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Saturday, July 19
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Managing Your Memory
All-Day Seminar, with book signing |
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In this seminar, Barry Gordon (professor of neurology and cognitive science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and founder of the Memory Clinic) discusses memory and how it works and suggests techniques to help improve memory. Book signing follows.
$120, general; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 10 AM-12 Noon
Sustainability in African Architecture and Landscape
Global Green Lecture Series, with book signing |
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Distinguished art historians Steven Nelson (University of California-Los Angeles) and Ikem Stanley Okoye (University of Delaware) examine the relationship between architecture, landscape, and the local environment in Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria. Book signing follows.
Free; first come, first served
Last in series
Related Exhibition: El Anatsui: Gawu
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National Museum of African Art
Location: Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2
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| 10 AM-4 PM
Explore the World Beneath Your Feet
Family Day |
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Explore the world beneath your feet and learn the secrets of soil. Meet soil scientists, create your own soil monolith, and get the dirt on soils from "Dr. Dirt," Henry Ferguson. At activity carts become a soils chef, learn what soils have to do with you, and see how soils are alive. Make sure you meet Sammy The Soil, a special guest from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Free
Related Exhibition: Dig It! The Secrets of Soil
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: 2nd floor, Northeast Wing, in the exhibition
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| 10 AM-4:30 PM
Get in the Act: How to Become a Movie Extra
All-Day Seminar |
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You may be out of luck if you want to be Tom Hanks or Julia Roberts -- Hollywood already is filled with mega-stars. But what it lacks -- and always needs more of -- is everyone else; that is, the man on the street, the woman in the restaurant, the kid in the elevator. Most films have hundreds of roles for extras that are often filled by people with little or no prior experience. In today's seminar, John Strawbridge (founder and creative director of Campanile Media) describes some of the basic skills needed, tools to help get called for roles, and what to expect on the film set.
$120, general; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 10 AM-4 PM
The Cello -- An Instrument Whose Time Has Come
All-Day Seminar |
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Overshadowed by the violin in the 18th century and the piano in the 19th century, and mostly ignored during the ascendency of rock music in the 20th century, the cello has finally arrived. In today's seminar, National Symphony Orchestra cellist Yvonne Caruthers explores the richness of the cello through videos and recordings by legendary artists.
$120, general; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 10:30 AM-3 PM
Beading Circle
Demonstration and Discussion |
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Accomplished bead artists on the museum's staff demonstrate and discuss their work.
Free
See related Kiowa Beadwork demonstrations today and tomorrow
Related Exhibition: Identity by Design
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: 3rd Level, Identity by Design gallery
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| 11 AM, 1 PM, & 3 PM
Kiowa Beadwork
Demonstration |
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Kathy Dickerson (Kiowa) demonstrates her beadwork. A descendant of the Kiowa illustrator Silverhorn, she has spent her entire life learning the art, culture, and history of her tribe from Kiowa elders and her father.
Free
Repeats July 20
Related Exhibition: Identity by Design
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Potomac Atrium
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| 11:30 AM & 1:30 PM
There's Nothing to Do On Mars
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children with activity |
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Enjoy a reading of There's Nothing to Do On Mars, written by Chris Gall, and an art activity.
Free
Repeats July 26
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Pioneers of Flight, 2nd Floor, Center, Gallery 208
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| 1-4 PM
Robert F. Dorr: Hell Hawks! and Air Force One
Book Signing |
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Robert F. Dorr sign copies of his books Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht and Air Force One.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
Repeats July 26
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Outside Museum Store
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| 2 PM
The Jackie Robinson Story
Film |
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(1950, 76 min., directed by Alfred E. Green) Baseball legend Jackie Robinson plays himself in this poignant classic about his life, from youth, through his college career at UCLA, to his rise to fame with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The first African American to break the color barrier in professional baseball, Robinson offers lessons in courage and conviction. The video also stars Ruby Dee as Robinson's wife. Cosponsored with the Historical Society of D.C.
Free; for information, call 202-383-1828
Related Exhibition: Separate and Unequaled
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Anacostia Community Museum
Location: Historical Society of D.C., 801 K St., NW
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| 2 PM
Moving Through Mountains with Chinese Poets
Lecture and Tour |
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Chinese writers used travel writing, poetry, and prose to record their personal interaction with the vast landscape. Jonathan Chaves (professor of Chinese at George Washington University) reads English translations of literature from the Ming and Qing periods.
Free; first come, first served
See related July 20 prgram
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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The Emperor's New Clothes
ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Discover the beautiful textiles and accessories worn in the Mughal court by looking at artworks in the MURAQQA` exhibition. Then return to the classroom to use antique Islamic printing blocks to print in gold on a T-shirt or scarf. Bring your own solid-colored T-shirt or scarf, or purchase one for $3 in the classroom while supplies last. Note: Reservations required for groups over 8, call 202-633-0461.
Free; first come, first served; for groups 8+, see Note
Repeats July 23, 24, & 31
Related Exhibition: MURAQQA'
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler classroom, Sublevel 2
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| 3 PM
Advancing an African American Aesthetic: An Artist's Response
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Did Aaron Douglas contribute to an African American aesthetic for future Black artists as directed by Harlem Renaissance philosopher Alain Locke? Keith Morrison (artist and former dean, Temple University's Tyler School of Art) explores how African American artists reacted to Douglas's work.
Free, first come, first served
Related Exhibition: Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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| 3 PM & 4:15 PM
Repetition and The Battle of Orgreave
The Cinema Effect: Part II Special Screenings |
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Note: Programs are unrated but may contain adult content.
• 3 PM: Jeremy Deller's The Battle of Orgreave (2001, 63 min.) is a re-enactment of the 1984 confrontation between striking miners and police near the Orgreave coking plant in England. The event provided an opportunity for several members of the parties participating in the original strike -- including miners and their families, policemen, the townspeople of Orgreave, the British media, and the viewing public -- to re-evaluate the chronology of the conflict and the way in which the televised images of the strike colored public opinion. • 4:15 PM: Artur Zmijewski's Repetition (2005, 75 min.) re-creates the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, but achieves a different result. Rather than accepting their roles and engaging in confrontational behavior, as in the original experiment, the modern-day "guards" and "prisoners," aware of the power of the camera to survey and control, ultimately unite against the producers to end the experiment.
Free; first come, first served
Repeats Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays through Sept. 6
Related Exhibition: The Cinema Effect: Part II - Realisms
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Ring Auditorium
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