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Rodney Crowell Live at The Hamilton Aug. 25

Enjoy a one-evening-only performance by Rodney Crowell at The Hamilton on August 25, 2018.

Americana singer-songwriter, Rodney Crowell has deep roots that stretch back into the alternative country scene of the early seventies, yet his music defies easy classification. He says, “[Americana] is a hard category for people to get their heads around, or at least the terminology is. But all the people who represent it—Townes van Zandt, Guy Clark, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and more recent stars like John Paul White and Jason Isbell—share a common thread, and that thread is poet. Whether they are actual poets or their music exemplifies a poetic sensibility, generally speaking, the Americana artist shuns commercial compromise in favor of a singular vision. Which resonates with me.”

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The Hamilton is located at 600 14th Street NW.

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Martha Jackson Jarvis at Dumbarton Oaks

Extended until September 2, 2018, Dumbarton Oaks's installation of mixed media sculpture and works on paper, all inspired by natural forms and materials, by noted Washington artist Martha Jackson Jarvis.

The project bridges the institution’s historic gardens and museum collections, and features works in stone, wood, and mosaic; assemblages made of sticks and vines; and paintings on paper combining plant imagery with gestural abstraction. The title, Outside/IN, refers to the fact that the exhibition spans both outdoor and indoor spaces. It also suggests how the artist, like many before her, brings together in the studio materials and images often initially encountered and collected outdoors.

In an unusual collaboration between the artist and curators, Jackson Jarvis’s work is juxtaposed with objects from the museum collections. Like the peoples of past cultures, including Byzantium and the ancient Americas, Martha Jackson Jarvis is inspired by the belief that everything animate and inanimate possesses a life force.  

Martha Jackson Jarvis grew up in Lynchburg and Philadelphia, studied at Howard University, and received a BFA from the Tyler School of Art and an MFA from Antioch University. She taught for many years at Maryland Institute College of Art and was the visual artist consultant to Julie Dash’s 1991 film Daughters of the Dust, about an African American family on Georgia’s Sea Islands in the early twentieth century. Jackson Jarvis’s own experience as a child growing up in the segregated South continues to inform her work, especially her early attachment to rural life and her experience of nature, as well as her understanding of the distinctive patterns of African and African American culture.

Dumbarton Oaks is located at 1703 32d Street in Georgetown.

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Ceramic Ikebana Lecture & Performance Aug. 24

In conjunction with the upcoming exhibition, Floating Islands: Ceramic Ikebana Vessels, join a special lecture and performance on Friday, August 24, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan. 

(Photo by: Japan Information & Culture Center) Akira Satake

Show curator and renowned ceramist, Akira Satake, and distinguished Ikebana artist, Sheila Advani, will mark the opening of the new exhibition, "Floating Islands: Ceramic Ikebana Vessels.”

"In the history of Ikebana practice, there has always been the search for and appreciation of new styles of vessels to bring a breath of fresh air and new inspiration to Ikebana practitioners. This exhibition expounds on that dynamic, challenging both the potters and Ikebana artists to honor the traditions of the Ikebana schools while collaborating on new directions of creative expressions to enhance the future of the exquisite marriage of ceramics and flower arrangement." - Akira Satake, Curator

Mr.Satake will talk about his work and experience as both a ceramic and ikebana artist, focusing on his creative philosophy and his personal vision for this exhibition. He will discuss some of his work as a composer, and will perform a mini concert with shamisen and banjo. Distinguished Ikebana artist Sheila Advani, who holds the advanced master degree of komon from the Sogetsu School of Ikebana, will also join us for this lecture to discuss the history and schools of Ikebana, and her own views regarding the relation of an Ikebana arrangement to its ceramic vessel. Following her lecture, Ms. Advani will hold a live demonstration of an ikebana arrangement.

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Japan Information & Culture Center is located at 1150 18th Street NW.

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Georgetown Walking Tour Aug. 25

Looking for a unique walking tour? 

Join Dwane Starlin, member of the Guild of Professional Tour Guides, on August 25, 2018 for a glimpse of this historic neighborhood for a look back at Georgetown during the “Second Revolutionary War.”  Visit and view the part of Georgetown that was part of the conflict that finally established the United States as a country and not just a former British colony.

Tickets include a tour of Dumbarton House.

Note: This walking tour does not include access inside any other sites.

•Meet at the corner of Q and 27th Streets, NW (by the east garden gates of the Dumbarton House, the tour will start at 12:00 pm sharp. It will take place rain or shine and will last 2 hours.

•You are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance. They are $20; cash or check only on the day of tour.

•Children 3 years or younger are free, but must be in a stroller. No pets please.

•Tour ends at Francis Scott Key Park at 34th & M Streets, NW.

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