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• Gentle Yoga at The Arts Club

  • Start
    Wed, August 20, 2025
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  • End
    Wed, December 17, 2025
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006
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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.

  The five sessions in this Gentle Yoga Series are:
  

  1.	Wed, August 20, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
  2.	Wed, September 17, 6:00- 7:00 PM
  3.	Wed, October 15, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
  4.	Wed, November 19, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
  5.	Wed, December 17, 6:00 - 7:00 PM

  
  

  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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• Exclusive Frida Kahlo Exhibition Tour + Jazz & Dinner

  • Start
    Wed, September 03, 2025
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    10:00 AM
  • End
    Thu, September 04, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM
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    22

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  The Cultural Committee of The Arts Club of Washington invites Members and their guests for a special overnight visit to Richmond and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). This event features an exclusive evening tour to see Frida: Beyond the Myth. VMFA is one of only two venues in the US to showcase this captivating exhibition of works by Frida Kahlo. This will be followed by a jazz concert with some of Richmond’s top jazz artists, and a private dinner at Amuse, the highly-rated restaurant located within the museum.

  Your registration is inclusive of charter bus transportation to and from Richmond, as well as between the museum and the hotel; an exclusive guided tour of Frida: Beyond the Myth; and a private three course dinner at the renowned Amuse restaurant.

  Lodging - 

  Hilton Downtown Richmond: You need to make your own hotel reservations. We have arranged a special rate of $169, and Hilton has prepared us a special booking link here. You can also call the hotel directly at (804) 344-4300 and ask for The Arts Club of Washington rate.

  Itinerary - 
  
  Departure from DC: At 10:00 a.m., a charter bus will pick us up at 2017 I Street NW.

  The bus will bring us to the Hilton Downtown Richmond (ETA 12:30 p.m.) for check-in at the hotel, lunch on your own, and free time before 3:30 p.m. 

  Going to the VMFA: At 3:30 p.m., we will meet at the hotel entrance to be taken to the VMFA for the guided tour, followed by a jazz concert, and the private dinner at Amuse.

  Following dinner, the bus will return us to the hotel.

  Return to DC: The next morning, at 10:30 a.m., the bus will take us from the hotel back to The Arts Club (ETA 1:00 p.m.).

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, September 05, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Docent Led Clubhouse Tour 

  Friday, September 5, 11:00 a.m.

   Free and open to the public

  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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• Founders Collections Art Tour

  • When
    Fri, September 05, 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Founders Collection Tour 

  Join us on a guided tour to view the hanging art, sculpture, and publications of our founding members.
  

  Friday, September 5, 4:00 p.m.

   Free and open to the public

  
  

  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 private group tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

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• SEPTEMBER 2025 Members' Exhibition Opening Reception

  • When
    Fri, September 05, 2025
  •  
    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, September 5, 2025

  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required

  
  

  Exhibition Dates

  September 5 - 26, 2025

  (Image credit: Mrs. Linda Smith at Gillfield Baptist Church (Pedro Ledesma III); Telescopic  (Noreen Janus)

  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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• D.A.R. Museum: Three "Looks" at 2017 I Street

  • When
    Tue, September 09, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    1776 D Street, N.W., Washington DC 20006

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  Photo: Daughters of the American Revolution Museum

  The History Committee invites interested members to join our new docents in a visit to the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) Museum period rooms where we will learn about house interiors in the periods the Monroe and MacFeely Houses were occupied as residences as well as interior design styles that were in our Founders' homes when they furnished the Club in 1916. 

  The tour will be led by Patrick Sheary, Curator of Furnishings and Manager of Historic Preservation.  An optional lunch gathering will be afterwards at the nearby Met Cafe, 1750 New York Ave N.W., to continue the conversation.

  Federal, Victorian, and Gilded Age

  Period Rooms

  of the 
  

  Daughters of the American Revolution

  Museum

  Tuesday, September 9, 11:00 a.m.  

  Limited to Members and one Guest

  Free, but RSVP is required for participation, which is limited to 10.
  

  *Volunteer docents lead public tours of The Arts Club of Washington most Fridays, September-May, at 11 a.m. and also conduct group tours on request.  To learn more about the docent program, contact Club Historian Martin Murray. 

