A New Cultural Center in Arlington?
Public Hearing Saturday, July 11
Arlington County Courthouse

Arlington County Manager Ron Carlee will recommend that the County transform the former Newseum into a vibrant cultural center in the heart of Rosslyn, that will showcase diverse regional and international arts and cultural offerings. "We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fulfill this community's decades-old dream of a cultural center, and a chance to make it happen in a highly cost-effective manner", Carlee said. The County Board will hold a public hearing on July 11, and if the proposal is adopted the center is expected to be completed by fall, 2010.  
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Hamlet
July 16 - August 9, 2009
Firebelly Productions
Theatre on the Run
703-409-2372

Firebelly Productions sees Hamlet through new eyes, new lenses, taking it down to its core: a bloodthirsty ghost story about revenge and madness. Live video highlights the betrayal, paranoia and vengeance that surrounds the characters.
On July 27 at 7 pm, Director Michael Fernandez and actor John Bonner (Hamlet) will discuss how the small professional company tackles one of Shakespeare's most complex texts at Shirlington Library.
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Seascape, by Edward Albee
American Century Theater
July 30 - August 22, 2009
Theatre Two at Gunston
703-998-4555
The play answers the intriguing question: If an older couple on a beach holiday encounters a younger couple...of sea monsters...what would they talk about? One of Albee's most acclaimed and entertaining works.
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Paradox Now! 
Arlington Arts Center
Through August 22, 2009
703-248-6800

Paradox Now! attempts to change history -- or at least change our minds about it. Some of the artists reenact historical events, like Mark Tribe, who uses actors to stage famous left-wing political speeches; or Megan Hildebrandt,  (pictured at right), who dresses as a 1940s Polish washerwoman and cleans the marble steps in Baltimore neighborhoods that once housed Eastern European immigrants. Others alter the documents of history; still others create pure historical fiction, like Erin Williams'  30' linen scroll tracing her ancestry back to Jesus Christ, and Anna Lucas's film that weaves an unreliable narrative of Pocahontas in the U.S. and Britain.    More

Mongolian Naadam Festival
Sunday, July 12, Noon - 6 pm   Free
Barcroft Park, 4200 S. Four Mile Run Drive
703-395-0001

An event with an 800 year history, the Naadam Festival is held annually in the Mongolian capital celebrating Mongolia's three main sporting pastimes: Mongolian wrestling, archery and cross-country horse racing. The Arlington celebration has substituted children's footraces for the horse racing (sorry!), and has done away with archery, but the wrestling competition draws contenders from as far away as New York. Traditional Mongolian food such as khuushuur  (deep fried pockets of dough stuffed with minced meat and vegetables) will be for sale.     
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Hitchcock Film Retrospective
Shirlington Library
4200 Campbell Avenue, Shirlington
July 7 - 30, 2009    Free
703-228-6545
A cinenatic salute to Hitchcock, with films he made from 1934 - 1960, in both the U.S. and England.

July 7, 7 pm      The 39 Steps (1935                 July 9, 1 pm   Notorious (1946)
July 10, 1 pm    Rebecca (1940)                       July 13, 7 pm   The Man Who knew too much (1934)
July 14, 7 pm    To Catch a Thief (1955)          July 16, 1 pm   The Lady Vanishes (1938)
July 21, 7 pm    Young & Innocent (1937)        July 23, 1 pm   Rear Window (1955)
July 25, Double Feature: 1 pm  Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) &   7 pm   The Trouble with Harry (1955)
July 28,  7 pm   Psycho (1960                             July 30, 1 pm   North by Northwest
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