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• Classical Arts Society of Washington: The Wind in the Willows

  • When
    Fri, January 23, 2026
  •  
    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

  The Wind in the Willows

  Join flutist Emi Ferguson in an adventure like no other - falling headlong into Francis Poulenc’s diversions and rambunctiousness, stopping to marvel at the pristine poignancy of Sergei Prokofiev’s work, and celebrating the poetry and universal romance of Harry Burleigh’s song transcriptions.

  Program

  Francis Poulenc

  Sonata for Flute and Piano

  Sergei Prokofiev

  Sonata for Flute and Piano

  Harry Burleigh

  Songs arranged for Flute and Piano

   

  Christopher Schmitt, piano

  Emi Ferguson, flute

  
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Members $60 (use RSVP button for discount)

  Non-Members $65

  BUY NOW PUBLIC TICKET!

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

  7:15 pm - Concert start

  9:30 pm - Event ends

  
  

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  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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• Distinguished Speaker: Librettist Mark Campbell

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

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  "New American Opera:

  Factors that Can Contribute to Its Success"

  Mark Campbell

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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

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

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

  
  

  $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. 

  
  

  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 - "Poetry Potpourri Revisited!"

  • When
    Thu, January 29, 2026
  •  
    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

  Thursday, January 29, 2026, 5:30 pm

  OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS

  “Poetry Potpourri Revisited!”

  Please come and join the Arts Club Poetry Club at our 2026 kickoff gathering! This will be another Poetry Potpourri where you can bring two or three favorite poems from poets of your choice to read, share and discuss. And several good anthologies will also be on hand if you’d like to choose your poems that way!

  
  

  $10 Includes wine reception

  
  

  
  

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• Theatre Outing: "The Trumpeter"

  • When
    Thu, January 29, 2026
  •  
    8:00 PM
  • Location
    Dupont Underground, 19 Dupont Circle, N.W., Washington DC

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  The Drama Committee and the Alliance for New Music-Theatre, an Arts Club Partner Organization, invite Club members and guests to descend with us into the bunker-like setting of Dupont Underground to witness the last surviving member of a Ukrainian military band sheltering from Russian bombardment below the steelworks of Mariupol in 2022.

  Inna Goncharova’s play presents a vivid depiction of the terrible essence of war, while the Dupont Underground provides an eerie parallel for the trumpeter's subterranean bunker and survival against all odds.​

  ​​​The fully-staged experience is the latest event in the Alliance for New Music-Theatre's ongoing commitment to the writings of Ukrainian playwrights, bringing the far-away suffering of the Ukrainians up close during the fourth year of the Russian invasion.

  Arts Club Member Susan Galbraith will lead an audience discussion following the production: "The role of the artist in precarious times."

  By Written by Inna Goncharova
  English Translation by John Farndon
  Directed by János Szász
  Starring Michael Kevin Darnall & Lise Bruneau
  Trumpet by Kevin McKee
  Featuring the Ukrainian Male Chrous

  Audience members should be aware that The Trumpeter is a 

  total immersive experience.  

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• DINING: Lunch

  • When
    Fri, January 30, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

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  DINING

  Lunch

  Friday, January 30, 2026

  Lunch seating - 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

  OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS ONLY

  Lunch $45* per person

  * price includes tax & gratuity

  Enjoy a three-course gourmet meal with fellow members in The Arts Club of Washington dining rooms.

  
  

  Dress Code: Business Casual

  RSVP required no later than the previous day by 5 pm

  Price includes non-alcoholic beverages, coffee & tea.

  RSVP online or call (202) 331-7282 ext 2  or email dining@artsclubofwashington.org

  Lunch service is an exclusive member benefit available for members and their guests. Charge will be applied to the host's account. For private events and parties of 9 or more please contact the General Manager at 202-331-7282 ext 110 or yann@artsclubofwashington.org
  

  
  

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• Caribbean Rhythms: Music from the Steel Pan Tradition

  • When
    Fri, January 30, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006
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  A Members Reception & Program Presented by The Cultural Committee of The Arts Club of Washington:

  
  

  An Evening of Caribbean Music

  featuring

  KOLA Riddims of Jazz 

  
  

  About this special Members Dinner Program:

  The steel pan is part of a continuum of African drumming traditions that developed on the island of Trinidad, particularly in the context of Carnival. Originally sourced from found material, the instrument is a unique marriage of highly syncopated African rhythmic traditions and Western European tonal conventions. The music most closely associated with the steel band includes Calypso - the indigenous folk music of Trinidad and Tobago - but the instrument developed a tradition of playing Western Popular and Classical music early on.

