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• First Draft Reading Series

  • When
    Tue, October 21, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

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  FIRST DRAFT READING

  THE ROSE THEATRE CO's Reading Series

  “It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity”

  a new comedy by Allyson Currin

  ONLY A FEW SEATS ARE LEFT AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT!

  Tuesday, October 21, 2025,    at 7:00 pm

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  (RSVP required)

  Doors open 7pm

  Performance begins 7:30pm

  THE ROSE THEATRE CO's Reading Series  FIRST DRAFT celebrates the idea that new plays have an important place in the future of American theater and that audiences are an integral part of the process. That's why all our new play readings are free-of-charge and available at friendly accessible venues.

  Performances begin at 7:30pm and are part of The Rose New Play Development Series | First Draft. A guided audience discussion with the creative team, playwright and actors follows each performance.. FREE ADMISSION. Join the Conversation!

  Over a dozen seasons, THE ROSE THEATRE CO's Reading Series has been lucky to work with some of the most vibrant playwrights in the country. We've debuted over 45 new plays with more than half receiving full productions in DC, on Broadway and around the globe.

  Join the conversation!

  This project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

  
  

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• Poetry Club Meeting - Pessoa: A Gentle Breath on the Portuguese literary landscape

  • When
    Wed, October 22, 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  The Arts Club of Washington Poetry Club

  on Wednesday, October 22 nd , 2025, 5:30 pm

  will meet to discuss selected Sonnets and the life of the

  Portuguese Poet and translator

  Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa

  A pluralist who created many heteronyms and filled their world

  with details that only a perfectionist could appreciate. He was a

  brilliant author and a complex person who has left a literary

  legacy that is still being studied and unfolded.

  Come join the journey to understand.

  I'm nothing.

  I'll always be nothing.

  I can't want to be something.

  But I have in me all the dreams of the world.

  Opening lines from “The Tobacco Shop” 1928

  
  

  $10 Includes wine reception

  
  

  
  

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• The Classical Arts Society of Washington: Diabolical Delights

  • When
    Thu, October 23, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
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  Classical Arts Society of Washington 

  presents

  Diabolical Delights

  Thursday, October 23, 2025

  6:30 pm  -  9:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Members $60 (use RSVP button)

  Non-Members $65 

  Celebrate All Hallows’ Eve with devilishly delectable selections from Prokofiev and Tartini, flirting with the macabre in music.

  
  

  PROGRAM TO INCLUDE

  Tartini - Devil’s Trill

  Prokofiev - Diabolical Suggestions

  
  

  6:30 pm - Reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres before concert

  7:00 pm - Concert start

  9:30 pm - Event end

  PLEASE NOTE

  The price of your ticket includes hors d’oeuvres and drinks from the open wine and beer bar.

  Classical Arts Society of Washington: https://classicalartssociety.org/

  
  

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, October 24, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Library of the Arts

  The 800+ volume Library of the Arts is a Member benefit and not open to the public other than on docent-led tours. The library contains books that span the wide range of Club artistic disciplines and provides a comfortable retreat to read and relax.  Works by and about Club members may be found in the collection, as well as in paintings and sculpture adorning the room.

  This room is the only one on your tour which is part of original 1802 home of just four rooms, today behind (north) of the much larger 1805 mansion that was built on its front garden. This room would likely have been the children's bedroom, including Maria Monroe who would go on to become the first Presidential daughter White House bride in 1820.

  Since its founding in 1916, the Arts Club of Washington has called 2017 I Street, N.W.  “home.”  Join us on a guided tour of the historic clubhouse to learn more about the Arts Club, its activities and the distinguished men and women who have been members.  We will also discuss some of the fabled residents of the two mansions the Club now occupies, including President James Monroe and his First Lady Elizabeth, and Civil War General Robert MacFeely.  

  Please note that attendance is limited to 12 persons due to small spaces visited on the tour, thus an RSVP is required to guarantee participation. 

  Walk-in participants will be accommodated when possible. 

  Tour is not ADA accessible.

  
  

  Groups: Contact us to book your tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, October 24, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
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  The Friday Noon Concert Series

  Bethesda Arts Trio
  

  Glen Kuenzi, violin

  Anthony Bock, piano

  Katie McCarthy, cello
  

  
  

  Friday, October 24, 2025
  

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  Program:

  Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 - Ludwig van Beethoven

  I. Allegro con brio
  II. Andante cantabile con Variazioni
  III. Minuetto. Quasi allegro
  IV. Finale. Prestissimo 

  
  

  About the Artists:

  Glen Kuenzi is an up and coming violinist based in Washington, D.C. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, he earned his B.S. in Violin Performance and Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022. Since 2020 he has been a regular substitute with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, performing with notable artists Olga Kern and Thomas Mesa in 2021. Glen is now studying for his M.M. in Violin Performance at the University of Maryland-College Park under tutelage of Irina Muresanu. During the summer of 2023 Glen was an orchestral fellow at the National Orchestral Institute where he performed as concertmaster and was honored to be included in NOI’s new partnership with the Smithsonian Stradivarius collection. He was also a string fellow at Eastern Music Festival, where he performed with the Eastern Festival Orchestra. Glen is currently a substitute violinist with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Annapolis Opera, and Miami Beach’s New World Symphony. In November 2023, Glen was awarded a tenure track position with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
  

  Katie McCarthy is an active performer, teacher, and arts advocate based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. She serves as principal cellist with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and the Great Falls Philharmonic. She has the pleasure of regularly substituting with local ensembles, including the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Annapolis Chamber Orchestra. She has performed in venues such as the the Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, Signature Theater, Texas Public Radio, The Clarice, Maryland Hall, and the Arts Club of Washington. She maintains an active studio of dedicated cello students, ranging from beginners, to advanced high schoolers, to adult learners. She has served as a faculty member for the Arts Ahimsa music festival in Lenox, MA, where she coached amateur adult musicians in a variety of chamber music and performed alongside them in concert. During her studies, she was selected to play with the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival Mass Cello Ensemble at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles. She was also selected to perform in masterclasses given by Hai-Ye Ni of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Astrid Schween of the Juilliard Quartet, and the Shanghai Quartet. Ms. McCarthy holds a M.M. in Cello Performance and B.M. in Cello Performance from the University of Maryland. Go Terps!

  Anthony Bock is a chamber musician, vocal coach, and collaborative pianist born in Medford, Oregon. Bock has competed and performed throughout the United States and Europe. He has won awards in numerous competitions including 1st prize in the Oregon Music Teachers Association (OMTA) Sonata Competition, OMTA Bach Competition, OMTA Classical and Baroque festival, the 2016-2020 Evans Family Scholarship at Southern Oregon University (SOU), the Brookings Friends of Music Scholarship competition, placed 3rd at Washington International Piano Competition at the Kennedy Center, and has won an orchestral fellowship at Eastern Music Festival. Outside of music, Bock has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and enjoys hiking, camping, and sports. Bock is an avid performer throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Northeastern United States and has played with numerous jazz ensembles, chamber groups, choirs, opera companies, Theater companies and orchestras. Bock has earned his Bachelor of Music from SOU. During his time at SOU he studied under the instruction of Dr. Alexander Tutunov and Dr. Matthew Goodrich. Bock has completed a Masters of music degree in Collaborative Piano at University of Maryland and is now studying for a Doctorate degree in Collaborative Piano both under the tutelage of Rita Sloan.

