in the lobby of 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW...
The Shelter Pet Project
According to The Humane Society of the United States and Maddie's Fund, of the eight million pets that enter animal shelters and rescue groups every year, approximately three million of these healthy animals and treatable pets are euthanized due to a lack of adoption. The Advertising Council, The Humane Society of the United States and Maddie's Fund are pleased to bring you new radio PSAs as part of "The Shelter Pet Project" campaign. The radio PSAs feature Sassy, a scarcastic dog who, through humor dispels the stereotypes associated with shelter pets...
Saint Thomas More Cathedral Concerts
2009-2010 Season
Concerts presented in the acoustically splendid setting of St. Thomas More Cathedral. Receptions at the conclusion of each event, where guests and performers are encouraged to interact. Concerts include Festival of Praise, Lessons and Carols, The City Choir of Washington, and Organ Duo Recital...
Columbia Orchestra Features BSO Concertmaster Jonathan Carney and The Rite of Spring
2009-2010 Season
The Columbia Orchestra proudly announces its 2009-2010 season, which will include four Classical Concerts, a Symphonic Pops program, and a Young People's Concert. Each of these programs will be held at the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School. Music Director Jason Love will open the season on Saturday, October 17th with Beethoven's Egmont Overture...
Housing Counseling Services presents "Money Matters: A Free Credit and Money Management Workshop." The workshop will provide information about credit reports, credit scores, how to repair and dispute credit errors, tips on saving money, and information on consumer protection. The workshop takes place on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
