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Ambassador to the Arts

Washington D.C. is history; it’s politics; it’s arts. Welcome to the Guide for the Arts and thank you for making Washington your artistic home. As a theater artist, I was struck recently by what a funny business we’re in: telling stories. We’re always surrounded by new ideas, new forms, and people trying to do their best in the search for some kind of truth about being alive. You will find this everywhere in the Washington arts scene. City-wide collaborations, like the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, have made Washington D.C. a big player on the national scene. One of my personal favorite places in the city is the Kogod Courtyard at the National Portrait Gallery – truly an inspirational place. From the ballet to the opera to the Fringe Festival to Wolf Trap, Washington bursts at the seams. And yet there is always something hidden, something more. I am a happy participant in a vibrant and exciting moment in history. After sampling the Washington arts scene, I hope you feel the same.

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Arena Stage

Corcoran Gallery of Art

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

National Philharmonic

National Symphony Orchestra

Olney Theatre

Phillips Collection

Shakespeare Theatre Company

Signature Theatre

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The Washington Ballet

102 The Washington Chorus 104 Washington National Opera 110 Washington Performing Arts Society 116 Smithsonian Institute Museums 144 Contact Information

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Arena Stage

FOUNDED AUGUST 16, Arena Stage exterior. Photo: Nic Lehoux, courtesy of 1950 in Washington by Zelda Bing Thom Architects Fichandler, Tom Fichandler, and Edward Mangum, Arena Stage is a flagship 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 15 – FEBRUARY 21, 2016 Kreeger Theater SWEAT By LYNN NOTTAGE Directed by KATE WHORISKEY A GROUP OF CLOSE friends shares everything: drinks, secrets, and laughs. But when rumors of layoffs shake up the local steel mill, the fragile bonds of their community begin to fray and a horrific crime sends shock waves across two generations. This gripping world premiere by acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Ruined) explores America’s industrial decline at the turn of the millennium by examining the inhabitants of one Pennsylvania town who still struggle to reclaim what’s lost, find redemption, and Lynn Nottage, writer of Sweat. redefine themselves in Photo: Jesse Dittmar/The Washington Post a new century. JANUARY 29 – MARCH 6, 2016 Fichandler Stage THE CITY OF CONVERSATION By ANTHONY GIARDINA GEORGETOWN HOSTESS Hester Ferris runs in an elite circle, opening her home for political foes to lay down arms and raise a glass. When her son’s formidable, conservative wife comes on the scene, the parlor pleasantries of D.C.’s past descend into entrenched posturing and an ultimatum that could implode the family. Follow the Ferris clan from the end of Carter’s presidency through the Reagan era and into Obama’s game-changing inauguration in this “smart, literate and funny” (The New York Times) inside look at the theater of politics and the politics of conversation. 12

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FEBRUARY 26 – APRIL 10, 2016 Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle THE LION Written and Performed by BENJAMIN SCHEUER Directed by SEAN DANIELS

Benjamin Scheuer in The Lion. Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

SOME STORIES HAVE to be sung. Writer/performer Benjamin Scheuer uses his guitar – actually, six guitars – in this wholly original musical experience that tells a coming-of-age story that “lifts the spirit” (Time Out New York). The awardwinning songwriter inspires and disarms with his raw wit and emotional depth as he leads you on a rock ‘n’ roll journey from boyhood to manhood, through pain and healing, to discover the redemptive power of music. Don’t miss the show New York Daily News calls “an irresistible winner.” Much like its hero, The Lion roars. APRIL 1 – MAY 8, 2016 Fichandler Stage ALL THE WAY By ROBERT SCHENKKAN Directed by KYLE DONNELLY

IT’S NOT PERSONAL, it’s politics in this 2014 Tony Award-winning drama. President Lyndon Baines Johnson had a way about him. He could massage a victory with one hand and sell you down the river with the other, but brokering a deal is like playing with dynamite. With the country still reeling from President Kennedy’s assassination, and a rising tide of bitterness over Civil Rights, it’ll take more than politicking to hold America together – it’ll take red, white, and blue-blooded leadership. Go all the way with LBJ, Martin Luther King, J. Edgar Hoover, and more

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in this “beautifully built dramatic piece” (Variety) where the line between compromise and compromising your principles is as sharp as a knife. APRIL 22 – MAY 29, 2016 Kreeger Theater DISGRACED By AYAD AKHTAR Directed by TIMOTHY DOUGLAS FROM AYAD AKHTAR comes this “breathtaking, raw and blistering” (AP), Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the clash between modern culture and ancient faiths. The son of South Asian immigrants, Amir has worked hard to achieve the American Dream – complete with a successful career, a beautiful wife, and $600 custom-tailored shirts. But has he removed himself too far from his roots? And when a friendly dinner party conversation rockets out of control, will the internal battle between his culture and his identity raze all that he’s worked so hard to achieve? Hailed as “terrific, turbulent, with fresh currents of dramatic electricity” (The New York Times), this incendiary examination of one’s self and one’s beliefs will leave you breathless.

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TICKETS & CONTACT Arena Stage 1101 Sixth Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 (202) 554-9066 (General) (202) 488-3300 (Tickets) www.arenastage.org

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Corcoran Gallery of Art

IN THE WORDS of its Corcoran Gallery and College of Art exterior. Photo: Karen Blelen/AFP/Getty Images 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. TBA TICKETS & CONTACT Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 639-1700 www.corcoran.org

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

John F. Kennedy Center for the THE CENTER, WHICH opened Performing Arts on September 8, 1971, continPhoto: Max Lyons ues its efforts to fulfill President Kennedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision by producing 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 Kennedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JANUARY 1 – 10, 2016 Opera House MATILDA THE MUSICAL JANUARY 1 – 10, 2016 Eisenhower Theater BRIGHT STAR JANUARY 2 & 3, 2016 Family Theater ELEPHANT & PIGGIE’S WE ARE IN A PLAY

Elephant and Piggie’s We Are in a Play! Photo: Teresa Wood

JANUARY 8 & 9, 2016 Terrace Theater WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA – AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: NEW HOUR-LONG OPERA BETTER GODS JANUARY 9, 2016 Family Theater NSO KINDERCLASSICS: BREAK IT DOWN!

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JANUARY 13 – 30, 2016 Eisenhower Theater A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER JANUARY 14, 2016 Terrace Theater THE ETHICS PROJECT PRESENTS: THE NATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT ON EDUCATION, JUSTICE, AND THE U.S. ECONOMY JANUARY 14 – 16, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: PROKOFIEV, ELLER, AND SIBELIUS NEEME JÄRVI, Conductor BAIBA SKRIDE, Violin

Neeme Järvi. Photo: Simon Van Boxtel

JANUARY 16, 2016, 3:00 P.M. Atrium BALLET 360°: BALLET AND THE BARD JANUARY 17, 2016, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Theater

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts THE KENNEDY CENTER CHAMBER PLAYERS: WORKS BY R. STRAUSS, MOZART, J. S. BACH, AND MENDELSSOHN JANUARY 18, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations MASTER CLASS: THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA JANUARY 19 – 24, 2016 Opera House THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA: WHEELDON’S THE WINTER’S TALE JANUARY 20, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS – ALYSON CAMBRIDGE, SOPRANO: IN HER VOICE

Alyson Cambridge. Photo: Enrique Vega

JANUARY 21 – 23, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: DVORÁK, ROUSE, AND BRAHMS CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT, Cello 22

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JANUARY 21, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Gallery OPERA MASTER CLASS: JOHN DEMAIN AND TAZEWELL THOMPSON JANUARY 22, 2016 Terrace Gallery DISCOVERY ARTIST IN THE KC JAZZ CLUB: MARQUIS HILL BLACKTET JANUARY 23, 2016, 3:00 P.M. Atrium BALLET 360째: SLEEPING BEAUTY REAWAKENED JANUARY 25, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: THYMOS QUARTET WITH CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, PIANO & YANN DUBOST, BASS JANUARY 26, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS SERIES PRESENTS: EDGAR MOREAU, CELLO & JESSICA OSBORNE, PIANO

Edgar Moreau. Photo: Matt Dine

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JANUARY 27, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater AN EVENING OF JAZZ STANDARDS WITH ERIC OWENS FEATURING THE MUSIC OF ECKSTINE AND HARTMAN JANUARY 27 – 31, 2016 Opera House AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: RATMANSKY’S THE SLEEPING BEAUTY JANUARY 28 – 30, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, AND SCHUBERT CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor JANUARY 28, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: CHAD HOOPES, VIOLIN & DAVID FUNG, PIANO

Chad Hoopes. Photo: Marco Borggreve

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JANUARY 29, 2016 Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB – RENÉ MARIE: I WANNA BE EVIL, A TRIBUTE TO EARTHA KITT JANUARY 30 – FEBRUARY 21, 2016 Family Theater OLIVÉRIO: A BRAZILIAN TWIST JANUARY 30, 2016 Terrace Theater, 2:00 P.M. WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV, PIANO Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB: FRANK WESS TRIBUTE JANUARY 31, 2016 Terrace Theater, 2:00 P.M. VOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: ALEXANDER TSYMBALYUK, BASS Concert Hall, 4:00 P.M. WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE DANIELE GATTI, Conductor JULIAN RACHLIN, Violin FEBRUARY 1, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations MASTER CLASS: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER FEBRUARY 2 – 7, 2016 Opera House ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER FEBRUARY 2 & 3, 2016 Terrace Theater OPERA LAFAYETTE PRESENTS: CHABRIER’S UNE ÉDUCATION MANQUÉE (AN INCOMPLETE EDUCATION)

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts FEBRUARY 5, 2016, 6:00 P.M. Millennium Stage CHINESE NEW YEAR: SHENZHEN POP MUSIC SHOW

FEBRUARY 5, 2016 Terrace Theater MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND FEATURING GARY BURTON AND CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE

Christian McBride. Photo: Anna Webber

FEBRUARY 6, 2016 Atrium, 11:00 A.M. CHINESE NEW YEAR: FAMILY DAY ACTIVITIES Terrace Theater, 2:00 P.M. WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: PEDJA MUZIJEVIC, PIANO FEBRUARY 7, 2016 Terrace Theater, 2:00 P.M. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL: MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION AUDITIONS 2016 Millennium Stage, 6:00 P.M. CHINESE NEW YEAR: SHENZHEN LILY GIRLS’ CHOIR

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016 Millennium Stage, 6:00 P.M. CHINESE NEW YEAR: BEIJING OPERA, ACROBATS, AND CHINESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC BY HENAN ARTS TROUPE Concert Hall, 8:00 P.M. CHINESE NEW YEAR: SHENZHEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 10, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations MASTER CLASS: CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN FEBRUARY 11, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: MARIA PICCININI, FLUTE & ANDREAS HAEFLIGER, PIANO FEBRUARY 12 & 13, 2016 Opera House CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. Photo: Liu Chen-Hsiang

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016 Terrace Gallery DISCOVERY ARTIST IN THE KC JAZZ CLUB: MATTHEW WHITAKER FEBRUARY 12 – 20, 2016 Eisenhower Theater WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: LOST IN THE STARS FEBRUARY 13, 2016 Terrace Theater, 2:00 P.M. WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS PIANO MASTER CLASS WITH LEON FLEISCHER Terrace Gallery A FAMILY AFFAIR: THE WHITFIELD FAMILY BAND FEBRUARY 15, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 16 – 21, 2016 Opera House SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS 2016: EXPERIENCE A DIVINE CULTURE FEBRUARY 19 & 20, 2016 Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB: JOE LOVANO VILLAGE RHYTHMS BAND FEATURING LIBERTY ELLMAN, MICHAEL OLATUJA, ABDOU MBOUP, AND OTIS BROWN III FEBRUARY 19, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall IL VOLO

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FEBRUARY 20, 2016 Atrium, 3:00 P.M. BALLET 360°: THE CROWN OF CLASSICAL DANCING/HEROES FROM THE MIDDLE AGES Concert Hall, 8:00 P.M. WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: CHRIS BOTTI FEBRUARY 21, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: LIVING THE DREAM… SINGING THE DREAM FEBRUARY 22, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Theater Lab MASON BATES’S KC JUKEBOX: OF LAND & SEA FEBRUARY 23, 2016 Opera House, 12:30 P.M. OPEN REHEARSAL: MARIINSKY BALLET

