Saturday’s program includes "KETAMYTH," a tripped out tale of ketamine and the near-death experience; a musical setting of "Goblin Market," the Christina Rossetti poem about two sisters seduced by goblins; "Numbers/Dates" (sadness, despair, disgust, contempt), an exploration of emotions and the voice.

"KETAMYTH" composed by Ruby Fulton with words by Baynard Woods. "KETAMYTH" directed by Britt Olsen-Ecker, performed by RWO (Elisabeth Halliday and Bonnie Lander, sopranos; Robert Maril, baritone; George Lam, conductor and violin; Ruby Fulton, accordion and laptop).

"Goblin Market" composed by Douglas Buchanan and "Numbers/Dates" by Thomas Limbert.

Concert is free and open to the public.
Preview the band at: www.rhymeswithopera.org
This concert is funded by the NEA.

Honfleur Gallery 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE Washington DC, 20020
contact: 202.580.5972

M O R E A R T N E W S T H I S W E E K

* The Gallery at Vivid Solutions current exhibit, Some Account of Lacock Abbey by photographer Lisa McCarty, ends December 16th.

* Photographer Louie Palu’s current exhibit, The Fighting Season, is also on display at Honfleur Gallery until Dec 16th.
* Blank Space SE: 1922 MLK Jr. Ave. S.E. Washington, DC.

Creative Content Artisans Style Group Holiday Pop-Up Event
Dec 9, 3-8pm, Dec 10-11, 11am-7pm & Dec 14-18, 11am-7pm
Millee Spears of Khismet Wearable Art, Charita Powell of Amazulu & Chaya Designs, Stef N’ Ty and Nicole Summers will all be there!

An in-depth retrospective of the conflict in Southern Afghanistan photographed over five years. When prompted on the impetus for his travels to Afghanistan Palu answered, “When I started covering the war in 2006 it had become a forgotten conflict, many people today still don’t know where Kandahar is, let alone that it is in Afghanistan.” Excerpts of video and Louie’s diaries made on the front lines will also be featured in the gallery.

Lisa McCarty: Some Account of Lacock Abbey

Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Saturday, November 5th, from 2-5pm
Exhibit Dates: Open Now! October 15 – December 16
Lisa McCarty exhibits photographs taken at Lacock Abbey, the home of William Henry Fox Talbot. Both site and subject of the first photographic negative, the Abbey is hallowed ground in the history of photography and became a point of pilgrimage for McCarty.

Opening Reception: November 2nd, 5-7pm
Photographers: Mark Doxey, Paddy Kelly and Jane Butler

ARCH Artists in Residency Program is hosting three Northern Irish photographers as part of an on-going cultural exchange between with Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Belfast Exposed. As part of their two month stay, the three selected artists for this program; Mark Doxey, Jane Butler and Paddy Kelley have integrated themselves into the Anacostia community, culminating in a group exhibition at Blank Space SE. (ARCH’s residency program is funded, in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.)

Historic Anacostia also has a new public art installation that is on display for the next year. Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab printed twenty photo panels that are part of the Ward 8 Business Distrcit Beautification Project and installed on Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE. The photo panels are sponsored by DC Department of Housing and Community Development and Four Points LLC.

Artists involved with this project are: Marlon Norman, Renee Woodward, Melani Douglass, Luis Peralta, Tendani Mpulubusi El, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Jonathan French, Bruce McNeil, Deborah Terry, David Garber, Ozy Mandais, Nikki Tomeko Peele, Ashley Boyd, Andrea Hope, Shannon Holloway and Amber Robles-Gordon.

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