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Aug. 8+
HOMEGROWN MUSIC
Traditional music and dance drawn from communities across the U.S. will be showcased at the Library of Congress throughout the summer. Upcoming performances include French-Canadian Fiddle Music & Songs from New Hampshire on Wednesday, Aug. 8, and Flatpick Guitar and Fiddle Music from Kanawha County, West Virginia on Thursday, Aug. 16. All concerts are at noon in the Coolidge Auditorium on the ground floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St., S.E., Washington, D.C. Concerts are free and open to the public. No tickets are required. For more information and concert dates, go to http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert.
Ongoing
PHOTO COURTESY OF IONA
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A U G U S T 2 0 1 2 — WA S H I N G T O N B E A C O N
U.S. ARMY BAND PERFORMANCES
Enjoy free concerts this summer from the U.S. Army band, Pershing’s Own, at various locations around the Washington, D.C. area. All Pershing’s Own concerts are free and open to the public. No tickets required, unless noted. For specific dates and times and for more information, call (703) 696-3399 or visit www.usarmyband.com.
Elizabeth shares her story about a photo with other participants in the TimeSlips program at Iona Wellness and Arts Center in Washington, D.C. The program helps facilitate communication among those with dementia by encouraging them to develop their own stories using photographs as prompts.
TimeSlips From page 41 other might think they’re playing with toothpicks, and the facilitator has a responsibility not to shoot either idea down, and even find a way to work both of those ideas into the story. As for the evocative name, TimeSlips originator Basting said, “I wanted something that would capture the nonlinearity of the storytelling, because we tend to think of storytelling as [having a] beginning, middle and end, and TimeSlips makes it nonlinear. [The name TimeSlips is] non-chronological, and it’s poetic, which is what the stories are,” Basting said. While anyone can utilize the TimeSlips method, the program has recently begun to train and certify individuals and facilities. To become certified in TimeSlips’
methodology, you may take an online course or arrange to take part in an in-person training. Complete information on how to become certified is available online at http://www.timeslips.org/pages/train. A story creator and an archive of posted stories can be found on TimeSlips’ website, together with more information on TimeSlips and its goals, how to get involved and how to donate. “There’s a real impulse to protect people with memory loss and dementia, and to help them get the facts right or the language right,” Basting said. “That’s not what this is about. This is about opening communication and inviting imagination from people, no matter what they say or do, and echoing it so that you’re learning their language.” The Iona TimeSlips program meets weekly. For information on how to participate, call (202) 895-9448.
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Sept. 4+
ENCORE CHORALE OPEN HOUSES Join Encore Choral, a choral program for singers age 55 and up, at its free open houses at the Woodlands Retirement Community,
4320 Forest Hill Drive, Fairfax, Va., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Asbury Methodist Village, 201 Russell Ave., Gaithersburg, Md., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1:30 to 3 p.m.; Messiah United Methodist Church, 6215 Rolling Rd., Springfield, Va., on Sept. 5, 1:30 to 3 p.m.; Washington Conservatory of Music, South Arcade, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Bethesda, Md., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 1:30 to 3 p.m. and Schweinhaut Senior Center, South Arcade, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Bethesda, Md., on Monday, Sept. 10, 10:30 a.m. to noon. For questions and tuition information, call Jeanne Kelly at (301) 261-5747 or email jeanne.kelly@encorecreativity.org. To register, call (301) 320-2770 or go online to http://encorecreativity.org.
Aug.
PLAY REVISITS 1933 DANCE MARATHON The Depression-era dance marathon, a desperate competition of endurance among jobless young couples looking to earn some
cash, is brought to light in Marathon ’33, a play first directed and written by June Havoc in 1964. Show times are Thursday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Saturday/Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. The show runs until Aug. 25, at Gunston Theatre II, 2700 S. Lang St., Arlington, Va. Tickets, which are $35 for general admission and $32 for those 65 and over, can be purchased online at www.americancentury.org/show_marathon.php, or by calling (703) 998-4555.