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Spinning Wheels
The men's pro field chases the leader in last year's CSC Invitational in Arlington.
(By Douglas Graham)
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Arlington. For tickets, 800-955-5566; for
information, 703-820-9771 or
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Balanchine by Farrell
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, founded by George Balanchine's star ballerina, dances some of his masterworks and an excerpt from Maurice Bejart's 1966 "Romeo and Juliet" in two programs opening Wednesday at the Kennedy Center. The shows include the Washington premieres of two works reconstructed as part of Farrell's Balanchine Preservation Initiative. Tickets cost $29 to $84. See story on Page 20.
SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET Wednesday through June 8 at 7:30 and June 9-10 at 1:30 and 7:30 at the Kennedy Center Opera House, 2700 F St. NW (Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU, with free shuttles). 202-467-4600 (TDD: 202-416-8524) or
http:/
Symphonic Fun
Lucie Arnaz and Robert Klein sing music from "They're Playing Our Song," the Broadway hit they starred in nearly 30 years ago, Friday and Saturday at the Kennedy Center during the National Symphony Orchestra's final pops concert of the season, "They're Playing Our Song -- Again!" Marvin Hamlisch will conduct his own songs and music by Irving Berlin, Cy Coleman and more. Tickets cost $20 to $80.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday at 7 and Saturday at 8 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW (Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU, with free shuttles). 202-467-4600 (TDD: 202-416-8524) orhttp:/
Ten-time Grammy Award-winning singer and "body percussionist" Bobby McFerrin conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Friday at Strathmore in Bethesda and Saturday at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. The program includes light classics by Mendelssohn and Mozart and McFerrin's own improvisations. Tickets cost $21 to $80.
BOBBY McFERRIN AND THE BSO Friday at 8 at the
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda (Metro: Grosvenor-Strathmore); and Saturday at 8 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore. 877-276-1444 orhttp:/
Afternoon on the Bayou
The New Orleans Social Club headlines the 18th annual Louisiana Swamp Romp, an afternoon of Cajun, zydeco and blues sounds, Sunday at Wolf Trap. They'll be joined by Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Sonny Landreth and Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie. General admission tickets cost $25.
LOUISIANA SWAMP ROMP Sunday at 2 in the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. For tickets, 877-965-3872; for information, 703-255-1868 orhttp:/
-- Compiled by Barry Barriere
