Artist Jonathon Kimbrell
opens his new show, ‘Disguise & Advertise,’ on May 10 at Fine Art and
Artists Gallery, 2920 M St., NW. (Photo credit: Jonathon Kimbrell)
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AMY CAVANAUGH
Friday, May 09, 2008
ADVENTURING outdoors group camps out for the weekend along the South Fork of the Shenandoah River near Front Royal, Va. $10 per night; arrive either Friday night or Saturday. Possible potluck dinner Saturday evening; return to D.C. area Sunday. For further information, call Jim, 202-445-1305 or visit www.adventuring.org.
ARTOMATIC, one of the largest art events in the District, opens tonight and runs through June 15. The expo features paintings, sculpture, photography, music, theater, poetry, dance and workshops. At the Capitol 1 Plaza Building, 1st and M Sts., NE. For more info: www.artomatic.org.
HEALING ARTS GALLERY OPENING The Smith Farm Center opens their new gallery at 1632 U St., NW, with a reception tonight from 5:30-8 p.m. The Gallery is designed to show how the arts can enhance wellbeing. For more information, visit www.smithfarmcenter.com or call (202) 483-8600.
CROSS CURRENTS Artist Janis Goodman opens her new show of paintings at Reyes + Davis Independent Exhibitions, 923 F St., NW. Runs from May 9 – June 6, with the opening reception tonight from 6:30-9 p.m. Gallery hours: Thursday, 2-7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 1-6 p.m. and by appointment.
ADVENTURING outdoors group sponsors an easy 8-mile round trip on the C&O Canal at the historic Monocacy Aqueduct on the Montgomery/Frederick County Line. Bring lunch, water and bug spray. Transportation and trip fees should be under $10. Meet at 9 a.m. at the top of the escalator at the Crystal City Metro Station. No dogs, please. Don, 703-683-3724. Or bicycle a 32-mile round-trip between Frostburg, MD and Meyersdale, PA, with 900 feet of elevation gain to the Big Savage Mountain Tunnel, on the Great Allegheny Passage Rail Trail. Bring helmet, patch kit, water, snacks and $2 trip fee. Meet at 10:30 a.m. at the trailhead parking lot in Frostburg. Kent, 202-487-8520. For more details on both trips, visit www.adventuring.org.
AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH LYNDA CARTER The actress from "Wonder Woman" performs her cabaret style show at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater at 7:30 p.m. 2700 F St., NW. $50-$75. For more info: www.kennedy-center.org.
DCAC’S SPARKPLUG launches its first exhibition as part of an ongoing pursuit of adventures beyond the commercial gallery system. Sparkplug is a gathering of a dozen or so D.C. metro area emerging artists, curators and writers that meet once a month to discuss their work, explore common concerns and ideas and dream up creative engagements both in D.C. and around the globe. 2438 18th St., NW. Meet the artists on May 10 from 3-6 p.m. For more info: www.dcartscenter.org.
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FESTIVAL is today at the Washington, D.C. Historical Society, 801 K St., NW. 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Including a performance of Korean music at 11 a.m., Wong Chinese Lion Dancers at 11:30 a.m., Japanese koto music at 1 p.m. and dance group Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company at 2 p.m. Visit www.historydc.org to see about RSVPing to these performances.
DAKSHINA/DANIEL PHOENIX SINGH AND COMPANY, an Indian and modern dance group, performs today at 8 p.m. and tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Dance Place, 3225 8th St., NE. $22 general admission; $17 members, students, teachers (PreK-12), professional artists and seniors; $10 for children 17 and under. To purchase tickets, call 202-269-1600 or visit www.danceplace.org.
DISGUISE AND ADVERTISE Artist Jonathon Kimbrell’s new show opens today at the Fine Art and Artists Gallery, 2920 M St., NW. Reception will be today at 6 p.m. and the show runs through June 14. The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m. 5 p.m. For more info: www.faagallery.com.
