Theatre

Puss 'n Boots

Synetic Family Theatre (formerly Classika Theatre)
January 23 - March 14, 2010

The classic fairy tale about a clever cat who dons a pair of human boots in order to lead his poor homeless master to a ...

Sweeney Todd

Signature Theatre
February 9 - April 4, 2010

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is back! The first musical ever presented at Signature gets a brand new environmental staging as part of its ...

Chúmbale (Every Love Bird Needs a Nest), by Oscar Viale

Teatro de la Luna
February 25 - March 13, 2010

Enzo and his wife live in his father-in-law's house. The recently married young man longs to smarten up his living quarters -- at least with ...

The Light in the Piazza

Arena Stage in Crystal City
March 5 - April 25, 2010

One windy day in the Tuscan countryside, Clara loses her hat in a sudden gust, and as if guided by fate, it lands at the ...

Stalag 17

American Century Theater
March 26 - April 17, 2010

A Broadway hit in 1951, Stalag 17 followed another legendary World War II play, Mister Roberts,  by being based on the actual experiences of ...

The Fool at the Circus

Synetic Family Theatre (formerly Classika Theatre)
March 27 - May 16, 2010

A sequel to the very successful production of last season -- A Classical Fool.  A fun, silent show set in a circus, that is based around ...

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Signature Theatre
March 30 - June 20, 2010

A witty new musical written by two struggling writers about two struggling writers writing a witty new musical.   Originally presented at the 2004 New York ...

The Producers

The Arlington Players
April 9 - 24, 2010

Outrageous, hilarious, a teeny bit offensive, off the wall, and the winner of 12 Tony Awards. The Producers is based on the Mel Brooks 1968 ...

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Dance


Celebrating Women in the Arts: Putting Art in the Center

American Association of University Women, Arlington Branch
Saturday, March 13, 2010, 10 am FREE

The Arlington Branch of the American Association of University Women's program will include dancer Lucy Bowen McCauley, who will describe how she partnered with staff ...

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Visual Arts


Transhuman Conditions

Arlington Arts Center
January 29 - April 3, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, January 29, 6 - 9 pm This exhibition features ten artists' thinking about the future of the human body. The world has ...

G40: The Summit

Curated Visual and Performance Art
March 3 - 27, 2010 FREE Admission

An office building gets a radical makeover into a progressive contemporary exhibition space as the G-40 Art Summit rolls into Crystal City. An artistic interpretation ...

Panel Discussion: We Have Decided Not to Die

Arlington Arts Center
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 6:30 - 8:30 pm FREE

The Arlington Arts Center will host a panel discussion about radically altered bodies in our not-too-distant future.  What defines us as humans? How do we ...

Artfest

Arlington Artists Alliance
March 19 - 26, 2010

The Arlington Artists Alliance presents a full week of art at Arlington's historic Hendry House at Fort C.F. Smith. In addition to an all-media art ...

Decorating with Latex and Wax Resists with Dana Lehrer Danze

Lee Arts Center Workshop
Saturday, March 20, 10 am - 1 pm

Explore ways to create dynamic designs using your unglazed clay as a design element. We will discuss principles to contrast negative and positive imagery, rough ...

Efficient Throwing with Wayne Willson

Lee Arts Center Workshop
Saturday, May 1, 10 am - 1 pm

Looking for a new approach to throwing on the potter's wheel? Economical, efficient, smooth and seamless are terms that describe Wayne Willson's philosophy  -- he ...

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Music

Signature Sings 2000 - 2004

Signature Theatre's Cabaret Series
March 9 - 14, 2010

Signature celebrates 20 years of musical theatre with its cabaret series. This performance selects songs from productions from 2000 - 2004, including Floyd Colllins, Gypsy, ...

Friday Morning Music Club (on Thursdays)

Free Lunchtime Chamber Concert
Thursday, March 11, 2010, Noon - 1 pm FREE

Join us for a free chamber concert with the professional musicians of the Friday Morning Music Club.   Bring your lunch -- we'll supply tea, coffee ...

Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace

The Metropolitan Chorus
Saturday, March 13, 2010, 8 pm

The Metropolitan Chorus presents a concert featuring two works by the hot new Welsh choral composer Karl Jenkins. These profoundly moving and very accessible innovative ...

Alexandria Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth Bishop and Ta'u Pupu'a Sing Mahler
Saturday & Sunday, March 13, 14, 2010

Saturday, March 13 at 8 pm: Grofe: Sunrise from Grand Canyon Suite; Ravel: Dawn from Daphnis and Chloe Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a ...

Coming to America!

National Chamber Ensemble
Sunday, March 14, 2010, 4 pm

Special guest host Congressman Jim Moran. Classical music traditions came to this country from Europe and were modified by American artists who were trying to ...

20th Century (and Beyond)

Ibis Chamber Music Society
Friday, March 19, 7:30 pm FREE

 The concert is devoted to works written in the 20th Century, and an IBIS commission for the 21st,   unRaveling, written for them by Boston composer ...

Song and Dance

Young Person's Concert with Ibis Chamber Music
Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:30 am & 1 pm FREE

Meet the flute, harp and strings family at this young person's concert presented by the musicians of Ibis Chamber Music. 10:30 am   Clarendon Presbyterian Church, 1350 ...

"The Honeymoon Trip"

The Arlingones Barbershop Chorus
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 2 pm and 7:30 pm

A newly married couple have trouble deciding where to go on their honeymoon. With a touch of barbershop harmony, the Arlingtones Barbershop Chorus and Chapter ...

Friday Morning Music Club (on Thursdays)

Free Lunchtime Chamber Concert
Thursday, April 15, 2010, Noon - 1

Join us for a free lunchtime chamber concert with the professional musicians of the Friday Morning Music Club. Bring your lunch if you want -- ...

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Literary

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Film

In Love We Trust (Zuo you) (2007)

World Cinema Spotlight
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 6:30 pm FREE

Directed by Xiaoshuai Wang.    A divorced couple learns that the way to possibly save their daughter from blood cancer is to have another child. The ...

The Quiet Man (1952)

Shirlington Screens
Wednesday, March 17, 6:30 pm FREE

Starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, the film is the story of an Irish-American boxer who returns to Ireland, where he falls in love with ...

For My Father (2008)

Cross Cultural Cinema Series
Thursday, March 18, 6:30 pm FREE

Directed by Israeli Dror Zahavi. Tarek, a Palestinian forced on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv to redeem his father's honor, is given a second ...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

Sondheim 80th Birthday Screening
Saturday, March 20, 12 noon FREE

Directed by Richard Lester and starring Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers and Buster Keaton. Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus. ...

Gypsy (1962)

Sondheim 80th Birthday Screening
Saturday, March 20, 2 pm FREE

The film is based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama ...

West Side Story (1961)

Sondheim 80th Birthday Screening
Sunday, March 21, 3 pm FREE

With biting lyrics by Stephen Sondheim set to a magical Leonard Bernstein score, the film adapts the basic conflicts of "Romeo and Juliet" tot he ...

The Drummer (Zhan gu) (2007)

World Cinema Spotlight
Wednesday, March 24, 6:30 pm FREE

Directed by Kenneth Bi and featuring Jaycee Chan and Tony Leung Ka Fai. "The Drummer" is the first feature film from Hong Kong and Taiwan ...

Slapsticon 2010

Festival of Comedies from the Silent and Early Sound Eras
July 15 - 18, 2010

Slapsticon is a an annual four day film festival that features screenings of rarely seen comedies from the silent and early sound eras. It is ...

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Heritage Arts

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Public Art