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Come into the ArtHouse ! Meet with local film and arts lovers to watch indie, foreign and classic films! We'll also attend art gallery openings, theater performances, Embassy evenings, museums, author readings and interesting concerts. And more often than not, there will be a reception! The idea will be to keep the price down and participation and conversation up!
We'll go wherever art house films are screened in town--museums, cultural institutions, embassies, local film festivals, as well as arthouse film meccas like the Goethe Institute, AFI Silver Theater and Landmark Theaters. We'll attend galleries you may not know and museums on special days. We're also connected to the theater world so we'll be seeing some of those shows.
Please be sure to read the group's attendance policy on the message board or "About Us" section. Also, note that the Art House meetup is a group for ACTIVE members fully engaged and interested in attending outings. Inactive members who have not logged into the site for 6 months or more are automatically removed to ensure the integrity of the group.
Members are asked to donate $1 per meetup they attend to help cover the Meetup.com fees ($72 per 6 months). You can make this 'suggested donation' online via Paypal or in person to your organizer. Your contribution is much appreciated!
Upcoming events
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Swedish/Canadian/Yiddish Film, Music, Reception - Must Buy Ticket
Edlavitch DCJCC, 1529 16th St., NW, Washington, DC, US## Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm
This program is proudly presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden, The Embassy of Canada, and the Québec Government Offices in New York and Washington.
Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion travelled to the last place on earth they’d expect YIDDISH to be a protected minority language: Sweden(?!), inspiring their funny and fascinating chronicle of the Swedish Jewish community, SWEDISHKAYT: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm.Tickets are $16 and include the film, live music and reception. You can purchase them at this link. Reviews say it is very funny.
Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman – the duo of cultural comedians known as YidLife Crisis – are filmmakers and performers from Montreal. With over 25 years of credits across television, theater, music, and film including Mad Men, House MD, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, their work has been showcased at prominent film festivals, including Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, and SXSW. A shared passion for Jewish comedy led them to create “YidLife Crisis”, the first Yiddish-language sitcom, which humorously explores the complexities of modern Jewish life. The show has received several awards and amassed over four million online views, inspiring live performances across North America and Europe. Their documentary works, including the Global Shtetl series, Narishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Krakow, Chewdaism: A Taste of Montreal, and Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm, continue to explore and celebrate Jewish identity and humor worldwide.
In this special engagement, the boychiks from Montreal will not just accompany the film but perform their patented comedy duo shtik and close out the evening with live music.
7:00 – 8:45: Film premiere with special YidLife Crisis live program
8:45 – 9:30: Reception sponsored by the Québec Government Offices in New York and Washington.**28 attendees
Great Theater! PWYC for Enemy of the People. You Need to Buy Tickets Online
DC JCC Goldman Theater/J, 1529 16th St Nw, Washington, DC, USDrama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Adaptation and recent Broadway sensation, Amy Herzog’s work unearths the relevance of Ibsen’s tale for our time, weighing the cost of standing up to power when pressured into silence. Theater J has done some wonderful work under the new artistic director.
We saw an all-star reading of this recently - very powerful and timely!
CLICK HERE to buy tickets. Scroll down and click on Oct. 29. It will allow you to select your seats and then a price (as low as $5 as you proceed through).Ibsen’s tale highlights the reverberating power of citizens who go against the status quo to do what’s right by their community. The story raises powerful questions around the importance of keeping society healthy over economic gain, integrity within influence, and the personal cost of speaking up.
The story follows a small-town doctor who considers himself a proud, upstanding member of his close-knit community. When he discovers a catastrophe that risks the lives of everyone in town, he raises the alarm. But he is shaken to his core when those in power, including his own brother, try not only to silence him, but to destroy him.
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The Future of Space - Talk and Reception - Must Get a Ticket
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC, USOn Nov. 3 the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center Discovery Series focuses on the final frontier, in partnership with SpaceNews.
Space stations, reusable rockets, lunar rovers, and constellations of thousands of satellites once existed exclusively in comic books and sci-fi blockbusters. But those futuristic solutions are increasingly finding a market in the modern space economy and could soon form the backbone of today’s space age.
Get free tickets here.
What’s already in development? What’s just over the horizon? And how will these innovations transform life on Earth and beyond?
SpaceNews’ Jeff Foust and Mike Gruss will speak with industry executives and experts to reveal what’s possible, where we’re headed, and the collaboration powering the next breakthroughs that will take us there.
SCHEDULE:
5:00 p.m. — Opening reception
6:00 p.m. — Program begins
7:30 p.m. — Closing reception
Speakers include:
• Marshall Smith, CEO, Starlab Space
• John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic
• Devon Papandrew, VP of Business Development, Stoke Space
• Wes Puckett, VP of Government Strategy, Apex
• Robert Braun, Space Exploration sector head, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
• Mike Gruss, Chief Content and Strategy Officer, SpaceNews
• Jeff Foust, Senior Staff Writer, SpaceNews24 attendees
Austrian Jazz Night at the Embassy - Must RSVP on Eventbrite
Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court, NW, Washington, DC, USThe Austrian Cultural Forum DC is thrilled to welcome yvonne moriel :: sweetlife with their fresh and vibrant sound. Experience an energetic mix of jazz, dub, and electronics as saxophonist Yvonne Moriel, winner of the 2024 Austrian Jazz Prize for Best Newcomer, and her sweetlife quartet present their debut album.
You must get a ticket on Eventbrite here. It will sell out.
The music of sweetlife blends various influences: jazz is combined with dub effects and electronics, while free-jazz-inspired improvisation meets complex rhythmic patterns and beats influenced by modern jazz and hip-hop. The quartet is constantly exploring ways to expand their sound and push the boundaries of traditional instrumentation and composition concepts. They draw inspiration from the innovative spirit of jazz and the experimental, open-minded jazz scene of today.
Stay after the concert for our wine reception.
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