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Picture This: Exploring Art at the Smithsonian, 4-Session Daytime Course
Resident Associate Program
This class looks at the works of masters such as Rodin, Sargent, Whistler, Homer, Picasso and other artists, using an array of works in Smithsonian collections as focal points. Cultural, artistic, and comparative influences are emphasized. View more details.
Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223659.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Thursdays.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. ArtLab+ Gamers Circle Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) What makes some games more fun than others? What are up-and-coming trends in the industry? Join the Gamers Circle to discuss these topics and more, and air your views on our broadcast station. You can also write and publish reviews for games, create video segments out of your critiques, and even play games live online to show the world what you’re up to and challenge viewers watching from home.
Gaming tournament afterwards, 6-7 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Thursdays through May.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. 2012 African Art House Film Festival: Touki Bouki
One-Time Events
Touki Bouki (1973; 85 min; Senegal; in Wolof, Arabic, and French with English subtitles; directed by Djibril Diop Mambety) This classic road movie from Senegal follows two young lovers living in Dakar who long for Paris and concoct schemes to pay their way. Post-screening discussion follows with Françoise Pfaff (Howard University).
Categories: After Five. Films. Event Location: Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. Cost: Free; obtain tickets on a first-come, first-served basis from theater box office on the day of screening.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 6:30 PM.
Treason and Sedition in American History, 2-Session Evening Course
Resident Associate Program
In U.S. history, there have been very few treason convictions. Not surprisingly they all remain controversial. Would you agree with the outcomes of the trials? In this course, join the experts who highlight fascinating glimpses into these crimes against the country. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223693.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM.
Courtyard Cinema Classics: Modern Times
One-Time Events
(1936, 87 min) Charlie Chaplin is a bumbling factory worker who falls in love with an orphan girl. The film’s unforgettable slapstick routines double as satiric commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression. The film will be screened in the beautiful glass covered Kogod Courtyard, with food and beverages available for purchase in the Courtyard Café.
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Friday Gallery Talk: Directions: Empire³
One-Time Events
D.C.-based artist Randall Packer discusses Directions: Empire³.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free. Continues: Continues most Fridays.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit hirshhorn.si.edu. Book Signing: Deborra Richardson
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Deborra Richardson signs copies of her children's book Treasures at the Museum. Learn more about the book.
Categories: Kids & Families. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Outside Mall Museum Store, 2nd Floor. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats February 17.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM.
Mourning
Films
Winner of the top prize at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, Morteza Farshbaf’s debut feature is unique in a number of ways—not the least of which is that the two main characters are deaf and communicate almost entirely in sign language. As the characters bicker during a road trip, the audience learns tantalizing pieces of information about their passenger, a young relative whose parents disappeared in the middle of the night. A protégé of Abbas Kiarostami, Farshbaf “fashions a consistently surprising and blackly comic road trip that may herald the arrival of a major new Iranian talent” (Institute of Contemporary Art, London). (Dir.: Morteza Farshbaf, Iran, 2011, 84 min. Persian and sign language with English subtitles).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM.
Civil War at Kelly's Ford and Bristoe Station, All-Day Tour
Resident Associate Program
Visit the site of the Civil War’s Battle of Bristoe Station, a pivotal fight in central Virginia, followed by such notable sites in Civil War history as Kelly’s Ford, Pelham Monument, Graffiti House, and Carter Run. Trace the steps of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, and George Meade’s Army of the Potomac to get a first hand view of where it all happened. View more details.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Event Location: Departs from the Holiday Inn Capitol at, 550 C Street, S.W. (corner of 6th & C Sts.), Fringe: Vienna Metro, south side Kiss & Ride. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223867.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 AM.
Super Science Saturday: Scientists and Inventors
One-Time Events
Immerse yourself in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics topics related to aviation and space exploration through demonstrations and hands-on activities for visitors of all ages.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Throughout the museum. Cost: Free, but $15 parking fee per vehicle. Continues: Second Saturday of every month through May.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Cultural Uses of Chocolate in Mexico
One-Time Events
Natividad Estrada (Mazatec) explains the cultural and spiritual significance of cacao to her indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: From Bean to Beverage: Hands-On Activities
One-Time Events
Grind your own cacao seeds, froth the cacao, and explore the spices used to create traditional drinking chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Family Day: African American Pioneers in Aviation
One-Time Events
Learn about the accomplishments of African American aviation pioneers of the past and present. Meet a distinguished panel of local Tuskegee Airmen, who will discuss their struggles and the history of the African American World War II fighter group. Enjoy hands-on activities, book signings, and appearances by current scientists, pilots, and engineers in aerospace.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats February 25 at the Udvar-Hazy Center.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Regency England's Pleasures and Paradoxes
Resident Associate Program
Explore the era that brought us Jane Austen, and other fascinating Brits. Regency England was an era for lavish palaces and country homes, obeying the intricate etiquette of the upper class, scandals, and more. View more details.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223699.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM.
Chocolate Festival: Food Demonstration and Discussion
One-Time Events
Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe Chef Richard Hetzler discusses the wonders of chocolate and features Mitsitam’s famous Mexican hot chocolate as well as many other dishes both savory and sweet using chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Webcasts & Webinars. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Webcast: http://www.AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Visual Storytelling
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Are you a storyteller? Are you a visual thinker? Tell your own story! Use words and images to bring artworks from the Hirshhorn’s collection to life. With a different theme each week, teens learn new techniques and technologies to create a story based on that theme. Possible outcomes include video, animation, comics, photography, or even podcasts.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May with different weekly themes.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Book Signing: Dave "Bio" Baranek
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Dave "Bio" Baranek signs copies of his book TOPGUN Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats February 25.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Col. Charles E. McGee
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Charles E. McGee signs copies of his book Tuskegee Airman: The Biography of Charles E. McGee, Air Force Fighter, Combat Record Holder.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Chocolate Festival:Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana Dance Performances
One-Time Events
Tradiciones Bolivianas was founded in 1997 by mothers and young people of different regions of Bolivia in order to preserve and demonstrate the culture, music, customs, and traditions of their country as a tribute of love and respect to their ancestral home. It is currently directed by founder Julia Garcia and William Tono Vargas.
For 25 years, Sangre Boliviana has been the home of hundreds of dancers and young people who have since gone on to be leaders in the community; it is because of this legacy that they have earned the name "Academy of Folklore." Their goal is to share and preserve the rich cultures, traditions and customs of Bolivia.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. ArtLab+ Noise Factory Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Inspired by the new wave of indie artists? Want to be a cutting-edge producer? What about recording vocals in a real sound booth? Join us in the ArtLab and learn to produce your own music. Under the guidance of artist and educator Dan Solberg and music producer Jon Williams, teens explore free software like Audacity, and over time, work up to advanced professional software, including ProTools and Logic.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays (4-6 PM) and Saturdays (1-3 PM) through May.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Second Saturday Arts & Science: Butterfly Birthday Celebration
One-Time Events
Feel the flutter! Celebrate the fourth anniversary of the exhibit Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution with special arts and crafts activities for children of all ages. Meet museum educators and learn about metamorphosis and native butterfly species of our region.
Time Detail: 1-3 PM. Categories: Celebrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution exhibition and Live Butterfly Pavilion, 2nd Floor. Cost: Partners in Evolution—a free-admission exploration into how insects and other animals have co-evolved with plants.
The Butterfly Pavilion—a fee-based, live butterfly experience. Purchase Tickets: http://www.butterflies.si.edu/tickets/index.htm. Related Exhibition: Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.butterflies.si.edu. Sculpting the Seasons
Workshops
Try your hand at Japanese flower-arranging and learn about the art on view in the Freer’s Seasons exhibitions. No experience necessary. Refreshments provided by Asia Nine.
Note: The workshop is full. To be put on a waiting list, please email asiaworkshops@si.edu with “February 11 Inner-Artist Workshop Waiting List Request” in the subject line. No-show seats are filled with those on the waiting list when the workshop begins at 1 pm. You may pay on-site with cash or check at that time .
Categories: Workshops. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Freer Conference Room. Cost: $15. Related Exhibition: Seasons.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: From Bean to Beverage - Hands-On Activities
One-Time Events
Grind your own cacao seeds, froth the cacao, and explore the spices used to create traditional drinking chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Facing History: Be the Artist Youth and Family Program
One-Time Events
(ages 10 and up with adult) This class is designed for children with their families to explore portraiture in depth. Participants take a brief guided tour of the exhibition, focusing on the portrait of artist Kara Walker; listen to a short gallery talk; and create a piece of art using some of the materials or concepts that Walker uses.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Location will be provided upon registration. Cost: Free, but registration required; follow the Purchase Tickets link below closer to the time of the event. Class size limited to 34 participants. Parents and guardians must remain with their children. Purchase Tickets: http://www.eventbrite.com/directory?q=national+Portrait+gallery&loc=Washington&page=1. Related Exhibition: The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Cultural Uses of Chocolate in Mexico
One-Time Events
Natividad Estrada (Mazatec) explains the cultural and spiritual significance of cacao to her indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Family Activity - Make Your Own Paper Mola
One-Time Events
Find out how the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia create artistic textiles called molas. Then, make your own paper mola celebrating cacao!