Daniel Lebhardt. Photo: Kaupo Kikkas

Terrace Theater, 7:00 P.M. YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS SERIES PRESENTS: DANIEL LEBHARDT, PIANO

FEBRUARY 23 – 28, 2016 Opera House MARIINSKY BALLET: PETIPA’S RAYMONDA

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FEBRUARY 24 – 28, 2016 Eisenhower Theater THE WASHINGTON BALLET PRESENTS: DIRECTOR’S CUT FEBRUARY 26, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: LEAH CROCETTO IN RECITAL FEBRUARY 26 & 27, 2016 Concert Hall NSO POPS: BROADWAY TODAY WITH JEREMY JORDAN & BETSY WOLFE FEBRUARY 27, 2016, 3:00 P.M. Terrace Gallery BALLET 360° – CITY BALLET AND THE SYLPH: A RESILIENT ROMANCE FEBRUARY 28, 2016 Concert Hall NSO FAMILY CONCERT: LET’S REMIX THE CLASSIX! Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: CALDER QUARTET FEBRUARY 29, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations MASTER CLASS: NEW YORK CITY BALLET MARCH 1 – 6, 2016 Opera House NEW YORK CITY BALLET: WORKS BY BALANCHINE, MARTINS, PECK & WHEELDON; BOURNONVILLE’S LA SYLPHIDE

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 3 – 5, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BRUCH AND PROKOFIEV CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor RAY CHEN, Violin ADRIANA HORNE, Harp MARCH 4 – 6, 2016 Terrace Theater LAURIE ANDERSON: THE LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE MARCH 5, 2016 Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations, 10:30 A.M. CREATIVE MOVEMENT WITH NEW YORK CITY BALLET Atrium THE CROSSROADS CLUB: JASON MORAN AND MASON BATES MARCH 7, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: EIGHTH BLACKBIRD MARCH 10 – 12, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: LISZT, BRAHMS, AND PICKER CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, Piano MARCH 10 & 11, 2016 Terrace Gallery MONICA BILL BARNES & COMPANY: HAPPY HOUR

Monica Bill Barnes & Company. Photo: Grant Halverson

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 11 & 12, 2016 Terrace Theater THE ODYSSEY: FROM VIETNAM TO AMERICA MARCH 11, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS – ADVANCE ALWAYS: A CELEBRATION OF FRANK BATTISTI AND GARWOOD WHALEY MARCH 12 & 13, 2016 Family Theater NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: THE STRING THING MARCH 14, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: MONTREAL SYMPHONY MARCH 16, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall ORGAN RECITAL: PAUL JACOBS MARCH 17 – 19, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BRAHMS AND BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 6 OSMO VÄNSKÄ, Conductor NIKOLAI LUGANSKY, Piano MARCH 20, 2016, 4:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: SIR JAMES GALWAY, FLUTE & LADY JEANNE GALWAY, FLUTE

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 22, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS – SHARON ROBINSON & BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: COMPLETE WORKS OF BEETHOVEN FOR CELLO & PIANO, PART I MARCH 23, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS – SHARON ROBINSON & BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: COMPLETE WORKS OF BEETHOVEN FOR CELLO & PIANO, PART II MARCH 23 – APRIL 3, 2016 Eisenhower Theater THE WASHINGTON BALLET PRESENTS: HAMLET MARCH 24, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater VOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: JAVIER CAMARENA, TENOR & ANGEL RODRIGUEZ, PIANO MARCH 25, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater BARBARA COOK’S SPOTLIGHT: FRANCES RUFFELL MARCH 26, 2016, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: JOSEPH MOOG, PIANO Frances Ruffelle.

MARCH 28, 2016, 7:00 Photo: Pamela Raith P.M. Terrace Theater PRO MUSICA HEBRAICA PRESENTS – WANDERING STARS: THREE GENERATIONS OF EUROPEAN JEWISH SONG

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 31 – APRIL 2, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BRAHMS, FAURÉ, JALBERT, AND DEBUSSY APRIL 1 – 3, 2016 Family Theater SUPERMAN 2050 APRIL 1, 2016 Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB: HELEN SUNG QUINTET APRIL 2, 2016, 5:00 P.M. Terrace Gallery THE MAKING OF THE RING APRIL 7 – 9, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MOZART AND MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 1 NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER, Conductor BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, Piano APRIL 8, 2016 Terrace Gallery DISCOVERY ARTIST IN THE KC JAZZ CLUB: NEW WASHINGTONIANS WITH GUEST INTEGRITI REEVES

Nikolaj Znaider. Photo: Lars Gundersen

APRIL 9, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Family Theater STEFON HARRIS AND SONIC CREED

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts APRIL 12, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY APRIL 13 – 17, 2016 Eisenhower Theater THE WASHINGTON BALLET PRESENTS: ORFF’S CARMINA BURANA & BALANCHINE’S THEME AND VARIATIONS APRIL 13, 2016 Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: YO-YO MA, CELLO & EMANUEL AX, PIANO APRIL 14 – 16, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BATES, BARBER, AND IVES HUGH WOLFF, Conductor ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, Violin APRIL 15, 2016 Atrium THE CROSSROADS CLUB: THE BAD PLUS JOSHUA REDMAN Concert Hall, 9:00 P.M. DECLASSIFIED: THE B-SIDES FEATURING MASON BATES AND ANNE AKIKO MEYERS WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Bad plus Joshua Redman. Photo: David Jacobs

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts APRIL 16, 2016 Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations EXPLORING BALLET WITH SUZANNE FARRELL FOR ADULTS! 201 Concert Hall, 4:00 P.M. WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY APRIL 17, 2016, 1:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: ZAKIR HUSSAIN & MASTERS OF PERCUSSION APRIL 18, 2016 Terrace Theater, 7:00 P.M. VOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: JULIA BULLOCK, SOPRANO & RENATE ROHLFING, PIANO Atrium, 8:00 P.M. MASON BATES’S KC JUKEBOX: NEW VOICES, OLD MUSES APRIL 19, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS SERIES PRESENTS: ZIYU SHEN, VIOLA & JESSICA OSBORNE, PIANO APRIL 20, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: TAKÁCS QUARTET

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts APRIL 22, 2016 Terrace Gallery A FAMILY AFFAIR: PETER AND WILL ANDERSON QUINTET Concert Hall, 8:00 P.M. TRACY MORGAN: PICKING UP THE PIECES APRIL 23 & 24, 2016 Family Theater MOBY DICK APRIL 24, 2016 Concert Hall NSO FAMILY CONCERT: LIGHTS! CANVAS! MUSIC! Theater Lab, 7:00 P.M. WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: ANTOINE TAMESTIT, VIOLA APRIL 26, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: JOSEF SPACEK, VIOLIN & MIROSLAV SEKERA, PIANO APRIL 28 – 30, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: WEILL, RODGERS, DVORÁK, AND RAVEL JAMES GAFFIGAN, Conductor STORM LARGE, Vocal APRIL 29, 2016 Terrace Theater CHARLES LLOYD AND JASON MORAN North Atrium Foyer LECTURE SERIES I: INTRODUCTION TO THE RING

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, 9:00 P.M. DECLASSIFIED: CABARET OF SINS FEATURING STORM LARGE WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA APRIL 30 – MAY 17, 2016 Opera House WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA – RING CYCLE: THE RHINEGOLD MAY 1, 2016 Terrace Theater, 2:00 P.M. VOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: MICHELLE DEYOUNG, MEZZO-SOPRANO & KEVIN MURPHY, PIANO Concert Hall, 5:00 P.M. THE WASHINGTON CHORUS PRESENTS – PARISIAN SPRING: DURUFLÉ, FAURÉ, AND MORE... MAY 3, 2016, 10:30 A.M. Theater Lab RING CYCLE SYMPOSIUM: CYCLE I MAY 4 – 20, 2016 Opera House WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA – RING CYCLE: SIEGFRIED MAY 4, 2016 Terrace Theater, 7:00 P.M. FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: ENSO STRING QUARTET & AVI AVITAL Concert Hall ORGAN RECITAL: CHRISTOPHER HOULIHAN

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MAY 4 – 15, 2016 Eisenhower Theater THE WASHINGTON BALLET PRESENTS: BOWIE & QUEEN MAY 5 – 7, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: TCHAIKOVSKY AND SHOSTAKOVICH’S SYMPHONY NO. 11 ANDREW LITTON, Conductor VADIM GLUZMAN, Violin MAY 6 – 22, 2016 Opera House WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA – RING CYCLE: TWILIGHT OF THE GODS MAY 6, 2016 Terrace Theater AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE Millennium Stage, 10:15 P.M. POST RING CYCLE TALK-BACK DISCUSSION: CYCLE I MAY 7, 2016, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: YURY SHADRIN & TIAN LU, PIANOS MAY 9, 2016, 7:00 P.M. North Atrium Foyer LECTURE SERIES II – INTRODUCTION TO THE RING: EXPOSITION AND LYRICAL EXPANSION MAY 10, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: ITZHAK PERLMAN, VIOLIN & EMANUEL AX, PIANO

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MAY 12, 2016, 10:30 A.M. Theater Lab RING CYCLE SYMPOSIUM: CYCLE II MAY 12 – 14, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BARBER, MACMILLAN, AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS JAMES MACMILLAN, Conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, Cello MAY 13 & 14, 2016 Terrace Theater 21ST ANNUAL MARY LOU WILLIAMS JAZZ FESTIVAL MAY 14, 2016 Family Theater NSO KINDERCLASSICS: FANCY THAT! Terrace Gallery FILM SCREENING – MARY LOU WILLIAMS: THE LADY WHO SWINGS THE BAND MAY 15, 2016 Millennium Stage, 6:30 P.M. POST RING CYCLE TALK-BACK DISCUSSION: CYCLE II Concert Hall, 8:00 P.M. THE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON PRESENTS – SOME ENCHANTED EVENING: THE MUSIC OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN AND THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK WITH RENÉE FLEMING AND NORM LEWIS Renée Fleming. Photo: Andrew Eccles

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MAY 18 & 19, 2016 Eisenhower Theater IRELAND 100: THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS (ABBEY THEATRE) MAY 19, 2016 Theater Lab, 10:30 A.M. RING CYCLE SYMPOSIUM: CYCLE III North Atrium Foyer, 7:00 P.M. LECTURE SERIES III – INTRODUCTION TO THE RING: SIEGFRIED AND TWILIGHT OF THE GODS MAY 19 – 21, 2016 Terrace Gallery IRELAND 100: ALL THAT FALL (PAN PAN THEATRE) MAY 20 – 22, 2016 Family Theater IRELAND 100: THE GIRL WHO FORGOT TO SING BADLY (THEATRE LOVETT) MAY 20 & 21, 2016 Terrace Theater IRELAND 100: OUT OF TIME BY COLIN DUNNE Concert Hall NSO POPS: BOYZ II MEN

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MAY 21, 2016 Opera House, 7:00 P.M. WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA – STARS OF TOMORROW: THE DOMINGO-CAFRITZ YOUNG ARTISTS IN CONCERT

Eisenhower Theater, 7:30 P.M. IRELAND 100: CAMERATA IRELAND WITH THE HARMONY NORTH CHOIR

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MAY 22, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater IRELAND 100: CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN MAY 23, 2016 Rehearsal Room – Hall of States, 7:00 P.M. MASTER CLASS: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY

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MAY 24 & 25, 2016 Terrace Gallery IRELAND 100: TINY PLAYS FOR IRELAND AND AMERICA (FISHAMBLE: THE NEW PLAY COMPANY) MAY 25 & 26, 2016 Family Theater IRELAND 100: OLWEN FOUÉRÉ’S RIVERRUN MAY 25 – 28, 2016 Eisenhower Theater PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY MAY 26 & 27, 2016 Terrace Theater IRELAND 100: THIS IS AN IRISH DANCE BY JEAN BUTLER & NEIL MARTIN MAY 31, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations MASTER CLASS: ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JUNE 1 – 4, 2016 Opera House ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET: EK’S JULIET AND ROMEO JUNE 1, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Theater IRELAND 100 – ALARM WILL SOUND ENSEMBLE: THE HUNGER

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JUNE 2 – 4, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: SHEPHERD, HAYDN, AND SCHUMANN CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor LEILA JOSEFOWICZ, Violin JUNE 4, 2016, 7:30 P.M. Eisenhower Theater IRELAND 100: THE GLOAMING JUNE 5, 2016, 7:30 P.M. Eisenhower Theater IRELAND 100: WILLIAM CLOSE AND THE EARTH HARP COLLECTIVE

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JUNE 9 – 11, 2016 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MAHLER AND BRUCKNER’S SYMPHONY NO. 4 CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor NATHALIE STUTZMANN, Contralto JUNE 14 – JULY 10, 2016 Opera House KINKY BOOTS JUNE 17 & 18, 2016 Concert Hall NSO POPS: FOREVER GERSHWIN JUNE 24, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Eisenhower Theater JANE LYNCH IN SEE JANE SING JUNE 28 – JULY 17, 2016 Eisenhower Theater THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY

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JULY 13 – AUGUST 20, 2016 Opera House THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

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National Philharmonic

Piotr Gajewski conducting the A JUDICIOUS MERGING of the National Philharmonic. Photo: Michael Ventura 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.Â The National Philharmonic performed at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville, Maryland until Feb. 2005, when it became the Music Center at Strathmoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ensemble-inresidence. 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 masterpieces conducted by Maestro Piotr Gajewski and monumental choral masterworks under National Philharmonic Chorale Artistic Director Stan Engebretson. In addition to its commitment to critically acclaimed concert presentations, the National Philharmonic continuously strives to create remarkable and significant educational opportunities in the community.

