July 2017 Volume CLXIX
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In The City July 2017 Volume CLXIX Nicolas Party: sunrise, sunset Sunrises and sunsets are among the few moments in the day when we are reminded that the universe is vast and its measure of time infinite. This perspective, when viewed within a landscape, allows viewers a retreat from the comparatively trivial motions of daily life. By creating a new monumental mural Washington’s First and Only Forbes Five-Star, comprised of such landscapes—some borrowed from the genre’s historical AAA Five-Diamond Hotel repertoire, others culled from his imagination—New York–based Swiss artist Nicolas Party encourages viewers to step back from these frenzied times and Special Points of Interest occupy a far more expansive position. Covering the entire Third Level Happy Birthday America! inner-circle gallery, this site-specific commission takes advantage of the Hirshhorn’s distinctive circular architecture, a form uniquely suited for such ENO Wine Bar Wine Enthusiast: 1 of 12 Best Wine Bars for Singles immersive and surreal environments. Hirshhorn Museum, through Oct 1. Happy Hour Specials, Sunday - Thursday, 5 to 7pm. Artist in residence: Karen Van Allen through July 31. Celebrate Small Business! Independents Day Georgetown, July 1. A Capitol Fourth with the National Symphony Orchestra and Fireworks. Celebrate Independence Through Jan 1. Day with a free concert (on the West Front Steps of the Capitol) of patriotic favorites, classical masterworks and more followed by a spectacular fireworks display at HIVE: Summer Block Party Installation approximately 9:10pm, July 4. Soaring to the uppermost reaches of the Museum, Hive is built entirely of more National Independence Day Parade, Constitution than 2,700 wound paper tubes, a construction material that is Avenue between 7 and 17th Streets, NW, July 4. recyclable, lightweight, and renewable. The tubes vary in size from several Hip Hop Theater Festival on the Millennium Stage at inches to 10 feet high and will be interlocked to create three dynamic the Kennedy Center, July 6, 10 and 12. interconnected, domed chambers. Reaching 60 feet tall, the installation’s tall- Baseball’s Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National est dome features an oculus over 10 feet in diameter. The tubes feature a Game, Library of Congress, through July 22. reflective silver exterior and vivid magenta interior, creating a spectacular visu- Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics at the al contrast with the Museum’s historic nineteenth-century interior and colossal Newseum, through July 31. Corinthian columns. National Building Museum, July 4 through Sept 4. 100 Years of America’s National Park Service at the Inventing Utamaro: A Japanese Masterpiece Rediscovered Natural History Museum, through Aug 31. Inventing Utamaro reunites for the first time in nearly 140 years three works by the Nature’s Best Photography at the National Geographic Museum, through Sept 2017. legendary Japanese ukiyo-e master, Kitagawa Utamaro. Charles Lang Freer, founder of the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, acquired Moon at Shinagawa in 1903 which is Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustrations, part of the Freer's permanent collection. Cherry Blossoms at Yoshiwara, passed Library of Congress, through October 28. through several hands before entering the collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn, through Jan 1. Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Snow at Fukagawa is now held by the Okada Parallax Gap, a visual puzzle at the Renwick Gallery, Museum of Art in Hakone, Japan, . Sackler Gallery, through July 9. through Feb 11. Painting Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library, American Visionary: JFK Life and Times through Feb 11. The Smithsonian American Art Museum's presentation of American Visionary: John F. Kennedy's Life and Times is the première event in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum's yearlong, nationwide celebration that commemorates Kennedy's centennial year. American Visionary brings together 77 images that capture the dramatic scope of Kennedy's life. American Art Museum, through Sept 17. Circus Arts, One the Move, 50 Years / 50 Objects and 50th Anniversary, On the National Mall July 4 and July 6 through 9. Theater, Music and Art Theater & Music Georgetown Waterfront Park The John F. Kennedy Center for the Sunset Cinema, Women in Film Art Performing Arts ♦ A League of Their Own, July 11. American Art Museum ♦ Hidden Figures, July 18. The American Art Museum records the American National Symphony Orchestra/ ♦ Brooklyn, July 25. experience from the colonial period to today. The Classical Music ♦ Erin Brockovich, Aug 1. collection includes images from the West, NSO at Wolf Trap, Harry Potter and The ♦ The Devil Wears Prada, Aug 8. impressionism, WPA murals, folk and Sorcerer's Stone, July 7 and 8. Keegan Theatre NSO at Wolf Trap, The Tenors, Steven Reineke, contemporary art. (In the same building as the When We Were Young and Unafraid, through National Portrait Gallery.) 