  
  

  
  

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• Founding Anniversary Musical Celebration with Russell Wilson

  • When
    Fri, October 24, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20008

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  The Classical Music and History Committees present a nostalgic look back at the Club's first programmed event from October 1916.

  Enjoy bespoke speciality cocktails with popular music of the day by Scott Joplin, James P. Johnson, and Jelly Roll Morton, followed by dinner and a sampling of  the works of the classical composers who were catching our Founders' attention 109 years ago: Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, and Debussy.  

  
  

  Business or Era-inspired Attire Requested

  
  

  RUSSELL WILSON

  Russell Wilson, a two-time Old Time Piano Playing World Champion, holds a Bachelor’s degree in classical piano performance and a Master’s degree in jazz from the University of Maryland. Since 2002, he has performed as a member of the President's Own U.S. Marine Band, playing all styles of music on piano and accordion at White House events and public concerts across the National Capital Region. He also plays with orchestras, chamber groups, wedding bands, jazz bands, and his church worship team.

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• Salon Concert of Mozart, Schumann, and Brahms

  • When
    Tue, October 28, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
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    16

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  Music for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano

  1. W.A. Mozart (1756-1921), Trio K.498 (Kegelstatt) in E-flat Major

  I. Andante

  II. Menuetto

  III. Rondeaux, allegretto

  2. Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Op.132 Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales)

  I. Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell (Lively, not too fast)

  II. Lebhaft und sehr markirt (Lively and very marked)

  III. Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck (Restful tempo, tenderly expressive)

  IV. Lebhaft, sehr markirt (Lively and very marked)

  3. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Trio Op. 114 in A minor (arr. for viola by Shai Wosner)

  I. Allegro

  II. Adagio

  III. Andantino grazioso

  IV. Allegro

  

  Originally from Larsen, Wisconsin, Becky Johnson received a Bachelor of Music degree in viola performance from Oberlin Conservatory and her Master of Music degree in Suzuki pedagogy from Ithaca College where she did long-term training with Carrie Reuning-Hummel. As an orchestral musician, Becky has performed as a member of Movement in Music Ensemble (MIME), The Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, and the National Festival Orchestra at the National Orchestral Institute. An avid chamber music lover, Becky has also performed as a member of the Florestan Quartet and as part of Fox River Chamber Festival, Madeline Island Chamber Music, Credo Chamber Music Festival, New York University String Quartet Intensive, and the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar.

  Currently residing in Baltimore, Becky holds the Suzuki Coordinator position and teaches violin and viola at the Washington Conservatory of Music. When not teaching or performing, Becky enjoys gardening, training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, making food, and caring for local cats including her own two furry felines, Layla and Punichan.

  Arts Club members Robert Marcus and his wife, Ann, moved to Washington, D.C. two years ago.  Although Robert’s primary career was in medicine, he has been an active clarinetist throughout his adult life in both orchestral and chamber music.  His major orchestral affiliation was the Redwood Symphony on the San Francisco peninsula, with whom he appeared as soloist in the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, a Concerto by Miguel del Aguila, “Gnarly Buttons” by John Adams, and “The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” by Osvaldo Golijov. He also performed a transcription by Luciano Berio of the Brahms F minor clarinet sonata for clarinet and orchestra and was featured as soloist in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with the Los Alamos Symphony. Now a Washington resident, he has performed several recitals and last Spring played a noontime Washington Arts Club concert bass clarinet recital with pianist Natalia Kazaryan featuring transpositions of ‘cello sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms.

  

  Praised by Marin Alsop as an “amazing young pianist,” Chengcheng Yao has emerged as a most creative and expressive artist. Her orchestral highlights include performances of Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop and with the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra under maestro Timothy Muffitt. She has also appeared as a soloist with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hebei Symphony Orchestra. Solo performances have taken her to prestigious venues across North America, Europe, and Asia, such as Alice Tully Hall in New York, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Vienna’s Beethoven Center and University of Music and Performing Arts, Berlin’s Chinese Culture Center and University of the Arts, Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts and Forbidden City Concert Hall, and the University of Toronto. 

  A passionate chamber musician, Yao has participated in major festivals including the Chautauqua Music Festival (USA), Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival and Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival (Italy), University of Toronto New Music Festival (Canada), and Beijing International Piano Festival (China).  Winner of the 2017 Elizabeth Parisot Prize—awarded to outstanding pianists at the Yale School of Music—Yao has been recognized with numerous awards. Her achievements include First Prizes at the 71st Steinway International Piano Competition, the Sigma Alpha Iota Piano Competition, and the Harrison Winter Piano Competition.

  Dedicated to education, Yao is a piano instructor at the Washington Conservatory of Music. She has given masterclasses at the Peabody Institute and the China Conservatory of Music and, since September 2024, has served as a coach for the Homewood Chamber Music Seminar at Johns Hopkins University.

  Yao completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She holds two master’s degrees from The Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music, where she studied with Jerome Lowenthal, Matti Raekallio, Peter Frankl, and Hung-Kuan Chen. While pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, she worked with legendary pianist Leon Fleisher and Yong Hi Moon.

  6:30 p.m. - Salon Concert

  7:30 p.m. - Reception

  
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  The Salon Concert Series is presented by the Classical Music Committee of The Arts Club of Washington, and offers chamber music in an historic atmosphere evocative of the period during which the music was written. 

  
  

  
  

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• Matinee Meet-Up: Imelda Staunton in NT Live's "Mrs. Warren's Profession"

  • When
    Wed, October 29, 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Angelika Film Center & Cafe at Mosaic, 2911 District Ave, Fairfax VA
  • Registered
    6 registrants

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  Imelda Staunton (The Crown, Follies) performs with her daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the first time, reuniting with director Dominic Cooke.  Image: National Theatre of Great Britain/NT Live

  
  

  Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of the old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?

  Filmed live in London, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke (Follies, Good), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.

  Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. It is one of the three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898, alongside The Philanderer and Widowers' Houses. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam (brothel proprietor), who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter. It is a problem play, offering social commentary to illustrate the idea that the act of prostitution was not caused by moral failure but by economic necessity. Elements of the play were borrowed from Shaw's 1882 novel Cashel Byron's Profession, about a man who becomes a boxer due to limited employment opportunities. (Wikipedia)
  

  NT Live films theatre on Britain’s most exciting stages then screens it in thousands of cinemas around the globe. Their productions have been seen by an audience of over 12 million people since the project began in 2010.

  Tickets ($22.18) for reserved seating are purchased directly from the venue by clicking here and selecting the Wednesday, October 29, 1400 (2 p.m.) performance. 

  While an RSVP is not required to attend, it is helpful for us in planning pre- or post-performance discussions.    