  KOLA Riddims of Jazz presents a colorful repertoire that blends Caribbean rhythmic language with jazz harmony, groove-based improvisation, and contemporary stylistic influences. The program reflects the steel pan’s versatility as a modern jazz instrument while honoring its cultural roots. Sit back and enjoy an evening of good vibrations.
  

  KOLA Riddims of Jazz is a jazz combo composed of students from the George Mason University Dewberry School of Music, representing programs in jazz studies, performance, and music technologies. The musicians of KOLA are members of the George Mason University Steel Pan Ensemble, directed by Professor Victor Provost. The ensemble is performance-oriented and is dedicated to the performance and study of steel pan music. The group presents repertoire drawn from a wide range of styles, with a particular emphasis on Caribbean musical traditions.

  
  

  Friday, January 30, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
  

  OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS ONLY

  $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.

  Evening Format: 

  6:00 p.m. Cocktail Hour

  7:00 p.m. Program

  8:00 p.m. Dinner

  
  

  Dress: business casual, or festive!

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

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

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• Places That Formed Me: A Special "Pop-Up" Event

  • When
    Sat, January 31, 2026
  •  
    4:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, Spilsbury Gallery
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    53 registrants

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  You are invited to The Cultural Committee program “Places that Formed Me,” the first in a series of events designed to delve into the mind of the artist to explore how their experience influences their art. The afternoon program includes a reading of her truthful and often stunning poetry by Zeina Azzam, Palestinian American poet and Poet Laureate Emerita of Alexandria, Virginia.

  Following the reading, Barrie Zucal, Chair of the Cultural Committee, will moderate a conversation on how places shaped and informed the artistry of these women. It’s worth noting that Zeina, Barrie and Sueraya all have connections to Beirut, Lebanon.

  The event includes a one-night-only pop-up exhibition featuring TRIBE Magazine cover art, celebrating 10 years of the nonprofit publication that focuses on photography & moving image from the Arab region; and the launch of issue 14, curated by co-founder, Syrian American photographer, Sueraya Shaheen.

  Stay for coffee and tea featuring regional specialties, served with savory and sweet treats, and cash bar

  

  Doors open at 4:30 PM

  Program begins at 5:00 PM

  

  Tribe’s 14th edition features Beirut on the cover, by renowned Lebanese photographer Tanya Traboulsi. 

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• The Cabaret Series Presents: Javier Arrey - "Music Without Borders"

  • When
    Tue, February 03, 2026
  •  
    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

  and

  The Arts Club of Washington

  
  

  Javier Arrey

  "Music Without Borders"

  
  

  Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026,  7:00 p.m.

  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.

  About Javier Arrey

  Javier Arrey will curate his own program for the Cabaret series at the Arts Club that highlights his extensive performances around the world in many different music genres.

  Javier Arrey has been heralded as one of the most sought after and versatile Belcanto baritones of the emerging generation. The Chilean born American baritone has appeared in houses like The Vienna State Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Palau de Les Arts, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Nacional de Chile, Washington National Opera and San Francisco Opera.

  What drew Alliance for New Music-Theatre to Javier Arrey is not only his outstanding voice but his painstaking and methodical process in the development of a role. As he told us, “Before I ever look at the music, I read the text multiple times to try and understand it inside out. Then I explore the psychology of the person.” Javier has collaborated with Alliance for New Music-Theatre on our chamber opera “On the Road to Arivaca,” that addresses the many issues of immigration, national boundaries, and cross-cultural-and-linguistic engagement. How does one act when one has to decide in a split second on the fate of a fellow human being?

  Mr. Arrey has collaborated with conductors including Eun Sun Kim, Lorin Maazel, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, James Gaffigan, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Plácido Domingo, Anthony Walker and Marco Armiliato. His leading roles include Enrico (Lucia diLammermoor), Belcore (L’Elisir D’Amore), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Conte di Luna (Il Trovatore), Conte Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Renato (Un Ballo in Maschera), Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana), Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Jago (Otello), Riccardo (I Puritani), Diego (El último sueño de Frida y Diego) and Rodrigo (Don Carlo).

  Following an acclaimed debut as Jago (Otello) at the Castleton Festival under Lorin Maazel, a performance Washington Post described as “menaced and connived but [Arrey] did so subtly and with a voice so lovely to listen to that his scheming seemed all the more threatening.” Praises came also from Mo. Lorin Maazel who published: “Jago was stunningly sung and acted by Javier Arrey [who] manages to give shape to the jealous demon within Otello”.

  Javier also had the privilege and honor of performing twice in the U.S. Supreme Court for the Honorable Justices invited by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg declared: “[Arrey] has what it takes, both as a vocal artist and as a dramatic performer, to attract new audiences to opera venues, particularly young people needed to ensure that opera will remain a vital part of the contemporary musical scene.”

