Year | Key | Imgs | Short Description | |
 | 1865 |
| 64 | | |
| 2 |  |  |
 | 1941 |
| 1 | | |
| 1 |  |  |
 | 1950 |
| 1 | | |
| 2 |  |  |
 | 1952 |
| 8 | | |
| 5 |  |  |
 | 1954 |
| 2 | | |
| 53 |  |  |
 | 1956 |
| 102 | | |
| 181 |  |  |
 | 1958 |
| 186 | | |
| 131 |  |  |
 | 1960 |
| 255 | | |
| 203 |  |  |
 | 1962 |
| 196 | | |
| 214 |  |  |
 | 1964 |
| 142 | | |
| 188 |  |  |
 | 1966 |
| 94 | | |
| 74 |  |  |
 | 1968 |
| 281 | | |
| 116 |  |  |
 | 1970 |
| 192 | | |
| 197 |  |  |
 | 1972 |
| 191 | | |
| 128 |  |  |
 | 1974 |
| 88 | | |
| 381 |  |  |
 | 1976 |
| 129 | | |
| 14 |  |  |
 | 1978 |
| 32 | | |
| 149 |  |  |
 | 1980 |
| 203 | | |
| 417 |  |  |
 | 1982 |
| 301 | | |
| 87 |  |  |
 | 1984 |
| 139 | | |
| 270 |  |  |
 | 1986 |
| 28 | | |
| 134 |  |  |
 | 1988 |
| 35 | | |
| 469 |  |  |
 | 1990 |
| 143 | | |
| 115 |  |  |
 | 1992 |
| 131 | | |
| 388 |  |  |
 | 1994 |
| 276 | | |
| 67 |  |  |
 | 1996 |
| 575 | | |
| 7,189 |  |  |
 | 1998 |
| 13,461 | | |
| 9,904 |  |  |
 | 2000 |
| 10,410 | | |
| 8,143 |  |  |
 | 2002 |
| 8,856 | | |
| 8,607 |  |  |
 | 2004 |
| 10,909 | | |
| 15,156 |  |  |
 | 2006 |
| 24,259 | | |
| 37,608 |  |  |
 | 2008 |
| 44,949 | | |
| 53,188 |  |  |
 | 2010 |
| 53,549 | | |
| 59,656 |  |  |
 | 2012 |
| 58,778 | | |
| 67,399 |  |  |
 | 2014 |
| 66,956 | | |
| 83,700 |  |  |
 | 2016 |
| 92,513 | | |
 | 2016_AL_1st_White_House | 103 | AL -- Montgomery -- First White House of the Confederacy |  |
| 2016_AL_Ala_Archives | 91 | AL -- Montgomery -- Alabama Dept of Archives and History/Alabama Museum |  |
 | 2016_AL_Ala_Archives_1st | 32 | AL -- Montgomery -- Alabama Dept of Archives and History/Alabama Museum -- Exhibit: 1st Alabamans |  |
| 2016_AL_Ala_Archives_AV | 409 | AL -- Montgomery -- Alabama Dept of Archives and History/Alabama Museum -- Exhibit: Alabama Voices |  |
 | 2016_AL_Ala_Archives_WW1 | 84 | AL -- Montgomery -- Alabama Dept of Archives and History/Alabama Museum -- Exhibit: Alabamanians in the Great War |  |
| 2016_AL_Ala_Courts | 21 | AL -- Montgomery -- Court complex |  |
 | 2016_AL_BBG | 53 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Botanic Garden |  |
| 2016_AL_BCJ | 4 | AL -- Birmingham -- City Jail (MLK letter) |  |
 | 2016_AL_BCRHT_Dest | 32 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail -- [C] Destination [Yellow] |  |
| 2016_AL_BCRHT_Ed | 13 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail -- [D] March for Education |  |
 | 2016_AL_BCRHT_Gov | 65 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail -- [A] March to Govt [Orange] |  |
| 2016_AL_BCRHT_Purpose | 18 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail -- [E] March to Purposeful Life [Purple] |  |
 | 2016_AL_BCRHT_Retail | 24 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail -- [B] March to Retail [Blue] |  |
| 2016_AL_BCRI | 551 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Civil Rights Institute |  |
 | 2016_AL_BhamMA | 113 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- Everything Else |  |
| 2016_AL_BhamMA_Europe | 171 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- European |  |
 | 2016_AL_BhamMA_Large_Dance | 10 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Large Dance of Death |  |
| 2016_AL_BhamMA_USA | 112 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- American Art |  |
 | 2016_AL_BhamMA_Wedgwood | 38 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- Wedgwood |  |
| 2016_AL_Bham_16th_St | 9 | AL -- Birmingham -- 16th Street Baptist Church |  |
 | 2016_AL_Bham_APC | 11 | AL -- Birmingham -- Alabama Power Headquarters Building |  |
| 2016_AL_Bham_Boutwell | 6 | AL -- Birmingham -- Boutwell Auditorium |  |
 | 2016_AL_BHam_CH | 26 | AL -- Birmingham -- City Hall |  |
| 2016_AL_Bham_Greyhound | 5 | AL -- Birmingham -- Greyhound Station |  |
 | 2016_AL_BHam_LHR_Lib | 37 | AL -- Birmingham -- Linn-Henley Research Library |  |
| 2016_AL_Bham_Shores | 2 | AL -- Birmingham -- Shores-Lee Law Office |  |
 | 2016_AL_Bham_St_Paul | 1 | AL -- Birmingham -- St. Paul United Methodist Church |  |
| 2016_AL_Birmingham | 8 | AL -- Birmingham |  |
 | 2016_AL_Dadeville | 3 | AL -- Dadeville |  |
| 2016_AL_Gadsden | 50 | AL -- Gadsden |  |
 | 2016_AL_Horseshoe_BendVC | 124 | AL -- Horseshoe Bend Natl Military Park -- Visitor Center |  |
| 2016_AL_Horseshoe_Bend | 75 | AL -- Horseshoe Bend Natl Military Park |  |
 | 2016_AL_KI_Pk | 70 | AL -- Birmingham -- Kelly Ingram Park |  |
| 2016_AL_Linn_Pk | 27 | AL -- Birmingham -- Linn Park |  |
 | 2016_AL_Lowndes_IC | 149 | AL -- White Hall -- Lowndes Interpretive Center |  |
| 2016_AL_Montgomery | 54 | AL -- Montgomery |  |
 | 2016_AL_Montgomery_CapC | 9 | AL -- Montgomery -- Capital Complex |  |
| 2016_AL_Montgomery_CapI | 85 | AL -- Montgomery -- State Capitol -- Interior |  |
 | 2016_AL_Montgomery_Cap | 63 | AL -- Montgomery -- State Capitol |  |
| 2016_AL_Montgomery_CRM | 116 | AL -- Montgomery -- Civil Rights Memorial Center |  |
 | 2016_AL_Montgomery_CR | 18 | AL -- Montgomery -- Other Civil Rights sites |  |
| 2016_AL_Montgomery_Dexter | 10 | AL -- Montgomery -- Dexter Ave King Memorial Baptist Church |  |
 | 2016_AL_Montgomery_FRM | 61 | AL -- Montgomery -- Freedom Rides Museum at the Greyhound Bus Station |  |
| 2016_AL_Selma2Mont | 15 | AL -- Selma to Montgomery Route (US 80) |  |
 | 2016_AL_Selma | 82 | AL -- Selma |  |
| 2016_AL_Selma_IC | 51 | AL -- Selma -- Selma Interpretive Center |  |
 | 2016_AL_Tuskegee_AirmenH1 | 137 | AL -- Tuskegee Airmen's NHS -- Visitor Center (Hanger1) |  |
| 2016_AL_Tuskegee_AirmenH2 | 207 | AL -- Tuskegee Airmen's NHS -- Visitor Center (Hanger2) |  |
 | 2016_AL_Tuskegee_Airmen | 69 | AL -- Tuskegee Airmen's NHS |  |
| 2016_AL_Tuskegee_InstCM | 94 | AL -- Tuskegee Institute NHS -- Carver Museum |  |
 | 2016_AL_Tuskegee_Inst | 33 | AL -- Tuskegee Institute NHS |  |
| 2016_AL_Vulcan_5Pts | 47 | AL -- Birmingham -- Vulcan Park and Museum -- Revitalization of Five Points South |  |
 | 2016_AL_Vulcan_Museum | 201 | AL -- Birmingham -- Vulcan Park and Museum -- Museum |  |
| 2016_AL_Vulcan_Pk | 61 | AL -- Birmingham -- Vulcan Park and Museum -- Park |  |
 | 2016_AL_Vulcan_Vw | 35 | AL -- Birmingham -- Vulcan Park and Museum -- Vista Including sunset shots. |  |
| 2016_CA_Baker | 4 | CA -- Baker |  |
 | 2016_CA_Baker_Alien | 5 | CA -- Baker -- Alien Fresh Jerky |  |
| 2016_CA_Baker_Thermo | 1 | CA -- Baker -- "World's Tallest Thermometer" |  |
 | 2016_CA_Chicano_Park | 363 | CA -- San Diego -- Chicano Park |  |
| 2016_CA_Embarcadero | 137 | CA -- San Diego -- Embarcadero area |  |
 | 2016_CA_Horton_PPk | 15 | CA -- San Diego -- Horton Plaza Park |  |
| 2016_CA_MidwayE | 19 | CA -- San Diego -- USS Midway Museum (Exterior) |  |
 | 2016_CA_San_Diego | 67 | CA -- San Diego -- Miscellaneous downtown sites |  |
| 2016_CA_SBNF_ROTW | 70 | CA -- San Bernardino National Forest -- Rim of the World Scenic Byway Including the moon rising over the mountains. |  |
 | 2016_CA_SB_Arrowhead | 9 | CA -- San Bernardino -- Arrowhead |  |
| 2016_CA_SB_Garcia_Center | 34 | CA -- San Bernardino -- Garcia Center for the Arts Including a tour from the owners Ernie and Dottie Garcia. |  |
 | 2016_CA_SB_McDonalds | 221 | CA -- San Bernardino -- 1st McDonald's Site |  |
| 2016_CA_SB_McDonalds_Work_160718 | 2 | CA -- San Bernardino -- 1st McDonald's Site -- Mural work Albert Okura, founder and CEO of the Juan Pollo restaurant chain in Southern California, gives me a tour. |  |
 | 2016_CA_SB_McDonalds_Work_160719 | 18 | CA -- San Bernardino -- 1st McDonald's Site -- Mural work Phil Yeh and Rory Murray were working on the mural that morning. Also present was Marvin Hernandez, the curator of the museum. |  |
| 2016_CA_SB_Wigwam_Motel | 15 | CA -- San Bernardino/Rialto -- Wigwam Motel |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCA | 144 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Artists Artists shown here (more or less in sequence):
Preview Night:
Steve Leialoha, Scott Shaw!, Keith Knight, Sergio Aragones, Dan Parent, Neal Adams, Mark Evanier, Jackie Estrada, Cat Staggs, Tom Taylor, Marc Andreyko, Bob Ingersoll, Marv Wolfman, David Petersen, Peter David, Tim Vigil, Mark Morales,... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP01_160721 | 26 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: The Graphic Novel Medium The Graphic Novel Medium:
What makes a book a graphic novel? The unique combination of text and art, word balloons, text boxes, and more makes comics a unique format. Authors Derf Backderf (Trashed), Peter Kuper (Ruins), Hope Larson (Compass South), Sydney Padua (The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP01_160722 | 20 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: The Giant's Dream: Documentary Screening & Chat with Brad Bird The Giant's Dream: Documentary Screening & Chat with Brad Bird:
From hundreds of hours of archival footage and myriad modern-day interviews comes a documentary that puts an in-depth spotlight on the beloved 1999 animated film The Iron Giant . Director Brad Bird (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP01_160723 | 103 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: MARCH: Featuring Congressman John Lewis MARCH: Featuring Congressman John Lewis:
At last, the final chapter is here. Meet the man they call a real-life superhero and witness history in the making, as the legendary civil rights icon, U.S. congressman, and #1 bestselling graphic novel author John Lewis returns! Together with award-winning... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP01_160724 | 29 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Jack Kirby Tribute Panel Jack Kirby Tribute Panel:
Each year, time is set aside to talk about Comic-Con's first superstar guest and the man they call The King of the Comics, Jack Kirby. Jack left us in 1994 but his influence on comics, film, and this convention has never been greater. Discussing the man and his work this year... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP02_160721 | 46 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Spotlight on Maggie Thompson Spotlight on Maggie Thompson:
