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Religious Right
by John Riley
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Severing the
School-to-Prison Pipeline

by John Riley

COMMENTARY
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Time after Time (after Time)
by Sean Bugg
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Women Laughing Alone with Salad
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Blood Mirror
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Madonna Concert After Party

at Town
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Last Word
by Kate Wingfield
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Charee Stanley: Im No Kim Davis

No change on gay marriage from new Australian PM
HILLARY THORNTON @HILLARYWKYT
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Davis
Religious Right
As conservatives make political hay over gay marriage objections, religious

leaders discuss what religious liberty really means
by John Riley
URNING ON THE NEWS THESE PAST FEW

weeks, you could be forgiven for thinking America
had gained two new celebrities in Kim Davis and
Charee Stanley.
Davis, the clerk of Rowan County, Ky., gained notoriety after
refusing to allow any couples to obtain marriage licenses, a
position stemming from her Apostolic Christian beliefs opposing same-sex marriage. Stanley, a former flight attendant for
ExpressJet and a recent convert to Islam, was suspended without pay after the airline first gave and then took away an
exemption that allowed her to refuse to serve alcohol to passengers on flights, in accordance with her beliefs.
Their stories are similar, in that both women asked to avoid
certain duties associated with their jobs, citing religious beliefs.
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But the reaction and level of support, particularly among conservative circles, has largely favored Davis. Presidential candidate Mike
Huckabee (R.), a former Baptist minister, has rallied to Davis side,
warning that overreach from an activist Supreme Court is the
most important issue in the 2016 election, and claiming that Davis
was jailed for five days due to her religious beliefs.
But local religious leaders and prominent members of faith
communities arent quite buying into Huckabees persecution
complex.
The Very Rev. Gary Hall, dean of the Washington National
Cathedral, believes Davis complaints that her religious liberties
are being violated are bogus. Davis has tried to halt the issuance
of licenses, saying that even if she does not issue them herself,
including her name and title on the form somehow constitutes an
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endorsement of same-sex marriage that she cannot abide.

Kim Davis is certainly is within her right to believe that samesex marriage is not Biblical, says Hall. What shes not free to do is
to not do her job. If she really feels that her conscience is dictating
her to not do this, then he needs to resign her job.
If Im a vegan, and I say, Im not going to give out hunting
licenses because Im totally averse to killing and I am opposed to
the current interpretation of the 2nd Amendment, would I be
within my rights to refuse to give out hunting licenses? Of course
not, People would laugh me out of the building if I said that.
Hall says there is a long tradition within many faiths of
violating the law in order to follow ones conscience, citing the
imprisonment of conscientious objectors during World War II
and Jehovahs Witnesses who failed to register for the draft in
the days of the Vietnam War. But, he adds, religion does not constitute a carte blanche that immunizes someone from penalties.
The whole conscience argument from Martin Luther King
onward has been, Im going to follow my conscience, and if
my conscience makes me break the law, I have to face the
consequences, says Hall. But now, we have a whole class of
people who want to break the law, but dont want to face the
consequences.
Rev. Linda Olson Peebles, of the Unitarian Universalist
Church of Arlington, says that despite outcry from conservatives about alleged persecution, it has actually been the more
progressive denominations and branches within faiths who
have been marginalized or silenced.
I am a huge supporter of the right of each person to believe
what they believe and to practice their own faith, she says. But
a pluralistic society requires that we come to commonly held
agreements, which are called laws.
Peebles also distinguishes between Kim Davis who should
resign if she wont issue marriage licenses and a more reasonable religious accommodation, such as allowing a Muslim
woman to wear religious headgear and cover her hair on the job,
noting that the latter is not denying a service to anyone.
[A person] must either accept the job to serve those people,
or not, says Peebles. Theyre not required to have that job;
theyre required to obey the law if theyre going to have the job.
That sentiment is echoed by Jillian Perry, the first openly
LGBT president of Congregation Ner Shalom, a Reform Jewish
temple in Woodbridge, Va.
By encouraging her deputies to not issue marriage licenses,
[Davis is] encouraging them to break the law, Perry says.
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Peebles
TODD FRANSON
COURTESY WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
COURTESY OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF ARLINGTON
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McCrory
Thats not what she was elected for, so if she cant do her job,
she needs to step down. The reaction Ive gotten from most of
my congregants has been the same.... I almost think it would be
a bigger testament to God to step down from your position than
to get in the way of somebodys personal rights.
When asked about Charee Stanley, Perry compared it to a
Jewish deli worker at a local Harris Teeter store who objected
to slicing ham, saying it could be reasonable to make an accommodation so one of his co-workers could serve the ham instead,
just like Stanleys co-workers agreed to serve alcohol when she
could not. She said another example of a reasonable accommodation in Judaism would be allowing a man to wear a yarmulke
in his place of business, as it doesnt create a significant burden
on anyone.
Rev. Jill McCrory, of Twinbrook Baptist Church, in Rockville,
Md., notes that some religious accommodations, such as allowing an employee to wear a cross or a headdress in accordance
with their beliefs, have always been seen as reasonable. But
she, like other religious leaders, notes that there is a difference
between ones beliefs and imposing them on others through the
government.
We do not live in a church-run government, she says. This
is why were not running our country according to various interpretations of peoples faith. I dont agree with my conservative
brothers and sisters, but Im not going to refuse to do something
for them. But its going to get pretty nasty if we start accommodating for everyones position. And we cant just choose one
interpretation or one faith on everyone.
Baptists, especially, live and breathe on soul freedom and
the freedom of the congregation, McCrory continues. Thats
why we dont have one Baptist entity. Contrary to popular opinion, there is more than just the Southern Baptist Convention.
But McCrory also sees Davis and Stanleys situations as
issues pertaining to employment law, and not necessarily religious freedom. If both knew what the job was supposed to or
might one day entail, and they promised to do that job, then
they should not be excused for refusing to carry out their duties.
McCrory also rejects the idea, floated by conservative activists and politicians like Huckabee, that the freedom of speech of
religious conservatives is somehow under attack.
Its complete hyperbole. Look at all the speech weve had on
marriage equality, on both sides, she says. People havent been
shut down from speaking, what theyve been shut down for is
not following the law. l
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Severing the
School-to-Prison Pipeline
Report calls for collaboration between LGBT and racial justice groups to
combat pushout from schools
By John Riley
ARIO VASQUEZ WAS ONLY A FRESHMAN

when a vicious rumor nearly got him expelled
from his high school in Lancaster, California.
Someone made a false accusation to the
administration office that had to do with my sexuality, he
says. The rumor? That he had been engaging in sexual acts
with another openly gay boy in the schools restroom. Before
conducting an investigation, school administrators disciplined
Vasquez by pulling him out of class during state testing, making him attend detention on Saturdays and calling his household, thus outing him to a member of the household who
was unaware of the teens sexual orientation. Although the
investigation revealed that the tipster had fabricated the story,
Vasquez never received an apology, and the troublemaker was
never disciplined.
That left a lasting impact on me, Vasquez says. I no longer felt safe in school. I felt targeted by other students and the
administration.
Now 20 years old and working with LYRIC, Gay Straight
Alliance Network and Educational Justice, Vasquez uses his
story to illustrate a much larger problem affecting LGBT youth:
school disciplinary policies that target LGBT youth, particularly
youth of color, which in turn push them out of school and place
them at greater risk of ending up in the juvenile justice system.
According to a 2011 study published in the Official Journal of
the American Academy for Pediatrics, non-heterosexual adolescents suffer disproportionate educational and criminal-justice
punishments that are not explained by greater engagement in
illegal or transgressive behaviors.
Citing data from previous studies, the Gay Straight Alliance
Network, Advancement Project and Equality Federation
released a report on Monday outlining major recommendations
designed to serve as a call to action for LGBT and racial justice
organizations. The report recommends that such organizations
form partnerships to address disparities in school discipline
along the lines of race, gender and sexual orientation and to
dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline.
The school-to-prison pipeline [describes] policies and practices that push young people out of school, both directly
and indirectly, Thena Robinson-Mock, project director of
Advancement Project Ending the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse
Track said in a conference call with reporters. These policies
include various things, such as underinvestment in schools,
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implicit and explicit violence, putative zero-tolerance practices, the over-policing of schools, and suspension, expulsions and
school-based arrests. Together, these policies criminalize our
young people. And many of these infractions that young people
are getting pushed out of school for are minor violations.
Robinson-Mock also explained that discretionary-based categories of discipline, such as willful defiance, insubordination,
disobedience and disrespect that are rather vague and subject
to a wide range of interpretation, can disproportionately impact
LGBT children, leading to harsh penalties or sanctions.
For instance, when a student decides to wear something
that is gender non-conforming, a teacher or educator could
look at that and say, Oh, that child is being defiant. That
child is not following the rules, when in fact, they are exercising their rights in terms of expressing themselves, she
said. So what we have been saying, for many years now, is
that we need to eliminate those kinds of infractions when it
comes to discipline.
Dress code violations were a constant issue for Kourtnee
Armanii Davinni in school. The 19-year-old youth leader and
outreach specialist with the Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority
Youth Network (JASMYN) felt she was targeted for gender
nonconformity as an out transgender student. She says the lack
of respect, including being misgendered by adults, and a lack of
cultural competency and concern by her teachers were some
of the contributing factors that lead to her erratic school attendance during high school.
Ian Palmquist, Equality Federations director of leadership
programs, said that zero tolerance policies can often lead
to disciplinary actions against children who seek to defend
themselves from bullies, often doling out punishments without
taking into account the surrounding circumstances. Truancy is
often a symptom of LGBT youths fear for their own safety, and
rigid policies simply exacerbate the problem.
We know that when young people are suspended, even one
time, it increases the likelihood that theyll drop out of school,
Robinson-Mock added.
The report provides recommendations for youth, teachers
and administrators as to how they can best combat the schoolto-prison pipeline. Among the recommendations is for administrators to adhere to the joint guidance from the Department
of Education and Department of Justice, which previously
acknowledged the existence of the school-to-prison pipeline
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as it affects students of color and LGBTQ students. Other recommendations include adopting comprehensive anti-bullying
policies, limiting the role of police in schools, requiring cultural
competency training for educators and staff, and creating safe
spaces for LGBT youth.
There really is a fierce urgency of now when we look at
the ways that LGBTQ youth and transgender youth are being
treated in schools, said Robinson-Mock. We know when

there are intersecting identities, that those students are being
pushed out at higher rates than their white counterparts. So, in
our view, the time is now to amplify these issues.... We believe
that by releasing this report we are sparking and encouraging
collaboration and raising awareness around why these issues
are so important. l
COMMENTARY Sean Bugg
Time after Time

(after Time)
You think you understand your privilege as a white man, until you suddenly
see what youve been missing
COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS DOING SOME

work with a woman whos much younger than me,
as well as much more knowledgeable about what we
were doing. I hope it comes as no surprise that I have
no problem with this age brings wisdom but that doesnt mean
everyone under 40 is an idiot.
I got called away and when I returned she was fielding questions from a white guy, about my age, who immediately turned
and started directing his questions to me. I thought it was weird
that, even though I was saying phrases like I dont know, he
kept asking me new ones and not taking the obvious hint to ask
the well-versed person standing next to me.
After this was over I promptly forgot about it until the next
day when she brought it up, only half-jokingly, that the guy obviously had a problem asking a woman for information.
The click of sudden understanding in my head may have
actually been audible to those around me. I knew something
was weird about the conversation but I was thinking, Why is he
asking me these questions? instead of the more relevant point,
Why isnt he asking her?
I asked her if it happened a lot. All the time, she said.
So, yes, I got another realization of the unearned privilege
that often comes with being a man (particularly a white one).
Here I am having written all these times about being conscious
of my own privilege when it comes to race, yet this not-so-subtle
misogyny flies right by me. I asked my sister, who works in a
male-dominated industry back in Kentucky, if the same thing
happens to her. Are you kidding? she said. All the time. My
mom, who works in healthcare, told me the same thing.
All the time. Think about that the next time you roll your eyes
or give an exasperated sigh when someone not like you mentions
discrimination or micro-aggressions or some other symptom of
the privilege that permeates our culture. Yes, some people are
oversensitive. But most arent.
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Thats the thing about privilege. Its hard to see it when you
have it, which makes it harder to understand when other people
point it out.
Another case in point: My husband Cavin and I have been
together for more than a decade, so weve been out to dinner
at restaurants many, many times. Because I am a lucky man,
Cavins the one who usually pays. So most dinners end with the
server handing the check to me, the white guy, and me handing
it to Cavin, the Asian guy.
Im embarrassed to say that this didnt really click for me
until early spring of this year. But once I saw it I cant stop seeing it. No matter what I do limiting my talking to the waiter,
being obviously deferential to Cavin, getting up and going to the
bathroom after the plates are cleared the check gets placed in
front of me, not Cavin or in the tables neutral zone. Ive asked
Asian friends if this happens to them when they go out to eat
with a white friend, date, or spouse.
You guessed it, all the time.
The exception that proves the rule: Vietnamese restaurants
where Cavin speaks to the staff in Vietnamese and I sit there like
the idiot who has only learned enough of the language to ask for
shrimp or beef. Those servers know whos in charge.
The point is, its easy to be blind to your own privilege
even when you know you have it. Im guessing thats why
Matt Damon made a fool of himself this week lecturing a
black woman filmmaker about how diversity works. Thats
not a defense of Damon, its an encouragement of calling
him on it. If the woman I work with hadnt called me out
however indirectly I wouldnt have seen it. And Id be
worse for it.
When you have privilege as a man, as a white person, as a
wealthy person, as an educated person you have the responsibility to see and understand your privilege. Because everyone
else has to live with the results of it all the time. l
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Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in the D.C.-area
LGBT community, from alternative social events to volunteer opportunities.
Event information should be sent by email to calendar@MetroWeekly.com.
Deadline for inclusion is noon of the Friday before Thursdays publication.
Questions about the calendar may be directed to the
Metro Weekly office at 202-638-6830 or
the calendar email address.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17
METROHEALTH CENTER offers
The POLY DISCUSSION GROUP

of The DC Center meets to discuss
issues related to polyamory and other
consensual non-monogamous relationships. 7-8 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW,
Suite 105. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). Call 202-291-4707, or visit

andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)
practice session at Takoma Aquatic

Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW. 7:30-9
p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and les-
bian square-dancing group features

mainstream through advanced square
dancing at the National City Christian
Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30
p.m. Casual dress. 301-257-0517,
dclambdasquares.org.
The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern
Virginia social group meets for happy
hour at Sheraton in Reston, 11810
Sunrise Valley Drive, second-floor
bar, 7-9 p.m. All welcome. dullestriangles.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker

Health. At the Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9
a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointment
call 202-745-7000. Visit whitmanwalker.org.
IDENTITY offers free and confiden-
tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg,

414 East Diamond Ave., and in
Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire
Ave., Suite 411. Walk-ins 2-6 p.m.
For appointments other hours, call
Gaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or
Takoma Park, 301-422-2398.
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free, rapid HIV testing. Appointment

needed. 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700.
202-638-0750.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5

p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for
youth 21 and younger. 202-567-3155
or testing@smyal.org.
GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated

discussion for GBTQ men, ages 18-35,
on the first and third Fridays of
each month. 8:30-9:30 p.m. The DC
Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
202-682-2245, gaydistrict.org.
US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics

WOMENS LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE for young LBTQ women,
Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,

3636 Georgia Ave. NW. The group is
independent of UHU. 202-446-1100.
13-21, interested in leadership development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL Youth

Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3163,
catherine.chu@smyal.org.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18
LGB PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP for
adults in Montgomery County offers
a safe space to explore coming out
and issues of identity. 10-11:30 a.m.
16220 S. Frederick Rd., Suite 512,
Gaithersburg, Md. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
The DC Center celebrates its 10th
annual FALL RECEPTION at the
Warner Building. 6-9 p.m. 1299
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. $75 tickets
available via paypal.com or $100 at
the door. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707, andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio

Dr. SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
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202-638-0750.
PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-
affirming social group for ages 11-24.

4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road NW.
Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, laycdc.org.
SMYALS REC NIGHT provides
a social atmosphere for GLBT and

questioning youth, featuring dance
parties, vogue nights, movies and
games. More info, catherine.chu@
smyal.org.

youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,
410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@smyal.org.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 19
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay
volunteer organization, volunteers
for the Lost Dog & Cat Rescue
Foundation at Falls Church PetSmart.
To participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.
CHRYSALIS arts & culture group
tours historic Oak Hill Cemetery in

Georgetown, final resting place of
Lincolns Secretary of War Edwin
Stanton, Kay & Philip Graham of the
Washington Post, art collector William
Corcoran, first Smithsonian Secretary
Joseph Henry, early DC politician
Peter Van Ness, and many others. Free.
Must register in advance. Craig, 202462-0535. craighowell@verizon.net.
FCPS PRIDE, a new group for Fairfax

County Schools LGBT educators and
allies, holds a monthly Coffee House
meeting on the third Saturday of each
month. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Breeze Bakery
Cafe, 4125 Hummer Rd. Annandale,
Va. For more information, text
202-295-7939.
SOUTH ASIAN LGBTQ SUPPORT
GROUP holds its monthly meeting at
The DC Center. 1-3 p.m. 2000 14th St.

NW, Suite 105. For more information,
visit thedccenter.org.
The DC Center holds a monthly
meeting of its ASYLUM SEEKERS/
ASYLEES SUPPORT GROUP for
LGBT refugees and their allies. 7-9
p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707 or andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by

members of the LGBT community,
holds Saturday morning Shabbat services, 10 a.m., followed by Kiddush
luncheon. Services in DCJCC
Community Room, 1529 16th St. NW.
betmish.org.
BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including
others interested in Brazilian culture,
meets. For location/time, email braziliangaygroup@yahoo.com.
Dr., SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club welcomes all levels for

exercise in a fun and supportive environment, socializing afterward. Meet
9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for a
walk; or 10 a.m. for fun run. dcfrontrunners.org.
DC SENTINELS basketball team
meets at Turkey Thicket Recreation

Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE, 2-4
p.m. For players of all levels, gay or
straight. teamdcbasketball.org.
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DIGNITYUSA sponsors Mass for
LGBT community, family and

friends. 6:30 p.m., Immanuel Churchon-the-Hill, 3606 Seminary Road,
Alexandria. All welcome. For more
info, visit dignitynova.org.
GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses

critical languages and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Nellies, 900 U St. NW.
RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@
gmail.com.
tial HIV testing in Takoma Park,

7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411.
Walk-ins 12-3 p.m. For appointments
other hours, call 301-422-2398.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 20
WEEKLY EVENTS
LGBT-inclusive ALL SOULS
MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
celebrates Low Mass at 8:30 a.m., High

Mass at 11 a.m. 2300 Cathedral Ave.
NW. 202-232-4244, allsoulsdc.org.
BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressive

and radically inclusive church holds
services at 11:30 a.m. 2217 Minnesota
Ave. SE. 202-248-1895, betheldc.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice
session at Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr.,

SW. 9:30-11 a.m. Visit swimdcac.org.
DIGNITYUSA offers Roman Catholic

Mass for the LGBT community. 6
p.m., St. Margarets Church, 1820
Connecticut Ave. NW. All welcome.
Sign interpreted. For more info, visit
dignitynova.org.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED

CHURCH OF CHRIST welcomes all
to 10:30 a.m. service, 945 G St. NW.
firstuccdc.org or 202-628-4317.
FRIENDS MEETING OF
WASHINGTON meets for worship,
10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW,

Quaker House Living Room (next to
Meeting House on Decatur Place),
2nd floor. Special welcome to lesbians and gays. Handicapped accessible
from Phelps Place gate. Hearing
assistance. quakersdc.org.
HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF

CHRIST welcomes GLBT commu-
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
services at 11 a.m., led by Rev. Onetta
Brooks. Childrens Sunday School, 11
a.m. 10383 Democracy Lane, Fairfax.
703-691-0930, mccnova.com.
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
services at 9 a.m. (ASL interpreted)

and 11 a.m. Childrens Sunday School
at 11 a.m. 474 Ridge St. NW. 202-6387373, mccdc.com.
NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN

CHURCH, inclusive church with
GLBT fellowship, offers gospel worship, 8:30 a.m., and traditional worship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW.
202-232-0323, nationalcitycc.org.
NEW HSV-2 SOCIAL AND

SUPPORT GROUP for gay men living
in the DC metro area. This group will

be meeting once a month. For information on location and time, email to
not.the.only.one.dc@gmail.com.
RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH,

a Christ-centered, interracial, welcoming-and-affirming church, offers
service at 10 a.m. 680 I St. SW. 202554-4330, riversidedc.org.
ST. STEPHEN AND THE
INCARNATION, an interracial,
multi-ethnic Christian Community

offers services in English, 8 a.m. and
10:30 a.m., and in Spanish at 5:15 p.m.
1525 Newton St. NW. 202-232-0900,
saintstephensdc.org.
UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
ARLINGTON, an LGBTQ welcoming-
and-affirming congregation, offers

services at 10 a.m. Virginia Rainbow
UU Ministry. 4444 Arlington Blvd.
uucava.org.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
CHURCH OF SILVER SPRING
INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL

DEVELOPMENT, God-centered new
UNIVERSALIST NATIONAL
MEMORIAL CHURCH, a welcom-
TEMPLE UNITED CHURCH OF

CHRIST for an inclusive, loving and
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worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. Childcare is

available at both services. Welcoming
LGBT people for 25 years. 212 East
Capitol St. NE. reformationdc.org.
invites LGBTQ families and individuals of all creeds and cultures to join
the church. Services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m.
10309 New Hampshire Ave. uucss.org.
Join LINCOLN CONGREGATIONAL
SEPTMEBER 17, 2015
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF
REFORMATION invites all to Sunday
nity for worship. 10:30 a.m., 6130

Old Telegraph Road, Alexandria.
hopeucc.org.
age church & learning center. Sunday

Services and Workshops event. 5419
Sherier Place NW. isd-dc.org.
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progressive faith community every

Sunday. 11 a.m. 1701 11th Street NW,
near R in Shaw/Logan neighborhood.
lincolntemple.org.
ing and inclusive church. GLBT

Interweave social/service group
meets monthly. Services at 11 a.m.,
Romanesque sanctuary. 1810 16th St.
NW. 202-387-3411, universalist.org.
MONDAY, SEPT. 21
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22
CENTER FAITH, a group of The DC
Join The DC Center, Center Bi, the

Alliance of Multi-Cultural Bisexuals
(AMBi) and the Mayors Office
of LGBTQ Affairs for the annual
Center for LGBT people and their

religious allies, holds a monthly
meeting. 6-8 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW,
Suite 105. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit swimdcac.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds
practice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Garrison

Elementary, 1200 S St. NW. dcscandals.wordpress.com.
GETEQUAL meets 6:30-8 p.m. at
Quaker House, 2111 Florida Ave. NW.

getequal.wdc@gmail.com.
HIV Testing at WHITMAN-WALKER
HEALTH. At the Elizabeth Taylor
BISEXUAL PRIDE AWARENESS

WEEK CELEBRATION. 6:30-8:30
p.m. Proclamation and discussion at

7:15 p.m. Human Rights Campaign,
1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
The GENDERQUEER DISCUSSION

GROUP of The DC Center meets to
discuss issues of identity. 7-8:30 p.m.
2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more
The LATINO LGBT TASK FORCE,
a collaborative effort between the
Mayors Office on Latino Affairs and
The DC Center meets to discuss issues
affecting the Districts LGBT Latino
community. 5:30-7 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. For more information,
contact Eric Perez, eric.perez@thedccenter.org or 202-682-2245.

WEEKLY EVENTS
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY

(K.I.) SERVICES, 3333 Duke St.,
Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV

testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
703-823-4401.

free, rapid HIV testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14th
St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing.
5-7 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite 200,

Arlington. Appointments: 703-789-4467.

410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
THE DC CENTER hosts Coffee DropIn for the Senior LGBT Community.
10 a.m.-noon. 2000 14th St. NW. 202682-2245, thedccenter.org.
US HELPING US hosts a black gay
mens evening affinity group. 3636
Georgia Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS WATER
POLO TEAM practices 7-9 p.m.
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van

Buren St. NW. Newcomers with at
least basic swimming ability always
welcome. Tom, 703-299-0504, secretary@wetskins.org, wetskins.org.
WHITMAN-WALKER HEALTH
HIV/AIDS Support Group for newly

diagnosed individuals, meets 7 p.m.
Registration required. 202-939-7671,
hivsupport@whitman-walker.org.
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly dinner in Dupont/Logan Circle area, 6:30

p.m. afwash@aol.com, afwashington.
net.

p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club serving greater D.C.s

LGBT community and allies hosts an
evening run/walk. dcfrontrunners.org.
THE GAY MENS HEALTH

COLLABORATIVE offers free HIV
testing and STI screening and treatment every Tuesday. 5-6:30 p.m.
Rainbow Tuesday LGBT Clinic,
Alexandria Health Department, 4480
King St. 703-746-4986 or text 571-2149617. james.leslie@inova.org.

Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call 202745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.
THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THE
DC CENTER hosts Packing Party,
where volunteers assemble safe-sex

kits of condoms and lube. 7 p.m.,
Green Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW.
thedccenter.org.
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Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978 or
Takoma Park at 301-422-2398.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY

(K.I.) SERVICES, at 3333 Duke St.,
Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV

testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
703-823-4401.

Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit swimdcac.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
offers Wednesday worship 7:15 a.m.

and 12:05 p.m. All welcome. 118 N.
Washington St., Alexandria. 703-5491450, historicchristchurch.org.

410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@smyal.org.
SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ
YOUTH ages 13-21 meets at SMYAL,
410 7th St. SE, 5-6:30 p.m. Cathy
Chu, 202-567-3163, catherine.chu@
smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a support

group for black gay men 40 and
older. 7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave.
NW. 202-446-1100.
Whitman-Walker Healths GAY
MENS HEALTH AND WELLNESS/

STD CLINIC opens at 6 p.m., 1701
14th St. NW. Patients are seen on

walk-in basis. No-cost screening for
HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Hepatitis and herpes testing
available for fee. whitman-walker.org.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23
The HIV PREVENTION WORKING
GROUP holds its monthly planning
meeting at The DC Center. 7-9 p.m.
2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more
THE LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB
meets for Duplicate Bridge. 7:30 p.m.

Dignity Center, 721 8th St. SE, across
from the Marine Barracks. No reservation needed. 703-407-6540 if you
need a partner.
WEEKLY EVENTS
AD LIB, a group for freestyle con-
versation, meets about 6:30-6 p.m.,
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practice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Garrison

Elementary, 1200 S St. NW. dcscandals.wordpress.com.
LGBT focused meeting every

Tuesday, 7 p.m. St. Georges
Episcopal Church, 915 Oakland Ave.,
Arlington, just steps from Virginia
Square Metro. For more info. call
Dick, 703-521-1999. Handicapped
accessible. Newcomers welcome.
liveandletliveoa@gmail.com.
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202-638-0750.
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Steam, 17th and R NW. All welcome.

For more information, call Fausto
Fernandez, 703-732-5174.
HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH

tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg, 414

East Diamond Ave. Walk-ins 2-7 p.m.
Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978.
JOB CLUB, a weekly support pro-
gram for job entrants and seekers,

meets at The DC Center. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. More
info, www.centercareers.org.
free, rapid HIV testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14th
St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing.

11 a.m.-2 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite
200, Arlington. Appointments: 703789-4467.
PRIME TIMERS OF DC, social

club for mature gay men, hosts
weekly happy hour/dinner. 6:30 p.m.,
Windows Bar above Dupont Italian
Kitchen, 1637 17th St. NW. Carl, 703573-8316.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24
WEEKLY EVENTS
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). Call 202-291-4707, or visit

andromedatransculturalhealth.org.

p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and lesbian square-dancing group features

mainstream through advanced square
dancing at the National City Christian
Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30
p.m. Casual dress. 301-257-0517,
dclambdasquares.org.

The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern

Virginia social group meets for happy
hour at Sheraton in Reston, 11810
Sunrise Valley Drive, second-floor
bar, 7-9 p.m. All welcome. dullestriangles.com.


Gaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or
Takoma Park, 301-422-2398.

202-638-0750.

202-638-0750.
PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-
affirming social group for ages 11-24.

