Art Therapy Prescription for a healthier, happier YOU!

Time to trade in your weekly therapy session for some local arts and culture events happening this weekend. Here at Pink Line HQ, we know that attending arts and culture events can improve your physical and mental health so we've specially selected weekend picks that are sure to get you out of the box, or should we say out of the cubicle, and feeling healthier and happier in no time.

Warning: The Pink Line Team can only help you so much without a full analysis of your condition. For more art therapy, please self medicate by checking out our calendar!

(e)merge 2012

Oct 4, 2012, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

e)merge is delighted to announce an extensive line-up of PANEL DISCUSSIONS, SPECIAL PROJECTS and PERFORMANCES that will take place during the art fair. The fair's programming series complement the dynamic roster of artists exhibiting and performing...

Shostakovich Festival

Oct 5, 2012, 5:15pm

A Shostakovich lecture/recital featuring violinist Oleg Rylatko, concertmaster of PCE. Oleg Rylatko, violin Program String Quartet No. 8 Pieces for violin and piano _____ This three-week festival— interpreting Shostakovich the man, Shostakovich the...

Shape by Erik Ehn

Sep 20, 2012 (All day) - Oct 6, 2012 (All day)

“[Erik Ehn is] a theatrical visionary” -Celia Wren, American Theatre Magazine ABOUT SHAPE Poetically imagist and defyingly theatrical, Shape begins in 1900 Ambrose Park, Brooklyn at the end days of “Black America”. “Black America” was a historically...

The Rape of Lucrece, a concert poem

Sep 27, 2012, 8:00pm - Oct 6, 2012, 8:00pm

A pure Taffety Punk show: the loud coalescence of actors, dancers, and musicians bending Shakespeare's epic poem to their will. Lucrece's shockingly resonant story cries to be heard.

siGHt: An original dance opera by Kimmie Dobbs Chan and Enoch Chan

Sep 19, 2012 (All day) - Oct 7, 2012 (All day)

DEVIATED THEATRE, voted “DC’s Best Dance Company 2012” by Washington City Paper, will present siGHt, an original dance opera by Kimmie Dobbs Chan and Enoch Chan over 16 performances at Joe’s Movement Emporium between September 19 and October 7, 2012...

Hense DC

Oct 4, 2012 (All day) - Oct 7, 2012 (All day)

Art Whino is pleased to announce a very special project in the Nation's Capital with Atlanta-based artist Alex Brewer, better known as HENSE. HENSE’s unique language of organic shapes and abstract approach sets his work apart from the rest and...

Fairfax County Dance Coalition 3rd Annual Gala - A Celebration of Dance

Oct 7, 2012, 3:00pm - 5:30pm

With black ties and ball gowns at the ready, the Fairfax County Dance Coalition (FCDC) is making A Celebration of Dance not just a showcase, but a full gala affair. Now in its third year running, the FCDC’s gala event is overflowing with an array...

StartUp Kitchen

Oct 8, 2012, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

As a part of the StartUp Kitchen incubation, foodentreprenuers receive the chance to run a restaurant out of an existing establishment. Limited tickets are sold to give diners a chance to sample and critique the winning concept with a three...

Borek Sipek: A Baroque Soirée

Sep 8, 2012 (All day) - Oct 13, 2012 (All day)

Celebrated Czech designer, artist and architect, Borek Sipek will have his first US solo exhibition with new work at INDUSTRY Gallery in Washington, DC from September 8th to October 13th, 2012. Said to be the father of "neo-baroque", Sipek is...

Art4All DC

Sep 6, 2012 (All day) - Oct 21, 2012 (All day)

Cultural Tourism DC announces its latest program to engage residents and visitors in DC’s arts, performance, and community through Art4All DC. Created to encourage greater participation across a wide spectrum of the city’s diverse offerings, Art4All...

Body Electric

Oct 1, 2012, 8:00pm - Oct 29, 2012, 10:00pm

By Lynn Sharp Spears, Mundy Spears, and Chris Spears Directed by Kari Ginsburg and Lynn Sharp Spears Benefitting Center for Self Discovery Teens Run DC BODY ELECTRIC is one of five Hope Operas this season, along with: DAVEY JONES' LOCKER written by...

Vanilla Latte

Oct 1, 2012, 8:00pm - Oct 29, 2012, 11:00pm

She's a badass barista and a mean mocha steamer! Watch Monday nights this Fall as our "gal" Vanilla takes on them evil uptight bitches, Cy-Vilian in this confused caucasian-sploitation musical. Stay cool Sugar! Vanilla Latte is written by Chris...

Davey Jones' Locker

Oct 1, 2012, 8:00pm - Oct 29, 2012, 11:00pm

This rocking update of the Legend of the Flying Dutchman is one of the 2012 Hope Operas! Written by Andrew Baughman and directed by Melissa Baughman, DAVEY JONES LOCKER benefits the Veteran Artist Program. Watch as this thrilling story unfolds...

Orpheus in Love

Oct 1, 2012, 8:00pm - Oct 29, 2012, 11:00pm

Orpheus was a master musician and poet who made the Gods weep with songs about his dead love. He's given the chance for his love to live again as long as he doesn't look back! This modern telling of the Orpheus and Eurydice legend, written by Danny...

World Wrestling Organization Saturday Night Savage Uncut

Oct 1, 2012, 8:00pm - Oct 29, 2012, 11:00pm

Wrestling superstar Renegade Rodan faces off with Henry "The Herc" Hercules for bragging rights and a shiny belt in a no-holds-barred beatdown. ... Saturday Night Savage ... is one of the 2012 Hope Operas, written by Shawn Northrip,directed by Debbi...