  Getting there: The Angelika Film Center & Cafe at Mosaic is approximately 14 miles from downtown D.C., a typical 30-minute drive in non-rush hour traffic.  Free parking at any Mosaic garage is available for up to five hours. Nearest Metrorail: Dunn Loring-Merrifield (Orange Line) then a .8 mile/15-minute walk, or short Uber/Lyft ride, to the cinemas.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Noir Movie Night: "The Bribe"

  • When
    Wed, October 29, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
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  NOIR MOVIE NIGHT

  "The Bribe"

  Watch the Trailer

  Wednesday, October 29, 2025

  6 p.m. - Light Buffet and Drinks

  7 p.m. - Movie with popcorn, Cracker Jacks, and Milk Duds

  
  

  Open to the Public

  $35 members - $40 non-members

  (reservations limited to 32 people)

  
  

  Dress Code:  Casual
  

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• MEMBERSHIP MEETING

  • When
    Thu, October 30, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    ONLINE

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  MEMBERSHIP MEETING

  OPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY

  Thursday,  October 30, 2025,  at 6:30 pm
  

  

  Membership Meeting

  In-Person & Virtual Meeting  6:30 pm

  All members are welcome,  the meeting will be in-person at the club and live on Zoom for those who prefer to join the meeting virtually.

  .Join the meeting to be informed. Your voice is important..

  RSVP not required

  A link for the meeting will be sent to all members.

  Reminders will be sent to members who register.

  
  

  
  

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, October 31, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Entry Hall and Stairway

  The Monroe House was built in the American Federal era and contains several hallmarks of Neoclassical architecture, including the archway separating the foyer from the stair hall while gracefully echoing the entrance. 
  

  Since its founding in 1916, the Arts Club of Washington has called 2017 I Street, N.W.  “home.”  Join us on a guided tour of the historic clubhouse to learn more about the Arts Club, its activities and the distinguished men and women who have been members.  We will also discuss some of the fabled residents of the two mansions the Club now occupies, including President James Monroe and his First Lady Elizabeth, and Civil War General Robert MacFeely.  

  Please note that attendance is limited to 12 persons due to small spaces visited on the tour, thus an RSVP is required to guarantee participation. 

  Walk-in participants will be accommodated when possible. 

  Tour is not ADA accessible.

  
  

  Groups: Contact us to book your tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, October 31, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
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  The Friday Noon Concert Series

  Quentin Derac, piano
  

  Friday, October 31, 2025
  

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  
  

  Program

  Three Fantastic Dances - Dmitri Shostakovich
  I. March – Allegretto
  
  Pathetique Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 - Ludwig van Beethoven
  I. Grave – Allegro di Molto e con Brio
  II. Adagio Cantabile
  III. Rondo: Allegro
  
  Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 - Frédéric Chopin

  
  

  About the Artist:

  Quentin Derac is a captivating classical pianist born in Los Angeles, CA whose
  primary skills and accomplishments lie in classical music. With more than 16 years of experience and commitment, along with the completion of the esteemed Certificate of Merit Program, he is currently studying at Howard University under the esteemed Dr. Natalia Kazaryan to refine his art. In addition to his expertise in classical music, Quentin possesses experience in contemporary music production and engineering, employing a wide range of digital audio workstations such as FL Studio, Ableton, Logic, and ProTools and has produced songs for a wide range of upcoming artists. As a young Haitian and Mexican - American man, Quentin is a one of a kind young artist, and seeks
  to continue discovering himself through his craft.

  
  

  
  

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• Washington Magic at the Arts Club

  • When
    Fri, October 31, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006
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  WASHINGTON MAGIC AT THE ARTS CLUB

  Live Magic Right Before Your Eyes

  Special Halloween Show!

  Friday, October 31, 2025,  at 6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $60 members - $77 Non-Members

  Come see some of the world’s greatest magicians such as David Morey, Savino Recine, Jeff McBride, Eric Henning, John McLaughlin, Rahaan Jackson, Kabir Khan and many others. Visit our nearly 230-year-old magical mansion to bring to life impossible mind reading, mystery, comedy, and illusion right before your eyes. Honoring a Victorian tradition of stage and parlor, guests participate, see, feel, and themselves empower this special evening. Drinks, dinner—and the magic of the imagination.
  

  With over 30 consecutive live sell-outs, and a string of 5-star reviews, Washington Magic continues to astonish audiences at our legendary Arts Club of Washington Victorian mansion — with our magicians also performing recently at Poe’s Magic Theater at the historic Lord Baltimore Hotel, the Magic and Mystery School in Las Vegas, and The Magic Circle in London.

  Join us for our next public show. Experience the Arts Club of Washington’s nearly 230-year-old Victorian home as it hosts some of the world’s best magicians. And see the entire mansion become an experience . . . private close-up rooms and strolling magic to share the mysteries right before your eyes, and then our full stage performance.

  Doors open at 6:30 pm and you’ll enter Washington Magic and transport into a world of mystery and entertainment: Greeted at the door, and ushered toward close-up and parlor magic both upstairs and down, as you sip drinks and experience the impossible. And, at about 7:00 pm, our stage magic and some of the world’s greatest magicians come to you live and in-person with magic and mindreading that you’ll not forget.

  Join us for drinks, snacks, hors d’oeuvres, elegant closeup and strolling magic, a full stage show, and the only 5-star reviewed magic performance in the Washington area. And see this feature on us in the Washington Post

  Again, join us for impossible mind reading, mystery, comedy, and magic right before your eyes!

  Online payments are non-refundable. Paid tickets can be canceled online up to 48 hours before the show. Members can canceled their reservation without a penalty until the day before the event.

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• Distinguished Speaker: Artistic Director Simon Godwin

  • When
    Tue, November 04, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC
  • Spaces left
    53
  • Registered
    27 registrants

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  Distinguished Speakers in Drama Series 

  Simon Godwin

  Tuesday, November 4, 2025,  6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $30 Members - $40 Non-Members

  Simon Godwin is artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company.  He was previously associate director of London's National Theatre and associate director of the Royal Court Theatre.
  

  
  

  
  

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• Theatre Outing: Ibsen's "The Wild Duck"

  • When
    Wed, November 05, 2025
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    Klein Theatre, 450 7th St N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004
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  Join the Drama Committee for an unforgettable evening at The Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck 

  Wednesday, November 5, 2025,   at 7:30 p.m.

  “SHATTERING…Directed with a fine precision by Simon Godwin…The beating heart of the production is the remarkable performance of Ms. Laanstra-Corn.” –The Wall Street Journal

  “STELLAR…[Simon Godwin’s] direction provides a proper mix of pain and pleasure, joyfulness and regret, all of which bring these characters to vivid life.” –Theater Pizzazz

  The eccentric son of a wealthy businessman wreaks havoc when he embarks on a crusade to unveil the false foundations of his friend’s life. Ignorant of the adults’ machinations, a young girl tries to shield a fragile creature from the hurts of the world. Artistic Director Simon Godwin (Macbeth) directs Henrik Ibsen‘s unflinching tale about truth’s tragic toll in a timeless story “that explains why Ibsen is the greatest dramatist after Shakespeare” (The Guardian).

  Our special evening will also include a pre-show dinner meet-up at a nearby restaurant for a meal or libations.  We look forward to enjoying a lovely evening out on the town with you and your guest(s).  Please contact the Drama Committee with any questions.

