Bill Adler and Peggy Robin
Publishers, All Life Is Local
Cleveland Park Listserv
www.cleveland-park.com
Friday, December 7, at 6 PM, Middle C Music hosts a
recital by guitar students of Magdalena Duhagon. Free: 4530 Wisconsin Avenue,
NW, www.middlecmusic.com
Friday, December 7 and Saturday, December 8, The 30th
Annual St. Albans Christmas House Tour begins at the school (on the corner of
Wisconsin & Massachusetts Avenue). Holiday marketplace and luncheon.
Shuttles leave every 15 minutes from the school to 5 spectacular homes in
Phillips Park, DC, festively festooned for the winter holidays by area decorators.
The hours are Friday 11 AM - 4 PM and Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM. Entrance to the
marketplace is free; tickets to tour the houses are $35 at the door or are
available through www.stalbansschool.org/cht.
Saturday, December 8, 2 - 6 PM, Tenley WinterFest. A festive
indoor-outdoor seasonal celebration in Tenleytown. At Janney Elementary: annual
craft market, gently used toys, hot chocolate, roasted chestnuts, food vendors,
Children's Winter Garden of Lights, musical performances. At Tenley-Friendship
Library: used children's book sale, winter storytime and crafts, music. At IONA
Senior Services: art exhibit and sale, art and wellness center tours. Visit
Tenley-Friendship library children's desk for details or see the Janney website
at janneyschool.org.
Saturday, December 8, Second Annual Inspired Teaching
School Winterfest, 9 AM - dusk. Buy books and educational games, buy a tree or
other holiday greenery, buy candles for winter holidays, attend an open house
info session, enjoy a bake sale and hot cocoa. Inspired Teaching School is at
1328 Florida Ave, NW. All proceeds benefit the Inspired Teaching School, a D.C.
demonstration public charter school, www.inspiredteachingschool.org
Saturday, December 8, 10 AM - 3 PM, 58th Annual Greens Sale and
Christmas Bazaar at St. John's Episcopal Church of Georgetown. Sale items
include homemade wreaths, sprays, Christmas decorations, delicious baked goods,
homemade eggnog, vintage collectibles, and a hearty lunch. Shop while your kids
make crafts at our Kid's Corner, and sing along to favorite Christmas carols
with our live pianist: 3240 O St., NW.
Saturday, December 8 - Sunday, December 16, at GW's
Lisner Auditorium. The Christmas Revels. This festive, fully-staged celebration
of music, dance and drama will have you dancing in the aisles (really!) and
singing along with a multigenerational cast of over 100. Delight in the Ghost
of Revels Past, a painting that comes to life, a madcap "Twelve Days of
Christmas," lively country and Morris dancing, the mysterious Abbots Bromley
Horn Dance, a delightful Mummer's play with a surprise ending, and many chances
to join the fun. Dec. 8 at 2 PM & 7:30 PM; Dec. 9 at 2 PM; Dec. 14 at 7:30
PM; Dec. 15 at 2 PM & 7:30 PM; Dec. 16 at 1 PM & 5 PM. More info at www.revelsdc.org/revels2012
Sunday, December 9, 10 AM, Chanukah Carnival at the
DCJCC. This year's rockin' Chanukah Carnival benefits the December 25th Day of
Service Project. Help to kick off holiday gift collections by bringing a gift
worth between $5-10 to be donated to children in need this holiday season.
Suggested items include: board games, stuffed animals, Nerf toys, MadLibs,
Mani/Pedi kits, gift cards (gifts are needed for youth 2–18 years old). Tickets
available online through December 7 at http://thejdc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=136181&view=Detail
or at the door - $15 per family if paid in advance; $20 online; DCJCC member
discounts available.
Sunday December 9 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Japanese Americans'
Care Fund, 2012 Arts & Crafts Fair, Kena Shriners Annex Building, 9001
Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA. Admission $2.00 (free for children under 12).
Arts & Crafts, Japanese food,
locally grown Japanese vegetables, Kimono and Obi, Antiques, Japanese
books including manga, Various household items, and much more. Visit www.jacarefund.org for more information.
Sunday, December 9 at 4 PM, The New Dominion Chorale,
conducted by Artistic Director Thomas Beveridge, will present J.S. Bach's
Christmas Oratorio at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center on
the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College, 3001 North
Beauregard Street in Alexandria, Virginia. The Chorale will be joined by
soloists from the Washington National Cathedral and a professional orchestra.
Tickets are $30, $25 (seniors), $20 for individuals in groups of ten or more,
and $5 for students and children, available through www.newdominion.org or at the door.
Parking is free.
Sunday, December 9 at 4 PM, "Sing We All
Nowell!", Christmas concert by The Thomas Circle Singers in partnership
with the Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place. At St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, 4900 Connecticut Avenue NW. $20; $15 for students/seniors, at
singweallnowell.eventbrite.com.
Tuesday, December 11 at 12:10 PM, Levine School of Music faculty concert featuring
flutist Rebecca Colloras, oboist Kenny Stillwell, and pianist Grace McFarlane.
Free. At the Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G Street, NW
Saturday, December 15, 10 AM - 12 Noon, St. Elizabeths
West Campus Walking Tour. Join the DC Preservation League in partnership with
the General Services Administration for a walking tour of the historic west
campus of St. Elizabeths Hospital, a National Historic Landmark. Space is
limited and reservations are required (due to security issues, walk-ons will
not be permitted on the tour): www.dcpreservation.org/events/st-elizabeths-walking-tour-051912
Tuesday, December 18 at 12 noon, Christmas at the Howard
Theatre. Howard Theatre Restoration in partnership with the Washington
Performing Arts Society will sponsor a special free holiday concert exclusively
for senior citizens in the Washington, DC community at the newly restored
Howard Theatre, with music from the renowned WPAS Men and Women of the Gospel.
Registration required. For more information contact Shiba Haley, Director of
Programs, 202-588-5595, www.howardtheatre.org.
Thursday, December 20, 4 PM, Origami Attack - For Teens.
Learn how to make paper models. Debut your paper cranes, ninja stars and
anything in between at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Teen Space. Fun
for ages 12-19.
Friday, December 21, groundbreaking ceremony for the Connecticut
Avenue Upper Level Expressway, Dupont Circle, 12 noon. The expressway, which
will stretch from Dupont Circle to Chevy Chase Circle, will add a second four
lane roadway fifty feet above Connecticut Avenue, alleviating traffic
congestion. Estimated completion date, fall 2016. (Once upon a time the Silver
Line to Dulles Airport was imaginary, too. But don't show up on the 21st,
because this is the weekly fake event.)
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