About a month ago Bob Dylan played The Times They Are a Changin’ at the White House. According to the press, he came and he left, almost without a trace, other than his moving performance. After playing he apparently receded into the night, like the mysterious wandering minstrel, with only a slight nod and a [...]
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Immutable
Posted in Culture, Performing Arts, tagged music on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
And the Oscar Goes To….
Posted in Performing Arts, Sports, tagged soccer on October 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Not only did the Mens Varsity Soccer team beat Field in its Homecoming game, scoring a mind-bending goal to win one-to-zip at the end of double overtime – but they also took home the Oscar for Best Video Short Filmed On or Near a Utility Vehicle. The film, What Happens on the Boys Varsity Soccer [...]
Cory Lights Up the Saint Plays
Posted in Performing Arts, tagged theater on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Saint Plays by Erik Ehn, opens tonight at Factory 449, a local theater on DC’s Church Street. And… (drum roll)… the behind-the-scenes star is our very own Cory Frank, who is the Lighting Director. That alone makes it a must see! A key part of Burke life, in addition to academics, is theater and [...]
Looking for a way to spend your Saturday?
Posted in Culture, Education, Performing Arts, Uncategorized on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 26th Annual Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival Saturday, September 11, 2010 12-7 p.m. Free! Some events may require free tickets. It’s a new season of Performing Arts for Everyone! This year’s Open House Arts Festival is part of the Kennedy Center’s Celebrate Mexico 2010, a three-week-long commemoration of Mexico’s 200 years of independence and 100 years [...]
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Free for All’
Posted in Performing Arts on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 20th annual ‘Free for All” is here…through september 5th! What’s the Free for all? Each year in august, shakespeare re-mounts one of their old shows from the past few seasons, every ticket totally free! This year they are presenting “Twelfth Night” Tickets are distributed through an online lottery system – find out [...]
Music for a Hot Summer Day (or Night)
Posted in Performing Arts, tagged music on August 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Raphael Saadiq channels Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and other voices of Detroit for the 21st Century. This video is a short acoustic set from NPR’s Tiny Desk Music series. Hot music for a hot summer day.
Summer Stuff – The Play’s The Thing
Posted in Performing Arts, tagged theater on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is the first of what is hopefully a series of posts about what everyone is up to this summer.* Last Friday evening, Burke.Word fled the sweltering sidewalks of DC for the theater among cool grass and shady trees near Great Falls. Close to the banks for the Potomac under the setting sun, three acting [...]
Summer in the City…
Posted in Art, Community, Performing Arts on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Isn’t complete without the invasion of FRINGE. What’s FRINGE? well it’s a worldwide performing arts festival that happens in 24 states and 60 countries throughout the year. (see the full list of festivals in the US HERE) Fringe Festivals feature new, innovate work by both established theatre artists and folks just starting out. There are [...]
Jenny & Johnny
Posted in Performing Arts, tagged music on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’re big Jenny Lewis fans around these parts. She rose to musical fame as one of the driving wheels behind LA band, Rilo Kiley. She later recorded two great solo albums, Rabbit Fur Coat and Acid Tongue. She’s played with a who’s who of other leading musical lights, including Postal Service, Elvis Costello, Conor Oberst/Bright [...]
2010 Band Showcase
Posted in Performing Arts, tagged music on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Are we not formed, as notes of music are, For one another, though dissimilar? ~Percy Bysshe Shelley And is that why when those who are close to us play for us that we are moved, and resonate like nearby strings. One of the highlights of the recent 2010 Band showcase was the debut of an [...]
Sultans of Swing Play Blues Alley
Posted in Performing Arts, tagged music on May 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Dictionaries dryly define musical “swing” as playing with an intuitive sense of rhythm. A better way to understand what swing really means is to paraphrase the Supreme Court’s very ‘precise’ definition of pornography, and just concede that with swing – you’ll know it when you hear it. If you were at Blues Alley Monday night, [...]
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of – Burke Film Fest
Posted in Performing Arts, tagged movies on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Want to ‘see the stuff that dreams are made of’? Well, then I’m going to make you an offer that you can’t refuse. So, go ahead, make my day, and attend the Burke Film Festival Saturday May 15! The Film Fest, brought to you by our own Allen Jackson, is where young film makers can [...]
Burke Grad “Scores” Big! [From David]
Posted in Alumni, Community, Performing Arts, tagged Alumni, movies, music on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
[Ed: The following is a cool alumni message from David Shapiro:] When Greg Martin left Burke to study at the Berklee College of Music 3 years ago, we knew that we would be “hearing” from him in the near future. Well, the future is here! Not only has Greg completed Berklee’s prestigious program in three [...]
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