4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road NW.
Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, laycdc.org.
SMYALS REC NIGHT provides a

social atmosphere for GLBT and questioning youth, featuring dance parties,
vogue nights, movies and games. More
info, catherine.chu@smyal.org.
410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@
smyal.org.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26
WEEKLY EVENTS

youth 21 and younger. 202-567-3155
or testing@smyal.org.
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707 or andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics

Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,
3636 Georgia Ave. NW. The group is
independent of UHU. 202-446-1100.
BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including

others interested in Brazilian culture,
meets. For location/time, email braziliangaygroup@yahoo.com.
WOMENS LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE for young LBTQ women,
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-
13-21, interested in leadership development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL Youth

Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3163,
catherine.chu@smyal.org.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25
WEEKLY EVENTS
tice session at Hains Point, 972 Ohio

Dr., SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club welcomes all levels for

exercise in a fun and supportive environment, socializing afterward. Meet
9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for a
walk; or 10 a.m. for fun run. dcfrontrunners.org.
DC SENTINELS basketball team
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-
GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses

critical languages and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Nellies, 900 U St. NW.
RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@
gmail.com.
tice session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio

Dr. SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated

discussion for GBTQ men, ages 18-35,
on the first and third Fridays of
each month. 8:30-9:30 p.m. The DC
Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
202-682-2245, gaydistrict.org.
meets at Turkey Thicket Recreation

Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE, 2-4
p.m. For players of all levels, gay or
straight. teamdcbasketball.org.
IDENTITY offers free and confidential
HIV testing in Takoma Park, 7676

New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. Walkins 12-3 p.m. For appointments other
hours, call 301-422-2398. l
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Film
ALL REALLY ONLY MEANS ONE THING IN THE

cinematic world: its Oscar season. Studios will rub
shoulders as they desperately cram the schedule with
movies they hope will bring home a statue and the
resulting inflated box office receipts. Theres Emily Blunt as an
idealistic FBI agent, Eddie Redmayne as the first transgender
woman to undergo gender reassignment, Tobey Maguire as a
chess master, and Rooney Mara as a store clerk in love with
a married woman, to name but a few of the performances
thatll captivate audiences this season. Sprinkled amongst these
performance-driven pieces are the usual blockbusters, of course,
from sci-fi escapism to high-drama realism, with a detour to
the top of Mount Everest and the World Trade Center to boot.
Horror is also surprisingly present this year, with Eli Roth and
Guillermo del Toro doing their best to make audiences jump.
Theres even a hideous remake of an 80s animated classic, if
thats your thing. Something for everyone, then.
SEPTEMBER
EVEREST If youve ever looked at the worlds highest peak
and wondered why anyone would try to climb it, Baltasar

Kormkurs film will do nothing to change your mind. With a
starry cast including Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Brolin, it depicts
in immersive 3D, no less the events of the 1996 Mount
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Everest disaster, when a blizzard led to one of the mountains
deadliest climbing seasons. If you have a fear of heights, perhaps
head to a 2D showing. (9/18)
MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS Something of an outlier in
the young adult genre, the Maze Runner series nevertheless
shares countless similarities with the Divergent and Hunger
Games series dystopian tones and plucky adolescents are both
here in equal measures. Expect even more action as our tortured
maze-dwellers escape into the outside world, where theyll desperately seek for the same incredible profit margins as the last
film. (9/18)
BLACK MASS An unrecognizable Johnny Depp stars as Whitey
Bulger, the infamous Boston mobster whose crimes were
ignored by the FBI after he became an informant for them. Set
in the 70s and 80s, when Bulgers criminal activities peaked,
early reviews suggest Depps performance is a game-changer for
his career. (9/18)
SICARIO Incredibly timely given the barbed words being used
in the GOP presidential race, Emily Blunt stars as an FBI agent

swept up in the drug war taking place on the US-Mexico border.
Tasked with bringing down a drug lord, Kate Mercer (Blunt)
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joins forces with a covert assassin (Benicio del Toro) and learns
the human cost of the drug cartels dominance in Mexico. Denis
Villeneuve (Incendies, Prisoners) directs. (9/18)
PAWN SACRIFICE Did you know that one of the most excit-
ing clashes between the U.S. and the Soviets occurred over a
chessboard in Iceland 40 years ago? No, really. American chess
prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) challenged Russias
Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber) to defend his world title and both
nations governments became embroiled in the ensuing match.
Edward Zwicks film depicts the build-up to and fallout from the
historic bout and no doubt hopes to score an Oscar nom for
Maguires performance as the troubled Fischer. (9/18)
ABOUT RAY Critics so far seem split on Gaby Dellals film a
Boys Dont Cry for a more tolerant world which follows Ray
(Elle Fanning) and his transition from female to male. Rays
mother (Naomi Watts) and grandmother (Susan Sarandon)
must come to terms with his transition while trying to persuade
his estranged father to approve of the process. We can quibble
over its schmaltzy nature and cisgender actor, but that About
Ray exists at all speaks volumes about Hollywoods increasingly
diverse nature. (9/18)
THE INTERN Proving she has a penchant for mature themes,
Nancy Meyers (Its Complicated) writes and directs a film about
ageism, the potential boredom of retirement, and the classic
adage that experience never gets old its even the films tagline. Oscar-winners collide as Ben (Robert De Niro) takes an
intern role at Jules (Anne Hathaway) upstart fashion website,
eventually mentoring her in both business and life. It seems
relatively inoffensive, if a little paint-by-numbers much like
Meyers last effort. (9/25)
THE GREEN INFERNO Eli Roth brings his typically over-the-top
style to another film about clueless Americans stumbling into
danger. Well, technically they crash into it when a plane full
of doe-eyed youths eager to help save the rainforest plummets
into the midst of an uncontacted tribe. Its Hostel, but outdoors.
(9/25)
STONEWALL No film has generated as much controversy
amongst the LGBT community as Roland Emmerichs retelling of the birth of the modern gay rights movement. Accused
of whitewashing history literally, by handing the narrative
to a fictional white male (portrayed by a straight actor, Jeremy
Irvine) Stonewalls makers seem to have diluted the contribution of major figures in the community, particularly trans
women of color. Its release is already threatened with boycotts,
suggesting that Emmerichs final cut will have to be incredibly
different to its trailer in order to succeed. (9/25)
LABYRINTH OF LIES What if, a mere thirteen years after WWII
ended, most Germans had no idea what happened in Auschwitz?

A pretty chilling thought even more so when one realizes
that its true. Post-war, thousands of Nazi soldiers and officials
returned to normal life and were ignored by a country that only
wanted to heal. Labyrinth of Lies offers a facts-based retelling
of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, in which prosecutors tracked
down and convicted those who had helped killed hundreds of
thousands of Jewish people and other minority groups. Johann
Radmann (Alexander Fehling) is the prosecutor in question,
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with Giulio Ricciarellis film already selected by Germany to

contend for the foreign language Oscar next year. (9/25)
THE KEEPING ROOM Take the middle portion of Gone with the
Wind when Scarlett OHara desperately struggles to save a
run down Tara in the face of an advancing Union Army dial
up the tension, lower the number of inhabitants, and burn the
curtain dresses. What youre left with is The Keeping Room,
which depicts two sisters and their female slave working to keep
their farm in the absence of any men. Enter two Union soldiers
on a murderous rampage, who have the farm in their sights,
and theres all the ingredients for a empowering thriller as the
women fight to defend all they have. (9/25)
MISSISSIPPI GRIND An endlessly unlucky gambling addict (Ben
Mendelsohn) teams up with a younger gambler (Ryan Reynolds)
and sets off on a road trip to try and win back the debts he owes.
Its a dramedy thats part buddy film, part road movie, part character study, with some critics calling it Reynolds best work. Anna
Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson) write and direct. (9/25)
THE REFLEKTOR TAPES Do you want to see a documentary about
the making of Canadian band Arcade Fires fourth studio album,
Reflektor? Wait, you do? Oh, well enjoy this mix of interviews,
concert footage and documentary work. (9/25)
OCTOBER
THE MARTIAN A lone survivor of a freak storm is left stranded
on the Martian surface, desperately hoping to be rescued. No,
this isnt 2000s dreadful Mission to Mars, but the latest effort
from Ridley Scott. Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is the astronaut
in question, struggling to survive with dwindling supplies and
limited means of contacting his rescuers 140 million miles away
on Earth. Think Gravity but even further from home. Its shaping
up to be one of falls unmissable films. (10/02)
LEGEND Tom Hardy plays double duty as the Kray twins,
Londons most notorious gangsters during the 50s and 60s.

Leading a brutal campaign to take over the city, the Krays
became minor celebrities thanks to mingling with politicians and
film stars. Hardys performance as Reggie Kray is masterful, but
his portrayal of Ronnie who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia borders on parody. Thankfully, it doesnt derail this
stylish, brutal, and often humorous film. (10/02)
LONDON HAS FALLEN 2013s Olympus Has Fallen, which imagined a North Korean-led attack on the White House, generated
okay reviews and an okay profit, which was evidently sufficient
enough to warrant a sequel. This time, the focus is London,
as world leaders converge for the Prime Ministers funeral. A
nefarious group has other plans expect the British capital to
be blown up in a multitude of ways as Gerard Butler, Morgan
Freeman and Aaron Eckhart all return to try and figure things
out. (10/02)
THE WALK Another film to avoid for the height averse, The
Walk is Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away) telling of Philippe Petits incredible story. In 1974, Petit (Joseph
Gordon-Levitt) and his friends launched a wire between the
Twin Towers of the World Trade Center digitally recreated
to incredible, and poignant, effect which Petit then proceeded
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to walk across. Its in 3D, so if youre even remotely acrophobic,
dont watch it. (10/02)
CRIMSON PEAK When Stephen King calls a film fucking terrifying, you know youre onto something. Guillermo del Toros
horror follows Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowski) as shes swept
up by the charming Sir Thomas (Tom Hiddleston) and taken to
live with him and his sister (Jessica Chastain). Unfortunately,
the house Edith finds herself in is a living, breathing, terrifying
entity, filled with ghosts of residents past. (10/16)
BRIDGE OF SPIES Tom Hanks, Stephen Spielberg, wartime
drama, big budget? Color us intrigued. Inspired by (or, liberally

adapted from) the 1960 U-2 incident, in which an American spy
plane was shot down by Soviet forces, Hanks stars as James
B. Donovan, tasked with negotiating an exchange between the
American pilot and a Soviet prisoner in bleak East Berlin. (10/16)
THE LAST WITCH HUNTER Big-budget, supernatural fantasy
adventure, starring Vin Diesel as an immortal witch hunter
(complete with hilariously fake beard) who has to team up with
a witch to save us fragile humans. Meanwhile, Elijah Wood
wisecracks as his religious sidekick. A sequel has already been
greenlit, which is only going to make it more awkward when this
inevitably bombs. (10/23)
JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS Its nice that Molly Ringwald and
Juliette Lewis are back on the big screen, but this live action take
on the 80s animated show looks awful. (10/23)
SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE Not too sure about
this one. Take the nerdy losers from Superbad, drop them into
Scouts uniforms and throw them into a town slowly being overrun by zombies. Expect gross out humor, graphic violence and
dashes of horror, but whether its funny after initial premise
wears thin remains to be seen. (10/30)
NOVEMBER
SPECTRE Bond is back. Theres a new M, a new Aston Martin,
and a new purpose for Daniel Craigs British secret agent: taking
down the mysterious Spectre, a shadowy criminal organization.
Skyfall was a welcome return to form for the franchise, so theres
high hopes for Spectre. Once again directed by Sam Mendes,
while Sam Smith has been tapped to sing the theme. (11/06)
THE PEANUTS MOVIE It nails the aesthetic, the series trademark
humor seems present, the gang are all here, and above all else it
just looks like goodhearted fun. Plus, who can complain about
more Snoopy in their life? (11/06)
TRUMBO Bryan Cranston stars as Dalton Trumbo, a Hollywood
screenwriter who was blacklisted after refusing to testify before
the House Un-American Activities Committee. Its a pretty starstudded affair, with Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, John Goodman
and Elle Fanning, but initial reviews suggest that while performances are excellent the film itself is more TV-movie than
cinema darling. (11/06)
THE 33 Based on the 2010 Chilean mining disaster, in which 33
men were trapped inside a collapsed mine for over two months.
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Antonio Banderas is Mario Super Mario Seplveda, who was

tasked with sending daily video logs to rescuers to keep them
appraised of the mens condition. (11/13)
BY THE SEA Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are on-screen together
for the first time since Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Jolie wrote and
directed the film, which follows a couple on vacation as they
struggle to revive their failing marriage. (11/13)
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 Jennifer Lawrence
must be grateful for the incredible exposure (and regular, massive paycheck) of the Hunger Games franchise, but all good
things must end. Lets also not forget that her co-star Josh
Hutcherson used his notoriety to launch an incredible antiLGBT bullying campaign, Straight But Not Narrow. Whats that?
Talk about the film? If you dont know whats going on over in
Panem by now, theres really no point. (11/20)
CAROL Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, directed by Todd
Haynes, in a sumptuous, 50s-set piece where Therese (Mara)

falls in love with the older, married Carol (Blanchett). Were
sold. (11/20)
CREED This is, essentially, the seventh Rocky film. Were just
going to leave it at that. (11/25)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN A tale oft told in various incarnations
including last years dreadful I, Frankenstein this horror/
action incarnation casts Igor (Daniel Radcliffe) in the lead role.
He meets a young Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy) and
ultimately witnesses the birth of the famed monster, making
fugitives of both men as the authorities try to shut Frankenstein
down and the monstrous being threatens their lives. (11/25)
THE DANISH GIRL Lili Elbe was a transgender pioneer, one of the
first in the modern age to live openly and undergo gender reassignment surgery. Her story is brought to life by Tom Hooper
(The Kings Speech, Les Misrables), with last years Best Actorwinner Eddie Redmayne in the title role. Many questioned why
a cisgendered actor should play her, but those fears were quickly
allayed not only by Redmaynes own words of support and
dedication to the role, but also critical reaction to strong, Oscarworthy performances from both he and Alicia Vikander as Lilis
supportive wife even if critics seem to be less than enamored
with the script. (11/27)
THE NIGHT BEFORE If youre not in the mood for a period drama,
a sci-fi drama, or Pixars latest (presumed) masterpiece, theres

a Seth Rogen comedy waiting to give you his typical brand of
humor. Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie are
three friends who decide to have one final Christmas Eve blowout, with the expected alcohol and drug consumption and celebrity cameos of most Rogen/Evan Goldberg-penned films. (11/27)
THE GOOD DINOSAUR In an uncharacteristic move, Pixar has two
feature films releasing in one year, following summers excellent Inside Out. The Good Dinosaur imagines a world where the
asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs missed the Earth, allowing
them to survive to meet our early human ancestors. The film
follows an unlikely friendship between one human and a bright
green Apatosaurus named Arlo.(11/27)
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MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Little is known about writer-director Jeff
Nichols upcoming film, as theres no trailer yet available. It stars
Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst and Adam Driver in a film about a
father who runs away with his son after learning that the latter
possesses supernatural powers. (11/27)
DECEMBER
KRAMPUS Not in the mood for more light-hearted holiday fare?
Try this Michael Dougherty-helmed film, shot in similar style to

his cult 2007 horror Trick r Treat. Adam Scott and Toni Collette
star in a film about a boy who accidentally summons a demon
after having a bad Christmas. (12/04)
THE HEART OF THE SEA Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful
Mind) tackles the story that inspired Herman Melvilles Moby
Dick. Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) is First Mate of the whaling ship Essex, which was attacked and sank by a massive sperm
whale, stranding the crew in the Pacific Ocean for 90 days.
Sailing for South America, the men were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive. Another joyful holiday film. (12/11)
STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS This is it, folks. The
biggest movie of the year. Nothing else is as anticipated, hyped,

nor marketed as the return of the world-conquering sci-fi franchise. With Luke, Han Solo and Leia returning for a tale set 30
years after Return of the Jedi. J.J. Abrams takes the helm, with
George Lucas kept at arms length from the production of the
new trilogy so therell be no Jar Jar Binks-style attempts to
inject comic relief. (12/18)
SISTERS Going up against Star Wars seems like a fools errand,
but clearly someone over at Universal thought it was a good idea.

Its a shame, really, as this film about two sisters who throw one
last party at their parents house shows a lot of promise not
least because the sisters in question are the incredible duo of
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who even managed to make Baby
Mama watchable. (12/18)
KUNG FU PANDA 3 Did this franchise really need a third film?
The story of Jack Blacks tubby, martial arts-wielding Panda has
been well trodden by this point. Whats that? The second film
made $650 million? Ah, okay. (12/25)
JOY David O. Russell just cant get enough of Jennifer
Lawrence (or Bradley Cooper, for that matter). Lawrence stars
as single mother of three Joy Mangano, perhaps better known to
Americans as the inventor of the self-wringing Miracle Mop.
The film focuses on four generations of her family, including
Robert De Niro as her father and Cooper as an executive at HSN,
where Mangano sold her mop to great success. (12/25)
THE REVENANT Alejandro G. Irritu (Babel, Birdman) swaps
a Broadway theater for the 1820s American frontier. Leonardo
DiCaprio is Hugh Glass, a fur trapper mauled by a bear and then
robbed and left to die by his companions (Tom Hardy, Domhnall
Gleeson, Will Poulter). Glass recovers from his wounds and sets
out on a cross-country trek to exact revenge on the men who
wronged him. It looks bleak and gritty, with an almost unrecognizable DiCaprio, but Glass story is certainly a compelling one
to tell. (12/25) l
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Nicholas Rodriguez and Esperanza America in Arena Stages Destiny of Desire, part of the Womens Voices Theater Festival
Stage
HE MOST NOTABLE DEVELOPMENT THIS SEASON

is of course the unprecedented Womens Voices
Theater Festival. Between now and November nearly
every professional theater company in the region will
present at least one play by a female writer, an impressive if
temporary feat of gender parity. But thats hardly the only
thing happening in D.C.s rich theater scene. Many of todays
most cutting-edge playwrights are represented, sometimes more
than once. And what would arguably the most Shakespeare-mad
city be without dozens of theatrical twists on the Bard? And
not just from the most obvious sources, either. In addition to
Virginias Synetic Theater and its multiple silent Shakespeare
productions, theres also Baltimores Center Stage, which will
upend tradition by staging an all-female As You Like It. Because
anything a man can do, a woman can do, too.
ADVENTURE THEATRE MTC
301-634-2270
adventuretheatre-mtc.org
CAPS FOR SALE, THE MUSICAL A peddlers caps are stolen while
he naps. Was it those merry mischievous monkeys? (Now9/27) LEMONY SNICKETS THE LUMP OF COAL Holly Twyford
directs this hilarious adventure about unlikely friendships and
holiday miracles (11/20-12/31) JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
A musical by Pasek and Paul (Dear Evan Hansen), based on
compiled by Doug Rule

Roald Dahls disproportionately peachy tale (2/14-4/4/16)
EMPERORS NIGHTINGALE A re-imagining of the Hans Christian
Anderson fairytale about an aimless prince who ultimately
becomes king by, you might say, putting a bird on it (4/225/30/16) JUMANJI When youre bored, you play board games
and then magic will happen, according to this world premiere
adaptation(6/17-8/28)
ARENA STAGE
202-488-3300
arenastage.org
DESTINY OF DESIRE A telenovela-styled fast-paced modern
comedy set in Mexico, a world premiere from Karen Zacarias
(Now-10/18, Kreeger Theater) OLIVER! This seasons
musical, the Tony-winning take on the Charles Dickens classic,
reinvented in-the-round by Arenas Molly Smith, (10/30-1/3/16,
Fichandler Stage) ERMA BOMBECK: AT WITS END Twins
Allison and Margaret Engel offer a pits-and-all portrait of the
award-winning humorist, with direction from David Esbjornson
(10/9-11/8, Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle) AKEELAH AND
THE BEE Playwright Cheryl L. West and director Charles
Randolph-Wright adapt the spirited story of a girl from the
Chicago projects trying to spell her way to success (11/13-12/27,
Kreeger) SWEAT A gripping tale about loss, redemption
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and redefinition in a new era from Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn
Nottage, a co-commission with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
(1/15-2/21/16, Kreeger) THE CITY OF CONVERSATION An inside
look at the theater of politics and the politics of conversation
as viewed by a Georgetown hostess through recent decades,
from Carter to Obama (1/29-3/6/16, Fichandler) THE LION
A rock and roll journey from boyhood to manhood as written
and performed by singer Benjamin Scheuer (2/26-4/10/16,
Kogod Cradle) ALL THE WAY Robert Schenkkans 2014 Tonywinning drama examines the red, white and blue-blooded
leadership of LBJ (4/1-5/8/16, Fichandler) DISGRACED Avad
Akhtars Pulitzer Prize-winning incendiary examination of
ones self and ones beliefs of American identity and South
Asian culture. Timothy Douglas directs (4/22-5/29/16, Kreeger)
CENTER STAGE
410-332-0033
centerstage.org
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Christopher Baker adapts Jane Austens
master tale of manners and morals and the desirable Mr. Darcy
(Now-10/11) THE SECRET GARDEN Lucy Simons gorgeous
musical exploring the obvious pains and hidden joys of growing
up (10/30-11/29) XS AND OS (A FOOTBALL LOVE STORY) The NFL
takes Center Stage in this unflinching, ripped-from-the-headlines
examination by KJ Sanchez with Jenny Mercein (11/13-12/20)
AS YOU LIKE IT An all-female cast adds new twists and turns to
Shakespeares beloved comedy (1/15-2/14/16) DETROIT 67 The
music and politics of the Motown-era sizzle in the background of
this sharp-eyed drama about racial and generational differences
from Dominique Morisseau (4/8-5/8/16)

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CONSTELLATION THEATRE
202-204-7741
constellationtheatre.org
AVENUE Q The Tony-winning musical comedy, essentially
Sesame Street for adults, plays right into Constellations theme
this season, Playtime for Grownups (10/22-11/23) EQUUS
Peter Shaffers Tony-winning tale about a troubled teenagers
dangerous obsession with horses (1/14-2/14/16) JOURNEY TO
THE WEST Alison Arkell Stockman directs a fanciful global tale
from Mary Zimmerman, with live musical accompaniment by
Tom Teasley (4/21-5/22/16)
FOLGER THEATRE
202-544-7077
folger.edu
TEXTS&BEHEADINGS/ELIZABETH R Karen Coonrods devised
theater piece attempts to offer a window into the mind of the
resilient queen using her letters and other material from Folgers
collection (9/19-10/4) PERICLES Striking visual projections
and live music composed by Jack Herrick promise to fulfill the
dramatic potential of this rough-seas Shakespeare voyage, in a
production directed by Joseph Haj (11/13-12/20) A MIDSUMMER
NIGHTS DREAM Its hard to imagine this production, helmed by
Aaron Posner, will be anything less than a dream, especially with
Holly Twyford as Bottom and Erin Weaver as Puck (1/26-3/6/16)
THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARES
LONG LOST FIRST PLAY (ABRIDGED) Two of the worlds most
famous Shakespearean comedians, Austin Tichenor and Reed
Martin, throw themselves into a funny, punny physical frenzy
(4/21-5/8/16) DISTRICT MERCHANTS Aaron Posner offers a
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D.C.-informed variation on Shakespeares The Merchants of
Venice intended to be both timely and timeless (5/31-7/3/16)
FORDS THEATRE
202-347-4833
fordstheatre.org
THE GUARD A world-premiere comedic drama about Rembrandt,
Homer and those who protect the art we cherish (9/25-10/18)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Edward Gero returns to play Scrooge in
Michael Wilsons adaptation of the Dickens classic (11/19-12/31)
THE GLASS MENAGERIE The Southern-fried family drama
that made Tennessee Williams famous gets examined anew
with direction by Fords Theatre veteran Mark Ramont (1/222/21/16) 110 IN THE SHADE Marcia Milgrom Dodge directs and
choreographs a new production of this 50-year-old musical about
cowboys, confidence and courtship and featuring a lively score
from the creators of The Fantasticks (3/11-5/14/16)
GALA HISPANIC THEATRE
3333 14th St. NW

202-234-7174
galatheatre.org
YERMA Frederico Garcia Lorcas poetic language soars in a
contemporary adaptation of a tale about a Spanish womans rage
against a repressive society (Now-10/4) SENORITA Y MADAME: THE
SECRET WAR OF ELIZABETH ARDEN AND HELENA RUBINSTEIN The
epic clash that revolutionized the fashion industry and changed
societal views about beauty (2/4-2/28/16) CHRONICLE OF A DEATH
FORETOLD An adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquezs about a
murderous mission of revenge by a band of brothers (4/7-5/8/16)
EL PASO BLUE Jose Carrasquillo directs this wild and comic
tale of lust, revenge, identity and the Blues (6/2-6/26/16)
KEEGAN THEATRE
202-265-3767
keegantheatre.com
DOGFIGHT Pasek & Pauls Off-Broadway hit musical about a
love that blooms against the odds (Now-9/19) THE DEALER OF
BALLYNAFEIGH As part of the Womens Voices Theater Festival,
Keegan offers a world premiere of this dark, offbeat tale about a
drug bust gone wrong (10/17-11/14) THE MAGIC TREE Ursula
Rani Sarmas story of love born in a very dark place examines why
good people do bad things and repeat the mistakes of the past
(10/10-11/13) AN IRISH CAROL The Keegan holiday tradition
continues with a limited engagement of Matthew Keenans
homage to Dickens, told as only the Irish can (12/12-31)
KENNEDY CENTER
202-467-4600
kennedy-center.org
BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL A tapestry of a musical
focused on the inspiring story of the singer-songwriters rise to
stardom, told through Douglas McGraths book as well as the
songs she co-wrote with her husband and friends (10/6-25, Opera
House) ANTIGONE Juliette Binoche stars in a contemporary
adaptation, from renowned Belgian theater director Ivo van
Hove, of this Greek tragedy about a sisters unyielding love and
devotion, no matter the consequence (10/22-25, Eisenhower)
MATILDA THE MUSICAL A fantasy based on a novel by Roald Dahl
about an extraordinary girl who dares to realize her dreams of a
better life (12/15-1/10/16, Opera House) A GENTLEMANS GUIDE TO
LOVE & MURDER A man attempts to slay his way to inheritance
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in this Tony-winning musical comedy by Steven Lutvak and

Robert L. Freedman (1/13-1/30/16) KINKY BOOTS Cyndi Lauper
mined Tony gold with songs about a showgirl named Lola, in a
story about the power of drag queens and shoes (6/14-7/10/16,
Eisenhower) THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY The story of
an Iowa housewife and her life-changing, whirlwind romance
with a traveling photographer gets the musical treatment (6/287/17/16, Eisenhower) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA A cast and
orchestra of 52 will fill the Opera House to the brim in Cameron
Mackintoshs new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber
classic (7/13-8/20/16, Opera House)
METRO STAGE
703-548-9044
metrostage.org
UPRISING Inspired by true tales from her great-grandmother,
Gabrielle Fulton explores notions of freedom and sacrifice, family
and community, in a story set in the aftermath of John Browns
raid on Harpers Ferry (9/17-10/25) A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS
CAROL Michael Sharp returns to direct Kathy Feiningers cross
between the Dickens classic and parodies of 33 classic show tunes
(11/25-12/27) SHAKE LOOSE A full-length revue celebrating 15
years of Metro Stages homegrown musical writing team, Jones,
Knowles and Hubbard, whose output celebrates the music born
out of gospel as created or popularized by African-American
icons (1/28-3/6/16) BLACK PEARL SINGS! Over 20 American
folk and spiritual songs factor into Frank Higginss story inspired
by the real-life discovery of Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter by
folklorist John Lomax (4/21-5/29/16)
MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC
202-399-7993
mosaictheater.org
UNEXPLORED INTERIOR (THIS IS RWANDA: THE BEGINNING AND END
OF THE EARTH) Ari Roth doesnt flinch from launching his new
theater company with a bang, offering a world premiere of Jay

O. Sanderss epic about the madness and majesty of Rwanda
in the wake of war-time horror (10/29-11/29) THE GOSPEL
OF LOVING KINDNESS A poignant chamber production of the
hymn- and hip-hop-tinged elegy from Marcus Gardley about a
boy gunned down on the street only weeks after singing for the
president (12/9-1/3/16)
NATIONAL THEATRE
202-628-6161
nationaltheatre.org
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEINS CINDERELLA Gay scribe Douglas
Carter Beane updated this classic glass slipper tale that ran for
nearly two years on Broadway and will become something to
give thanks to in D.C. (11/18-29) MOTOWN THE MUSICAL The
latest Broadway jukebox show, aka the Berry Gordy Revue
(12/1-1/3/16) ANNIE The sunll come out next spring (3/153/20/16) JERSEY BOYS Those boys just keep working their
way back to us (4/6-4/24/16) THE WIZARD OF OZ Were off to
see the wizard in a re-conceived fairyland (5/3-5/15/16)
OLNEY THEATRE CENTER
301-924-3400
olneytheatre.org
HAY FEVER Noel Cowards madcap farce about a dysfunctional
family and the hijinks that ensue when four guests unexpectedly
descend on their country home (Now-9/27, Mainstage) BAD
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DOG A deliciously dark comedy featuring five of Washingtons
greatest actresses, including Holly Twyford and Naomi Jacobson,

