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Disney On Ice Presents Frozen Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD Thru February 4
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Jefferson’s Garden* Ford’s Theatre Washington, DC Thru February 8
Love Is A Blue Tick Hound* The Logan Fringe Arts Space Washington, DC Thru February 17
Handbagged* Round House Theatre Bethesda, MD Thru February 25
NSO: Rachmaninoff ’s Second Piano Concerto/ Tchaikovsky’s The Tempest The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Thru February 3
Imogen* DanceLoft on 14th Washington, DC Thru February 11
Queens Girl In Africa* Mosaic Theater Company Washington, DC Thru February 4
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Skeleton Crew* Baltimore Center Stage Baltimore, MD Thru March 4
The Wolves* Studio Theatre Washington, DC Thru March 4
Sovereignty* Arena Stage Washington, DC Thru February 18
This Is All Just Temporary* Anacostia Arts Center Washington, DC Thru February 10
Stefan Jackiw & Jeremy Denk with UMD School Of Music Vocal Quartet The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center College Park, MD
Todd Snider Birchmere Alexandria, VA
Steven Silberg: In Care of the White House Montpelier Arts Center Laurel, MD Thru February 25
Waitress (Touring) Hippodrome at France-Merrick PAC Baltimore, MD Thru February 4
The Lathe of Heaven* Devine Theater at the Davis Performing Arts Center Washington, DC Thru March 11
Almost, Maine Greenbelt Arts Center Greenbelt, MD Thru February 17
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Fairfax Chocolate Lovers Festival Downtown Historic Fairfax Fairfax, VA Thru February 4
Riverdance (Touring) Warner Theatre Washington, DC Thru February 4
Impractical Jokers ‘Santiago Sent Us’ Tour Starring The Tenderloins The Theater at MGM National Harbor Oxon Hill, MD
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Waxing West* Open Source Studio at The Highwood Theatre Silver Spring, MD Thru February 10
The Way Of The World* Folger Theatre Washington, DC Thru February 11
NSO Prelude The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
Wardruna The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD
The Full Story: Maryland, The Surratts and the Crime of the Century An Exhibition Surratt House Museum Clinton, MD Thru December 9
The Trojan Woman Project* The Lab at Convergence Alexandria, VA Thru February 25
Etienne Charles MilkBoy ArtHouse College Park, MD
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CPAA Productions Ltd. Presents: Image China: Dragon Boat Racing The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Thru February 4 Chase Rice The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD Corey Smith Birchmere Alexandria, VA
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Second Season: Tertiary Spaces The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center College Park, MD Thru February 3
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The Great Society Arena Stage Washington, DC Thru March 11
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The Plummer Family: From Slavery to Freedom Riversdale House Museum Riverdale, MD Ruthie Foster The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD 3 ArcoIris Sandoval’s Sonic Asylum Quintet The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Ballet 360°: American Ballet Theatre & the Ballets of Alexei Ratmansky The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Blacks in Classical Music Panel Montpelier Arts Center Laurel, MD Daniel Beaty: Emergency! The Publick Playhouse Cheverly, MD Digging Up Dessa* The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Thru February 18 Maysa Birchmere Alexandria, VA UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, IMAGES ARE PRESS PHOTOS
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Noura* Lansburgh Theatre Washington, DC Thru March 14
The Renaissance Music Academy & the Yao Jue Music Academy The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
Paw Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure EagleBank Arena Washington, DC Thru February 4
Walter Hayes The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD Washington Performing Arts presents: Anderson & Roe Piano Duo The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
The Classic All Stars of Comedy Cramton Auditorium Washington, DC
4 Peabody Opera Outreach: ANON The Kennedy Center Washington, DC 5 Backbeat Underground The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
Familiar* Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Washington, DC Thru March 4 Mom Baby God* Capital Hill Arts Workshop Washington, DC Thru February 24 Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo: A Very Intimate Acoustic Evening Birchmere Alexandria, VA 6
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Thru February 11 Exploring Don Carlo with Phillippe Auguin The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
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Film Screening: Breath of Freedom: Black Soldiers and the Battle for Civil Rights Abraham Hall Beltsville, MD
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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric Baltimore, MD NSO Youth Fellows The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
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Tommy Emmanuel Cgp with Rodney Crowell Birchmere Alexandria, VA 7 Afternoon Tea: Mutual Agreement Harmony Hall Regional Center Fort Washington, MD Aubergine* Olney Theatre Center Olney, MD Thru March 4 Chippendales 2018: About Last Night Tour Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD Thru February 8 Lara Fabian Warner Theatre Washington, DC Peepshow* Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Rehearsal Hall Washington, DC Thru February 25 Washington Performing Arts presents: Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
National Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony / Gerhardt plays Bloch The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Thru February 10 No Word In Guyanese For Me* District of Columbia Arts Center Washington, DC Thru March 4 Vocal Arts DC presents: Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano, with Malcolm The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Washington National Opera Spring Preview The Kennedy Center Washington, DC 9 Adam Carolla: Not Taco Bell Material The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Chris Young EagleBank Arena Washington, DC Eric Harland, Voyager The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
8 All She Must Possess* Rep Stage Columbia, MD Thru February 25
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Eurydice The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center College Park, MD Thru February 17
Jorge Drexler Howard Theatre Washington, DC Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Also February 13 Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 Bowie Playhouse Bowie, MD Thru February 24
Dennis Williams – Love & Therapy: A Valentine’s Day Production Howard Theatre Washington, DC For Lovers Only: Alice Smith & Bilal The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Jeff Dunham Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD
Tedeschi Trucks Band Warner Theatre Washington, DC Thru February 10 and February 16-17
NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston’s African Rhythms: A Tribute to James Reese Europe The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
Town Hall – Maryland Opera Studio New Work Reading 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center College Park, MD
Sebastian Maniscalco: Stay Hungry Tour The Theater at MGM National Harbor Oxon Hill, MD
The World Famous Pontani Sisters BurlesqueA-Pades in Loveland! Birchmere Alexandria, VA You Can’t Take It With You Laurel Mill Playhouse Laurel, MD Thru March 4 10 Celebrating David Bowie The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD Chocolate Lover’s Tea Montpelier Mansion Laurel, MD
The Life of Thurgood Marshall Marietta House Museum Glenn Dale, MD Will Downing Birchmere Alexandria, VA Thru February 11 11 Huntertones The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Music in Mind: Marimba and Strings The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center College Park, MD
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Washington Performing Arts presents: Living the Dream…Singing the Dream The Kennedy Center Washington, DC 12 Pop-Up Magazine – A Night of Live Stories Warner Theatre Washington, DC
August Burns Red: The Phantom Anthem Tour Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soul Food Concert: The Whispers, The Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric Baltimore, MD
The Theatre Songs of Leonard Bernstein The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
Chess The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Thru February 18
Travis Tritt Birchmere Alexandria, VA
Count Down* Strand Theater Company Baltimore, MD Thru March 4
13 Carla Bruni Birchmere Alexandria, VA Do Good Dialogue: Artmaking as an Actionable Tool MilkBoy ArtHouse College Park, MD Melanie Fiona Howard Theatre Washington, DC Washington Performing Arts presents: Alexandre Tharaud, piano The Kennedy Center Washington, DC 14 An Evening with Drew & Ellie Holcomb Birchmere Alexandria, VA 12
G3 2018: Satriani, Petrucci, Collen Warner Theatre Washington, DC Jazmine Sullivan The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD
15 Architects Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD Brantley Gilbert EagleBank Arena Washington, DC George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Howard Theatre Washington, DC Phil Vassar Birchmere Alexandria, VA The Veils* Nu Sass Productions Anacostia Arts Center Washington, DC Thru March 4 16 Eric Roberson Birchmere Alexandria, VA
Music in Mind: String Fling! The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center College Park, MD
Monster Jam Triple Threat Series Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD Thru February 18
Smokey Robinson The Theater at MGM National Harbor Oxon Hill, MD
Steve Martin & Martin Short Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric Baltimore, MD
Trey Anastasio Sixth & I Washington, DC
Tyler Farr The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD
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Valentine’s Day Soul Jam The Stylistics, Blue Magic, The Emotions, The Delfonics, The Manhattans DAR Constitution Hall Washington, DC Wild Up MilkBoy ArtHouse College Park, MD 17 Arlo Guthrie Birchmere Alexandria, VA Cher The Theater at MGM National Harbor Oxon Hill, MD Thru February 25 Darin Atwater and Soulful Symphony Cramton Auditorium Washington, DC Joyner Lucas and Dizzy Wright: The 508 Union Stage Washington, DC Phillip Phillips The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD The Valentine’s Love Jam Tyrese, Joe, SWV, Dru Hill, Next EagleBank Arena Washington, DC 18 Chinatown Lunar New Year Festival Chinatown Community Cultural Center Washington, DC
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Chinese New Year Parade and Festival H Street Washington, DC Snarky Puppy with Alina Engibaryan The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD 19 Make Time for Love The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
21 K. Michelle The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD Molotov Howard Theatre Washington, DC Murder Mystery Theatre Bowie Community Theatre Wendy’s 16400 Harbour Way Bowie, MD
S.O.S. Band Birchmere Alexandria, VA
Patchwork and Patriotism Harmony Hall Regional Center Fort Washington, MD
The Capital Orchestra Festival The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
RAM The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
20 Silverstein & Tonight Alive Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD Strathmore Artist in Residence: ellen cherry The Kennedy Center Washington, DC The Association Birchmere Alexandria, VA Young Concert Artists Presents: Xavier Foley, Double bass The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
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22 Bach Cantata The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center College Park, MD Dvsn The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD Duke Ellington School of the Arts The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Jeffrey Osborne Birchmere Alexandria, VA Thru February 23 Justin Moore Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric Baltimore, MD
National Symphony Orchestra: Janowski Conducts Brahms’s First Symphony / Jackiw plays Bruch The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Thru February 24
Washington Performing Arts presents: Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos & Yo-Yo Ma The Kennedy Center Washington, DC
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Awolnation The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD
Ananyaa Giridher The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Diavolo The Kennedy Center Washington, DC Thru February 24
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Eli Young Band Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD God Save the Queen: Best Queen Since Queen Warner Theatre Washington, DC Hold These Truths Arena Stage Washington, DC Thru April 8
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Katt Williams Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD Kyle Abraham / Abraham.In.Motion – Dearest Home The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Washington, DC Thru February 24
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Eddie B. Warner Theatre Washington, DC Harmony Sweepstakes Mid-Atlantic Regional Birchmere Alexandria, VA Method Man & Redman Howard Theatre Washington, DC Second Season: The Breaking Point and Babel The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center College Park, MD Christoph Prégardien, Tenor & Julius Drake, Piano, in Recital The Kennedy Center Washington, DC 25 Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic EagleBank Arena Washington, DC Keiko Matsui Birchmere Alexandria, VA
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Travis Greene Howard Theatre Washington, DC 26 Ana Tijoux presents Roja Y Negro: Canciones de Amor y Desamor Birchmere Alexandria, VA
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27 The Musical Box performs 26. The Black Show “Selling England by the Pound” Birchmere Alexandria, VA
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Do Good Dialogue: No Place to Hide: A Conversation About Privacy, or Lack Thereof MilkBoy ArtHouse College Park, MD
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*Part of the 2018 Women’s Voices Festival
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