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Friday, October 3, 2008

The Week of Oct. 10

Celebrate the Navy's 233rd birthday Oct. 11 at Navy Day. Events to be held at the U.S. Navy Memorial (10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 202-737-2300 or http://www.navymemorial.org) include a battleship challenge, boat-building crafts and face painting for kids, music from the Navy jazz ensemble and displays about naval history. At the Washington Navy Yard (10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ninth and M streets SE, 202-433-3738 or http://www.cnic.navy.mil/ndw), visitors can climb aboard ships, explore the museum and eat birthday cake. Events at both locations are free.

The Week of Oct. 17

Watch some of the best horses and riders from around the world perform at the Washington International Horse Show Oct. 21-26 at Verizon Center (601 F St. NW). The show will feature a high jump competition; a pony pavilion for kids; and dressage. Call 301-987-9400 or visit http://www.wihs.org. $15-$100.

The Week of Oct. 24

Cirque du Soleil returns to the area Oct. 30 through Nov. 30 with its new show, "KOOZA." Using a combination of acrobatic artistry and slapstick humor that Cirque du Soleil is known for, the show tells the story of the Innocent, who is searching for his place in the world. National Harbor, 201 Harborview Ave., National Harbor. Call 800-678-5440 or visit http://www.cirquedusoliel.com. $38.50-$215.

On Exhibit

The following exhibitions open next week: "Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs," opening Oct. 10 at the National Portrait Gallery, includes portraits of such notable women as Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller and Wendy Wasserstein. Call 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285). . . . "Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over the River, a Work in Progress," opening Oct. 11 at the Phillips Collection, documents the efforts of the husband-and-wife art team to stretch fabric panels over the Arkansas River in Colorado. Call 202-387-2151. . . . "Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur," opening Oct. 11 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, traces the evolution of a particular Indian painting aesthetic from the 17th to the 19th century. Call 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285). . . . "Oceans, Rivers, and Skies: Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, and Alfred Stieglitz," opening Oct. 12 at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, spotlights three series of black-and-white landscapes by a trio of well-known photographers. Call 202-737-4215 (TDD: 202-842-6176). . . . On Oct. 12, two exhibitions open at the Baltimore Museum of Art: "Franz West, to Build a House You Start With the Roof: Work, 1972-2008" is a major U.S. retrospective of the Austrian sculptor's work, featured at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 2006 and 2007; while "Front Room: Dieter Roth and Rachel Harrison" pairs the art of a German and an American who share formal and conceptual concerns. Call 443-573-1700.

On Stage

On sale now, on stage soon: The Kennedy Center has something for the whole family in "Mermaids, Monsters and the World Painted Purple," in the Family Theater Oct. 10-26. It encompasses six pieces inspired by stories from Latino culture. Tickets cost $18. Call 202-467-4600. . . . In collaboration with the Washington Ballet Studio Company, the In Series presents "Fallen Angels," a dance-theater-cabaret production at the Atlas Performing Arts Center Oct. 11-19. Tickets cost $36. Call 202-204-7760.

Hot Tickets

Tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for Oasis and Ryan Adams and the Cardinals Dec. 20 at the Patriot Center ($49.50-$69.50). Tickets go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for the Harlem Globetrotters March 14 at Verizon Center ($22-$150). Call 202-397-7328 or visit http://www.ticketmaster.com. . . . Tickets are on sale at http://www.tickets.com for these 9:30 club shows: The Academy Is and We the Kings Nov. 17 ($20); Amanda Palmer with Zoe Keating Nov. 18 ($20); Michael Franti and Spearhead Nov. 19 ($35). Call 800-955-5566.

On Screen

Opening Oct. 10: Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe star in "Body of Lies," a thriller about trying to catch a new terrorist leader. . . . "Call + Response" is a rockumentary about human trafficking. . . . "City of Ember" is about a town that was built to last 200 years. It's dying out, and no one knows how to save it. . . . "The Express" is based on a true story of college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. . . . Hallam Foe is a 17-year-old misfit who suspects that his beautiful stepmother may have had a hand in his mother's sudden death in "Mister Foe.". . . "The Pool" is the story of Venkatesh, who offers his services to the wealthy owner of a beautiful home and changes the shape of his future. . . . A news crew is locked inside a building that contained a mysterious illness in "Quarantine." Opening dates may change.

Last Chance

This week is your last chance to catch American Century Theater's "Dr. Cook's Garden," which closes Saturday at Gunston Arts Center Theater II (703-998-4555); "Resurrection," at Arena Stage through Sunday (202-488-3300); "Doubt, A Parable," at Everyman Theatre through Sunday (410-752-2208); and Catalyst Theater's "1984" at Atlas Performing Arts Center, which closes Sunday (202-494-3776).

Next Friday in Weekend

If a pleasant walk in a bucolic setting to pick a pumpkin is on your agenda, you'll probably want to skip the next Weekend section. If, however, you're in the market for some extreme pumpkin-patching -- including firing pumpkins at targets from canons, watching (or participating in) pig wrestling or getting lost for hours in a maze cut in the shape of an enormous birthday cake -- then don't miss our suggestions for the most outrageous places to get ready for Halloween. (And if you are looking for that perfect patch, never fear, we'll help you out on that score, too.)