Recommended for Ages 6+ Up
FREE timed entry tickets required, available outside Activity Center.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: imagiNATIONS Activity Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: The Health Benefits of Chocolate
One-Time Events
This special presentation by Dr. Catherine Kwik-Uribe of Mars Botanical provides a fascinating illustrated overview of some of the historical uses of cacao, as well as the latest scientific research on chocolate and cocoa.
Dr. Kwik-uribe is the Director of Research and Development for Mars Botanical, a scientific division of Mars Incorporated. Since joining Mars Inc. in 2002, Dr. Kwik-Uribe has managed a research program within Mars Inc. that examines the potential role of specific cocoa-derived compounds—the cocoa flavanols—to support human health.
Categories: Demonstrations. Lectures & Discussions. Webcasts & Webinars. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Webcast: http://www.AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
A Young Artist’s Vision
One-Time Events
Gabriella J. Williams, a child entrepreneur, discusses the motivation and process of becoming a jewelry designer. Join Gabriella and a representative from Beadazzled in this lively discussion about the jewelry business. Book signing follows.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: Free, but reservations required; call 202-633-4866.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
In Every Language Love
Kids and Family
An Open House for All Ages
In the classroom, enjoy a digital slideshow of images of love in Asian art. Use stamps that say “love” in more than a dozen Asian languages to print Valentines to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sackler sublevel 2. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Timely Images: Chinese Art Related to Seasonal Festivals
Talks and Lectures
Seasonal festivals in China were important occasions for the creation, display, and presentation of gifts of art featuring specific, timely images. For example, paintings depicting a bouquet of pomegranate flowers, calamus leaves, and a branch of moxa were appropriate only for the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival. Representations of roosters, considered lucky, were associated with the Chinese New Year, while images of a peony and butterfly signaled the Birthday of the Flowers. This lecture by Jan Stuart, keeper of Asia at the British Museum, examines the close bond between a wide range of pictorial arts and their temporal conventions. She explores the role of art in marking the passage of the yearly cycle and how it was folded into China’s abiding rhythms of nature and human culture.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Photo Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Get experience with in-the-moment documentation to setting up photo shoots, complete with light boxes and reflectors. You'll start with pocket digital cameras and move up to professional digital SLRs. Along the way, you will have opportunities to show your work in the museum and to apply to be paid documentary photographers at ArtLab+, Hirshhorn, and Smithsonian-sponsored events.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Chocolate Festival: Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana Dance Performances
One-Time Events
Tradiciones Bolivianas was founded in 1997 by mothers and young people of different regions of Bolivia in order to preserve and demonstrate the culture, music, customs, and traditions of their country as a tribute of love and respect to their ancestral home. It is currently directed by founder Julia Garcia and William Tono Vargas.
For 25 years, Sangre Boliviana has been the home of hundreds of dancers and young people who have since gone on to be leaders in the community; it is because of this legacy that they have earned the name "Academy of Folklore." Their goal is to share and preserve the rich cultures, traditions and customs of Bolivia.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Woo at the Zoo
Special Zoo Events
Looking for the wildest way to celebrate Valentine’s Day without breaking the bank? Attend the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s fourth annual Woo at the Zoo on Saturday, Feb. 11 for an opportunity to learn about animal mating, dating and reproductive habits in an honest and humorous forum.
Attendees and their “deer” ones will enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres and the opportunity to decorate sweets for your Sweetheart. A cash bar will also be available featuring specialty drinks served in the exclusive Woo at the Zoo commemorative glass. All the fun takes place in the Zoo’s Visitor Center auditorium.
You must be at least 21 years old to attend this event. A valid ID is required for admission. Please note that smoking is not permitted at the Zoo.
All guests must purchase a ticket for one talk, at 4:30, 6:30, or 8:30, and are required to come at their registered time. However, guests are invited to come early before or stay late after their talk to enjoy our cash bar and Valentine treats! The visitor cent…
Categories: After Five. Celebrations. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Zoo’s Visitor Center Auditorium. Cost: FONZ members: $11
Nonmembers: $22. Purchase Tickets: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Celebrations/woo/.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
For more info visit nationalzoo.si.edu. Smithsonian’s Stars Lecture Series: Highlights from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
One-Time Events
4:30 PM: Discovery Station (in front of Welcome Center)
, 5:45 PM: Planetarium Presentation: Chandra Observatory has provided an unprecedented view of the universe at x-ray wavelengths since its launch in July 1999. Chandra's spectacular images and detailed spectra of astrophysical systems -- ranging from solar system objects to distant galaxies and clusters -- shed (x-ray) light on such diverse topics as stellar formation and demise, black hole-galaxy-cluster interactions, and properties of dark matter and dark energy. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Chandra X-ray Center director Harvey Tananbaum provides a brief overview and status report on Chandra and offers scientific highlights with emphasis on recent results.
, 6:45 PM: Telescope Observing (Public Observatory, outside on south terrace, weather permitting).
Categories: Demonstrations. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Albert Einstein Planetarium, 2nd Floor, West Wing. Cost: Free, but tickets required. Continues: Series continues every other Thursday through February 25.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
21st Century Consort presents Multiplicity
One-Time Events
The acclaimed 21st Century Consort continues their 2011–12 season with performances that celebrate exhibitions on view in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
The concept of repetition that is so integral to printmaking is also evident in contemporary classical music. In this concert, the music of Conlon Nancarrow, Robert Beaser, David Froom, Mark Kuss, and Dan Visconti is illustrated with images from the Multiplicity exhibition.
Time Detail: Pre-concert discussion 4 p.m. concert 5 p.m. Categories: Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Tickets, which include admission to pre-concert discussions and post-concert receptions, are $20. Contact Smithsonian Associates at
residentassociates.org or (202) 633-3030. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=223580. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Stargazing at the Public Observatory
One-Time Events
(weather permitting) The museum’s Public Observatory is open for special nighttime stargazing. Don't miss this chance to see an array of celestial objects through a powerful professional telescope.
Categories: After Five. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Public Observatory, Outside on the Southeast Terrace. Cost: Free. Continues: Repeats February 25.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Cultural Uses of Chocolate in Mexico
One-Time Events
Natividad Estrada (Mazatec) explains the cultural and spiritual significance of cacao to her indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: From Bean to Beverage: Hands-On Activities
One-Time Events
Grind your own cacao seeds, froth the cacao, and explore the spices used to create traditional drinking chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Power of Chocolate Festival
One-Time Events
This two-day celebration of one of the world’s favorite flavors includes traditional dance performances by Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana; live food demonstrations and free chocolate samples (while supplies last!); a talk focused on the health and nutrition benefits of cacao and chocolate with Catherine Kwik-Uribe of Mars Botanical; and presentations from one of the world’s greatest chocolate makers, The Historic Division of Mars; as well as “Make Your Own Paper Mola” hands-on activities for kids and families!
Categories: Celebrations. Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Performances. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium and Rasmuson Theater, 1st Level, and imagiNATIONS Activity Center, 3rd Level. Cost: Free. Continues: Last day.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM.
Digital Camera Basics
Resident Associate Program
This hands-on workshop covers topics such as obtaining a good exposure using various shooting modes; making exposure adjustments on an image that is too light or dark; controlling color and tone as files are captured; understanding resolution, picture quality, and file formats such as JPEG and RAW; transferring files to the computer; and organizing files with a browser. View more details.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of Natural History, Computer Lab, 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223743.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM.
Chocolate Festival: Food Demonstration and Discussion
One-Time Events
Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe Chef Richard Hetzler discusses the wonders of chocolate and features Mitsitam’s famous Mexican hot chocolate as well as many other dishes both savory and sweet using chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Webcasts & Webinars. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Webcast: http://www.AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Sundays and Tuesdays.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Chocolate Festival:Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana Dance Performances
One-Time Events
Tradiciones Bolivianas was founded in 1997 by mothers and young people of different regions of Bolivia in order to preserve and demonstrate the culture, music, customs, and traditions of their country as a tribute of love and respect to their ancestral home. It is currently directed by founder Julia Garcia and William Tono Vargas.
For 25 years, Sangre Boliviana has been the home of hundreds of dancers and young people who have since gone on to be leaders in the community; it is because of this legacy that they have earned the name "Academy of Folklore." Their goal is to share and preserve the rich cultures, traditions and customs of Bolivia.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. Book Signing: Thomas D. Jones
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Thomas D. Jones signs copies of his books Planetology: Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System, Hell Hawks: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht, and Skywalking: An Astronaut's Memoir.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Luce Unplugged with The Torches
One-Time Events
Luce Unplugged, an acoustic concert series, invites emerging musicians to play after staff-led art talks.
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. for an art talk on a piece selected by The Torches. The local musical group will perform a mixture of rock and folk music at 2 p.m. in the Luce Foundation Center following the talk.
Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Time Detail: Art talk meets in F Street Lobby at 1:30 p.m.; performance begins in Luce Foundation Center (third floor) at 2 p.m. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: From Bean to Beverage - Hands-On Activities
One-Time Events
Grind your own cacao seeds, froth the cacao, and explore the spices used to create traditional drinking chocolate.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Cultural Uses of Chocolate in Mexico
One-Time Events
Natividad Estrada (Mazatec) explains the cultural and spiritual significance of cacao to her indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Potomac Atrium, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Family Activity - Make Your Own Paper Mola
One-Time Events
Find out how the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia create artistic textiles called molas. Then, make your own paper mola celebrating cacao!
Recommended for Ages 6+ Up
FREE timed entry tickets required, available outside Activity Center.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: imagiNATIONS Activity Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: The Health Benefits of Chocolate
One-Time Events
This special presentation by Dr. Catherine Kwik-Uribe of Mars Botanical provides a fascinating illustrated overview of some of the historical uses of cacao, as well as the latest scientific research on chocolate and cocoa.
Dr. Kwik-uribe is the Director of Research and Development for Mars Botanical, a scientific division of Mars Incorporated. Since joining Mars Inc. in 2002, Dr. Kwik-Uribe has managed a research program within Mars Inc. that examines the potential role of specific cocoa-derived compounds—the cocoa flavanols—to support human health.
Categories: Demonstrations. Lectures & Discussions. Webcasts & Webinars. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Webcast: http://www.AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
All about Body Art
One-Time Events
(recommended for ages 13 to adult) Artist and educator Jay Coleman takes you on an exploration into urban tattoo consciousness, reasoning, and subject matter. Explore the history of tattooing, as well as the cultural, diplomatic, and social importance of the art form. You will also learn about the health risks and myths about tattoos.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: Free, but reservations required; call 202-633-4844.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Lecture with Debra Fritts
One-Time Events
Join ceramicist Debra Fritts as she shares stories about her work and process. Through exploration of terracotta and the female form, she creates works that revolve around the mysteries and joys of daily living.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Grand Salon.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Mourning
Films
Winner of the top prize at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, Morteza Farshbaf’s debut feature is unique in a number of ways—not the least of which is that the two main characters are deaf and communicate almost entirely in sign language. As the characters bicker during a road trip, the audience learns tantalizing pieces of information about their passenger, a young relative whose parents disappeared in the middle of the night. A protégé of Abbas Kiarostami, Farshbaf “fashions a consistently surprising and blackly comic road trip that may herald the arrival of a major new Iranian talent” (Institute of Contemporary Art, London). (Dir.: Morteza Farshbaf, Iran, 2011, 84 min. Persian and sign language with English subtitles).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM.
In Every Language Love
Kids and Family
An Open House for All Ages
In the classroom, enjoy a digital slideshow of images of love in Asian art. Use stamps that say “love” in more than a dozen Asian languages to print Valentines to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sackler sublevel 2. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Chocolate Festival: Tradiciones Bolivianas and Sangre Boliviana Dance Performances
One-Time Events
Tradiciones Bolivianas was founded in 1997 by mothers and young people of different regions of Bolivia in order to preserve and demonstrate the culture, music, customs, and traditions of their country as a tribute of love and respect to their ancestral home. It is currently directed by founder Julia Garcia and William Tono Vargas.
For 25 years, Sangre Boliviana has been the home of hundreds of dancers and young people who have since gone on to be leaders in the community; it is because of this legacy that they have earned the name "Academy of Folklore." Their goal is to share and preserve the rich cultures, traditions and customs of Bolivia.
Categories: Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
The Emerson String Quartet
Resident Associate Program
Join us for a diverse set of music ranging from Bach to Jazz, including some Brazilian Choro music. This program features violist Lawrence Dutton and bassist John Patitucci. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium, 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=222733.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 6:00 PM.
Young Portrait Explorers: William Rice
One-Time Events
(toddlers up to age 5 with adult) Become a Young Portrait Explorer and discover the National Portrait Gallery through history and art. Activities include looking at a portrait of William Rice by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, listening to Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson, and participating in a hands-on activity.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Kids & Families. Performances. Workshops. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet in G Street Lobby at 10:15 AM. Program begins promptly at 10:30 AM. Cost: Free, but registration required; follow the Purchase Tickets link closer to the time of the event.
Class size limited to 25 participants. Parents and guardians must remain with their children. Purchase Tickets: http://www.eventbrite.com/directory?q=national+Portrait+gallery&loc=Washington&page=1. Related Exhibition: The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
ArtLab+ Broadcast Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Calling all aspiring broadcasters! We’re looking for on-air talent; production, video, and music directors; station managers; and writers to launch a new station for teens, by teens. Club members work together to produce regular shows, from researching and writing original stories to editing sound and marketing their station to local listeners and viewers. Their work will be archived on their Ustream station, as well as broadcast live from the Lerner Room and the ArtLab.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Mondays through May.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. ArtLab+ Fashion Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Do you love fashion? Interested in learning how to write and produce for a fashion blog or magazine? Come to Voguetourá our fashion club, where we can talk about anything and everything fashion related! You’ll get the chance to learn how to blog, set up fashion shoots, document your personal style, write like a fashion editor, predict trends, and report on current styles.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Mondays through May.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Sundays and Tuesdays.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. ArtLab+ Art Breakers
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) What does it mean to create something "original"? Find out how artists broke with the past to build new concepts, then try it yourself using new digital tools. Starting with art in the Hirshhorn’s collection, you can craft original remixes to exhibit in the museum via QR codes. You will use physical art-making materials with a variety of editing software that can tackle any medium to create original work.
Monthly themes:
February - Status Update: Transform a decades-old artwork
, March - Cover Band: Remake a Hirshhorn artist's work
, April - On Speaking Terms: Create a piece that continues a discussion an artwork began
, May - Hack 'n' Slash: Take a work apart and create another artwork.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays through May with different monthly themes.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. ArtLab+ Noise Factory Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Inspired by the new wave of indie artists? Want to be a cutting-edge producer? What about recording vocals in a real sound booth? Join us in the ArtLab and learn to produce your own music. Under the guidance of artist and educator Dan Solberg and music producer Jon Williams, teens explore free software like Audacity, and over time, work up to advanced professional software, including ProTools and Logic.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays (4-6 PM) and Saturdays (1-3 PM) through May.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Portraits After 5: Art of Love
One-Time Events
(for all ages) Art and love make the perfect pair this Valentine's Day at the museum, with an event designed to bring new meaning to the term "art lover" for singles and couples alike. Bring your imagination, curiosity, and creativity to participate in the following activities:
Hear a unique mix of love songs from Smithsonian Folkways
, View images of iconic relationships
, Play a game that tests your knowledge of your partner, best friend, or family member
, Recite a poem inspired by the collections
, Compose a handwritten love letter to your sweetheart (or anonymously boost the morale of someone in the American military)
, Participate in a romance-themed museum scavenger hunt
, Get struck by Cupid's arrow while speed dating (reservations required)
, Learn romantic facts about such other Smithsonian exhibitions as the National Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Pavilion
, Visit the Café for specialty drinks and treats made with love.
Categories: After Five. Gallery Talks & Tours. Workshops. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free; to participate in speed dating, please RSVP to artoflove@si.edu.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
For more info visit www.si.edu. Handi-hour
One-Time Events
(minimum age is 21) Make it a date night, or go in spite of the holiday. Whether you are pro or anti-Valentine’s Day, Handi-hour will have just the craft and brew for you. Listen to live music, taste seasonal brews, learn to knit, try our featured craft, and take a scavenger hunt through our galleries.
A scavenger hunt through the permanent collection galleries is also offered, and completed hunts are entered in a raffle for crafty prizes, including 2 free tickets to the next Handi-hour.
Categories: After Five. Demonstrations. Performances. Workshops. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Renwick Gallery, Grand Salon, 2nd Floor. Cost: $20 (cash only), payable at the door, includes 2 drink tickets, all you can craft, and snacks. Additional drink tickets may be purchased for $5 apiece while supplies last.
Only two admissions may be purchased per person at a time. Come early, before we sell out!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
American Craft Masterpieces
One-Time Events
Discover treasures in the museum's premanent craft collection during our gallery talk series. Individual objects are discussed in an intimate gallery setting. In February, conservator Helen Ingalls discusses Albert Paley's Portal Gates.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: 1st-floor Lobby. Continues: 3rd Wednesday of each month features a different object.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. ArtLab+ Women Represented
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Emotional. Weak. Superficial. Helpless. Sound familiar? Make you angry? Join Women Represented, talk about stereotypes you see in the media, and make art that shows you're on the right track baby (you were born this way)!
Monthly themes:
February - Photography
, March - Video
, April - Animation
, May - Music.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Wednesdays through May with monthly themes.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Book Signing: Robert Gooding-Williams
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Robert Gooding-Williams sign copies of his book In the Shadow of Du Bois: Afro-Modern Political Thought in America.
Categories: After Five. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Bookstore. Cost: Books available for sale in bookstore.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Noodles and a Movie at the Freer!
Films
To introduce Taiwan's food culture and celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office collaborates with the Freer and Sackler in welcoming foodies and cinema lovers to savor a free film and feast.