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JANUARY 9, 2016, 8:00 P.M. BRIAN GANZ PLAYS CHOPIN: BEL CANTO OF THE PIANO BRIAN GANZ, Piano IWONA SOBOTKA, Soprano CHOPIN, Cantabile in B-flat Major, Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat Major, Nocturne in C minor, Sonata No. 3 in B Minor

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JANUARY 16, 2016, 8:00 P.M. BACH VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor COLIN SORGI, Violin MOZART, Divertimento in D Major BACH, Violin Concerto No. 2 GRIEG, Holberg Suite BRITTEN, Simple Symphony, Op. 4

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FEBRUARY 6, 2016, 8:00 P.M. FEBRUARY 7, 2016, 3:00 P.M. MOZART’S HAFFNER SYMPHONY PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor BRIAN GANZ, Piano ROSSINI, L’Italiana in Algeri Overture MOZART, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor CHOPIN, Variations on “La ci darem la mano” MOZART, Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” FEBRUARY 20, 2016, 8:00 P.M. FEBRUARY 21, 2016, 3:00 P.M. VIVALDI’S GLORIA PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor ZUILL BAILEY, Cello JULIE KEIM, Soprano MAGDALENA WÓR, Mezzosoprano NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALE VIVALDI, Cello Concertos RV 417 in G Minor and RV 413 in G Major PIATIGORSKY, Variations on a Paganini Theme BEETHOVEN, Elegiac Song VIVALDI, Gloria

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APRIL 2, 2016, 8:00 P.M. APRIL 3, 2016, 3:00 P.M. HAYDN’S LORD NELSON MASS STAN ENGEBRETSON, Conductor DANIELLE TALAMANTES, Soprano MAGDALENA WÓR, Mezzo-soprano ROBERT BAKER, Tenor KEVIN DEAS, Baritone NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALE HAYDN, Lord Nelson Mass DURUFLÉ, Requiem 48

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JUNE 4, 2016, 8:00 P.M. TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHÉTIQUE SYMPHONY PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALE BRAHMS, Song of the Fates TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique” TICKETS & CONTACT National Philharmonic The Music Center at Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane North Bethesda, MD 20852 (301) 493-9283 (General) (301) 581-5100 (Tickets) www.nationalphilharmonic.org

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National Symphony Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra with THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY Music Director Christoph Eschenbach. ORCHESTRAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 85th season is Photo: Scott Suchman its sixth under the leadership of Music Director Christoph Eschenbach, who also serves as the Music 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 yearlong 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.

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JANUARY 9, 2016 NSO KINDERCLASSICS: BREAK IT DOWN! JANUARY 14 – 16, 2016 PROKOFIEV, ELLER, AND SIBELIUS NEEME JÄRVI, Conductor BAIBA SKRIDE, Violin HEINO ELLER, 5 Pieces for String Orchestra PROKOFIEV, Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 SIBELIUS, Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 JANUARY 21 – 23, 2016 DVORÁK, ROUSE, AND BRAHMS CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT, Cello CHRISTOPHER ROUSE, Daniel Müller-Schott. Phaethon Photo: Uwe Arens DVORÁK, Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 BRAHMS (ORCH. SCHOENBERG), Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 JANUARY 28 – 30, 2016 BEETHOVEN (THU./FRI.), BRAHMS (FRI./SAT.), AND SCHUBERT (THU./SAT.) CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor WEBER, Overture to Der Freischütz SCHUBERT, Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D759 “Unfinished” BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 FEBRUARY 26 & 27, 2016 NSO POPS: BROADWAY TODAY WITH JEREMY JORDAN & BETSY WOLFE STEVEN REINEKE, Conductor

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FEBRUARY 28, 2016 NSO FAMILY CONCERT: LET’S REMIX THE CLASSIX! STEVEN REINEKE, Conductor MARCH 3 – 5, 2016 BRUCH AND PROKOFIEV CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor RAY CHEN, Violin ADRIANA HORNE, Harp PROKOFIEV, Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “ Classical” BRUCH, Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46 PROKOFIEV, Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100 MARCH 10 – 12, 2016 Adriana Horne. Photo: Scott Suchman LISZT, BRAHMS, AND PICKER CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, Piano TOBIAS PICKER, Opera Without Words (World Premiere) LISZT, Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major BRAHMS, Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 BRAHMS, Three Hungarian Dances MARCH 12 & 13, 2016 NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: THE STRING THING MARCH 16, 2016 ORGAN RECITAL: PAUL JACOBS

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MARCH 17 – 19, 2016 BRAHMS AND BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 6 OSMO VÄNSKÄ, Conductor NIKOLAI LUGANSKY, Piano BRAHMS, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral” MARCH 31 – APRIL 2, 2016 BRAHMS, FAURÉ, JALBERT, AND DEBUSSY CRISTIAN MACELARU, Conductor NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER, Violin FAURÉ, Pavane, Op. 50 BRAHMS, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 PIERRE JALBERT, In Aeternam DEBUSSY, La Mer

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APRIL 7 – 9, 2016 MOZART AND MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 1 NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER, Conductor BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, Piano MOZART, Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595 MAHLER, Symphony No. 1 in D Major, “Titan”

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APRIL 14 – 16, 2016 BATES, BARBER, AND IVES HUGH WOLFF, Conductor ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, Violin BARBER, Overture to The School for Scandal MASON BATES, Concerto for Violin CHARLES IVES, Symphony No. 2 APRIL 15, 2016 THE B-SIDES FEATURING MASON BATES AND ANNE AKIKO MEYERS WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA APRIL 24, 2016 NSO FAMILY CONCERT: LIGHTS! CANVAS! MUSIC! APRIL 28 – 30, 2016 WEILL’S THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS & WORKS BY RODGERS, DVORÁK, AND RAVEL JAMES GAFFIGAN, Conductor STORM LARGE, Vocals RICHARD RODGERS, Carousel Waltz KURT WEILL, The Seven Deadly Sins DVORÁK, American Suite RAVEL, La Valse

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APRIL 29, 2016 CABARET OF SINS FEATURING STORM LARGE WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MAY 4, 2016 ORGAN RECITAL: CHRISTOPHER HOULIHAN MAY 5 – 7, 2016 TCHAIKOVSKY AND SHOSTAKOVICH’S SYMPHONY NO. 11 ANDREW LITTON, Conductor VADIM GLUZMAN, Violin TCHAIKOVSKY, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 SHOSTAKOVICH, Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103 “The Year 1905” MAY 12 – 14, 2016 BARBER, MACMILLAN, AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS JAMES MACMILLAN, Conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, Cello JAMES MACMILLAN, The Sacrifice, Three Interludes BARBER, Cello Concerto, Op. 22 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Symphony No. 4 in F Minor

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MAY 14, 2016 NSO KINDERCLASSICS: FANCY THAT! MAY 20 – 21, 2016 NSO POPS: BOYZ II MEN STEVEN REINEKE, Conductor JUNE 2 – 4, 2016 SHEPHERD, HAYDN, AND SCHUMANN CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor LEILA JOSEFOWICZ, Violin HAYDN, Symphony No. 104 in D Major, “London” SEAN SHEPHERD, Violin Concerto (World Premiere) SCHUMANN, Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 JUNE 9 – 11, 2016 BRUCKNER’S SYMPHONY NO. 4 AND MAHLER CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor NATHALIE STUTZMANN, Contralto MAHLER, Rückert Lieder BRUCKNER, Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, “Romantic” JUNE 17 & 18, 2016 NSO POPS: FOREVER GERSHWIN STEVEN REINEKE, Conductor JASON MORAN, Piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, Vocals NORM LEWIS, Vocals TICKETS & CONTACT NSO The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 (202) 467-4600 www.kennedy-center.org/nso

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Olney Theatre

Olney Theatre exterior. LOCATED JUST NORTH of Photo courtesy of Olney Theatre Washington, D.C. in arts-rich Montgomery County, Maryland, 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 emphasizes 20th-century American classics, new works, area premieres, 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.

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FEBRUARY 10 – MARCH 6, 2016 Mainstage CARMEN: AN AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ MUSICAL Based on the Opera by GEORGES BIZET Written and Directed by MOISÉS KAUFMAN Original and Adapted Music by ARTURO O’FARRILL Choreography by SERGIO TRUJILLO THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT show of the season is sure to be this world premiere, written and directed by Tony Awardnominee Moisés Kaufman (The Laramie Project Cycle), with music from two-time Grammy Award-winner Arturo O’Farrill, and choreography by Sergio Trujillo (Broadway’s Jersey Boys and Memphis). Olney’s star-studded team turns Bizet’s passion-fueled opera into a sexy, swinging AfroCuban Jazz musical, moving the action from 1820s Spain to Cuba in 1958, on the verge of revolution. Moisés Kaufman. Kaufman’s Carmen is a Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times gun-runner for the rebels, who falls fiercely in love with José, a Batista loyalist. When Cuba’s boxing legend Camilo returns to Havana, Carmen and José’s love falls tragically apart. MARCH 10 – APRIL 10, 2016 Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab MARJORIE PRIME By JORDAN HARRISON Directed by JASON LOEWITH FROM ONE OF THE country’s most adventurous young writers (Maple and Vine, Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black) comes the tender and provocative story of Marjorie, 85 years old, who’s

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reinventing memories from the past with the help of Walter Prime – a hologram of her dead husband as he looked 50 years ago. The New York Times hailed the world premiere as “a tender, searching comedy... a thought-provoking play about memory, its corruption, and our insistence that technology can help us outwit death.” Starring Artistic Associate Julie-Ann Elliott and Lois Markle, who returns to Olney Theatre Center after a 40-year absence! APRIL 6 – MAY 1, 2016 Mainstage DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER By FREDERICK KNOTT Directed by JASON KING JONES ALFRED HITCHCOCK BASED his much-loved thriller on Knott’s deliriously spine-tingling play about a former tennis star, Tony Wendice, who has married sweet and unsuspecting Margot for her money. He arranges what he thinks is the perfect murder, but when the plot goes wrong, Inspector Hubbard from Scotland Yard (Olney Theatre stage veteran Alan Wade) – along with her old flame, the murder mystery novelist Max Halliday – mount a hair-raising investigation that comes down to the last possible, chilling moment. MAY 12 – JUNE 12, 2016 Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab BAKERSFIELD MIST By STEPHEN SACHS Directed by JOHN VREEKE POOR MAUDE! LIVING in a trailer park, fired from her bartending job… even her best friend refused the thrift store painting she bought for her birthday. But that painting might just be… a lost Jackson Pollock! Her fate lies in the hands of worldfamous curator Lionel Percy, who shows up at Maude’s trailer to determine its authenticity. What follows is a collision of class and culture, where the ‘average Joe’ might finally throw it in

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the face of those ‘east coast elites.’ Starring Artistic Associates Donna Migliaccio and Michael Russotto. “It’s exhilarating in the extreme when a world premiere play strikes rich on every conceivable level – a perfect marriage of emotion and ideas.” – Los Angeles Times.