Maggie Thompson (Toucan blogger) interviews three other "Nerd Family" kids: Lora Boehm (daughter of John and Bjo Trimble), Sky McLeod (daughter of Scott McCloud and Ivy Ratafia), and Caroline David (daughter of Peter and Kathleen David). Check out what four generations of... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP02_160722 | 17 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Kramer's Ergot and the Art of the Comic Anthology Kramer's Ergot and the Art of the Comic Anthology:
Few anthologies have done as well a job of capturing modern cartooning and visual storytelling than the Kramer's Ergot series, edited and compiled by Sammy Harkham. Learn about the history behind the series, the process of wrangling over 15 artists,... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP02_160723 | 25 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Forrest J Ackerman Centennial Celebration Forrest J Ackerman Centennial Celebration:
Collector. Cosplayer. Fan. Friend. The legendary Forry Ackerman, editor of the iconic Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, is celebrated in his 100th birthday year by FM Publisher Philip Kim, Forry caretaker Joe Moe, and high-profile guests including FIGHT... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP02_160724 | 19 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Fantastic Fans and Where to Find Them Fantastic Fans and Where to Find Them:
Moderator Heidi Tandy (FictionAlley) is joined by journalist Elizabeth Minkel (New Statesman, Fansplaining), educator Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania), event organizers Adrienne Alwag-Aipia (Los Angeles'... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP03_160721 | 19 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: First Second Tenth Anniversary Celebration First Second Tenth Anniversary Celebration:
First Second editorial director Mark Siegel celebrates the tenth anniversary of this award-winning, bestselling publisher in conversation with Ben Hatke (Zita the Spacegirl), Eva Volin (Alameda Public Library), Karen Green (Columbia University), and... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP03_160722 | 35 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Tarzan on Screen and Page Tarzan on Screen and Page:
Jim Sullos (president, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.), Cathy Wilbanks (archivist, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.), Anna Kislevitz (head of licensing and merchandising, 41 Entertainment, producer, Tarzan and Jane), Dr. Harry Kloor (Hollywood writer, producer, director), Matthew... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP03_160723 | 179 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Quick Draw! Quick Draw!
It's still the fastest, funniest panel in the whole convention! Once again, your Quick Draw Quizmaster Mark Evanier pits three super-speedy cartoonists against one another as they go mano a mano and Sharpie-to-Sharpie to create great cartoon art right before your very eyes. Competing this... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP03_160724 | 64 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Cartoon Voices 2 Cartoon Voices II:
Yesterday's Cartoon Voices panel will have been such a hit that they'll have to do another one with different, but equally talented actors from the world of animation voicing. Once again, moderator Mark Evanier has assembled an all-star dais that will include Dee Bradley Baker... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP04_160721 | 7 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Snoopy for President: Politics in Peanuts Snoopy for President: Politics in Peanuts:
Explore the world of politics through Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip. Hear about Charlie Brown, Linus, and Pigpen's humorous and endearing presidential campaigns and Snoopy's short-lived term as Head Beagle. Discover why "happiness is the best policy"... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP04_160722 | 39 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Walt Kelly and Pogo Walt Kelly and POGO:
The greatest newspaper strip of all time? Some would call it that. Even if you aren't one of them, you've gotta love the wit and whimsy of Walt Kelly's magnum opus, Pogo, now receiving its first-ever complete reprinting in an Eisner Award-winning series from Fantagraphics Books.... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP04_160723 | 50 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Cartoon Voices 1 Cartoon Voices 1:
Each year, moderator Mark Evanier gathers together a bevy of the most talented cartoon voice actors working today and invites them to explain and demonstrate their artistry! This year's lineup includes Phil LaMarr (Samurai Jack, Futurama), Brian T. Delaney (Mad, Halo 5: Guardians),... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP04_160724 | 16 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Historical Comics Historical Comics:
Derf Backderf (My Friend Dahmer), Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant), and Chester Brown (Louis Riel) have produced a body of work that, between them, is wholly unique and visionary. Their efforts have brought to life the Middle Ages, key moments of Canadian history, and the adolescence of... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP05_160721 | 19 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: The Mark, Sergio, Stan and Tom Show The Mark, Sergio, Stan and Tom Show:
This used to be the annual "Sergio and Mark Show" but the name has changed to note that the adventures of Groo the Wanderer are brought to you not just by the award-winning team of Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier, but also by Stan Sakai (the creator of Usagi... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP05_160722 | 22 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Star Trek: Five Decades of Comics Star Trek: Five Decades of Comics:
A celebration of all the 4-color Star Trek worlds, featuring a look at all past iterations and a chat with many who've chronicled the Enterprise crews' comic book adventures, including Len Wein, Scott Tipton, Mike Johnson, John Van Citters and J. K. Woodward.... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP05_160723 | 29 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: That 70's Panel That 70's Panel:
It was a time of change in comics with a new generation intermingling with the old and taking command. Hear what it was like from Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, Black Kiss), Paul Gulacy (Master of Kung Fu, Sabre), Elliot S! Maggin (Superman, Green Arrow), Marv Wolfman (Tomb of... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP05_160724 | 36 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: YA? Why Not? The Importance of Teen and Young Adult Comics YA? Why Not? The Importance of Teen and Young Adult Comics:
Once the fastest growing genres in literature, YA books have grown beyond babysitting and first loves. Now that graphic novels are making award-winning shortlists, comics aimed at middle-grade and young adult readers are growing in popularity.... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP06_160721 | 8 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Captain America 75th Anniversary Captain America 75th Anniversary:
Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Captain America has been wielding his shield, donning red, white, and blue, and fighting the good fight for 75 years. From Captain America Comics #1 to Captain America: Civil War, Steve Rogers has had a pretty decent 75... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP06_160722 | 12 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Spotlight on Ronald Wimberly Spotlight on Ronald Wimberly:
For the past 14 years, Ronald Wimberly has been telling stories that pair his world view with his strong storytelling instincts, resulting in works like the Eisner Award-nominated Lighten Up and The Prince of Cats, his collaborations with brands like Nike and Mishka, and... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP06_160723 | 16 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Time After Time Pilot Screening and Q&A Time After Time Pilot Screening and Q&A:
Using the 1979 novel and movie as a launching point, Time After Time chronicles the epic adventures of a young H.G. Wells. At the age of 28, the 19th-century scholar has yet to publish any of his landmark science fiction novels, but his idealistic thinking and... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP06_160724 | 27 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Cover Story Cover Story:
What does it take to make a great cover for a comic book? Ask four of the top artists, all folks who've created some of the best. Come hear the "shop talk" of Jonathan Case (Batman '66, The New Deal), Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, Black Kiss), Babs Tarr (Batgirl, Sailor Moon), Paul... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP07_160721 | 18 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: The Nappy Hour The Nappy Hour:
Comic-Con special guest Keith Knight (K Chronicles, The Knight Life) returns with his lightning-quick, oven-timer-ruled, roundtable discussion of all things nerdy concerning people of color. Panelists include award-winning nationally syndicated cartoonist, writer, and radio personality... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP07_160722 | 42 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Spotlight on Allen Bellman Spotlight on Allen Bellman:
Before there was Marvel Comics, there was Timely Comics. Artist Allen Bellman was there, and now you can not only listen to his amazing stories and the history of Timely Comics but also participate in a fantastic Q&A. A short signing will follow.
