New Farce The Liar from Shakespeare Theatre Company

"BRIMMING WITH PUNS AND DELICIOUS WORDPLAY"

Shakespeare Theatre Company presents The Liar, a farce by Pierre Corneille, adapted by Broadway playwright David Ives. When the charming and handsome pathological liar Dorante enters Paris, he impresses everyone who hears his lies. But as his lies multiply, will Dorante be able to keep his lies straight and still manage to get the girl?

Lansburgh Theatre
May 24 - 30, 2010

Get half off tickets at Goldstar

Wonderful day for families at the Virginia Fine Arts Festival!

This year's FREE festival is packed with activities for children! (If possible please donate $5-$10 to the festival. Donation proceeds benefit year round educational and outreach programs produced by GRACE.)

My daughters love seeing the peformers from Arachne Aerial Arts. They have two performance pieces at the weekend long event:


One, called “The Beauty of Their Dreams”, is inspired by William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. It includes two characters grounded by industrial reality, that dream of a more ethereal existence of beauty and grace. The performance features three aerial duets by Arachne Aerial Arts as dreams complimented by inspiring aerial theater performances by In-Flight Theater. This performance will take place on a large installation called The Tower and will occur under the Reston Town Center Pavilion.

In addition to the performance in the Pavilion, the aerialists will perform on another installation called The Flying Machine in Town Square Park. This is an aerial sculpture that investigates the integration of the human body, tools and machinery. Being huge in scale, it uses counterbalance both as metaphor and function. Contact occurs from reaching through the machine with body and spirit.

More for Kids:

Art & Science Artistically Collide in Children’s Art Tent:

This year Art &Science meet in the Children’s Art Tent where children can explore, discover and create fun, wonderful art. From kaleidoscope making, to designing your own paper bag hats, to participating in a colorful community mural, come see what happens when art and science meet and how art and science can work together to create beautiful works.

Also learn more about GRACE’s educational programs, including Art in the Schools, Explore More, Summer Art Camp, and children’s workshops.

The festival will also have full slate of musical entertainment, ranging from teen Rock sensation Margot MacDonald to Old-Time String Band innovator Scott Malyska, and from former DaVinci’s Notebook vocalist Bernie Muller-Thyme to guitar virtuoso Sol. Many outstanding songwriters are included in the lineup as well.


Event Details:
What: 19th Annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival
Who: Contemporary artwork from over 200 artists in 18 categories
Where: Reston Town Center - 12001 Market Street, Reston, VA 20190
When: Saturday & Sunday – May 15 & 16, 2010
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Rain or Shine.
Preview Night Party: Friday, May 14, 7:00-10:00 p.m. Tickets required.

Cost: Admission to the event is free however a voluntary donation of $5 is requested. In addition, $10-off certificates redeemable at a dozen Reston Town Center restaurants will be offered in exchange for a $10 donation to the GRACE.

Website: www.restonarts.org/festival/

Art Beats + Lyrics (DC)

FREE
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 7:00pm - Midnight



Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
1301 Constitution Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC


"AB+L explores several themes in Hip Hop and highlights urban art forms expressed through photography, graffiti and paintings fused with DJ’ing, break dancing and live music.


RSVP: http://gentlemanjackabl.com/Default.aspx

Art, Beats and Lyrics is an Exhibition of multi-media art and design that explores the recent work of a diverse group of visual artists who have emerged from the sub-cultures in Hip-Hip throughout America. The core of the project involves painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, performance and product design by well-known artists as well as up-and-coming local talent. AB+L grew from an audience of 400 people to more than 4,000 for one event at the High Museum in Atlanta. AB+L captivates the urban audience by maintaining its roots in the street and promoting the underground experience in attractive and unique venues. This platform also provides local urban artists a channel in which to expose their art to a wider audience.

Art, Beats and Lyrics is an Exhibition of multi-media art and design that explores the recent work of a diverse group of visual artists who have emerged from the sub-cultures in Hip-Hip throughout America."

Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival

19th Annual NoVa Fine Arts Festival
Produced by Greater Reston Arts Center


Saturday, May 15, 2010 and
Sunday, May 16, 2010
10:00am - 6:00pm
Rain or Shine
Reston Town Center, 12001 Market Street
FREE
$5-$10 Donation suggested to benefit GRACE. Donation proceeds benefit year round educational and outreach programs, including Art in the Schools.


