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GW's Guide To Happenings Throughout Metropolitan
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ONGOING EVENTS
GW $ Performance “Third Annual Flamenco Festival” Ballet
Flamenco Sara Baras performing “Mariana Pineda,” modern flamenco
dance on Jan. 28, and Jan. 29, 8 pm. Farruquito and Juana Amaya performing
“Por Derecho,” traditional flamenco dance on Jan. 31 and Feb.
1, 8 pm. Tomatito, flamenco guitarist with other musicians and flamenco
dancer on Feb. 7, 8 pm at Lisner Auditorium. For more information please
call 994-6800 or 994-1423.
$ Theatre “South Pacific” Arena Stage presents the
Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “South Pacific” with its amazing
Hammerstein/Rodgers songs. Playing through Feb. 2. For more information,
call 488-3300 or visit www.arenastage.org.
$ Exhibition “Cecily Brown Presents Sensual Blend of Abstract
and Figurative Painting,” at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture
Garden through March 2. For more information please call 357-2700 or
http://hirshhorn.si.edu.
Exhibition “Drawing on America’s Past,” through
March 2 at the National Gallery of Art. This exhibition commemorates
the 60th anniversary of the gallery’s acquisition of the Index
of American Design and explores issues of folk art and national identity.
For more information please call 737-4215 or visit www.nga.gov.
Exhibition “Laying the Foundation for Liberty” through
June 1 at The Octagon, relates the saga of the pedestal’s design
and construction featuring the stories of the many individuals involved
in the complex process of bringing the Statue of Liberty from France.
For more information please call 626-7369.
Exhibition “In and Out of Focus,” at the Smithsonian
National Museum of African Art through March 16. Nearly 200 works by
both well-known and unknown photographers are featured in this exhibit.
For more information please call 357-4600, ext. 291.
$ Exhibition “Ringside: The Boxing Paintings and Sculptures
of Joseph Sheppard” This exhibition of works by celebrated Baltimore
artist Joseph Sheppard features eight paintings, four sculptures, and
one chalk drawing on paper on display through March 9 at The Walters
Art Museum. For more information call 410/547-9000 or visit
www.thewalter.org.
Exhibition “The Path to the Presidency” Princeton University
and the Woodrow Wilson House Museum celebrate the centennial of Woodrow
Wilson’s appointment as president of Princeton in an exhibit on
view at the Wilson House Museum through March 23. For more information
please call 387-4062.
Exhibition “Whistler in Venice: The Pastels” on view
at the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art through June 15. “Whistler
in Venice” is the first of three separate Whistler exhibitions
to be held at the Freer during 2003, which marks the centennial of the
artist’s death. The show highlights 14 unusually beautiful and
rare examples of these works, along with etchings and a watercolor.
For more information please call 357-2700.
Exhibition “Tobacco: Architectural Photographs” on
view at The Octagon AIA Headquarters Gallery through May 2. Acclaimed
architectural photographer Maxwell MacKenzie returns to the AIA Headquarters
Gallery with a spectacular new series of color and black and white photographs
documenting the diminishing tobacco barn. For more information please
call 626-7369 or E-mail wwiener@theoctagon.org
Exhibition “An Imperial Collection” This exhibition
of 49 sculptures, oil paintings, and watercolors, many rarely viewed
outside Russia or Europe, illustrates how women as painters and patrons
were major contributors to Russian imperial, social, and cultural history.
On display Feb. 14 through June 18 at the National Museum of Women in
the Arts. For more information please call 783-5000.
Exhibition “Teapots and Tea Tastings” This exhibition
features 100 teapots spanning the 18th and 19th centuries from the collection
of the Norwich Castle Museum in England, plus the world’s largest
teapot, made around 1851 for the Crystal Palace Exposition in London.
The US Botanic Garden, in conjunction with the National Museum of Natural
History will host “Traditions in Elegance: 100 Teapots from the
Norwich Castle Museum” in the East Gallery of the Conservatory
through March 30. For more information please call 226-4082.
Tuesday / Jan. 21
$ Lecture “Antonio Damasio: Emotions and the Brain”
Damasio, a leading neuroscientist, discusses his latest research, accompanied
by an intriguing slide-illustrated lecture. He explains how joy and
sorrow are manifested in the brain, and how emotional controls are located
throughout the brain. For tickets and information, call The Smithsonian
Associates at 357-3030 or visit the Web site www.SmithsonianAssociates.org.
Wednesday / Jan. 22
Today in History: 1912: Residents of Key West, FL, observed completion
of the Florida East Coast Railway, an overseas rail connection to the
mainland.
