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REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

The Kennedy Center has announced The Fall Season of live performances, including: National Symphony Orchestra concerts beginning on September 18 with pianist Lang Lang. Fortas Chamber Music concerts beginning with The Dover Quartet & Haochen Zhang October 20. Washington National Opera performances beginning with Come Home: A Celebration of Return featuring a musical tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on November 6-14. and Dance/Ballet beginning with the Paul Taylor Dance Company on October 7-9. Programming at the Kennedy Center will also feature the return of Lin Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton," plus "Hadestown," which won the Tony Award as best musical in 2019. To see the full schedule, Visit HTTPS://WWW.KENNEDY-CENTER.ORG/WHATS-ON/ The National Book Festival will be presented by The Library of Congress in multiple formats - but not on the National Mall - September 17-26. The theme of the festival will be Open a Book, Open the World. The participants will include authors, poets and illustrators from America and around the world. Please see the BOOKS column for more info. The Annual Maryland State Fair will take place on August 26-September 6 at the State Fairgrounds in Timonium, MD. Visit http://www.marylandstatefair.com/uploads/files/2021%20Open%204H%20Fair%20Schedule.pdf Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week will take place August 9-15. Some 250 restaurants across the District, Maryland and Virginia region will participate and will feature 3-course lunches for $22, 3-course dinners for $35 and $55, and brunch for $22. Visit https://ramw.org/restaurantweek The Montgomery County Maryland Agricultural Fair will take place August 13-21 at the fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, MD. There will be animals, a farmer’s market, entertainment, carnival, a kidzone, food vendors, contests, concessions, crafts, cosmetics, baskets, books, and more. Visit https://www.mcagfair.com/ The 17th Annual Washington DC Jazz Festival will take place citywide September 1-5 and will feature 20+ concerts, interviews and exclusive events featuring international superstars and homegrown talent. The signature event, DC JazzFest at The District Wharf, will take place September 4-5, over Labor Day Weekend, as a hybrid of in-person and livestream performances to a worldwide audience. Visit www.dcjazzfest.org RETURN TO HOME PAGE
The Kennedy Center & The Reach
National Symphony Orchestra Music Director Gianandrea Noseda
Photo for the Maryland State Fair by Edith Bernier

Photo courtesy of Mount Vernon
Photo of a previous DC Jazz Fest Credit: Fritz Photographics

LOCAL NEWS FEATURING BETHESDA & CHEVY CHASE

TRANSITIONS: The owners of the site at 5500 Wisconsin Avenue (aka the Brooks Brothers site) in Chevy Chase provided broad information and a tentative Sketch Plan in June describing their tentative plans to redevelop the site. The adjacent Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, which the developer also owns, would not be directly involved in the new project, and the parking spaces directly behind the hotel wouldn’t be affected. The office building on the other side of the hotel wouldn’t be affected and would continue to host a Post Office and retailers on the street level. The future Brooks Brothers site would be redeveloped as an 18-story rental apartment building containing about 380 units, with about 390 parking spaces below. The lower seven floors of the apartment building would have a larger circumference than the upper 11 floors. The roof would have select amenities. There would be space for retail and restaurants uses on the street level. The residential lobby would be at the corner of South Park Avenue & The Hills Plaza - opposite Hubert Humphrey Park. The developers estimate that sunlight will begin to reach Hubert Humphrey Park at about 10:00 a.m. Also on the ground level, a new 47-foot wide shared street – called a “Woonerf” - would be installed between the hotel and the new building. (Woonerf is a Dutch/Belgian term.) Both vehicles and pedestrians could use the new street. The street could be entered from Wisconsin Avenue and would provide access to the new building for both tenant parking and for commercial vehicles, e.g. moving vans, delivery vehicles and trucks. Commercial vehicles would have to be parked inside the building, where there would be a freight elevator, and would not be allowed to park on the new street. The new street could be exited onto The Hills Plaza. The rental apartments would come in a variety of sizes and configurations, and about 15 percent of them would be “affordable,” as required by law.Some changes would be made to the streetscape around the property, including putting power lines below ground. The developers’ plans would be designed to obtain Leeds certification. The developers must file the Sketch Plan with Montgomery County, and they expect it to go before the Montgomery County Planning Board in the Fall. They anticipate construction could begin in late 2022 and would take about a year & a half to complete. To see the Sketch Plans, visit https://bit.ly/3wg=FtdU The official website for the plan is at www.5500wisconsin.com/ The website includes links to a recent powerpoint presentation. Meanwhile, the new owners are updating the Courtyard Marriott Hotel and garage while it continues to accept guests, but there are no plans at this time to reopen the restaurant. The Brooks Brothers store and Rangoni Firenze Shoes are open – for the time being. The Bank of America ATM at the corner of The Hills Plaza and South Park Avenue is tentatively open, and customers can reach their safe deposit boxes by appointment, but the branch is closed for other transactions. On the D.C. Side Of Friendship Heights, the new owners of Mazza Gallerie have not announced details about their plan to redevelop most of the site into some 350 residences with ground-floor retail.
DINING: The spaces which will be occupied by Junction Bakery & Bistro and Hunter's Hound in The Collection have been completely gutted, and the facades have been removed. Windows were installed in June. Suskiko Restaurant - pictured at right - in The Collection has reopened and offers dining on their attractive patio as well as inside.
AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS: Sloan & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers are relocating to 5550 Friendship Boulevard in Friendship Heights – next to The Elizabeth Condominium - from 7034 Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase. There will be an entrance on the North Park Avenue side of the building next to the Friendship Market. The company's next Estate Catalogue Auction will likely be this Summer. Visit http://www.sloansandkenyon.com/ Preparations for opening Amazon Fresh, the new Grocery Store coming to The Collection In Chevy Chase, continue. Meanwhile, the company has advertised positions for “Store Associates” in the new store. The salary offered Is $15-$16.95 an hour. Fencing around the property has been removed, and contractors’ vehicles are no longer on the site. SERVICES: Westwood Cleaners has opened a full-service branch in The Collection In Chevy Chase at 5457 Wisconsin Ave. – next door to Sushiko restaurant In addition to drycleaning, they offer shoe repair and more and feature home delivery. The new cleaners occupies space that formerly housed a Papyrus Card Shop. Visit Https://Www.Westwoodcleanersbethesda.Com Vive Dental Day Spa has moved into the Arcade of The Elizabeth Condominium at 4601 North Park Avenue in Friendship Heights. Dr. Janet Oyeledun and Dr. Dayo Ogunnaike, have acquired the dentist office in Suite C7 previously occupied by Dr. Alona Bauer. They are accepting new patients. Visit https://vivedentaldayspa.com/ FESTIVAL: The 9th Annual Rockville Arts Festival will take place September 4-5 at Rockville Town Square. The streets surrounding the Square will be transformed into a vibrant outdoor gallery full of stunning art, live music and performances, demonstrations, and artisanal foods from the eateries at the square and the Festival’s food trucks. A diverse group of 140 master artists from across the country will share their work in ceramics, drawings, fiber, glass, graphics, jewelry, metalwork, paintings, photography, printmaking, sculpture, wood and mixed media. The event is produced by VisArts, the area’s leading nonprofit visual arts organization. Visitwww.rockvilleartsfestival.org RETURN TO HOME PAGE
5500 Wisconsin Avenue
Sushiko Restaurant
A previous Rockville Arts Festival