One of Taiwan's top culinary artists, chef Hou Chun-sheng, winner of the 2011 Taipei Beef Noodle Soup Competition, serves his special beef noodles during a reception at the Freer, followed by a screening of Eat Drink Man Woman. Chef Hou's beef noodles are a must-eat for international gourmets and the perfect dish to prepare viewers for Eat Drink Man Woman—Taiwan-born director Ang Lee's food-centered film about an elderly chef and his family as they experience the trials and joys of life in modern Taiwan. Settle in and enjoy an evening of homestyle Taiwan food culture! Free and open to the public.
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6:00 PM.
Cartography: From Ptolemy to Crisis Mapping
Resident Associate Program
Maps today seem so easy to use, but there was a time when only the elite had access to and understood them. Tonight, geographer Matthew Jennings explores their history, design, and use and shares how they reflect our vision of the world and ourselves. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223696.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6:45 PM.
Clinton: An American Experience Film
One-Time Events
The National Museum of American History presents a one-hour preview of segments from the upcoming PBS film Clinton, the 16th episode in the American Experience presidential biography series. This American Experience documentary, scheduled for national television broadcast on Presidents' Day, follows President William Jefferson Clinton’s rise from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage. The screening is followed by a panel discussion led by Marc Pachter (interim director of the museum) and will include Barak Goodman (the film's director), Don Baer (one of Clinton’s senior advisors from 1994 to 1997), Harold Ickes (White House Deputy Chief of Staff from 1993 to 1996), and journalist John Harris (editor-in-chief of Politico). Tickets for this event are free, required, and can be reserved here.
Categories: After Five. Films. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Warner Bros. Theater. Cost: Free; tickets required.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Joe Torre on Managing Major League Baseball
Resident Associate Program
Joe Torre, Major League Baseball's recent executive vice president of Baseball Operations, and former manager of the Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Braves, and Cardinals, joins a discussion on managing major league baseball. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Lectures & Discussions. Event Location: George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW (21st & H), Metro: Foggy Bottom (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223839.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:00 PM.
The Museum Support Center, All-Day Tour
Resident Associate Program
Resident Members Only: The Smithsonian has one of the largest collections in the world, from giant whale skulls to tiny insects. Get a behind-the-scenes look where these research and exhibition specimens are kept, at the Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland. View more details.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Event Location: Departs Mayflower Hotel, DeSales St. side, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW, No fringe stop on this tour. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223781.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 AM.
Peacock Room Shutters Open
Freer and Sackler Galleries
The Peacock Room is open during museum hours, but once a month it is shown in a whole new light. When the shutters of Whistler’s “harmony in blue and gold” are open, a flood of natural light turns the Peacock Room into a glowing jewel of blue, green, and gold tones. Details, colors, and textures are revealed in the sunlight—and a special filtering film on the windows minimizes fading.
The shutters are open from noon to 5:30 pm every third Thursday of the month into spring 2013. On those days, docents are in the Peacock Room to answer questions (12–2 pm), and starting at 2, they lead a tour of Whistler’s works on view in the Freer Gallery.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Peacock Room. Continues: Every third Thursday. Related Exhibition: The Peacock Room Comes to America.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Thursdays.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. ArtLab+ Gamers Circle Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) What makes some games more fun than others? What are up-and-coming trends in the industry? Join the Gamers Circle to discuss these topics and more, and air your views on our broadcast station. You can also write and publish reviews for games, create video segments out of your critiques, and even play games live online to show the world what you’re up to and challenge viewers watching from home.
Gaming tournament afterwards, 6-7 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Thursdays through May.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Take 5! Little Red and The Renegade's Mardi Gras Special
One-Time Events
Whether he’s tickling the ivories or pumping his accordion, Little Red (Tom Corradino) creates a party atmosphere with his classic Louisiana sound. He is accompanied by Carol Arthur on steel pans, Dave Petersen on bass, Jon Danforth on drums, and Harry and Allen Rado on guitar.
Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in a cool, contemporary space. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments. For added fun, borrow a board game to play during the concert!
The January and February performances will feature printmaking demonstrations by artists from George Mason University in conjunction with the exhibition Multiplicity.
Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
2012 African Art House Film Festival: Aristotle’s Plot
One-Time Events
Aristotle’s Plot (1996, 71 min, Zimbabwe/Cameroon, directed by Jean-Pierre Bekolo). With a heavy dose of satire, this post-modern film questions whether Africans prefer high-art festival films or American action movies. Post-screening discussion follows with Mbye Cham (Howard University).
Categories: After Five. Films. Event Location: Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. Cost: Free; obtain tickets on a first-come, first-served basis from theater box office on the day of screening.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:30 PM.
Stomp and Shout: Celebration of Gospel Music
Resident Associate Program
Michele Fowlin explores the heritage of this constantly evolving slice of American music. Also, hear timeless spirituals performed by members of the Eleanor Roosevelt High School choir. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Lectures & Discussions. Performances. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223821.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:45 PM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Friday Gallery Talk: Jacob Lawrence
One-Time Events
Jacquelyn D. Serwer, chief curator at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, discusses paintings by Jacob Lawrence.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free. Continues: Continues most Fridays.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit hirshhorn.si.edu. Book Signing: Deborra Richardson
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Deborra Richardson signs copies of her children's book Treasures at the Museum. Learn more about the book.
Categories: Kids & Families. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Outside Mall Museum Store, 2nd Floor. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM.
Here without Me
Films
Bahram Tavakoli’s adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie is a brilliantly acted restaging of the original’s themes within the cultural confines of contemporary Iran. As in Williams’ play, the story is told from the point of view of a cinema-haunting young man. His shy, disabled sister takes refuge in her collection of glass animals while their overbearing mother, played with motor-mouthed aplomb by Montreal Film Festival award-winner Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, works desperately to match her with a marriageable man—which she thinks she may have found in her son’s best friend. (Dir.: Bahram Tavakoli, Iran, 2011, 97 min. Persian with English subtitles).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:00 PM.
Book Signing: Mark James
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Mark James signs copies of his children's book and coloring book Christopher's Little Airplane.
Categories: Kids & Families. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Presidential Family Fun Day
One-Time Events
Start off your Presidents' Day weekend with a family day at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Remember our shared history as you enjoy patriotic music, stories, craft activities, and some special guests!
Categories: Kids & Families. Performances. Shopping/Book Signing. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Visual Storytelling
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Are you a storyteller? Are you a visual thinker? Tell your own story! Use words and images to bring artworks from the Hirshhorn’s collection to life. With a different theme each week, teens learn new techniques and technologies to create a story based on that theme. Possible outcomes include video, animation, comics, photography, or even podcasts.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May with different weekly themes.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. African American History Month Family Day
One-Time Events
Discover the struggles and achievements of African Americans in the postal service with family activities. Design a stamp honoring your heritage hero, make a stamp collection, and sort mail in the Railway Post Office!
Meet sixth grader Jackson Davis V who was inspired by a school project to begin a campaign to honor York, an enslaved African American who traveled with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, on a US postage stamp.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Postal Museum. Event Location: Museum Atrium. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signing: Sandra O'Connell
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Sandra O'Connell signs copies of her book An American Family in World War II.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. ArtLab+ Noise Factory Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Inspired by the new wave of indie artists? Want to be a cutting-edge producer? What about recording vocals in a real sound booth? Join us in the ArtLab and learn to produce your own music. Under the guidance of artist and educator Dan Solberg and music producer Jon Williams, teens explore free software like Audacity, and over time, work up to advanced professional software, including ProTools and Logic.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays (4-6 PM) and Saturdays (1-3 PM) through May.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Reel Portraits Double Feature: The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 and Pulp Fiction
One-Time Events
The museum presents two films:
1 PM: The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 (2011, 100 min, rated R) This documentary about the Black Power movement features Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, and a stellar soundtrack. National Museum of American History curator Fath Davis Ruffins introduces the film.
, 3 PM: Pulp Fiction (1994, rated R) features Washington native Samuel L. Jackson in his Oscar–nominated role as hit man Jules Winnfield. Anjuli Singh of the American Film Institute introduces the film.
Categories: Films. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G Street). Cost: Free; first come, first served. Auditorium doors open 30 minutes before program starts. Related Exhibition: The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Art Cart: Unearthing Chinese Art
Kids and Family
Stop by this interactive cart to explore examples of natural and carved jade and the tools used to shape them. Learn how bronzes were made by assembling the parts of a bronze mold. Touch pieces of jade and bronze. Discover designs in the works of art in the Ancient China galleries.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Outside galleries 18 and 19. Cost: Free. Related Events: Sounds of the Dragon.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
For Country: Japanese American Soldiers and Citizens and the 70th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program
It will be 70 years since the signing of Executive Order 9066 that led to the internment of more than 110,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, and the formation of the heroic Japanese American military units the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and sections of the Military Intelligence Service. Through objects, conversations with veterans, speakers, and films, learn more about this period in American history and about the Congressional Gold Medal awarded in November 2011 to the Japanese Americans who served in World War II. Join us for an afternoon of reflection and hear amazing stories about perseverance and service. Book signing follows.
