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Next to Normal

Arena Stage in Crystal City

How does an almost average family navigate today's over-stimulated and over-medicated world? In this darkly funny and haunting new musical, one suburban household confronts its past and its future. With provocative lyrics and an electrifying score, "Next to Normal" explores how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their world intact. Straight from its successul run at New York's...

Categories: Theater, Music: Other

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Katherine Anne Porter and Yaddo: "peace and repose and working atmosphere"

University of Maryland Libraries
1:30pm – 4:00pm

College Park, MD - The University of Maryland Libraries will be the site of an informative exhibit that explores American author Katherine Anne Porter’s relationship with Yaddo, an artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York. Porter spent a significant amount of time at the retreat as a guest in the 1940s. The exhibit focuses on the work Porter completed while at Yaddo. Viewers may also...

Categories: Exhibits

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My Space on 7th

Touchstone Gallery
6:00pm – 8:30pm

88 local artists opening Reception and Wine Tasting courtesy of Washington Wine Academy.

Two years ago Touchstone Gallery created My Space on 7th. It’s a unique, non-juried opportunity for local artists to exhibit at Touchstone’s gallery. In a short time, My Space on 7th has become a gallery tradition.

The upcoming January exhibition, like the two before it, drew an immediate resp...

Categories: Exhibits

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Matabb – A Palestinian TV Soap Opera

Goethe-Institut Washington, the German Cultural Center
6:30pm – 8:00pm

Germany/Palestine, 2008
The ten-episode series is named Matabb (Speed Bump).The drama, which features local actors, follows the ups and downs in the lives of the staff of a fictitious non-governmental organization. Typical for the genre, its episodes revolve around topics of human interest such as love, pre-marital sex, conflicts at work and, of course, everyday life in the territories.
Wedn...

Categories: Film

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Ha Ha at Ri Ra

Ri Ra Irish Pub
8:00pm – 10:00pm

FREE Live standup comedy show
by local standup comics
$25 cash prize joke contest for non-com audience members after the show
Every Wednesday night
8 to 10 pm
FREE SHOW
Ha-Ha at Ri-Ra
Ri-Ra Irish Pub
2915 Wilson Blvd
Arlington,VA 22201
703-248-9888
http://www.rira.com/arlington/home.html
www.StandupComedyToGo.com

Categories: Theater, Free

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Counter-Photography: Japan's Artists Roday

Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan
9:00am – 5:00pm

This world-traveling photography exhibit showcases the work of 11 contemporary Japanese artists united by a common desire: to capture a world invisible to the naked eye—the world of the spirit. Reflecting the traditional Japanese belief in which all objects are perceived to have a spiritual aspect, their work moves beyond the documentary, revealing the unique spirit of each individual photographer.

Categories: Exhibits

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