  Learn more: www.dar.org/museum

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Pride Poetry Reading

  • When
    Tue, September 09, 2025
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    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Pride Poetry Reading

  Tuesday, September 9, 2025

  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - FREE

  The 2025 Pride Poets-in-Residence reading features five of the most innovative and talented LGBTQ+ authors currently working in the DC region. AGG, aka Adrian Gaston Garcia, co-produces Los Bookis Podcast and manages Tintas DC, a monthly writer’s group for Latine poets and storytellers; Natalie E. Illum is a disability activist who competed on the National Poetry Slam circuit for five years; Dwayne Lawson-Brown cofounded DC’s longest running open mic series, Spit Dat; Saundra Rose Maley cofounded the Confluence Conference, the region’s major annual gathering of literary translators; and Chris Nealon is a professor of English at Johns Hopkins University.

  Join us as they read new work, followed by a book signing and reception. 

  
  

  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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• Book Group: The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

  • When
    Wed, September 10, 2025
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    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

  The Portrait of a Lady

  by Henry James

  
  

        

  Wednesday, September 10th, 2025

  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

  Open to Members and Guests

  
  

  
  

  $20 Includes refreshments and hors d'oeuvres

  
  Buy the book online!

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• Distinguished Speakers in Drama Series: Edward Gero

  • When
    Thu, September 11, 2025
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    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC
  • Spaces left
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    29 registrants

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  Distinguished Speakers in Drama Series 

  Edward Gero

  Thursday, September 11, 2025, 6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $30 Members - $40 Non-Members

  Edward (Ed) Gero has been acting since 1977, appearing at theaters across the country from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Florida, to Washington, D.C. Known for his work with Shakespeare, Gero has also performed in motion pictures, television, and narrated for Discovery Channel.

  A 16-time nominee of the prestigious Helen Hayes Award, a nominee of the Joseph Jefferson Award, recipient of the OSS Congressional Gold Medal, and recipient of The English Speaking Union Award for Excellence in the Spoken Word, Gero is perhaps best known to Washington-area audiences for his star turns as Justice Antonin Scalia in The Orginialist at Arena Stage and as Richard Nixon in Nixon's Nixon at Roundhouse Theatre. 

  Three of Gero's four Helen Hayes Awards are from his performances at the Shakespeare Theatre Company where he has played over 70 Shakespearean roles including his Hayes Award-winning performances in Henry IV, Richard II, and Macbeth.

  6:00 p.m. - Doors open for private viewing of our art galleries featuring the works of Pedro Ledesma III and Noreen Janus

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

  7:00 p.m. - Distinguished Speaker Edward Gero

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

  
  

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, September 12, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Docent Led Clubhouse Tour 

  Friday, September 12, 11:00 a.m.

   Free and open to the public

  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 Classical Arts Society of Washington: Unheard Melodies

  • When
    Fri, September 12, 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

  Unheard Melodies

  Friday, September 12, 2025

  6:30 pm  -  9:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Members $50 (use RSVP button)

  Non-Members $55 

  Ludwig van Beethoven’s tragic story is only intensified by his deafness, which prevented him from performing, conducting, and even socializing. Witness this man’s stoicism in surpassing his struggle to offer some of the most meaningful melodies the world has ever known.

  
  

  PROGRAM TO INCLUDE

  L. V. Beethoven

  
  

  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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• OUR ANNUAL BRISTOR DINNER

  • When
    Sat, September 13, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    2017 Eye Street NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    49

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  The Bristor Dinner

  An evening of opera that honors the late William "Bill" Bristor, friend and benefactor to The Arts Club of Washington.

  
  

  
  

  Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 6:00 pm

  OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS & GUESTS

  We are fortunate to have secured Soprano Jennifer Simone Smith to perform, and we are in for a treat. If you haven't experienced Ms. Smith's voice before, you can expect to be amazed. Ms. Smith will take us on an operatic journey that not only honors Mr. Bristor's legacy, but will remind us how special this annual dinner is. 

  $83 per person

  Dress code: Fashionable / Black Tie Optional
  

  Once we reach our maximum capacity, we regrettably will not be able to accommodate additional guests. Please RSVP early!

  You may call (202) 331-7282 ext. 2, or email dining@artsclubofwashington.org

  *DC sales tax additional.

