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May 5, 2024(2 events) 11:00 am – 12:00 pm On a mission to uplift, connect, and spread the joy of jazz in an engaging way, Swing Makes You Sing! is an award-winning jazz concert for kids ages 2 to 102 by Svetlana & the New York Collective. Adventure Theatre 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Celebrate self-love and positivity in Divinity Roxx’s fun and empowering live show. The upbeat and sunny music is filled with powerful messages that encourage young people to become the best versions of themselves. A Grammy®-nominated musician, recording artist, and composer who has toured with Beyoncé, Divinity is praised for her ability to inspire others with her infectious grooves and memorable lyrics. She recently released her first family music album Ready, Set, Go!, along with two picture books published by Scholastic, Inc. Most enjoyed by ages 5+ 2700 F Street NW Washington, DC 20566 202-416-8727 |
May 6, 2024(1 event) 11:00 am – 12:00 pm On a mission to uplift, connect, and spread the joy of jazz in an engaging way, Swing Makes You Sing! is an award-winning jazz concert for kids ages 2 to 102 by Svetlana & the New York Collective. Adventure Theatre 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 |
May 7, 2024(4 events) 11:00 am – 12:00 pm On a mission to uplift, connect, and spread the joy of jazz in an engaging way, Swing Makes You Sing! is an award-winning jazz concert for kids ages 2 to 102 by Svetlana & the New York Collective. Adventure Theatre 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 6:30 pm – 11:59 pm 9:30 Club 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Two pregnant sisters—one visual artist, one con artist—converge on a remote family cabin in Vermont. Jess races to finish her long-awaited solo show; Rory sees a new audience for her latest scam. When Rory hatches a plan for an art project of her own, the problems between the sisters flare into a collision of family baggage, personal morality, and artistic taste. A response to True West, Sam Shepard’s surreal psychodrama about brothers with problems, Problems Between Sisters is a funny and savage take on domestication, creativity, and the elusive demands of the Primal Female. This world premiere is a part of Julia May Jonas’s five-play ALTAS cycle (“All Long True American Stories”), in which she reimagines canonical 20th-century American male-experience plays as they’d be experienced by other people, mostly women. 1501 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Two pregnant sisters—one visual artist, one con artist—converge on a remote family cabin in Vermont. Jess races to finish her long-awaited solo show; Rory sees a new audience for her latest scam. When Rory hatches a plan for an art project of her own, the problems between the sisters flare into a collision of family baggage, personal morality, and artistic taste. A response to True West, Sam Shepard’s surreal psychodrama about brothers with problems, Problems Between Sisters is a funny and savage take on domestication, creativity, and the elusive demands of the Primal Female. This world premiere is a part of Julia May Jonas’s five-play ALTAS cycle (“All Long True American Stories”), in which she reimagines canonical 20th-century American male-experience plays as they’d be experienced by other people, mostly women. 1501 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 |
May 8, 2024(4 events) 11:00 am – 12:00 pm On a mission to uplift, connect, and spread the joy of jazz in an engaging way, Swing Makes You Sing! is an award-winning jazz concert for kids ages 2 to 102 by Svetlana & the New York Collective. Adventure Theatre 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 6:30 pm – 11:59 pm 9:30 Club 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Two pregnant sisters—one visual artist, one con artist—converge on a remote family cabin in Vermont. Jess races to finish her long-awaited solo show; Rory sees a new audience for her latest scam. When Rory hatches a plan for an art project of her own, the problems between the sisters flare into a collision of family baggage, personal morality, and artistic taste. A response to True West, Sam Shepard’s surreal psychodrama about brothers with problems, Problems Between Sisters is a funny and savage take on domestication, creativity, and the elusive demands of the Primal Female. This world premiere is a part of Julia May Jonas’s five-play ALTAS cycle (“All Long True American Stories”), in which she reimagines canonical 20th-century American male-experience plays as they’d be experienced by other people, mostly women. 1501 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Two pregnant sisters—one visual artist, one con artist—converge on a remote family cabin in Vermont. Jess races to finish her long-awaited solo show; Rory sees a new audience for her latest scam. When Rory hatches a plan for an art project of her own, the problems between the sisters flare into a collision of family baggage, personal morality, and artistic taste. A response to True West, Sam Shepard’s surreal psychodrama about brothers with problems, Problems Between Sisters is a funny and savage take on domestication, creativity, and the elusive demands of the Primal Female. This world premiere is a part of Julia May Jonas’s five-play ALTAS cycle (“All Long True American Stories”), in which she reimagines canonical 20th-century American male-experience plays as they’d be experienced by other people, mostly women. 1501 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 |
May 9, 2024(3 events) 11:00 am – 12:00 pm On a mission to uplift, connect, and spread the joy of jazz in an engaging way, Swing Makes You Sing! is an award-winning jazz concert for kids ages 2 to 102 by Svetlana & the New York Collective. Adventure Theatre 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 6:30 pm – 11:59 pm 9:30 Club 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a docent-led tour of highlights from the museum’s collection using museum-provided, colorblind correcting glasses that bring the vibrancy of these works to life. Smithsonian American Art Kogod Courtyard |
May 10, 2024(2 events) 11:00 am – 12:00 pm On a mission to uplift, connect, and spread the joy of jazz in an engaging way, Swing Makes You Sing! is an award-winning jazz concert for kids ages 2 to 102 by Svetlana & the New York Collective. Adventure Theatre 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 6:30 pm – 11:59 pm 9:30 Club |
May 11, 2024(7 events) 11:00 am – 12:00 pm On a mission to uplift, connect, and spread the joy of jazz in an engaging way, Swing Makes You Sing! is an award-winning jazz concert for kids ages 2 to 102 by Svetlana & the New York Collective. Adventure Theatre 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 6:30 pm – 11:59 pm 9:30 Club 8:30 am – 10:00 am Please contact Ashley Grady at access@si.edu for registration information. Adventure Theatre 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Young people with autism or sensory sensitivities are invited backstage at the Concert Hall for a small group tour. Play instruments on the stage, visit the artists’ dressing rooms, learn about how the lights and sound work, and more. All children and teens must be accompanied by an adult. Each person attending must have a free ticket. Due to the small-group nature of this program, we recommend reserving tickets in advance, which also helps us plan. Tickets may be available at the door if space remains. Strathmore (Music Center) 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm George Lopez’s illustrious and multi-faceted career encompasses television, film, stand-up comedy, and late-night television. Lopez has broken ground for Latino comics by embracing his ethnicity, confronting racial stereotypes, and fighting for his community on and off the stage. Recommended for ages 18+. 2700 F Street NW Washington, DC 20566 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm $35 9:30 Club 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm The writers of Keegan’s hit hip-hop musical PUSH THE BUTTON present a one-night-only performance of their original two-man show! Nominated for a 2020 Helen Hayes Award for its World Premiere at Keegan and named 2019 “Best of Fringe” at the Charm City Fringe Festival in Baltimore, FROM GUMBO TO MUMBO features a New Orleanian science teacher turned rhyme speaker (Drew Anderson) and a dreadlock-rocking Southeast DC b-boy (Dwayne Lawson-Brown) who together conjure a dynamic cauldron of hip hop, poetry, and theatre. They dig into what it means to be authentic, question the culture and politics of today, and ultimately celebrate love and the search for home. The Keegan Theatre |