Edited by Michael Balderston
1Holiday Celebration with the 5 Browns
This quintet group of siblings received attention when they were all accepted into Juilliard simultaneously. They are now sweeping the nation with what the New York Post calls “the biggest classical music sensation in years.” Enjoy holiday classics from “The Nutcracker” to “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” / Dec. 12
2Downtown DC Holiday Market
Ditch Target and find truly unique holiday gifts for friends and family at the Downtown DC Holiday Market, an outdoor event featuring a rotation of 180 vendors and artisans, with live music and local food, located near Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. / Through Dec. 23
34th Annual Bad Santa Bar Crawl
Put on your best ugly sweater and down some eggnog for the fourth annual Bad Santa Bar Crawl in Dupont Circle. Get in the yuletide spirit at some of D.C.’s best bars where it doesn’t matter if you’re on the naughty or nice list. / Dec. 13
4Dar Williams
Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker called her “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters” and over the years Dar Williams has not disappointed. She began in the early 1990s with her debut album “The Honesty Room” and went on to play with legends such as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ani DiFranco, Patty Griffin and Joan Baez. She now takes the stage at The Birchmere to perform the songs that initially brought her national and international acclaim. / Dec. 5-6
5A Kodachrome Christmas
Pat Hazell’s hilarious one-woman show, “A Kodachrome Christmas,” stars Marianne Curan as cable-access host Earlene Hoople as she tapes a live-recording of her Christmas special. Featuring letters to Mrs. Claus and a wacky family slideshow, share the holidays with the “Queen of Rural Media.” / Dec. 19-21
(December 2014)
