There Is More on Tap Than the Super Bowl
It is Super Bowl weekend with the Philadelphia Eagles taking on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. and many bars and restaurants are offering specials or holding viewing parties. But don’t worry, football isn’t the only thing going on in the DMV. The Washington Auto Show wraps up at the convention center, so you still have a few more days to check out all the new cars. And, the Women’s Voices Theater Festival continues with many of the plays featured below. The festival includes 24 theaters around the DMV presenting new plays penned by women playwrights and women-led collectives.
Metro’s Red Line will single track between Grosvenor and Medical Center with trains running every 15 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont and every 10 minutes between Farragut North and Silver Spring between 9 a.m.-9 p.m. The Orange, Blue and Silver Line trains will single track between Federal Center and Eastern Market with trains operating every 24 minutes. Green and Yellow Line trains will single track between Mount Vernon Square and U Street with trains operating every 24 minutes.
See this 2018 Chevrolet Camero and 600 other cars at the Washington Auto Show this weekend. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)
Washington Auto Show
The Washington Auto Show, one of the nation’s largest auto shows, wraps up this weekend. Car lovers will be dazzled by over 600 makes and models from more than 35 manufacturers. Visit the Art-of-Motion exhibit where artists will be painting murals on vehicles or take a VIP tour led by leading automotive writers. You can also Ride ‘N Drive vehicles at the show. Licensed drivers shouldn’t miss the Land Rover test drive experience where you can drive a Land Rover through an off-road obstacle course along with an experience off-road instructor. Then head over to Jaguar and ride in a new E-Pace with a company driver.
Feb. 2 from noon-10 p.m., Feb. 3 from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 4 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Square NW. Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for children 6-12 and children 5 and younger are FREE! Students with ID get a $4 discount on Friday, active and veteran military get $4 off Friday and $2 off Saturday and Sunday; anyone with with a Metro SmartTrip card can get $2 off Friday and seniors get $4 off Friday and $2 off weekends.
In Her Words: Women’s Duty and Service in World War I
An Army nurse at Camp Herman in Ohio in 1918.
(Photo: Grace Mechlin Sparling)
In Her Words: Women’s Duty and Service in World War I opens Friday exploring the role of women during World War I. The exhibit shows how important the war was for women’s rights and labor in the U.S., as thousands served in and alongside the military during the struggle. Through the letters and artifacts of four women, visitors can explore unique, personal perspectives on life, duty and service during the war.
Feb. 2 through May 8 from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Admission is FREE!
Parallel Universe
Parallel Universe at Artechouse features 3D motion mapped projections and light installations. (Photo: mica4life/Instagram)
Immerse yourself in a psychedelic, eye-of-the-storm experience of whirling fractals and light beams at Parallel Universe. Ouchhh, a Turkish art studio, built this visually and aurally mesmerizing exhibit composed of four installations, each featuring 3D motion mapped projections and light installations influenced by mathematics, science and astrology. The immersive, audiovisual experience explores nature, space and the effect of new digital media. Prepare to be wowed.
Through March 4 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday through Monday and 5:30 p.m.-11 p.m. daily for those 21 and older at Artechouse, 1238 Maryland Ave. SW. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students, seniors 65 and older and military with ID, and $8 for children 12 and younger.
Washington Dollar Days
Tour Tudor Place all month long for only $1. (Photo: Tudor Place)
In honor of George Washington’s birthday month, Tudor Place is offering $1 tours throughout February during Washington Dollar Days. As D.C.’s only historic house museum with connections to Martha and George Washington, you can tour for one Washington Dollar and will be able to view items from the museum’s Washington Collection along the way.
Through Feb. 28 with tours starting on the hour from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. except Mondays at Tudor Place, 1644 31st St. NW. Tickets, of course, are $1.
The Great Society
The Great Society about LBJ opens Friday at Arena Stage.
(Photo: Stan Barouh/Arena Stage)
The sequel to Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning All the Way, The Great Society concludes the story of Lyndon B. Johnson’s time in the White House. America is at war with itself, as civil rights and Vietnam War protests divide the country. All the while, LBJ struggles to maintain his relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., keep his political opponents in check and complete a raft of impossibly ambitious social policy projects. Jack Willis reprises his role as LBJ.
Feb. 2-Mar. 11 at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Saturdays (except. Feb. 3) and Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with occasional noon matinees on Wednesdays at Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. Tickets are $50-$99.
Riverdance
Riverdance comes to the Warner Theatre This weekend.
(Photo: Riverdance)
Riverdance has been an international dance sensation for 20 years, and now, the Irish production is embarking on a world tour to celebrate the occasion. One of its stops will be the DMV, where the audience will be treated to new costumes, lighting and projections, as well as a new composition featuring the female members of the troupe dancing an “acapella” number.
Feb. 2 at 8 p.m., Feb. 3 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Warner Theatre, 513 13th St. NW. Tickets are $45-$170.
Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto/Tchaikovsky’s The Tempest
Kirill Gerstein performs with the National Symphony Orchestra this weekend. (Photo: Kennedy Center)
The National Symphony Orchestra presents Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto/Tchaikovsky’s The Tempest , an all-Russian program. Pianist Kirill Gerstein will take on Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert No. 2. Conductor Hannu Lintu will pay tribute to the legendary Tchaikovsky with a rendition of The Tempest, which will be paired with a performance of Stravinsky’s The Fairy’s Kiss, which was written in Tchaikovsky’s memory.
