IN THE CITY

IN THE CITY December 2013

Volume CXXXVI Van Gogh Repetitions

Washington’s First and Only Forbes Five-Star, AAA Five-Diamond Hotel

Special Points of Interest Purchase one of our fabulous lobby Christmas trees to benefit pediatric oncology programs at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. See the Concierge to buy it now or attend our event on Dec 15. Thank you! Need something for the person who has everything? Give a Four Seasons gift card available in any denomination. These cards can be used at any Four Seasons around the world for any of our luxurious hotel services, food outlets or indulgent bedding products. Available in the Spa or by calling extension 2377. Night Spa Couples are invited to step away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and rediscover each other with Night Spa. Our private pool level is exclusively yours from 10:30pm until 1:30am! Enjoy dinner, massage, and monogramed bathrobes as you gaze into each other eyes. See the concierge or spa to book this magical evening. Celebration of Mexico at the Library of Congress, Dec 12 and 13. Beyonce in concert at the Verizon Center, Dec 18. Mount Vernon decks the halls throughout the estate with themed Christmas trees and festive holiday touches, through Jan 6. Here is a Play Fitted, discover the evolution of Shakespeare’s plays over the past 400 years, Folger Shakespeare Library, through Jan 12. National Gallery of Art Charles Marville: Photographs of Paris, thru Jan 5. The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus St. Gauden’s Shaw Memorial, through Jan 20. Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from the Greek Collections, through Mar 2. ♦ ♦

National Geographic Museum Women of Vision, through Mar 9. A New Age of Exploration, through June 8.

Overdrive: L. A. Constructs the Future, 1940 - 1990, National Building Museum, through Mar 10. Equal Exposure: Anita Steckel’s Fight Against Censorship, National Museum of Women in the Arts, through May 9.

This exhibition takes a fresh look at the artistic process of Vincent van Gogh. While recognized for the intensity and speed with which he often produced paintings during his 10 year career, less well known is the deliberate and methodical process he also brought to many of the same subjects. Approximately 30 paintings, alongside related drawings and technical photographs, go beneath the surface of some of the artist’s most renowned works to examine the ways in which he created nearly identical compositions. Phillips Collection, through Jan 26.

Our America: Latino Presence in American Art More than 90 works of art across all media by significant Latino artists active from the 1950s to today give voice to their broader American experience. Drawn from the museum’s pioneering permanent collection of Latino art, the exhibition explores how Latino artists shaped the artistic movements of their day and recalibrated key themes in American art and culture. American Art Museum, through Mar 2.

Corcoran Gallery of Art Mia Feuer’s new project is a haunting vision of nature consumed, transformed and twisted by human need. Inspired by the artist’s experiences in the oil-producing landscapes of the Canadian tar sands, the Arctic Circle and the Suez Canal, An Unkindness explores the relationships between human infrastructure and the natural world, through Mar 9.

American Journeys—Visions of Place is a new installation of pre-1945 American paintings and sculpture collection that conveys the changing notion of place in the history of American art. The reinstallation is devoted to how the ideas of place and American artistic identity have shifted over time through increased communication and connectedness. The galleries are installed in a variety of styles to evoke the time in which the works were created.

Workt by Hand: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts Over time, quilts have been revered as nostalgic emblems of the past, dismissed as women’s work, and hailed as examples of American ingenuity. This exhibition breaks new ground by examining quilts through the lens of contemporary feminist theory. Revealing this medium’s shifting cultural status, the exhibition explores issues of anonymity versus authorship and fine art versus craft. The display showcases 35 18th–20th-century quilts from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned decorative arts collection. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Dec 20 through Apr 27.

To your family from the Four Seasons family we wish you a Holiday Season and a New Year filled with health, peace and happiness!

Theater & Music

Theater and Arts

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Ballet The Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Dec 1.

Chamber Music Young Concert Artists: Ji-Yong, piano, Dec 3. All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Dec 5. The Last Stand Quartet: An Evening of Shakespeare in Words and Music, Dec 30.

Dance Master Class: Ballet Hispanico, Dec 4. Ballet Hispanico, Dec 5 and 6.

Jazz A Jazz Piano Christmas, Dec 7. A Jazz New Year’s Eve: Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Nat King Cole Tribute, Dec 31.

