37 What’s Doing B AUDITIONS THE MIKADO
Director, Guillaume Tourniaire Music Director, Joseph Sorge
Sat 9/11 2-5; Sun 9/12 7-10pm callbacks Mon 9/13.
Prepare song; accompanist provided Perf Dates: Nov 19-28, 2010
Blair Family Center for Arts, Bullis School 10601 Falls Rd, Potomac,MD , 20854
To sched appt, leave req time & date: 240 242-7853
potomactheatre@gmail.com
Symphony of the Potomac
Joel Lazar, Music Director
Mon, Sept. 13 &Wed, Sept. 15 7:30 - 10:00 p.m.
Contact for audition appointment: 301.299.8233
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First rehearsal - Thursday, Sept. 16
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Adult Sessions Begin
Mining the Text, Shakespeare, Intensive Character Development, Getting Started in TV and Film, Cabaret, Creating a One-Person Show, DramaWorkshop
Beginning and On-Camera Scene Study,
September 13! (Teens 15+Welcome)
www.theatrelab.org 202.824.0449
The largest and most comprehensive theatre training center in DC!!
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Sunday in Arts. deadline:Wed., 12 noon Monday in Style. deadline: Friday, 12 noon Tuesday in Style. deadline: Mon., 12 noon
The Guide to the Lively Arts appears
Wednesday in Style. deadline:Tues., 12 noon Thursday in Style. deadline:Wed., 12 noon Friday inWeekend. deadline:Tues., 12 noon Saturday in Style. deadline: Friday, 12 noon
Honors Conservatory Accepting 10 Students
Audition for the 2011 Admission by Application &Audition
Informational Meeting, Sept 13,6pm RSVP to
Nia@TheatreLab.org
Application Deadline, October 15 Auditions, October and November
www.theatrelab.org/honors.asp 202.824.0449
Over 85% of Honors Conservatory graduates have performed professionally within months of completing this program. Shouldn’t you be among them?
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Rates: Daily H $134.28 per column inch Sunday H $187.44 per column inch
202-334-7006 FAX 202-496-3814
guidetoarts@washpost.com
TaiChiCenter.com 703-759-9141
Classes inWash. Metro area since 1975. Also FREE practice every Sat. Open to all.
stage from 35
Theater II, 2700 S. Lang St., Arlington. 703-998-4555.
www.americancentury.org. $30-$35, $27-$32 seniors and students, free for age 18 and younger.
THAT DAY IN SEPTEMBER Zemfira Stage presents the story of playwright Artie Van Why’s experiences in New York City during and after Sept. 11, 2001, through Saturday. Saturday at 8. The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., Alexandria. 703-615-6626. www.
zemfirastage.org. $15, $10 students and seniors, $5 children.
DINNER THEATER
Home delivery makes good sense.
1-800-753-POST
CATS Through Nov. 7. Thursday at 6. Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5625 O’Donnell St., Baltimore. 410-649-1660. www.
tobysdinnertheatre.com. $50.50.
BUDDY—THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY A show about Buddy Holly and his music, through Saturday. Friday and Saturday at 6. Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5625 O’Donnell St., Baltimore. 410-649-1660.
www.tobysdinnertheatre. com. $52.50-$54.
GREATER TUNA Two men perform a comedy about 20 characters who inhabit Tuna, Tex., through Sept. 19.
SF movies from 31
OPEN HOUSE Fall Class Registration
and
Saturday, September 11 from 10am - 2pm
Classes, Costume Sale,Theatre Tours, Memberships,Ticket Sales, and more!!
600Wolfe Street, Alexandria,VA
Info:
www.thelittletheatre.com or 703-683-5778
Musical Theater Center VOICE,DANCE, ACTING
CLASSESNOWENROLLING
Pre-K-12th grade / Classes begin Sept 10 Questions/Information?
www.musicaltheatercenter.org 301-251-5766
Home delivery is convenient. 1-800-753-POST
SF SF 1-800-753-POST If only
you had home delivery.
8:30. Free. 5532 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-244-1949.
www.americancitydiner. com.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN CLASSICS “The Kid,” Friday at 5, Saturday at 12:30 and Tuesday at 7. $6-$10. “The Chaplin Revue,” Sunday at 1 and Monday at 6:30. $6-$10. “Chaplin at Mutual,” Sunday at 3:45. $6-$10. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301-495-6720.
www.afi.com/silver.