Categories: Films. Lectures & Discussions. Performances. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: Warner Brothers Theater & LeFrak Lobby, 1st Floor, near Constitution Ave. entrance. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Photo Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Get experience with in-the-moment documentation to setting up photo shoots, complete with light boxes and reflectors. You'll start with pocket digital cameras and move up to professional digital SLRs. Along the way, you will have opportunities to show your work in the museum and to apply to be paid documentary photographers at ArtLab+, Hirshhorn, and Smithsonian-sponsored events.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Old School House Party
One-Time Events
Looking for a memorable evening? Bring your best Five No Trump and wear the best shoes for hand dancing! Join DJ Lady Z and museum staff for an evening of elegant entertainment and a trip down memory lane. While you are here, enjoy a tour of the related exhibition.
Categories: After Five. Gallery Talks & Tours. Performances. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: $25 per person; for reservations, call 202-633-4866
Space is limited. Related Exhibition: Artuaré and Conversations in the Contemporary.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Civil War in Alexandria, Fairfax, and Prince William Counties, All-Day Tour
Resident Associate Program
Begin tracing the history of the Civil War with a drive through Alexandria and Falls Church. Lunch is in Manassas, followed by stops at sites pertinent to the Battle of First Manassas. Then, view Signal Hill and the sites of the Confederate river batteries at Freestone and Cockpit Points. View more details.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Event Location: Departs from the Holiday Inn Capitol at, 550 C Street, S.W. (corner of 6th & C Sts.), No fringe stop on this tour. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223774.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 8:00 AM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Sundays and Tuesdays.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. Artuaré Tour
One-Time Events
Photographer Steven M. Cummings leads a tour of his exhibition Artuaré and discusses an array of images—of people, objects, and city scenes—that are uniquely colored and skillfully designed.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: Free, but reservations required; call 202-633-4844. Related Exhibition: Artuaré.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Here without Me
Films
Bahram Tavakoli’s adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie is a brilliantly acted restaging of the original’s themes within the cultural confines of contemporary Iran. As in Williams’ play, the story is told from the point of view of a cinema-haunting young man. His shy, disabled sister takes refuge in her collection of glass animals while their overbearing mother, played with motor-mouthed aplomb by Montreal Film Festival award-winner Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, works desperately to match her with a marriageable man—which she thinks she may have found in her son’s best friend. (Dir.: Bahram Tavakoli, Iran, 2011, 97 min. Persian with English subtitles).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
Time Detail: Note: Rescheduled from February 20. Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Sundays and Tuesdays.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. ArtLab+ Broadcast Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Calling all aspiring broadcasters! We’re looking for on-air talent; production, video, and music directors; station managers; and writers to launch a new station for teens, by teens. Club members work together to produce regular shows, from researching and writing original stories to editing sound and marketing their station to local listeners and viewers. Their work will be archived on their Ustream station, as well as broadcast live from the Lerner Room and the ArtLab.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Mondays through May.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. ArtLab+ Fashion Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Do you love fashion? Interested in learning how to write and produce for a fashion blog or magazine? Come to Voguetourá our fashion club, where we can talk about anything and everything fashion related! You’ll get the chance to learn how to blog, set up fashion shoots, document your personal style, write like a fashion editor, predict trends, and report on current styles.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Mondays through May.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Unforgettable: Nat “King” Cole, the Man and His Music
One-Time Events
The museum marks Black History Month with a celebration of the life and music of Nat “King” Cole featuring actor/vocalist Michael McElroy, with script and narration by Jewell Robinson.
Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level (enter from G St.). Cost: Free, but reservations recommended; call 202-633-8520 or visit http://natkingcole.eventbrite.com/.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 7:00 PM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. ArtLab+ Art Breakers
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) What does it mean to create something "original"? Find out how artists broke with the past to build new concepts, then try it yourself using new digital tools. Starting with art in the Hirshhorn’s collection, you can craft original remixes to exhibit in the museum via QR codes. You will use physical art-making materials with a variety of editing software that can tackle any medium to create original work.
Monthly themes:
February - Status Update: Transform a decades-old artwork
, March - Cover Band: Remake a Hirshhorn artist's work
, April - On Speaking Terms: Create a piece that continues a discussion an artwork began
, May - Hack 'n' Slash: Take a work apart and create another artwork.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays through May with different monthly themes.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. ArtLab+ Noise Factory Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Inspired by the new wave of indie artists? Want to be a cutting-edge producer? What about recording vocals in a real sound booth? Join us in the ArtLab and learn to produce your own music. Under the guidance of artist and educator Dan Solberg and music producer Jon Williams, teens explore free software like Audacity, and over time, work up to advanced professional software, including ProTools and Logic.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays (4-6 PM) and Saturdays (1-3 PM) through May.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Youth Poetry Slam
One-Time Events
Poetry comes alive as youth from the D.C. area read or recite original poetry. All ages are welcome to listen, watch, or participate.
Categories: After Five. Kids & Families. Performances. Workshops. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
DISCOVERY THEATER, How Old is a Hero?
Discovery Theater Automatic Upload
Ages 6-11. Learn about young heroes of the civil Rights Movement and be inspired by their courage and hope. View more details.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater, Constitution Ave. NW b/w 12th & 14th Streets, Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Cal-DT&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185707&performanceNumber=223799.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 10:15 AM.
DISCOVERY THEATER, How Old is a Hero?
Discovery Theater Automatic Upload
Ages 6-11. Learn about young heroes of the civil Rights Movement and be inspired by their courage and hope. View more details.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater, Constitution Ave. NW b/w 12th & 14th Streets, Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Cal-DT&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185707&performanceNumber=223800.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 11:30 AM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signing: Sydney Nathans
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Sydney Nathans sign copies of his book To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker.
Time Detail: Note new time. Categories: After Five. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Bookstore. Cost: Books available for sale in bookstore.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Women Represented
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Emotional. Weak. Superficial. Helpless. Sound familiar? Make you angry? Join Women Represented, talk about stereotypes you see in the media, and make art that shows you're on the right track baby (you were born this way)!
Monthly themes:
February - Photography
, March - Video
, April - Animation
, May - Music.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Wednesdays through May with monthly themes.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. National Portrait Gallery Pop Quiz
One-Time Events
(for ages 18 and up) Come for happy hour, hear a DJ spin, and play the National Portrait Gallery’s multimedia collection–inspired trivia game. The top-scoring team receives a prize at the end of the evening.
Snacks and beverages are available for purchase in the Courtyard Cafe.
Time Detail: DJ starts at 5 PM; Pop Quiz starts at 6:30 PM. Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 5:00 PM.
Our Explosive Sun: The Source of the Northern Lights
Resident Associate Program
Our sun is a variable star that hurls billions of tons of gas towards Earth and creates the Northern Lights. Solar physicist Paal Brekke explains this phenomenon as well as solar storms that can be a hazard for technology. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater, 4th St. & Independence Avenue, SW, Metro:L'Enfant Plaza(Blue/Orange/Yellow/Green). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223668.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:45 PM.
Music From Japan: Echoes of the Silk Road
Performances
Hear ancient musical instruments brought to Japan along the Silk Road—with a focus on the long-extinct Persian harp (kugo). Fuyuhiko Sasaki performs both new and recreated works for the harp, joined by a six-piece ensemble of winds, voice, and percussion in music by Sasaki, Akiko Yamane, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Maki Ishii, Takehito Shimazu, and Sukeyasu Shiba. Made possible through support from the Thaw Charitable Trust; part of Music From Japan Festival 2012.
Categories: Performances. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free tickets required. Related Events: Pre-concert tour, Korean Ceramics, 6:45 pm.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 7:30 PM.
Tot Rock: Jammin' at the Smithsonian
Discovery Theater Automatic Upload
Ages 2-6, DT favorite Rocknoceros kicks off our Tot Rock Concert Series with songs from their new album. View more details.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Discovery Theater, 3rd Sublevel, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian (Blue/Orange Lines). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Cal-DT&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185707&performanceNumber=223542.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 10:15 AM.
Tot Rock: Jammin' at the Smithsonian
Discovery Theater Automatic Upload
Ages 2-6, DT favorite Rocknoceros kicks off our Tot Rock Concert Series with songs from their new album. View more details.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Discovery Theater, 3rd Sublevel, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian (Blue/Orange Lines). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Cal-DT&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185707&performanceNumber=223923.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 11:30 AM.
Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Thursdays.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Fly Marines! The Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation: 1912-2012
Resident Associate Program
Free for Resident Members: Take a curator-led tour of the special Air and Space Museum exhibit that tells the story of 100 years of U.S. Marine Corps aviation through artworks and artifacts. The exhibition features oils, watercolors, drawings, and poster art by celebrated and contemporary combat artists. Artifacts include patches, uniforms, and other small objects. View more details.
Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: National Air & Space Museum, Jefferson Drive, SW (between 4th and 7th), Metro: L'Enfant Plaza (Maryland Ave. Exit), Meet at the central Information Desk. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223922.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 1:30 PM.