and focused on an intervention gone awry (9/30-10/25, Theatre
Lab) GUYS AND DOLLS Jerry Whiddon directs this classic
musical comedy about gambling and gangsters and starring
Jessica Lauren Ball as one lucky lady (11/11-12/27, Mainstage)
CARMEN: AN AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ MUSICAL Some of Broadways
best writer/director Moises Kaufman and choreographer
Sergio Trujillo among them are behind this world premiere
adaptation of Bizets opera as a musical set in 1958 Cuba during
the revolution (2/10-3/6/16, Mainstage) MARJORIE PRIME A
tender and provocative story of an elderly woman whos using
technology to reinvent her memories (3/10-4/10/16, Theatre
Lab) DIAL M FOR MURDER Frederick Knotts deliriously spinetingling play that would go on to inspire the Alfred Hitchcock
thriller (4/6-5/1/16, Mainstage) BAKERSFIELD MIST Donna
Miglaccio is a poor, down-and-out woman and Michael Russotto
an East Coast Elite art curator, and the two collide over class
and culture and a potentially lost Jackson Pollock painting (5/126/12/16, Theatre Lab) EVITA An intimate staging in Casa
Olney of the musical about Argentinas Eva Peron (6/23-7/24/16,
Mainstage) THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE AND THE MIKADO These
two supremely silly Gilbert & Sullivan comic operettas are
staged in rotating repertory and in promenade style for ultimate
audience attentiveness (7/14-8/21/16, Theatre Lab)
REP STAGE
443-518-1500
www.repstage.org
TECHNICOLOR LIFE A book-smart teenager finds love for her
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and her older sister and throws a party to end all parties for her
ailing grandmother in a world premiere part of the Womens
Voices Theater Festival (10/21-11/8, Smith Theatre) ANTIGONE
PROJECT: A PLAY IN 5 PARTS Five female playwrights reconsider
Sophocless tragedy of sisterly devotion through lenses of
race, class, culture and gender (2/17-3/6/16) HUNTING AND
GATHERING Love, life and real estate is the focus of Brooke
Bermans smart and sexy comedy, directed by Kasi Campbell in
a regional premiere (4/6-4/24/16)
ROUND HOUSE THEATRE
240-644-1100
roundhousetheatre.org
IRONBOUND Polish-born Martyna Majoks humorous and
heartfelt look at a hard-working immigrant struggling as a
single mother in modern-day America (Now-10/4) THE NIGHT
ALIVE Ryan Rilette directs this compelling new play from
Conor McPherson about a floundering Irish lad who finds a
sense of purpose in helping a destitute woman after an attack
(10/21-11/13) STAGE KISS Sarah Ruhls lively comedy mixes
real-life romance and backstage farce (12/2-27) FATHER COMES
HOME FROM THE WARS An explosively powerful Civil War-era
drama from Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog) following a
slave from Texas to the Confederate battlefield (1/27-2/21/16)
GOOD KIDS The 14th Annual Sarah Metzger Memorial Play,
presented by the Round House Teen Performance Company,
is Naomi Iizukas provocative story loosely based on the
Steubenville High School rape case (3/11-3/13/16) CAT ON A
HOT TIN ROOF Mitchell Hebert directs a cast including local
heavyweights Rick Foucheaux and Nancy Robinette in a Round
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House look at the Tennessee Williams classic (3/30-4/24/16)
THE WHO & THE WHAT A fierce and funny new play from Ayad
Akhtar (Disgraced) about identity, religion and inherent human
contradictions (5/25-6/19/16)
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY
202-547-1122
shakespearetheatre.org
SALOME Yael Farber adapts Oscar Wildes landmark play
(10/6-11/8, Lansburg Theatre) KISS ME, KATE The latest
musical to get the Alan Paul treatment is Cole Porters classic
kiss to the Bard (11/17-1/3/16, Harman Hall) THE CRITIC/THE
REAL INSPECTOR Michael Kahn directs this double bill of oneact comedies about life in the theater (1/5-2/14/16, Lansburgh)
OTHELLO Internationally acclaimed director Ron Daniels
promises a dramatically different spin on Shakespeares heroturned-murderer (2/23-3/27/16, Harman) 1984 A new
multimedia adaptation of the George Orwell classic that was
a hit in the U.K. (3/8-4/10/16, Lansburgh) THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW Kinky Boots star Billy Porter leads an edgy, all-male
production helmed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar (3/17-6/26/16,
Harman)
SIGNATURE THEATRE
703-820-9771
signature-theatre.org
CAKE OFF A wild musical satire about a battle-of-the-bakingsexes starring Sherri L. Edelen. A world premiere as part of the
Womens Voices Theater Festival (9/29-11/22, Ark) GIRLSTAR
A world premiere musical fairytale that sounds something like a
modern-day, pop-oriented retelling of Gypsy (10/13-11/15, Max)
WEST SIDE STORY Considered one of the greatest musicals
of all time, Bernstein and Sondheims retelling of Romeo and
Juliet finally gets the Signature stamp (12/8-1/24/16, Max)
ROAD SHOW Signature offers the D.C. premiere of this rarely
produced Sondheim show about a traveling duo of brothers
(2/9-3/12/16, Max) THE FLICK Annie Bakers Pulitzer Prizewinning comedy focuses on three employees at an increasingly
out-of-date movie theater struggling to find their place in the
world (3/1-4/17/16, Ark) THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX From
the writer of HBOs Boardwalk Empire and Showtimes Masters
of Sex comes this unexpected story of an evolving friendship
between not-quite-straight best friends (4/5-5/8/16, Max) LA
CAGE AUX FOLLES The perennial Helen Hayes Award winner
Bobby Smith leads the cast in this drag-centered, gay-affirming
musical (5/31-7/10/16, Max)
STUDIO THEATRE
202-332-3300
studiotheatre.org
CHIMERICA A sensation in London, Lucy Kirkwoods play
covers Sino-American relations from Tiananmen Square to
the 2012 presidential elections (Now-10/18) ANIMAL A
Studio Theatre commission from Clare Lizzimore, this dark
comedy looks at the underside of domesticity and the thin
line between sinking and survival (9/30-10/25) THE APPLE
FAMILY CYCLE The final two plays in Richard Nelsons bold
four-part examination of a rapidly changing America, staged
in rotating repertory and with the same cast (10/28-12/13)
BAD JEWS Already the best-selling play in Studios history,
returning for another holiday run (12/3-1/3/16) BETWEEN
RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY Yet another boisterous and unflinchingly
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dark comedy from Stephen Adly Gurgis about another, well,
New York Motherfucker. Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for
Drama (1/13-2/28/16) CONSTELLATIONS David Muse directs
a distinctly intimate staging of a play that charts the infinite
possibilities of one relationship (2/10-3/6/16) MOMENT
Director Ethan McSweeny makes his Studio debut with an
Irish tale about a family reunion and long-simmering sibling
resentment (3/16-4/24/16) HEDDA GABLER Mark ORowes
contemporary adaptation intends to provide a nuanced portrait
of one of the most fascinating figures in modern drama (5/116/19/16)
SYNETIC THEATER
800-494-8497
synetictheater.org
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili combine
their signature cinematic style along with a script by Lloyd
Rose for a fresh, physical take on Lewis Carrolls fairy tale of
the absurd (9/30-11/8) AS YOU LIKE IT All the worlds a stage
for Synetics 12th silent Shakespeare adaptation (12/9-1/17/16)
ROMEO AND JULIET A revival of this Helen Hayes-winning
wordless Shakespeare production (2/17-3/27/16) THE MAN
IN THE IRON MASK More swashbuckling bombastic adventures
in this follow-up to The Three Musketeers (5/11-6/19/16)
TWELFTH NIGHT Set in the Roaring Twenties and inspired by
the silent comedy of Keaton and Chaplin (7/13-8/7/16)
THEATRE J
theaterj.org
QUEENS GIRL IN THE WORLD A world premiere from Caleen
Sinnette Jennings about the struggles of a black girl in the 60s
to integrate and discover a new world (now to 10/11) SONS OF
THE PROPHET A 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist, Stephen Karams
dark comedy is said to laugh in the face of human suffering
(11/18-12/20) STARS OF DAVID: STORY TO SONG Shirley Serotsky
directs a funny and captivating musical revue celebrating the
lives of your favorite Jewish public figures, based on Abigail
Pogrebins best-selling book (12/22-27)
WOOLLY MAMMOTH
202-393-3939
woollymammoth.net
WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD Sheila Callaghans bawdy,
gender-bending comedy about sex, desire and shame, and a
biting critique of our image-obsessed culture (Now-10/4)
WINNERS AND LOSERS A seemingly harmless drinking game
between friends separating the champs from the chumps leads
to a wicked hangover about harsh realities (10/26-11/22)
TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND The Chicago
Neo-Futurists return to Woolly for the fifth time and a special
holiday run of this never-the-same-twice sketch comedy show
(12/7-1/3/16) GUARDS AT THE TAJ A tragicomic fable as
hilarious as it is horrifying, questioning how much were willing
to pay for beauty (2/1-2/28/16) THE NETHER A modern crime
drama exploring themes of desire, technology and morality in a
futuristic Earth wasteland (4/4-5/1/16) AN OCTOROON Billed
as part period satire, part meta-theatrical middle finger,
Branden Jacobs-Jenkinss play explores Americas lasting
legacy of slavery and of racial pigeonholing (5/30-6/26/16)
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Television
TS SOMETHING OF A TAME YEAR FOR TELEVISION.

As networks increasingly hedge their bets by ordering
event television (read: shorter series that can be quietly
cancelled without impacting an entire schedule) or by
spinning off tried-and-tested properties, this fall season is a bit
of a bore. Sure, theres a musical comedy, a live variety show, a
psychedelic 80s animation and The Muppets, but for the most
part its business as usual. On the plus side, there isnt anything
as heinously offensive as The Millers or The McCarthys, but nor
is there anything explicitly LGBT, either Dan Savages gayfocused sitcom has been pushed from the fall schedule entirely.
THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER (FX) What was Kurt Sutter to do
now that his acclaimed Sons of Anarchy has wrapped its final
season and ridden off into the sunset? Come out swinging with
this intensely violent drama set in 14th century Wales, centered
on Wilkin Brattle (Lee Jones), a man who retired his sword
after the trials of war only to be forced to resume killing this
time as an executioner. The period is ripe with murder, war and
intrigue, so the series could have legs though one wonders
whether audiences will love Brattle as much as they did Jax and
company in Sons. Premiered Tuesday, Sep. 15 at 10/9c.
BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS (NBC) Who better
to attempt to bring back the live variety hour than Neil Patrick
by Rhuaridh Marr
Harris? Ignoring a shaky attempt at hosting the Oscars this year,
Harris has proven with both the Emmys and Tonys that hes a
skilled presenter. Plus his affable charm will help immensely in
selling the hidden camera stunts, game show segments, musical
numbers and sketches that will be a part of this series (which
is borrowed directly from an immensely popular British show).
Did we mention that its live? That alone is worth tuning in for.
Premiered Tuesday, Sep. 15 at 10/9c.
MOONBEAM CITY (Comedy Central) To say that Moonbeam
City owes its existence to Archer would be an understatement.
Its essentially Archer meets Miami Vice, with all of the 80s pop
culture references that entails. Theres a great cast on-board,
too, with Rob Lowe as trigger-happy detective Dazzle, Elizabeth
Banks as his chief, Kate Mara as a colleague and Will Forte as
his main rival. Comparisons to Archer will dog Moonbeam City,
but if Scott Gairdner can get his scripts up to the same quality
as Adam Reeds, Comedy Central could have a hit on its hands.
Premiered Wednesday, Sep. 16 at 10:30/9:30c.
LIFE IN PIECES (CBS) CBS doesnt have a particularly great
track record with single-camera comedies, instead preferring

to manufacture the laughs for mega-hits like Big Bang Theory.
Still, Life in Pieces shows promise and an interesting premise.
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Attempting to out-Modern Family ABCs juggernaut, each week

it will focus on four separate points of view of the same family, including Joan and John Short (Dianne Wiest and James
Brolin), the eldest members, and Greg Short (Colin Hanks), their
son, and his wife Jen (Zoe Lister-Jones). If it makes the most of
its Big Bang lead-in, it could be pretty stellar. Premieres Monday,
Sep. 21 at 8:30/7:30c.
MINORITY REPORT (FOX) Tom Cruises thriller transforms into
a weekly procedural set eleven years after the events of the film.
Stark Sands is Dash, a Precog with the ability to predict crimes.
Since the original unit was abandoned, he now assists a detective
(Meagan Good) while trying to track down his siblings and keep
his gift a secret. Fox dropped Almost Human like a hot potato
last season another big-budget, futuristic police procedural
so the writings on the wall unless Minority Report can rope in
millions of viewers. Premieres Monday, Sep. 21 at 9/8c.
BLINDSPOT Times Square is evacuated due to a mysterious
duffle bag with the tag Call the FBI. From said bag emerges
a woman, completely naked, covered in tattoos and with no
memory. Kudos to NBC, because Blindspot has one of the more
attention-grabbing premises this season, but the fact that Jane
Does (Jaimie Alexander) tattoos hold clues to upcoming crimes
and terrorist events is just ludicrous. Did we mention she also has
a suitably mysterious past thatll be slowly and painfully eked out?
Actually, it probably wont, as we give it a few weeks before viewers tire of all the insanity. Premieres Monday, Sep. 21 at 10/9c.
with a thoroughly modern series. Shot in mockumentary style,

it follows the fictional behind-the-scenes goings on at Up Late
With Miss Piggy, a late-night talk show. Kermit is the executive
producer, Gonzo is head writer, Fozzie Bear is Piggys on-air
sidekick and Rowlf owns a bar across the street that the cast
migrate to post-show. Expect a more adult sense of humor, cutaway gags, and exploration of the characters personal relationships outwith the show chief amongst which being the news
that Piggy and Kermit have officially broken up. Love is dead,
everyone. Premieres Tuesday, Sep. 22 at 8/7c.
SCREAM QUEENS Ryan Murphy already has a horror anthol-
ogy series in the form of American Horror Story, but that hasnt
stopped the Glee creator from bringing Scream Queens to FOX.
Set at a sorority thats forced to drop its discriminatory entrance
policies and open its doors to everyone, a cast including Emma
Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lea Michele soon find a killer
in their midst. There are numerous guest stars and apparently
someone will die every episode, with any remaining cast members moving to the second series and a new story though
unlike American Horror Story theyll retain their characters.
Premieres Tuesday, Sep. 22 at 8/7c.
LIMITLESS (CBS) Another film-to-TV transition, this time based
on Bradley Coopers 2011 film. Brian Finch (Jake McDorman)
discovers a drug that allows him to unlock 100 percent of his
brain capacity, which he uses to help the FBI. Yup, its a procedural. Still, Cooper will guest star occasionally, so thats something. Premieres Tuesday, Sep. 22 at 10/9c.
THE MUPPETS THE MUPPETS ARE BACK ON PRIME TIME!
Ahem. Everyones favorite group of multicolored misfits are

back where they first started, on TV. Almost forty years after
The Muppet Show hit our screens, Kermit and the gang return
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ROSEWOOD (FOX) Essentially Bones in reverse. Morris Chestnut
is Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr., a gifted private pathologist who

teams up with Detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz) to
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solve murders. Expect copious amounts of sexual tension with

the pair inevitably getting together should this last longer than a
season. Premieres Wednesday, Sep. 23 at 8/7c.
HEROES REBORN (NBC) Heroes was a show that burned brightly
for its first season and then died a slow, painful death over three
subsequent seasons. Naturally, an almost comically desperate
NBC is trying again with this miniseries that will attempt to
recapture the incredible ratings success of that first season with
a tale of ordinary people discovering they have superpowers.
Good luck with that, NBC. Premieres Thursday, Sep. 24 at 8/7c.
THE PLAYER (NBC) Thursday nights used to mean ER and
Friends. Now, theyre playing host to this batshit crazy series
from the man behind NBCs one successful show, The Blacklist.
Alex Kane (Philip Winchester) is a private security consultant
invited by Mr. Johnson (Wesley Snipes no, really) to join
him and the dealer (Charity Wakefield) and become The
Player. Kane will attempt to take out high value criminals while
wealthy gamblers bet on his chance of success. What? Premieres
Thursday, Sep. 24 at 10/9c
BLOOD & OIL (ABC) Dallas for our modern age, Blood and Oil fol-
lows a young couple (Chace Crawford and Rebecca Rittenhouse)

who move to North Dakota to make it rich in the oil boom. Don
Johnson stars as oil tycoon Hap Briggs, whose family is plagued
with secrets, and viewers can expect copious amounts of soapy
drama to unfold. Everything about this screams cheesy and overdramatic, but in that oh-so-watchable sort of way. Premieres
Sunday, Sep. 27 at 9/8c.
GRANDFATHERED (FOX) John Stamos is so fresh-faced and attrac-
tive, theres no way he could be a grandfather! One presumes that

was the phrase that sparked the idea for this sitcom, which hands
Jimmy Martino (Stamos), a divorced bachelor, the double whammy of both a son and a granddaughter. Diaper-changing hilarity
quickly ensues. Premieres Tuesday, Sep. 29 at 8/7c.
THE GRINDER (FOX) Immediately following Grandfathered is
a show with a much more delectable premise. Yes, its a sitcom
thats also something of a procedural, but Im completely onboard. Dean Sanderson, Jr., (Rob Lowe) is an actor famous for
portraying a lawyer on hit TV series The Grinder (how meta).
When its unexpectedly cancelled, he moves back home and
decides to take a job at his familys law firm despite having
no actual legal experience much to the chagrin of his brother
Stewart (Fred Savage). Lowe essentially plays a more selfcentered version of his character from Parks and Recreation.
Premieres Tuesday, Sep. 29 at 8:30/7:30.
CODE BLACK (CBS) Because TV doesnt have enough medical
dramas, enter Marcia Gay Harden and Code Black. Set in a L.A.
emergency room, code black is often used at hospitals to signify
a bomb threat. Appropriate, as I cant see this doing anything
other than bombing. Premieres Wednesday, Sep. 30 at 10/9c.
DR. KEN (ABC) Ken Jeong was once a doctor. Yes, Chang from
Community was a doctor. Think of that incredible fact and

how good Community was while you watch him squander his
comedic talents on this lifeless multi-camera sitcom. Premieres
Friday, Oct. 2 at 8:30/7:30c.
QUANTICO (ABC) Now this looks interesting. Bollywood star
TRUTH BE TOLD (NBC) Truth be told, this multi-camera sitcom
Priyanka Chopra is Alex Parrish, a new recruit at the FBI

Training Academy. She and her fellow recruits will have their
stories told through flashbacks as they complete their training,
but the show will also flash forward to the aftermath of a massive
terror attack in New York City, which one of the new recruits
helped mastermind. Naturally, expect many twists and turns
as Parrish tries to determine which of her fellow recruits is the
culprit. Premieres Sunday, Sep. 27 at 10/9c.
about two couples who are neighbors and friends looks dreadful.
Premieres Friday, OCt. 16 at 8:30/7:30c.
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CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND (CW) Originally intended for Showtime,

this musical comedy-drama instead found its way to The CW
and thats not a bad thing, given the networks recent success
with Jane the Virgin and iZombie. Oh, and yes, you read that correctly: musical. There are full musical numbers interspersed into
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this full-hour show. Rachel Bloom stars as Rebecca Bunch, the
titular crazy woman who moves to the west coast in pursuit of
Josh, an old flame who she believes she can find true love with.
Its silly, outlandish fun apparently, it even converted an entire
room of cynics at the Television Critics Association upfronts.
Premieres Monday, Oct. 19 at 8/7c.
SUPERGIRL (CBS) This falls most talked about show. Supergirl
was leaked (although in suspiciously high quality) months
before its air date, giving viewers a glimpse of what to expect
from Melissa Benoist as the titular superhero. With a much
lighter tone than other DC series Arrow and The Flash (both on
The CW), it follows Supergirl (Kara Danvers by day) as she balances working for the founder of a media conglomerate (Calista
Flockhart) and fighting crime and becoming accustomed to
her powers outside of office hours. Expectations are high and
so is the budget, so it really needs to perform well to succeed,
though Benoist at least looks to be suitably charming in the role.
Premieres Monday, Oct. 26 at 8:30/7:30c.
WICKED CITY (ABC) Im not entirely sure who decided that
Wicked City should be set in the 80s, because its creators seem to
be doing their best to recognize that fact through excessive hairspray and not much else. Regardless, its an ensemble drama that
splits its narrative between two romantically-linked serial killers
(Ed Westwick and Erika Christensen) and the police officers desperate to catch them. Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 10/9c.
ANGEL FROM HELL (CBS) Jane Lynch returns to acting in this
single-camera sitcom as Amy, a drunk, salacious guardian angel
who imposes herself on Allison Fuller (Maggie Lawson). Lynch
deserves a star vehicle for her talents (and a reason to finally
escape from Sue Sylvesters shadow) and Angel from Hell seems
a good fit. Besides, whens the last time your guardian angel
offered to help you reach orgasm? Premieres Thursday, Nov. 5
at 9:30/8:30c.
MASTER OF NONE (Netflix) Netflixs newest comedy follows
Dev (Aziz Ansari), an actor in New York whose inability to make

a decision is seriously impacting his life. Each episode will deal
with a specific issue, such as the elderly, immigration and food,
and is based on Ansaris stand-up comedy and book Modern
Romance. Premieres Friday, Nov. 6.
INTO THE BADLANDS (AMC) After exploring 60s advertising,
zombie outbreaks and present day drug dealing, it seems only

natural for AMC to head to a future dystopia where martial arts
reign supreme for its next big series. Feudal barons control much
of the Badlands, leading to constant conflict as a great warrior
(Daniel Wu) rescues and trains a young boy (Oliver Stark) while
searching for enlightenment. If youre looking for action, Into
the Badlands will cram at least five minutes of fight scenes into
each episode. Premieres Sunday, Nov. 15 at 10/9c
CHICAGO MED (NBC) Following Chicago Fire and Chicago PD,
NBC introduces the next step in its burgeoning midwest franchise. Next year, NBC will mount a crossover event between all
three franchises and Law and Order: SVU. Next fall, expect even
more drama from several new entries in the franchise, including
Chicago Coastguard, Chicago Animal Control, and Chicago Apple
Genius Bar. Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 10/9c l
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Peaches at the 9:30 Club
Pop, Rock, Folk & Jazz
ICKY MARTIN AT EAGLEBANK ARENA. THE

Indigo Girls at the Birchmere. Adore Delano at
Baltimore Soundstage. Those are just three of the
many wide-ranging (and far-flung) pop music
highlights in our region this season. Many more favorites are
sure-to-be discovered at two noteworthy music festivals the
return of the indie-oriented All Things Go Fall Classic at Union
Market, and the star-studded debut of the two-day National
Mall fundraiser, the Landmark Festival. But if youre full of
nostalgia for legacy acts, there are at least a dozen tributeoriented concerts to choose from, featuring bands covering
everyone from the Beatles to Weezer.
9:30 CLUB
815 V St. NW
202-265-0930
930.com
VICEROY (9/18) THREE DAYS GRACE W/POP EVIL (9/20) THE
FRATELLIS (9/21) LIANNE LA HAVAS British soul singer (9/2324) MOE. (9/25-26) THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Celebrating
30 years, the Scottish punk band performs their debut album
Psychocandy (9/27) THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (9/28-29) IBEYI
Downtempo electronic soul from French-Cuban twin sisters
(9/30) MS MR Half-queer co-ed synth-pop duo, with openers
Circa Waves and Crater (10/1) NO SCRUBS DJs Will Eastman
and Brian Billions 90s Dance Party (10/2) BUILT TO SPILL

(10/3) FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS (10/4) DESTROYER
(10/5) LUNA A New York-based quartet (10/6) WAVVES &
TWIN PEAKS (10/7) KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS (10/8) OWL
CITY (10/9) MEW (10/9) THE GROWLERS (10/10) LUCERO
(10/11) NEON INDIAN (10/13) THE WORD Featuring Robert
Randolph, John Medeski and the North Mississippi Allstars
(10/14) CHERUB (10/15) LEON BRIDGES (10/16) TOBIAS JESSO
JR. (10/17) OLD 97S W/BANDITOS (10/17) SMALLPOOLS W/
PHOEBE RYAN AND MACHINEHEART (10/18) TOVE LO Queen of
the Clouds Tour from this sharp Swedish dance artist (10/19)
BATTLES (10/19) HALSEY (10/20) X AMBASSADORS W/SKYLAR
GREY & KEVIN GARRETT Imagine Dragons-esque New York
pop/rock quartet (10/21) MATOMA (10/21) LOTUS All
Good presents (10/23-24) COLD WAR KIDS FEAT. DEARLAND
HORNS (10/25) PEACHES W/DEAP VALLY The raunchy, queer,
Canadian singer/rapper returns (10/26) UB40 Featuring Ali
Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue (10/27) GARBAGE The
British punk-pop act (10/28-29) PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG
(10/30) THE REVIVALISTS (10/31) YOUTH LAGOON (11/1) THE
DISTRICTS (11/2) LIDO (11/3) PAROV STELAR (11/4) GORGON
CITY The best British house DJ duo you dont know, in a
full-scale show with special guests Kidnap Kid, Waze and
Odyssey (11/5) BAKERMAT (11/6) DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR.
(11/6) ODESZA (11/7) MISTERWIVES (11/8) GWAR (11/9) RAC
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W/BIG DATA, FILOUS, PINK FEATHERS Cutting edge synth-pop
(11/10) EL VY Featuring Matt Berninger of the National and
Brent Knopf of Ramona Falls & Menomena (11/11) RACHAEL
YAMAGATA (11/12) WILD CHILD (11/13) YONDER MOUNTAIN
STRING BAND (11/14) SHAKEY GRAVES W/THOSE DARLINS (11/15)
SHAKEY GRAVES (11/15) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD (11/17)
THE WOOD BROTHERS (11/18) AZEALIA BANKS If only this queer-
identified rapper wasnt so homophobic and bitter (11/20)

SLOW MAGIC & GIRAFFAGE (11/21) RYN WEAVER (11/23) THE
ENGLISH BEAT (11/25) KELLER WILLIAMS THANKSFORGRASSGIVING
Larry Keel, Jason Carter, Jay Starling, Travis Book and Chris
Pandolfi perform at this pot-touting concert (11/28) DARK STAR
ORCHESTRA The nearly 15-year-old unofficial recreation of the
Grateful Dead concert experience (12/3) DEERHUNTER W/ATLAS
SOUND Queer singer-songwriter Bradford Cox will perform
twice, both as leader of this punk band plus an opening set by
his solo experimental side project (12/5)
THE ALDEN
McLean Community Center

1234 Ingleside Ave.
McLean, Va.
703-790-0123
aldentheatre.org
JULIE FOWLIS Music of the Scottish Isles by this pure
voiced singer (10/17) JOHN EATON HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR An
afternoon of American Songbook standards, including holiday
classics, from the celebrated local pianist and musicologist
(12/19)
ALL THINGS GO FALL CLASSIC
Dock 5
Union Market
1309 5th St. NE
800-680-9095
allthingsgofallclassic.com
The lineup this year is headlined by up-and-coming Norwegian
dance artist Kygo as well as neo-disco New York band The
Knocks. Also includes Penguin Prison, Niykee Heaton, Baio,
Powers, TigerTown, Chelsea Lankes, The Walking Sticks
(10/10)
AMP BY STRATHMORE
11810 Grand Park Ave.

North Bethesda
301-581-5100
ampbystrathmore.com
JAMES LLOYD Pieces of a Dream frontman (9/19) PETER
ROWAN A Bill Monroe protg (9/25) CHAISE LOUNGE (9/26)
MICHAEL LYNCHE LIVE Minister of Love Tour from this onetime American Idol contestant (9/30) HAMILTON LEITHAUSER
Former Walkmen frontman (10/2) BLUE HIGHWAY Grammyvetted bluegrass (10/4) MICHAEL CHAPMAN & RYLEY WALKER
(10/8) NAUGHTY PROFESSOR High-energy jazz (10/9)
PIGPEN THEATRE CO. Outrageous folk (10/16) STRATHMORE
CABARET 2015 An Evening in Paris (10/17) NICHOLAS DAVID
A favorite from The Voice (10/25) BOB MCDONALD Sinatra
celebration (10/29) JAZZREACHS METTA QUINTET (10/30) THE
WEIGHT (11/6) HUGH MASEKELA & LARRY WILLIS Legendary
jazz duo (11/12) STORM LARGE Classic songs twisted by
this irrepressible vocalist, lately best known from her work
in Pink Martini (11/13) THE YARDBIRDS (11/18) TONY DESARE
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Gay jazz singer-songwriter/pianist offers a wide-ranging

cabaret, from Sinatra to Prince, Mercer to McCartney (11/22)
CHRISTIAN SCOTT Bold jazz trumpet (1/17/15)
ATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
1333 H St. NE
202-399-7993
atlasarts.org
QUINTANGO Internationally renowned, locally based troupe
shares tango music and stories (9/24) HEIDI MARTIN Jazz
vocalist combines poetry, songs and monologues for a onewoman tribute to the indomitable Abbey Lincoln (9/24-26)
RAN BLAKE Jazz master offers a rare concert performance
(10/23-24) CYRO BAPTISTA & BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS A
quartet following the philosophy of Anthropofagia, the Brazilian
cultural movement from a century ago (11/13)
BARNS AT WOLF TRAP
1635 Trap Road

Vienna, Va.
877-WOLFTRAP
wolftrap.org
MEGAN HILTY The Smash star returns to make her debut at
the Barns (10/9) THE ANN WILSON THING Hearts lead singer
offers a solo show of blues, soul and rock (10/12-13) BENJAMIN
CLEMENTINE Soulful, British/French singer-songwriter and
poet often compared to Antony Hegarty and Nina Simone
(10/14) SAM BUSH The King of Newgrass, an offshoot of
bluegrass that adds jazz and rock influences (10/15) CRYSTAL
BOWERSOX The out, former American Idol finalist (10/16)
OLD DOMINION Country rock (10/22) WILLIE NILE Gritty
folk-rock (10/29) CATHERINE RUSSELL Grammy-winning jazz
vocalist (10/30) JOAN ARMATRADING Acclaimed British folk/
rock singer-songwriter makes the last U.S. stop on her final
world tour (10/31-11/1) SISTER SPARROW & THE DIRTY BIRDS
A debut Wolf Trap performance of the soul-funk act led by
singer Arleigh Kincheloe (11/5) MOUNTAIN HEART Acoustic
bluegrass ensemble (11/8) PAUL THORN (11/10) CALIFORNIA
GUITAR TRIO (11/11) DEBBY BOONE You Light Up My Life
singer and Pats daughter (11/12) MADELEINE PEYROUX (11/17)
SUZANNE VEGA & DUNCAN SHEIK A night of popular hits plus
music created for Vegas Off-Broadway debut, Carson McCullers
Talks About Love (11/18-19) RICKIE LEE JONES (11/20) SONNY
LANDRETH (11/21) JOHN EATON Pianist/musicologist offers
The Roaring Twenties: A Salute to the Jazz Age (11/27)
DREAM DISCS: THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E STREET SHUFFLE,
MOONDANCE Tribute to two of rocks best-loved albums,
from Bruce Springsteen and Van Morrison, performed in their

entirety (11/28)
THE BIRCHMERE
3701 Mount Vernon Ave.

Alexandria
703-549-7500
birchmere.com
LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS (9/20) STEVE EARLE
& THE DUKES W/THE MASTERSONS (9/23) JOHN ONDRASIK
Formerly of Five for Fighting, performing with a quartet (9/24)
CELEBRATING DANNY GATTON AND THE MUSIC OF THE ANACOSTIA
DELTA Hosted by WPFWs Tom Cole and featuring clips from
the Anacostia Delta documentary and live performances from
musicians in the Gatton tradition, including Antohony Pirog,
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Dave Chappell, Dave Elliott, Joel Harrison, Robbie Magruder,
Tom Principato (9/26) BUDDY GUY (9/28) PATTY GRIFFIN
W/SAM LEE (9/29) JOEL HODGSON, PAT ROTHFUSS AND PAUL &
STORM Nerds and Music (9/30) JOSE JAMES W/NAO YOSHIOKA
Yesterday I Had The Blues featuring the music of Billie
Holiday (10/1) AARON NEVILLE (10/5) MATT NATHANSON
Show Me Your Fangs Tour (10/7) THE WAILIN JENNYS (10/20)
JAY FARRAR W/HOLY SONS Performing songs of Son Volts
Trace and more (10/28) NATALIE MACMASTER & DONELL LEAHY
Visions from Cape Breton & Beyond (10/29) DAVID BROMBERG
BIG BAND (10/30) INDIGO GIRLS W/A FRAGILE TOMORROW The
original lesbian folk duo (11/2) JOSHUA RADIN W/ANYA MARINA
(11/3-4) DELBERT MCCLINTON W/DAMON FOWLER (11/5) OLETA
ADAMS (11/6) GEORGE WINSTON (11/8) TOADIES W/IN THE WHALE
Masters of eerie rock (11/9) TOM PAXTON & FRIENDS The
Last Roundup with special guests Janis Ian, Robin & Linda
Williams, Jim Rooney and more (11/14) LEE ANN WOMACK
(11/15) THREE DOG NIGHT (11/18-19) SHEILA E (12/3) CHERYL
WHEELER & JOHN GORKA (12/5) SQUEEZE ACOUSTIC The At
Odds Couple, an Evening with Difford & Tilbrook (12/6)
DAVID BENOIT CHRISTMAS W/JANE MONHEIT Tribute to Charlie
Brown (12/7) ROSANNE CASH W/JOHN LEVENTHAL (12/9) THE
DAN BAND Holiday Show! (12/10) JUDY COLLINS W/ARI HEST
(12/11-12) ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Merry Texas Christmas
Yall! (12/16) MINT CONDITION Holiday Show (12/28-30)
BLACK CAT
1811 14th St. NW

202-667-4490
blackcatdc.com
DARK & STORMY DJ Shea Van Horns darker side of dance/
electro/retro party (9/25) LOW (9/26) PARLOR MOB (9/27)
RADKEY Black metal band of brothers (10/4) COMPUTER
MAGIC (10/6) TELEKINESIS Intriguing synth-pop (10/19)
WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS (11/6) PRIESTS D.C.s mixedgender, mixed-sexuality, hard-charging punk band (11/17)
SINKANE Funky pop tunes from the London-born musician
(11/25)
BLUES ALLEY
1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW

703-549-7500
bluesalley.com
REGINA BELLE Peabo Brysons duet partner on the Aladdin
ballad A Whole New World now mostly sings gospel tunes
(9/18-20) DARRELL HILL (9/21) JOSHUA BREAKSTONE (9/22)
MARK G. MEADOWS (9/23) GABBIE MCGEE (9/24) SYLEENA
JOHNSON Couples Therapy Tour from the soul singersongwriter (9/25-27) THE FRUITION EXPERIMENT (9/28) ROY
HARGROVE Considered one of the premier players in jazz
(10/6-11) KARIN & MIKE KELLEHER (10/12) KENYA The 2014
recipient of the Black Women in Jazzs Best Black Female Rising
Star Jazz Artist award (10/13) CECILY Cecily Bumbrays
sound is rooted in a deep appreciation for mid-century soul
and jazz, 90s R&B, and re-imagined folk (10/27) BYRON
MILLER (10/28) JOHN PIZZARELLI The prime interpreter of
the Great American Songbook offers McCartney & More
(10/29-11/1) JODY WATLEY Gay-affirming soul and dance
artist offers a concert toasting her disco roots with Shalamar
Reloaded (11/6-8) ARTURO SANDOVAL Latin Jazz legend
returns for an annual weekend run of shows (12/3-5) ERIC
FELTEN JAZZ ORCHESTRA A holiday big band show performing
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Duke Ellingtons Nutcracker Suite (12/8-9) MARCUS JOHNSON

A funky smooth seasonal soundtrack (12/10-13) A FREDDY COLE
CHRISTMAS (12/17-20) CYRUS CHESTNUT (12/26-31) GERALD
ALBRIGHT (1/14-1/17/16)
CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
University of Maryland
College Park, Md.
301-405-ARTS
theclarice.umd.edu
EDMAR CASTANEDA Colombian jazz harpist (10/2) JULIAN
LAGE TRIO American guitarist, composer and arranger building
bridges between traditional acoustic forms and jazz (10/16)
EMILINE MICHEL Called the queen of Haitian song and the
new goddess of Creole music (11/6)
COMET PING PONG
5037 Connecticut Ave. NW

202-364-0404
cometpingpong.com
ULTIMATE PAINTING, RUBY FRAY AND THE BEGINNERS MYND (9/21)
MIKE KROI AND TITLE TRACKS (9/26) DOT DASH AND NOX DVD
Release Show for Scott Crawford and Jim Saahs Salad Days:
A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (10/2) OUGHT,
LVL UP AND BRNDA (10/3) SHANNON & THE CLAMS, LAS ROSAS AND
GAUCHE W/DJ BABY ALCATRAZ (10/13) ETERNAL SUMMERS (10/18)
EX-CULT (10/19) TEEN, WIDOWSPEAK AND AVA LUNA (10/22)
MEAN JEANS, THE AR-KAICS AND BLESS (11/4) YONATAN GAT AND
GO COZY (11/12) U.S. GIRLS AND ESCAPE-ISM Found sound is the
name of the game for Ian Svenonius Escape-ism (11/17)
CONGRESSIONAL CHORUS
Atlas Performing Arts Center

1333 H St. NE
202-399-7993 ext. 182
congressionalchorus.org
ITS A SMALL WORLD A Multicultural Musical Extravaganza
featuring the American Youth Chorus, Congressional Chorus
Chamber Ensemble and NorthEast Senior Singers (11/1,
Lutheran Church of the Reformation) LIVING, LAUGHING &
LOVING Celebrating the Circle of Life through Song, Dance
and Poetry (11/14, Church of the Epiphany) 10TH ANNUAL
HOLIDAY CONCERT & SING-ALONG Featuring the American Youth
Chorus (12/13)
DAR CONSTITUTION HALL
1776 D St. NW
202-628-1776
dar.org/conthall
DON HENLEY A fall concert by the founder of the Eagles (11/5)
GLEN HANSARD Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his
Tony-winning score for Once (11/28)
DC9
1940 9th St. NW

202-483-5000
dcnine.com
DISCNOTHEQUE DJs Sean Morris and Bill Spieler spin this
cellphones-discouraged house party every Friday night PEACH
PIT DJ Matt Bailers popular, 90s pop-focused party (9/19)
THROWING BACK SUNDAY (9/20) BRAVE BABY (9/20) THE
BELLFURIES (9/22) THE BOUNDARY STONES (9/23) TRULY (9/24)
PHIL COOK (9/25) STEVENSEAGULLS (9/26) A PEOPLES CHOIR:

ART ALL NIGHT A casual sing-along (9/26) MIKAELA DAVIS
A harpist/singer-songwriter on the rise (9/27) AMERICAN
WRESTLERS (9/28) GOOD GRAEFF (9/29) SUPERHUMANOIDS
(9/30) REIGNING SOUND (10/1) MARITIME (10/3) LIBERATION
DANCE PARTY (10/3) THE VERY SMALL (10/4) THE LIGHTHOUSE
AND THE WHALER (10/5) THE GLORIOUS SONS The Contender
Tour (10/6) PURE BATHING CULTURE (10/7) TEEN DAZE (10/8)
MATTHEW FRIEDBERGER (10/9) DRINKS (10/11) DEAF WISH
(10/12) PAPERHAUS Popular local psychedelic pop band
(10/13) EMPRESS OF (10/14) KING DUDE (10/15) BRENT & CO.
(10/16) DUNGEN (10/17) BRAIDS (10/19) ISRAEL NASH (10/20)
LANDSHAPES (10/21) CASPIAN (10/22) SUSTO (10/23) LITTLE
MAY (10/24) KILL LINCOLN (10/25) DAVID RYAN HARRIS (10/27)
JULY TALK AND LITTLE HURRICANE Dr Martens Stand For
Something Tour (10/28) JOANNA GRUESOME A Welsh, noisepop five-piece (11/1) STRANGE NAMES (11/3) THE HOTELIER
(11/4) THE DIRTY NIL (11/6) WATERS (11/7) MITSKI (11/11)
DILLY DALLY (11/12) MADE OF OAK Featuring Nick Sanborn of
Sylvan Esso (11/18) BEAT CONNECTION (11/19) ALEX BLEEKER
AND THE FREAKS (11/21) CAR SEAT HEADREST & NE-HI (12/7) GIRL
BAND (12/10) JESSE MERCHANT (12/17)
EAGLEBANK ARENA
George Mason University

4500 Patriot Circle
Fairfax, Va.
703-993-3000
eaglebankarena.com
RICKY MARTIN (10/9) MARC ANTHONY & CARLOS VIVES (10/11)
JUAN GABRIEL (11/1) TOBYMAC (11/14) ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ

(11/21) CHRISTMAS WITH AMY GRANT AND MICHAEL W. SMITH
(12/20)
ECHOSTAGE
2135 Queens Chapel Road NE

202-503-2330
echostage.com
ARMIN VAN BUUREN A veteran electronic/dance music DJ/
producer and still one of the best (9/24) OLIVER HELDENS W/
CAZZETTE A new Dutch DJ/producer, groomed by his fellow
countryman Tiesto (9/25) FUTURE One of hip-hops newer
stars (10/2) J BALVIN (10/3) DVBBS Canadian EDM brothers,
best known for the international club banger Tsunami (10/10)
JAMES BAY The latest young, soulful British artist (11/14)
FILLMORE SILVER SPRING
8656 Colesville Road

Silver Spring
301-960-999
fillmoresilverspring.com
CHEAP TRICK (9/20) GHOST WITH PURSON (9/22) NICK JONAS
Live in concert with Bebe (9/29) BEN RECTOR Sweet,
passionate, piano-driven pop (9/30) STEEL PULSE (10/1) ONE
OK ROCK (10/6) KORN (10/9) JOEY BADASS (10/10) DAN +
SHAY Just the Right Kind of Crazy Tour with Kelsea Ballerini
(10/11) COLLECTIVE SOUL (10/13) HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD W/
CROWN THE EMPIRE AND I PREVAIL (10/14) IRATION (10/14)
GIRLS NIGHT IN W/MYLIFEASEVA, MEREDITH FOSTER, ALISHA MARIE,
MEGHAN RIENKS, MIA STAMMER AND ANDIE CASE (10/15) OVERKILL
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& SYMPHONY X (10/16) MAYDAY PARADE (10/18) HIATUS
KAIYOTE Trippy Ozzie soul/jazz band performs Live in 3D
(10/20) STREELIGHT MANIFESTO (10/21) NEW FOUND GLORY
& YELLOWCARD (10/22) AER (10/23) IRATION HOTTING UP TOU
(10/24) THE DARKNESS (10/25) CHANCE THE RAPPER (10/28)
CYPRESS HILL (10/29) BIZ MARKIE: HALLOWEEN FLASHBACK 80s
vs 90s Dance Party with the New Romance and Heres to the
Night (10/30) STS9 (10/31) YOUNG THUG (11/1) MOTIONLESS
IN WHITE, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (11/3) ANDY MINEO (11/5)
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS W/BLACK LILLIES (11/7) SOMO W/JORDAN
BRATTON (11/10) TIMEFLIES, KALIN AND MYLES (11/12) KAMELOT
WITH DRAGONFORCE (11/18) JENNIFER NETTLES W/BRANDY CLARK
(11/20) PARKWAY DRIVE (11/21) THE FRONT BOTTOMS W/THE
SMITH STREET BAND AND ELVIS DEPRESSEDLY (11/27) MAC MILLER
(12/13) JON PARDI (12/17) THE WHITE PANDA (12/28)
FLASH
645 Florida Ave. NW

202-827-8791
flashdc.com
CASSY Residency launch with Solomon Sanchez and Ladies
of the Underground (9/25) FLASHY SUNDAY Flashs popular
special Sundays gay party featuring DJs TWiN and Sean Morris
(10/11) DERRICK MAY The Strings of Life techno pioneer,
born in Detroit and a founder of Motor Citys venerated
Movement festival (10/24)
career (10/10) KINKY FRIEDMAN Loneliest Man I Ever Met

Tour (10/12) JOHN GRANT The gay basso profondo singersongwriter whose frequently heard music was one of the few
redeeming things about HBOs Looking (10/13) THE TAJ MAHAL
TRIO (10/14) BETTYE LAVETTE Impressive, hard-living soul
singer who has been incredibly forthcoming about her many
dalliances with women (10/15) BIG SOMETHING (10/16) GIANT
PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD (10/22) NEWMYER FLYER PRESENTS:
THE MINI HALLOWEEN HOWL Various local music acts will
perform along with monsters from the last 40 years (10/31)
BRASS-A-HOLICS (11/1) DAVID COOK The former American
Idol winner (11/3) THE MUSICMAKER REVUE Old Ebbitt Grill
Oyster Riot After Party featuring Cool John Ferguson, Ironing
Board Sam, Pat Mother Blues Cohen and others (11/21)
NRBQ (11/28) START MAKING SENSE W/HMFO Tribute bands to
Talking Heads and Hall & Oates (12/29)
HILL CENTER
Old Navy Hospital

921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.
202-549-4172
HillCenterDC.org
RAHIM ALHAJ A Dounouya: Global Sounds on the Hill concert
(9/30) MIN XIAO FEN Composer and pipa virtuoso (10/7)
FOGHORN STRINGBAND W/JOEL SAVOY AND JESSE LEGE Part of
the American Roots Music Series at Hill Center (10/13) HILL
CENTER JAZZ ENSEMBLE Marshall Keys leads this ensemble
now in its fourth year (11/5)
THE HOWARD THEATRE
620 T St. NW
202-588-5595
thehowardtheatre.com
BACK TO THE 80S SHOW WITH JESSIES GIRL Featuring a special
performance by Rob Base (10/16) MOTHER FALCON AND BEN
SOLLEE An unlikely psych-rock orchestra, founded by a
cellist, will perform with a cello-playing indie rocker (10/17)
STEPHANIE MILLS (11/7) ANDERSONPONTY BAND W/JON ANDERSON
AND JEAN LUC PONTY (11/10) JOHN SCOFIELD & JON CLEARLY DUO
Jazz at the Howard (12/4) VANESSA CARLTON (12/11) BOBBY
BROWN (12/18) A DARLENE LOVE CHRISTMAS (12/19)
IOTA CAFE
John Grant at The Hamilton

THE HAMILTON
600 14th St. NW

202-787-1000
thehamiltondc.com
THE LONDON SOULS AND SON LITTLE Official Landmark Festival
Pre-show (9/25) FREE LATE NIGHT MUSIC: JUSTIN TRAWICK
AND THE COMMON GOOD (10/3) NEWMYER FLYER PRESENTS: A
JOHN LENNON BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE Various local music acts
perform hits from Lennons time in the Beatles and his solo
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2832 Wilson Blvd.

Arlington
703-522-8340
iotaclubandcafe.com
TOMMY KEENE W/DOT DASH (9/18) CLASSIC ALBUMS 1997
Koshari performs Radiohead, Skin Folds Five does Ben Folds
Five, Right Handed Lefties does Incubus (10/17) OLDERMOST
(10/23) LAURA TSAGGARIS Up-and-coming local lesbian folkrocker (10/30)
JAMMIN JAVA
227 Maple Ave. E.

Vienna
703-255-3747
jamminjava.com
AZTEC TWO-STEP Second Step 40th Anniversary Concert
(9/26) TALL HEIGHTS Folk-rock band reminiscent of Fleet
Foxes (10/8) CHUCK PROPHET (10/19) MARY GAUTHIER AND
ELIZA GILKYSON (10/27) LUCY KAPLANSKY (11/7) PARTHENON
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HUXLEY & FRIENDS Performing the hits of ELO and the Beatles
(11/28) THE PAPER KITES (12/5) MARTIN BARRE Known
from Jethro Tull (12/6) TODD WRIGHTS 13TH ANNUAL SANTA
CLAUSTER-F@%! CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR (12/22-23) EGYPT
Annual Reunion Show (12/26) DEANNA BOGART BAND (12/28)
JIFFY LUBE LIVE
7800 Cellar Door Drive

Bristow, Va.
703-754-6400
thejiffylubelive.com
WMZQ FALL FEST: BRAD PAISLEY Headlines the festival also
featuring Justin Moore and Mickey Guyton (9/26)
KENNEDY CENTER
Terrace Theater
2700 F St. NW
202-467-4600
kennedy-center.org
KC JAZZ CLUB: JIMMY COBB TRIO NEA Jazz Master drummer
brings his trio to open the new jazz season at the Kennedy Center
(10/2) KC JAZZ CLUB: KURT ROSENWINKEL (10/3) JASON MORAN
& JEREMY DENK Two MacArthur Genius Award-winning
pianists team up for the first time to explore the connections
between their jazz and classical traditions (10/9) KC JAZZ CLUB:
E.J. AND MARCUS STRICKLAND Twin brothers make their debut
at the Kennedy Center as a drummer and saxophone duo (10/10)
KC JAZZ CLUB: JOANNE BRACKEEN The former member of Art
Blakeys Jazz Messengers has helped define modern piano jazz
(10/16) BARBARA COOKS SPOTLIGHT: TERRI WHITE Barbara
Cook brings White back to the Kennedy Center for a cabaret
after her show-stopping performance in Follies a few years ago
(10/31) KC JAZZ CLUB: DERRICK HODGE (10/17) THE CROSSROADS
CLUB: REVIVE MUSIC The Rootss pianist Ray Angry leads a
reimagined recording of the classic Sarah Vaughan with Clifford
Brown (10/20, Atrium) BARBARA COOKS SPOTLIGHT: RANDY
GRAFF Known as the original Fantine in Les Miserables and for
her Tony-winning role in City of Angels (10/30) KC JAZZ CLUB:
MARQUIS HILL BLACKTET Winner of the 2014 Thelonious Monk
Institute of Jazz International Trumpet Competition (11/6)
BARBARA COOKS SPOTLIGHT: MICHELE LEE Nobody Does It
Like Me, The Music of Cy Coleman is the title of the cabaret
from this Emmy and Tony nominee (11/6) BUTLER, BERNSTEIN
& THE HOT 9 (11/7, Terrace) DORADO SCHMITT AND THE DJANGO
FESTIVAL ALL-STARS (11/13) KC JAZZ CLUB: LYNNE ARRIALE, CARLA
COOK AND GRACE KELLY Celebrating Great Women of Jazz:
Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone and Joni Mitchell (11/14)
BARBARA COOKS SPOTLIGHT: JOHN LLOYD YOUNG Tony Award
winner from Jersey Boys offers a solo cabaret (11/20) KC JAZZ
CLUB: CARMEN LUNDY (11/20-21) 25TH ANNUAL NPRS A JAZZ
PIANO CHRISTMAS (12/4) KC JAZZ CLUB: FRESH CUT ORCHESTRA
A 10-piece jazz ensemble from Philadelphia (12/12) KC
JAZZ CLUB: JAVON JACKSON AND SAX APPEAL FEATURING NEA JAZZ
MASTER JIMMY HEATH (12/19-19) DIANNE SCHUUR AND STRINGS:
A JAZZ NEW YEARS EVE Celebrating Sinatras Centenary
(12/31) KC JAZZ CLUB: RENE MARIE I Wanna Be Evil, a Tribute
to Earth Kitt (1/29/16)
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LANDMARK FESTIVAL FOR THE NATIONAL MALL
West Potomac Park

West Basin Dr. SW
888-512-7469
landmarkfestival.org
The Trust for the National Mall is throwing this blockbuster
two-day festival to kickoff a national campaign to raise money
to restore the Mall, which hasnt had a major renovation in
nearly 40 years. Among the highlights: Drake, Ben Howard,
Miguel, Nate Ruess of fun., and Wale (9/26); The Strokes, alt-J,
Chvrches, Chromeo and TV on the Radio (9/27)
LINCOLN THEATRE
1215 U St. NW
202-328-6000
thelincolndc.com
YO LA TENGO FEATURING DAVE SCHRAMM (9/25) LORETTA LYNN
W/THE VON TRAPPS The legendary female country star
with the family who inspired The Sound of Music (9/27)
FFS Comic-rock supergroup featuring the members of
Franz Ferdinand and Sparks (10/5) THE ZOMBIES British
psychedelic pop legends perform their seminal 1968 album
Odessey and Oracle (10/8) RACHEL PLATTEN 94.7 Fresh FM
presents this Breast Concert Ever (10/9) KACEY MUSGRAVES
Follow Your Arrow gay-affirming country star (10/16-17)
NATALIA LAFOURCADE Mexican pop/rock singer-songwriter
(10/22) JOE JACKSON (10/23) JOSH RITTER AND THE ROYAL
CITY BAND (10/26) RICHARD CHEESE & LOUNGE AGAINST THE
MACHINE Billed Americas loudest lounge singer who
performs Vegas versions of rock, rap and Top 40 hits (10/30)
BEIRUT (11/3-4) MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Quirky dancepop from full-voiced Greek-British singer-songwriter (11/6)
STEVE HACKETT Genesis founder (11/13)
LISNER AUDITORIUM
George Washington University

730 21st St. NW
202-994-6800
lisner.org
STAIRWAY TO PARADISE: A GERSHWIN SPECTACULAR Luke Frazier
conducts two recently formed groups, the American Pops
Orchestra and the National Broadway Chorus, in a toast to the
Gerswhins. Also features Broadways Christine Ebersole and
Paige Faure (10/16) NATIONAL BROADWAY CHORUS: A BROADWAY
CHRISTMAS WITH ELAINE PAIGE AND RON RAINES The Broadway
superstar reteams with her colleague from the Kennedy Centers
hit Broadway production of Follies (12/16)
MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION
10475 Little Patuxent Parkway

Columbia, Md.
800-551-SEAT
merriweathermusic.com
OF MONSTERS AND MEN W/OH LAND Icelandic chamber-pop
group with an experimental, electronic Danish artist (9/20)
WPOC WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY Brantley Gilbert and Sam
Hunt perform both days of this country music festival that
closes the season at Merriweather (10/3-4)
RAMS HEAD ON STAGE
33 West St.
Annapolis
410-268-4545
ramsheadonstage.com
LIVINGSTON TAYLOR (9/25) THE OUTLAWS & BLACKHAWK (9/26)
MARC ANTOINE & PAUL BROWN (9/27) STRIKING MATCHES (9/28)
ELLIOTT YAMIN & BLAKE LEWIS The Soul Box Tour (9/29) THE
ARTIMUS PYLE BAND Honoring the Music of Ronnie Van Zants
Lynyrd Skynyrd (10/1) HIROSHIMA (10/2) LEE RITENOUR (10/3)
COWBOY JUNKIES (10/4) MOONCHILD (10/5) MELODY GARDOT
(10/5, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts) SHEMEKIA COPELAND
(10/7) BRET MICHAELS (10/8) THE ANN WILSON THING (10/9-10)
JOSH ROUSE (10/11) RENAISSANCE Formed from the ashes
of seminal British rock band The Yardbirds (10/11) VANILLA
FUDGE (10/12) KINKY FRIEDMAN Hailed as the Frank Zappa of
country music (10/13) THE SUBDUDES (10/14) SUZY BOGGUSS
& HAL KETCHUM (10/15) JESSY J & NATE HARASIM Thats Jessy
J, the jazz artist, not Jessie J, the pop star (10/16) PHIL VASSAR
(10/17) AL JARREAU (10/17, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
(10/17) MARY GAUTHIER & ELIZA GILKYSON Lesbian rocker
tours with a fellow Americana traveler (10/28) THE TUBES
FEATURING FEE WAYBILL (10/29) DAVE ALVIN & PHIL ALVIN WITH
THE GUILTY ONES (10/30) TIM OBRIEN & OLD MAN LUEDECKE A
Hillbilly Halloween (10/31) ELEPHANT REVIVAL (10/31) ADLER
Featuring Steven Adler from Guns N Roses (11/1) INDIGO
GIRLS (11/1, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts) DAVID COOK
An acoustic evening with the American Idol winner (11/2)
CHATHAM COUNTY LINE (11/3) JODY WATLEY FEATURING SHALAMAR
(11/4) NEWMYER FLYER PRESENTS: THE LAST WALTZ TRIBUTE A
group of area musicians among them Julia Nixon, Big Joe
Maher, Tommy Lepson and Margot MacDonald recreate
music of The Band and others who performed at their farewell
concert (11/14) DAVID MAYFIELD & SEAN MCCONNELL (11/15)
LITTLE RIVER BAND (11/29) DUBLIN 5 (12/1) LANDAU EUGENE
MURPHY, JR. (12/2) BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS FEAT. BO BICE (12/3)
PETER WHITES CHRISTMAS Featuring Mindi Abair & Rick Braun
(12/4) SAMANTAH FISH (125) TED VIGIL W/JOAN & JONI A John
Denver Tribute preceded by a Musical Tribute to Joan Baez and
Joni Mitchell (12/9) BILL KIRCHEN & TOO MUCH FUN Honky
Tonk Holiday Show (12/10) MAYSA & HER JAZZ FUNK SOUL
ORCHESTRA Featuring music from A Very Maysa Christmas
and Back 2 Love (12/19)
ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL
1353 H St. NE
202-388-ROCK
rockandrollhoteldc.com
ALGIERS Dramatic, dirge-like goth-pop with echoes of gospel
and Civil Rights-era protest soul (9/20) GARDENS & VILLA (9/24)
BLACK MASALA D.C.-based multicultural gypsy brass band
(9/25) ELI AUGUST & THE ABANDONED BUILDINGSS ROADSHOW
(9/26) DOOMTREE (9/27) LYDIA (9/29) LITTLE GREEN CARS
Dramatic folk-rock quintet from Ireland (9/30) BULLY
Young and punky indie-rock band from Nashville (10/1) FOUR
YEAR STRONG (10/2) PENTAGRAM (10/3) LOWER DENS The
return of Baltimores experimental rock band (10/10) THE DEAR
HUNTER High concept dramatic rock (10/13) MATT POND PA
(10/14) MAC DEMARCO (10/14) BORNS A dreamy blend of
folk, glam and electro from, of all places, Michigan (10/15)
WHITE FORD BRONCO The 90s-era pop cover band offers a sureto-be-spooky pre-Halloween show (10/30) TRAGEDY: A METAL
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jazz pianist is the youngest mainstage artist ever to be presented
by Washington Performing Arts (11/21) ANONYMOUS 4 WITH
BRUCE MOLSKY A valedictory D.C. performance of this soonto-retire virtuosic singing ensemble, appearing here with the
Rembrandt of Appalachian Fiddle (11/22)
THE STATE THEATRE
220 North Washington St.

Falls Church
703-237-0300
thestatetheatre.com
ALBATROSS AND DIWAS GURUNG Gorkhaly Foundation presents
this Voyage to Shangri-La Concert for Nepal, a benefit for
VA-TF1 International Urban Search and Rescue team and
Team Rubicon for efforts in Nepal Earthquake Relief (10/9)
PASSAFIRE W/BLACKBEAT SOUNDSYSTEM AND LIONIZE (10/8)
BURTON CUMMINGS (10/10) RECKLESS KELLY Country/rock
band, with an opening set by local band Scott Kurt & Memphis
59 (10/11) THE MAVERICKS Cuban-American Raul Malo leads
this country-steeped garage band founded in 1989 in Miami
(10/23-24) ELEPHANT REVIVAL W/NORA JANE STRUTHERS AND JOE
OVERTON (10/29) TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS (11/6)
SAVED BY THE 90S A PARTY WITH THE BAYSIDE TIGERS W/DJ SUGA
RAY (11/21) THE NIGHTHAWKS AND SKIP CASTRO BAND (11/27)
ZOSO The 20-year-old Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience
(11/28) SAMANTHA FISH (12/06) BRUCE IN THE USA The
SEAN HANSEN
Worlds #1 Tribute to Bruce Springsteen (1/16/16)

Matt Pond PA at Rock and Roll Hotel
TRIBUTE TO THE BEE GEES & BEYOND But for a truly spooky
Halloween show, check out Misfits and Metal Hits presented

by Van Schleibaum (10/31) CRAIG FINN (11/2) BORN RUFFIANS
(11/3) DEAFHEAVEN (11/6) A SILENT FILM (11/7) NATHANIEL
RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS (11/8) NATALIE PRASS (11/12)
KATE BOY (11/15) HEALTH Death Magic Tour 2015 (11/19)
MACY GRAY (11/22) FLAMIN GROOVIES (11/23) THE SWORD
High Country Tour (11/29) TERROR (12/6)
SIGNATURE THEATRE
4200 Campbell Ave.

