| ART EXHIBITION |
| All Horizons : Québec Design : Tous Azimut |
| Discover why Montréal was recently designated a UNESCO City of Design. The Embassy of Canada is hosting a stunning showcase of the most recent creations by fifteen Québec designers and a Finnish nod to Québec design. Organized with the Design Center of the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Complementing the exhibition, Apartment Zero will showcase more than 100 industrial design objects by Québec designers, ranging from lighting and glass to textiles and furniture. |
| Embassy: | Canada |
| Event Dates: | Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1969 - Sunday, Apr. 15, 2007
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| Location: | At the Embassy of Canada Art Gallery : 501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington DC, Washington, DC 20001 |
| Admission: | Free |
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| THEATRE |
| Shakespeare's Richard III, directed by Michael Kahn |
| In Richard III, Shakespeare creates a self-proclaimed villain battling to obtain and retain the crown. A ruthless Machiavellian, Richard seduces and slaughters his enemies and relatives, becoming so tainted with blood that "sin will pluck on sin." Michael Kahn directs this gripping tragedy, one of Shakespeare's earliest and most enduring successes. Geraint Wyn Davies returns to play the dazzling title role. The Baltimore Sun praises Kahn for turning the Shakespeare Theatre Company "into the closest thing this country has to Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company." The production is part of the citywide celebration Shakespeare in Washington.
There are four Canadians in this production: Geraint Wyn Davies who plays Richard III, Margot Dionne in the role of Queen Elizabeth, Donald Carrier who plays Earl Rivers and James Ricks in the role of the Second Murderer.
Runtime: approximately 3 hours 10 minutes
with one intermission. |
| Embassy: | Canada |
| Event Dates: | Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1969 - Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007
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| Location: | At the Lansburgh Theatre : 450 7th Street NW, Washington DC 2004 |
| Reservation or RSVP: | To order ticket visit : www.shakespearetheatre.org/plays/details.aspx?id=96&source=l |
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| ART EXHIBITION |
| ¡Merengue! Visual Rythms |
| The Art Museum of the Americas, the Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jiménes, and the Embassy of the Dominican Republic, are pleased to announce the opening of ¡Merengue! Ritmos Visuales / Visual Rhythms.
This exhibit, organized by Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jimenes in the Dominican Republic and curated by Sara Hermann –and previously shown at the Museo del Barrio in New York City along Manhattan’s Museum Mile, explores the pictorial representation of merengue, the dance and music genre which, interwoven throughout the nation's history, has come to define Dominican culture and identity. |
| Embassy: | Dominican Republic |
| Event Dates: | Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1969 - Sunday, May. 27, 2007
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| Location: | At the Art Musuem of Americas : 201 18th Street, NW, Washington DC 20006 |
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| EXHIBITION |
| Ida Sofia Maly (1894-1941) |
| This exhibit shows a selection of Styrian painter Ida Maly’s graphic work, focusing on portraits and studies of female nudes. In 1941 Ida Maly was killed by the National Socialists in their “Euthanasia”-program. |
| Embassy: | Austria |
| Event Dates: | Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005 - Thursday, Mar. 31, 2005, 7:30pm
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| Location: | Embassy of Austria |
| Admission: | Admission free. |
| Reservation or RSVP: | RSVP required: 202-895-6776 or rsvp@austria.org |
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| ART EXHIBITION |
| Swiss Contemporary Ceramics |
| The works of 12 professional Swiss clay artists are featured in this first Swiss national exhibition of contemporary studio ceramics in the USA, organized by the Swiss Ceramics Association (www.swissceramics.ch). |
| Embassy: | Switzerland |
| Event Dates: | Friday, Feb. 04, 2005 - Friday, Mar. 25, 2005
Friday, Mar. 25, 2005
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| Location: | Contemporary Museum, 100 West Centre Street, Baltimore, MD |
| Reservation or RSVP: | 410 783-5720 or info@contemporary.org |
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| EXHIBITION |
| "Nikkei - Latin American Artists of the 20th Century" |
| Selected art works -painting, drawing, engraving and installation- by 10 artists of Japanese descent from Argentina (Kasuya Sakai), Brazil (Tikashi Fukushima, Manabu Mabe, Tomie Ohtake, Yutaka Toyota and Kazuo Wakabayashi), Mexico (Luis Nishizawa) and Peru (Arturo Kubotta, Carlos Runcie Tanaka and Venancio Shinki). The exhibition pays tribute to Japan, host of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank in Okinawa. |
| Embassy: | IDB Cultural Center |
| Event Dates: | Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005 - Friday, Apr. 29, 2005, 11:00am to 6:00pm
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| Location: | IDB Cultural Center Art Gallery |
| Admission: | Admission is free |
| Reservation or RSVP: | For information on admittance please call Tel. 202 623 1213 |
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| ART EXHIBITION |
| Alberto Schunk, Walter Aiello, Walter Betbeder Rosso |
| The Embassy of Uruguay and the Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts have
the pleasure to invite you to the exhibition of 3 Uruguayan artists:
"Alberto Schunk, Walter Aiello, Walter Betbeder Rosso"
at the Salon de las Artes of the
Embassy of Uruguay (1913 "I" Street, NW Washington, DC 20006).