National Symphony Orchestra Mozart Violin concerto No. 4 and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor/Nurit Bar-Josef, concertmaster, Dec 5 through 7. Happy Holidays! With Brian Stokes Mitchell, Steven Reineke, conductor, Dec 12 through 14. Handel’s Messiah, Dec 19 through 22.

Opera Holiday Family Opera: The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me, Dec 14 through 22 (book adaptation)*.

Theater Shear Madness, through Dec 31. Barbara Cook’s Spotlight: Patina Miller, Dec 6. Elf The Musical, Dec 17 through Jan 5. Flashdance - The Musical, Dec 25 through Jan 19.

Young Audiences

Keegan Theatre An Irish Carol, Dec 13 through 29.

National Theatre If/Then with Idina Menzel, through Dec 8. Porgy and Bess, Dec 25 through 29. Free Performance Saturdays for Children Christmas Dreams from the Nutcracker, Dec 7. Bright Star Theatre: Holidays from Around the World, Dec 14.

Ronald Reagan Building Capitol Steps (political satire), every Friday and Saturday through Dec 31.

Shakespeare Theatre Company A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, through Jan 5 (Harman Hall).

Signature Theatre Pride in the Fall of Autrey Mill, through Dec 8.

Studio Theatre The Apple Family Plays, through Dec 29.

Theater J Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie, through Dec 14.

Verizon Center Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Dec 4. Andrea Bocelli, Dec 12. Hot 99.5 Jingle Ball Concert, Dec 16. Beyonce, Dec 18.

Warner Theatre The Washington Ballet’s Nutcracker, Dec 5 through 29.

Woolly Mammoth Appropriate, through Dec 1.

Art

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur Sackler Gallery The Freer Gallery and the Sackler Gallery together form the National Museum of Asian Art. These galleries house the nation’s collections which include furniture, jades, bronzes, paintings, ceramics, manuscripts and sculptures from the Mid and Far East. It is also home to the largest collection of works by James McNeill Whistler and the lovely Peacock Room. On special exhibit: Off the Beaten Path: Whistler's Early Works on Paper, through 2014. 10am to 5:30pm, On the Mall, Jefferson Drive and 12th Street, SW

Hillwood Museum & Gardens Experience the world of Russian imperial and French decorative arts displayed in the grand setting conceived by Hillwood’s founder Marjorie Merriweather Post, heir of the Post cereal empire. Surrounded by woodlands in the heart of Washington, DC, the 25 acre estate boasts a variety of garden pleasures. Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm 1 to 5pm, Dec 1, 15 and 29. 4155 Linnean Ave, NW

The Kreeger Museum The Kreeger Museum is the former home of David and Carmen Kreeger that was designed by world renowned architect Philip Johnson. The home showcases a permanent collection of 19th & 20th century paintings and sculptures including works by Monet, Rodin, Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky and others. Tuesday through Friday by appointment only. Saturday 10am to 4pm. 2401 Foxhall Road, NW

National Gallery of Art & Sculpture The American Art Museum records the American Garden American Art Museum

The National Gallery's West Building has a display of art from the 3rd Century to present times -- a display over 90,000 pieces strong. In the East Building are 20th-Century works by Miró, Magritte, van Gogh, Picasso and Matisse. With its very Arena Stage modern architectural design, the East Building, by Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Through Life, through I. M. Pei, is nearly a work of art in itself. On special Dec 29. exhibit: In the Tower: Kerry James Marshall, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, through Jan 5. through Dec 7. Folger Shakespeare Library Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm Corcoran Gallery of Art Romeo and Juliet, Dec 1. The Corcoran is Washington’s largest private Sunday 11am to 6pm, Richard II, RSC live from Stratford–upon-Avon, On the Mall, 4th through 7th Streets along museum. It was also Washington’s first art Dec 2. Constitution Avenue, NW Christmas in New Spain, Dec 13 through Dec 22. museum and ranks with Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art National Museum of Women in the Arts Ford’s Theatre as one of the three oldest museums in the US. On This is the only museum dedicated solely to female A Christmas Carol, through Jan 1. special exhibit: Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd, artists. Representing more than 500 women from Improv Comedy Club through Mar 9 and Question Bridge: Black nearly 30 countries, this museum holds 2,000 of Nell Rawlings, Dec 1. the world's most important works of art by women. Males, Dec 7 through Feb 16. Joe Torry, Dec 5 through 8. The displays range from the Renaissance to GeorClosed Monday and Tuesday Chris Coccia, Dec 12. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am gia O'Keeffe. On special exhibit: Wanderer: Alonzo Bodden, Dec 13 through 15. Travel Prints by Ellen Day Hale, through Jan 5. to 5pm; Thursday 10am to 9pm Rory Scovel, Dec 19 through 21. Sunday 12 to 5pm 17th Street and New York Avenue, NW Christina Pazsitzky & Tom Segura, Dec 27 Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm through 29. 1250 New York Avenue, NW New Year’s Eve Celebration, Dec 31. Elephant & Piggies We Are in a Play, through Dec 31. *WNO: The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me, Dec 14 through 22.