ARTS & CRAFTS:

NATIONAL GALLERIES

The National Gallery of Art - West Building
The National Gallery Of Art East Building & West Building have reopened - a free timed pass is required for entry. The Gallery is exhibiting sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, and videos by contemporary American artist Lynda Benglis in the East Building, Mezzanine, thru January 2, 2022. Thirty-three of the works shown were made between 1966 and 2003. Most of the works exhibited were given to the Gallery by Dorothy and Herbert Vogel. The exhibition is organized by Molly Donovan, curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Visit https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2021/lynda-benglis.html The National Gallery of Art will exhibit A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 in the West Building, September 26-January 9, 2022. The exhibition will focus on the grandeur of 17th-century Genoa, Italy on a scope and scale unprecedented in the U.S. Genoese traders and bankers transformed the Mediterranean port city into a cosmopolitan center of wealth and culture. They commissioned the construction and decoration of churches, chapels, and palaces by Rubens, Van Dyck, and other leading European artists. The opulent baroque style will be on view in the splendid paintings, sculptures, and works seen in this exhibition. Visit https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2021/baroque-art-genoa.html The National Museum Of Women In The Arts (NMWA) will close on August 9 for a two-year renovation. Meanwhile, the NMWA has partnered with Her Flag, a nationwide art and travel project created by artist Marilyn Artus. Her Flag marks the 100th anniversary year of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which enshrined women's right to vote within the text of the U.S. Constitution. Visit https://nmwa.org/whats-on/exhibitions/
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Lynda Benglis - Phool, 1980plaster over bronze wire mesh with gold leaf National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Her FlagBy Marilyn Artus and collaborators, Installation view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2020 Courtesy of the artist; Photo by Kevin Allen2021/06/09

ARTS & CRAFTS: SMITHSONIAN GALLERIES

Al Gore by Chuck Close from Visionary: the Cumming Family Collection (PartII)

 The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery is presenting Visionary: The Cumming Family Collection (Part II) through October 31. Installed in two parts, the exhibition celebrates a major acquisition of 22 contemporary portraits recently gifted or promised to the Portrait Gallery by Ian and Annette Cumming. Part II features portraits by American artists Jack Beal, Chuck Close, and Nelson Shanks and includes likenesses of prominent leaders, such as Al Gore, President Barack Obama, and EO Wilson. The exhibition is curated by Portrait Gallery Chief Curator Emerita Brandon Brame Fortune. The Portrait Gallery will exhibit Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands August 27-May 30, 2022. The exhibition will be the first retrospective of portraiture by Hung Liu (b. 1948 in Changchun, China). More than 50 paintings, photographs and drawings will be shown in the Gallery’s first exhibition honoring an Asian American woman with a solo show. The exhibition is curated by Dorothy Moss, curator of painting and sculpture and coordinating curator for the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative. The Portrait Gallery is exhibiting Warranted to Give Satisfaction: Daguerreotypes by Jeremiah Gurney thru February 6, 2022. Jeremiah Gurney (1812–1895) established one of New York City’s first daguerreotype studios in 1840, and his works were considered “nearer to absolute perfection” than those of other daguerreotypists. The exhibition is curated by Senior Curator of Photographs Ann Shumard.
 The Portrait Gallery will exhibit Block by Block: Naming Washington July 30-January 16, 2023. The exhibition will feature a selection of the people whom Washington city planners have deemed important enough to have streets and spaces named after them, including Farragut, Howard, Barton (See the image at right), Al Gore and Malcolm X. The exhibition is presented by Curator of Photographs Leslie Ureña. Visit http://npg.si.edu
 The Smithsonian American Art Museum is displaying Welcome Home: A Portrait of East Baltimore, 1975-1980, a survey conceived, led and carried out by women photographers—Elinor Cahn, Joan Clark Netherwood and Linda Rich. They photographed a cross-section of Baltimore residences and businesses, celebrating traditions while also acknowledging many challenges. The exhibition includes 104 photographs from the museum’s permanent collection. John Jacob, the McEvoy Family Curator for Photography, organized the exhibition with Vitoria Bitencourt and Krystle Stricklin, curatorial assistants.Visit http://americanart.si.edu The Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery is exhibiting Forces of Nature thru August 15. The biennial showcase features artists Lauren Fensterstock, Timothy Horn, Rowland Ricketts, and Debora Moorer. Visit https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/invitational-2020 The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art has reopened with an exhibition titled Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa. (The closing date has not yet beendetermined.) "Gold from West Africa was the engine that drove the movement of things, people, and ideas across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East in an interconnected medieval world. As the incredible works in this exhibition show, it is not possible to understand the emergence of the early modern world without this West African story."Visit https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/caravans-gold-fragments-time-art-culture-and-exchange-across-medieval-saharan-africa:event-exhib-6501 The Smithsonian Hirshhorn Gallery will reopen Marcel DuChamp: The Barbara and Aaron Levine Collection on September 14. Mark Bradford: Pickett's Charge will also open on August 20. The Hirshhorn’s exterior will be wrapped in a “curtain” by renowned Swiss artist Nicolas Party, September 18 to the Spring of 2022. Party’s work, titled Draw the Curtain (2021), will wrap 360 degrees around the temporary scaffolding that encases the museum building while the building’s envelope undergoes critical repairs. Visit https://hirshhorn.si.edu/upcoming-exhibitions The National Museum of Asian Art's Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery have reopened. Visit https://asia.si.edu/ RETURN TO HOME PAGE

