Black History Month Puppet Show at the Greenbelt Community Center, Feb 7, Online

Black History Month Puppet Show at the Greenbelt Community Center, Feb 7, Online

The Artful Afternoon presents:

Online Puppet Show and Craft-At-Home Activity

Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 2pm

Location: Greenbelt Community Center Gymnasium 15 Crescent Rd. Online.

Join us for special activities celebrating Black History Month! All ages welcome.

Puppet movies at 3pm! Sign up here to receive the link to the 3pm YouTube premiere plus a live post-show event on Zoom with the puppets and puppeteers. No passcode is needed, but we will be using the Zoom waiting room feature; please check to make sure that your screen name on Zoom matches what is listed in this sign up so that we can admit you!

Crafts to go! You can also sign up here to receive instructions and materials for an at-home paper quilt activity inspired by the celebrated African American quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Free kits will be available for pick-up at the Greenbelt Community Center starting on Friday, February 5; supplies are limited, and pre-registration through this sign-up is required. One kit per sign-up. Enjoy on your own, or meet up with fellow participants and lead artist Barbara Joann Combs at 2pm on 2/7 to craft together on Zoom!

Free workshop and performance

Greenbelt Arts Center Old-Time Radio, Jan 25, Online

Greenbelt Arts Center Old-Time Radio, Online

Greenbelt Arts Center presents
Old Time Radio
Directed by Rikki Howie

By Greenbelt Arts Center, Online.

December 2020:
Suspense – Twas The Night Before Christmas
My Friend Irma – Irma Wants Extra Money for Christmas

To be posted January 25, 2021:
My Pal Patsy
Death Calls at Dinner
Cat Wife

Online performance, click here.

Greenbelt Arts Center and Laurel Mill Playhouse Theater Fun, Jan 17 at 2pm, Online

Greenbelt Arts Center and Laurel Mill Playhouse Theater Fun, Jan 17 at 2pm, Online

GAC and LMP team up for Theater FUN!

Date/Time: Sunday, January 17 @2pm – Zoom invitation will be emailed to you after you signup

By Greenbelt Arts Center, Online.

Hey DMV folx, 2020 have you feeling stuck? Miss your theater buddies? Want to try a new hobby? Interested in building some acting skills? Just want to try something different? You’re in luck!

Greenbelt Arts Center and Laurel Mill Playhouse are teaming up to host a fun afternoon of theater games! We’ll learn and play fun and interactive games in a virtual environment while hanging out with some dynamic friends! Come and watch the silliness, or join us for some virtual zip, zap, zop!

If you’re interested in joining this free, fun session, simply click: SIGN UP to complete the google form sign-up. There is no cost for this event but if you like what you see, consider supporting GAC and LMP with a donation. ALL are welcome!

Sign up here.

The Final Genocide at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jan 15

The Final Genocide at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jan 15

NextLOOK: Dominic Green
The Final Genocide
Friday, January 15, 2021 . 7PM

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

This performance will be presented in person at Joe’s Movement Emporium’s Outdoor Stage. Limited and socially distant seats will be available through their website. Masks are required to attend.

Set in the year 2093, this theatre work follows Davu, a young black man, through the ruins of a futuristic African-American history museum. There, Davu encounters androids who help him uncover a past unrealized, as they reenact stories of both the heroism and the destruction of Davu’s predecessors. The Final Genocide is a story of the possibilities and dangers faced by black men in America.

This event is part of NextLOOK. In partnership with Joe’s Movement Emporium, NextLOOK supports the development of new music, plays, dance and other experiences by regionally-based performing artists. These artists are mentored by seasoned arts administrators from The Clarice and Joe’s Movement Emporium to construct innovative methods of deepening the audience’s involvement in their creative process. By removing logistical barriers of cost and space and providing a sounding board for artists creating new work, NextLOOK invests in the regional arts ecology and creates an accessible, exploratory environment that connects intriguing artists with adventurous audiences.

Tickets start at $5, pay what you wish. Click here.

The Rude Mechanicals present Twelfth Night: Or What You Will at Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 9 & 10, Online

The Rude Mechanicals present Twelfth Night: Or What You Will at Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 8-10, Online

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at the Greenbelt Arts Center present:
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Tiffany M. Waters

Performances January 9 & 10, 2021
January 9, 2021 at 7:30 pm
January 10, 2021 at 2:00 pm

By Greenbelt Arts Center, Online.

Log in to a world where comedy and tragedy wear twin pajama pants. Where love, loss, and friendship must evolve in isolation and be filtered through your screen. Where duels are settled with game controllers, not swords, and Alexa plays “the food of love” on command. This is the new world, and in this world, you can be whoever you want (as long as you’re at home). This is I.L.L.Y.R.I.A.

Online performance, click here.