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10 Arena Stage

16 Corcoran Gallery of Art

18 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

48 National Philharmonic

54 National Symphony Orchestra

62 Olney Theatre

68 Phillips Collection

74 Shakespeare Theatre Company

78 Signature Theatre

82 Strathmore

88 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

92 The Washington Ballet

96 The Washington Chorus

98 Washington National Opera

104 Washington Performing Arts Society

114 Smithsonian Institute Museums

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FOUNDED AUGUST 16, 1950 in Washington by Zelda Fichan-dler, Tom Fichandler, and Edward Mangum, Arena Stage is a flag-ship American theater. It is one of the first nonprofit theaters in the U.S. and a pioneer of the regional theater movement. Arena Stage was the first regional theater to transfer a production to Broadway, the first invited by the U.S. State Department to tour behind the Iron Curtain, and the first to receive the Regional Theater Tony Award. Arena Stage is alive as a center for American theater in the nation’s capital with diverse and innovative works from around the country. Its focus is on American artists, producing and presenting all that is passionate, exuberant, profound, deep, and dangerous in the American spirit. Arena Stage explores issues from the past, present, and future that reflect America’s diversity and challenges.

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JANUARY 16 – FEBRUARY 22, 2015Kreeger TheaterBASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERYBy KEN LUDWIGDirected by AMANDA DEHNERT

GET YOUR DEERSTALKER cap on – the play’s afoot! From the Tony Award-winning mastermind of mayhem, Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor), comes a fast-paced comedy about everyone’s fa-vorite detective solving his most notorious case. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must crack the mystery of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than 30 characters. Does a wild hellhound prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be.

FEBRUARY 6 – MARCH 8, 2015Fichandler StageKING HEDLEY IIBy AUGUST WILSONDirected by TIMOTHY DOUGLAS

KING HEDLEY HAS returned, but to reign for how long? With an angry scar down the length of his face and seven years of prison haunting him, King has a chance to lock away his past and achieve an entrepreneurial dream. But Pittsburgh’s Hill Dis-trict is an unforgiving place, and the return of Elmore, a schem-ing conman armed with a derringer and family secrets, could strike a fatal blow to King’s second coming. The eighth installment of August Wilson’s acclaimed play cycle examining Black America, King Hedley II is one of the most stirring and ferocious explorations of fate, honor, and the daily struggles of American life.

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MARCH 6 – APRIL 26, 2015Arlene and Robert Kogod CradleTHE ORIGINALISTBy JOHN STRANDDirected by MOLLY SMITH

FOUR-TIME HELEN HAYES Award winner Edward Gero (Red) returns to Arena Stage as one of America’s most brilliant and polarizing figures: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. When a bright, liberal, Harvard Law School graduate embarks on a nerve-wracking clerkship with Justice Scalia, she discovers him to be both an infuriating sparring partner and an unexpected mentor. How will their relationship affect one of the most incendiary cases ever to reach the nation’s highest court? From Charles MacArthur Award winner John Strand (Lovers and Executioners) comes this daring new work about passionate people risking heart and soul to defend their version of the truth. This production will be performed in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle in an exciting new three-quarter thrust configuration.

APRIL 3 – MAY 3, 2015Fichandler StageVANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKEBy CHRISTOPHER DURANGDirected by AARON POSNER

WINNER OF THE 2013 Tony Award for Best Play (and the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama League and the Drama Desk), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a “sunny new

play about gloomy people” (New York Times). Siblings

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Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike comes to the Arena Stage.Photo: Craig Schwart


Vanya and Sonia live out their days in an endless, bleak tableau in Bucks County, PA. All seems numbingly mundane until in sweeps hurricane Masha, their fading movie star sister, with her shiny new boy toy and a big announcement. Satirizing characters and themes from Chekhov’s classics, Christopher Durang’s latest madcap masterpiece serves up family drama with comic savagery and poses the question: if you could choose your family, would you necessarily choose your family?

APRIL 24 – JUNE 7, 2015Kreeger TheaterTHE BLOOD QUILTBy KATORI HALLDirected by KAMILAH FORBES

INAUGURAL RESIDENT PLAY-WRIGHT Katori Hall (The Mountaintop) is once again “fearlessly redefining theater” (Washington Post) with this funny and fierce world premiere. Welcome to the Jernigan Gals’ Quilting Corner. Gather-ing at their childhood island home off the coast of Georgia, four disconnected sisters meet to create a family quilt to honor their recently deceased mother. When their reunion turns into a reading of their mother’s will, everyone must grapple with a troubling inheritance. Stitched with history and ritual, laughter, and tears, will their “blood quilt” bind the fam-ily together or tear them apart forever?

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TICKETS & CONTACTArena Stage1101 Sixth Street, SWWashington, DC 20024(202) 554-9066 (General)(202) 488-3300 (Tickets)www.arenastage.org

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IN THE WORDS of its founder, the Corcoran is “dedicated to art.” Its museum presents, interprets, and preserves the art of our times and of times past; its college of art nurtures and helps shape new generations of artists and designers. Though American art is the collection’s emphasis, the art of other nations and cultures is, when appropriate, acquired and exhibited. The Corcoran is committed to making the historic art in its collections, and the emerging art of our time, accessible and understandable to the broadest possible audience through innovative exhibitions and educational programming, systematic research, and rigorous scholarship.

OPENING LATE 2015

TICKETS & CONTACTCorcoran Gallery of Art500 17th Street, NWWashington, DC 20006(202) 639-1700www.corcoran.org

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THE CENTER, WHICH opened on September 8, 1971, continues its efforts to fulfill Presi-dent Kennedy’s vision by produc-ing and presenting an unmatched variety of theater and musicals, dance and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, world, and folk music, and multimedia performances for all ages. Each year, the institution that bears President Kennedy’s name brings his dream to fruition, touching the lives of millions of people through thousands of performances by the greatest artists from across America and around the world. The Center also nurtures new works and young artists, creating performances, broadcasts, and touring productions while serving the nation as a leader in arts and arts management education.

JANUARY 6 – 11, 2015Opera HouseTHE ILLUSIONISTS

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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JANUARY 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallTHE FRIARS FOUNDATION PRESENTS: THE LINCOLN AWARDS – A CONCERT FOR VETERANS & THE MILITARY FAMILY

JANUARY 9, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace TheaterBARBARA COOK’S SPOTLIGHT: WILL CHASE

JANUARY 10, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace TheaterTHE CORNELL UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB PRESENTS: NORTH-EAST TOUR 2015

JANUARY 11, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterTHE KENNEDY CENTER CHAMBER PLAYERS: WORKS BY BARTÓK, RAVEL, BOWEN & ARENSKY

JANUARY 12, 2015, 6:30 P.M.Concert HallDC PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND PRESENTS: A STANDING OVATION FOR DC TEACHERS

The Kennedy Center Chamber Players. Photo: Margot Ingoldsby Schulman



JANUARY 14, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterVOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: MATTHEW POLENZANI, TENOR & JULIUS DRAKE, PIANO

JANUARY 15 – 17, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: RIHM’S PIANO CON-CERTO, WORKS BY BERLIOZ & DVORÁKCHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorTZIMON BARTO, Piano

JANUARY 17 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015Family TheaterPERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: MOCKINGBIRD

JANUARY 18, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Terrace TheaterTHE METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL: MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION AUDITIONS 2015


Christoph Eschenbach conducts the NSO. Photo: Herbert Pfarrhofer


JANUARY 22 – 24, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: FANTASY & FATE – TCHAIKOVSKY MASTERWORKSCHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorNURIT BAR-JOSEF, Violin

JANUARY 23, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace GalleryKC JAZZ CLUB: DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO-CUBAN EXPERI-ENCE FEATURING MACHITO JR.

JANUARY 23 & 24, 2015Terrace TheaterWASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: AMERICAN OPERA INITIA-TIVE NEW HOUR-LONG OPERA – PENNY

JANUARY 24, 2015, 2:00 P.M.AtriumBALLET 360o: BALLETS RUSSES – REVOLUTION AND REUNION


Machito Jr. performs as part of the Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban Experience. Photo: Lisa Luevanos


JANUARY 24, 2015Terrace GalleryDISCOVERY ARTIST IN THE KC JAZZ CLUB: SULLIVAN FORT-NER QUARTET

JANUARY 27, 2015, 12:30 P.M.Opera HouseOPEN REHEARSAL: MARIINSKY BALLET

JANUARY 27, 2015, 7:00 P.M.Terrace Gallery OPERA MASTER CLASS: DOLORA ZAJICK

JANUARY 27 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015Opera HouseMARIINSKY BALLET

JANUARY 29 – 31, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: FANTASY & FATE – TCHAIKOVSKY MASTERWORKSCHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorARABELLA STEINBACHER, Violin

Bass Museum of ArtThe John F. Kennedy Center for the

Performing Arts

Dolora Zajick. Photo: David Sauer


JANUARY 30 & 31, 2015Terrace TheaterAN EVENING WITH COMPANY E

JANUARY 31, 2015Terrace GalleryKC JAZZ CLUB: YARD BYARD – THE JAKI BYARD PROJECT FEATURING JAMIE BAUM, GEORGE SCHULLER & JEROME HARRIS

FEBRUARY 2, 2015Rehearsal Room – Hall of NationsMASTER CLASS: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

FEBRUARY 3 – 8, 2015Opera HouseALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

FEBRUARY 3, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterVOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: KARINE DESHAYES, MEZZO-SOPRANO


Members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Photo: Andrew Eccles


FEBRUARY 4, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallORGAN RECITAL: CAMERON CARPENTER

FEBRUARY 5 – 7, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: TCHAIKOVSKY’S SYM-PHONY NO. 5, WORKS BY STRAVINSKY & BRUCHJURAJ VALCUHA, Conductor

FEBRUARY 6 & 7, 2015Terrace TheaterZERO HOUR: TOKYO ROSE’S LAST TAPE

FEBRUARY 6, 2015AtriumTHE CROSSROADS CLUB: MACEO PARKER

FEBRUARY 7, 2015Family TheaterNSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: TWO DI-VAS AND A BEAR!

FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 5:30 P.M.Grand FoyerREVELATIONS WORKSHOP WITH ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

FEBRUARY 7, 2015Terrace GalleryKC JAZZ CLUB: CHRIS BRUBECK’S TRIPLE PLAY

FEBRUARY 10, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterFORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: KALICHSTEIN-LARE-DO-ROBINSON TRIO


Maceo Parker. Photo: Hans Speekenbrink


FEBRUARY 13, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterBARBARA COOK’S SPOTLIGHT: LACHANZE

FEBRUARY 13, 2015Terrace GalleryKC JAZZ CLUB: JENNY SCHEIN-MAN FEATURING BRIAN BLADE

FEBRUARY 14 & 15, 2015Family TheaterPERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: JACK’S TALE – A MYTHIC MOUN-TAIN MUSICAL ADVENTURE

FEBRUARY 14, 2015Terrace TheaterKURT ELLING: PASSION WORLD

FEBRUARY 15, 2015, 11:30 A.M.Terrace GalleryJAZZ MASTER CLASS: KURT ELLING

FEBRUARY 15, 2015Concert HallNSO FAMILY CONCERT: THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS!


LaChanze. Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times

Kurt Elling. Photo: Anna Webber


FEBRUARY 18, 2015, 7:00 P.M.Terrace GalleryOPERA MASTER CLASS: ERIC OWENS

FEBRUARY 18 – 22, 2015Eisenhower TheaterTHE WASHINGTON BALLET: SLEEPY HOLLOW

FEBRUARY 19 – 21, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: PINTSCHER’S MAR’EH, WORKS BY FAURÉ & RAVELMATTHIAS PINTSCHER, ConductorKAREN GOMYO, Violin

FEBRUARY 20 – MARCH 1, 2015Family TheaterPERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDI-ENCES: OUTSIDE THE BACHX

FEBRUARY 21, 2015, 3:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: ORCHESTRE DE LA SUISEE ROMANDECHARLES DUTOIT, Music Director

FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 10, 2015Opera HouseWASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES

FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 7:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: LIVING THE DREAM… SINGING THE DREAM

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Matthias Pintscher conducts the NSO playing his work Mar’eh.

