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Sunday, June 29
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42nd Smithsonian Folklife Festival: June 25-29 & July 2-6
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The Smithsonian's annual Folklife Festival brings together hundreds of performers, artists, storytellers, craftspeople, cooks, and workers to explain, demonstrate, and celebrate their cultural traditions. This year's themes include: • Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon
• NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond
• Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine
Free
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: National Mall near Smithsonian Museums
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
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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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Kagemusha
Tatsuya Nakadai: Icon of Japanese Cinema Series |
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(1980, 162 min., Japanese with English subtitles, directed by Akira Kurosawa) An epic evocation of 16th-century Japan, as well as an ironic tale of loyalty and illusion, this film stars Nakadai in a double role as a thief and the dying lord he impersonates.
Free, tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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Extraordinary Tales of China's Yellow Mountain
Tour and Stories |
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Follow award-winning storyteller Linda Fang through the exhibition Yellow Mountain: China's Ever-Changing Landscape as she introduces paintings and prints of one of China's most beautiful mountains and presents incredible stories of the most breathtaking locations.
Free; first come, first served
Last program
Related Exhibition: Yellow Mountain: China's Ever-Changing Landscape
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler, Sublevel 1
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Garden of Dreams
Lecture |
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Husband-and-wife team David and Roberta Williamson discuss their collaborative process as jewelry artists. They incorporate found objects from their garden with precious metals to fabricate jewelry that expresses the beauty of the natural world.
Free
Related Exhibition: Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry
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Renwick Gallery
Location: Grand Salon
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| Last update: May 16, 2008, 09:01 |