New Repertory Theatre’s production of Stephen Sachs’s Bakersfield Mist. Photo: Andrew Brilliant

JUNE 23 – JULY 24, 2016 Mainstage EVITA Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Lyrics by TIM RICE Directed by WILL DAVIS Choreography by CHRISTOPHER D’AMBOISE HERALDED FOR ITS rich score and explosive love triangle, the legendary Tony Award-winning musical Evita tells the story of Argentina’s passionate political figure Eva Perón, whose love for her country’s descamisados (‘the shirtless ones’) was surpassed only by her naked ambition. Known for its anthem, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” Evita will stun and delight in this intimate version of the musical that ensures you hear every note and feel every heartbeat. Helmed by the director and choreographer of last year’s hit and Helen Hayes Award winner, Colossal.

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JULY 14 – AUGUST 21, 2016 Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE AND THE MIKADO By W. S. GILBERT AND ARTHUR SULLIVAN Directed by SEAN GRANEY SAIL AWAY THIS summer with scurvy pirates, star-crossed lovers, Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo, and of course that most manic of Modern Major Generals in Sean Graney’s “outrageously enjoyable” (Chicago Tribune) staging of two of Gilbert & Sullivan’s best-loved comic operettas. Performed by a cast of ten in promenade style (meaning you choose fixed seats or… you can decide to sit on the stage with the actors, though you’ll have to move when they tell you to!) in rotating repertory, Graney’s band of fearless actors tackle not only some of the silliest roles ever written for musical theater, but the instruments, too! TICKETS & CONTACT Olney Theatre 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road Olney, MD 20832 (301) 924-4485 (General) (301) 924-2654 (Tickets) www.olneytheatre.org

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Phillips Collection

ENCOUNTER SUPERB The interior of a gallery in the Sant Building WORKS of modern art in an of the Phillips Collection. Photo: Max Hirshfeld 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 impressionist 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. JILL O’BRYAN: ONE BILLION BREATHS IN A LIFETIME JUNE 9, 2015 – APRIL 17, 2016 IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 97 years to breathe a billion breaths. “Our corporeal relationship to the number one billion is experienced both intimately and politically,” says artist Jill O’Bryan. “One billion breaths in a lifetime is a celebration of longevity and a life well lived, an acknowledgement of mortality, and a recognition of lives cut short. The number is a cultural signifier of excessive abundance, referring primarily to corporate earnings and fiscal budgets. Fundamentally the message

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is a reminder of a system that connects all life in micro and macrocosmic networks – you complete the artwork when you walk by and see your reflection.” This sculpture is based on the artist’s calculation of her own breaths through a series of drawings she began in 2000 to capture time. POSTWAR GERMANIC EXPRESSIONS: GIFTS FROM MICHAEL WERNER SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 – APRIL 24, 2016

Markus Lüpertz, Nude from Behind, 2004. Oil on canvas, 63 x 51 inches. Phillips Collection, Gift of Michael Werner, 2015

WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT, The Phillips Collection announces the acquisition of 46 gifts of German and Danish art to the museum’s permanent collection, generously given by art collector and dealer Michael Werner. With selections from the gift on view beginning September 12, this extraordinary gift of painting, sculpture, and works on paper showcases the museum’s commitment to building a carefully crafted collection that reflects museum founder Duncan Phillips’s vision and distinctive eye and advances the understanding of 20th-century European art.

SEEING NATURE: LANDSCAPE MASTERWORKS FROM THE PAUL G. ALLEN FAMILY COLLECTION FEBRUARY 6, 2016 – TBA FEATURING 39 MASTERPIECES spanning five centuries, this exhibition draws from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection to explore the evolution of European and American landscape art. Highlights include Jan Brueghel the Younger’s 17th-century allegorical paintings of the five senses that invite visitors to consider their own experiences of the world. Venice, one of Allen’s favorite cities, is sumptuously represented in the exhibition

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through stunning Venetian scenes by Canaletto, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, and J. M. W. Turner, among others. Other highlights include five Monet landscapes spanning 30 years, from views of the French countryside to his late immersive representations of water lilies, evocative works by Paul Cézanne and Gustav Klimt, and modern and contemporary perspectives by 20th-century artists as diverse as Georgia O’Keeffe, Edward Hopper, David Hockney, Gerhard Richter, and Ed Ruscha. WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE: A MODERN MASTER JUNE 4 – SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (American, 1849–1916), a renowned figure in the international art circles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, William Merritt Chase, Hide and Seek, 1888. Oil was a brilliant observer on canvas, 27 5/8 x 35 7/8 inches. The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1923 of contemporary life, an innovative painter, and an influential teacher. As the centennial of his death approaches, this retrospective – the first in over three decades – will explore the inter-relationships in Chase’s work across subject and media, from portraits and figurative paintings, to urban park scenes, domestic interiors, still lifes, and landscapes. Featuring more than 60 artworks, this exhibition examines the full breadth of Chase’s achievements spanning his four-decade long career to shed new light on the artist’s aesthetic philosophy, artistic practice, and working methods, while positioning his art and life within the vibrant international cultural climate at the turn of the century.

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PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: BEAUTY AND STRUGGLE IN JACOB LAWRENCE’S MIGRATION SERIES OCTOBER 8, 2016 – JANUARY 8, 2017 THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION and Museum of Modern Art reunite Jacob Lawrence’s masterwork The Migration Series, the seminal, 60-panel work by one of the most celebrated African American artists of the 20th century. Shaped by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this exhibition provides multiple perspectives on the historical, literary, socio-cultural, aesthetic, and contemporary manifestations of migration that underlie Lawrence’s visual narrative. The Phillips is a leader in the study and presentation of Lawrence’s art, organizing retrospective presentations of the artist’s work, producing national artsintegrated teaching curriculum, and recording and archiving two definitive interviews with Lawrence on his art and life before his death.

Jacob Lawrence, The Migration of the Negro, Pane 1, 1940–41. Casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 inches. The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1942. © Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, courtesy of the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation

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TICKETS & CONTACT The Phillips Collection 1600 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 387-2151 www.phillipscollection.org

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Shakespeare Theatre Company

Shakespeare Theatre Company at The OVER THE PAST quarter of Harman Center for the Arts. a century, the Shakespeare Photo: Max Lyons Theatre Company has dedicated itself to becoming the nation’s premier classic theatre. By focusing 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 groundbreaking, thought-provoking, and eminently accessible classic theatre in a uniquely American style.

JANUARY 5 – FEBRUARY 14, 2016 Lansburgh Theatre THE CRITIC / THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND By RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN / TOM STOPPARD Directed by JEFFREY HATCHER / MICHAEL KAHN EXPERIENCE A MADCAP night of life in the theatre with two classic behind-the-scenes comedies, The Critic and The Real Inspector Hound. First, playwright and adaptor Jeffrey Hatcher (The Government Inspector) returns with a fresh take on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 18th-century romp The Critic – a whirlwind comedy about bad theatre, worse playwrights…

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and, worst of all, the critics. The meta-theatrical frenzy builds throughout from wacky antics and quick changes to an operatic burlesque as the company jumps from role to role. The laughs continue with Tom Stoppard’s absurdist tour-de-farce The Real Inspector Hound, an ingenious play-within-a-play in which two critics find themselves caught up as unsuspecting suspects while they watch a classic 1950s-style whodunit in the style of Agatha Christie. STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn brings together an ensemble cast to take on both shows – and multiple characters – for a night of chaos and comedy. FEBRUARY 23 – MARCH 27, 2016 Sidney Harman Hall OTHELLO By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by RON DANIELS INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR Ron Daniels joins STC to helm Othello, Shakespeare’s tale of jealousy, duplicity, and destruction. Among the exotic airs and mysterious shadows of Cyprus, newly married and promoted Moorish general Othello finds himself the pawn in the manipulative games of his right-hand man, Iago. As his imagination is poisoned, Othello turns on his new bride Desdemona and his loyal lieutenant Cassio, and rapidly spirals Ron Daniels. from hero to murderer Photo courtesy of The Old Globe in one of Shakespeare’s most haunting tragedies. Director Ron Daniels brings his sure hand with Shakespeare to Washington, D.C., having previously served as the associate artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre and as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare

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Company’s The Other Place Theatre. He is an honorary associate director at the RSC. MARCH 8 – APRIL 10, 2016 Lansburgh Theatre 1984 By GEORGE ORWELL Adapted by ROBERT ICKE AND DUNCAN MACMILLAN APRIL, 1984. 13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is watching him Headlong’s production of 1984 on London’s West End. – and the door to Room Photo: Manuel Harlan 101 can swing open in the blink of an eye. George Orwell’s chilling vision of a dystopian future is brought to life in a radical multimedia production. Called “a brilliant retelling” by the Guardian, Headlong’s production of 1984 explores surveillance, identity, and the security state. See why Orwell’s 1949 novel of a totalitarian world – the definitive book of the 20th century – is as relevant now as ever, and particularly resonant in the political environment of Washington, D.C.1984 joins Dunsinane as STC brings international presentations into the core mainstage season. This production was created by Headlong, an acclaimed U.K. theatre ensemble, with the support of the Nottingham Playhouse and The Almeida Theatre. Headlong’s work interrogates important cultural texts, previously tackling new productions of Faustus, King Lear, Medea, and Romeo and Juliet.

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MAY 17 – JUNE 26, 2016 Sidney Harman Hall THE TAMING OF THE SHREW By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by ED SYLVANUS ISKANDAR DIRECTOR ED SYLVANUS ISKANDAR brings his unique, interactive style to D.C. with a provocative new approach to The Taming of the Shrew. This all-male, gender-blurred production explores the complex machinations of Kate and Petruchio’s relationship. Known for his epic and immersive works, Iskandar examines identity, authenticity, and gender roles within one of Shakespeare’s most notorious texts. The Founding Artistic Director of Exit, Pursued by a Bear, Iskandar creates socially immersive theatre through performance labs and salons, and plans to extend the world of The Taming of Shrew from the stage into the lobbies of Sidney Harman Hall.

Ed Sylvanus Iskandar. Photo: Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

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TICKETS & CONTACT Shakespeare Theatre Company Lansburgh Theatre 450 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 547-1122 www.shakespearetheatre.org

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Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre exterior. WASHINGTON, D.C.’S THEPhoto: Scott Suchman ATER 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 definitive Sondheim productions, inventive adaptations of overlooked or forgotten works, and investment in fresh new projects.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015 – JANUARY 24, 2016 WEST SIDE STORY Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Directed by MATTHEW GARDINER CONSIDERED ONE OF the greatest musicals of all time, West Side Story makes its triumphant Signature debut. In the late 1950s two rival gangs struggle for control of their West Side New York City neighborhood. Amidst the chaos, star-crossed lovers find themselves wrenched between their worlds. Beautiful, passionate, with shades of violence and heartache, this innovative adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet still dazzles after more than fifty years. Written by the dream creative team of Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story’s legendary jazz, Latin, and classical-inspired score features the treasured songs “Something’s Coming,” “Tonight,” “I Feel Pretty” and “America.” JANUARY 8 – FEBRUARY 7, 2016 GEORGIE: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF GEORGE ROSE Written and Performed by ED DIXON IT’S ALL ABOUT the story, George Rose would instruct fellow actor Ed Dixon over the course of their 20-year friendship. And boy, did Georgie have quite a story. In this “giddy, humorous celebration” (The Ed Dixon. New York Times), Dixon Photo: Danny Ghitis/The New York Times (Sunset Boulevard, Cloak & Dagger) chronicles his relationship with his friend and mentor, the Tony Award-winning character actor George Rose (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, My Fair Lady, Pi-