ArtLab+ Gamers Circle Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) What makes some games more fun than others? What are up-and-coming trends in the industry? Join the Gamers Circle to discuss these topics and more, and air your views on our broadcast station. You can also write and publish reviews for games, create video segments out of your critiques, and even play games live online to show the world what you’re up to and challenge viewers watching from home.
Gaming tournament afterwards, 6-7 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Thursdays through May.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. 2012 African Art House Film Festival: The Nine Muses
One-Time Events
The Nine Muses (2011, 94 min, Alaska and archival material, directed by John Akomfrah) This beautiful and enigmatic documentary film mixes archival material and original scenes, and considers mass migration to post-war Britain from 1949 to 1970 as a parallel to Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. Screening is attended by Ghanaian-born British filmmaker Akomfrah.
Categories: After Five. Films. Event Location: Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. Cost: Free; obtain tickets on a first-come, first-served basis from theater box office on the day of screening. Continues: Last in series.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:30 PM.
The Enigmatic Frank Sinatra
Resident Associate Program
American popular music specialist Robert Wyatt highlights the extraordinary life and career of the legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra through film clips and music recordings. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater, 4th St. & Independence Avenue, SW, Metro:L'Enfant Plaza(Blue/Orange/Yellow/Green). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223671.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:45 PM.
Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space
One-Time Events
Suprasensorial artists and their representatives join exhibition curators Alma Ruiz and Valerie Fletcher to discuss the participatory and populist large-scale installations by Lucio Fontana, Julio Le Parc, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Hélio Oiticica and Neville D’Almeida. The exhibition will be open 5:30-7 p.m. before the program starts.
Categories: After Five. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Ring Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7:00 PM.
For more info visit hirshhorn.si.edu. America's Role in the Chilean Rescue
Resident Associate Program
FREE PROGRAM: In this panel discussion, discover America's main players that assisted with the Chilean Miner Rescue in October 2010. This panel includes NASA team members who provided advice on health matters, representatives of U.S. companies instrumental in the drilling system that brought the 33 miners to the surface, and members from the Chilean Embassy who contributed to the successful operation. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium, 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=224351.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7:00 PM.
DISCOVERY THEATER, How Old is a Hero?
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Ages 6-11. Learn about young heroes of the civil Rights Movement and be inspired by their courage and hope. View more details.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater, Constitution Ave. NW b/w 12th & 14th Streets, Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Cal-DT&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185707&performanceNumber=223801.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 10:15 AM.
Enslavement to Emancipation
One-Time Events
Learn about the personal lives of enslaved and free people of color, the Civil War, laws governing slavery, the abolitionist movement, noteworthy institutions, and the civil rights work of such early 20th-century figures as W.E.B. Du Bois and A. Philip Randolph. Presented in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the passage of the District of Columbia’s Emancipation Act in 1862.
Categories: Films. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: Free, but reservations required; call 202-633-4844.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 10:30 AM.
DISCOVERY THEATER, How Old is a Hero?
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Ages 6-11. Learn about young heroes of the civil Rights Movement and be inspired by their courage and hope. View more details.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater, Constitution Ave. NW b/w 12th & 14th Streets, Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Cal-DT&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185707&performanceNumber=223802.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 11:30 AM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Friday Gallery Talk: Suprasensorial
One-Time Events
D.C.-based artist Samuel Scharf discusses the exhibition Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free. Continues: Continues most Fridays. Related Exhibition: Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit hirshhorn.si.edu. HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: The 'Hobbits' of Human Evolution: An Update
One-Time Events
Join our informal discussion and Q&A session on Homo floresiensis, nicknamed the ‘hobbits’ of human evolution.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Within the exhibition's One Species, Living Worldwide Theater, 1st Floor. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Creative Consultants
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Help run the show! Join the Creative Consultants, the ArtLab's Youth Advisory Board, and advise museum staff on everything from programming to advertising and promotion to materials and furniture for the Hirshhorn's lobby. You'll get to work with museum staff as well as artist Blake Turner on a large-scale museum event.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Last Friday of each month through May.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. After-Hours Performance with Kent Monkman
One-Time Events
In his first performance in the United States, acclaimed Canadian artist Kent Monkman (Cree) presents a new work featuring his alter ego, Miss Chief. Monkman’s large-scale paintings, faux-antique photographs, silent films, and performance works subvert official histories of Manifest Destiny and “noble savages.” The Emergence of a Legend, a group of photographs in NMAI’s collection, portrays Miss Chief in some of her many guises—a performer in George Catlin’s touring Indian Gallery; a vaudeville dancer; and a director of Hollywood westerns—re-envisioning the history of Indians performing for non-Indians.
In his new performance, Monkman brings Miss Chief’s wit and larger-than-life personality to questions of identity and blood quantum. The performance will be accompanied by a screening of some of Monkman's short films and an opportunity to meet the artist. Recommended for mature audiences.
Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: American Indian Museum. Event Location: Rasmuson Theater, 1st level. Cost: Free.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Africa Underground
One-Time Events
Come join us after hours to celebrate women in African and African American history and culture. This evening features Emcee Cortney Hicks (MAJIC 102.3); DJ Natty Boom; and singer, rapper, songwriter Naomi Achu. Highlights include spoken word performances, African weaving workshop, henna tattooing, music, dancing, and African and African American food.
Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: African Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum. Cost: $25 advance online only (see Purchase Tickets below). For more information, contact africanartevents@si.edu or call 202-633-4651.
Note: Must be 21 or older to attend, no exceptions (IDs will be checked at the door). Purchase Tickets: http://africa.si.edu/underground/.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Renaissance Pilgrimage: Sacred Quests
Resident Associate Program
Take a vicarious pilgrimage to some of the most revered religions sites in Christendom, including Canterbury, Santiago de Compostela, Lourdes, Rome, and Jerusalem. View more details.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223849.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 9:30 AM.
Family Day: African American Pioneers in Aviation
One-Time Events
Learn about the accomplishments of African American aviation pioneers of the past and present. Meet a distinguished panel of local Tuskegee Airmen, who will discuss their struggles and the history of the African American World War II fighter group. Enjoy hands-on activities, book signings, and appearances by current scientists, pilots, and engineers in aerospace.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Throughout the museum. Cost: Free; parking $15.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Bach's St. Matthew Passion, All-Day Seminar
Resident Associate Program
Kenneth Slowik examines what many consider to be Bach's greatest masterpiece, St. Matthew Passion, as the Friends of Music record label prepares to release a new recording of the work. View more details.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of American History, Hall of Musical Instruments, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Smithsonian Metro (Blue/Orange Line). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223268.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10:00 AM.
The Reconstruction Era: 1865-1877
Resident Associate Program
University of Maryland historian Michael Ross looks back to the period following the Civil War (1865-1877) and explores how the bitter conflicts of this era redefined the rights of all Americans. View more details.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223611.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10:00 AM.
Mardi Gras Family Day
One-Time Events
Enjoy a day of fun for the family with arts-and-crafts workshops, Zydeco music, an adornment workshop, storytelling, and other activities. Dress in your best festive attire and be judged on your costume. Costumes will be judged in the following age groups: ages 2 to 5, 6 to 10, 11 to 14, 15 to 17, 18 to 54, and seniors 55 and older. Winners take home a prize from the Smithsonian and are highlighted in our March e-newsletter.
Those who do not come in festive apparel can participate in the adornment workshop with Januwa Moja to dress up for fun only and take away a personal photo.
Categories: Kids & Families. Performances. Workshops. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: Free. For more information, call 202-633-4875 or email ACMinfo@si.edu.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Featured Creature Day
Special Zoo Events
Get in the swim of things and join us for special keeper talks and animal demos from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.! It may be cold outside but it’s always 80 degrees in Amazonia! Learn all about the amazing diversity of fish in the Amazon River Basin—from the giant arapaima to freshwater stingrays and even the piranha. Each species plays a vital role in maintaining the health of this giant ecosystem. Free and open to the public. No ticket required.
Categories: Celebrations. Gallery Talks & Tours. Kids & Families. Venue: National Zoo. Event Location: Amazonia Exhibit. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit nationalzoo.si.edu. ArtLab+ Visual Storytelling
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Are you a storyteller? Are you a visual thinker? Tell your own story! Use words and images to bring artworks from the Hirshhorn’s collection to life. With a different theme each week, teens learn new techniques and technologies to create a story based on that theme. Possible outcomes include video, animation, comics, photography, or even podcasts.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May with different weekly themes.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Book Signing: Dave "Bio" Baranek
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Dave "Bio" Baranek signs copies of his book TOPGUN Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signing: Ross Simpson
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Ross Simpson signs copies of his book Stealth Down.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Col. Charles E. McGee
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Charles E. McGee signs copies of his book Tuskegee Airman: The Biography of Charles E. McGee, Air Force Fighter, Combat Record Holder.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. ArtLab+ Noise Factory Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Inspired by the new wave of indie artists? Want to be a cutting-edge producer? What about recording vocals in a real sound booth? Join us in the ArtLab and learn to produce your own music. Under the guidance of artist and educator Dan Solberg and music producer Jon Williams, teens explore free software like Audacity, and over time, work up to advanced professional software, including ProTools and Logic.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays (4-6 PM) and Saturdays (1-3 PM) through May.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Luce Artist Talk with Jacqueline Levine
One-Time Events
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. when artist Jacqueline Levine looks at artworks in the Luce Center in relation to her own work. Levine’s latest work mixes popular culture with her interest in Old Masters, particularly fifteenth-century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch.
