 Moving Words Poetry Competition
Deadline is this Sunday, November 15!
Moving Words makes poetry a part of daily life for commuters riding Arlington Transit (ART) by replacing advertising placards inside public buses with poems by local poets. Juried by Arlington County Poet Laureate Holly Karapetkova, the competition is open to poets in the DC Metro area who are ages 18 or older. The six winning poets will have their poems displayed inside Arlington ART Buses for three months between January and June 2021 and will receive a $250 honorarium. More
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GRUMP at Home
A Curated Online Holiday Arts & Crafts Market
Even a pandemic cannot keep a good yeti down. GRUMP has been Arlington's holiday go-to for the last ten years for unique, unusual, holiday gifts and treasures and this year is no different. While you may not be able to hug the yetis in real life, GRUMP, in addition to the over 50 unique makers, is planning fun, interactive activities like Yeti Bingo, artist studio tours, Yeti Tarot Readings and…the best surprise, YETI DELIVERY! More
Nov 27 - Dec 1 | online
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Arts Enterprise Institute Fall Workshops
The Arts Enterprise Institute Fall Classes are Virtual! Upcoming classes include Social Media Strategies 1: How to Start Sharing Online, and Social Media Strategies 2: How to Create Better Online Engagement. More
Nov 12 and 17 | via Zoom
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Coming Soon! Visual Verse
The Nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Joy Harjo joins Arlington Poet Laureate Holly Karapetkova and two other regional poets laureate whose poems will be projected onto large, highly-visible edifices as part of Visual Verse. Their work will be brought to life by noted artist Robin Bell. Allowing the public to partake of a shared literary experience in a safe, socially distanced manner, the projections will occur at four different outdoor locations in Arlington each Wednesday evening in December. More
Wednesdays | Dec 2-23 | 6-9pm | multiple locations
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Prologue Theatre: Secret Hour
Secret Hour asks the question: Is your greatest ethical responsibility to yourself or to others? In it, playwright Jenny Stafford explores ethics, morality, parenthood, womanhood, and right versus wrong - among other topics.
FOREWORD: A New Works Series was born out of the desire to employ artists and create artistic work in the community during a time when live theatre is not an option for many. Each month a new creative team will come together with the playwright for two weeks to workshop the play culminating in a virtual reading. More
Fri, Nov 13 | 8pm | via Zoom
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Arlington Arts Center: SOLOS 2020 Artist Talk
Join Amanda Jirón-Murphy, Interim Exhibitions Director and Blair Murphy, Acting Executive Director, this Thursday at 6pm on Zoom for the second SOLOS 2020 artist talk. Artists Constance Simon, Heidi Zenisek and Rebecca Rivas-Rogers will talk about their artistic practice and the pieces that are currently on view at AAC. More
Thurs, Nov 12 | 6-7:30pm | via Zoom
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The Arlington Players
Voices of Hope: a digital cabaret
Filled with uplifting music and a talented cast, this one hour show allows us to come together in these challenging times -- even though we can't be together in person. You'll even see an encore performance from TAP's WATCH Award-winning production The Hunchback of Notre Dame featuring Alex Bryce and Alden Michels. No tickets required! Just check out TAP's YouTube channel to watch the stream. More
Nov 14-22 | streaming live on YouTube
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Jazz4Justice
Jazz4Justice is an award-winning annual concert presented by Legal Services of Northern Virginia (LSNV) and George Mason University Jazz Studies. This year's celebration concert will be a virtual highlight of Mason Jazz students and faculty. Jazz4Justice™ is a truly unique event where attorneys, judges, students and members of the Northern Virginia community gather to celebrate their love of jazz. More
Fri, Nov 20 | 8pm | Streaming live online
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Loving Local: Lee Highway Holiday Market
The Small Business Saturday Outdoor Market will feature Studio 10 artists painting plein air, local band Bella and Wayland, Sun & Moon Yoga studio to help everyone breathe, stretch, and connect, and local businesses offering specials and discounts. More
Sat, Nov 28 | 11am-3pm | Cherrydale Shopping Center
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Marymount University's 2020 Bisson Lecture in the Humanities: Pamela Woolford
Woolford is a filmmaker, writer, and performer -- three forms of a storyteller -- specializing in creative nonfiction stories, fiction inspired by true-life stories, and fiction inspired by the history of a people. Her work is especially concerned with the lives of black women and girls and others whose joy, history, and inner life are underexplored in American media and popular art. All are welcome to attend! More
Weds, Nov 18 | 6:30-8:30pm | via Zoom
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