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| Wed., February 22, 2012 | |
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 10:00am to 5:00pm | 401 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition: Architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker recreates large-scale artistic models of some of the world's most famous structures using Legos, including the Empire State Building, St. Louis' Gateway Arch, and Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, Fallingwater. The simplicity and nostalgic quality of LEGO® affords viewers a new, detailed look at familiar buildings. Now through September 3rd, 2012, visitors can lean in close to see the complexity of a building's intricate design and engineering or take a step back to appreciate its stunning sculptural form in full. Adults: $8; Youth (3-17yrs)/Students w/ID/Seniors (65+): $5. Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; and Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. National Building Museum: 401 F Street NW, Washington DC (202)272.2448 www.nbm.org |
11:00am to 7:00pm | National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 FREE! This year the National Portrait Gallery joins with millions of Americans commemorating the centennial of this “consequential” and “transformational” president, terms used to describe the Reagan presidency by President Barack Obama. This exhibit chronicles Ronald Reagan's early years in Illinois through his acting and political career, to his predidency from 1981-1989 |
11:30am to 7:00pm | American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, 8th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 633-7970 FREE! This exhibition charts a new direction for one of America's best-known living photographers. Unlike her staged and carefully lit portraits made on assignment for magazines and advertising clients, the photographs in this exhibition were taken simply because Leibovitz was moved by the subject. The images speak in a commonplace language to the photographer’s curiosity about the world she inherited, spanning landscapes both dramatic and quiet, interiors of living rooms and bedrooms, and objects that are talismans of past lives. Pilgrimage is an evocative and deeply personal statement by a photographer whose career now spans more than forty years, encompassing a broad range of subject matter, history, and stylistic influences. |
6:00pm | Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW Washington, DC 20566 Enjoy a free daily performance at the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Foggy Bottom (2700 F St., NW). The Kennedy Center, located on 17 acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is America’s living memorial to President Kennedy as well as the nation’s busiest arts facility. Visitors can enjoy local, national, and international artists as they showcase their talents in music, dance, theater, and more. 6 pm daily. Free www.kennedy-center.org |
7:00pm | Wizards Vs. Kings Verizon Center 601 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 628-3200 Regular Season - Wizards Vs. Kings on CSN-W |
8:00pm to 10:00pm | Kennedy Center - Theater Lab Set in present-day Georgetown, Shear Madness engages locals and visitors alike as armchair detectives to help solve the scissor-stabbing murder of a famed concert pianist who lives above the Shear Madness unisex hairstyling salon. The show combines up-to-the-minute improvisational humor and a mixture of audience sleuthing to deliver a unique performance each night. |
| Thu., February 23, 2012 | |
10:00am to 8:30pm | The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C., near the corner of 21st and Q Streets, NW. The invention of the Kodak handheld camera in 1888 gave post-impressionist artists a new source of inspiration. Investigating the techniques and compositional strategies made possible by the new apparatus, artists captured their private lives, as well as their public domains, in surprising ways |
10:00am to 5:00pm | 401 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition: Architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker recreates large-scale artistic models of some of the world's most famous structures using Legos, including the Empire State Building, St. Louis' Gateway Arch, and Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, Fallingwater. The simplicity and nostalgic quality of LEGO® affords viewers a new, detailed look at familiar buildings. Now through September 3rd, 2012, visitors can lean in close to see the complexity of a building's intricate design and engineering or take a step back to appreciate its stunning sculptural form in full. Adults: $8; Youth (3-17yrs)/Students w/ID/Seniors (65+): $5. Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; and Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. National Building Museum: 401 F Street NW, Washington DC (202)272.2448 www.nbm.org |
11:00am to 7:00pm | National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 FREE! This year the National Portrait Gallery joins with millions of Americans commemorating the centennial of this “consequential” and “transformational” president, terms used to describe the Reagan presidency by President Barack Obama. This exhibit chronicles Ronald Reagan's early years in Illinois through his acting and political career, to his predidency from 1981-1989 |
11:30am to 7:00pm | American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, 8th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 633-7970 FREE! This exhibition charts a new direction for one of America's best-known living photographers. Unlike her staged and carefully lit portraits made on assignment for magazines and advertising clients, the photographs in this exhibition were taken simply because Leibovitz was moved by the subject. The images speak in a commonplace language to the photographer’s curiosity about the world she inherited, spanning landscapes both dramatic and quiet, interiors of living rooms and bedrooms, and objects that are talismans of past lives. Pilgrimage is an evocative and deeply personal statement by a photographer whose career now spans more than forty years, encompassing a broad range of subject matter, history, and stylistic influences. |