“Resident Alien” by Hung Liu, oil on canvas, 1988. Collection of the San Jose Museum of Art; gift of the Lipman Family Foundation. Copyright Hung Liu
Clara Barton - a Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross - Photograph by Matthew B. Brady - c. 1865 National Portrait Gallery
Linda Rich, A Canton homeowner maintaining East Baltimore's reputation for clean streets., 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.4
From Forces of Nature: Debora Moorer & Rosario
Detail view of “Draw the Curtain” (2021) by Nicolas Party, courtesy of the artist.

arts & crafts: Independent galleries

Artechouse DC is displaying Renewal 2121 thru September 6. It's the 4th Annual Cherry Blossom-Inspired Installation and seeks to inspire hope amid the global pandemic and concerns of climate change. The installation features visual design by Yuya Takeda, music by Mario Hammer and the Lonely Robot, and scenery by Design Foundry. Artechouse is at 1238 Maryland Ave., SW in D.C. It's a 5-10 minute walk from the Smithsonian and L’Enfant Plaza Metro stops. Visit https://www.artechouse.com/location/dc/
The Phillips Collection reopened in March, 2021 with a celebration of the Collection's centennial year. The celebration features an exhibition titled Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century, which is on display thru September 12. As the museum marks its centennial, Dorothy Kosinski, who is Vradenburg Director and CEO of The Phillips, plans to conclude her tenure next year after 15 years at The Collection. The Phillips Collection is exhibiting Intersections: Marley Dawson, thru September 5. Australian artist Marley Dawson has created a site-specific project in two parts that respond to the Phillips’s collection and architecture. The Collection is displaying Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle Special Exhibition, thru September 19. Lawrence’s 30-panel series Struggle…From the History of the American People, painted between 1954 and 1956, “invited a new way of chronicling erased histories about America’s founding." For the first time since 1958, the series is reunited, along with two new panels discovered in 2020 and 2021. Visit https://www.phillipscollection.org/ The Phillips Collection is displaying Inside Outside, Upside Down - a special exhibition - thru September 12. The juried invitational features dynamic work across media by 64 artists of the greater DC region, making vivid the turmoil, strength, and resiliency of the human spirit in the face of the past year’s global covid-19 pandemic and social upheaval. The guest curator is internationally renowned artist Renée Stout. Visit https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/2021-07-16-inside-outside-upside-down?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jennifer-mitchell&utm_content=July+2021+Media+Calendar Looking ahead, The Phillips Collection plans to screen “Miss Alma Thomas” - the first documentary film that explores the incredible life of the black woman artist - through the lens of curators, art specialists, scholars, and her family – October 30-January 23, 2022. Award-winning actress Alfre Woodard will provide “the voice” of Miss Thomas. The 20-minute film will be released in conjunction with a major four-city museum retrospective, where thousands will have the opportunity to learn of her life, work, and continuing influence. Arlington Arts Center's summer 2021 exhibitions include: We Can't Predict Tomorrow, Emily Fussner: Even a Parking Lot is Beautiful at Dawn, Patrick McDonough: Portrait of a County by a Youngish Man, and Dane Winkler: Timepiece Mythos. We Can’t Predict Tomorrow, which is the lead exhibition, is on view thru August 28. The featured artists are James Balo, Nakeya Brown, Tommy Bobo, Leigh Davis, Guarina Lopez, Lex Marie, Jackie Milad, Jared Nielsen, and Bahar Yürükoğlu. The exhibition offers a snapshot of life as lived throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. The guest curator is Amanda Jirón-Murphy. Visit https://arlingtonartscenter.org/exhibits/2021/we-cant-predict-tomorrow/ The Kreeger Museum in Northwest D.C. has reopened and is exhibiting Objects from the Studio: The Sculptor’s Process thru August 31. The exhibition brings together maquettes, sketches, and other objects from sculptors’ studios “to explore how outdoor sculptures are made, focusing on works from The Kreeger Museum’s Sculpture Garden. The show offers insight into the artistic process, from preliminary drawings to handcrafted models.” Artists featured include Kendall Buster, Richard Deutsch, John L. Dreyfuss, Carol Brown Goldberg, Dalya Luttwak, and Foon Sham. The exhibition was curated by Danielle O'Steen, Ph.D. Visit https://kreegermuseum.org/exhibitions/view/upcoming Culture House, the art space at 700 Delaware Avenue in Southwest DC, will exhibit Andrea Limauro: American Civil War, July 31-August 28. Italian-born Andrea Limauro is a visual artist and city planner whose work explores issues of migration and migrant identity, nationalistic narratives, gun violence, climate change and other social topics. The exhibition is a body of work created during the tumultuous last year as the artist speculates that the American Civil War did not end in 1865 but continues today. Visit http://culturehousedc.org/exhibitions
 Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries is exhibiting Glen Echo Pottery's 13th Annual Student Exhibit, Surviving with Clay thru August 1, 2021. Visit https://glenechopark.org/partnershipgalleries
 The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center has announced their Fall Exhibitions. Visit https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/upcoming.cfm
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Jacob Lawrence, Panel 16, There are combustibles in every State, which a spark might set fire to.-Washington, 26 December 1786, 1956, egg tempera on hardboard, 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 in, Private Collection from Struggle: From the History of the American People, 1954-56 (c) 2021 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
From Inside Outside, Upside Down: Carol Antezana, Las Gringas, 2021, digital photographic print, 20 x 16 in., courtesy of the artist
Bahar Yürükoğlu, still from IYKYK, 2021 Arlington Arts Center
A painting by Andrea Limauro: American Civil War at Culture House

