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May 22, 2013, 7:00pm - 10:00pmOn Wednesday, May 22nd, Monument Music and Arts will present the D.C. premiere of award-winning documentary "Doin' It In The Park" at the GALA Hispanic Theater in Columbia Heights. Joining us for the evening will be the film's directors, Kevin...
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May 23, 2013, 6:30pm - 8:00pmIdeas about photography and its place within the contemporary art world are more than ever in constant flux. Conventional borders—geographic, institutional, and between media—no longer define the contemporary scene. This roundtable will gather a...
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May 23, 2013, 6:00pm - 8:00pmUPDATE! A special guest performance by performance artist Bizard, who is currently being hosted by Animals & Fire, a new performance platform in DC. SUPERNOVA festival director Philippa Hughes will lead a discussion about performance art and...
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May 25, 2013, 9:00pm - May 26, 2013, 12:00amGreetings Heavy Breathers. Yes yes yes we know, and you know. There is no need to speak. We understand each other, we both breathe the same fumes, we share the same toothbrush, we both like pizza. That is why we choose to celebrate the month of May...
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May 29, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pmIt's time for another Glow Sessions! With this local music series, we're shining a light on DC's emerging musical talents. This time, we welcome Misun! $10 ticket price includes soft beverages. Bring a well-stocked picnic! (wink wink) You an...
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May 29, 2013, 6:00pm - 10:00pmThis dinner is happening in Northern Virginia -Del Ray- to be precise. It is generously being hosted in a gallery space called “The Empty House Studio.” The gallery was started by a life long friend of ours, Sarah Coffin. Additional details coming...
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May 30, 2013, 5:30pm - 7:30pmWashington professionals by day, the all-volunteer Picnic Theatre brings their brand of site-specific cocktail party theater to the Phillips for a performance of Molière’s Tartuffe or The Hypocrite. The Washington Post has called the troupe one of...
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May 30, 2013, 6:30pm - 9:00pmThrough the Pacific trade on huge Galleons, Chinese communities worked to build Mexican railroads, and Japanese settlers found work on coffee plantations. Mexico's culinary heritage is no stranger to this influence—dishes have benefited from their...
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May 30, 2013, 7:00pm - 10:00pmThe Mayor's Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs and the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities invite you to join Mayor Vincent C. Gray in celebrating AAPI Heritage Month. Mayor Gray will be giving out The Mayor's Community Service Award to...
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May 30, 2013, 6:00pm - 10:00pmAre you an artist in the DC area? Join us for a networking mixer and discussion about the challenges of creating art in our current environment, and the responsibility/burden of living up to those who have come before us. Stupid Fucking Bird...
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Jun 1, 2013, 10:00am - Jun 2, 2013, 4:00pmDiscover nine diverse museums in one of Washington, D.C.'s most beautiful neighborhoods. Save on gas and museum admission by hitting the pavement and taking a walking tour or riding the free shuttle between sites. Visit in any order you choose! In...
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Jun 2, 2013, 4:00pm - 6:00pmHair Apparent is a multimedia exhibit including sculpture, photography, assemblage, and performance. The show explores artists' relationships with hair referencing cultural perception, myth, ritual, and memory - and reflections on a private asset...
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Apr 10, 2013 (All day) - Jun 9, 2013 (All day)Curated by Gerald Ross, Director of Exhibitions, Maryland Institute College of Art Location: Arlington Art Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA Presented by WPA at Arlington Art Center, OPTIONS 2013 is the fifteenth iteration of WPA's biennial...
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Jun 8, 2013, 9:00pm - Jun 9, 2013, 2:00amHUGE DANCE PARTY to celebrate the SUPERNOVA performance art festival! With hit tracks "Free" and "Desire," Baltimore, MD's Ultra Naté expanded from local phenomenon to globally-recognized house music superstar. Now a veteran DJ, producer and...
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Jun 7, 2013, 9:00am - Jun 9, 2013, 5:00pmSUPERNOVA is a pioneering performance art festival with a powerful and dynamic line-up of more than 75 artists for its first-year, FREE Festival from Friday to Sunday, June 7–9 in Rosslyn, VA. Over the three-day festival, SUPERNOVA will bring...
