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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
PAST: ART: Guest Post: Weekend East City Event Round Up: Halloween Edition! SAT, Oct 30th & SUN, Oct 31st, Free

Tuesday, September 28, 2010
PAST: "Heart of Haiti" Product Launch at Macy's Downtown THURS, Oct 28th at 5:30pm, Free
PAST: Free Opera Performance with Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage this SUN, Oct 31st 6:00pm, Free
Free Opera Performance with Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium StageThis free concert is designed to introduce audiences to operatic favorites, and features members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, WNO’s professional training program for singers on the verge of international careers. Repertoire will include popular opera arias such as “Largo al factotum” from The Barber of Seville, “Nessun dorma” from Turandot, “Votre toast, je peux vous le render” (the Toreador aria) from Carmen, and “Ballad of the Pirate King” from The Pirates of Penzance.
2700 F St, NW
PAST: FILM: Screening of "Lake of the Dead" from Norway at the NGA this FRI, Oct 29th 2:30pm & SAT, Oct 30th 2:00pm, Free
PAST: Special Post-Rally with Amy Goodman and Van Jones at Busboys 5th & K, St NW this SAT, Oct 30th at 7:00pm, Free

PAST: MUSIC: BMI's "Hungry for Music" Showcase at Hard Rock Cafe THURS, Oct 28th 8:00pm - 11:00pm All Ages, Free
View details on facebook
All Donations ($$ and/or instruments) to support Hungry For Music. 6 Artist Raffle Bags including a special BMI Showcase Bag!
PAST: TALK: African American Entrepreneurs and Activism "Beauty Shop Politics" THURS, Oct 28th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Free with RSVP
Free with RSVP
The Profitable Body: The Business of Beauty
This series will explore the interplay of commerce and culture in the shaping of standards of beauty over the past century. Focusing on the tension between individual choice and the market's offerings, this series will offer a new perspective on the cultural, economic, and political dimensions of the concept of beauty.
Please RSVP (acceptances only) by phone: (202)387.3355 or e-mail: events@ghi-dc.org.
German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Ave, NW (Directions)
near New Hampshire & Corcoran
Metro: Dupont Circle, Q St north exit and turn right on Q St and left on New Hampshire
PAST: Weekday Edition of Freestylin' D.C. is up on the City Paper Arts Desk blog! Events MON - WED, Sept 29th
Monday, September 27, 2010
PAST: Free Drink at Aria with WTD this THURS, Oct 28th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, RSVP Required, 21+
Happy Hour with WTD at Aria Pizzeria & BarPAST: Looking for a Goth/ Darkwave Night in DC? Look no further! Wasteland is this FRI, Oct 29th, 10:00pm - 2:30am, Free, 21+
Jimmy Valentine's
PAST: FILM: Final Screening of Pepperminta at the Hirshorn this THURS, Oct 28th at 8:00pm, Free
Last Chance to see Pepperminta at the HirshornSunday, September 26, 2010
PAST: AUTHOR TALKS: Remaining events this month at Borders 18th & L St, NW, Free
PAST: Conversation with Choreographer Liz Lerman at Univ of MD this MON, Nov 1st at 7:00pm, Free
Creative Dialogue: Liz LermanPAST: FILM + MUSIC: American Premiere of Original Musical Score & Silent Film (1922 Christensen) Screening at NGA this SUN, Oct 31st, 4:00pm, Free
PAST: MUSIC: Annie Stela Performs a Benefit for Citizen Effect at Busboys and Poets 5th & K, THURS, Oct 28th, $5
Annie Stela performs at Busboys and PoetsThursday, October 28th
9:00pm
$5 cover
Annie recorded her debut full-length record, Fool, with producer Bill Bottrell (Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynne) and released it independently on iTunes in early 2008. Influenced by artists like Billy Joel, Ben Folds Five, and Tori Amos, Fool chronicles Annie's journey from Michigan to LA and, as such, from childhood to adulthood. After touring with artists like Joseph Arthur, Ron Sexsmith, and Bright Eyes, she later releasedLittle House and Hard City.
1025 5th St, NW
Metro: Located between Mount Vernon Sq-Convention Center & Gallery Place-Chinatown, closest access is by the Circulator bus (Union Station - Georgetown line) to 5th & Mass.
PAST: Special VSA Event at the Kennedy Center with Aimee Mullins "Redefining Disability: Body as Art" this THURS, Oct 28th, 7:30pm, Free with RSVP

Discussion with Aimee Mullins at the Kennedy Center
PAST: Theater & Poetry: Two Edgar Allen Poe Events at the Writer's Center! Performance THURS eve, Oct 28th & Poe-Palooza SUN, Oct 31st, Free
An Evening with Eliza PoeThursday, October 28th
Free
Poe-Palooza Celebration
Sunday, October 31st
Free
PAST: High Heel Drag Race on 17th St is Tonight, TUES, Oct 26th, at 9:00pm! Free
PAST: Gallery Talk: At the National Gallery of Art "The Fortress of Konigstein" MON, Nov 1st - TUES, Nov 9th at Noon, Free
PAST: MUSIC: The Friday Morning Music Club performs Lunchtime Chamber Music Concert at the Sumner School FRI, Oct 29th, Noon - 1:00pm, Free
Philip Lasser: Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J.S. Bach
The Friday Morning Music Club performs, see program details here.
1201 17th St, NW
PAST: Highlights this week from CultureCapital.com members! WED, Oct 27th - MON, Nov 1st, Free!
12:10 pm - 1:00pm
11:00am
12:00pm
4:00pm
Young Michelangelo: The Path to the Sistine, John T. Spike
Martinu Oboe Concerto and Dances of Galanta by Kodly





