PRINTED ART: THE POTOMAC @ THE ART LEAGUE
“In “Printed Art: The Potomac,” John Gosling’s linocut relief prints illustrate the “Nation’s River,” past and present. Working within the constraints of the medium, the images become simplified, almost abstracted vignettes of people and places that line the Potomac.”
10:00AM. FREE
DC EMERGENCE BLUES DANCE LESSONS @ EMERGENCE COMMUNITY ARTS COLLECTIVE
$5 7:55PM – 9:00 PM
“Join us for this month’s beginner blues lesson series in metro-accessible DC! If you’ve heard about blues dance, or ever wanted your slow dance to have a bit more comfort and style, or if you’d just love to dance more…this is your jam. This is a class series that starts on the first Wednesday of every month, but if you miss the first class, no worries — there’s a bit of review at the beginning of each lesson.
– You don’t need to bring a partner
– After class, there’s a great dance at Angles Bar in Adams Morgan, so you can practice all your sweet moves and make some new friends.”
“The producers of The Capital City Showcase (www.capitalcityshowcase.com), the variety show that brings you some of DC’s finest performing artists, return to The Wonderland Ballroom (www.thewonderlandballroom.com) with their latest installments of The Wonderland Circus on Wednesday, May 27th at 8:30pm!
The Wonderland Circus is the variety show where anything goes! See a wide variety of performers do their stuff. Much like any circus, expect thrills, chills, and amazement! The show is Free Admission, though donations will be collected for the artists.
The May Circus will feature (in alphabetical order):
comedian Andrew Bucket (www.twitter.com/andrewbucket)
comedian Danny Charnley (www.twitter.com/dankcharnley)
musician Linsay Deming (www.linsaydeming.com)
comeidan Nicki Fuchs (www.twitter.com/nfewks)
burlesque artist Miss Fanny Tittington (www.dcgurlyshow.com)
Doors open at 8:00pm, show starts at 8:30pm. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Full bar service is also available!
For more info, call 202-431-4704.
Step Right Up!”
“This artistic project explores the Spanish legacy found along the Old Spanish Trail combining photography, video and sound. Moving Forward, Looking Back: Journeys Across the Old Spanish Trail started in March 2014 with a road trip across the Southwest of the Spanish photojournalist Janire Nájera. She and her assistant Matt Wright followed the footsteps of trader Antonio Armijo, who opened the route of the Old Spanish Trail between the states of New Mexico and California in the 19th century.
During her trip, Janire met and interviewed Spanish descendants to analyze how the traditions of the first settlers have merged with local cultures influencing the creation and identity of today’s pueblos and cities, revealing some traces of Spanish intangible heritage that remains across these states.Nájera has captured her experience along the route in a daily log, a book and a photography exhibition that will travel across the U.S. and that premieres at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, D.C.”
FREE 12pm NOON – 7pm
THURSDAY

POLITICS & PROSE AND SIXTH & I PRESENT AN EVENING WITH CHUCK PALAHNIUK
@ SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE“One of the most provocative fiction writers at work today, Palahniuk, who has described his own work as “transgressional,” has written fourteen novels, including Fight Club, the basis for the film starring Brad Pitt. This evening will be as unique as the author on stage, full of prizes, games, a sure-to-shock story, and audience Q&A. Each ticket holder will receive a signed copy of Make Something Up and issue #1 of the Fight Club 2 comic.
In Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread (Doubleday, $26.95), Palahniuk’s first collection of stories, his full range of invention, absurdity, and strangeness is front and center. The author also revisits Tyler Durden, giving us an unexpected side of his Fight Club protagonist in the short story, “Expedition.
Fight Club 2 is the long-anticipated graphic-novel sequel from Dark Horse Comics which features more of fan-favorite Tyler Durden, Marla, and The Narrator and throws us straight back into the mayhem and revolution of the original story.”
“The bookstore and Split This Rock are delighted to present a talented triumvirate of poets from the anthology, The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (edited by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, and Nate Marshall, and published by Haymarket Books).
There will be fantastic poetry, refreshments, and books!”

7:00PM $10.50
“In honor of one of folk and rock’s most respected artists, Neil Young, AFI will host the Bernard Shakey Film Retrospective series, which begins Friday, May 29, and continues through June 17.
The series will showcase concert movies such as JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST (1974) and RUST NEVER SLEEPS (1979) to fiction features such as GREENDALE (2003). The series will also include the DC theatrical premiere of MUDDY TRACK (1987), the newly restored director’s cut of HUMAN HIGHWAY (1982), and Young’s two collaborations with Jim Jarmusch: DEAD MAN (1995) and YEAR OF THE HORSE (1997″).
THE BLOOD QUILT @ ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER
“Welcome to the Jernigan Gals’ Quilting Corner. Gathering at their childhood island home off the coast of Georgia, four disconnected sisters meet to create a family quilt to honor their recently deceased mother. When their reunion turns into a reading of their mother’s will, everyone must grapple with a troubling inheritance. Stitched with history and ritual, laughter and tears, will their “blood quilt” bind the family together or tear them apart forever? Inaugural resident playwright Katori Hall (The Mountaintop ) is once again “fearlessly redefining theater” (Washington Post) with this funny and fierce world premiere.”
Recommended for age 16 and up.

“Celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Phillips’s Intersections contemporary art projects that invites artists to create work inspired by the art and spaces of the museum. Hear from the some of the series’ artists as they share insight on their projects and works that have entered the Phillips’s permanent collection.”
FREE. 6:30PM
DANCEAFRICA DC 2015 @ DANCE PLACE
The 28th annual festival celebrating the dance and music of the African Diaspora! Featuring outstanding African dance companies from the DC metropolitan area, a master class series and African marketplace, this festival is guaranteed to inspire, invigorate, educate and entertain.
featuring: Sankofa Dance Theater, Ezibu Muntu African Dance Theatre