Dateline for April 16 April 1, 2002
ONGOING EVENTS
$ Theater Prometheus The Studio
Theater presents a groundbreaking version of Aeschylus rarely
seen play Prometheus, featuring a new act by acclaimed novelist
Sophy Burnham through April 28. Tickets range $19.50$43.50. For
more information call 332-3300.
Exhibition Making the Grade: African Arts of Initiation
at the National Museum of African Art through May 5. Displays of the
diversity of arts associated with coming-of-age rituals. Free. For more
information, call 357-2700 or visit www.si.edu.
$ Exhibition Corot to Picasso: European Masterworks
at The Phillips Collection (1600 21st St., NW) through May 12. Nearly
60 European paintings and sculptures will be on display from masters
such as Seurat, Gauguin, Courbet, Mondrian, and Monet. Admission is
$10 for adults, $7 for students and senior citizens. For more information,
call 387-2151 or visit www.phillipscollection.org.
$ Exhibition Lois Mailou Jones: Imagining Africa
Lois Mailou Jones embraced her African ancestry during her long career
as an internationally recognized painter and teacher at Howard University.
Paintings, text, and film explore Jones creative interpretations
of her heritage at the National Museum of Women in the Arts through
May 19. For more information call 783-5000.
$ Event Crucial Moments in Washingtons Early History
Sept. 11, 2001, is not the first time that a dramatic event has marked
a major turning point in the fate of the Capital and the nation. Become
better acquainted with Washington as popular instructor Philip Ogilvie
surveys critical moments in the citys history between the 17th
and mid-19th centuries through May 23. Sponsored by the Smithsonian
Institution. Tickets are $84 for resident members, $76 for senior members,
and $129 general admission. For more information call 357-3030.
Exhibition The Vogel Collection Works from the 40-year span of
Christo and Jeanne-Claudes careers. Through June 23 at the National
Gallery of Art. Free. Call 737-4215 or visit www.nga.gov.
Exhibition Technology as Catalyst: Textile Artists on the
Cutting Edge at the Textile Museum through July 28. The exhibit
explores the interconnected role of hi-tech equipment and handwork in
the creation of textiles. For more information, call 667-0441 or visit
www.textilemuseum.org.
Exhibition Year of the Horse: Chinese Horse Paintings
will be on display until Sept. 2 at the Freer Gallery of Art. These
rarely seen works on silk and paper date from the 14th to the 19th century.
Call 357-2700 or visit www.si.edu for
more information.
Exhibition Precious Memories: The Collectors Passion
at the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and
Culture through Sept. 30. The exhibit explores the work of seven cultural
historians who have emerged as major collectors of African-American
art, memorabilia, and archival objects offering insight into the black
experience in America.
Exhibition On Track: Transit and the American City
on view through Oct. 27 at the National Building Museum. Explore the
spatial, political, technological, and human dimensions of rail transits
relationship to cities. For more information, call 272-2448 or visit
www.nbm.org.
Exhibition From Monastery to Marketplace: Tradition Inspired
Modern Ethiopian Painting will be on display until January 2003
at the National Museum of Natural History. Call 357-2700 or visit www.si.edu
for more information.
Exhibition Slates, Slide Rules, and Software: Teaching
Math in America is on display at the National Museum of American
History. Call 357-2700 or visit www.si.edu
for more information.
Exhibition The West Wing: A Chronology documents
the history of the west wing of the Smithsonian Castle at the Smithsonian
Institution building. Free.
TUESDAY / APRIL 16
GW Sports Baseball versus Georgetown at
3 pm at Barcroft Park in Arlington.
$ Concert The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra returns to Washington
with one of the most recognized and respected faces of contemporary
jazz, Wynton Marsalis, at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. For tickets
and information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.
WEDNESDAY / APRIL 17
Concert Free Jazz at the Corcoran Every
Wednesday beginning at 12:30 pm, join premier jazz musicians as they
perform for free in the Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Call 639-1700 for more information.
Lecture Civil War Lecture Series Jay Winik analyzes the final
day of the Civil War in April 1865: The Month That Saved America at
the National Archives. Co-sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute
of the Mid-Atlantic. Admission is free and open to the public. For more
information call 501-5000.