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rates of Penzance). A bon-vivant with a flair for the dramatic and the eccentric, Rose starred on Broadway and London stages alongside luminaries like Katherine Hepburn, Noel Coward, Dame Edith Evans, Richard Burton, and Laurence Olivier in a storied career that met an ignoble end. Filled with “witty reminiscences” and “tantalizing us with anecdotes, snippets of song and dance and Dixon’s pitch perfect impersonations of the colorful and famous” (Berkshire On Stage), Georgie is a one-man, one-act play that is as hilarious as it is poignant and powerful. FEBRUARY 9 – MARCH 12, 2016 ROAD SHOW Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Book by JOHN WEIDMAN Directed by GARY GRIFFIN THE THIRD COLLABORATION between Weidman and Sondheim (Assassins, Pacific Overtures), Road Show is a freewheeling musical travelogue of the optimism and opportunism of the early twentieth century through the eyes of two ambitious, eccentric, yet playfully charming brothers. Based on the reallife Mizner siblings, Road Show follows the dreamer and the schemer’s quest for the ever elusive, shape-shifting American dream. From the Klondike gold rush to India, Hawaii, Guatemala, New York, and finally the real-estate boon of Florida’s Boca Raton, the dazzling pace scours not only the map, but also forty years of boom-and-bust and brotherly love (or hate). MARCH 1 – APRIL 17, 2016 THE FLICK By ANNIE BAKER Directed by JOE CALARCO SET IN THE POPCORN-STREWN, empty aisles of a crumbling Massachusetts movie theater, this 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner exposes the surprising tenderness and comedy in the everyday. Spilled soda on the floor. Leftover food wrappers stashed in the seats. Three minimum wage employees perform the humdrum

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labor necessary to keep one of the last 35-millimeter projectors running. Through seemingly small conversations about movie actors, broom techniques, and weekend plans, the characters divulge heartbreak, hopes, and a compelling story all their own. With her finely-tuned comic eye, Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation, The Aliens) brings a rich humanity to Louisa Krause and Aaron Clifton Moten in Annie Baker’s The Flick. three people who Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times desperately strive to connect, help each other move on, and accept their place in the world. APRIL 5 – MAY 8, 2016 THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX By BATHSHEBA DORAN FROM ONE OF the writers of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and Showtime’s Masters of Sex comes an unexpected love story of evolving friendship, finding your own path, and the value of family. Complete opposites, Charlotte and Jonny have been best friends since they were children. Now, as college students on the eve of graduation, they toy around with taking their friendship romantic. Or not. Why decide? After all, neither is sure they are even attracted to the other (or anyone of the opposite sex). Meanwhile, Charlotte’s parents, an unlikely couple themselves, push the kids for a definition even while their own relationship founders. Gradually, secrets and truths emerge as playing grown-up turns into actually growing up. Funny, insightful, with an intense and complex core, Bathsheba Doran’s (Nest) newest play brilliantly examines intimacy, identity, and, of course, the many mysteries of love and sex.

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APRIL 19 – 23, 2016 THE RAT PACK THEY WERE THE coolest cats of all time. In the vein of the legendary crooners Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin, three suave Signature gentlemen take the stage for a sophisticated evening of ballads, booze, and banter. Featuring classic songs from the ‘50s and ‘60s such as “King of the Road,” “That’s Amore,” and “I’ve Gotta Be Me.” MAY 31 – JULY 10, 2016 LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Music and Lyrics by JERRY HERMAN Book by HARVEY FIERSTEIN Based on the Play by JEAN POIRET Directed by MATTHEW GARDINER THE BELOVED GENDER-BENDING musical comedy and winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical closes out the Signature season starring Bobby Smith. The twentyyear relationship between Georges, a club-owner, and Albin, the head drag performer, faces a test when their son announces his engagement Bobby Smith. to the daughter of Photo: courtesy of Signature Theatre ultra-conservative political parents. To please their son, Georges and Albin agree to hide their lifestyle and play it straight for a dinner with the potential in-laws. However, Albin’s different definition of “normal” threatens to upend the entire supper with hilarious results. With an iconic score by Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly!; Mame) featuring “I Am

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What I Am” and “The Best of Times” and hilarious book by Harvey Fierstein (Newsies, Kinky Boots), La Cage Aux Folles is a fabulously fun musical about family, identity, and loving who you are. JUNE 14 – 18, 2016 MAKE ‘EM LAUGH IN A HILARIOUS MIX of improv and song, Signature’s funniest ladies and gents come together for a whirlwind expedition through the art of the joke. From humorous rewritings of classic songs, to comedy ditties, to some of contemporary musical theater’s whimsical gems, Signature has one goal for this cabaret – to make you laugh! TICKETS & CONTACT Signature Theatre 4200 Campbell Avenue Arlington, VA 22206 (571) 527-1880 (General) (703) 820-9771 (Tickets) www.signature-theatre.org

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Strathmore

LOCATED ONE-HALF mile The Music Center at Strathmore. Photo courtesy of BSO 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.

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JANUARY 13 & 27, 2016 The Mansion AIR: GRIFF KAZMIERCZAK JANUARY 17, 2016 The Music Center STEP AFRIKA! STEP XPLOSION The Mansion ATLANTIC STRING QUARTET

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JANUARY 20, 2016 The Mansion AIR WORKSHOP: GRIFF KAZMIERCZAK JANUARY 21, 2016 The Mansion DUO DELORO JANUARY 26, 2016 The Mansion HISTORIC HOME TOUR JANUARY 29, 2016 The Music Center KRISTIN CHENOWETH

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016 The Music Center ARLO GUTHRIE’S ALICE’S RESTAURANT 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOU

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FEBRUARY 10 & 24, 2016 The Mansion AIR: BUMPER JACKSONS FEBRUARY 11, 2016 The Mansion DÉNES VÁRJON, PIANO FEBRUARY 14, 2016 The Music Center ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS FEBRUARY 17, 2016 The Mansion AIR WORKSHOP: BUMPER JACKSONS FEBRUARY 18, 2016 The Mansion HISTORIC HOME TOUR The Mansion DAN TEPFER’S ACOUSTIC INFORMATICS Dan Tepfer. Photo: Jeremy Sailing

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016 The Mansion NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT, CELLO MARCH 1, 2016 The Music Center PATTY GRIFFIN, SARA WATKINS & ANAÏS MITCHELL MARCH 3, 2016 The Mansion FLAMENCO WORKSHOP WITH FLAMENCO VIVO The Music Center NATALIE COLE MARCH 4, 2016 The Music Center FLAMENCO VIVO: POEMA DE ANDALUCÍA MARCH 6, 2016 The Music Center ANNAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Flamenco Vivo. Photo: Angelica Escoto

MARCH 9 & 23, 2016 The Mansion AIR: CASSANDRA ALLEN MARCH 10, 2016 The Mansion MISCHA BOUVIER, BARITONE MARCH 16, 2016 The Mansion AIR WORKSHOP: CASSANDRA ALLEN

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MARCH 17, 2016 The Mansion ARTS & THE BRAIN: ART THERAPY & PTSD MARCH 18, 2016 The Music Center ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS WITH JOSHUA BELL MARCH 20, 2016 The Music Center MCYO OF STRATHMORE: EFFLORESCENCE Joshua Bell. Photo: Marc Hom

MARCH 24, 2016 The Mansion HISTORIC HOME TOUR The Music Center THE PEKING ACROBATS The Mansion WARD-KONG DUO MARCH 31, 2016 The Mansion ARTS & THE BRAIN: GEORGE GERSHWIN APRIL 1, 2016 The Music Center METROPOLITAN OPERA: RISING STARS CONCERT SERIES APRIL 6, 2016 The Music Center JOHNNY MATHIS

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APRIL 7, 2016 The Mansion ARTS & THE BRAIN: DANCE & MOVEMENT APRIL 7 & 8, 2016 The Music Center PATTI LABELLE

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APRIL 13 & 27, 2016 The Mansion AIR: JAN KNUTSON APRIL 14, 2016 The Mansion GREG SANDOW APRIL 15 & 16, 2016 The Music Center CAROL BURNETT APRIL 20, 2016 The Mansion AIR WORKSHOP: JAN KNUTSON APRIL 21, 2016 The Mansion ENSEMBLE SCHUMANN

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APRIL 22, 2016 The Mansion HISTORIC HOME TOUR APRIL 23 & 24, 2016 The Music Center I AM ANNE HUTCHINSON / I AM HARVEY MILK APRIL 27, 2016 The Music Center SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE APRIL 28, 2016 The Music Center ANA MOURA MAY 5, 2016 SFJAZZ Collective. Photo: Jay Blakesberg

The Mansion ARTS & BRAIN: IMPROV AS A TOOL MAY 11 & 25, 2016 The Mansion AIR: KIMBERLY KONG MAY 12, 2016 The Mansion HISTORIC HOME TOUR The Mansion ARTS & THE BRAIN: WRITING TO HEAL MAY 18, 2016 The Mansion AIR WORKSHOP: KIMBERLY KONG www.GuidefortheArts.com

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MAY 19, 2016 The Mansion TODD MARCUS QUINTET MAY 25, 2016 The Music Center MCYO OF STRATHMORE’S PLATINUM CELEBRATION JUNE 8, 2016 The Mansion STRATHMORE CHILDREN’S CHORUS MEETS THE BEATLES Strathmore Children’s Chorus. Photo courtesy of the Strathmore

JUNE 15, 2016 The Mansion AIR: BE STEADWELL JUNE 16, 2016 The Mansion HISTORIC HOME TOUR JUNE 22 & 29, 2016 The Mansion AIR WORKSHOP: BE STEADWELL

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TICKETS & CONTACT The Music Center at Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane North Bethesda, MD 20852 The Mansion at Strathmore 10701 Rockville Pike North Bethesda, MD 20852 (301) 581-5100 www.strathmore.org

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UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Visitors to the Museum pass under A LIVING MEMORIAL to the this gate, a cast taken from the original Holocaust, the United States entrance to the Auschwitz death camp, with the ironic phrase Arbeit Holocaust Memorial Museum inscribed Macht Frei(work Makes One Free). Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial inspires citizens and leaders Museum worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human 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 HOLOCAUST PERMANENT 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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SOME WERE NEIGHBORS: COLLABORATION & COMPLICITY IN THE HOLOCAUST ONGOING THIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION explores how countless ordinary people, from all walks of life and influenced by a spectrum of motives 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. CAMBODIA 1975–1979 ONGOING FOLLOWING YEARS OF civil war, the fanatical communist Khmer Rouge forces captured Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh, on April 17, 1975, and seized control of the government. During the next three years, eight months, and 20 days, the regime instituted policies that led to the deaths of nearly two million Cambodians – at least a quarter of the country’s population – as it sought to radically restructure the nation. Cambodia 1975–1979 examines the murderous actions taken by the Khmer Rouge to establish their new state, “Democratic Kampuchea,” as a self-sustaining farm-based society, free from outside influence. With historical photographs, film, and contemporary artworks depicting the terror, this exhibition surveys one of the worst human tragedies of the second half of the 20th century.

Exhibition view of Cambodia 1975–1979. US Holocaust Memorial Museum

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“I WANT JUSTICE!” ONGOING SINCE THE HOLOCAUST, national and international organizations have struggled to build a foundation of laws, courts, and legal procedures to hold accountable perpetrators of the world’s worst crimes. In bringing Nazi leaders to trial, the postwar military tribunals in Nuremberg helped to identify crimes perpetrated in the Holocaust era, define charges against individual suspects, judge the accused, and punish the guilty. These precedents continue to shape our understanding of such crimes and how the world seeks to hold perpetrators of mass atrocities accountable. “I Want Justice!” explores the history of efforts to hold perpetrators of genocide and mass atrocities accountable through court proceedings, from the Nuremberg trials to the ongoing trials in Cambodia of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders most responsible for the crimes against the Cambodian populace between 1975 and 1979. It also looks at ways Cambodian survivors are seeking other forms of “justice” – personal, cultural, historical – as they continue to struggle with the legacy of the murderous Khmer Rouge era. FROM MEMORY TO ACTION: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF GENOCIDE ONGOING THIS PRESENTATION EXPLORES three genocides that have occurred since the Holocaust: in Rwanda (1994), in BosniaHerzegovina (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 ecommunity engaged in its efforts to prevent genocide. REMEMBER THE CHILDREN: DANIEL’S STORY ONGOING 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.

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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.

Exhibition view of Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story. US Holocaust Memorial Museum

GENOCIDE: THE THREAT CONTINUES ONGOING VIEW THE EFFORTS of the Museum’s Center for the Prevention of Genocide to bring attention to the people and places at risk today for genocide and other mass atrocities. The exhibit currently focuses on the deadly conflict in Syria, which has created one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time. A DANGEROUS LIE: THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION ONGOING 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.

