Theatre

Sweeney Todd

Signature Theatre
February 9 - April 4, 2010

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is back! The first musical ever presented at Signature gets a brand new environmental staging as part of its ...

The Light in the Piazza

Arena Stage in Crystal City
March 5 - April 25, 2010

One windy day in the Tuscan countryside, Clara loses her hat in a sudden gust, and as if guided by fate, it lands at the ...

Stephen Sondheim's Birthday Celebration

Signature Theatre
Saturday & Sunday, March 20 & 21, 2010

Join Signature Theatre in celebrating the life and work of composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, the man who has transformed the face of American musical theatre with ...

Those Were the Days & Has Been Alooza

Arlington Inclusive Theatre Companies
March 25 - 27, April 1 - 3, 2010

ArtStream Onstage in partnership with the Educational Theatre Company presents The Arlington Inclusive Theatre Companies in Those Were the Days and Has been Alooza,  ...

Stalag 17

American Century Theater
March 26 - April 17, 2010

A Broadway hit in 1951, Stalag 17 followed another legendary World War II play, Mister Roberts,  by being based on the actual experiences of ...

The Fool at the Circus

Synetic Family Theatre (formerly Classika Theatre)
March 27 - May 16, 2010

A sequel to the very successful production of last season -- A Classical Fool.  A fun, silent show set in a circus, that is based around ...

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Signature Theatre
April 6 - June 27, 2010

A witty new musical written by two struggling writers about two struggling writers writing a witty new musical.   Originally presented at the 2004 New York ...

The Producers

The Arlington Players
April 9 - 24, 2010

Outrageous, hilarious, a teeny bit offensive, off the wall, and the winner of 12 Tony Awards. The Producers is based on the Mel Brooks 1968 ...

Metamorphosis

Synetic Theatre
April 9 - May 22, 2010

Metamorphosis:  Guest director Derek Goldman presents a reimagining of Franz Kafka’s brilliant and darkly comic classic tale of family, alienation…and a giant bug. With Irina ...

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Dance


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Visual Arts


Transhuman Conditions

Arlington Arts Center
January 29 - April 3, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, January 29, 6 - 9 pm This exhibition features ten artists' thinking about the future of the human body. The world has ...

Drawings by Kevin Mellema

Lee Arts Center Exhibition
March 3 - 29, Closing Reception: Wed. March 24, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Artist Statement by Kevin Mellema:    "Coming from a diverse artistic background, there are no hard and fast rules that apply to my art. However there ...

G40: The Summit

Curated Visual and Performance Art
March 3 - 27, 2010 FREE Admission

An office building gets a radical makeover into a progressive contemporary exhibition space as the G-40 Art Summit rolls into Crystal City. An artistic interpretation ...

Panel Discussion: We Have Decided Not to Die

Arlington Arts Center
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 6:30 - 8:30 pm FREE

The Arlington Arts Center will host a panel discussion about radically altered bodies in our not-too-distant future.  What defines us as humans? How do we ...

Artfest

Arlington Artists Alliance
March 19 - 26, 2010

The Arlington Artists Alliance presents a full week of art at Arlington's historic Hendry House at Fort C.F. Smith. In addition to an all-media art ...

Decorating with Latex and Wax Resists with Dana Lehrer Danze

Lee Arts Center Workshop
Saturday, March 20, 10 am - 1 pm

Explore ways to create dynamic designs using your unglazed clay as a design element. We will discuss principles to contrast negative and positive imagery, rough ...

Spring Art Show and Sale

Arlington Artists Alliance
April 9 - 11, 2010 Admission FREE

Arlington Artists Alliance will host "Improvisations", a three day art event featuring oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, pastels and sculpture, in styles ranging from traditional to ...

Efficient Throwing with Wayne Willson

Lee Arts Center Workshop
Saturday, May 1, 10 am - 1 pm

Looking for a new approach to throwing on the potter's wheel? Economical, efficient, smooth and seamless are terms that describe Wayne Willson's philosophy  -- he ...