D.C. SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL Friday 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., Sunday 1 p.m. to 12 a.m., Monday 12 to 1 and 3 to 12 a.m., Tuesday noon to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 12 a.m., Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 12 a.m., Thursday noon to 12 a.m. Prices vary. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW, and U.S. Navy Memorial Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-393-4266.
www.dcshorts.com.
EMBASSY OF AUSTRIA “Schindler’s House,” Monday at 7:30. Free, reservations required. 3524 International Ct. NW. 202-895-6776.
www.acfdc.org.
FRENCH CINEMATHEQUE “Father of
My Children” (“Le Pere de Mes Enfants”), Wednesday at 8. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.
www.avalon.org.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - PACKARD CAMPUS “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” Friday at 7:30. Reservations encouraged. “The Sword in the Stone,” Saturday at 2. Reservations encouraged. “Texas Gun Fighter” and “Lightning Strikes West,” Thursday at 7:30. Reservations encouraged. 19053 Mount Pony Rd., Culpeper. 202-707-5840.
www.loc.gov.
MOVIES IN THE PARK: ROAD TRIP “Salt of the Earth,” Saturday at 8:30. Free. Lamont Park, Mount Pleasant and Lamont Streets NW. 202-588-5272.
www.mtpmainstreet.org.
MOVIES ON THE POTOMAC“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Sunday at 8. Free. 150 National Plaza, National Harbor. 877-628-5427.
www.nationalharbor.com.
MOVIES WITH A MISSION “Black Without Borders,” Saturday at 4:30. Free. Alexandria Black History Museum, 902 Wythe St., Alexandria. 703-746-4356.
www.alexblackhistory.org.
MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE “Romantic Warriors,” Friday at 6:30.
Free. 2829 16th St. NW. 202-728-1628.
portal.sre.gob.mx.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, EAST BUILDING “Return to Goree,” Friday at 3. Free. Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
www.nga. gov.
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM“Empire of the Sun,” Thursday at 6:30. Free. Eighth and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.
www.americanart.si.edu.
SOURCE “Neutrino Video Project,” Friday and Saturday at 8. 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7800. 866-811-4111.
U STREET MOVIE SERIES “Duke Ellington’s Washington and Soul Power,” Tuesday at 8:30. Free. Harrison Field, V Street, between 13th and 14th Streets.
http://movies.ustreet-dc.org/.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF ARLINGTON “9500 Liberty” Film, Talk, Wednesday 7 to 9:30. $10. 4444 Arlington Blvd., Arlington. 703-892-2565.
WASHINGTON PSYCHOTRONIC FILM SOCIETY “I Like to Hurt People,” Tuesday at 8. Donations suggested. The Passenger, 1021 Seventh St. NW. www.
wpfs.org.
Friday and Tuesday-Thursday at 8, Saturday at 8:30, Sunday at 7:30. Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre, Route 1 at Furnace Road, Woodbridge. 703-550-7384.
www.lazysusan.com. $41.95-$44.95, $35 ages 11 to 15, $25 10 and younger.
NUNSENSE The Little Sisters of Hoboken hold a fundraiser to make enough money to bury one of their sisters, through Sept. 19. Friday-Saturday and Wednesday-Thursday at 6, Sunday at 10:30 and 5. Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5900 Symphony Woods Rd., Columbia. 800-888-6297. 301-596-6161. www.
tobysdinnertheatre.com. $48-$51.
COMEDY
THE CAPITOL STEPS Friday and Saturday at 7:30, through Oct. 9. Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-397-7328.
www.capsteps.com. $33-$35.
TOMMY DAVIDSON Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10:30, Sunday at 8, through Sunday. Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-296-7008.
www.dcimprov.com. $20.
DOUG BENSON Friday and Saturday
at 9:45. Arlington Cinema ‘N’ Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington. 703-486-2345.
www.arlingtondrafthouse. com. $25.
JASON WEEMS AND MATT KAZAM Saturday at 8. Hyatt Laugh Riot, Hyatt Regency Hotel, 7400 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 301-657-1234. www.
standupcomedytogo.com. $10.
ARIES SPEARS Thursday at 8, through Sept. 19. Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-296-7008.
www.dcimprov.com. $17-$20.