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TICKETS & CONTACT United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024 (202) 488-0400 www.ushmm.org

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The Washington Ballet

ORIGINALLY FOUNDED AS The Members of the Washington Ballet perform. Washington School of Ballet in Photo: Brianne Bland 1944 by legendary ballet pioneer 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 international 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 Christopher 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 24 – 28, 2016 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts DIRECTOR’S CUT DARING WORKS BY William Forsythe, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Septime Webre that redefine the boundaries of classical ballet. The program includes a collection of short dance films. Also, a site-specific work in collaboration with Transformer, one of D.C.’s emerging artist catalysts.

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MARCH 23 – APRIL 3, 2016 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts STEPHEN MILLS’S HAMLET SLEEK AND ELEGANT with contemporary staging and performed to the spellbinding music of Philip Glass, Stephen Mills’s Hamlet redefines this tragic masterwork and the limits of dance in a modern production that presents Hamlet’s internal struggle over avenging his father’s murder in an innovative and riveting reinvention of this literary classic. Ballet Austin performing Stephen Mills’s Hamlet. Photo: Tony Spielberg

APRIL 13 – 17, 2016 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts CARMINA BURANA & BALANCHINE’S THEME AND VARIATIONS THIS THRILLING TWB work returns to the TWB repertoire after an absence of ten years. A powerful and exciting interpretation of Carl Orff’s raucous retelling of 24 medieval poems praising springtime, love, lust, and fortune. This hymn to the pleasures of life, youth, and beauty under the watchful eye of the powerful goddess of fate is an iconic work: nothing equals the power of this sacred and profane work performed live in its entirety. A visual and auditory celebration of strong rhythmic and stylistic musical variation beautifully reinterpreted as a contemporary dance classic.

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MAY 4 – 15, 2016 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts BOWIE & QUEEN DANCE AT ITS most glam-o-rock-ous! A full-throttle evening of entertainment that combines the artistry and beauty of dance with the power of the world’s most innovative popular rock icons who defined an epoch and became fixtures in American pop culture. Bowie is Ziggy Stardust. Queen is killer. MAY 21 & 22, 2016 THEARC Theater COPPÉLIA A CHARMING AND amusing ballet about an eccentric dollmaker, Dr. Coppelius, and his yearning to create a doll with a soul. JUNE 25 & 26, 2016 Imagination Stage THE LITTLE MERMAID WINNER OF A Helen Hayes Award, TWB and Imagination Stage recreate the Hans Christian Andersen classic in this enduring tale of the power of love. A production that will warm the hearts of all ages. TICKETS & CONTACT The Washington Ballet 3515 Wisconsin Avenue Washington, DC 20016 (202) 362-3606 (General) (202) 362-3606 ext. 605 (Tickets) www.washingtonballet.org

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The Washington Chorus

The Washington Chorus performs at THE WASHINGTON CHORUS the Kennedy Center. (TWC) is noted for its critically Photo: Margot Schulman acclaimed performances and recordings 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 54th 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.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2016, 5:00 P.M. NEW MUSIC FOR A NEW AGE MATT HAIMOVITZ, Cello LUNA PEARL WOOLF, Various works MAY 1, 2016, 5:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall PARISIAN SPRING THIERRY ESCAICH, Organ DURUFLÉ, Requiem VIERNE, “Kyrie” from Messe Solennelle FAURÉ, Cantique de Jean Racine WACHNER, At the Lighting of the Lamps FAURÉ, Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville

Thierry Escaich. Photo: Guy Vivien

TICKETS & CONTACT The Washington Chorus 2801 Upton Street, NW Washington, DC 20008 (202) 342-6221 www.thewashingtonchorus.org

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Washington National Opera

The Washington National Orchestra IN 1956, THE sound of opera performs Nabucco. rang out in D.C., heralding the Photo: Scott Suchman birth of a new company. Four decades and countless artistic leaps later, Washington National Opera continues 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 nurturing 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.

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JANUARY 8 & 9, 2016 AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE – NEW HOUR-LONG OPERA: BETTER GODS Music by LUNA PEARL WOOLF Libretto by CAITLIN VINCENT Directed by ETHAN MCSWEENY Conducted by TIMOTHY MYERS TOLD THROUGH THE eyes of an American journalist, Better Gods is the story of Queen Lili’uokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii, who refused to renounce her faith and fought to preserve her people’s native culture when the island was annexed to the U.S. more than a century ago. Exploring a dark chapter of American history, this emotional and moving opera leads us to question the morality of our actions taken in the name of progress. FEBRUARY 12 – 20, 2016 LOST IN THE STARS By KURT WEILL Directed by TAZEWELL THOMPSON Conducted by JOHN DEMAIN Featuring ERIC OWENS FOLLOWING HIS TURN as WNO’s The Flying Dutchman, renowned bass-baritone Eric Owens stars in Kurt Weill’s final work for the stage, a gripping Eric Owens. Photo: Dario Acosta musical tragedy based on Alan Paton’s classic 1948 novel Cry, the Beloved Country. Owens returns to the role of Stephen Kumalo, a minister in apartheidera South Africa who travels from his small village to Johan106

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nesburg to find his troubled son. When his own flesh and blood accidentally kills the son of a white neighbor, the reverend is suddenly faced with a crisis of faith. Amidst growing racial tensions, he fights to keep his family together, lead his alarmed congregation, and reconcile his own shaken notions of mercy and hope. Merging influences from Broadway, gospel, African spirituals, jazz, and blues, Lost in the Stars soars with thrilling operatic passages, including the haunting title number. FEBRUARY 26, 2016, 7:00 P.M. LEAH CROCETTO IN RECITAL FOLLOWING HER WNO debut in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Leah Crocetto returns for an intimate evening of stories and song. The rising star soprano “has revealed herself as a major operatic star” (The San Francisco Chronicle). APRIL 30 – MAY 17, 2016 RING CYCLE: THE RHINEGOLD By RICHARD WAGNER Directed by FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO Conducted by PHILIPPE AUGUIN THE EPIC STORY of the Ring begins on the banks of the Rhine, where three maidens guard the river’s magical gold. If forged into a ring, this sacred treasure gives its bearer unimaginable abilities – but at the cost of renouncing love forever. Alberich, a cunning dwarf, futilely tries to seduce the Rhinemaidens. Angered by their scorn, he steals the precious metal and retreats to the underworld, commanding his slaves to begin molding his means to world domination. Meanwhile, Wotan, the king of the gods, must repay the giants Fasolt and Fafner for their construction of Valhalla, an opulent new fortress for his fellow immortals, among them his long-suffering wife Fricka. Working with the fire spirit Loge and Alberich’s sly brother Mime, Wotan conspires to seize the ring and settle his debt. But beware the dwarf’s curse: if the ring is taken from him, jealousy, despair, and even death will befall all who possess it.

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MAY 2 – 18, 2016 RING CYCLE: THE VALKYRIE By RICHARD WAGNER Directed by FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO Conducted by PHILIPPE AUGUIN IN THE RING’S exhilarating second chapter, Wotan realizes the limits of his authority, as his offspring boldly test his will. He strives to undo the ring’s curse by fathering children with a mortal woman. On the run and weaponless, his pure-of-heart son Siegmund finds himself attracted to Sieglinde – not only the wife of his sworn enemy Hunding, but also his unrecognized twin sister, from whom he was separated at birth. If Siegmund can wrest a fabled sword from a giant tree, the duo will know they are meant to be together. But their forbidden love outrages Fricka, who demands that Wotan’s daughter Brünnhilde – a Valkyrie warrior maiden – let Siegmund die in battle against Hunding. A compassionate Brünnhilde is torn between obeying orders and preventing Siegmund’s demise. While Sieglinde’s unborn child awaits a grander destiny, Brünnhilde is faced with a chilling fate: an enchanted sleep encircled by fire, broken only by the kiss of a great hero. MAY 4 – 20, 2016 RING CYCLE: SIEGFRIED By RICHARD WAGNER Directed by FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO Conducted by PHILIPPE AUGUIN THE THIRD BREATHTAKING opera in the Ring Cycle is a coming-of-age story at heart. Wotan’s hope for recovery of the ring now rests with his grandson Siegfried. A generation has passed, and Siegmund and Sieglinde’s son has been raised in the wilderness by the conniving Mime. Hoping to gain the ring from the giant Fafner, now a fearsome dragon, Mime plots to enlist valiant Siegfried for the cause, but then poison the young man once victorious. Siegfried re-forges the fragments of his father’s magical sword and sets out to slay the beast. But what

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of this mysterious sleeping woman, foretold to him by a forest bird’s song? His courage to find her and escape his wicked caretaker is tested by Wotan, now the fallen Wanderer. Siegfried must brave the circle of flames to try and wake the beautiful Brünnhilde. Their star-crossed love could bring them a life of bliss – but with irrevocable mortal consequences. MAY 6 – 22, 2016 RING CYCLE: TWILIGHT OF THE GODS By RICHARD WAGNER Directed by FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO Conducted by PHILIPPE AUGUIN THE RING REACHES its supreme climax in this final saga of valor and sacrifice, greed and betrayal, destruction and renewal. As a token of their sacred union, Siegfried gives Brünnhilde the ring and sets off for new adventures. Along his journey, he meets self-serving siblings Gunther and Gutrune along with Hagen, Alberich’s son. Scheming to secure the ring, Hagen employs a magic potion to trick Siegfried into marrying another woman and abandoning a heartbroken Brünnhilde. Siegfried realizes the catastrophic deception, but is he too late? Torn between revenge and despair, and with the ring in hand, Brünnhilde makes one final, shocking choice to reclaim her true love. As she sets the night ablaze and lets the flames begin to surround her, she prays her plan will return their cursed treasure back to the Rhinemaidens, restore the universe to its natural order, and put an end to the era of the gods forever. TICKETS & CONTACT The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 (202) 467-4600 www.kennedy-center.org/wno

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Washington Performing Arts Society FOR MORE THAN four decades, presents the Dresden Staatskapelle at the Kennedy Center. Washington Performing Arts Photo: Philip Kennicott Society has created profound opportunities for connecting the community to artists, in both education 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.Â Washington Performing Arts is one of the leading presenters in the nation. The organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inherent belief in the complete spectrum of the arts is revealed in performances of the highest quality, including classical music, jazz, gospel, contemporary dance, international music and art forms, and works that bend genres in provocative ways.

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JANUARY 9, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue AMERICAN SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE

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JANUARY 20, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater ALYSON CAMBRIDGE, SOPRANO JANUARY 24, 2016, 6:00 P.M. Church of the Epiphany BEETHOVEN: STRING QUARTET NO. 1 JANUARY 28, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater CHAD HOOPES, VIOLIN JANUARY 30, 2016 Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2:00 P.M. BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV, PIANO Sidney Harman Hall, 8:00 P.M. SPECTRUM DANCE JANUARY 31, 2016, 4:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE

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FEBRUARY 6, 2016 Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2:00 P.M. PEDJA MUZIJEVIC, PIANO Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, 8:00 P.M. BROOKLYN RIDER Brooklyn Rider. Photo: Sarah Small

FEBRUARY 11, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater MARINA PICCININI, FLUTE FEBRUARY 13, 2016 Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2:00 P.M. LEON FLEISHER: MASTER CLASS Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, 8:00 P.M. ROOMFUL OF TEETH/ACME FEBRUARY 15, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 20, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall CHRIS BOTTI FEBRUARY 21, 2016 Church of the Epiphany, 6:00 P.M. HAYDN: SYMPHONY NO. 104, “LONDON” Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 7:00 P.M. MLK TRIBUTE CONCERT

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore ANDRร S SCHIFF, PIANO FEBRUARY 28, 2016, 2:00 P.M. Kennedy Center TerraceTheater CALDER QUARTET MARCH 13, 2016, 6:00 P.M. Church of the Epiphany COLE PORTER SONGBOOK

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MARCH 14, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall MONTREAL SYMPHONY MARCH 20, 2016, 4:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall SIR JAMES GALWAY, FLUTE MARCH 26, 2016, 2:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater JOSEPH MOOG, PIANO

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MARCH 31, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Washington Conservatory FEDER COMPETITION AWARDS APRIL 1, 2016, 8:00 P.M. GWU Lisner Auditorium ANOUSHKA SHANKAR, SITAR APRIL 12, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY www.GuidefortheArts.com

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APRIL 13, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall YO-YO MA AND EMANUEL AX APRIL 16, 2016 Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 4:00 P.M. SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Sidney Harman Hall, 8:00 P.M. NEXT: ISRAEL 2.0 APRIL 17, 2016, 1:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall ZAKIR HUSSAIN APRIL 19, 2016, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore HILARY HAHN, VIOLIN APRIL 20, 2016, 8:00 P.M. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO

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MAY 7, 2016, 2:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater YURY SHADRIN & TIAN LU, PIANOS MAY 10, 2016, 7:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall ITZHAK PERLMAN & EMANUEL AX MAY 22, 2016, 4:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, PIANO

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TICKETS & CONTACT WPAS 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 510 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 785-9727 www.wpas.org

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The Smithsonian Arts and FOUNDED IN 1846, the Industries Building Smithsonian is the world’s Credit: Smithsonian largest museum and research 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 Washington, 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, private 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 fall 2016. OPENING IN FALL 2016 CONTACT National Museum of African American History and Culture Second Floor, East Wing 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 633-1000

AFRICAN ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS THE FINEST EXAMPLES of traditional and contemporary art from the entire continent of Africa. ARTISTS’ BOOKS AND AFRICA SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 – SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 AFRICAN ARTISTS ARE experimenting with the genre of artists’ books, while international artists are exploring African themes in theirs. Artists’ Books and Africa is the first exhibition to focus on African artists books from the Smithsonian Libraries’ Warren M. Robbins Library and the National Museum of African Art.