Michael Uslan was in the... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP07_160724 | 21 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: The Business of Cartoon Voices Business of Cartoon Voices:
Interested in a career doing voices for animation and video games? There are plenty of people around who'll take your money and tell you how to go about it, but here's 90 minutes of absolutely free advice from folks who work in the field. Come hear cartoon voice actor Dee... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP08_160721 | 34 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Bubble Comics Russia: How to Create a Comic Book Industry from Scratch Bubble Comics Russia: How to Create a Comic Book Industry from Scratch:
Bubble Comics is the largest publishing house in Russia. In five years it managed to grow from a small publisher to a major studio that makes original comics, games, toys and even movies! Furthermore, Bubble Comics pretty much made... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP08_160722 | 12 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Revengeance with Bill Plympton & Jim Lujan Revengeance with Bill Plympton & Jim Lujan:
Voice actors Geo Brawn, Lalo Alcaraz, Sara Ulloa, Keith Knight and Ken Mora join two-time Oscar-nominated director Bill Plympton and writer Jim Lujan to preview their new animated feature, Revengeance, with finished clips from the film and a discussion of the... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP09_160721 | 60 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Heavy Metal: This Panel Goes to 11 Heavy Metal: This Panel Goes to 11:
A year ago, the nearly 40-years-running leading publisher of science fiction and fantasy made news around the convention with the announcement that Grant Morrison would be stepping in as the magazine's editor-in-chief. Now, following Morrison's debut issue, which is... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP09_160722 | 22 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: The State of the Industry: Animation The State of the Industry: Animation:
What do the pros think of the animation scene today? Is hand-drawn and VFX gone for good? What will be the impact of VR? How do I get a job? This panel will explore how animators fit into current business models of animation studios and the ever-changing landscape... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP10_160721 | 93 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: George Clayton Johnson Memorial Gathering George Clayton Johnson Memorial Gathering:
Let’s share our memories and adventures of our pal and mentor for over 40 years. George wrote “The Man Trap” the very first Star Trek episode that aired. He also wrote 8 original Twilight Zone episodes, Oceans 11 movie and the “Logan’s Run” novel with William... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP10_160722 | 37 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: iZOMBIE Special Video Presentation and Q&A iZOMBIE Special Video Presentation and Q&A:
Television's only Zom-Com-Rom-Dram, returns for its third appearance at Comic-Con. After experiencing the heart-pounding season 2 finale, be among the first to get the scoop on what's in store for season 3! Now that Clive is in the know about zombies, how... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCCP11_160722 | 81 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: Scream Queens Scream Queens:
It's the return of the Chanels! From award-winning executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, season 2 of Scream Queens graduates from the college campus and into an abandoned hospital purchased by Dean Munch (Jamie Lee Curtis). Set two years later, the Chanels (Emma... |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCCP12_160722 | 61 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Panel: World Premiere of Batman: The Killing Joke World Premiere of Batman: The Killing Joke:
Delve into the demented history of the Dark Knight's arch nemesis, The Joker, as he sets out to prove insanity is only a horrifying moment away for anyone in the latest DC Universe Original Movie, Batman: The Killing Joke. Based on one of the bestselling... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCC | 301 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Miscellaneous |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCC_Advance_160719 | 20 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Advance Party @ Old Spaghetti Factory COMIC CON ADVANCE PARTY AT THE OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY !
You're at Comic Con a little early? Tuesday sounds normal to me. Join the rest of us hanging out in the upstairs bar. Comic Con peeps have been eating there since 1972!
SDCC CCI FOREVER and FOREVER!
EL CORTEZ ALUMNI WELCOME! |  |
 | 2016_CA_SDCC_Masquerade_160723 | 30 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Masquerade |  |
| 2016_CA_SDCC_Rock_Vote | 30 | San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Pop-up: Peanuts Rock the Vote As part of a Peanuts Rock the Vote initiative, the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Sonoma County, California teamed up with the Rock the Vote campaign, to set up a pop-up venue in the city's Gaslamp district. Comic-Con attendees could vote for Peanuts characters and register to vote for the U.S. election in... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_Art | 8 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Art |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_Art_TCB | 2 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Art: Traffic Control Boxes |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_Bay | 17 | CA -- San Diego -- Bay area (except Embarcadero area) |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_Cal_Theatre | 4 | CA -- San Diego -- California Theatre (300 block, C Street) The Theatre, built in 1927, was facing its end by this point. The owner wanted to rip it down and build a 40-story, 282-unit residential building. I wish I had known its pending fate better at this point because I would have taken more photos. |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_CJones_Mako_160720 | 2 | CA -- San Diego -- Chuck Jones Gallery -- Gallery Appearance: Mako Fufu (GirlsDrawinGirls) Artist Mako Fufu from GirlsDrawinGirls. |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_CJones_NancyC_160723 | 16 | CA -- San Diego -- Chuck Jones Gallery -- Gallery Talk: Nancy Cartwright |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_El_Cortez | 9 | CA -- San Diego -- El Cortez |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_LibraryV | 24 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Views from... |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_Library | 25 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_Library_CCTie | 61 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Exhibit: San Diego Comic-Con Tie-In These were some of the comic-book-related items that were part of the library's government documents collection. |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_Library_Rare | 22 | CA -- San Diego -- Public Library -- Rare Books Collection |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_Marriott | 10 | CA -- San Diego -- Marriott The new conference center building has opened. |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_Motel6 | 2 | CA -- San Diego -- Motel 6 |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_Santa_Fe | 14 | CA -- San Diego -- Santa Fe terminal |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_Spreckels | 2 | CA -- San Diego -- Spreckels Theater |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_St_Joseph | 48 | CA -- San Diego -- St Joseph Cathedral |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_Superior_Ct | 19 | CA -- San Diego -- Superior Court of California |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_Trains | 4 | CA -- San Diego -- Trains (except Santa Fe terminal) |  |
 | 2016_CA_SD_YMCA | 7 | CA -- San Diego -- YMCA Building |  |
| 2016_CA_SD_YWCA | 7 | CA -- San Diego -- YWCA Building |  |
 | 2016_DC_1000F | 20 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- 1000 F St NW block (near Petersen House) |  |
| 2016_DC_1301PA | 47 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- 1301 Penn Ave NW |  |
 | 2016_DC_1333H | 8 | DC -- Downtown -- 1333 H St NW |  |
| 2016_DC_1445NY | 3 | DC -- Downtown -- National Savings Trust (SunTrust) (1445 New York Ave NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_1700G | 18 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (1700 G St NW) They're refurbishing an entire block by my old office site, the office of the US Trade Representative. |  |
| 2016_DC_2025E | 38 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- 2025 E St NW (formerly American Red Cross Natl Headquarters -- ARC building) |  |
 | 2016_DC_2315Mass | 5 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama -- 2315 Mass. Ave NW (Moran House) (now Embassy of Pakistan) |  |
| 2016_DC_3rdCCS | 4 | DC -- Downtown -- Third Church of Christ, Scientist (1600 K St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_4th_ArchivesB_160704 | 65 | DC -- 4th of July @ National Archives -- Breakfast (2016) Program:
* Patrick Madden, Executive Director, National Archives Foundation
* David Ferriero, Chief Archivist of the United States
* A’Lelia Bundles, Chair and President, National Archives Foundation
* ???, from John Hancock Insurance
In the audience were various folks including Congressman... |  |
| 2016_DC_4th_Archives_160704 | 118 | DC -- 4th of July @ National Archives -- Ceremony (2016) Program:
* Greeting by Allison Seymour, Fox 5 News Anchor
* Presentation of colors by the Continental Color Guard
* National Anthem by Caleb Green
* Performance by the Fife and Drum Corps
* Remarks by the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero
* Dramatic Reading of the Declaration of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_4th_Parade_160704 | 165 | DC -- 4th of July parade (2016) I made it through most of the parade this year. Various floats and folks including:
* Gay Vietzke (Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks),
* Deshauna Barber (Miss USA 2016),
* Cierra Jackson (Miss DC 2016),
* Nilah Pettus (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2016),
* Hannah Brewer (Miss... |  |
| 2016_DC_500th_Ghetto_160524 | 117 | Library of Congress -- Event: 500th Anniversary of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice @ Kluge Center Law Library Program to Mark 500th Anniversary of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice
The Law Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, will mark the 500th anniversary of the establishment of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_555 | 19 | DC -- Public Art: Murals @ 555 11th Street NW (Lincoln Square) |  |
| 2016_DC_727Fifteenth | 3 | DC -- Downtown -- 727 15th St NW |  |
 | 2016_DC_777Vw | 43 | DC -- Residences @ Gallery Place -- Views from... |  |
| 2016_DC_901KVw | 43 | DC -- Downtown -- Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center (901 K St NW) -- View from... The view was from the 11th and 12th floors of 901 K St. NW |  |
 | 2016_DC_930_Worlds_Fair_160105 | 105 | DC -- 9:30 World's Fair 2016 9:30 World's Fair 2016
A double-annivsary multimedia experience. Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the 9:30 Club & 20 years in the current location. You're in the Inner Perisphere January 5th from 7-9pm get an exclusive sneak peek of the 9:30 World's Fair before it opens to the public! Also -- get a... |  |
| 2016_DC_AALife_160413 | 144 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- African American Life in Washington, DC, Before Emancipation African American Life in Washington, DC, Before Emancipation:
As Washington became the focus of abolitionism before the Civil War, antislavery activists argued that the sight of slavery and slave dealers in the nation’s capital disgraced the nation and its ideals. A panel will explore life before the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Abdul_Jabbar_160824 | 67 | Politics & Prose -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ("Writings on the Wall") w/Bruce Johnson Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White
Selected as a U.S. Culture Ambassador in 2012, Abdul-Jabar demonstrates a forceful diplomacy in this book addressing today’s divided nation. His well-reasoned yet passionate arguments draw on statistics,... |  |
| 2016_DC_Adams_Morgan | 4 | DC -- Adams Morgan neighborhood |  |
 | 2016_DC_AFLCIO | 83 | DC -- Downtown -- AFL-CIO Headquarters (815 16th Street NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_AFLCIO_Movies | 12 | AFL-CIO Headquarters -- Exhibit: Labor Movie Posters |  |
 | 2016_DC_AFRH | 20 | DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home) The Capitol dome seen through the trees. |  |
| 2016_DC_AFRH_Museum | 93 | DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home) -- Museum |  |
 | 2016_DC_AIA_Awards | 82 | DC -- AIA|DC -- Exhibit: 2016 Unbuilt, Washingtonian Residential Design, and Chapter Design Awards Please join us at the District Architecture Center as we celebrate our award winners for the 2016 Unbuilt, Washingtonian Residential Design, and Chapter Design Awards.
Mix and mingle over refreshments with celebrated architects from around the region as we recognize the award winners.
We will also... |  |
| 2016_DC_AIA_Scale | 73 | DC -- AIA|DC -- Exhibit: Built to Scale Built to Scale
Wednesday, June 8 2016 to Saturday, August 27 2016
Built to Scale celebrates the power of scale models and the important role models play in the creative and technical development of design projects.
