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The 12-piece eclectic music group and self-proclaimed “musical archeologist” of Pink Martini take musical mixology to a new level. They blend musical styles and sounds from around the globe and serve up their own successful form of tasty lounge jazz-classic-Latin melodies.
In their first performance with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops, their show, World Music […]
…well, maybe only in the hearts of people over 40.
But you can still learn to “touch” dance the hustle, the cha-cha, or jump in a line dance at the disco dance lessons offered at eCitie in suburban Tysons Corner, Virginia.
Learn to dance to the classic disco hits like “The Hustle”, “Love to […]
Over nine days, Washington, DC comes alive with the power and grace of Flamenco!
Dancers, guitarists and singers invade DC delivering their own special Flamenco passion at the 8th Annual Flamenco Festival at GW University’s Lisner Auditorium. This year’s festival joins some of flamenco’s greats with some of the upcoming soon-to-be stars.
Cuatro Esquinas […]
In 1912, a gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo was presented to the people of Washington, DC. Since then, the annual cherry blossom festival has been a reminder of the bond with Japan.
For two weeks at the Kennedy Center, you can enjoy Japan Culture + Hypreculture as it explodes with over […]
What happens when you blend opera, old world Bohemian cabaret music from the 1920s, swing, tango, Ukrainian folk-punk, belly dance, Yiddish Klezmer music and an accordion? You get none other than Vagabond Opera.
This six-piece band delivers an eclectic, high-energy blend of about a dozen musical styles sung in eleven languages in a format that’s […]
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The cimbalom, the chapman stick, airpoles, drums, PVC tubes and gongs make up the instrumentation. Blue neon grease-painted faces, music, comedy and multimedia theatrics in a party atmosphere make up the rest.
The area closest to the stage as the “poncho section”, and patrons are provided ponchos to protect them from flying “materials” used in […]
America’s 32nd and only 4 term President (1933-45), Franklin Delano Roosevelt led the nation out of the Great Depression and through most of World War II.
Growing up in upstate New York, FDR won a seat on the New York State Senate and later was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow […]
I was driving in Northern Virginia yesterday, at the time when the sun was just about to set over the trees and noticed this pond with some explosive colors of fall foliage.
I shot just a few seconds of video and here it is — my first mini-clip.
This upcoming weekend will be the best time to take a drive to […]
When I ask people to name as many famous fine art painters who were women, the list is usually fairly short. I’m not sure why so few names are front of mind. The list usually stalls after just a few names. Grandma Moses. Mary Cassett. Georgia O’Keeffe. And perhaps Frida Kahlo.
Frida was probably best known for her expressive and symbolic […]
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