All programs are free, but seating is limited to 60 seats. Reservations may be made by phone, beginning one week before any given show. Call (202) 707-5677 during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm). Reserved seats must be claimed at least 10 minutes before show time, after which standbys will be admitted to unclaimed seats. Programs subject to change without notice.

Monday, April 16 (7:00pm)
Keith Jarrett: The Art of Improvisation (2005). directed and produced by Mike Dibb. (85 min, DVD)
Pianist Keith Jarrett discusses his creative life in music with rare clips, interviews and performances featuring his American and European Quartets, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Manfred Eicher and the Standards Trio.

Monday, April 23 (7:00pm)
Los Zafiros: Music From the Edge of Time (2004) directed and produced by Lorenzo DeStefano. (79 min, DVD)
Music, emotion and rarely seen archival film clips from Cuban television fuel this bittersweet, award-winning tribute to the beloved vocal group Los Zafiros (The Saffires), known as the Beatles of 1960s Cuba. Thirty years after their breakup, the two surviving band members, Manuel Galban and Miguel Cancio, reunite in Havana sharing songs, celebrations, memories and tears.

Monday, April 30 (7:00pm)
Irène Schweizer (2005) directed by Gita Gsell; produced by Prod Franzika Reck. (75 min, DVD)
Swiss pianist, composer Irène Schweizer has performed and recorded with many of the most important American, African and European free improvisors. Since the 1980s, she’s been associated with both the Feminist Improvising Group and the European Women's Improvising Group, as well as the collective trio Les Diaboliques, with Maggie Nicols and Joëlle Léandre. Gita Gsell’s stylized, visually stunning documentary features Schweizer talking about her work and performing with Les Diaboliques, Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Han Bennink, Louis Moholo and others.

This screening is co-sponsored by the Embassy of Switzerland.