One of our favorite non-profits, S&R Foundation, which supports talented individuals with high aspirations in the arts and sciences, announced the second Overtures Spring Concert Series. From March 21 through May 31, Overtures will celebrate international music as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, featuring numerous performances at two renowned venues, the The John F. Kennedy [...]
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The Kennedy Center Hosts the U.S. Premiere of Qingming Riverside Dance Drama Ensemble
By Punch Correspondent Attie Poirier A girlfriend and I recently had a cold, dreary January day enlivened and uplifted by a trip to ancient China. Our mode of transportation was a poetic dance performance inspired by an ancient scoll painting, Qingming Riverside Dance Drama Ensemble, making its U.S. debut at The Kennedy Center (although we must [...]
S&R Foundation’s Overtures Holiday Concert Series Kicks Off at Evermay
The S&R Foundation’s Overtures Holiday Series kicked off last Friday at the historic beautiful Evermay. After much thought, I felt there were no words befitting of how lovely the melding of jazz guitarist Yotam Silberstein’s music, the serene aura of the property and the intimate setting, adorned with cozy with seasonal decor, really was. For [...]
Black Watch Is Not to Be Missed
The first time I saw the Shakespeare Theatre Company presentation of Black Watch two years ago I was emotionally and physically drained by the end of the no-intermission, intimate, dramatic intense show. Yet, I never wanted it to end. Yet, I couldn’t wait to yell from the top of the Harman Center that everyone needed [...]
Punch Profiles: People to Know / 9 Questions with S&R Foundation co-Founder Dr. Sachiko Kuno
Last week, I had the opportunity to take a friend of mine, who, in a previous life, had been a professional musician (a trumpet player who traveled with the New World Symphony all over the globe), to the S&F Foundation Overtures Summer Concert Series opening night with New York’s Urban Tango Trio. The reception and [...]
“Will on the Hill†10th Anniversary : No Holds Bard
It’s a good thing I have tough skin (sort of) because I felt a twinge of a pinch (ouch!) a few times during Monday night’s 10th annual “Will on the Hill†production by the Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) at Sidney Harman Hall. Alas, if I can’t laugh at myself, I will just cry. That’s not [...]
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival Announces Its Performing Arts Line Up
Bells + percussion instruments + cell phones + nature + kids + adults + professional musicians + film + artists = what? A scene from the next big budget Pixar movie? Not quite. It’s actually a compilation of what you will experience when you are participate to the fullest extent at the Northern Virgina Fine [...]
Kevin Costner & Modern West Rock Strathmore
Oh Kevin Costner, how you lure the women to you with your beguiling ways. Ok fine, you are an Oscar-winner, you were one of the hottest blockbusting actors of your era who, with seemingly zero effort, could transform yourself from a down and out baseball player/golfer to a Navy man caught in a sticky situation [...]
A Case for a Love of the Modern Dance : The Washington Ballet & Twyla Tharp : All American
I recall when someone I know told me years ago she didn’t much care for The Washington Ballet (TWB) because in her opinion, they didn’t “do ballet.” This is after we’d seen some of their modern dance performances and were comparing notes, as she had been a classically trained ballet dancer in her day and [...]
The Duke Ellington School of the Arts Performance Series of Legends : Smokey Robinson
By Punch Pep Correspondent Elizabeth Fischer On March 3rd, at 7:30 p.m., the legendary Smokey Robinson will be performing in the concert hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Smokey Robinson is one of the most beloved and influential figures in the history of popular music. Celebrating his 50th anniversary in the [...]
Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers
By Punch Passport Correspondent Lori González Lazzarini This week, I went to the H Street Playhouse to see a classic play but with a dark twist: “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers”. The play is being presented in DC by the No Rules Theater Company and adapted and directed by Michael Lluberes. The play [...]
Sneak Peek into Bard’s Broadway: Two Gentlemen of Verona
By Punch Passport Correspondent Lori González Lazzarini Tuesday night was definitely exciting for me.  I had the opportunity to attend a sneak peek into the fast paced rehearsal process of the next installment of the Bard’s Broadway: Two Gentlemen of Verona (a rock opera) at the Harman Center for the Arts, not to be [...]
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