  Evening format:
  6:00 pm Cocktail Hour
  7:00 pm Performance with Ms. Smith
  8:00 pm Dinner

  Newly negotiated parking: Members may park for free starting at 5:30 p.m. in the 2001 Pennsylvania Avenue Garage (Colonial) - the first garage on the left, located on 20th Street (one way) between I (eye) and K Streets.

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• 2025 Arts Club of Washington One Act Play Competition

  • When
    Tue, September 16, 2025
  • Location
    2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    6

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  The Drama Committee of The Arts Club of Washington is pleased to announce the return of the One Act Play Competition for 2025. The competition generates interest in original one-act scripts and recognizes and rewards talented playwrights with a $1,000 prize, staged reading, and two nights’ accommodation at the Club.

  For over a century, the Club has promoted and celebrated the visual, performing, and literary arts in the nation’s capital.  Gatherings for members, exhibits and performances for the public, and a range of private events, are held in our historic I Street mansion, which was formerly the home of President James Monroe and his family.

  2025 Competition Information

  The Award: $1,000 award to the author of an outstanding one-act play.

  Entry deadline: September 15, 2025, or until submissions close.

  Script Eligibility: All submissions must be a one-act play that is not part of a multi-act play and remains unpublished and unproduced (except for staged readings) as of the date of entry.  Staging must be limited to a maximum of six actors.

  Deadline: Submissions will end on September 15.  The winner will be announced in October on the Club’s website.  The Drama Committee will organize a reception and a staged reading on the historic Arts Club stage in December.

  Entry Fee: $25.  The Arts Club of Washington, a 501c3 charitable organization, affirms that entry fees will go solely to funding the $1,000 award to the author of the winning play, paying the artists involved in the staged reading of the winning script, and covering other incidental expenses incurred by the Club in administering this contest.

  Preparing Your Entry:

  • Only one play per author will be considered.
  • Neither film nor television scripts will be accepted.
  • Participation is limited to residents of the United States.
  • The author’s name should not appear on the script.

  How To Submit: Use the RSVP button, the payment of the fee is required to submit your application. Once you registration is completed you will receive a confirmation email.

  Judging Criteria:

  • Judges shall be industry professionals affiliated with a Washington, D.C.-based arts organization.
  • Scripts will be judged on concept, dramatic action, characterization, dialogue, and technical requirements.
  • Critical analysis of scripts will not be provided. 
  • Judges prefer scripts that run 20 to 50 minutes with minimal scenes.
  • Consider the producibility and staging on a small, historic stage of approximately 11’ width and an 8’ graduated depth with limited lighting and technical capabilities.*

  Information for Playwrights:

  • All production and publication rights remain the property of the playwright.
  • The Arts Club of Washington shall have the right to stage the selected scripts without payment of any royalties.
  • Any production will be at the discretion of The Arts Club of Washington.
  • The Arts Club of Washington shall have the option to limit submittals to the first 100 plays received.
  • Winning playwright shall be provided with two nights’ accommodation at the Club to attend the staged reading. 

  
  

  *Open fixed-curtain width is 11’ 5” within a proscenium of 15 ’11”, narrowing to a midstage depth of 14’ and back-of-stage width of 8’.  The stage height at curtain is 6’ 7”.  There are 14 clear floodlights; nine in front, two in the middle, and three in the back of the stage, which has a black curtain surround. There are three stage-width steps from the auditorium to the stage, each 7” tall.

  
  

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• Poetry Reading with Henry Crawford, Michael Gushue & Kim Roberts

  • When
    Tue, September 16, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    23
  • Registered
    12 registrants

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  Poetry Reading with

  Henry Crawford, Michael Gushue & Kim Roberts

  Tuesday, September 16, 2025,  7:00 pm

  FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  
  

  On September 16 three local poets offer a sprightly look at the role of computers and movies in modern life. Henry Crawford’s new book, Screens, investigates the ways that screens project, filter, and distort our perceptions of ourselves. Kim Roberts and Michael Gushue’s book, Q & A For the End of the World, takes us into a darkened theater with the authors to watch the earliest Godzilla and sci-fi movies and ask ourselves what they meant then and might mean now. Doors open at 6:30. Reading begins at 7 and is followed by a reception and book signing.

