Sasha Bruce Youthwork www.sashabruce.org 202.675.9340 Safe Homes - Stable Families - Tomorrow's Leaders Building Opportunities - Healthy Lives
JOIN US AT THE 5TH ANNUAL PENN QUARTER ON THE BLOCK Charity Auction & Cocktail Reception to benefit Sasha Bruce Youthwork's Building for the Future Program, which includes the construction of a new residential facility for eight youth. WHERE:
Weschler's 2nd Floor Gallery, 909 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004
WHEN:
Thursday, April 19, 6-8pm $30 in advance, $40 at the door.
TICKETS:
Contact Bart Sheard for tickets at 202.675.9340, ext. 118 or bsheard@sashabruce.org.
Located at 741 8th Street, SE, Sasha Bruce Youthwork (SBY) has been improving the lives of homeless youth in the Washington, DC metropolitan area since 1974.
ST. PETER SCHOOL The Key to Educational Excellence since 1868
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. Peter’s Church Parish Hall Saturday, May 19 in the St (313 2nd St SE)
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! Find treasures for everyone In addition to fabulous yard sale treasures, there will be fun fair activities, grilled food, and bake sale treats. 22 H HillRag | April 2012
Auditions for “The Gondoliers” at CHAW. Apr 12, 7:00-9:45 p.m.; Apr 14, 2:00-4:30 p.m. (or by appointment, if you are unable to make audition times: email jill@ chaw.org or call 202-547-6839.) Seeking participants for a new (and always slightly twisted) production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.” All are most welcome and encouraged to try out. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545, 7th St. SE. chaw.org Taffety Punk Theater Company Dance and Theater Performance. Apr 14, 6:30 PM. The performances will benefit the work of Seva Mandir (meaning “Temple of Service”), an organization which has been working for 40 years to empower the tribal groups in the Rajasthan district of India. Free but donations to Seva Mandir are encouraged. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. chaw.org The Taming of the Shrew at the Folger. May 1-June 10. The battle of the sexes wages on as the arrogant Petruchio and the headstrong Kate face off in Shakespeare’s comedic examination of the institution of marriage and the journey toward love. $30-$65. Folger Elizabethan Theatre, 201 E. Capitol St. SE. 202 544 7077. folger.edu Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Arena. Through May 6. Delusion and disenchantment have pitted the Tyrone family members against one another for decades. One fateful day, as their increasingly drunken hours slip by, they must either confront their defeated dreams or else be forever doomed to a cycle of guilt and resentment. Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical masterwork exposes the lies we tell, the deceptions we craft, and the undercurrent of compassion that, if uncovered, can redeem us in the end. Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300. arenastage.org The Secret Garden at St Marks. May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18 and 19; Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 4:00 PM. A musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name is set in the early 20th century. A young English girl raised in India is sent to England to live with relatives she has never met. Her own personality blossoms as she and a young gardener bring new life to a neglected garden, as well as her sickly cousin and uncle. St Marks, 301 A St. SE. 202-546-9670. stmarksplayers.org
LITERARY EVENTS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD Asian-American Poetry Today-Garrett Hongo. Apr 13, 2:00 PM. Japanese-American poet Garrett Hongo reads his work, followed by a moderated discussion. This event is free and open to the public. Books sales and a signing will follow. Co-sponsored by the Asian Division of the Library of
Congress. Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building (ground floor). 202-707-5394. loc.gov Southeast Library Book Sale. Apr 14 (monthly on the 2nd Staurday), 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. 403 Seventh St. SE. 202-6983377. dclibrary.org/southeast Literary Birthday Celebration-William Shakespeare. Apr 18, noon. The actors of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University celebrate the birthday of William Shakespeare with a recitation of Shakespeare’s greatest works. Free. Presented in partnership with the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Montpelier Room, James Madison Building (sixth floor). 202-7075394. loc.gov PEN/Faulkner-Gary Shteyngart & Adam Ross. Apr 20, 7:30 PM. Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook and Super Sad True Love Story, and Ross, whose debut novel Mr. Peanut received numerous accolades, read from their works. $15. Folger Elizabethan Theatre, 201 E. Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077. folger.edu Books and Beyond-The Other Latin. Apr 26, noon. As part of the Books and Beyond series, Letras Latinas Director Francisco Aragón will moderate a noontime panel in the Pickford Theater featuring poet Blas Falconer and writer Lorraine López, coeditors of the recent anthology The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity, who will discuss the contemporary state of Latino literature. Free. Book sales and a signing will follow. Mary Pickford Theater, James Madison Building (third floor). 202707-5394. loc.gov Letter Writing Social. Apr 28, noon-3:00 PM. Amaze a friend by sending an old-fashioned, handwritten, paper-based message instead of the usual tweet or text. They might just write you back! Retro pens, pretty paper, and mailable supplies are provided in this veritable letter-writing lounge. Postage stamps available for purchase in the museum’s Stamp Store. Free. National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. 202-633-5555. postalmuseum.si.edu Nothing Personal: The Dark Room Reunion Reading Tour. Apr 30, 6:30 PM. Founded in Boston in 1987 by Thomas Sayers Ellis and Sharan Strange, The Dark Room Collective began as an informal community of African American poets. The esteemed collective reunites for readings in 2012. $15. Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St. NE. folger.edu Poet Laureate Final Event. May 3, 7:00 PM. Philip Levine, the 18th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress, will conclude the Library’s literary spring season. Free. A reception and book signing will follow. Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building. 202-707- 5394. loc.gov