Scale models are communicative tools in three-dimension that give designers the power... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Aldrin_160516 | 118 | Sixth & I -- Buzz Aldrin ("No Dream is Too High") w/Christina Korp Buzz Aldrin In Conversation with Christina Korp
Half a century after walking on the moon, icon and astronaut Buzz Aldrin reflects on a lifetime of achievements and what he’s learned through it all in No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on the Moon, co-authored with Ken Abraham.... |  |
| 2016_DC_Alexander_160405 | 81 | Politics & Prose -- Kwame Alexander ("Booked") Kwame Alexander - Booked:
In this novel in verse, middle schooler Nick seems to have it all going for him. He and his best friend, Coby, are talented soccer players; a beautiful girl seems to like him back; and his linguistics professor father has seen to it that Nick has an incredible vocabulary. It’s... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Alien_160910 | 165 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Gallery Talk: Daughter of China, Resident Alien w/Hung Liu Gallery Talk: Daughter of China, Resident Alien
Chinese-born American artist Hung Liu will speak about two timely themes that are reflected in her current body of work: refugees and heroines. |  |
| 2016_DC_All_Souls | 5 | DC -- Columbia Heights -- All Souls Church, Unitarian (1500 Harvard St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_America_NowSCR_160709 | 163 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- America Now -- Steep Canyon Rangers Join SAAM for the third and final program in this year’s exciting series that celebrates the ways Americans participate in our democracy—through art, music, storytelling, and service.
This page features the performance of the ... |  |
| 2016_DC_America_NowSS_160709 | 108 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- America Now -- Seldom Scene Join SAAM for the third and final program in this year’s exciting series that celebrates the ways Americans participate in our democracy—through art, music, storytelling, and service.
This page features the performance of ... |  |
 | 2016_DC_America_NowTJ_160709 | 43 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- America Now -- Tarica June Join SAAM for the third and final program in this year’s exciting series that celebrates the ways Americans participate in our democracy—through art, music, storytelling, and service.
This page features the performance of ... |  |
| 2016_DC_America_Now_160709 | 54 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- America Now Join SAAM for the third and final program in this year’s exciting series that celebrates the ways Americans participate in our democracy—through art, music, storytelling, and service. The program features performances by D.C. hip-hop artist Tarica June, and bluegrass bands Steep Canyon Rangers and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_AmerInd_Dance_161124 | 33 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: Northwest Coast Dance A Native American Heritage Month Celebration of Northwest Coast Dance
Experience a three-day Northwest Coast dance celebration with internationally renowned West Coast First Nations mask-dancing group Git Hayetsk (People of the Copper Shield) from Vancouver B.C. and the award-winning multi-generational... |  |
| 2016_DC_AmerInd_Hawaii | 88 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Ua Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation Ua Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation
January 17, 2016 – January 2017
Hawai`i was an independent kingdom until 1893, when non-Native businessmen, supported by U.S. diplomats and Marines, overthrew the monarchy and declared themselves the new government. Ua Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Amer_City_Diner | 9 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- American City Diner (5532 Conn Ave NW) and mural |  |
| 2016_DC_Angus_160410 | 72 | Renwick Gallery -- Artist Talk: Jennifer Angus ("In the Midnight Garden") w/Sean Brady Artist Jennifer Angus joins Seán Brady, chair of the Entomology Department at the National Museum of Natural History, to discuss the brilliantly colored insects in her work, In the Midnight Garden, and the importance of insects to the natural world. |  |
 | 2016_DC_ANorris_160121 | 36 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Alexander Norris Ensemble Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert.
Trumpeter Alex Norris, bass clarinetist Todd Marcus, alto sax Russell Kirk, trombonist Christian Hizon, piano player Mark Meadows, bassist Jeff... |  |
| 2016_DC_APhA | 167 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- APhA Headquarters Building (2215 Constitution Avenue NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_APhA_Vw | 28 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- APhA Headquarters Building (2215 Constitution Avenue NW) -- View from ... |  |
| 2016_DC_AquaticVC | 45 | DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens -- Exhibits in Visitor Center |  |
 | 2016_DC_Aquatic | 122 | DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens |  |
| 2016_DC_Arboretum | 18 | DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum |  |
 | 2016_DC_Arboretum_Grass | 53 | DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- Exhibit: Grass Roots: The Exhibit Grass Roots: The Exhibit
A first-of-its-kind interactive outdoor exhibit at the National Arboretum focuses on new cultivars of turf developed through research programs—including the Arboretum’s—and science-based management of lawns and turfgrass. The primary message of the exhibit is that the best... |  |
| 2016_DC_Archives | 13 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Exterior |  |
 | 2016_DC_Archives_Amending | 224 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Exhibit: Amending America New exhibit explores the 225th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights
Washington, DC – On March 11, 2016, the National Archives will open a new exhibition, Amending America. Featuring more than 50 original documents from the National Archives, this exhibit highlights the remarkably American story of how we... |  |
| 2016_DC_Archives_AmendPP_160308 | 29 | Natl Archives -- Press Preview: Amending America (Presentation) The media presentation about the new exhibit. Speakers included David Ferriero, A'Leila Bundles, and co-curator Christine Blackerby. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Archives_AmendPT_160308 | 7 | Natl Archives -- Press Preview: Amending America (Tour) Touring the new exhibit. |  |
| 2016_DC_Art_ImpactC_160129 | 66 | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- Closing: Art Impact International 2016 -- Mingling Art Impact International 2016 is having a wine and cheese closing reception and artist talk for the Millennium Art Salon members and other distinguised guests. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Art_ImpactP_160129 | 168 | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- Closing: Art Impact International 2016 -- Formal Presentation Art Impact International 2016 is having a wine and cheese closing reception and artist talk for the Millennium Art Salon members and other distinguised guests.
Program:
Welcoming remarks from:
* Gallery Director, Pepco Edison Place
* Carolyn Goodridge, Curator & President, Art Impact USA
*... |  |
| 2016_DC_Art_Impact | 79 | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- Exhibit: Art Impact International 2016 |  |
 | 2016_DC_Art_Soiree_161104 | 67 | DC -- Art Soiree Presents: Annual Political Cartoon Exhibit: Hillary vs Trump Hillary vs Trump Cartoon Debate @ The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown
For over 500 years the art of political cartoons has been used to convey social and political messages through the use of images familiar to all of the people in a society. And this time it's no different!
Join us for the latest overview... |  |
| 2016_DC_Asbury | 7 | DC -- Downtown -- Asbury United Methodist Church (926 11th St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Asbury_Statue | 4 | DC -- Mt Pleasant -- Francis Asbury (Lukeman) Equestrian Statue (16th and Mt. Pleasant St, NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Atlas | 20 | DC -- Atlas District neighborhood |  |
 | 2016_DC_Atlas_Obscura_160929 | 102 | Sixth & I -- Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton ("Atlas Obscura") w/David Plotz Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton In Conversation with David Plotz
“Atlas Obscura may be the only thing that can still inspire me to leave my apartment.”
—Lena Dunham
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide To The World’s Hidden Wonders is the definitive guide to the most astonishing, curious,... |  |
| 2016_DC_Avalon | 15 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Avalon Theatre (5612 Connecticut Ave NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Aviva_Party_160302 | 111 | Washington Jewish Film Festival (2016) @ Party at Aviva Kempner's |  |
| 2016_DC_Barry_161028 | 52 | Politics & Prose -- Dave Barry ("Best State. Ever: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland") DAVE BARRY - BEST. STATE. EVER.: A FLORIDA MAN DEFENDS HIS HOMELAND
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, Barry made his name with a weekly humor column for The Miami Herald. Through more than thirty books, ranging from fiction to essays to memoir, Barry has consistently found the light side of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Behrakis_161017 | 45 | Newseum -- Pulitzer Prizes at 100: Yannis Behrakis PULITZER PRIZES AT 100: THE PHOTOGRAPHERS: 2016 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER YANNIS BEHRAKIS
Yannis Behrakis, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography, talks about his award-winning work.
Behrakis, a photographer for Reuters, was part of the team awarded the prize for the coverage of... |  |
| 2016_DC_Bennett_160502 | 93 | DC -- USC/PDC -- Amanda Bennett ("Change at the Voice of America") You are invited to join us for the next PDC / USC Washington DC Communication Leadership lunch forum. Our guest will be Amanda Bennett, the new Director of the Voice of America.
The speaker was introduced by Adam Clayton Powell III, President, Public Diplomacy Council, and Director, Washington... |  |
 | 2016_DC_BensH | 3 | DC -- Atlas District -- Ben's Chili Bowl (1001 H St NE) |  |
| 2016_DC_Bergen_160209 | 51 | Politics & Prose -- Peter Bergen ("United States of Jihad") Peter Bergen - United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists:
In authoritative books including Manhunt, Holy War, Inc., and The Longest War, Bergen, a CNN security analyst and New America vice president, has explored terrorism throughout the Middle East, including profiles of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Berlin_160210 | 39 | Natl Archives -- Ira Berlin ("The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States") Ira Berlin: "The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States"
Answers to questions about who ended slavery, how, and why remain fiercely contested more than a century and a half after the passage of the 13th Amendment. In The Long Emancipation, Ira Berlin offers a framework for... |  |
| 2016_DC_Berman_160621 | 149 | Newseum -- Chris Berman (Winning Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media) AL NEUHARTH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE MEDIA
Veteran ESPN sports broadcaster Chris Berman is the 2016 recipient of the Newseum Institute’s Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media. The annual award will be presented June 21 at the Newseum during the weeklong Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism... |  |
 | 2016_DC_BGMuhn_160618 | 89 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Gallery Talk: BG Muhn Gallery Talk with BG Muhn
Join Georgetown professor, artist, and curator BG Muhn for a tour of two exhibitions of North and South Korean contemporary art and a discussion on the impact of culture on the artistic style of each republic.
