Key	Imgs	Short Description
2010_DC_Airmen_100703	91	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Airmen of Note Airmen of Note and The Smithsonian: Two National Treasures Posted 7/1/2010 by Master Sgt. Brian McCurdy The USAF Band 7/1/2010 - BOLLING AFB, D.C. -- On Saturday, July 3, and Sunday, July 4, the Airmen of Note will perform at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Each concert, featuring hits from...
2015_DC_SIPG_Gehring_150522	38	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Bo Gehring Modern dance company Pilobolus will fill the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard with movement, music and performance while artist Bo Gehring projects video portraits of the troupe on the courtyard’s walls at this special Friday before Memorial Day event. Join free dance workshops open to all or watch...
2009_DC_DTSB_090508	122	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company: Dancing through the Asian American Experience One of the areas leading dance troupes, the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, premiers its latest work-in-progress -- Island -- along with Chino Latino and Hyphen to kick-off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month....
2016_DC_Foster_160228	45	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company The well-known contemporary dance company in the Washington, D.C. area, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company will perform this Sunday, Feb. 28 at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The new dance piece is inspired by the Civil War and mourning photographs in the exhibition "Dark Fields of the...
2011_DC_SIPG_Catepillar_110405	13	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Dance Rehearsal for Catepillar Tractor event
2017_DC_Ella_Concert_170429	36	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Ella Turns 100 concert w/Duke Ellington School of the Arts New Washingtonians Jazz Ensemble Ella Turns 100 Jazz’s first lady of song turns 100! Join SAAM as we celebrate Ella Fitzgerald’s musical legacy with vocalist, Sharón Clark and her ensemble as they perform works that span Fitzgerald’s extensive career and highlight the timelessness of Ella’s rich repertoire. The Duke Ellington School...
2012_DC_GSO_120429	149	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Gamer Symphony Orchestra Gamer Symphony Orchestra University of Maryland’s Gamer Symphony Orchestra is the first collegiate ensemble of more than 120 instrumentalists and singers exclusively devoted to performing orchestral arrangements of video game music. * Conductress: Kira Levitzky * Assistant Conductor: Jacob...
2015_DC_SIPG_Pilobolus_150522	21	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Pilobolus Modern dance company Pilobolus will fill the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard with movement, music and performance while artist Bo Gehring projects video portraits of the troupe on the courtyard’s walls at this special Friday before Memorial Day event. Join free dance workshops open to all or watch...
2010_DC_Stories_101218	52	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Saturday Evening Post's Christmas Stories Saturday Evening Post's Christmas Stories: Rockwell’s images graced the cover of many Saturday Evening Post holiday issues and illustrated stories for the holiday season. Come and celebrate “the most wonderful time of year” with dramatic readings from a selection of holiday favorites, including Charles...
2011_DC_Metropolis_110514	70	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Silent Orchestra ("Metropolis") Silent Orchestra and Metropolis: Silent Orchestra returns to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery to premiere an original score for the classic film Metropolis. This 1927 silent German film is set in a society divided into two classes: one of planners and managers who live...
2010_DC_Salome_100807	97	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Silent Orchestra ("Salomé") Salomé with Silent Orchestra The Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery present the classic film Salomé (1923, 100 min) with a score performed live by Silent Orchestra. Regarded as one of America’s first art films, Salomé is adapted from an Oscar Wilde play that retells the saga...
2015_DC_Sleepy_Class_Garl_150131	42	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Sleepy Hollow Ballet -- Class: Garland Dance Sleepy Hollow: Ballet and American Art American Art is excited to collaborate with The Washington Ballet and artistic director Septime Webre for a production of Sleepy Hollow. Dancers perform never-before-seen excerpts from the upcoming world premiere of the full-length ballet based on Washington...
2015_DC_Sleepy_Class_Warm_150131	42	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Sleepy Hollow Ballet -- Class: Warmup Sleepy Hollow: Ballet and American Art American Art is excited to collaborate with The Washington Ballet and artistic director Septime Webre for a production of Sleepy Hollow. Dancers perform never-before-seen excerpts from the upcoming world premiere of the full-length ballet based on Washington...
2015_DC_Sleepy_Misc_150131	154	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Sleepy Hollow Ballet -- Crafts, Audience, Etc Sleepy Hollow: Ballet and American Art American Art is excited to collaborate with The Washington Ballet and artistic director Septime Webre for a production of Sleepy Hollow. Dancers perform never-before-seen excerpts from the upcoming world premiere of the full-length ballet based on Washington...
2015_DC_Sleepy_B_Ghosts_150131	64	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Sleepy Hollow Ballet -- (1) Intros and Ghosts Sleepy Hollow: Ballet and American Art American Art is excited to collaborate with The Washington Ballet and artistic director Septime Webre for a production of Sleepy Hollow. Dancers perform never-before-seen excerpts from the upcoming world premiere of the full-length ballet based on Washington...
2015_DC_Sleepy_B_Laundry_150131	96	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Sleepy Hollow Ballet -- (2) Laundry Dance Sleepy Hollow: Ballet and American Art American Art is excited to collaborate with The Washington Ballet and artistic director Septime Webre for a production of Sleepy Hollow. Dancers perform never-before-seen excerpts from the upcoming world premiere of the full-length ballet based on Washington...
2015_DC_Sleepy_B_Crane_150131	97	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Sleepy Hollow Ballet -- (3) Ichabod Crane Sleepy Hollow: Ballet and American Art American Art is excited to collaborate with The Washington Ballet and artistic director Septime Webre for a production of Sleepy Hollow. Dancers perform never-before-seen excerpts from the upcoming world premiere of the full-length ballet based on Washington...
