Two Free Performances at Sitar Arts Center: Friday and Monday

The Sitar Arts Center is hosting two free performances, open to the community.

Friday, December 10 at 5:00 pm:  Modern Electric Violist, Christen Lien

Young violist Christen Lien combines her classical training with experimental acoustic and electronic sounds and a looping machine. Her unique fusion of East and West, classical and postmodern, acoustic and electronic, has created an entirely new sound that is both uncannily ancient and reassuringly contemporary. What results is mesmerizing, layers of music that one fan called "a bridge to the divine."



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Monday, December 13 at 5:30pm:  Meet the Stars of Oklahoma!

Meet the stars of Arena Stage's hit show Oklahoma!, including E. Faye Butler, Eleasha Gamble, Nicholas Rodriguez, Cody Williams and June Schreiner at a special ArtSpeak! Get to know the performers at a panel discussion with question-and-answer period and see selection from the show. Presented by Shugoll Research.

Sitar Arts Center is at 1700 Kalorama Road, NW a block past the Harris Teeter.

Find out more by visiting the Sitar Arts Center website. 

Metro Wants to Get You to the Army 10-Miler and to Shows at Arena Stage

Metro has had certainly had its ups and downs lately.  It's been down a lot on 3-day holiday weekends while trying to take care of its tracks and catch up on basic maintenance, while on the other hand, it's going out of its way to make it easy for people to take Metro to specific events. Here are two that Metro wants you to see: The first is the Army 10-Miler race on Sunday morning, and the second is a farecard/theater tickets deal for Arena Stage.  Interestingly, the Metro press release (below) notes that organizers of the race have paid for Metro's extra service, but is silent on the financial arrangements involved in the Arena Stage promotion.