  In addition to his work on the opera stage, baritone Javier Arrey is a world-class interpreter of Lieder and concert repertoire. Recent performances include Mahler’s Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen at Teatro Municipal in Chile and Dvořák’s Biblical Songs and Gypsy Songs in the Czech Republic.

  In 2017, Mr. Arrey received the “Congressional Medal of Honor” at the National Congress of Chile in recognition of his artistic career and his social labor bringing the Opera to populations who have no access to live performances. In 2011 Javier Arrey was the winner of the CulturArte Prize at Operalia Competition in Moscow and in 2009 he was finalist at the Cardiff Singer of the World competition (Song prize). Arrey is a graduate of The Washington National Opera “Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program” and Dolora Zajick’s Program “Institute for Young Dramatic Voices. Javier continues to with local opera and concert companies to help develop and educate young artists.

  More information, credits and calendar at Javier’s website: https://www.javierarrey.com/

  
  

  6:30 pm  - Doors Open

  7:00 pm - Program

  8:30 pm - Reception with the Artists 

  
  

  Discounted parking is available after 5:30 pm (free for members with membership card).

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• Black History Month Tribute: Josephine Baker

  • When
    Thu, February 05, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
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  BLACK HISTORY MONTH TRIBUTE:

  Joséphine Baker

  featuring

  Yvette Spears

  Produced by Cliftine Jones, Governor,

  Chair of the Special Programs Committee

  
  

  Thursday, February 5, 2025, 6:00 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Members $60 - Non-Members $69

  Price includes a reception with hors d'oeuvres and full bar

  Yvette Spears

  With a voice that carries the soul of New Orleans, and the sophistication of a modern cabaret griot, Yvette Spears-jazz vocalist, cultural envoy, and dynamic performing artist whose work interlaces music, memory, and liberation is known for her commanding narrations, her jazz-infused storytelling, and her historical productions that reimagine history through sound. Her newest offering, Chantez Les Bas Joséphine: L’Esprit Joséphine, at the Arts Club of Washington -is a Black History tribute that lifts the veil on Josephine Baker beyond the feathers and the stage lights—revealing the woman who fought fascism, challenged segregation, and used her celebrity as a force for human dignity. Drawing from Baker’s performances of her latter years including a thriumphant performance at Carnegie Hall, and interweaving narrated vignettes, Yvette Spears transforms the stage into a portal where music becomes memory, and memory becomes activism. This presentation is both homage and awakening, honoring a legacy that continues to inspire courage, artistry, and the advocate heartbeat of Josephine’s spirit.
  

  
  

  6:00 p.m. Doors open

  7:00 p.m. Performance

  8:00 p.m. Reception with the artists

  Dress code: business casual

  Free parking for Arts Club members at the 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. garage.
  

  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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• February 2026 Exhibition Opening Reception

  • When
    Fri, February 06, 2026
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
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  Opening Reception

  Friday, February 6, 2026

  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

  
  

  Exhibition Dates

  February 6 - 28, 2026

  
  

  in the Spilsbury Gallery

  Jeffrey Brady & Karen La Du

  
  

  Image credit: Left to right: Oriental Tales (Karine Dulyan); Paperscratcher: The Curve, (Jackie Flanagan Pangelinan) 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, Saturdays 10:00am to 2:00pm

  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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• Washington Magic at the Arts Club

  • When
    Sat, February 07, 2026
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    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

  50th Show!

  Saturday, February 7th, 2026   at 6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $65 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 canceled online up to 48 hours before the event can receive a credit for future events.

  Members can canceled their reservation without a penalty until the day before the event.

  
  

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• Salon Concert featuring the Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet

  • When
    Mon, February 09, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
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  Robert Marcus, clarinet

  Cleveland Chandler, first violin

  Keith Colon, second violin

  Becky Johnson, viola

  Miron Yampolsky, 'cello

  
  

  Program

  
  

  Gerald Finzi

  Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and String Quartet

  1. Prelude

  2. Romance

  3. Carol

  4. Forlana

  5. Fughetta

  
  

  Johannes Brahms

  Quintet in B minor, Opus 115 for Clarinet and String Quartet

  
  

  1. Allegro

  2. Adagio

  3. Andantino

  4. Con moto

  
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $40 Members  -  $45 Non-members

  6:30 p.m. - Doors open

  7:00 p.m. - Performance followed by reception with the artists 

  
  

  

  Clarinetist and Ingleside Resident Robert Marcus has played the clarinet for more than 75 years, having studied in Los Angeles with Mitchell Lurie and at the Music Academy of the West.  He has enjoyed a long history of solo and chamber music performance including appearances with the Nova Vista Symphony, Redwood Symphony, and Los Alamos Symphony in concerti by Mozart, del Aguila, and John Adams, Debussy’s Premiere Rhapsodie, and Luciano Berio;s orchestral transcription of Brahms’ F-minor Clarinet sonata. Over a span of 60 years he has played frequentsolo and chamber music recitals. In addition to playing the standard clarinet repertoire, his chamber music performances include Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat, Milhaud’s Creation du Monde, Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, and Golijov’s Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind. 