Photo: Andrea Medici


FEBRUARY 23, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: RENÉE FLEMING, SOPRANO

FEBRUARY 24, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterOPERA LAFAYETTE PRES-ENTS: A WINK AT THE PAST – CHAMBER MUSIC OF HANDEL & BACH

FEBRUARY 26 – 28, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: ALL BEETHOVEN PROGRAMHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, ConductorEMANUEL AX, Piano

FEBRUARY 27, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterTHE GREAT FLOOD: FILM BY BILL MORRISON, MUSIC BY BILL FRISSELL

FEBRUARY 28, 2015, 5:30 P.M.South Opera Tier LoungeBEETHOVEN AND THE STIRRING OF THE ROMANTICISM SPIRIT

FEBRUARY 28, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterWASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: AN EVENING OF JAZZ STANDARDS WITH ERIC OWENS FEATURING THE MUSIC OF ECKSTINE AND HARTMAN


Renée Fleming. Photo: Andrew Eccles


MARCH 1, 2015, 5:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE WITH YO-YO MA

MARCH 1, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterFORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: IMANI WINDS

MARCH 3, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Eisenhower TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: FESTIVAL OPENING PERFORMANCE

MARCH 4, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: ARAKAENDER CHOIR & ORCHESTRA – BA-ROQUE MUSIC FROM JESUIT REDUCTIONS IN BOLIVIAASHLEY SOLOMAN, Conductor

MARCH 4, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Family TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: TEATRO MERIDIONAL – CONTOS EM VIA-GEM, CABO VERDE

MARCH 5 – 7, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAJESÚS LÓPEZ-COBOS, ConductorCAMANÉ & CARMINHO, FadoJUANITA LESCARRO, SopranoJAVIER PERIANES, Piano


Camané sings fado with the NSO. Photo: Mikel Martinez de Trespuentes


MARCH 6 – 7, 2015Eisenhower TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: GRUPO CORPO – SEM MIM & ONGOTO

MARCH 7, 2015, 4:00 P.M.Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS: LANG LANG IN RECITAL

MARCH 7 – 21, 2015Opera HouseWASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

MARCH 7 & 8, 2015Terrace TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: MUNDO PERFEITO – BY HEART & THREE FINGERS BELOW THE KNEE

MARCH 8, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallIBERIAN SUITE: CONCHA BUIKA WITH IVÁN “MELON” LEWIS & CONTINUUM QUARTET

MARCH 9, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Eisenhower TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: BAL-LET FLAMENCO SARA BARAS – VOCES, SUITE FLAMENCA

MARCH 10 & 11, 2015Terrace TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: COMPANHIA PORTUGUESA DE BAILADO CONTEMPORANEO – FADO, RITUALS, AND SHADOWS


Concha Buika. Photo: Bernardo Doral


MARCH 10 & 11, 2015Family TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: POSTCLASSICAL ENSEMBLE – IBERIAN MYSTICS: THE CONFLUENCE OF FAITHS

MARCH 11 & 12, 2015Eisenhower TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: COMPANÍA MARÍA PAGÉS – UTOPÍA

MARCH 12 – 14, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: FOUR FRENCH COMPOSERS INSPIRED BY SPAINCHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor

MARCH 13 & 14, 2015Family TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: MALA VOADORA WITH THIRD ANGEL – WHAT I HEARD ABOUT THE WORLD

MARCH 13 & 14, 2015Terrace TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: MARÍA MUNOZ, MAL PELO & TANIA PÉREZ-SALAS COMPANÍA DE DANZA


María Pagés. Photo: David Ruano


MARCH 13, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Eisenhower TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: TRES PABLOS – CASALS, NERUDA, AND PICASSO: A MULTIMEDIA CELEBRATION

MARCH 14 & 15, 2015Eisenhower TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: EUGENIA LEÓN Y LAS VOCES DE MUJERES, VOCES DEL PUEBLO

MARCH 16, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Eisenhower TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: CARMEN SOUZA – LIVE AT LAGNY JAZZ FESTIVAL TOUR

MARCH 17 & 18, 2015Terrace TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: TEATRO DE LA ABADÍA – ENTREMESES

MARCH 18 & 19, 2015Eisenhower TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: COMPANHIA HIATO – O JARDIM

MARCH 19 – 21, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYM-PHONY ORCHESTRA: MAHLER’S SYMPHO-NY NO. 9CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor


Eugenia León. Photo: Bernardo Doral

Companhia Hiato performs O Jardim. Photo: Annelize Tozetto


MARCH 20 & 21, 2015Terrace TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: ODE MARÍTIMA WITH DIOGO INFANTE & JOÃO GIL

MARCH 20, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Opera HouseWASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: STARS OF TOMORROW – THE DOMINGO-CAFRITZ YOUNG ARTISTS IN CONCERT

MARCH 20 & 21, 2015Eisenhower TheaterIBERIAN SUITE: PIAZZOLOGÍA – EL MUNDO DE PIAZZOLLA SU VIDA Y SU OBRA

MARCH 21 & 22, 2015Family TheaterRON LALÁ THE-Á THE-THE-ATER COMPANY: SOMEWHERE IN THE QUIXOTE

MARCH 21, 2015, 2:00 P.M.South Opera Tier LoungeBALLET 360o: ABT AT 75

MARCH 21, 2015, 3:00 P.M.African LoungeLISTENING PARTY: THE MUSIC OF THELONIOUS MONK

MARCH 22, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Concert HallIBERIAN SUITE: ORQUESTRA JOVEM DO ESTADO WITH HA-ROLYN BLACKWELL – FROM VILLA-LOBOS TO TOM JOBIM: SYMPHONIC MUSIC FROM BRAZIL


Ron Lalá Theater Company brings Somewhere in the Quixote to the Lincoln

Photo: David Ruiz


MARCH 23, 2015, 6:30 P.M.Concert Hall28TH ANNUAL NANCY HANKS LECTURE ON ARTS AND PUBLIC POLICY: NORMAN LEAR

MARCH 24 – 29, 2015Opera HouseAMERICAN BALLET THEATRE

MARCH 24, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterFORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: SHARON ISBIN, GUITAR & ISABEL LEONARD, MEZZO-SOPRANO

MARCH 26, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterFORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: EMERSON STRING QUARTET

MARCH 27, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterBARBARA COOK’S SPOTLIGHT: MALCOLM GETS


American Ballet Theatre comes to the Lincoln Center.

Photo: Rosalie O’Connor


MARCH 27, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Eisenhower TheaterCASSANDRA WILSON: COMING FORTH BY DAY – A TRIBUTE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY

MARCH 27 & 28, 2015Concert HallNSO POPS: DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SINGSTEVEN REINEKE, Conductor

MARCH 28, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Terrace TheaterWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: JAN LISIECKI, PIANO

MARCH 28, 2015, 4:30 P.M.Rehearsal Room – Hall of NationsMASTER CLASS: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE

MARCH 28, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Eisenhower TheaterJASON MORAN’S IN MY MIND: MONK AT TOWN HALL, 1959

MARCH 29, 2015Concert HallNSO FAMILY CONCERT: THE MAGIC HORN

MARCH 29, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Terrace TheaterTHE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY PRESENTS: THE WILLIAM AND MARY WIND ENSEMBLE


Jason Moran. Photo: Clay Patrick McBride


MARCH 30, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: RAPHAËL SÉVÈRE, CLARINET

MARCH 31, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN

APRIL 1, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: STEPHEN HOUGH, PIANO

APRIL 2 – 4, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: SHOSTA-KOVICH’S SYMPHONY NO. 10, RACH-MANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3KRYSZTOF URBAN-SKI, ConductorDANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano

APRIL 3, 2015Terrace GalleryKC JAZZ CLUB: NATE SMITH & KINFOLK

APRIL 3, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterTHE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY PRESENTS: WILLIAM AND MARY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT


Joshua Bell. Photo: Phil Knott


APRIL 4, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Terrace GalleryBALLET 360o: BALANCHINE AND HIS LEGACY

APRIL 4, 2015, 5:30 P.M.Terrace GalleryTHE GRAND GESTURE OF RUSSIAN CONCERT MUSIC

APRIL 5, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Terrace TheaterTHE KENNEDY CENTER CHAMBER PLAYERS: WORKS BY SHOSTAKOVICH & DVORÁK

APRIL 6, 2015, 7:00 P.M.Rehearsal Room – Hall of NationsMASTER CLASS: NEW YORK CITY BALLET

APRIL 7 – 12, 2015Opera HouseNEW YORK CITY BALLET


New York City Ballet dancers. Photo: Andrea Mohin/The New York Times


APRIL 7, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterVOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: KAREN CARGILL, MEZZO-SOPRANO

APRIL 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRAYANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN, Music Director

APRIL 8, 2015, 7:00 P.M.Concert HallCOMEDY AT THE KENNEDY CENTER: JAY LENO

APRIL 8, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterFORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: EDGAR MEYER, DOUBLE BASS

APRIL 8 – 12, 2015Eisenhower TheaterTHE WASHINGTON BALLET: SWAN LAKE

APRIL 10 & 11, 2015Terrace TheaterBOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE: VICTORY ROAD (WORLD PREMIERE)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Photo: Marco Borggreve



APRIL 10, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PER-FORMING ARTS PRES-ENTS: CHICK COREA & HER-BIE HANCOCK

APRIL 11, 2015, 10:30 A.M.Rehearsal Room – Hall of NationsCREATIVE MOVEMENT WITH NEW YORK CITY BALLET

APRIL 11 & 12, 2015Family TheaterNSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: IMAGINATION DUO

APRIL 11, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallDIANNE REEVES AND FRIENDS

APRIL 12, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: JAY CAMPBELL, CELLO & CONOR HANICK, PIANO

APRIL 16 – 18, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: RACHMANINOFF’S THE BELLS, MOZART’S CLARINET CONCERTOVASSILY SINAISKY, ConductorLOREN KITT, Clarinet


Chick Corea. Photo: Sakurai Toshi

Jay Campbell. Photo: Beowulf Sheehan


APRIL 17 – 26, 2015Opera HouseSHEN YUN 2015: REVIVING 5,000 YEARS OF CIVILIZATION

APRIL 19, 2015, 7:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PERFORM-ING ARTS PRESENTS: JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS

APRIL 21, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PERFORM-ING ARTS PRESENTS: OR-CHESTRE RÉVOLUTION-RÉVOLUTION-VOLUTION-NAIRE ET ROMANTIQUESIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER, Music Director

APRIL 25, 2015, 11:00 A.M.Rehearsal Hall – Hall of NationsEXPLORING BALLET WITH SUZANNE FARRELL (FOR ADULTS! 201)

APRIL 25 & 26, 2015Family TheaterPERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: TETRISPLUS

APRIL 26, 2015Concert HallNSO FAMILY CONCERT: GERSHWIN’S MAGIC KEY

APRIL 28, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace Theater36TH YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS SERIES: BELLA HRISTOVA, VIOLIN


Wynton Marsalis. Photo: Arlene Ng


APRIL 29, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterFORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: MIRÓ QUARTET WITH SASHA COOKE, MEZZO-SOPRANO

APRIL 29, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, AMERICA’S ORCHESTRAL ACADEMY

APRIL 30 – MAY 2, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BEETHOVEN’S SYM-PHONY NO. 5, WORKS BY PENDERECKI & J. STRAUSS JR.CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor

APRIL 30, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterVOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG

MAY 1, 2015, 6:00 P.M.Grand FoyerBLUES JAM SESSION

MAY 1, 2015, Terrace TheaterTHE BLUES HALL OF FAME TOUR

MAY 1, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BEYOND THE SCORE – BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 5: FATE KNOCKS?

MAY 2, 2015Family TheaterNSO ENSEMBLE CONCERT: CONNECTIONS – SCIENCE & MATH + MUSIC


New York Festival of Song. Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times


MAY 4, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterTHE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND LETTERS: 2015 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS

MAY 6 – 17, 2015Eisenhower TheaterTHE WASHINGTON BALLET: ALICE (IN WONDERLAND)

MAY 7 – 9, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHO-NY ORCHESTRA: MAHLER’S SYM-PHONY NO. 5, SIBEL-IUS’S VIOLIN CONCERTOCHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorLEONIDAS KAVAKOS, Violin

MAY 7, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterPRO MUSICA HEBRAICA PRESENTS: ARC ENSEMBLE – BEFORE THE NIGHT: JEWISH CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES OF PRE-1933 EUROPE

MAY 8, 2015Terrace GalleryKC JAZZ CLUB: ANTONIO HART ORGAN TRIO

MAY 9, 2015Family TheaterNSO KINDERCLASSICS: BEETHOVEN AT THE BALLPARK!

MAY 9, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Terrace TheaterWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: IGOR LEVIT, PIANO


The Washington Ballet performs ALICE (in Wonderland).

Photo: Brianne Bland


MAY 9 – 21, 2015Opera HouseWASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: CINDERELLA

MAY 10, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: PAUL LEWIS, PIANO

MAY 11, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterFORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, VIOLIN & CHRISTOPH ESCHEN-BACH, PIANO

MAY 13 – 15, 2015Eisenhower TheaterTHE WASHINGTON BALLET: TOUR-DE-FORCE – SERENADE

MAY 13, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallORGAN RECITAL: THIERRY ESCAICH, ORGAN

MAY 14 – 16, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: WORKS BY J. S. BACH, MUSSORGSKY & SIBELIUSLEONIDAS KAVAKOS, Conductor and Violin

MAY 15 & 16, 2015Terrace Theater20TH ANNUAL MARY LOU WILLIAMS JAZZ FESTIVAL


Thierry Escaich. Photo: Guy Vivien


MAY 15 – 17, 2015Family TheaterPERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW!

MAY 16, 2015, 4:00 P.M.African LoungeLISTENING PARTY: THE MUSIC OF MARY LOU WILLIAMS

MAY 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallTHE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON PRESENTS: CARL ORFF’S CARMINA BURANA

MAY 19, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterFORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: THE MYRIAD TRIO WITH ANTHONY MCGILL, CLARINET

MAY 28 – 30, 2015Opera HouseSCOTTISH BALLET

MAY 29 – 31, 2015Eisenhower TheaterARDANI ARTISTS PRESENTS: EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG

MAY 29 & 30, 2015Concert HallNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: AKIHO – NEW WORK FOR STEELPANMANUEL LÓPEZ-GÓMEZ, ConductorLIAM TEAGUE, Steelpan


The Myriad Trio. Photo: Darin Fong


MAY 30 & 31, 2015Family TheaterNSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: VIOLINS AND TROMBONES AND BEARS, OH MY!