GW Seminar “New Trends and Developments in the US Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission” Peggy Mastroianni, associate
legal counsel with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),
will speak on disability issues as well as new trends and developments
at the EEOC at the Marvin Center, room 308 at 9:30 am. Please RSVP to
Cynthia Richardson-Crooks at 994-9656 or eeacrc@gwu.edu.
$ Film “Runaway” is a documentary on the sufferings
of young girls in a women’s shelter in Tehran focusing on their
relationships with one another and their survival through strength and
wit. Playing at the National Museum of Women in the Arts at 7 pm. For
more information please call 783-5000 or visit www.nmwa.org.
Thursday / Jan. 23
$ Lecture “Victorian Luminaries Who Changed the World”
Renowned author A.N. Wilson presents an engaging slide lecture showcasing
the quintessential luminaries of the Victorian era including Darwin,
Marx, etc. A.N. Wilson’s The Victorians is available for signing
after the program. For tickets and information, call The Smithsonian
Associates at 357-3030 or visit www.SmithsonianAssociates.org.
Friday / Jan. 24
$ Reading PEN/Faulkner 2002–03 Readings David Anthony Durham
and Tayari Jones, 8 pm. All readings are followed by a reception and
book sale in the Folger’s Great Hall. Seating in the theatre and
church is unreserved, with doors opening at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15.
For ticket information call the Folger Box Office at 544-7077 or visit
www.folger.edu.
$ Performance Robert Massey, composer, and David Wilson, filmmaker,
8 pm. Also Jan. 25 at 8 pm. George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Auditorium. Sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society. For more
information call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org.
$ Performance “Musical Evening Series: Peabody Trio/Reception,”
at the Corcoran at 8 pm. The Peabody Trio has established itself as
one of the leading piano trios in the world since winning the prestigious
Namburg Chamber Music Award in 1989. For more information please call
639-1770 or visit www.corcoran.org.
Saturday / Jan. 25
$ Workshop “Environmental Art: A Collaboration with Nature”
The influence of wind, seasonal changes, and weather can be seen in
the natural materials that surround us. With artist Elizabeth Burger’s
guidance, participants in this workshop will take a tour of Burger’s
exhibition, “In Those Silent Woods,” experiment with the use
of natural materials as artistic media, develop and sketch concepts
that use these materials, and ultimately produce works of art at the
US Botanic Garden at 10:30 am through 5 pm. For more information please
call 225-8333 or visit www.usbg.gov.
$ Performance “Music for the Young and Young at Heart”
The performance by pianist Jeffrey Siegel features a full program of
music, followed by a question and answer session in which the audience
members, both young and old, can talk about the works and the composers.
This performance will be held at George Mason University’s Center
for the Arts Concert Hall at 2 pm. For more information please call
703/218-6500.
Monday / Jan. 27
$ Concert Yo-Yo Ma, cello, and Kathryn Stott, piano, 8 pm. Kennedy
Center Concert Hall. Sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society.
For more information call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org.
Thursday / Jan. 30
$ Concert “Jazz en Clave” features Chucho Valdes Big
Band with Roy Hargrove, trumpet and guest artists. GW’s Lisner
Auditorium, 8 pm. Sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society. For
more information call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org.
Saturday / Feb. 1
Today in History: 1902: Poet and writer Langston Hughes was born
in Joplin, MO.
Chinese New Year
$ Performance “Flamenco Dance Company” This concert
features Paco Pena’s impassioned guitar playing in its pure solo
form and showcases the fiery talents of this extraordinary flamenco
dance company. At 8 pm at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center
Montgomery College. For more information please call 301/279-5301.
Sunday / Feb. 2
$ Workshop “Botanical Illustration” Hone your powers
of observation and drawing skills using the living collection in the
USBG Conservatory. This intensive two-day workshop will provide individual
instruction, critique, and discussion. Beginners are welcome. A list
of supplies required for the class will be mailed prior to the first
meeting. The workshop will also be held Feb. 9, 10:30 am at the United
States Botanic Garden. For more information please call 225-8333 or
visit www.usbg.gov.
Tuesday / Feb. 4
Lecture “Safety and Regulatory Issues for Food and Drugs”
Lori Love will discuss some of the issues faced by the scientific community
and regulatory agencies when companies develop and seek approval for
new plant-based products. The lecture will be held at US Botanic Garden
Conservatory at 6:30 pm. The program is free, but registrations are
requested. For more information please call 226-4082.