12:00pm to 6:00pm | Madame Tussauds Wax Museum 1001 F Street NW (corner of 10th and F street) Washington D.C. 20004 Meet all 44 Presidents. "President's Gallery" is a brand new exhibit that displays all forty-four US Presidents in an exciting, educational and interactive environment. Comprising of fourteen highly themed immersive rooms The Presidents Gallery is the only place in the world where people can see and interact with every presidents' likenesses in 3D. Throughout the experience guests will learn about the history of the United States of America through the lives of its iconic leaders. Madame Tussauds provides a once in a lifetime family experience in the heart of Washington D.C. |
6:00pm | Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW Washington, DC 20566 Enjoy a free daily performance at the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Foggy Bottom (2700 F St., NW). The Kennedy Center, located on 17 acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is America’s living memorial to President Kennedy as well as the nation’s busiest arts facility. Visitors can enjoy local, national, and international artists as they showcase their talents in music, dance, theater, and more. 6 pm daily. Free www.kennedy-center.org |
7:30pm to 10:30pm | Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206 703 820 9771 From one of the country’s most promising new voices comes this contemporary drama that pushes the edges and embraces the harsh reality of today’s youth. At an elite university, when the party of the year results in the regret of a lifetime, one person will stop at nothing to salvage a future that is suddenly slipping away. In this quick-witted and gripping comic tragedy about “Generation Me,” it’s every man for himself. Really Really contains strong language and explicit situations. For mature audiences only. |
8:00pm to 10:00pm | Kennedy Center - Theater Lab Set in present-day Georgetown, Shear Madness engages locals and visitors alike as armchair detectives to help solve the scissor-stabbing murder of a famed concert pianist who lives above the Shear Madness unisex hairstyling salon. The show combines up-to-the-minute improvisational humor and a mixture of audience sleuthing to deliver a unique performance each night. |
| Fri., February 24, 2012 | |
10:00am to 5:00pm | 401 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition: Architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker recreates large-scale artistic models of some of the world's most famous structures using Legos, including the Empire State Building, St. Louis' Gateway Arch, and Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, Fallingwater. The simplicity and nostalgic quality of LEGO® affords viewers a new, detailed look at familiar buildings. Now through September 3rd, 2012, visitors can lean in close to see the complexity of a building's intricate design and engineering or take a step back to appreciate its stunning sculptural form in full. Adults: $8; Youth (3-17yrs)/Students w/ID/Seniors (65+): $5. Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; and Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. National Building Museum: 401 F Street NW, Washington DC (202)272.2448 www.nbm.org |
10:00am to 5:00pm | The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C., near the corner of 21st and Q Streets, NW. The invention of the Kodak handheld camera in 1888 gave post-impressionist artists a new source of inspiration. Investigating the techniques and compositional strategies made possible by the new apparatus, artists captured their private lives, as well as their public domains, in surprising ways |
11:00am to 7:00pm | National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 FREE! This year the National Portrait Gallery joins with millions of Americans commemorating the centennial of this “consequential” and “transformational” president, terms used to describe the Reagan presidency by President Barack Obama. This exhibit chronicles Ronald Reagan's early years in Illinois through his acting and political career, to his predidency from 1981-1989 |
11:30am to 7:00pm | American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, 8th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 633-7970 FREE! This exhibition charts a new direction for one of America's best-known living photographers. Unlike her staged and carefully lit portraits made on assignment for magazines and advertising clients, the photographs in this exhibition were taken simply because Leibovitz was moved by the subject. The images speak in a commonplace language to the photographer’s curiosity about the world she inherited, spanning landscapes both dramatic and quiet, interiors of living rooms and bedrooms, and objects that are talismans of past lives. Pilgrimage is an evocative and deeply personal statement by a photographer whose career now spans more than forty years, encompassing a broad range of subject matter, history, and stylistic influences. |
12:00pm to 6:00pm | Madame Tussauds Wax Museum 1001 F Street NW (corner of 10th and F street) Washington D.C. 20004 Meet all 44 Presidents. "President's Gallery" is a brand new exhibit that displays all forty-four US Presidents in an exciting, educational and interactive environment. Comprising of fourteen highly themed immersive rooms The Presidents Gallery is the only place in the world where people can see and interact with every presidents' likenesses in 3D. Throughout the experience guests will learn about the history of the United States of America through the lives of its iconic leaders. Madame Tussauds provides a once in a lifetime family experience in the heart of Washington D.C. |
6:00pm | Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW Washington, DC 20566 Enjoy a free daily performance at the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Foggy Bottom (2700 F St., NW). The Kennedy Center, located on 17 acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is America’s living memorial to President Kennedy as well as the nation’s busiest arts facility. Visitors can enjoy local, national, and international artists as they showcase their talents in music, dance, theater, and more. 6 pm daily. Free www.kennedy-center.org |
