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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Upcoming Arts Events in Silver Spring & Takoma Park, March 8, 2017
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Highlights of Arts Events & Activities in Silver Spring/Takoma Park, Jan. 11, 2017
Wednesday, January 11, 7:00-8:30pm
FREE MINDS WRITE NIGHT @ SEEKERS
Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW DC (across from Takoma Metro)
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop, a local non-profit dedicated to “empowering young inmates to write new chapters in their lives,” invites the community to participate in the Free Minds Satellite Write Night in Takoma. Read poems written by incarcerated youth and provide them with encouraging words. Hear from the Poet Ambassadors about the impact of writing and reading behind bars.
RSVP to BusyGraham@carpediemarts.org -- so we have an idea of how many tables and chairs to set up.
Please bring along some refreshments to share if you can.
Presented by Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop in partnership with Carpe Diem Arts--with in-kind support from Seekers Church.
MORE INFO: www.FreeMindsBookClub.org
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Wednesday, January 11, 7:30-9:00pm
THE GRAPEVINE STORYTELLING SHOW
Featuring ANDY OFFUT IRWIN, CARRIE SUE AYVAR,
Hosted by NOA BAUM, TIM LIVENGOOD--plus OPEN MIC
Busboys and Poets--Takoma
235 Carroll St NW DC (2 blocks from Takoma metro)
Spoken word performance for adults and teens, celebrating the timeless art of the story. Hosted by storytellers Noa Baum and Tim Livengood. Featured tellers on January 11 will be the astonishing Andy Offutt Irwin and the multi-everything Carrie Sue Ayvar, hosted by the action-packed Noa Baum. We'll open with (up to) 3 open mic tellers. Be sure to arrive early to get your name in the hat!
TICKETS: Free will offering. Suggested donation of $15 to support tellers.
http://andyirwin.com
www.carriesueayvar.com
www.facebook.com/events/273538446395202/
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Thursday, January 12, 7:30-10:00pm (intro workshop 7-7:30)
SECOND THURSDAY SILVER SPRING CONTRADANCE!
with the Potomac Revelers (Steve Hickman, John Devine, Ralph Gordon) and DeLaura Padovan calling!
Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Free parking in garage across the street, 801 Ellsworth Dr.
$8 members FSGW, BFMS, CDSS, Revels / $10 general
FREE for first-timers
www.CarpeDiemArts.org/dance-with-us
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Friday, January 13, 7:30pm
THE SWEATER SET: Maureen Andary & Sara Curtin
Carroll Cafe @ Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW DC (across from Takoma metro)
TICKETS: $18
www.TheSweaterSet.com
www.CarrollCafe.org
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Painting by Marilyn Banner: "Take Your Pick"
Friday, January 13, 7:30 pm
WASHINGTON MUSICA VIVA
Church of the Ascension
633 Sligo Ave
Silver Spring, MD
Classical, contemporary, & jazz-based chamber music: Mozart: Quintet, K. 452 (Mozart's favorite); Petr Eben: Musica (bracing 6 minute meditation on Adeste Fideles from a Buchenwald survivor)
Jean Francaix: Trio. Carl Banner, piano, Robert Huffman, oboe, Denis Malloy, clarinet, Nancy Switkes, bassoon, Shane Iler, French horn
TICKETS: $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
INFO: 301-891-6844 / dcmusicaviva@verizon.net
www.dcmusicaviva.org/events/
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Friday, January 13, 6:00-9:00pm
SSTCi EVENT: BLANCO Y NEGRO @ EL GOLFO
Live Cuban Music
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Enjoy the polyrhythmic percussion, guitars, melodious melodies and vocal harmonies of Yenobis Delgado and Reimy Pérez! Experience Cuban music, considered to be one of the richest and most influential musical styles in the world. Duo Blanco y Negro de Cuba have been playing their music professionally for 20 years now, wowing crowds wherever they go.