experience from the colonial period to today. The collection includes images from the West, impressionism, WPA murals, folk and contemporary art. On special exhibit: Landscapes in Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes, through Feb 23. (In the same building as the National Portrait Gallery.) 11:30am to 7pm, 8th and F Street, NW

More National Portrait Gallery

Arts, Museums & Sights National Zoo

The Portrait Gallery with its collection of nearly 20,000 pieces portrays men and women who have made significant contributions to the history, development and culture of the USA. (In the same building as the American Art Museum.) 11:30am to 7pm, 8th and F Streets, NW

The Phillips Collection

Giant Pandas: Mei Xian and Tian Tian are a must see. The Zoo allows you to see the first Komodo dragons bred in the western world, gaze at golden lions, new cheetah cubs, witness the orangutans swinging and making their own transportation system and visit the new Asia Trail. New on permanent exhibit: One Giant Step: Elephant Trails (almost 9000 square feet of new space for our pachyderm friends)! Animal Exhibits: 10am to 4:30pm Daily 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW

America's first museum of modern art was opened in 1921 in the home of Duncan Phillips. Discover this international treasure that is also one of Washington’s best-loved museums. On special exhibit: Art and Natural History Museum Wellness, Creative Aging, through Jan 5. Closed Mondays, Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Some of the artifacts include, “Phoenix” a life size Sunday 11am to 6pm, Thursday 10am to 8:30pm model of a North American right whale, prehistoric 21st and Q Streets, NW white shark, an 80-foot dinosaur skeleton and the Hope Diamond, a 45.5 carat jewel known in some circles as the eighth wonder of the world, in its new publicly chosen setting. National Air and Space Museum 10am to 5:30pm The Air and Space is the largest of the On the Mall, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian museums and one of the most visited NW museums in the world. See airplanes and rockets International Spy Museum from the Wright Brothers’ plane and the Spirit of St. Louis to Apollo. Touch the moon rock on display, visit An intriguing museum that gives visitors access to the IMAX theater or gaze at the stars in the Einstein the largest collection of international espionage artifacts ever put on public display. Over 600 Planetarium. 10am to 5:30pm th On the Mall, 6 Street and Independence Avenue, SW items are on exhibit, including a WWII German Enigma cipher machine, a Soviet era shoe Udvar-Hazy Center transmitter, an East German camera capable of The Air and Space Museum Annex houses over 200 photographing through walls and a Soviet era aircraft and 135 spacecraft. See the Space lipstick pistol. Operation Spy, is a hands on Shuttle Enterprise, the Enola Gay, an Air France interactive spy adventure that requires Concorde and an IMAX movie. Dulles, VA. reservations. On special exhibit: Exquisitely 10am to 5:30pm, parking charges apply. Evil: 50 Years of Bond Villains, through 2014. National Museum of African Art 9am to 7pm The museum’s extensive collection consists of 7,000 (Last entry to exhibits is 2 hours prior to closing.) African artworks in wood, metal, ceramic, cloth and 8th and F Streets, NW ivory. 10am to 5:30pm, The Newseum On the Mall, 950 Independence Ave, SW The world’s most interactive museum. In its 14

