The historic venue in Rock Creek Park was once considered one of the region’s greatest open-air theaters. What will it take to restore it to its former glory?
The aging stage needs some major fixes.
FRIDAY: >> Starting tonight, George Mason Stadium plays host to the region’s annual D.C . College Cup. The soccer teams of George Washington, American, Howard, and George Mason will square off in two rounds of games. Though the tournament is conspicuously missing national powerhouses UMD and UVA, the event will still showcase some of the best young talent around. GW and AU kick off tonight’s slate (5:00 p.m.), with Howard and GMU rounding the night…
>> Plácido Domingo conducts the orchestra and selected singers of the Washington National Opera in a special concert performance in the Music Center at Strathmore. A few tickets in the orchestra section remain at the box office, if you are looking for a last-minute luxury date. $68, 8 p.m. >> Time is running out to catch this year’s Shakespeare Free For All, Love’s Labor’s Lost, at the Carter Barron Amphitheater. The final performance is…
It’s summertime (well, springtime anyway) and the living’s easy…if you’re a Shakespeare fan. Theaters in the area have traditionally offered free Bard fare during the year’s warmer months, and with the Shakespeare in Washington Festival drawing to a close at the end of June, Will aficionados have even more options. Here are the highlights: Shakespeare Theater’s Free For All is always one of the more anticipated theater events of the year. From May 24 through…
There are reasons that Pericles isn’t usually taught in high school English classes alongside the biggies like Hamlet and Othello. Its soap opera string of coincidences stretch plausibility even by Elizabethan standards, and it lacks that showstopper of a soliloquy that draws either reflection or emotional response. But in the right hands, Pericles certainly can be a lot of fun, and even a little moving. Shakespeare Theatre’s deft production, adapted to fit the outdoor setting…
It’s Labor Day weekend, and you thought everybody had gotten the hell out of Dodge City, hadn’t you? Well, they probably have, and we’re experiencing serious envy of anyone who’s on a beach right now with a margarita in hand. But don’t despair – there’s still tons to do in D.C. this weekend, and we’ve rounded up the best of the best for you to do in a special extended version of Weekend Picks. But…
Sommer Mathis contributed to these picks FRIDAY: >> DCist likes to stay up late on Sundays and watch Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry”. We enjoy the variety of viewpoints it always includes, and really truly, at least one poet each episode knocks our socks right off our collective feet. DCist also likes to stay up late and watch “The Cosby Show” on Nick at Nite. It makes us feel all warm and fuzzy, like we…
The Shakespeare Theatre’s Free for All is perhaps this DCist’s favorite thing about summer in the city. Sure, blistering 90 degree days stuck in rush hour traffic are also a highlight, but nothing compares to seeing a little bit of Shakespeare in the park. This year, the Shakespeare Theatre presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” from May 26-June 5, at the beautiful Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park, with original direction by Mark Lamos. According…
Have you ever bought this book? Well you then probably have some left over electronics when you attempted the “Sonic Phasor Cannon, Electromagnetic Launcher, Tesla Coi [and] Ultrasonic Microphone.” For those who have “obsolete electronics,” the District will dispose of them free of charge this Saturday. According to the Department of Public Works: Many types of electronics contain significant amounts of potentially hazardous materials such as arsenic, lead and mercury. In the US it is…
