“The Ballet 360¡”: This popular lecture series continues its in-depth look at ballet with this season’s sessions focusing on some of the form’s iconic choreographers. This session: Frederick Ashton.
Where: Atrium, Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW
When: 3 p.m. Saturday
Info: $15 to $48; 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org
Seth Stevenson: The Slate travel columnist discusses “Grounded: A Down to Earth Journey Around the World,” his new book chronicling global travels a la Phineas Fogg in “Around the World in 80 Days” (though without deadlines or a balloon trip).
Where: Politics & Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Info: Free; 202-364-1919; politics-prose.com
Miro Quartet: The Dumbarton season closes with a special performance by one of the nation’s finest chamber groups playing the music of Haydn and composer-in-residence Tudor Dominik Maica’s final quartet in his trio of Dumbarton Quartets.
Where: Historic Dumbarton Church
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Info: $32 regular, $28 seniors and students; 202-965-2000; dumbartonconcerts.org
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: The Discovery Series presents the musicians performing a vast range of dynamic music.
Where: The Barns at Wolf Trap
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Info: $35; 877-965-3872; wolftrap.org
The American Youth Chorus: The Junior Division performs “The Nightingale,” a children’s operetta by Andy Beck and Brian Fisher based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen; the Senior Division presents selections from “Hairspray.”
Where: The Atlas Performing Arts Center
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Info: $10 to $15; 202-399-7993, ext. 2; atlasarts.org
“The Liar”: Adapted by David Ives from the comedy by Pierre Corneille. Dorante is charming, handsome — and a pathological liar. When he arrives in Paris, Dorante’s outlandish tales amaze and convince all who hear them, but for each problem his clever lying solves, it creates two new ones. Will he manage to keep his stories straight, his dupes none the wiser and somehow still get the girl?
Where: The Shakespeare Theatre, Lansburgh Theatre, 450 Seventh St. NW
When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Info: $50 to $87; 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org
“The Grace of Mary Traverse”: D.C. premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play about an 18-year-old woman’s Faustian quest for identity and power in the 18th century. As the daughter of a wealthy merchant travels through forbidden London, the play follows her footsteps through the male-dominated realms of commerce, politics and religion.
Where: Gonda Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center, 3700 O St. NW
When: 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday
Info: $10 to $18; 202-687-2787; performingarts.georgetown.edu/theater