Discussions with local artists are presented in collaboration with Flashpoint Gallery and highlight works in the museum’s collection. Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Art Cart: Unearthing Chinese Art
Kids and Family
Stop by this interactive cart to explore examples of natural and carved jade and the tools used to shape them. Learn how bronzes were made by assembling the parts of a bronze mold. Touch pieces of jade and bronze. Discover designs in the works of art in the Ancient China galleries.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Outside galleries 18 and 19. Cost: Free. Related Events: Sounds of the Dragon.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Gallery 360: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
One-Time Events
Photographer and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders discusses his works on display in The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Book signing follows.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the exhibition entrance, 2nd Floor. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Diaspora Grooves
One-Time Events
Haitian American violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (a.k.a. DBR) premieres a new work for solo violin and electronics. Inspired by Ousmane Sow’s powerful sculpture Toussaint Louverture et la vieille esclave, DBR is joined by Lord Jamar, legendary emcee, producer, actor, and director and member of the hip-hop group Brand Nubian.
Categories: Performances. Venue: African Art Museum. Event Location: Pavilion. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 3:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Photo Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Get experience with in-the-moment documentation to setting up photo shoots, complete with light boxes and reflectors. You'll start with pocket digital cameras and move up to professional digital SLRs. Along the way, you will have opportunities to show your work in the museum and to apply to be paid documentary photographers at ArtLab+, Hirshhorn, and Smithsonian-sponsored events.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Book Signing: Gov. Deval Patrick
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Gov. Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, sign copies of his book A Reason to Believe, following his own journey from a chaotic childhood to an elite boarding school in New England, from a sojourn doing relief work in Africa to the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, and then to a career in politics.
Time Detail: Note new time. Categories: After Five. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Bookstore. Cost: Books available for sale in bookstore.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Smithsonian’s Stars Lecture Series: Revealing Mercury’s Secrets with the MESSENGER Spacecraft
One-Time Events
4:30 PM: Discovery Station (in front of Welcome Center)
, 5:45 PM: Planetarium Presentation: Center for Earth and Planetary Studies research fellow Maria Banks discusses the history of the exploration of Mercury and why it is a fascinating planet. She talks about the MESSENGER spacecraft and provides an overview of new discoveries and what scientists are learning from the spacecraft, with a focus on her research.
, 6:45 PM: Telescope Observing (Public Observatory, outside on south terrace, weather permitting).
Categories: Demonstrations. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Albert Einstein Planetarium, 2nd Floor, West Wing. Cost: Free, but tickets required. Continues: Last in series.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Stargazing at the Public Observatory
One-Time Events
(weather permitting) The museum’s Public Observatory is open for special nighttime stargazing. Don't miss this chance to see an array of celestial objects through a powerful professional telescope.
Categories: After Five. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Public Observatory, Outside on the Southeast Terrace. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Sundays and Tuesdays.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. About Face
One-Time Events
What do you consider when creating a portrait? Learn portraiture techniques—perspective, modeling, proportional rendering—from Jay Coleman, one of the city’s premier portrait artists. Explore local and arbitrary color applications to create self-portraits in a variety of media.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: Anacostia Community Museum. Event Location: Program Room. Cost: Free, but reservations required; call 202-633-4844.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
ArtLab+ Broadcast Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Calling all aspiring broadcasters! We’re looking for on-air talent; production, video, and music directors; station managers; and writers to launch a new station for teens, by teens. Club members work together to produce regular shows, from researching and writing original stories to editing sound and marketing their station to local listeners and viewers. Their work will be archived on their Ustream station, as well as broadcast live from the Lerner Room and the ArtLab.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Mondays through May.
Monday, February 27, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. ArtLab+ Fashion Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Do you love fashion? Interested in learning how to write and produce for a fashion blog or magazine? Come to Voguetourá our fashion club, where we can talk about anything and everything fashion related! You’ll get the chance to learn how to blog, set up fashion shoots, document your personal style, write like a fashion editor, predict trends, and report on current styles.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Mondays through May.
Monday, February 27, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. Book Signings: Col. Wolfgang Samuel
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Col. Wolfgang Samuel signs copies of his books Glory Days, Watson's Whizzers, American Raiders, The War of Our Childhood, German Boy, I Always Wanted to Fly, and Coming to Colorado.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Sundays and Tuesdays.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. ArtLab+ Art Breakers
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) What does it mean to create something "original"? Find out how artists broke with the past to build new concepts, then try it yourself using new digital tools. Starting with art in the Hirshhorn’s collection, you can craft original remixes to exhibit in the museum via QR codes. You will use physical art-making materials with a variety of editing software that can tackle any medium to create original work.
Monthly themes:
February - Status Update: Transform a decades-old artwork
, March - Cover Band: Remake a Hirshhorn artist's work
, April - On Speaking Terms: Create a piece that continues a discussion an artwork began
, May - Hack 'n' Slash: Take a work apart and create another artwork.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays through May with different monthly themes.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. ArtLab+ Noise Factory Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Inspired by the new wave of indie artists? Want to be a cutting-edge producer? What about recording vocals in a real sound booth? Join us in the ArtLab and learn to produce your own music. Under the guidance of artist and educator Dan Solberg and music producer Jon Williams, teens explore free software like Audacity, and over time, work up to advanced professional software, including ProTools and Logic.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays (4-6 PM) and Saturdays (1-3 PM) through May.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Screening: A Not So Still Life
One-Time Events
(2010, 80 min)
A Not So Still Life peers into the kaleidoscopic mind of Ginny Ruffner. The documentary explores Ruffner’s journey from her childhood in South Carolina to her emergence as a world-renowned artist. The film also highlights her influences, including Dale Chihuly, Graham Nash, and Tom Robbins. Directed by Karen Stanton.
After the screening, Ruffner will participate in a discussion about the film and will sign copies of the DVD (available for purchase onsite).
Categories: Films. Lectures & Discussions. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Grand Salon. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Book Signing: George Norfleet
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
George Norfleet signs copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson.
Categories: Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Outside Museum Store. Cost: Books available for sale in Museum Store. Continues: Repeats most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nasm.si.edu. ArtLab+ Women Represented
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Emotional. Weak. Superficial. Helpless. Sound familiar? Make you angry? Join Women Represented, talk about stereotypes you see in the media, and make art that shows you're on the right track baby (you were born this way)!
Monthly themes:
February - Photography
, March - Video
, April - Animation
, May - Music.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Wednesdays through May with monthly themes.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Annie Hall
One-Time Events
Neurotic comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) falls in love with the free-spirited Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) in this quirky, bittersweet love story. Directed by Woody Allen. Also starring Christopher Walken and Paul Simon (1977, 93 minutes).
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
The First North American Migration-Not a Strait Route?
Resident Associate Program
In this evening seminar, Natural History Museum curator Dennis Stanford presents provocative new theories about the first North Americans, such as they may have crossed the Atlantic, much earlier than we think. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium, 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223643.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 6:45 PM.
Can iron from deep-sea hot springs fertilize the ocean?
One-Time Events
The global mid-ocean ridge system is a 60,000-km volcanic chain that crosses the floor of all major ocean basins on Earth. Dispersed along this baseball seam are deep-sea hydrothermal vents that release hot fluids rich in iron and other reduced chemicals. Every year, the iron released to the ocean by hydrothermal venting at the seafloor is approximately equal to all of the iron flushed from the continents by rivers - this is a lot of iron. With all of this iron entering the oceans, how do we explain the large regions of the global ocean where iron availability is so low that it limits life? The key to understanding iron mobility and bioavailability is the specific chemical form of the iron.
Brandy Toner, University of Minnesota, discusses current scientific understanding of the chemistry and biology of hydrothermally derived iron. She also highlights recent research discoveries that demonstrate the limits of current understanding and examine the rich complexities of iron biogeochemistry in the deep ocean.
Venue: Natural History Museum. Event Location: Ocean Explorer Theater in The Sant Ocean Hall, 1st Floor, Center. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Gamers Circle Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) What makes some games more fun than others? What are up-and-coming trends in the industry? Join the Gamers Circle to discuss these topics and more, and air your views on our broadcast station. You can also write and publish reviews for games, create video segments out of your critiques, and even play games live online to show the world what you’re up to and challenge viewers watching from home.
Gaming tournament afterwards, 6-7 PM.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Thursdays through May.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Drawing the Passion Vine Butterfly, 3-Session Daytime Course
Resident Associate Program
In this three session workshop, learn to accurately draw these butterflies from the provided specimens. Work with colored pencils to bring your drawings to life while creating a reference sheet that illustrates the variations in the species’ wing patterns. View more details.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3040, 1100 Jefferson Drive, S.W. Metro: Smithsonian (Blue/Orange Lines). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=224045.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 10:15 AM – 1:15 PM.