Arlington
703-820-9771
signature-theatre.org
TRACY LYNN OLIVERA Signature favorite musical actor returns
for another run of cabaret, this time a Halloween spooktacular
(10/27-31) CHRISTMAS WITH NOVA Y. PAYTON AND FRIENDS
Signatures youngest powerhouse performer, star of Dreamgirls
and Hairspray, performs a cabaret of some of her holiday
favorites (12/8-14)
SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE
600 I St. NW
202-408-3100
sixthandi.org
CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT The quirky, sophisticated and soulful
jazz vocalist (think Billie Holiday meets Ella Fitzgerald) tours
in support of her new set For One to Love (10/3) EDGAR MEYER
& CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE A double take on the double bass, as a
classical/folk/bluegrass Renaissance man and jazzmaster offer
a thrilling exploration of the deep space between genre and
expectation (10/22) JOEY ALEXANDER TRIO At 12 years, this
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5301 Tuckerman Lane

North Bethesda
301-581-5100
strathmore.org
BELA FLECK & CHICK COREA DUET The duo of longtime
collaborators explore the worlds of jazz, bluegrass, rock,
flamenco, gospel and more, just as they do on their second, justreleased album together Two (9/30, Music Center) BROWN &
BREEN PIANO DUO WITH RUSSELL SMITH Pianists Bonnie Brown
and Louisa Breen perform Peter Sculthorpes last composition
Island Songs, written for two pianos and didgeridoo (10/2,
Mansion) CHRIS CORNELL IMP Productions presents a solo
show from this former frontman of Soundgarden (10/14, Music
Center) ROCHELLE RICE Strathmore Artist in Residence
alumni puts a soulful spin on an array of holiday classics ranging
from medieval plainchant to Stevie Wonder (12/18, Mansion)
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS A
big holiday concert featuring the preeminent big band in the
land (12/12, Music Center) KRISTIN CHENOWETH Coming
Home Tour takes the audience through this Broadway legends
career-defining moments, from Wicked to Glee to a piece
from Andrew Lippas new production I Am Anne Hutchinson
(1/29/16, Music Center) ALAN CUMMING Sings Sappy Songs
features this Tony Award winner transforming Valentines
Day through comic banter with songs by Annie Lennox, Elaine
Stritch and Rufus Wainwright (2/14/16, Music Center)
U STREET MUSIC HALL
1115A U St. NW
202-588-1880
ustreetmusichall.com
VACATIONER (9/18) SAYWECANFLY A one-man acoustic act
from Canada (9/19) MIKAL CRONIN (9/22) THE CRIBS (9/23)
ROBERT DELONG Los Angeles-based dance-pop provocateur

(9/24) SAM FELDT (9/24) MARIAN HILL (9/25) MYNABIRDS
Laura Burhenn, who was last seen as a touring member of
the synth-pop band the Postal Service (9/26) COCOROSIE
The potentially poetic music-based project of American crossdisciplinary performance artists Sierra and Bianca Casady
(9/27) COIN & COLONY HOUSE (9/28) MUTEMATH (9/29)
BRIDGET KELLY (9/30) WOLF ALICE (10/1) KENNY DOPE The
Masters at Work DJ/producer (10/2) TENSNAKE (10/3)
EMILY KINNEY A singer better known as an actor from The
Walking Dead (10/4) SEOUL (10/5) OBERHOFER (10/6) DANNY
HOWELLS (10/9) LISSIE (10/10) ROYAL AND BEN BROWNING OF
CUT COPY DJ set, the All Things Go Fall Classic After Party
(10/10) REPTAR (10/13) JOYWAVE (10/14) ODDISEE (10/16)
MIGUEL MIGS (10/16) JONAS RATHSMAN (10/17) YUNA The
return of this charismatic Malaysian pop star (10/20) AUTRE
NE VEUT W/GEMS (10/23) MIKKY EKKO W/TRANSVIOLET (10/24)
GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE W/THE LAST BISON (10/25) LIL DICKY
Looking for Love Tour (10/26) ALUNAGEORGE The British
downtempo soul duo returns to U Hall (10/27) STRANGE TALK
W/INTERGALACTIX (10/28) IAMX (10/29) CHAD VALLEY & KEEP
SHELLY IN ATHENS (10/31) TOPS (11/2) MOD SUN (11/4) MURS
(11/6) YACHT (11/7) PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED (11/10) GIVERS
W/DOE PAORO (11/11) NADA SURF (11/13) FAMILY OF THE YEAR
(11/14) DAVID WAX MUSEUM (11/21) SKIZZY MARS (11/24)
CITIZENS! W/HIGH WAISTED (11/28) KINGSLEY FLOOD (12/4) &
CHRIS LAKE (12/19)
VERIZON CENTER
601 F St. NW
202-628-3200
verizoncenter.com
ED SHEERAN (9/22-23) R. KELLY (9/26) STEVIE WONDER Songs
in the Key of Life Performance Tour (10/3) THE WHO Hits 50!
Tour (11/1) DEAD & COMPANY Grateful Dead members Mickey
Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir offer a retrospective show,
accompanied by John Mayer and others (11/6) THE WEEKND
The Madness Fall Tour (11/15) TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
The Ghosts of Christmas Eve Tour is a conceptual, progressiverock concert following the story of a young runaway who
has visions from the past after sneaking into an abandoned
vaudeville theater (12/10) ANDREA BOCELLI Returning to the
U.S. for his annual December Holiday Tour of soaring arias,
famed love songs and crossover hits (12/13)
WARNER THEATRE
513 13th St. NW

202-397-SEAT
warnertheatre.com
JOE WALSH (9/23) SEZEN AKSU Turkish pop star (10/5)
WARREN HAYES & THE ASHES & DUST TOUR (10/8) HANS RAJ HANS
Punjabi singer (10/16) MARK KNOPFLER (10/18) RAHEEM
DEVAUGHN & LEELA JAMES The Love n Soul Experience with
two neo-soul greats (10/24)
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Classical & Choral
TS NOT ALL BEETHOVEN AND BACH, DEBUSSY AND

Dvorak, Sibelius and Stravinsky. Some area classical and
choral companies are working to shake up the traditional
repertoire, either by presenting lesser-known works
such as two productions by Philip Glass and Kurt Weill this
season from the Washington National Opera or lesser-known
artists with bold ideas. For example, the Kennedy Center will
present two programs featuring Mason Bates, its new Composerin-Residence, whose work incorporates sounds from electronic
music. Another noteworthy production on tap this season is a
new transgender-themed short opera presented by the alwaysgroundbreaking company UrbanArias. Of course, theres also
at least four productions of Handels Messiah, countless other
choral holiday sing-alongs and not one, but two screenings
of the movie Home Alone with live symphonic accompaniment.
ATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
1333 H St. NE
202-399-7993
atlasarts.org
GREAT NOISE ENSEMBLE Adventurous contemporary classical
ensemble opens its 11th season with a Fear Nothing New
program about the power of the human psyche and featuring
compositions by Jenny Olivia Johnson, Nathan LincolnDeCusatis and Armando Bayolo (9/19) URBANARIAS: AS ONE
An inspiring story of a transgender woman, whose singing

parts are split between a mezzo-soprano and a baritone, written
by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed (9/2710/4) CAPITAL CITY SYMPHONY An American Tale showcases
three American composers, including Charlie Barnett and the
world premiere of Mid-Century Mambo (10/18) IVA BITTOVA
Czech composer and improviser, who both sings and plays
violin and evokes everything from gypsy dances to grand opera
to sounds of nature (10/22) BRAD LINDE ENSEMBLE: A POST-COOL
YULE This 10-piece chamber ensemble offers a program of
deconstructed and re-imagined holiday classics (12/4) GREAT
NOISE ENSEMBLE Music reflecting the myriad stimuli we
encounter on a daily basis (12/5)
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
410-783-8000
bsomusic.org
OLGA KERN: RACHMANINOFFS PAGANINI RHAPSODY Marin Alsop
kicks off the BSOs new season by welcoming the Van Cliburn
Competition-winning pianist for a romantic program that also
includes Richard Strausss orchestral blockbuster An Alpine
Symphony (9/17, Strathmore; 9/18-19, Meyerhoff) BSO PULSE:
DAWES A new concert series merging the BSOs classical
world with the indie-rock scene, kicking off with a collaboration
between the L.A. rock band Dawes and a performance of
Philip Glasss Symphony No. 3 (9/24, Meyerhoff) BEETHOVENS
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PASTORAL Beethovens Symphony No. 6 is performed in a
program led by Juanjo Mena (9/25, 9/27, Meyerhoff, 9/26,
Strathmore) DON GIOVANNI BSOs new Principal Guest
Conductor Markus Stenz brings his illustrious opera background
to life in an all-Mozart program capped off with scenes from this
anti-hero classic featuring eight soloists (10/1, Meyerhoff, 10/4,
Strathmore) BSO SUPERPOPS: CLASSIC FM: FIVE DECADES OF RADIO
HITS Jack Everly conducts the BSO in this recap of pop hits
(10/8, Strathmore, 10/9-11, Meyerhoff) SHAKESPEARES ROMEO
AND JULIET: IN CONCERT Marin Alsop leads the BSO in Edward
Berkeleys concert adaptation of Prokofievs sumptuous ballet,
derived from the Bards classic play, featuring seven local actors
and presented in association with Folger Theatre (10/16, 10/18,
Meyerhoff, 10/17, Strathmore) MOZART AND MENDELSSOHN
Joshua Wellerstein makes his BSO debut conducting Mozarts
Piano Concerto No. 20 featuring YouTube sensation Valentina
Lisitsa, and the BSO premiere of Baltimore-based composer
Christopher Rouses Prosperos Rooms, channeling the gothic
energy of Edgar Allan Poe (10/23, 10/25, Meyerhoff, 10/24,
Strathmore) TIME TRAVEL Marin Alsop conducts the BSO in
a science-forward program, narrated by NPRs Scott Simon, and
featuring two Philip Glass pieces, including Icarus at the Edge
of Time, a story by special guest Brian Greene (11/5, Meyerhoff,
11/8, Strathmore) BSO PULSE: WYE OAK The Baltimore folk/
pop duo joins the BSO for a classical/rock performance of John
Luther Adams Become River (12/12, Meyerhoff) BOLERO Jun
Marki leads a flamenco-infused program of Falla, Debussy and
Ravel (11/13, 11/15, Meyerhoff, 11/14, Strathmore) HILARY HAHN
PLAYS DVORAK Baltimores own international star violinist
joins the BSO in a program also including Sibelius and led by
Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu (11/19, Strathmore, 11/20-21,
Meyerhoff) HANDELS MESSIAH Edward Polochick once again
leads the BSO, the Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic
Chorale in Handels beloved oratorio (12/4, 12/6, Meyerhoff)
BSO SUPERPOPS: TIS THE SEASON WITH BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL
Damon Gupton conducts the BSO in a concert featuring
the Tony-winning phenomenon performing traditional and
contemporary holiday favorites (12/9, 12/11-13, Meyerhoff,
12/10 Strathmore) HOME ALONE: MOVIE AND MUSIC Nicholas
Hersh conducts the BSO and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society
providing live accompaniment of John Williamss score for the
classic 1990 film (12/19, Meyerhoff) BSO SUPERPOPS: CIRQUE DE
LA SYMPHONIE Jack Everly helps ring in the new year with a
performance pairing world-class acrobats and gymnasts with
the BSO (12/31-1/2/16, Meyerhoff)
BARNS AT WOLF TRAP
1635 Trap Road

Vienna
877-WOLFTRAP
wolftrap.org
JONATHAN BISS Renowned American pianist and inaugural
artistic advisor for Chamber Music at the Barns offers a
Founders Day Celebration (10/23) KUOK-WAI LIO AND ZOLTAN
FEJERVARI Young piano duo stops by the Barns days before
making their Carnegie Hall debut (11/13) CALMUS: HOLIDAY
CONCERT German a cappella quintet charms with traditional
and contemporary holiday music (12/6) THE PHILADELPHIA
ORCHESTRA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (1/24/16) VOCES8 British
vocal octet presents Light Devine, exploring the desire for
comfort and light throughout the ages (2/12/16)
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THE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

202-244-3669
choralarts.org
BRAHMS: EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM A concert dedicated to
founder Norman Scribner, plus the world premiere of BattleFlags, a commission from Zachary Wadsworth (11/15) A FAMILY
CHRISTMAS (12/13) A CHORAL ARTS CHRISTMAS A 35th annual
holiday concert and gala mixing seasonal classics, favorite singalongs and popular Christmas standards (12/14, 12/20, 12/24)
CONCERTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Coolidge Auditorium
Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First St. SE
202-707-8000
loc.gov/concerts
YARN/WIRE The Library of Congress launches its 90th season
of concerts with one of Americas bold new music ensembles,
a quartet of two pianists and two percussionists fresh off a
collaboration with songwriter Sufjan Stevens (10/10) ATOS
TRIO Premiere of new Library of Congress commission by
composer Michael Hersch (10/16) NICHOLAS PHAN AND MYRA
HUANG (10/17) Tenor Phan teams up with pianist Huang
to offer a beautiful program pairing major song cycles by
Schumann and Britten with songs by Ned Rorem and Paul
Bowles (10/17) PAVEL HAAS QUARTET Czech string quartet,
one of the worlds greatest, performs an unusual program
infused with the essence of Bohemian folk music courtesy
of works by Martinu and Dvorak (10/23) POMERIUM The
esteemed 15-voice ensemble takes its inspiration from the
renowned chapel choirs of the Renaissance, reviving that
golden age of a cappella singing (10/31) BACH COLLEGIUM
JAPAN WITH JOANNE LUNN Bach guru Masaaki Suzuki offers
a performance of his critically acclaimed ensemble along with
this top British Baroque-focused soprano (11/4) MICHELANGELO
STRING QUARTET A rare U.S. tour of this 13-year-old ensemble
in a program centered around Shostakovichs dramatic String
Quartet in F Major (11/7) ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN
Matthias Pintscher leads this collective of 31 core soloists, one
of the worlds greatest ensembles dedicated to new music and
20th Century repertoire (11/13) APOLLOS FIRE WITH AMANDA
FORSYTHE Jeannette Sorrell leads Clevelands champions of the
Baroque, who perform a program of operatic and instrumental
music by Handel and Vivaldi and featuring a soprano the New
York Times has called simply dazzling (11/19) ERIC RUSKE,
JENNIFER FRAUTSCHI AND GLORIA CHIEN Acclaimed horn player
leads an eclectic program with a two-time Grammy-nominated
violinist (12/11) BORROMEO STRING QUARTET The charismatic,
trailblazing Ensemble-in-Residence at Bostons New England
Conservatory offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to hear all six
Bartok quartets on the Librarys Stradivari string instruments as
part of the annual Stradivari Anniversary Concert (12/18)
DUMBARTON CONCERTS
Dumbarton United Methodist Church

3133 Dumbarton St. NW
202-333-7212
dumbartonconcerts.org
A FAR CRY: TRANSAMERICANA Bostons innovative, conductorless
orchestra performs four amazing string works, including Philip
Glasss Symphony No. 3 for String Orchestra, Lena Franks Leyendas:
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an Andean Walkabout, Villa-Loboss Bachianas Brasileiras No.
9 and Ginasteras Concerto per Corde (10/24) THE BARNES AND
HAMPTON CELTIC CONSORT: A CELTIC CHRISTMAS This organizations
candlelit holiday celebration has been a D.C. institution for over 35
years, transporting listeners to another time and place with its old
instrumentation and setting (12/5-6, 12/12-13)
THE EMBASSY SERIES
202-625-2361
embassyseries.org
This 20-year-old series offers public access to foreign embassies and diplomatic homes in D.C. via classical concerts and
followed by receptions, aimed at uniting people through musical diplomacy. ALEKSEY SEMENENEKO, VIOLIN, INNA FIRSOVA,
PIANO (10/6-7, Embassy of Ukraine) BEATRICE BERRUT, PIANO
A concert in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of
the United Nations (10/15, Swiss Ambassadors Residence)
RAPHAEL SEVERE, PAUL MONTAG clarinetist and pianist (10/23,
Embassy of Luxembourg) EDUARDO ROJAS, PIANO (10/29,
Residence of the Colombian Ambassador) ADRIENNE HAAN,
SINGER, ISRAELI STRING QUARTET, HEINZ-WALTER FLORIN, PIANO
A concert honoring the 50th Anniversary of German-Israeli
Diplomatic Relations, featuring music of 1920s Weimar-era
Berlin, klezmer and contemporary Hebrew songs (11/3, Embassy
of Austria) TOMER GEWIRTZMAN, PIANO 4th Annual Daniel
Pearl Memorial Concert in cooperation with the Embassy
of Israel (11/9) MARIKO FURUKAWA, PIANO (11/20, Japanese
Ambassadors Residence) VIRGIL BOUTELLIS-TAFT, YOONIE HAN
Violinist, pianist (12/2, Embassy of France) ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
GALA (12/11-12, Embassy of Luxembourg)
FOLGER CONSORT
Folger Elizabethan Theatre

201 East Capitol St. SE
202-544-7077
folger.edu
CHANSON MEDIEVAL: MUSIC OF MACHAUT AND DUFAY A celebration
of two of the most important French composers of the 14th and
15th centuries, both named Guillaume, who pioneered the
Renaissance style of motets and chansons (10/9-11) THE SEASON
BIDS US: CHRISTMAS MUSIC FEATURING GUIDOS FOUR SEASONS Its
not certain whether Italian violinist Giovanni Antonio Guidos
Four Seasons compositions were written before Vivaldis, but
both included poems for each season (12/8-23, The Church
of the Reformation) THE WONDER OF WILL: EARLY AND NEW
MUSIC CELEBRATING SHAKESPEARE A collaborative program
inaugurating celebrations tied to the 400th anniversary of the
Bards death and featuring Arcadia Viols and vocal ensemble
Stile Antico, performing a setting of texts from Henry IV by
acclaimed gay contemporary classical composer Nico Muhly
(1/22/16-1/23/16, Washington National Cathedral)
GAY MENS CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
202-293-1548
gmcw.org
HOME COOKED CABARET A season-opening fundraiser featuring
the cast of the chorus first show plus a hosted dinner and drinks
(11/7, Kennedy Center Terrace Gallery) THE S* SHOW Select
soloists from GMCW perform a cabaret toast to three American
icons: Sondheim, Sinatra and Streisand (11/14, Atlas Performing
Arts Center) REWRAPPED Some of your favorite holiday songs
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as never heard before, rewrapped with glitter and glamour

(12/5-6, 12/12-13, Lincoln Theatre) ROCK CREEK SINGERS AND
POTOMAC FEVER (1/30/16, Barns at Wolf Trap)
THE IN SERIES
Source
1835 14th St. NW
202-204-7763
inseries.org
LATINA SUPREMES A tribute to Latina songwriters (9/19-20)
AARON COPLANDS THE TENDER LAND A hauntingly beautiful
opera about the coming-of-age of a girl from the heartland,
inspired by the writings of James Agee (10/17-25, GALA) BY
GEORGE, BY IRA, BY GERSHWIN A concert-in-cabaret spanning
Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and American operetta from one of
the greatest brother songwriting duos (11/29-12/20) MOZARTS
BASTIAN & BASTIANNA Elizabeth Pringles sweet, funny English
update of Mozarts fairy tale opera will be followed by a holiday
sing-along (12/5-13)
KATZEN ARTS CENTER
American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
202-885-1300
american.edu/cas/auarts
CONNECTED: MUSIC IN THE MUSEUM: STEVE ANTOSCA Washington
composer and curator for New Music-in-Residence performs
Elements: Five Transfigurations for Cello and Computer with
music technologist William Brent and cellist Tobias Werner
as part of a new music collective (10/8) YULIYA GORENMAN
Internationally acclaimed concert pianist performs masterpieces
of great Russian composers (10/10) AU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:
HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR (10/31) AU SYMPHONIC BAND Ben
Sonderman directs the band in a program of classic gems and
current favorites from the repertoire (11/15) AU CHORUS
Casey Cook leads the choir in the program Through Tempests
and Trials (11/21-22)
KENNEDY CENTER
202-467-4600
kennedy-center.org
ITZHAK PERLMAN AND EMANUEL AX Washington Performing Arts
presents a concert by these two celebrated statesmen of classical
music touring in support of a new Deutsche Grammophon
recording of Faure and Strauss violin sonatas (9/28, Concert
Hall) VIJAY IYER AND THE BRENTANO STRING QUARTET The
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts series kicks off its season with a
concert featuring the Grammy-nominated composer/jazz pianist
performing with acclaimed ensemble (10/7, Terrace Theater)
JEREMY DENK 2014 Avery Fisher Prize winner offers a solo
classical recital (10/11, Terrace) JAMIE BARTON AND BRADLEY
MOORE Vocal Arts DC presents this mezzo-soprano and
pianist in a program of Schubert, Dvorak, Chausson, Turina and
arrangements of American hymns and spirituals (10/15, Terrace)
HERBERT SCHUCH A program by this Romanian pianist
focused on the sound of bells (10/17, Terrace) KENNEDY CENTER
CHAMBER PLAYERS Acclaimed ensemble of NSO musicians
plays the Piano Trio in G Major and the String Trio in C Minor
by Beethoven and the Horn Trio by Brahms (10/18, Terrace)
DAVID AARON CARPENTER WITH SALOME CHAMBER ORCHESTRA A
Fortas debut from charismatic violist and virtuosic ensemble
performing works by Vivaldi, Piazzolla and Shor (10/26, Terrace)

STEVEN ISSERLIS, ROBERT LEVIN British cellist is accompanied
by fortepiano player for a program of Beethoven sonatas (10/29,
Terrace) AMIT PELED, NOREEN POLERA Cellist and pianist in
a program celebrating the centenary of Pablo Casals 1915 U.S.
tour, plus a new work from Lera Auerbach commissioned for the
occasion (11/8, Terrace) MASON BATES: KC JUKEBOX: 100 YEARS
OF AMBIENT MUSIC The Kennedy Centers new Composer-inResidence surveys an electronic music style with roots in 1930s
Parisian lounge music and 1970s American minimalism, as part
of an adventurous new concert series meant to shake up classical
music by incorporating modern sounds and styles (11/9, Atrium)
JAMES TOCCO Famed American pianist performs Liszts
complete Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses (11/10, Terrace)
AVANTI ORCHESTRA WITH YIFEI DENG Friday Morning Music Club
Foundation presents a concert led by Pablo Saelzer and featuring
this soloist performing Waltons Viola Concerto and Brahmss
Symphony No. 2 in D Major (11/12, Terrace) LEIF OVE ANDSNES
A return to D.C. from this pianist of magisterial elegance,
power and insight, as the New York Times put it (11/14, Terrace)
SANG-EUN LEE, NOREEN POLERA Korean cellist (11/18, Terrace)
YING FANG AND KEN NODA Vocal Arts DC presents this Chinese
soprano accompanied by pianist in a program of Handel, Mozart,
Strauss and Rachmaninoff (11/19, Terrace) KENNEDY CENTER
CHAMBER PLAYERS Works by Copland, Britten, Bartok &
Shostakovich (11/22, Terrace) AMERNET STRING QUARTET WITH
RACHEL CALLOWAY AND ADAM LEVIN Pro Musica Hebraica
presents a concert of Sephardic and Spanish Jewish music
with this audience favorite ensemble and a mezzo soprano and
guitar soloist (11/23, Concert Hall) OPERA LAFAYETTE: VIVALDIS
CATONE IN UTICA Ryan Brown leads this mostly French-focused
companys first foray into the works of Vivaldi, with a semistaged production, sung in Italian with English supertitles,
directed by Tazewell Thompson (11/28-29, Terrace) THE TALLIS
SCHOLARS The worlds leading exponents of Renaissance
sacred music cross the pond for an enchanting early music
Fortas Chamber Music program (12/3, Terrace)
LIVE! AT 10TH AND G
First Congregational United Church of Christ

945 G ST. NW
202-628-4317
facebook.com/liveat10thandg
VOX POP: A CAPPELLA FALL SPECTACULAR Philadelphias Broad
Street Beat serves as opening act (9/19) MARY BETH BENNETT
A 30-minute organ recital by this internationally acclaimed
organist as part of a meeting of the DC Chapter of the American
Guild of Organists (9/21) HORMAN VIOLIN STUDIO MASTER
CLASS WITH JODY GATWOOD Featuring the repertoire being
prepared to compete in the prestigious Menuhin Competition
(9/26) MUSICAL TREASURES FROM BULGARIA AND THE USA The
Bulgarian Music Society and Bulgarian Music Center offers this
concert of classical music from near and far (10/9) THE CAPITAL
HEARINGS One of D.C.s most versatile a cappella ensembles
performs classical favorites, vocal jazz and contemporary
arrangements (10/10) THOMAS CIRCLE SINGERS: FALL CONCERT
(10/17) HORMAN VIOLIN STUDIO MASTER CLASS WITH ROY SONNE
Welcoming this violinist, educator and former member of
the Pittsburgh Symphony (10/25) CAPITAL BLEND D.C.-based
all-female a cappella group presents the concert Double Shot
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(11/7) WORD OF MOUTH: FALL CONCERT One of D.C.s newest
mixed all-vocal bands, winner of D.C.s first Aca-Challenge
a cappella competition (11/14) GEORGETOWN CHORALE HOLIDAY
CONCERT (12/12)
NATIONAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre

1611 N. Kent St.
Arlington
703-276-6701
nationalchamberensemble.org
MOZART AND FRIENDS The ensemble opens its 9th season with
a program including Beethoven and Hoffmeister but centered
on Mozarts most famous chamber music masterpiece, Piano
Quartet in G Minor (10/17) HOLIDAY CONCERT The 13-year-old
pianist Avery Gagliano performs as a soloist with the ensemble
for this annual event, featuring classical masterpieces and
holiday classics, and of course carol sing-alongs (12/12)
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC
Music Center at Strathmore

5301 Tuckerman Lane
Bethesda, Md.
301-493-9283
nationalphilharmonic.org
SYMPHONIC DANCES FROM WEST SIDE STORY Music Director
Piotr Gajewski leads Strathmores resident orchestra
in a season-opening concert offering the key themes from
Bernsteins classic musical and also featuring pianist Thomas
Pandolfi performing Gershwin (9/19-20) WAGNERS RIENZI: A
CONCERT OPERA Gajewski leads soloists, the Washington Mens
Camerata, National Philharmonic Chorale and the orchestra in
a concert version of Wagners opera (10/3) VICTORIA GAU: BACH
FAVORITES Associate conductor leads soloists, the orchestra
and its chorale in a medley of Bach (10/31) CHEE-YUN AND
TCHAIKOVSKYS SERENADE Gajewski leads the orchestra in a
program that also includes guest soloist performing Mozarts
Violin Concerto No. 4 (11/28-29) STAN ENGEBRETSON: HANDELS
MESSIAH Chorale artistic director leads soloists, the orchestra
and the chorale in this annual tradition (12/19-20)
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

202-467-4600
kennedy-center.org
SEASON OPENING BALL CONCERT W/SUTTON FOSTER The NSOs
two principal conductors Christoph Eschenbach and Steven
Reineke lead an opening concert also featuring percussionist
Martin Grubinger and Tony-winning triple threat Foster (9/20)
NSO POPS: RAJATON The Finnish sextet returns for another
sure-to-be dazzling show, The Best of the Beatles (9/2526) DONALD RUNNICLES AND OLGA PERETYATKO The Scottish
conductor and Russian coloratura soprano both make their NSO
debut performing Richard Strausss soaring and bittersweet Four
Last Songs as part of a program also featuring works by Mozart
and Elgar (10/1-3) LUDOVIC MORLOT AND MILOS KARADAGLIC
The Seattle Symphonys conductor leads the classical guitarist in
a performance of Rodrigos beautiful Concierto de Aranjuez (10/810) FIREWORKS! RECITAL WITH WILLIAM NEIL The NSOs principal
organist shows off the power of the Rubenstein Family Organ in a
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program also highlighting the NSO brass and percussion sections

(10/14) NSO POPS: STEVE MARTIN AND THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS
(10/23-24) LANG LANG Superstar pianist joins to perform
Greig in an Eschenbach-led program also including Dvoraks
Symphony No. 8 (10/29-31) ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER Eschenbach
leads the Grammy-nominated Swedish mezzo-soprano as well
as the Choral Arts Society of Washington and the Childrens
Chorus of Washington in a performance of Mahlers epic, fullevening Symphony No. 3 (11/5-7) GIANANDREA NOSEDA AND
JAMES EHNES A program of Prokofievs Violin Concerto No. 2
but also featuring works by Casella and Rachmaninoff (11/1214) JIRI BELOHLAVEK AND IGOR LEVIT Beethovens Emperor
Piano Concerto No. 5 marks the NSO debut of pianist Levit as
part of a NSO concert also featuring symphonies by Mozart and
Martinu (11/19-21) NSO POPS: HOME ALONE A 25th anniversary
presentation over Thanksgiving weekend screened with live
accompaniment of John Williams score by the NSO and also
featuring the Choral Arts Society of Washington (11/27-28)
SARAH HICKS AND CAMERON CARPENTER The flamboyant bisexual
performer on the Rubenstein Family Organ, as well as the
first NSO performance of new Kennedy Center Composer-inResidence Mason Batess Mothership, which mixes symphonic
soundscapes with high-energy electronic dance rhythms (12/3-5)
NSO DECLASSIFIED: IN MOTION FEATURING BEN FOLDS Classical
crossover artist performs his new piano concerto during a multigenre, multimedia concert (12/4) NSO POPS: THE VON TRAPP
& STEPHANIE J. BLOCK FAMILY HOLIDAY Descendants of the
family that inspired The Sound of Music perform a holiday show
with a musical theater performer plus the Washington Chorus
(12/10-12) NATHALIE STUTZMANN: HANDELS MESSIAH The epic
masterpiece is performed each year with a different conductor
and acclaimed guest artists, plus this year the UMD Concert
Choir (12/18-21) NEEME JARVI AND BAIBA SKRIDE Estonian
conductor leads a concert featuring the Latvian soloist making
her NSO debut performing Prokofievs lyrical Violin Concerto No.
1 (1/14-16/16) NSO POPS: BROADWAY TODAY WITH JEREMY JORDAN
AND BETSY WOLFE A symphonic parade of showtunes featuring
two of Broadways newer stars (2/26/-27/16)
STRATHMORE
5301 Tuckerman Lane

Bethesda, Md.
301-581-5100
strathmore.org
ANDRAS SCHIFF Part two of The Last Sonatas in the AustroGerman musical canon as performed by this knighted pianist
(10/26, Music Center) MARYLAND CLASSIC YOUTH ORCHESTRAS
OF STRATHMORE Winter Soundscapes is a holiday repertoire
featuring philharmonic, symphony and chamber ensembles
(12/6, Music Center) THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA WITH
HILARY HAHN The orchestras glowing string section and rich
sound are showcased in Bizets Carmen Suite and Stravinskys
complete Firebird, plus Hahn performing Henri Vieuxtemps
Violin Concerto No. 4 (12/7, Music Center) SETH KIBEL &
FRIENDS Local multi-instrumentalist and a cadre of klezmerloving friends offers Hanukkah Hodgepodge (12/9, Mansion)
METROPOLITAN KLEZMER Ensemble offers a holiday show fusing
Yiddish music with jazz, funk and folk (12/16, Mansion)
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WASHINGTON BACH CONSORT
National Presbyterian Church

4101 Nebraska Ave. NW
202-429-2121
bachconsort.org
CHIPS OFF THE OLD BACH Some of the instrumentals produced
by the Bachs, featuring the consorts founding music director J.
Reilly Lewis on harpsichord (11/13, First Congregational United
Church of Christ) CHRISTMAS WITH THE CONSORT Virtuosic
organist Todd Fickley accompanies the Consort Chorus in a
dynamic program of choral and organ holiday music (12/20)
THE WASHINGTON CHORUS
202-342-6221
thewashingtonchorus.org
BEHOLD, THE SEA Julian Wachner leads soloists plus the
Washington National Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls in a
program of Vaughan Williamss A Sea Symphony and Elgars
Enigma Variations (11/22, Kennedy Center Concert Hall)
A CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS The Madrigal Lords and Ladies
from the McDonough High School in Pomfret, Md., perform
with the chorus (12/13, 12/19, 12/21-22, Kennedy Center; 12/18,
Strathmore)
WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
Kennedy Center
202-295-2400
dc-opera.org
CARMEN E. Loren Meeker directs and Evan Rogister conducts
the Canadian Opera Companys production of Bizets most
famous opera (9/19-10/3, Opera House) APPOMATTOX The
world premiere revised version, including a brand-new second
act, of Philip Glass acclaimed English-language opera directed
by Tazewell Thompson and conducted by Dennis Russell Davies
(11/14-22, Opera House) AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: THREE
20-MINUTE OPERAS John DeMain conducts a semi-staged
performance of three new 20-minute English-language operas
AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: NEW HOUR-LONG OPERA: BETTER GODS
Composer Luna Pearl Woolf and librettist Caitlin Vincent
explore a dark chapter of American history with the story of
Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii (1/81/9/16, Terrace)
WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS
202-785-9727
washingtonperformingarts.org
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT?: ROB KAPILOW WITH YULIYA GORENMAN
Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition is examined by the

former NPR music commentator and then performed by pianist
Gorenman, in a program co-presented by Smithsonian Associates
(10/25, Church of the Epiphany) THE ART OF THE SPIRITUAL:
DEEP RIVER WPA Men & Women of the Gospel Choir and
PostClassical Ensemble explore the impact of Harry Burleigh,
Antonin Dvoraks African-American assistant, on spirituals
(11/7, University of DC Auditorium) ACCORDION VIRTUOSI OF
RUSSIA Seventy-year-old Russian ensemble offering daredevil
feats of keyboard and button prowess (11/8, Lincoln Theatre)
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Christopher K Morgan & Artists 5th Anniversary Concert at American Dance Institute
Dance
NE COULD SAY WASHINGTON IS A CITY ALWAYS

on the move. Featuring a wide variety of styles
from flamenco to modern to tap to ballet the citys
dance season virtually bursts at the leotard seams (if
such seams existed). Of course, the diamond in our crown is the
Washington Ballet which, for the first time, will present Project
Global, an international festival celebrating the joys of Latin
dance. And if thats not enough, GALA is presenting its eleventh
year of fiery flamenco moves. Of course, come December there
will be Nutcrackers galore (including a hip-hop version at
Strathmore), while the season boasts a few notable anniversaries,
including Dance Places 35th and Twyla Tharps 50th.
1635 Trap Road

Vienna, Va.
877-WOLFTRAP
wolftrap.org
FOLK DANCES OF INDIA Wolf Trap presents classical and folk
dancers and musicians in collaboration with the Indian Dance
Educators Association (10/17)
AMERICAN DANCE INSTITUTE
CITYDANCE
1501 East Jefferson St.

