Galleries
1. “Stanley William Hayter: From Surrealism to Abstraction”: Long before his death in 1988, the British artist Stanley William Hayter had come to be regarded as one of the foremost printmakers of the 20th century. These 44 stunning prints cover a 58-year span of a remarkable career, tracing his development from his early, dreamlike, line-engraved pieces up through “Downward,” a piece made the year he died.
Where: National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW
When: Through Aug. 23
Info: Free; 202-737-4215; nga.gov
2. “Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw: Collaborations”: More than 60 individual and collaborative sculptures are featured in this career-spanning examination of the works of Bay Area artists Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw.
Where: The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
When: Through Aug. 9
Info: Free; 202-885-1300; american.edu/cas/katzen/museum
3. “Street/Studio”: Featuring work by Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Gaia, Imminent Disaster and others, this exhibition fills the gallery space and spills over into the alley behind 14th Street, as befits a collection of artists who have always used urban environs as their canvases.
Where: Irvine Contemporary, 1412 14th St. NW
When: June 20 to Aug. 1
Info: Free; 202-332-8767; irvinecontemporary.com
4. “The Twelfth Man”: Patrick McDonough and Kenny George explore the nexus of sports fandom and male identity in this multimedia exhibit using model cars, video games, and even pogo sticks to express the emotional investment sports fans make in the on-field action.
Where: District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW
When: Through July 12
Info: Free; dcartscenter.org
5. “Judy Pfaff: New Prints”: Judy Pfaff’s hypnotic prints use seemingly incongruent methods — encaustic, digital manipulation, woodblock — to create pieces more striking than a purist would dare.
Where: Hemphill Fine Arts, 1515 14th St. NW
When: Through Aug. 15
Info: Free; 202-234-5601; hemphillfinearts.com
Movies
“The Proposal”
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson
Director: Anne Fletcher
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, nudity and language
Running time: 108 min.
When high-powered book editor Margaret (Sandra Bullock) faces deportation to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she’s actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), whom she’s tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his own. The unlikely couple heads to Alaska to meet his quirky family (Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson and Betty White) and the always-in-control city girl finds herself in one comedic fish-out-of-water situation after another. With an impromptu wedding in the works and an immigration official on their tails, Margaret and Andrew reluctantly vow to stick to the plan despite the precarious consequences.
“Year One”
When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (played by Michael Cera and Jack Black) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
“Food Inc.”
Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration.
“Departures”
“Departures” follows Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki), a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and who is suddenly left without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over.
“Tetro”
Fresh faced and naive, 17-year-old Bennie arrives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to search for his older brother who has been missing for more than a decade. When Bennie finds his brother, the volatile and melancholy poet Tetro, he is not at all what he expected. In the course of staying with Tetro and his girlfriend Miranda, the two brothers grapple with the haunting experiences of their shared past.
Music
1. Huey Lewis & The News: Rock and roll with the pop group who know “The Power of Love” and find it “Hip to be Square.”
Where: Wolf Trap Filene Center
When: 8 tonight
Info: $40 in-house, $25 lawn; 877-965-3872; wolftrap.org
2. RAIN-A Tribute to the Beatles: Four talented guys who look and sound uncannily like the Fab Four take the audience on a multimedia journey from Liverpool and Ed Sullivan exposure to Abbey Road fame.
Where: Wolf Trap Filene Center
When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Info: $40 in-house, $25 lawn; 877-965-3872; www.wolftrap.org
3. Buddy Guy and Susan Tedeschi: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist shares the limelight with the soulful singer and her songs from “Back to the River” about real life experiences.
Where: Wolf Trap Filene Center
When: 8 p.m. Sunday
Info: $40 in-house, $25 lawn; 877-965-3872; wolftrap.org
4. Yellowjackets: The Grammy nominated jazz fusion legends top off a European tour with four evenings of unsurpassed improvisation.
Where: Blues Alley
When: 8 and 10 p.m. Thursday-Sunday
Info: $30; 202-337-4141; bluesalley.com
5. Delbert McClinton: Winner of his third Grammy Award for “Cost of Living” in the 2006 Contemporary Blues category, the singer-songwriter entertains with some of his hits during more than 40 years of music making.
Where: The Birchmere
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Info: $45; 703-549-7500; birchmere.com
Also worth noting:
6. John Eaton and Friends: Jazz meets Broadway when pianist/humorist/scholar John Eaton, bassist Tommy Cecil and celebrated area musicians perform and banter with Dwight Blocker Bowers, the Smithsonian’s curator of music, sports and entertainment.
Where: Smithsonian Institution
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Info: $20 to $25; 202-633-3030
7. Exploring zarzuela: The IN Series presents music from “La Gran Via” (The Avenue), “El Barberillo de Lavapies,” “La Verbena de la Paloma” and other light opera treasures from zarzuela, the Spanish musical theater.
Where: Harris Theater, George Mason University Summer Festival
When: 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday
Info: $25 adult, $15 student; 703-993-8888, 703-993-2787; gmu.edu/cfa/calendar/tickets/227
8. War: The funk band with soul and a social conscience revisits some of its greatest hits along with new material.
Where: The Birchmere
When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday
Info: $45; 703-549-7500; birchmere.com
Theater
1. “King Lear”: Shakespeare’s extraordinary tragedy, which is at once a touching family drama and an explosive political epic. Beginning with a monarch’s division of his kingdom among his three daughters, “Lear” explores the most basic questions of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil. Tony Award winner Robert Falls remounts his 2006 production, which captures both the stark violence and devastating passion of Shakespeare’s masterpiece. Stacy Keach will play the title role, returning to STC for the first time since “Macbeth” in 1995.
Where: The Shakespeare Theatre, Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday (except June 23); 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; through July 22.
Info: $20 to $84.75; 202-547-1122; shakespeare-theatre.org
2. “Three Blonde Moms”: In this high-energy comedy, three very different women from the same cul-de-sac talk about the absurd trials and tribulations women go through everyday as wives and mothers.
Where: Bethesda Theatre, 7710 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda
When: Through June 28
Info: $25 to $50; 301-657-7827
3. “Shakespeare’s R&J”: Joe Calarco’s contemporary adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet,” is set in a prep school where four boys take on all the roles and reveal aspects of Shakespeare’s characters hidden until now.
Where: 1st Stage, 1524 Spring Hill Road, McLean, Va.
When: Through July 12
Info: 1ststagespringhill.org
4. “The Year of Magical Thinking”: After Joan Didion’s husband died and her daughter lay in a coma, she wrote a brilliant memoir illuminating her grief. Now she has adapted it into a performance piece that is at once raw, funny and touching. Starring Helen Hedman.
Where: The Metheny Theatre, Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW
When: Through July 5
Info: $41 to $61; 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org
5. “The Millionairess”: George Bernard Shaw’s hilarious comedy about the richest woman in the world who is glamorous, clever and feisty. As Epifania Ognisanti di Parerga looks for a husband with money-making expertise, she raises issues of class, sex and power.
Where: The Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md.
When: Through July 12
Info: $26 to $49; 301-924-3400; olneytheatre.org