MAY 30, 2015Terrace TheaterOPERA LAFAYETTE PRESENTS: GRÉTRY’S L’ÉPREUVE VIL-GRÉTRY’S L’ÉPREUVE VIL-’ÉPREUVE VIL-ÉPREUVE VIL-PREUVE VIL-LAGEOIS (THE VILLAGE TRIAL)

JUNE 5 & 6, 2015Concert HallNSO POPS: LET’S BE FRANKSTEVEN REINEKE, Conductor

JUNE 6, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Terrace TheaterWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI, PIANO

JUNE 9, 2015, 1:30 P.M.Opera HouseOPEN REHEARSAL: THE ROYAL BALLET


Opera Lafayette Orchestra. Photo: Stan Barouh


JUNE 9 – 14, 2015Opera HouseTHE ROYAL BALLET

JUNE 16 – AUGUST 16, 2015Opera HouseTHE BOOK OF MORMON

JUNE 20, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Concert HallCOMEDY AT THE KENNEDY CENTER: KATHY GRIFFIN

JULY 7 – AUGUST 16, 2015Eisenhower TheaterONCE


The Royal Ballet dancers. Photo: Johan Persson


TICKETS & CONTACTThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts2700 F Street, NWWashington, DC 20566(202) 467-4600 www.kennedy-center.org



A JUDICIOUS MERGING of the National Chamber Orchestra and Masterworks Chorus on July 1, 2003 created the National Philharmonic, an ensemble with a 55-year combined history of high caliber musical performances in the local area. The National Philharmonic performed at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville, Maryland until Feb. 2005, when it became the Music Center at Strathmore’s ensemble-in-residence. Since then, the Philharmonic has performed more than 100 concerts in the Concert Hall at Strathmore, showcasing world-renowned guest artists in time-honored symphonic mas-terpieces conducted by Maestro Piotr Gajewski and monumental choral masterworks under National Philharmonic Chorale Artistic Director Stan Engebretson. In addition to its commitment to criti-cally acclaimed concert presentations, the National Philharmonic continuously strives to create remarkable and significant educa-tional opportunities in the community.

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Piotr Gajewski conducting the National Philharmonic.

Photo: Michael Ventura

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JANUARY 10, 2015, 8:00 P.M.HAYDN’S SURPRISE SYMPHONYPIOTR GAJEWSKI, ConductorZUILL BAILEY, CelloMOZART, Symphony No. 38, “Prague”HAYDN, Cello Concerto No. 2HAYDN, Symphony No. 94, “Surprise”

JANUARY 24, 2015, 8:00 P.M.JANUARY 25, 2015, 3:00 P.M.BACH’S BRANDENBURGSPIOTR GAJEWSKI, ConductorJUSTINE LAMB-BUDGE, ViolinVICTORIA CHIANG, ViolaJULIUS WIRTH, ViolaBACH, Brandenberg Concerto No. 2BACH, Brandenberg Concerto No. 3BACH, Brandenberg Concerto No. 4BACH, Brandenberg Concerto No. 6

FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M.BRIAN GANZ, PIANO, PLAYS CHOPINCHOPIN, Four Mazurkas Op. 24, Polonaise in F-sharp minor Op. 44, Three Mazur-kas Op. 50, Three Waltzes Op. 64, Two Nocturnes Op. 15, Three Mazurkas Op. 59, Rondo a la Mazur Op. 5


Brian Ganz. Photo: Michael Ventura


FEBRUARY 8, 2015, 3:00 P.M.10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT: BEETHOVEN’S NINTHPIOTR GAJEWSKI, ConductorBRIAN GANZ, PianoSUMMER HU, CelloDANIELLE TALAMANTES, SopranoCOLIN EATON, TenorMAKRIS, Strathmore OvertureTCHAIKOVSKY, Variations on a Rococo ThemeCHOPIN, Introduction and Grande Polonaise BrillanteBEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral”

MARCH 28, 2015, 8:00 P.M.MARCH 29, 2015, 3:00 P.M.RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3PIOTR GAJEWSKI, ConductorHOACHEN ZHANG, PianoTCHAIKOVSKY, Romeo and Juliet Overture – FantasyRIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Capriccio EspagnolRACHMANINOFF, Piano Concerto No. 3


Hoachen Zhang. Photo: Ben Ealovega


APRIL 11, 2015, 8:00 P.M.BACH’S ST. JOHN PASSIONVICTORIA GAU, ConductorROSA LAMOREAUX, SopranoMAGDALENA WÓR, Mezzo-sopranoRUFUS MULLER, TenorMATTHEW SMITH, TenorBACH, St. John Passion

MAY 2, 2015, 8:00 P.M.MAY 3, 2015, 3:00 P.M.MOZART’S JUPITER SYMPHONYPIOTR GAJEWSKI, ConductorCHRISTOPHER TAYLOR, PianoMOZART, Overture to The Marriage of FigaroMOZART, Piano Concerto No. 21, “Elvira Madigan”MOZART, Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”


Christopher Taylor.Photo: Katrin Talbot


MAY 30, 2015, 8:00 P.M.FAURÉ’S REQUIEMPIOTR GAJEWSKI, ConductorJULIE KEIM, SopranoANDREW MCLAUGHLIN, BaritoneNATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALEBRAHMS, Serenade No. 2FAURÉ, Requiem

TICKETS & CONTACTNational PhilharmonicThe Music Center at Strathmore5301 Tuckerman LaneNorth Bethesda, MD 20852(301) 493-9283 (General)(301) 581-5100 (Tickets)www.nationalphilharmonic.org



THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S 84th season is its fifth under the leadership of Music Director Christoph Eschen-bach, who also serves as the Mu-sic Director of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Founded in 1931 and an affiliate company of the Kennedy Center since 1986, the Orchestra has maintained its commitment to artistic excellence and music education. The Orchestra numbers 96 musicians, presenting a year-long season of approximately 150 concerts each year. These include classical subscription series, pops concerts, summer performances at Wolf Trap and on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol, chamber music performances in the Terrace Theater and on the Millennium Stage, and an extensive educational program.

JANUARY 15 – 17, 2015RIHM’S PIANO CONCERTO, WORKS BY BERLIOZ & DVORÁKCHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorTZIMON BARTO, PianoDVORÁK, Carnival Overture, Op. 92RIHM, Piano Concerto No. 2BERLIOZ, Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

National Symphony Orchestra with Music Director Christoph Eschenbach.

Photo: Scott Suchman

National Symphony Orchestra

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JANUARY 22 – 24, 2015FANTASY & FATE: TCHAIKOVSKY MASTERWORKSCHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorNURIT BAR-JOSEF, ViolinTCHAIKOVSKY, Hamlet, Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare, Op. 67TCHAIKOVSKY, Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26TCHAIKOVSKY, Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Dreams”

JANUARY 29 & 30, 2015FANTASY & FATE: TCHAI-KOVSKY MASTERWORKSCHRISTOPH ESCHEN-BACH, ConductorARABELLA STEINBACHER, ViolinTCHAIKOVSKY, Fate, Op. 77TCHAIKOVSKY, Violin Con-certo in D major, Op. 35TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

FEBRUARY 4, 2015, 8:00 P.M.ORGAN RECITAL: CAM-ERON CARPENTER

FEBRUARY 5 – 7, 2015FANTASY & FATE: TCHAIKOVSKY MASTERWORKSJURAJ VALCUHA, ConductorVILDE FRANG, ViolinSTRAVINSKY, Pulcinella SuiteBRUCH, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64


Arabella Steinbacher. Photo: Peter Rigaud


FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 11:00 A.M. & 1:30 P.M.NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: TWO DIVAS AND A BEAR!

FEBRUARY 15, 2015, 2:00 & 4:00 P.M.NSO FAMILY CONCERT: THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS!

FEBRUARY 19 – 21, 2015PINTSCHER’S MAR’EH, WORKS BY FAURÉ AND RAVELMATTHIAS PINTSCHER, ConductorKAREN GOMYO, ViolinFAURÉ, Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite, Op. 8öPINTSCHER, Mar’ehRAVEL, Daphnis et Chloé

FEBRUARY 26 & 27, 2015ALL-BEETHOVEN PROG-RAMHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, ConductorEMANUEL AX, PianoBEETHOVEN, Piano Con-certo No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica”

MARCH 5, 2015, 8:00 P.M.PORTUGUESE FADOJESÚS LÓPEZ-COBOS, ConductorCARMINHO & CAMANÉ, SingersTURINA, Danzas fantásticasALBÉNIZ (ARR. ARBÓS), IberiaVARIOUS, Fado from Portugal


Karen Gomyo. Photo courtesy of the artist


MARCH 6 & 7, 2015COMPOSERS FROM SPAIN AND BRAZIL JESÚS LÓPEZ-COBOS, ConductorJUANITA LASCARRO, SopranoJAVIER PERIANES, PianoC. HALFFTER, Tento del primer tono y batalla imperialVILLA-LOBOS, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5FALLA, Noches en los jardines de EspañaTURINA, Danzas fantásticasALBÉNIZ (ARR. ARBÓS), Iberia

MARCH 7, 2015, 4:00 P.M.LANG LANG IN RECITAL

MARCH 12 – 14, 2015FOUR FRENCH COMPOSERS INSPIRED BY SPAINCHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorCHABRIER, EspañaLALO, Symphonie EspagnoleDEBUSSY, Images – IbériaRAVEL, Boléro


Juanita Lascarro. Photo: Diana Karch


MARCH 19 – 21, 2015MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 9CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorMAHLER, Symphony No. 9 in D major

MARCH 27 & 28, 2015NSO POPS: DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SINGSTEVEN REINEKE, Conductor

MARCH 29, 2015, 2:00 & 4:00 P.M.NSO FAMILY CONCERT: THE MAGIC HORN

APRIL 2 – 4, 2015SHOSTAKOVICH’S SYMPHONY NO. 10, RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3KRZYSZTOF URBANSKI, ConductorDANIIL TRIFONOV, PianoRACHMANINOFF, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30SHOSTAKOVICH, Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

APRIL 11 & 12, 2015NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: IMAGINATION DUO

APRIL 16 – 18, 2015WORKS BY RACHMANINOFF AND MOZARTVASSILY SINAISKY, ConductorLOREN KITT, ClarinetBORODIN, Overture to Prince IgorMOZART, Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622RACHMANINOFF, The Bells

APRIL 26, 2015, 2:00 & 4:00 P.M.NSO FAMILY CONCERT: GERSHWIN’S MAGIC KEY

MAY 1, 2015, 8:00 P.M.BEYOND THE SCORE: BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 5

MAY 2, 2015, 8:00 P.M.BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 5, WORKS BY PENDERECKI



AND J. STRAUSS JR.CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorJ. STRAUSS JR., Overture to Die FledermausPENDERECKI, Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos and OrchestraBEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

MAY 2, 2015, 11:00 A.M. & 1:30 P.M.NSO ENSEMBLE CONCERT: CONNECTIONS – SCIENCE & MATH + MUSIC

MAY 7 – 9, 2015MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 5, SIBELIUS’S VIOLIN CONCERTOCHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, ConductorLEONIDAS KAVAKOS, ViolinSIBELIUS, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47MAHLER, Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

MAY 9, 2015, 11:00 A.M. & 1:30 P.M.NSO KINDERCLASSICS: BEETHOVEN AT THE BALLPARK!

MAY 13, 2015, 8:00 P.M.ORGAN RECITAL: THIERRY ESCAICH


Christoph Eschenbach. Photo: Scott Suchman


MAY 14 – 16, 2015WORKS BY J. S. BACH, MUSSORGSKY & SIBELIUSLEONIDAS KAVAKOS, Conductor and ViolinJ. S. BACH, Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041SIBELIUS, Pelléas and MélisandeMUSSORGSKY (ORCH. RAVEL), Pictures at an Exhibition

MAY 29 & 30, 2015AKIHO’S NEW WORK FOR STEELPAN AND ORCHESTRAMANUEL LÓPEZ-GÓMEZ, ConductorLIAM TEAGUE, SteelpanGERSHWIN, Cuban OvertureCARREÑO, MargariteñaAKIHO, Steelpan ConcertoGINASTERA, Estancia – SuiteESTÉVEZ, Melodia en el llanoBERSTEIN, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

MAY 30, 2015, 11:00 A.M. & 1:30 P.M.NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: VIOLINS AND TROMBONES AND BEARS, OH MY!

JUNE 5 & 6, 2015NSO POPS: LET’S BE FRANKSTEVEN REINEKE, Conductor

TICKETS & CONTACTNSOThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts2700 F Street, NWWashington, DC 20566(202) 467-4600 www.kennedy-center.org/nso



LOCATED JUST NORTH of Washington, D.C. in arts-rich Montgomery County, Mary-land, Olney Theatre Center offers a diverse array of professional productions year-round that enrich, nurture, and challenge a broad range of artists, audiences, and students. In addition to its Subscription Season, which em-phasizes 20th-century American classics, new works, area pre-mieres, reinterpretations of classics, and musical theater, Olney Theatre Center offers a wide range of programs and affiliations including National Players, America’s longest running classical touring company; an annual Summer Shakespeare Festival; Post-Show Discussions; and In-School Workshops.

Olney Theatre exterior. Photo courtesy of Olney Theatre

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FEBRUARY 4 – MARCH 1, 2015MainstageGODSPELLBook by JOHN MICHAEL TEBELAKMusic and Lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZDirected by JASON KING JONES

COME SING ABOUT love, enjoy all good gifts, and raise your spir-its with the Stephen Schwartz Tony-nominated classic, Godspell. Told through an exciting array of music and dance, the parables of Jesus Christ come to life in this modern take on a timeless tale of friendship, loyalty, and love.

FEBRUARY 25 – MARCH 22, 2015Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre LabGROUNDEDBy GEORGE BRANTDirected by DEREK GOLDMAN

GROUNDED IS THE story of an ace fighter pilot who un-expectedly becomes pregnant and gets reassigned to the “Chair Force,” oper-ating drones from a windowless trailer on an Air Force base in

the desert outside Las Vegas. Hunting terrorists by day and coming home to her family by

night, the boundaries between reality and the screen – between the desert where she lives and the desert where she fights – blur until the pressure becomes impossible to bear.