HISTORY HAS NO BOUNDARIES The Capitol Hill Restoration Society hosts a Mother’s Day House and Garden Tour and an H St., NE, pub crawl. Tonight’s candlelight house tour is from 5-8 p.m. with Jitney service between tour homes. Sunday’s tour is from noon-5 p.m. with a tea from 2:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. at the H St. Playhouse, 1364 H St., NE. For meeting information and tickets: www.chrs.org.
THE OUTLOUD! PAINTERS, a group of 13 award-winning local artists painting in diverse abstract styles, display their work through June 6 at the Blackrock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, Md. Reception and artist talk is today from 5:30-7:30 p.m. For more info: 301-528- 2260 or www.blackrockcenter.org.
PRINCE GEORGE’S PHILHARMONIC performs at 8 p.m. at Prince George’s Community College, Largo, Md. On the schedule are Mozart Symphony No. 32, K. 318, G Major, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488, A Major and Dvorak Symphony No. 7, Op. 70, D Minor. $20. For more info: 301-454-1462 or www.pgphilharmonic.org.
UNDER THE SKIN Local gay artist Scott Brooks opens his new show at the gay-owned Long View Gallery, 1302 9th St., NW, with a reception from 5-8 p.m. For more info: 202-232-4788 or www.longviewgallery.com.
BURGUNDY CRESCENT VOLUNTEERS for D.C. Central Kitchen. If you would like to volunteer, email jonathan@burgundycrescent.org. For more information, visit www.burgundycrescent.org.
D.C. DESIGN HOUSE Fifteen designers will showcase their talents by transforming a historic house to benefit Children’s National Medical Center. The design house is a free-standing home in Georgetown at 3014 P St., NW. After being designed, the house will be open to visitors through today.
FROGS: A CHORUS OF COLORS, a traveling exhibition featuring live frogs, will be on display at the National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall through today. Visitors can watch the amphibians in environments that replicate their habitats in the wild. Frogs on display include poison dart frogs, American and African bullfrogs and tree frogs, including the Chinese gliding frog, dumpy tree frog and waxy monkey frog. A companion exhibition, “Face to Face with Frogs, Photographs by Mark W. Moffett,” features images by Moffett, a photographer, ecologist and explorer who has spent years documenting frogs and other wildlife across the globe. The National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St., NW, is open Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. 5 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more info: 202-857-7588 or visit www.ngmuseum.org.
LAMBDA SCI-FI holds a monthly meeting and social of gay science fiction, fantasy and horror fans. Please bring a snack or a non-alcoholic drink to share. Meeting at 1:30 p.m., social at 2 p.m. at 1425 S St. NW. Peter and Rob, 202-483-6369. E-mail: info@lambdasf.org, or visit our Web site at www.lambdasf.org.
RECOGNIZE! HIP HOP AND CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITURE runs at the National Portrait Gallery through October. The show includes black and white portraits of hip hop performers, graffiti art by local artists Tim Conlon and Dave Hupp and videos by local artist Jefferson Pinder. For more info: www.npg.si.edu.
ADVENTURING outdoors group bicycles for 13 miles on residential streets and bike paths in Falls Church, Va., including a stop by D.C.’s original Western Cornerstone. Optional dinner follows. Bring helmet, water and $2 trip fee. Meet at 6:25 p.m. by the elevator entrance of the Clarendon Metro Station. For further information, call Rob, 703-283-1008 or visit www.adventuring.org.
ALEXANDRIA GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION holds their second Tuesday social at the Stardust Restaurant, 608 Montgomery St., Old Town Alexandria, from 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. The AGLCA monthly social is free (cash bar available). No RSVP necessary.
GAY AND LESBIAN ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE, a non-partisan civil rights advocacy group, meets at 7 p.m. at the Charles Sumner School, 1201 17th St., NW. Agenda includes participation in upcoming Pride events. For more details, call 202-667-5139 or visit www.glaa.org.