FREE. Proceeds from all food and drink sales benefit SSTCi. Be sure to write "SSTCi" on your receipt during the event. And, please let us know we can count you in! RSVP at lisa@silverspringtowncenter.com
www.ElGolfoRestaurant.com
www.SilverSpringTownCenter.com
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Saturday, January 14, 7:30-10:00pm
JOE UEHLEIN AND THE U-LINERS and friends
Concert to Celebrate Martin Luther King: Organize, Resist, Work for Justice
Takoma Park Community Center Auditorium
7500 Maple Ave.
Takoma Park, MD
www.uliners.com
www.uliners.com
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Sunday, January 15, 7:00pm
DAVID KALHOUS: MUSIC AT ASCENSION
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
630 Sligo Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Czech-American pianist David Kalhous is increasingly gaining recognition and critical acclaim in Europe and the United States for his elegant musicianship, brilliant pianism, probing intelligence, and adventurous programming. With wide-ranging solo, chamber and concerto repertoire spanning three centuries, he is equally at home with music of Scarlatti and Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, and Ligeti and Feldman. Professor Kalhous is on the faculty of the College of Music, Florida State University. This is his second appearance at Ascension. Please join us for this extraordinary opportunity to hear one of today’s foremost interpreters of contemporary piano music.
“Exceptional!”—The Music Review, Prague
“Masterful!”—Lucid Culture, New York
Free willing offering gratefully accepted.
Park on street, circle, or ESS school parking lot on Silver Spring Ave.
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Monday, January 16, 10:00am-12:00pm
MARTIN LUTHER KING SERVICE DAY
Hosted by Silver Spring Serve and Social Meet-Up Group
Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Join in various service projects and learn about many local nonprofits doing good work in our communities.
Welcoming all ages.
Lunch gathering afterward at local restaurants
http://montgomeryserves.org/mlk-day-service-2017
https://www.meetup.com/Silver-Spring-Serve-Social/events/236617733/?rv=ea1
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INTRO BEGINNER UKULELE CLASSES
Four Tuesdays: January 17 - February 7
3:30 - 4:15pm - Grades 6 & older, plus adults
4:30 - 5:15pm - Grades 3 & older, plus adults
ADVANCED BEGINNER UKE CLASSES
Four Tuesdays: February 14 - March 7
3:30 - 4:15pm - Grades 6 & older, plus adults
4:30 - 5:15pm - Grades 3 & older, plus adults
Washington Revels Studio
531 Dale Dr.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Teaching Artist: Liz Brinker
Cost: $85 for 4 classes.
Includes a 3-ring binder with 30 page songbook
REGISTER NOW
www.CarpeDiemArts.org/ukes-on-the-move
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Wednesday, January 18, 1:00-3:00pm (3rd Wednesdays)
SCHWEINHAUT SONG CIRCLE
Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center
1000 Forest Glen Rd
Silver Spring, MD 20901
On the third Wednesday of each month, this song circle provides a daytime opportunity to enjoy great songs, old or new, humorous or serious, timeless or topical. The Song Circle, co-sponsored by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW) and Carpe Diem Arts, is about the joy of singing, not about talent. You don't have to read music, and printed words are provided. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age or experience, including instrumental accompanists. Come when you can and leave when you must, but do come to sing! -- or just to listen.
FOR INFO--or to suggest songs in advance, contact Fred Stollnitz: fstollnitz@comcast.net
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Thursday, January 19, 7:00pm
THIRD THURSDAY POETRY
Presented by City of Takoma Park - We Are Takoma series
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Ave.
Takoma Park, MD
Bring a favorite poem you’ve written to share at this open reading!
Free admission
Contact: 301.891.7100
arts@takomaparkmd.gov
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Thursday, January 19, 7:00pm
SSTCi's FILM & LECTURE SERIES
Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
FREE & Everyone Welcome!
Please confirm your attendance as space is limited.