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George Brant, playwright of Grounded.Photo: Mark Turek


APRIL 15 – MAY 10, 2015MainstageCAROUSELMusic by RICHARD RODGERSBook and Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN IIDirected by JASON LOEWITH

FOLLOWING THE SPECTACULAR success of their first musical hit, Oklahoma, Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote this classic tale of love and redemption that Time Magazine calls the “greatest musical of the twentieth century.” After a bank robbery gone wrong, carousel barker Billy Bigelow is given a second chance to make things right for millworker and love-of-his-life Julie Jordan and their unborn child. Featuring some of the form’s best loved songs: “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “Love Is Bustin’ Out All Over,” and “If I Love You.”

MAY 13 – JUNE 21, 2015Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre LabTHE PRICEBy ARTHUR MILLERDirected by MICHAEL BLOOM

CELEBRATE THE 100TH anniversary of Arthur Miller’s birth with this brilliant, powerful, and deeply moving play. With compassion, humor, and rare insight, the play ex-amines the relationship of two long-estranged broth-ers who meet after many years to dispose of their late father’s belongings.

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Michael Bloom directs The Price. Photo: Laura Fong


JUNE 24 – JULY 26, 2015MainstageTHE PRODUCERSBook by MEL BROOKS AND THOMAS MEEHANMusic and Lyrics by MEL BROOKS

THE NAMES “BIALYSTOCK AND BLOOM” should strike hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ best comedy. What could possibly go wrong when washed-up Broadway producer, Max Bialystock, and his mousy accountant, Leo Bloom, scheme to make a mint by raising a million bucks to produce a 100,000 dollar flop in the form of a gay romp entitled Springtime for Hitler? The Producers is a truly “boffo” hit, winning a record twelve Tony Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night with its modern, outrageous, and in-your-face humor.

SEPTEMBER 2 – 27, 2015MainstageHAY FEVERBy NOËL COWARDDirected by ELEANOR HOLDRIDGE

HOPING FOR A quiet weekend in the country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist, and his wife Judith, a retired actress, find that an impossible dream when their high-spirited children Simon and Sorel appear with guests of their own. A house full of drama waits to be ignited as misunderstandings occur and tempers flare. With Judith’s new flame and David’s newest literary ‘inspiration’ keeping company as the children follow suit, the Bliss family lives up to its name as the ‘quiet weekend’ comes to an exhausting and hilarious finale worthy of Feydeau.

SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 25, 2015Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre LabBAD DOGBy JENNIFER HOPPE-HOUSE

AFTER TEN YEARS clean and sober, Molly Drexler falls off the wagon and drives her Prius through her living room wall. With a

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hole in the house as big as the hole in their hearts, Molly’s two sisters, mother, father, and wicked stepmother descend on the house for an “intervention” that doesn’t play out the way anyone thought it would.

NOVEMBER 11 – DECEMBER 27, 2015MainstageGUYS AND DOLLSBook by JO SWERLING AND ABE BURROWSMusic and Lyrics by FRANK LOESSER

CONSIDERED BY MANY to be the perfect musical comedy and featuring great musical theatre classics like “Luck Be A Lady,” “A Bushel and a Peck,” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” Guys and Dolls weaves a tale of old-time gangsters, hot-box girls, and gambling. This musical has received nearly unanimous posi-tive reviews from critics and has won a bevy of awards including Tonys, Drama Desks, and Oliviers.

TICKETS & CONTACTOlney Theatre2001 Olney-Sandy Spring RoadOlney, MD 20832(301) 924-4485 (General)(301) 924-2654 (Tickets)www.olneytheatre.org

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ENCOUNTER SUPERB WORKS of modern art in an intimate setting at The Phillips Collection, opened to the public in 1921 in Washington’s vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood. Paintings by Renoir and Rothko, Bonnard and O’Keeffe, van Gogh, and Diebenkorn are among the many stunning impression-ist and modern works that fill the museum. Its distinctive building combines extensive new galleries with the former home of its founder, Duncan Phillips. The collection continues to develop with selective new acquisitions, many by contemporary artists.

The interior of a gallery in the Sant Building of the Phillips Collection.

Photo: Max Hirshfeld

Phillips Collection


NEO-IMPRESSIONISM AND THE DREAM OF REALITIES: PAINTING, POETRY, MUSICSEPTEMBER 27, 2014 – JANUARY 11, 2015

THE FASCINATION WITH the imagination, the dream, or the intangible, so eloquently defined by artist Henry van de Velde in 1890 as the goal of Neo-Impressionism, was shared by many of his colleagues. It was nurtured in large part by the interactions between Neo-Impressionist painters and Symbolist writers and composers since the mid-1880s. Paris, capital of the art world at the time, and Brussels, home to the influential avant-garde group Les XX, became two centers that facilitated these exchanges. Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities presents more than 70 works that reflect the Neo-Impressionist’s preoccupation with the idea, emotion, or the synergy of senses, particularly from 1888 to 1895, when adherence to the group was at its height and relations with Symbolist writers were especially fruitful. From idealized landscapes to expressive portraits and figural compositions that highlight their interest in literature and music, the artists created evocative images that went beyond observed reality.

O’KEEFFE AND FRIENDS: DIALOGUES WITH NATURESEPTEMBER 11, 2014 – MAY 31, 2015

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE’S SEMI-NAL Jack-in-the-Pulpit IV (1930) and No. VI (1930), on loan from the National Gallery of Art, are featured alongside landscapes in The Phillips Collection by her compatriots, including Alvin Langdon Coburn, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, and John Marin. The works, dating from the 1900s to the 1940s, reveal how these leading American modernists

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Georgia O’Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, 1930. On loan from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Alfred Stieglitz Collection, bequest of

Georgia O’Keeffe. Image courtesy of the Phillips Collection


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each developed their own personal abstract language to give expression to their physical and spiritual response to nature.

INTERSECTIONS: BERNARDI ROIG – NO/ESCAPEOCTOBER 25, 2014 – MARCH 8, 2015

MALLORCAN ARTIST BERNARDI ROIG (b. 1965) installs six sculptural works in unexpected interior and exterior spaces, challenging visitors to rethink the definition of the museum. Roig draws parallels between his and Honoré Daumier’s works, both of which offer poignant social commentary. Roig addresses the existential dualities of entrapment and liberation, blinding and il-lumination, absence and presence. Typical of the artist’s work are the cruel-looking white plaster figures cast from real people, often cornered or crushed against walls or twisting in pain. By including the element of light – whether a single light bulb, neon tubes, or fluorescent lights – Roig’s work blends minimalist forms with highly charged expressions of anxiety and loneliness.

THE JOURNALS OF DUNCAN PHILLIPSMARCH 14, 2014 – FEBRUARY 27, 2015

DUNCAN PHILLIPS WAS a prolific writer. Starting in his days as a student at Yale, Phillips wrote about art and literature, recounted trips abroad, and recorded his dreams for his museum. He gener-ated lists of works desired and works acquired; once the museum opened, he detailed how the paintings spoke to each other when hung in the galleries. Meticulously cared for in the Phillips ar-chives, the texts from the 1900s to 1930s show the development of his collecting vision and his passion for art.

MAN RAY: HUMAN EQUATIONSFEBRUARY 7 – MAY 10, 2015

WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD in the late 1940s, Man Ray (1890–1976) created Shakespearean Equations, a series of paintings he considered to be the pinnacle of his creative vision. This culmina-tion of years of work across media was inspired by photographs of mathematical models he made in Paris in the 1930s. Featur-ing over 100 pieces, this exhibition displays side-by-side for the


first time the original mathematical models, Man Ray’s inventive photographs of the objects, and the surrealist-inflected Shake-spearean Equations, connecting his approach to the geometric forms with his other works that relate inanimate objects with the human body. Man Ray’s inquisitive spirit and mastery of trans-forming three-dimensional objects into two-dimensional imagery is revealed in this exploration of the intersections of art and science.

Man Ray, Julius Caesar, 1948. The Rosalind & Melvin Jacobs Collection, New York. © Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2014).Image courtesy of the Phillips Collection

Phillips Collection


TICKETS & CONTACTThe Phillips Collection1600 21st Street, NWWashington, DC 20009(202) 387-2151 www.phillipscollection.org

Phillips Collection


OVER THE PAST quarter of a century, the Shakespeare The-atre Company has dedicated itself to becoming the nation’s premier classic theatre. By fo-cusing on works with profound themes, complex characters, and heightened language written by Shakespeare, his contemporaries and those playwrights he influenced, STC’s artistic mission is unique among regional theatres: to bring to vibrant life ground-breaking, thought-provoking, and eminently accessible classic theatre in a uniquely American style.

DECEMBER 2, 2014 – JANUARY 11, 2015Sidney Harman HallTHE TEMPESTBy WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREDirected by ETHAN MCSWEENY

TRICKERY AND MAGIC, romance and revenge set the stage for one of Shakespeare’s late masterpieces, The Tempest, in which sprites, goddesses, and fools hold court. Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan and now a powerful magician, raises a great storm to wreck the vessel bearing his betrayers onto the shores of the mysterious island he has made his home. There, attended upon by his daughter, a magical sprite, and a villainous prisoner, Pros-

Shakespeare Theatre Company at The Harman Center for the Arts.

Photo: Max Lyons

Shakespeare Theatre Company


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pero leads them through a mysterious dream on the course from vengeance to reconciliation.

FEBRUARY 3 – MARCH 8, 2015Lansburgh TheatreTHE METROMANIACSTranslated and Adapted by DAVID IVESDirected by MICHAEL KAHN

MISTAKEN IDENTITY, MISPLACED ardor and a fight for true love ensues in Alexis Piron’s classic 1738 French farce, The Metro-maniacs. Would-be poet Damis has fallen for the works of the mysterious Breton poetess, not knowing she is really middle-aged gentleman Francalou. However, Francalou allows Damis to believe the poetess is his own daughter, Lucile, in order to separate her from Dorante, the son of his sworn enemy. Add to the chaos some scheming servants, pseudonyms, disguises, and poetic wooing reminiscent of Cyrano and there is much to untangle before love-plots are resolved and a happy ending found.

FEBRUARY 4 – 21, 2015Sidney Harman HallDUNSINANEBy DAVID GREIGDirected by ROXANA SILBERT

A DRAMATIC SEQUEL to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, David Greig’s Dunsinane by the National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Shakespeare Company is a vision of one man’s attempt to restore peace in a country ravaged by war. Under cover of night, an Eng-lish army has swept through Scotland, killed the tyrant Macbeth and taken the seat of power. Siward, the English commanding officer, tries to put in place a new ruler while beset by a brutal guerrilla uprising and simmering discontent amongst his troops. Written from the perspective of a Scot, Dunsinane examines the struggle of a foreign invader to grasp local customs and politics while trying to restore order in a war-torn land.


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MARCH 17 – APRIL 26, 2015Sidney Harman HallMAN OF LA MANCHABook by DALE WASSERMANLyrics by JOE DARIONComposed by MITCH LEIGHDirected by ALAN PAUL

A STORY OF hope and idealism rises from the darkness and de-spair of a prison cell in Man of La Mancha, carried aloft by some of the most familiar and moving songs of the American theatre. As Miguel de Cervantes presents his tale of knight errant Don Quix-ote, his journey comes alive in a play-within-the-play, featuring loy-al friends, troubled maidens, giant monsters, and brave knights. Don Quixote’s quest – filled with humor and poignancy in equal measure – dares everyone to dream “The Impossible Dream.”

JUNE 2 – JULY 5, 2015Sidney Harman HallTARTUFFEBy MOLIÈREDirected by DOMINIQUE SERRAND

ORGON HAS FALLEN under the spell of the pious fraud Tartuffe, at great cost to his family and household, in Tartuffe, Molière’s crowning achievement and scathing indictment of religious hy-pocrisy. The family watches in astonishment as their leader obeys every word of Tartuffe’s false piety and divine authority – who meanwhile is stealing secrets and seducing the lady of the house. Only by conspiring, hiding in closets and climbing under tables (all in true French farce fashion) can the family reveal Tartuffe’s fake divinity.

TICKETS & CONTACTShakespeare Theatre CompanyLansburgh Theatre450 7th Street, NWWashington, DC 20004 (202) 547-1122 www.shakespearetheatre.org

Sidney Harman Hall610 F Street, NWWashington, DC 20004


JUST TWO DECADES AGO, Washington, DC’s theater scene was dominated by large venues that presented mostly traditional plays. Few theaters dared to take the risk of producing new work, and even fewer produced lesser known or new musicals. Today, Signature Theatre broadens and brightens the region’s cultural landscape with its bold productions of challenging new and established works. Musical Theater is Signature’s “signature,” and the Theatre is renowned for its defini-tive Sondheim productions, inventive adaptations of overlooked or forgotten works, and investment in fresh new projects.

DECEMBER 9, 2014 – JANUARY 25, 2015DINERBook by BARRY LEVINSONMusic and Lyrics by SHERYL CROWDirected and Choreographed by KATHLEEN MARSHALL

CHRISTMAS, BALTIMORE: 1959. A circle of childhood friends reunite for the upcoming wedding of one of them. Well, only if his fiancée passes a football trivia test. From the comfort of their all-night diner, the men, now in their early-twenties, confront the realities of adulthood: marriage, careers, money, and the ever-mysterious opposite sex. But no matter where life takes them,

Signature Theatre exterior. Photo: Scott Suchman

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they know they’re welcome back at the diner, the one place they’ll always belong.

Infused with swinging 1950s rock and roll sound, three-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall joins Crow and Levinson to transform Diner’s groundbreaking evocation of burgeoning adulthood and friendship for the stage.

FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 22, 2015KID VICTORYStory by JOHN KANDER AND GREG PIERCEMusic by JOHN KANDERBook and Lyrics by GREG PIERCEDirected by LIESL TOMMY

SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LUKE returns home after vanishing a year ago. Profoundly changed, Luke and his parents struggle to adjust to life following his disappearance. Only finding solace with Emily, the quirky proprietor of an offbeat garden shop, Luke grapples with a past undone and a coming of age that came too late to a boy who just wants to fade away. The second collabora-tion between Kander (Chicago, Cabaret) and Pierce (Slowgirl), Kid Victory is a hauntingly mesmerizing original musical about what it means to disappear.

MARCH 10 – APRIL 26, 2015SOONBook, Music, and Lyrics by NICK BLAEMIREDirected by MATTHEW GARDINER

IT IS THE hottest summer in human history and, in a few short months, all water on earth will evaporate. In response, twenty-

Sheryl Crow’s Diner comes to the Signature Theatre.

Photo courtesy of the artist

Signature Theatre


Signature Theatre

something Charlie has taken to her couch with only her beloved possessions: peanut butter, Wolf Blitzer, and Herschel, the fish. Her mother, roommate, and sometimes-boyfriend all attempt to persuade her to leave her apartment and enjoy life. However, as Charlie’s memories take over, more complicated reasons for her self-inflicted hibernation emerge as she confronts her deferred dreams and considers the possibility of life and love just outside her door. Filled with Blaemire’s (Glory Days) trademark quirky style reminiscent of past Signature contemporary musi-cals and The Last Five Years, Soon’s youthful humor, energy, and wit deliver a searing and sardonic commentary on what to do with the time you have left.

APRIL 2 – 19, 2015SIMPLY SONDHEIMMusic and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIMCo-conceived by DAVID LOUD AND ERIC SCHAEFFEROrchestrations by JONATHAN TUNICKMusical Supervision and Vocal Arrangements by DAVID LOUDChoreographed by MATTHEW GARDINERDirected by ERIC SCHAEFFER

AN ORIGINAL TRIBUTE celebrating Stephen Sondheim and Signature Theatre’s special partnership over the last 25 years. With special permission from Sondheim himself, this completely new revue created by Artistic director Eric Schaeffer and David

Matthew Gardiner directs Soon.Photo: Kristina Sherk


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Loud plays only at Signature and will never be seen again. Whether you’d like to race Into the Woods with Sweeney Todd and a few Assassins, enjoy A Little Night Music at the Follies on a Sat-urday Night, or simply relish a Sunday in the Park with George, you’ll be in good Company when six Signature favorites and a gorgeous 16-piece orchestra take the stage to honor the genius himself, Stephen Sondheim.

MAY 12 – JUNE 28, 2015CABARETBook by JOE MASTEROFFMusic by JOHN KANDERLyrics by FRED EBBDirected by MATTHEW GARDINER

WILLKOMMEN TO THE Kit Kat Club, the hottest nightclub in seedy, prewar Berlin; here, life is beautiful. American writer Cliff Bradshaw travels to Berlin searching for inspiration. He finds it in English club performer Sally Bowles and they begin a torrid affair. However, outside their door, the nazis’ impending rise to power heralds a brutal end to their decadent way of life. Featuring the treasured songs “Maybe This Time,” “Willkommen,” “Don’t Tell Mama” and the title song, Kander and Ebb’s Tony Award-winning masterpiece graces the Signature stage for the first time in twenty years.

TICKETS & CONTACTSignature Theatre4200 Campbell AvenueArlington, VA 22206(571) 527-1880 (General)(703) 820-9771 (Tickets)www.signature-theatre.org


LOCATED ONE-HALF mile outside the Capital Beltway in North Bethesda, Maryland, Strathmore provides affordable, accessible, multi-disciplinary arts programming in the Mansion at Strathmore, the Music Center at Strathmore, and on its scenic 11-acre site. Founded in 1981, the arts center presents a lively and diverse program of art exhibitions, concerts and performing arts programs, and literary lectures and events. High-quality arts programming, designed for audiences of many tastes, served with the hospitality and warmth of a family enterprise, are the hallmarks of Strathmore. Seasonal outdoor events seek to be inclusive in their programming appeal, reaching out to people of all ages, interests, and cultural heritage.

JANUARY 9, 2015, 8:00 P.M.MansionLOUIS WEEKS

JANUARY 10, 2015, 7:30 & 9:30 P.M.MansionDELORES KING WILLIAMS: “I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU”

The Music Center at Strathmore. Photo courtesy of BSO

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Strathmore

JANUARY 18, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreSTEP AFRIKA

JANUARY 22, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionJENNIFER KOH, VIOLIN: BACH & BEYOND PART III

JANUARY 29, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionVADIM NELESLOVSKYI, JAZZ PIANO

JANUARY 30, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreLADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO

FEBRUARY 6, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreSAVION GLOVER

FEBRUARY 8, 2015, 7:00 & 9:00 P.M.MansionCYRILLE AIMEE, JAZZ VOCALIST

Step Afrika.Photo: Dusko Miljanic


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FEBRUARY 12, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionSPEKTRAL QUARTET

FEBRUARY 14, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreJOHN PIZZARELLI & JANE MONHEIT

FEBRUARY 18, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreIRVIN MAYFIELD AND THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA

FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 4:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreIMAGO THEATRE: FROGZ

FEBRUARY 25, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreTANGO BUENOS AIRES: SONG OF EVA PERÓN

FEBRUARY 26, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionJENNY LIN, PIANO

FEBRUARY 27, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionTIM WHALEN QUINTET: MUSIC OF BUD POWELL

MARCH 1, 2015, 3:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreANNAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH SIMONE DIN-NERSTEIN, PIANO

Imago Theatre’s Frogz. Photo: Jerry Mouawad


MARCH 4, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreTHE CHIEFTAINS

MARCH 12, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionSTEVEN LIN, PIANO

MARCH 16, 2015, 7:00 & 9:00 P.M.MansionCALADH NUA

MARCH 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreCARLOS NÚÑEZ WITH THE SEAN CULKIN DANCERS

MARCH 19, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionTRIO CON BRIO COPENHAGEN

MARCH 27, 2015, 7:00 & 9:00 P.M.MansionMATT HAIMOWITZ, CELLO: BACH LISTENING ROOM

MARCH 27, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreAUDRA MCDONALD

APRIL 9, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionMIRANDA CUCKSON, VIOLIN

APRIL 15, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK: ENGELBERT CALLING TOUR

APRIL 16, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionISRAELI CHAMBER PROJECT

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APRIL 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreROSANNE CASH: THE RIVER & THE THREAD

APRIL 23, 2015, 7:30 P.M.MansionLILY NEILL & VESA NORILO

APRIL 26, 2015, 4:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreUKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN

MAY 9, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreSHIRLEY MACLAINE

JUNE 25, 2015, 2:00 & 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreMORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR

TICKETS & CONTACTThe Music Center at Strathmore5301 Tuckerman LaneNorth Bethesda, MD 20852

The Mansion at Strathmore10701 Rockville PikeNorth Bethesda, MD 20852

(301) 581-5100 www.strathmore.org

Strathmore

Rosanne Cash.Photo: Clay Patrick McBride


A LIVING MEMORIAL to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote hu-man dignity. Located among our national monuments to freedom on the National Mall, the Museum provides a powerful lesson in the fragility of freedom, the myth of progress, and the need for vigilance in preserving democratic values. With unique power and authenticity, the Museum teaches millions of people each year about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need to prevent genocide. And we encourage them to act, cultivating a sense of moral responsibility among our citizens so that they will respond to the monumental challenges that confront our world.

THE HOLOCAUSTPERMANENT EXHIBITION

THIS NARRATIVE HISTORY of the Holocaust features historical artifacts, video footage, and personal stories. Passes are required March through August.

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A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. Federal support guarantees the Museum’s permanent place on the National Mall, and its far-reaching educational programs and global impact are made possible by generous donors.

Located among our national monuments to freedom on the National Mall, the Museum provides a powerful lesson in the fragility of freedom, the myth of progress, and the need for vigilance in preserving democratic values. With unique power and authenticity, the Museum teaches millions of people each year about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need to prevent genocide. And we encourage them to act, cultivating a sense of moral responsibility among our citizens so that they will respond to the monumental challenges that confront our world. Today we face an alarming rise in Holocaust denial and antisemitism—even in the very lands where the Holocaust happened—as well as genocide and threats of genocide in other parts of the world. All of this when we

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Visitors to the Museum pass under this gate, a cast taken

from the original entrance to the Auschwitz death camp,

inscribed with the ironic phrase Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Makes One Free).

Memorial Museum.

Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Visitors to the Museum pass under this gate, a cast taken from the original entrance to the Auschwitz death camp, inscribed with the ironic phrase Arbeit

Macht Frei(work Makes One Free).Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial

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United States Memorial Holocaust Museum



SOME WERE NEIGHBORS: COLLABORATION & COMPLICITY IN THE HOLOCAUSTONGOING

THIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION explores how countless ordinary people, from all walks of life and influenced by a spectrum of mo-tives and pressures, acted in ways that directly or indirectly aided the persecution and murder of Jews and other groups within Nazi Germany and across Europe.

REMEMBER THE CHILDREN: DANIEL’S STORYONGOING

REPRESENTING THE EXPERIENCES of many Jewish children during the Nazi era, “Daniel” narrates through his diary the history of the Holocaust in ways that children can understand. Recreated environments present life in a middle-class German home, in a Jewish ghetto in occupied Poland, and finally at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The exhibition is explicit without being graphic. Recommended for ages 8 and above.

A DANGEROUS LIE: THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZIONONGOING

A DANGEROUS LIE explores the continuing impact of the most widely distributed antisemitic publication of modern times, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Despite countless exposures of the Protocols as a hoax, its fraudulent allegations of a Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world have retained incredible power for both individuals and groups who seek to spread hatred of Jews. Accompanying the exhibition is a 13-minute film that chronicles antisemitism in Europe before the Holocaust.

FROM MEMORY TO ACTION: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF GENOCIDEONGOING

THIS PRESENTATION EXPLORES three genocides that have occurred since the Holocaust: in Rwanda (1994), in Bosnia-



Herzegovina (1995), and in the Darfur region of Sudan (2003 to its peak in 2005). Visitors are encouraged to leave a pledge of personal action against genocide and join the Museum’s e-community engaged in its efforts to prevent genocide.

THE NUREMBERG TRIALS: WHAT IS JUSTICE?ONGOING

AT THE CONCLUSION of World War II, 24 major Nazi figures were brought before an International Military Tribunal in Nurem-berg, Germany, to face charges of crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit these crimes. Film footage and artifacts from the Nuremberg trial and interactive stations with photos and oral histories give visitors the opportunity to trace the legacy of the Nuremberg tribunal.

SUDAN DIVIDED: PEOPLES AT RISKONGOING

FOR MORE THAN 50 years, the nation of Sudan has been wracked by civil war and ethnic violence. This room presents two video programs: an animated slide-show of maps that provides an overview of the conflicts in Sudan, and a 7-minute film about the Museum’s bearing witness trips to the region at the height of the Darfur crisis and on the eve of South Sudan’s vote for indepen-dence.

TICKETS & CONTACTUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SWWashington, DC 20024(202) 488-0400www.ushmm.org


ORIGINALLY FOUNDED AS The Washington School of Ballet in 1944 by legendary ballet pio-neer Mary Day, The Washington Ballet (TWB) was incorporated as a professional company in 1976 and is one of the pre-eminent ballet organizations in the United States. TWB has built an inter-national reputation presenting bold works by choreographers from around the world, and with its first artist-in-residence, Choo-San Goh, set the tone for the company’s emergence as a powerhouse among national ballet companies. Contemporary pieces by Chris-topher Wheeldon, Mark Morris, Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe, and Nacho Duato expanded the repertoire, as did Neoclassical masterworks and fresh interpretations of 19th century classics.

FEBRUARY 18 – 22, 2015The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower TheaterSLEEPY HOLLOW

FROM THE CREATORS of ALICE (in wonderland) and Heming-way: The Sun Also Rises comes a third exploration of iconic American literature – Sleepy Hollow. An atmospheric thriller, Washington Irving’s classic tale is now being told through the expressive and lush language of ballet. A love triangle, the new

Members of the Washington Ballet perform.

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school teacher, Ichabod Crane, finds himself smitten by a flirta-tious beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, much to the displeasure of town rowdy, “Brom Bones” Van Brunt. A rivalry ensues and the ghostly “Headless Horseman” comes into play one fateful night. This program features original live music.

APRIL 8 – 12, 2015The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower TheaterSWAN LAKE

MESMERIZING AUDIENCES FOR over 100 years, Swan Lake is considered by many to be the greatest classical ballet of all time. Now The Washington Ballet will take on this mysterious, lyrical and dramatic ballet. The classical enchantment of Swan Lake involves a beautiful princess, a passionate prince, and the wicked sorcerer von Rothbart who captures the Princess Odette and turns her into a swan by day. The evil spell can only be broken when a young man pledges his love and marries her. Should he betray her, she will remain a swan forever.

MAY 6 – 17, 2015The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower TheaterALICE (IN WONDERLAND)

ALICE (in won-derland) WAS an instant hit when it premiered in 2012. A work of rich and impressive creativity that is full of whimsical charm and a feeling for the absurd. The visual splendor and

Maki Onuki performs in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in Wonderland).Photo: Brianne Bland



imaginative choreography of TWB’s production was highly popular with adults as well as children. ALICE (in wonderland) is, without a doubt, one of the most famous and enduring children’s classic as she stumbles into adventure following a time-obsessed rabbit into a wonderland where everything is illogical. She has a series of marvelous adventures with the White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and other strange creatures.