Dance
RESURRECTION DANCE THEATER OF HAITI Saturday at 7:30. A dance troupe of Haitians who were orphaned as children perform to raise money for Haitian relief. St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville. 301-530-2613. www.
heartswithhaiti.org. $25.
BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA Sunday at 6. Part of Celebrate Mexico 2010. Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600. 800-444-1324.
www.kennedy-center.org. Free.
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HIGH HOLIDAYS IN CHINATOWNFriday, through Sept. 18. The Sixth and I Historic Synagogue and the Chinese Community Church team up to offer Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. 202-408-3100.
www.sixthandi.org. $9, reservations required.
FASHION’S NIGHT OUT Friday 6 to 11. Stores and restaurants throughout Georgetown will open to celebrate fashion, hosted by the Georgetown Business Improvement District. Wisconsin Avenue between P and Q streets, 1500-1600 block of Wisconsin Avenue. 202-727-1000. www.
fashionsnightoutgeorgetowndc.com.
END OF SUMMER FAIR Saturday 9 to 5. Enjoy a fish fry, bake sale, rummage sale, raffle and moon bounce. St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 600 M St. SW. 202-554-3222. Free.
WALKING TOUR AS PERSONAL ESSAY Saturday at 10, through Nov. 5, 2011. Writer Rocco Zappone leads a Ulyssesesque walking tour through Washington, filled with mental as well and physical flaneurism. Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-341-5208. $10.
“INVESTIGATION: DETECTIVE MCDEVITT” TOUR Saturday at 10:15, through Oct. 30. A tour guide looks into the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW.
202-347-4833.
www.fordstheatre.org. $12.
ARTS ON FOOT The massive annual arts festival offers something new this year: a free look at the theater season ahead. More than 25 local companies, including Arena Stage, CityDance, Washington Improv Theatre and Synetic Theater, head to the Harman Center for the Arts to perform 15-minute previews. Arts on Foot, Seventh and F streets NW. 202-638-3232.
www.artsonfoot.org. Free.
“A FREE BLACK WOMAN: ELIZABETH KECKLY” TOUR Saturday at 11:15, through Oct. 23. An impersonator of Mary Todd Lincoln’s confidante leads a tour highlighting a newly-free city. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. 202-347-4833.
www.fordstheatre.org. $12.
HERBAL BEVERAGES WORKSHOP Saturday 1 to 4. Learn how to make teas and liqueurs out of the plants in your garden. U.S. National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave. NE. 202-245-2726. www.
usna.usda.gov. Free.
CITY CENTER MARKETS AND FESTIVAL Daily beginning Sunday 11 to 7, through Sept. 25. A two-week festival featuring international foods and crafts, with rides and activities. H Street and 11th Street NW. 202-460-6633.
www.citycentermarkets.com. Admission free Monday-Thursday; $1 Friday-Sunday.
CONTAINER GARDENING WORKSHOP Sunday 4:30 to 6:30, through Oct. 3. Learn about the container gardening projects at the Arboretum. U.S. National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave. NE. 202-245-4521.
www.usna.usda.gov. $12, registration required.
EGG DROP WORKSHOP Sunday 10 to 11:30. Kids learn how to design a machine that will cushion an egg’s fall off a balcony. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. www.nbm. org. $10.
OPEN HOUSE Sunday 11 to 4. Art workshops, live jazz, a raffle and free ice cream. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Rd. NW. 202-338-3552. www.
kreegermuseum.org. Free.
STEPHEN BREYER Monday at 7. The Supreme Court Justice discusses his book, “Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.” National Archives, William G. McGowan Theater, Constitution Avenue and Seventh Street NW. 202-357-5000.
www.archives.gov. Free.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORDS AT ANCESTRY.COMTuesday at 11. A lecture on how to access archives records. National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-357-5000.
www.archives.gov. Free.
BEYOND THE BASICS ON NAVAL SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR: AN OVERVIEWWednesday at 11. A workshop on finding your Civil War-era ancestors. National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-357-5000.
www.archives.gov. Free.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FEDERAL REGISTERWednesday at noon. A program about the history of the agency, which is 75 years old today. National Archives, William G. McGowan Theater, Constitution Avenue and Seventh Street NW. 202-357-5000.
www.archives.gov. Free.
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