7:30pm | 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington D.C., DC 20004, USA The Capitol Steps, the only group in America that attempts to be funnier than Congress, takes a humorous look at serious issues and the personalities that make up Washington, DC. Performances are held at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center Building at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC www.capsteps.com Friday and Saturdays 7:30pm Tickets for the show are $39.25 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster on-line, by phone at (202) 397-SEAT. |
7:30pm to 10:30pm | Mystery Dinner Playhouse - Washington DC Sheraton Crystal City, 1800 Jefferson Davis Hwy Arlington, VA 22202 Welcome to The Land of Oz Discoteria, and the World Championship King and Queen of Disco Dance Contest! What a night this should be. Our finalists will be bumping to that disco beat, each and everyone of them hoping to be crowned the new monarch of the light fantastic. Our DJ, The Boogie Man, is going to be spinning some killer tunes, so put on your polyester, and your platform shoes, ’cause one of our contestants will Cha-Cha right into the chain gang as murder erupts in this ’70’s disco mystery! |
7:30pm to 10:30pm | Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206 703 820 9771 From one of the country’s most promising new voices comes this contemporary drama that pushes the edges and embraces the harsh reality of today’s youth. At an elite university, when the party of the year results in the regret of a lifetime, one person will stop at nothing to salvage a future that is suddenly slipping away. In this quick-witted and gripping comic tragedy about “Generation Me,” it’s every man for himself. Really Really contains strong language and explicit situations. For mature audiences only. |
8:00pm to 10:00pm | Kennedy Center - Theater Lab Set in present-day Georgetown, Shear Madness engages locals and visitors alike as armchair detectives to help solve the scissor-stabbing murder of a famed concert pianist who lives above the Shear Madness unisex hairstyling salon. The show combines up-to-the-minute improvisational humor and a mixture of audience sleuthing to deliver a unique performance each night. |
| Sat., February 25, 2012 | |
10:00am to 5:00pm | The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C., near the corner of 21st and Q Streets, NW. The invention of the Kodak handheld camera in 1888 gave post-impressionist artists a new source of inspiration. Investigating the techniques and compositional strategies made possible by the new apparatus, artists captured their private lives, as well as their public domains, in surprising ways |
10:00am to 6:00pm | Madame Tussauds Wax Museum 1001 F Street NW (corner of 10th and F street) Washington D.C. 20004 Meet all 44 Presidents. "President's Gallery" is a brand new exhibit that displays all forty-four US Presidents in an exciting, educational and interactive environment. Comprising of fourteen highly themed immersive rooms The Presidents Gallery is the only place in the world where people can see and interact with every presidents' likenesses in 3D. Throughout the experience guests will learn about the history of the United States of America through the lives of its iconic leaders. Madame Tussauds provides a once in a lifetime family experience in the heart of Washington D.C. |
10:00am to 5:00pm | 401 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition: Architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker recreates large-scale artistic models of some of the world's most famous structures using Legos, including the Empire State Building, St. Louis' Gateway Arch, and Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, Fallingwater. The simplicity and nostalgic quality of LEGO® affords viewers a new, detailed look at familiar buildings. Now through September 3rd, 2012, visitors can lean in close to see the complexity of a building's intricate design and engineering or take a step back to appreciate its stunning sculptural form in full. Adults: $8; Youth (3-17yrs)/Students w/ID/Seniors (65+): $5. Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; and Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. National Building Museum: 401 F Street NW, Washington DC (202)272.2448 www.nbm.org |
11:00am to 7:00pm | National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 FREE! This year the National Portrait Gallery joins with millions of Americans commemorating the centennial of this “consequential” and “transformational” president, terms used to describe the Reagan presidency by President Barack Obama. This exhibit chronicles Ronald Reagan's early years in Illinois through his acting and political career, to his predidency from 1981-1989 |
11:30am to 7:00pm | American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, 8th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 633-7970 FREE! This exhibition charts a new direction for one of America's best-known living photographers. Unlike her staged and carefully lit portraits made on assignment for magazines and advertising clients, the photographs in this exhibition were taken simply because Leibovitz was moved by the subject. The images speak in a commonplace language to the photographer’s curiosity about the world she inherited, spanning landscapes both dramatic and quiet, interiors of living rooms and bedrooms, and objects that are talismans of past lives. Pilgrimage is an evocative and deeply personal statement by a photographer whose career now spans more than forty years, encompassing a broad range of subject matter, history, and stylistic influences. |
2:00pm to 5:00pm | Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206 703 820 9771 From one of the country’s most promising new voices comes this contemporary drama that pushes the edges and embraces the harsh reality of today’s youth. At an elite university, when the party of the year results in the regret of a lifetime, one person will stop at nothing to salvage a future that is suddenly slipping away. In this quick-witted and gripping comic tragedy about “Generation Me,” it’s every man for himself. Really Really contains strong language and explicit situations. For mature audiences only. |