  
  

  Michael Gushue has been published in journals such as the Indiana Review, Gargoyle, and American Letters and Commentary. His most recent book is Q&A For The End Of The World(in collaboration with Kim Roberts). His other books are: Sympathy for the Monster, Gather Down Women: Poems and Translations, Pachinko Mouth, and Conrad; and, in collaboration with CL Bledsoe: The Judy Poems, I Never Promised You A Sea Monkey, and Palace of Depression. He ran the reading series Poetry at the Watergate. He and CL Bledsoe run a column of very bad advice on Medium.com called How To Even. He lives in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington DC.

  Henry Crawford is the author of three collections of poetry: American Software, published in May of 2017 by CW Books, his second collection, Binary Planet, was published by The Word Works in March of 2020 and released as a 2nd Edition in 2022. Screens, (Broadstone Books, 2025), is Crawford’s most recent full collection of poems. His poem, “The Fruits of Famine,” won first prize in the 2019 World Food Poetry Competition. His work has been published in Boulevard, Copper Nickel, Rattle, the Southern Humanities Review, and many others. He is a two time finalist for the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. He was nominated for the 2022 Rhysling Award by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. He is a longtime co-host of the Café Muse Literary Salon Online and producer of Poets vs The Pandemic.

  Kim Roberts is the author of seven books of poems, most recently Corona/Crown, a collaboration with photographer Robert Revere (WordTech Editions, 2023), and the forthcoming Q&A for the End of the World, a collaboration with poet Michael Gushue (WordTech, 2025). Roberts edited By Broad Potomac’s Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of our Nation’s Capital (University of Virginia Press, 2020), selected by the East Coast Centers for the Book to represent Washington, DC in the Route 1 Reads program. She is the author of the popular guidebook, A Literary Guide to Washington, DC: Walking in the Footsteps of American Writers from Francis Scott Key to Zora Neale Hurston (University of Virginia Press, 2018). Roberts co-curates DC Pride Poem-a-Day each June with filmmaker Jon Gann.

  
  

  
  

  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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• An Evening of Dance with Paul Taylor’s Muse Laura Halzack

  • When
    Thu, September 18, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW, Washington DC
  • Spaces left
    3
  • Registered
    52 registrants

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  An Evening of Live Dance and Conversation with Dancer, Choreographer, & Paul Taylor Muse Laura Halzack

  Thursday, September 18, 2025,  6:00 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $30 Members - $40 Non-Members

  Choreographer and Arts Club Member Dana Tai soon Burgess will interview Laura Halzack from stage with a focus on her illustrious career, and her dance company will perform excerpts from her latest works. Ms. Halzack is considered one of the last muses of legendary choreographer Paul Taylor. She joined Mr. Taylor’s world-renowned Paul Taylor Dance Company in 2006.

  During her critically acclaimed career, Mr. Taylor created 16 works on Ms. Halzack, most notably as the Principal female role in his final masterpiece Beloved Renegade. Taylor also casted her in 67 of his other works, in over 80 different roles. Ms. Halzack has also performed with the Amy Marshall Dance Company, Syren Modern Dance, in the feature film The Chaperone, in Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels, and in the original works of contemporary dance visionaries Larry Keigwin, Doug Elkins, Lila York, Doug Varone, Bryan Arias, Margie Gillis, and Pam Tanowitz.

  Dance Magazine has highlighted Ms. Halzack in its “On the Rise” and “Behind the Curtain” series, and featured her on its February 2018 cover. Ms. Halzack is the Artistic Director and Choreographer of her own company, LaHa Dance Group, which she founded in 2022.

  6:00 p.m. - Doors open with Open Bar (beer/wine)

  6:30 p.m. - Program

  Online payments are non-refundable. Paid tickets can be canceled online for an account credit up to 48 hours before the event.
  
  Members can cancel their reservation at no charge up to 24 hours before the event; same-day and no-show cancelations will be charged a 50% cancellation fee.
  

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• Book Event with Author Pamela Carter-Birken

  • When
    Thu, September 18, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    30

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  The Arts Club of Washington

  Literary Committee

  Presents

  Duncan and Majorie Phillips: America’s First Museum of Modern Art

  with Author Pamela Carter-Birken

  Thursday, September 18, 2025

  6:30pm – 8:30pm

  Arts Club Members $25 – Non-Members $30

  Please join us for a fascinating evening at the historic Monroe House as the Arts Club of Washington proudly hosts independent scholar, journalist and author Dr. Carter-Birken who will discuss her book about the Phillips family, founders of The Phillips Collection.