RSVP to lisa@silverspringtowncenter.com
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T H E A T E R R U N
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Fri/Sat Jan 20-21 and Jan 27-28 @ 7pm;
Sunday matinee Jan 22 @ 2pm
LUMINA THEATRE GROUP presents
KING LEAR by Wm. Shakespeare
Silver Spring Black Box Theatre
8641 Colesville Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20910 (next to AFI)
Directed by David Minton
Cast members: John O'Connor (Lear), Kelly O Connor (Goneril), Dre Weeks (Regan), Molly Hickman (Cordelia), Ritchie Porter (Kent), Robert Wiser (Fool), Brian Monsell (Gloucester), Ian Rogers (Edmund), Keith Anderson (Edgar), Brad Sperber (Albany), Mark Reiner (Oswald, Edmund’s Soldier), Michael Gelfeld (France), Mark Jefferson (Burgundy), Liz Porter (Cornwall’s first servant), Andy Penn (Lear’s Gentleman), Cassie Gabriel (Lear’s Gentlewoman), Lilac Marcus Gordon (Lear’s Attendant), Ian Fore (Doctor).
Lumina presents its unique version of LEAR - a politically resonant story of an arrogant business mogul, a country split into warring factions, and a powerful, privileged family in turmoil. In a time of fast-paced corporate acquisitions and surface luxury, Lear's decision to divide his empire between his three daughters sends the world around him spiraling into a dystopian time of violence and a fight for survival. Widely regarded as Shakespeare's most profound tragedy and arguably one of the greatest English-language plays ever written, LEAR explores the entire spectrum of the human experience: love, betrayal, forgiveness, despair, hope, and mortality. The Lumina Theatre Group celebrates its 9th production and Lumina's 20th anniversary with this masterwork by Shakespeare.
TICKETS: $15 students/seniors; $20 adult
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2729712
.www.LuminaStudio.org
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Friday, January 20, 7:30pm
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK: "UnNAUGURAL CONCERT"
Cultural Arts Center/Montgomery College
7995 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD
Free parking is available.
Grammy-nominated 'Sweet Honey in the Rock' will headline a concert in Silver Spring, Maryland to raise funds for progressive advocacy groups threatened by the incoming Administration. "Progressive activists are dreading Inauguration Day," said Executive Producer (and Maryland State Senator) Cheryl Kagan. "Folks are looking for something positive and uplifting to do that night. The UnNaugural concert will raise funds for five of the issue areas likely to be among the most threatened in the coming four years." Profits from the event will be donated to five national advocacy organizations: the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), the National LGBTQ Task Force, and Planned Parenthood.
In addition to headliner Sweet Honey in the Rock, the concert will feature Brother Sun (Pat Wictor, Joe Jencks, Greg Greenway), Tret Fure, Josh White, Jr., and Emma's Revolution.
TICKETS AND INFO: $25 students, $60 limited incomes; $100 standard, $250 VIP ticket (includes reserved parking, post show reception with performers. Sponsorships and program book ads also available.
www.UnNaugural.org and on Facebook and Twitter at @UnNaugural.
Those who cannot attend but wish to support the UnNaugural are encouraged to donate through the website.
www.UnNaugural.org
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Friday, January 20, 6:00-9:00pm
BLANCO Y NEGRO @ EL GOLFO
Live Cuban Music
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Enjoy the polyrhythmic percussion, guitars, melodious melodies and vocal harmonies of Yenobis Delgado and Reimy Pérez! Experience Cuban music, considered to be one of the richest and most influential musical styles in the world. Duo Blanco y Negro de Cuba have been playing their music professionally for 20 years now, wowing crowds wherever they go.
www.ElGolfoRestaurant.com
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Saturday, January 21, 6:30-8:30pm
REVELS-CARPE DIEM COMMUNITY SING
513 Dale Dr.
Silver Spring, MD
Songs of Hope and Freedom, Peace and Justice in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January birthdays will be celebrated with songs and cake.
More info: www.RevelsDC.org / www.CarpeDiemArts.org
BusyGraham@CarpeDiemArts.org /301-466-0183
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Saturday, January 21, 7:30pm
THE TAKOMA ENSEMBLE
THE GOLDEN DOOR: MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS
Church of the Ascension
633 Sligo Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
The Takoma Ensemble, a classical string orchestra, will offer a concert c-sponsored by CASA, titled The Golden Door: Music Without Borders,” exploring the theme of immigration. Led by Artistic Director and Conductor Victoria Gau, the concert will feature several works by American immigrants, beginning with a solo performance by Billboard winner Lilo Gonzalez. Other selections include Divertimento for Strings by Bela Bartok, Hungarian immigrant to the United States, and the world premiere of Beside the Golden Door, by Kim and Kathryn Kluge (Kim is the son of immigrants). The concert will include Within Her Arms, composed by Grammy nominee Anna Clyne, and Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, written by Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos, the most famous South American composer of all time. Spanish commentary will be provided by Lindolfo Carballo of CASA, and English commentary will be provided by Gau. The performance will be followed by a Q&A and reception.
