Free Community Weekend: Women’s March
From Saturday, Jan. 18 through Monday, Jan. 20, visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) for free in honor of the Women’s March and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Take this opportunity to join us as we celebrate the creative contributions of women.
ON VIEW:
- Discover the collection;
- Be among the first to visit the new exhibition Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits, featuring Martin’s powerful large-scale portraits that create a new iconography for African Americans based on African tradition, personal recollections and physical materials;
- Last chance to explore the special exhibitions Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction and Live Dangerously. The End showcases the newest body of work by iconic feminist artist Judy Chicago. Live Dangerously features fierce, dreamy and witty photography of female figures integrated into and reclaiming the natural world; and
- Look outside: Betsabeé Romero: Signals of a Long Road Together is the latest installation in NMWA’s public art series on New York Avenue.
WHERE:
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-783-5000
nmwa.org
WHEN:
Saturday, January 18: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sunday, January 19: 12 p.m.–5 p.m.
Monday, January 20: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
TICKETS:
No tickets are required for the Community Weekend.
PRICE:
Free
Free Community Weekend: Women’s March
From Saturday, Jan. 18 through Monday, Jan. 20, visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) for free in honor of the Women’s March and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Take this opportunity to join us as we celebrate the creative contributions of women.
ON VIEW:
- Discover the collection;
- Be among the first to visit the new exhibition Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits, featuring Martin’s powerful large-scale portraits that create a new iconography for African Americans based on African tradition, personal recollections and physical materials;
- Last chance to explore the special exhibitions Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction and Live Dangerously. The End showcases the newest body of work by iconic feminist artist Judy Chicago. Live Dangerously features fierce, dreamy and witty photography of female figures integrated into and reclaiming the natural world; and
- Look outside: Betsabeé Romero: Signals of a Long Road Together is the latest installation in NMWA’s public art series on New York Avenue.
WHERE:
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-783-5000
nmwa.org
WHEN:
Saturday, January 18: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sunday, January 19: 12 p.m.–5 p.m.
Monday, January 20: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
TICKETS:
No tickets are required for the Community Weekend.
PRICE:
Free
On Sunday, Jan. 19 — the day before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — CapitalBop will be hosting this year’s Jazz and Freedom Festival, an all-day musical celebration and benefit, to help raise awareness and funds on behalf of organizations fighting for immigrant rights right here in our DMV community.
The festival is co-presented by CapitalBop, Shannon Gunn and Eaton Hotels, and will benefit the ICE Out of DC coalition. The concert features poetry by poet and community advocate Claudia Rojas and a full program of music by bass clarinetist Todd Marcus, guitarist Cristian Perez, drummer Angel Bethea and the Jazz and Freedom Octet (a pickup group of D.C. jazz heavyweights organized by Gunn, a respected trombonist and composer). It will take place at the Eaton, 1201 K St NW, Washington DC 20005.
Each year, the festival gathers members of D.C.’s overlapping communities of artists, activists and audiences for a day of music and conversation around a different social justice issue. It also operates as a benefit for a community organization doing activist work in the DMV: Empower DC in 2015, Black Lives Matter DMV in 2016, WPFW 89.3 FM in 2017, and the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation in 2019.
On Jan. 19, doors open at 3 p.m. We will host a panel discussion with representatives from ICE Out of DC and special guests at 3:30 p.m., followed by a performance by the Jazz and Freedom Octet (a group of D.C. jazz heavyweights organized by Gunn) at 4:30, a trio led by drummer Angel Bethea at 5:30, and a quartet led by guitarist Cristian Perez at 6:30. At 7:30, poet and community advocate Claudia Rojas will recite her work. At 8:15, star clarinetist Todd Marcus will lead his trio in a set of music. The night will conclude with an open jam session. Breaks in the program will be complemented by short pieces by Rojas and short announcements by CapitalBop staff and members of the ICE Out of DC coalition.