  About the Book

  He was born to privilege and sought the world of art. She lived at the center of that world-a working artist encouraged by the famous artist in her extended family.  Together, Duncan and Marjorie Acker Phillips founded The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the first museum of modern art in America.  It opened in the grand Phillips family home in 1921, eight years before New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and only a few weeks after they wed.

  With unfettered access to archival material, author Pamela Carter-Birken argues that The Phillips Collection’s relevancy comes from Duncan Phillip’s commitment to providing optimal conditions for personal exploration of art. In-depth collecting of certain artists was one of Phillips’ methods of encouraging independent thinking in viewers.  Paintings by Pierre Bonnard, Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Jacob Lawrence, and Mark Rothko provide testament to the power of America’s first museum of modern art.

  About the Author

  Pamela Carter-Birken is an independent scholar and journalist with an interdisciplinary doctoral degree from Georgetown University.  Dr. Carter-Birken writes about an array of topics, but always with a perspective on how art and literature affect the human experience.  Her work has been published in several  national magazines and journals.

  Price includes reception with full bar and hors d’oeuvres after the presentation.

  Discounted parking available at 2001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW DC (Enter @first garage on the left, just past I Street).

  Seating is limited; registration online recommended no later than Monday, 15 September 2025.

  Bring your copy for author’s book-signing. Purchase now at

  https://www.amazon.com/Duncan-Marjorie-Phillips-Americas-History/dp/1648893279/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

  
  

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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, September 19, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Docent Led Clubhouse Tour 

  Friday, September 19, 11:00 a.m.

   Free and open to the public

  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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• Champagne Brunch: Columbia String Quartet Performs "American Dreams" Quartet by Peter Schickele

  • When
    Sun, September 21, 2025
  •  
    12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Columbia String Quartet Performs

  "American Dreams" Quartet by Peter Schickele

  City In A Swamp Productions in collaboration with the Arts Club of Washington present a string quartet performance and memorial tribute to composer Peter Schickele (a.k.a. "PDQ Bach") preceded by a champagne brunch

  
  

  Sunday, September 21, 2025

  12:30 pm - 3:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  $ 70 Members    -    $ 85 Non-Members

  
  

  Columbia String Quartet

  Founded in 2014, the Columbia String Quartet dedicated its first season to the study of all sixteen Beethoven string quartets. The following year, the ensemble explored the quartets of Schumann and Brahms. The group has performed most recently at Mount Vernon, the Lyceum (Alexandria), and the Smithsonian. Its members hold positions with the National Philharmonic, the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra. 

  Jane Bowyer Stewart

  Jane Bowyer Stewart is a first violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra, which she joined in 1981.  She earned both her Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Master of Music degrees from Yale University. 

  A devoted chamber musician, Ms. Stewart is a regular guest artist with the Kennedy Center Chamber Players and the 21st Century Consort. Currently a member of the Columbia String Quartet and the Prism Piano Trio, she has also performed and recorded with the Chamber Soloists of Washington, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Chamber Ensemble, and the Manchester String Quartet.  Her several chamber music CDs include one Grammy nominee.

  As a concerto soloist, Ms. Stewart has appeared with the National Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, and the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra. She plays a violin made in 1691 by Venetian master Matteo Goffriller.

  Susan Midkiff

  Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra violinist Susan Midkiff, was born in Oxford, England and received her undergraduate degree from the Royal Northern College of Music. She won several scholarships and prizes including the prestigious Muster Award which enabled her to come to America to study with Shmuel Ashenasi of the Vermeer Quarter. Susan has held Associate Concertmaster positions with both the Naples Philharmonic and the Roanoke Symphony and one-year positions with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the National Symphony Orchestra.

  Denise Wilkinson

  Denise Wilkinson, Columbia Quartet violist and has been a member of the National Symphony Orchestra since 1982. A native of New Jersey, she earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Montclair State University and Master of Music in Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. As a chamber musician, she has performed with Denyce Graves, and groups such as: the Kennedy Center Players, 20th Century Consort, Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, National Musical Arts, Chautauqua and Casals Festivals and as soloist with the NSO has collaborated with Mstislav Rostropovich and Christopher Hogwood. Her viola dates from approximately 1780 and is attributed to Johannes Gagliano. Other than music, her interests include many genres of fiber arts.

