Bill Adler and Peggy Robin
Publishers, All Life Is Local
Cleveland Park Listserv
www.cleveland-park.com
Saturday, February 2, starting at 7:30 AM Groundhog Day
festivities featuring "Potomac Phil, the National Groundhog,"? with
live accordion music, polka dancers, and presentations. Free. At the Dupont
Circle fountain.
Saturday, February 2, 10 AM - 3:30 PM, Tenley-Friendship
Library Open House, with coffee and cake, sponsored by the Friends of Tenley
Library.
Saturday, February 2 starting at 2 PM, a guided walk
through Georgetown through what was once the bustling 19th Century African
American community of Herring Hill. Free. Starts at the Old Stone House, 3051 M
Street NW.
Saturday, February 2, 5 - 7 PM, opening reception for
"We the Artists: an exhibition of artists from the Gateway Community
Development Corporation studios," presented by Art Matters, the exhibition
project of Art Works Studio School, and the Gateway Community Development
Corporation. At Art Works Studio School, 3711 Rhode Island Avenue, Mt. Rainier, MD, 301-454-0808, www.artworksnow.org. The art show runs
through March 9.
Saturday, February 2, 8 - 10 PM, A Hot Winter's Night of
Comedy, featuring performers with credits from shows like Seinfeld, Ellen, and
The Drew Carey Show, plus SpeakEasy DC favorites, and African Drumming. Doors
open at 7:15 PM; tickets are $17 in advance, $12 for students $20 at the door.
Go to www.jwccc.org to reserve. At the
Junior Women's Club of Chevy Chase, 7931 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD.
Show benefits the JWCCC, Operation Smile, the Chevy Chase Firehouse, the
National Center For Children and Families, and Sasha Bruce Youthwork.
Sunday, February 3 at 1:30 PM, tour of stained glass
windows at the Washington National Cathedral. $10, reservations recommended: www.tickets.cathedral.org.
Sunday February 3, 5 PM - 8 PM, an "Un Super Bowl
Party." Enjoy an evening of quiet conversation, cards, and board games at
Murphy's Bar, 501 Massachusetts Avenue, NE. Feel free to discuss
philosophy, linguistics, the classics --whatever you want-- with your fellow
non-sports fans. Dips, soft drinks, and sandwiches will be served. If you
really don't want to watch the Super Bowl, you'll have to do something else,
because this is the weekly fake event.
Sunday, February 3 at 6:30 PM, screening of the 1967
movie, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" starring Sidney Poitier.
Free. At the Chevy Chase DC Branch Library, 5625 Connecticut Avenue, NW. For
dates and times of other films in the series of Sidney Poitier classics visit www.dclibrary.org/node/33016
Monday, February 4, 7 - 9:30 PM, Journalist Ted Conover
discusses his new book, "The Routes of Man: Travels in the Paved
World." Free, at the School of International Studies at American
University, in the Abramson Family Founders Room, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue,
NW. More info at http://www.american.edu/cas/literature/calendar/index.cfm?id=3962818
Tuesday, February 8 at 12:10 PM, concert by pianist
Jeremy Filsell and organist Nigel Potts, performing Rachmaninov's Concerto No.
2 in C Minor. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G Street NW.
Tuesday, February 5 at 12:30 PM, author Jeanne Theoharis
discusses her book, "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." Free.
At Barnes & Noble, 555 12th Street NW, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/78623
Tuesday, February 5 at 6 PM, Screening of
"Rosewood" (1997, rated R), as part of the February Film Series on
Black History Month. Free. In the lower-level meeting room, Georgetown
Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St., NW, www.dclibrary.org/node/33500
Wednesday, February 6 at 7 PM, Local author Danielle
Navidi will discuss her new cookbook "Happily Hungry: Smart Recipes for
Kids With Cancer." At Tenley Library, 4450 Wisconsin Avenue across the
street from the Tenleytown Metro. Book sales benefit the pediatric oncology
hematology program at Georgetown University Hospital.
Saturday, February 9 at 8 PM, 21st Annual Sing Out for
Shelter Concert, at Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church ), 3401
Nebraska Ave. NW, organized by the Augmented Eight, a nonprofit, men's a
cappella singing group. This year's concert of a cappella vocal music will once
again benefit three local organizations that serve the more than 30,000
individuals who experience homelessness each year in the Greater Washington DC
Region. Tickets (tax deductible): $50 Preferred seating; $25 General Seating;
$10 Students/Seniors; Children 13 and under are free. Reserve by emailing musicdirector @ augmented8.org.
Saturday, February 9, 9:30 AM - 3 PM: DC Department of
Transportation presents a Transportation Fair, a family-friendly public event,
held to share ideas about how District residents, workers and visitors can have
convenient and reliable multimodal options that connect them to economic and
quality of life opportunities. Anyone who drives, walks, bikes, rides a bus, or
takes a train in DC is invited to drop in anytime or stay throughout the day to
hear information, participate in interactive activities and to join a panel
discussion. At the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW.
More info at http://1.usa.gov/WSi6R5
.
Saturday, February 9 at 8 PM, concert by David Lonkevich,
flute, and Maribeth Gowen, piano, presented by the Washington Conservatory of
Music, performed at Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church, One Westmoreland
Circle at Massachusetts and Western Avenues, the boundary of DC and Bethesda.
Free, but donations gratefully accepted at the door. For more information see http://washingtonconservatory.org/html/concertsfeb_13.html.
Friday, February 15 at 7 PM, Wine tasting with Tom Natan
and Cy Behroozi of First Vine, at the Alliance Francaise, 2142 Wyoming Avenue
NW. Tickets, $15 - $20 at http://www.francedc.org/Events/?id=107
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