The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art will transform into a cultural hot spot for the final “Asia After Dark” after-hours event of the summer Saturday, Aug. 17, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., featuring a night of exploration and discovery into Chinese martial arts and 3-D printing technology. Ticket prices are $25 in advance and $30 at the door; Silk Road Society prices are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. The ticket price includes one free drink, and guests must be 21 years old with valid photo ID to attend.
Through a special collaboration with the team planning the Smithsonian Innovation Space at the Arts & Industries Building, opening September 2014, guests can explore 3-D scanning and printing with experts from theSmithsonian’s digitization program unit and participate in the creation of a 10-foot-tall replica statue of the Freer’s renowned “Cosmological Buddha,” on view on in “Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture.” Keith Wilson, curator of ancient Chinese art, will also be on hand to discuss his latest research and what 3-D technology reveals about the scenes portrayed on the Buddha’s robe.
As the night continues and creative forces unfold, guests can experience kung fu martial arts demonstrations and the battle sounds of DJs Hop Fu, who will present their popular “hip-hop meets kung fu” performance–a live show that presents classic kung fu films with a live hip-hop musical score. Tai chi demonstrations and a crafty teacup sleeve art activity provide a calming counterpoint. Specialty cocktails and food trucks will be available throughout the evening.
“Asia After Dark” resumes in 2014 to celebrate Bollywood, in collaboration with theSmithsonian Asian Pacific American Center‘s exhibition “Beyond Bollywood,” opening December 2013 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of National History.
Hillwood’s exhibition Living Artfully highlights the coordination involved in connecting Marjorie Merriweather Post’s seasonal residences. On this Serene Sunday, learn more about Post’s fleet of thirty-four vehicles and the Merriweather turboprop jet that seamlessly connected the estates, and take in the beauty of classic American cars of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s provided by the Straight Eights Car Club (a chapter of Lambda Car Club International).
Included in suggested donation
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
LIVE MUSIC and PERFORMING ARTS
Lise au Piano
September 26. 8pm at Malmaison. $10-$15
In life as at the piano, Lise is a dainty package that packs a punch, nimbly performing delicate compositions and covering artists such as 50 Cent and rock band Noir Désir.
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On Aug. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) and the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa welcomes Beloved Beadwork designer and founder Anna Richerby from Cape Town, South Africa for a trunk show and designer “meet and greet” in the NMWA museum shop. This small company of 12 Cape Town women, who create intricate pieces of high-end jewelry using complex weaving techniques and glass beads, was founded by Richerby in 2009. She designs the company’s necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings while providing sustainable, flexible jobs for talented local bead workers.
“This cooperative group of jewelers, heavily influenced by the feminist movement, is a perfect fit for the museum’s mission and its shop,” said Director of Retail and Wholesale Operations Lynda Marks. “NMWA’s Empowering Women through Art shop initiative supports socially responsible artistic and entrepreneurial endeavors of women artists worldwide by actively promoting the sale of and information about products they create.”
The Beloved Beadwork company was awarded a grant to exhibit at the NY Now trade show earlier in August by the Cape Craft & Design Institute, which promotes the growth of craft as an economic sector, and the South African Department of Trade and Industry, responsible for commercial and industrial policy. They will present the trunk show at NMWA before returning to Cape Town.
“We are over the moon at this opportunity,” said Beloved Beadwork founder Richerby. “Cape Town is the birthplace of the first human-made beads. Beads have a history of trade, of desire, of communication, of love, of belonging, of creativity expressed and enjoyed. I’m thrilled that while in the U.S., I’ll have the opportunity to show our work at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.”
Although Beloved Beadwork’s glass seed beads are imported from Japan, their design potential is unearthed by the talented Cape Town bead weavers in designs that transcend categories.
“Some people try to define us as ‘traditional’ or ‘contemporary,’ or ‘African’ or ‘Western,’ but our work transcends these boundaries, and we enjoy that,” said Ms. Richerby.
Beloved Beadwork’s jewelry has been exhibited at the South African National Gallery and Design Indaba, and featured in the accessory collections at South African Fashion Week. In the United States, the jewelry is featured in art galleries, boutiques and NMWA’s museum shop in Washington, D.C.
On Aug. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) and the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa welcomes Beloved Beadwork designer and founder Anna Richerby from Cape Town, South Africa for a trunk show and designer “meet and greet” in the NMWA museum shop. This small company of 12 Cape Town women, who create intricate pieces of high-end jewelry using complex weaving techniques and glass beads, was founded by Richerby in 2009. She designs the company’s necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings while providing sustainable, flexible jobs for talented local bead workers.
“This cooperative group of jewelers, heavily influenced by the feminist movement, is a perfect fit for the museum’s mission and its shop,” said Director of Retail and Wholesale Operations Lynda Marks. “NMWA’s Empowering Women through Art shop initiative supports socially responsible artistic and entrepreneurial endeavors of women artists worldwide by actively promoting the sale of and information about products they create.”
The Beloved Beadwork company was awarded a grant to exhibit at the NY Now trade show earlier in August by the Cape Craft & Design Institute, which promotes the growth of craft as an economic sector, and the South African Department of Trade and Industry, responsible for commercial and industrial policy. They will present the trunk show at NMWA before returning to Cape Town.
“We are over the moon at this opportunity,” said Beloved Beadwork founder Richerby. “Cape Town is the birthplace of the first human-made beads. Beads have a history of trade, of desire, of communication, of love, of belonging, of creativity expressed and enjoyed. I’m thrilled that while in the U.S., I’ll have the opportunity to show our work at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.”
