PAST: CultureCapital.Com new weekly email, Select Highlights for Events thru Dec 15th

Below are some highlights from CultureCapital.com's new weekly email list (which I encourage you to sign up for, link is included in info below).

Note please that unless it is listed in the FREE category there is likely a fee to attend, some are small, some may be more than $10, it depends on the show or event. Please click through for complete details!

Also note that this site covers DC, MD and VA, the entire metropolitan area, so not all locations are accessible by metro. To check if they are, please use metro's trip planner.

Dec 10	From the Vaults: The Arts National Archives Experience
	From Concept to Curtain: Take Joy - The Making of an Original Strathmore Production Strathmore
Dec 12-13	Great Falls Holiday Art Show and Sale Colvin Run Historic Schoolhouse
Through Dec 17	Arlington Artists Alliance: Local Color Little Falls Presbyterian Church
Through Dec 24	Year-End Group Show Gallery plan b
Through Jan 3, 2010	Exhibition: 1934: A New Deal for Artists Smithsonian American Art Museum
	Recent Acquisitions The Textile Museum
	New Mythology / Tracey Clarke Athenaeum
Through Jan 10, 2010	Exhibition: Robert Bergman: Portraits, 1986-1995 National Gallery of Art

For half-price tickets to performances throughout the region visit TICKETPLACE.

Wed Dec 9	Christmas Boutique at Dumbarton House Dumbarton House
	The Temptations and The Four Tops: The Holidays and the Hits Strathmore
Thu Dec 10	Cradle Will Rock National Archives Experience
	David LaFleur Athenaeum
	Flora Mirabilis National Geographic
	Screening and Discussion: Six Films by William Kentridge The Kreeger Museum
	Vocal Arts Society: Jamie Barton, mezzo The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Fri Dec 11	UM School of Music: Gamelan Saraswati Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Sat Dec 12	3rd Annual Collector's Showcase Event Workhouse Arts Center
	Alexandria Choral Society: 'Tis the Season Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
	Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Karen Akers The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
	Hip Hop Master Class for Beginners with Tony Czar Joy of Motion Dance Center - Dupont Circle
	Choralis: A Classic Brass Christmas Westminster Presbyterian Church - VA
	East Meets West: A Concert of Indonesian, American, Italian and English Songs Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
	Hands-On History Day: Holiday Traditions of Maryland's First Immigrants Montpelier Mansion
	Montpelier 30th Anniversary Festival: Film Series - Eat Drink Man Woman Montpelier Arts Center
	Prince George's Choral Society: Annual Christmas Concert Prince George's Publick Playhouse for the Performing Arts
	Seasons of Light Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian
	The Metropolitan Chorus: Chorus, Brass & Bells Thomas Jefferson Theatre
	Three Weeks of Yuletide: Joyous Melodies Surratt House Museum
Sun Dec 13	Alexandria Symphony Holiday Concert Alfred Street Baptist Church
	Asaph Ensemble: Clara's Christmas Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center at Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus
	Encore Chorale Holiday Concert Smithsonian American Art Museum
	Playing Favorites: A Personal Selection of French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art
	Voce Chamber Singers: Sounds of a Baroque Christmas St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
	Washington Jewish Film Festival: Closing Night Film and Chanukah Party: The Gift to Stalin Washington DC Jewish Community Center
	Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association: Concert Episcopal High School

Thu Dec 10	Exhibit: ''The One Less Traveled'' by Pamela Viola The Art League
Sat Dec 12	Concert: Holiday Caroling National Gallery of Art
Mon Dec 14	The Keegan Theatre: Rent Church Street Theater

Holiday Cheer

'Tis the season to celebrate the holidays, and to assist you in planning your celebration check our Holiday Cheer calendar, where we've gathered together holiday events happening throughout the Washington DC region: from historic house tours to performances of Handel'sMessiah and The Nutcracker--and everything in between.

The Snow Queen

Presented by Synetic Theater

Gerda's quest to find her brother Kai takes you all the way to Laplandia in this magical holiday show directed by Lilia Slavova. Dancing trolls, funny robbers, reindeer and many other characters take shape with some help from Bunraku style puppets and masks created in collaboration with the Varna National Theatre in Bulgaria.

Saturday, December 12 @ 12:30 pm
Sunday, December 13 @ 12:30 pm

$10-$15
Synetic Family Theater
Arlington, VA

Strathmore Family Sings!
Christmas Sing led by Barbara Baker

Bring your friends for an old-fashioned Christmas family sing-along! Led by nationally known conductor and music educator Dr. Barbara W. Baker, this time of sharing old favorites from "Silver Bells" to "Silent Night" will add to everyone's holiday spirit.

Sunday, December 13 @ 4 pm

$7
Strathmore
North Bethesda, MD

Gallery Plan b hosts a special reception on Wednesday, December 16 from 6-8 pm during their Year-End Group Show, and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of artwork in the show benefits CultureCapital. Come celebrate the launch of CultureCapital INSIDER and show your support for arts & culture in the region!

Sign up to receive CultureCapital INSIDER and enter to win a pair of tickets to Little Shop of Horrors at Ford's Theatre from March 12 through May 22, 2010.