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Week May 2nd 2011 DC Calendar Of Events Thursday May 5th Cinco de Mayo at Town Tavern - Bar/Club Event A Cinco de Mayo special with all-you-can drink deals, plus discount beer and tequila? And a live donkey on the patio? Holy frijoles!
Cinco de Mayo Latin Dance Party - Bar/Club Event Many parties will celebrate Cinco de Mayo with mariachis and salsa. Not at Little Miss Whiskey's, though, where DJs D-Mac (Marvin) and Thomas Blondet (Eighteenth Street Lounge) are promising a night of more modern tunes and styles, including moombahton, tropical bass, Latin house and digital cumbia.
Little Miss Whiskey's Golden Dollar | Washington, DC
Friday May 6th Office of Future Plans - Music Event Former Jawbox leader J. Robbins leads his powerful new band. With Bells and More Humans, this show is presented by Positive Force and a benefit for Fight SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy).
St. Stephen's Church | Washington, DC Azar Lawrence Quintet - Music Event A top sideman in the '70s (McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis), the saxophonist recently re-emerged as a bandleader worthy of the spotlight.
Blues Alley | Washington, DC Torpedo Factory Spring Open House - Exhibit Sip sparkling wine and nibble on sweets, hear music by acoustic guitarists Rob Reid and Gregg Hammond and make a traditional Japanese crane to benefit Doctors Without Borders and the victims of the earthquake in Japan at this garden-themed spring open house.
Torpedo Factory Art Center | Alexandria, VA Cathedral Flower Mart - Miscellaneous Event In its 72nd year, the annual festival honors Austria through entertainment, sport, culture and food.
Washington National Cathedral | Washington, DC King Lear - Performing Arts Synetic Theater puts a clownish and silent twist on Shakespeare's tragedy.
Synetic Theater | Arlington, VA Chor Boogie - Exhibit A solo show by the aerosol artist.
The Fridge | Washington, DC Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow - Exhibit As an artist depicting the natural world, Rockman was one of the first artists to depict environmental issues in his work. Paintings and works on paper explore this theme.
Smithsonian American Art Museum - Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC Wattage - Performing Arts Get a little dose of Fringe Festival in the off-season with three productions that explore themes of culture and identity.
Various locations | Washington, DC
Saturday May 7th European Union Open House - Miscellaneous Event Embassies open their doors to the public to display their culture and offer food and drink.
Various locations | Washington, DC Kentucky Derby Party at Bourbon - Bar/Club Event Bourbon marks Derby Day with some very special mint juleps, free food and other surprises.
Bourbon | Washington, DC Virginia Gold Cup Races - Sports Events The annual steeplechase has become one of the year's key social events, a sort of Ascot or Epsom Downs for Washington's 20- and 30-something set.
Great Meadow | The Plains, VA Cathedral Flower Mart - Miscellaneous Event In its 72nd year, the annual festival honors Austria through entertainment, sport, culture and food.
Washington National Cathedral | Washington, DC Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow - Exhibit As an artist depicting the natural world, Rockman was one of the first artists to depict environmental issues in his work. Paintings and works on paper explore this theme.
Smithsonian American Art Museum - Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC The Marquise of O - Miscellaneous Event The National Gallery of Art continues a series on contemporary filmmaker Eric Rohmer, who died last year. Rohmer's 1976 period piece, "The Marquise of O" is an adaptation of a novella by German writer Heinrich von Kleist, about an Italian governor?s daughter who becomes inexplicably pregnant -- and thus is shunned by her family -- amidst the tumult of the Napoleonic wars.
National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC The Iota Poetry Series - Book Event The monthly series is hosting a reading by contributors to the Spanish-language anthology of Washington area poets, "Al Pie de la Casa Blanca," including Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Jose Ballesteros, Ada Vilageliu Diaz, Yvette Neisser Moreno and Martha Sanchez-Lowery. An open reading follows.
Iota Club & Cafe | Arlington, VA Civil War living history re-enactment - Miscellaneous Event Enjoy tours and demonstrations of camp life, as well as skirmish re-enactments.
Carroll County Farm Museum | Westminster, MD Ghost-lands of an Urban NDN - Performing Arts Robert Owens-Greygrass performs 16 characters who are mixed-race urban-born Native Americans.
National Museum of the American Indian - Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC Sensorium - Performing Arts Tired of the lack of dining options near the Navy Yard? You're in luck: There's a new option in the neighborhood, at least for the time being, and it is a doozy.
The Yards Park | Washington, DC
May 4, 2011 at 8:53 PM Posted by Mo Choumil |
-Michelle McCullough
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