During his talk, BG pointed out several people in the audience... |  |
| 2016_DC_BigTopFD_161022 | 99 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Under the Big Top Family Day (Except Acrobatic Conundrum) Under the Big Top Family Day
The circus is in town! SAAM takes you under the Big Top for an afternoon of dazzling feats with performers from Acrobatic Conundrum (we hope you’re not afraid of heights!) Try your hand at carnival games, grab a tasty bag of popcorn, or make a mask inspired by your favorite... |  |
 | 2016_DC_BigTopFD_AC_161022 | 164 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Under the Big Top Family Day (Acrobatic Conundrum) Under the Big Top Family Day
The circus is in town! SAAM takes you under the Big Top for an afternoon of dazzling feats with performers from Acrobatic Conundrum (we hope you’re not afraid of heights!) Try your hand at carnival games, grab a tasty bag of popcorn, or make a mask inspired by your favorite... |  |
| 2016_DC_Bikeshare | 1 | DC -- Bike Sharing / Racks |  |
 | 2016_DC_Bilder_160311 | 68 | Natl Archives -- Mary Sarah Bilder ("Madison's Hand") Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention:
James Madison’s Notes on the 1787 Constitutional Convention has acquired nearly unquestioned authority as the description of the Constitution’s creation. But by drawing on digital technologies and traditional textual analysis, Mary Sarah Bilder... |  |
| 2016_DC_Billington_160115 | 78 | Wilson Center -- Panel -- Celebrating James Billington, The Librarian of Congress Emeritus: A Lifetime of Advancing Knowledge in the Public Service Celebrating James Billington, The Librarian of Congress Emeritus: A Lifetime of Advancing Knowledge in the Public Service
The Wilson Center is proud to host a distinguished panel of commentators who will discuss the many contributions of James Billington—professor, author, Director of the Wilson Center... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Birth_Of_Sake_160322 | 133 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "Birth of Saké" w/Erik Shirai @ Carnegie Inst The Birth of Saké
Winner of the 2016 Polly Krakora Award for Artistry in Film!
The 144-year-old Yoshida Saké Brewery does things the old-fashioned way: dedicated artisans work in concert with natural forces — the temperature and humidity of the air, the chemistry of the water, the swirling koji mold... |  |
| 2016_DC_Black_Panthers_161029 | 108 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Bobby Seale and Stephen Shames ("Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers") Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale and photographer Stephen Shames talk about their new book “Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers.”
Published on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, the book chronicles the controversial and revolutionary social... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Blagden_Alley | 29 | DC -- Public Art: Blagden Alley (between M and N, 9 and 10 NW) (Downtown) |  |
| 2016_DC_Blood_Oil_160113 | 48 | Cato Institute -- "Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World" (w/Leif Wenar) Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World:
The benefits from international trade have been huge. However, because of a deep flaw in global markets for natural resources like oil, consumers are forced to enrich repressive governments and armed groups overseas when paying at the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Blumenthal_160519 | 62 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Sidney Blumenthal ("A Self-Made Man”) w/Jonathon Karl Cottage Conversation: Sidney Blumenthal’s “A Self-Made Man”
Join us on Thursday, May 19, as Sidney Blumenthal discusses A Self-Made Man: the Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849, the first of a multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency,... |  |
| 2016_DC_Bolivar_Statue | 26 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Simon Bolivar Equestrian Statue Venezuelan protest group at the statue. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Booker_160217 | 131 | Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Senator Cory Booker ("United") w/Julian Castro Senator Cory Booker:
Born in Washington D.C. and raised in northern New Jersey, Booker was a star high school athlete who received a football scholarship to Stanford. He then attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar before earning his law degree from Yale. Following graduation, he moved to... |  |
| 2016_DC_Bordewich_160608 | 31 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Fergus M. Bordewich ("The First Congress") US Capitol Historical Society presents...
The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
Join historian Fergus M. Bordewich for a discussion of his work on the First Federal Congress (1789-1791). Copies of the book will be available... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Boston_161118 | 98 | Natl Archives -- Talmage Boston ("Cross-Examining History") Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets Answers From the Experts About Our Presidents
Talmage Boston seeks out what made our major Presidents tick and what caused their lives to play out as they did. In Cross-Examining History, Boston interviews Presidential insiders to get insights about America's past... |  |
| 2016_DC_Botanic | 37 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden |  |
 | 2016_DC_Botanic_40Thieves | 10 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2016) -- 40 Thieves Concert: Season's Greenings
40 Thieves, Irish rock
Evenings in the Conservatory are magical! Join us for live seasonal music in the Garden Court. Please note: Limited seating will be available on a first come, first served basis. |  |
| 2016_DC_Botanic_Xmas | 376 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2016) -- National Parks and Historic Places Season's Greenings: National Parks and Historic Places
November 24 - January 2, 2017
Immerse yourself in the sights, smells, and sounds of the season in our annual holiday show Season’s Greenings. See thousands of blooms from exotic orchids to a showcase of heirloom and newly developed poinsettia... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Brentwood | 11 | DC -- Brentwood neighborhood |  |
| 2016_DC_Breyer_160225 | 44 | Newseum & Supreme Court Fellows Alumni Association -- Court and the World w/Stephen Breyer and Pete Williams The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities:
The Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will discuss his latest book, “The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities,” with NBC Supreme Court correspondent Pete... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Brightwood | 1 | DC -- Brightwood neighborhood |  |
| 2016_DC_Building_BigBuild_161015 | 37 | NBM -- The Big Build (2016) The Big Build
Join us for a day filled with hands-on family fun. Discover what it's like to be a builder and meet plumbers, ironworkers, landscape architects, woodworkers and experts in many other fields. Learn all about their professions and hobbies, and experience what they do! In addition, this year... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Building_Icebergs | 25 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Icebergs ICEBERGS
July 2, 2016 - September 5, 2016
Visit ICEBERGS in the Museum's Great Hall. Designed by James Corner Field Operations, the installation opens as part of the annual Summer Block Party series, July 2 - September 5.
Visitors will:
* Explore a fantastical glacial sea designed by landscape... |  |
| 2016_DC_Building_Meigs | 40 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Montgomery Meigs |  |
 | 2016_DC_Build_Grow | 17 | DC -- Public Art: Build-Grow (sculpture by Richard Hunt) @ 700 11th Street, NW (Penn Qtr) |  |
| 2016_DC_Burke_Statue | 11 | DC -- Edmund Burke Statue |  |
 | 2016_DC_Butterfield_161019 | 185 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Deborah Butterfield (Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture) Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture Series: Deborah Butterfield and Horse Sculptures
Deborah Butterfield's sculptural forms are based on her unique subject, horses. Constructed in wood, and cast in bronze, the freestanding sculptures are shown in two scales: life size works and smaller bronzes. With... |  |
| 2016_DC_Callbox | 27 | DC -- Callboxes |  |
 | 2016_DC_Canal_Park | 4 | DC -- Southeast -- Canal Park |  |
| 2016_DC_Cannon_HOB | 18 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg |  |
 | 2016_DC_CapHill | 26 | DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood |  |
| 2016_DC_CapitolX | 11 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2016) 2016 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 84 feet (26 m) -- Payette National Forest -- Idaho -- The tree will be lit at a public ceremony on Dec. 6. Thousands of LED lights and 6,000 ornaments made by children in Idaho will hang on the tree. The ornaments represent things relevant to Idaho, including salmon and pine... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Capitol | 67 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) |  |
| 2016_DC_Capitol_Crossing | 54 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Capitol Crossing (200/250 Mass. Ave NW) (formerly I-395 Overpass) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Capitol_C | 28 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Crypt |  |
| 2016_DC_Capitol_Grounds | 8 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds |  |
 | 2016_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto | 4 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos |  |
| 2016_DC_Capitol_I | 24 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas |  |
 | 2016_DC_Capitol_NSH | 27 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall |  |
| 2016_DC_Capitol_SC | 20 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Old Supreme Court Chamber (1810-1860) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Capitol_Signs | 8 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Signs |  |
| 2016_DC_Capitol_VC | 1 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Captiol_R | 69 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda |  |
| 2016_DC_Carmwath_161112 | 33 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Gallery Talk: Squeak Carnwath Gallery Talk with Squeak Carnwath
Squeak Carnwath has explored monoprinting, etching, aquatint, and numerous other techniques that allow her to build layers of color and imagery. Learn about her journey through media as she tours selected works from 30 years of artmaking. |  |
 | 2016_DC_CarnavalT_160305 | 145 | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- Artist Talk: Carnaval: Celebrations of the African Diaspora Black Artists of DC & Art Impact USA Present the Third Annual Black History Month Juried Art Exhibition
Artists' Talk and Wine & Cheese Reception
Carnaval: Celebrations of the African Diaspora - Artist Talk
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
702 Eighth Street NW, Washington DC 20001
Curated by Carol R.... |  |
| 2016_DC_CarnavalT_160311 | 150 | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- Closing Reception and Artist Talk: Carnaval: Celebrations of the African Diaspora Black Artists of DC & Art Impact USA Present the Third Annual Black History Month Juried Art Exhibition
Curated by Carol R. Dyson and Carolyn Goodridge
Closing Reception: Friday, March 11, 2016, 5-8 PM |  |
 | 2016_DC_Carnaval | 96 | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- Exhibit: Carnaval: Celebrations of the African Diaspora CARNAVAL: CELEBRATIONS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
February 2 - March 11
This exhibition is about joy and celebration. The artists are asked to interpret this using their respective media. You don't have to be African American to exhibit, nor does the work have to be about bacchanal. Just an expression of... |  |
| 2016_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 2 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) The moon over the hand sculpture. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Carter_Woodson | 18 | DC -- Shaw -- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site (1538 9th St NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Cartoons_161030 | 94 | Politics & Prose -- Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles ("The Madhouse Effect") and Kevin Kallaugher ("Daggers Drawn") Michael E. Mann And Tom Toles - The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, And Driving Us Crazy & Kevin Kallaugher - Daggers Drawn: 35 Years Of Kal Cartoons In The Economist
In this inspired partnership, Mann, Distinguished Professor of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Catching_160318 | 75 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "Catching the Sun" w/Shalini Kantayya @ Carnegie Inst CATCHING THE SUN (USA, 2015, 74 min.) D.C. Premiere
Presented by The Iris Fund for Science Documentaries
As the global race to lead the clean energy future kicks into full gear, an unlikely ensemble of characters in the U.S. and China make radical moves: activist Van Jones transitions from leading a... |  |
| 2016_DC_CBlossomFD_Crafts_160409 | 63 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration -- Crafts SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration
Join SAAM for a celebration of Japanese culture and the arrival of the cherry blossoms! A taiko drumming performance kicks off the afternoon, followed by other traditional Japanese music and dance, face painting, and cherry-blossom themed crafts. Colleagues from the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_CBlossomFD_JMP_160409 | 47 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration -- Japanese Musical Performance SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration
Join SAAM for a celebration of Japanese culture and the arrival of the cherry blossoms! A taiko drumming performance kicks off the afternoon, followed by other traditional Japanese music and dance, face painting, and cherry-blossom themed crafts. Colleagues from the... |  |
| 2016_DC_CBlossomFD_SSM_160409 | 109 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration -- Shizumi Shigeto Manale SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration
Join SAAM for a celebration of Japanese culture and the arrival of the cherry blossoms! A taiko drumming performance kicks off the afternoon, followed by other traditional Japanese music and dance, face painting, and cherry-blossom themed crafts. Colleagues from the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_CBlossomFD_Taiko_160409 | 179 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration -- Taiko Drumming by Nen Daiko SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration
Join SAAM for a celebration of Japanese culture and the arrival of the cherry blossoms! A taiko drumming performance kicks off the afternoon, followed by other traditional Japanese music and dance, face painting, and cherry-blossom themed crafts. Colleagues from the... |  |
| 2016_DC_CEA70_160211 | 194 | Brookings Institution -- The Council of Economic Advisers: 70 Years of Advising the President The Council of Economic Advisers: 70 Years of Advising the President:
The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) was created by Congress in 1946 to advise the president on ways “to foster and promote free competitive enterprise” and “to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Chan_160407 | 124 | Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Ruth Chan ("Where's the Party?") Ruth Chan - Where's the Party? — at Takoma Park Library (MD):
Georgie the cat loves his friends; he loves cake; but most of all, he loves eating cake with his friends at… parties! One morning, he is inspired to throw the biggest and best bash of them all; he dons his party hat, packs up a cake, and... |  |
| 2016_DC_Check_It_160625 | 126 | AFI Docs 2016 -- "Check It" (w/Dana Flor and Check It folks) @ Newseum CHECK IT
Spotlight Screening
In the heart of the nation's capital, the Check It is a street gang comprised of gay and transgender teens who support each other in the face of outside bullying, attacks and discrimination. The group struggles with an existence underscored by violence, poverty and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Cherry | 150 | DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2016) |  |
| 2016_DC_Childs_Play | 5 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Child's Play Toys & Books (5536 Conn Ave NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Chinatown | 56 | DC -- Chinatown neighborhood Including the new Chinese themes in the crossing section. |  |
| 2016_DC_ChineseFD_Acro_160130 | 196 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2016) -- Acrobatics by Henan Performance Group Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community to celebrate the 2016 Lunar New Year! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the year of the monkey with fun craft activities, traditional performances, artists, and demonstrations.
