2009/2010
2009:
Gallery March 14th to April 30th
Judy Byron - Where I Live
Exploring Identity Through Bodies And Clothes.
Friday, March 27th
Movie Night at the Corner Store
Saturday, March 28th 8:00 PM
Pickers Party at the Corner Store
Jam Session/Open Stage night at the corner.
Saturday April 18th 8:00 PM
Cabaret! "Spring Is..." Kathy Reilly
with Mary Reilly and Barry Abel
Thursday April 30th
7:00 to 9:30 PM Fused Glass Intro
with Laurie Siegel & Kris Swanson
Sunday May 3rd
Noon to 5 PM- Gift & Garden Art Show
Saturday May 9th
Gallery Opening 6 to 8 PM
Ellen Cornett "Retold Tales"
Music Hall- 8 to 10 PM
Roger Hart & Matt Holsen
Eclectic blends and Blues
Sunday May 17th -Noon to 5 PM
One day woven Glass Art Show
“Nets-Working”
Kids helping kids (buy mosquito nets)
Benefit show for Save The Children, with instructor Laurie Siegel
Friday May 22nd
Movie Night at the Corner Store
Saturday May 30th
Dance party
8 PM- The Bobbe Shore Trio
Monday June 8th
Gallery Opening for
Valerie Gwinner
Saturday June 27th
Author Reading at 8 PM
"Summer Shorts With A Twist"
by writer/performer Brett Busang.
Explore the themes of heat, seasonal and otherwise.
Saturday July 8th - Gallery Opening
New work from 29 Award winning artists
of the Capitol Hill Art League, through August 2nd.
Saturday July 18th
Kids Day at the Corner!
Pinata Decorating Workshop and
Pinata Show from 2 to 4 PM
With Thalia Wiggins
Liz DeRoche - Kid’s Concert at 5 PM
With songs from her new CD,
The Singing Lizard
Wednesday July 22nd
Author Reading at 8 PM
Patricia Roth Schwartz -
Poetry & short fiction
Thursday July 30th
Poetry/Jazz at 8 PM
Ruth Lepson & Friends
Saturday August 15th
Kids & Family Day at the Corner! 5 PM
Artist/Performer Kevin Reese builds a
Giant Mobile over the audience with
performed in venues across the country, including the Kennedy Center.
Wednesday August 19th
Multi actor Play Reading at 8 PM
“Charleston Revisited” by Anthony Gallo
Saturday August 8th
Gallery Opening 6 to 8 PM
12 US artists explore the cool & wet with
“Water!”
Friday August 21st at 8 PM
Theater/ Solo work by
Los Angeles performance artist
Nia Orms
Winner of the NAACP award for best actress in a play - 2008
Saturday August 22nd
Concert & CD Release Party
Two Shows, 5 PM & 8 PM
Nancy Eddy & Friends
Fourth Friday Movies on August 28th
Thursday September 24th
Poetry at 8 with
Palestinian poet Tala A. Rahmeh
Thursday October 1st
Sensei/Student Show closing party
Sunday October 4th at 7:30 PM
Dresden & Peckett's Garden Party
Wednesday October 7th
7 to 9:30 PM
Fused Glass Workshop
Saturday October 10th
Gallery Opening 5 to 8 PM
Alec Simpson Flashback/Fast Forward
Monday October 12th at 8 PM
Matthew Wilson performs
The Great One-Man Commedia Epic
Friday October 16th &
Saturday October 17th at 8 P
Nia Orms
Saturday November 14th
Gallery Opening - 6 to 8 PM
Relative Influences
New work by Kitty Kaupp,
Tati Kaupp and Stefan Prosky
Saturday November 21st - 8 PM
Comedy at the Corner
New York comic Hilary Schwartz
Friday December 4th at 8 PM
Friday Night Dance Hall
with Matt Holsen & Roger Hart
Friday December 11th from 6 to 8 PM
CHOMPS The Cookbook
Book signing party with Celeste McCall
Friday December 18th at 8 PM
Holiday Noir
Stories for grownups, written and read by Brett Busang.