  
  

  Cleveland Chandler, Jr., served as violinist in the United States Air Force Band for 24 years, performing at numerous White House and high-level events worldwide. His education includes a bachelor’s degree from Peabody Conservatory and a master’s degree from the Cleveland Instiute of Music. Recently he joined the violin faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music.  He has studied chamber music with the Emerson and Julliard String Quartets and studied at the Mark O’Connor String Seminar at Berklee College of Music,  Aspen Music Festival and the National Orchestral Institute. He also performed for the American Ambassador to Jamaica in Kingston sponsored by the U.S. State Department. He performs regularly with the Gateways Festival and has been featured in ensembles at Carnegie Hall, the Trump Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, the Music Center at Strathmore, the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and many other notable venues. Mr. Chandler was featured Guest Artist at Indiana University at South Bend for the “Lift Every Voice” Concert.  He and his colleague Robin Massie are first-place winners of the inaugural Misbin Family Memorial Chamber Music Competition, and yhey performed for the 10 th Annual Winners Concert and Anniversary Celebration at the Levine School. After military retirement Mr. Chandler continues to be in demand, now frequently performing with the Washington Concert Opera, the Post-Classical Ensemble, the National Philharmonic, the Colour of Music Festival, the Maryland Symphony, the Soulful Symphony, as well as numerous other solo and chamber music engagements with First Class Strings,LLC (which he founded). He was also featured at the French Embassy as part of a quartet performing chamber music of Chevalier de Saint Georges for the Washington International Film Festival. Mr. Chandler performs on a special violin, a 1912 Hannibal Fagnola, bequeathed to him by Mr. Bruce Wade, former violinist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Wade was his former chamber music coach.

  
  

  Violinist Keith Colón, Jr., began studies at age twelve in the Maryland public school

  system and continued studies with Christopher Collins Lee and Cleveland Chander.

  He performed for four years with the Drexel University Symphony and Chamber

  Strings. He attended the Summertrios Chamber Music Festival and has been

  invited to perform at the festival, for which he now serves as Assistant Artistic

  Director. He currently performs with The Columbia Orchestra and the Gallery

  Quartet and is an active freelancer in the mid-Atlantic region,

  
  

  Becky Johnson, violist, is originally from Larsen, Wisconsin.  Ms. 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 McLean, 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.

  
  

  Russian-born cellist Miron Yampolsky studied with the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich for 16 years, at Moscow’s Central Music School and later at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. After winning a top prize in the Munich International Chamber Music Competition Mr. Yampolsky performed extensively as an orchestra soloist, in recital, and as a founding member of the Moscow Piano Trio. Leaving Soviet Union for Israel, he performed as a soloist with the Kol Israel and Haifa Symphony Orchestras and in recitals throughout the country. After immigrating to the United States, Mr. Yampolsky was appointed Assistant Principal Cello with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and also served as Principal Cello with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. He made his New York debut at Alice Tully Hall to rave reviews. He has concertized extensively all over the United States, performing as soloist with the Baltimore Symphony, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, and many others. He has performed at the Tangelwood Summer Music Festival and Spoleto USA as well  as such local venues as the Trump Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Phillips Collection, Dumbarton Church, Lyceum, The Arts Club of Washington and many others. In 1985, Mr. Yampolsky became a founder and Faculty member of the Washington Conservatory of Music. Later he taught cello and chamber music at the American University and was appointed as a conductor of the American University Symphony Orchestra. An active promoter of contemporary music, he gave a world premiere of Herman Berlinsky's Sinfonia No.10 for Violoncello and organ a the Washington National Cathedral, and later in New York and San Francisco. Mr. Yampolsky is a recipient of the prestigious Villa Lobos Memorial Medal for his efforts to promote composer's music in the United States.

  
  

  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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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, February 13, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  

  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 complimentary tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

  
  

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, February 13, 2026
  •  
    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

  Teodora Adzharova and Audrey Andrist, pianists

  Friday, February 13, 2026

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  Program

  Music for one piano, four hands

  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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• Classical Arts Society of Washington: All is Fair in Love and War

  • When
    Fri, February 13, 2026
  •  
    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

  All is Fair in Love and War

  The terrors of World War II and the ensuing Cold War heavily influenced the life and work of Dmitry Shostakovich, whose timeless artistic contributions may have been what kept him tethered to this world during the height of the Communist regime. Robert Schumann’s undying romance with his wife Clara endowed his life with every possible aspect of meaning and significance, right up to its tragic ending.