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Jun 10, 2013, 6:30pm - 9:15pmBig Bands no longer roam the earth like they did in the 1930s, yet the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra successfully packs the house every week. Enjoy a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes with these incredible jazz musicians at a historic venue...
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May 18, 2013, 12:00pm - Jun 22, 2013, 6:00pmCurator's Office is pleased to present Unspoiled, a new exhibition of photographic works by celebrated Canadian collaborative team Nicholas & Sheila Pye. This will be the fourth exhibition of work by the Pyes at Curator's Office. Unspoiled...
Recent Past Calendar Picks
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May 19, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pmVisiting artist Bizard questions how we accept unknown or non-control over the body and a public...
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May 19, 2013, 1:00pm - 9:00pmFORWARD 2013 concludes with it's annual tradition of a no holds barred, last man standing, take no...
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May 19, 2013, 1:00pm - 7:00pmDC Central Kitchen's Festival of Local Music, Food, and Change with Free food from 25 of DC's Best...
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May 19, 2013, 5:00pm - 7:00pmHosted by Sarah Browning & Katy Richey $5 online or at the door As always, open mic follows! Co...
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May 18, 2013, 12:00pm - May 19, 2013, 5:00pmTour 25+ working art studios, in and around the Dupont Circle, Logan Circle, U Street and Shaw...
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May 18, 2013, 11:00am - May 19, 2013, 5:00pmPlease join us for this year's Spring Open Studios at 52 O!! 52 O Street Open Studios Saturday, May...
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May 18, 2013, 11:00am - May 19, 2013, 5:00pmOpen Studios is a semi-annual event that invites the public into the creative spaces of the...
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May 18, 2013, 9:00pm - May 19, 2013, 4:00amDay 4 of FORWARD continues our multimedia onslaught at our DIY warehouse space. Prepare yourself...
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May 18, 2013, 7:00pm - 11:30pmDid you just wink at us? DC Listening Lounge is excited to announce the 2013 edition of Sound...
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May 18, 2013, 6:30pm - 8:00pmCurator's Office is pleased to present Unspoiled, a new exhibition of photographic works by...
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May 17, 2013, 9:00pm - May 18, 2013, 4:00amDay 3 of FORWARD kicks off our DIY warehouse space. Prepare yourself for an audio, visual,...
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May 17, 2013, 6:00pm“Flashing bits of brilliance like a beautifully burned train clacking over a few minutes of...
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May 16, 2013, 9:00pm - May 17, 2013, 2:00amDay two of FORWARD as we join forces with our brothers and sisters from Manifest to present ESKMO...
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May 16, 2013, 6:00pm - 9:00pmProject Create Cordially Invites You to Join Us for Our 5th Annual Art Auction + Benefit Featuring...
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May 16, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pmPerformance: Aftermath addresses the ongoing life of performance art. Local performance artists are...
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May 15, 2013, 7:00pm - May 16, 2013, 12:00amFORWARD 2013 is proud to kick off its 6th year at DC's "best new music venue" Tropicalia, with an...
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May 14, 2013, 7:30pm - 8:30pmThe Hill Center continues its concert series with a return engagement by bandoneonist Juan Pablo...
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May 13, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pmUnder a D.C. Community Arts Grant (CAG), “to promote arts activities to a diverse range of...
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May 13, 2013, 1:00pm - 7:00pmYou are invited to experience an exhibition of some extraordinarily well-designed ideas in theatre...
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May 10, 2013, 8:00pm - May 12, 2013, 10:00pmMarc Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project red, black & GREEN: a blues (rbGb) is a full-length...
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May 8, 2013, 9:00pm - May 12, 2013, 6:00pmUrban Artistry's International Soul Society Festival is finally here. This week-long series of...
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May 12, 2013, 2:00pm - 3:00pmBarry Bergdoll, Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art...
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May 10, 2013, 7:30pm - May 11, 2013, 9:30pmThe Figaro Project will present the world premiere of Camelot Requiem, a new opera written in honor...
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May 11, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pmUnder a D.C. Community Arts Grant (CAG), “to promote arts activities to a diverse range of...