MAY 13 – 15, 2015The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower TheaterTOUR-DE-FORCE: SERENADE

THE COMPANY’S THIRD Tour-de-Force gala-style program of classical and contemporary ballets includes audience favorites and masterworks from the canon, star-turns by TWB’s internation-al dancers and displays of virtuosity. The program’s centerpiece is the TWB’s premiere of George Balanchine’s iconic Serenade, his first ballet in the US, is one of his signature works. A romantic work of immense sweep, it is set to Tchaikovsky’s transcen-dent Serenade for Strings in C.

MAY 30 & 31, 2015THEARC TheaterTHE SLEEPING BEAUTY

A TIMELESS FAIRY-TALE of a beautiful princess, an evil sorceress and 100 years of sleep broken by the kiss of a handsome prince.

TICKETS & CONTACTThe Washington Ballet3515 Wisconsin AvenueWashington, DC 20016(202) 362-3606 (General)(202) 362-3606 ext. 605 (Tickets)www.washingtonballet.org


THE WASHINGTON CHORUS (TWC) is noted for its critically acclaimed performances and re-cordings of the entire range of the choral repertoire. A Grammy Award–winner and a cultural leader in the Washington area, The Washington Chorus is concluding its 53rd season. The Chorus presents an annual subscription series at the Kennedy Center, the Music Center at Strathmore, and other major venues throughout the Washington, D.C. area. In addition the Chorus has sung for national and international audiences and appeared at the invitation of leading orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

MAY 17, 2015, 5:00 P.M.National Presbyterian ChurchISRAEL IN EGYPTHANDEL, Isreal in Egypt

TICKETS & CONTACTThe Washington Chorus2801 Upton Street, NWWashington, DC 20008(202) 342-6221 www.thewashingtonchorus.org

The Washington Chorus performs at the Kennedy Center.

Photo: Margot Schulman

The Washington Chorus


IN 1956, THE sound of opera rang out in DC, heralding the birth of a new company. Four decades and countless artistic leaps later, Washington National Opera con-tinues to move boldly forward on the great adventure that began years ago in a university auditorium. Washington National Opera is now one of the nation’s leading opera companies and plays to standing room audiences in the Kennedy Center. Recent seasons have continued the traditions set by the founders of WNO, offering performances by the greatest talents the opera world has to offer, in works beloved and unfamiliar. WNO’s commitment to nurtur-ing the future of the art form manifests itself in the celebrated Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program and the annual Opera in the Outfield event, in which a production is simulcast for free to Nationals Park. These programs, along with the considerable work and outreach of the Education Department continue to broaden the public’s awareness and understanding of opera, and cultivate the next generation of opera stars and supporters of the arts.

The Washington National Orchestra performs Nabucco.

Photo: Scott Suchman

Washington National Opera


JANUARY 23 & 24, 2015Terrace TheaterAMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: PENNY

THE YOUNG COMPOSER/LIBRETTIST team of Douglas Pew and Dara Weinberg (AOI’s 20-minute A Game of Hearts) was selected to create this season’s hour-long world premiere, about a woman with a disability who discovers her talent for vocal music. FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 10, 2015Opera HouseDIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITESMusic and Libretto by FRANCIS POULENCConducted by ANTONY WALKERDirected by FRANCESCA ZAMBELLOFeaturing LEAH CROCETTO, LAYLA CLAIRE & DOLORA ZAJICK

FAITH IS PUT to the ultimate test in Poulenc’s powerful 1957 opera about an order of Carmelite nuns who refuse to renounce their beliefs in the wake of the French Revolution. With social unrest rippling through Paris, a timid young woman leaves her aristocratic family to seek refuge at a convent in northern France. She strives to align with her fellow sisters, who soon discover they must either abandon their monastery or face certain execution. Their act of defiance in the face of fear becomes a gripping, emo-tional story of loyalty, redemption, and sacrifice.

FEBRUARY 28, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Terrace TheaterAN EVENING OF JAZZ STAN-DARDS WITH ERIC OWENS, FEATURING THE MUSIC OF ECKSTINE AND HARTMAN


Eric Owens. Photo: Joshua Bright/The New York Times



A WEEK BEFORE he stars in WNO’s Opera House revival of The Flying Dutchman, bass-baritone Eric Owens takes the Terrace Theater stage for an evening of jazz standards made famous by two legendary singers: Billy Eckstine and Johnny Hartman.

MARCH 7 – 21, 2015Opera HouseTHE FLYING DUTCHMANMusic and Libretto by RICHARD WAGNERConducted by PHILIPPE AUGUIN & ERIC WEIMERDirected by STEPHEN LAWLESSFeaturing ERIC OWENS, CHRISTINE LIBOR, AIN ANGER & JAY HUNTER MORRIS

IN WAGNER’S RETELLING of the nautical legend, formidable bass-baritone and two-time Grammy Award winner Eric Ow-ens – one of the most in-demand American opera stars of our day – returns to WNO to make his staged role debut as the Flying Dutchman. Condemned to wander the seas upon a ship of ghosts, he can only venture ashore once every seven years to seek his salvation: a woman’s unconditional love. When Senta, the beguiling daughter of a sea captain, pledges to be faithful to him forever, it seems the ancient curse might finally be broken. But her jealous huntsman suitor poses just one of many obstacles in a tale where greed, fidelity, and misfortune collide in full force.

MARCH 20, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Opera HouseSTARS OF TOMORROW: THE DOMINGO-CAFRIZ YOUNG ART-ISTS IN CONCERT

WNO’S DOMINGO-CAFRITZ YOUNG ARTISTS perform scenes and arias from favorite operas. Taking a break from his role in WNO’s The Flying Dutchman, Eric Owens offers his vocal mentor-ship to WNO’s rising stars and showcases his conducting skills.


MAY 9 – 21, 2015Opera HouseCINDERELLA (LA CENERENTOLA)Music by GIOACHINO ROSSINILibretto by JACOPO FERRETTIConducted by SPERANZA SCAPPUCCIDirected by JOAN FONTFeaturing ISABEL LEONARD, MAXIM MIRONOV & SIMONE ALBERGHINI

ROSSINI’S POPULAR RETELLING of Charles Perrault’s beloved Cinderella story adds a few fabulous twists to the traditional fairy tale, a perfect springtime treat for the entire family. In this bright and whimsical production by Spanish director Joan Font and his performance troupe Els Comediants, a kindhearted girl named Angelina dreams of one day escaping her impoverished stepfa-ther’s castle. When the prince announces he’ll choose his bride at a glamorous ball, she seizes the opportunity to escape the tyranny of her vain stepsisters and take control of her own destiny.

Joan Font’s production of Cinderella comes to the WNO. Photo: Robert Millard



TICKETS & CONTACTThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts2700 F Street, NWWashington, DC 20566(202) 467-4600www.kennedy-center.org/wno



FOR MORE THAN four decades, Washington Performing Arts Society has created profound opportunities for connecting the community to artists, in both edu-cation and performance. Through live events in venues that criss-cross the landscape of the D.C. metropolitan area, the careers of emerging artists are guided, and established artists who have a close relationship with local audiences are invited to return. In this way, the space between artists and audiences is eliminated, so that all may share life-long opportunities to deepen their cultural knowledge, enrich their lives, and expand their understanding and compassion for the world through the universal language of the arts. Washington Performing Arts is one of the leading presenters in the nation. The organization’s inherent belief in the complete spectrum of the arts is revealed in performances of the highest quality, including classical music, jazz, gospel, contem-porary dance, international music and art forms, and works that bend genres in provocative ways.

Washington Performing Arts Society presents the Dresden Staatskapelle at

the Kennedy Center. Photo: Philip Kennicott

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JANUARY 16, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreGIL SHAHAM, VIOLINBACH, The Complete Sonatas and Partitas

JANUARY 23, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreBUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRAIVÁN FISCHER, ConductorPINCHAS ZUKERMAN, ViolinANNA LUCIA RICHTER, SopranoBARBARA KOZELJ, Mezzo-sopranoPRO MUSICA GIRLS’ CHOIRMOZART, Overture to The Magic FluteMOZART, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219MENDELSSOHN, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (complete incidental music)

FEBRUARY 4, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreWYNTON MARSALIS QUINTET, SHENANDOAH CONSERVA-TORY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAJAN WAGNER, ConductorWYNTON MARSALIS, Blues Symphony

FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Sixth and I Historic SynagogueSIMON SHAHEEN

Gil Shaham. Photo: Luke Ratray




FEBRUARY 21, 2015, 3:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallORCHESTRE DE LA SUISSE ROMANDECHARLES DUTOIT, Music DirectorNIKOLAI LUGANSKY, PianoDEBUSSY, IberiaRACHMANINOFF, Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniSTRAVINSKY, The Song of the NightingaleRAVEL, La Valse

FEBRUARY 21, 2015, 3:00 P.M.Atlas Performing Arts CenterFACE THE MUSIC: HEAR THE FUTURE

FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 7:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallMLK TRIBUTE CONCERT WITH THE WASHINGTON PER-FORMING ARTS GOSPEL CHOIR & CHORAL ARTS CHO-RUS

FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 8:00 P.M.GWU Lisner AuditoriumHUGH MASEKELA & VUSI MAHLASELA: 20 YEARS OF FREEDOM

Nikolai Lugansky. Photo: Marco Borggreve


FEBRUARY 23, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallRENÉE FLEMING, SOPRANO & OLGA KERN, PIANO

MARCH 1, 2015, 5:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallTHE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE WITH YO-YO MA

MARCH 14, 2015, 6:00 P.M.Baird AuditoriumA NIGHT WITH ANDRÁS SCHIFF

MARCH 14, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Sixth and I Historic SynagogueCRISTINA PATO

MARCH 15, 2015, 4:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreANDRÁS SCHIFF, PIANO

MARCH 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M.GWU Lisner AuditoriumZAKIR HUSSAIN: CELTIC CONNECTIONS


The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma. Photo: Magdalena Lepka


MARCH 21, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Sixth and I Historic SynagogueBROOKLYN RIDERVARIOUS, Selections from AlmanacTYONDAI BRAXTON, New work TBD

MARCH 28, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Terrace TheaterJAN LISIECKI, PIANOBACH/BUSONI, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645BACH/BUSONI, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639GRIEG, Lyric Piece, Op. 12, No. 1, “Arietta”BACH, Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826PADEREWSKI, 3 Humoresques de concert, Op. 14PADEREWSKI, Nocturne in B-flat major, Op. 16, No. 4MENDELSSOHN, Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14CHOPIN, Complete Etudes, Op. 10

MARCH 28, 2015, 8:00 P.M.GWU Lisner AuditoriumJESSICA LANG DANCE


Jessica Lang Dance. Photo: Todd Burnsed



MARCH 29, 2015, 6:00 P.M.Baird AuditoriumWHAT MAKES IT GREAT? WITH ROB KAPILOWPEABODY CHAMBER ORCHESTRAMOZART, Symphony No. 40 in G minor

MARCH 30, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Kennedy Center Terrace TheaterRAPHAËL SÉVÈRE, CLARINETSTRAVINSKY, L’Histoire du soldatBRAHMS, Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2POULENC, Sonata for Clarinet and PianoSYLVAIN PICART, Fantasy on Themes by John WilliamsBOULEZ, Domaines for Solo Clarinet

MARCH 31, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallJOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN

APRIL 1, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Kennedy Center Terrace TheaterSTEPHEN HOUGH, PIANODEBUSSY, La plus que lenteDEBUSSY, EstampesCHOPIN, Four BalladesDEBUSSY, Children’s CornerDEBUSSY, L’Isle joyeux

DakhaBrakha. Photo: Yevhen Rakhno


APRIL 2, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Sixth and I Historic SynagogueDAKHABRAKHA

APRIL 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallTHE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRAYANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN, Music DirectorJAN LISIECKI, PianoGRIEG, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16RACHMANINOFF, Symphony No. 2

APRIL 10, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallCHICK COREA & HERBIE HANCOCK

APRIL 12, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Kennedy Center Terrace TheaterJAY CAMPBELL, CELLODEBUSSY, SonataSTRAVINSKY, Suite ItalienneDAVID FULMER, New workELLIOTT CARTER, ElegyBRAHMS, Cello Sonata in D major, Op. 78 (after Violin Sonata in G major)

APRIL 16 & 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Lansburgh TheatreGALLIM DANCE

APRIL 18, 2015, 2:00 & 8:00 P.M.Lansburgh TheatreJULIAN SANDS: A CELEBRA-TION OF HAROLD PINTER

Julian Sands. Photo: Baldur Bragason




APRIL 18, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Sixth and I Historic SynagogueHOT SARDINES

APRIL 19, 2015, 7:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

APRIL 21, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS & MONTEVERDI CHOIRMONTEVERDI, L’Orfeo (concert version)

APRIL 22, 2015, 8:00 P.M.The Music Center at StrathmoreEVGENY KISSIN, PIANOBEETHOVEN, Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 52, “Waldstein”

PROKOFIEV, Sonata No. 4, in C minor, Op. 29CHOPIN, Selected MazurkasCHOPIN, Three NocturnesLISZT, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, S. 244/15, “Rákóczi March”

APRIL 25, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Sixth and I Historic Syna-gogueUTE LEMPER: FOREVER – THE LOVE POEMS OF PABLO NERUDA

APRIL 26, 2015, 6:00 P.M.Baird AuditoriumSONGS OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Evgeny Kissin. Photo: Stu Rosner


APRIL 29, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Concert HallNEW WORLD SYMPHONY – AMERICA’S ORCHESTRAL ACADEMYMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, ConductorANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER, ViolinSCHUBERT, Selections from Incidental Music to RosamundeBERG, Violin ConcertoNORBERT MORET, En RêveDEBUSSY, La Mer

MAY 9, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Terrace TheaterIGOR LEVIT, PIANOBACH, Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826BEETHOVEN, Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54RONALD STEVENSON, Fantasy on Peter GrimesRACHMANINOFF, Etudes Tableaux, Op. 39

MAY 10, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Kennedy Center Terrace TheaterPAUL LEWIS, PIANOBEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

MAY 16, 2015, 8:00 P.M.Sixth and I Historic SynagogueKAYHAN KALHOR


Kayhan Kalhor. Photo: Todd Rosenberg



JUNE 6, 2015, 2:00 P.M.Kennedy Center Terrace TheaterFRANCESCO PIEMONTESI, PIANOSCARLATTI, Selected SonatasMENDELSSOHN, Selection from Songs Without WordsBEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110MAXIMILIAN SCHNAUS, Commissioned work TBDSCHUMANN, Kreisleriana, Op. 16

TICKETS & CONTACTWPAS2000 L Street, NW, Suite 510Washington, DC 20036(202) 785-9727www.wpas.org


FOUNDED IN 1846, the Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum and re-search complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and nine research facilities. Termed “the nation’s attic” for its eclectic holdings of 137 million items, the Institution’s Washing-ton, D.C., nucleus is the largest such complex in the world. The Institution’s thirty million annual visitors are admitted without charge; funding comes from the Institution’s own endowment, pri-vate and corporate contributions, membership dues, government support, and retail, concession, and licensing revenues.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE MUSEUM

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM of African American History and Culture was established in 2003 by an Act of Congress, making it the 19th Smithsonian Institution museum. It is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history, and culture. It is expected to open in 2016.

