Release Date: May 11, 2003 | Summer in the Sculpture Garden
Washington, DC -- A mix of eclectic jazz can be heard in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden every Friday evening from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Local jazz groups perform from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in front of the Pavilion Café, next to the grand reflecting pool and fountain. The schedule for the summer is as follows:
May 30 |
Young & Rollins, flamenco/jazz guitar |
June 6 |
Jerry Gordon, jazz guitar |
June 13 |
Rick Parker Collective, jazz trombone |
June 20 |
Origem, Brazilian jazz |
June 27 |
Dave Kline, Latin jazz |
July 4 |
(no concert) |
July 11 |
Young & Rollins, flamenco/jazz guitar |
July 18 |
Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra |
July 25 |
Joshua Bayer Quartet, jazz guitar |
Aug 1 |
Dave Mosick Trio, jazz guitar |
Aug 8 |
Young & Rollins, flamenco/jazz guitar |
Aug 15 |
Thad Wilson Quintet, jazz trumpet |
Aug 22 |
Jerry Gordon, jazz guitar |
Aug 29 |
Origem, Brazilian jazz |
Sept 5 |
Bossalingo Latin jazz |
Sept 12 |
Dave Kline Latin jazz |
Sept 19 |
Joshua Bayer Quartet jazz bass |
Sept 26 |
Young & Rollins flamenco/jazz guitar |
During the jazz concerts, the Pavilion Café in the Sculpture Garden offers a special menu of tapas and refreshments served either inside the café or from carts located on the two patios.
The hours of the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Memorial Day through Labor Day are Monday through Thursday and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Pavilion Café will stay open until 8:00 p.m. on Fridays and until 6:00 p.m. the rest of the week.
Admission to the Sculpture Garden and jazz performances is free of charge. The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden is located at Seventh Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, on the National Mall, in the block adjacent to the West Building of the Gallery. The nearest Metro stations are Archives/Navy Memorial (Green/Yellow lines), Smithsonian (Blue/Orange lines), and Judiciary Square (Red line).
The Friday night jazz series is sponsored by Guest Services, Inc., and the National Gallery of Art. The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden was given to the nation by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
General Information
The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden are at all times
free to the public. They are located on the National Mall between 3rd
and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, and are open Monday through
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1. For information
call (202) 737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD)
at (202) 842-6176, or visit the Gallery's Web site at www.nga.gov.
Visitors will be asked to present all carried items for inspection upon
entering the East and West Buildings. Checkrooms are free of charge and
located at each entrance. Luggage and other oversized bags must be presented
at the 4th Street entrances to the East or West Building to permit x-ray
screening and must be deposited in the checkrooms at those entrances.
For the safety of visitors and the works of art, nothing may be carried
into the Gallery on a visitor's back. Any bag or other items that cannot
be carried reasonably and safely in some other manner must be left in
the checkrooms. Items larger than 17 x 26 inches cannot be accepted by
the Gallery or its checkrooms.
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