This juried festival will show the work of over 200 artists. It typically attracts over 50,000 patrons, and offers an opportunity to experience and purchase art directly from talented featured artists.

The weekend begins with a Preview Night Party on Friday, May 14 from 7-10 p.m., for sponsors, donors, local art lovers, and media. The evening will include a live fine art auction and the opportunity for first choice art purchases from award winning artists. Tickets are required for this event.




"The two-day juried festival will offer plenty to see, taste, hear and do - from hand crafted, one of a kind artwork, a host of live musical and visual performance arts, artist demonstrations, acclaimed children’s activities, and superb food and refreshments. The Festival offers a superb array of artists in 18 categories including; oil, acrylic, watercolor painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, jewelry, metal, textiles, photography and ceramics."

For additional information about GRACE, the Northern Virginia Arts Festival or volunteer opportunities visit www.restonarts.org/festival/.

A CATALYST at the Lansburgh Theater

Citidance in Concert: CATALYST

For years now, my husband and I have been consistently impressed by the performances put on by the world-renowned modern dancers & choreographers of DC's Citidance Ensemble. This weekend's show promises a similar experience.

Saturday, March 13, 2010 • 8pm
Sunday, March 14, 2010 • 4pm
Lansburgh Theatre • Harman Center for the Arts
450 7th Street NW • Washington, DC


"Concluding a blockbuster performance season featuring a standing ovation at the inaugural 2009 VelocityDC Dance Festival and October's sold-out Latitude performances at The Kennedy Center, CityDance's U.S. season finale featuring the Washington, DC premiere of Paul Taylor's Images and a collaboration between Artistic Director Paul Gordon Emerson and Grammy nominee Christylez Bacon promises to be an event that should not be missed."

Features of the show include:

•CityDance's premiere of Paul Taylor's masterwork Images

•An encore performance of Paul Taylor's powerful Last Look

•A premiere of Paul Gordon Emerson's new work Little Adorations with live accompaniment by Grammy nominee Christylez Bacon

•A first look at +1/-1 by Choreographer-in-Residence Christopher K. Morgan.



Tickets for Catalyst are on sale now through the Harman Center for the Arts Box Office. www.harmancenter.org


Tickets are $35 and $55. Limited $20 rush tickets will be made available 24 - 48 hours in advance of show times.

DC Galleries COLLABORATE

My heart is light and I am hopeful, as the change I so hoped to see has begun.

DC is moving towards a truly supportive and less competitive community for the artists that reside here. Artist Collaboratives are rapidly growing and putting on their own exciting pop-ups shows. Galleries have begun to WORK TOGETHER to bring more artists to wider audiences, and support is building for this concept.

Last month we saw the lovely LUST show spearheaded by ArtDC, spreading out to 2 other galleries.

Now the undercover annual Moca DC event, Erotica 2010, is expanding into ArtDC, Design Studio Art Gallery, and Cheryl Edwards Studio.

I would love to see exclusively top notch work at these shows. Therefore...

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Drop Off: All work must be delivered to artdc.org Lustine Gallery between the hours of 12 pm to 2 pm on Saturday, March 6th. (We will accept work at the artdc Gallery as a central location for display in these spaces)

Install: March 6 from 12 to 2pm

Reception: March 13 from 6 to 9pm

De-install: April 4 from 12 to 2pm

Hanging Fee: $10.00 per art work- Artwork: Maximum size 24x30, and work must be ready to hang

Commission:
30% to the gallery for all sales developing from this exhibition

Pink Fashion Rocks!!! Wed, Feb.24th

Wear Pink, ROCK out!

Join us at Long View Gallery for a live rock fashion show, raising money for breast cancer research and awareness. Early detection saves lives.


See Betsey Johnson's pink line, 14 GWFCC Fashion Designers, and the iTunes awarded Charm City Devils!

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Walk the "Pink" Carpet with Fashion BS. Enjoy great cocktails, hor d'oeuvres, and ART (including some by Betsey Johnson herself, who is a breast cancer survivor). Who knows, you might just bump into multi platnium R&B artist Ginuwine.
Tickets are $50, VIP $150(includes swag bag).

All DC designers are donating 100% from their auctioned signature pink pieces to the cause, because DC Designers ROCK!

Tickets: www.pinkjamsdc.com

Long View Gallery
1234 Ninth St, NW.
Metro: Mt. Vernon Sq.-7th St/Convention Ctr.