  Kerry Van Laanen

  Praised by the Washington Post for her “stunning playing” and the Baltimore Sun for her “beautifully expressive” playing, cellist Kerry Van Laanen has performed with the Washington, DC area’s top ensembles since 1985. As an opera musician, she plays regularly with the Washington National Opera, the Wolf Trap Opera and the Maryland Lyric Opera. As a symphonic musician, she appears with the National Philharmonic, National Gallery Orchestra, PostClassical Ensemble, and National Symphony Orchestra. A highly sought-after chamber musician, she has performed at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and the Mendocino Festival in California. She is a founding member of the Columbia String Quartet, which recently gave recitals at the Lyceum and Smithsonian and participated in the National Symphony’s “In Your Neighborhood” program. She has also performed several times at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, most recently with the Prism Piano Trio of which she is a founding member.

  
  

  12:30 pm Champagne Brunch

  1:45 pm  Performance

  2:30 pm  Dessert reception with the artists

  RSVP Online

  Call 202-331-7282 or email dining@artsclubofwashington.org for more information.

  Online payments are non-refundable. Paid tickets can be canceled online for an account credit up to 48 hours before the event.

  
  

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• Poetry Club Meeting

  • When
    Wed, September 24, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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   Poetry Club Meeting

  Wednesday, September 24, 2025,  5:00 pm

  Spilsbury Gallery

  OPEN TO ALL ARTS CLUB MEMBERS

  $10 Includes wine reception

  Please join the Poetry Club for a glass of wine and a lively discussion of selected poems.
  

  
  

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• Noir Movie Night: "Touch of Evil"

  • When
    Thu, September 25, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    25

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  NOIR MOVIE NIGHT

  The Arts Club of Washington

  presents

  Touch of Evil

  Thursday, September 25, 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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• Docent-Led Clubhouse Tour

  • When
    Fri, September 26, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  Docent Led Clubhouse Tour 

  Friday, September 26, 11:00 a.m.

   Free and open to the public

  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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• Member Reception & Program

  • When
    Fri, September 26, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I Street NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    68

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  Member Reception & Program

  Friday, September 26, 2025

  6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

  OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS

  $65* per person (includes $15 program fee)

  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.

  
  

  
  

  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 $25 program fee and gratuity. DC sales tax additional.

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• Monroe Museum Day Trip

  • When
    Mon, September 29, 2025
  •  
    12:30 PM
  • Location
    James Monroe Museum 908 Charles St. Fredericksburg, VA 22401

  Register

  
  

  Members of the Arts Club History Committee invite interested members to join our new docents on our annual visit to the James Monroe Museum and Library to learn about James and Elizabeth Monroe.  Transportation is not provided; if you are interested in coordinating Amtrak schedules (approximately one-hour journey from D.C. Union Station or Alexandria King Street) please click here for more information.

  Monday, September 29, 12:30 p.m.

  $6 payable at entry with AAA and senior discounts

  
  

  James Monroe Museum and Library

  908 Charles Street

  Fredericksburg, VA 22401

  
  

  Explore Historic Fredericksburg

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• Luncheon Trip to Mount Vernon Club, Baltimore

  • When
    Tue, September 30, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM
  • Location
    9 W Mt Vernon Place, Baltimore MD 21201

  Register

  

  The History Committee has organized a luncheon and clubhouse tour of our Baltimore reciprocal club, to be followed by a Club lunch.

  Tuesday, September 30, 11:30 a.m.

  Mount Vernon is located just north of downtown Baltimore and is home to some of the most beautiful and well-preserved architecture on the East Coast. Mount Vernon is a designated National Historic neighborhood anchored by the Washington Monument, which is surrounded by four small, picturesque parks that beckon visitors to take their time and enrich their lives. The parks, which have survived almost intact, are considered to be the finest existing urban landscapes by the beaux-arts architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings.

  
  

  This event is capacity-limited to 10 persons. 

  Members may include one guest.

  Separate checks will be provided.

  While transportation is not provided, train departures and carpools will be facilitated by the committee.