Although Beloved Beadwork’s glass seed beads are imported from Japan, their design potential is unearthed by the talented Cape Town bead weavers in designs that transcend categories.
“Some people try to define us as ‘traditional’ or ‘contemporary,’ or ‘African’ or ‘Western,’ but our work transcends these boundaries, and we enjoy that,” said Ms. Richerby.
Beloved Beadwork’s jewelry has been exhibited at the South African National Gallery and Design Indaba, and featured in the accessory collections at South African Fashion Week. In the United States, the jewelry is featured in art galleries, boutiques and NMWA’s museum shop in Washington, D.C.
Ellsworth Kelly’s Colors Experience the artist’s glowing panel paintings through music, short gallery talks, a film, and a colorful Post-It poetry exercise. Grammy-nominated artist Christylez Bacon uses various instruments and the human beat-box (oral percussion) to continue the oral tradition of storytelling. Focused discussions introduce works in the museum’s permanent collection that relate to Ellsworth Kelly’s contemporary art. Ellsworth Kelly: Fragments This film documents the artist’s return to Paris, the city where he lived and worked for the first six years of his career. Kelly reveals the inspiration he drew from sites around the city. 2007, 65 minutes, dir. Edgar B. Howard and Tom Piper. Reservations strongly advised for this popular event: www.phillipscollection.org/
Heurich Oktoberfest
September 21 from 1-4pm in the Castle Garden
The $40 ticket includes unlimited beer provided by Heavy Seas Beer:
Cutlass Amber (Maerzen-style, award winning brew)
Loose Cannon Hop3 IPA (in cask)
Small Craft Warning Uber Pils
AARGHtoberfest
A highly sought after special pumpkin ale
Café Berlin will sell traditional Oktoberfest sausages, pretzels, and strüdel. Sing and dance with Present Company’s polka band.
Under the Gracious Patronage of His Excellency the Ambassador of France
and Madame Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in cooperation with
the National Park Service requests the honor of your presence at the
Saturday evening, the Twenty-First of September
Two Thousand and Thirteen
On the stage of the Filene Center
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Vienna, Virginia
Reception 7 pm | Dinner 8 pm | Dancing
Black Tie | Valet Parking | Guest List at the Door
WHAT: The Smithsonian’s premier 21+ after-hours event series—a unique mix of culture, art, history, and science, including music, a cash bar, and special access to Smithsonian exhibits, collections, and experts.
WHEN: In the Night Garden: A Jazz Age Party
Friday, September 27, 8 to 11 p.m.
WHERE: Smithsonian’s Enid A. Haupt Garden, 10th & Independence Avenue, SW
Gatsby’s got nothing on SMITHSONIAN at 8 when it comes to a great setting for a garden bash. He had a Long Island mansion, but we’ve got a Castle. Kick up your heels in 1920s style at In the Night Garden: A Jazz Age Party and dance away the evening in the moonlit splendor of the elegant Enid A. Haupt Garden. The grand Smithsonian Castle will be your backdrop as you wander the garden’s brick paths and discover live music, cocktails, snazzy period-inspired outfits, and plenty of entertainment to light up the night.
Hot Club of DC serves up Gypsy jazz in the style of legendary musicians Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli that will lure you to the dance floor. Experts from Smithsonian Gardens lead tours of the exotic Freer Gallery walkway and point out plants that illuminate and perfume the night garden. Create glow-in-the-dark globes with Mason jars to light up your landscape or balcony. Learn the secrets of moths, butterflies, and other creatures of the night with guests from the Entomological Society of Washington.
Need to jazz up your look for the evening? Craft flower boutonnieres and corsages, then capture the moment as you pose with Roaring Twenties props in the SMITHSONIAN at 8 photo booth.
Imagine yourself in the romantic and riotous garden of Jay Gatsby, where “men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars,” at this one-of-a kind, early-autumn event celebrating D.C.’s most pleasant time of year. And don’t worry about the weather-we’ll party rain or shine!
Suggested Attire: Put on your flapper dress and blazers and time travel in true Jazz Age style. Cloche hats, seamed silk stockings, bow ties, and high-waisted trousers will add to your 1920s chic.
Special feature for VIP ticket-holders: THE SPEAKEASY
Venture deep inside the twists and turns of the Castle for an exclusive opportunity to sample vintage cocktails and learn about the town’s 16-year stint under Prohibition. Garrett Peck, author of Prohibition in Washington, D.C., tells the story of an underground city ruled not by organized crime but by amateur bootleggers, where publicly teetotaling congressmen could get a stiff drink behind House office doors and the African American community of U Street was humming with the hot sounds of jazz. Hear about the popular (and fashionably illegal) cocktails of the era, see how they’re made, and taste samples.
General Admission $15 in advance, $20 at the door, if available. VIP admission tickets $30, includes special tastings. Cash Bar. For tickets and further information the public may call 202-633-3030 or visit www.SMITHSONIANat8.com
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
9 P.M.-1 A.M.
OPEN BAR
Hors D’oeuvres and Parisian Treats
Black Tie Encouraged
PRIVATE VIEWING OF THE EXHIBITION
AMERICAN JOURNEYS: VISIONS OF PLACE
This new installation of the Corcoran’s American collection highlights
the influence of place on American artists, with significance placed
on the lure of Paris and France for artists such as Sargent, Cassatt, Glackens, and Robinson.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART
500 SEVENTEENTH STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1869 SOCIETY MEMBERS $75
NON-1869 SOCIETY MEMBERS $95
VIP
1869 SOCIETY MEMBERS $125
NON-1869 SOCIETY MEMBERS $145
Music by DJ Ozker, DJ Provoke,
and DJ Baronhawk Poitier
