IN THE CITY

September 2015 Volume CLVII

Inventing in America , a collaboration with the US Patent and Trademark Office, focuses on inventions and innovators of the past and present, including Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. The displays feature early patent models, trademarks and inventions of National Inventors Hall of Fame members. Anchoring the floor is a new landmark object, Ralph Washington’s First and Only Forbes Five-Star, Baer’s Inventor’s Workshop. Visitors are able to view the home AAA Five-Diamond Hotel workshop of Ralph Baer, known as the inventor of the home video game. American History Museum. Special Points of Interest

Please join us for our 35th Annual Sprint Four the Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye Cure (fun run and walk) which will benefit the Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, In 1875 Gustave Caillebotte submitted a painting of floor scrapers to the Sept 19. We gladly accept all donations! jury of the Salon, the official exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. The work was rejected, but Degas and Renoir admired it and ENO Wine Bar Wine Enthusiast: 1 of 12 Best Wine Bars for Singles encouraged him to exhibit with the impressionists. Caillebotte’s canvas, Happy Hour Specials, Sunday - Thursday, 5 to 7pm. became one of the sensations of the second impressionist show in 1876. Artist in residence: Aina Nammack through Sept 30. Despite these accomplishments, Caillebotte remains perhaps the least

National Book Festival at the Convention Center, Sept known of the French impressionists. Because of his secure finances 5. derived from his father’s successful textile business — he had no need to earn an income from his art. He therefore did not sell his pictures, and Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, MD approximately 1 hour, Sept 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and few entered public collections. After he bequeathed his collection to the 27. state, it became the cornerstone of impressionist art in French national Kennedy Center museums. National Gallery of Art West Building, through Oct 4. National Symphony Orchestra: Labor Day Capitol Concert on the west front lawn of the Capitol, Sept 6. Opening Ball & Concert, Christoph Eschenbach and Steven Reineke, conductors with Sutton Foster and The Modern Pueblo Paintings of Awa Tsireh Martin Gruber, Sept 20. The paintings of Awa Tsireh, (aka Alfonso Roybal), represent an encounter Bourbon Heritage Cocktail Class in Bourbon Steak, between the art traditions of native Pueblo peoples in the Southwest and the Sept 12. American modernist art style begun in New York, which spread quickly

Madonna in concert at the Verizon Center, Sept 12. across the country. It is a story of native and Anglo influences coming together to create an unlikely new hybrid kind of art, one that delighted those Nation’s Triathlon, Sept 13. who saw it through its unusual blending of cultures. American Art Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts Sept 4 through Jan 31. Organic Matters, through Sept 13. Super Natural, through Sept 13.

Constitution Hall Vermeer's “Woman in Blue Reading a Letter” Josh Groban, Sept 14. Music Magic Mast Kalaiyaan, Sept 19. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Gallery's history-making exhibition “Johannes Vermeer”, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is lending one of its American Moments, Photographs from the Phillips great treasures: Vermeer's Woman in Blue Reading a Letter. Last seen in Collection, through Sept 13. Washington in 1996, this luminous masterpiece has been recently restored Nationals at 10: Baseball Makes News, Newseum, and will hang in the Gallery's Dutch and Flemish Cabinet Galleries alongside through Nov 29. other works by Vermeer in the permanent collection, including Girl with the

National Geographic Museum Red Hat. National Gallery of Art, West Building, Main Floor, Sept 19 through Monster Fish, through Oct 11. Dec 1. Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archeology, through Jan 3, 2016. Welcome to all of the students who have chosen Washington, DC as their new Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom, at the Library of Congress, through Dec 31. classroom. We’re glad that you are here and wish you a great year ahead!

