Canstruction 2014 is almost here! Twenty-eight teams will have just six hours to construct their imaginative sculptures! This year’s theme “Play With Your Food” turns the childhood admonition on its head. A record number of teams will use cans of food to recreate giant versions of classic toys and games including chess pieces, roller skates, and tree…
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Cineconcert Buster Keaton
Students and alumni of all ages will enjoy this special film and concert event. Greene, Founder and Director of the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra Society, will perform a live score for Buster Keaton’s 1927 classic, College (66 minutes). Keaton, the master of physical comedy, stars as a bookish college student who tries to win the heart…
STUPID F##KING BIRD: Sort of adapted from Chekhov’s The Seagull
It’s back! Woolly reunites the entire cast and creative team of Stupid F##king Bird, following its runaway success in the summer of 2013. In this irreverent, contemporary, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull, award-winning playwright Aaron Posner wages a timeless battle between young and old, past and present, in search of the true…
A Garden of Wonders at the Smithsonian Castle
Alice would feel right at home at the Smithsonian’s Garden of Wonders, a madcap party that transforms the Victorian-style Enid A. Haupt Garden into a landscape of delights. As sunset slips into night, this magical setting comes alive with music and dancing, outdoor games (moonlight croquet, anyone?), craft activities, and plenty of surprises. Find your style…
Punk Jews Premieres at Sixth & I
The Washington, DC premiere of Punk Jews is Sunday, June 22nd, 7pm at the historic Sixth & I synagogue. Profiling Hassidic punk rockers, Yiddish street performers, African-American Jewish activists, and more, Punk Jews is a documentary that explores an emerging movement of committed Jews and provocateurs who are asking, each in his or her own way, what it means to be…
World Premiere Comedy The Totalitarians Arrives at Woolly Mammoth
If you worship at the altar of Colbert, if you religiously watch The Daily Show, you won t want to miss this riotous comedy! Pay-What-You-Can Performances start on June 2, with performances continuing through June 29. Shows starts at 8:oo. Francine, the ambitious speechwriter for a rich housewife s vanity campaign for public office, has…
Blue Note Records: The Role of Music in Cultural Diplomacy
This discussion accompanies the Blue Note exhibition at the Goethe-Institut. Panelists: Wolfram Knauer, director, Jazz Institute Darmstadt Penny Von Eschen, professor of history and American culture, The University of Michigan Larry Appelbaum, Senior Music Reference Specialist, Library of Congress Since the 1950s, the U.S. State Department has sent black and white musicians around the globe….
Soupergirl: DC’s Mother-Daughter Souperhero Team
It’s common knowledge that Mom knows best—especially when it comes to cooking. But it’s certainly not as common to set up a business based on Mom’s wholesome, progressive and earth-friendly food. Meet Soupergirl, which is run by a mother-daughter duo that has brought the passion (not to mention healthfulness!) of a unique style of home cooking…
Midcity Artists (MCA) Welcomes Visitors This Weekend
Mid City Artists (MCA), a visual art collective in this vibrant residential neighborhood, opens studios on May 17th and 18th for visitors to tour. With studios spread among the Mid City area of NW Washington DC (from Dupont Circle to Logan Circle), the tour offer visitors a rare portal into the artists’ creative habitat and…
DC Style Is Real 