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Friday, May 9
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| 6-8:30 PM (rain or shine) ***See Note***
Guppy Gala
Annual FONZ Event |
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(All ages; children under 2 admitted free) Come enjoy a wild Friday evening at the Zoo's annual Guppy Gala. Sample a variety of food while children are entertained by strolling musicians, clowns, jugglers, dancers, games, rides, and more. Favorite activities include a mock construction site, rock-climbing wall, moonbounces, mazes, costumed characters, and live entertainment. No trip to the National Zoo is complete without checking out the animals on exhibit here.
Note: The Zoo closes at 12 noon today, except for the Asia Trail, Panda House/Plaza, Cheetah Conservation Station, and Bird House; the rest of the Zoo closes at 4 PM.
$30, general; $20, FONZ members; call 202-633-4470. See Note.
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National Zoo
Location: Throughout the Zoo
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| 6:30-10 PM, Live music and cash bar; 6:30-9:30 PM, Dinner
Smithsonian Jazz Cafe: Bucky Pizzarelli & Statesmen of Jazz
Friday Evening Music & Dining Event |
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As part of this ongoing Friday evening event, the museum offers music by Washington's top jazz musicians and an a la carte dinner. This evening, Bucky Pizzarelli (7-string guitar) performs with The Statesmen of Jazz -- Jerry Bruno (bass) and a string quartet featuring Aaron Weinstein (violin), Sara Caswell (violin), Valerie Levy (viola), and Jesse Levy (cello).
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• Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling The Smithsonian Associates at 202-633-8801 or visiting online at www.smithsonianjazzcafe.org.
• Cash bar and dinner (starting at $11) not included in the cover charge.
• Smithsonian Jazz Cafe is a joint program produced by The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Folkways, the National Museum of Natural History, and the National Museum of American History.
$12 cover charge; also see Note
Continues most Fridays through June 27 (except May 23, closed)
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Atrium Cafe (enter Constitution Ave.)
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| Tour, 6:45 PM; Concert, 7:30 PM: (enter Independence Ave.)
The Legacy Tour: Partha and Purbayan Chatterjee; Anindo
and Anubrata Chatterjee: Performance with preconcert tour |
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Two of the leading father-son teams in Indian music join forces for this celebration of the venerable guru-disciple tradition. The great tabla artist Partha Chatterjee and his son Purbayan are joined by the great tabla artist Anindo Chatterjee and his son Anubrata.
Note: Free tickets (up to 4 per person) can be reserved in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 202-397-7328 or 800-551-7328 beginning at 10 AM two Mondays before the event. A handling fee is applied. Tickets (up to 2 per person) will also be available at the auditorium door 1 hour before the event begins on a first-come, first-served basis.
Free, but tickets required; see Note
Related Exhibition: Arts of India (at Freer) & MURAQQA' (in Sackler Gallery)
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| 7 PM
Amazonia Indigena: A View from the Villages
Film Festival, with discussion |
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This festival showcases award-winning videos by indigenous filmmakers from the Amazon of Brazil. Today's films are followed by a discussion with directors Divino Tserewahu and Takuma Kuikuro. Note: These films may depict nudity. • Daritidze/Trainee Healer (2003, 35 min., directed by Divino Tserewahu (Xavante); in Xavante with English subtitles) After screenings of Wai'a Rini: The Power of the Dream in Xavante villages, the people of Aldeia Nova on the Sao Marcos reservation asked the director to make a film in their village on the same ritual, in which young men are initiated into the spiritual world to develop their curative power. Note: Washington, DC, premiere.
• Imbe Gikegu/The Scent of Pequi Fruit (2006, 36 min., directed by Takuma Kuikuro (Kuikuro) and Marica Kuikuro (Kuikuro); in Kuikuro with English subtitles) The ending of the dry season is a time of celebration and merriment in the Upper Xingu. Linking the past to the present, Kuikuro videomakers tell a tale of dangers, pleasures, sex and betrayal, where men and women, hummingbirds and alligators, build a world in common. Note: Washington, DC, premiere.
Free; first come, first served
Continues May 10-11
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: National Geographic Society, 1145 7th St. NW, Washington, DC
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