SCHEDULE:
3:00 p.m. Doors open
3:30 p.m. Panel discussion with ICE Out of DC
4:30 p.m. The Jazz and Freedom Octet
5:30 p.m. Angel Bethea Trio
6:30 p.m. Cristian Perez Quartet
7:30 p.m. Poet and community advocate Claudia Rojas
8:15 p.m. Todd Marcus Trio
9:15 p.m. Jam Session, open to the public
Free Community Weekend: Women’s March
From Saturday, Jan. 18 through Monday, Jan. 20, visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) for free in honor of the Women’s March and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Take this opportunity to join us as we celebrate the creative contributions of women.
ON VIEW:
- Discover the collection;
- Be among the first to visit the new exhibition Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits, featuring Martin’s powerful large-scale portraits that create a new iconography for African Americans based on African tradition, personal recollections and physical materials;
- Last chance to explore the special exhibitions Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction and Live Dangerously. The End showcases the newest body of work by iconic feminist artist Judy Chicago. Live Dangerously features fierce, dreamy and witty photography of female figures integrated into and reclaiming the natural world; and
- Look outside: Betsabeé Romero: Signals of a Long Road Together is the latest installation in NMWA’s public art series on New York Avenue.
WHERE:
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-783-5000
nmwa.org
WHEN:
Saturday, January 18: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sunday, January 19: 12 p.m.–5 p.m.
Monday, January 20: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
TICKETS:
No tickets are required for the Community Weekend.
PRICE:
Free
7:30 p.m. Opera House
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures: Swan Lake
With a fresh look for the 21st century, Matthew Bourne brings his breakout international hit to the Kennedy Center for the first time. Thrilling, audacious, witty, and emotive, this Swan Lake is perhaps still best known for replacing the female corps de ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered conventions and took the dance world by storm.
Tickets: $28-$109
MANUAL CINEMA
NO BLUE MEMORIES
THE LIFE OF GWENDOLYN BROOKS
Friday, January 24, 2020
8PM
Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door
Poet Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize. An activist and community organizer, Brooks’ provocative works captured the spirit and struggle of the Civil Rights Movement. In this theatrical spectacle that gives new meaning to the phrase “poetry in motion,” Emmy-winning ensemble Manual Cinema tells her story through shadow puppetry, silhouetted actors, and live music. No Blue Memories features an original screenplay penned by Eve L. Ewing and Nate Marshall of Crescendo Literary and a jazz score composed by Jamila and Ayanna Woods. The music, performed live by a quintet, incorporates and transforms some of Brooks’ most iconic verses.
2:00 p.m. Terrace Theater
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Nelly’s Harpsichord: Music from Mount Vernon
Harpsichordist Richard Egarr plays the newly completed replica of Eleanor “Nelly” Custis one-of-a-kind harpsichord, a gift from her grandfather George Washington in 1793. The program features popular music from Nelly’s time and selections from her own song book to be announced from the stage.
Tickets: $45
7:30 p.m. Opera House
The National Ballet of Canada: Forsythe, Ratmansky & More/Sleeping Beauty
Canada’s esteemed ballet company returns with two programs: Jan. 28 & 29, experience two works by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, and Alexei Ratmansky’s Piano Concerto #1. Jan. 30–Feb. 2, The Sleeping Beauty is the romantic tale of a princess cursed to sleep for 100 years, danced to Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous music.
Tickets: $29-$149
7:30 p.m. Terrace Theater
WORLD STAGES—Sundance Institute: Grey Rock
A D.C. premiere! A play about the inalienable right to dream: A Palestinian man decides to build a rocket to the moon in a shed.
Tickets: $15-$35
JUAN DE MARCOS & THE AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS
Friday, January 31, 2020
8PM
Tickets: $24–$64
Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars are devoted to promoting the complete story of Cuban music. De Marcos first gained notoriety in the US as founder of the Buena Vista Social Club, an ensemble of legendary Cuban musicians assembled to revive the music of pre-revolutionary Cuba to its golden age. De Marcos established The Afro-Cuban All Stars to promote Cuba’s brilliant young musicians and highlight its senior talent. Featuring a rotating, multi-generational cast, the group draws on the classic Cuban styles of son and danzón, along with contemporary dance rhythms like timba.