Full Schedule of Events:
* Lion Awakening Ceremony and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_ChineseFD_Cere_160130 | 45 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2016) -- Ceremony Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community to celebrate the 2016 Lunar New Year! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the year of the monkey with fun craft activities, traditional performances, artists, and demonstrations.
Full Schedule of Events:
* Lion Awakening Ceremony and... |  |
| 2016_DC_ChineseFD_Crafts_160130 | 89 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2016) -- Crafts Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community to celebrate the 2016 Lunar New Year! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the year of the monkey with fun craft activities, traditional performances, artists, and demonstrations.
Full Schedule of Events:
* Lion Awakening Ceremony and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_ChineseFD_Else_160130 | 33 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2016) -- Everything Else Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community to celebrate the 2016 Lunar New Year! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the year of the monkey with fun craft activities, traditional performances, artists, and demonstrations.
Full Schedule of Events:
* Lion Awakening Ceremony and... |  |
| 2016_DC_ChineseFD_Lions_160130 | 73 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2016) -- Lions Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community to celebrate the 2016 Lunar New Year! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the year of the monkey with fun craft activities, traditional performances, artists, and demonstrations.
Full Schedule of Events:
* Lion Awakening Ceremony and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_ChineseFD_Music_160130 | 43 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2016) -- Music by Henan Performance Group Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community to celebrate the 2016 Lunar New Year! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the year of the monkey with fun craft activities, traditional performances, artists, and demonstrations.
Full Schedule of Events:
* Lion Awakening Ceremony and... |  |
| 2016_DC_Cincinnati | 71 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Cincinnati_Faces | 54 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Faces of Revolution Faces of Revolution: Portraits from the War for Independence
September 17, 2015 — March 13, 2016
For many of the men who fought for American independence, the Revolutionary War was the defining experience of their lives. They paid artists to paint their portraits, identifying themselves for... |  |
| 2016_DC_Cincinnati_Isabel | 69 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Adventurous Life of Isabel Anderson The Adventurous Life of Isabel Anderson
March 24 — September 18, 2016
Philanthropist. War nurse. Political commentator. World traveler. Patriot. Author. Arts patron. Isabel Anderson filled her life — spanning the centennial of the American Revolution and World War II — with pursuits that both... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Circle_160319 | 87 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "Circle of Poison" w/Evan Mascagni, Shannon Post, Nick Capezzera, and Elizabeth Kucinich @ Carnegie Inst Circle of Poison:
Pro-business loopholes allow the American chemical industry to export pesticides to other countries even after they’d been federally banned for their harmful effects. On top of damaging already-marginalized communities abroad, produce treated with these chemicals often returns to the... |  |
| 2016_DC_CIS | 2 | DC -- Carnegie Institute for Science |  |
 | 2016_DC_City_Center | 7 | DC -- CityCenterDC complex |  |
| 2016_DC_City_Trees2_160316 | 134 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "City of Trees" -- Screening and Q+A w/Brandon Kramer, Lance Kramer, Steve Coleman, Charles Holcomb, and James Hubbard @ Carnegie Inst City of Trees:
At the height of the recession, a DC nonprofit struggles to implement an ambitious “green jobs” program that hires 150 unemployed residents to plant trees in underserved parks. With only six months until their grant money runs out, serious obstacles block their path and speak to deep... |  |
 | 2016_DC_City_Trees_160316 | 123 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "City of Trees" -- Pre-screening Reception @ Carnegie Inst City of Trees:
At the height of the recession, a DC nonprofit struggles to implement an ambitious “green jobs” program that hires 150 unemployed residents to plant trees in underserved parks. With only six months until their grant money runs out, serious obstacles block their path and speak to deep... |  |
| 2016_DC_Cleveland_Pk | 1 | DC -- Cleveland Park neighborhood |  |
 | 2016_DC_CNN_Politics2016_160418 | 101 | Newseum -- CNN Politics Campaign 2016: Like, Share, Elect (w/Jeff Zucker, Jake Tapper, Nia-Malika Henderson, Chris Moody, and Ashley Codianni) “CNN Politics Campaign 2016: Like, Share, Elect” Special Program
Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide, will moderate a discussion about the 2016 “social election” with CNN’s top political team. The panel features Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper, Senior Political Reporter Nia-Malika... |  |
| 2016_DC_CNY_Setup_160129 | 50 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2016) -- Setup |  |
 | 2016_DC_Coates_160119 | 31 | DC -- Heritage Foundation -- Victoria Coates ("David's Sling") A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art: Featuring author Victoria C. G. Coates
Throughout Western history, the societies that have made the greatest contributions to the spread of freedom have created iconic works of art to celebrate their achievements. Yet despite the enduring appeal of these... |  |
| 2016_DC_Coliseum | 34 | DC -- NoMa -- Washington Coliseum (Uline Arena) --> REI Store The REI DC store had its grand opening the previous day. It's just the ground level of the Coliseum, the rest being offices or something. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Comet | 45 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Comet Ping Pong (5037 Conn Ave, NW) The Comet Ping Pong restaurant near the Politics and Prose store had been targeted with fake news trying to drive it out of business. The world of Trump-provoked truthiness continues to ooze like a plague. From https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/11/22/how-fake-news-articles-fabricated-child-traffick... |  |
| 2016_DC_Compared_160301 | 95 | Washington Jewish Film Festival (2016) @ Avalon Theatre -- "Compared to What?" (w/Sheila Canavan, Michael Chandler, Barney Frank, and Jim Ready) SPOTLIGHT EVENING | COMPARED TO WHAT?
The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
Dir. Sheila Canavan and Michael Chandler
Followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Michael Chandler and Sheila Canavan as well as Barney Frank and his husband Jim Ready. The moderator for the event was Bob Cusack (Executive Editor... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Cong_Cem | 151 | DC -- Congressional Cemetery The Marion Barry memorial (kind of tacky) had been unveiled the day before. The covering tent and heater appliances were still there. |  |
| 2016_DC_Conroy_161115 | 103 | Natl Archives -- James Conroy ("Lincoln’s White House: The People’s House in Wartime") Lincoln’s White House: The People’s House in Wartime
Author James Conroy will discuss Lincoln’s White House, a book that brings to life the executive mansion and the people who knew it. Conroy explores daily life and day-to-day business during the most tumultuous Civil War years. Drawing on primary... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Considering_161115 | 73 | Newseum -- Considering the Future of Journalism (w/Richard Gingras, Michael Oreskes, and Jeffrey Herbst) CONSIDERING THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
The digital era has disrupted the news industry, making us reexamine what we consider journalism — and whom we consider journalists. From mainstream media outlets to emerging global information sources, including social media platforms and search engines, our... |  |
| 2016_DC_Courage_160610 | 79 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Adriane Ohanesian, Heidi Levine, and Paula Bronstein (Courage in Photojournalism) Inside Media: Courage in Photojournalism
Adriane Ohanesian, winner of the 2016 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, and Paula Bronstein, who received honorable mention, discuss their award-winning work in Africa and parts of Asia.
Heidi Levine, who won the award in 2015, will also... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Cowan_160421 | 58 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Geoffrey Cowan ("Let the People Rule") On the eve of the February presidential primaries, author Geoffrey Cowan talks about his new book “Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary.”
The book chronicles the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign to challenge his handpicked successor, William Howard... |  |
| 2016_DC_Cozzens_161026 | 51 | Politics & Prose -- Peter Cozzens ("The Earth is Weeping") PETER COZZENS - THE EARTH IS WEEPING: THE EPIC STORY OF THE INDIAN WARS FOR THE AMERICAN WEST
Winner of the American Foreign Service Association’s William R. Rivkin Award, presented annually to a Foreign Service Officer for exemplary moral courage, integrity, and creative dissent, Cozzens in his latest... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Crashing_160615 | 52 | AFI Docs 2016 -- "Crashing the Party" (w/David Sigal, Don Baer, Jonathan Martin, Matt Bai, and Eleanor Clift) @ Landmark E Street Cinema The American Film Institute invites you and a guest to
CRASHING THE PARTY
Panel and Q&A after the film with:
* Don Baer (moderator)
* Jonathan Martin
* Matt Bai
* Eleanor Clift
CRASHING THE PARTY
With the very survival of the Democratic Party on the line after the three worst presidential... |  |
| 2016_DC_CrittersDC | 6 | DC -- Critters -- Squirrel and bird near the American Indian Museum |  |
 | 2016_DC_Cronkite_160925 | 49 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Jim Korinke ("Cronkite") “Cronkite”
The Newseum presents a special performance of “Cronkite,” a multimedia, one-man show about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite.
