Ted R. Diaz
washington, dc
- Gender: Male
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- Member since: 2007-02-07 00:00:00
- Last log-in: 2007-05-03 00:00:00
- Events: 17
Events:
Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas + Edgar Meyer
Where: GWU Lisner Auditorium
Date: 2007-11-01 20:00:00
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Mandolin/fiddle champion Sam Bush, dobro master Jerry Douglas and bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer join forces in a new collaborative project featuring genre-crossing original works, traditional tunes, and some of their best-known pieces. "Any mandolinist will tell you: Sam Bush is THE guy. He's a traditionalist and an innovator, a soloist and a bandleader, a brain and a goofball. Or, as one jazzed fan put it, 'a sick picker and a happy singer.'" - Associated Press
The Horrors
Where: Rock and Roll Hotel
Date: 2007-06-08 21:30:00
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A Prairie Home Companion
Where: Wolf Trap Filene Center
Date: 2007-05-25 20:00:00
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With Garrison Keillor In association with Minnesota Public Radio & WAMU 88.5 It may have "been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, Minnesota," but prepare for a laugh-out-loud good time as your favorite radio host provides a warm-hearted evening of story and song with his entertaining sidekicks and special guests. Ticket Scale: C
Carla & Co. with guest artist Gesel Mason
Where: Dance Place
Date: 2007-11-17 20:00:00
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Led by Dance Place Founder/Director Carla Perlo, Carla & Co. is known for its high energy performances and dedication to bringing the arts to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. The company will perform Perlo’s Pearls of Wisdom, a touching tribute to Perlo’s father Hyman M. Perlo and other audience favorites. “Riveting” (The Washington Post) guest artist Gesel Mason performs How to Watch Modern Dance and premieres a new work with the Dance Place Repertory Class. Be prepared to feel, laugh, cry, learn and dance with the performers as they explore themes of art, loss, love, community and more. TICKETS: $22 general admission; $17 members, students, teachers (PreK-12), professional artists & seniors; $8 for children 17 & under – unless noted otherwise.
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Where: Rock and Roll Hotel
Date: 2007-09-27 20:00:00
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http://www.plusmin.us/ Doors 8 Show 9
Yamato: Drummers of Japan
Where: GWU Lisner Auditorium
Date: 2007-11-11 20:00:00
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With a massive six-foot diameter drum made from a 400-year-old tree as their centerpiece, the highly skilled musicians of YAMATO play 40 taikos of various sizes, blending phenomenally powerful and dramatic drumming with music of delicate beauty and humor. Athleticism, superhuman feats of coordination and incredible intensity are the trademarks of this irresistible ensemble. "If you're looking for inspiring drumming and infectious dance rhythms, you'll be disappointed. This is much, much more." - The Guardian, London
The Caution Curves at the Red and the Black
Where: The Red & The Black
Date: 2007-06-09 20:00:00
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Learn about philosophy, Theory of universals See also Problem of universals, Plato's allegory of the cave and The Forms The Republic contains Plato's Allegory of the cave with which he explains his concept of The Forms as an answer to the problem of universals. The allegory of the cave is an attempt to justify the philosopher's place in society as king. Plato imagines a group of people who have lived in a cave all of their lives, chained to a wall in the subterrane so they cannot see outside nor look behind them. Behind these prisoners is a constant flame that illuminates various statues that are moved by others, which cause shadows to flicker around the cave. When the people of the cave see these shadows they realise how imitative they are of human life, and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows such as either "dog" or "cat". The shadows are as close as the prisoners get to seeing reality, according to Plato. Plato then goes on to explain how the philosopher is a former prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall are not constituitive of reality at all. He sees that the fire and the statues which cause the shadows are indeed more real than the shadows themselves, and therefore apprehends how the prisoners are so easily deceived. Plato then imagines that the freedman is taken outside of the cave and into the real world. The prisoner is initially blinded by the light. However when he adjusts to the brightness, he eventually understands that all of the real objects around him are illuminated by the sun (which represents the Form of the Good, the form which has caused the brightness). He also realises it is the sun to which he is indebted for being able to see the beauty and goodness in the objects around him. The freedman is finally cognisant that the fire and statues in the cave were just copies of the real objects in the world. The prisoner's stages of understanding correlate with the levels on the divided line that