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cation and social interaction. When you know more about a specific topic or have very practiced talents, like musical skill, athletic skill or intellectual skill, it buys you into certain groups. These groups can improve you, but they can also close your mind to outside skills. Latin also taught me about interacting with people through words and conveying my sentiments accurately.” Most of the graduates said that learning Latin has been beneficial to their college career. Ingrid Medina, who currently attends Saint Leo University and is studying communications, said: “The courses at Latin helped me prepare for a few courses I took this semester — for example, English class and Latin.” — Alistair Andrulis, 11th-grader
Located at 1515 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202234-5601. ■ “Fragmented Musings,” featuring works made by Maine artist Diane Wiencke from discarded materials, will open Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stages Premier Realtors and continue through March 1. Located at 1515 14th St. NW, the office is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202449-8657. ■ “A Century Ago… ‘They Came as Sovereign Leaders,’” presenting photographs of six Native American chiefs who participated in President Theodore Roosevelt’s 1905 inaugural parade, will open Tuesday at the National Museum of the American Indian and continue through Feb. 25. Located at 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW, the museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000.
actors, strong physicality and live music, the production will aim to bring a new intensity to Pinter’s work, which examines fundamental questions of identity. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Tickets cost $10 to $12. The District of Columbia Arts Center is located at 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833; idlybenttheatre.com. ■ Theater J will present the English-language premiere of “Boged (Traitor): An Enemy of the People” Jan. 12 through Feb. 3 at Georgetown University’s Davis Performing Arts Center. Boaz Gaon and Nir Erez adapted the play from the original by Henrik Ibsen, shifting the action to a small southern town at the edges of the Israeli desert. The town’s mayor is quick to cover up a sudden chemical leak so that he can continue developing a profitable industrial park nearby, but his scientist brother warns that the pollution may poison the region’s water supply. Performance times are generally Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $35. Georgetown University is located at 37th and O streets NW. 800-494-8497; theaterj.org. ■ The American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage will present a reading of “The Age of
Innocence” Jan. 14 through 16 in the Kogod Cradle. Resident playwright Karen Zacarías brings Edith Wharton’s American masterpiece to the stage in a new adaptation that explores love, loss and longing through the lens of New York’s social elite. A post-show discussion will follow each performance. Performance times are 7 p.m. Friday through Saturday. Tickets cost $10. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org. ■ Rorschach Theatre will join with Atlanta’s Synchronicity Theatre to present the world premiere of Anna Ziegler’s “The Minotaur” Jan. 18 through Feb. 17 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Performance times are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $15 to $30. Atlas Performing Arts Center is located at 1333 H St. NE. 202399-7993; atlasarts.org/events. ■ Folger Theatre will stage Shakespeare’s war epic “Henry V” Jan. 22 through March 3 at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $30 to $68. The Folger Shakespeare Library is located at 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077; folger.edu/theatre.