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Space Day: Celebrating NASA's 50th Anniversary
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Space Day is a grassroots education initiative that culminates with activities today. Young winners of the Space Day Design Challenge from around the country display their projects throughout Space Hall. Space Day programs seek to advance science, math, technology, and engineering education and to inspire young people to realize the vision of our space pioneers.
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Throughout the museum
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| 8-11 PM (weather permitting)
Saturday Star Party
Evening Telescope Viewing |
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Museum astronomer Sean O'Brien and local amateur astronomers bring out their high-power telescopes and share their knowledge of the night sky. Get away from the glare of city lights and see stars you never knew existed. Witness the thousands of stars that litter the dark night sky, and with the help of high-power optics, view nearby planets and stars up close.
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• Please bring a red filter or brown paper bag to cover your flashlight.
• In case of clouds or rain, an amateur astronomer will lead a short alternate program.
$4 per vehicle; information/directions, call 540-592-3556
Repeats one day each month through November
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Sky Meadows Park, Paris, VA
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| 11 AM & 1:30 PM
Why Explore?
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children with activity |
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Enjoy a reading of Why Explore?, written by Susan Lendroth, and create a post card from space.
Free
Repeats every Saturday in May
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Looking at Earth, 1st Floor, East, Gallery 110
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Steele Hill: The Sun
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Steele Hill signs copies of his book The Sun.
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Air and Space Museum, outside Museum Store
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| 12:30-2:30 PM (ages 10-14); 3-5 PM (ages 5-10)
Facing History: Be the Artist
Youth Art Studios |
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(ages 5-10 or 10-14, accompanied by an adult; see times for different age groups) In this two-hour art class, participants are given a guided tour of Kehinde Wiley's artwork to better understand his paintings before creating self-portraits based on the main ideas from his work.
Free, but space limited; to register, call 202-633-8501
Repeats May 31
Related Exhibition: RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: 1st Floor (Room E151), Education Center
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| 1-2:30 PM
Life in the Mysterious Deep Sea: Discoveries Old and New
Naturalist Center Lecture Series |
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(for ages 10 and up) The deep sea, dark and cold, is mostly unexplored, but is home to some of the most beautiful and most weird animals on the planet. Today, Dr. David Pawson (senior research zoologist, Invertebrate Zoology) discusses recent discoveries that show we have a lot more to learn about this alien world.
Free
Series continues May 10 & 24
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Naturalist Center, 741 Miller Dr., SE, Leesburg, VA
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 2 PM
Gye Nyame African Cultural Dance Company
Dance Performance |
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Gye Nyame, a unique symbol of the Asante peoples of Ghana, stands for God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. The vibrant energy and excitement of a Gye Nyame dance performance is contagious and breathtaking!
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National Museum of African Art
Location: Ask at information desk
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| 2 PM
Korean Kites
ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Use an activity book to explore Korean art in the Freer galleries. Then return to create Korean kites in the Freer courtyard and fly them on the National Mall. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Free; first come, first served
Repeats May 4
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer Courtyard
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Richard Latoff: Washington by Storm
Book Signing |
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Richard Latoff signs copies of his book Washington by Storm.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
Repeats May 10 at the Air and Space Museum
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Ground Floor: outside Main Museum Store
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Roger Launius & Howard McCurdy: Robots in Space
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Roger Launius and Howard McCurdy signs copies of their book Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel.
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Air and Space Museum, outside Museum Store
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| 3 PM
Color as "Cool"
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Half a century ago, in the wake of abstract expressionism, a group of young American painters, including Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and Larry Poons, developed a new kind of ravishingly beautiful, radically "cool" abstraction based on the evocative power of chromatic relationships. This afternoon, exhibition curator Karen Wilkin examines the evolution of their innovations, now known as Color Field painting.
Free, first come, first served
Related Exhibition: Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-1975
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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| 7:30 PM
Daystar Dance Company
Performance *** Cancelled *** |
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Founded in 1980 by artistic director Rosalie Jones (Pembina Chippewa), the Daystar Dance Company was the first dance company in the U.S. created with only Native performers and specializing in the portrayal of stories of Indian America. This evening, she presents her latest production of No Home But the Heart.
$25, general admission; $20, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: American Indian Museum, Rasmuson Theater
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| Last update: May 8, 2008, 08:47 |
