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| Saturday, January 13, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
JIMMY BRUNO and JOE BECK
Jazz Guitarists |
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Two of the country's great jazz guitarists play music from their first CD together, which was issued last year on the Concord label and includes favorites such as "Summertime," "How Long Has This Been Going on," and "Eleanor Rigby." |
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| Sunday, January 14, 2001 at 4 p.m. | MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY CELEBRATION |
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Rappahannock County's tenth annual celebration honoring the birthday of the great civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. A community event. No admission charge. Open, unreserved seating. |
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| Friday, January 19, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"Gladiator" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, January 27, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
BILL CHARLAP
Jazz Piano Recital |
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"Bill Charlap is a rarity among jazz players. He's a romantic. Melodies in his hands are held in trust." The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 2000. "Charlap excels in speaking plainly, but with much eloquence." Down Beat, December 2000. |
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| Friday, February 2, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"Almost Famous" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, February 3, 2001 at 7 p.m. | VARIETY SHOW |
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The fifth annual variety show performed and presented by members of the Washington Baptist Church. A community event. No admission charge. Open, unreserved seating. |
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| Saturday, February 10, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
Lieder of SCHUBERT and SCHUMANN
Smithsonian at Little Washington Concert Series |
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Max van Egmond, baritone, Kenneth Slowik, piano. Famed Dutch baritone Max van Egmond began his illustrious career in Amsterdam in 1959, and has since recorded and/or performed major roles in baroque oratorios, cantatas, and opera with virtually every important period-instrument ensemble. He and Kenneth Slowik began their collaboration nearly a quarter of a century ago at Oberlin’s Baroque Performance Institute. For this recital, they turn to the great Romantic Lieder of Schubert and Schumann, including the complete Dichterliebe (“The Poet’s Loves”), Schumann’s magical settings of texts by Heinrich Heine. |
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| Friday, February 16, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"Wonder Boys" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Sunday, February 25, 2001 at 2 p.m. | LIONS CLUB MUSIC CONTEST |
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The Rappahannock Lions Club annual music contest for local schoolchildren. A community event. No admission charge. Open, unreserved seating. |
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| Friday, March 2, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. |
"Remember the Titans" (PG)
film presented by RAAC |
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Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 11 at 3 p.m. |
THE MOUSETRAP, by Agatha Christie
Christendom College Players |
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The Christendom College Players present their eighth annual performance at the Theatre. "The Mousetrap" is by far the longest running play ever on London's West End - it is now in its 47th year there. For reservations and ticket information, contact the Christendom College Players directly at (540)636-2900. |
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| Friday, March 16, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"Best in Show" (PG-13)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 3 p.m. |
GEMS of the VIENNESE CLASSICS
Smithsonian at Little Washington Concert Series |
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The Coolidge Quartet (violinists Hasse Borup and Se-Yun Lee, violist Stephen King, and cellist Amy Leung, with pianist Kenneth Slowik. The prize-winning Coolidge Quartet was formed in 1997 and has already performed concerts in Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia. Individually, members of the quartet have studied at the New England Conservatory, the Royal Danish Academy, and Yale University. Currently the quartet is in residence at the University of Maryland, where it received the three-year Guarneri Fellowship. |
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| Friday, April 6, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"Billy Elliott" (Unrated)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Friday, April 20, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (PG-13)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Friday, May 4, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"Traffic" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, May 12, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
THE SMITHSONIAN AT LITTLE WASHINGTON
The Brilliance of the Baroque |
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Sonatas by J.S. Bach for viola and harpsichord. Steven Dann, viola, and Kenneth Slowik, harpsichord. |
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| Friday, May 18, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"A Hard Day's Night"
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, May 26, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
THE ART OF BRITISH FOLK SONG
Amanda Balestieri and Victoria Hartung |
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Amanda Balestrieri, soprano, and Victoria Hartung, pianoforte. This unique concert of traditional folk music of the British Isles is designed and performed by two English-born musicians. The program includes songs from collections and arrangements by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Cecil Sharp, Peter Warlock and Benjamin Britten, and piano solos of music by Percy Grainger, whose music is evocative of the English countryside. |
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| Saturday, June 2, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"You Can Count on Me" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, June 9, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
AN EVENING OF JAZZ
Howard Alden, guitar, Ken Peplowski, clarinet |
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The fine jazz guitarist, Howard Alden, teams up with renowned clarinetist, Ken Peplowski, for the final concert of the spring. Critic Wayne Thompson wrote in Jazzscene, "If there are better young jazz guitar players in America than Howard Alden, I have yet to hear them." New York Times music critic John S. Wilson called Peplowski "a clarinetist with a Benny Goodman tone and a Buddy DeFranco style." |
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| Saturday, June 16, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"House of Mirth" (PG)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, July 7, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"Thirteen Days" (PG)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, July 21, 2001 at 8 p.m. |
"A Time for Drunken Horses" (unrated)
film presented by RAAC |
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