Rockville, Md.
301-984-3003
americandance.org
URBAN BUSH WOMEN Walkin with Trane, a series of works
based on the life of jazz legend John Coletrane (9/25-26) CHRIS
SCHLICHTING Stripe Tease, a collaboration with rock/pop
guitarist Jeremy Ylvisaker and Minnesota-based visual artist
Jennifer Davis (10/2-3) CHRISTOPHER K. MORGAN & ARTISTS: 5TH
ANNIVERSARY CONCERT A special evening looking back at some
of the companys most beloved works, as well as a sneak preview
of Morgans upcoming world premiere solo work, Pohaku (10/910) BIG DANCE THEATER World premiere of Short Form, which
creates imagery out of short literary works including short
stories, poems and even text messages (11/6-8) PALISSIMO

Custodians of Beauty by choreographer Pavel Zutiak (11/20-21)
BARNS AT WOLF TRAP
CityDance Studio Theater at Strathmore

5301 Tuckerman Lane
Bethesda, Md.
301-581-5204
citydance.net
CHANDINI DARBY The Stories That Bind Us is a work drawing
from this dancer/choreographer and CityDance faculty
members Beauty for Ashes Project, which seeks to inspire,
through dance and performance art, more people to share
their own personal stories (10/7, Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage) ROBERT J. PRIORE Speak-Easy features Amikaeyla
Gaston singing live covers of standards by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie
Holiday, Lena Horne and Etta James, all while a multi-ethnic
cast of dancers explore the difficulties that LGBT and interracial
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couples face in finding love and maintaining relationships (10/910, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage) ASANGA DOMASK An
evening of Sri Lankan dance (11/7, CityDance Studio Theater at
Strathmore)
CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
University of Maryland
College Park, Md.
301-405-ARTS
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu
HUANG YI & KUKA Huang Yis intimate choreographic creations
with an industrial robot called KUKA reveal a deep connectedness
to the technological world, both physically tender and emotionally
resonant (9/25-26) TAURUS BROADHURST DANCE Broadhursts
work is grounded in traditional West African dance and fuses
movement from modern, house, and hip-hop to convey diverse,
contemporary stories that embody the griot tradition through
movement (10/2) CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS BLACK GIRL:
Linguistic Play and New Second Line (10/23) MARGOT GREENLEE
Medicine by the Book explores the relationship between
movement, imagination and the bodys capacity to heal (11/4)
UMD FACULTY DANCE CONCERT Moving Perspectives includes
works by Alvin Mayes, Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig, and guest
choreographer Samantha Speis (11/12-14)
DAKSHINA/DANIEL PHOENIX SINGH DANCE COMPANY
202-656-5679
dakshina.org
12TH ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL OF SOUTH ASIAN ARTS Dancers and
musicians from India and U.S., including Mallika Sarabhai,
Rama Vaidyanathan, Prof C.V. Chandrasekhar and Chitra
Chandrasekhar (10/30-11/1, Atlas)
DANCE PLACE
3225 8th St. NE

202-269-1600
danceplace.org
THRIVE 35! DANCE PLACES 35TH ANNIVERSARY GALA Scheduled to
perform: Baakari Wilder, Duende Quartet, DJ Glowstik, Elevate
Arts (9/19) Rebollar Dance Sacred Profane, an evening-length
premiere celebrating women (10/3-4) DC CASINEROS & ERNESTO
GATO GATELL Y SU BANDA A series of modern dance and Cuban
popular dance pieces in tribute to Cuban guitarist Ernesto
Tamayo. Following the performances, Gatell, one of the most
beloved Cuban singers alive today, will perform Son, Mambo
and Guaracha music to get the audience up and moving (10/1011) ALIGHT DANCE THEATER Featuring two world premieres,
Sacred Geographies by Angella Foster and Dixie Fried by Wayles
Haynes (10/17-18) BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE: 2 DECADES The
award-winning company, founded by Lucy Bowen McCauley,
celebrates 20 years of performing at Dance Place (10/24-25)
METRO TAP ROOTS A festival of tap, including classes, workshops
and performances (11/6-7) JANE FRANKLIN DANCE To Talk of
Many Things draws inspiration from the witty, macabre nonsense
poetry of Lewis Carrolls Through the Looking Glass (11/14-15)
DEVI DANCE THEATRE, SOMAPA THAI DANCE COMPANY & SANTI BUDAYA
INDONESIAN PERFORMING ARTS Three companies combine
forces to present Sita Gentle Warrior, combining dance, acting

and martial arts to articulate the voices of women silenced by
tradition (11/21-22) CHRIS AIKEN & ANGIE HAUSER (12/5)
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3333 14th St. NW

202-234-7174
galatheatre.org
FLAMENCO APARICIO DANCE COMPANY Flamenco Men II is another
rare spotlight on the men who provide the foundation for Spains
most famous style of dance, created by festival curator Edwin
Aparicio and performed by his company alongside cantaores
and guitarists (11/6-8) KAREN LUGO AND COMPANY Frequencies,
a collaboration with Madrids Fundacion Conservatorio Casa
Patas, is performed by this Mexican choreographer and her
dancers, with accompaniment by talented cantaores and
musicians (11/12-15) FLAMENCO EN FAMILIA Members of the
Spanish Dance Society and other local flamenco artists will offer
free, interactive demonstrations with castanets, fans and zapateo
for children and the entire family (11/14)
KENNEDY CENTER
2700 F St. NW
202-467-4600
kennedy-center.org
DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE COMPANY Fluency in Four (9/1920, Terrace Theater) HUBBARD STREET 2 Marikos Magical
Mix: A Dance Adventure combines movement with the shadow
puppets of Manual Cinema (10/2-11, Family Theater) UTSAV:
CELEBRATING INDIAS MAESTROS OF MUSIC AND DANCE Over
three days and five uniquely different performances, Indias
top classical artists in music and dance will bring the beauty,
depth, and diversity of traditional Indian music and dance to the
Kennedy Center (10/2-4, Terrace) RONALD K. BROWN/EVIDENCE
A night of jazz and dance featuring the music of Jason Moran
and The Bandwagon (10/28-30, Eisenhower Theater) THE
SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET The company adds two works,
Balanchines Walpurgisnacht Ballet and Emeralds from Jewels,
along with pas de deux from ballets by Balanchine and Bjart to
mark the 450th year of Shakespeares death (10/30-11/1, Opera
House) TWYLA THARP An evening of new work by the Tony
Awardwinning choreographer and Kennedy Center Honoree
Twyla Tharp, celebrating her 50 years in the arts (11/11-14,
Eisenhower) THE JOFFREY BALLETS THE NUTCRACKER Robert
Joffreys awe-inspiring staging of the perennial classic boasts
larger-than-life Victorian America scenery and costumes set
to Tchaikovskys entrancing score (11/25-29, Opera House)
THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA Presenting Christopher
Wheeldons U.S. premiere of his take on Shakespeares The
Winters Tale (1/19-1/24/16) AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE The
D.C. premiere of Alexei Ratmanskys new staging of The Sleeping
Beauty (1/27-1/31/16) ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
The company makes its annual Kennedy Center pilgrimage with
seven performances (2/2-7, Opera House)
STRATHMORE
5301 Tuckerman Lane

Bethesda, Md.
301-581-5100
strathmore.org
BALLET FOLKLRICO DE MXICO DE AMALIA HERNNDEZ The
culture of Mexico comes to life onstage as this internationally
acclaimed troupe uses gorgeous costumes and intricate
choreography to delight audiences (9/29) COMPAIA FLAMENCA
JOS PORCEL This internationally acclaimed company perform
classic flamenco as it was danced and performed by the great
masters in Flamenco Fire (10/23) KRASNOYARSK NATIONAL

DANCE COMPANY OF SIBERIA This astonishing 50-member dance
company whirls, twirls, leaps, bounds, claps, taps, and storms
across the stage in a joyful display of the many cultures that make
up Siberia, from Cossack bravado to peasant traditional dances
(10/25) THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER A dozen all-star dancers,
an on-stage DJ and an electric violinist reimagine Tchaikovskys
classic score through hip-hop choreography (12/3) MOSCOW
BALLETS GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER Russian dancers, playful
puppets and the unmatched splendor of hand crafted sets and
costumes for this holiday favorite (12/21-22)
VELOCITYDC DANCE FESTIVAL
Harman Hall
610 F St. NW
202-547-1122
velocitydc.org
A special partnership with Dance Metro DC, the D.C. Commission
on the Arts & Humanities, Washington Performing Arts and host
organization the Shakespeare Theatre Company, this festival
returns for its seventh year of presenting world-class dance
of various styles from ballet to hip hop and tap to flamenco
all of it stemming from the citys best-known ensembles,
undiscovered gems, and everyone in between (10/15-17)
THE WASHINGTON BALLET
202-362-3606
washingtonballet.org
LATIN HEAT The inaugural launch of Project Global, the
Washington Ballets international festival. Performances include
Bitter Sugar by Mauro de Candia, Sombrersimo by Annabelle
Lopez Ochoa, La Ofrenda (The Offering) pas de deux, La Llorona
by Edwaard Liang, Don Quixote, Act III pas de deux by Marius
Petipa and 5 Tangos by Hans van Manen, one of Europes eminent
choreographers (10/14-18, Eisenhower) THE NUTCRACKER
Every year, Washington Ballet artistic director Septime Webre
offers his own twist on the family favorite, setting it in D.C. with
George Washington as the titular figure and King George III
as the Rat King (11/28-29, THEARC Theater; 12/3-27, Warner
Theatre) DIRECTORS CUT Short daring works from Septime
Weber, William Forsythe and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa that
redefine the boundaries of classical ballet (2/24-28, Eisenhower)
WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS
202-833-9800
washingtonperformingarts.org
DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM CityDance is a co-presenter of this
annual series of performances by the historic ensemble, guided by
founding member and former dancer Virginia Johnson, this year
featuring the D.C. premiere of Coming Together, a collaboration
between European choreographer Nacho Duato and American
composer Frederic Rzewski (10/9-10, Harman Hall) VELOCITY
DANCE FESTIVAL See listing above (10/15-17, Harman Hall)
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Museums & Galleries
OLIN WINTERBOTTOM IN HIS MUSEUM

debut at the National Building Museum, Benedict
Cumberbatch at the National Geographic Museum,
and the august Virginia Museum of Fine Arts toast to
tattoos. Those are just three of the seasons highlights across the
region. Yet perhaps the most noteworthy, at least to historically
minded Washingtonians, is the offerings at the recently
opened George Washington University Museum. In addition
to incorporating the Textile Museum, this expanded Woodhull
House complex, it also houses a Washingtoniana Collection
responsible for three exhibitions this fall documenting the
making of modern Washington. But if thats all a bit too earnest
for you, theres always the usual crop of cute and quirky art
some of it even practical at Del Ray Artisans and the Torpedo
Factory. There must be something in Alexandrias water.
AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM
800 Key Highway

Baltimore, Md.
410-244-1900
avam.org
THE BIG HOPE SHOW Over 25 artists offer works in various
media that champion the radiant and transformative power
of hope in this original and unabashedly idealistic exhibition,
curated by Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, founder and director of
this 20-year-old museum (10/3-9/4/16)

DEL RAY ARTISANS
Nicholas A. Colasanto Center

Alexandria
703-731-8802
thedelrayartisans.org
UNDER A SUMMER SUN A Gallery Without Walls program
in conjunction with the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
(Now-9/27, Vola Lawson Animal Shelter) ART IN CITY HALL
Another Gallery Without Walls collaborative program also
with Alexandria Commission of the Arts, the Art League and
the Torpedo Factory (Now-12/18, Alexandria City Hall)
SKELETONS: EXPLORING UNDER THE SURFACE In addition to
animal and human skeletons this exhibition also includes 2D
and 3D artwork in a range of mediums digging deeper and
discovering under there, examined literally and figuratively
(10/2-11/1) UNDER $100: AFFORDABLE MASTERPIECES (11/6-29)
FINE ART & FINE CRAFT HOLIDAY MARKET 2015 The 20th annual
market offers pottery, photography, jewelry, cloth, paper crafts
and glass made by local artists (12/4-6, 12/11-13, 12/18-20)
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY

202-544-7077
folger.edu
AGE OF LAWYERS: THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN LAW IN SHAKESPEARES
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BRITAIN A close-up look at the rapid increase of legal actions
400 years ago, from the laws impact on daily life to major
political and legal disputes some invoking the 800-yearold Magna Carta that still influence American politics and
government (Now-1/3/16) SHAKESPEARE, LIFE OF AN ICON This
stunning collection of manuscripts and printed books from
Shakespeares lifetime offer a firsthand look at the most famous
author in the world (1/20/16-3/27/16) THE SHAKESPEARE FIRST
FOLIO The first collected edition of Shakespeares plays,
including the only source for 18 of his plays, is on permanent
display in the Great Hall (Ongoing)
FREER/SACKLER GALLERIES
SMITHSONIANS MUSEUMS OF ASIAN ART
1050 Independence Ave. SW

202-633-1000
asia.si.edu
PEACOCK ROOM REMIX: DARREN WATERSTONS FILTHY LUCRE
Painter reimagines James McNeill Whistlers famed room as a
decadent ruin collapsing under the weight of its own creative
excess (Now-2017, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery) BOLD AND
BEAUTIFUL: RINPA IN JAPANESE ART A remarkable group of
Japanese artists who created striking images for paintings,
ceramics, textiles and lacquerware. The Rinpa style respects
tradition and continues to renew Japanese art and design
today. (Now-1/3/16, Freer) SOTATSU: MAKING WAVES The
first in-depth examination of this fountainhead of Japanese
painting and design, one of the most influential yet elusive
figures in Japanese culture, featuring more than 70 of Sotatsus
masterpieces from collections in Japan, Europe and the U.S.
(10/24-1/31/16, Sackler)
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
701 21st St. NW

202-994-5200
museum.gwu.edu
THE CIVIL WAR AND THE MAKING OF MODERN WASHINGTON An
overview of the 19th Century printmaking techniques that helped
spread news, information and images of war to an unprecedented
degree (Now-10/15) SEAT OF EMPIRE: PLANNING WASHINGTON,
1790-1801 Historical maps and related images tell the story of
the early experiment in urban design that shaped the landscape
of our nations capital (Now-10/15) CHINA: THROUGH THE LENS OF
JOHN THOMSON (1868-1872) A stunning selection of photographs
by this 19th Century Scottish photographer and travel writer,
displayed alongside contemporaneous pieces from the Textile
Museums collection of Qing-Dynasty textiles and accessories
(9/19-2/14/16) OLD PATTERNS, NEW ORDER: SOCIALIST REALISM IN
CENTRAL ASIA Examining the socialist realist art movement in
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and other areas of Central Asia, pairing
20th Century paintings with examples of the traditional textiles
they depict (10/10-5/29/16) A COLLECTORS VISION: CREATING THE
ALBERT H. SMALL WASHINGTONIANA COLLECTION Highlights of the
maps, prints, rare letters, photographs and drawings documenting
the history of Washington, D.C. (Opening 11/21) FOR THE RECORD:
THE ART OF LILY SPANDORF Co-produced and curated with the
Historical Society of Washington, D.C., this exhibition explores
the artwork of the Austrian-born watercolorist and journalist
who became known for the news illustrations she created for the
Washington Star, the Christian Science Monitor and Washington
Post (Opening 11/21)
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4155 Linnean Ave. NW

202-686-8500
hillwoodmuseum.org
INGENUE TO ICON: 70 YEARS OF FASHION FROM THE COLLECTION
OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST Discover elegant designs,
sumptuous fabrics and fashionable styles (Now-12/31)

KONSTANTIN MAKOVSKY: THE TSARS PAINTER The romance and
extravagance of boyar life in 19th Century Russia is portrayed in

exquisite detail (Opens 2/13/16)
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM & SCULPTURE GARDEN
700 Independence Ave. SW

202-633-1000
hirshhorn.si.edu
AT THE HUB OF THINGS: NEW VIEWS OF THE COLLECTION The
first exhibition in the newly renovated Third Level galleries
features many favorite Hirshhorn artworks that have not been
on view in years BLACK BOX: SERGIO CABALLERO Spanish
artist and filmmaker makes his international museum debut
with a 25-minute film, Ancha es Castilla, which relates a darkly
comic tale of a childs exorcism by blending homespun puppet
animation and live action (Now-1/3/16) LE ONDE: WAVES
OF ITALIAN INFLUENCE, 1914-1971 Nearly 20 works from the
museums collection, following Italian contributions to the
transnational evolution of abstraction (Now-1/3/16) MARVELOUS
OBJECTS: SURREALIST SCULPTURE FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK First
major museum exhibition devoted to a comprehensive view of
surrealist sculpture, bringing together more than 100 works by
artists from France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, the
U.K. and the U.S. (10/29-2/15/16)
INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM
800 F St. NW
202-EYE-SPU
spymuseum.org
OPERATION SPY A one-hour, adrenaline-fueled immersive
mission that is hardly your traditional exhibition SPY IN THE
CITY Armed with a GPS device, museumgoers can embark on
a high-stakes operation outside the museums neighborhood
EXQUISITELY EVIL: 50 YEARS OF BOND VILLAINS In partnership
with EON Productions, the James Bond film producers, this
exhibit showcases over 100 artifacts and explores how the
evildoers and their plots have changed to reflect the times and
how Bond has influenced public perceptions of real espionage
PERMANENT EXHIBITION The museum is the largest collection
of international espionage artifacts ever on public display,
spanning the history of the tradecraft around the globe, and
telling stories of individual spies and their missions, tools and
techniques, with interactive displays
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Thomas Jefferson Building

10 First St. SE
202-707-8000
loc.gov/exhibits
POINTING THEIR PENS: HERBLOCK AND FELLOW CARTOONISTS
CONFRONT THE ISSUES (Now-3/19/16) OUT OF THE ASHES: A
NEW LIBRARY FOR CONGRESS AND THE NATION Marking the
200th anniversary of the acquisition of Jeffersons library, the

foundation of the modern Library of Congress (Now-5/2016)
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964: A LONG STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of landmark legislation

that helped inspire the civil rights movement and change
American society (Now-1/2/16) EXPLORING THE EARLY AMERICAS
Featuring selections from more than 3,000 rare maps,
documents, paintings, prints and artifacts providing insight into
indigenous cultures and the conflict with and changes wrought
by European explorers and settlers (Ongoing)
MANSION AT STRATHMORE
5301 Tuckerman Lane

North Bethesda
301-581-5100
strathmore.org
WOMEN CHEFS: ARTISTS IN THE KITCHEN Portraits by 21 visual
artists of nearly two dozen local female chefs (Now-11/8)
CEREMONY: AGREEMENTS WE CALL ART: DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS &
ASSEMBLAGES BY STEVEN NESHEIM Mixed-media examination
of the imagery of belief (Now-11/8) THE 82ST ANNUAL
EXHIBITION OF FINE ART IN MINIATURE Intricately detailed
works of art, painstakingly produced in miniature, on popular

display (11/22-1/3/16)
NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
Independence Ave at 6th St. SW

202-633-2214
airandspace.si.edu
ART OF THE AIRPORT TOWER Smithsonian photographer Carolyn
Russos journey examining contemporary and historic air
traffic control towers (11/11-2016) THE WRIGHT BROTHERS &
THE INVENTION OF THE AERIAL AGE The 1903 Wright Flyer, the
worlds first successful airplane, serves as the centerpiece of this
exhibition (Ongoing)
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM
401 F St. NW
202-272-2448
nbm.org
SCALING WASHINGTON Celebrated local gay photographer Colin
Winterbottoms debut museum exhibition, featuring stunning,
large-scale images of the post-earthquake restoration of the
Washington Monument and Washington National Cathedral
(Now-1/3/16) THE NEW AMERICAN GARDEN The Washingtonbased firm Oehme, van Sweden & Associates revolutionized
American landscape architecture with lushly planted gardens
with ornamental grasses and perennials relatively lowmaintenance and tapestry-like to be viewed in all four seasons
(10/17-5/1/16)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
1145 17th St. NW

202-857-7700
ngmuseum.com
INDIANA JONES AND THE ADVENTURE OF ARCHAEOLOGY An
exhibition featuring real fascinating archeological artifacts along
with an extensive collection of original film materials intended
to provide the adventure of a lifetime (Now-1/3/16) PRISTINE
SEAS: THE OCEANS LAST WILD PLACES Featuring stunning
photography and behind-the-scenes expedition images from the
Arctic to the tropics as well as an immersive underwater video
wall (Now-3/27/16) JERUSALEM 3D Oscar-nominated actor
Benedict Cumberbatch narrates this film, the first-ever large
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National Geographics Pristine Seas- The Oceans Last Wild Places
Above & Beyond
HIS SEASON, BIG NAMES FROM ACROSS THE

arts and entertainment spectrum will be in town, from
Wanda Sykes to John Waters, Chelsea Clinton to Neil
DeGrasse Tyson. But its not simply because were
hungry that were seeing a lot more culinary stars and events
than usual. And not all are related to the inaugural Smithsonian
Food History Weekend either. Alice Waters and Ruth Reichl
are coming to Politics and Prose, Michael Pollan will be at the
Jewish Literary Festival, and Lisner Auditorium welcomes a
whopping three celebrity chefs Ina Garten, Bobby Flay and
Giada de Laurentiis. But wait, theres more! Theres a Science of
Delicious food sampling at National Geographic. A Falling for
Beer tasting at Sixth and I. Even an unusual event in which beer
and food are paired with art at Alexandrias Torpedo Factory.
Because, as they say, one persons art is anothers dinner.
AMP BY STRATHMORE
11810 Grand Park Ave.

North Bethesda
301-581-5100
ampbystrathmore.com
MILES ALLENS ONE MAN BREAKING BAD Actor/comedian offers
an unauthorized tour-de-force parody of the hit AMC TV show
(9/27) SHOCKED & AMAZED: NY VARIETY ALL-STARS (10/10)

ARLINGTON CINEMA N DRAFTHOUSE
2903 Columbia Pike

Arlington
703-486-2345
arlingtondrafthouse.com
REEL ROCK 10 FILM TOUR Offering the best in climbing and
adventure films (9/23-24) THE NEWLY DEAD GAME: A MURDER
MYSTERY COMEDY SHOW (10/2) MARK NORMAND (10/2) HASAN
MINHAJ (10/3) ALICE WETTERLUND (10/9-10) MITCH FATEL (11/67) TOM ARNOLD (11/12) ANDY KINDLER A former judge on Last
Coming Standing (11/13-14) BRIAN POSEHN (11/19-21) ALONZO
BODDEN (11/27-28)
THE ATHENAEUM
201 Prince St.

Alexandria, Md.
703-548-0035
nvfaa.org
GARY STEPHANS: ART OF BALLROOM DANCE All levels of dancers
and dancer-wannabes welcome, with or without a partner,
to learn fox trot, waltz, tango, swing, salsa, merengue, rumba,
cha-cha and samba (9/28) BANNED BOOK WEEK READ-OUT
The public is invited to read excerpts from classic books that
have been targeted and banned by overzealous leaders (9/29)
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COCKTAILS IN LA ZONA ROSA A Latin-themed party toasting the
50th anniversary of the Athenaeums opening, including a silent
auction (10/2)
BALTIMORE SPEAKERS SERIES
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

1212 Cathedral St.
Baltimore
410-783-8000
baltimorespeakersseries.org
LEON PANETTA Discussion with the former Congressman,
White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense (10/6)
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Everybodys favorite astrophysicist
(10/7) SANJAY GUPTA TVs most respected doctor (10/27)
JERRY SEINFELD (11/6-7) MICHIO KAKU This futurist and
science advocate is a frequent host of specials for the BBC and
Discovery channels (11/17) BMORE COMEDY FESTIVAL Corey
Holcomb, John Witherspoon, Luenell and Mark Curry are part
of the lineup (11/25)
THE BENTZEN BALL COMEDY FESTIVAL
Various locations
brightestyoungthings.com/bentzen-ball
OPENING NIGHT: DR. KATZ LIVE! Starring Jonathan Katz, Jim
Gaffigan, Notaro, Janeane Garofalo and Morgan Murphy (10/1,
Lincoln Theatre) NOT FUNNY! TRUE TALES OF THE HILARIOUSLY
TRAGIC (10/2, Howard Theatre) BLARIA LIVE! Jessica Williams
and Phoebe Robinson perform with special guests (10/3,
Lincoln); THE MOST VERY SPECIALIST EVENING WITH TIG NOTARO
(10/4, Lincoln)
THE BIRCHMERE

Alexandria, Md.
703-549-7500
birchmere.com
RAVENS NIGHT (10/24) SUZANNE WESTENHOEFER (11/7) PAULA
POUNDSTONE (11/20-21) A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS Holier &
Dirtier (12/21)
DAR CONSTITUTION HALL
1776 D St. NW
202-628-1776
dar.org/conthall
MONIQUE Baltimores edgy, gay-friendly Oscar-winner brings
her comedy set to town (10/4)
DAVIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Georgetown University
3700 O St. NW
202-687-ARTS
performingarts.georgetown.edu
15TH FUTURE OF MUSIC SUMMIT The only national conference
that focuses on the connections between musicians and fans,
policymakers and academics, legal experts and technologists,
media professionals and entrepreneurs (10/26-27) IMPROVFEST
Georgetown Improv Association hosts this student-produced
event also featuring visiting collegiate and professional guest
troupes (2/12-2/13/15, Leavey Center)
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1140 Connecticut Ave. NW

202-296-7008
dcimprov.com
JASON WEEMS Popular D.C./Baltimore comic headlines a show
in the lounge also featuring Vijai Nathan and Matty Litwack
(9/26) GREG PROOPS Taping a live episode of The Smartest
Man in the World podcast (9/27) DC SCIENCE COMEDY: YORAM
BAUMAN The worlds first stand-up economist! (10/16)
COMEDY KUMITE III Eight comedians square off in a one-night
tournament judged by the audience (10/23) JUDAH FRIEDLANDER
Tickets include a copy of the 30 Rock actors new book If The
Raindrops United! (11/3) DAVE ATTELL (11/6-8)
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY

202-544-7077
folger.edu
CAROLINE BICKS AND MICHELLE EPHRAIM Shakespeare, Not
Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dreams is a cocktail and hors
doeuvre recipe book mixing equal parts booze and Bard, and so
will this Free Folger Friday talk over the Et Tu, Brut champagne
cocktail (9/25) W.S. DI PIERO AND ROWAN RICARDO PHILLIPS:
THE NIGHTS MUSIC Two acclaimed poets read from their
collected works, reflecting on the music of the natural and urban
world (9/28) PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION Annual gala
features authors reading short works written for the occasion
on the theme of Spark (10/5) BOOK LAUNCH: JAMES SHAPIRO
Columbia University professor and member of Folgers board
discusses his new book The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
(10/7) FOLGER INSTITUTE LECTURE SERIES: SIR KEITH THOMAS
The Ends of Education in Early Modern England from this
honorary fellow of Oxfords All Souls College (10/15) JANE
SMILEY: HEARTLANDS Famous American author reads from
her newest novel Golden Age (11/6) JULIANNA BAGGOTT AND
LAURA KASISCHKE: CHAPTER AND VERSE (11/23) CURATOR TALK:
HEATHER WOLFE A behind-the-scenes look at exhibitions
and collections at Folger (12/1) PEN/MALAMUD AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE IN THE SHORT STORY: DEBORAH EISENBERG Eisenberg
becomes the fourth writer to have won both PEN Awards, the
Faulkner and the Malamud (12/4) EMILY DICKINSON BIRTHDAY
TRIBUTE: LINDA GREGERSON Alice Quinn of the Poetry Society of
America moderates a conversation with the Renaissance scholar
and classically trained actress, a chancellor of the Academy of
American Poets(12/7)
GALA HISPANIC THEATRE
3333 14th St. NW

202-234-7174
galatheatre.org
SAULO GARCIA One of Colombias leading stand-up comics
returns to GALA with En la USA me quede, a rip-roaring take
on the dynamics between immigrant parents and their U.S.born children, performed in Spanish (12/4-5) 4TH ANNUAL FILM
FESTIVAL Four days of films from Mexico, Argentina and Chile,
with a focus on contemporary films by emerging and young
directors (12/9-13) PASO NUEVO YOUTH PROGRAM PRESENTATION:
FALL SHOW A show written, acted and produced by GALAs
after-school performance program (12/18)
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
701 21st St. NW

202-994-5200
museum.gwu.edu
ZACHARY PAUL LEVINE: JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
DURING THE CIVIL WAR The Jewish Historical Society of Greater
Washingtons curator discusses the contributions and legacy of

D.C.s Jewish immgrants (9/21) BONNIE MORRIS: WOMENS MUSIC
MOVEMENT George Washington University professor (and
former Metro Weekly columnist) shares songs and stories from
the feminist wave in music (9/30) JON STEWART The former
Daily Show host offers stand up as part of Colonials Weekend
2015 (10/17, Charles E. Smith Center)
HILLWOOD MUSEUM & GARDENS
4155 Linnean Ave. NW

202-686-8500
hillwoodmuseum.org
HANDS-ON ORCHID WORKSHOPS To Repot or Not? and How to
Get Your Orchid to Rebloom (9/19, 9/26) GARDENERS FOCUS:
FALL SEASONAL DESIGN Hillwood head gardener Jessica Bonilla
highlights the fall seasonal plantings (9/29, 10/6) INGENUE TO
ICON FALL GARDEN PARTY (9/30) JONATHAN KATZ: QUEER SELFFASHIONING LECTURE AND RECEPTION A leading LGBT scholar
discusses the concept of self-fashioning in the community
(10/8) GARDENERS FOCUS: SPECIALTY MUMS AT HILLWOOD
Featuring Hillwoods head grower Drew Asbury (10/13, 10/15,
10/18) LECTURE: ROBIN GIVHAN, THE CONTEMPORARY ROLE OF
FASHION IN POLITICS AND POWER (10/22) SPOOKY POOCH HOWL-
O-WEEN CELEBRATION (10/24) LECTURE: ANDREW PRINCE: FROM

DOWNTON TO GATSBY Jewelry designer for Downton Abbey
discusses Jewelry and Fashion from 1890 to 1929 (10/29)

