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Schedule

List of upcoming Millennium Stage performances.

Archives

Search for your favorite past performances and watch them online.

P.A.F.E.

Learn about the goals and mission of the Performing Arts for Everyone initiative.

Conservatory Project

Music's rising stars from the nation's top conservatories performing in the Terrace Theater

Highlights

Bearfoot Bluegrass on October 26, 2007 Bearfoot Bluegrass October 26, 2007
Based out of Anchorage, Alaska, Bearfoot Bluegrass, has an up-and-coming acoustic band feel with fully fledged music chops.

March Fourth on October 11, 2007 March Fourth October 11, 2007
March Fourth characterizes itself as little bit Duke Ellington meets Sgt. Pepper in a big-top tent pastiche.

Chango Spasiuk on October 3, 2007 Chango Spasiuk October 3, 2007
Accordion player Chango Spasiuk performs chamamé, a unique Argentine folk music. AMERICARTES.

17 Hippies on September 23, 2007 17 Hippies September 23, 2007
Berlin-based ensemble 17 Hippies mixes traditional music from Eastern Europe, France, and America.

And More ...

Free Performances Every Day, No Tickets Required

Performance Time: 6 p.m. Eastern, unless otherwise noted
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Monday, October 6, 2008

The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington: Icon 08
Boys and Girls Club of Washington [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington presents Icon 08, in which local youth display their talents on stage, in addition to receiving awards and scholarships for school.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Na'rimbo [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Formed in 1998, this group of marimbists showcases their fusion of folk, Latin, and jazz in a percussive display. Presented in cooperation with the Mexican Cultural Institute.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Todd Burge [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The singer/songwriter, who has played everything from punk-a-billy to bluegrass, recently released My Lost and Found.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Captain Pantho and Parrot Mimo
Juraj Bencik [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Kids Euro Festival
Slovakia’s celebrated mime Juraj Bencik captivates and enchants audiences with a tale about a sea captain and his parrot who prepare a feast for visitors to their island. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Kids Euro Festival Kick Off
Kids Euro Festival [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Artists from Slovakia, Hungary, Netherlands, and Austria perform. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Hakimime
Hakim Traïdia [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The Netherlands presents Dutch children’s artist Hakim Traïdia, who combines mime and storytelling to promote a message of goodness and brotherhood. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Rubik’s Cube Show
János Kovács [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Hungary presents János Kovács, CEO of the Rubik Studio in Budapest, in a Rubik’s Cube Show that includes a history of the famous puzzle and its solution. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Scipio
Christophe Dumalin [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Austria presents actor Christophe Dumalin, a member of the Austrian theater company konnex, who mimes a passionate conductor leading an imaginary orchestra. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Memphis Gold [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The blues artist oozes Southern soul and blues from his voice and guitar-picking fingertips. Part of Disability Awareness Month.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Shearwater [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The Texas quartet brings its haunting art-rock songs, as heard on their 2007 debut Palo Santo and their recently released Rook.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Pirkanpojat [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
This top Finnish choir composed of young male sopranos performs classical hymns, opera, and folk music.

Friday, October 17, 2008

NSO Youth Fellows [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
This 27-year-old program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members. Participants perform a variety of classical works. Note: the NSO does not perform in this concert.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

NSO Prelude [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Members of the NSO perform classical works.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]

Members of the KCOHO—Michelle Kim, violin; Igor Zubkovsky, cello; Diane Winter Pyles, piano—play Cassado’s Sonata in Old Spanish Style (1925) for cello and piano, Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano, Op. 70, and Dvo?ák’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (“Dumky”).


Monday, October 20, 2008

Francisco Bibriesca [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The Mexican classical guitarist is a rising star. Presented in cooperation with the Mexican Cultural Institute.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Musica Ficta [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
This early music ensemble from Bogotà, Colombia specializes in Latin American and Spanish baroque and renaissance music. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Colombia.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Washington National Opera Insight Lecture Series: Carmen
Washington National Opera "Insights Series" [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Enjoy a discussion about and excerpts from Bizet’s passionate and seductive masterpiece.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Rumpelstiltskin
Figurentheater Vagantei Erhardt [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Germany’s puppet theater company Figurentheater Vagantei Erhardt presents the beloved fairy tale about the miller’s daughter who supposedly spins straw into gold. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Friday, October 24, 2008

WNO Insight Lecture Series: Lucrezia Borgia
Washington National Opera "Insights Series" [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Enjoy a discussion about and excerpts from Donizetti’s tale of vengeance.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

The Liar is Loose
Ale Moller [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Denmark’s Carl Quist Moller—cartoon animator, author, and musician—is a real, live Pinocchio in this comic tale. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Kerry Ramblers [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Ireland presents traditional Irish music and step dancing. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Monday, October 27, 2008

All You Want
Gunilla Heilborn [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Internationally acclaimed Swedish choreographer Gunilla Heilborn has created a dance show for children about sometimes being in the right place but other times being in the completely wrong place. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Radoslav Kvapil [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Celebrate Czech National Day with the critically acclaimed Czech pianist.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Rainbow Bubbles
Rainbow Bubbles [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The Czech Republic’s award-winning mime and clown, Vaclav Strasser, along with Katia Jirankova Levanti, presents Rainbow Bubbles— a show combining classic clown and mime humor with colorful and delicate bubble creations. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Invisible Kid
Rauli Kosonen [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Finland presents circus artist and acrobat Rauli Kosonen in a work about the creativity of both the human body and mind. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Théâtre de la Cordonnerie [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
France’s Théâtre de la Cordonnerie presents a silent film with live musical accompaniment and sound effects. The film follows two brothers who manage a gas station in the middle of nowhere. Part of Kids Euro Festival, a celebration of European arts and culture for children that features a mix of artists from the participating countries of the European Union.