Free Performances Every Day, No Tickets Required
Performance Time: 6 p.m. Eastern
Tonight's Performance:
Part of Kids Euro Festival 2009
This performance: In Sueños Alucinantes (Amazing Dreams), the Spanish magician creates a show where adults will travel back to their childhood and children will enjoy a magical world.
Part of Kids Euro Festival 2009
In Sueños Alucinantes (Amazing Dreams), the Spanish magician creates a show where adults will travel back to their childhood and children will enjoy a magical world.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Aiculina’s World
Part of Kids Euro Festival 2009
The Slovakian puppet theater company presents Príbehy z prádelného koša (“Stories from the Laundry”) in which storytellers and the audience improvise with everyday clothes.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Thad Wilson Duo
Led by the vibrant trumpeter, the duo blends jazz with blues, funk, gospel, and a touch of hip hop.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Dixie Power Trio
One ofthe East Coast’s premier New Orleans music ensembles, the trio plays rock and roll, zydeco, jazz, and originals as heard on such CDs as The Virgil Sessions and Zydeco Dog.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Krister Dahlström
The classical guitarist is renowned for his keen and sensitive interpretations of the great masters. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Kitty Donohoe
Backing herself on guitar, cittern, and keyboard, and with her 3-octave voice, the award-winning songwriter successfully merges her Irish and American roots in her music.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Washington National Opera
In conjunction with Opera Week (Nov. 13-22), the Washington National Opera presents an “informance” of how the orchestra accompanies singers, using excerpts from The Marriage of Figaro.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Bowen McCauley Dance
Bowen McCauley Dance (BMD) presents an evening of world premiere performances: in Novelletten No. 8, BMD’s professional company dances to Robert Schumann’s enchanting piano score; in If I Can’t Dance, Dance for PD (BMD’s outreach program for people with Parkinson Disease and their caregivers ), participants take the stage for the first time; and in Mambozart, Kenmore Junior Company (BMD’s outreach program for students at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Virginia) showcases a new energetic work that demonstrates the youthful joy of dance.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Bligh Voth
The singers are going back to their roots, physically and metaphorically, in Blonde Ambition—an evening of cabaret. After short-lived stints as a redhead and brunette respectively, they dive back into the world of musical storytelling through the works of Sondheim and Kander and Ebb, with a few highlights of contemporary pop/rock, all while giving off the faint smell of bleach.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Weslie Woodley
The singers are going back to their roots, physically and metaphorically, in Blonde Ambition—an evening of cabaret. After short-lived stints as a redhead and brunette respectively, they dive back into the world of musical storytelling through the works of Sondheim and Kander and Ebb, with a few highlights of contemporary pop/rock, all while giving off the faint smell of bleach.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Ziv Ravitz
The experimental jazz percussionist’s “Images from Home” features pianist Omer Klein, bassist Haggai Cohen Milo, and trumpeter Avishai Cohen. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Israel.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Barbara Lynn
The Texas-based R&B singer and left-handed guitarist has appeared at the Apollo Theater and on American Bandstand, and her song, "Oh Baby (We've Got a Good Thing Goin')” was recorded by The Rolling Stones. Part of the Homegrown: The Music of America concert series.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Washington National Opera's Domingo - Cafritz Young Artist Program
Participants in the program perform scenes and arias from selected operas.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Anne & Pete Sibley
The husband-and-wife duo delivers a marriage of harmonies featuring folk, bluegrass, blues, and traditional music in their original songs.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
La Fontegara
Using viols, voices, psaltery, vielle, recorders and other wind instruments, the musiciansarespecialists in medieval and Renaissance music whose repertoire includes music ranging from the 12th to the 20th century. Presented in cooperation with the Mexican Cultural Institute.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Sahar Ullah
Using real stories from Muslim women, Sahar Ullah’s performance moves beyond the stereotypes imposed by the head scarf (hijab) and creates a better understanding of Muslim-American women.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Tiempo de Tango
“Tango: The Eternal Seduction” explores the sound, the look, and the feel of tango as it shifted to fit changing social contexts yet retained its essential magic. From its beginning in the barrios of Buenos Aires in the late 1800s, through the ballrooms of Europe, and on to the dance halls and stages of the world, tango evolved as a mesmerizing dance that evokes passion in all who experience it.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The Snark Ensemble
The quartet joyfully celebrates the zany, clever, and brilliant world of vintage silent comedies in its specially crafted film scores. For this performance, the silent films include Laurel & Hardy’s Liberty, and Charley Chase’s Publicity Pays and Hello Baby.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Asian American Music Society
Winners from the society’s unique international competition for elementary, middle, and high school students in the categories of woodwind, piano, string, and voice, perform in concert.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Bob Perilla’s Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
America's de facto Bluegrass Ambassadors have been entertaining music fans for more than 12 years on three continents with an exciting blend of hard-driving bluegrass along with country, folk, and original material.
Friday, November 27, 2009
N'dambi
The soul/R&B songstress and pianist performs tunes from her recently released debut CD Pink Elephant.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Bob Boguslaw and the Real Live Jazz Quartet
Led by the classically trained pianist, the group brings a grace and eloquence to their improvisational jazz jams, as heard on The Way.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Victoria Vox
The Baltimore-based Strathmore Artist-in-Residence rocks the ukulele, which complements her rich range of vocals, and acoustic guitar as heard on Chameleon, released on her own label.
Monday, November 30, 2009
U.S. Air Force Chamber Ensemble