Events/Things To Do : K Street Magazine

January 2020

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			1 My Fair Lady 7:30 PM My Fair Lady @ Kennedy Center Opera House Jan 1 @ 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM Tickets 7:30 p.m. Opera House My Fair Lady From Lincoln Center Theater comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly), Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady. Director Bartlett Sher’s glowing production is “thrilling, glorious and better than it ever was”… Read More	2	3	4
5 NMWA Free Community Day 12:00 PM NMWA Free Community Day @ National Museum of Women in the Arts Jan 5 @ 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Tickets WHAT: Free Community Day The first Sunday of the month is Community Day at NMWA! Visit us on Community Day for free admission to the museum—take this opportunity to explore our collection and special exhibitions before they close. Exhibitions include: Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on… Read More	6	7	8	9	10	11
12 STEP AFRIKA! STEP XPLOSION 5:00 PM STEP AFRIKA! STEP XPLOSION @ Strathmore Jan 12 @ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Tickets STEP AFRIKA! STEP XPLOSION Sunday, January 12, 2020 5PM Tickets: $35–$75 Strathmore is proud to welcome back Step Afrika!, the first professional organization dedicated to the African American tradition of stepping. This performance begins with a showcase of the region’s finest step squads featuring lightning-fast… Read More	13	14	15	16	17	18 NMWA Free Community Weekend: Women’s March 10:00 AM NMWA Free Community Weekend: Women’s March @ National Museum of Women in the Arts Jan 18 @ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tickets 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… Read More
19 NMWA Free Community Weekend: Women’s March 10:00 AM NMWA Free Community Weekend: Women’s March @ National Museum of Women in the Arts Jan 19 @ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tickets 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… Read More Jazz and Freedom Festival 3:00 PM Jazz and Freedom Festival @ The Eaton Jan 19 @ 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM Tickets 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… Read More	20 NMWA Free Community Weekend: Women’s March 10:00 AM NMWA Free Community Weekend: Women’s March @ National Museum of Women in the Arts Jan 20 @ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tickets 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… Read More	21 Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures: Swan Lake 7:30 PM Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures: Swan Lake @ Kennedy Center Opera House Jan 21 @ 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM Tickets 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… Read More	22	23	24 No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks 8:00 PM No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks @ Strathmore Jan 24 @ 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Tickets 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… Read More	25
26 Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Nelly’s Harpsichord: Music from Mount Vernon 2:00 PM Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Nelly’s Harpsichord: Music from Mount Vernon @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre Jan 26 @ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tickets 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… Read More	27	28 The National Ballet of Canada: Forsythe, Ratmansky & More/Sleeping Beauty 7:30 PM The National Ballet of Canada: Forsythe, Ratmansky & More/Sleeping Beauty @ Kennedy Center Opera House Jan 28 @ 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM Tickets 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… Read More	29	30 WORLD STAGES—Sundance Institute: Grey Rock 7:30 PM WORLD STAGES—Sundance Institute: Grey Rock @ Kennedy Center Jan 30 @ 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM Tickets 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	31 JUAN DE MARCOS & THE AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS 8:00 PM JUAN DE MARCOS & THE AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS @ Strathmore Jan 31 @ 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Tickets 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… Read More

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