  5:30 p.m. - Pre-performance meet-up

  7:00 p.m. - Doors opens

  7:30 p.m. -  The Wild Duck

  10:00 p.m. - Curtain (approximate)  

  About the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Klein Theatre: Accessibility, Parking, and Public Transportation.

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• Authors Reading with Linda Chavez & Doritt Carroll

  • When
    Thu, November 06, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Authors Reading with

  Linda Chavez & Doritt Carroll

  Thursday, November 6, 2025, 7:00 pm

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  
  

  Please join The Alan Cheuse International Writer’s Center and the Arts Club of Washington for a program featuring acclaimed political commentator and writer Linda Chavez’s debut novel, ‘The Silver Candlesticks’. Linda Chavez will be joined by Doritt Carroll, Chair of the Literary Committee of The Arts Club of Washington, reading from her book of poems, ‘The Convert’. The writers will be joined by moderator and former Writers Center Director, author and poet Stewart Moss for a discussion.

  Linda Chavez's ‘The Silver Candlesticks’ is the story of a young woman who learns her family is Jewish just as the Spanish Inquisition grips Sevilla. 

  Doritt Carroll’s chapbook, The Convert, offers poems that take their starting point from a religious conversion and use that experience to explore how we are shaped by social, familial, and religious expectations.

  Linda Chavez served as director of public liaison in the Reagan White House and as staff director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.  She served on the Sub-commission on Human Rights of the U.N. Human Rights Commission from 1992-1996.  She is the author of multiple books, including the memoir An Unlikely Conservative.

  Doritt Carroll is an attorney and poet from Washington, DC. She is the winner of the Stephen Meats poetry prize, the Laura Lee Washburn chapbook prize, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. The Convert is her fourth collection of poems.

  Stewart Moss is the author of ‘For Those Whose Lives Have Seen Themselves’, and ‘Arrivals and Departures’. Moss was a former Executive Director of The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

  
  

  A reception and book signing will follow the reading.

  
  

  Reading 7 pm

  Book signing and reception 8 pm

  Discounted parking (free for members with membership card) after 6 pm.

  
  

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, November 07, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Parlor

  Today, this comfortable parlor is a place for reading and socializing, the walls graced by paintings of and by Club members. Before the Club occupied the Monroe House, this served as its library and office, with a door between it and the grand reception room beyond. Many important meetings were likely held in this room when the house as served as the British Legation, forerunner to today's British Embassy, from 1821-1836, and later as the homes of members of the French and Austrian diplomatic corps.

  Since its founding in 1916, the Arts Club of Washington has called 2017 I Street, N.W.  “home.”  Join us on a guided tour of the historic clubhouse to learn more about the Arts Club, its activities and the distinguished men and women who have been members.  We will also discuss some of the fabled residents of the two mansions the Club now occupies, including President James Monroe and his First Lady Elizabeth, and Civil War General Robert MacFeely.  

  
  

  Please note that attendance is limited to 12 persons due to small spaces visited on the tour, thus an RSVP is required to guarantee participation. 

  Walk-in participants will be accommodated when possible. 

  
  

  Tour is not ADA accessible.

  
  

  Groups: Contact us to book your tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, November 07, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
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  The Friday Noon Concert Series

  Les Amorces Trio

  Amanda Densmoor, soprano
  Dr. Ceylon Mitchell, flute
  Dr. Yejin Lee, piano

  Friday, November 7, 2025
  

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  
  

  Program

  To Be Announced

  About the Artists:

  Praised for her "clarion voice" which "soared to new heights" (Parterre Box), Indonesian-American soprano Amanda Densmoor has delighted audiences across the United States and Southeast Asia. Amanda was recently featured as a soprano soloist in Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra's US tour, The Symphonic Voyage from Indonesia, where she made her solo debut at major halls across the United States including Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Marian Anderson Hall at the Kimmel Center, and The Music Center at Strathmore. In the 2024/2025 season Amanda made her debut with Aula Simfonia Jakarta in Jakarta, Indonesia, as the Soprano II soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah and returned to Annapolis Opera as Girl/1st Trio Member in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti. Recently, Amanda was seen as Papagena in Die Zauberflöte and as one of the bridesmaids in Le nozze di Figaro with Annapolis Opera, as the soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with the Manassas Ballet Theatre, and as Bella/Juliette in Bel Cantanti Opera’s Franz Lehár Operetta Gala.
   
  With the Maryland Opera Studio, Amanda performed the roles of the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte) and Valentina Scarcella (Later the Same Evening), and covered Dalinda (Ariodante) and Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro). Other roles include Servilia (La clemenza di Tito), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Patience (Patience), Counsel (Trial by Jury), Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas), and Kate (The Pirates of Penzance). As a concert soloist, Amanda has sung solos in Carissimi’s Jephte, Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis, Fauré’s Requiem, and Mozart’s Requiem. Amanda is passionate about new music, and has premiered the roles of Mother in Joseph C. Phillip Jr.’s Four Freedoms, and Meera in Omar Najmi’s This Is Not That Dawn.
  
  Pianist Yejin Lee is an active soloist and chamber musician based in the United States. Dr. Lee’s performances have been praised for her “coloristic and poetic expressions” and “compelling and thrilling rhythmic senses,” and she has been invited to perform in many prestigious venues around the world. Dr. Lee had her solo debut at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York City as an invitation from the internationally recognized Annual Velia International Music Festival.
  
  Dr. Lee is a top prize winner at a number of national and international competitions, including the Dallas International Piano Competition, Kingsville International Piano Competition, Wideman International Piano Competition, Oberlin International Piano Competition, and Korean Chopin Piano Competition. Her performances have also been broadcasted live on WCLV from the Cleveland Play House, held at the Cultural Art Center in Jaen, Spain and the Tyler Recital Hall in Florida, and YongSan Art Hall in Seoul, Korea. She was also featured as a soloist with the Korean Symphony Orchestra at the Seoul Arts Center, where she gave a number of collaborative recitals. Dr. Lee has also performed at various music festivals and masterclasses, including the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria, Piano Texas International Academy & Festival, and Banff Music Festival, where she shared musical inspiration with great pedagogues and pianists in this century like Richard Goode, Dmitry Bashkirov, Stephen Hough, John O’Conor, John Perry, and Karl-Heinz Kammering. She continues to frequently give community recitals in the greater DC area.
  
  Dr. Lee was granted a full scholarship for the entirety of her musical studies. She graduated with honors, being the second recipient since its inception, from the Oberlin Conservatory under Haewon Song. While enrolled in the Honors Program, Ms Lee recorded Schubert’s entire Impromptus and three Schubert-Lizst song transcriptions, all under Oberlin Conservatory’s sponsorship. Her passion for ensemble music led her to pursue a double major in Vocal Accompanying under Philip Highfill. She also worked as a graduate assistant in accompanying while earning her Masters and Doctorate degrees at the Peabody Conservatory under Boris Slutsky.
  