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May 11, 2013, 2:00pm - 6:00pmYESSS! It's that time again! We're hosting our annual art show on May 11th and we want your work IN...
Philippa Recently Attended
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Apr 21, 2013, 1:30pmCelebrate National Poetry Month with local poet and artist Fred Joiner, who will discusses the...
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Apr 20, 2013, 9:00pm - Apr 21, 2013, 9:00amParticipating artists: chukwuma agubokwu, Megan Blafas, Calder Brannock, Kathryn Cornelius, Jeremy...
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Apr 19, 2013, 7:00pm - 10:00pmWhat is your history? What will future cultures think when they find the objects we have left...
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Apr 19, 2013, 7:30pm - 9:00pmDvořák’s New World Symphony with Angel Gil-Ordóñez and Isaac Daniel conducting the combined...
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Apr 18, 2013, 5:00pm - 7:00pmSeizing on a dynamic moment in DC performance art, the exhibition "Wilmer Wilson IV: the FOREVER...
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Apr 17, 2013, 5:00pm - 7:00pmThis juried exhibition celebrates the breadth and depth of the College's Printmaking Program,...
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Apr 6, 2013, 12:00pm - 2:00pmTransformer is pleased to announce Body Talk: A conversation led by Expansions artist Eames...
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Apr 5, 2013, 4:00pm - 10:00pmContinuing in its tradition of coordinating gallery exhibitions with D.C.’s world-class museum...
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Apr 3, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pmAn eclectic mix of works that, as the title of the program suggests, will include the telling of...
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Apr 2, 2013, 6:30pm - 8:00pmLambda Law, GW Art Law and Entertainment Society, and Student Intellectual Property Law Association...
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Mar 31, 2013, 4:30pm - 5:30pmSu Friedrich in person Seeing Red (2005) weaves personal rumination, Bach's Goldberg Variations as...
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Mar 18, 2013, 7:00pm - 8:00pmJoin Kip Lornell, Adjunct Professor of American Music and Ethnomusicology at George Washington...
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Mar 17, 2013, 4:30pm - 6:00pmTwilight touching down on a near-empty American townscape is the consistent theme of Gregory...
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Mar 16, 2013, 8:00pm - 10:00pmThrough the realism of theater and the physicality of dance, "The Chemistry of Lime Trees" explores...
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Mar 15, 2013, 8:30pm - Mar 16, 2013, 12:00amIt’s official! We’ve turned the tender age of one, and we’re throwing a party for all our fans! And...
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Mar 15, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pmJackson presents a new body of vibrantly colorful, large-scale, narrative painting inspired by the...
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Mar 15, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pmIn Gray's first solo exhibition, he presents sculpture and site-specific installation merging...
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Mar 15, 2013, 6:00pm - 8:00pmTransformer presents Expansions, featuring artists: Eames Armstrong, Benjamin Edmiston, Matt Hollis...
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Mar 14, 2013, 7:00pm - 10:30pmCultural Tourism DC’s annual fundraiser gives you access to one of DC’s best-kept secrets - world-...
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Mar 14, 2013, 3:30pmA Conversation with Glenn Ligon March 14 at 3:30PM East Building Concourse, Auditorium Glenn Ligon...
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Oct 13, 2011, 6:30pm - 8:30pmDistinguished Service to the Humanities Awards Making DC Sizzle: A Celebration of Washington's...
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Oct 5, 2011, 10:00am - Oct 6, 2011, 6:00pmThis symposium will examine artistic encounters between Latin America and the United States from...
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Sep 20, 2011 (All day) - Sep 30, 2011 (All day)More information about ZestFest: http://www.zestfest.org/. ZestFest is back, bringing life and...
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Aug 19, 2011, 7:00pm - 9:00pmfeaturing Chukwuma Agubokwu, "Cuirass Cavus" Wilmer Wilson IV, "Blank Shot" Chajana denHarder, "...
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Aug 11, 2011, 9:00pmMonument is pleased, honored, and pumped to announce that onThursday, August 11, we will be...


