CONTACTNational Museum of African American History and CultureSecond Floor, East Wing14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20001(202) 633-1000http://nmaahc.si.edu/

AFRICAN ART MUSEUM

EXHIBITS THE FINEST examples of traditional and contempo-rary art from the entire continent of Africa.

CONVERSATIONS: AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTWORKS IN DIALOGUENOVEMBER 9, 2014 – EARLY 2016

IN CELEBRATION OF the 50th anniversary of the museum in 2014, this exhibition recognizes the museum’s unique history and its contributions towards furthering meaningful dialogue between Africa and the African diaspora.

CHIEF S.O. ALONGE: PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE COURT OF BENIN, 1926–1989SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

TO CELEBRATE THE history of Nigerian photography, this exhibi-tion features the collection of Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge, one

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of Nigeria’s premiere early photographers. As an official photogra-pher of the Royal Court of the Benin Kingdom, Alonge docu-mented the rituals, pageantry, and regalia of the court for over a half-century. Also highlighted are works of art from Benin in the museum’s permanent collection and rare collections of Nigerian photography in the museum’s Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives.

AFRICAN MOSAIC: BUILDING A COLLECTIONONGOING

THE DIVERSITY AND outstanding quality of Africa’s arts are reflected in some 112 objects collected by the museum during the past 10 years.


Solomon Osagie Alonge, Self-portrait with painted studio backdrop, c. 1942, Silver gelatin print, with sepia tone mat: H x W x D: 20 x 16 x ¼ in. photo: H x W x D: 14 13/16 x 10 ¾ x 1/16 in. Chief S. O. Alonge Collection, EEPA 2009-007-1799, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution


THE WALT DISNEY-TISHMAN AFRICAN ART COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTSONGOING

ON VIEW ARE objects from this comprehensive 525-piece col-lection of African art representing 20 African countries and 75 peoples and covers 5 centuries of African art.

CONTACTNational Museum of African Art950 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20560(202) 633-1000http://africa.si.edu

AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

TWENTY-THREE GALLERIES exhibiting hundreds of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts.

HAWAII BY AIRJULY 25, 2014 – JULY 2015

IN THE EARLY days of flight, getting to Hawaii, one of the most remote places on Earth, was a challenge. See how things have changed since then.

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Hawaii by Air: Convair 340. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution


OUTSIDE THE SPACECRAFT: 50 YEARS OF EXTRA-VEHIC-ULAR ACTIVITYJANUARY 8 – JUNE 8, 2015

TO COMMEMORATE THE 50th anniversary of those first two ventures outside the spacecraft, this exhibition presents art, photography, artifacts, and personal accounts that relate the continuing story of EVA.

TIME AND NAVIGATION: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GET-TING FROM HERE TO THEREONGOING

THIS EXHIBITION REVEALS why a good clock is crucial to navigation – for 18th-century mariners to current-day GPS users – and how increasingly accurate timekeeping has influenced how we find our way.

CONTACTNational Air and Space MuseumIndependence Avenue at 6th Street, SWWashington, DC 20560(202) 633-2214http://airandspace.si.edu

AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

ARTWORKS – INCLUDING PAINTINGS, sculpture, photo-graphs, folk art, and decorative arts from the colonial period to today – offer an unparalleled record of the American experience.

THE SINGING AND THE SILENCE: BIRDS IN CONTEMPORARY ARTOCTOBER 31, 2014 – FEBRUARY 22, 2015

EXPLORE HOW CONTEMPORARY artists employ bird imagery as a conduit for understanding contemporary culture.

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RICHARD ESTES’ REALISMOCTOBER 10, 2014 – FEBRUARY 8, 2015

EXPLORE THE WORK of Richard Estes, the foremost practitioner of photorealism and premier painter of American cityscapes.

UNTITLED: THE ART OF JAMES CASTLESEPTEMBER 26, 2014 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015VIEW A SAMPLING of the immense oeuvre of work by artist James Castle (1899–1977).

WATCH THIS! NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE ART OF THE MOVING IMAGEMAY 1, 2013 – FEBRUARY 15, 2015IN THIS PERMANENT rotating gallery dedicated to the media arts, the museum examines the history and the latest develop-ments in the art of the moving image.

SCULPTURES BY PAUL MANSHIPJULY 15, 2007 – EARLY 2015FROM THE MUSEUM’S collection of nearly 500 works by Paul Manship (1885–1966) are 25 of his graceful sculptures.


Richard Estes, Diner, 1971, oil on canvas, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Museum purchase 1977. © Richard Estes, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York. Photo: Lee Stalsworth


MINGERING MIKE’S SUPERSONIC GREATEST HITSFEBRUARY 27 – AUGUST 2, 2015

SEE HOW SELF-TAUGHT Washington, D.C., artist “Mingering Mike” exercised his youthful fantasy of being a famous soul singer/songwriter in the late 1960s and the 1970s – and reflected the aspirations of countless other kids who dreamed of being discovered.

LIVING MODERNOCTOBER 30, 2015 – APRIL 3, 2016

FEATURES THE STELLAR collection of Sam Rose and Julie Walters, who for the past twenty-five years have collected the work of Georgia O’Keeffe, Alexander Calder, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso and a host of others.

IRVING PENN: BEYOND BEAUTYOCTOBER 23, 2015 – MARCH 20, 2016

SOME 160 PHOTOGRAPHS by Irving Penn demonstrate his legacy as a modern master and place him in the context of the contemporary moment.

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Irving Penn, Dior Black Suit (Tania), Paris, 1950, Gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum © The Irving Penn Foundation. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution


THE ARTISTIC JOURNEY OF YASUO KUNIYOSHIAPRIL 3 – AUGUST 30, 2015

SOME 70 OF Yasuo Kuniyoshi’s best paintings and drawings are on view in this first survey of the artist’s work in 25 years.

WATCH THIS! REVELATIONS IN MEDIA ARTAPRIL 24 – SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

ARTISTS HAVE FEARLESSLY engaged technological innovation to create an artistic revolution that continuously redefines how we imagine, receive, and understand our time. The exhibition includes forty-four works of art from 1941 to 2013, many of which were recently acquired by the museum.

CONTACTAmerican Art Museum8th and F Streets, NWWashington, DC 20004(202) 633-7970http://americanart.si.edu

AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM

DEVOTED TO THE scientific, cultural, social, technological, and political development of the United States.

RISING UP: HALE WOODRUFF’S MURALS AT TALLADEGA COLLEGENOVEMBER 7, 2014 – MARCH 1, 2015

SIX MURALS BY ATLANTA-BASED artist Hale Woodruff for Tal-ladega College, Alabama, trace the rise of African Americans from slavery to freedom.



THE EARLY SIXTIES: AMERICAN SCIENCEAPRIL 25, 2014 – AUGUST 23, 2015

SEE SOME CUTTING-EDGE technology circa 1964, the year the National Museum of American History (originally the Museum of History and Technology) opened.

THE EARLY SIXTIES: AMERICAN CULTUREAPRIL 25, 2014 – AUGUST 23, 2015

EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE of the early 1960s, the era in which the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, opened.

HEAR MY VOICE: EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDS FROM ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL’S VOLTA LABORATORYJANUARY 26 – SEPTEMBER 2015

SEE AND HEAR some of the earliest sound recordings ever made, by Alexander Graham Bell’s Volta Laboratory in Washington, D.C., in the 1880s.

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Klystron Tube, 1959. Image courtesy of the National Museum of American History


LINCOLN’S CARRIAGEMARCH 23 – MAY 25, 2015

A SPECIAL DISPLAY of the carriage that transported the Presi-dent, Mary Todd Lincoln, Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancée Clara Harris to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865.

GRAND PIANO MADE BY BLÜTHNER, LEIPZIG, GERMANY, 1900ONGOING

THIS PIANO HAS a version of the ornate Jubilee cast-iron plates Blüthner produced from 1898 to 1907.

CONTINUITY AND CHANGE: FIFTY YEARS OF MUSEUM HISTORYONGOING

EXPLORE THE MUSEUM’S transformation from a history and technology museum to one devoted to American history through images of key exhibitions and activities.

CONTACTAmerican History Museum1400 Constitution Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20001(202) 633-1000http://americanhistory.si.edu

AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM

HOME TO ONE of the largest and most diverse collections of Native art and historical and cultural objects; exhibitions are designed in collaboration with Native communities from across the hemisphere.

NATION TO NATION: TREATIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND AMERICAN INDIAN NATIONSSEPTEMBER 21, 2014 – SEPTEMBER 1, 2018



Learn about the treaties that lie at the heart of the relationship between Indian nations and the United States.

CERAMICA DE LOS ANCESTROS: CENTRAL AMERICA’S PAST REVEALEDMARCH 29, 2013 – FEBRUARY 15, 2015

TREASURES FROM THE museum’s collection of Central Ameri-can ceramics shed new light on the exchange of dynamic ideas about art, culture, politics, and technology within the region’s largely unknown civilizations.

THE GREAT INKA ROAD: ENGINEERING AN EMPIREJUNE 26, 2015 – JANUARY 2017

THIS EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATES the remarkable engineer-ing prowess of the people of the Inka (Inca) Empire. Some 600 years ago the Inka, without wheeled vehicles, iron tools, or draft animals, built a road system that stretched more than 20,000 miles over the Andes Mountains from present-day Quito, Ecuador, to Santiago, Chile, and from the Pacific coast to upper Amazo-nia. These roads and the accompanying agricultural terraces and structures that have survived through the centuries are a testament to the skills of the Inka engineers and a symbol of the Andean peoples’ strength and adaptability.

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Inka suspension bridge. Photo: Ramiro Matos/Smithsonian


AS WE GROW: TRADITIONS, TOYS, GAMESONGOING

SEE NATIVE AMERICAN toys from all over North, Central, and South America, and find out what life lessons and traditions they teach.

CONTACTNational Museum of the American IndianFourth Street & Independence Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20560(202) 633-1000http://nmai.si.edu

ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY MUSEUM

EXAMINES, DOCUMENTS, AND interprets the impact of his-torical and contemporary social issues on urban communities.

HOW THE CIVIL WAR CHANGES WASHINGTONFEBRUARY 2 – OCTOBER 18, 2015

THIS EXHIBITION EXAMINES the changing physical layout and the dynamic population growth in wartime Washington, D.C.

SEPARATE AND UNEQUALED: BLACK BASEBALL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAONGOING

THIS SMALL EXHIBITION provides an overview of the popularity of African American baseball teams that played on segregated fields in Washington, D.C., from Reconstruction to the second half of the 20th century.

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The Homestead Grays, 1944. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution


CONTACTThe Anacostia Community Museum1901 Fort Place, SEWashington, DC 20020(202) 633-4820http://anacostia.si.edu

ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION has two museums of Asian art: the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler Gallery features both permanent and temporary exhibi-tions of Asian art from ancient times to contemporary.

UNEARTHING ARABIA: THE ARCHEOLOGICAL ADVEN-TURES OF WENDELL PHILLIPSOCTOBER 11, 2014 – JUNE 7, 2015

THE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS Phillips’s key expedition finds, recreates his adventures (and misadventures), and conveys the thrill of discovery on the last great archaeological frontier.

NASTA’LIQ: THE GENIUS OF PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHYSEPTEMBER 13, 2014 – MARCH 22, 2015

MORE THAN 20 WORKS focus on nasta’liq, a calligraphic script that developed in the 14th century in Iran and remains one of the most expressive forms of aesthetic refinement in Persian culture to this day.

PERSPECTIVES: CHIHARU SHIOTAAUGUST 30, 2014 – JUNE 7, 2015

HAUNTED BY THE traces that the human body leaves behind, the work amasses personal memories of lost individuals and past moments through an accumulation of discarded shoes and notes collected by the artist.

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FILTHY LUCRE: REIMAGINING WHISTLER’S PEACOCK ROOMMAY 16, 2015 – NOVEMBER 29, 2016

FILTHY LUCRE, AN immersive interior by painter Darren Water-ston, reinterprets the James McNeill Whistler’s famed Peacock Room as a resplendent ruin.

