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25th Anniversary of the National Gallery’s Photography Collection
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘Cinderella’
EPIC IMAGERY
Treat your eyes to prized photography from across the globe as the National Gallery of Art celebrates 25 years of its photography collection. The exhibition will include hundreds of photos gifted by friends of the museum to honor the anniversary. The curated images range from innovative snapshots that shaped the craft to more contemporary styles capturing a modern perspective. The installation unveiling marks the end of a yearlong commemoration and will run through March of next year on the West Ground Floor Galleries. Nov. 1, 2015 – March 27, 2016, nga.gov.
Renwick Gallery Reopening
CRAFT COMMENCEMENT
The two-year wait for the reopening of the beloved Renwick Gallery is over. After undergoing its first comprehensive renovation in 45 years, the Smithsonian’s crafts museum will reopen its doors to the public once again with a featured exhibition called “WONDER,� showcasing work from nine contemporary artists. Each creators’ large-scale installations will pay homage to the transformative nature of simple objects through art - think marbles and index cards. Opening day will kick off with a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by an open house with live music, guided tours and Q&As with exhibition curators. Friday, November 13, Renwick Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., free, renwick.americanart.si.edu.
The EmporiYUM
CULINARY CONVOCATION Local foodies unite! This Union Markethosted event will feature artisanal eats from restaurants and merchants reshaping the culinary landscape, both locally and nationally. The marketplace will have plenty of food and drink options for guests to enjoy; if the infamous Crack Pie from Momofuku Milk Bar does not entice you than a classic biscuit from Charleston-based Callie’s surely will. With more then 80 vendors to choose from, there is something for everyone’s taste. Saturday Nov. 14 and Sunday Nov. 15, Union Market, $15 to $40, theemporiyum.com. 14
TIMELESS TALE ON STAGE
Grab your prince charming and head to the National Theatre to fall in love with the rags-to-riches story all over again. The Disney classic, revived by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II as a musical for television starring Julie Andrews in 1957, has since been remade twice more for contemporary television audiences and again for the Broadway stage in 2013. The critical acclaim garnered by the theater adaptation has confirmed that Cinderella’s timelessness has transcended decades. Don’t miss the Tony Award-winning classic on stage Nov. 18-29. National Theatre, $48 to $153, thenationaldc.org..
Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland
TOGETHER AT LAST
In collaboration with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, the Im Obersteg Foundation and the Rudolf Stachelin Family Trust, the Phillips Collection recently unveiled its latest exhibition, “Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland.� The 60 celebrated works are drawn from two major private collections (Rudolf Staechelin and Karl Im Obersteg) by 22 leading artists of the mid-19th and 20th centuries and features Paul Gauguin’s “NAFEA faaipoipo� (When Will You Marry?) (1892), a major painting from the artist’s first Tahitian stay, that is rumored to be the world’s most expensive painting. (It sold in February to a Qatari collector for $300 million.) Selections from their holdings, considered “sister collections,� are exhibited together for the first time in the U.S., including Vincent van Gogh’s “The Garden of Daubigny� (1890), Pablo Picasso’s double-sided canvas “Woman at the Theatre/The Absinthe Drinker� (1901) and Marc Chagall’s three monumental portraits from 1914,: “Jew in Red,� “Jew in Black and White� and “Jew in Green.� The exhibit can be seen through Jan. 10. The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW, TuesdaySaturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., $12 for adults, $10 for students and visitors 62 and over, free for members and visitors 18 and under, www.phillipscollection.org.. WA S H I N G T O N L I F E
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