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Arts Agenda: Museum Weekend
Photo of the Kogod Courtyard by LaTur. No doubt you'll be shocked to hear it's a slow week in the art galleries this week. There are no openings and many shows are closing in the next week or two, so be sure to check the website or give the gallery a call if you plan to head down to one. Instead, this is a good weekend to see our museum offerings. Remember, December 25...
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Smithsonian Closed Today and Tomorrow
So much for waiting out this blizzard while browsing framed masterpieces in a tourist-free setting. According to a news blast on its website, all Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo will be closed to the public today and tomorrow due to the weather. It's the first time since 1996 that the Institution has closed all its museums in one fell swoop. We're also told that the National Geographic Museum -- including the popular Terra Cotta...
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Stamp designer Ethel Kessler will discuss the challenges of her work at the Postal Museum Saturday morning. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Tuesday >> The K Street Busboys hosts two events focused on issues related to President Barack Obama this week. First, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, author Tom Shachtman will discuss his book, Airlift to America: How Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East...
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Nick Hornby will be at Politics and Prose Thursday signing copies of his new book. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Tuesday: >> Today begins the Smithsonian's three day online conference on climate change from 11 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. today through Thursday. Registration is free; find out all about it on their website, which includes a live webcast. >> Head to Politics and Prose tonight for a 7 p.m....
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Smithsonian Unveils Hope Diamond, Unadorned
Courtesy Smithsonian The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History held a press conference this morning (the Post even sent someone to cover it) to show off the Hope Diamond, now on display for the first time ever without any kind of setting. The 45.52-carat diamond has been at the museum for 50 years, but always in its traditional setting, a pendant circled by smaller diamonds on a diamond necklace. The naked blue gem will...
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National Geographic Live! hosts author Amy Tan on Wednesday. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Lectures are back in full swing this week, with too many to list here. Be sure to check out these sites if nothing below suits your fancy. Also, George Mason's Fall for the Book Festival is happening throughout the D.C. area through Saturday, with a full week of book readings and panel discussions on the...
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Investigative reporter Terry Gould speaks at the Newseum Sunday. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Tuesday: >> Join Howard Dean at the 14th Street Busboys for a health care reform town hall meeting at 6 p.m. with his new book, Howard Dean's Prescription for Real Health Care Reform: How We Can Achieve Affordable Medical Care for Every American and Make Our Jobs Safer. The discussion will be moderated by Kojo...
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The 150th anniversary of Darwin's On the Origin of Species will be celebrated all day Saturday at the Natural History Museum. Creationists: hide your children. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Wednesday: >> This week's first crime novelist event is today at noon at the Freer's Meyer Auditorium with forensic mystery author, forensic anthropologist and professor Kathy Reichs, whose novels inspired the TV series Bones. Reichs will give an illustrated...
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Preview: Public Observatory @ National Air and Space Museum
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has had quite the year so far. Last month they were visited by astronaut heroes from the beginning of the space race all the way through the latest space shuttle missions; they've continued to build out Phase Two at the Udvar-Hazy location, on track to finish in 2011; and will soon announce the opening, expected later this month, of their new Public Observatory on the Mall. The Public...
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Woodstock organizer Michael Lang will be at the Newseum on Sunday. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Monday: >> Catch Senator Barbara Boxer at Politics and Prose at 7 p.m. for a reading from her second novel, Blind Trust, which "centers on second-term Democratic senator Ellen Fisher, who is caught in an increasingly nasty struggle with the aggressive Vice President as she prepares to chair potentially explosive hearings on national...
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Storm chaser and photographer Jim Reed will be at the Corcoran on Wednesday for a show and tell. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Monday: >> If you missed this weekend's Newseum event with Rumsfeld expert Bradley Graham, catch him at Politics and Prose tonight at 7 p.m. The WaPo reporter's book, By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld, "offers a layered and revealing...
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'Google Moon' Launches on 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11
Any fan of the space program should recognize quite a few faces roaming around D.C. this week. Last night, the biggest gathering of Apollo astronauts in years arrived at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum for the annual John H. Glenn Lecture featuring the Apollo 11 crew, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, along with NASA's first Flight Director, Chris Kraft, and of course, astronaut and Senator John Glenn himself. The audience was...
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DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Monday: >> The 14th Street Busboys hosts an author event tonight at 6:30 p.m. with Andrea Batista Schlesinger, who will discuss and sign, The Death of "Why?": The Decline of Questioning and the Future of Democracy. >> Or, at 7 p.m., join author Daniel Meyerson at the Corcoran for a public event about his book, In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and...
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Arts Agenda
Image on Kodachrome film from The American Tourist in Europe on display at the National Geographic Museum >> Saturday night, head over to the vacant lot at 1st and K Streets SE to see over 20 artists perform some live street art for Breaking Wave: Mural Jam. Presented by the Capital Riverfront BID and Artomatic, they'll also have music, food and drink from 5 to 11 p.m. This event has been postponed. >> Tonight...
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Jean Shin, Unraveling (detail), 2006-2009, Sweaters collected from Asian American art communities in New York, Houston, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Honolulu and Washington, D.C. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Lectures are back in full swing this week, with a number of art talks, from Greek architecture and the Venice Biennale to conservation and printmaking. Monday: >> Harper's editor Bill Wasik claims to be the anonymous originator of the 2003 rush...
