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All posts tagged "artisphere"

  • Frida's Photos

    Sometimes it pays to be a sister city. Right now in Arlington, for instance, you can see a collection of Frida Kahlo's photographs, never before...

  • Belo comes to Artisphere

    In partnership with the Alliance Francaise, Artisphere presents Belo, a 31-year-old Haitian singer-songwriter, whose socially conscious songs document the hardships in his homeland. Belo’s music...

  • Parisian Dining

    ''Well,'' says Carole Greenwood, ''we're not making hashish spread, I can tell you that.'' She's cracking wise about the dinner she's preparing based on the...

  • Dakshina performs at Artisphere

    Gay choreographer Daniel Phoenix Singh will perform a tender male-male duet “Since You’ve Asked” — featuring poetry by Leonard Cohen and music by Jacques Brel...

  • Surround Sounds

    ''In the '80s, I was a synth-pop boy,'' says Richard Chartier. ''I was very into that.'' But unlike many or even most synth-pop fans, the...

  • Women of the House

    With its rather dated depiction of the mores, or lack thereof, of the modern wartime journalist, some aspects of Tom Stoppard's Night and Day may...

  • Short Rounds

    Composer Ricky Ian Gordon's brief relationship with the late Jeffrey Grossi in the mid-'90s provided, if not a lifetime, then at least a few years'...

  • Out in the Silence at Artisphere

    D.C.-based filmmakers Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer’s 2010 documentary Out In The Silence focuses on a popular young jock brutally bullied at his small-town high...

  • Outspoken, Ep. 17: First Kisses

    While at Artisphere's Holiday Hugs & Kisses on Saturday, Dec. 4, Justin Stewart asked several of the participants about their first kiss. //

  • Artisphere's Holiday Hugs and Kisses

    On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 4, Artisphere hosted Holiday Hugs & Kisses ''to demonstrate broad community and regional support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT)...

  • Crystal City

    ''The question we've had all week long,'' says Lia Halloran of the large ''crystals'' currently on display at Arlington's Artisphere, '' what are these made...

  • All in the Family

    As one contemplates the Washington Shakespeare Company's move from Clark Street to Rosslyn, it's easy to imagine a magical creature emerging from its dark cave...

  • Improv Insanity

    ''He's sort of that guy who everybody knows is gay, but nobody talks about it,'' says Mark Chalfant. Chalfant plays Skip ''Skippy'' Skipperton in Washington...

  • Artistic in Arlington

    ''Artisphere is the kind of place where you come and hang out, bring your friends, find new friends,'' says Norma Kaplan, division chief of Arlington...

  • Set to Stun

    Christopher Henley photographed by Julian Vankim on Friday, Sept. 10 Going to a Washington Shakespeare Company performance at the Clark Street Playhouse was always something...