Apr
15
Mon
OFERTÓRIO CAETANO VELOSO @ Music Center at Strathmore
Apr 15 @ 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

OFERTÓRIO

CAETANO VELOSO

With Moreno, Zeca & Tom Veloso

 

For over 35 years, GRAMMY Award-winner Caetano Veloso has been a major musical, social, and cultural force in Brazil. The New York Times calls him “one of the greatest songwriters of the century.” Veloso’s latest project is a collaboration with his sons: Moreno, Zeca, and Tom. This legendary lineage performs an intimate, acoustic concert full of their favorite songs like “Um Canto de Afoxé Para o Bloco do Ilê,” and your favorite songs of Veloso’s like “Cucurrucucu Paloma,” “Sozinho,” and more. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encompassed theatre, poetry, and music in the 1960s, paving the way for pursuits in rock, pop, folk, and Bossa Nova.

Apr
17
Wed
Kendra Scott Summer Collection @ Kedra Scott
Apr 17 @ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Accessorize your look with the New Collection from Kendra Scott.
Time to get Campy!

Celebrate the launch of Kendra Scott’s Summer Collection.

 

Apr
29
Mon
The Changing Role of Museums in the Middle East @ Middle East Institute
Apr 29 @ 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
The Changing Role of Museums in the Middle East
When
Monday, April 29, 2019
12:30pm – 1:45pm
A light lunch will be served at 12:00pm
Where
Middle East Institute
1319 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Details:
The Middle East Institute (MEI) and The Beirut Museum of Art (BeMA) are pleased to invite you to a panel conversation on the changing social and cultural significance of museums in Lebanon, and more broadly in the Middle East, as they seek to move beyond their traditional role as authorities in the arts to become more relevant to the cultural and socio-economic concerns of communities at a local, regional, and international level.
Please join Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Taline Boladian, member of APEAL,The Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon (founding entity of BeMA), and Peggy Loar, president of International Museum Planning Consultants, for a discussion about the future of museums in the Middle East. NPR Art Desk Reporter Neda Ulaby will moderate the conversation.
May
2
Thu
LECTURE: Around the World in 80 Trees @ Conservatory Garden Court, US Botanic Garden
May 2 @ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Jonathan Drori, author and environmentalist

From India’s sacred banyan to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, trees offer us sanctuary, inspiration and companionship – not to mention sustenance and raw materials – and forests have surprising parallels with human communities. In this fascinating and beautifully illustrated talk, Jonathan Drori, author and trustee of The Eden Project in Cornwall, and former BBC documentary film-maker and board member of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, uses plant science to illuminate how trees play a role in every part of our lives, from the romantic to the regrettable, and how they are capable of the most bizarre antics. An unmissable event for tree and nature lovers. Please note: Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Program begins at 7 p.m.

DATE: Thursday, May 2

TIME: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Conservatory Garden Court

FREE: Pre-registration required, visit www.USBG.gov/Learn

This program sponsored by the Friends of the U.S. Botanic Garden.

May
4
Sat
Collector’s Night – Washington Project for the Arts
May 4 @ 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Proceeds from Collector’s Night Art Sales are split 50/50 between the artists and WPA, whose share goes to supporting its artist driven programs through artist honoraria, travel, artwork production, and other direct program costs.

May
10
Fri
EU Open House @ Various Embassies
May 10 @ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
EU Open House • May 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. • Passport DC 2019: EU Open House • 
The European Union Delegation at 2175 K will be open as part of the EU Open House on May 11. Visitors will get a sneak peek into what the EU does, sample food from Europe, play a spin-the-wheel game for prizes, try out a virtual reality experience and get artistic with a coloring wall. This event is free and open to the public, and families are welcome. For the full list of all 28 embassies participating and what activities they will be doing, visit the EU Open House website.
This event is also the highlight of the European Month of Culture taking place May 1-31 when all EU countries bring performances, exhibits and much more to DC. The full lineup of events can be found online.
Jun
12
Wed
4th Annual War of the Rosés @ Roofer's Union
Jun 12 @ 5:00 PM – 11:59 PM

The War of the Rosés returns to Roofers Union and sister wine bar Jug & Table. Guests will enjoy selections of rosés from around the world handpicked by new Wine Director Chas Jefferson. Guests are invited to try them all, either by the glass or half-priced bottle, which will all be available at half price, and all are asked to select the fourth annual crowd favorite. This year, Jefferson has selected rosés from Austria, France, Spain and Italy. Bottles representing each country will be available on all three floors, including the rooftop, and the rosé that proves the most popular will earn a dedicated spot on the wine lists at both concepts this summer. Menu items like Jug & Table’s Rosé burrata with watermelon and mint will be available a la carte to pair with a bottle for a meal with friends, or nibble throughout the evening.

