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SUMMARY:Women Artists of the DMV at The Writer's Center
DESCRIPTION:The largest ever-curated fine arts multi-venue show in the U.S. comes this Fall to 16 art venues around the Greater Washington\, DC capital region as curator Florencio Lennox Campello surveys over 400 female artists actively working around the DMV. \nLocations:  \nName Opening Reception Exhibition Dates \nJoan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery\, Washington\, DC 29 Aug 25 29 Aug – 28 Sep\, 2025 \nArtists & Makers\, Rockville\, MD 5 Sep & 3 Oct 25 4 Sep – 29 Oct\, 2025 \nAmerican University Museum at Katzen Center 6 Sep 25 6 Sep – 7 Dec\, 2025 \nAdah Rose Gallery\, Rockville\, MD 7 Sep 25 7 Sep – 28 Sep\, 2025 \nUniversities at Shady Grove Priddy Library\, Rockville\, MD 11 Sep 25 11 Sep – 31 Oct\, 2025 \nThe Writer’s Center\, Bethesda\, MD 13 Sep 25 13 Sep – 5 Dec\, 2025 \nPyramid Atlantic Arts Center\, Hyattsville\, MD 13 Sep 25 13 Sep – 2 Nov\, 2025 \nMcLean Project for the Arts\, McLean\, VA 18 Sep 25 11 Sep – 1 Nov 2025 \nUniversity of Maryland Library\, College Park\, MD 19 Sep 25 15 Sep – 23 Oct\, 2025 \nMontpelier Arts Center\, Laurel\, MD 19 Sep 25 11 Sep – 2 Nov\, 2025 \nThe Athenaeum\, Alexandria\, VA 28 Sep 25 Sep 25 – Nov 2\, 2025 \nChildren’s National Hospital Gallery\, Washington\, DC TBA Sep 1 Sep – 9 Jan 2026 \nStrathmore Mansion\, North Bethesda\, MD 4 Oct 25 4 Oct – 8 Nov 2025 \nMaryland Hall\, Annapolis\, MD 8 Oct 25 4 Oct – 18 Dec\, 2025 \nMelissa Ichiuji Gallery\, Front Royal\, VA 18 Oct 25 18 Oct – 7 Dec\, 2025 \nNepenthe Gallery\, Alexandria\, VA TBA TBA \nAbout the exhibitions: Featuring the work of over 400 women artists from the Greater Washington\, DC capital region\, this massive survey exhibition is curated by Florencio Lennox Campello\, whose curatorial background includes over 200 exhibitions over the past four decades. “This region is not only home to some of the best art museums in the world\, dozens of commercial art galleries\, non-profit art spaces\, alternative art venues\, embassy art spaces\, etc.\, but it also supports and fertilizes some of the most unique and creative visual art scenes in the nation\,” notes Campello.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/women-artists-of-dmv-at-writers-center/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Songlines: Contemporary Aboriginal Masters
DESCRIPTION:Across the vast and rugged expanses of Australia’s Central Desert\, Aboriginal Peoples have long recorded their journeys with ritual songs. Over sandhills\, along rock formations and salty lakes\, in caves and on weathered sandstone mesas\, women stop to take stock of their surroundings\, to remember the land of their forebears\, to honor their heritage. They are the dancers\, singers and orators doing the critical work for their survival. Examining the earth’s floor all the way up to the galaxies\, they assess their geographics\, their water sources\, what is edible\, medicinal and forbidden of local plants and animals. Reveling in daylight travel and night constellations\, their rhythm\, their melodies are informed by a belief system that has coursed through time. \nPainters have been essential in Aboriginal clans as they capture these ceremonies of song and movement by plotting symbols\, landmarks and colors in meticulous mappings of past\, present and future. The renderings are called “Dreamings\,” and the lines\, dots\, circles\, U-shapes\, concentrics and rectangles depict age-old treks and current topography. \nOur focus has been on Australia’s Central Desert\, and this year we showcase the founders of Papunya’s modernist movements and some of their direct disciples. Giants among them are Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula\, two of the first Aboriginal artists to put acrylic on canvas and two Chairmans of the Papunya Tula Artists.  Possum’s strikingly detailed Dreamings enlivened generations to come. Tolson’s mesmerizing mix of color and form transcends the Central Desert with an unmistakably mid-century feel. \nThey mentored (and in some instances\, parented) leading painters featured on our walls\, We are proud to feature ​ Bambatu Campbell Napangardi’s woven ​paint\, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi’s vivid perspective\, Julie Nangala’s sinuous waterflow\, Betty Mbitjana’s bold body design\, William Sandy’s​ desert wildlife tracks; Nellie Marks Nakamarra’s​ balance of ​earth’s richest tones\, and Timmy Payungka Tjapangati’s maze-like reductionist work.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/songlines-contemporary-aboriginal-masters/
LOCATION:Amy Kaslow Gallery\, 7920 Norfolk Avenue\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251026
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SUMMARY:Anthropocene Visions and Voices by Keith Kozloff
DESCRIPTION:Anthropocene refers to the current period of Earth’s history\, in which human presence has become evident in geologic strata. The popularized term refers to global long-term impacts from cumulative human activities. Erratic progress in caring for Earth\, as well as my career addressing environmental issues\, motivated me to assemble this exhibit. Accordingly\, I created some pieces to suggest humanity’s fraught relationships with Earth and its non-human beings. \nI chose other pieces to imagine events in deep time in which Earth is oblivious to human inhabitants. The satirist George Carlin once said “Compared to the people\, the planet is doing great: been here four and a half billion years! …The planet has been through a lot worse than us. …We’re going away and we won’t leave much of a trace….The planet will shake us off like a bad case of fleas…” \nI also wanted to complement visual art with written voices calling out from the Anthropocene. Given the multi-generational implications of the exhibit’s subject matter\, I commissioned a group of local poets\, from early teens to late 70s\, to express their reactions to the artwork. I am hoping that the combination of visual art and poetry will invite viewers to reflect on what kind of ancestors they would like to be. \n The exhibit will be up October 26 through November 22. Gallery hours are 1:00-6:00 Thursday through Sunday.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/anthropocene-visions-and-voices-by-keith-kozloff/