RUSSIAN WINTER FESTIVAL (12/12-13)
THE HOWARD THEATRE
620 T St. NW
202-588-5595
thehowardtheatre.com
CREATIVE COLLAB TOUR FEATURING MATTHEW ESPINOSA W/BRANDON
BOWEN AND CHRIS MILES Billed as a next level, interactive
variety show full of comedy, theatrical sketches, games and

music (10/6) PROTECT OUR WINTERS: A NIGHT OF MUSIC, CLIMATE
ACTIVISM, BEER AND ICE CREAM Ben & Jerrys and New Belgium
Brewing Co. kick off a collaboration to raise awareness about
reducing the effects of climate change, featuring performances
by Galactic and Dr. Dog (10/21)
HYMAN S. & FREDA BERNSTEIN JEWISH LITERARY FESTIVAL
Washington DCJCC
1529 16th St. NW
202-777-3251
litfest.squarespace.com
OPENING NIGHT: ETGAR KERET Winner of Israels Prime Minister
Prize speaks about The Seven Good Years, A Memoir, which
blends the personal and the national (10/18) MICHAEL POLLAN
A leading voice in the slow food movement and author of The
Omnivores Dilemma explores the quest to be a more ethical
eater (10/21, Lisner Auditorium) ALAN DERSHOWITZ One of
Americas best-known attorneys gives us a no-holds-barred
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survey of those who came before him in Abraham: The Worlds
First (But Certainly Not Last) Jewish Lawyer (10/25) CLOSING
NIGHT: SHALOM AUSLANDER A discussion focused on how the
anxious, dark-humored author of memoir Foreskins Lament
became the creator and showrunner of Showtimes Happyish
with no TV experience (10/28)
KENNEDY CENTER
202-467-4600
kennedy-center.org
AL MADIGRAL The Daily Shows Senior Latino Correspondent
returns to the Kennedy Center for a headline set (10/3,
Eisenhower Theater) ADAM LOWITT Three-time Emmywinning co-executive producer of The Daily Show with John
Stewart stops by (11/1, Terrace Theater) IN CONVERSATION:
PHILIP GLASS The famous avant-garde classical composer in
discussion with Washington National Operas artistic director
Francesca Zambello (11/2) NATE BARGATZE (12/30, Terrace)
LISNER AUDITORIUM
George Washington University

730 21st St. NW
202-994-6800
lisner.org
THE NEWSMAKERS SERIES: NIALL FERGUSON Focuses on the
authors first in a projected two-volume series on Henry Kissinger
(10/5, Jack Morton Auditorium) INA GARTEN: BAREFOOT
CONTESSA One of the countrys most beloved culinary icons
comes for a discussion led by the Washington Posts Bonnie
Benwick (10/8) THE NEWSMAKERS SERIES: PATTI SMITH The
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will read from M Train, a memoir
in which she visits 18 places that have special meaning to her
(10/9) RICHARD DAWKINS The forward-thinking science and
religion writer whose latest work is Brief Candle In The Dark
(10/12) AMERICAS TEST KITCHEN LIVE Public television host
Christopher Kimball offers a multimedia behind-the-scenes
presentation, plus cooking science experiments on stage with
Dan Souza (10/14) BOBBY FLAY ON TOUR The celebrity chef
will discuss his new book Brunch @ Bobbys (10/19) DAVID
SEDARIS (10/22) AMERICAS GOT TALENT LIVE: THE ALL-STARS
TOUR! (10/28) GIADA DE LAURENTIIS ON TOUR Emmy Awardwinning star of the Food Network shares the inspiration for her
newest cookbook Happy Cooking (11/7)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE!
Grosvenor Auditorium
NGS Headquarters
1600 M St. NW
202-857-7700
nglive.org
WHEN TOUGH MEETS TECH: EXPLORATIONS NEW FRONTIER National
Geographic explorer Mike Libecki discusses the role technology
is playing in his adventures (10/15) THE DEFENDERS: INSIDE THE
WILDLIFE TRADE Geographic Fellow Bryan Christy offers an
insiders look into the institutions new Special Investigations
Unit, established to expose elephant poaching and combat
illegal wildlife trafficking (10/22) BUILDING THE PHOTO ARK
Geographic photographer on a mission to capture portraits of the
worlds animals before more disappear (11/4) ITS WHAT I DO: A
PHOTOGRAPHERS LIFE OF LOVE AND WAR Pulitzer Prize-winning
photojournalist discusses working in hot spots from Afghanistan
to Libya (11/11) TELLURIDE MOUNTAINFILM Capturing the best
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films on adventure, extreme sports and mountain culture from this

years Telluride Mountainfilm festival (11/12-14) PRISTINE SEAS
Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Eric Sala discusses his project
to save the last untouched places in our oceans (11/19) THE MAKING
OF MERU Photographer and renowned climber Jimmy Chin and
filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi offer a behind-the-scenes look at the
making of their award-winning documentary about reaching the
summit of the Northern Indian mountain (12/1) THE SCIENCE OF
DELICIOUS Innovative food and drink pairings inspired by a story
in the December issue of National Geographic (12/3) RHINOS,
RICKSHAWS & REVOLUTIONS: MY SEARCH FOR TRUTH A discussion
with Geographic photojournalist Ami Vitale (12/8) NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO FEST For the first time, National Geographic
is extending its invite-only photography seminar to include a new
festival for the public (1/16/16)
POLITICS AND PROSE
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW.

202-364-1919
politics-prose.com
CHELSEA CLINTON Its Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired
& Get Going! (9/24) MARVIN KALB Imperial Gamble: Putin,
Ukraine and the New Cold War (9/27) PAUL THEROUX Deep
South: Four Seasons on Back Roads (9/30) KATE CLIFFORD
LARSON Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter (10/10)
MARK RIEBLING Church of Spies: The Popes Secret War
against Hitler (10/10) MORTON KONDRACKE Jack Kemp: The
Bleeding Heart Conservative Who Changed America (10/10)
ALICE WATERS My Pantry: Homemade Ingredients that
Make Simple Meals Your Own (10/11) DANIEL J. LEVITIN The
Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information
Overload (10/11) DINNER WITH RUTH REICHL My Kitchen Year:
136 Recipes that Saved My Life (10/17, Bucks Fishing & Camping;
10/18, Dupont Circle FreshFarm Market) JOHN SEDGWICK
War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Duel that
Stunned the Nation (11/12)
ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL
1353 H St. NE
202-388-ROCK
rockandrollhoteldc.com
GREG GRAFFIN Vocalist and co-founder of Bad Religion performs
a handful of songs, but the focus is a reading and Q&A about the
UCLA professors new book Population Wars: A New Perspective
on Competition and Coexistence (9/18) DC AIR SEX CHAMPIONSHIPS
Like air guitar, except contestants are pretending to play
with a lover, acting out their sex moves (10/18) SUICIDEGIRLS:
BLACKHEART BURLESQUE Billed as geeky burlesque, performers
pay tribute to an eclectic mix of shows, from Star Wars to Orange
is the New Black to Donnie Darko (10/23)
SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE
600 I St. NW
202-408-3100
sixthandi.org
SALMON RUSHDIE Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight
Nights blends history, mythology and a timeless love story to
offer a tale about the way we live (9/19) RICHARD NISBETT W/
MALCOLM GLADWELL World-renowned psychologist presents
scientific and philosophical ideas in Mindware: Tools for Smart
Thinking (9/24) ELIZABETH GILBERT Big Magic: Creative
Living Beyond Fear (9/26) DAVID GREGORY Hows Your
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Faith: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey from the former NBC news
anchor, raised by a Catholic mother and a Jewish father (9/29)
ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER Unfinished Business: Women, Men,
Work, Family presents the vision for what true equality between
men and women really means (10/1) BEN BERNANKE W/JUDY
WOODRUFF The Courage to Act offers an insiders look into the
worst financial crisis and economic slump in America since the
Great Depression (10/8) INDIVIDUAL WORLD POETRY SLAM FINALS
Poetry Slam Incorporated offers the culminating event in its
four-day festival (10/10) TA-NEHISI COATES W/JAMES BENNET
Between the World and Me is a heartfelt meditation on identity,
racism and the American Dream from the provocative writer
(10/14) FALLING FOR BEER: A SEASONAL BEER TASTING Some of
the areas best local breweries will have pumpkin ales and other
seasonal brews on tap (10/14) ELVIS COSTELLO W/DAN KOIS
Unfaithful Music & Disappointing Ink describes the combination
of dumb luck and cunning that has allowed Costello to sustain
his career (10/15) SHERRY TURKLE Reclaiming Conversation:
The Power of Talk in a Digital Age (10/19) YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
AND RAMAEL SCULLY W/JEFFREY GOLDBERG The NOPI Cookbook
brings the restaurants favorite dishes to life (10/20) DREW
BARRYMORE Wildflower shares stories from the descendant of
Hollywood royalty who has become a star in her own right (11/3)
UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE TOURING COMPANY (12/20)
SMITHSONIAN FOOD HISTORY WEEKEND
National Museum of American History

1400 Constitution Ave. NW
202-633-1000
bit.ly/foodwkend
Culinary leaders, researchers, practitioners and scholars will
lead discussions and tastings at this event, intended to boost
understanding about the history of food in America: GALA
Featuring guests Alton Brown, Marcus Samuelsson, Sara
Moulton and Derek Brown, plus Daniel Boulud, who will
create the evenings menu as well as present the first Julia
Child Award to Jacques Pepin (10/22) ROUNDTABLE A free
day-long symposium with discussions on the theme of food
innovation (10/23, Warner Bros. Theater) FESTIVAL A day
of free activities around the museum, from demonstrations to
book signings to film screenings (10/24) AFTER HOURS: BREWING
UP INNOVATION Maureen Ogle, author of Ambitious Brew: The
Story of American Beer, leads a ticketed discussion about the rise
of American craft beer followed by beer tastings and appetizers
(10/22-24, Coulter Performance Plaza)
STRATHMORE
5301 Tuckerman Lane

North Bethesda
301-581-5100
strathmore.org
PANEL DISCUSSION: WOMEN CHEFS: ARTISTS IN THE KITCHEN
Bonnie Benwick, Ruth Gresser and Nora Pouillon are among
the familiar female chefs in discussion in conjunction with
the Strathmore Mansions The Art of Taste exhibition (9/20)
MUSEUM SHOP AROUND Nineteen of the areas best museum
gift shops set up shop at Strathmore for this annual benefit, a
treasure for holiday gift ideas (11/12-15)
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TORPEDO FACTORY
105 N. Union St.

Alexandria, Va.
703-838-4565
torpedofactory.org
ART ON TAP - The Art Leagues intriguing mix of art, beer and food,
as local craft brews are paired with works of art, which are further
complemented with appetizers from local restaurants (10/16)
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE The Alexandria Choral Society will sing
seasonal favorites as the galleries are open on the same evening as
the Holiday Boat Parade of Lights on the Potomac (12/5)
VERIZON CENTER
601 F St. NW
202-628-3200
verizoncenter.com
NITRO CIRCUS LIVE (10/8) WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL HORSE
SHOW (10/20-25)
WARNER THEATRE
513 13th St. NW

202-397-SEAT
warnertheatre.com
JO KOY (10/2) MARGARET CHO The psyCHO Tour (10/9)
ANDERSON COOPER & ANDY COHEN Glamour gays dishing the
dirt (10/17) CRISS ANGEL PRESENTS THE SUPERNATURALISTS
Magic tricks and more (10/20-21) SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO
Chicago-born stand-up comic (10/23) TYLER PERRYS MADEA ON
THE RUN (10/29-11/1) SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? The Top
10 finalists from the season that just ended perform live (11/6)
WANDA SYKES (11/7-8) RON WHITE (11/13) I LOVE LUCY: LIVE
ON STAGE A touring dmusical stage show adapted from the
beloved long-ago TV show (11/20)
WOMENS VOICES THEATER FESTIVAL
Various locations
womensvoicestheaterfestival.org
This two-month-long push for greater awareness of the work
of female playwrights goes beyond the several dozen fullscale productions at participating theaters, which can be found
throughout this issues Stage listings. ALL) WOMENS VOICES: A
CONVERSATION ABOUT INTENTIONALITY AND INCLUSION Jennifer
Nelson moderates this broad-focused panel discussion after
an introduction by the Kennedy Centers Deborah F. Rutter
(9/21, Kennedy Center) THERE IS NOTHIN LIKE A DAME: WOMEN
IN MUSICAL THEATER The Washington Posts Nelson Pressley
moderates a panel including playwright Julia Jordan and
Signature actors Nova Y. Payton and Tracy Lynn Olivera (9/28,
Signature Theatre) THE GLASS CURTAIN: GENDER PARITY IN THE
AMERICAN THEATRE (10/4, Woolly Mammoth Theatre) DRIVEN:
TRAILBLAZING WOMEN OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY A frank
discussion about the rare women in high-powered, high-profile
positions throughout the industry and how gender has shaped
their career trajectories and the creative material they choose
(10/5, Fords Theatre) FIGHT LIKE A GIRL: CHANGING ROLES FOR
WOMEN IN STAGE COMBAT (10/23, Round House Theatre)
For expanding Above & Beyond listings, visit
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Museums & Galleries continued

format aerial footage of the Old City and throughout the Holy
Land (9/26-3/31/16)
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW

202-633-1000
mnh.si.edu
AFRICAN ELEPHANT Learn about elephant behavior and
the threats facing elephants today (Ongoing) PRIMORDIAL
LANDSCAPES: ICELAND REVEALED Photographer Feodor Pitcairn
and poet Ari Trausti Gumundsson reveal a land of fire, ice,
hardy life and natural beauty (Now-2017) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
INTO AFRICA: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF FRANS LANTING (Now-2016)
THE LAST AMERICAN DINOSAURS: DISCOVERING A LOST WORLD As
it develops a new National Fossil Hall, this exhibition is one
place for the museum to display its ancient bones collection
(Now-2018) ONCE THERE WERE BILLIONS: VANISHED BIRDS OF
NORTH AMERICA (Now-1/3/16) PORTRAITS OF PLANET OCEAN:
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BRIAN SKERRY Amazing underwater
photographs from some of the most beautiful, diverse and
threatened environments on the planet (Now-10/4/15)
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
4th Street and Independence Avenue SW

202-633-1000
nmai.si.edu
COMMEMORATING CONTROVERSY: THE DAKOTA-U.S. WAR OF 1862
President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 38 Dakota
men in 1862 as a culminating step in the war between natives in
southern Minnesota and the U.S. military and immigrant settlers.
It left deep wounds that have yet to heal over 150 years later
(Now-12/29) OUR UNIVERSES: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE SHAPES
OUR WORLD Organized around the solar year, this exhibition
focuses on indigenous cosmologies, or the worldviews and
philosophies related to the creation and order of the universe that
guide American Indian communities (Now-2017) THE GREAT
INKA ROAD: ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE One of the monumental
engineering achievements in history, this network of more than
20,000 miles crossed mountains and tropical lowlands, rivers
and desserts, linking the Inka capital Cusco with the farthest
reaches of its empire and still serves Andean communities
today in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile
(Now-2018)
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
1250 New York Ave. NW

202-783-5000
nmwa.org
UP FRONT: ESTHER BUBLEY Photographer captures American
life during the Golden Age of photojournalism (Now-1/17/16)
PATHMAKERS: WOMEN IN ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN, MIDCENTURY
AND TODAY Illuminating the vital contributions of women to
postwar visual culture and their use of craft materials to explore
concepts of modernism (10/30-2/28/16)
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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
8th and F Streets NW

202-633-1000
npg.si.edu
DARK FIELDS OF THE REPUBLIC: ALEXANDER GARDNER PHOTOGRAPHS
1859-1872 Known as the man who shot the Civil War, Gardner
created dramatic and vivid photographs of battlefields, including

images of the recently dead shocking images that continue
to haunt the national imagination (9/18-3/13/16) EYE POP: THE
CELEBRITY GAZE 53 portraits of luminaries who have been top
in their fields, from Oprah Winfrey to Brad Pitt, Katy Perry to
Sonia Sotomayor, all recent additions to the museums collection
(Now-7/10/16) NELSON SHANKS: THE FOUR JUSTICES Artists
monumental group portrait, a tribute to the four female justices
who have served on the U.S. Supreme Court(Now-10/16/16)
TORPEDO FACTORY
105 N. Union St.

Alexandria
703-838-4565
torpedofactory.org
WIJATI SOEMANTORO: THE RING OF FIRE Abstract lithographs
express a response to the energy, emotions and aftermath of
natural disasters (Now-10/5, Art League Gallery) SUPERSTITION
& BELIEF Artists working in all media deal with myth, religion,
belief, fantasy and dreams (10/7-11/3, Art League) ENTERTAINING
AND OCCASIONS Jolly holiday potters from the Washington
Ceramic Guild create original centerpieces, servers, platters,
bakers and trays for upcoming occasions (10/26-11/29, Scope
Gallery)
UNITED STATES BOTANIC GARDEN
100 Maryland Ave. SW

202-225-8333
usbg.gov
EXPOSED: THE SECRET LIFE OF ROOTS Agricultural ecologist
Jerry Glover, sculptor Steve Tobin and photographer Jim
Richardson work together to showcase the importance of roots
through visually stunning root representations (Now-10/13)
ILLUSTRATING HIDDEN TREASURES: BOTANICAL ART BY WENDY
HOLLENDER Celebrated artist offers several pieces of her
belowground structures (Now-10/25)
WASHINGTON PRINTMAKERS GALLERY
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center

8230 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring
301-273-3660
washingtonprintmakers.com
YOLANDA FREDERIKSE A passion for nature guides this artist,
whose work captures notable places in and around the nations
capital (October) PAULINE JAKOBSBERG A co-founder of the
gallery whose medium of expression has for 33 years been handpulled print (November)
For expanded Museums & Galleries listings, visit
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SPOTLIGHT
2015 SONIC CIRCUITS FESTIVAL
This years annual Sonic Circuits

Festival of Experimental Music returns
to Pyramid Atlantic. Among the nearly
30 acts scheduled to perform this year:
ZEV, Gut/Head, Chester Hawkins,
Anthony Pirog, Mark Cisneros and
Ian McColm, Mia Zabelka, Hay Fever,
Black Spirituals, Boat Burning, and the
electro-acoustic duo Salarymen, which
will offer free outdoor guerrilla performances Saturday, Sept. 19, from 1
p.m. to 2 p.m. Main performances are
Friday, Sept. 18, starting at 7:30 p.m.,
and Saturday, Sept. 19, and Sunday,
Sept. 20, starting at 5 p.m. Pyramid
Atlantic Art Center, 8230 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring. Tickets are $20. Call 301608-9101 or visit dc-soniccircuits.org.
2ND ANNUAL FREEDOM 5K XC AT

LINCOLN COTTAGE
Running icon Joan Benoit Samuelson,

the first woman to win the gold in
the Olympic marathon 30 years ago,
once again hosts this cross-country
race on the historic Soldiers Home
grounds, which are typically closed
to the public. Participating runners
and walkers will be treading the same
grounds President Lincoln did over
the course of the three long summers
when he made it his retreat from the
hubbub at the White House during
the Civil War. The Freedom 5K XCs
course winds past ponds, woods and
fields and includes paved and unpaved
pathways, culminating at Lincolns
Cottage, dubbed the Cradle of the
Emancipation Proclamation, since
Lincoln drafted this seminal document
on site. Saturday, Sept. 26, at 8 a.m.
President Lincolns Cottage, 140 Rock
Creek Church Rd. NW. Registration is
$30. Call 202-829-0436 ext. 31232 or
visit lincolncottage.org.
DANA TAI SOON BURGESS

COMPANY
Touted as the poet laureate of

Washington dance by the Washington
Posts Sarah Kaufman, Dana Tai Soon
Burgess serves as an official U.S.
cultural ambassador in addition to
regularly touring the world with his
eponymous company. For this years
Kennedy Center engagement, the
troupe performs three company repertory works Picasso Dances, Mandala
and Confluence and offers the premiere of his newest work, We choose
to go to the moon, a depiction of human
space travel created in collaboration
with NASA. Saturday, Sept. 19, and
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Sunday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. Kennedy

Center Terrace Theater. Tickets are
$28 to $45. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
DOGFIGHT
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul adapted this show, with book writer
Peter Duchan, from the 1991 movie.
Dogfights music is sweet and tuneful,
subtle and timeless but with songs
strong enough to stand on their own
and get radio play today. Keyboardist
Jake Null leads a six-piece ensemble in Keegans production, directed
by Christian A. Coakley and Michael
Innocenti, that brings to life the many
songs that could become show tune
anthems for a newer generation of
musical theater lovers, from Some
Kinda Time to Nothing Short of
Wonderful to the beautiful, moving
ballad Give Way. And as the musicals boy and girl who find love despite
the odds, Tiziano DAffuso and Isabelle
Smelkinson win us over through their
honest and naturalistic portrayals.
Closes this Saturday, Sept. 19. Keegan
Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. Tickets
are $35 to $45. Call 703-892-0202 or
visit keegantheatre.com. (Doug Rule)
GERARD PANGAUD: CLASSIC

FRENCH COOKING
The man behind the former D.C. restaurant Gerards Place and now chef
at Malmaison on the Georgetown
Waterfront, Gerard Pangaud was the
youngest chef ever to receive a twostar Michelin rating (for his namesake
French restaurant prior to moving
to the U.S.). At the Hill Center on
Capitol Hill he offers another Classic
French Cooking Class, predicated on
his approach in the kitchen emphasizing the creative and unique over the
rote and standard in other words,
winging it versus relying on a recipe.
For this months class Pangaud offers
a tour of Alsace, demonstrating how to
cook an onion tart, venison stew with
dry fruits, and a plum tart. Saturday,
Sept. 19, at 11 a.m. Hill Center, Old
Navy Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave.
SE. Cost is $85. Call 202-549-4172 or
visit HillCenterDC.org.
highlights popular female composers from throughout Latin America,

among them Mexican composer
Consuelo Velasquez, Violeta Parra
(whose Chilean folk anthem Gracias
a La Vida has been famously covered by Mercedes Sosa and Joan Baez),
Peruvian singer-songwriter Chabuca
Granda, whose La Flor de la Canela
has become an unofficial anthem for
Lima, and Maria Elena Walsh, one of
Argentinas most popular writers in
various genres, from childrens books
to politically charged songs. Saturday,
Sept. 19, at 2:30 p.m., and Sunday, Sept.
20, at 7 p.m. Source, 1835 14th St. NW.
Tickets are $18 to $38. Call 202-2047763 or visit inseries.org.
OF MONSTERS AND MEN
Icelandic folk-pop act Of Monsters

and Men offers one of the final concerts of the season at Merriweather
Post Pavilion. Danish pop act Oh Land
opens. Sunday, Sept. 20. Doors at 6:30
p.m. Merriweather Post Pavilion,
10475 Little Patuxent Parkway,
Columbia, Md. Tickets are $40 to
$55. Call 800-551-SEAT or visit merriweathermusic.com.
PHASE 1S OPEN MIC NIGHT
The 4th Thursdays of the month, relaunching with special guest A Phase 1
reinstates its monthly Open Mic Night,
where a lot of queer musicians got
their start. This 4th Thursdays of the
month event kicks off Thursday, Sept.
24, with performances by anyone, of
course, but also a featured performance by Kellyn Marie Goler, who is
gearing up to release her debut album
Echolocation. Thursday, Sept. 24, at 8
p.m. Phase 1, 525 8th St. SE. No cover.
Call 202-544-6831 or visit ladiesrockthis.com.
VOX POP: A CAPPELLA FALL

SPECTACULAR!
Vox Pop performs a concert this weekend with Philadelphias Broad Street
Beat as opening act. The show will
take place in the performance space
at downtowns First Congregational
United Church of Christ. Saturday,
Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. Live! at 10th and G,
945 G St. NW. Tickets are $15. Call
202-628-4317 or visit voxpopdc.com.
LATINA SUPREMES
The D.C.-based Elizabeth Pringle

wrote and directed Latina Supremes,
staged by the the unshowy and unpretentious opera/cabaret outfit InSeries
as an all-female cabaret conducted
by pianist Mari Paz and featuring
opera singer Patricia Portillo and guitarist Diana Saez. Pringles cabaret
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CAPS FOR SALE, THE MUSICAL
Ann Marie Mulhearn Sayer and

Michael J. Bobbitt have adapted the
childrens book by Esphyr Slobodkina
for a 75th Anniversary world premiere
production at Adventure TheatreMTC that also serves as its contribution to D.C.s Womens Voices Theater
Festival. Patrick Pearson directs this
one-hour show for all ages, featuring
music and lyrics by William Yanesh,
about a peddler whose caps are stolen
while he naps. To Sept. 27. Adventure
Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd.,
Glen Echo. Tickets are $19.50. Call
301-634-2270 or visit adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
DESTINY OF DESIRE
Over the next two months nearly

every professional theater company
in the region will present a play by a
female writer as part of the unprecedented Womens Voices Theater
Festival. Its an effort to tip the scales
toward female playwrights, who in
any other two-month span are woefully underrepresented on stages in
D.C. and across the country. For its
part as one of the festivals originating
theaters, Arena Stage offers the latest from Helen Hayes Award-winning
playwright Karen Zacarias (The Book
Club Play), a telenovela-styled fastpaced modern comedy set in Mexico.
Jose Luis Valenzuela directs a cast featuring Esperanza America, Gabriela
Fernandez-Coffey, Carlos Gomez and
Nicholas Rodriguez. To Oct. 18. Mead
Center for American Theater, 1101 6th
St. SW. Call 202-488-3300 or visit
arenastage.org.
FRIENDSHIP BETRAYED
WSC Avant Bard presents a rarely

produced comedy by Spanish playwright Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor, a
four-centuries-old play with a protofeminist story that doesnt feel dated.
Kari Ginsburg directs a comedy
about liberated ladies in love and lust,
re-staging it in the roaring twenties.
To Oct. 11. Gunston Theater II, 2700
South Lang St. Arlington. Tickets are
$30 to $35. Call 703-418-4808 or visit
avantbard.org.
IRONBOUND
For its contribution to the Womens

Voices Theater Festival, Round House
Theatre Company which, it should
be noted, has been ahead of the gender curve, regularly staging works by
women in recent years presents a
work by Polish-born Martyna Majok,
who recently won a major theater
prize designating her an Emerging
American Playwright. Daniella Topol
directs Majoks Ironbound, a humorous and heartfelt look at a hard-working immigrant struggling as a single
mother in modern-day America.
Alexandra Henrikson, Jefferson A.
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Russell, Josiah Bania and William

Vaughan make up the cast. To Oct.
4. Round House Theatre, 4545 EastWest Highway, Bethesda. Tickets are
$36 to $51. Call 240-644-1100 or visit
roundhousetheatre.org.
NIGHT FALLS ON THE BLUE

PLANET
WITCHES VANISH
Theater Alliance presents a new play

by Kathleen Akerley, presented as
part of the Womens Voices Theater
Festival. Night Falls on the Blue Planet
focuses on one womans complex and
unexpected journey in discovering
herself and healing from a lifetime of
trauma. Rex Daugherty directs a cast
including Jeanne Dillon-Williams,
Natalie Cutcher, Kerri Rambow,
Amanda Haddock-Duchemin and
Peter Finnegan. To Sept. 27. Anacostia
Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Place SE.
Tickets are $35. Call 202-241-2539 or
visit theateralliance.com.
THE FIX
HHHHH
Taken at face value, The Fix is a natural fit for the nations capital, with the
regions built-in audience of political
junkies, who will no doubt see flickers
of real people they know in the various portrayals on stage. But The Fix is
too cold and calculating, a melodrama
without a beating heart, full of characters we dont much care for. Dana P.
Rowes music a rock-oriented musical blend of Andrew Lloyd Webber
and Kander and Ebb is as uninspiring as John Dempseys book. Think
of the show as Evita meets Chicago
with all the cynical maneuverings and
political pomp and pizazz that implies,
yet without the wink and smile, or
signs of showbiz honesty. Closes this
Sunday, Sept. 20. Signature Theatre,
4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Call
703-820-9771 or visit signature-theatre.org. (Doug Rule)
THE OREGON TRAIL
Flying V presents Bekah Brunstetters

play The Oregon Trail, a tale of two
young women named Jane, both on a
painful path towards self-recognition,
examining the impact of memory and
the legacy of sadness across generations. Amber Jackson directs Madeline
Key, Kelsey Meiklejohn, Julia
Klavans, Ryan Tumulty and William
Hayes in this production, Flying Vs
contribution to the Womens Voices
Theater Festival. Closes this Sunday,
Sept. 20. The Writers Center, 4508
Walsh St. Bethesda. Tickets are $15
to $25. Call 301-654-8664 or visit flyingvtheatre.com.
TRUTH & BEAUTY BOMBS: A

SOFTER WORLD
Known for ambitious stagings of

eccentric, or just plain out-there, tales,
Rorschach Theatre offers a new project based on the web series A Softer
World by Emily Horne and Joey
Corneau. As conceived of and directed
by Jenny McConnell Frederick, Truth
& Beauty Bombs focuses on a photographer who sets out to capture as much
of the world as he can before he goes
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blind. Randy Baker, Norman Allen,

Heather McDonald, Shawn Northip
and Alexandra Petri assisted with the
writing. To Oct. 4. Atlas Performing
Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are
$20 to $30. Call 202-399-7993 or visit
rorschachtheatre.com.
As part of the Womens Voices

Theater Festival, Venus Theatre
Company presents Claudia Barnetts
Witches Vanish, which explores the
weird sisters from Macbeth in a series
of stylized, highly visual vignettes
employing puppetry, poetry and surrealism. Deborah Randall directs.
Closes Sunday, Sept. 20. The Venus
Theatre Play Shack, 21 C St. Laurel,
Md. Tickets are $20. Call 202-2364078 or visit venustheatre.org.
MUSIC
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Marin Alsop kicks off the new

BSO season with a concerto favorite and an orchestral masterpiece:
Rachmaninoffs Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini, featuring Cliburn
Competition winner Olga Kern,
and Richard Strausss love note to
nature, An Alpine Symphony. The
program kicks off with Anna Clynes
Masquerade, whose world premiere
was in 2013 with a performance by
the BBC Symphony Orchestra as led
by Alsop. Thursday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301
Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda.
Also Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday,
Sept. 19, at 8 p.m. Joseph Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St.,
Baltimore. Tickets are $20 to $99. Call
410-783-8000 or visit bsomusic.org.
BILL KIRCHIN & TOO MUCH FUN
Bill Kirchin, the Grammy-nominated

guitarist of country-rock band
Commander Cody, also performs in
the even wider-ranging band Too
Much Fun, which blends traditional
American music, rock, country, blues
and swing. Jumpin Jupiter opens.
Friday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The
Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave.,
Alexandria. Tickets are $25. Call 703549-7500 or visit birchmere.com.
BOHEMIAN CAVERNS JAZZ