books

The Library of Congress
The National Book Festival will be presented by The Library of Congress in multiple formats - but not on the National Mall - September 17-26. The theme of the festival will be “Open a Book, Open the World.” The participants will include authors, poets and illustrators from America and around the world. The featured participants will be Michael J. Fox, Diane von Furstenberg, Roxane Gay, Kazuo Ishiguro, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Marcus Samuelsson. This year’s festival will offer a variety of ways to access programs, allowing attendees to tailor their experience and interests to their preferred mode of participation. Festival content will be available online through videos on demand, author conversations in real time and live question-and-answer sessions, as well as a new podcast series, a national television special and some in-person, ticketed events at the Library of Congress. Visit www.loc.gov/bookfest/ NOTE: The Library of Congress permits timed, ticketed entry for visitors and Reading Room appointments for researchers. Visit https://loc.gov The Rotunda of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, and some Presidential Library museums are open with limited capacity. Visit https://www.archives.gov/ RETURN TO HOME PAGE

dance

The Washington Ballet - Gian Carlo Perez and Abby Granlund by Spencer Bentley
The Washington Ballet (TWB), led by Artistic Director Julie Kent, has announced its 2021/22 “Season of Gratitude,” marking the company’s return to live performances after more than 16 months of pandemic-related strictures. The season features five productions including an Opening Performance Celebration, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, and NEXTsteps - TWB’s new works series - plus new digital works for Marquee TV as a part of TWB Inside Out. Visit www.washingtonballet.org Jane Franklin Dance and Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association will kick off the new season with an in-person performance at the Athenaeum in Old Town Alexandria on August 27. The performance will feature choreography by Philip Baraoidan, Roxann Morgan Rowley and Jane Franklin, with music by Steven Rogers. Visit https://janefranklin.com/kick-off The Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company's 2021 Season includes the world premieres of works featuring Social Justice Leaders on: August 4 - J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) The company will present Island - a 27-minute work August 27-May 29, 2022....inspired by the Chinese-American immigrant experience of coming to America through Angel Island in California. The piece will be presented in conjunction with the upcoming National Portrait Gallery exhibition titled Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands.Visit http://dtsbdc.org Bowen McCauley Dance Company will present its final performance at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater after sharing 25 years of dance on September 14. The one-night show will feature three world premieres, guest artists and all-live musical accompaniment.Visit http://www.bmdc.org/event/silver-anniversary-season-finale RETURN TO HOME PAGE
Jane Franklin Dance - photo by Andre Bossi.

FAMILY

The Franklin Building, shown above, houses Planet Word
Planet Word, which is an immersive language museum located at the historic Franklin School on 13th Street N.W. in downtown D.C., is now open. The voice-activated museum (the world’s first!), and interactive galleries and exhibits bring words and language to life in all sorts of entertaining ways for visitors of all ages. Visit https://planetwordmuseum.org/ The 9th Annual Rockville Arts Festival will take place September 4-5 at Rockville Town Square. The streets surrounding the Square will be transformed into a vibrant outdoor gallery full of stunning art, live music and performances, demonstrations, and artisanal foods from the eateries at the square and the Festival’s food trucks. A diverse group of 140 master artists from across the country will share their work in ceramics, drawings, fiber, glass, graphics, jewelry, metalwork, paintings, photography, printmaking, sculpture, wood and mixed media. The event is produced by VisArts, the area’s leading nonprofit visual arts organization. Visitwww.rockvilleartsfestival.org The Children's Museum on Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown D.C. is closed temporarily. To read about the museum, visit https://nationalchildrensmuseum.org/ The International Spy Museum is open with new safety measures in place including capacity limitations, social distancing guidelines, mask requirements, and enhanced cleaning protocols. Advance ticket purchase is recommended. Visit https://www.spymuseum.org/ Adventure Theatre in Bethesda is presenting in-person productions of Fairy Tales in the Sun, directed by Stan Kang, thru September 6. The production features two one-act plays: The Flood in the Future by Lyra Yang and From Cinders to Ella by Michelle Lynch. In The Flood in the Future, a young girl decides to give up her youth to save the world after Goddess Nü Wa warns her of an apocalyptic flood that results from water contamination. However, she soon learns that an individual’s power is never enough. In From Cinders to Ella, Ella’s desire to rid her life of grief and hardship leaves her at a crossroads, where running from home just might mean running from what she needs most of all: a family. It's "a play about forging your own happily ever after." Visit https://adventuretheatre-mtc.org/in-person-productions-fairy-tales-in-the-sun/ The Annual Maryland State Fair will take place on August 26-September 6 at the State Fairgrounds in Timonium, MD. Visit http://www.marylandstatefair.com/uploads/files/2021%20Open%204H%20Fair%20Schedule.pdf The 2021 Alexandria Restaurant Week will take place August 20-29. More than 60 restaurants will offer special menus, featuring dinner in person or to go, for $49 and dinner for one, in person or to go, at select locations, for $25. Visit https://www.visitalexandriava.com/restaurants/restaurant-week/ Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week will take place August 9-15. Some 250 restaurants across the District, Maryland and Virginia region will participate and will feature 3-course lunches for $22, 3-course dinners for $35 and $55, and brunch for $22. Visit https://ramw.org/restaurantweek The Montgomery County Maryland Agricultural Fair will take place August 13-21 at the fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, MD. There will be animals, a farmer’s market, entertainment, carnival, a kidzone, food vendors, contests, concessions, crafts, cosmetics, candy makers, baskets, books, and more. Visit https://www.mcagfair.com/ RETURN TO HOME PAGE
A view of a previous Rockville Arts Festival
Photo of a previous Maryland State Fair by Edith Bernier

