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Weekend Roundup: November 14-17
At Atlas: Rebecca Magnuson’s ‘She Sings’
October 24, 2018
•The one-woman show by the singer-songwriter and former Georgetown resident will be performed Friday, Nov. 16, at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Ten percent of the proceeds will go to Knock Out Abuse.
Weekend Round Up October 18, 2018
October 18, 2018
•Sunday is performance-packed, with appearances by the Handel and Haydn Society, the Cathedral Choral Society under Leonard Slatkin, “Sholom Aleichem” and Eve Ensler and Anne Lamott.
3 Sopranos, 3 Paths to Violetta of ‘La Traviata’
October 15, 2018
•Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 classic opera “La Traviata” goes way back in time. It’s one of the great operas in the repertoire, showing up repeatedly on the lists of […]
Weekend Round Up October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018
•This Saturday is Capitol Hill Day, Water Discovery Day, Girls in Aviation Day, Randolph Street Blocktoberfest and, at Georgetown Waterfront Park, Parachutes for the Planet.
Washington National Opera’s ‘Traviata’
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As directed by WNO Artistic Director Francesca Zambello, and conducted at a sometimes frenetic pace by Renato Palumbo, this “Traviata,” running through Oct. 21, delivered the opera’s large store of riches.
Politics Onstage at Ford’s, Keegan
October 8, 2018
•The current state of our political discourse is echoed in productions of “Born Yesterday,” running through Oct. 21, and “Lincolnesque,” running through Oct. 14.
Happy Birthday to a Russian Poet
October 7, 2018
•Presented by the Russian Chamber Art Society, Alexander Zhurbin’s three-part work for mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano, “Tsvetaeva,” will have its American premiere on Oct. 12 at the Embassy of France,
This Saturday: Art All Night
September 27, 2018
•Hundreds of artists who live and work in D.C. will invade Tenleytown and Dupont Circle streets and spaces on Saturday, Sept. 29, as part of Mayor Muriel Bowser Presents Art All Night: Made in DC.
Weekend Round Up September 27, 2018
September 26, 2018
•This Saturday, you can have your animals blessed at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, then consume one species in particular (while supporting its conservation) at Oyster Wars.
Playing Dick Gregory at Arena Stage
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Audiences interested in finding out what it took — the sacrifices, the punishing obstinance, the imagination, the courage — to achieve not just diversity of a sort in America, but […]