Weekend Round Up April 21, 2016


Smithsonian Craft Show
APRIL 22ND, 2016 AT 10:30 AM | EVENT WEBSITE

The Smithsonian Craft Show is considered the country’s most prestigious juried show and sale of fine American craft. Dale Chihuly and Toots Zynsky, world-renowned glass artists and recipients of the Smithsonian Craft Show Visionary Artist Awards, will headline the list of more than 75 outstanding artists who donated over 90 works to this year’s Smithsonian Craft Show Online Auction.

National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW

30th Annual Filmfest DC
APRIL 22ND, 2016 AT 12:00 AM | $10-$100 | FILMFESTDC@FILMFESTDC.ORG | TEL: 202-234-3456 | EVENT WEBSITE

The festival will bring 75 films from 35 countries to show on 6 screens across 11 days during 1 exciting festival. Numerous directors and filmmakers will be present throughout the festival for questions and/or discussions.

AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW, and Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW

C&O Canal Pride Days
APRIL 23RD, 2016 AT 09:00 AM | FREE | DRAPER@CANALTRUST.ORG | TEL: 301-714-2233 | EVENT WEBSITE

Do you take pride in your neighborhood National Park, the C&O Canal? Show it off by volunteering for a day of restoration, revitalization, and fun during one of the C&O Canal Trust’s Canal Pride Days.

C&O Canal National Historical Park, 11710 MacArthur Blvd., Potomac, Maryland

Temperance Walking Tour
APRIL 23RD, 2016 AT 01:00 PM | $49 | TEL: 202-633-3030 | EVENT WEBSITE

Garrett Peck leads a Smithsonian Associates tour of D.C.’s quirky Prohibition history, setting off from the Cogswell Temperance Fountain.

7th Street and Indiana Avenue NW

Author Talk: Michelle Nzadi Keita
APRIL 23RD, 2016 AT 02:00 PM | FREE | TEL: 202-633-4820 | EVENT WEBSITE

Michelle Nzadi Keita will speak about and sign copies of her book, “Brief Evidence of Heaven: Poems from the Life of Anna Murray Douglass.” Anna Murray Douglass was the first wife of Frederick Douglass.

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE

Jazz at the Atlas
APRIL 23RD, 2016 AT 08:00 PM | $28 | TEL: 202-399-7993 | EVENT WEBSITE

The Tizer Trio, a “world jazz fusion powerhouse” led by keyboardist Lao Tizer, performs.

Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE

Shakespeare’s Birthday
APRIL 24TH, 2016 AT 12:00 PM | FREE | TEL: 202-544-4600 | EVENT WEBSITE

Celebrate the Bard’s birthday with music, puppets, stage combat demonstrations, cake, Elizabethan crafts and an appearance by Queen E. herself.

Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE

National Gallery Concert: Inscape
APRIL 24TH, 2016 AT 03:30 PM | FREE | EVENT WEBSITE

The ensemble performs music by Chen Yi, Toru Takemitsu and other Asian composers.

National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW

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