2015_DC_Sleepy_B_Group_150131	86	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Sleepy Hollow Ballet -- (4) Group and Dance Sleepy Hollow: Ballet and American Art American Art is excited to collaborate with The Washington Ballet and artistic director Septime Webre for a production of Sleepy Hollow. Dancers perform never-before-seen excerpts from the upcoming world premiere of the full-length ballet based on Washington...
2010_DC_Stanford_100327	56	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Stanford Chamber Chorale Stanford Chamber Chorale: Twenty-four students from Stanford’s music department make up the Stanford Chamber Chorale, the university’s most select choir. Directed by Stephen M. Sano, associate professor and chair of the music department, the group performs works from British, American, folk, and...
2015_DC_Supersonic_Crafts_150314	168	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Supersonic Rewind -- Crafts and Mingering Mike Supersonic Rewind:: Put on your dancing shoes and join the party as we travel back in time. Our DJ spins the soul hits of the 1960s and 70s that influenced Mingering Mike’s work. Meet the artist and check out his self-made album covers in our exhibition, Mingering Mike’s Supersonic Greatest Hits to...
2015_DC_Supersonic_Vybe_150314	127	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Supersonic Rewind -- Vybe and Dancers Supersonic Rewind:: Put on your dancing shoes and join the party as we travel back in time. Our DJ spins the soul hits of the 1960s and 70s that influenced Mingering Mike’s work. Meet the artist and check out his self-made album covers in our exhibition, Mingering Mike’s Supersonic Greatest Hits to...
2010_DC_Tribute_100613	161	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Third Millennium Ensemble ("Tribute to Jeanne-Claude") Tribute to Jeanne-Claude: Steinway Series: As a special memorial to Jeanne-Claude and in honor of the birthday she shared with Christo, we present The Third Millennium Ensemble in concert. The performance will include a selection of works by Jeanne-Claude’s favorite composer, Mozart, and Catholic...
2009_DC_VDEAud_090131	42	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Victorian Dance Ensemble (Lincoln's Inaugural Ball) -- Audience Lincoln's Inaugural Ball: Back by popular demand, the Victorian Dance Ensemble once again re-creates Lincoln's second inaugural ball, one of the most memorable inaugural events to take place in the museums' historic building.
2009_DC_VDE_090131	189	Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Victorian Dance Ensemble (Lincoln's Inaugural Ball) -- Performers Lincoln's Inaugural Ball: Back by popular demand, the Victorian Dance Ensemble once again re-creates Lincoln's second inaugural ball, one of the most memorable inaugural events to take place in the museums' historic building.
2017_DC_Martha_Graham_170303	76	Reynolds Center -- Performance (SAAM) -- Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi: Cave of the Heart Dance (Page 1 of 2) -- Discussion Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi: Cave of the Heart Dance Performance This spring, Martha Graham Dance Company presents Cave of the Heart at SAAM. This powerful, one-act performance features a set and costume created by Noguchi that is considered an extension of the dancer’s movements. Join us for this...
2017_DC_Martha_GrahamP_170303	82	Reynolds Center -- Performance (SAAM) -- Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi: Cave of the Heart Dance (Page 2 of 2) -- Performance Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi: Cave of the Heart Dance Performance This spring, Martha Graham Dance Company presents Cave of the Heart at SAAM. This powerful, one-act performance features a set and costume created by Noguchi that is considered an extension of the dancer’s movements. Join us for this...
2016_DC_Ella_Dunn_160423	108	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Happy Birthday Ella -- Dan Dunn Speed Painting Happy Birthday Ella In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and as a part of our annual birthday salute to Ella Fitzgerald, SAAM presents the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Ensemble performing the timelsss works of the "First Lady of Song." Internationally acclaimed "speed painter" Dan Dunn joins our...
2016_DC_Ella_Misc_160423	48	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Happy Birthday Ella -- Dancers and Miscellaneous Happy Birthday Ella In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and as a part of our annual birthday salute to Ella Fitzgerald, SAAM presents the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Ensemble performing the timelsss works of the "First Lady of Song." Internationally acclaimed "speed painter" Dan Dunn joins our...
2016_DC_Ella_Jazz_160423	142	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Happy Birthday Ella -- Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Ensemble Happy Birthday Ella In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and as a part of our annual birthday salute to Ella Fitzgerald, SAAM presents the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Ensemble performing the timelsss works of the "First Lady of Song." Internationally acclaimed "speed painter" Dan Dunn joins our...
2014_DC_Klinger_140406	12	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Luce Unplugged -- David Klinger
2015_DC_Nag_Champa_151210	48	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Luce Unplugged -- Nag Champa Luce Unplugged with Nag Champa: Monthly concert series Luce Unplugged brings D.C.’s best up-and-coming acts to play in the museum’s Luce Foundation Center following an art talk on a work selected by the band. Nag Champa are a progressive, beat-driven electronic jazz and R&B group that, as D.C. Music...
2015_DC_SIPG_Unplugged_150522	154	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Luce Unplugged -- Pleasure Curses and Young Rapids Explore the center’s thousands of artworks while listening to sets by local bands Pleasure Curses and Young Rapids, selected with the help of the Washington City Paper’s arts editor Christina Cauterucci. DC brewery Hellbender Brewing Company will be on hand to provide free tastings of select beers (ages...
2018_DC_Sight_Machine_181025	122	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Sight Machine with Kronos Quartet and Trevor Paglen Sight Machine with Kronos Quartet and Trevor Paglen SAAM presents Sight Machine, a collaboration of Trevor Paglen and the Kronos Quartet. Come see the string quartet’s performance as it’s run through artificial intelligence surveillance algorithms developed by Paglen and projected onto a screen above....

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