THE HISTORY BOYS, Alan Bennett’s Tony Award-winning play, runs at the Studio Theatre's Metheny Theatre through May 18. The play is set at a British school for boys, where two teachers become rivals for the hearts and minds of the unruly students. 1501 14th St., NW. For tickets and more info: www.studiotheatre.org.
TRASH PEOPLE features 50 life-sized figures sculpted entirely from trash by the German artist HA Schult. Runs outdoors at the National Geographic Museum through June 8. Schult aims to raise awareness of the volume of garbage left by humans over the course of a lifetime. For more info: www.nationalgeographic.com/museum.
COMING ATTRACTIONS TRAILER NIGHT The Washington, D.C. Film Society screen previews of upcoming summer movies at 7 p.m. at Landmark’s E St. Cinema, 555 11th St., NW. The evening, priced at $8, includes lots of movie promotional items, movie posters and raffles of movie tickets and DVDs. For more info: www.dcfilmsociety.org or email info@dcfilmsociety.org.
PAULA REGO, a figurative artist, produces richly imaginative art rooted in memories, fantasy, literature, art history and direct observation. Her work is on display at the National Museum of Women in the Arts through May 25. Hours: Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. 5 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m. Adults $10, visitors 60 and over and students $8. 1250 New York Ave., NW. For more info: 202-783-5000.
BALLROOM DANCE CLASS The 16th St. Jewish Community Center hosts a GLBTQ ballroom dance class. Learn the steps, basic dance technique, patterns and dance routines of the waltz, rumba and foxtrot. People from all sexual orientations and gender identities are welcome. Couples and single dancers from any dance background or skill level are invited to join, to dance and to have fun. Thursdays through May 29 at the Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St., NW. Visit washingtondcjcc.org/gloe to sign up. Questions? Contact Justin Lerner at justinl@washingtondcjcc.org or 202-777-3253.
WANDA SYKES, a comedian, performs at the Lyric Opera House, 140 W. Mount Royal Ave, Baltimore, at 8 p.m. $39.50. For more info: www.lyricoperahouse.com.
ZOOFARI The National Zoo holds their annual fundraiser, which this year supports the global amphibian extinction crisis. Over 100 area restaurants will be dishing up food and there will be dancing and a silent auction. $175, $125 for members. Visit www.nationalzoo.si.edu for more information.
The National Zoo holds
their annual fundraiser, Zoofari, which features food samples from over 100
area restaurants. (Photo courtesy National Zoo)
COLOR AS FIELD: AMERICAN PAINTING, 1950–1975 runs through May 26 at the American Art Museum, 8th and G Sts., NW. The show brings together 39 paintings from the stars of the movement (Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland) and includes a room on their predecessors to trace the development of Color Field painting. For more information, call 202-633-7970 or visit americanart.si.edu.
FOUNDRY GALLERY shows “The Figure is Central: Paintings by Stephen Nordlinger” through June 1. Nordlinger's figurative work is based on close observation to catch the motion, the mood and the attitude of his subjects. He works in acrylic, pastel, charcoal, tempera, watercolor and digital images on paper, canvas, Mylar, X-rays and multimedia board. 1314 18th St., NW, 1st Floor. For more info: 202-463-0203.
MAD BREED On the eve of their parents’ wedding, the offbeat teenaged siblings of John Wilkes Booth decide to put on a play. All is going well until Adah Francois, an African-American freewoman with Shakespearean dreams, arrives and the complications begin. Experience the eccentricity, brilliance and over-the-top sibling rivalry of one of Maryland’s most notorious families one glorious summer evening on a family farm in Belair, Md. Runs at the Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Ranier, Md. For tickets and more info: www.activecultures.org or call 301-526-9921.
DAVID IN SHADOW AND LIGHT, a modern musical retelling of the biblical tale of King David, runs through June 22 in the Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater at the Washington DCJCC, 1529 16th St., NW. Tickets are $20- $55 and are available at boxofficetickets.com or at 800-494-TIXS.