  Program

  Dmitry Shostakovich

  Piano Trio No. 2
  

  
  

  Robert Schumann

  Piano Trio No. 2
  

  
  

   

  Christopher Schmitt, piano

  Erika Gray, viola

  
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Members $60 (use RSVP button for discount)

  Non-Members $65

  PUBLIC TICKET BUY NOW!

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

  7:15 pm - Concert start

  9:30 pm - Event ends

  
  

  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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• Pride Poetry Workshop - Erasure Poems

  • When
    Tue, February 17, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    28

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  Pride Poetry Workshop 

  Erasure Poems,

  led by Nico Penaranda

  Tuesday, February 17, 2026

  6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - FREE

  
  

  Working with pre-existing material, we will black out, erase, or otherwise obscure to form new meaning. How do we as queer people create new meanings and identities from the ones we are given? Where did we clash or not fit in? And what do we do when the world seemingly wants to erase us? Open to writers of all levels of experience and backgrounds.

  
  

  Nico Penaranda is a teacher in Howard University’s first-year writing program, who has been a featured reader at recent events hosted by the DC Poet Project, the Smithsonian Asian Art Museum, and the DC Public Library.

  
  

  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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• Distinguished Speaker: Linguist Marc Okrand

  • When
    Thu, February 19, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  Distinguished Speaker Series

  Marc Okrand

  February 19, 2026, 6:30 pm

  
  

  Please join us as the historic Monroe House as The Arts Club of Washington

  proudly hosts author, producer, linguist Marc Okrand. Marc is a linguist who devised the Klingon language heard in Star Trek motion pictures and television programs beginning with the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). In addition to Klingon, he created dialogue in Vulcan and other languages for several Star Trek movies and television shows and the Atlantean language heard in the Walt Disney animated feature Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).

  Marc is the author of several books and is an associate producer of the documentary film Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues (2017). He translated the libretto for the Klingon opera “u” that premiered in The Netherlands in 2010 as well as the expanded version of the opera’s story in paq’bath: The Klingon Epic. He translated and recorded a Klingon version of a self-guided tour of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for their Go Flight app; and contributed dialogue to the language lab portion of the computer game Star Trek: Klingon.

  He has degrees in linguistics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a PhD in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow. His graduate work focused primarily on North American Indian languages of the West Coast.

  Mr. Okrand will autograph one of his books if you brought one with you!

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

  7:00 p.m. - Distinguished Speaker Marc Okrand

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

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $30 Members - $40 Non-Members

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, February 20, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  

  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 complimentary tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

  
  

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, February 20, 2026
  •  
    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, February 20, 2026

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  Program

  To Be Announced

  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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• Capitol Comedy: "Manic-fest Destiny”

  • When
    Fri, February 20, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  Capitol Comedy

   "Manic-fest Destiny”

  Friday, February 20th, 2026,  6:30 pm

  Non-Members $50 - Members $40

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Capitol Comedy presents its 2026 musical political satire "Manic-fest Destiny,” with Aaron Matijasic, Patricia Hurley, and Alan Naylor channeling President Donald Trump, RFK, Jr., Vladimir Putin and a host of disgruntled citizens and Greenland skeptics.  Musical accompaniment by legendary guitarist Harry Orlove and his trio.

  Provides lively music and comic relief for these turbulent times.

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

  
  

  6:30pm   Doors open

  7:00 pm   Program

  8:30 pm    Reception with the artists

  
  

  Free parking for Arts Club members at the 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. garage.

  
  

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• Capitol Comedy: "Manic-fest Destiny”

  • When
    Sat, February 21, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  Capitol Comedy

   "Manic-fest Destiny”

  Saturday, February 20th, 2026,  6:30 pm

  Non-Members $50 - Members $40

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Capitol Comedy presents its 2026 musical political satire "Manic-fest Destiny,” with Aaron Matijasic, Patricia Hurley, and Alan Naylor channeling President Donald Trump, RFK, Jr., Vladimir Putin and a host of disgruntled citizens and Greenland skeptics.  Musical accompaniment by legendary guitarist Harry Orlove and his trio.

  Provides lively music and comic relief for these turbulent times.

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

  
  

  6:30pm   Doors open

  7:00 pm   Program

  8:30 pm    Reception with the artists

  
  

  Free parking for Arts Club members at the 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. garage.

  
  

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• Poetry Reading by Michele Wolf and Chloe Yelena Miller

  • When
    Tue, February 24, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Poetry Reading by

  Michele Wolf and Chloe Yelena Miller

  Tuesday, February 24, 2025, 7:00 pm

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  
  

  Award-winning poet Michele Wolf will read from her newest collection, Peacocks on the Streets. Also featured is poet Chloe Yelena Miller, whose latest book, Perforated, was just released this month. 