The Value of Money delves into the vast National Please stop by the Concierge Desk for Student Stores, our comprehensive Numismatic Collection at the American History Museum. collegiate shopping list. Theater and Arts Theater & Music DC Improv Art Arnez J, Sept 2 through 5. The John F. Kennedy Center for the American Art Museum Performing Arts Gabriel Iglesias, Sept 6. The American Art Museum records the American Tony Roberts, Sept 10 through 13. National Symphony Orchestra experience from the colonial period to today. The Rob Cantrell, Sept 16. collection includes images from the West, Labor Day Capitol Concert, Steven Reineke, Godfrey, Sept 17 through 20. conductor featuring Kate Davis and the Soldiers’ impressionism, WPA murals, folk and Cristela Alonzo, Sept 24 through 26. contemporary art. (In the same building as the Chorus of the US Army Field Band, on the west Open Mic Night, Sept 30. front lawn of the Capitol, Sept 6. National Portrait Gallery.) 11:30am to 7pm Opening Ball Concert, Christoph Eschenbach and Folger Theatre 8th and F Street, NW Steven Reineke, conductors with Sutton Foster and Royal Shakespeare Company Live: The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur Sackler Martin Gruber, Sept 20. Merchant of Venice, Sept 12. Gallery Rajataon: Best of The Beatles, Sept 25 and 26. Texts & Beheadings/Elizabeth R, Sept 19 The Freer Gallery and the Sackler Gallery together through Oct 4. Theater form the National Museum of Asian Art. These 14th Annual Page to Stage Festival, Sept 5 Ford’s Theatre galleries house the nation’s collections which through 7. The Guard, Sept 25 through Oct 18. include furniture, jades, bronzes, paintings, World Stages: Seuls, Sept 18 and 19. History on Foot, Investigation: Detective ceramics, manuscripts and sculptures from the Mid World Stages: Wagner, Max! Wagner! Sept 25 McDevitt, through Oct 31. and Far East. It is also home to the largest and 26. Keegan Theatre collection of works by James McNeill Whistler and Women’s Voices Theater: Roe, Sept 28. Dogfight, through Sept 19. the lovely Peacock Room. Shear Madness, through Dec 31. Ronald Reagan Building 10am to 5:30pm Chamber Music The Capitol Steps, every Friday and Saturday On the Mall, Jefferson Drive and 12th Street, SW Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano & Jake Heggie, through Dec 26. Hillwood Museum & Gardens piano, Sept 12. Signature Theatre Experience the world of Russian imperial and Dance The Fix, through Sept 20. French decorative arts displayed in the grand Dana Tai Soon Burgess Company presents There is Nothin’ Like a Dame: Women in setting conceived by Hillwood’s founder Marjorie Fluency in Four, Sept 19 and 20. Musical Theater, Sept 28. Merriweather Post, heir of the Post cereal empire. Cake Off, Sept 29 through Nov 22. Surrounded by woodlands in the heart of Young Audience Washington, DC, the 25 acre estate boasts a The Cerulean Time Capsule, Sept 12 through Oct Source Theatre Latina Supremes, Sept 19 and 20. variety of garden pleasures. 25. Tuesday through Sunday, 10am to 5pm Flowers Stink, Sept 23 through Oct 24. Studio Theatre 4155 Linnean Ave, NW Jazz Chimerica, Sept 9 through Oct 18. The Kreeger Museum Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music and Theater J The Kreeger Museum is the former home of David Media with Jason Moran, Sep 4 through 13. Queens Girl in the World, Sept 16 through Oct and Carmen Kreeger that was designed by world Opera 11. renowned architect Philip Johnson. The home Washington National Opera: Carmen, Sept 19 Verizon Center showcases a permanent collection of 19th & 20th through Oct 3. Madonna, Sept 12. century paintings and sculptures including works Arena Stage Scream Back 2 School Fest, Sept 20. by Monet, Rodin, Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky and Destiny of Desire (Telenova comedy), Sept 11 Ed Sheeran, Sept 22 and 23. others. through Oct 18. R. Kelly, Sept 26. Tuesday through Thursday by appointment only. Birchmere Warner Theatre Friday and Saturday 10am to 4pm. Billy Bob Thornton, Sept 3. REO Speedwagon, Sept 10. 2401 Foxhall Road, NW Euge Groove, Sept 4. The Church Mafia Live, Sept 12. National Gallery of Art and Sculpture Watkins Family Hour, Sept 8 and 9. Joe Walsh, Sept 23. Garden Milk Carton Kids, (Lisner Auditorium) Sept 10. The Wiggles, Sept 26 (2 shows). The National Gallery's West Building has art from Emmylou Harris, Sept 10 and 11. Wolf Trap the 3rd Century to present times -- a collection of The Manhattans, Sept 12. Lenny Kravits & Andra Day, Sept 1. over 90,000 pieces. Only the atrium of the East Billy Cobham, Sept 15. Frank Sinatra, Jr., Sept 2. Building is open. All galleries are closed and are Lyfe Jennings, Sept 16. Damien Marley and Stephen Marley, Catch a expected to open in early 2016. The Calder mobile Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam, Sept 17. Fire Tour, Sept 5. is on display and the building, by I. M. Pei is a work Gatlin Brothers, Sept 20. Rodrigo & Gabriela, Sept 6. of art in itself. On special exhibit: The Memory of Steve Earle and the Dukes, Sept 23. Gypsy Kings, Sept 10. Time: Contemporary Photographs, through Sept Maysa & Her Jazz Funk Soul Orchestra, Sept 25. Jackson Browne, Sept 11. 13. Celebrating Danny Gatton and the Music of the Kelly Clarkson, Sept 12 and 13. Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm Anacostia Delta, Sept 26. Woolly Mammoth Sunday 11am to 6pm Guy Buddy, Sept 28. Woman Laughing Alone with Salad, Sept 7 On the Mall, 4th through 7th Streets along Patty Griffin, Sept 29. through Oct 4. Constitution Avenue, NW Nerds and Music, Sept 30.