Matt Pearson performs as King David in
‘David in Shadow and Light’ at Theatre J. (Photos by Carol Rosegg)
SATURDAY, MAY 17
CHRYSALIS ARTS AND CULTURE GROUP holds a spring potluck social on a roof deck in Kalorama overlooking the entire city. Plans for early summer museum visits and out-of-town excursions will be discussed. Non-members welcome. For directions and food planning coordination, call Kevin, 703-464-9040, ext. 1.
FLOATING FACES is a new show by Lucy Hogg at the Flashpoint Gallery, 916 G St., NW. Hogg's serial portraits examine the proto-photographic moment in the history of painting and how viewers identify emotions with constructions of painterly surface. Runs through today. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, noon- 6 p.m., or by appointment. Free. For more info: 202-315-1310.
LAMBDA SCI-FI hosts an Indiana Jones video potluck party for gay science fiction, fantasy and horror fans and their friends. "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" will be screened in the main room. Please bring a dish or a non-alcoholic drink to share. Meet at 3:30 p.m. at 1425 S St. NW. For more info: Peter and Rob, 202-483-6369, PeterKnapp@wavelengthsonline.com, or www.lambdasf.org.
URBAN GARDENING TALK Local gardening coach Susan Harris discusses how to create and maintain a sustainable garden. 10-11:30 a.m. at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., 801 K St., NW. Reservations (not required, just appreciated) via RSVP@historydc.org or call 202-383-1828.
BLUE, the new exhibit at the Textile Museum, runs through September. The show celebrates the creative vision of contemporary textile artists working with natural indigo dyes and explores the history and significance of blue textiles across time and place. 2320 S St., NW. Hours are Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. 5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. For more info: www.textilemuseum.org.
GLBT “CRUISE-IN” The Straight Eights Car Club hosts a cruise in on the third Sunday of every month from May through September at 3 p.m. at PW’s Sports Bar and Grill, 9855 N. Washington Blvd., Laurel, Md. For more info: 202-583-5888 or strt8s@prodigy.net.
BOOK MEN D.C. discusses “Freedom in this Village: Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men's Writing,” ed. by E. Lynn Harris (pp 83-160) at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Hill Starbucks (Pennsylvania Ave. and Third St., SE). The meeting lasts an hour and is open to all who are interested. For more information, visit www.bookmendc.blogspot.com or e-mail bookmendc@comcast.net.
IN THE FORESTS OF FONTAINEBLEAU: PAINTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM COROT TO MONET runs at the National Gallery of Art, Constitution Ave., between 3rd and 7th Sts., NW, through June 8. The show features 100 paintings and photographs that examine the rise of plein air painting in a forest 35 miles from Paris. For more information, call 202-737-4215 or visit www.nga.gov.
METRO PFLAG D.C. holds their 2008 LGBTQ Youth in Care Conference, “Removing the Barriers to Compassionate Care” from 9 a.m. 4 p.m. both today and tomorrow. Workshops include Normalizing Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity, Homophobia (Overt/Subtle), Homelessness/Risky Behaviors, Out-of-Home Care-- Group Homes, Shelters, Foster Parenting, Adoption and Detention Centers, Understanding Transgender Youth and Gender Non-conformity. At Temple Rodef Shalom 2100 Westmoreland St. Falls Church, Va. For more information contact Pat@Pflagdc.org or call 202-638-3852 ext. 226
ART WALK AT ARTS DISTRICT HYATTSVILLE is held every Wednesday through May 28 from 6-8 p.m. View art, photography and crafts by local Hyattsville artists in the gallery of The Lustine Center. Refreshments provided. Free. 5710 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, Md. For more info: 301-209-0116.
THE AMERICAN EVOLUTION: A HISTORY THROUGH ART runs at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St., NW, through July 27. The show is organized under five headings: money, politics, cultural exchange, land and the modern world, tracing an arc through American art. For more information, call 202-639-1700 or visit www.corcoran.org.
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