Dateline
GW's Guide To Happenings Throughout Metropolitan
Washington
Thursday / May 15
$ Performance Rincones & Company Dance
Theater This program will include Torentes, an intricate modern dance
piece set to Barber’s Piano Concerto at 7:30 pm. For more information
please contact The Kennedy Center at 467-4600.
$ Performance KC Jazz Club Grammy-nominated and classically trained
Stefon Harris has been featured with Wynton Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson,
Joe Henderson, and many others at 8 and 10 pm. For more information
please contact The Kennedy Center at 467-4600.
Friday / May 16
$ Theater “Stoneface” Denmark’s acclaimed Theater
TT performance group presents a wordless theatrical event inspired by
the universe of Buster Keaton’s classic silent films, featuring
actor Torklid Lindebjerg in a slapstick and endearing performance for
the whole family. Schedule: May 16 at 7 pm; May 17 at 11 am and 1 pm;
and May 18 at 1 pm. For more information please contact The Kennedy
Center at 467-4600.
Saturday / May 17
Today in History: 1875: Jockey Oliver Lewis rode thoroughbred
Aristides to victory in the first Kentucky Derby.
$ Demonstration “A Passion for Basil” Explore the wonderful
world of this sensuous herb by rubbing, sniffing, and tasting some of
the best varieties of basil at 1 pm. For more information please call
The United States Botanic Garden at 225-8333.
$ Awards Ceremony 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award Ceremony, Dinner, and
Dance All readings are followed by a reception and book sale in Folger’s
Great Hall. Seating in the theatre and nearby church is unreserved.
Starts promptly at 7 pm, with doors opening 30 minutes before event
time. For ticket information call the Folger Box Office at 544-7077
or visit www.folger.edu.
Sunday / May 18
$ Performance The Vietnamese-American Cultural Odyssey Traditional
folk artist Kim Oanh Nguyen leads a group of Washington-area Vietnamese-American
youth who tell the story of the arrival of Vietnamese refugees in the
United States and their struggle to integrate while retaining their
cultural heritage, at 2 pm. For more information please contact The
Kennedy Center at 467-4600.
Monday / May 19
$ Lecture “Quincy Jones: The American Impresario” Join
The Kennedy Center at 8 pm as Quincy Jones talks about his remarkable
life and the state of the arts in America. For more information please
call 467-4600.
Tuesday / May 20
$ Performance “Jazz Speaks” Join national poets and
musicians at 8 pm as they stir your soul in the KC Jazz Club, the Kennedy
Center’s newest jazz club setting. For more information please
contact The Kennedy Center at 467-4600.
Thursday / May 22
Today in History: 1802: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died.
Lecture “The Origins of Hostility” Mikhail Alexseev,
a Kluge Fellow in the Library of Congress’ Kluge Center, discusses
“The Origins of Hostility: Migration, Insecurity, and Ethic Prejudice
Along the Russian-Chinese Border,” at 2:30 pm. For more information
please contact The Library of Congress at 707-5522.
Monday / May 26
Memorial Day, University Holiday
Wednesday / May 28
$ Ballet Septime Webre’s “Cinderella,” performance
by the Washington Ballet at the Eisenhower Theater. Immediately following
each performance, The Washington Ballet presents it highly popular BalletTalks,
a question-and-answer session with Artistic Director Septime Webre and
featured members of the Company. Playing through June 1. Orchestra/Balcony
A-D $60; Balcony E-D $45. For information call362-3606 or visit www.washingtonballet.org.
$ Lecture “Surviving Everest” Ken Kamler offers both
a medical and spiritual perspective on survival and the limits of human
endurance needed while climbing Mount Everest at 7:30 pm. For more information
please contact National Geographic at 857-7700 or visit www.nationalgeographic.com.
Friday / May 30
Tour “Plant Marvels and Mysteries” Join the United
States Botanic Garden for a Conservatory tour to explore some of the
unusual marvels and mysteries of the plant kingdom at noon. For more
information call 225-8333.
Monday / June 2
$ Film “Lost and Found Ballet” In this series of three
film screenings, you can experience ballets that were popular once upon
a time, but then disappeared from the world’s stages. June 2, 9,
and 16 at 6 pm. For more information please call The Kennedy Center
at 467-4600.
Saturday / June 7
$ Performance National Orchestra Institute (NOI) Concert 8 pm.
NOI brings together talented young musicians from across the country
in a three week residency. For more information please contact the Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland at 301/405-ARTS.
Tuesday / June 10
$ Lecture Reduced Shakespeare Company London’s longest-running
comedy troupe returns to present a laugh-out-loud roller coaster ride
through a compact compendium of the world’s greatest books, at
7:30 pm. For more information contact The Kennedy Center at 467-4600.
