Lisner Auditorium @GWLisner

GWU's premier venue for concerts, speakers & cultural entertainment since 1941. | @GWLisner | #liveatlisner | 🎟: student discount on every ticket, for every show 🎤 lisner.gwu.edu

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We're SO EXCITED for Capital Funk’s show on Saturday! One of the best events in town. | Tickets: http://bit.ly/cflisner2016

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José González + yMusic at Lisner | 3/26/16

More photos.

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Get ready for Lucinda Williams' show @gwlisner on 10/7 with selections from her influences and her albums! @happywoman9

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Hi, all!

Just a quick reminder that the Tiny Desk Concert Contest submission period is now closed! We’ll announce the winner here and at tinydeskcontest.npr.org on February 12. Until then, keep checking this Tumblr to watch entries that stood out to us. We post a handful of submissions every day.

Good luck!

Cheers,

Kate from NPR Music

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The Best of the City

Now that the holidays are behind us, we usher in… more silver and gold—in the form of culture, health and beauty, fashion, design, and food and nightlife. DC’s very best are showcased in our extensive guide to what you should be experiencing right now in the District of Chic. Plus, for the first time, we asked our readers to weigh in on their favorites in the aforementioned categories. Were there surprises? We’ll let you turn the pages to find out, but let’s just say we were impressed with your selections; impeccable taste is everywhere in this town. So, hello, 2015—we can’t wait to use 365 days and nights to explore!

Thanks to readers of DC magazine for voting us one of the best galleries in the city!

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We're giving away one of belafleckbanjo and abigailwashburn's new duo album! Just repost and tag @gwlisner to enter! Don't miss the couple live, THIS Halloween, with #DelMcCoury and #DavidGrisman at GW Lisner Auditorium!

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“9/11/2001” by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly. #GWremembers

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Here's a little message from chrisdelia to you! Don't miss his show here at Lisner on 9/20. Tickets on sale now.

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New Shows!

We've got two new shows for you today! Zap Mama & Antibalas (1/30) and Lila Downs (5/1). Tickets will go on sale 8/12. Stay tuned this week for more announcements!

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Ask General Colin Powell a Question

Have a burning question that you've always wanted to ask #ColinPowell? Now you can. He'll be speaking about his career and book In Life and Leadership here at Lisner on Monday 8/4. We'll choose one question from Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr to ask him at the Q&A afterward. Just tag @gwlisner or @smithsonianTSA and use #CPinDC by Monday at 10am.

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Green Porno, Live on Stage

Saturday, November 8, 2014 - 8:00pm

Tickets on sale 8/12 at Noon

Imagine the art of seduction on an arthropodan or elephantine scale. Such is the orgasmic, orgiastic and occasionally acrobatic bent of internationally acclaimed actress Isabella Rossellini’s vibrant invasion of zoological boudoirs, based on her short Green Porno films for the Sundance Channel. A lifelong lover of animals, Isabella Rossellini dons costume versions of their fur, skins, scales and wings for this delightfully insightful, Day-Glo examination of the quirks, curiosities and frequently fatal risks of sexuality and reproduction across a spectrum of species.

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Have you seen Isabella Rossellini's #GreenPorno on the internet or the Sundance Channel? She's just turned it into a one-woman play, which premiered at Printemps des Comédiens 2013, in Montpellier. The live show will have its DC premiere here at Lisner on November, 8 2014. Tickets will go on sale 8/12. 

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Tickets are on sale now for Milton Nascimento (11/20) and Salif Keita Acoustic (9/21). Tickets are available online or at our box office on GWU's campus. 

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Diego El Cigala - "The Frank Sinatra of Flamenco"

NEW SHOW ADDED: Three-time Grammy Winner Diego El Cigala has captivated audiences all over the world with his gravelly voice and passionate interpretation of flamenco. Born in Madrid, El Cigala has often been touted as "The Sinatra of Flamenco.” His various collaborations with world-renowned Latin American artists have earned him a reputation for seamlessly melding the rhythms and melodies of his Spanish Gitano heritage with styles ranging from bolero to son, tango, and Afro-Caribbean jazz. 

Catch him here at Lisner 11/18. Tickets on sale 8/12.

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New Show Added: LeeAnn Womack

Did you watch this year's #CMAawards or listen to Maya Angelou's memorial service? If so, you saw our newest performer in action.LeeAnn Womack will play here at Lisner 11/14! Tickets go on sale 7/22. These tickets will go fast!

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Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra

"Imagine thirteen, shining brass instruments blasting away, lead by a trumpet as rapturous as it is melancholic. Imagine the Balkanic fusion of the love of life with its inescapable sadness. Imagine Boban Markovic, judged 'best trumpet on Earth' at the legendary Guca festival in central Serbia, playing live in Belgrade. Now stop imagining – this is the real thing."

Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra will perform here at Lisner on October 3rd. Tickets are on sale now at lisner.org. 

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Colin Powell will come to Lisner on August 4th to discuss his new book, On Life and Leadership, with Frank Sesno, director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. This event is presented by The Smithsonian Associates and is open to members and non-members.