ORCHESTRA
Every Monday night the 17-piece

jazz orchestra performs a variety of
music from the big band repertoire
including pieces by Duke Ellington,
Count Basie, Billy Strayhorn and
Maria Schneider, plus originals from
band members, at its namesake venue.
Founded by baritone saxophonist
Brad Linde and club owner Omrao
Brown, featuring some of D.C.s best
jazz musicians, including Linde and
trumpeter Joe Herrera, who codirect. Performances at 8 p.m. and 10
p.m. every Monday night. Bohemian
Caverns, 2001 11th St. NW. Tickets
are $10. Call 202-299-0800 or visit
bohemiancaverns.com.
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CHAISE LOUNGE
This D.C.-based jazz and swing band

has been a staple at hip bars around
the area, along with more storied
venues such as the Kennedy Center
and Blues Alley. Having performed
with Natalie Cole and Dizzy Gillespie,
Chaise Lounge performs swing standards as well as original tunes, including those from its most recent album
Dot Dot Dot martini. Saturday, Sept.
26, at 8 p.m. Amp by Strathmore, 11810
Grand Park Ave. North Bethesda.
Tickets are $30 to $40. Call 301-5815100 or visit ampbystrathmore.com.
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC
Piotr Gajewski kicks off the National

Philharmonics new season with
a toast to two of Americas greatest composers: Leonard Bernstein
and George Gerswhin. Bernsteins
Symphonic Dances is drawn from West
Side Story, his classic re-imagining
of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet as
a quintessential American story and
in a quintessential American form,
the Broadway musical. Meanwhile,
Gershwins An American in Paris is the
indelible jazz-influenced symphonic
poem, a very idealistic and romantic
that is, American take on the City of
Lights. Thomas Pandolfi, considered a
leading interpreter of Gershwin, joins
to perform another popular piece, the
Concerto in F, which blurs classical
lines by incorporating jazz, blues and
ragtime elements. Saturday, Sept. 19,
at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 20, at 3
p.m. Music Center at Strathmore, 5301
Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda.
Tickets are $29 to $89. Call 301-5815100 or visit strathmore.org.
WICKED JEZABEL
Pauline Anson-Drosss popular lesbian all-covers party-rock band Wicked

Jezabel has been rocking as well as
raising money for various good causes
all over the region for a decade
now. Saturday, Sept. 26, at 9 p.m.
JVs Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd.,
Falls Church. Call 703-241-9504 or
visit jvsrestaurant.com.
GALLERIES
CHAMBER MUSIC: THE LIFE AND
LEGACY OF ELIZABETH SPRAGUE
COOLIDGE
In honor of the 150th anniversary of

her birth, the Library of Congress
presents a new exhibition about the
woman who supported establishment of the institutions first music
venue, the intimate, finely tuned
Coolidge Auditorium that required an
act of Congress but finally opened in
1925. An accomplished pianist and
avid composer, Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidges passion was chamber music
and her mission was to make it more
widely available and accessible by
sponsoring concert tours around the
world and commissioning new works.
The exhibit features 40 items, most
drawn from the Coolidge Foundation
Collection at the Library, which
holds the worlds largest music col-
lection. Through Jan. 23. Performing

Arts Reading Room Gallery in The
Library of Congresss James Madison
Memorial Building, 101 Independence
Ave. SE. Call 202-707-8000 or visit loc.
gov/exhibits.
ELAINE DE KOONING: PORTRAITS
John F. Kennedy, poets Frank OHara

and Allen Ginsberg, critic Harold
Rosenberg, choreographer Merce
Cunningham, and painters Willem
de Kooning and Fairfield Porter are
among the friends and family members represented in a National Portrait
Gallery retrospective of this abstract
expressionist painters work. Most of
de Koonings paintings hang in private
collection and have rarely been seen
by the public before. Through Jan.
10. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and
F Streets. NW. Call 202-633-8300 or
visit npg.si.edu.
INGENUE TO ICON: HILLWOODS

FASHION EXHIBITION
Subtitled 70 Years of Fashion from the

Collection of Marjorie Merriweather
Post, the Hillwood Museum offers
a special exhibition focused on the
elegant fashions and sumptuous fabrics documenting the evolution of 20th
Century fashion and all drawn, naturally, from the late Hillwood owner
who gave the place so much style.
Through Dec. 31. Hillwood Estate,
4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Tickets are
$18. Call 202-686-5807 or visit hillwoodmuseum.org.
LITTLE BLACK BOOKS: ARCHIVES

OF AMERICAN ART
An exhibition that would be harder

and less interesting to pull off in
todays mobile-based culture, Little
Black Books: Address Books from the
Archives of American Art features a
handful of personal address books of
influential American artists. Pocket volumes of scrawled names and numbers
on display come from artists including
Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Joseph
Cornell and Ad Reinhardt. Through
Nov. 1. Smithsonians Archives of
American Art, 8th and F Streets. NW.
Call 202-633-7940 or visit aaa.si.edu.
MODERN SCULPTURE: DIALOGUES

IN THREE DIMENSIONS
While its galleries are closed for renovation and expansion, the National
Gallery of Art has set up throughout its
East Building a special installation of
modern sculpture from its renowned
holdings. And three times a week, the
gallery offers a new 60-minute guided
tour highlighting these works, allowing patrons to engage with each other
in open-ended discussions about, in
addition to the guide pointing out connections between, the works on view,
from Alexander Calders monumental
mobile Untitled from 1976 to Andy
Goldsworthys decade-old Roof. The
relationship between I.M. Peis East
Building and John Russell Pops West
Building is also examined. Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Sundays, at 1:30 p.m.
National Gallery of Art East Building
Information Desk, 3rd Street at
Constitution Avenue NW. Call 202737-4215 or visit nga.gov.
MONSTER FISH: IN SEARCH OF

THE LAST RIVER GIANTS
Based on the popular National

Geographic Wild series, this interactive exhibit includes clips from
the series, life-size fish sculptures
and several family-friendly activities
designed to educate visitors about the
massive fish that Dr. Zeb Hogan, the
aquatic ecologist who is the host of the
Monster Fish series, has spent decades
exploring. Through Oct. 11. National
Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St.
NW. Tickets are $11. Call 202-8577588 or visit ngmuseum.org.
OFF THE TABLE, ONTO THE

WALL: TORPEDO FACTORYS
CERAMIC GUILD
The Scope Gallery, the ceramics co-op

arm of Alexandrias Torpedo Factory,
displays the latest works of ceramic
wall art from the Washington Ceramic
Guild, developed around a cosmic and
celestial theme. Through Sept. 27.
The Scope Gallery at Torpedo Factory
Art Center, 105 North Union St.
Alexandria. Free. Call 703-548-6288
or visit torpedofactory.org.
ONCE THERE WERE BILLIONS
Once There Were Billions: Vanished

Birds of North America documents
those species of birds weve lost on
this continent over the past two centuries, from the puffin-like great auck to
the Carolina parakeet to the heath hen

to the passenger pigeon, not to be confused with the commonplace carrier
pigeon. Through October. National
Museum of Natural History, 10th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.
Call 202-633-1000 or visit mnh.si.edu.
ONE LIFE: DOLORES HUERTA
The National Portrait Gallery offers

its first exhibition devoted to a Latino
figure. Dolores Heurta co-founded the
National Farm Workers Association
with Cesar Chavez in 1962 and fought
for the passage of the California
Agricultural Labor Relations Act of
1975. Taina Caragol curated an exhibition that vividly traces the 13 years
between those two actions. Through
May 15. National Portrait Gallery, 8th
and F Streets. NW. Call 202-633-8300
or visit npg.si.edu.
ROBB HILL: HOMELANDS: A

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
HomeLands: A Photography Exhibition

includes Robb Hills striking black
and white images offering a powerful meditation on the themes of
home, land and loss. Through Oct.
18. PhotoWorks Gallery at Glen Echo
Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard.
Glen Echo, Md. Call 301-634-2274 or
visit glenechophotoworks.org.
UNDER A SUMMER SUN
Del Ray Artisans offers this summer-themed art exhibit as part of

its Gallery Without Walls program
and presented at the Vola Lawson

Animal Shelter. Participating artists donate 40 percent of each sale
to be shared equally by the nonprofit
arts group and the Animal Welfare
League of Alexandria. Through Sept.
27. Vola Lawson Animal Shelter, 4101
Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria.
VANESSA BELLS HOGARTH

PRESS DESIGNS
Virginia Woolfs younger sister was

one of Englands most famous postimpressionist painters. Vanessa
Bell helped start what became the
Bloomsbury Group of writers, artists
and intellectuals in London between
World Wars. But she also designed
many of the book covers for Hogarth
Press, simple arts-and-crafts designs,
with recurrent geometries and lowercase lettering, and featured in this
exhibition. Through Nov. 13. National
Museum of Women in the Arts. 1250
New York Ave NW. Admission is $10.
Call 202-783-5000 or visit nmwa.org.
WINDOW TO WASHINGTON
Window to Washington: The Kiplinger

Collection at HSW is an exhibition at
Washingtons Carnegie Library that
traces the development of the nations
capital from a sleepy Southern town
to a modern metropolis, as documented through the works of artists. The
Historical Society of Washington, D.C.,
exhibition was made possible by a donation from the Kiplinger family. Its also
an early step in a reorganization effort
by the society, which has struggled to

revive ever since its short-lived effort
a decade ago to run a City Museum
of Washington proved too ambitious.
Open Tuesdays through Fridays from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Historical Society
of Washington, D.C., at the Carnegie
Library, 801 K St. NW. Call 202-3931420 or visit dchistory.org.
ABOVE AND BEYOND

MARYLAND RENAISSANCE
FESTIVAL
As summer nears its end, thoughts

naturally turn to jousting, feasting,
crafts, theater, music and merriment. Ah yes, its time once again for
Maryland Renaissance Festival, one
of the worlds largest festivals recreating a 600-year-old era in jolly old
England. Set in a woodsy park outside
of Annapolis, Md., patrons are encouraged to dress up in period costume.
(They can even rent such duds.) But
they shouldnt bring weapons, real or
toy, or pets, as they tend to eat the
turkey legs, which in this context are
also weapons. Weekends through Oct.
25. Maryland Renaissance Festival,
Crownsville Road, Crownsville, Md.
Tickets are $19 to $24 for a single-day
adult ticket, $34 to $98 for multi-day
passes, or $130 for a season pass good
for all 19 days. Call 800-296-7304 or
visit rennfest.com. l
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stage
Sheila Callaghan returns to Woolly

to once again spin a riveting tale
of topsy turvy modern morals
by KATE WINGFIELD
S THEY SAY ABOUT LIFE, NO ONE GETS OUT

alive. And at this point, the same might be said
for women and their identities. A quick glance
at the nearest glowing screen offers Yahoo CEO
Marissa Mayer being simultaneously lauded and pilloried for
returning to work two weeks after delivering twins (albeit
with a nursery attached to her office), Nicki Minaj drawing
fire and fervor for her music video Anaconda, and female barrister Charlotte Proudman being emphatically embraced and
trolled for outing the sexist comments of a senior lawyer on her
Linkedin account.
Then there are the slack-jawed supermodels, defiant supersized models and, floating like an endless internet snowstorm
in between, the marketing images of Stepford women. These
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are the yoga-fit cyborgs presiding in various states of bliss over

bright, uncluttered kitchens, tidy desks, clean and joyful children and as playwright Sheila Callaghan so aptly notes in the
title of her play they are the Women Laughing Alone with Salad
(HHHHH).
What is a woman or a man to make of this circus of
female images?
Callaghan, being obviously intelligent and sensible, does not
pretend an answer. What she does do, boldly, hilariously and
irreverently, is to pin onto her board the modern womans dysfunctional zeitgeist, like some kind of mad, surreal butterfly. And
there she examines it, plays with it, takes the dust off its wings
and, after a time, lets it go. The issues may be no neater when
shes done and arguably she wasnt quite finished, but what she
does do is the rarest of things: cleverly and accurately captures
and displays the disease. The act alone feels like the beginnings
of a cure.
As gloriously unfettered (and feverish) as her previous Woolly
sensation Fever/Dream, Callaghan again spins a riveting tale of
topsy turvy modern morals in which wild interludes, spectacularly apt references, and hallucinogenic digressions are as
indispensably enthralling as the narrative. This time Callaghan
delivers a composite of the lives, loves, dreams and delirium
of three women and a man, tracking the question of whether
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the buxom Meredith belongs with Guy, a man she attracts with
her confident curves and moves. The problem for both is that
they have each been brainwashed into a very different idea of
the societally-acceptable girlfriend and womanhood in general.
Sitting on the lid of Guys repressed id are the adamant edicts
of his complicated mother Sandy and the dysfunctional but safe
pressures of his incumbent girlfriend, Tori. She may be a superskinny, eating disordered doormat-cum-hood-ornament with
an enthusiasm for brunch (or at least the idea of it), but at least
she meets with societys expectations. As the characters grapple
with self-doubt, the images and messaging that have plied 24-7
into their psyches and ours continue apace.
Callaghans way of seeing a kind of dream-time in which
the characters and issues swirl is extraordinary. Here, it is a
vision executed with incredible visual dexterity and wit thanks
to the design team of Misha Kachman (sets), Ivania Stack (costumes), Colin K. Bills (lighting), Palmer Hefferan (sound) and
Jared Mezzocchi (video). These are people who can get waterdrenched lettuce to flex seductively need one say more?
That said, its a wild arc of a play, no doubt a challenge to pull
off, and director Kip Fagan certainly shoots it out of the cannon
with the energy and direction it needs. But there is not much he
can do about Act Two, which largely redirects the focus onto
Guy. It also brings a change in mood which, though it keeps
some of the humorous irreverence of the First Act, is muted by
comparison and less clever.
The rabbit hole into which we follow Guy, and to some degree
Sandy, is interesting, but it leaves all the energy and beautifully
posed questions of the First Act hanging. No one wants to see a
genius like Callaghan hamstrung by the physics of conventional
storytelling, but one cant help wishing she had chosen to drill
deeper on her opening themes.

An enormous driver in this early excitement is Kimberly
Gilberts phenomenal portrayal of the hilariously, but also tragically, conflicted Meredith. Gilbert brilliantly captures her doloop of defiance, uncertainty, and inner panic as she attempts
the modern, porn-informed mating game. It is her struggle that
resonates loudest in the plays enormous fourth presence: the
cavalcade of images and films of woman and salad and what they
symbolize.
As the indefatigable Tori, Meghan Reardon is right on the
money with the perfect mix of confidence and bewilderment.
She has great comic timing and shows a lot of craft in revealing
what Callaghan has to say about the Toris of this world.
As Sandy, Janet Ulrich Brooks is dark, interesting and memorable, but the characters backstory is loaded to the point of cancelling itself out. In a later incarnation (not to be revealed here),
Brooks offers more of her intensely compelling craft and some
good comic timing, but coming only after Callaghan has left
behind the uproarious rebellions of the First Act it feels tenuous
and somewhat deflated.
Looking the part, Thomas Keegan brings much comedy to
his Guy, the right kind of dude-like thereness in his scenes with
the young women (if a little vocal strain), and some understated
angst to his scenes with Sandy.
Bottom line, Women Laughing Alone with Salad is a cultural
hand grenade, and as Woollys offering to the Womens Voices
Theater Festival, it cant be beat. If only there was a way to toss
it into the nearest screen. l
To Oct. 4 at Woolly Mammoth, 641 D St. NW. Tickets are $53-$73.
Call 202-393-3939 or visit woollymammoth.net.
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arts
A new piece of art hopes to spark

conversations about the FDAs
current ban on blood donations
from gay and bisexual men
by JOHN RILEY
OR THE PAST TWO YEARS, JORDAN EAGLES

has been bathed in blood. Sort of.
The New York-based artist has spent much
of his artistic career working with animal blood,
but has turned to a less conventional source. In his latest
exhibition, Eagles utilizes blood collected from gay and
bisexual men. Himself a gay man who was once rejected from
donating blood, Eagles hopes that the exhibition will challenge and start a conversation over the U.S. Food and Drug
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Administrations current policy of effectively banning blood

and tissue donations from gay men.
Im viewing this piece as a work in progress that will always
be a work in progress until the policy is changed, Eagles says.
Blood Mirror, on display at American University Museums
Katzen Arts Center, focuses primarily on a four-cornered glass
box standing 7 feet tall. Inside are nine thin glass panels, stacked
together and arranged vertically, smeared from top to bottom
with the blood of a gay, bisexual or transgender man who is currently prohibited from donating potentially life-saving material
due to the FDAs lifetime deferral policy. The box is capable of
holding up to 170 panels.
The men who contributed their blood come from an array
of backgrounds, races and generations from within the gay
male community. They are Rev. John Moody, an openly gay
priest from New York City; Kelsey Louie, CEO of the HIV/
AIDS organization Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC); Dr.
Lawrence Mass, co-founder of GMHC and one of the first
to report on the AIDS epidemic; Anthony Woods, an Iraq
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war veteran discharged under the militarys Dont Ask,

Dont Tell policy; Loren Rice, a transgender man married to
another transgender man; Oliver Anene, the LGBT activist in
Nigeria forced to seek political asylum in the United States;
Ty Spicha, a gay man whose identical twin brother is able to
donate blood simply because he is heterosexual; Blue Bayer, a
bisexual father of two; and Dr. Howard Grossman, the former
director of the American Academy of HIV Medicine and the
medical advisor on Blood Mirror.
Each of the nine subjects was asked to donate a full pint of
blood, the amount of the average blood donation. Before donating, all the men underwent a rapid HIV test to determine that
they were HIV-negative.
Its not about being gratuitous with the blood, says Eagles.
Its about being respectful of it and how we present it in context
to the whole issue. Two of the panels are literally seven or eight
drips. Its literally good to the last drop. You want to utilize all of
it, because its very valuable material.
While the men were donating, they were filmed and interviewed about their personal life stories and their perspectives
on the current FDA policy. The footage, captured by filmmaker
Leo Herrera, was compiled into a 44-minute video that airs on a
continuous loop as part of the exhibit.
Eagles constructed a smaller second case, drawn to scale
with Blood Mirror, which is packed to the brim with the medical waste gloves, needles, blood bags, collection tubes and
more generated from the two days during which the blood
was donated.
Eagles also mixed the remaining blood of all nine men
together and brought it to lab technician Joe Osmundson, who
added his own blood to the mix and prepared slides, which can
be viewed through a microscope in the exhibit hall. From the

slides, fashion designer Jonny Cota created a flag. Eagles soaked
a thread in the mixed blood, which Cota then sewed by hand into
the flag, which is titled Blood Flag.
Blood donation, in America, has historically been something
that people always did, says Eagles. The flag pays homage to
the fact that this was something that was part of our nations history in terms of patriotism. Hopefully, one day we can raise that
flag when the FDA makes a fair policy.
Eagles is easily riled when speaking about his subject matter.
Ive gone through a lot of different emotions over the past
two years, he says. There was a lot of anger. And its not hard
to get me pissed off over this, given how ridiculous the [FDA]
policy is.
But most important to Eagles is whether he successfully
shares the life stories of his nine subjects and puts faces and
names to those affected by the lifetime deferral policy.
Thats the point: all of this could have been used to save
lives, says Eagles. So it has this component of respect. And a lot
of people invested their energy in this, and so you want to make
sure you do right by everybody, who put their time and effort
and love into this. l
Jordan Eagles: Blood Mirror is on display to Oct. 18 at the
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 4400
Massachusetts Ave. NW. A public program, moderated by Slates
Mark Joseph Stern and featuring some of the donors, plus a performance from the Rock Creek Singers of the Gay Mens Chorus
of Washington, will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 7-9 p.m.
For more information, call 202-885-1300, or visit american.edu/
cas/museum.
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LIFE
LISTINGS
THURS., 09.17.15
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection
Music videos featuring
DJ Wess
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call
Martini, $3 Miller Lite,
$4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
$3 Rail Drinks, 10pmmidnight, $5 Red Bull,
Gatorade and Frozen Virgin
Drinks all night Locker
Room Thursday Nights
DJs Sean Morris and
MadScience Ripped Hot
Body Contest at midnight,
hosted by Sasha J. Adams
and BaNaka $200 Cash
Prize Doors open 10pm,
18+ $5 Cover under 21
and free with college ID
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Beltway Bears on Club Bar
$2 Draughts
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Ladies Drink Free Power
Hour, 4-5pm Shirtless
Thursday, 10-11pm DJs
BacK2bACk
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
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JR.S
All You Can Drink for $15,
5-8pm $3 Rail Vodka
Highballs, $2 JR.s drafts,
8pm-close Throwback
Thursday featuring rock/
pop retro hits
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat the Clock Happy Hour
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
$4 (7-8pm) Buckets of
Beer $15 Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
$4 Drinks and $3 Draughts,
6-9pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
FRI., 09.18.15
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink,
5-9pm Friday Night
Videos with resident DJ
Shea Van Horn VJ
Expanded craft beer selection No Cover
ANNIES
Martinis Upstairs open,
5-11pm
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink Happy
Hour $15 Rail and
Domestic, $21 Call &
Imports, 6-9pm Guys
Night Out Free Rail
Vodka, 11pm-Midnight, $6
Belvedere Vodka Drinks
all night Watch your
favorite music videos with
DJ MadScience in the
lounge DJ Keenan Orr
on the dancefloor $10
cover 10pm-1am, $5 after
1am 21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Free Happy Hour Buffet,
6-10pm $4 Rail, $3
Domestic, $10 Bucket of
Stella
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
$5 Smirnoff, all flavors,
all night long Boys of
HUMP upstairs, 9pm-2am
$5 Cover
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1,
4-9pm $2 Skyy Highballs
and $2 Drafts, 10pmmidnight Retro Friday
$5 Coronas, $8 Vodka Red
Bulls, 9pm-close
NELLIES SPORTS BAR

DJ Matt Bailer Videos,
Dancing Beat the Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
PHASE 1
The DC Gurly Show
presents Purrrlesque!: A
Tribute to All Things Furry
and Fuzzy, 9:30pm $10
Cover 21+
TOWN
DC Bear Crue Happy
Hour, 6-11pm $3 Rail,
$3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles
Free Pizza, 7pm No
cover before 9:30pm
21+ Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by Lena
Lett and featuring Miss
Tatianna, Shi-QueetaLee, Epiphany B. Lee
and BaNaka DJ Wess
upstairs, DJs BacK2bACk
downstairs GoGo Boys
after 11pm Doors open
at 10pm For those 21
and over, $10 For those

18-20, $15 18+
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
before 10pm Cover after
10pm (entry through Town)
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers,
hosted by LaTroya Nicole
Ladies of Ziegfelds,
9pm Hosted by Miss
Destiny B. Childs DJ
Darryl Strickland in Secrets
VJ Tre in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+
SAT., 09.19.15
9 1/2
drink, 3-9pm $5 Absolut
& Titos, $3 Miller Lite
after 9pm Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover Music videos
featuring various DJs
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Drag Yourself to Brunch at
Level One, 11am-2pm and
2-4pm Featuring Kristina
Kelly and the Ladies of
Illusion Bottomless
Mimosas and Bloody
Marys Happy Hour: $3
Miller Lite, $4 Rail, $5
Call, 4-9pm Ladies Night
Out with LURe DC Drink
specials all night Doors
open 10pm $5 Cover
21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-6pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Mr. DC Eagle 2015 Dan
Ronneberg on Club Bar
$2 Draughts and Jello
Shots
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Drag Queen Broadway
Brunch, 10am-3pm
Starring Freddies
Broadway Babes Crazy
Hour, 4-7pm Freddies
Follies Drag Show,
8-10pm, hosted by Miss
Destiny B. Childs No
Cover
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GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm $5
Bacardi, all flavors, all
night long Leather and
Jock Bears Can Dance,
9pm Featuring DJ Jeff
Eletto No Cover
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka
Highballs, $7 Vodka Red
Bulls
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Guest DJs Zing Zang
Bloody Marys, Nellie Beer,
House Rail Drinks and
Mimosas, $4, 11am-5pm
Buckets of Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
TOWN
DC Rawhides host Town
& Country: Two-Step,
Line Dancing, Waltz and
West Coast Swing, $5
Cover to stay all night
Doors open 6:45pm,
Lessons 7-8pm, Open
dance 8-10:30pm DJ
Keenan Orr, 10pm-close
Music and video
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downstairs by DJ Wess
Special guests: Raven
and Jujubee from RuPauls
Drag Race perform in the
Drag Show Raven and
Jujubee Meet-and-Greet,
9pm Tickets available
at Flavorus.com Drag
Show starts at 10:30pm
Hosted by Lena Lett and
featuring Miss Tatianna,
Shi-Queeta-Lee, Epiphany
B. Lee and BaNaka
Doors open 10pm Cover
$12 21+
TOWN PATIO
Open 2pm No Cover
before 9:30pm Cover
after 10pm (entry through
Town)
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm
Guest dancers Ladies
of Illusion with host
Ella Fitzgerald, 9pm
DJ Steve Henderson in
Secrets DJ Don T. in
Ziegfelds Doors open
8pm Cover 21+
SUN., 09.20.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli, Stoli flavors
and Miller Lite all day
Stonewall Kickball Official
Opening Day Party, 5pm
Homowood Karaoke,
10pm-close No Cover
21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 2-6pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Doors open noon $7
Buffet with $2 Bud and
Bud Light Draughts
Sunday Football
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch Buffet,
10am-3pm Crazy Hour,
4-7pm Karaoke, 8pm1am
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Mamas Trailer Park
Karaoke, 9:30pm-close
JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights and
$3 Skyy (all flavors), all
day and night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am3pm $20 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
Pop Goes the World with
Wes Della Volla at 9:30pm
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on
any drink, 3-9pm No
Cover
ROCK HARD SUNDAYS
@THE HOUSE
NIGHTCLUB
3530 Georgia Ave. NW
Diverse group of all male,
all nude dancers Doors
open 7pm Shows at 8

and 10pm $5 Domestic
Beer, $6 Imports Happy
Hour 7-8pm $10 cover
For Table Reservations,
202-487-6646 rockharddc.com
TOWN PATIO
Open 2pm No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets Doors
8pm Cover 21+
MON., 09.21.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
ANNIES
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
RuPauls Drag Race
Viewing and Drag Show
hosted by Kristina Kelly
Doors open at 10pm, show
starts at 11pm $3 Skyy
Cocktails, $8 Skyy and Red
Bull No Cover, 18+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long
Michaels Open Mic
Night Karaoke, 9:30pmclose
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1,
4-9pm Showtunes Songs
& Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ James $3 Draft
Pints, 8pm-midnight
NELLIES SPORTS BAR

$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
Beer $15 Texas Holdem
Poker, 8pm Dart Boards
NUMBER NINE
TUES., 09.22.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
ANNIES
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
SIN Industry Night
Half-price Cocktails, 10pmclose
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1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long,
4pm-close
JR.S
Birdie La Cage Show,
10:30pm Underground
(Indie Pop/Alt/Brit Rock),
9pm-close DJ Wes
Della Volla 2-for-1, 5pmmidnight
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
Beer $15 Karaoke and
Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
Safe Word: A Gay Spelling
Bee, 8-11pm Prizes to
the top three spellers
After 9pm, $3 Absolut,
Bulleit & Stella
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TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
Yappy Hour: Happy Hour
for Dogs and their best
friends $4 Drinks and
$4 Draughts
WED., 09.23.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
ANNIES
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail,
$3 Miller Lite, $5 Call,
4-9pm Wednesday
Night Karaoke downstairs,
10pm Hosted by Miss
India Larelle Houston
$4 Stoli and Stoli Flavors
and Miller Lite No Cover
21+
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DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm $6
Burgers Drag Bingo
Night, hosted by Ms.
Regina Jozet Adams, 8pm
Bingo prizes Karaoke,
10pm-1am
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long,
4pm-close The Boys of
HUMP upstairs, 9pm
JR.S
Buy 1, Get 1 Free, 4-9pm
Trivia with MC Jay Ray,
8pm The Feud: Drag
Trivia, hosted by BaNaka,
10-11pm, with a $200
prize $2 JR.s Drafts and
$4 Vodka ($2 with College
ID or JR.s Team Shirt)
NELLIES SPORTS BAR

SmartAss Trivia Night,
8pm and 9pm Prizes
include bar tabs and tickets to shows at the 9:30
Club $15 Buckets of
Beer for SmartAss Teams
only Bring a new team
members and each get a
free $10 Dinner
NUMBER NINE
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
Half-Price Hump Day
half-price drinks all day
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Shirtless Night, 10-11pm,
12-12:30am Military
Night, no cover with
military ID DJ Don T. in
Secrets 9pm Cover
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Isnt that what school is supposed to teach you?

To be happy with who you are?
BRIANA POPOUR, a South Carolina high school student, speaking with WSPA after she was suspended for wearing a t-shirt with
Nobody Knows Im a Lesbian on the front. The school called the t-shirt offensive and distracting in a statement.
We may have it pretty good in the U.S., but

the situation is so bleak in so many other places.
International Mr. Leather 2015 PATRICK SMITH, speaking with PinkNews about his recent trip to Uganda. Smith visited the
notoriously homophobic nation to raise awareness of the persecution of gays and lesbians in other parts of the world.
I want the whole world to know, no mistake about it, that

my deputy clerks do not have the authority
to issue a license whatsoever.
KIM DAVIS, in a prepared statement as she returned to work after spending six days in jail for defying a judges order. Davis has
demanded that Kentuckys Governor Steve Beshear call a special session to deal with her case.
Ive dreamed about it since my freshman year,

but I never knew it was possible for me.
LANDON PATTERSON, a Kansas City high school student who was crowned homecoming queen by her classmates after becoming
the schools first openly trans student. Just knowing that I did this, and that I just broke some barriers,
I cant even put it into words what Im feeling right now, she told KCTV5.
The resolution of
this matter will be determined by a vote of the people.
Australias new Prime Minister MALCOLM TURNBULL, who ousted former PM Tony Abbott in a leadership contest this week.
Turnbull dashed hopes that he would allow Australias lawmakers to vote on allowing same-sex marriage a vote many expect
would succeed in favor of a referendum on the matter some time in the next few years, ABC reports.
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METROHEALTH CENTER offers

The POLY DISCUSSION GROUP

p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). Call 202-291-4707, or visit

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)

practice session at Takoma Aquatic

DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and les-

bian square-dancing group features

HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker

tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg,

SEPTMEBER 17, 2015

free, rapid HIV testing. Appointment

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5

GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated

US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics

HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker

METROHEALTH CENTER offers

Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,