Wednesday, October 26, 2011

PAST: More Free Arts and Culture events from CultureCapital.com THURS, June 14th - MON, June 18th



Here's a list of more great free arts and culture events this week! Event listings are from CultureCapital.com, a program of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington that links you to the DC area's vibrant arts community. Please click through for complete details about the event and location details! Find more free events and exhibitions on the customized Inside-Out page on their site designed especially for fans of Free in DC!

Thursday, June 14th

Evening - Chamber Music

National Orchestral Institute and Festival: Chamber Music Showcase II
7:00pm
Members of the 2012 National Orchestral Institute perform a variety of chamber music.
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Metro: Green Line to College Park Station, then taxi or UM Shuttle bus 104 to campus

Friday, June 15th

Morning - Open Rehearsal
NOI Open Rehearsal: Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
9:30am - 12:000pm
Hear the National Festival Orchestra behind the scenes as they rehearse for this week's concert.
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Metro: Green Line to College Park Station, then taxi or UM Shuttle bus 104 to campus

Evening - Outdoor Jazz
"Jazz in the Garden"
5:00pm - 8:30pm
This week Great Time Jazz Band (Dixieland), more info here
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
7th St & Constitution Ave, NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

Saturday, June 16th

Film Screening
Film Series: Bill Morrison: Recent Work The Miners' Hymns
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Bill Morrison in person. Reminiscence on the once lively communities of colliers in England's northeast is set to the music of Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. Morrison used striking black-and-white archival footage of miners and their families that has been preserved in the British Film Institute's National Film Archive. (2010, 35 mm, 52 minutes)
National Gallery of ArtBuilding Concourse, Auditorium
Metro: Judiciary Sq, closest to the East Building

Film - with Live Music
Cine-Concert: Bill Morrison: Recent Work Tributes-Pulse
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Christina Ǻstrand, Peter Navarro-Alonso, and Simon Christensen in performance. "The piece was originally conceived as a tribute to four American musicians--Charles Ives, Conlon Nancarrow, Steve Reich, and Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)--in four movements: Shifting, Multiple,Across, and Beat. The footage of the final movement is a single-take view of the Witte Marine Scrapyard graveyard of ships on Staten Island. (2011, HD-Cam, 65 minutes). Read more.
National Gallery of Art
Metro: Judiciary Sq, closest to the East Building

Evening - Chamber Concert in VA
The United States Marine Chamber Orchestra-Summer Concert Series I
7:30pm
The United States Marine Chamber Orchestra presents their summer concert series. Concert I
Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center
at NVCC, Alexandria Campus
Metro: Metrobus or DASH buses from the metro. Click here for more info about which buses go there from the metro or visit Metro online or DASH online for more info.

Sunday, June 17th

Lecture
National Gallery of ArtEast Building Concourse, Auditorium
Metro: Judiciary Sq, closest to the East Building

Literary Reading
Sunday Open Door Readings: 06/17/12
2:00pm
Father's Day Poetry and Prose Open Mic, including a reading by featured reader, Gimbiya Kettering, winner of The Undiscovered Voices competition.The Writer's Center - in Bethesda, MD
Metro: Bethesda, take the elevator exit

Monday, June 18th

Gallery Talk - Works in Progress
Sigmar Polke's Bernstein/Amber Series
12:10pm and 1:10pm
This lunchtime series highlights new research by Gallery staff, interns, fellows, and special guests. The 30-minute talks are followed by question-and-answer periods. Given by Faya Causey, head of academic programs, National Gallery of Art.
National Gallery of Art Building Concourse, Small Auditorium
Metro: Judiciary Sq, closest to the East Building

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