PAST: Highlights this Week from CultureCapital.com

Below are highlight's from this week's email from CultureCapital.com. To sign up for this email you can go to their site and click where it says Sign Up For Weekly Updates from CultureCapital. Some of these events are in VA and MD so please see Metro Trip Planner to check for transit access and be sure to click through the link to find out complete location details, hours and more.

The One Less Traveled

Photographer Pamela Viola's solo artist exhibit features dreamlike, mysterious landscapes that challenge the viewer to see the world in a new way. Inspired by the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, Pamela Viola realizes that her path has taken her back to what she's always wanted to do. Free!

Through Monday, January 4th, 2010
The Art League
Alexandria, VA

The Calverts by Candlelight

Free! Pay an evening call on the Calverts and enjoy refreshments, live music, and children's activities. No reservations necessary.

Sunday, December 27th
6:00pm

Riversdale House Museum
Riverdale Park, MD

Kentridge and Kudryashov: Against the Grain

Last Chance to see this exhibition curated by Eric Denker and Christopher B. With of the National Gallery of Art presents works by South African artist William Kentridge and Russian artist Oleg Kudryashov. Although the artists have never met, there is an undeniable affinity between the two including similarities in technique, composition and content.

Through Wednesday, December 30th

The Kreeger Museum
2401 Foxhall Road, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007

Adults: $10, Seniors 65+ and Students (with ID) : $7

Saturday no reservation needed: Open 10 am - 4 pm

Tuesday-Friday: Reservations Required. 10:30 am or 1:30 pm tours available. Call 202-338-3552 or email mailto:visitorservices@kreegermuseum.org?subject=Reservations

Last Dance Dupont

Presented by Joy of Motion Dance Center

It's a party! Come celebrate 30 years of dance at JOMDC's Dupont Circle studio. Enjoy an evening of dancing and fun along with an opportunity to share memories and recollections with each other. Everyone is welcome--bring your dancing shoes!

Wednesday, December 23rd
9:30pm

$20 Suggested Donation, Please give as you are able! This show is a benefit for the Dance Is For Everyone Youth Scholarship Program

Joy of Motion Dance Center - Dupont Circle Location

Wed Dec 23	Gallery Talk: The Christmas Story in Art National Gallery of Art
Thu Dec 24	Year-End Group Show Gallery plan b
Sat Dec 26	Montpelier 30th Anniversary Festival: Traudis Kennedy Montpelier Arts Center
Sun Dec 27	The Washington Ballet: The Nutcracker Warner Theatre

Sat Dec 26	Virginia Ballet Company: Nutcracker Working Stage Rehearsal Ernst Community Cultural Center Just $10
Sun Dec 27	Sharon Isbin, guitarist National Gallery of Art

Free!

Through Dec 31	Arlington Artists Alliance: Look Around Arlington County Board Offices
Through Jan 3, 2010	Recent Acquisitions The Textile Museum
	Staged Stories: Renwick Craft Invitational 2009 Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
	New Mythology / Tracey Clarke Athenaeum
Through Jan 18, 2010	The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball Smithsonian American Art Museum
Through Jan 31, 2010	Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800 National Gallery of Art

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