Museums

National Museum of American History

Documenting our national heritage, this museum cares for 17 million artifacts, including the original Star Spangled Banner, Dorothy’s ruby slippers and George Washington's field tent. The collection includes clothing, coins, food, government, military, music, sports, etc. On special exhibit: The Birth of Biotech: Recombinant Human Insulin, through Feb 28. 10am to 5:30pm On the Mall, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW

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This collection includes materials not only of cultural, historical and aesthetic interest, but also of spiritual significance. Funerary, religious and ceremonial objects associated with living cultures are displayed with the approval of appropriate tribes. 10am to 5:30pm, On the Mall, 4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW

galleries, 15 theaters, two broadcast studios and a 4-D time travel experience, The Newseum blends five centuries of news history with cutting edge technology and innovation. On exhibit: the largest collection of Berlin wall sections, a 9/11 exhibit with the mangled antennae from the World Trade Center, a chance to be on camera with breaking news report, the biggest collection of Pulitzer prize-winning photos, an interactive newsroom and spectacular views of the U. S. Capitol. On special exhibit: To mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Newseum will feature two new exhibits and an original documentary film chronicling the presidency, family life and death of America's 35th president. “JFK” includes “Creating Camelot,” “Three Shots Were Fired” and the documentary, “A Thousand Days,” through Jan 5. 9am to 5pm 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum This is America’s only national memorial to the Holocaust. The museum features permanent exhibit as well as film and temporary exhibits. Please allow 3 hours to visit this museum. See the Concierge for special VIP entry passes. 10am to 5:30pm 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW

Capital Sights Bureau of Engraving and Printing Printing site of billions of U. S. dollars! This tour is in high demand. Space is given on a first come first served basis with the line forming at the Visitor Entrance on 14th Street. Tours: Monday to Friday 9 to 10:45am and 12:30 to 2pm. Visitor Center: 8:30am to 3:30pm 14th and C Streets, SW

Library of Congress The three LOC buildings are remarkable public spaces named after Presidents who had a strong connection with the creation of the library. The LOC offers docent led tours of the magnificent Thomas Jefferson Building and discuss the history of the Library as well as the art and architecture of this historic building opened in 1897. Newly introduced is the Library of Congress Experience in the Jefferson Building. Monday through Saturday 8:30am to 4:30pm 101 Independence Avenue, SE

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Visit Washington’s newest memorial to a civil right’s king. Open 24 hours per day. On Independence Avenue, SW at the Tidal Basin between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials.

The White House Open for groups only when booked in advance through a Congressional office.

United States Capitol The Capitol building is a symbol of the American people and their government, the meeting place of the nation’s legislature and an art and history museum. Guided tours start at the Capitol Visitor Center. Free tickets are required and distributed in advance via the internet. One ticket per person. Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 4:30pm

Washington Monument The Washington Monument is currently closed.

World War II Memorial The WWII Memorial is an open air tribute to America’s greatest generation. Open 24 hours per day. On the Mall at 17th Street, NW between Independence & Constitution Avenues ♦ An insider tip: Most sites become less crowded after 2pm when school groups leave. ♦ Museums and galleries are open seven days a week unless otherwise noted.

Special Events and Sports Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium

Sporting Events

Dec 8 Dec 22

Verizon Center Washington Capitals Dec 3 Dec 7 Dec 10 Dec 15 Dec 21 Dec 23 Dec 27

7pm 7pm 7pm 3pm 7pm 7pm 7pm

Carolina Hurricanes Nashville Predators Tampa Lightening Philadelphia Flyers New Jersey Devils Anaheim Ducks New York Rangers

Hotel Information

Breakfast: Monday - Friday 6:30am to 10:30am Saturday & Sunday 7:00am to 10:30am Lunch: Saturday Only 10:30am to 2:30pm Brunch: Sunday Only 10:30am to 2:00pm Executive Chef, Doug Anderson

BOURBON STEAK Lunch: Monday - Friday Dinner: Friday - Saturday Sunday - Thursday Lounge: Friday Saturday Sunday Monday - Thursday Patio Seating:

11:30am to 2:30pm 6:00pm to 10:30pm 6:00pm to 10:00pm 11:00am to 1:00am 2:30pm to 1:00am 2:30pm to 12:00am 11:00am to 12:00am