  Dr. Lee currently resides in Northern Virginia, and is a faculty member at the Washington Conservatory of Music as well as a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University. She is also a member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association (NVMTA), where she manages a private studio. Her students have been awarded and participated in recitals and competitions, and Dr. Lee has been invited to judge Elizabeth R. Davis Memorial Competition, MSMTA Concerto Competition and High School Competition.
  
  Not only a pianist, Yejin is also the founder and artistic director of the house music concert series Matinee-M, where she organizes a series of diverse concert programs. She continues to engage with audiences and students in the community.
  
  Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II embodies the 21st-century arts leader as a contemporary classical flutist, curator, educator, and entrepreneur. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Dr. Mitchell earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland School of Music, under the tutelage of Dr. Sarah Frisof. He has performed in venues such as Boston’s Symphony Hall, the Music Center at Strathmore, the Arts Club of Washington, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with Robert Glasper. In the United States, Dr. Mitchell has been a featured artist at the National Flute Convention, flute societies and associations, and multiple chamber music series. Recent achievements include the Strathmore Artist in Residence Class of 2021, a Prince George’s County Forty UNDER 40 Award in Arts & Humanities, and numerous state an county-level artist fellowship grants. An avid chamber musician, Dr. Mitchell leads his own music collective, Raíces Negras, celebrating Black and Latine voices with repertoire spanning from contemporary classical music to contemporary Pan-American jazz and everything in between. As a music educator, Dr. Mitchell is an adjunct flute professor at Bowie State University and the Woodwinds Department Chair with Levine Music, the Washington D.C. region’s preeminent center for music education. A devoted teaching artist, he has served as an ensemble director, sectional coach, adjudicator, and panelist for numerous youth orchestras, arts programs, and arts grantmakers. He also supports creatives, arts organizations, and beyond with multimedia production and digital marketing consulting as the co-founder, creative director, and principal consultant of M3 | Mitchell Media & Marketing, LLC. Dr. Mitchell resides in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and two sons.

  
  

  
  

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• November 2025 Exhibition Opening Reception

  • When
    Fri, November 07, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    250

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  Opening Reception

  Friday, November 7, 2025

  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

  
  

  Exhibition Dates

  November 7 - 28, 2025

  
  

  in the Spilsbury Gallery

  Ken Bachman &

  Maria Cristina Valle

  
  

  
  

  (Image credit: (Left to right: Moon Baby Versus The Goons Of Pale (Gregory Logan Dunn); Standing Strong, (Noël-Marie Fletcher) Courtesy of the artists)

  
  

  Club Rule: This is a business social event, the Arts Club reserves the right to refuse service or entry to anyone not dressed properly or to anyone who is not behaving according to normal social etiquette.

  Club Hours

  Tuesday – Friday: 10:00am to 5:00pm

  Saturday, Sunday & Monday: closed 

  Club galleries are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required during normal business hours. If you would like to purchase an artwork please contact Gallery Administrator, Christina Jin, at Gallery@ArtsClubOfWashington.org.

  
  

  This project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

  
  

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• Salon Concert featuring Andre Leonard, Piano

  • When
    Fri, November 07, 2025
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    20

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  Program:

  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

  “Siciliano” from Flute Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 1031 (arr. for piano)

  
  

  Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

  Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 90, No. 3

  
  

  Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

  Selections from Kinderszenen, Op. 15

  
  

  Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

  Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16, No. 2

  
  

  Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

  Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47

  Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2

  
  

  Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

  Preludes, Op. 23

  
  

  Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020)

  Toccatina, Op. 40, No. 3

  
  

  George Gershwin (1898–1937)

  Three Preludes

  
  

  
  

  7:30 pm Program

  8:30 pm Reception with Mr.Leonard 

  
  

  

  Andre T. Leonard is a visionary American pianist, conductor, and composer known for his genre-defying artistry and international acclaim. He is the Gold Medalist of the 2017 Aloha International Piano Competition and the 2022 Boston International Piano Competition, celebrated for performances of extraordinary emotional clarity and pianistic power.

  Leonard currently holds a conducting residency at the Kennedy Center, where he leads the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) Chorale in acclaimed interdisciplinary programs.

  Leonard’s solo repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary, with a distinctive voice that weaves period authenticity and innovation into every performance across global stages that include the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Russia.

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

  
  

  The Salon Concert series is presented by the Classical Music Committee of The Arts Club of Washington, and offers chamber music in an historic atmosphere evocative of the period during which the music was written. 

  
  

  
  

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• The George Fulginiti Series: In Flanders Fields

  • When
    Tue, November 11, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  The George Fulginiti Series: Cabaret, Cocktails, & Conversation
  

  Co-Sponsorship Between Alliance for New Music-Theatre

  & Arts Club of Washington

  In Flanders Fields

  Tuesday, November 11th, 2025,  7:00 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

  $55 Members  -  $65 Non-Members

  One True Sentence: A Cabaret Evening with Singer-Songwriter and Broadway Bound Composer Josh Cleveland. 

  This Veterans Day, Alliance for New Music-Theatre artists John Boulanger, Alan Naylor, and Cara Schaefer will transport audience members back in time some hundred years in our nation’s history. Portraying noted essayist, biographer, and playwright John Jay Chapman, his wife, Elizabeth Astor Chapman, and son Victor, they reminisce about Victor’s signing up with the French Foreign Legion while on a family trip to Europe.

  The evening represents a “Special Event” presentation and partnership with the Arts Club of Washington and will take place in the historic Monroe House, which served as the Presidential residence after the White House was damaged during the War of 1812.

             Victor Chapman in 1916

  The program commemorates the story of Victor Chapman, who joined the Foreign Legion in September 1914. After a year in the trenches, he joined the “Lafayette Escadrille,” the Legion’s American Aviation Corps, and was the first American aviator to perish in the conflict, all before the United States entered the war in 1917.

  The program will serve as a “salon event,” and invitation into the Chapman’s home as they read from Victor’s letters from the front, interspersed with poetry and songs written during the “Great War.” Selections include the iconic “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae and poems by other noted war poets including Wilfred Owen, Alan Seeger, and Siegfried Sassoon.

  You’ll also hear American popular songs by George M. Cohan and others of the period, settings of John McCrae’s famous title poem by Charles Ives and John Phillip Sousa, and a group of settings of A.E. Housman’s “A Shropshire Lad” poems by George Butterworth, a British composer who died in the “War to End All Wars.”

  Boulanger curated the first version of this program in 2017, with founding company member and soprano Laura Lewis, which was presented at the Woodrow Wilson House to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the United States’ entry into the war.

  Boulanger and Schaefer were seen last fall as Julius Caesar and Wo-Man Ray in New Music-Theatre’s original opera The Man Ray Project: Caesar & The Mannequin by composer Andrew Earle Simpson. They reunite here to pay tribute not only to the men who died in WWI but the artists whose expressions led us through the arc from a vision of heroic combat to the grim and heartbreaking realities of that terrible conflict.

  They are joined by Helen Hayes award-winner Alan Naylor, who will serve as pianist in addition to portraying the young Victor Chapman.

  Period attire, medals and pearls, are encouraged.

  The Arts Club will provide a small bites buffet and beverages, included in the price of the ticket. The salon program starts at 7:00 pm.