The exhibition is free and open to the public Monday to Friday from 10.00 am
to 4.30 pm
And it will remain open till the end of March, 2005. |
| Embassy: | Uruguay |
| Event Dates: | Thursday, Mar. 03, 2005 - Thursday, Mar. 31, 2005, 10:00am to 4:30pm
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| Location: | Embassy of Uruguay; 1913 "I" Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 |
| Admission: | Open to the Public |
| Reservation or RSVP: | (202) 331-1313 ext. 24. or visit www.arsmontevideo.com |
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| EXHIBITION |
| “Smooth jazz in Black & White” |
| Cordially invites you to attend the Opening of the Photography Exhibition “Smooth jazz in Black & White” by the artist Henri Molina de Clausade.
Inauguration: Thursday, March 10th, 2005 at 6:00 PM
Exhibition will be open from March 10th through March 25th.
Monday- Friday, 9AM- 5PM |
| Embassy: | Ecuador |
| Event Dates: | Thursday, Mar. 10, 2005 - Friday, Mar. 25, 2005, 9:00am to 5:00pm
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| Location: | Embassy of Ecuador - 2535 15th St NW |
| Admission: | Free to the public |
| Reservation or RSVP: | RSVP to Phone: (202) 234-7200 |
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| MUSIC PRESENTATIONS |
| FRANCOPHONIE 2005 |
| More than 32 countries have joined forces to present to you an
exceptional cultural program to celebrate the "Month of the
Francophonie". Carefully selected films, talented musicians from the
four corners of the French-speaking world are inviting you to travel on
a multicultural journey.
(see more details below) |
| Embassy: | France |
| Event Dates: | Saturday, Mar. 12, 2005 - Friday, Apr. 08, 2005, Various times
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| Location: | Various - see schedule for details |
| Admission: | Various - see schedule for details |
| Reservation or RSVP: | Reservations: www.francophoniedc.org |
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| LECTURE |
| "Is the Two-Party System Right for Japan?" |
| "Is the Two-Party System Right for Japan?"Lecture by Toshio Obi
For more information go to: http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/index.htm |
| Embassy: | Japan |
| Event Dates: | Monday, Mar. 14, 2005, 4:00pm
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| Location: | JICC ; 1155 21st Street, NW |
| Admission: | Free to the Public |
| Reservation or RSVP: | reservations required, jicc@embjapan.org |
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| LECTURE |
| "An Evening in Normandy at the Château de Canisy" |
| The French Heritage Society presents "An Evening in Normandy at the
Château de Canisy"
with Mr. Denis de Kergorlay
Monday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. - La Maison Francaise auditorium.
Denis de Kergorlay, former diplomat, businessman and ardent
preservationist, is Vice-President of La Demeure Historique. He has
worked diligently for many years with the Monuments Historiques and has
been an active member of Europa Nostra, the pan-European preservation
organization.. A gifted speaker, Count de Kergorlay has presented
numerous slide lectures on the restoration of important French monuments
and buildings and on the extraordinary challenges of preserving ancient
structures.
(see more below) |
| Embassy: | France |
| Event Dates: | Monday, Mar. 14, 2005, 6:30pm
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| Location: | La Maison Francaise at the Embassy of France |
| Admission: | Free to the public |
| Reservation or RSVP: | Reservation required |
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| LECTURE |
| "La Francophonie est-elle plus que la Francophonie" |
| Lecture by author Jacques de Decker who will elaborate on the true definition of "la Francophonie." In French. Refreshments following lecture. Tuesday, March 15, 2:00 pm. |
| Embassy: | Alliance Francaise |
| Event Dates: | Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2005, 2:00pm
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| Location: | Saint Mary's Hall, the University of Maryland, College Park. |
| Admission: | Free admission. |
| Reservation or RSVP: | Information and reservations: 301-405-4024 or antola@umd.edu. |
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| BENEFIT GALA |
| The Song of the Earth - Benefit Gala |
| Under the gracious patronage of Her Excellency Eva Nowotny, Ambassador of Austria
With the participation of Music from China
“Grace and virtuosity” —Jon Pareles, The New York Times
Ancient traditions intertwine with modern works in this event that explores the entangled relationship between Western and Eastern culture, and wants to join the efforts of environmental institutions in a call for the preservation of nature occasioned by the International Earth Day. |
| Embassy: | Austria |
| Event Dates: | Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2005, 7:00pm Reception; 7:30pm Concert ; 8:30pm Dinner
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| Location: | Embassy of Austria - 3524 International Court, NW |
| Admission: | $150.00 |
| Reservation or RSVP: | By Phone or Fax: (202) 966 8778 |
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| FILM |
| Environmental Film Festival 2005! |
| The Embassy will be featuring the films of director Steve Lichtag this year. Lichtag was born on March 4, 1954 in Znojmo, Czech Republic. He graduated from the State school of arts studying literary drama. From 1980-90, he lived and worked in the United States, and since 1990, he has lived in both the United States and Prague, Czech Republic. Admission for the four films below is free.
