Thursday, January 23, 2020
"Pu’ U O’ O," an oil painting by Freya Grand in the new exhibition at the Art Museum of the Americas. Courtesy AMA. This weekend, take the kids to celebrate Chinese New Year at the Kennedy Center and play Native games at the Museum of the American Indian. You’re invited … to receptions for the new exhibitions at the American University Museum and the Art Museum of the Americas. Sous vide, anyone? See how top chefs use this technique at a Sunday brunch benefitting Careers Through Culinary Arts. For more January events, visit The Georgetowner’s online calendar.
Opening Reception at Art Museum of the Americas
On Thursday, Jan. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m., there will be a free opening reception at the Art Museum of the Americas, 201 18th St. NW, for the exhibition “Dialog: Landscape and Abstraction.” The show pairs 20th-century abstract works in the museum’s permanent collection with immersive landscape paintings by Freya Grand, derived from her experiences in remote regions of Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica and the Galapagos. For details, visit eventbrite.com.
Photography Talk at the Phillips
This session in the Phillips 101 series of gallery talks at the Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW, offered on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 6:30 p.m., will focus on darkroom photography and the work of Walker Evans. Admission is free. For details, visit phillipscollection.org or call 202-387-2151.
Tatiana Ball at Russian Embassy
On Friday, Jan. 24, from 7 to 10:30 p.m., guests can immerse themselves in Russian culture at the Tatiana Ball at the Russian Embassy, 2650 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Tickets are $150, $75 for students. For details, visit eventbrite.com.
Masters of Hawaiian Music
Direct from the Pacific, the Masters of Hawaiian Music — guitarists and singers George Kahumoku Jr., Led Kaapana and Kawika Kahiapo — will perform on Friday, Jan. 24, and Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. in the Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road in Vienna, Virginia. Tickets are $27 to $32. For details, visit wolftrap.org or call 703-255-1900.
Family Day of Native Games
The National Museum of the American Indian, 4th and Independence SW, will host “Winter Blast,” a free, family-friendly event celebrating indigenous games from the Arctic to Argentina on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Talibah Begay (Navajo) will share a traditional shoe-guessing game, Leihua Stewart (Native Hawaiian) will teach traditional Hawaiian games and Julia Garcia (Aymara) will engage visitors in Bolivian games. The day also will include “make-and-takes.” For details, visit americanindian.si.edu.
Chinese New Year Family Day
Also on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 1:30 p.m., as part of the Kennedy Center’s multiday celebration of the Year of the Rat, there will be an afternoon of free activities for children of all ages, including demonstrations of calligraphy, sugar painting and wood block printing, a costume photo booth, a magician from Shenzhen and performances of traditional music. For details, visit kennedy-center.org or call 202-467-4600.
Opening Reception at AU Museum
The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, will open its six winter exhibitions — “The Edification of Luis Lorenzana,” “Communicating Vessels,” “Landscape in an Eroded Field,” “Volkmar Wentzel,” “Robert Franklin Gates” and “Portraits from the Collections of Washington Print Club Members” — with a free reception on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 6 to 9 p.m. For details, visit american.edu.
Story District’s Top Shelf
The Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW, will host Story District’s Top Shelf, a night of spoken-word greatest hits, on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. The best stories of the year — of love, high school foibles, childhood vacations and restaurant jobs, delivered without notes and without a net — will be featured at this 11th-anniversary performance. Tickets are $30 and $40. For details, visit eventbrite.com.
Midori and Thibaudet at Strathmore
Also on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m., Washington Performing Arts will present an all-Beethoven recital by violin superstar Midori and renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane in North Bethesda, Maryland. Anchoring the program will be the exhilarating “Kreutzer Sonata.” Tickets are $40 to $80. For details, visit washingtonperformingarts.org.
darlingdance at Dance Place
D.C.-based company darlingdance will perform at Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE, on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 26, at 4 p.m. Founded in 2010 by choreographer and performance artist Hayley Cutler, darlingdance creates feminist postmodern dance theater works through the lenses of humor, community and realism. Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors and artists and $15 for college students and age 17 and under. For details, visit danceplace.org or call 202-269-1600.
The Art of Sous Vide
Cuisine Solutions will celebrate the art of sous vide cooking and the birthday of sous vide pioneer Bruno Goussault with a sous vide brunch at the Conrad Washington, DC, 950 New York Ave. NW, on Sunday, January 26, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Featuring three-star Michelin chef Kyle Connaughton of SingleThread and chefs Carla Hall (Top Chef, The Chew), Bryan Voltaggio (Estuary), David Deshaies (Unconventional Diner), Nicholas Tang (DBGB DC) and Todd Gray (Equinox), the event is a benefit for Careers Through Culinary Arts, a national nonprofit that empowers underserved youth in partnership with local high schools. Tickets are $125. To reserve (required), visit eventbrite.com.
‘Living the Dream … Singing the Dream’
In this tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m., the Choral Arts Chorus and the Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs will come together in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to showcase the powerful music that has given voice to the voiceless for generations. Tickets are $25 to $75. For details, visit kennedy-center.org or call 202-467-4600.