$ Event Embassy Row Walking Tour and luncheon sponsored by the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, 10:30 am. Admission $65, $50 members. For information
call 639-1770 or visit www.corcoran.org.
$ Theater Leading Ladies of the Broadway Stage Michael
Kahn, artistic director for the Shakespeare Theatre and the producer
of the Corcoran Gallery of Arts Evenings With theater
series for the past four years, presents two amazing Broadway stars
in personal dialogues. Tickets are $45 for members and $60 for non-members.
For more information call 639-1770.
THURSDAY /APRIL 18
Gallery Talk Take a Break at the
Renwick Items on view from the Renwick Gallerys permanent
collection of contemporary craft are rotated four times per year. Join
Jerome Paulson for a discussion of artworks in the current installation
and the role of the museums support group, the James Renwick Alliance,
which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, in building this collection.
Talk starts 1 pm at the Renwick lobby. For information, call 357-2531.
$ Exhibition Afghanistan on the Edge of War" Photo
presentation by news photographer Pete Souza. 7 pm in the Hammer Auditorium
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Admission $16; $12 members. For information
call 639-1770 or visit www.corcoran.org.
$ Class 18th Century English Country Dance at Gadsbys
Tavern in Alexandria, 7:30 pm. $25 for series, $10 per class. For information
call 703/838-4242.
FRIDAY / APRIL 19
$ Event An American Dance Party
Fiddler Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, and the band Swingology present an evening
of swing, western-swing, blues, Cajun two-step, romantic waltzes, squares,
and contradances at the National Geographic Society, 7:30 pm. Admission
$25; $20 members. For information call 857-7700 or visit www.nationalgeographic.com/lectures.
$ Theater Pearl River Inspired by the camp of 70s
Kung Fu movies, choreographers David Neumann and Stacy Dawson perform
this 75-minute work that blends post-modern dance, fight choreography
and corny dialogue at the Dance Place at 8 pm. Sponsored by the Washington
Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $18. Call 785-9727 or visit www.wpas.org
for more information.
$ Theater Tango Buenos Aires Two of Buenos Aires
most noted tango orchestras, Orchestra Al Arranque and Orchestra Escuela
de Tango, join forces with Ana Maria Stekelmans Tangokinesis to
celebrate the beauty and passion of the tango at the Kennedy Center
for the Arts at 7:30 pm. Tickets range from $30$45. For more information,
call 467-4600.
$ Event Shakespeares Birthday Lecture Katherine
Duncan-Jones, scholar of English Renaissance poetry at the University
of Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, speaks on
Love and Death of Shakespeares Poetry. Sponsored by
the Folger Shakespeare Library. Tickets are free. For more information,
call 675-0344.
SATURDAY / APRIL 20
$ Theater Shakespeares Women
Legendary actress Claire Bloom brings to life several of Shakespeares
memorable heroines, performing speeches from Othello, as Desdemona;
Julias Caeser, as Portia; Henry VIII, as Catherine of Aragon; and As
You Like It, as Rosalind. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.
Tickets are $20 for Resident members, $18 for senior members, and $25
general admission. For information call 357-3030.
SUNDAY / APRIL 21
GW Concert University Symphony Orchestra
Spring Concert at Lisner Auditorium, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public.
Exhibition Whistler and the Female Body Opening of ongoing
exhibition at the Freer Gallery of Art. Free. For information call 357-2700
or visit www.asia.si.edu.
TUESDAY / APRIL 23
$ Exhibition Another Vietnam: Pictures
of the War from the Other Side Perspective on the Vietnam War
with photographs by North Vietnamese photographers. National Geographic
Society, 7:30 pm. Admission $15; $12 members. For information call 857-7700
or visit www.nationalgeographic.com/lectures.
$ Event Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes is one of Spains
most celebrated painters and the greatest painter of his time. Join
historian and writer Stephen May as he traces the life and art of Goya
and how he influenced generations of American artists. Sponsored by
the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Tickets are $10 for members. For more information
call 639-1770.
