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Thursday, September 25
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| 10:15 & 11:30 AM
Meet the Museum: Munching Along the Asia Trail
Discovery Theater Performance |
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(for ages 5-10) Find out what tempts the appetites of your favorite Asia Trail residents. Join Chef FONZ as he whips up the animals' favorite dishes, including fruit and flower salad, juicy steak, and a few snacks that will certainly surprise you. Then, follow the trail to find a special animal in need of a treat.
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Repeats Sept. 26
Related Exhibition: National Zoo's Asia Trail
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The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: National Zoo, Visitor Center Auditorium
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| 12:30-12:45 PM
FUGO -- The Japanese Balloon-Bomb Campaign of WW II
Ask an Expert |
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Tom Crouch, Aeronautics Division, discusses the Japanese balloon-bomb campaign of World War II.
Free
Continues 2nd & 4th Thursdays of each month
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Meet at the SR-71 Blackbird
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| 6 PM
Selected Work: Steina and Woody Vasulka
Videos |
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The museum screens videos by Steina and Woody Vasulka, early pioneers of video art since the genre's inception in the 1960s:
• Steina's Violin Power (1970-78)
• Woody's Vocabulary (1973) and The Matter (1974)
• Collaborations Solo for 3, Reminiscence, and Soundgated Images (all 1974)
Free, first come, first served
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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| 6-6:30 PM
Portrait of Robert Frost
Face-to-Face Portrait Talk: Arts & Letters at NPG! |
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The weekly portrait talk highlights a portrait selected by a National Portrait Gallery staff member or guest speaker.
Today, historian David Ward talks about the portrait of Robert Frost by Walter Hancock.
Free
Continues every Thursday evening
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Meet at F Street Lobby
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| 6:45 PM
Where Are My Keys? Myths and Good News about Alzheimer's
Lecture, with book signing |
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Author and instructor Sue Halpern (scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College) discusses what she learned during her personal 2-year quest to uncover what scientists know about Alzheimer's and then provides helpful information on how to maintain good brain health. Book signing follows.
$20, general; $15, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Location on ticket
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| Last update: August 27, 2008, 12:43 |
