There are so many competing ARTS events this weekend, but you have to make time to stop off for a free day of performances all throughout the Kennedy Center.
It's a new season of Performing Arts for Everyone! The Kennedy Center is kicking off its 37th birthday with a celebration of American innovators and artists carrying on and developing traditions. Continuing the theme of Prelude 2008: Arts Across America, which highlights the diversity of the United States, Open House features artists from across the country and the D.C. area in more than 30 performances, demonstrations, and events.
Get the FULL PROGRAM HERE. Here are my picks for what you should stop by and see.
- 12:15-1 p.m.
- National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.)
Conducted by Emil de Cou, the NSO performs popular favorites including Anderson’s Bugler’s Holiday, “Seventy-six Trombones” from The Music Man, Korngold’s Overture to The Seahawk, and excerpts from Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark by John Williams.
- Edwin Fontánez’s Washington Chalk Festival (Puerto Rico) [K]
Now in its 12th year! Watch local artists at work and create your own colorful sidewalk masterpiece in chalk. This year, the festival welcomes the participation of Rick Aleman, Scott Buga, Pat Goslee, Seemeen Hashem, Judit Ilie, and Gina Robles-Villalba.
- 12-6 p.m.
- Washington Arts Exchange
Check out local organizations that contribute to D.C.'s vibrant cultural scene.
- 2-2:30 p.m. & 3:30-4 p.m.
- PROJECT (Washington) [K]
Get up close and personal with beatbox flutist Greg Pattillo, bassist Peter Seymour, and cellist Eric Stephenson and see how they create their unique sound.
- 4-4:45 p.m.
- Washington National Opera Young Artists (Washington, D.C.)
Rising opera singers perform selections from Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, Verdi's La Traviata, Menotti's The Telephone, and Bizet's Carmen and The Pearl Fishers.
- 4-5 p.m.
- The Suzanne Farrell Ballet (Washington, D.C.)
The Kennedy Center’s own ballet company, founded by legendary ballerina and Balanchine protégé Suzanne Farrell, performs Balanchine’s Apollo, “Contrapuntal Blues” pas de deux from Clarinade, and Tzigane.
- 6-7:30 p.m.
- Step Show featuring Step Afrika! [OC]
Highlighting the best of the African-American fraternity and sorority tradition of “stepping,” and led by internationally acclaimed ensemble Step Afrika!, this show features nationally recognized step teams from across the U.S.
- Go-Go Dance Party with Chuck Brown (Washington, D.C.)
D.C. legend and Godfather of Go-Go Chuck Brown gets your groove on with this hypnotically danceable music rooted in funk and soul.
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