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American Legion Bluegrass (Music Show)

American Legion Bluegrass (Music Show)

Sunday March 14, 2010, 2:00 pm

An extra Bluegrass show has been added to the winter series of Bluegrass music at the American Legion in Hughesville making this the next performance. Just confirmed, it will be International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA), two times Male Vocalist of the Year, Larry Sparks and his band...

"Collage of Artists"

"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 The Kennedys

Focus Music presents The Kennedys\

Sunday, March 14 at 7 p.m.

The Kennedys are known for smart songwriting, ringing vocal harmonies, rich guitar textures and a high-energy live show. They've released 10 CDs as a duo, and in this show they will feature a deep selection from their catalog of more than 100 original songs...

THE BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL STARS AND MOTOR KINGS

THE BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL STARS AND MOTOR KINGS

March 11-12 at 7:30pm, and March 13 at 2:30 and 7:30pm

The Howard University Department of Theatre Arts is thrilled to be the first to premier the new and exciting musical, “THE BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL STARS AND MOTOR KINGS,” winner of the National Alliance of Musical Theatre grant...

Next American City

Next American City

March 10, 2010 from 6-8pm

Next American City will be hosting a party with food and drinks, celebrating the release of our Spring 2010 issue with special guests Bruce Katz and Amy Liu...

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, March 13, 2010, 8:00 p.m.

One could say that the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra's concert on March 13, 2010 is a concert of seconds. It will be the second time that pianist Alon Goldstein will appear with the Orchestra. It will be the second installment of music director Christopher Zimmerman's artistic focus on Sibelius, and it will be only the second time that composer Avner Dorman's Piano Concerto Lost Souls will be performed...

Focus Music presents Dave Nachmanoff

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

Pottery with Flora and Fauna

March 1 to 28, Monday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

COLUMBIA PRO CANTARE PRESENTS CELESTIAL FAURÉ

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

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

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

Amadeus Harmonie

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Amadeus Concerts is pleased to present a concert by the Amadeus Harmonie...

A. Salon Concert

A. Salon Concert

March 12, 2010

Mick Moloney, musician, folklorist, winner of an NEA Master of Traditional Arts award, who teaches in the Irish Studies program at NYU, will come to A.Salon...

Masterworks for March Concert

Masterworks for March Concert

Wednesday, March 10 at 7:30 PM

Concert will feature Philharmonic, Symphony and Young Artists Orchestras. Performing works by Brahms, Offenbach, Dvorak, Sibelius, Smetana and Copland. Symphony Orchestra will feature Danny Orban on trumpet...

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

March 13, 2010

THE FAIRFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INVITES YOU TO AN EAST COAST PREMIERE OF AVNER DORMAN’S LOST SOULS A PIANO CONCERTO PERFORMED BY ALON GOLDSTEIN AT 8:00 P-M, MARCH 13TH, AT G-M-U’s CENTER FOR THE ARTS...

Clay, Copper, Wood & Fire

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

Uptown Concerts

MARCH 2010

AUDUBON NATURE FAIR

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!

WASHINGTON SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

WASHINGTON SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

SUNDAY, MARCH 14

The 2010 Saint Patrick’s Day Parade will step off Sunday, March 14, 2010 on Constitution Avenue between 7th Street, N.W. and 17th Street, N.W. at noon. This annual event, the 39th, is the preeminent cultural celebration for Irish-Americans in the Washington area and this year’s theme recognizes “The Irish that Built America"...

Mix and Mingle

Mix and Mingle

Wednesday, March 10 from 5:30 - 7PM

Attendees will learn of the news and developments impacting the Ballston and Virginia Square urban villages...

Dance Is The Answer 2010

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...

Uptown Concerts

Uptown Concerts

March

Riversdale March Events

Riversdale March Events

March

CUA Presents “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” by Bertolt Brecht

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

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

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

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...

Cultural Study Abroad

Cultural Study Abroad

March 15 from 7-9

Cultural Study Abroad, a DC based nonprofit supporting emerging artists with European trips and US exhibitions, will host Nicole Cohen on March 15 from 7-9 at the Hillyer Art Space in Dupont...

21st Annual Patuxent Wildlife Art Show and Sale

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

EXHIBITIONS AT HEMPHILL AND AT OTHER VENUES

Through March 13, 2010 January 22–March 26, 2010

The Ballet Theatre of Maryland

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

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

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.

CUA : Spring Philosophy Lecture Series

Washington, DC – Catholic University’s School of Philosophy presents the 2010 Graduate Student Spring Lecture Series.

THEATER J PREMIERES JOSH KORNBLUTH’s Andy Warhol: good for the jews?

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.

SOME’s Empty Bowls Supper

Join SOME at its annual Empty Bowls Supper, an evening of food, fun and friendship that promotes hunger awareness.

Maryland Day

Maryland Day

Sunday, March 28

Maryland Day will be celebrated at Historic St. Mary's City...

Earth Day Clean-Up

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

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...

DR. ROBERT PARK TO SPEAK ON SUPERSTITION

DR. ROBERT PARK TO SPEAK ON SUPERSTITION

March 9, 4:30 p.m.

The next installment of the University of Maryland Libraries’ 2009-2010 “Speaking of Books: Conversations with Campus Authors” series feature Dr. Robert L. (Bob) Park, a University of Maryland research professor and best-selling author discussing his book Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science.

Family Concert : Carnival of the Animals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Cirque de la Symphonie

Cirque de la Symphonie

Thursday, March 11 - Sunday, March 14

This program features Cirque de la Symphonie’s troupe of aerialists, contortionists, jugglers and more performing on and above the stage...

The Puppet Co. Playhouse presents “Beauty and The Beast"

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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 -- Jonathan Carney and the Rite of Spring

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.