Sunday, August 26, 2012

PAST: HIGHLIGHTS: Free Arts & Culture events from CultureCapital.com for MON, August 26th - WED, Sept 4th - extended post!



Here are some more great free arts and culture events from CultureCapital.com, a great online events resource from the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, which covers the DC metro area's amazing and vibrant arts scene. Find more upcoming free events and exhibitions on view in the DC metro area on the customized "Free in DC" Inside-Out page. Free events from CultureCapital listed below, organized by date and time. Please click through for more event details.

Monday, August 26th - Wednesday, August 28th
National Archives screens MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech
From the Vaults: The March
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 
August 26th - 28th
12:00pm - 12:40pm
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, we present screenings of a new digitally restored version of James Blue's 1964 film produced for the U.S. Information Agency. The March documents the event from its preparations through Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. (40 minutes.)
National Archives
between 7th & 9th St NW on Constitution Avenue
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial 

Monday, August 26th - Thursday, August 29th
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
August 26th - 29th 
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Permanent collection gallery talk given by Wilford W. Scott, staff lecturer, National Gallery of Art.
West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Desk
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

Wednesday, August 28th 
Faith Ringgold, “American People Series #1:
Between Friends,” 1963, Oil on canvas 40 x 24 in
12:00pm
Note: Talk is free, if you want to explore the museum afterward regular admission applies
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Metro: Metro Center or take a bus to 13th & H St NW

7:00pm
GW celebrates of the 50th Anniversary of the March On Washington with a special evening of film, song and spoken word narrated by Dr. Eddie Glaude. The evening's highlights include a theatrical performance from GW students, footage from the award-winning documentary Soundtrack of a Revolution and special musical tribute by Patrick Lundy & The Ministers of Music featuring Urban Harmonicist Frederic Yonnet
730 21st St NW
Metro: Foggy Bottom

Thursday, August 29th
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Special exhibition gallery talk given by Susanna Fields-Kuehl, staff lecturer, National Gallery of Art.
Also on Sunday, September 1st.
National Gallery of Art
West Building, Ground Floor, Lecture Hall
6th & Constitution Avenue, NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

6:30pm
Afro-Cuban Improv Jazz outdoors!
716 Monroe St NE
Metro: Brookland - CUA, right by the metro, or take a bus, see metro trip-planner for bus access

Friday, August 30th
6:30pm
Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble: traditional percussive dance
Arts Plaza at Monroe Street Market
716 Monroe St NE
Metro: Brookland - CUA, right by the metro, or take a bus, see metro trip-planner for bus access

Saturday, August 31st
Art on 8th: Arts & Crafts with Carla Perlo
Arts and Crafts using Recycled Materials 
12:30pm
Arts Plaza at Monroe Street Market
Monroe St Market Arts Walk - Studio 21
716 Monroe St NE
Metro: Brookland - CUA, right by the metro, or take a bus, see metro trip-planner for bus access

(Michael Roemer and Robert M. Young, 1964, 35 mm, 95 minutes)
Railroad worker Duff (Ivan Dixon) walks into a small-town church in Alabama and falls for Josie (Abbey Lincoln), the preacher's daughter. Josie's dad is not supportive and, in the midst of a palpably racist town, the couple's difficulties only intensify. In the early 1960s, a naturalistic portrayal of the black experience spelled risky box office potential. Nonetheless,Nothing But a Man, with Motown on the sound track, proved a huge success at international festivals as critics heaped praise on its realistic perspective.
National Gallery of Art
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
401 Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial 

4:00pm - 5:20pm
(Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, 2012, 35 mm, Italian with subtitles, 76 minutes)
The latest masterpiece from brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani follows a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar performed by inmates inside the maximum-security Rebibbia prison on the eastern outskirts of Rome.
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
401 Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial 

Sunday, September 1st
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Special exhibition gallery talk given by Susanna Fields-Kuehl, staff lecturer, National Gallery of Art.
Also on Sunday, September 1st.
National Gallery of Art
West Building, Ground Floor, Lecture Hall
6th & Constitution Avenue, NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial 

2:00pm - 3:20pm
(Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, 2012, 35 mm, Italian with subtitles, 76 minutes)
The latest masterpiece from brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani follows a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar performed by inmates inside the maximum-security Rebibbia prison on the eastern outskirts of Rome.
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
401 Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial 

4:30pm - 6:15pm
(Marcel Camus, 1958, 35 mm, Portuguese with subtitles, 105 minutes)
A colorful, contemporary Orpheus and Eurydice set in a Rio de Janeiro favela, Black Orpheususes the heady milieu of Carnaval to tell its tragic tale, while Death stalks the streets posing as a reveler in a skeleton costume.
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
401 Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial 

 Special Event - Annual NSO Labor Day Concert!

Presented by National Symphony Orchestra
Outside on the US Capitol West Lawn
8:00pm concert
Gates open at 3:00pm, Open Rehearsal at 3:30pm
No tickets required, Note: No alcohol permitted
This year's program theme is Americana, with works by composers from this country (John Williams, Mark Isham) as well as symphonic works that have come to be associated with specific parts of the country including Rossini's Overture to William Tell, associated by generations with the Wild West as the theme music for The Lone Ranger.

US Capitol West Lawn
E. Capitol St. and First St. NW
Metro: Union Station or Capitol South

Monday, September 2nd
2:00pm - 3:25pm
(Julie Dash, 1991, 35 mm, 112 minutes)
In the early 20th century off the South Carolina coast, three generations of Gullah women, descendants of African captives living on the Sea Islands, are planning a migration to the mainland for a better way of life. Not surprisingly, family members clash over the likely repercussions of this big move and, in the process, some deeply-rooted concerns of displaced people are brought to light. 
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
401 Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial 

Wednesday, September 4th
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Note: Talk is free, if you want to explore the museum afterward regular admission applies
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Metro: Metro Center or take a bus to 13th & H St NW

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)