w UP to SPEED
Ticketplace booth at
407 Seventh St., NW. Ticket
place.org is a program of the
Cultural Alliance of Greater
Washington.
SHARK!: Experience “Shark
Weekend” at the National
Aquarium, Washington, D.C.
They’ve swum the world’s
oceans for millions of years,
yet are still among the least
understood animals. Cele-
brate “Shark Weekend”
by getting up close and
personal with several shark
species and learn from lead-
ing experts about the history,
lives and habits of one of the
world’s most fascinating
ocean dwellers. 9: 30 a.m.–
3: 30 p.m. July 31–Aug. 1.
nationalaquarium.org.
Mary Poppins at the
Kennedy Center: Get
swept up in the fun this
summer when Disney and
Cameron Mackintosh’s
Mary Poppins blows in to
Washington, D.C., for eight
weeks only. From London
to New York to Los Angeles,
more than 5 million people
around the world have
experienced the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious hit
Broadway musical that the
New York Daily News calls
“A roof-raising, toe-tapping,
high-flying extravaganza!”
July 1–Aug. 22. Opera
House, Kennedy Center.
Tickets at 202-467-4600,
kennedy-center.org or the
Kennedy Center Box Office.
marypoppins.com.
NEW JERSEY
Stickley art: The New-
ark Museum, the state’s
largest—and recognized by
Discover Arts New Jersey
as museumgoers’ favorite
art museum for the second
consecutive year—is taking a
unique approach to the pre-
sentation of Gustav Stick-
ley’s masterwork designs
in its upcoming exhibition.
“Gustav Stickley and the
American Arts and Crafts
Movement” offers the first
comprehensive examination
of the life and work of the
recognized patriarch of the
American Arts and Crafts
Movement. This exhibition
includes more than 100
works produced by Stickley’s
designers and workshops,
including furniture, metal-
work and lamps, textiles, and
numerous publications, let-
ters and drawings. Sept. 15–
Jan. 2. newarkmuseum.org.
VERMONT
Summer Under the
Stars Concert Series:
Summer nights and live
music go hand in hand,
making Stratton’s “
Saturday Under the Stars” the
place to be starting July 10
and continuing weekly
through August with a
unique mix of scheduled
acts, including The Peach
Eaters, Wyld Nightz, Rustic
Overtones and Jam Stampede. Held in the Stratton
base area, this concert
series is a free event that’s
fun for the entire family,
with food and beverages for
purchase on site. So pull up
a chair, or bring a blanket
and get your groove on
while celebrating the great
weather. Stratton Mountain
Resort. stratton.com.
Beer and wings: “Okemo
Hops in the Hills Brew
Fest and Chicken Wing
Challenge” mixes the great
outdoors with live music, a
variety of beers from local
and regional brewers, and
Okemo Valley’s best chicken
wings. Breweries expected
to open their taps include:
Harpoon, Long Trail, Magic
Hat, Otter Creek, Switch-
back and more. Okemo
Mountain Resort’s Jackson
Gore. Aug. 7. 802-228-1600;
okemo.com.
NEW YORK
King Tut returns: King
Tut makes a triumphant
return to New York City for
the first time in a generation with “Tutankhamun
and the Golden Age of the
Pharaohs.” The National
Geographic exhibition of
130 glittering treasures is
the only place in the city to
behold real artifacts from the
boy king’s tomb. Through
Jan. 2 at Discovery Times
Square Exposition, 226 W.
44th St. kingtutnyc.com.
Midsummer Night Swing:
Lincoln Center kicks off
the summer with the 22nd
anniversary season of “
Mid-summer Night Swing,” 15
dazzling nights of dancing
under the stars to today’s
most popular dance bands.
Tuesday through Saturday,
June 29–July 17. Lincoln
Center’s Damrosch Park.
midsummernightswing.org.
More Promises,
Promises: Broadway
Across America, Craig
Zadan and Neil Meron present the first-ever Broadway
revival of Promises, Promises,
now playing at the Broadway Theater. Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will &
Midsummer Night Swing
King Tut
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