Something of Splendor Gallery Talk
One-Time Events
This series of gallery talks features the decorative arts from the White House collection currently on display. Courtney Speaker, White House Historical Association education programs manager, shares insight into a selection of works in the exhibition.
Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: First-floor Lobby. Cost: Free. Continues: Series continues the first Friday of each month through May 2012. Related Exhibition: Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Friday Gallery Talk: Suprasensorial
One-Time Events
Amanda Jirón-Murphy, educator at the Phillips Collection and independent curator, discusses Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: Meet at information desk. Cost: Free. Continues: Continues most Fridays. Related Exhibition: Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit hirshhorn.si.edu. Debussy at 150: Calefax Reed Quintet
Performances
The flamboyant Dutch ensemble performs its vibrant arrangements of music inspired by painters, including the Estampes and Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy, who was strongly influenced by Whistler and Japanese prints; Enrique Granados’ Goyesca; Conlon Nancarrow’s Studies for Player Piano; and Hans Abrahamsen’s Walden. Praised by the New York Times for their “unadulterated virtuosity,” the Calefax musicians moved the London Times to describe them as “extremely gifted Dutch gents who almost made the wind quintet seem the best musical format on the planet.”.
Categories: Performances. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free tickets required. Related Events: Pre-concert gallery tour, Freer and Whistler, 6:45 pm.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 7:30 PM.
Delaware Coastal Birding, All-Day Tour
Resident Associate Program
Explore some of Delaware’s top birding locations with birding experts Andy Sprenger and Chris Tonra. Birding at the Indian River Inlet, Cape Henlopen and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge promise great opportunities to glimpse many types of birds including scoters, loons, harlequin ducks, and many more. View more details.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Event Location: Departs from Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C St. SW, (corner of 6th St. & C St.) Fringe stop: New, Carrollton Metro, Route 50, East-side Kiss&Ride. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223873.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 7:00 AM.
Caravaggio and Rembrandt, Baroque Rebels
Resident Associate Program
Two radical Baroque artists—Caravaggio and Rembrandt—defied the dominant ideal in painting. Aneta Georgevska-Shine explores the points of contact and distinct differences in their art. View more details.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223881.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 10:00 AM.
Women’s History Month Family Day: A Celebration of Innovation and Invention
Smithsonian Sponsored Events
Kick off Women’s History Month with a celebration of the centennial of the Girl Scouts. The day includes musical performances; presentations on women inventors; video interviews of audience members by teen videographers; a vintage Girl Scout uniform fashion show; and art, science, and stamp-collecting activities.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: National Portrait Gallery at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture - Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
ArtLab+ Visual Storytelling
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Are you a storyteller? Are you a visual thinker? Tell your own story! Use words and images to bring artworks from the Hirshhorn’s collection to life. With a different theme each week, teens learn new techniques and technologies to create a story based on that theme. Possible outcomes include video, animation, comics, photography, or even podcasts.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May with different weekly themes.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. ArtLab+ Noise Factory Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Inspired by the new wave of indie artists? Want to be a cutting-edge producer? What about recording vocals in a real sound booth? Join us in the ArtLab and learn to produce your own music. Under the guidance of artist and educator Dan Solberg and music producer Jon Williams, teens explore free software like Audacity, and over time, work up to advanced professional software, including ProTools and Logic.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Tuesdays (4-6 PM) and Saturdays (1-3 PM) through May.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. ArtLab+ Photo Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Get experience with in-the-moment documentation to setting up photo shoots, complete with light boxes and reflectors. You'll start with pocket digital cameras and move up to professional digital SLRs. Along the way, you will have opportunities to show your work in the museum and to apply to be paid documentary photographers at ArtLab+, Hirshhorn, and Smithsonian-sponsored events.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Saturdays through May.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. Stargazing at the Public Observatory
One-Time Events
(weather permitting) The museum’s Public Observatory is open for special nighttime stargazing. Don't miss this chance to see an array of celestial objects through a powerful professional telescope.
Categories: After Five. Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Venue: Air and Space Museum. Event Location: Public Observatory, Outside on the Southeast Terrace. Cost: Free.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM.
Politics and Society in Civil War Richmond, All-Day Tour
Resident Associate Program
Tour Richmond, the capital of the Confederate States of America with Civil War historian Ed Bearss. Participants take in graceful Monument Avenue, stately Hollywood Cemetery, fascinating Tredegar Iron Works, and both the White House of the Confederacy and the Museum of the Confederacy. View more details.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Event Location: Departs from the Holiday Inn Capitol at, 550 C Street, S.W. (corner of 6th & C Sts.), Fringe stop: I-95, Exit 158B commuter lot. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223870.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 7:00 AM.
Quilt Design in a Hanging Scroll, 2-Session Weekend Course
Resident Associate Program
Students learn basic proportions for bordering and finishing a quilt block as a hanging scroll. The class project is a mini-quilt design for a musk rose that is appliqued using a hand-running stitch technique popular in traditional American quilts. View more details.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: S. Dillon Ripley Center. Event Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3031, 1100 Jefferson Dr, SW, Metro: Smithsonian (Blue/Orange Lines). Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223786.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 10:00 AM.
Nowruz! A Persian New Year Celebration
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Dance, play, and feast your way into the Persian New Year at the Freer and Sackler Galleries. The museums' fourth annual Nowruz celebration features free attractions for all ages—including Haft Sin table displays, "fire" jumping, paper-flower arranging, Nowruz memory photo booths, chess and backgammon games, a text-messaging scavenger hunt, Persian stories by Xanthe Gresham, performances by vocalist Monika Jalili (free tickets required) and the Nomad Dancers, and contemporary Persian dance beats by Radio Javan—along with traditional Persian food for sale by Moby Dick House of Kabob. Made possible by a generous grant from Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar.
Categories: Kids & Families. Performances. Venue: Freer Gallery. Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Freer and Sackler Galleries. Cost: Free.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Luce Unplugged with Integriti Reeves
One-Time Events
Luce Unplugged, an acoustic concert series, invites emerging musicians to play after staff-led art talks.
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. for an art talk, followed by a performance at 2 p.m. by Integriti Reeves.
Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Time Detail: Art talk meets in F Street Lobby at 1:30 p.m.; performance begins in Luce Foundation Center (third floor) at 2 p.m. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor West. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Monika Jalili
Performances
Vocalist Monika Jalili brings to life cherished Iranian songs from the 1940s to the 1970s, along with beloved folk songs in Persian, Azeri, and other Iranian languages. She is joined by her outstanding ensemble on violin, guitar, oud, and percussion. Jallili earned her degree in voice from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music and has performed her Iranian repertoire at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival, (Les) Poisson Rouge, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, as well as in London, Paris, Montreal, Budapest, and Helsinki. Made possible by a generous grant from Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar.
Categories: Performances. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free tickets required.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Monika Jalili
Performances
Vocalist Monika Jalili brings to life cherished Iranian songs from the 1940s to the 1970s, along with beloved folk songs in Persian, Azeri, and other Iranian languages. She is joined by her outstanding ensemble on violin, guitar, oud, and percussion. Jallili earned her degree in voice from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music and has performed her Iranian repertoire at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival, (Les) Poisson Rouge, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, as well as in London, Paris, Montreal, Budapest, and Helsinki. Made possible by a generous grant from Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar.
Categories: Performances. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free tickets required.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 5:00 PM.
Masterworks of Three Centuries
Resident Associate Program
The Smithsonian Chamber Music Society celebrates its 35th season with an appropriately eclectic repast, balancing familiar masterworks with undeservedly neglected oeuvres perdues. This concert includes music by Hadyn and Mozart. View more details.
Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: American History Museum. Event Location: National Museum of American History, Hall of Musical Instruments, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Lecture 6:30 PM Concert 7:30 PM. Cost: Click here to view prices. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2012FY-Trumba-calend&tmssource=185606&performanceNumber=223288.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 6:30 PM.
ArtLab+ Broadcast Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Calling all aspiring broadcasters! We’re looking for on-air talent; production, video, and music directors; station managers; and writers to launch a new station for teens, by teens. Club members work together to produce regular shows, from researching and writing original stories to editing sound and marketing their station to local listeners and viewers. Their work will be archived on their Ustream station, as well as broadcast live from the Lerner Room and the ArtLab.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Mondays through May.
Monday, March 5, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu. ArtLab+ Fashion Club
One-Time Events
ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives local teens the opportunity to become integral members of a design team.
(ages 13-19) Do you love fashion? Interested in learning how to write and produce for a fashion blog or magazine? Come to Voguetourá our fashion club, where we can talk about anything and everything fashion related! You’ll get the chance to learn how to blog, set up fashion shoots, document your personal style, write like a fashion editor, predict trends, and report on current styles.
Categories: Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: Hirshhorn Museum. Event Location: ArtLab (in the Sunken Sculpture Garden on the Mall). Cost: Free, but space is limited. Registration is required. See Web link for application. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu. Continues: Most Mondays through May.
Monday, March 5, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
For more info visit artlabplus.si.edu.