Feb. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $15-$109.
Ten Americans: After Paul Klee
Young Moe by Paul Klee is amonth the works on display at The Phillips Collection. (Photo: The Phillips Collection)
Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee had an immense influence on Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painting in America in the mid-20th century, and the new exhibit Ten Americans: After Paul Klee explores the effect. Across more than 60 paintings, prints and drawings, visitors will see how Klee’s art and philosophy was interpreted by seminal American artists such as D.C. native Gene Davis, Jackson Pollock and Adolph Gottlieb.
Feb. 3-May 6 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon-6:30 p.m. Sundays at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students and visitors 62 and older and children 18 and younger are FREE!
Digging Up Dessa
Digging Up Dessa, part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, opens this weekend at the Kennedy Center. (Photo: Kennedy Center)
Digging Up Dessa, part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, is a story filled with history, treasure and mysteries to be solved, enjoyable for the whole family. During a museum trip, Dessa runs into Mary Anning, who just happens to be a 19th-century paleontologist whose vast contributions have been buried due to her gender and lack of formal education. Dessa aims to unearth Mary’s legacy, and along the way, she discovers the key to her own future.
Feb. 3-18 at 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays with 11 a.m. shows on Feb. 10 and 17 and matinees at 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 and 15 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $20 for everyone.
Ongoing Events
1968: Civil Rights at 50 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 2, 2019 at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Admission is $21.21 for adults, $16.96 for seniors 65 and older, and $12.71 for children ages 7-18 in advance or $24.95, $19.95 and $14.95, respectively, at the door.
4,380 Nights at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays and 7:30 p.m. select Tuesdays and Wednesdays through Feb. 18 at Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets are $40-$103.
Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through July 14 at the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Admission is FREE!
Americans from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through 2022 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Oct. 20 at the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. Admission is FREE!
Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice across Asia from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Nov. 29, 2020 at the Freer|Sackler Galleries, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
The First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald at 100 from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Apr. 2 at the National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Hamlet 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays through Mar. 4 at Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. Tickets are $44-$118.
Hung Liu in Print from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through July 8 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors 65 and older or students and free for children 18 and younger.
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Utopian Projects from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Mar. 4 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
In the Tower: Anne Truitt from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Apr. 1 at the National Gallery of Art East Building, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Jefferson’s Garden at 7:30 p.m. most Tuesdays through Sundays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 8 at Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. Tickets are $20-$62.
Making Room: Housing for a Changing American from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 16 at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for seniors 60 or older, students, and children ages 3-17.
The Marines and Tet: The Battle That Changed the Vietnam War from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through July 8 at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Admission is $21.21 for adults, $16.96 for seniors 65 and older, and $12.71 for children ages 7-18 in advance or $24.95, $19.95 and $14.95, respectively, at the door.
Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Nov. 12 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Apr. 15 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Michel Sittow: Estonian Painter at the Courts of Renaissance Europe from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays through May 13 at the National Gallery of Art, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Mural from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 11 a.m-6 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 28 at the National Gallery of Art East Building, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Outliers and American Vanguard Art from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays through May 13 at the National Gallery of Art, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Painting Shakespeare from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 11 at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. Admission is FREE!
Parallax Gap from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. daily through Feb. 11 at the Renwick Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW. Admission is FREE!
Portraits of the World: Switzerland from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Nov. 12 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Recent Acquisitions from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Nov. 4 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Sovereignty at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday with an occasional noon matinee on Wednesdays through Feb. 18 at Arena Stage’s Kreeger Theater, 1101 Sixth St. SW. Tickets are $41-$119.
Remembering Vietnam from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Jan. 6, 2019, at the National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
Secrets of the Lacquer Buddha from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through June 10 at the Freer|Sackler Galleries, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Subodh Gupta: Terminal from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through 2020 at the Freer|Sackler Galleries, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Sept. 3 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Tamayo: The New York Years from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Mar. 18 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Tomb of Christ from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Aug. 15 at the National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St. NW. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors/students/military and $10 for children 5-12.
Unnecessary Farce at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 10 at Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. Tickets are $45 for adults, $40 for seniors and $35 for people 25 and younger.
What Absence Is Made Of from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through the summer of 2019 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue Sw. Admission is FREE!
The Way of the World at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday through Feb. 11 at the Folger Theatre, 201 E. Capitol St. SE. Tickets are $35-$79.
Weekend Morning Movies featuring Despicable Me Feb. 3-4 and The Princess Bride Feb. 10 -11 at 10 a.m. at the AMC Loews Uptown theater, 3426 Connecticut Ave. NW. Tickets are $5.59.
The Wolves at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 7 p.m. Sundays through Mar. 18 at Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. Tickets are $20-$106.
Editor-in-Chief Mark Heckathorn is a journalist, movie buff and foodie. He oversees DC on Heels editorial operations as well as strategic planning and staff development. Reach him with story ideas or suggestions at dcoheditor (at) gmail (dot) com.