TICKETS: $10-$25 (kids 16 and under are free) and are available at takomaensemble.org Concert proceeds will be donated to CASA. More information is available at 240-463-3695.
MORE INFO: #takomaimmigration
www.takomaensemble.org
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Sunday, January 22, 2017, 4:30 pm
MUSIC FOR THE SENSES: SIX DEGREE SINGERS CONCERT (see also Jan 28)
Hughes United Methodist Church
10700 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20902
Six Degree Singers, conducted by Reveler Rachel Carlson
The opening line of Henry Purcell’s 1683 tribute to St. Cecilia, “Welcome to all the Pleasures that delight, of ev’ry Sense, the grateful Appetite” describes how music appeals to not just our sense of hearing, but also to our sense of sight, touch, smell, taste, and beyond. Complete with string quartet, explore the sense of smell in Benjamin Britten’s famous “Five Flower Songs,” and the sense of taste in the sea shanty “Drunken Sailor” and Sesame Street’s “If Moon Was Cookie,” made famous by Cookie Monster and arranged in the Barbershop quartet style. Something for everyone.
TICKETS: $15 online/ $20 at the door
Students w/ ID and Seniors over 65: $12 online/ $15 at the door
FREE for youth 18 and under
Online tickets can be purchased at: http://www.singsix.com/store/
INFO: www.singsix.com
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Thursday, February 2, 5:45 & 6:45pm
JUMP START @ EL GOLFO
FAMILY FUN NIGHT OUT
featuring BILL WELLINGTON: RADIO WOOF!
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Bill Wellington's Radio WOOF family concert is a celebration of family, folklore, and fun with music, song, and story. Bill's high-energy banjo, fiddle, and guitar playing are irresistible, and his zany antics make everyone laugh out loud. Don't miss this chance to sing along on many favorite songs!
Presented by Silver Spring Day School, Carpe Diem Arts and Artivate
with support from El Golfo Restaurant, Finn Family Group, KinderMusik with Becky Linafelt, and Princess Mhoon Dance Institute.
$5 cover charge for adults: includes a ticket for a free dessert or drink (including Margaritas!) -- Children FREE
www.carpediemarts.org/family-fun-night
www.facebook.com/events/1758556791132086/
www.ElGolfoRestaurant.com
www.radiowoof.com
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A R T E X H I B I T
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NEW EXHIBIT -- opened Jan 12
Post Memory: Photographs of a Certain Place and Time
Curated by Amina Cooper c/o Arts & Humanities Council of MoCo
Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room
Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Place
Silver Spring MD 20910
The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County celebrates the opening of Post Memory: Photographs of a Certain Place and Time with a public reception on January 12, from 6 to 8pm. This exhibition brings together four artists – Bonnie Collier, Kaitlin Jensco, Muriel Hasbun, and Miriam Mörsel Nathan – whose photo-based work explores the ways that memories and personal histories can be reclaimed, reconstructed, and reimagined. The artists in this exhibition embrace a variety of processes and techniques. Archival photographs and documents are manipulated, juxtaposed, and embellished. Fragments of scenes obscured by movement and light are offered up. Together, the works suggest loss, nostalgia, and a desire to pay tribute to persons, places, and moments past.
