| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE |
| Educational Reform in Egypt and the Arab World |
| The Middle East Institute
invites you to a lecture on Educational Reform in Egypt and the Arab World
with His Excellency Dr. Ahmad Gamal El-Din Moussa.
The talk in Arab capitals is increasingly focused on reform proposals,
including modernizing educational systems. As Washington urges its Arab
allies, including Egypt, to make drastic and significant changes, lasting
reform can only be accomplished by taking into account the cultural,
political and religious norms of each specific country.
(More below) |
| Embassy: | Egypt |
| Event Dates: | Monday, Mar. 28, 2005, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
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| Location: | This event will be held in MEI's Boardman Room. |
| Admission: | Free to the Public |
| Reservation or RSVP: | RSVP is required for this event. Please send acceptances only to rsvp@mideasti.org. |
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| EXHIBITION |
| Nature Morph: Recent Work by Don Reichert |
| An exhibition of Don Reichert's paintings and photographic explorations is on display at the Canadian Embassy Art Gallery. |
| Embassy: | Canada |
| Event Dates: | Monday, Mar. 28, 2005 - Friday, May. 20, 2005, 9:00am to 5:00pm
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| Location: | Embassy of Canada 501 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 |
| Admission: | Free to the Public |
| Reservation or RSVP: | Tel: (202) 448-6255 |
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| FILM |
| Jan Werich Fimfarum |
| Directed by: Vlasta Pospisilova and Aurel Klimt, Czech Republic, 2002, 100 min., Czech with English subtitles
Made over 17 years (on and off), the film comprises a series of five fairytales based on the legendary book of the same name by Jan Werich. The beloved Czech storyteller's cautionary adult fairytales are brought to life with puppets and drawings in a gloriously twisted style. Admission is free. |
| Embassy: | Czech Republic |
| Event Dates: | Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2005, 7:00pm
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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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| FILM |
| La Face cachée de la lune |
| The Canadian Embassy Celebrates le Mois de la Francophonie - Playing at the Canadian Embassy on March 30 is La Face cachée de la lune. Adapted from Robert Lepage's acclaimed play, La Face cachée de la lune tells the story of brothers André and Phillip. The film parallels the competitive space race between the Soviet Union and the United States with the rivalry between a forty-something Ph.D. student who has repeatedly failed to defend his dissertation on the conquest of space and his gay brother André, a moderately successful weather reporter. As they dispose of their recently deceased mother's belongings, we discover their differences and the forces that oppose as well as unite them.
(more on the film below) |
| Embassy: | Canada |
| Event Dates: | Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2005, 7:00pm
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| Location: | Embassy of Canada - 501 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001 |
| Admission: | Tickets: $13/person |
| Reservation or RSVP: | For additional information please call the Canadian Embassy at (202) 448-6255 or the Bureau du Québec at (202) 659-8990. |
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| FILM |
| Jan Werich Fimfarum |
| The Embassy of the Czech Republic will be screening Jan Werich Fimfarum. Directed by Vlasta Pospisilova and Aurel Klimt, the film is in Czech with English subtitles.
Made over 17 years (on and off), the film is composed of a series of five fairytales based on the legendary book of the same name by Jan Werich. The beloved Czech storyteller's cautionary adult fairytales are brought to life with puppets and drawings in a gloriously twisted style.
(more below) |
| Embassy: | Czech Republic |
| Event Dates: | Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2005, 7:00pm
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| Location: | the Embassy of the Czech Republic |
| Admission: | The admission for the film is free. |
| Reservation or RSVP: | For reservations, please call 202/274-9100 x. 3413. |
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| CONCERT |
| Célina Ramsauer, voice and accordion |
| Concert with Célina Ramsauer, a Swiss song-writer who sings and plays the accordion to express her messages and her poetry. She has been mainly influenced by traditional French chansonniers and her songs blend simple lyrical melodies with traditional harmony. |
| Embassy: | Switzerland |
| Event Dates: | Thursday, Mar. 31, 2005, 7:30pm
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| Location: | Embassy of Switzerland |
| Admission: | Call for details |
| Reservation or RSVP: | Reservation required, Tel. 202 745-7928/29 or culture@was.rep.admin.ch |
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