Equity actor Jim Korinke stars in the show, which is adapted from an appearance by Cronkite in September 2002 on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” The show evokes memories... |  |
| 2016_DC_CrossLines_160528 | 125 | DC -- CrossLines @ Arts and Industries Bldg The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is mounting CrossLines, a two-day art exhibition, at the Arts and Industries Building over Memorial Day weekend. Subtitled "a culture lab on intersectionality," more than forty artists will present new works that explore the connections of race, class,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_CSIS | 23 | DC -- Center for Strategic and International Studies |  |
| 2016_DC_CSIS_USTR_160912 | 67 | CSIS -- Trade Agreements and American Interests: a Discussion (w/Four Former USTRs) CSIS cordially invites you to Trade Agreements and American Interests: a Discussion with Four Former USTRs
A discussion with
* William E. Brock, United States Trade Representative (1981-1985)
* Carla A. Hills, United States Trade Representative (1989-1993)
* Susan Schwab, United States Trade... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Cumming_160926 | 116 | Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Alan Cumming ("You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams") w/Ari Shapiro Alan Cumming In Conversation with Ari Shapiro
Described by Time magazine as one of the most fun people in show business, Alan Cumming is an award-winning stage, television, and film actor, as well as an artist, writer, activist, photographer, and raconteur.
In You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life is... |  |
| 2016_DC_CWT_March_160206 | 307 | CWT Generations: March Through American History @ Anderson House (Society of the Cincinnati) (2016) “March Through American History”:
This FREE event is part of our Generations Program, which aims to connect younger and older generations while exploring America’s history in fun, educational ways. During this Cadet Conference, our team will “walk” with youngsters—ages 6-16—through the three wars that... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Dallek_160710 | 45 | Politics & Prose -- Matthew Dallek ("Defenseless Under the Night") Matthew Dallek -- Defenseless Under the Night: The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security:
In his second book, Dallek, assistant professor of political management at George Washington University and the author of The Right Moment, traces the history of the Office of Civilian Defense,... |  |
| 2016_DC_Dark_Web_160121 | 60 | Newseum -- Inside Today’s FBI: Tales from the Dark Web (w/Shawn Henry, Steve Chabinsky, and Deborah Feyerick) incl reception Inside Today’s FBI: Tales from the Dark Web
In a special members-only event at the Newseum, former top FBI cybercrime officials Shawn Henry and Steve Chabinsky share their stories about how the FBI deploys special agents across the world to counter cyberattacks.
Henry is a former executive assistant... |  |
 | 2016_DC_DCHist_Other_161104 | 56 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Other (Friday) Including History Network Participants:
* 1882 Project Foundation
* Arlington Historical Society
* Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
* Cleveland Park Historical Society
* DC By Foot
* DC Council for History Education & the African American Civil War Memorial Museum
* DC... |  |
| 2016_DC_DCHist_P01_161104 | 51 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 01: Once Upon a Time in D.C.: Stories Hiding in the Stacks Once Upon a Time in D.C.: Stories Hiding in the Stacks
Moderator: Izetta Autumn Mobley, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
* “From Private Thoughts to the Pilot District Project: Mining Collections for Characters,” Anne McDonough, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
* “Out of Sight, Out of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_DCHist_P02_161104 | 17 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 02: Mapping D.C. Mapping D.C.
Moderator: Lauren Martino, DC Public Library
* “DC Buildings Historical Geodatabase,” Brian Kraft, JMT Technology Group
* “Wymer’s D.C.: Picturing Washington in the Mid-20th Century,” Jessica Smith, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
* “Mapping Washington, D.C.’s Archaeological... |  |
| 2016_DC_DCHist_P03_161104 | 12 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 03: Land, Community and Change: The Barry Farm Post-Civil War Community Land, Community and Change: The Barry Farm Post-Civil War Community
Moderator: Ruth Trocolli, DC Historic Preservation Office
* “This Old House: Attic Archaeology on Stanton Road SE,” Jennifer Saunders, William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research
* “Barry Farm: The Landscape of Community,”... |  |
 | 2016_DC_DCHist_P04_161104 | 19 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 04: Weathering the Storm: Innovative Flood Management Weathering the Storm: Innovative Flood Management on the National Mall Room 144 A
Moderator: Joan M. Brierton, U.S. General Services Administration
Panelists:
* Nicholas Bonard, National Capital Planning Commission
* Jane Passman, Smithsonian Institution
* Nancy Witherell, U.S. General Services... |  |
| 2016_DC_DCHist_P05_161104 | 30 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 05: D.C.’s Salvadoran Stories: Community, Language, and Belonging D.C.’s Salvadoran Stories: Community, Language, and Belonging
Moderator: Ranald Woodaman, Smithsonian Latino Center
* “Language and Belonging: A Rationale for Sociolinguistics in Local History,” Amelia Tseng, American University
* “Theater, Poetry, and immigrant History in the Nation’s Capital,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_DCHist_P06_161104 | 12 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 06: Digging Up History Digging Up History
Moderator: Christine Ames, Capital City Fellow, DC Historic Preservation Office
* “An Architectural and Cultural Analysis of Obscured Slavery Contexts on Elite Properties in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia,” Julianna Jackson, District Leadership Program Intern, DC Historic... |  |
| 2016_DC_DCHist_P07_161105 | 28 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 07: “Who Comes Here?” Donna M. Wells Memorial Session Room
“Who Comes Here?” African American Fraternal Organizations in the District of Columbia
Moderator: Ida E. Jones, Morgan State University
* “The Social Impact of Prince Hall Freemasonry in Washington, D.C.,” Tehuti Evans, Prince Hall Masons
* “True Reformers: Men... |  |
 | 2016_DC_DCHist_P08_161105 | 7 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 08: Archaeology Without Digging Archaeology Without Digging Room
Moderator: Ruth Trocolli, Ph.D., District Archaeologist, DC HPO
* “The Civil War at Fort McNair: Geophysical and Archaeological Investigations of the Washington Arsenal and District of Columbia Penitentiary,” Scott Seibel, AECOM
* “Putting Geophysics to Work in D.C.... |  |
| 2016_DC_DCHist_P09_161105 | 5 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 09: District Lives Matter District Lives Matter
Moderator: Samir Meghelli, Anacostia Community Museum
* “Police Brutality is a Disgrace to the Nation’s Capital: African American Women and Politics of Interracial Police Violence in Washington, D.C., 1928-1945,” Mary-Elizabeth Murphy, Eastern Michigan University
* “Carding... |  |
 | 2016_DC_DCHist_P10_161105 | 6 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 10: D.C.’s University for the People D.C.’s University for the People
Moderator: John Suau, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
* “Andrew Carnegie’s Vision for Libraries,” Alison K. Hoagland, Michigan Technological University
* “Changing Spaces to Meet Changing Visions,” Emily Eig, EHT/Traceries
* “Current Status of the Library... |  |
| 2016_DC_DCHist_P11_161105 | 10 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 11: The Man in the Knit Cap The Man in the Knit Cap: The Yarrow Mamout Archaeological Project
Moderator: Chardé Reid, DC Historic Preservation Office
* “Crowd-Sourcing Archaeology: Creating a New Archaeological Support Network at the Yarrow Mamout Archaeological Site,” Chardé Reid
* “Searching for Yarrow in the Archaeological... |  |
 | 2016_DC_DCHist_P12_161105 | 64 | 43rd Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 12: Washington Free Press 50th Anniversary Reunion Panel Washington Free Press 50th Anniversary Reunion Panel
Moderator: Jeff Krulik, independent filmmaker
Panelists:
* Art Grosman, founder, Washington Free Press
* Frank Speltz, founder, Washington Free Press
* Pete Novick, aka Fooman Zybar, drug columnist, Washington Free Press
* Dick Ochs, former... |  |
| 2016_DC_DCJCC | 3 | DCJCC -- Building |  |
 | 2016_DC_DC_Art_Rock_160521 | 61 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B2 Spring II DC Art Jam A jam session featuring special guest artists from the art rock bands Twisted Teenage Plot, Urban Verbs, The Slickee Boys and Danger Painters. |  |
| 2016_DC_DC_Snow | 13 | DC -- After a snowfall It's fascinating to watch some of these machines devouring the snow and sending into the waiting line of dump trucks, which drive off into the distance with the stuff. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Deanwood_Lib | 14 | DC -- Deanwood Library and Community Center |  |
| 2016_DC_Decatur_Neighborhood | 57 | DC -- Decatur House -- Exhibit: President's Neighborhood The President's Neighborhood
May 5 - September 27, 2016
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to have influence—have bought property and built homes and offices along the streets surrounding the White House.... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Defenders | 6 | DC -- Downtown -- Defenders of Wildlife (1130 17th St NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Democracy_Spring_160411 | 19 | DC -- Exhibit: #DemocracySpring @ U.S. Capitol News reports varied their estimates of the crowd -- "hundreds", "300+", "400+" and even "thousands". From the democracyspring.org website:
Now is the time to take mass nonviolent action on a historic scale to save our democracy. Following a ten-day, 140-mile march from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia... |  |
 | 2016_DC_diGiacomantonio_160831 | 29 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: William C. diGiacomantonio ("Representations of George Washington in visual art") William C. diGiacomantonio, USCHS chief historian, will lecture on representations of George Washington in visual art. |  |
| 2016_DC_District_160106 | 45 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Event: DISTRICT photo exhibit opening Desperation. Beauty. Energy. The every-day in the capital city. Presented by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., and Joseph Mills, DISTRICT explores Washington during the 1960s and 1970s through the extraordinary eye of photographer Chris Earnshaw.
