THE WASHINGTON POST • THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010
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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII THURSDAY 8 TAPPERS WITH ATTITUDE DANCE CONCERT, music and movement, with an emphasis on jazz. 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. Thursday-Friday, Discovery Theater at S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW. $6; ages 2-16, $5; 1 and younger, free. 202-633-8700.
PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES, museum educators lead discussions on prints; printmaker Pamela Lawton leads a relief, etching and lithography workshop; exhibit tour; light refreshments. 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. $15, registration required. 202-639-1770. “FROM GRAY STREET TO GREEN STREET,” Adam Ortiz, mayor of Edmonston, Md., discusses how his town built a “green” street and keeps pollutants out of a waterway. 12:30 p.m., National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Free. 202-272-2448. WHITE HOUSE AREA FARMERS MARKET, shop for farm products, cheese and baked goods. 3-7 p.m. Thursdays, through Nov. 18, Freshfarm Market, Vermont Avenue NW, between H and I streets. Admission, free. 202-362-8889 or
www.freshfarmmarkets.org. WOODLAND TRAIL HIKE, for age 3 and older, a National Park Service ranger leads a half-mile hike. 4 p.m., Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Rd. NW. Free. 202-895-6070. LATIN AND SALSA MUSIC, Sin Miedo performs, take a blanket. 5:30- 7:30 p.m., Farragut Square Park, 17th and K streets NW. Free. 202-463-3400. ANDREW JACKSON PORTRAIT, discussed by historian Jim Barber. 6 p.m., National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F streets NW. Free. 202-633-1000. ART EXHIBIT OPENING, “Sensory Overload,” all-media works. Reception, 6-8 p.m. July 8; exhibit continues, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays-Sundays, through Aug. 1, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. Free. 202-639-1770. TEEN ARTS PERFORMANCE,
musicians from 12 states and members of Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington. 6 p.m., Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600. “MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN” (1936), Frank Capra’s comedy film about a small-town man who inherits $20 million and finds himself in court defending his sanity, starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. 6:30 p.m., Smithsonian American Art Museum, McEvoy Auditorium, Eighth and F streets NW. Free. 202-633-1000. “COMPLETELY HOLLYWOOD (ABRIDGED),” a comedy show featuring cliches from many movies, performed by the Reduced Shakespeare Company. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St. NW. $39-$49. 202-467-4600. “MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION,” Elizabeth Ashley and the Shakespeare Theatre Company perform George Bernard Shaw’s play about a woman who learns that her family’s wealth comes from a chain of brothels. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. $10-$82. 202-547-1122 or
www.shakespearetheatre.org. NATIONAL SHRINE CHORAL CONCERT, the Washington Chorus, the National Shrine Choir and organists Renee Anne Louprette and David Briggs perform works by James MacMillan, David Hurt, Olivier Latry and David Briggs. 8 p.m., National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave. NE. Free. 202-526-8300. U.S. MARINE BAND CONCERT, Sousa’s “The Corcoran Cadets,” William Schuman’s “Newsreel” and Saint-Saëns’s “Bacchanale” from “Samson and Delilah.” 8 p.m., Sylvan Theater, on the Washington Monument grounds near 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. Free. 202-433-4011. “LEGALLY BLONDE” (2001), Robert Luketic’s film about a sorority girl who seems to be a dimwit but becomes a top Harvard Law School student, starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson and Victor Garber; take a blanket or lawn chair, come early for trivia and more. 8:45 p.m., Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. Free. 202-465-7093 or
www.capitol
riverfront.org/.
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JAZZ FILM: “B-SIDE,” (2009) about Barcelona’s music scene and the city’s distinctive jazz culture, in Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. 3 p.m., National Gallery of Art, East Building, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Free. 202-842-6799.
with chalk at 17th Street and New York Avenue NW. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. Free. 202-639-1700. DUMBARTON FAMILY FUN DAY, games and other activities for all ages. 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. $3 per activity per person, reservations requested. 202-337-2288, Ext. 227, or rsvp@
dumbartonhouse.org. FORT STEVENS DAY, a
EVY MAGES FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
Elizabeth Ashley is featured in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” at Sidney Harman Hall.