Closes at 10:45pm Executive Chef, John Critchley

ENO Monday - Saturday Sunday

Shows at 8 and 10pm Dec 1 Alex Bugnon Dec 2 Blues Alley Youth Orchestra Dec 3 Swing Machine Christmas Dec 4 Roberto Pomili Music Center at Strathmore Dec 5 - 8 Arturo Sandoval 4pm Boston Brass, Big Band & Chorus Dec 10 & 11 Eric Felten Orchestra 7pm La Scala Academy Orchestra Dec 12 - 15 Marcus Johnson’s Holiday 8pm Crystal Gayle & Lee Greenwood Party 8pm Ultimate Doo Wop Show Dec 16 Gregg Karukas 8pm BSO: The Four Seasons Dec 17 Veronneau 4pm Youth Orchestra Dec 18 A Stan Kenton Christmas 7pm Stone Ridge Christmas Concert Dec 19 A Prelude to Christmas with 8pm BSO: Holiday Cirque Dave Detwiler 8pm Spanish Harlem: Salsa Navidad Dec 20 Carol Riddick 8pm Handel’s Messiah Dec 21 Lynne Riddmont 3pm Handel’s Messiah Dec 22 The Redd Brothers 7:30pm Moscow Ballet’s Nutcracker Dec 23 Richardson, Herrera and 7:30pm Moscow Ballet’s Nutcracker Friends 7:30pm A Candlelight Christmas Dec 27 - 31 Monty Alexander 4pm The Irish Tenors 8pm The Irish Tenors The Barns at Wolf Trap 4pm National Philharmonic Dec 5 8pm John Medeski 7:30pm A Candlelight Christmas Dec 6 8pm Bill Frisell’s Big Sur Quintet 3pm Salute to Vienna

Music

Dec 1 Dec 4 Dec 5 Dec 6 Dec 7 Dec 8 Washington Wizards Dec 10 Dec 2 7pm Orlando Magic Dec 12 Dec 6 7pm Milwaukee Bucks Dec 13 Dec 9 7pm Denver Nuggets Dec 14 7pm Los Angeles Clippers Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 28 7pm Detroit Pistons Dec 16 Georgetown Mens Basketball Dec 17 Dec 5 9pm High Point Dec 19 Dec 7 12pm Colgate Dec 21 Dec 17 7pm Elon Dec 28 12pm Florida International Dec 21 Dec 22 Washington Redskins at Fed Ex Field Dec 23 Dec 1 8:30pm New York Giants Dec 29 Dec 8 1pm Kansas City Chiefs Dec 22 1pm Dallas Cowboys

SEASONS RESTAURANT

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1pm Minnesota Vikings 8:30pm New England Patriots

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FITNESS CLUB AND SPA

Use of the Fitness Club and Spa is complimentary to hotel guests. Each of the cardiovascular equipment has its own audio/visual system. Dip in the two-lane lap pool or the oversized whirlpool beneath a vaulted ceiling with skylights. Eucalyptus scented steam and sauna rooms are available for men and women. The Spa offers an international array of treatments, including Healing Stone Massage, Carita Body Slimming and Firming Treatment, Revitalizing Rosemary Citron Polish, Cherry Blossom Champagne Body Treatment, Four Seasons in One Signature Spa Treatment and 25 minute Executive Treatments. A wide variety of massages, facials aromatherapy treatments are also available. Open daily from 5:30am to 10pm Spa treatments available daily 9am to 9pm “The Four Seasons Fitness Club is nonpareil.” -Runners World