Film


The Avalon Theatre on Connecticut Avenue NW in Chevy Chase, D.C. reopened in June with screenings of the hit film In the Heights. Having been built to show silent films in 1923, it’s the oldest operating movie house in the area. The historic theatre is a nonprofit, community-supported film and education center whose mission is to entertain, educate and inspire the people of metropolitan Washington. Visit https://www.theavalon.org/about/ RETURN TO HOME PAGE
Avalon Theatre in Chevy Chase, DC

gardens - homes

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens has reopened and is exhibiting The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky throughout the mansion to September 5. Born in Ukraine and now based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, Kanevsky sculpts each flower by hand. Visit https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/exhibitions/porcelain-flowers-vladimir-kanevsky Hillwood is exhibiting Roaring Twenties: The Life and Style of Marjorie Merriweather Post thru January 9, 2022. The exhibition explores the Jazz Age fashion, decorative art, jewelry, and design that made Marjorie Merriweather Post one of the most influential women of the 1920s. Advance reservations are required. Visit https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/exhibitions/roaring-twenties-life-and-style-marjorie-merriweather-post Hillwood is exhibiting Contemporary American artist Kristine Mays's life-size, three-dimensional dancing wire sculptures throughout the gardens during a special exhibition titled Rich Soil thru January 9, 2022. Advance reservations are required. Visit https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/exhibitions/kristine-mays-rich-soil Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland is fully open, including the Visitor Center, Gift Shop, Conservatory Building and Outdoor Gardens. Visit https://www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/brookside-gardens/ The City of Alexandria's newest public art installation, Groundswell by Mark Reigelman in Waterfront Park, focuses on the gradual expansion of the city's waterfront. Starting in the 18th century, thousands of wood pilings were driven deep into the Potomac River. This allowed the dock to grow and Alexandria to become a major commercial port. The installation features a ground mural depicting the floor of the Potomac River and more than 100 wood pilings throughout the site. The artwork will remain on view until November 2021. Visit alexandriava.gov/PublicArt RETURN TO HOME PAGE
Brookside Gardens

MUSEUMS

The National Building Museum will present several special installations this summer: The Maze of Knowledge is a 26-foot-square, 8-foot-high labyrinth conceived by D.C.-area sculptor Foon Sham. The installation, with walls and horizontal broken brick-line contours made of wooden blocks sourced from building materials, resembles a dilapidated structure. The Maze symbolizes how humans acquire information and understanding from the ruins of the past. A scavenger hunt guide shows the four different themed routes within the labyrinth and is available as part of an exhibition ticket purchase. Located in the west court, the maze is available through September 6. The Lo-Fab Pavilion of MASS Design Group is an experimental grid-shell structure merging traditional craftsmanship and computationally driven manufacturing processes, featuring metal nodes created through robotic-fabrication techniques and hand-cut wooden struts joined to them manually to erect the structure. The pavilion is located in the southwest corner of the Great Hall, and is available to experience through September 25, 2022. The Notre Dame Truss Project was inspired by the fire in 2019 that nearly destroyed the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. Massachusetts-based HandsHouse Studio partnered with multiple organizations, including the National Park Service and the School of Architecture and Planning at D.C.’s Catholic University, to design, construct, and raise a traditional timber-frame truss built to the cathedral’s specifications. The structure will be erected in the southeast corner of the Great Hall in early August and will be on view through the end of summer. The long-term goal for the project is to donate the truss to the cathedral so that it can be used in the rebuilding process. Visit https://www.nbm.org/exhibition/inside-out/ Dumbarton House in Georgetown is displaying three exhibits:Power in Preservation - A celebration of the role that women have played historically and continue to play in the broad field of preservation.History's Keepers - The role of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) in inspiring a spirit of patriotism and a genuine love of country by creating widespread interest in the stories of our nation’s founding and development. The XChange - highlights the role of women in creating and preserving Dumbarton House. Visit https://dumbartonhouse.org/category/collections/ The National Museum of African American History and Culture is open on the National Mall. Visit http://nmaahc.si.edu/ The National Museum of American History is featuring women inventors, who represent all segments of American society, but whose stories are often overlooked or undervalued. Presented in bold wall murals, with text in English and Spanish, the exhibition illustrates the creativity of women inventors while inspiring young people (especially girls) to see themselves as future inventors. Visit https://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/picturing-women-inventors?utm_source=siedu&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=exhibitions The National Museum of the American Indian is now open. Visit https://americanindian.si.edu/ The Anacostia Community Museum is now open. Visit https://anacostia.si.edu/