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Creator of NYC's 2003 flash mob movement and senior editor at Harper’s Magazine Bill Wasik will be at Politics and Prose on Monday discussing his new book. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area The upcoming Independence Day weekend equates with a lag in book talks and lectures around town, but keep in mind that the National Mall is full of the performances and demonstrations of the Folklife Festival, which runs...
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Writer and explorer Dan Buettner reveals the secrets to a long life at the S. Dillon Ripley Center on Tuesday. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Lectures in the District have caught the travel bug this week, exploring Wales, ancient Greece, and the top 500 of the world's most peaceful and spiritual places. Don't worry though, we've still got your regular selection of uplifting talks on the FBI, the economy,...
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Lester Brown, environmental expert and author of Plan B 3.0:Mobilizing to Save Civilization, will speak at the Museum of American History on Thursday. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area This week features a number of earthy discussions as well as some artsy talks on the Depression's Public Works of Art Project and that crazy Campbell soup can guy (Warhol). Tuesday: >> Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the National Press Club presents...
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Journalist Nicholas Schmidle will discuss the Taliban in Pakistan on Saturday at the Newseum. Photo courtesy of Rikki Schmidle. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Monday: >> Hear first-hand from the Shakespeare Theatre Company what it takes to pull off an amazing performance tonight at 7 p.m. at the Lansburgh Theatre (Archives/Navy Memorial metro). In Masters of the Theater and the Power of Performance: Behind the Scenes at the Shakespeare...
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>> The National Building Museum focuses on design tonight with New York architect Deborah Berke from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Berke will discuss her experiences as well as her "notion that architecture is not an end in itself, but a setting that is enhanced by its use." $20.
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Smithsonian "Traps" Animals for Biodiversity Project
Photo of jaguar courtesy the Smithsonian National Zoo This isn't exactly happening in the D.C. area, but we were so interested to see these incredible wild animal images pop up on the National Zoo's Flickr stream today, we wanted to share them. The Smithsonian's Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program has been around since 1986, traveling around the world working with governments and organizations to, among other things, "provide scientific information and build in-country...
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Major General Joe Engle will speak at the Air and Space Museum on Thursday. Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Monday: >> Tonight from 6:45 to 9 p.m., VCU professor George Munro presents an illustrated lecture titled Siberia: Traversing the Russian Frontier at the S. Dillon Ripley Center. He'll "highlight the area's various cultures, beautiful architecture, and historic past. From Krasnoyarsk in the village of...
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Celebs in D.C. for Night at the Museum 2 Premiere
D.C. may be known as Hollywood for ugly people, but for a little while last night, it was almost like we were just plain Hollywood. Granted, there was no actual red carpet at last night's "red carpet" U.S. premiere — which was billed as a World Premiere despite Tuesday night's London screening — of Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian at the National Air & Space Museum. But there was a crowd...
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D.C.'s favorite crime writer, George Pelacanos, will be at Politics and Prose this week. Image courtesy of the Hatchette Book Group. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Tuesday: >> Head over to the East Building Auditorium at the National Gallery of Art today at 1 p.m. for a panel discussion titled, The Role of Art and Architecture in Civic Buildings with Associate Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, architecture critic...
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There are a number of really interesting lectures this week, including three focused on food (tomatoes, tortillas and even an Indian buffet!), as well as a good variety of visual and performing arts lectures, book talks, and more.
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Your chance to see powerful poet Nikki Giovanni is this Thursday evening at the K Street Busboys. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area This week, we have events featuring some very compelling and powerful women, including poet Nikki Giovanni, Condeleezza Rice, and artist Jean Shin. Tuesday: >> Award-winning author and biographer T. J. Stiles will be at Politics and Prose at 7 p.m. tonight for a discussion of his most...
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CraftWeek DC Starts This Wednesday
The first annual CraftWeek DC kicks off this Wednesday, April 22, with five days filled with exhibits, panel discussions, open studios and more. The week is an expanded program of crafty celebration, anchored by the 27th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show and the James Renwick Alliance (JRA) Spring Craft Weekend. The week's worth of celebration of all things craft was named as such by Mayor Adrian Fenty and is organized by Washington area artists, galleries...
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Forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni will be at Nat Geo on Friday evening. Image courtesy of National Geographic. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area This week, we have a number of Earth Day discussions, including two promising events at National Geographic, a family day at the Anacostia Community Museum, and even a Corcoran lecture on sustainability in interior design. Monday: ยป At 7 p.m., Politics and Prose hosts essayist Adina Hoffman...
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Smithsonian Museums Extend Spring and Summer Hours
Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough announced Monday that the three most popular museums on the National Mall will stay open longer through the summer in an effort to boost revenue for their gift shops and restaurants, the AP reports. The National Museum of Natural History and National Air and Space Museum will stay open two hours later, until 7:30 p.m., and the National Museum of American History will stay open at least one hour later,...
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A 20-minute preview of the documentary "The Last Survivor" will be screened Tuesday evening at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, followed by a panel discussion on genocide. Film still courtesy of Righteous Pictures. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area While this week is filled with a variety of lectures on race, crafts, interviews and comedy, the highlight is DCist's partnership with the Phillips Collection for a unique event on Thursday....