MUSEUM JAZZ CONCERT, by Daysahead. 5-8:30 p.m., National Gallery of Art, Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Free. 202-289-3360. NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT, with pianist John Chen in a performance of works by Tchaikovsky and Wagner. 6 p.m., Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600. GOINGOUTGUIDE.COM’S SUMMER CONCERT, neo soul performances by V. Rich, Maimouna Youssef and Afi Soul. 7:30 p.m., Carter Barron Amphitheatre, 4850 Colorado Ave. NW. Free with ticket. 202-426-0486. J.S. BACH FESTIVAL RECITAL, festival founder Lawrence Molinaro performs. 8 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Suggested donation, $20. 202-333-7100 or
www.gracedc.org. RESTORED “METROPOLIS” FILM, a new restoration of the 1927 Fritz Lang science fiction film with 25 minutes of newly restored footage and the original Gottfried Huppertz musical score; the film is about a towering future city in which planners and management staff live in skyscrapers high about Earth and workers live and work underground as slaves. Call theater for showtimes, Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. $10.50. 202-966-6000.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SATURDAY 10 HILLWOOD FRENCH FESTIVAL, dances, pantomime and music of the French court, with games, art activities and mansion and garden talks; New York Baroque Dance Company and Concert Royal perform; French contredance and lessons in courtly manners for visitors of all ages to join; inside the mansion, chief curator Liana Paredes discusses the house’s French furniture pieces and their history. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. $18; students, $7; ages 6-18, $5; 5 and younger, free. 202-686-5807 or www.hillwood
museum.org. GARDEN DAY AT THE ZOO, animal talks and demonstrations that showcase how plants are used for exhibits and nutrition at the zoo; self-guided tours of Uncle Beazley’s Garden, the Zoo in Your Back Yard, Cactus Garden, Water Lily Pond, Butterfly Garden, Hummingbird Garden and Pizza Garden. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. Free. 202-633-3046 or
www.nationalzoo.si. edu.
CHALK DRAWINGS, Randolph Williams re-creates highlights from the museum’s permanent collection
commemoration of the Battle of Fort Stevens; Junior Ranger activities for age 5 and older; living history presentations about the battle; and storytelling. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fort Stevens, 13th and Quakenbos streets NW. Free. 202-426-7723 or
www.nps. gov/cwdw. LIBRARY SCRABBLE, for all ages, Randy Taylor demonstrates how to improve spelling, reading and memory skills by playing Scrabble. 1 p.m. Saturdays, Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. Free. 202-541-6025. “PLAY IT FORWARD: THE DOMINO EFFECT,” artist Tim Fort creates a kinetic gadget. 1 p.m., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. Free. 202-639-1700. U.S. AIR FORCE JAZZ BAND CONCERT, the Airmen of Note perform big-band music from the Glenn Miller era. 5 p.m., National World War II Memorial, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Free. 202-767-5658. WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA RECITAL, semi-staged opera scenes performed by student participants in the opera institute. 6 p.m., Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600. MUSIC IN THE PARK, performances by ConFunkShun, ZAPP and Slave. 7:30 p.m., Carter Barron Amphitheatre, 4850 Colorado Ave. NW. $24. 202-397-7328 or www.
ticketmaster.com. STARGAZING, for all ages, a National Park Service ranger and members of the National Capital Astronomers help participants view stars and planets; take a telescope. 9 p.m., Military Field, near Picnic Grove 13, Glover Road off Military Road NW. Free. 202-895-6070.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SUNDAY 11
DUPONT CIRCLE FARMERS MARKET, fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, cheese, fruit pies, bread, fresh pasta, cut flowers, potted plants, soap and herbal products from more than 30 farmers and other vendors. 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Sundays, Dupont Circle FreshFarm Market, 20th and Q streets NW. Admission, free. 202-362-8889.
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