IF YOU GO
Beginning next week, Artisphere’s regular hours are Monday-Friday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.; and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. 703-875-1100.
www.artisphere.com. The Pink Line Project and Brightest Young Things “Burst” party is Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets ($20, in- cludes beer and wine open bar) are available at
burstartisphere.eventbrite.com. Free buses will run from Dupont Circle. The free open houses are Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Mon- day from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and feature performances by Washington Shake- speare Company, Memphis Gold and the All Stars, Chopteeth and Bowen McCauley Dance. Take note: Metro closures this weekend could disrupt your travel. Plan accordingly.
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See photos from Artisphere’s renovation at
goingoutguide.com.
PHOTOS, CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: The old Newseum space has become Artisphere; Sara Barker, left, and Heather Haney star in “Mary Stuart” and Frank Britton plays the lead in “Richard III,” plays that are in repertory in the black-box theater beginning Oct. 21; “Glide and Turn” by Sean Greene is part of “Skateboarding Side Effects” at the Terrace Gallery; a movie theater in Artisphere; Sean Greene’s “Flow Bowl #1” with Mike Cohen in “Skateboarding Side Effects”; partygoers gather in the Dome Theatre at last year’s event to introduce the arts center concept.
PHOTOS, CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT: BILL O’LEARY/THE WASHINGTON POST; TRACY A. WOODWARD/THE WASHINGTON POST; FROM SEAN GREENE; BILL O’LEARY/THE WASHINGTON POST; FROM SEAN GREENE; PINK LINE PROJECT
VISUAL ARTS AND MEDIA
With three galleries and a video art and media program in the works, Artisphere is on a mission to live up to its name. The larg- est of the spaces for visual arts is the Terrace Gallery, a 4,000-square-foot space that will effectively replace the county’s Ellipse Arts Center gallery in Ballston (staffers from El- lipse, including former director Cynthia
Connolly, will curate art exhibitions at Ar- tisphere). The Terrace Gallery will keep up the momentum of Ellipse’s adventurous ex- hibitions; the first show is “Skateboarding Side Effects,” featuring national artists who are skateboarders and whose art is im- bued with skateboard culture. The Mezz Gallery, overlooking the ball- room, will become a showcase for Arlington- based artists, each chosen by a prolific panel of jurists: Civilian Art Projects’ director Jayme McLellan, artist Jefferson Pinder and artist-curator Al Miner. In the WIP Gallery, only in-progress artworks will be on display, shining a light on the creative process. Time
it right and you can watch artists installing or even working on their pieces, or you can attend public critiques of works in progress. What to see: The opening reception for “Skateboarding Side Effects,” on Thursday from 6 to 11 p.m., features a curator and art- ist talk and a screening of the skateboarding film “Deathbowl to Downtown” (the recep- tion is free; the film screening at 9 p.m. is pay what you can). From Nov. 6 to 13, the outdoor Central Space Park near Artisphere will play host to Fotoweek projections (free).
CULTURAL POTPOURRI
As an all-encompassing cultural center,
Artisphere will showcase more than the big three of art, music and theater. Literature and poetry fans can find an outlet thanks to a couple of monthly events: Local poet Holly Bass hosts an open-mike night every first
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