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CONVERSATIONS: AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTWORKS IN DIALOGUE NOVEMBER 9, 2014 – JANUARY 24, 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.

Art objects from Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue. Photo: Smithsonian Institution

AFRICAN MOSAIC: BUILDING A COLLECTION ONGOING THE DIVERSITY AND outstanding quality of Africa’s arts are reflected in some 112 objects collected by the museum during the past 10 years. THE WALT DISNEY-TISHMAN AFRICAN ART COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS ONGOING ON VIEW ARE OBJECTS from this comprehensive 525-piece collection of African art representing 20 African countries and 75 peoples and covers 5 centuries of African art. CONTACT National Museum of African Art 950 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 http://africa.si.edu

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AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM TWENTY-THREE GALLERIES exhibiting hundreds of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts. ART OF THE AIRPORT TOWER NOVEMBER 11, 2015 – NOVEMBER 2016 ART OF THE AIRPORT TOWER explores contemporary and historic air traffic control towers in the United States and around the world. Smithsonian photographer Carolyn Russo elevates airport towers to beautiful objects of art, and symbols of technological change and cultural expression within the airport landscape. Carolyn Russo. Dubai International Airport. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution

TIME AND NAVIGATION: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE ONGOING 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. CONTACT National Air and Space Museum Independence Avenue at 6th Street, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-2214 http://airandspace.si.edu

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AMERICAN ART MUSEUM ARTWORKS – INCLUDING PAINTINGS, sculpture, photographs, folk art, and decorative arts from the colonial period to today – offer an unparalleled record of the American experience. IRVING PENN: BEYOND BEAUTY OCTOBER 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.

THE MODERN PUEBLO PAINTINGS OF AWA TSIREH SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 – JANUARY 31, 2016 THE PAINTINGS OF Awa Tsireh (1898–1955), also known by his Spanish name, Alfonso Roybal, represent an encounter between the art traditions of native Pueblo peoples in the Southwestern United States and the American modernist art style begun in New York, which spread quickly across the country. MEASURED PERFECTION: HIRAM POWERS’ GREEK SLAVE JULY 3, 2015 – FEBRUARY 19, 2017 THIS ONE-GALLERY EXHIBITION reveals the inner workings of the studio of Hiram Powers (1805–1873), who was among the most innovative sculptors of the nineteenth century, eagerly adapting long-standing sculpture traditions to new technologies of his age.

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MARTIN PURYEAR: MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS MAY 27 – SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 MARTIN PURYEAR (B. 1945) is one of the leading sculptors of his generation, whose work is recognized internationally for its evocative forms and exquisite craftsmanship. The exhibition explores reoccurring forms across time and medium in Puryear’s sculptures, drawings, and prints. CROSSCURRENTS: MODERN ART FROM THE SAM ROSE AND JULIE WALTERS COLLECTION OCTOBER 30, 2015 – APRIL 10, 2016 CROSSCURRENTS FEATURES STELLAR paintings and sculpture by major American artists Alexander Calder, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Georgia O’Keeffe, Wayne Thiebaud and Georgia O’Keeffe, Hibiscus with Plumeria, 1939. others alongside EuroSmithsonian American Art Museum, Partial pean giants such as Pablo and promised gift of Sam Rose and Julie Picasso and Joan Miró. Walters CONTACT American Art Museum 8th and F Streets, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 633-7970 http://americanart.si.edu AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM DEVOTED TO THE SCIENTIFIC, cultural, social, technological, and political development of the United States.

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Smithsonian Institute American ArtMuseums Museum HART-CELLER ACT OCTOBER 2, 2015 – JANUARY 20, 2016 THE DISPLAY MARKS the 50th anniversary of the Act and among the selection of Latino-related artifacts are a child’s purse brought from Cuba in the early 1960s and a child’s shirt worn by a Cuban boy who was part of the Operation Pedro Pan that brought minors to the U.S. after Fidel Castro came to power; a United Farm Workers pin; and a 1960s record album by the first meringue band to release a U.S. record marketed to immigrants from the Dominican Republic. ART POTTERY AND GLASS IN AMERICA, 1880S–1920S SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 – MARCH 2017 THE ARTS AND CRAFTS movement in America took hold just as the rising middle class began to realize its potential to purchase more consumer goods. Among the manufacturers Samples of American pottery, 1880–1920. featured are the Steuben Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Glass Works, Phoenix Glass Company, Rookwood Pottery, Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, Biloxi Art Pottery, Paul Revere Pottery, and Matt Morgan Art Pottery. SCIENCE UNDER GLASS SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2016 AN EXAMINATION OF our collection of scientific glassware, from the 1770s to the 1970s, reveals the underlying story of the growth of laboratory science in America.

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FANTASTIC WORLDS: SCIENCE FICTION, 1780–1910 JULY 1, 2015 – FEBRUARY 26, 2017 TRAVEL WITH US to the surface of the moon, the center of the earth, and the depths of the ocean – to the fantastic worlds of fiction inspired by 19th-century discovery and invention. THROUGH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LENS: A PREVIEW OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE MAY 8, 2015 – TBA THESE ARTIFACTS DEMONSTRATE the richness and diversity of the African American experience and provide a preview of the themes and collections to be on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. THE NORIE MARINE ATLAS AND THE GUANO TRADE LATE JANUARY – AUGUST 20, 2016 THIS DISPLAY WILL highlight John Norie’s unique Marine Atlas, a large bound book of sea charts dating to the early 19th century, within the historical context of the guano and nitrate trades, in which many of the swiftest and strongest American square-rigged sailing ships were employed. FRANK SINATRA AT 100 NOVEMBER 20, 2015 – APRIL 1, 2016 THE NATIONAL MUSEUM of American History will mark the centennial of one of the giants of the entertainment world, Frank Sinatra (1915–98), with a display focused on his popular music, jazz and motion picture career. This display will showcase Sinatra’s contributions to America’s songbook and film history through photographic portraits by Herman Leonard and archival photos from Director George Sidney’ s collection, sheet music, album covers and posters. The key artifacts illustrating Sinatra’s career include the trench coat worn by him in the 1957 movie Pal Joey and bow ties made by his first wife, 124

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Smithsonian AmericanInstitute HistoryMuseums Museum Nancy, to throw to fans at concerts. A boom microphone of the type used by Sinatra will help visitors understand how he combined the “crooner” techniques of the band singer with the improvisational approach of the jazz musician, to produce a unique sound that took him to the top of the charts and inspired and informed generations of singers. Frank Sinatra. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution

GRAND PIANO MADE BY BLÜTHNER, LEIPZIG, GERMANY, 1900 ONGOING 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 HISTORY ONGOING EXPLORE THE MUSEUM’S TRANSFORMATION from a history and technology museum to one devoted to American history through images of key exhibitions and activities. PLACES OF INVENTION ONGOING WHAT IS IT ABOUT a particular place that excites a creative mind and sparks invention and innovation? Discover what can happen when the right mix of inventive people, ready resources, and inspiring surroundings come together.

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SPARK!LAB ONGOING SPARK!LAB REVEALS the real story behind inventors’ work through hands-on activities that help kids and families learn about the history and process of invention. OBJECT PROJECT ONGOING OBJECT PROJECT FEATURES more than 300 objects, a “magic” scrapbook, an opportunity to virtually try on clothing from the collection, and a special version of “The Price is Right.” CONTACT American History Museum 1400 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 633-1000 http://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 NATIONS SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 – FALL 2018 LEARN ABOUT THE treaties that lie at the heart of the relationship between Indian nations and the United States. THE GREAT INKA ROAD: ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE JUNE 26, 2015 – JUNE 1, 2018 126

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Smithsonian Institute American IndianMuseums Museum THIS EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATES the remarkable engineering 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 Amazonia. 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. KAY WALKINGSTICK: AN AMERICAN ARTIST NOVEMBER 7, 2015 – SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 THIS MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE of the Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick, includes 75 of her most notable works, primarily paintings on board and canvas as well as a selection of works on paper and small sculpture.

Kay WalkingStick, A Sensual Suggestion, 1974. Acrylic on canvas, 42 x 48 inches. Collection of the artist. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

UA MAU KE EA: THE SOVEREIGN HAWAIIAN NATION JANUARY 17, 2016 – JANUARY 2017 THIS EXHIBITION TAKES visitors through the history of the Hawaiian Nation, from the consolidation of the islands by King Kamehameha I, through annexation, to the rise of the Hawaiian rights movement in the late 1960s and the resurgence of Hawaiian nationalism today.

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AS WE GROW: TRADITIONS, TOYS, GAMES ONGOING SEE NATIVE AMERICAN toys from all over North, Central, and South America, and find out what life lessons and traditions they teach. CONTACT National Museum of the American Indian Fourth Street & Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 http://nmai.si.edu ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY MUSEUM EXAMINES, DOCUMENTS, AND interprets the impact of historical and contemporary social issues on urban communities. BRIDGING THE AMERICAS: COMMUNITY AND BELONGING FROM PANAMA TO WASHINGTON D.C. APRIL 13, 2015 – TBA

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THIS EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS major themes that link the U.S. and Panama and the makings of community.

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Smithsonian Institute Museums Anacostia Community Museum 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 exhibitions of Asian art from ancient times to contemporary. SOTATSU: MAKING WAVES OCTOBER 24, 2015 – JANUARY 31, 2016 DISCOVER TAWARAYA SOTATSU, one of the most influential yet elusive figures in the history of Japanese visual culture. Sotatsu: Making Waves is the first exhibition outside Japan to tell his story – a once-in-a lifetime experience in which two of the artist’s most important paintings, the Freer’s Waves at Matsushima and Dragons and Clouds, will be on public view. PERSPECTIVES: LARA BALADI AUGUST 29, 2015 – JUNE 5, 2016 EGYPTIAN-LEBANESE ARTIST Lara Baladi (b. 1969) experiments with the photographic medium, investigating its history and its role in shaping perceptions of the Middle East – particularly Egypt, where she is based.

