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March is Orchid Month at Hillwood
February 11, 2020Get an intimate look at Hillwood’s greenhouse with the experts throughout Orchid Month in March.
(Photo by: hillwoodmuseum.org)
Marjorie Post constructed greenhouses to hold her extensive collection of exotic orchids, as well as cut flowers grown for floral arrangements throughout the mansion.
Explore the greenhouse to learn about Post’s infatuation with orchids, and the exotic blooms and fragrances on display now.
Tickets are distributed at the visitor center upon opening each day. A limited number of tickets may be pre-reserved by phone by Hillwood members.
This twenty-minute tour is limited to ten, and meets in the visitor center conservatory.
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens is located at 4155 Linnean Ave NW.
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Christmas In Venice
December 23, 2019Written by Guest Contributor, Marcos Galvany
Christmas is always a time for reflection, togetherness, family, and friends, but for those who have lost someone very close to them, it’s also a time for re-opening wounds and for embracing those losses.
(Photo by: Marcos Galvany)
San Marcos Square
Many composers, writers, and artists come here to create, to be inspired, to be moved. There’s something about being surrounded by timeless works of art, magnificent architecture, and breathtaking beauty that heals us and inspires our creativity.
(Photo by: Jose Solis Betancourt)
Composing in Palazzo Marin
Being a composer, I decided to come to Venice for a month during the Christmas season to create a new work called “Life,” in memory of my close friend Teresa.
(Photo by: Marcos Galvany)
San Marcos Square
This enchanted city stimulates my senses in a way that opens my heart to another dimension. If there’s a place in the world that knows a lot about Life, it’s this vibrant city.
(Photo by: Marcos Galvany)
Basílica de Santa Maria della Salute
During Christmas time, Venice dresses up with lights and decorations, and when the frequent Aqua Alta (the high tide) comes flooding the streets and the piazzas, this changing city becomes a mirror reflecting the lights over the water in the most surreal way.
(Photo by: Marcos Galvany)
Aqua Alta at San Marcos Square before sunrise.
The contrast between the lights and the darkness of the canals embraces, and the inconvenience and discomfort that the floods bring to the locals create an incredible spectacle of beauty and magic.
(Photo by: Marcos Galvany)
Santa Maria Della Salute.
(Photo by: Marcos Galvany)
Aqua Alta. View of San Giorgio Maggiore from San Marcos Square
(Photo by: Jose Solis Betancourt)
Photographing Venice
(Photo by: Marcos Galvany)
San Marcos Square
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REACH Opening Festival at Kennedy Center
August 29, 2019Marking the first expansion at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in its 48-year history, the REACH welcomes the public with an inclusive, multi-genre, multidisciplinary Opening Festival on September 7–22.
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Aerial rendering of REACH
The REACH represents the future of the arts, celebrating their essential role in American life and their unique ability to break down barriers, bringing people and communities together. Designed by preeminent architect Steven Holl as a home for non-traditional programming with an emphasis on active participation and access, the open, informal spaces of the new expansion draw visitors directly into the creative process and inspire new connections and collaborations between creators of multiple genres and disciplines.
(Photo by: Courtesy Mark Heithoff)
Steven Holl
The REACH Opening Festival features themed days with programs ranging from master classes and workshops to participatory performances, interactive installations, hands-on learning activities, DJ sets and dance parties.
(Photo by: Courtesy Jonathan Morefield)
Skylight Pavilion
Local and national headliners include Arrested Development, De La Soul, Kronos Quartet, Roomful of Teeth,The Second City, Thievery Corporation, Debbie Allen, Yalitza Aparicio, Bootsy Collins, Renée Fleming, Judah Friedlander, Robert Glasper, Angélique Kidjo, Alan Menken, Tiler Peck, Carrie Mae Weems, Mo Willems, and Dan Zanes, many of whom will connect with audiences not only through performance but also through residencies and workshops for the creative spirit in us all.
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