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“6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition”

Corcoran School of the Arts and Design 1918 F Street, NW, Washington

6.13.89 will explore the highly politicized and publicized cancellation of the 1989 exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment. On June 13, 1989, the Corcoran Gallery of Art bowed to significant […]

Free

“A Time for Action: Washington Artists circa 1989”

Luther W. Brady Art Gallery 500 17th Street NW, Washington

This companion exhibition to the Corcoran exhibition 6.13.89 will exhibit paintings, drawings, and prints from the GW Collection by artists who registered their protest of the volatile cancellation of the […]

Free

“Songs of the Civil War”

The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum 701 21st Street NW, Washington

This exhibition showcases historical sheet music that provided the soundtrack to a nation divided by war.

$8

“Best Laid Plans”

The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum 701 21st Street NW, Washington

This exhibition examines unrealized designs for the Washington Monument, Memorial Bridge, and other structures around the city, through historical prints and paintings from the collection.

$8
Ongoing

Magnificent Obessesions

national Museum of American History 1300 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC, Washington D.C.

The Smithsonian Libraries will be presenting the opening of the exhibition Magnificent Obsessions: Loving Books, Expanding Knowledge, on November 7th as a part of their 50th anniversary celebration at the […]

Free

NSLMOLOGY: Science of Sporting Art

National Sporting Library & Museum 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg

This Spring, NSLM melds art with science to create NSLMology, an exhibition for explorers of all ages! Visitors are invited to experience scientific principles within three centuries of paintings, sculptures, […]

$8 – $12

Deconstructed: The NSLM Sporting Screen

National Sporting Library & Museum 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg

Deconstructed: The NSLM Sporting Screen centers on a unique decorative object from the NSLM’s permanent collection. Recently conserved, the four-panel screen is comprised of paintings and prints showing 18th century […]

$8 – $12

Jane Franklin Dance: Summer Camps (Ages 5-12)

Arlington Cultural Affairs Building 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington

Jane Franklin Dance SUMMER Camp for ages 5 - 12 builds physical skill and creativity through movement, theatre, and visual art. The five-day camps includes dance technique and creative movement, […]

$250

Escape from Between the Lines: Jeanne McManus and Sara Maddox

Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 7300 MacArthur BLVD, Glen Echo

The Glen Echo Park Partnership is pleased to present “Escape from Between the Lines,” featuring paintings by Jeanne McManus and Sara Maddox. McManus and Maddox have escaped the narrow, black-and-white […]

Free

More Obsessions: Thoughts and Things That Keep Living in My Head

Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 7300 MacArthur BLVD, Glen Echo

The Glen Echo Park Partnership presents “More Obsessions: Thoughts and Things That Keep Living in My Head” featuring work by F. Lennox Campello. A compulsive drive to work the same […]

Free

10 Years of Silver Works: Looking Back and Forward Looking

Popcorn Gallery at the Glen Echo 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo

The Glen Echo Park Partnership presents “10 Years of SIlverWorks: Looking Back and Forward Looking” by SilverWorks Resident Artist Blair Anderson. This exhibition displays a new collection of the silversmith’s […]

Free

EyeSoar- Capital Fringe Festival

St. Matthews Lutheran Church 222 M St. SW, Washington

Jane Franklin Dance will be presenting EyeSoar at the Capital Fringe Festival that explores the shifts of a neighborhood through changes of development, gentrification, and community strengthening. Space is getting […]

$20

Kaypi Peru Festival

National Museum of the American Indian Fourth Street & Independence Ave., S.W., Washington

You are invited to the free three-day Kaypi Peru Festival at the National Museum of the American Indian. This event highlights the South American nation’s rich and diverse cultural heritage […]

Free

SUMMER EXHIBITIONS GALLERY TALK

Arlington Arts Center 3550 Wilson Blvd, Arlington

Join Arlington Arts Center on July 27, from 1 to 3pm for a gallery talk with the artists of Transitional Objects, AAC resident artist Jen Noone and photographer Jason Horowitz. Tour the exhibitions with the participating artists and AAC staff, engage in a conversation about the works on view, and then join us for a […]

Free

STRAUSS – ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna

The best laid plans often go awry… Strauss’ soaring opera is divinely comical and deeply enchanting. ARIADNE AUF NAXOS Music by Richard Strauss Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal A New Production Combining slapstick comedy and beautiful music in a competition of “high” and “low” art, Ariadne auf Naxos is a cock-eyed tale about art, love, […]

$36 – $92

Edwardian Farce THE MOLLUSC

The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda

“You are guaranteed to leave The Molluscwith a smile on your face and warmth in your heart,” raved DC Theatre Scene about QTC’s “spot-on” 2008 production of Hubert Henry Davies’ Edwardian comedy of ill manners. A decade later, QTC restages one of its most popular productions about Dulcie Baxter, the “mollusc”, who has an unusual, […]

$15 – $35

DISNEY IN CONCERT: COCO with the NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and EMIL DE COU as CONDUCTOR

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna

Disney in Concert: Coco is a family-friendly, live-to-picture concert event featuring Michael Giacchino’s beautiful musical score and the 2017 two-time Academy Award®-winning film for Best Original Song as well as Best Animated Feature Film. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, audience members will follow the story of a 12-year-old boy […]

$40 – $65