3 THE BEST OF THE WEEK AHEAD INSIDE DVDs 33 | Escapes 17 | Exhibits22 | Families 27 | Movies 29 | Music 6 | Night Life 8 | Restaurants 16 | Theater 25 | What’s Doing 28
Thursday-Sept. 6 Abbey Road on the River Saturday ‘Louis,’ with Wynton Marsalis Friday-Sunday ‘Curious George Live’ PHOTOS, FROM LEFT: MIRAMAX FILMS; JOE GIBLIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS; VEE CORP.
“COVERING KATRINA” Friday-Sept. 5, 2011 Five years ago Hurricane Katrina came ashore, New Orleans was submerged and more than 1,800 people died. One of the worst disasters in our history is revisited in “Covering Katrina,” a look at the risks the media overcame to report the story. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Metro: Archives). 888-639-7386.
www.newseum.org. $19.95, $17.95 seniors and students, free for age 18 and younger.
“CURIOUS GEORGE LIVE” Friday-Sunday George, the mischievous little monkey, and the Man in the Yellow Hat are going on a wild journey to help their friends win the Golden Meatball Contest. The beloved children’s book character and his friends will provide plenty of singing and dancing along the way in this live musical stage production. Friday through Sunday. George Mason University, Patriot Center, 4500 Patriot Cir., Fairfax. 202-397-7328, 703-993-3000. www.
patriotcenter.com. $16-$75.
“JOHN GOSSAGE: THE POND” Friday-Jan. 17 FREE Between 1981 and 1985 John Gossage traveled the Washington and Baltimore suburbs with his camera. But he didn’t capture images of sprawl or strip malls; he focused on a pocket of wild, untouched nature and published the book “The Pond.” This exhibit, which opens Friday, is the first
time all 53 gelatin silver prints will be on public display together. Through Jan. 17. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW (Metro: Gallery Place). 202-633-1000.
www.americanart.si.edu.
“A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM” Friday-Saturday Every year since 1990, the National Players have produced a summer Shakespeare tour in the hopes of bringing classical plays to the masses at outdoor venues. This year they’re offering the fantastical action of the Bard’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on the Root Family Stage; so pack a picnic and make a family-friendly evening of the event. Shows are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Olney. 301-924-3400.
www.olneytheatre.org. Free, reservations requested.
MARYLAND RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL Saturday-Oct. 24 Until time machines are perfected, the Maryland Renaissance Festival will have to satisfy our love for jousting, speaking in silly accents and munching on giant, smoked turkey legs. The Ren Fest opens Saturday and runs through Oct. 24. On Saturday and Sunday, children 11 and younger are admitted free. Maryland Renaissance Festival Grounds, 1821 Crownsville Rd., Annapolis. 800-296-7304.
www.rennfest.com. $18, $15 age 62 and older, $8 ages 7
to 15, younger free.
“SOMETHING YOU DID” Saturday-Oct. 3
American politics and 1960s culture is at the core of Willy Holtzman’s “Something You Did,” running Saturday through Oct. 3 at Theater J. The play centers on Alison Moulton, a reformed radical from the 1960s trying to earn her parole. Associate artist-in-residence Rick Foucheux stars as her one-time accomplice turned uber-conservative talking head. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW (Metro: Dupont Circle). 800-494-8497.
www.theaterj.org. $30-$55, $15 age 35 and younger; Sunday-Monday, pay-what-you-can.
“LOUIS” Saturday Who needs a soundtrack when you have Wynton Marsalis, Cecile Licad and a 10-piece jazz ensemble? The all-star line up will perform live to the silent movie “Louis” Saturday at 8 p.m. The film, presented by the Birchmere, pays homage to Louis Armstrong and the birth of jazz in the early 1900s. Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda (Metro: Grosvenor). 301-581-5100.
www.strathmore.org. $55-$95.
JIM AVETT Monday
Music runs in the Avett family. You may have heard of the Avett Brothers, who are well known for their
alt-country music, but before them, their father and grandmother were master musicians in their own right. Their father, Jim Avett, specializes in gospel and country and performs Monday at 8 p.m. Iota Club & Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington (Metro: Clarendon). 703-522-8340. www.
iotaclubandcafe.com. $15.
ABBEY ROAD ON THE RIVER Thursday-Sept. 6 Beatlemania is coming to National Harbor. For five days the harbor will be taken over by cover bands, Beatles movie screenings and the chance to check out Fab Four memorabilia. Not enough? How about the chance to meet the original Beatles drummer? See Pete Best on Sept. 4 at 1 p.m. or Sept. 5 at 2:30 p.m. Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor. 216-378-1980. www.
abbeyroadontheriver.com. $15-$70; age 21 and younger free.
—By Amy Orndorff IT’S FREE!
D.C. POETRY IN THE PARK Friday It’s time again this year For the best poets to appear To D.C. Poetry in the Park they go To perform in the gigantic show The only thing we love more than poetry,
Is when we see a show for free!
Okay, we may not be the best poets, but we do know where to find them. On Friday at 7:30 p.m. the trailblazing political spoken-word group the Last Poets headlines D.C. Poetry in the Park, sharing the stage with spoken-word artists and musicians including local hip-hop group the Cornel West Theory, George V. Johnson Jr., Bomani Armah, Carolyn Malachi, Sami Miranda and Los Charly’s. Carter Barron Amphitheatre, 4850 Colorado Ave. NW. 202-426-0486.
www.nps. gov/rocr/planyourvisit/
cbarronschedule.htm.
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