INFO: Amina Cooper, Curator + Public Art Manager
Amina.cooper@creativemoco.com / 301-565-3807 www.CreativeMoco.com
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Saturday, March 11, 2017, 8:00-10:00pm
STARRY MOUNTAIN SINGERS
FSGW Monthly Program
Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW
Takoma, DC (across from Takoma metro)
FREE for Members (donation requested)
$15-20 for non-members
The Starry Mountain Singers are eight alumni of the Northern Harmony and Village Harmony ensembles: Stefan Amidon, Zara Bode, Avery Book,
Gideon Crevoshay, Jeff Fellinger, Emily Miller, Nathan Morrison, Suzannah Park. Members have performed with the Revels and on Mountain Stage and A Prairie Home Companion. They bring riveting harmonies to American and international folk music including gospel, shapenote, Appalachian, Bulgarian, Corsican and Georgian songs. Pete Sutherland of the Clayfoot Strutters said it best: “Everyone needs to make time to get the hell outta the house and hear this rockin’ bunch – your molecules will be rearranged.”
www.FSGW.org
NOTE: Stay tuned for news of possible workshop opportunity with Suzannah Park and friends!
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REPEAT OFFERINGS, ONGOING EXHIBITS
Music/ Poetry
21st of month 6:30- Revels/Carpe Diem Sing - Silver Spring
Tues weekly 7pm - Takoma Blues Open Mic - VFW 350
Second Fridays -- Carroll Cafe @ Seekers Church, Takoma DC
Fri/Sat 7:30 - Zed’s Cafe Live Music - Silver Spring
Institute of Musical Traditions Concerts - Rockville and Takoma
Open Mic Poetry and other events - BusBoysandPoets.com
Twilight Tuesdays on the Plaza (summer) 7pm - Silver Spring
Wednesday Starz on the Plaza (summer) 7pm - Silver Spring
Fri weekly - Music at El Golfo Restaurant featuring Duo Blanco y Negro de Cuba -- Silver Spring
Mon weekly 7pm - Bilingual Karaoke - El Golfo, Silver Spring
Wed (1st, 3rd) 8pm - Acoustic Open Mic - Politics & Prose
Dance
2nd Thurs 7pm - Silver Spring Contra Dance - check website for location
Classes at Dance Exchange - Takoma
Farmers Markets
Sat weekly - Fresh Farm Market - Ellsworth Ave, Silver Spring
Sun weekly 10-2 - Takoma Park Farmers Market
Separate listing of Carpe Diem Events
Thursday, January 12
7:30-10:00pm
(intro workshop 7-7:30)
SECOND THURSDAY SILVER SPRING CONTRADANCE!
with the Potomac Revelers (Steve Hickman, John Devine, Ralph Gordon) and DeLaura Padovan calling!
Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(Free parking in garage across the street, 801 Ellsworth Dr.)
$8 members FSGW, BFMS, CDSS, Revels / $10 general
FREE for first-timers
www.CarpeDiemArts.org/dance-with-us
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Saturday, January 21, 6:30-8:30pm
REVELS-CARPE DIEM COMMUNITY SING
513 Dale Dr.
Silver Spring, MD
Songs of Hope and Freedom, Peace and Justice in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January birthdays will be celebrated with songs and cake.
More info: www.RevelsDC.org / www.CarpeDiemArts.org
BusyGraham@CarpeDiemArts.org /301-466-0183'
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Thursday, February 2, 5:45 & 6:45pm
JUMP START @ EL GOLFO
FAMILY FUN NIGHT OUT
featuring BILL WELLINGTON: RADIO WOOF!
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Bill Wellington's Radio WOOF family concert is a celebration of family, folklore, and fun with music, song, and story. Bill's high-energy banjo, fiddle, and guitar playing are irresistible, and his zany antics make everyone laugh out loud. Don't miss this chance to sing along on many favorite songs!
Presented by Silver Spring Day School, Carpe Diem Arts and Artivate
with support from El Golfo Restaurant, Finn Family Group, KinderMusik with Becky Linafelt, and Princess Mhoon Dance Institute.
$5 cover charge for adults: includes a ticket for a free dessert or drink (including Margaritas!) -- Children FREE
www.carpediemarts.org/family-fun-night
www.facebook.com/events/1758556791132086/
www.ElGolfoRestaurant.com
www.radiowoof.com
Our mailing address is:
Carpe Diem Arts
425 Greenbrier Dr.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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