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Washington Performing Arts Piano Masters The Piano Masters Series offers three recitals by some of the most prestigious keyboard artists performing today. Purchase single tickets (Click "Purchase tickets" below), buy the series […]
Live music during dinner at Terasol on weekend evenings. See the performance schedule at http://www.terasolartisans.com/Events.html
Young Concert Artists of Washington UDC is one of four Washington, DC venues for the Young Concert Artists series featuring extraordinary young performers. Learn more at YCA.org. Purchase single tickets […]
"One of Us" tells the story of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943), who as a conscientious objector refused to serve in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and was sentenced to death and executed in 1943. The film deals with new findings on Jägerstätter, including the court room protocol and numerous original […]
The Carnegie Institution of Washington's Broad Branch Road Spring 2017 Neighborhood Lecture Series kicks off with Carnegie Science President, Dr. Matthew P. Scott. Scott will present "Jumping Genes: What They Mean for Evolution and Medicine" at 6:30 p.m on Thursday, March 16, 2017, in the Greenewalt Lecture Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. Lecture Hall […]
Do you think the Forest Hills Playground could use some sprucing up? Did you enjoy the 2015 and 2016 summer concerts and have great ideas for the 2017 series? Please join Friends of Forest Hills Playground's board members and neighbors in planning the playground's spring cleanup and the 2017 concerts! They are meeting Thursday, March […]
Join Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood for a special edition of The Politics Hour with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. Kojo and Tom will interview the mayor in front of an […]
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a potluck at Soapstone Market. Tickets are $12.99/pp for dine in or carry out. St. Patrick's Day Potluck Menu: House-Corned Beef Brisket Shepherd's Pie Guinness Beef Stew Carrots, Cabbage, and Boiled Potatoes Irish Soda Bread Tickets can be pre-purchased on Eventbrite (https://soapstonemarketpotluck.eventbrite.com/) or at the door during the event.
See the performance schedule at https://www.cometpingpong.com/shows
Celebrate the coming of spring with Friends of Peirce Mill and the The Rock Creek Morris Women dancers. Morris Dancing is tradition from the Cotswold region of England where the […]
Three outstanding pioneers represent the achievements of women in the fields of science and technology: The double Nobel Price winner and discoverer of radioactivity Marie Curie (1867-1934), the Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968) and the Viennese Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) with the invention of frequency hopping. Incidents of their lives, achievements and impediments […]
Favorite pianist and UDC Jazz Studies Director Allyn Johnson curates a JAZZAlive series featuring performance and conversation. Free and open to the public, in the Recital Hall in UDC’s Performing Arts Building 46-West. Learn More at www.JazzAliveUDC.org
The Honorable Robert L. Wilkins will speak on his new book "Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100-Year Mission to Create the National Museum of African American History and Culture" at the UDC Theater of the Arts. Attendance to the 6 pm book talk is FREE but registration is required. Before the talk, there will […]
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Washington Performing Arts Virtuoso Series March 24, 2017: The JCT Trio (pronounced “Junction Trio”) comprises three young Avery Fisher Career Grant-winning instrumentalists who have made names and careers for themselves as soloists in their own rights: pianist Conrad Tao, violinist Stefan Jackiw, and cellist Jay Campbell (the most recent, 2016, Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, whom […]