 The National Air & Space Museum on the Mall will reopen on July 30. The Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA reopened in May. Visit https://airandspace.si.edu/
 The Natural History Museum is now open and is exhibiting Unsettled Nature: Artists Reflect on the Age of Humans thru March 2022. The exhibition focuses on how humans are shaping the world in ways big and small, intentional and unintentional, visible and invisible. Seven contemporary artists challenge viewers to think about the changes we make to our planet. Visit https://naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits/unsettled-nature-artists-reflect-age-humans The National Postal Museum has reopened. Visit http://postalmuseum.si.edu/ Planet Word, which is an immersive language museum located at the historic Franklin School on 13th Street N.W. in downtown D.C., is now open. The voice-activated museum (the world’s first!), and interactive galleries and exhibits bring words and language to life in all sorts of entertaining ways for visitors of all ages. Visit https://planetwordmuseum.org/ The National Archives has opened the Rotunda, which houses the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights at select times and with limitations. Visit https://www.archives.gov/ The Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building will open in November with an exhibition titled Futures. The exhibition will celebrate the Smithsonian's 175th anniversary. Visit https://aib.si.edu/ The National Museum of African American History & Culture is open. Visit https://nmaahc.si.edu/ The International Spy Museum is open with new safety measures in place including capacity limitations, social distancing guidelines, mask requirements, and enhanced cleaning protocols. Advance ticket purchase is recommended. Visit https://www.spymuseum.org/ The Museum of the Bible in Southwest D.C. is exhibiting Magna Carta: Justice. Liberty thru January 2, 2022. "The story of the Magna Carta is the story of the struggle for liberty. In this special exhibition, the role of the Bible and the English Church in that struggle will be traced from the creation of the Magna Carta in the thirteenth century to the present day." Visit https://www.museumofthebible.org/ The National Geographic Museum, Museum Store, and campus are temporarily closed, but you can visit the highly-regarded exhibition titled “WOMEN: A Century of Change” virtually. The exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage by exploring images from National Geographic's historic archives that depict women from around the world. You can also read more about the historic efforts to pass the 19th amendment in the August issue of National Geographic magazine, which is online athttps://www.nationalgeographic.org/events/visit/women-vr/
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National Building Museum Images from the top: Maze of Knowledge courtesy of The National Building Museum Lo-Fab Pavilion courtesy of National Building Museum/ Elman Studio Notre Dame Truss Project courtesy of Notre-Dame de Paris/ Maurice De Sully Association
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The Kennedy Center Concert Hall
The Kennedy Center has announced The Fall Season of live performances, including: National Symphony Orchestra concerts beginning on September 18 with pianist Lang Lang. Fortas Chamber Music concerts beginning with The Dover Quartet & Haochen Zhang October 20. Visit HTTPS://WWW.KENNEDY-CENTER.ORG/WHATS-ON/ The Thirteen – the all-star professional vocal ensemble - will begin their new season with performances of Monteverdi's: the lost vespers beginning on October 22 at Episcopal High School Chapel in Alexandria, VA. Performances will follow on October 23 and at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Northwest D.C. and at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, MD on October 24. Since its founding in 2012, the choir “has been at the forefront of invigorating performances of choral masterworks ranging from early chant to world premieres and the centuries in between.” Visit https://www.thethirteenchoir.org/concerts Washington Performing Arts announced in July its return to live, in-person performances for the 2021/22 season in venues across the D.C. region. A pre-season event on September 11, titled, A Tribute to the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, will be presented by members of the Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs, led by artistic directors Michele Fowlin & Theodore Thorpe III at The REACH Plaza at the Kennedy Center. https://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/ The 17th Annual Washington DC Jazz Festival will take place citywide September 1-5 and will feature 20+ concerts, interviews and exclusive events featuring international superstars and homegrown talent. The signature event, DC JazzFest at The District Wharf, will take place September 4-5, over Labor Day Weekend, as a hybrid of in-person and livestream performances to a worldwide audience. Visit www.dcjazzfest.org RETURN TO HOME PAGE

The Thirteen
Members of Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choir Shannon Finney Photograph
A view of a previous DC Jazz Festival Credit: Fritz Photographics

MUSIC IN VIRGINIA

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, led by Ulysses S. James, will continue performing in The Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria on Sunday afternoons at 3 pm until September 12. VIRTUAL CONCERT available on YouTube: August 1: Hai Jin, piano & Qiao Dan, violin -VIRTUAL LIVE CONCERTS - (NOT recorded/NOT available on YouTube)August 15: Anne Henke, cello August 22: Charm City Baroque - Michael De Sapio, violin & John Armato, lute & guitar August 29: Laura Ibrahim, viola & Steve Bertino, piano September 5: TBA September 12: John Sutherland Earle, piano with WMP musicians Visit https://www.wmpamusic.org/2021-2022-lyceum-chamber-series.html Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director James Ross, will begin the 2021-22 season with performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - "Choral" on October 2 & 3. The concert will include Bruckner's Benedictus from Mass No. 3. The concert will feature the Alexandria Choral Society with a new English text by poet laureate and Pulitzer prize-winner Tracy K. Smith. Visit https://alexsym.org/ Wolf Trap has rescheduled or canceled concerts that had been planned at the Filene Center for 2021. Visit https://www.wolftrap.org/press-and-media/news_and_announcements/performance-news/2021/performance-status.aspx Fairfax Symphony Orchestra offers recordings from their archives @ https://www.fairfaxsymphony.org/fso-brings-the-music-to-you The Center for the Arts at George Mason University has announced the beginning of a new season of in-person performances to begin on September 25, 2021. For a preview visit https://cfa.gmu.edu/events/preview RETURN TO HOME PAGE

Music Director James Ross

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bALTIMORE SYMPHONY oRCHESTRA
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has announced plans for A Season of Discovery, with performances for live audiences at The Music Center at Strathmore. The season will include eight commissions and three world premieres, with notable soloists and 14 local partners. There will be several guest conductors as the BSO begins an international, multi-year search for a new Music Director. Artistic Advisor James Conlon will bring his Recovered Voices mission to the BSO, featuring works by American composers neglected because of their race. Music Director Laureate and OrchKids Founder Marin Alsop will return with three commissions and a reimagining of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The season will feature violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman, Renée Fleming, Rod Gilfry, Christine Goerke, Nicola Benedetti, Ray Chen, Benjamin Grosvenor, and Anne-Sophie Mutter in performance with Sir Andrew Davis. Sixteen soloists will make their BSO debuts. Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly will return, and Byron Stripling will showcase ragtime masters Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton. The BSO will also expand its digital platform with new accessibility through live-streamed performances and the docuseries titled BSO Sessions. Visit https://www.bsomusic.org/Subscribe
 The National Philharmonic’s 2021-2022 concert season at The Music Center at Strathmore, led by Music Director & Conductor Piotr Gajewski, Chorale Artistic Director Stan Engebretson, Concertmaster Laura Colgate and Cover Conductor & Lecturer Rebecca Smithorn will begin on October 16. Visit https://nationalphilharmonic.org/2122season/ RETURN TO HOME PAGE
Maestra Marin Alsop