More Arts, Museums & Sights National Museum of Women in the Arts National Museum of the American United States Holocaust Memorial This is the only museum dedicated solely to female Indian Museum artists. Representing more than 500 women from This collection includes materials not only of This is America’s only national memorial to the nearly 30 countries, this museum holds 2,000 of the cultural, historical and aesthetic interest, but also Holocaust. The museum features permanent world's most important works of art by women. The of spiritual significance. Funerary, religious and exhibit as well as film and temporary exhibits. displays range from the Renaissance to ceremonial objects associated with living cultures Please allow 3 hours to visit this museum. Georgia O'Keeffe. On special exhibit: Esther are displayed with the approval of appropriate 10am to 5:30pm Bubley Up Front, Sept 4 through Jan 17. tribes. 10am to 5:30pm, On the Mall, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Sunday 12 to 5pm, Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm 4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW 1250 New York Avenue, NW National Zoo Capital Sights National Portrait Gallery Home to approximately 2,000 animals Bureau of Engraving and Printing The Portrait Gallery with its collection of nearly representing nearly 400 species, of which about a 20,000 pieces portrays men and women who have Printing site of billions of U. S. dollars! This tour is quarter are endangered; our Zoo provides in high demand. Same day passes are required made significant contributions to the history, leadership in animal care, science, education and development and culture of the USA. (In the same and gone by 9am with the line forming at the sustainability. Highlights include the giant pandas Visitor Entrance on 14th Street. Tours: Monday building as the American Art Museum.) On special Mei Xian, Tian Tian and their baby Bao Bao plus exhibit: Eye Pop: The Celebrity Gaze, through Sept to Friday 9 to 10:45am and 12:30 to 2pm, Visitor American bison, Asian elephants in their new Center: 8:30am to 3pm. 14 th and C Streets, SW 5 and Four Female Supreme Court Justices, a home, white-naped cranes, western lowland life-size portrait, through Oct 2016. 11:30am to 7pm, gorillas, Sumatran tigers, cheetahs, and North Library of Congress 8th & F St. NW Island brown kiwis. The three LOC buildings are remarkable public The Phillips Collection Animal exhibits: 10am to 6pm, Grounds: 6am to spaces named after Presidents who had a strong America's first museum of modern art was opened in 8pm, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW connection with the creation of the library . The 1921 in the home of Duncan Phillips. Discover this LOC offers docent led tours of the magnificent Natural History Museum Thomas Jefferson Building and discuss the history international treasure that is also one of Washington’s Some of the artifacts include, “Phoenix” a life size best-loved museums. On special exhibit: of the Library as well as the art and architecture of model of a North American right whale, prehistoric this historic building opened in 1897. Intersections @ 5, through Oct 25. white shark, and the Hope Diamond, a 45.5 carat Closed Mondays, Tuesday to Saturday 10am to Monday through Saturday 8:30am to 4:30pm jewel known in some circles as the eighth wonder 101 Independence Avenue, SE 5pm, of the world, in its new publicly chosen setting. Sunday 11am to 6pm, Thursday 10am to 8:30pm The dinosaur hall is closed until 2019. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial 21st and Q Streets, NW 10am to 5:30pm Visit Washington’s newest memorial to a civil On the Mall, 10 th Street and Constitution Avenue, rights king. Open 24 hours per day. On NW Independence Avenue, SW at the Tidal Basin Museums between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials. National Air and Space Museum International Spy Museum An intriguing museum that gives visitors access to The White House The Air and Space is the largest of the Tour reservations can be booked in advance Smithsonian museums and one of the most visited the largest collection of international espionage artifacts ever put on public display. Over 600 through a Congressional office. (Please allow a museums in the world. See airplanes and rockets minimum of 8 weeks.) from the Wright Brothers’ plane and the Spirit of St. items are on exhibit, including a WWII German Louis to Apollo. Touch the moon rock on display, visit Enigma cipher machine, a Soviet era shoe United States Capitol the IMAX theater or gaze at the stars in the Einstein transmitter, an East German camera capable of The Capitol building is a symbol of the American Planetarium. 10am to 5:30pm photographing through walls and a Soviet era people and their government, the meeting place of On the Mall, 6th Street and Independence Avenue, lipstick pistol. Operation Spy, is a hands on the nation’s legislature and an art and history SW interactive spy adventure that requires museum. Guided tours start at the Capitol Visitor Udvar-Hazy Center reservations. Center. Free tickets are required and distributed 10am to 6pm. (Last entry to exhibits is 2 hours in advance via the internet. The Air and Space Museum Annex houses over 200 Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 4:30pm aircraft and 135 spacecraft. See the Space prior to closing.) 8th and F Streets, NW Shuttle Enterprise, the Enola Gay, an Air France The Newseum Washington Monument Concorde and an IMAX movie. Dulles, VA. The world’s most interactive museum. In its 14 Ascend to the top of this 555 foot high gleaming 10am to 5:30pm, parking charges apply. galleries, 15 theaters, two broadcast studios and obelisk honoring our first president. Tickets National Museum of African Art a 4-D time travel experience, The Newseum required and given out on a first come first serve blends five centuries of news history with cutting basis, special couriers can be hired, see the The museum’s extensive collection consists of 7,000 Concierge for details and deadlines. 9am to 5pm African artworks in wood, metal, ceramic, cloth and edge technology and innovation. On exhibit: the ivory. 10am to 5:30pm largest collection of Berlin wall sections, a 9/11 World War II Memorial On the Mall, 950 Independence Ave, SW exhibit with the mangled antennae from the World The WWII Memorial is an open air tribute to Trade Center, a chance to be on camera with America’s greatest generation. Open 24 hours National Museum of American History breaking news report, the biggest collection of per day. On the Mall at 17th Street, NW Documenting our national heritage, this museum Pulitzer prize-winning photos, an interactive between Independence & Constitution Avenues cares for 17 million artifacts, including the original newsroom and spectacular views of the U. S. ♦ An insider tip: Most sites become less Star Spangled Banner, Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers and Capitol. On special exhibit: President Lincoln is crowded after 2pm when school groups leave. George Washington’s field tent. The collection Dead, The New York Herald Reports the ♦ Museums and galleries are open seven includes clothing, coins, food, government, military, Assassination, through Sept 13. days a week unless otherwise noted. music, sports, etc. 10am to 5:30pm 9am to 5pm, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW On the Mall, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW

Special Events, Sports & Hotel Information

Sporting Events Music... Fitness Club & Spa Washington Nationals at Nats Park Blues Alley Jazz Club Use of the Fitness Club and Spa is Sept 3 - 5 7pm Atlanta Braves Shows at 8 and 10pm complimentary to hotel guests. Each piece of Sept 6 1:30pm Atlanta Braves Sept 1 Dwayne Adell the cardiovascular equipment has its own audio/ Sept 7 1pm Sept 2 Drew Tucker Group visual system. Dip in the two-lane lap pool or the Sept 8 & 9 7pm New York Mets Sept 3 - 6 Chris Thomas King oversized whirlpool beneath a vaulted ceiling Sept 17 & 18 7pm Miami Marlins Sept 8 “EC3” and Friends with skylights. Eucalyptus scented steam and Sept 19 4pm Miami Marlins Sept 9 Aaron Myers sauna rooms are available for men and women.

Sept 20 1:30pm Miami Marlins Sept 10 - 12 Walter Beasley The Spa offers the Hydration Ritual, a Sept 21 - 23 7pm Baltimore Orioles Sept 13 Indira Khan Moroccanoil signature treatment which is the Sept 25 7pm Sept 14 Kevin Howard ultimate experience for stress relief for your Sept 26 4pm Philadelphia Phillies Sept 16 Clifton Anderson muscles and hydration for your skin. Sept 27 1:30pm Philadelphia Phillies Sept 17 Timotha Lanae Moroccanoil’s Scalp Treatment and Customized Sept 28 3pm Sept 18 - 20 Regina Belle Masks revitalize your hair and scalp while Washington Redskins at Fed X Field Sept 21 Darrell Hill elements of reflexology and hot stones soothe Sept 4 7:30pm Jacksonville Jaguars Sept 22 Joshua Breakstone tired muscles of our neck, shoulders, feet and Sept 13 1pm Miami Dolphins Sept 23 Mark Meadows hands. A Body Buff and Intense Hydrating Oil Sept 20 1pm St. Louis Rams Sept 24 Gabbie McGee will leave your hands and feet smooth and Oct 4 1pm Philadelphia Eagles Sept 25 - 27 Syleena Johnson replenished. Other spa treatments include Oct 25 1pm Tampa Bay Bucs Sept 28 The Fruition Experiment Healing Stone Massage, Cherry Blossom Nov 15 1pm New Orleans Saints Sept 29 Kathleen Bertrand Champagne Body Treatment, Four Seasons in Nov 29 1pm New York Giants Sept 20 Marianne Solivan One Signature Spa Treatment and 25 minute Dec 7 8:30pm Dallas Cowboys Jiffy Lube Live Executive Treatments. Dec 20 1pm Buffalo Bills Sept 6 7:30pm 5 Seconds of Summer Washington Mystics at Verizon Center Sept 12 7:30pm Jason Aldean, Tyler A wide variety of massages, facials and Sept 8 7pm Indiana Fever Farr and Cole Swindell aromatherapy treatments are also available. Sept 13 4pm Atlanta Dream Sept 26 5pm Brad Paisley Open daily from 5:30am to 10pm, cardio level Music Center at Strathmore available 24/7, room key necessary at all times. Washington Capitals at Verizon Center Spa treatments available daily 9am to 9pm Sept 21 7pm Carolina Hurricanes Sept 10 8pm Baltimore Symphony DC United at RFK Stadium Sept 15 8pm Diana Ross “We were so well taken care of, so pampered, Sept 15 8pm Arabe Unido Sept 16 8pm The Legend of Zelda: we floated out of your door on a cloud.” 7/15/14 Sept 19 7pm Crew SC Symphony of the Goddess SEASONS RESTAURANT Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards Sept 17 8pm BSO: Rachmaninoff’s Sept 1 & 2 7pm Tampa Bay Rays Breakfast: Paganini Rhapsody Monday - Friday 6:30am to 11:00am Sept 11 7pm Kansas City Royals Sept 19 8pm Symphonic Dances Sept 12 1pm Kansas City Royals Saturday & Sunday 7:00am to 10:30am from West Side Story Lunch: Sept 13 8pm Kansas City Royals Sept 20 3pm Symphonic Dances Sept 14 - 16 7pm Boston Red Sox Saturday Only 10:30am to 2:00pm from West Side Story Brunch: Sept 28 - 30 7pm Sept 26 8pm Beethoven’s Pastoral Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium Sunday Only 10:30am to 2:00pm Sept 29 8pm Ballet Folklórico de Executive Chef, Doug Anderson Sept 27 1pm Cincinnati Bengals Mexico Oct 11 1pm Cleveland Browns Sept 30 8pm Chick Corea BOURBON STEAK Nov 1 1pm San Diego Chargers Lunch: Nov 15 1pm Jacksonville Jaguars Monday - Friday 11:30am to 2:30pm Nov 22 1pm St. Louis Rams Please bring this newsletter to the Spa to Dinner: Dec 13 8:30pm Seattle Seahawks take advantage of this massage upgrade! Friday 6:00pm to 10:30pm Dec 20 1pm Kansas City Chiefs Saturday 6:00pm to 10:30pm Dec 27 8:30pm Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday - Thursday 6:00pm to 10:00pm Please share your opinion of the Executive Chef, Joe Palma Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC ENO Wine Enthusiast: on Tripadvisor.com/reviewit “1 of 12 Best Wine Bars for Singles” Or scan this code Monday - Thursday 5:00pm to 11:00pm Friday & Saturday 4:00pm to 12:00am Sunday 4:00pm to 11:00pm

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