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Saturday, May 10
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| 9-11 AM
Flutter Fest
Family Day |
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Bring the entire family and enjoy exclusive access to the museum's new butterfly exhibition. Learn from scientists how to identify the various butterfly species, how to feed butterflies, and how to grow a butterfly garden in the walk-through pavilion. Don't forget to enjoy the many arts-and-crafts activities.
Note: No tickets will be sold at the door. One ticket covers the whole family, including grandparents. $100 of your ticket purchase supports the scientific and educational mission of the National Museum of Natural History and is tax deductible according to IRS charitable donations requirements.
$125, per family; call 202-633-3030 ***See Note***
Related Exhibition: Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Natural History Museum, meet at Constitution Ave. entrance
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| 10 AM-3 PM
Regional Riches: China off the Beaten Track
All-Day Seminar |
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In today's seminar, Elvira Hammond (professor of Chinese cultural history, New Mexico State University) provides an illustrated tour spanning across 3,000 miles and centuries of some of China's greatest cultural and religious sites, from the ancient capital of China's first imperial dynasty to Sichuan province and its mixture of old and new.
$110, general admission; $75, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 11 AM & 1:30 PM
Dogs in Space ***New Title***
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children with activity |
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Enjoy a reading of Dogs in Space, written by Nancy Coffelt, and create a post card from space.
Free
Repeats every Saturday in May
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Welcome Center, 1st Floor, Center, Gallery 108 *New Location*
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| 11:30, 12:30 PM & 2 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 discussions with directors Kumare Txicao, Vincent Carelli, Mari Correa, and leaders of Video nas Aldeias. Note: Some films depict nudity. • 11:30 AM: Marangmotxingmo Mirang/From the Ikpeng Children to the World (2002; 35 min.; directed by Kumare Txicao (Ikpeng), Karane Txicao (Ikpeng), and Natuyu Yuwipo Txicao (Ikpeng); in Ikpeng with English subtitles) In the Xingu Park in the Mato Grosso region, four Ikpeng children, filmed by videomakers from their community, introduce their village -- its leaders, their friends, adult work -- in a video letter addressed to other children.
• 12:30 PM: The Spirit of TV (1990, 18 min., directed by Vincent Carelli, in Waiapi with English subtitles) When a TV and VCR arrive in their village, the Waiapi begin to see recorded images of themselves and other indigenous groups and consider the possible use of this new media for cultural preservation, communication, and protest.
Kinja Iakaha/A Day in the Village (2003; 40 min.; directed by Araduwa Waimiri (Waimiri), Iawusu Waimiri (Waimiri), Kabaha Waimiri (Waimiri), Sanapyty Atroari (Atroari), Sawa Waimiri (Waimiri), and Wame Atroari (Atroari); in Waimiri and Atroari with English subtitles) Six videomakers from different Waimiri and Atroari villages document the day-to-day life of their relatives in the village of Cacau, producing intimate, vivid images that capture the people's intense relationship with nature. Note: Washington, DC, premiere.
• 2 PM: Kiarasa yo Sati/The Agouti's Peanut (2005, 51 min., directed by Paturi Panara (Panara) and Komoi Panara (Panara), in Panara and Portuguese with English subtitles) In their everyday work and recreation, the Panara people blend traditional ways with the influences of official Brazilian culture. Note: US premiere.
Back to the Good Land (2008, 21 min., directed by Mari Correa and Vincent Carelli, in Panara with English subtitles) Panara men and women tell the story of their first contact in 1973, their forced removal from their lands, and how they have been able to return. Note: Washington, DC, premiere.
• 4:15-5 PM: Community Discussion: Video in the Villages Presents Itself The founding directors and videomakers of the Video nas Aldeias training workshops discuss their works, future projects, and the role of videomaking in their communities.
Free; first come, first served
Continues May 11
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Rasmuson Theater
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| 1-4 PM
SAAM I Am -- Aaron Douglas
Family Day |
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Celebrate artist Aaron Douglas with a family day of soul and spirit. A reading of the book Shaky Bones, written by Pamela Dell, sets the tone for an afternoon of activities reminiscent of the Harlem Renaissance. A puppet show entitled Can You Spell Harlem? and a performance by the Morgan State University Choir provide inspiration while working on a community mural craft project.
Free
Related Exhibition: Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Kogod Courtyard
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| Screening, 1 PM; Tour (Galleries 1 & 2), 2:30 PM
The Compassionate Art of Indian Temple Sculpture
Video Screening, Conversation, and Tour |
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Art historian and filmmaker Benoy K. Behl discusses connections among aesthetics, philosophy, religion, and architecture in Indian life. He then screens one of his documentaries and leads a question-and-answer session on the sculpture of India. Later join Behl for a gallery talk in the Freer to learn more about Indian temple sculpture.
Free; first come, first served
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| 1-2:30 PM
When Birds Collide - Birdstrike Identification at Smithsonian
Naturalist Center Lecture Series |
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(for ages 10 and up) Each year, civil and military aviation suffers millions of dollars in damage as a result of birdstrikes. Once the species of bird that is causing damage is identified, airfield managers and engineers can work to prevent these birdstrikes. Today, Dr. Carla Dove (museum specialist, Vertebrate Zoology) discusses the techniques used to identify birds from the fragments of feathers that remain after birdstrikes, as well as other kinds of feather cases she has helped solve.
Free
Series continues May 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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| 2-4 PM
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
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Air and Space Museum, outside Museum Store
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| 2-4 PM
Lisle Rose: Explorer: The Life of Richard E. Byrd
Book Signing |
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Lisle Rose signs copies of her book Explorer: The Life of Richard E. Byrd.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
Repeats May 11
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Air and Space Museum, outside Museum Store **New Location**
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| 4:30 PM
Anna Deavere Smith on Ruth Orkin's Member of the Wedding
American Pictures Lecture Series |
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This lecture series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture by pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Today, actress, playwright, and author Anna Deavere Smith discusses Ruth Orkin's Member of the Wedding, Opening Night, Ethel Waters, Carson McCullers, and Julie Harris, New York City, 1950.
Free, but tickets distributed 1 hour before in G Street lobby
Last in series
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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| 6 PM
The Emerson String Quartet
Performance |
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The Emerson String Quartet, renowned internationally for its groundbreaking chamber music performances, consists of violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer (alternating in first chair position), violist Lawrence Dutton, and cellist David Finckel. This evening the Quartet performs Schubert's String Quartet No. 3 in A Minor, D. 804; Martinu's String Quartet No. 3; and Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 ("Razumosky").
$63, general admission; $51, member; call 202-633-3030
Last in series
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Natural History Museum, Baird Aud. (enter Constitution Ave.)
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| Last update: May 16, 2008, 09:00 |
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