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Gallery Hours at DCAC: Wed - Sun 2-7pm In the Gallery :
Jurors: Renee Stout, Blake Kimbrough, and Marvin Bowser We want to reveal Black, as it has never been seen before. Black asks artists to think introspectively about the emotional and theoretical, the spiritual and cultural, the intellectual and physical aspects of their personal percpetions of blackness. Each artist's objective was to move beyond black as an absence of color and into the predominance of black as a physical and conceptual part of their creations. Artists were able to claim, adorn, redefine and enfold the black experience in and throughout their work. Audiences will be able to relish in black: it's elegance, depth, and sensation of infinity. The show's artists have captured the emotional impact of the joy, passion and spiritual response audiences experience to the blues, gospel, jazz and hip-hop. The energy, elegance, and spiritual nature of the black preacher, politician, academic, actor, and activist is communicated in each individuals interpretion of the color and the concept of Black. Featuring work by John Earl Cooper, Arcmanoro Niles, Cedric Baker, Jacqueline Lee, Valentina Andaya, Akili Ron Anderson, Viola Leak, Bruce McNeil, Gloria C. Kirk, Stanley Squirewell, Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Michael Platt, Sonya Clark, Ann Marie Williams, Alec Simpson, Daniel T. Brooking, Amber Robles-Gordon, Prelli Williams, Kristen Hayes, Serinity Knight, Anne Bouie, James Brown, Jr., T. H. Gomillion, Adjoa J. Burrowes, Deidra Bell, Willard Taylor, Carlton Wilkinson, Constance Porter Uzelac, Juilett Madison NOW SHOWING In the DCAC blackbox theater: Click here for a list of Past DCAC theater performances
Paul Robeson is a great and famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. When over the years he gets progressively too radical and outspoken for the establishment's liking, he is branded a traitor to his country, harassed and denied opportunities to perform or travel.
Just as physical, emotional and mental stress threaten to push him over the fine line between genius and madness, he is summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, to give the most difficult and important performance of his career.
The play is a roller coaster journey through Robeson's remarkable and eventful life, and highlights how his radical activism caused him to be disowned and disremembered, even by the leaders and descendants of the civil rights movement. It features some of his famous songs and speeches, including a dramatic rendition of Ol' Man River.
A poetry reading featuring students from Corcoran College of Art and Design
Chaos, disconnect, liberation and deconstruction. Oh, and not oppression. Occurrences following emergence from the silos. Ten DC artists take 6 weeks to collaborate across mediums and genres to bring you creative ruminations on the theme of freedom. District Calling: Freedom dissolves traditional artistic categorizations by encouraging a mingling of diverse styles of expression. Free Five Dollars from the confines of your pocket. Let yourself out of mental prison for 60 minutes. We’d like you to get deep with us. Not too deep. Just deep enough. Gratefully Sponsored by the District of Columbia Commission of the Arts and Humanities and Massey Media.
A screening of Slingshot Hip-Hop, a documentary about Palestinian Rap Groups in Israel, the West Bank and Gaze, sponsored by Left Turn magazine.
The follow up to The Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Pageant , Flying Spaghetti Monster and the Holy Mug of Grog, follows the adventures of Travis Greenwell, Subway Employee and rumored next prophet of Pastafarianism. Accompanied by a European-accented co-worker, an Ian McKellan-esque professor, a beautiful flight attendant and the last two pirates on earth, Greenwald must find the last relic of Pastafarianism: the Holy Mug of Grog.
A comedy show and fundraiser for local LGBT organizations, T.H.E/ Wand Alston House and DC Coalition, Don’t Make Me Take Off My Earrings features local, award-winning standup comedian Sampson, with special guests Keith “The Comedian” and the fabulous Ms. Freddi Vernell. Come enjoy an unforgettable evening of fun and giggles, all to support two fantastic local organizations.
The Dinner Party is an ongoing monthly alternative venue for experimental dance, music, and performance art produced by Ilana Silverstein. For the December installment of Fieldwork for Mixed Disciplines, six artists will perform works in progress that they have been creating over the fall. Following the performance there will be a feedback session between the artists and the audience.
Upon hearing about the retirement of his idol, DC based emcee Jazz reevaluates his own career and questions if his struggles in the music industry will ever pay off. At the same time, Jazz's manager Schooley, usually sketchy with his connects, may have finally found an opportunity that will take Jazz to the next level. Meanwhile Jazz, Jazz has been trying to steer his best friend and homie Mo off the streets. Mo has just completed serving time in DC central cell after his cousin Derrick was murdered last summer. Mo has several side hustles and is a self-proclaimed "street counselor". Jazz's father was never sold on his son pursuing hip hop as a career. Will She Love Me When I'm 64 is a multimedia production that follows Jazz as he tries to figure out where he fits in an industry that boasts youthful swagger, streets tales and fast turnover. The production touches on the themes of ageism, the jail system, educational system, youth violence and fatherhood.
Dee Snyder, former host of DCAC's the Batcave Open Mic, hosts this variety show and benefit for DCAC. Acts include Russ Henry, burlesque dancer Shortstaxx, singer/songwriter Jonny Cohen of Teenbeat Records, Acoustic Sauce featuring Ann Brandstadter of Mimi Loco, and Amber Dunleavy, theremin player extraordinaire, among other special guests.
The best in alternative, avant garde, experimental, innovative and/or non-mainstream poetry from DC and around the country. For info on the readers visit www.dcpoetry.com. |
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