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Columbia Pike Blues Weekend
June 18-20
This year we’re bringing you multiple ways to celebrate the blues, with three nights of livestreamed concerts, a downloadable playlist to enjoy at home, and an afternoon of in-person performances! More
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Blues Weekend: In-Person Performances
Saturday, June 19 | 1-5 pm | 2705 Columbia Pike
Saturday’s live, in-person performances will take place at the Fillmore Shopping Center parking lot at 2705 Columbia Pike. Registration required. More
1:00 pm: Robbin Kapsalis, Vintage 18
2:30 pm: Cheick Hamala Diabate
4:00 pm: Carly Harvey
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Blues Weekend: Live from the Rug Shop
Streaming on Facebook Live from Manoukian Brothers Oriental Rugs More
Every evening at 7:30 pm
Fri, June 18: Stacy Brooks
Sat, June 29: Deletta Gillespie
Sun, June 20: Sol Roots
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The Director's Cut
The road back to normalcy has been a long one, but it is a journey made more manageable through collaboration. Partnerships between artists, community and businesses have been a hallmark of Arlington Arts work, and the creative output of these alliances is evident across all our programs this summer. More
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A Tribute to the Desegregation of Arlington Lunch Counters
by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
thru June 23 | various locations
In June of 1960, a group of students and community members held sit-ins at lunch counters across Arlington, Virginia. These sit-ins were protests to challenge widespread segregation policies. They led to the desegregation of lunch counters across Arlington, VA, just 13 days later. Arlington Arts visiting artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. has made seven letterpressed cards to honor the anniversary of the protests. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter to see the sit-ins unfold on social media 61 years to the day. Plus, check out NBC4 Washington for a feature on our project!
Visit one or more of these original sit-in locations locations to gather your own collection cards while considering this part of the County’s history. Each location will feature a different card. More
Photo Source: Reprinted with permission of DC Public Library, Evening Star Collection, ©Washington Post.
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Signature Theatre: After Midnight
June 13 – Aug 4 | online
This exhilarating song and dance extravaganza is set to the swinging sounds of Duke Ellington, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Harold Arlen and more and framed by the poems of Langston Hughes. Starring Hamilton’s Christopher Jackson and Signature favorite Nova Y. Payton with direction and choreography by Jared Grimes, music direction by Mark G. Meadows, and featuring 28 of the big band era’s most memorable songs including “Stormy Weather,” “I’ve Got the World on a String,” “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” this non-stop revue showcases the gorgeous glamour and sophisticated syncopation of the Harlem heartbeat after midnight. More
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The Arlington Players
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: a radio play
June 13-27 | 7pm | listen on WERA 96.7FM
The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg adapts Mark Twain’s work for the radio, showing how one stranger can reveal the hypocrisy of supposedly honest individuals. This stranger, wronged by one individual in town, sets out to prove the fickle nature of the individuals within it by offering them a rich reward. Will the town prove their reputation for goodness to be true or will they fall victim to greed? More
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Synetic Theater: The Trial
available now | online
Synetic has Cicada Mania and had to share a bug tale of their own. Catch their 2018 take on Franz Kafka's The Trial now playing on Synetic Streaming!
Picture this: A 30-year-old man going about his day, when suddenly without cause or warning, he is arrested while at work. Two unidentified agents from an unknown agency arrest this man for an unspecified crime. Follow the struggles of “K” and his encounters with the invisible Law and the untouchable Court. Oh, and there are bugs. Lots of bugs. (Recommended for ages 17+) More
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Busboys and Poets Books Presents "In the Heights" with Lin-Manuel Miranda
Tues, June 15 | 8pm | online
Before Hamilton became a global phenomenon, before Lin-Manuel Miranda became a household name, a little show called In the Heights shook up Broadway with its hip-hop and salsa soundtrack and big, bilingual heart. In the new book In the Heights: Finding Home, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter tell the story of the show’s humble beginnings, from rehearsals in a bookstore basement to the Broadway smash (and soon-to-be feature film!) that created an unbreakable community and a new kind of family for everyone involved. More
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Arlington Public Library
Joan E. Biren in Conversation with Library Director Diane Kresh
Thurs, June 17 | 7-8pm | online
An Arlington Reads Signature Author Event.
Joan E. Biren is an internationally recognized documentary artist and activist. She began to chronicle the lives of LGBTQ+ people in 1971, publishing groundbreaking books and making award-winning films. JEB, now in her 70s, lives surrounded by chosen family and frequently tries to retire from photography and filmmaking. Her plan is never to retire from social justice activism. JEB will discussed the reissue of her iconic book of photography, "Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians", published March 23, 2021 by Anthology Editions. More
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Rosslyn Cinema
thru June 25 | Fridays | 7:30-10:30pm | Gateway Park | Rosslyn
Rosslyn Cinema is back this summer with a full line up of your favorite movies to enjoy outdoors from the lawn in Gateway Park, Fridays in June. Registration required. More
Fri, June 11: Monsters Inc.
Fri, June 18: Wonder Woman 1984
Fri, June 25: Cool Runnings
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