LOCATION:Waverly Street Gallery\, 4600 East West Highway\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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SUMMARY:The Snowman and the Snowdog
DESCRIPTION:A soaring new musical for the holiday season! This follow-up to Raymond Briggs’ “The Snowman™” is based on the video of the same name. It is told with breathtaking theatre magic by talented actors\, stunning puppetry\, and beautiful projections. A boy has moved into a new house and lost his beloved dog. In the garden he builds a snowman and then\, to keep it company\, a snow dog. They both come to life during the night\, and the three embark on a fantastic journey.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/snowman-and-snowdog/
LOCATION:Imagination Stage\, 4908 Auburn Avenue\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Event/Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T103000
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SUMMARY:Storytime: Whale and the Birthday Rocks
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author Erica Perl will read her new book\, Whale and the Birthday Rocks\, the fourth book in her Level 2 Ready-to-Read series about friendship featuring Whale\, Quail\, and Snail. Craft activity to follow. Perfect for children ages 5-7\, but all are welcome!
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/storytime-whale-and-birthday-rocks/
LOCATION:Wonderland Books\, 7920B Norfolk Avenue\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Event/Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T153000
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SUMMARY:"Our Earth" Book Discussion Club
DESCRIPTION:Starting from a common base to have real discussions about the environment\, this book discussion club is a great way to deepen ideas\, have respectful debates while listening to the points of view of others and broaden our understanding and vision on this important topic. Together\, we may discover new forms of commitment and imagine new sustainable and desirable horizons. \nThis month’s selection is The lost trees of Willow Avenue: a story of climate and hope on one American street\, by Mike Tidwell. A riveting and elegant story of climate change on one city street\, full of surprises and true stories of human struggle and dying local trees – all against the national backdrop of 2023’s record heat domes and raging wildfires and hurricanes. In 2023\, author and activist Mike Tidwell decided to keep a record for a full year of the growing impacts of climate change on his one urban block right on the border with Washington\, DC. A love letter to the magnificent oaks and other trees dying from record heat waves and bizarre rain\, Tidwell’s story depicts the neighborhood’s battle to save the trees and combat climate change: The midwife who builds a geothermal energy system on the block\, the Congressman who battles cancer and climate change at the same time\, and the Chinese-American climate scientist who wants to bury billions of the world’s dying trees to store their carbon and help stabilize the atmosphere. The story goes beyond ailing trees as Tidwell chronicles people on his block sick with Lyme disease\, a church struggling with floods\, and young people anguishing over whether to have kids\, all in the same neighborhood and all against the global backdrop of 2023’s record heat domes and raging wildfires and hurricanes. Then there’s Tidwell himself who explores the ethical and scientific questions surrounding the idea of “geoengineering” as a last-ditch way to save the world’s trees – and human communities everywhere – by reflecting sunlight away from the planet. No book has told the story of climate change this way: hyper local\, full of surprises\, full of true stories of life and death in one neighborhood.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/our-earth-book-discussion-club-3/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T213000
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SUMMARY:The Magic Duel at The Writer's Center
DESCRIPTION:The Award-Winning\, 5 Star Comedy Show\, The Magic Duel\, live on stage at The Writer’s Center. Amazing\, funny and interactive. \nPacked with mind-boggling magic and clever mentalism\, this award-winning show puts the power in your hands: you’ll choose the magical challenges and cast your vote to crown the winner of the coveted ‘Golden Wand’. Since 2016\, this 5-star rated performance (Yelp\, TripAdvisor\, and Google) has wowed audiences with its charm and humor\, earning hundreds of glowing reviews. Grab a cocktail\, enjoy the sophisticated setting\, and prepare to be fooled—badly!
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/magic-duel-at-writers-center/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T230000
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CREATED:20251022T174805Z
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SUMMARY:Dru Hill
DESCRIPTION:Dru Hill Live at Bethesda Theater! Now with a second date added!\nFriday\, November 21st and Saturday\, November 22nd — Get ready for a night of pure R&B nostalgia\, unforgettable harmonies\, and timeless hits like “Beauty\,” “Tell Me\,” and “In My Bed.” \n📍 Bethesda Theater\n🕕 Doors & Dinner Open: 6:30 PM\n🎶 Showtime: 8:30 PM \nExperience one of the greatest R&B groups to ever do it — live\, intimate\, and soulful.\n✨ Don’t miss your chance to sing along with Sisqó\, Nokio\, Jazz\, Black\, Smoke and Scola in an unforgettable night of classics! \n🎟️ Grab your tickets now before they’re gone!
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/dru-hill/2025-11-22/
LOCATION:Bethesda Theater\, 7719 Wisconsin Avenue\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts/Music
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