  6:30 pm Doors open

  7:00 pm Program

  8:30 pm Reception with the artists 

  
  

  Discounted parking is available after 6 pm (free for members with membership card)
  

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• Book Group: Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

  • When
    Wed, November 12, 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Spilsbury Gallery, Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street, N.W.

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  The Arts Club of Washington Book Group

  presents

  Wandering Stars

  by Tommy Orange

  
  

        

  Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

  Open to Members and Guests

  The Cultural Committee is collaborating with the Book Club in November to honor National American Indian Heritage Month. 
  

  
  

  
  

  $20 Includes refreshments and hors d'oeuvres

  
  

  Google Books

  
  Buy the book online!

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, November 14, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Monroe Reception Room

  For over two centuries, this elegant room has hosted events from President Monroe’s inaugural reception in 1817 to chamber music recitals under the baton of 1940–1941 Club President Hans Kindler, founding Director of the National Symphony Orchestra. The Reception Room features a notable fireplace surround by George Andrews, a Dublin-born specialist in composition ornament who helped spread Robert Adam’s Neoclassical interiors to America, and whose surrounds were installed in the White House, Monticello, Montpelier, and Dumbarton House.

  The Reception Room serves as the members' lounge and is not open to the public other than on guided tours and programmed events. 

  Since its founding in 1916, the Arts Club of Washington has called 2017 I Street, N.W.  “home.”  Join us on a guided tour of the historic clubhouse to learn more about the Arts Club, its activities and the distinguished men and women who have been members.  We will also discuss some of the fabled residents of the two mansions the Club now occupies, including President James Monroe and his First Lady Elizabeth, and Civil War General Robert MacFeely.  

  
  

  Please note that attendance is limited to 12 persons due to small spaces visited on the tour, thus an RSVP is required to guarantee participation. 

  
  

  Walk-in participants will be accommodated when possible. 

  Tour is not ADA accessible.

  
  

  Groups: Contact us to book your tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, November 14, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    80

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  The Friday Noon Concert Series

  Oboe Trio
  

  Friday, November 14, 2025
  

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  
  

  Program

  To Be Announced

  
  

  
  

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• Member Reception & Program: Ripples, Rats and Ragtime

  • When
    Fri, November 14, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
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  Member Reception & Program

  Ripples, Rats and Ragtime

  Marcolivia

  
  

  Friday, November 14, 2025

  6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

  OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS

  $65* per person

  Join fellow members and their guests for a casual event with an artistic performance and a fun tapas buffet dinner reception in a lounge setting.

  Program:

  To Be Announced

  The reception begins at 6:00 PM* and the performance at 7:00 PM.

  A reservation is required by 8 PM the day before. 

  Dress: business casual

  Call (202) 331-7282 or email dining@artsclubofwashington.org

  *Please note that complimentary parking is now available for members after 5:30 PM at the garage located at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave (between Eye St. and K St. NW).

  * Price includes a $15 program fee and gratuity. DC sales tax additional.

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• Join the Cultural Committee to tour The Italian American Museum DC – IAMDC!

  • When
    Wed, November 19, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    The Italian American Museum DC, 595 3rd St NW, Washington, DC 20001
  • Spaces left
    7

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  Join the Cultural Committee to tour 

  The Italian American Museum DC – IAMDC!

  Wednesday, November 19, 2025,  3:00 pm

  OPEN TO MEMBERS

  Cost: $ 20

  The Cultural Committee invites ten club members to immerse themselves in all things Italian! Please join committee member Gail Frances and our guide Claudia Boaccorsi, director of the museum, on a visit to The Italian American Museum DC - IAMDC - which features paintings, ceramics, mosaics, and sculptures of artists living in DC. The tour will include the Holy Rosary Catholic Church.  Holy Rosary still officiates the mass on Sundays in the Italian language, and the congregation gathers afterward in the great hall and is served coffee, cappuccino, and Italian pastries.

  We are organizing an Italian wine tasting to accompany the tour. More information on that is coming soon.

  
  

  Club members will meet at the museum, 595 3rd St NW, Washington, DC 20001 at 3 pm

  
  

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• Gentle Yoga at The Arts Club

  • When
    Wed, November 19, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    25

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  We are a haven for the arts. Let us also be a sanctuary where you can feel restored!

  Gentle Yoga at The Arts Club of Washington

  One Wednesday a Month through December

  With

  Colleen Brisport Sequeda, teacher

  6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

  DOORS OPEN at 5:45 p.m.

  
  

  Enrich your yoga practice in the iconic spaces of The Arts Club of Washington, held within the historic James Monroe House. In this accessible-to-all-levels, 60 minute, vinyasa yoga class, you will be led through a movement practice that draws on the creative energy of a space dedicated to the visual, performing, and literary arts. 

  Yoga reconnects us to our bodies and souls much in the same way that artistic mediums reconnect us to our culture and humanity. Classes will be set to classical and chamber music to connect you, not only with your inner self, but also with the vibrant artistic expression that defines The Arts Club.

  We invite you on this journey of embodiment that blends wellness, music, and art-filled surroundings into a deeply moving mind and body experience. Join us in this gentle and transformative yoga practice. 

  *Complimentary tea and water will be offered before and after class and students may bring their own covered drinks to refresh themselves during practice. 

  *Attendees are encouraged to bring their own yoga or fitness mat. If a mat is needed for $5 rental please contact the teacher, Colleen Brisport Sequeda.

  About the Teacher:

  Colleen is a devoted yogi, labor and human rights advocate and Mother of two. She believes in the power of yoga to create social change and cultivate peace within each individual. Her yoga classes seek to guide yogis into showing up intentionally every day in every aspect of their lives. Colleen's practice is rooted in a power vinyasa tradition and loves to bring music and aromatherapy to her classes. She is constantly enhancing her skills by learning from other yoga practitioners and loves being part of the Lighthouse yoga community.
  

  You may contact Colleen at brisportc@gmail.com.

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• Distinguished Speaker: Conductor Angel Gil-Ordonez

  • When
    Thu, November 20, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Distinguished Speakers in Classical Music Series

  Angel Gil-Ordonez

  Thursday, November 20, 2025, 6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $30 Members - $40 Non-Members

  “The Orchestra Conductor of the XXI Century and the Orchestra of the future”

  What is the function of the conductor?

  How has this function evolved until our day?

   Are orchestras adapting to the audiences of the XXIst century?

  Music Director Angel Gil-Ordóñez will discuss these matters and show video clips of great conductors of the past in rehearsal and performance.

   

  Angel Gil-Ordóñez is Music Director of DC’s PostClassical Ensemble, Principal Guest Conductor of New York’s Perspectives Ensemble, and Music Director of the Georgetown University Orchestra. He also serves as lead advisor for Trinitate Philharmonia, a program in León, Mexico modeled on Venezuela’s El Sistema. Mr. Gil-Ordóñez is also a regular guest conductor at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine, and at the Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington (IN). He has appeared as guest conductor with the American Composers Orchestra, Opera Colorado, Pacific Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. The former Associate Conductor of Spain’s National Symphony Orchestra, Gil-Ordóñez received the Royal Order of Queen Isabella, the country’s highest civilian decoration, for his devotion to sharing Spanish culture with the world. He has recorded nine albums for Naxos, including PostClassical Ensemble’s three DVDs featuring classic 1930s films with newly recorded soundtracks by Aaron Copland, Silvestre Revueltas, and Virgil Thomson.