Saturday December 19th
CANCELLED DUE TO BLIZZARD
Sunday December 20th at 8
Jennifer Cutting's "Winter Light"
A Celtic Solstice Celebration
"Nothing short of spellbinding"- The Washington Post
In the Gallery through December
Paintings by artists from Mozambique &
masks by DC teens in our
15th Annual Holiday Art Show
Africans/Americans
Also featuring CHOMPS The Cookbook, Singing Lizard CD's, Prosky solar art robots, Richardson jewelry, Szyndler gourd vessels, and multicultural children's books by Maya Ajmera, founder of the Global Fund for Children.
2010:
Friday January 8 at 8 PM
Trinity: Three in Search of Self
A staged reading of a solo performance
written and performed by Terry Nicholetti
Directed by Laura Zam.
What do a Mary Kay sales woman who has lost her courage to dance, an Irish Catholic priest who cannot ask God to forgive his homosexuality, and a motivational speaker who has lost her motivation have in common? Find out in this funny and touching exploration of what it means to be true to one's self - and what it costs us when we are not.
Saturday Jan 16th, from 11 AM to 5 PM
Corner Store joins the first
Barrack's Row Weekend Arts Walk
opening with a children's concert by Liz DeRoche, (aka:The Singing Lizard) and followed by
afternoon Jazz with 21 Gessford Court, an African Art show, refreshments, and more.
Saturday February 13th, from 8 PM on...
Fourth Annual Dance Party with the FABULETTES!
Friday, Feb 19th - Mixed Media Reflections
Featuring the Works of Twelve African American
Artists in Honor of Black History Month.
Show runs through March 13th
Friday February 26th- 7:30 PM
Celebrating Africa's Treasures: Reaching Back & Moving Forward
An evening in West Africa with Vera Oye’ Yaa-Anna & Friends.
Saturday February 27th- 8 PM
Stage –The Saartjie Project
A boundary pushing performance art group exploring contemporary perceptions of gender, race, and power amidst the backdrop of the tumultuous life of 19th-century Saartjie Baartman, the collective’s namesake.
Friday March 5th at 8 PM
O’Beirne & Shipley
Irish singer/songwriter Gerry O'Beirne and
American fiddler Rosie Shipley in concert together.
"an unstoppable, potently creative force."
Saturday March 13th from 6 to 8 PM
Closing party for "Mixed Media Reflections"
Sunday March 14th at 3 PM
Trinity: Three Souls in Search of Self
A staged reading of a solo performance
written and performed by Terry Nicholetti
Directed by Laura Zam.
Friday March 19th from 6 to 8 PM
Gallery Opening
Coming Home:A Collection of Works by
Rosetta DeBerardinis
Sunday March 21st from 11 AM to Noon
Kid's Concert! with Liz Deroche (The Singing Lizard!)
Saturday March 27th at 8 PM
Holsen & Hart - CD Recording Session
Live From The Corner Store
Friday April 16th at 8 PM
Poetry SLAM
Top 5 poets of the night will represent DC at the
Southern Fried Poetry Slam in Knoxville.
Saturday April 17th
7 PM Artist's talk with Rosetta DeBerardinis
8 PM Jazz with 21 Gessford Court
Sunday April 18th at 5 PM
Flutasia - Concert
Nan Raphael and Susan Brockman
Friday April 30th
Gallery open from 3 to 6:30 PM
Rosetta DeBerardinis Show Closing
Sunday May 2nd - 5 to 6 PM
Yousef Daoud
(Also published as Joe Martin)
Sunday May 16th - 3:30 to 5:30 PM
Adult/Child Glass Fusing workshop
with Laurie Siegel & Kris Swanson
rsvp $80 per team
Gallery- Paintings by Larry G. Lyles
Show runs through May 23rd- view by appt.
Friday May 21 and Saturday May 22 at 8 pm
Cabaret Celebration!
A Benefit for The Corner Store
with Barry Abel, Michael Miyazaki, Kathy Reilly,
Mary Reilly & Eileen Warner
Thursday May 27th from 6 to 9 PM
American Political Art
1960’s Posters and Original Paintings
from the Cold War to Vietnam.
Exhibition Only from a private collection
Friday, May 28th at 8 PM
SLAM Poets!
Open Mic, followed by rounds from the
DC Finalists for the Southern Fried Championship Slam in Knoxville.
Sunday June 6th 3:30 to 5:30 PM
Children's Glass Art Show & Sale
Tuesday June 8th from 7:30 to 9 PM
Calling all Wordsmiths for
Game Night! Bananagrams
Four players per table, open to first 24 to sign up.
