From the Russian American Kids Circus to biting theatrical satire, here are just a few of the many theater and exhibition openings happening in the coming month.
Monday, August 27
The Unmentionables Woolly Mammoth Theater Company 641 D St. N.W.
Woolly Mammoth's season kicks off with this satire by Bruce Norris. The Unmentionables chronicles the work of "a motley collection of do-gooder Americans" stirring up trouble in a small African village. The show runs through Sept. 23, and tickets and show times can be found at www.woollymammoth.net.
Friday, Sept. 7
Chance video-dances, presented by Transformer Gallery The Warehouse 1017 Seventh St. N.W.
Transformer Gallery will present a series of short films about dance throughout September. The films, directed by Jane Jerardi, will all be projected on the sides of buildings around the District (with the Warehouse as the first location). See www.transformergallery.com for information on show times.
Saturday, Sept. 8
Open House Arts Festival Kennedy Center for Performing Arts 2700 F St. N.W.
This free event promises underground circus performers from noon to 7 p.m. For those daunted by the Russian American Kids Circus, be sure to check out performances by Ben Kweller and the National Symphony Orchestra.
Tuesday, Sept. 11
"A Quest for Fabulous: Thirty Years of Collecting: 1977-2007" Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens 4155 Linnean Ave. N.W.
The exhibition marks Hillwood's 30 years as a museum. The former home of Post cereal-heiress and avid art collector Marjorie Merriweather Post, the exhibition will feature many previously unseen works of Russian imperial and French decorative art on display in Hillwood's Dacha-styled one-room Russian summer home. Bonus: tours of the gardens start the same day. Tickets to the museum are $7 for students, and the hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14
Dos Pesta¤eos - Every Last Day District of Columbia Arts Center 2438 18th St. N.W.
Dos Pesta¤eos is an Atlanta-based art collective that collaborates with artists around the world. The D.C. Arts Center Web site bills "Every Last Day" as "a contemplation of the fertile terrain of the in-between and exploration of transitions." The exhibition features work by the collective as well as invited artists. It runs until Oct. 7, and the Arts Center is open Wednesday to Sunday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. More information is available at http://www.dcartscenter.org.
Saturday, Sept. 15
Ansel Adams opening Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th St. N.W.
The Corcoran will feature works from one of America's most well-known photographers, Ansel Adams, through Jan. 27. Students can purchase tickets for $10 to see the 125-piece collection.
Thursday, Sept. 20
"Cita a Ciegas" opening GALA Hispanic Theatre 3333 14th St. N.W.
"Cita a Ciegas," a recent theater hit in Buenos Aires, chronicles the daily visits to a park bench of a blind writer who becomes intricately involved in the lives of the interconnected people he meets. It is performed in Spanish but features English subtitles projected above the stage. The play runs through Oct. 14, and tickets can be purchased from www.galatheatre.org.
Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Independence Avenue and Seventh Street S.W.
This exhibition features major paintings of D.C.-based artist Morris Louis from the early 1950s, when he developed a method of painting whereby he stained "his unprimed canvases with thinned washes of acrylic pigments," according to the Hirshhorn's Web site. His work is covered until his death in 1962. The exhibition, the first of its kind since 1986, is free and runs until Jan. 6.