OPERA

Virginia Opera has announced the return to fully-produced performances beginning in September. The schedule will feature Das Rheingold, Three Decembers, La bohème and The Marriage of Figaro. The company performs at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, Harrison Opera House in Norfolk, and the Carpenter Theatre at the Dominion Energy Center in Richmond. Visit vaopera.org Bel Cantanti Opera, led by Dr. Katerina Souvorova, is streaming E. Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel via VIMEO. Filled with magic, it’s a delightful way to introduce kids to opera. The production can be seen in High def 1080 video @ https://player.vimeo.com/external/511998355.hd.mp4?s=bdba2e72cec840c711e8c6d274caff5736eae3bd&profile_id=175 UrbanArias premiered the film version of Susan Kander & Roberta Gumbel’s opera titled “Driving While Black” in April. The production was directed and choreographed by Du’Bois A’Keen, and stars soprano Karen Slack, with Creative Director Camry A’Keen and Conductor Robert Wood, who founded UrbanArias. The film "incorporates elements of modern dance, music video production, and intimate storytelling." The film is available to stream at http://www.urbanarias.org/performances/driving-while-black/ Washington National Opera (WNO) Fall season will begin with a musical tribute to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on November 6-14 . WNO is streaming a video titled Come Hope, which is the first installment in a series titled Monuments of Hope. The initiative takes its title from an aria in Fidelio, an opera that celebrates the triumph of the human spirit. Mezzo J’Nai Bridges and bass-baritone Ryan McKinny perform in front of D.C.’s most iconic monuments—representing our collective memories and shared hope for a more perfect future. Visit https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/
Classical WETA 90.9 FM Radio will present recorded performances from premier opera houses around the globe until the start of the next Metropolitan Opera broadcast season. In July, operas will be broadcast each Saturday at 1 p.m. from the Royal Opera House in London on: July 31: Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier Visit https://weta.org/
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Maestro Antony Walker

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Arena Stage is presenting a newly-commissioned filmed three-part musical series, Arena Riffs, featuring three different composer and lyricist teams with musical selections infused with sounds of folk, indie and hip-hop. Each musical is 20 – 30 minutes long and is available to stream on Arena’s website. Arena Riffs is free and open to the public to watch, but reservations are encouraged. Visit https://www.arenastage.org The Kennedy Center has announced The Fall Season of live performances, including: National Symphony Orchestra concerts beginning on September 18 with a performance by pianist Lang Lang. Fortas Chamber Music concerts beginning with The Dover Quartet & Haochen Zhang on October 20. Washington National Opera performances beginning with Come Home: A Celebration of Return and Dance beginning with the Paul Taylor Dance Company on October 7-9. Programming at the Kennedy Center will also feature the return of Lin Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton," plus "Hadestown," which won the Tony Award as best musical in 2019. To see the full schedule, Visit HTTPS://WWW.KENNEDY-CENTER.ORG/WHATS-ON/ Woolly Mammth Theatre Company has announced their 2021-2022 season, which will begin with a production of Mike Lew's Teenage Dick, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, September 20-October 17. The play, presented in association with Huntington Theatre Company and Pasadena Playhouse, is a "modern, darkly comic re-telling of Shakespeare's Richard III, set in the most treacherous of places-high school. Bullied because of his cerebral palsy, Richard is willing to crush his enemies in order to become senior class president." Visit www.woollymammoth.net/ The Shakespeare Theatre Company is now streaming All the Devils Are Here - How Shakespeare Invented the Villain, written and performed by Patrick Page. The one-man show explores how William Shakespeare created the treacherous characters we all love to hate, including Macbeth, Iago and Claudius. Visit https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/all-the-devils-are-here-how-shakespeare-invented-the-villain/ Keegan Theatre, in the DuPont Circle neighborhood, will present live performances of David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony Nominee for Best Play titled Good People, August 28-September 25. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright creates both “a loving portrait of his hometown and a widely relatable tale of socio-economic struggle.” In Good People “we see that very few can afford to be as good as they think they are, but acts of sacrifice and gestures of kindness come at the most surprising moments and from the most unexpected of sources.” Visit https://keegantheatre.com/portfolio/good-people/ Rorschach Theatre is presenting Distance Frequencies, directed by Jenny McConnell Frederick, thru July 31 at The Parks at Walter Reed - The Great Lawn – at historic Walter Reed in Northwest DC . In the plot, an unopened letter from 1935 launches a young artist on a decades-long quest, backward and forward through time. Viewers can “explore DC history both real and imagined in this original work of magic realism with a soundtrack of DC punk and go-go.” The production features Ricardo Blagrove, James Finley, Erik Harrison, Jessica Ludd, Reginald Richard, Tara Whitney Rison, and Lorrie Smith Saito. Visit https://rorschachtheatre.com/distance-frequencies-transmission/ The National Theatre has made single tickets available for performances of DR, SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL, which will be on stage November 23-December 5. The production will open the 2021/2022 Broadway at The National season as the first live performance in the venue since March of 2020. The show features hit songs from the original animated series, and Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, who decided to steal Christmas away from the Holiday loving Whos. The costumes were inspired by Dr. Seuss’ original illustrations. Visit http://BroadwayAtTheNational.com Ford’s Theatre Society will present a one-night concert version of the Tony-nominated musical Come From Away on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on September 10 at 6:00 p.m. Members of the Come From Away company will star in the free, 100-minute concert in honor of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. The performance will feature modified concert staging with minimal props and costumes and will be presented rain or shine. Tickets are not required. Come From Away tells the true story of 7,000 stranded airline passengers on September 11, 2001, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Visit https://www.fords.org/performances/current-and-upcoming/come-from-away-concert-at-the-lincoln-memorial/ Ford’s Theatre will return to in-person performances in the 2021-2022 season with performances on: October 1-24: My Lord, What a Night, about the true friendship of Marian Anderson and Albert Einstein November 24-December 27: A Christmas CarolJanuary 21-February 13: Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop March 18-May 14: The musical Grace by D.C.’s Nolan Williams, Jr. Visit www.fords.org Mosaic Theater Company will present Palestinian American performance artist Fargo Tbakhi's play My Father, My Martyr, and Me, directed by Danielle A. Drakes, at Atlas Performing Arts Center in N.E. DC, September 10-October 3. The solo show-in-poetry "weaves the autobiographies of the playwright, his father, and RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan to examine the criminality often automatically layered onto Palestinians, and ultimately begs the question: in the face of decades of colonization, erasure, and fear, how can we love each other better?" Visit https://mosaictheater.org/my-father Constellation Theatre Company will live stream Moon Man Walk by James Ijames, directed by Angelisa Gillyard, as Video on Demand, August 27-September 12, 2021. It’s the story of an aspiring writer who returns to his boyhood home after the sudden death of his devoted single mother. There, he finds that “even in the darkest corners of the universe, love and light persist.” Visit https://www.constellationtheatre.org/moon-man-walk Theater J will present Mark St. Germain’s Becoming Dr. Ruth, directed by Holly Twyford and starring Naomi Jacobson, September 30–October 24. It’s the “triumphant and life-affirming story of a woman who found her own unique place in the world. Before she became America’s favorite sex therapist, Dr. Ruth Westheimer had to flee Germany in the Kindertransport, become a sniper in Jerusalem, and survive as a single mother in America.” Naomi Jacobson earned a Helen Hayes Award nomination for her earlier performance in the role at Theater J in 2018. Visit https://theaterj.org/2021-2022-season Studio Theatre has announced productions planned for the coming season, which will begin in December. For more information, visit https://www.studiotheatre.org/ RETURN TO HOME PAGE

