Happy Days lead Nancy Robinette, courtesy of the Atlas Performing Arts Center
Looking for something to do this weekend? Take your pick: see thought-provoking theatre, enjoy dance recitals and music, cheer on runners as they celebrate Gay Pride Week, enjoy international cuisine or a visit to the graves and tombs just a stone’s throw from your house. Talk about variety!
At the Atlas Performing Arts Center you can buy a low-priced ticket for the darkly classic Samuel Beckett classic Happy Days. Helen Hayes Award® winner Nancy Robinette stars as Winnie, a woman struggling to uncover meaning in her static, lonely life, while revealing the absurdity of life. Tickets for the preview shows, June 7, 8 and 10, are $10. The show runs through July 5, and tickets range from $20-$40.
On Saturday the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) presents a day of art, music, dance, and more at the “CHAW Art and Performance Festival” The event, featuring adult and youth student performances in dance and music, as well as a faculty recital, runs from 1-7:30 p.m. Community guests include choral ensembles Not What You Think, A Second Wind and the DC Youth Orchestra. All activities are free and open to all. See the CHAW website for a full schedule.
Head to Congressional Cemetery at 7 p.m. on Friday and you can cheer on the sold-out crowd of runners DC Front Runners Pride Run. Go back on Saturday at 11 a.m. for a docent lead tour of the cemetery. Free docent-led tours run every Saturday at 11 a.m. Meet by the front gate.
If your stomach is rumbling the H Street Food Festival might be the event for you. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday a number of our favorite H Street bars and restaurants will feature international food items on special. We’ve heard Vendetta is offering Steak Frites paired with a Boulevard beer. Mmmm…
Looking for something entertaining and intellectual for your kids on Saturday morning (before you head to CHAW?) The Folger Shakespeare Library is holding a Shake Up Your Saturday event. Kids participating in “Shakespeare’s the Thing” from 10-11 a.m. will explore how the bard created his plays and how they continue to capture our imagination 400 years later.