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 | Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage District of Columbia Free Performances every day at 6pm. As part of the Kennedy Center's "Performing Arts for Everyone" initiative, visitors can enjoy local, national, and international artists as they showcase their talents in music, dance, theater, and more. |
 | Window on Weimar Robert Brown Gallery Through Fri, May 24 Robert Brown Gallery is pleased to announce Window on Weimar, works by Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Käthe Kollwitz, Lea Grundig, Max Pechstein and William Sharp. We will be exhibiting etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, drypoints and charcoal drawings. |
 | Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac National Gallery of Art Through Sun, May 26 About 100 drawings and watercolors from the Dyke collection, including works given to the Gallery, showcase the development of modern draftsmanship in France from romanticism and realism through the impressionists, Nabis, and neo-impressionists. |
 | Oscar’s Docs: American Stories from the 1970s National Archives Fri, May 31 The Flight of the Gossamer Condor (1978; 27 minutes), chronicles the historic flight of the first human-powered flying machine. Directed by Ben Shedd. The Great American Cowboy (1973; 89 minutes) goes behind the scenes at the American Rodeo |
 | Ken Ludwig Book Party & Talk Folger Theatre Sat, June 8 Enjoy an interactive discussion on Twelfth Night with acclaimed author and Tony Award-nominee Ken Ludwig, followed by a book-signing for his new book, How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare. |
 | SUPER NOVA Forum of Performance: Aftermath Artisphere Sat, June 8 Local performance artists are invited to collaborate and present their practices in whatever inventive format they choose. During the weeks leading up to each forum, videos of the presenting artists' work will be rotated on Artisphere's Video Wall. |
 | Creative Crafts Council 29th Biennial Strathmore Through Sat, June 15 This Strathmore juried favorite returns with a crafty collection of work in a variety of media that's guaranteed to surprise and delight. |
 | Standing Room Only Workhouse Arts Center Through Sun, June 16 Standing Room Only will feature a selection of 20 artist customized bike seats. |
 | Urban Decay 4 Workhouse Arts Center Sat, June 1 through Sun, July 28 The Workhouse Arts Center kicks off the summer with Urban Decay 4, an exhibition of low-brow urban art. Low-brow art is a populist art movement with origins in the underground comic world, punk music, tattoo and street art. |
 | Edvard Munch: A 150th Anniversary Tribute National Gallery of Art Through Sun, August 11 Continuing the Gallery's devotion to Munch's art, with three major exhibitions in recent decades, this installation celebrates the 150th anniversary of his birth with some 20 of the most beloved images from the Gallery's collection. |
 | Reclaiming the Edge: Urban Waterways and Civic Engagement Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Through Sun, September 15 Reclaiming the Edge explores various issues regarding human interaction with natural resources in an urban setting. |
Highlights
| In My Nature Through Sun, May 26 Washington Printmakers Gallery |
| Signs and Seasons Through Sun, May 26 Washington Printmakers Gallery |
| Nelson Gutierrez The Death of Fear, Ink and Pencil on Paper Through Thu, June 6 Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall |
| Craig Alston Quartet Performs Jazz Masters Sat, June 8 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum |
| Options 2013 Through Sun, June 9 Arlington Arts Center |
| Suzanne Cleary and Karen Sagstetter Sun, June 9 The Writer's Center |
| A Jane Austen Film Festival Wed, June 12 Dumbarton House |
| The United States Marine Chamber Orchestra, Summer Concert Series I Sat, June 15 Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall |
| Summer Art Party on the Quad Sat, June 22 Workhouse Arts Center |
| The Listening Room Wed, May 29 through Sun, June 30 Washington Printmakers Gallery |
| Works by Karen Hubacher Wed, July 24 through Sun, August 25 Gallery plan b |
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