11:30am to 7pm, 8th conductor, July 15. July 8. NSO at Wolf Trap, The Legend of Zelda: and F Street, NW Symphony of the Goddesses, Kelly Corcoran, MGM Resort The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery conductor, July 22. Idina Menzel, July 9. The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery along with the Freer Summer Music Institute Orchestra, July 9 The Who, July 18. Gallery are known as the National Museum of through July 23. Theresa Caputo, Live, July 24 & 25. Asian Art. These galleries house the nation’s Pops! Jane Krakowski & Titus Burgess, July Prince Royce, July 27. collections which include furniture, jades, bronzes, 20. Journey, July 28. paintings, ceramics, manuscripts and sculptures NSO at Wolf Trap, Carmina Burana and Military Bands from the Mid and Far East. The Freer Gallery is Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, Gianadrea Navy, Mondays on the West Capitol Steps, July closed until the autumn of 2017. 10am to 5:30pm Noseda, conductor, July 28. 10, 17, 24 and 31. On the Mall, Jefferson Drive and 12th Street, SW Music and Movement: The NSO and National Navy, Tuesdays at the Navy Memorial, July 4, 11, Hillwood Museum & Gardens Dance Day, July 29. 18 and 25. Experience the world of Russian imperial and Comedy Air Force, Tuesdays on the West Capitol Steps, French decorative arts displayed in the grand The Second City’s Almost Accurate Guide to July 4, 11, 18 and 25. setting conceived by Hillwood’s founder Marjorie America: Divided We Stand, through Aug 13. Air Force, Fridays at the Air Force Memorial, July Merriweather Post, heir of the Post cereal empire. Comedy Underground Stand-Up Showcase, 7, 14, 21 and 28. Surrounded by woodlands in the heart of July 20. Air Force, Saturdays at the National Harbor Washington, DC, the 25 acre estate boasts a How to be Amazing with Michael Ian Black Waterfront, July 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29. variety of garden pleasures. (podcast), July 20. Marines, Wednesdays on the West Capitol Steps, Tuesday through Sunday, 10am to 5pm Brandon Wardell, July 21. July 5, 12, 19, and 26. 4155 Linnean Ave, NW Puddles Pity Party, July 21. Marines, Fridays at the Marine Barracks, July 7, The Kreeger Museum The Daily Show Correspondents Stand-Up 14, 21, and 28. The Kreeger Museum is the former home of David Tour, July 21. Army, Fridays on the West Capitol Steps, July 7, and Carmen Kreeger that was designed by world Mouth Time Live (podcast), July 21. 14, 21 and 28. renowned architect Philip Johnson. The home Boast Rattle hosted by Kyle Ayres, July 21. Army Twilight Tattoo, Wednesdays at Ft. Myer, showcases a permanent collection of 19th & 20th The Improvised Shakespeare Co., July 22. July 19 and 26. century paintings and sculptures including works Aparna Nancherla, July 22. Ronald Reagan Building by Monet, Rodin, Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky and Louie Anderson, July 22. The Capitol Steps, through Aug 31. others. On special exhibit: Re-Vision: Looking Mortified (podcast), July 22. Shakespeare Theatre anew at the art of Phillip Johnson, through July 29. Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, July 22. The School for Lies, through July 2. Tuesday through Thursday by appointment only. Opera at Wolf Trap A Midsummer Night’s Dream (playing in rep Friday and Saturday 10am to 4pm. Tosca, Grant Gershon, conductor, July 14. with) Coriolanus, through July 1. 2401 Foxhall Road, NW Theater Signature Theatre National Gallery of Art and Sculpture Hedwig and the Angry Inch, through July 2. Jesus Christ Superstar, through July 9. Garden The Sound of Music, through July 16. Sizzlin’ Summer Cabarets, July 5 through 22. The National Gallery's West Building has art from Cabaret, July 11 through Aug 6. Studio Theatre the 3rd Century to present times -- a collection of The King and I, July 18 through 20. Wig Out, July 12 through Aug 6. over 90,000 pieces. In the newly reopened and Popular/World Music/Choral Theater J enhanced East Wing are 20th-Century works by Celebrate Freedom Concert, July 1. Broken Glass, through July 9. Miró, Magritte, van Gogh, Picasso and Matisse. Washington, DC Choral Festival, July 1 and 2. Verizon Center With its very modern architectural design, by I. M. Pei the building is a work of art in itself. Monday Art Garfunkel in Close-Up, July 8. Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott & D.R.A.M., July The Isley Brothers, July 15. 21. to Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday 11am to 6pm, On the Mall, 4th through 7th Streets along The Harrow & the Harvest in Concert, July 31. WWE Raw, July 24. Constitution Avenue, NW Arena Stage Queen & Adam Lambert, July 31. The Originalist, July7 through 30. Warner Theatre National Museum of Women in the Arts This is the only museum dedicated solely to Folger Theatre Bring It! July 12. female artists. Representing more than 500 RSC Live: Anthony and Cleopatra, July 17.