‘The Great Gatsby,’ a classic cautionary tale of the American Dream.
You’re invited June 12th, 13th, and 14th to the mansion of mysterious multimillionaire Jay Gatsby for a summer party! Join Picnic Theatre Company at Dumbarton House in Georgetown for a Roaring Twenties garden picnic cocktail, music and live action performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby! Selected by Modern Library as the greatest American novel of the 20th century, you’ll experience the dreamers, debutantes, strivers, socialites and criminals that populate this classic cautionary tale of the American Dream.
The green light is on! Rain or shine (if rain, Bellevue Ballroom). Bring a blanket for garden seating. Proceeds benefit Dumbarton House museum and Courage for Kids, providing backpacks with school supplies to at-risk DC kids.
6pm picnics and cocktails
7pm performance
2715 Q Street NW (see map).
Tickets $15 in advance, $17 at door.
Directed by Steve Rochlin
Adapted for the stage by Simon Levy
CAST:
Hastie Afkhami • Nova Daly • Patrick Garrigan • Robert Gerber • Charles Kovatch • Emily Lenzner • Meridith McGraw • Daniela McInerney • Antonio Olivo • Kevin Rooney • Christina Sevilla
‘The Great Gatsby,’ a classic cautionary tale of the American Dream.
You’re invited June 12th, 13th, and 14th to the mansion of mysterious multimillionaire Jay Gatsby for a summer party! Join Picnic Theatre Company at Dumbarton House in Georgetown for a Roaring Twenties garden picnic cocktail, music and live action performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby! Selected by Modern Library as the greatest American novel of the 20th century, you’ll experience the dreamers, debutantes, strivers, socialites and criminals that populate this classic cautionary tale of the American Dream.
The green light is on! Rain or shine (if rain, Bellevue Ballroom). Bring a blanket for garden seating. Proceeds benefit Dumbarton House museum and Courage for Kids, providing backpacks with school supplies to at-risk DC kids.
6pm picnics and cocktails
7pm performance
2715 Q Street NW (see map).
Tickets $15 in advance, $17 at door.
Directed by Steve Rochlin
Adapted for the stage by Simon Levy
CAST:
Hastie Afkhami • Nova Daly • Patrick Garrigan • Robert Gerber • Charles Kovatch • Emily Lenzner • Meridith McGraw • Daniela McInerney • Antonio Olivo • Kevin Rooney • Christina Sevilla
‘The Great Gatsby,’ a classic cautionary tale of the American Dream.
You’re invited June 12th, 13th, and 14th to the mansion of mysterious multimillionaire Jay Gatsby for a summer party! Join Picnic Theatre Company at Dumbarton House in Georgetown for a Roaring Twenties garden picnic cocktail, music and live action performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby! Selected by Modern Library as the greatest American novel of the 20th century, you’ll experience the dreamers, debutantes, strivers, socialites and criminals that populate this classic cautionary tale of the American Dream.
The green light is on! Rain or shine (if rain, Bellevue Ballroom). Bring a blanket for garden seating. Proceeds benefit Dumbarton House museum and Courage for Kids, providing backpacks with school supplies to at-risk DC kids.
6pm picnics and cocktails
7pm performance
2715 Q Street NW (see map).
Tickets $15 in advance, $17 at door.
Directed by Steve Rochlin
Adapted for the stage by Simon Levy
CAST:
Hastie Afkhami • Nova Daly • Patrick Garrigan • Robert Gerber • Charles Kovatch • Emily Lenzner • Meridith McGraw • Daniela McInerney • Antonio Olivo • Kevin Rooney • Christina Sevilla
The Second City’s America; It’s Complicated!
Comedy legends The Second City return to the Kennedy Center with an all–new, all–hilarious show that reaches way, way across the aisle for non–stop equal opportunity laughs.
Tickets: $49–59
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-
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
Three musicians and celebrated Broadway stars will join the National Symphony Orchestra for 50 Years Over the Rainbow: A Judy Garland Celebration on Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29, 2019 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Laura Osnes, Capathia Jenkins, and Jimmie Herrod join Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke and the NSO in recreating many songs from Judy Garland’s 1961 famed Carnegie Hall performance. These concerts honor the cultural impact that the iconic Garland made, from The Wizard of Oz and Easter Parade to Meet Me in St. Louis, A Star Is Born, and countless others.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets ($24–$99) are available at the Kennedy Center Box Office, online atkennedy-center.org, and via phone through Instant Charge, (202) 467-4600; toll-free at (800) 444-1324. For all other ticket-related customer service inquires, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540.
Three musicians and celebrated Broadway stars will join the National Symphony Orchestra for 50 Years Over the Rainbow: A Judy Garland Celebration on Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29, 2019 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Laura Osnes, Capathia Jenkins, and Jimmie Herrod join Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke and the NSO in recreating many songs from Judy Garland’s 1961 famed Carnegie Hall performance. These concerts honor the cultural impact that the iconic Garland made, from The Wizard of Oz and Easter Parade to Meet Me in St. Louis, A Star Is Born, and countless others.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets ($24–$99) are available at the Kennedy Center Box Office, online atkennedy-center.org, and via phone through Instant Charge, (202) 467-4600; toll-free at (800) 444-1324. For all other ticket-related customer service inquires, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540.
WHAT: This curated, kid-friendly event in NMWA’s Great Hall brings together small presses, artists and more to sell their independently published (largely paper-based) works. More than 40 artists will be selling creations from zines to books, from comics to prints, and plenty in between. This event is organized by the DC Art Book Collective, and the participants are chosen by a panel of judges: Nguyên Khôi Nguyễn, artist and educator based in Baltimore; Christopher Kardambikis, assistant professor in printmaking at George Mason University; Malaka Gharib, artist and writer based in Washington; Alison Michael Baitz, graduate student in library science and children’s literature at Simmons University; LA Johnson, artist, illustrator and creative director at NPR; Elizabeth Graeber, illustrator based in Washington; and Lynora Williams, Director of the Library and Research Center at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. WHERE: WHEN: PRICE: |
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-
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
Still Human, Friday, July 19; 7 p.m. -Veteran actor Anthony Wong and newcomer Crisel Consunji won Hong Kong Film Awards for performances in this moving dramedy about a grumpy wheelchair-bound pensioner (Wong) and the live-in maid (Consunji) hired to take care of him. Directed by Oliver Siu Kuen Chan, Hong Kong, 2019, 111 min., Digital Cinema Package, Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles. In person: Crisel Consunji, actress.