Plato imagines. The line is divided into what is the visible world, and what the intelligible world is, with the divider being the Sun. When the prisoner is in the cave, he is obviously in the visible realm that receives no sunlight, and outside he comes to be in the intelligible realm. The shadows in the cave that the prisoners can see correspond to the lowest level on Plato's line, that of imagination and conjecture. Once the prisoner is freed and spots the fire's reflection onto the statues which causes the shadows in the cave, he reaches the second stage on the divided line, and that is the stage of belief, as the freedman comes to believe that the statues in the cave are real as can be. On leaving the cave however the prisoner comes to see objects more real than the statues inside of the cave, and this correlates with the third stage on Plato's line as being understanding. The prisoner is therefore able to ascribe Forms to objects as they exist outside of the cave. Lastly, the prisoner turns to the sun which he grasps as the source of truth, or the Form of the Good, and this last stage, named as dialectic, is the highest possible stage on the line. The prisoner, as a result of the Form of the Good, can begin to understand all other forms in reality. Allegorically, Plato reasons that the freedman is the philosopher, who is the only person able to discern the Form of the Good, and thus absolute goodness and truth. At the end of this allegory, Plato asserts that it is the philosopher's burden to reenter the cave. Those who have seen the ideal world, he says, have the duty to educate those in the material world, or spread the light to those in darkness. Since the philosopher is the only one able to recognise what is truly good, and only he can reach the last stage on the divided line, only he is fit to rule society according to Plato. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato)
Coco Rosie, Busdriver, Tez @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Where: Rock and Roll Hotel
Date: 2007-05-08 20:00:00
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Tuesday May 8 - Coco Rosie, Busdriver, Tez - 8pm "Sounding like a cross between Billie Holiday, Bjork and Joanna Newsom, Coco Rosie's music is full of Parisian-inspired vocals, delicate acoustic guitars, and fractured beats. If you like songs with birds chirping in the background, these soulful ladies are for you." - Oh My Rockness Coco Rosie Busdriver Tez Rock and Roll Hotel Buy those tix!
Folger Theatre: Free Post-Show Discussion on AS YOU LIKE IT
Where: Folger Shakespeare Library
Date: 2007-11-15 19:30:00
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Stay after the performance of William Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT and join in an informal and informative discussion with the production’s cast and crew. Thursday, November 15 immediately following the 7:30 p.m. performance. Admission with a ticket to that night’s performance—202.544.7077 or www.folger.edu.
Jann Arden
Where: Birchmere
Date: 2008-02-20 19:30:00
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One of Canada's most engaging performers, singer/songwriter Jann Arden hit paydirt in the US with the 1995 single 'Insensitive'' from her album 'Living Under June.' The seven-time Juno Award winner's latest release is 'Love is the Only Soldier.' Canadian vocalist Holly Cole isn't one of those artists who falls into any one category. "Her smoky voice is sultry, yet she's ironically humorous and candid while reshaping traditional standards and pop classics. Jazz is her bedrock, but not exclusively (AMG)." The Juno award winner and Grammy nominee celebrates the release of her new self-titled album.
UCGIS Winter Meeting 2008
Where: Doubletree Hotel Washington DC
Date: 2008-02-07 08:30:00
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The central topic for UCGIS’ 2008 Winter Meeting is GIScience and Cyberinfrastructure: Making Connections. This will be an exceptional opportunity to come together with colleagues and to hear from federal agencies that support advanced geospatial research. The meeting also provides a forum for the UCGIS community to describe current GIS research projects, focusing this year on cyberinfrastructure.
Yoga as Muse - The Yoga of Writing with Presence with Jeff D...
Where: Tranquil Space
Date: 2008-05-10 14:00:00
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you don't have to wait for the muse to show up. join author and yogi jeff davis to discover practical ways that yoga can help you achieve deeper creative purpose, sustained concentration, fearless authenticity, and access to your subtle imagination. jeff will lead group exercises as well as demonstrate how a yoga as muse practice can be customized. find the muse, breath by breath. this event promises to be enlightening and inspiring whether you are simply a person curious about how yoga facilitates creativity, a yogi terrified of writing, a writer who loves yoga, or a skeptical established writer with no yoga background. $35, $30 if you register online at www.tranquilspace.com. proceeds from this event will benefit reading is fundamental
Yo Majesty
Where: The Rock And Roll Hotel
Date: 2008-05-18 21:00:00
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Yo Majesty is an alternative/club/rap trio from Tampa, Florida.