  Michele Wolf’s poetry collections include Peacocks onthe Streets, Immersion, Conversations During Sleep, and the chapbook The Keeper of Light. Her poems have appeared in The Southern Review, Poetry, The Hudson Review, and elsewhere. Among her honors are the Anhinga Prize for Poetry and a Maryland State Arts Council literary arts grant. She teaches at The Writer’s Center and lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland. 

    Chloe Yelena Miller is the author of the books Perforatedand Viable, both published by Lily Poetry Review Books, and the chapbook Unrest, from Finishing Line Press. A cofounder Brown Bag Lit, an online writing community, Miller teaches writing and literature through the University of Maryland’s Global Campus, Politics and Prose bookstore, and New Directions in Writing. She lives in Washington, D.C.

  
  

  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.

  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 Cleveland Chandler, violinist

  • When
    Wed, February 25, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
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    39

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  The Program will include: 

   Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Opus 23

  Presto

  Andante Scherzoso

  Allegro molto 

   

  Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

  Sonatina in G Major, Opus 100

  Allegro Risoluto

  Larghetto

  Scherzo

  Finale

  
  

  Cleveland Chandler Jr., a distinguished violinist hailing from Baltimore, Maryland, dedicated 24 years of service as a member of the United States Air Force Band and as Concert Master of the Air Force Strings. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the renowned Peabody Conservatory and a Master’s from The Cleveland Institute of Music. Mr. Chandler further honed his artistry through chamber music studies with both the Emerson and Juilliard String Quartets.

  His performance career spans prestigious festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, Pacific Music Festival in Japan, Spoleto Festival in Italy, and many others. As an in-demand soloist, concertmaster, and chamber musician, Mr. Chandler has appeared with ensembles including the National Philharmonic, Maryland Symphony, Colour of Music Festival, Soulful Symphony, Ritz Chamber Players, and a host of other acclaimed organizations. He is also a regular performer with the Gateways Festival Orchestra.

  His artistry has graced esteemed venues like Carnegie Hall, the Music Center at Strathmore, and the Meyerhof Symphony Hall. Most recently, Mr. Chandler has been appointed as a violinist with the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra.

  Michael Adcock is an acclaimed pianist celebrated for his technique and distinctive style, as highlighted by the Washington Post. He has performed solo recitals at venues like Carnegie Hall, collaborated with members of leading orchestras, and featured in the documentary Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty. His Centaur label recordings cover composers from Prokofiev and Gershwin to ragtime by Joplin. As Artistic Director of the UU Chalice Concert Series and frequent lecturer, Adcock’s performances are broadcast nationally. He has won awards including the Lili Boulanger Memorial Award and prizes from major competitions. Currently on the faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music, Adcock holds a Doctoral degree from the Peabody Conservatory.

  
  

  This Salon Concert is presented by the Classical Music Committee of The Arts Club of

  Washington in collaboration with the Washington Conservatory of Music, and seeks to

  offer chamber music in an historic atmosphere evocative of the period during which the

  music was written.

  
  

  6:30 - 7:00 PM Cocktails

  7:00 - 8:00 PM Recital

  8:00 - 9:00 PM Reception with artist

  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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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, February 27, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  

  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 complimentary tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

  
  

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• The Friday Noon Concert Series

  • When
    Fri, February 27, 2026
  •  
    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, February 27, 2026

  12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  (limited seating available)

  Program

  To Be Announced

  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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• Elizabeth Taylor & The Shadow of Her Smile

  • When
    Sat, February 28, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    57

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  Elizabeth Taylor & The Shadow of Her Smile

  Ann Talman

  Alex Rybeck, piano

  Produced by Cliftine Jones, Governor,

  Chair of the Special Programs Committee

  
  

  Saturday, February 28, 2025, 6:00 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Members $60 - Non-Members $70

  ANN TALMAN brings her award-winning show Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smile to the Arts Club of Washington, Saturday, February 28. Doors open at 6:00 PM, with the performance at 7:00 PM, followed by a reception at 8:00 PM with Ann and musical director Alex Rybeck, celebrating what would have been Miss Taylor’s 94th Birthday. 
  
  Ann joined Actors’ Equity with co-star Elizabeth Taylor in 1981 when she landed the plum role in The Little Foxes playing Taylor’s daughter on Broadway.The Little Foxes traveled the world for eighteen months including six months in London and their loving friendship lasted for the rest of Miss Taylor’s life. The award-winning team behind Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smile is director LINA KOUTRAKOS and musical director ALEX RYBECK.

