Week 14: August 29 – September 4 (Weekend Edition)

$400 and 4 days . . . how close will we come to raising $1,000 this summer to support our friends at Art for Change?

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DC Adventures

Thursday

Art after Dark
Event Type: Art, Music and an Open Bar
Location: Art Museum of the Americas (201 18th Street, NW)
Time: 8:00 PM
Cost: $25.00 advance, $30.00 at Door

Jazz on Jackson Place
Event Type: Jazz under the Stars
Location: Decatur House on Lafayette Square(1610 H Street, NW Washington)
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $25.00

Friday

BlackCat 18th Anniversary
Event Type: A party for a DC staple
Location: BlackCat (1811 14th Street NW, Washington DC)
Time: 8:00 PM Doors
Cost: $5.00

Lohninger, Fischbacher and Band
Event Type: Jazz at the Embassy
Location: Embassy of Austria (3524 International Court NW)
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: FREE, RSVP required

Saturday

DC Blues Festival
Event Type: R+B under the bright blue skies
Location: Rock Creek Park, Carter Barron Amphitheatre
Time: 12:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Cost: FREE; $10.00 After Party

The Tenth Annual Page-to-Stage Festival 2011 (thru 9/5)
Event Type: Theatrical readings
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC)
Time: 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Scottish Games Festival (thru 9/4)
Event Type: Men in Kilts
Location: Great Meadow, 5089 Old Tavern Rd, the Plains, VA
Time:
Cost: $20.00 per day, $30.00 two day pass

Sunday

National Symphony Orchestra: Labor Day Capitol Concert 2011
Event Type: did someone say John Philip Sousa
Location: US Capitol Building - West Lawn
Time: Gates open at 3:00 PM, Performance 8:00 PM
Cost: FREE

NY Adventures

Thursday

Crooklyn
Event Type: My absolute favorite . . .
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE



Charles Yang
Event Type: Classical Violin with a rock star slant
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (Broadway at 62nd Street)
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE

Friday

THE LAW FIRM: Law and Disorder
Event Type: The Upright Citizens Brigade bring you the real law and disorder improve style
Location: 307 W. 26th Street, New York
Time: 10:30 PM
Cost: $10.00

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
Event Type: 30 Plays, 60 Minutes
Location: Kraine Theate (85 East 4th Street, btw 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
Time: 10:30 PM
Cost: $17.00

Saturday

Disco Bowl with the Boogie Woogie Band
Event Type: Saturday night fever. . . say hello to Travolta as you hit the dance floor
Location: Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY)
Time: 6:00 PM doors, 9:00 PM show
Cost: $5.00 Advance, $7.00 Door

NYC Unicycle Festival (thru 9/4)
Event Type: I’ve got a bike but they’ve got unicycles
Location: Governors Island
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Rock the Bells
Event Type: Summer concert on a commercial scale
Location: Governors Island
Time: 12:00 PM Doors
Cost: $99.00 and $199.00

Sunday

Rite of Summer Music Festival: String Force
Event Type: Violinist Miranda Cuckson and Nurit Pacht perform John Adams, Sofia Gubaidulina, Manuel de Falla, Marc Mellits, and others.
Location: Governors Island, Colonels Row
Time: 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE