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09/17/2024

Taylor Sizemore: Frame of Reference is one of three exhibitions opening today (9/17) at The Mansion. These autobiographical oil paintings evoke themes of desire, fear, discomfort, and expectation, forming subtle visions that distort time and place.

🗓️ Sept 17—Nov 7
The Mansion at Strathmore
Explore the series of events: Strathmore.org/Art

09/12/2024

We're halfway through our celebration of James Baldwin's centennial. Thanks to The Washington Informer for coming out to learn with us.

Explore the life and legacy of James Baldwin with Strathmore's two-month educational series, featuring theater arts, literature, and social justice events.

09/11/2024

📢 📢 Big thanks to Chris Kelly for including Meshell Ndegeocello’s 10/5 concert in the ’s Fall Arts Preview!

🎟️ Grab your seat today! 🎟️

09/10/2024

Our neighbors joined us for a fantastic opening for the Monuments exhibition last week. What an honor to watch the honorees (and their families) see themselves larger than life! Free tickets are available now.
https://loom.ly/EDakIcw

Built for the outdoors, Craig Walsh’s MONUMENTS celebrates selected individuals through large-scale, nighttime projected portraits onto live trees in public spaces for stunning effect.

08/31/2024

For over two decades, Mariza has been the world’s leading voice of fado, the traditional folk music of Portugal. Incorporating influences from Mozambique, Brazil, Cape Verde & more, she breathes new life into fado's austere & melancholic sound.

🎫 Thu, 10/3 at Strathmore https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/in-the-music-center/mariza/

08/30/2024

El arpa se hace flamenca. Ana Crismán has built a storied career as one of the only harpists to capture a flamenco sound, playing seguiriya, soleá, bulerías palos y mas. 🎫 10/3 Music in the Mansion https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/what-s-on-in-the-mansion/ana-crisman-trio/

08/28/2024

JUST ANNOUNCED! We’re spanning genres, crossing borders + rebooting favorites with music from Indigo Girls, Patti LuPone, Sona Jobarteh, Itzhak Perlman, Step Afrika! + more. Strathmore.org

Get tix 9/6 or become a Member for access now + more perks. Join with code NEWMEMBER for 2 bonus months!

08/27/2024

It's team time! Thanks to our Members who took advantage of their presale benefit, several afternoon teas are already sold out. Now everyone has their shot at getting in on this luxurious experience. Act fast! https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/afternoon-tea/

08/24/2024

During difficult times, we find ourselves searching for a moral voice to guide us out of darkness & despair. James Baldwin was that voice when our nation celebrated its bicentennial in 1976 & he published his book on film, "The Devil Finds Work." Now we reexamine it & how the powerful images of film shape a nation’s identity & perhaps prevent us from loving the stranger as well as ourselves.

🗓 9/26 at Eaton Workshop with Ethelbert Miller. Part of our James Baldwin series. RSVP free/pay what you can: Strathmore.org

Learn more about Baldwin in this great PBS NewsHour retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xljx1iuK0xs

A look at James Baldwin's enduring influence on art and activism

08/22/2024

Brothers Hays & Ryan Holladay are renowned for their location-aware creations, mapped to physical spaces, released exclusively as apps, using GPS to dynamically alter the music as listeners roam. Hear Sonic Trails throughout campus all year!

We welcome you to Strathmore's 16-acre campus for Sonic Trails, an immersive sound experience. Adding depth to our multi-dimensional programming, this free audio experience reflects our dedication to community engagement and shared artistic experiences. We hope that Sonic Trails provides you respite...

08/21/2024

Strathmore introduces the 20th-anniversary class of Artists in Residence (AIR). These emerging local musicians showcase diverse talents that embody our commitment to fostering a creative & inclusive artistic community! https://loom.ly/7OklrvM

• Gabby Cameron, banjo/songwriter
• Jack Gruber, piano/composer
• Hasan Imam Hamdani, guitar/composer
• Maximilian Jacobs, violin/composer
• Marcel Penzes, trombone/teacher
• Qi Yu, guzheng/audio engineer

08/19/2024

WE'RE HIRING! Join our team developing + advancing young talented musicians in one of the country’s most accomplished youth orchestra programs. Learn more + apply. ⬇️

08/17/2024

“Sometimes I can tune into a revolution in the heart.” -Rosanne Cash

Sun, 9/22 at Strathmore, this American roots icon marks the 30th anniversary of her groundbreaking album, “The Wheel,” with a performance of stories + song. Get a taste in this inspiring !

"Music can unlock a frozen memory that melts into the seeds of our creativity," says musician Rosanne Cash. Reflecting on the power of memory, solitude and c...

08/16/2024

In "Art Flow(s): Perspectives from the African Diaspora" the Three Sisters: Dr. Yonette Thomas, Dr. Margo Thomas & Dr. Deborah Smith—with Zoma Wallace as curator— have chosen works from their individual collections which represent their personal interest; these works will be juxtaposed through the exhibition with music, dance, and other artistic expressions.

🗓️ Sept 17—Nov 7
The Mansion at Strathmore
Explore the series of events: https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/exhibitions/art-flow-s-perspectives-from-the-african-diaspora/


🎨 "White Gold" by TWIN (Jerry & Terry Lynn)
📷 Jati Lindsday

This fall, the Mansion Galleries will feature art, artifacts, and ephemera of the African Diaspora. The work comes from the collections of Dr. Yonette Thomas, Dr. Margo Thomas, and Dr. Deborah Smith. Calling themselves the Three Sisters, the three collectors have been professionally and personally c...

08/16/2024

Saturday, BandHouse Gigs plays DC legends!

Daryl Davis plays ➡️ DUKE ELLINGTON
Patty Reese ➡️ JOAN JETT
Brandon Combs ➡️ MARVIN GAYE
Maureen Andary ➡️ EMMYLOU HARRIS
Jess Eliot Myhre ➡️ PATSY CLINE
Sean Chyun ➡️ DAVE GROHL
+ many more

🎫 8/17 at Strathmore https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/in-the-music-center/a-bandhouse-gigs-tribute-to-dc-legends/

08/14/2024

Strum along at our UkeFest finale, 7pm tonight! Then enjoy a free concert of global ukulele masters playing all styles of music + uke for all ages! Wed, 7pm Live from the Lawn. RSVP https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/bloom-community-events/live-from-the-lawn-ukefest-finale/

📸 Jim Saah Photography

08/13/2024

Who is Neave?

9/12 hear Neave Trio at the Mansion at Strathmore https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/what-s-on-in-the-mansion/neave-trio/

Neave Piano Trio perform the first movement of Gabriel Faure's Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120, live from the Fraser Performance Studio at WGBH.Graduates of t...

08/12/2024

"During the pandemic, she deepened her connection to James Baldwin. 'No More Water' is the culmination of that rekindling," writes The New York Times on Meshell Ndegeocello. "The album is vivid about the ways in which the American past recurs in the present. It also feels like a reckoning with how true peace could sound. There is Donny Hathaway in there, church cellar, too. It’s tear-inducing. You’ve heard of house music. This is home music — a garden, a porch, in a community." ⬇️

10/5 hear Ndegeocello live as the culmination of our series! https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/in-the-music-center/meshell-ndegeocello-no-more-water-the-gospel-of-james-baldwin/

Check out the The New York Times feature on Meshell Ndegeocello via the link below! And don’t miss “No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin,” out tomorrow!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/arts/music/meshell-ndegeocello-james-baldwin.html?unlocked_article_code=1._k0.z2uI.P0J6zKo_Uy3m&smid=em-share

“’No More Water’ is an expansive, adventurous piece that turns Baldwin into an organizing principle but also features the thinking of Audre Lorde and calls-to arms from the poet Staceyann Chin that leave a third-degree burn. It’s some of the most hauntingly, melodically beautifully work she’s made — intelligent, sincere, funny, enraged, q***r, sexy, intensely pleasing music, the spoken intonement mingling with the Hickses’ harmonizing and call-and-response.” —The New York Times

08/09/2024

Don't lose out on that "Lovin' Feelin' Farewell Tour" Thurs, 8/15 at Strathmore https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/in-the-music-center/the-righteous-brothers-lovin-feelin-farewell-tour/

🔊 Go deeper ⬇️

Today's podcast features Bill Medley as The Righteous Brothers bring their farewell tour to Strathmore on Aug. 15! We break down the cinematic impact of his biggest hits like "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" ("Top Gun"), "Unchained Melody" ("Ghost") and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" ("Dirty Dancing").

PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ouKUpcGrVPJ7HYUPNAfA1?si=G_f93wyhR_GA6oY5HB1L_g

08/07/2024

⛈ We'll avoid that crater in the grass after all, Washington Post! Tonight's EU Sugar Bear concert is in the Music Center due to rain, so bring your backside inside! Food + drinks are available for purchase + consumption in the lobbies. Wed, 7:30pm.

RSVPs surpass capacity, so come early for a seat + please fill space between parties so we can accommodate as many da butts as possible! ℹ️ https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/bloom-community-events/live-from-the-lawn-eu-featuring-sugar-bear/

08/06/2024

“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love—whether we call it friendship or family or romance—is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.” —James Baldwin

Join our series of events celebrating how Baldwin empowered others through words. https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/in-the-music-center/meshell-ndegeocello-no-more-water-the-gospel-of-james-baldwin/

08/06/2024

Thank you to Travel + Leisure for acknowledging the robustness of North Bethesda, MD + including Strathmore as a transformative cultural institution!

These are the best American suburbs to live in, according to real estate experts.

08/04/2024

Tonight, Thursday, July 25, at 7 p.m., the National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1400 Constitution Ave. NW, will present “Celebrating James

08/03/2024

This Friday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of author and activist James Baldwin. To celebrate, Strathmore is partnering with the AFI Silver Theatre and Eaton D.C. to host a special James Baldwin Centennial Series that runs from Aug. 2 through Oct. 5.

07/30/2024

Mansion galleries are closed in August, but come by in the fall to see artwork (always free) of trees growing in forests, jungles, parks and backyards across continents and terranes. https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/

Art by Alyse Radenovic has been selected for inclusion in the group exhibition "In the Company of Trees" at Strathmore curated by Ariyana Edwards and Lesley Morris

September 17 - November 7, 2024

07/28/2024

🌳 Craig Walsh’s MONUMENTS celebrates local heroes of environmental & climate justice with enormous, moving portraits projected onto trees at night for stunning effect. https://www.strathmore.org/our-spaces/campus-outdoor/monuments/

🆓 9/6-10/6 at Strathmore
Dusk-10pm weather allowing
Food & drinks Fridays & Saturdays
Live music & talks Mondays
Free / pay what you can