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Music

20th Century (and Beyond)

Ibis Chamber Music Society
Friday, March 19, 7:30 pm FREE

 The concert is devoted to works written in the 20th Century, and an IBIS commission for the 21st,   unRaveling, written for them by Boston composer ...

Song and Dance

Young Person's Concert with Ibis Chamber Music
Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:30 am & 1 pm FREE

Meet the flute, harp and strings family at this young person's concert presented by the musicians of Ibis Chamber Music. 10:30 am   Clarendon Presbyterian Church, 1350 ...

Jory Herman and Friends

Double Bass Recital
Sunday, March 21, 2010, 4 pm FREE

The recital will feature Jory Herman, Arlington resident performing with the National Symphony, assisted by violinist Allie Osborne and Ryan Murphy, cello. A reception will ...

"The Honeymoon Trip"

The Arlingones Barbershop Chorus
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 2 pm and 7:30 pm

A newly married couple have trouble deciding where to go on their honeymoon. With a touch of barbershop harmony, the Arlingtones Barbershop Chorus and Chapter ...

Giants of German Romanticism

Arlington Philharmonic
Sunday, April 11, 2010, 3 pm FREE

The Arlington Philharmonic presents a free spring concert featuring Felix Mendelssohn's Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream and Johannes Brahms' Serenade No. 1. A. ...

Friday Morning Music Club (on Thursdays)

Free Lunchtime Chamber Concert
Thursday, April 15, 2010, Noon - 1

Join us for a free lunchtime chamber concert with the professional musicians of the Friday Morning Music Club. Bring your lunch if you want -- ...

Move Me! Arts Experience Festival

Presented by Bowen McCauley Dance
Saturday, April 17, 2010 2 - 5 pm

The Move Me! Arts Experience celebrates dance, visual arts, music, theatre and literary arts for young people, families and seniors. The festival will incorporate a ...

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Literary

MOVING WORDS POETRY READING

Winners of the 2010 Poetry Competition featured at IOTA Club & Cafe's "Second Sundays Poetry and Art Hang"
Sunday, April 11, 8:15 PM

Poets and visitors are encouraged to stay after the poetry readings to hang out with art, artists and the poets on into the evening.  Second ...

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Film

For My Father (2008)

Cross Cultural Cinema Series
Thursday, March 18, 6:30 pm FREE

Directed by Israeli Dror Zahavi. Tarek, a Palestinian forced on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv to redeem his father's honor, is given a second ...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

Sondheim 80th Birthday Screening
Saturday, March 20, 12 noon FREE

Directed by Richard Lester and starring Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers and Buster Keaton. Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus. ...

Gypsy (1962)

Sondheim 80th Birthday Screening
Saturday, March 20, 2 pm FREE

The film is based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama ...

West Side Story (1961)

Sondheim 80th Birthday Screening
Sunday, March 21, 3 pm FREE

With biting lyrics by Stephen Sondheim set to a magical Leonard Bernstein score, the film adapts the basic conflicts of "Romeo and Juliet" tot he ...

The Drummer (Zhan gu) (2007)

World Cinema Spotlight
Wednesday, March 24, 6:30 pm FREE

Directed by Kenneth Bi and featuring Jaycee Chan and Tony Leung Ka Fai. "The Drummer" is the first feature film from Hong Kong and Taiwan ...

Slapsticon 2010

Festival of Comedies from the Silent and Early Sound Eras
July 15 - 18, 2010

Slapsticon is a an annual four day film festival that features screenings of rarely seen comedies from the silent and early sound eras. It is ...

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Heritage Arts

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Public Art

4 Mile Run Pedestrian Bridge Professional Competition

Public Presentation
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 1- 8 pm

This public presentation is the final phase in the 4 Mile Run Pedestrian Cyclist Bridge Professional competition evaluation process.  The top three finalist teams will ...