  6:30 p.m. - Beer/Wine Open Bar

  7:00 p.m. - Distinguished Speaker Angel Gil-Ordonez

  7:45 p.m. - Reception with Mr. Gil-Ordonez

  Discounted parking (free for members with membership card) at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW at the corner of I Street and 20th Street (Colonial Garage).
  

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, November 21, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Spilsbury Gallery

  The Spilsbury Gallery, on the second floor of the MacFeely House, is directly above the Theater Gallery. Here, the Club exhibits artwork by members. Public receptions showcasing the Club's exhibitions offer opportunities for artists to discuss their work with the public on the first Friday of every month, except August, from 5 to 7 p.m.

  Since its founding in 1916, the Arts Club of Washington has called 2017 I Street, N.W.  “home.”  Join us on a guided tour of the historic clubhouse to learn more about the Arts Club, its activities and the distinguished men and women who have been members.  We will also discuss some of the fabled residents of the two mansions the Club now occupies, including President James Monroe and his First Lady Elizabeth, and Civil War General Robert MacFeely.  

  
  

  Please note that attendance is limited to 12 persons due to small spaces visited on the tour, thus an RSVP is required to guarantee participation. 

  
  

  Walk-in participants will be accommodated when possible. 

  Tour is not ADA accessible.

  
  

  Groups: Contact us to book your tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, November 21, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    80

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  The Friday Noon Concert Series

  Continuum Chamber Collective
  

  Friday, November 21, 2025
  

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  
  

  Program

  To Be Announced

  
  

  
  

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• Marfield Prize Readers' Tea

  • When
    Sun, November 23, 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

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  MARFIELD PRIZE READERS' TEA

  Sunday, November 23,  2025

  2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
  

  RSVP required no later than Wednesday, November 19th.

  Dress Code: Business casual

  Join us on November 23rd, beginning at 2 PM for the Marfield Prize Readers' Tea event.

  Enjoy a relaxing Sunday afternoon at the Arts Club of Washington with complimentary drinks and light fare.

  Select from a wide array of newly published books available for borrowing. Read books covering multiple artistic disciplines (visual, literary, performing, or media arts, as well as cross-disciplinary works).

  Become an integral part of the current award cycle by reviewing book entries currently under consideration as finalists for the 2026 Marfield Prize.

  The Arts Club of Washington reserves the right to refuse service or entry to anyone not dressed properly or to anyone who is not behaving according to normal social etiquette.

  For more information on the Marfield Prize, please visit  https://themarfieldprize.com.

  
  

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• 2025 THANKSGIVING DINNER

  • When
    Thu, November 27, 2025
  •  
    1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    68

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  2025 Thanksgiving Dinner

  Dinner For All Ages

  OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS

  Thursday, November 27, 2024,  at 1:30 pm

  $95 adults

  $55 children 13 to 21

  $35 children 5 to 12

  Free children under 5

  
  

  Join fellow members, family and friends for this Arts Club holiday Dinner. A beautiful afternoon of cocktails and a sumptuous traditional Thanksgiving buffet dinner.

  Reserve early and ask for your own table (available for parties of 6 and more). 

  
  

  1:30 pm  Cocktail Reception

  2:00 pm  Buffet Dinner
  

  
  

  Reservation required by Friday, November 21st.

  
  

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• The George Fulginiti Series: Melisa Bonetti “Carmen Meets Lola”

  • When
    Tue, December 02, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    31

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  The George Fulginiti Series: Cabaret, Cocktails, & Conversation
  

  Co-Sponsorship Between Alliance for New Music-Theatre

  & Arts Club of Washington

  Melisa Bonetti

  “Carmen Meets Lola”

  Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025,  6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

  $55 Members  -  $65 Non-Members

  
  

  What can you expect coming to our cabaret evenings? Sometimes familiar tunes, to be sure, but we specialize in original cabaret compositions, sometimes crossover genres, and we encourage artists to bend and push boundaries of the cabaret form and always speak to our current times, in the space and the place where we are.  We come together for an intimate experience with artists who have something to say and engage in lively conversation with the artists following every performance.

  The Arts Club of Washington venue is intimate, perfect for an optimal cabaret experience.

  Includes a small bites buffet and a signature cocktail created for this performance. Following the show you will meet the artist and enjoy other fine company. For each performance, the bar opens at 6:30 pm, the show starts at 7:00 pm.

  6:30 pm Doors open

  7:00 pm Program

  8:30 pm Reception with the artists 

  
  

  Discounted parking is available after 6 pm (free for members with membership card)
  

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, December 05, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    80

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  The Friday Noon Concert Series

  
  

  Friday, December 5, 2025
  

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  
  

  Program

  To Be Announced

  
  

  
  

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• Save the Date: One Act Play Winner Staging at the Arts Club

  • When
    Fri, December 12, 2025
  • Location
    2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    100

  

  The Drama Committee of The Arts Club of Washington is pleased to present the winner of the One Act Play Competition for 2025. The competition generated 100 original one-act scripts and recognizes and rewards a talented playwright with a $1,000 prize, staged reading, and two nights’ accommodation at the Club.

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, December 12, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    80

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  The Friday Noon Concert Series

  
  

  Friday, December 12, 2025
  

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  
  

  Program

  To Be Announced

  
  

  
  

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• Gentle Yoga at The Arts Club

  • When
    Wed, December 17, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    25

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  We are a haven for the arts. Let us also be a sanctuary where you can feel restored!

  Gentle Yoga at The Arts Club of Washington

  One Wednesday a Month through December

  With

  Colleen Brisport Sequeda, teacher

  6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

  DOORS OPEN at 5:45 p.m.

  
  

  Enrich your yoga practice in the iconic spaces of The Arts Club of Washington, held within the historic James Monroe House. In this accessible-to-all-levels, 60 minute, vinyasa yoga class, you will be led through a movement practice that draws on the creative energy of a space dedicated to the visual, performing, and literary arts. 

  Yoga reconnects us to our bodies and souls much in the same way that artistic mediums reconnect us to our culture and humanity. Classes will be set to classical and chamber music to connect you, not only with your inner self, but also with the vibrant artistic expression that defines The Arts Club.

  We invite you on this journey of embodiment that blends wellness, music, and art-filled surroundings into a deeply moving mind and body experience. Join us in this gentle and transformative yoga practice. 

  *Complimentary tea and water will be offered before and after class and students may bring their own covered drinks to refresh themselves during practice. 

  *Attendees are encouraged to bring their own yoga or fitness mat. If a mat is needed for $5 rental please contact the teacher, Colleen Brisport Sequeda.

  About the Teacher:

  Colleen is a devoted yogi, labor and human rights advocate and Mother of two. She believes in the power of yoga to create social change and cultivate peace within each individual. Her yoga classes seek to guide yogis into showing up intentionally every day in every aspect of their lives. Colleen's practice is rooted in a power vinyasa tradition and loves to bring music and aromatherapy to her classes. She is constantly enhancing her skills by learning from other yoga practitioners and loves being part of the Lighthouse yoga community.
  

