What to See in Arlington January 30 - February 12

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January 30, 2025

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Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal
A Collaboration in Black and White

Jan 31-May 3 | Mason Exhibitions Arlington | Virginia Square

This exhibition closely examines the book, Nothing Personal (1964), a collaborative artwork in book form by two legendary American artists, James Baldwin, the African American writer, public intellectual, and civil rights activist, and Richard Avedon the Jewish fashion and portrait photographer. Nothing Personal is a unique cultural object, presenting images of celebrity and the celebration of exceptionalism alongside depictions of the corrosive effects of capitalism and racism on society. Join for the opening reception on Friday, January 31 from 5 to 7pm. More

 

Patrick Kelly: Nothing is Impossible

Patrick Kelly: Nothing is Impossible

thru Mar 8 | Cody Gallery | Virginia Square

The Patrick Kelly: Nothing is Impossible exhibit highlights a circa 1980’s young fashion designer’s determination to become someone whose designs would make you smile. He often described himself as the male, black Lucille Ball, wanting his designs to bring fun and joy in life. The Cody Gallery offers a rare opportunity to see Patrick Kelly’s work. This collection, provided by the Shaw-Holmes Collection, showcases more than 20 Patrick Kelly creations including unique accessories of bows, pins, and jewelry. More

 


What to See in Arlington January 30-February 12

The City of Conversation

Dominion Stage: The City of Conversation

Jan 31-Feb 15 | Theatre on the Run | Green Valley

In 1979, Washington D.C. was a place where people actually talked to each other...where adversaries fought it out on the Senate floor and then smoothed it out over drinks and hors d'oeuvres. But it was all about to change.

In this play spanning 30 years and six presidential administrations, Hester Ferris throws Georgetown dinner parties that can change the course of Washington’s politics. But when her beloved son suddenly turns up with an ambitious Reaganite girlfriend and a shocking new conservative world view, Hester must choose between preserving her family and defending the causes she's spent her whole life fighting for.

From the prolific pen of novelist, essayist, and playwright Anthony Giardina comes a play about politics in family, and families in politics. A searing new drama, The City of Conversation delves into the ever-changing tapestry of U.S. Government and the people who shape it off the senate floor. More

 

The Play That Goes Wrong

The Arlington Players:
The Play That Goes Wrong

Feb 1-16 | Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre | Arlington Heights

From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes the smash hit farce. Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter! More

 

Negar Ahkami. Detail of After Winter Must Come Spring, 2018. Mixed Media Interactive Dance Platform.

Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington
Art Happening: Come Together in Movement and Light in Dark Winter Days

Weds, Feb 12 | 6:30-8:30p | Innovation Studio + Store | National Landing

During her residency at the Innovation Studio + Store, Negar Ahkami will be working on Y’All Go Rhythm!, an installation of interactive dance platforms inspired by the dynamic patterns in Persian architecture and the exuberant dancing at Iranian-American gatherings from her youth. Drawing on her cultural heritage, Negar explores themes of hospitality, universal connection, resilience, hope, playfulness, and release. She invites you to feel the movement and dance, as you feel inspired. More

 


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Bennie Herron

Bennie Herron: All of the Pieces are Women

thru Mar 1 | Fred Schnider Gallery | Virginia Square

Bennie Herron’s creative output in poetry, painting, and social advocacy reflects on the often paradoxical conditions of being. Herron’s paintings channel and concentrate the currents of his poetry. Using a consistent formal vocabulary, he depicts emotionally charged busts of figures in dramatic contours, filled with dynamic and often fractured interiors. Join for an artist talk on Saturday, February 1 from 4 to 6pm. More

 

Quintet for Clarinet & Strings

Quintet for Clarinet & Strings

Sat, Feb 1 | 2-3p | Glencarlyn Library | Glencarlyn

Travel back in time with a living composer and his colleagues! Patrons of the Arlington library system are invited to attend a free performance of the first of a composer's works to ever be performed - quintet for clarinet and strings. Inspired by a casual conversation between colleagues during a carpool trip home from another performance, this work of art reconciles centuries-old classical music concepts with their modern-day interpretation. More

 

Chemi Rosado-Seijo

Visual Voices with Chemi Rosado-Seijo

Thurs, Jan 30 | 4:45-6:30p | GMU Fairfax and online via Zoom

Born in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, Chemi Rosado-Seijo graduated from the painting department of the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts in 1997. In 1998, he worked with Michy Marxuach to open a gallery that transformed into a not-for-profit organization presenting resources and exhibitions for contemporary artists in Puerto Rico. Since 2002, he has worked with residents of the El Cerro community, a poor neighborhood south of San Juan, to present public art projects, workshops and other community initiatives. Since 2009, Rosado-Seijo has been organizing exhibitions in his apartment in Santurce, creating a center for meeting and exchange in the Puerto Rican contemporary art scene. More