Austria – Loimer-Niederösterreich Zweigelt – $24/ bottle for the event

France – Château Platon Bordeaux Rosé Cabernet Franc – $20/bottle for the event

Spain – Armas de Guerrero- Bierzo Mencía – $18/bottle for the event

Italy – Fontaleoni Toscana Sangiovese – $22/bottle for the event

Jun
20
Thu
Capital Arts Collective @ Wilson Plaza at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 
Jun 20 @ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Downtown DC’s newest pop up arts market launches as Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (RRB/ITC) hosts Capital Arts Collective. The series kicks off on June 20 and continues through September every third Thursday of the month from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Locals and passersby can shop and explore a curated selection of items by the area’s most talented creatives, including everything from jewelry, paintings, candles, custom designed items, home goods, and more.

Capital Arts Collective aims to celebrate and support the local art scene. The RRB/ITC is excited to welcome homegrown artisans to Wilson Plaza; with plenty of seating and eateries it’s the perfect place for art enthusiasts of all ages, to grab lunch, browse and shop from the best creators in the DMV area. Capital Arts Collective is a program of RRB/ITC and is sponsored by TCMA (A Drew Company).

 

View this summer’s artists: https://itcdc.com/capital-arts-collective/

What: Capital Arts Collective (#CapitalArtsCollective)

When: June 20, July 18, August 15, & September 19, from 10 am- 2 pm.

Where: Wilson Plaza at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Metro: Federal Triangle Station

Who: Free and open to the public

Jun
22
Sat
Solstice Saturday Festival at the National Museum of the American Indian @ Museum of the American Indian
Jun 22 @ 3:00 PM – 9:30 PM

Solstice Saturday Festival at the National Museum of the American Indian

Saturday, June 22; 3–9:30 p.m.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in DC celebrates the first Saturday of summer—Solstice Saturday— beginning with an afternoon of Andean music, dance, and family friendly activities celebrating the Great Inka Road. At 7 p.m., the celebration becomes the Solstice Illuminated Dance Party, taking place on the museum’s Welcome Plaza. There will be a DJ, refreshments, fun, and food, with all galleries open throughout the evening.

3–7 p.m.—Solstice Saturday: Celebrate the Sun!

With the exhibition The Great Inka Road as the theme, the museum celebrates Inti Raymi, the festival of the sun, with Andean music and dance. The festivity opens with traditional Bolivian dancing by Tradiciones Bolivianas, Pujllay Cliza, Fraternidad Tinkus Chochabamba, and Expresion Cultural Sikuris K’hantati Los Andes share traditional dances of Bolivia. RAYMI will be playing Andean music.

Make your own Andean fan based on the chakana, a symbol evoking the four cardinal directions, and add luminescent embellishments to show off later in the evening. Get inspired by the solar and lunar imagery throughout the museum and decorate your own canvas bag to take home.

Indigenous peoples of the Andes in South America believed that gold represented the sun. Visitors can create their own foil pendant featuring your choice of a llama, sun, or jaguar design at the imagiNATIONS Activity Center.

Meet Ande, the museum’s resident, life-size, plush toy Llama. Learn how to dress a fashionable llama for a stroll along the Inka road.

7–9:30 p.m.—Solstice Illuminated Dance Party

Grab a glow stick and dance to DJ Dola on the Welcome Plaza. Enjoy food and drinks—including anticuchos de carne, lomo saltado, chicken empanadas, chips and guacamole, arroz con leche and churros con chocolate—from local vendors Peruvian Brothers and the museum’s Mitsitam Café. Bears Shaved Ice will be serving shaved ice in a variety of flavors!

Be sure to visit the Museum’s membership table with your member card to receive a special gift (or join that evening). Cool off with a walk through the indoor galleries, which also will be open through the night.

When the sun goes down, bring your luminescent fan and join a “comparsa Iluminada”—an illuminated procession— and join Tradiciones Bolivianas, Raymi, Fraternidad Tinkus Chochabamba, Expresion Cultural Sikuris K’hantati Los Andes, and Pujllay Cliza in the procession from the festivities to an outdoor gathering on the Welcome Plaza.

Jul
2
Tue
Concert – A Second of July Celebration of the American-French Alliance @ American Revolution Institute
Jul 2 @ 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

 

Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Celebrate the Second of July, the day the Continental Congress voted for American independence, with music of the founding era. David and Ginger Hildebrand of the Colonial Music Institute perform eighteenth-century songs—including ballads, marches and French-inspired songs—in costume with period instruments.

Free

www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org