Rorschach Theatre "Distance Frequencies"
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
A scene from the 2016 production of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

Theatre in Virginia

The Little Theatre of Alexandria is presenting Neil Simon's comedy titled Rumors, thru August 14. The upcoming Fall season is listed at: http://thelittletheatre.com/performances/ Signature Theatre & Wolf Trap will present Broadway in the Park, featuring Renée Elise Goldsberry and Brian Stokes Mitchell in a live concert at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center on September 3. The presentation will feature Signature favorites in a program of Broadway’s greatest hits including “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I Am What I Am,” “The Schuyler Sisters,” “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” and much more. Visit https://www.wolftrap.org/calendar/ Signature Theatre in Arlington has announced their 2021-2022 season - led by newly-appointed Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner: November 2-January 2, 2022: RENT - Jonathan Larson’s iconic rock musical, directed by Matthew Gardiner February 1-March 20, 2022 - Daphne's Dive - The premiere of Quiara Alegría Hudes's play - a tribute to "found family - directed by Paige Hernandez March 1-April 24, 2022 - She Loves Me - the musical comedy by the creators of Fiddler on the Roof - directed by Matthew GardinerApril 26-June 12, 2022 - The Upstairs Department by Chelsea Marcantel - a world premiere - about an "unlikely psychic" - directed by Holly TwyfordMay 31-July 3, 2022 - We Won't Sleep - a world premiere musical about the first U.S. Congresswoman - directed by Erin OrtmanAugust 16-October 9, 2022 - The Color Purple - The musical adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel - directed by Timothy DouglasDecember 2021-January 2023 - KPOP - Pre-Broadway Engagement of the musical about the world of Korean pop music - directed by Teddy Bergman Visit https://www.sigtheatre.org/events/
 Synetic Theater, which is based in Crystal City, has announced programs for the coming season, including: August-October: The Miraculous Magical Balloon - Pop-Up Performances throughout ArlingtonSeptember 10-11: Shhhhhakespeare Revue at Lubber Run AmphitheaterOctober 11-31: The Madness of Poe at Synetic Theater in Crystal CityNovember 29-December 26: Cinderella at Synetic Theater at Crystal CityFebruary 21-March 13: The Servant of Two Masters at Synetic Theater at Crystal CitySpring 2022: Teen Company Show at Synetic Theater at Crystal City Visit www.synetictheater.org
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Little Theatre of Alexandria
Renée Elise Goldsberry and Brian Stokes Mitchell
Matthew Gardiner The newly-appointed Artistic Director of Signature Theatre

Theatre in Maryland

Round House Theatre
Round House Theatre in Bethesda, led by Artistic Director Ryan Rilette and Managing Director Ed Zakreski, has announced their 2021-2022 Season. The live, in-person productions offer a slate of shows designed "to transport viewers around the world." The season will feature:September 8-Oct 3: Quixote Nuevo by Octavio Solis. It's an adaption of Cervantes’s Don Quixote.Nov 10-December 5: The Great Leap by Lauren Yee. The story follows an American college basketball team in post-Cultural Revolution China for a “friendship” game. January 5-30: Nine Night by Natasha Gordon. It's about a British-Jamaican family and community unite to mark the passing of their matriarch.April 5-May 8: it's not a trip it's a journey by Charly Evon Simpson. It's about four wildly different women traveling to see the sights of the U.S.April 7-May 8: We declare you a terrorist by Tim J. Lord. It's set in Moscow in 2002, when insurgents hijack a blockbuster musical, bringing about a hostage crisis.June 8-July 3: Nollywood Dreams by Jocelyn Bloh. Set in Lagos, Nigeria, it's a romantic comedy.Visit www.RoundHouseTheatre.org Quotidian Theatre Company will present Horton Foote's play The Day Emily Married, directed by Jack Sbarbori, live at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, August 6-29. The play will feature Jane Squier Bruns, John Decker, Roxanne Fournier Stone, Andy Greenleaf, Laura Russell, Elizabeth Darby, and Star Bobatoon. Set in 1950’s Harrison, Texas, Emily is about to be married and she is determined not to let her parents talk her and her new husband, the strappingly ambitious Richard, into living with them. But Emily’s mother is an expert in emotional blackmail and will not be deterred from getting her own way. Mr. Foote won a Pulitzer Prize for his play titled Young Man From Atlanta. Visit https://quotidiantheatre.org/ Rockville Little Theatre is making plans for their 2021-2022 season starting with a production of “Rumors” by Neil Simon. Production dates are September 24 – October 3, 2021. This is being planned as a live in-person production at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre. Visit http://rlt-online.org/ RETURN TO HOME PAGE
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Andrew Greenleaf as Richard with Roxanne Fournier Stone as Emily at Quotidian Theatre Company Photo by Steve LaRocque
Nina Bennett
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