  
  

  “I had the great pleasure of seeing Annie’s beautiful, poignant, and funny show. She nailed the gleaming and mercurial light that was… my stepmother! I laughed and I cried in equal measures.”

  ~ Kate Burton

  
  

  6:00 p.m. Doors open

  7:00 p.m. Performance

  8:00 p.m. Reception with the artists

  Dress code: business casual

  Free parking for Arts Club members at the 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. garage.
  

  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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• Distinguished Speaker: Artistic Director Francesa Zambello

  • When
    Wed, March 04, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  Photograph by Magdalena Papaioannou for The Washingtonian.
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $40 Members - $30 Non-Members

  Internationally recognized director of opera and theater Francesca Zambello is the Artistic Director of Washington National Opera, a post she has held since 2012. She has directed many WNO productions, including Of Mice and Men (debut in 2001), Fidelio, Billy Budd, Porgy and Bess, Salome, Show Boat, The Force of Destiny, the world premiere children's opera The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me, Florencia in the Amazon, The Little Prince, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Dead Man Walking, Aida, and Candide. In the spring of 2016, she also directed WNO's first-ever complete Ring cycles, and brought the production to San Francisco Opera in 2018, both to great critical and public acclaim.

  Inducted in 2018 as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Zambello’s honors and awards also include the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, the Russian Federation's medal for Service to Culture, the Palme d'Or in Germany, the Golden Mask in Russia, two Helpmann Awards in Australia, and the Medallion Society Award from San Francisco Opera for 30 years of artistic service. In London, she has also won three Olivier Awards from the Society of Theaters and two Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical and Best Opera.

  An American who grew up in Europe, Zambello speaks French, Italian, German, and Russian. She attended Moscow University and Colgate University and began her career as an Assistant Director to the late Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. 

  
  

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

  7:00 p.m. - Distinguished Speaker Francesa Zambello

  7:45 p.m. - Reception with Ms. Zambello

  
  

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, March 06, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  

  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 complimentary tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

  
  

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• In the Writers’ Studio: on friendship with former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky & William Miller

  • When
    Fri, March 06, 2026
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    40

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  In the Writers’ Studio: on friendship with former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky & William Miller

  Friday, March 6, 2026

  7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - $50  ($40  for club members)

  The Cheuse Center and the Arts Club of Washington bring you four evenings in celebration of the craft of writing and the art of living, inaugurated by former Poet Laureate, Roberty Pinsky.

  On March 6th, 2026, the series will be inaugurated by former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, who went to Rutgers with Alan Cheuse and was a close friend of his for their entire adult lives. Alan Cheuse was NPRs book critic for 30 years. Pinksy will chat with William Miller, friend and colleague of Alan Cheuse’s, as well as co-founder of the Cheuse Center. The studio will also feature Alan Cheuse’s students, writer Britany Kerfoot, and Lina Patton whose novel ‘The Lake Club’ releases in the summer of 2026.

  This fireside chat will include a discussion, audience participation, food, wine, and a mini lesson on craft. Doors open at 7:30pm with a wine and food reception. The chat will be from 8:30-9:30pm and we will have some wonderful audience giveaways.

  
  

  The series: This series is in celebration of the tenth year anniversary of the Cheuse Center. We have created an opportunity for audiences to celebrate and contemplate their own purpose and joy, through special pairings with esteemed writers, celebrating book critic and teacher Alan Cheuse. Throughout his teaching career Cheuse held small dinner workshops and talked about life and craft with students and colleagues. His students Lina Patton and Brittany Kerfoot found them so inspiring, they decided to bring the format to the Arts Club, as fireside chats, celebrating their beloved teacher, Alan Cheuse as friend, writer, critic, and teacher.

  About Robert Pinsky:

  Robert Pinsky’s recent book of poems is Proverbs of Limbo. His PoemJazz album of the same title is available on Spotify. His autobiographical prose book is Jersey Breaks. Among his books about poetry are Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry and The Sounds of Poetry. His best-selling translation is The Inferno of Dante. As United States Poet Laureate (1997-2000), Pinsky founded the Favorite Poem Project, with brief videos in which thousands of American readers, of varying backgrounds, ages, and regions, read poems they admire by writers such as Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, Frank O’Hara, and Walt Whitman.

  About William Miller:

  William Miller directed the creative writing program at George Mason University for more than two-dozen years until his retirement in 2018. During that time, he helped establish the Cheuse Center, the Fall for the Book literary festival, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program in creative writing, and Stillhouse Press. Negotiations to bring the Poetry Daily web-based contemporary poetry distribution program to Mason began in his last year in the director’s position. He serves on the board of Fall for the Book, and is the current board chair of the Cheuse Center. He is a host of the podcast Upstart Crow, which has done indeph interviews with Cheuse Center

  Discounted parking (free for members) at the 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. garage, entered from 20th Street northbound between I and K Streets. 

