THE WASHINGTON POST • THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010
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31st St. NW. 202-965-0400. www.tudorplace. org. Ages 1-15 $12, accompanying adults $8.
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districtlocalliving@washpost.com (to the attention of Gerri Marmer) Mail: Community Events, District Local Living, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071. Details: Announcements are accepted on a space-available basis and must be received at least 14 days before the Thursday publication date. Include event name, dates, times, exact address, prices and a publishable contact phone number.
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“GRANNY’S APPALACHIAN TALES” The Good Life Theater uses hand, rod and shadow puppets, live music and actors to tell folk tales from the Appalachian tradition. Thursday-Friday at 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. Discovery Theater at S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW. 202-633-8700.
www.discoverytheater.org. $6, ages 2-16 $5, age 1 and younger free.
SLEEPER AGENT This Rockville-based punk band has a Dead Kennedys vibe. It’ll play an outdoor, all-ages show with Gangland Buries Its Own and the Black Sparks. 7 p.m. Fort Reno Park, Chesapeake Street and Nebraska Avenue NW. 202-550-7393. Free.
“MARY POPPINS” Combining the original Mary Poppins stories by P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film, this Tony-winning musical is about a nanny who uses magic to change the lives of the Banks children. After every weekend matinee performance, the cafe will
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host a tea party (4:15-5:15 p.m.) for kids with cupcake decorating tips from pastry chef Ben McCormick, mini-sandwiches, cookies and a visit from a chimney sweep. Opens Thursday. Thursday-Friday and Tuesday- Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Through Aug. 22. Kennedy Center, Opera House, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600. 800-444-1324.
www.kennedy-center.org. $25-$135. Tea party tickets $29, children $25; reservations required.
“UP WHERE WE BELONG” An exhibition highlighting Native Americans who have contributed to popular music such as Russell “Big Chief” Moore and Rita Coolidge. Opens Thursday. Through Jan. 2. Derek Miller will perform an outdoor concert of blues and
rock Friday at noon and 5 p.m. National Museum of the American Indian, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000.
www.nmai.si.edu. Free.
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FOURTH OF JULY ICE CREAM SOCIAL An event with ice cream sundaes, crafts, children’s games and tours of the mansion. Each visitor will receive a copy of a 1775 letter from George Washington to his wife, Martha. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tudor Place, 1644
SOURCE FESTIVAL The three-week showcase of new works closes with two plays. At 4 p.m., Sean Graney’s “It’s Lonely Out in Space” takes us to a space bar where Rocketman thinks about changing the universe with a phone call. At 8 p.m., “This Is Not Time Bomb” by Aaron Wigdor Levy, explores race, wealth, weed and hip-hop through the eyes of three prep-school students. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7800.
www.sourcedc.org. $18.
“GRETTY GOOD TIME” Theater Alliance and VSA (an arts organization for the disabled) co-produce John Belluso’s play about Gretty, who lives with post-polio paralysis in a nursing home, and Hideko, a woman who was burned by the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. Closes Saturday. H Street Playhouse, 1365 H St. NE. 202-399-7993, Ext. 2.
Caroline Sheen plays the magical nanny in a touring production of “Mary Poppins” at the Kennedy Center.
“A MATTER OF SIZE” Sharon Maymon and Erez Tadmor’s unrated film follows four overweight Israeli friends who abandon their diets and decide to become Sumo wrestlers. In Hebrew and Japanese with English subtitles. Call theater for show times. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.
www.theavalon.org. $10.50, seniors age 62 and older $8, students $8.50, age 12 and younger $7.50.
VICTOR WOOTEN The Tennessee bass player known for his membership in Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Wooten is also the only person to win Bassist of the Year by Bass Player Magazine three times. Doors open at 7 p.m. 9:30 club, 815 V St. NW. 202-265-0930.
www.930.com. $25.
“TELLING STORIES: NORMAN ROCKWELL FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF GEORGE LUCAS AND STEVEN SPIELBERG” See Rockwell paintings collected by the two filmmakers. Opens Friday. Through Jan. 2. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.
www.americanart.si.edu. Free.
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“THERE ARE LITTLE KINGDOMS” Keegan Theatre performs Kevin Barry’s comedy about a day in the life of an Irish town, complete with pool hall legends, wife-swapping Casanovas, fast girls, faster cars, prescription drugs and more. Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Monday-Wednesday at 8 p.m. Closes Wednesday. Church Street Theater, 1742 Church St. NW. 703-892-0202.
www.keegantheatre.com. $25, students and seniors $20.
A CAPITOL FOURTH REHEARSAL The National Symphony Orchestra conducts an open dress rehearsal for the next day’s big event. Expect a smaller crowd but the same security measures. Gates open at 3 p.m., program begins at 8 p.m. U.S. Capitol, West Lawn, East Capitol and First streets. 202-225-6827. Free.
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