DCCAH brings you In The Know (ITK) each Wednesday to let you know what’s going on around town.
Don’t Miss Out:
Thursday, December 10
- NEA Webcast: Joan Shigekawa
- The NEA’s Senior Deputy Chairman will discuss the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the nation’s largest and most representative study of adults’ arts participation habits at 11am ET.
- Sushi. Hip Hop. & Philanthropy: WBL Happy Hour
- Join Words Beats & Life for happy hour at the Lotus Lounge.
- For The Love of DC
- ReadysetDC, the “Creative Urban Enterprise” holds its official launch party at Long View Gallery.
- Opens Tonight! The Black Nativity at H Street Playhouse
- Recently featured in the Washington Post, Theater Alliance brings back a D.C. tradition with Langston Hughes’s “Black Nativity” Thursday through Jan. 3.
- Opens Tonight! Capital Irish Film Fest
- Solas Nua presents a 10-day contemporary Irish film festival at E Street Cinema, the Goethe Institut, Fringe, and Flashpoint.
- Opens Tonight! The Washington Ballet presents The Nutcracker
- Septime Webre presents this heartwarming holiday favorite with a twist–George Washington as the Nutcracker and King George III of England as the Rat King.
- Off the Walls
- Corcoran College of Art & Design students, faculty and staff are selling everything from wearable art to ceramics and fine art. Through Saturday!
- The Onion’s Thespian Love Affair
- Celebrate Woolly Mammoth’s return of TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE GO BLIND, created by Greg Allen, written, directed & performed by The Neo-Futurists. The Neos will be doing a teaser skit or two as a preview for that night’s performance at 8pm. Free admission to the happy hour(s) and complimentary beer from Blue Moon. RSVP required via email rsvpdc@theonion.com
Friday, December 11
- FRIEND REQUEST
- 2 Mid City Artists invite 12 new friends for this group exhibition. Come meet the artists and their friends for this pre-holiday reception at Art 17 @ Coldwell Banker
Saturday, December 12
- Sitar Arts Center Winter Bash: Coming Up Taller Celebration
- Come celebrate Sitar’s Coming Up Taller award with an afternoon of workshops, holiday art sale, door prizes and much more!
- East Meets West: A Concert of Indonesian, American, Italian and English Songs
- The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) presents Indonesian tenor Dani Dumadi and lyric soprano Jennifer Weingartner.
- A Rising Generation for Striking 12
- Want to be part of a younger theater scene at Arena Stage? Come join the Rising Generation crew as we party in the holidays with Striking 12 on the 12th.
- Lesole’s Dance Project at Dance Place
- The premiere of two new works, Nna and Without a Home. Nna mixes African Rituals with step from African American fraternities. Without a Home explores the life of the kids out in the streets of Johannesburg and in the US.
- Opening: Hamiltonian Gallery presents Frank Hallam Day and Jonathan Monaghan
- New exhibition of works by Washington, DC photographer Frank Hallam Day and Hamiltonian Fellow Jonathan Monaghan. Whether through African mannequins, Christian imagery or heraldic symbolism, both artists present recontextualized notions of the West.
Sunday, December 13
- Christylez Bacon at DC9
- Come celebrate DC9’s first birthday celebration with the Grammy-nominated “human beatbox” and more of “The Nine”
Save the Date!
- Friday, December 18: Words Beats and Life’s Breakfast of Champions
- Enjoy breakfast at Busboys and Poets and support the work of WBL for a minimum of $20. RSVP by December 16.
- Saturday, December 19: December Sulu DC Show
- Sulu DC, the underground grassroots network for Asian American and/or Pacific Islander American artists, hosts the Sulu Series at The Fridge.
FYI:
- Teaching for Change Bookstore at Busboys and Poets has launched their online bookstore, bringing the Busboys and Poets environment to the comfort of your home, office or school. In addition to accessing their progressive books, you can search and purchase almost any title in print. Featuring upcoming author events, bestseller lists, and people’s history titles.
- Lambda Rising, the Dupont Circle bookshop that grew into a pillar of Washington’s gay community since its opening more than three decades ago, is closing at the end of the month, its owner said Monday. Deacon Maccubbin, Lambda Rising’s founder, said that he has accomplished all he had intended when he opened the gay-oriented bookstore in 1974 and.. Read More
Artists Resources:
- The Capital Fringe Festival is seeking applications for its 2010 festival. Established and emerging artists can present their work free of a selection process, without any curatorial barriers. The Capital Fringe Festival seeks to empower its artists to continue to be successful, independent producers. Apply today until December 31.
- The Puffin Foundation is currently accepting grant applications from artists in the fields of art, film, theater, photography and public interest whose works due to genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. Apply today until December 15.
- Introduce your work to the world. Enter Communication Arts magazine’s 51st Illustration Competition. Hundreds of award-winning images are selected for their creative excellence—by an esteemed jury of designers and art directors—in editorial, advertising, institutional, for sale and unpublished categories. Apply today until January 8.
You Can Help, Too!
- This December alone, Step Afrika! will reach over 3,000 young people in DC, MD and VA. Your tax-deductible donation supports these efforts and guarantees arts education programs for the upcoming year. In January 2010, Step Afrika! will offer creative programming for students K-12 in Pennsylvania, New York, Oregon and DC. Their goal is to raise over $15,000. You can donate online or simply send in a check payable to Step Afrika! Questions? Email info@stepafrika.org or call 202-399-7993 ext 112.
- For the last 15 years, Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT) has provided quality arts education to DC area students, leaving a measurable impact on our community. Now, as cuts in education and the arts grow and students are asked to do more with less each year, we must do more. So as you celebrate the holidays, please remember YPT and consider giving a child the gift of knowing their voice counts. By supporting YPT, you become part of the YPT dream – that all students, regardless of background, have the Write to Dream their way to a better future.