  You may contact Colleen at brisportc@gmail.com.

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, December 19, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    79

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  The Friday Noon Concert Series

  Teodora Adzharova, piano
  

  Friday, December 19, 2025
  

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  
  

  Program

  To Be Announced

  
  

  
  

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• Distinguished Speakers in Classical Music Series: Librettist Mark Campbell

  • When
    Tue, January 27, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  "New American Opera:

  Factors that Can Contribute to Its Success"

  Mark Campbell

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $30 Members - $40 Non-Members

  The Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winning operas of librettist/lyricist Mark Campbell are among the most successful in the contemporary canon.  A prolific writer, Mark has created 41 opera librettos, lyrics for 7 musicals, and the text for 9 song cycles and 5 oratorios. He received the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Opera Association.

  Mark’s best-known opera is Silent Night, which received a Pulitzer Prize in Music and, along with his opera As One, is one of the most frequently produced operas in recent history. The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, an audience favorite, received a 2018 GRAMMY Award for Best Opera Recording. Mark's other works include The Shining, Sanctuary Road, Edward Tulane, A Thousand Acres, Unruly Sun, A Nation of Others, Stonewall, Later the Same Evening, The Nefarious, Immoral but Highly Profitable Enterprise of Mr. Burke & Mr. Hare, A Sweet Silence in Cremona, The Manchurian Candidate, Approaching Ali, The Secret River, A Letter to East 11th Street, Dinner at Eight, Volpone, Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World, Stone Soup, and Bastianello/Lucrezia. His musicals include Songs from an Unmade Bed, The Audience and Splendora.  

  ​ Mark has received many other prestigious prizes for his work, including the first Kleban Foundation Award for Lyricist, three Grammy nominations for Best Classical Recording, two Richard Rodgers Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, three Drama Desk nominations, a Jonathan Larson Foundation Award, a New York Foundation for the Arts Playwriting Fellowship, the first Dominic J. Pelliciotti Award, and a grant from the New York State Council of the Arts.  

  Recordings of his works include: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Pentatone), The Shining (Pentatone), A Nation of Others (Lexicon Classics), Émigré (Deutsche Grammophon), Sanctuary Road (Naxos), Silent Night (Naxos), As One (Bright Shiny Things), Volpone (Wolf Trap Records), Bastianello/Lucrezia (Bridge), Rappahannock County (Naxos), Later the Same Evening (Albany) and Songs from an Unmade Bed (Ghostlight).

  Mark is also an advocate for contemporary American opera and serves as a mentor for future generations of writers through such organizations as American Opera Projects, American Lyric Theatre, and Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative. In 2020, he created and is funding the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize, the first and only award for opera librettists. The award is given annually and administered by OPERA America. In 2022, he helped create and is funding the True Voice Award, administered by Washington National Opera, to help with the training of transgender opera singers.

  Future premieres include The Cook-Off for Nashville Opera, Again and Again. And Again. for Las Vegas Opera and All Shall Rise for the Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall. 

  6:30 p.m. - Beer/Wine Open Bar

  7:00 p.m. - Distinguished Speaker Mark Campbell

  7:45 p.m. - Reception with Mr. Campbell

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• The George Fulginiti Series: Javier Arrey “Music without Borders"

  • When
    Tue, February 03, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    31

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  The George Fulginiti Series: Cabaret, Cocktails, & Conversation
  

  Co-Sponsorship Between Alliance for New Music-Theatre

  & Arts Club of Washington

  Javier Arrey

  “Music without Borders"

  Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026,  6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

  $55 Members  -  $65 Non-Members

  
  

  What can you expect coming to our cabaret evenings? Sometimes familiar tunes, to be sure, but we specialize in original cabaret compositions, sometimes crossover genres, and we encourage artists to bend and push boundaries of the cabaret form and always speak to our current times, in the space and the place where we are.  We come together for an intimate experience with artists who have something to say and engage in lively conversation with the artists following every performance.

  The Arts Club of Washington venue is intimate, perfect for an optimal cabaret experience.

  Includes a small bites buffet and a signature cocktail created for this performance. Following the show you will meet the artist and enjoy other fine company. For each performance, the bar opens at 6:30 pm, the show starts at 7:00 pm.

  6:30 pm Doors open

  7:00 pm Program

  8:30 pm Reception with the artists 

  
  

  Discounted parking is available after 6 pm (free for members with membership card)
  

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• The George Fulginiti Series: Oren Levine & Aaron Myers “A Jazzy Something”

  • When
    Tue, April 07, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    31

  Register

  
  

  The George Fulginiti Series: Cabaret, Cocktails, & Conversation
  

  Co-Sponsorship Between Alliance for New Music-Theatre

  & Arts Club of Washington

  Oren Levine & Aaron Myers

  “A Jazzy Something”

  Tuesday, April 7th, 2026,  6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

  $55 Members  -  $65 Non-Members

  
  

  What can you expect coming to our cabaret evenings? Sometimes familiar tunes, to be sure, but we specialize in original cabaret compositions, sometimes crossover genres, and we encourage artists to bend and push boundaries of the cabaret form and always speak to our current times, in the space and the place where we are.  We come together for an intimate experience with artists who have something to say and engage in lively conversation with the artists following every performance.

  The Arts Club of Washington venue is intimate, perfect for an optimal cabaret experience.

  Includes a small bites buffet and a signature cocktail created for this performance. Following the show you will meet the artist and enjoy other fine company. For each performance, the bar opens at 6:30 pm, the show starts at 7:00 pm.

  6:30 pm Doors open

  7:00 pm Program

  8:30 pm Reception with the artists 

  
  

  Discounted parking is available after 6 pm (free for members with membership card)
  

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• The George Fulginiti Series: Alan Naylor “Songs We Need Now”

  • When
    Tue, June 02, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    31

  Register

  
  

  The George Fulginiti Series: Cabaret, Cocktails, & Conversation
  

  Co-Sponsorship Between Alliance for New Music-Theatre

  & Arts Club of Washington

  Alan Naylor

  “Songs We Need Now”

  Tuesday, June 2, 2026,  6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

  $55 Members  -  $65 Non-Members

  
  

  What can you expect coming to our cabaret evenings? Sometimes familiar tunes, to be sure, but we specialize in original cabaret compositions, sometimes crossover genres, and we encourage artists to bend and push boundaries of the cabaret form and always speak to our current times, in the space and the place where we are.  We come together for an intimate experience with artists who have something to say and engage in lively conversation with the artists following every performance.

  The Arts Club of Washington venue is intimate, perfect for an optimal cabaret experience.

  Includes a small bites buffet and a signature cocktail created for this performance. Following the show you will meet the artist and enjoy other fine company. For each performance, the bar opens at 6:30 pm, the show starts at 7:00 pm.

  6:30 pm Doors open

  7:00 pm Program

  8:30 pm Reception with the artists 

  
  

  Discounted parking is available after 6 pm (free for members with membership card)
  

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