THE TRAVELER’S EYE: SCENES OF ASIANOVEMBER 22, 2014 – MAY 31, 2015

THE EXHIBITION PROVIDES glimpses of travels across the conti-nent, from pilgrimages and research trips to expeditions for trade and tourism.

CONTACTArthur M. Sackler Gallery1050 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20013(202) 633-4880http://asia.si.edu

ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING

THE ARTS AND INDUSTRIES Building has a special role among Smithsonian buildings—as the original home of the Na-tional Museum.

The Arts & Industries Building is currently closed for renovation.

CONTACTArts and Industries Building900 Jefferson Drive, SWWashington, DC 20560(202) 633-1000www.si.edu/museums/arts-and-industries-building



FREER GALLERY OF ART

THE FREER GALLERY houses one of the premier collections of Asian art, with objects dating from Neolithic times to the early 20th century, as well as the world’s most important collection of works by James McNeill Whistler.

FINE IMPRESSIONS: WHISTLER, FREER, AND VENICEOCTOBER 18, 2014 – INDEFINITELY

IN 1887, MUSEUM founder Charles Lang Freer purchased the entire Second Venice Set, twenty-six atmospheric etchings by James McNeill Whistler.

SYLVAN SOUNDS: FREER, DEWING, AND JAPANMAY 18, 2013 – MARCH 22, 2015

LANDSCAPES BY THOMAS DEWING are juxtaposed with Japa-nese works that Freer acquired in the late 1890s to illuminate the connection between Freer’s taste for Japanese art and his affec-tion for American tonalist paintings.

STYLE IN CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING: THE YUAN DYNASTY LEGACYNOVEMBER 22, 2014 – MAY 31, 2015

A TRADITION DATING to the third century, landscape painting is one of the most outstanding achievements of Chinese culture. This exhibition includes the earliest work in the museum collec-tion together with later examples tracing the characteristics and evolu-tion of six of these styles.

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Zhao Yong, Horse and Groom, after Li Gonglin, China, Yuan dynasty, 1347, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Purchase F1945.32. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution


ORIBE WARE: COLOR AND PATTERN COME TO JAPANESE CERAMICSDECEMBER 13, 2014 – JUNE 14, 2015

THIS EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS the best selections of Oribe ware in the Freer’s collection, including two new acquisitions on view for the first time.

ZEN, TEA, AND CHINESE ART IN MEDIEVAL JAPANDECEMBER 13, 2014 – JUNE 14, 2015

IN THIS EXHIBITION, Chinese and Japanese paintings, lacquer ware, and ceramics illuminate this remarkable period of cultural contact and synthesis.

CHINESE CERAMICS: 13TH – 14TH CENTURYDECEMBER 20, 2014 – DECEMBER 2015

A DOZEN CHINESE ceramics from the Freer collection show highlights of Yuan ceramic styles.

THE NILE AND ANCIENT EGYPTONGOING

BEAUTIFUL AND MAJESTIC, the mighty Nile River inspired an-cient Egyptian artists and craftsmen for more than four millennia. On view are exceptional artifacts from the Freer Gallery’s collec-tion. Made of glass, wood, and stone, these objects illuminate the important role water animals played in ancient Egyptian religion and concepts of the afterlife. Other highlights include a master-fully rendered pharaonic head from the third millennium BCE and a selection of extraordinary glass decorated with wave patterns that recall the Nile. Together they evoke the power and enduring fascination of this waterway.

CONTACTFreer GalleryJefferson Drive and 12th Street, SWWashington, DC 20560(202) 633-4880http://asia.si.edu

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARKSmithsonian Institute Museums


HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN

DISPLAYS THE ART of our time in a cylindrical building, and adjoining plaza and sunken sculpture garden.

BLACK BOX: RAGNAR KJARTANSSONOCTOBER 28, 2014 – APRIL 5, 2015

AT THE 2013 Venice Biennale, Kjartansson took over a waterside post and assembled a floating concert with a brass band aboard a small, vintage-style wooden boat. What few knew at the time, however, was that the artist was filming the proceedings from a different perspective; the resulting footage is the core of “S.S. Hangover.”

DAYS OF ENDLESS TIMEOCTOBER 16, 2014 – APRIL 12, 2015

THE GALLERIES WILL be transformed into a compelling refuge where visitors enter a poetic, drifting, reflective realm that Jorge Luis Borges once characterized in a phrase, days of endless time…

AT THE HUB OF THINGS: NEW VIEWS OF THE COL-LECTIONOCTOBER 16, 2014 – TBA

A DRAMATIC NEW installation of postwar masterworks from the Hirshhorn’s permanent collection, rehung in the museum’s newly renovated 3rd-level collection galleries.

Su-Mei Tse, L’Echo, 2003. Courtesy of the artist and Peter Blum Gallery, New York.

Image courtesy of and © Su-Mei Tse

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMSmithsonian Institute Museums


SPECULATIVE FORMSJUNE 16, 2014 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

DRAWING UPON THE Hirshhorn’s expansive sculpture collection, this exhibition collapses such conventional art historical divisions as figuration vs. abstraction; volumetric vs. stereometric sculpture; still vs. kinetic forms; and illusionary vs. unitary objects.

CONTACTHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenIndependence Avenue and 7th Street, SWWashington, DC 20560(202) 633-1000http://hirshhorn.si.edu

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK

ONE OF THE WORLD’S best zoos and home to approximately 2,000 animals representing nearly 400 species, of which about a quarter are endangered, provides leadership in animal care, sci-ence, education, and sustainability.

AMERICAN TRAILONGOING

VISIT THE AMERICAN TRAIL, the Zoo’s new home for seals, sea lions, and brown pelicans, which is modeled on the central Cali-fornia coast. Also located here are bald eagles, gray wolves, North American river otters, beavers, and ravens.

THE INSIDE STORY: RADIOGRAPHYONGOING

VIEW INTERESTING X-RAYS to learn how animals move, eat, and play.

ELEPHANT TRAILS



ONGOINGAS PART OF the Zoo’s campaign to save Asian elephants, this expanded and transformed home for the Zoo’s Asian el-ephants provides new in-door and outdoor space, and features a variety of habitats that support the natural behavior of the multi-generational herd.

CONTACTNational Zoo3001 Connecticut Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008(202) 633-4888http://nationalzoo.si.edu

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

EXHIBITIONS ON EARLIEST human origins; development of world cultures; ancient and modern mammals, birds, amphib-ians, reptiles, insects, and sea creatures.

ONCE THERE WERE BILLIONS: VANISHED BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICAJUNE 24, 2014 – JANUARY 3, 2016

THE STORY OF the last passenger pigeon and the disappearance of the great auk, Carolina parakeet, and heath hen and reveal the fragile connections between species and their environment.

Portrait GallerySmithsonian Institute Museums

Shanthi explores her new lower yard as part of Phase I of Elephant Trails. Photo: Meghan Murphy/National Zoo


WILDERNESS FOREVER: 50 YEARS OF PROTECTING AMERICA’S WILD PLACESSEPTEMBER 3, 2014 – SUMMER 2015

SEE AMERICA AS you’ve never seen it – wild, untouched, and

free.

2013 NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY: WINDLAND SMITH RICE INTERNATIONAL AWARDSOCTOBER 24, 2014 – APRIL 20, 2015

WITNESS NATURE AND wildlife through the eyes of some of the most talented amateur and professional photographers in the world.

THE LAST AMERICAN DINOSAURS: DISCOVERING A LOST WORLDNOVEMBER 25, 2014 – TBA

HOW DO WE learn about dinosaurs and their ecosystems? Come see some of their fossils and find out!

ORCHIDS: INTERLOCKING SCIENCE AND BEAUTY


Cadiz Dunes Wilderness, California. Photo: Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management



JANUARY 24 – APRIL 26, 2015THOUSANDS OF LIVE orchids and the opportunity to explore how new ideas, technologies, and inventions change the way we study, protect, and enjoy these beautiful plants.

BIOCUBESNOVEMBER 1, 2015 – TBA WHAT CAN WE discover in just a cubic foot of ocean? Enter the small worlds of marine biocubes to find out!

PORTRAITS OF PLANET OCEAN: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BRIAN SKERRYSEPTEMBER 17, 2013 – TBA

CAPTIVATING IMAGES BY photojournalist Brian Skerry reveal the mystery and beauty of the undersea world.

FRAGILE BEAUTY: THE ART & SCIENCE OF SEA BUTTERFLIESSEPTEMBER 17, 2013 – TBA

THROUGH LARGER-THAN-LIFE sculptures, learn how some of the smallest creatures in the ocean, ocean pteropods (“sea butter-flies”), are faring in the face of increasing ocean acidification.

Underwater photographer Brian Skerry captured this image of his assistant and a curious southern right whale from Auckland Islands, New Zealand, after swimming with a pod of whales for nearly two hours. Photo © Brian Skerry


BEYOND BOLLYWOOD: INDIAN AMERICANS SHAPE THE NATIONFEBRUARY 26, 2014 – TBA

THIS EXHIBITION EXPLORES the “American Dream” as lived by Indian Americans. Through photographs, artifacts, videos, and interactive stations, learn about the Indian American experience and their dynamic role in shaping American society.

CONTACTNational Museum of Natural History10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20560(202) 633-1000http://mnh.si.edu

PORTRAIT GALLERY

TELLS THE STORIES of America through the individuals who have shaped our nation, from pre-colonial times to today, includ-ing poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists.

PORTRAITURE NOW: STAGING THE SELFAUGUST 22, 2014 – APRIL 12, 2015

DISCOVER HOW LATINO artists approach portraiture and how they contribute to telling the full American story.

TIME COVERS THE 1960SSEPTEMBER 26, 2014 – AUGUST 9, 2015

SEE HOW TIME magazine covered the people, trends, and hap-penings that defined the 1960s.

MATHEW BRADY’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF UNION GENERALSMARCH 30, 2012 – MAY 31, 2015



STUDIO PORTRAITS of Union military leaders from George Mc-Clellan and Ambrose Burnside to William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses Grant by photographer Mathew Brady are on view.

MR. LINCOLN’S WASHINGTON: A CIVIL WAR PORTFOLIODECEMBER 13, 2013 – JANUARY 25, 2015

PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, and maps reveal how the Civil War affected life in the District of Columbia.

ONE LIFE: GRANT AND LEEJULY 4, 2014 – MAY 25, 2015

PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS, and objects reveal the personal lives and professional rivalries of Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

ALEXANDER GARDNERMARCH 6 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

ALEXANDER GARDNER’S “CRACKED-PLATE” portrait of President Abraham Lincoln was taken 150 years ago, on February 5, 1865. Arguably the most iconic likeness of the 16th president today, it was created by a man whose life and photographic career remain relatively undocumented and underappreciated.

FOUR FEMALE SUPREME COURT JUSTICESOCTOBER 29, 2013 – OCTOBER 16, 2016

SEE SUPREME COURT justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan in this life-size portrait.

CONTACTNational Portrait Gallery8th and F Street, NWWashington, DC 20001(202) 633-8300http://npg.si.edu



POSTAL MUSEUM

DEVOTED TO THE history of America’s mail service and the hobby of stamp collecting.

BEHIND THE BADGEJUNE 27, 2014 – ONGOING

LEARN HOW THE U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the law enforce-ment arm of the Postal Service, helps protect you and discover tips to guard against scams and fraud.

FREEDOM JUST AROUND THE CORNER: BLACK AMERICA FROM CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTSFEBRUARY 6, 2015 – FEBRUARY 12, 2016

A CHRONICLE OF the African American experience told from the perspective of stamps and mail. Includes letters carried by enslaved Americans, mail to and from famous leaders of the civil rights movement, and a significant selection of original artwork for the USPS Black Heritage stamp series from the Postmaster General’s Collection.

WORLD OF STAMPSONGOING

SEE STAMPS THAT have shaped history and honored people and places around the world.

MAIL MARKS HISTORYONGOING

TRACE THE JOURNEYS of three historic letters by analyzing dif-ferent kinds of mail markings.

NATIONAL STAMP SALONONGOING

BROWSE TENS OF thousands of stamps, mail, medals, dies, and other artifacts from the National Philatelic Collection.



CONTACTNational Postal Museum2 Massachussets Avenue, NEWashington, DC 20002(202) 633-5555http://postalmuseum.si.edu

RENWICK GALLERY OF THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

DEDICATED TO EXHIBITING American contemporary crafts and decorative arts from the 19th to the 21st centuries. A major, two-year renovation of the Renwick Gallery currently is underway and the building is now closed to the public. The building is expected to reopen in 2016.

CONTACTRenwick Gallery1661 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20006(202) 633-7970http://americanart.si.edu

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUILDING, THE CASTLE

HOME TO THE Smithsonian Information Center as well as the Institution’s administrative headquarters.

SOUVENIR NATION: RELICS, KEEPSAKES, AND CURIOSAUGUST 9, 2013 – EARLY 2015

What is a souvenir? What becomes a souvenir? Find out in this exhibition!

CONTACTThe Smithsonian Institute1000 Jefferson Drive, SWWashington, DC 20560(202) 633-1000www.si.edu



Contact Information

ARENA STAGE: (202) 554-9066

CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART: (202) 639-1700

THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: (202) 467-4600

NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC: (301) 493-9283

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: (202) 467-4600

OLNEY THEATRE: (301) 924-2654

PHILLIPS COLLECTION: (202) 387-2151

SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY: (202) 547-1122

SIGNATURE THEATRE: (703) 820-9771

STRATHMORE: (301) 581-5100

UNITED STATES MEMORIAL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM:(202) 488-0400

THE WASHINGTON BALLET: (202) 362-3606

THE WASHINGTON CHORUS: (202) 342-6221

WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: (202) 467-4600

WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY:(202) 785-9727 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE MUSEUMS: (202) 633-1000

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