(see below for details) |
| Embassy: | Czech Republic |
| Event Dates: | Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2005, 7:30pm
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| Location: | Czech Embassy |
| Admission: | Admission is free. |
| Reservation or RSVP: | Reservations for our events can be made by calling: 202/274-9100 x.3413 |
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| EXHIBITION |
| Pop fantasies: furniture design by Eero Aarnio |
| One of the great innovators of modern furniture design, Eero Aarnio revolutionized the use of plastic in industrial design. His beloved Ball, Pastil and Bubble chairs, created in the 1960's, have become true icons of furniture design, and have retained their appeal as firm favorites of the fashion world. |
| Embassy: | Finland |
| Event Dates: | Thursday, Mar. 17, 2005 - Sunday, May. 08, 2005, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., including Sat & Sun
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| Location: | The Embassy of Finland 3301 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC |
| Admission: | Open daily 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., including Sat & Sun. |
| Reservation or RSVP: | 202-298.5800 www.finland.org |
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| ART EXHIBITION |
| "Japan in Pastel" art exhibition |
| "Japan in Pastel"
Opening night with artists from Japan.
March 17, 6:45pm
Exhibition from March 17 - April 29 |
| Embassy: | Japan |
| Event Dates: | Thursday, Mar. 17, 2005 - Friday, Apr. 29, 2005, 10:00am to 5:00pm
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| Location: | JICC - 1155 21st Street, NW |
| Admission: | Free to the Public |
| Reservation or RSVP: | reservations required, jicc@embjapan.org |
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| Classical Concert |
| Florin Croitoru, violinist |
| Glorious violinist Florin Croitoru will play 24 caprices for solo violin by Paganani. "Croitoru is in possession of an impressive arsenal of technical means, dynamics, imagination, functionally attached to the music and its meaning." Another wonderful evening in the beautiful Romanian Embassy. |
| Embassy: | Romania |
| Event Dates: | Friday, Mar. 18, 2005, 8:00pm
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| Location: | Embassy of Romania |
| Admission: | $50.00 |
| Reservation or RSVP: | http://www.embassyseries.com/events.htm |
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| GUIDED TOUR |
| "Gauguin" |
| Guided Tour in French at the National Gallery of Art. Friday, March 18, 12:15 pm. West Building rotunda. |
| Embassy: | Alliance Francaise |
| Event Dates: | Friday, Mar. 18, 2005, 12:15pm
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| Location: | at the National Gallery of Art. West Building rotunda. |
| Admission: | Free |
| Reservation or RSVP: | Reservations required. |
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| FILM |
| The Swamp (La Ciénaga) |
| The Embassy of Argentina and INCAA (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales) invite you to special screenings with some of the best Argentinean Movies of the last years.
Two families holed up for the summer near a town called "Swamp" (Cienaga) doesn't promise much as a subject, but that's exactly the point. In a corner of northwest Argentina at the edge of the jungle there's not too much to do aside from tipping the bottle too much and bitching about the local Indians. The matriarchs and cousins Mecha (Graciela Borges) and Tali (Mercedes Moran) talk about driving across the border to save a few pesos in Bolivia on school supplies for their kids, but they never go. Gregorio (Martin Adjemian) is as vain as his wife Mecha and usually as drunk; Tali's husband is mostly absent. When Mecha's adult son Jose (Juan Cruz Bordeu) is summoned from Buenos Aires to pull his mother back to reality, he immediately sinks into lethargy as well. Written and directed by Lucrecia Martel.
(More information below) |
| Embassy: | Argentina |
| Event Dates: | Friday, Mar. 18, 2005, 6:00pm
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| Location: | 1600 New Hampshire Ave. NW |
| Admission: | Admission is free |
| Reservation or RSVP: | please RSVP by visiting the reservation webpage: www.embajadaargentinaeeuu.org/registracion |
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| LECTURE |
| Christian Gasser, radio music host and author |
| Workshop with Christian Gasser at the Annual Spring Conference of the Maryland Foreign Language Association. In his first publication Mein erster Sanyo (My first Sanyo), he told with humor and irony the story of his life as a “pop freak” and at the same time illustrates the history of pop culture. |
| Embassy: | Switzerland |
| Event Dates: | Saturday, Mar. 19, 2005, 5 pm – 6:30 pm
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| Location: | McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, MD |
| Admission: | Call for details |
| Reservation or RSVP: | Information and registration: www.mflamd.org. |
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