  Suggested Amtrak schedule:

  
  

  For information on visiting our reciprocal clubs from Bangkok to Britain, click here (member log-in required).

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• By Invitation: One Act Play Readers' Tea

  • When
    Wed, October 01, 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    2017 I St NW, Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    12

  

  By Invitation

  Wednesday, October 1, 2025

  2:00  p.m.

  A special "thank you" to our volunteers readers, who helped us vet the huge number of plays that were submitted to this year's contest. 

  We'll enjoy some snacks, talk about how the process went, and seek feedback that we can apply to next year's contest.  And then, we'll announce the five plays that, based on scoring from our readers, are our finalists! 

  Readers please RSVP to drama@artsclubofwashington.org.  Learn more about the Austin Hay One Act Play Award click here, and save Friday, December 12, for the winning play's reading on the historic Arts Club stage!

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• Book Group: The Silver Candlesticks by Linda Chavez

  • When
    Wed, October 08, 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

  The Silver Candlesticks by Linda Chavez

  
  

  Wednesday, October 8th, 2025

  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

  Open to Members and Guests

  
  

  Doritt Carroll will lead the discussion.

  
  

  $20 Includes refreshments and hors d'oeuvres

  
  Buy the book online!

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• An Unforgettable Evening of Burt Bacharach’s Timeless Sound

  • When
    Sat, October 11, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006

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  An Unforgettable Evening of Burt Bacharach’s Timeless Sound

  Performed by Alex Rybeck and Steve Washington

  Saturday, October 11, 2025, 6:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Members $ 65   -   Non-Members $ 80

  Join Special Programs Committee Chair Cliftine Jones for an extraordinary musical experience, celebrating the iconic songs of Burt Bacharach, at the historic Arts Club of Washington. 

  Set in one of the Capital’s most storied and intimate venues, this rare performance will transport you through a golden era of songwriting - with live renditions of the melodies that defined a generation.

  This is not just a concert - it’s a tribute, a memory in the making, and a moment unlike any other.

  Price includes a reception before and after the reading with hors d'oeuvres, and open full bar.

  
  

  Alex Rybeck

  Alex Rybeck is a music director, composer, arranger and pianist, best known for his work in concerts and cabarets, on recordings, and in the theater. One of his most recent recordings, “To Steve, With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Stephen Sondheim” was nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award. Broadway credits include MERRYILY WE ROLL ALONG (directed by Hal Prince), GRAND HOTEL (directed by Tommy Tune), and others. He has also worked with Susan Stroman (FLORA THE RED MENACE) and Patricia Burch (REALLY ROSIE). Regionally, his work on WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW, starring Sutton Foster, won him praise from composer Burt Bacharach.

  After growing up in the suburbs of Washington, DC. And attending Oberlin College, he moved to New York City, where he was mentored by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Schwartz, while attending NYU’s graduate musical theater writing program. Among the many artists he has worked with are such legends as George Abbott, Metropolitan Opera diva Roberta Peters, “Voice of Hollywood” Marini Nixon, Eartha Kitt, The McGuire Sisters, Julie Wilson, and Kitty Carlisle Hart. He has also enjoyed meaningful collaborations with Faith Prince, Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, Jane Oliver, Melissa Errico, Karen Akers, Karen Mason, Sharon McNight, Jeff Harner, Donna McKechnie, Jason Graae, Lee Roy Reams, Tovah Feldshuh, Rita Gardner, Roslyn Kind (half-sister of Barbra Streisand), Amanda Broom and Clint Holmes, among many others. His original song “WHAT A FUNNY BOY HE IS” was recorded by the late Nancy LaMott. He has received numerous awards and honors (MAC, BISTRO NIGHTLIFE, BILLBOARD AND BROADWAYWORLD.COM) as music director and songwriter. As a highly sought-after coach, he has taught master classes in NYC, LA, and DC as well as at Yale, Harvard, Northwestern, Queensland Conservatorium (Brisbane) and New Zealand Singing School.

  
  

  Steve Washington
  

  Steve Washington has been performing for more than 40 years with earnest beginnings in Princeton University's singing and theater groups. After Princeton, Steve performed in numerous professional theatrical productions on land and sea. In the ‘90s, Steve fronted few of DC’s top bands sharing stages with the Marvelettes, the Drifters, the Supremes, the Village People, Peter Noon, and others. 1n 1999, Steve enjoyed a theatrical highlight working under the direction of world-renowned Broadway and West End producer Cameron Macintosh in a production of "Hey, Mr. Producer," which was the first genuine Broadway-at-sea collaboration in cruise ship entertainment industry. Shifting focus to music, Steve began cultivating a jazz-infused body of work, including standards, big band, blues, R&B, funk, Latin & Brazilian, and has been presenting at the area's most popular venues including Blues Alley, the Atlas Theater, the Carlyle Club, Mr. Henry's, the Katzen Arts Center, the Woman's National Democratic Club, the Arts Club of Washington, the Lyceum, and other notable establishments including the area’s most exclusive private social clubs. Along the way, Steve enjoyed more than a decade headlining on the world's finest cruise ships with his one-man shows: "Nat & Sammy Remembered" and "Rhythm, Blues & Broadway." In the last 10 years or so, Steve has sharpened his focus on jazz with the 2015 release of “Right to Love” featuring the Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra. A full-house CD Release concert at the famed Metropolitan Room in NYC resulted in an invitation to present quarterly at the Metropolitan Room the following year. In 2018, appearances beyond the DMV, included month-long tours in Russia resulting in "Skylark," a 2018 CD recorded in Moscow. In 2020, Steve performed three live-stream concerts, courtesy of Blue House Studio's, "Covid Sessions" series. A CD featuring highlights from those live concerts is pending. In 2023, Steve enjoyed another highlight as the opening artist at the North Carolina Jazz Festival. Steve continues to share his music whenever and wherever possible in the DMV and beyond and looks forward to more discovery and adventure in music and entertainment.

   “Smokin pure magic baritone, power, and nuance, brilliant falsetto, joyful…. What a show!” — The South Hampton Press (Montauk Community Notes)

  
  

  6:30 p.m. Doors open

  7:00 p.m. Performance

  8:00 p.m. Reception with the artists

  Dress code: business casual

  RSVP Online

  Online payments are non-refundable. An account credit is available up to 48 hours before the event.

  Members can cancel their reservation at no cost until 24 hours before the event. 50% fee for same day cancelation and no-shows.

  
  

  
  

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• Matinee Meet-Up: NT Live's "Inter Alia"

  • When
    Wed, October 15, 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Angelika Film Center & Cafe at Mosaic, 2911 District Ave, Fairfax VA
  • Registered
    2 registrants

  Register

  

  Jamie Glover (The Crown, Agatha Raisin), Rosamund Pike (Saltburn, Gone Girl) and Jasper Talbot at the opening night after-party at the National Theatre on July 23 in London
  

  Photo: Dave Benett/Getty Images

  TRAILER

  Read the Deadline London Review:

  "The first-night crowd in the National’s Lyttelton Theatre roared their approval when the actress took her solo bow..."

  The Drama Committee is organizing a meet-up at a filmed performance of the (U.K.) National Theatre production of Inter Alia. 

  Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.

  Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?

  Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.

  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 admission seating are purchased directly from the venue by clicking here and selecting the October 15, 1400 (2 p.m.) performance. 

  While an RSVP is not required to attend, it is helpful for us in reserving  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.

  
  

  
  

  Coming in November:

  George Bernard Shaw's classic

  Mrs. Warren's Profession

  Imelda Staunton (The Crown, Follies) joins with her daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the first time, reuniting with director Dominic Cooke.

  
  

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• Save the Date: Salon Concert of Mozart, Schumann, and Brahms

  • When
    Tue, October 28, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
  • Spaces left

  

  presents

  A Salon Concert featuring the works of

  Mozart, Schumann, and Brahms

  Becky Johnson, viola

  Robert Marcus, clarinet

  Chengcheng Yao, piano

  
  

  Tuesday, October 28,  7:00 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON

  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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• Distinguished Speakers in Drama Series: 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
    74
  • Registered
    6 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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• Save the Date: Salon Concert featuring Andre Leonard

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

  

  Photo: Washington Piano Society

  
  

  The Classical Music Committee

  of

  The Arts Club of Washington

  presents

  A Salon Concert

  Andre Leonard, piano

  Friday, November 7,  7:30 pm

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

  REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON

  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.

  
  

  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. 2 in F major, Op. 38

  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 Andre Leonard 

  
  

  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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