Lara Baladi, Oum el Dounia, 2000–2007. Wool and cotton. Courtesy of the artist

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PEACOCK ROOM REMIX: DARREN WATERSON’S FILTHY LUCRE MAY 16, 2015 – JANUARY 2, 2017 FILTHY LUCRE, AN immersive interior by painter Darren Waterston, reinterprets the James McNeill Whistler’s famed Peacock Room as a resplendent ruin. VIETNAM’S CERAMICS: DEPTH AND DIVERSITY JULY 11, 2015 – TBA THE TWENTY-THREE WORKS in this exhibition reflect the wide variety of form and decoration in vessels for cooking, dining, storage, transport, and ritual. Vietnamese ceramics have been traded across Southeast Asia and to West Asia and Japan since the fourteenth century. JARS MARCH 15, 2014 – TBA TEN UTILITARIAN STORAGE jars on view include variations from China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma. CONTACT Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20013 (202) 633-4880 http://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 National Museum. CLOSED IN 2016 FOR RENOVATIONS

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SmithsonianFreer Institute Museums Gallery of Art CONTACT Arts and Industries Building 900 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 www.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. CLOSED IN 2016 FOR RENOVATIONS CONTACT Freer Gallery Jefferson Drive and 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-4880 http://asia.si.edu HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN DISPLAYS THE ART of our time in a cylindrical building, and adjoining plaza and sunken sculpture garden. AT THE HUB OF THINGS: NEW VIEWS OF THE COLLECTION OCTOBER 16, 2014 – APRIL 17, 2016 A DRAMATIC NEW installation of postwar masterworks from the Hirshhorn’s permanent collection, rehung in the museum’s newly renovated 3rd-level collection galleries. SPECULATIVE FORMS JUNE 16, 2014 – APRIL 17, 2016

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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. ROBERT IRWIN: ALL THE RULES WILL CHANGE APRIL 7 – SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Robert Irwin, Untitled, 1969. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution

ROBERT IRWIN: ALL THE RULES WILL Change is a major exhibition by one of the leading postwar American artists. It is the first museum survey devoted to Irwin’s work in the pivotal decade of the 1960s.

MARVELOUS OBJECTS: SURREALIST SCULPTURE FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK OCTOBER 29, 2015 – FEBRUARY 15, 2016 THE FIRST MAJOR museum exhibition devoted to a comprehensive view of the movement’s three-dimensional works brings together more than 100 works created by more than 20 artists from France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States from the 1920s to the 1950s. DIRECTIONS – SHANA LUTKER: LE ‘NEW’ MONOCLE, CHAPTERS 1–3 OCTOBER 29, 2015 – FEBRUARY 15, 2016 NEW SCULPTURAL WORK by contemporary American artist Shana Lutker based on historic fistfights involving surrealist artists.

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SUSPENDED ANIMATION FEBRUARY 10, 2016 – TBA THE EXHIBITION BRINGS together six artists who use computer animation in their work: Ed Atkins, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Josh Kline, Helen Marten and Agnieszka Polska. Agnieszka Polska, Still from I Am the Mouth, 2014. Courtesy of ZAK / BRANICKA Gallery, Berlin

BARBARA KRUGER: BELIEF + DOUBT AUGUST 20, 2012 – TBA FAMOUS FOR HER incisive photomontages, Barbara Kruger (American, b. Newark, NJ, 1945) creates this immersive sitespecific piece that explores themes of democracy, doubt, and belief. CONTACT Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Independence Avenue and 7th Street, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 http://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, science, education, and sustainability.

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JEWELS OF APPALACHIA OCTOBER 17, 2015 – TBA VISITORS CAN PEER into the underground world Image from Jewels of Appalachia. of salamanders Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution and learn why the tiny creatures are critical to the Appalachian ecosystem – home to more salamander species than any other region on the planet – as well as what Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) scientists are doing to save them. AMERICAN TRAIL ONGOING VISIT THE AMERICAN TRAIL, the Zoo’s new home for seals, sea lions, and brown pelicans, which is modeled on the central California coast. Also located here are bald eagles, gray wolves, North American river otters, beavers, and ravens. ELEPHANT TRAILS ONGOING AS PART OF the Zoo’s campaign to save Asian elephants, this expanded and transformed home for the Zoo’s Asian elephants provides new indoor and outdoor space, and features a variety of habitats that support the natural behavior of the multi-generational herd. CONTACT National Zoo 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 (202) 633-4888 http://nationalzoo.si.edu

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Smithsonian NATURALInstitute HISTORYMuseums MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS ON EARLIEST human origins; development of world cultures; ancient and modern mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and sea creatures. NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY – WINDLAND SMITH RICE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS PRESENTS: THE BEST OF THE BEST OCTOBER 24, 2015 – FALL 2016 ENJOY 20 YEARS of nature’s finest moments in the “Best of the Best” photo exhibition. This collection brings dramatic landscapes, exciting wildlife behavior, and surprising glimpses of Earth’s icy peaks to mysterious ocean depths. PRIMORDIAL LANDSCAPES: ICELAND REVEALED JULY 2, 2015 – APRIL 2017 PHOTOGRAPHER FEODOR PITCAIRN and poet Ari Trausti Guðmundsson reveal a land of fire, ice, hardy life, and natural beauty. Experience the remote beauty of Iceland, a land sculpted by the elements and forged by active geologic activity.

A new landscape of lakes, scree (broken rock) slopes, hills, and large boulders is revealed after a glacier retreats. Photo: Feo Pitcaim Fine Art

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INTO AFRICA: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF FRANS LANTING JUNE 4, 2015 – SUMMER 2016

TAKE A PERSONAL journey into the wonders of wild Africa as seen through the lens of National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting.

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THE LAST AMERICAN DINOSAURS: DISCOVERING A LOST WORLD NOVEMBER 25, 2014 – 2018 HOW DO WE learn about dinosaurs and their ecosystems? Come see some of their fossils and find out! FRAGILE BEAUTY: THE ART & SCIENCE OF SEA BUTTERFLIES SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 – TBA THROUGH LARGER-THAN-LIFE sculptures, learn how some of the smallest creatures in the ocean, ocean pteropods (“sea butterflies”), are faring in the face of increasing ocean acidification. BIOCUBES MARCH 2016 – TBA WHAT CAN WE discover in just a cubic foot of Earth? As it turns out, a whole lot! Biocubes– the life in a cubic foot of Biocube. soil or water over Photo: David Liittschwager one day – capture enough variation to explore the complexity of entire ecosystems. Through this interactive exhibition, enter the small worlds of biocubes with Smithsonian researchers and other scientists as they investigate a range of marine biocubes to uncover amazingly complex relationships and important lessons for the future of our planet. CONTACT National Museum of Natural History 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 http://mnh.si.edu

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Smithsonian Institute Museums Portrait Gallery PORTRAIT GALLERY TELLS THE STORIES of America through the individuals who have shaped our nation, from pre-colonial times to today, including poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists. ONE LIFE: DOLORES HUERTA JULY 3, 2015 – MAY 15, 2016 ONE LIFE: DOLORES HUERTA highlights the significant role of this Latina leader in the California farm workers movement of the 1960s and 70s. It illuminates Huerta as the co-founder, with Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta holds a sign that says “Strike” of the United Farm Workin Spanish, at the beginning of the Delano, CA, grape strike in 1965. ers (UFW), and highlights Photo: Harvey Richards Media Archive. her position as the union’s © Paul Richards lobbyist and contract negotiator. FROM TOKEN TO ORNAMENT: INDIAN PEACE MEDALS AND THE MCKENNEY-HALL PORTRAITS JUNE 19, 2015 – JUNE 5, 2016 BEGINNING WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON’S administration, presidential portrait medals were created to promote peace and friendship between Euro-Americans and Native Americans. This exhibition features 21 objects, including photographs, prints, and peace medals. EYE POP: THE CELEBRITY GAZE MAY 22, 2015 – JULY 10, 2016 CELEBRITY FACES ARE everywhere. This exhibition questions the separate roles of subject, artist, and viewer in creating and experiencing the celebrity gaze.

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MATHEW BRADY’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF UNION GENERALS MARCH 30, 2012 – MAY 8, 2016 STUDIO PORTRAITS OF Union military leaders from George McClellan and Ambrose Burnside to William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses Grant by photographer Mathew Brady are on view. Mathew Brady, Ulysses S. Grant, 1864. Modern albumen silver print from wet-collodion negative. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution

OUTWIN BOOCHEVER PORTRAIT COMPETITION 2016 MARCH 12, 2016 – JANUARY 8, 2017 EVERY THREE YEARS the National Portrait Gallery invites artists from across the nation to submit their best works of portrayal. Jurors select the finest works that showcase mastery and innovation in the form. The juried exhibition’s 43 pieces include sculptures, mixed-media pieces, photographs, paintings and drawings. The exhibition reveals that in this media age – where the “selfie” is part of the visual landscape – the art of portraiture is not only universal, it is thriving and evolving. The dazzling variety of media and diverse approaches to the exploration of “self” and “other” challenge the preconceived notions of portraiture and expand the limits of the imagination. CONTACT National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 633-8300 http://npg.si.edu

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POSTAL MUSEUM DEVOTED TO THE history of America’s mail service and the hobby of stamp collecting. POSTSECRET: THE POWER OF A POSTCARD AUGUST 3, 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2016

Image from PostSecret: The Power of a Postcard. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution

MORE THAN 500 artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world reveal regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession, childhood humiliation, and other compelling confessions.

1856 BRITISH GUIANA ONE-CENT MAGENTA JUNE 4, 2015 – NOVEMBER 2017 THE WORLD’S RAREST postage stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, will be prominently displayed in the museum’s William H. Gross Stamp Gallery for a two and onehalf year period. FREEDOM JUST AROUND THE CORNER: BLACK AMERICA FROM CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS FEBRUARY 12, 2015 – FEBRUARY 15, 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.

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NEW YORK CITY: A PORTRAIT THROUGH STAMP ART DECEMBER 10, 2015 – MARCH 13, 2017 THIS EXHIBITION OF original artwork explores the diversity of topics highlighting the cultural heritage of New York City. The exhibition provides Image from New York City: A Portrait an opportunity to raise awareThrough Stamp Art. ness of the Postmaster GenCourtesy of Smithsonian Institution eral’s Art Collection, which the museum has acquired through a long-term agreement with the United States Postal Service. Thirty pieces of original artwork divided into six categories – Baseball, Broadway, City Life, Icons, Politics and Government, and Music – depict a variety of art styles and mediums used to create some of America’s most beautiful stamps. The artwork celebrates important citizens, events, and iconic buildings that have defined New York City as one of the greatest cities in the world. BEHIND THE BADGE JUNE 27, 2014 – ONGOING LEARN HOW THE U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the law enforcement arm of the Postal Service, helps protect you and discover tips to guard against scams and fraud. CONTACT National Postal Museum 2 Massachussets Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 633-5555 http://postalmuseum.si.edu

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RENWICK GALLERY OF THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM THE RENWICK GALLERY is the home of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s craft and decorative art program. The museum recently underwent its first comprehensive renovation to the building in 40 years and reopened on November 13, 2015. WONDER NOVEMBER 13, 2015 – JULY 10, 2016 WONDER, THE OPENING exhibition at the newly renovated Detail of Jennifer Angus’s installation, In Renwick Gallery, features the Midnight Garden, 2015. site-specific installations that Photo: Ron Blunt transform the galleries into a contemporary “cabinet of wonders.” Nine major contemporary artists, Jennifer Angus, Chakaia Booker, Gabriel Dawe, Tara Donovan, Patrick Dougherty, Janet Echelman, John Grade, Maya Lin, and Leo Villareal, are installing work that responds to the architectural spaces of this national historic landmark. Each artist “takes over” one gallery in the building so that the museum as a whole becomes one immersive artwork. Eight of these works are new, inspired by and crafted exclusively for the Renwick. The featured artists were selected for their ability to transform spaces through installation, for their focus on how visitors experience that space, and especially for their abiding interest in process and materials, aligning them with the Renwick’s mission to showcase the best in American craft.

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CONTACT Renwick Gallery 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 633-7970 http://americanart.si.edu

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUILDING, THE CASTLE HOME TO THE SMITHSONIAN Information Center as well as the Institution’s administrative headquarters. THE EARLIEST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CASTLE AUGUST 10, 2015 – TBA

William Langenheim and Frederick Langenheim, Lantern slide photograph on glass in wood mount of Smithsonian Institution Building under construction, Philadelphia, 1850. Smithsonian Castle Collection, gift of Tom Rall, Arlington, Virginia

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THE EARLIEST KNOWN photograph of the Castle, taken in 1850 during the building’s contruction, is on view.

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WELCOME TO YOUR SMITHSONIAN MARCH 20, 2015 – TBA THIS EXHIBITION LOOKS at the history of the Smithsonian, focusing on its research; museums; and public programs in art, culture, history, and science, and the role of the American public in the Smithsonian’s museums and research. The Smithsonian is a partnership between its specialist staff and the American people. CONTACT The Smithsonian Institute 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 www.si.edu

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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 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE MUSEUMS: (202) 633-1000 STRATHMORE: (301) 581-5100 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL 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

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