Friday, July 16th at 8 PM
Concert! The Pushovers
Smart-Pop Folk Rock with Liz DeRoche, Mara Levi & Nancy Eddy
Saturday, July 17th at 8:00 PM
Theater- a solo performance by
Laura Zam “Collaterally Damaged”
Monday, July 19th at 8 PM
Staged reading of
"The Dresser" with actor Ed Gero
& the Taffety Punk Theatre Co.
Gallery June 8th - July 20th
"Twisting The Lens" -->
Photographers
Geoff Ault, Jane Brack,
Tom Grahame, Scott Speck,
Suzanne Wnek, Martha Huigenza,
Thom Goertel, and Shirley Fiske.
Wednesday, July 21st from 7 to 11 PM
21st @ 21
First of a series of off-site parties at
21 Gessford Court, SE, on the 21st
of each month. Music, food, byob.
Sunday July 25th at 8 PM
Concert with Nashville Singer/Songwriter
Megan McCormick
Thursday July 29th from 6 to 9 PM
Gallery Opening
“Things of Things”- Ezara Spangl
Friday August 6th at 7:30
Movie Night!
Voted Best Popcorn in Town
Saturday, August 21st from 7 to 11 PM
21st @ 21
Second in a series of off-site parties at
21 Gessford Court, SE, on the 21st
of each month. Live Music, food, byob.
Sunday, August 22nd
Gallery - Show Closing
“Things of Things”- Ezara Spangl
Thursday August 26th at 8 PM
Staged reading of a new play by Anthony Gallo
The Botticelli Cruise
Saturday September 11th from 5 to 8 PM
Gallery Opening
Digital Expression: 23rd Psalm Series
Alec Simpson
Sunday September 12th from 2 to 4 PM
First Generation/concert/spoken word
Tuesday September 14th from 7:30 to 9 PM
Game Night! Bananagrams
Tuesday September 21st from 7 to 11 PM
Off-site event series,
21st @ 21 Gessford Court, SE
Live music, food, byob.
Thursday September 23rd at 10:30 AM
Kid's Concert with Liz DeRoche &
The Boogie Babes!
Sunday September 26th from 5 to 8 PM
Greater Leadership of DC &
Alec Simpson Show Closing Party
Wednesday September 29th at 8 PM
Concert- Harmonious Wail
Thursday October 21st @ 21 Gessford Court
Friday October 29th at 7 PM
Discussion with
Micha Kurz from Grassroots Jerusalem.
Saturday October 30th at 8 PM
Concert- Hannah Spiro & Deb Felz
Thursday November 4th at 7 PM
Author Reading-Dyana Furmansky
"Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy"
Friday November 5th at 8 PM
Concert- Wes Swing Cello
Wednesday November 10th at 8 PM
Concert- Tik Tok
4 Guys with a New Orleans infused klezmer blast****
SOLD OUT
Thursday November 11th at 8 PM, added 9 PM show
Solo Performance- Emma Jaster
"Next Time the Neatline"
Friday November 12th at 8 PM
Sunday November 14th
Gallery-Show Opening for
Anna Demovidova
Friday November 19th at 8 PM
Sunday November 21st - 7 to 11 PM
Off-site event
21st @ 21 Gessford Court, SE
Tuesday November 23rd - 7:30 to 9 PM
Game Night
Calling all wordsmiths for another round of
Bananagrams -$5 Donation/ prizes*
Friday December 3rd at 8 PM
Comedian Hilary Schwartz & Friends
Saturday December 4th at 8 PM
Solo performance- Kurt H. Sutton
"An Evening With Mark Twain"
Sunday December 5th at 4 PM
Author Reading- Barbara E. Joe
Award winning Peace Corp memoir
Sunday December 5th at 8 PM
Concert-Cary Hudson
Tuesday December 7th 2:30 PM
DC simulcast screening of
Friday December 10th at 8 PM
Concert- Megan McCormick
December Gallery show
Irene Owsley's Wild Washington
Dec 11th - Jan 2nd
Saturday December 18th at 8 PM
Annual Winter Solstice Concert
SOLD OUT!
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Quartet
Tuesday December 21st - 7 to 11 PM
Off-site event
21st @ 21 Gessford Court, SE
Live music, food, byob