Workshop African American Genealogy Reginald Washington,
staff archivist, will give a workshop on using Federal records for African
American genealogical research at the National Archives at 6 pm. He
will discuss census records, military service and pension files, Freedmens
Bureau records, and other sources. Admission is free and open to the
public. For more information call 501-5000.
WEDNESDAY / APRIL 24
$ Event Bioterrorism: The Known
and the Unknown In a thought-provoking evening, some of the nations
leading and most respected scientific and public policy experts on bioterrorism
address the most significant threats, and what governments and communities
need to do. Event begins at 8 pm. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.
Tickets are $11 for resident members, $10 for senior members, and $14
general admission. For more information, call 357-3030.
THURSDAY / APRIL 25
$ GW Theatre Spring Dance Concert
through April 27. Contact the Department of Theatre and Dance at 994-6178
for more information about subscriptions, performance locations, and
times.
Gallery Talk Take a Break at the Renwick Wood turning
since 1930 as artists exhibit their work at the Smithsonian Craft Show.
Talk starts at 1 pm in the Renwick lobby. For information, call 357-2531.
$ Theater Grupo Corpo Fusing Western theatrical dance
forms and Afro-Brazilian traditions, Grupo Corpo embodies
the energy of Brazilian modern dance at 7:30 pm at the Kennedy Center.
Tickets are $22$35. For more information call 467-4600.
$ Theater Carlos Mieles Rituals Carlos Miele,
whose style has migrated from fashion to visual arts, blends music and
video installations with a performance grounded in Brazilian roots
a mixture of African, Indian, and European cultures. Mieles metaphoric
work, Rituals, at the Kennedy Center for the Arts at 7:30 pm, is based
on the body and communication. Tickets are $25. For more information
call 467-4600.
$ Exhibition Pedaling to the End of the World Follow
Steve Williams bicycle journey covering 2,383 miles through South
America. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society, 7:30 pm. For
information call 857-7700 or visit www.nationalgeographic.com/lectures.
FRIDAY / APRIL 26
GW Sports Lacrosse versus La Salle at
3:30 pm at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex.
$ Theater Forces of Nature The awesome forces
of nature spring to life as danced by this incredible company,
featuring stories from Mexico, Africa, Puerto Rico, Haiti, and more
at the Kennedy Center at 7 pm. Tickets are $12. For more information,
call 467-4600.
SATURDAY / APRIL 27
GW Sports Baseball versus Richmond at
noon at Barcroft Park in Arlington.
Symposium We the People: American Craft and the Immigrant
Experience A panel of artists discusses the cultural traditions
that have influenced their work as American craft artists. Sponsored
by the James Renwick Alliance. Symposium begins at 10 am at the Renwick
lobby. For information, call 357-2531.
SUNDAY / APRIL 28
GW Sports Baseball versus Richmond at
noon at Barcroft Park in Arlington.
$ Concert Viva Vivaldi! Take a special tour of 17th
century Venice and hear some of Vivaldis greatest compositions
as his All Girl Orchestra is re-created with finalists in the Washington
Chamber Symphonys Viva Vivaldi competition at the
Kennedy Center at 2 pm. Tickets range from $12-$37.50. For more information
call 467-4600.
$ Event Symposium: Sondheim on Sondheim An interview
by Frank Rich, former New York Times critic, interviewing Stephen Sondheim
at the Kennedy Center for the Arts at 7:30 pm. Includes a question and
answer session. Tickets are $10. For more information call 467-4600.
MONDAY / APRIL 29
$ Concert Tan Dun Named Classical
Musician of the Year by The New York Times in 1997, Tan Dun is
probably best known for composing the original movie sound track for
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He conducts the Eos Orchestra in its
Kennedy Center recital debut at 8:30 pm. Tickets range $20$45.
For more information call 467-4600.
TUESDAY / APRIL 30
GW Sports Baseball versus George Mason
at 3 pm at Barcroft Park in Arlington.
$ Event Body of Secrets: Inside the National Security Agency
Join James Bamford as he goes behind the scenes to provide a fascinating,
up-to-date, and controversial perspective on the secretive and powerful
NSA. Begins at noon. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society. Tickets
are $11 for resident members, $10 for senior members, and $14 for general
admission. For more information call 357-3030.