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USEFUL WEBSITES

www.kennedy-center.org Kennedy Center www.arenastage.org Arena Stage www.atlasarts.org Atlas Performing Arts Center www.fordstheatre.org Ford’s Theatre www.nationaltheatre.org National Theatre www.shakespearetheatre.org Shakespeare Theatre www.sig-online.org Signature Theatre www.sourcedc.org Source Theatre www.studiotheatre.org Studio Theatre www.warnertheatredc.com Warner Theatre www.washingtondcjcc.org Theater J www.wolftrap.org Wolf Trap www.woollymammoth.net Woolly Mammoth Theatre www.verizoncenter.com Verizon Center www.americanart.si.edu American Art Museum www.corcoran.org Corcoran Gallery of Art www.asia.si.edu Freer & Sackler Galleries www.hirshhorn.si.edu Hirshhorn Museum www.hillwoodmuseum.org Hillwood Museum www.nga.gov National Gallery of Art www.nmwa.org Museum of Women in the Arts www.npg.si.edu Portrait Gallery www.phillipscollection.org Phillips Collection www.nasm.si.edu Air and Space Museum www.africa.si.edu Museum of African Art www.americanhistory.si.edu American History Museum www.nmai.si.edu Museum of the American Indian www.nationalzoo.si.edu National Zoo www.mnh.si.edu Natural History Museum www.spymuseum.org International Spy Museum www.newseum.org The Newseum www.ushmm.org Holocaust Memorial Museum www.moneyfactory.gov Engraving and Printing www.loc.gov Library of Congress www.tours.visitthecapitol.gov Capitol Building www.nps.gov/wamo Washington Monument www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org Cherry Blossom Festival

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In The City Holiday Supplement, More Fun To Be Had By All! Downtown DC Holiday Market, along the sidewalk adjacent to the National Portrait Gallery on F Street between 7th and 9th Streets, NW. Noon to 8pm, through Dec 23. Zoo Lights at Smithsonian’s National Zoo, through January 1, (excluding the evenings of December 24 and 25). Festival of Lights (more than 450,000!) at the Mormon Temple, Kensington, MD, through January 1. ICE! Walk through a winter wonderland Twas the Night Before Christmas carved entirely of ice. National Harbor, MD through January 6. Come and Behold Him: Annual Cathedral Créche Exhibit, Washington National Cathedral, through January 12. Ice Skating at the Georgetown Harbour Waterfront, just 5 minutes walk from along Potomac River. Ice Skating at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden: Skate on a lovely ring amidst word class sculpture and don’t forget to have a cup of hot chocolate in the café. Christmas Open House at DAR Constitution Hall, December 4. National Christmas Tree Lighting, on the Ellipse near the White House, December 6. Handel’s Messiah at the Washington National Cathedral, December 6. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting, on the West Lawn of the U. S. Capitol Building, December 6. Holiday Sing-A-Long, Wolf Trap Filene Center, dress warmly, it’s outside, December 7. Swedish Christmas Bazaar at the House of Sweden in Georgetown, December 7. Pathway of Peace includes 56 smaller decorated trees from each state, the five territories and the District of Columbia planted around the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, December 7 through January 1. The Washington Revels (celebrating Echoes of Thrace: Music, Dance and Drama of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey) creates community celebrations based on traditional music, dance and stories from around the world often handed down over the centuries. Lisner Auditorium, December 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15. Logan Circle House Tour highlighting a variety of Victorian homes in this 50 square block community, December 8. The Joy of Christmas featuring the Maret School Concert Choir and the world premier of a Christmas carol by the renowned composer Bob Chilcott, at the National Cathedral, December 11 and 12. Fete des Lumieres Georgetown, the holiday season will be aglow as four international artists bring their public art displays, using lights as their medium to Georgetown, Dec 13 through 20. The Swingin’ Nutcracker, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Concert featuring the music of Duke Ellington at Epiphany Church, December 14. Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade: See the “decked out” sailing ships and motor yachts parade passed the City Dock in downtown Annapolis, Maryland. (Approximately 1 hour from the Four Seasons Hotel). This is truly a holiday favorite! December 14. Russian Winter Festival at Hillwood Museum, December 14 and 15. The President’s Own United States Marine Band, Big Band Holiday Concert, at the Marine Barracks, Dec 15. Purchase one of our fabulous lobby Christmas trees to benefit pediatric oncology programs at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Must have a specific tree? Buy it now! See the Concierge prior to the event. Thank you! Dec 15. A John Waters Christmas at The Birchmere, Dec 18. All Star Jazz Jam with Chuck Redd and Robert Redd as they send off the season playing jazzy renditions of all your holiday favorite. Millennium State of the Kennedy Center, 6pm, Dec 25. First Night Alexandria, Virginia an alcohol free evening with performances for all ages & fireworks at midnight. December 31.