Tonight is the final event in Forum Theatre's Naomi Wallace Festival and they have organized a very special evening of performances.Post Options
Did you know that Naomi Wallace began her career as a poet? To honor her poetic background, Forum has invited local writers, dancers, and artists to create short, potent theatrical responses to one of the poems in Wallace's book "To Dance a Stony Field" (1995). Tonight they will perform those works - by Kathleen Akerley, Patrick Bussink, Anne McCaw, Augie Praley, Jesse Terrill.
From my Freestylin' D.C. feature on the City Paper Arts Desk
Sunday
It’s the opening day of the National Gallery of Art's new show "Gauguin: Maker of Myth," and to celebrate, Mary Morton, curator and head of the department of French paintings at the NGA, and Belinda Thomson, guest curator, will give an introductory lecture, followed by a book signing ofGauguin: Maker of Myth at 2 p.m. at the Concourse level Auditorium, East Building, located at 401 Constitution Ave. NW.
Join Split this Rock founder and poet at 4 p.m. Sarah Browning for the “Split this Rock” Poetry Showcase featuring poets Jonathan B. Tucker, Samuel Miranda, and Sonya Renee Taylor. The reading–which has a $5 cover–speaks to the power of poetry in our public life and as a way to give voice to the voiceless. It's part of the Intersections Festival, which begins Friday at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE.
Though many of us are all still reeling from the excitement of the second ArtVentures on H, the fun continues this weekend. This Saturday, CHAW gives you the opportunity to make your own artwork while Art Enables celebrates their ninth birthday at their new Brookland location. On Sunday, end the weekend with a photography exhibit at Park Café by local photographer Ann Thomson.
Saturday, February 26
CHAW, The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (545 7th St, SE) is hosting a few events:
CHAW teams up with SCRAP for an eco-art jewelry workshop with two sittings at 10:00am and 11:00am. Learn to recycle plastic containers into beautiful colorful earrings! Use plastic containers, credit and gift cards and other plastic "trash" to make fabulous jewelry. Call CHAW at 202.547.6839 to reserve your seat.
From 4pm - 6pm CHAW will host free happy hour event to benefit the SOME (So Others Might Eat) Empty Bowls Project. Come prepared to get a little messy (aprons are available) and learn how to make handmade bowls using coils, press molds, and slabs. For those more experienced throwing wheels will be available.
Art Enables will be celebrating their ninth birthday with a raffle, food and music from 3pm to 5pm. The proceeds will help benefit their continued work to help developmentally challenged individuals thrive as working artists. New work by the artist, the highlight of the evening, will also be on display. For a list of raffled items, click here.
Sunday, February 27
Park Café (106 13th St, SE) will host a small reception from 5:30pm to 6:30pm for Ann Thomson, a local photographer and member of the Capitol Hill Art League. Artist will be in attendance and as always, delicious Chilean wine will be served.
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Weekend post is up on the City Paper Arts Desk! Check it out for a list of free and low-cost things to do this weekend!
Nora Chipaumire: Pre-Performance Discussion with Ethnomusicology professor Fernando Rios 
focusing on films from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
Thursday evenings
February 3rd - February 24th
7:00pm
Free, seating is first come first served
Final Film Screening Thursday, February 24th
a French/Algerian Film
This month, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art hosts 4 films over the course of 4 weeks.
"Bound by geography, these disparate films capture the complexity of recent movies from and about North Africa. From contemporary Cairo and Marrakech, to the shifting sandscapes of Tunisia and Iran, to Algiers and Paris, these films are intimately tied with place, and show different sides of these often stunning and sometimes gritty backdrops."
950 Independence Ave
Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2
Metro: Smithsonian
WTD Free Happy Hour at Bobby Lew's
In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists
Monday, February 28th
Taffety Punk presents Owl Moon - a play about love and body bags
"Felix Grundy, Democracy's Lawyer of the Old South" 