  
  

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• Classical Arts Society of Washington: Affections for Amadeus

  • When
    Sat, March 07, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    13

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  Classical Arts Society of Washington 

  presents

  Affections for Amadeus

  Perhaps the greatest musical genius the world has ever known, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s innocence, joy, and sincerity lend a truly refreshing taste to his compositional output. In spite of his struggles and untimely death at 35 years old, Mozart nonetheless always found a way to cherish the sublime beauty of our world.

  
  

   

  Christopher Schmitt, piano

  Erika Gray, viola

  
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Members $60 (use RSVP button for discount)

  Non-Members $65

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

  7:15 pm - Concert start

  9:30 pm - Event ends

  
  

  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, March 13, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  

  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 complimentary tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

  
  

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, March 20, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

  Register

  
  

  

  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 complimentary tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

  
  

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• Pride Poetry Workshop - Queer Homage

  • When
    Tue, March 24, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    30

  Register

  
  

  
  

  Pride Poetry Workshop 

  Queer Homage, led by Marlena Chertock

  Tuesday, March 24, 2026

  6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - FREE

  
  

  In this workshop, we will create poems in conversation with, or in the style of, or in response to another poem, or piece of art, or song. “After poems” are a powerful form of connection across mediums and artists—they can generate dialogue, honor, subvert, or reclaim. Open to writers of all levels of experience and backgrounds.

  Marlena Chertock is a disabled, lesbian, Jewish poet with two books of poems, who uses her skeletal dysplasia as a bridge to scientific poetry.

  
  

  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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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, March 27, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006

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  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 complimentary tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

  
  

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• The Cabaret Series Presents: Oren Levine & Aaron Myers “A Jazzy Something”

  • When
    Tue, April 07, 2026
  •  
    7:00 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

  and

  The Arts Club of Washington

  
  

  Oren Levine & Aaron Myers

  “A Jazzy Something”

  
  

  Tuesday, April 7th, 2025,  7:00 p.m.

  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 5:30 pm (free for members with membership card)

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• Pride Poetry Workshop - Poetry & Humor: The Art of the Turn

  • When
    Tue, April 21, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    29

  Register

  
  

  Pride Poetry Workshop 

  Wronged Women: Hell Hath No Fury, led by Xochi Quetzali Cartland

  Tuesday, April 21, 2026

  6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - FREE

  
  

  In Postcolonial Love Poem, Natalie Diaz said "Trust your anger. It is a demand for love." For women who are socialized to be forever accommodating, how can anger be a liberatory force? In this poetry workshop, participants will be invited to engage with female figures such as Eve, Lot's Wife, Selena Quintanilla, Yolanda Saldívar, and Harley Quinn, giving these infamous women the dignity of context. 

  Xochi Quetzali Cartland is a queer Chicana poet and seamstress who was the 2025 Latinx in Publishing poetry mentee, and has been supported with fellowships from National Arts Strategies and Brooklyn Poets.

  
  

  
  

  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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• Save the Date: "Emily," the new Conner & Smith Musical

  • When
    Thu, April 30, 2026

  
  

  The Drama Committee of The Arts Club of Washington proudly welcomes Susan Derry in the new Conner and Smith musical based on the timeless poetry and personal corespondence of Emily Dickinson.

  "Perhaps the most prolific writers of musicals in the Washington area who consistently get their work produced."

  ~ The Washington Post

  About Conner & Smith Musicals

  
  

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• Pride Poetry Workshop - Resistance: LGBTQ Poetry as an Act of Defiance

  • When
    Tue, May 19, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    30

  Register

  
  

  
  

  Pride Poetry Workshop 

  Resistance: LGBTQ Poetry as an Act of Defiance, led by Gregory Adams

  Tuesday, May 19, 2026

  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

  
  

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - FREE

  
  

  In this workshop, participants will consider the forms that resistance to the heteronormative status quo—and the limits of their own thinking—can take. We will look at poems that not only assert a queer life, but also challenge those who view that life as “less than.” Open to writers of all levels of experience and backgrounds.

  Gregory Adams is a founding member of Station-to-Station, a groundbreaking collective of Black LGBTQ performance poets and writers of the 1980s, and part of the creative team who produced the documentary Fierceness Served!: The ENIK Alley Coffeehouse (2021).

  
  

  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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• The Cabaret Series Presents: Alan Naylor - "Songs We Need Now"

  • When
    Tue, June 02, 2026
  •  
    7:00 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

  and

  The Arts Club of Washington

  
  

  Oren Levine & Aaron Myers

  “A Jazzy Something”

  
  

  Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026,  7:00 p.m.

  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 5:30 pm (free for members with membership card)

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