Exhibit will then be on view in the Historical... |  |
 | 2016_DC_DOC | 6 | DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg) |  |
| 2016_DC_DOJ | 14 | DC -- Dept of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Dept of Justice Bldg) Nathan Hale statue. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Douglass_160509 | 118 | Capitol Hill History Project -- Bob Sonderman and Ka'mal McClarin ("Frederick Douglass in Washington") Overbeck Lecture: Frederick Douglass in Washington
On Monday, May 9, the Overbeck History Lecture Series welcomes National Park Service museum curators Bob Sonderman and Ka'mal McClarin for an illustrated presentation on Frederick Douglass's years in Washington, including a display of some of the great... |  |
| 2016_DC_Downtown | 33 | DC -- Downtown area (K Street environs -- between New Hampshire and New York, Penn and M) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Dumont_Mem | 2 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama -- Alberto Santos-Dumont Memorial |  |
| 2016_DC_Dunlap_160401 | 73 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Gallery Talk: William Dunlap Members Only Preview:
Director Jack Rasmussen invites members to preview the Spring exhibitions early. At 6 pm, artist William Dunlap will discuss the artist’s work in Look At It — Think About It. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Dupont_Circle | 67 | DC -- Dupont Circle neighborhood (but not the fountain) |  |
| 2016_DC_Dupont_Fountain | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle Fountain |  |
 | 2016_DC_Dupont_Mural | 18 | DC -- Dupont Circle Mural @ Wells Fargo Bank |  |
| 2016_DC_Dupont_Underground | 4 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Dupont Underground |  |
 | 2016_DC_Ebola_161013 | 23 | Newseum & CSIS -- “Ebola in America: Epidemic of Fear” (w/Helene Cooper, Ray Suarez, and J. Stephen Morrison) Documentary Screening:
“Ebola in America: Epidemic of Fear”
Please join us for a screening of the groundbreaking documentary “Ebola in America: Epidemic of Fear,” produced by the CSIS Global Health Policy Center. A panel discussion on how Americans experienced Ebola in 2014, and the news media’s role... |  |
| 2016_DC_EC_Exploring | 16 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: Exploring Canada: Manulife Art Collection Manulife art collection
The Embassy of Canada is pleased to host a selection of works from the Manulife art collection. Exploring Canada includes pieces from various regions, genres and artistic talents from Canada. The exhibit provides a unique view into the dynamic artistic pieces that were produced... |  |
 | 2016_DC_EC_Freedom | 25 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: North is Freedom Embassy gallery exhibit: North is Freedom
North is Freedom is a photographic essay that celebrates the descendants of freedom-seekers who escaped slavery in the United States by fleeing to Canada.
In the years before the American Civil War, approximately 30,000 fugitive slaves followed the “North... |  |
| 2016_DC_EC_Hudson_River | 29 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: Hudson River School of Painting sculptures on portico |  |
 | 2016_DC_EC_Murals | 30 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: Murals from a Great Canadian Train Embassy gallery exhibit: Murals from a Great Canadian Train
In 1953, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) purchased 173 brand-new stainless steel rail cars from the Budd Company of Philadelphia. With the glass ceiling design in its Vista Dome cars, “The Canadian” became the quintessential cross-country... |  |
| 2016_DC_EFF_Benefit_160210 | 362 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- 10th Annual Benefit Reception @ Japanese Ambassador's Residence 10th Annual Benefit Reception Under the Patronage of Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae and Mrs. Nobuko Sasae Embassy of Japan Honoring:
Wade Davis and Gail Percy
Champions of Endangered Cultures and Ecosystems
DCEFF is pleased to honor Wade Davis and Gail Percy for their work in protecting endangered... |  |
 | 2016_DC_EFF_Thankyou_160406 | 32 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- Volunteer Thank You Happy Hour @ B Too |  |
| 2016_DC_Ella_Dunn_160423 | 108 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Happy Birthday Ella -- Dan Dunn Speed Painting Happy Birthday Ella
In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and as a part of our annual birthday salute to Ella Fitzgerald, SAAM presents the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Ensemble performing the timelsss works of the "First Lady of Song."
Internationally acclaimed "speed painter" Dan Dunn joins our... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Ella_Jazz_160423 | 142 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Happy Birthday Ella -- Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Ensemble Happy Birthday Ella
In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and as a part of our annual birthday salute to Ella Fitzgerald, SAAM presents the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Ensemble performing the timelsss works of the "First Lady of Song."
Internationally acclaimed "speed painter" Dan Dunn joins our... |  |
| 2016_DC_Ella_Misc_160423 | 48 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Happy Birthday Ella -- Dancers and Miscellaneous Happy Birthday Ella
In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and as a part of our annual birthday salute to Ella Fitzgerald, SAAM presents the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Ensemble performing the timelsss works of the "First Lady of Song."
Internationally acclaimed "speed painter" Dan Dunn joins our... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Eman_Concert_160416 | 71 | DC -- Emancipation Day (2016) -- Concert @ Freedom Plaza The Abolition of Slavery in Washington DC took place on April 16, 1862. Over 3,000 enslaved persons were freed nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation liberated slaves in the south.
Join Mayor Muriel Bowser for the 154th Anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation! Festivities at... |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_Albania | 34 | DC -- Embassy of Albania Part of Passport DC 2016
Greeting visitors was Ambassador Floreta Faber. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_Australia | 5 | DC -- Embassy of Australia |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_Austria | 12 | DC -- Embassy of Austria |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_Austria_Lessing | 42 | DC -- Embassy of Austria -- Exhibit: Lessing Presents Lessing THE JEWISH MUSEUM VIENNA ON INTERNATIONAL COURT: ERICH LESSING. ANDREW MEZVINSKY
Exhibition dates: JAN 20, 2016 – MAR, 18, 2016
Embassy of Austria
3524 International Court, NW, Washington, DC 20008
The two exhibitions LESSING PRESENTS LESSING, works by noted photographer Erich Lessing and A GOOD... |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_Botswana | 19 | DC -- Embassy of Botswana Part of Passport DC 2016 |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_Chile | 1 | DC -- Embassy of Chile Part of Passport DC 2016 |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_China | 1 | DC -- Embassy of China |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_Colombia | 2 | DC -- Embassy of Colombia Part of Passport DC 2016 |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_Cuba | 29 | DC -- Embassy of Cuba Including signs on the fence a week after Fidel Castro had died. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_EU | 12 | DC -- Embassy of European Union Part of the EU Open House 2016
EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION
www.euintheus.org
Learn how 28 countries work together and travel to any of them in our photo booth! Win prizes for right answers and take home souvenir chocolate Euro coins.
Among those seen was David O’Sullivan, EU Ambassador to the United... |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_FranceR | 67 | DC -- Embassy of France -- Residence |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_Germany | 171 | DC -- Embassy of Germany (w/France) Part of the EU Open House 2016
Join France and Germany for a celebration of European friendship.
Germany and France showcase their friendship and highlight the best of their two countries at their shared Open House. This year, the German Embassy in Washington, DC, will host this popular annual event,... |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_Guatemala | 17 | DC -- Embassy of Guatemala Part of Passport DC 2016 |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_Haiti | 38 | DC -- Embassy of Haiti Part of Passport DC 2016.
Present to greet the tourists was His Excellency Paul Altidor, the ambassador. |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_Iraq | 4 | DC -- Embassy of Iraq |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_JapanR | 29 | DC -- Embassy of Japan -- Ambassador's Residence |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_Kenya | 2 | DC -- Embassy of Kenya Part of Passport DC 2016 |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_Korea | 35 | DC -- Embassy of Korea (KORUS) Part of Passport DC 2016 |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_Lithuania | 34 | DC -- Embassy of Lithuania |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_MexicoCI | 1 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_Spain_Arts | 3 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emb_Switzerland | 26 | DC -- Embassy of Switzerland -- Residence |  |
| 2016_DC_Emb_UAE | 6 | DC -- Embassy of United Arab Emirates |  |
 | 2016_DC_Emmet_Mem | 11 | DC -- Robert Emmet Memorial |  |
| 2016_DC_Emory | 38 | DC -- Brightwood -- Emory United Methodist Church (by Fort Stevens) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Engine16 | 14 | DC -- Downtown -- Engine Company 16 (1018 13th St., NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Engine18 | 3 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Engine Company 18 (414 8th St SE) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Engine23 | 1 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Engine Company 23 (2119 G St NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Ensor_160104 | 70 | DC -- USC/PDC -- David Ensor ("How Washington Can Win the Information War") Ensor Discusses Winning Information War at Next Forum:
In the next First Monday Forum, former Voice of America director David Ensor discusses his recent article in Foreign Policy, “How Washington Can Win the Information War”. In the article, Ensor offers a strategy for making better use of our... |  |
 | 2016_DC_ERA_160616 | 111 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Equal Rights Amendment: Yesterday and Today The Equal Rights Amendment: Yesterday and Today
Written in 1921 by suffragist Alice Paul, the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced into every session of Congress between 1923 and 1972, when it was passed and sent to the states but failed to achieve the necessary three-fourths ratification. Proponents... |  |
| 2016_DC_Esther4_161211 | 161 | Sixth & I -- An Evening to Thank and Celebrate Esther Safran Foer -- All Else An Evening to Thank and Celebrate Esther Safran Foer
Our outgoing Executive Director reflects on what it was like to be part of creating Sixth & I from the very beginning as well as the surprises, moments of inspiration, and lessons learned across a decade of pioneering leadership, in conversation with... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Esther_161211 | 126 | Sixth & I -- An Evening to Thank and Celebrate Esther Safran Foer -- Formal Program An Evening to Thank and Celebrate Esther Safran Foer
Our outgoing Executive Director reflects on what it was like to be part of creating Sixth & I from the very beginning as well as the surprises, moments of inspiration, and lessons learned across a decade of pioneering leadership, in conversation with... |  |
| 2016_DC_Ethiopia_March_160929 | 9 | DC -- March: Ethiopia protest @ Downtown Grand #OromoProtests Rally in Washington DC |  |
 | 2016_DC_Fantom_FCBD_160507 | 13 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Fantom Comics -- Event: Free Comic Book Day It's that time of year again, Fantomites!
Free Comic Book Day 2015 was one of our biggest FCBDs ever, and we're gonna make this year's event EVEN BIGGER!
We're giving away 6,000 books composed of 50 made-for-FCBD comics!
Special guests JOE KEATINGE and LEILA DEL DUCA, the creative team behind one of... |  |
| 2016_DC_Farmers | 4 | DC -- Farmers Market by Gallery Place I spotted chef Jose Andres near the Farmers Market. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Farragut | 35 | DC -- Downtown -- Farragut Square and David G. Farragut Statue |  |
| 2016_DC_FCUCC | 21 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- First Congregational UCC (945 G St NW) My first visit inside. |  |
 | 2016_DC_FEFA_160514 | 228 | Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Identify: María Magdalena Campos-Pons IDENTIFY: María Magdalena Campos-Pons
IDENTIFY is the Portrait Gallery's first-ever performance art series. María Magdalena Campos-Pons works with her husband, saxophonist and composer Neil Leonard, to reinsert the black body into historical narratives—under the name FEFA—using personal stories, music... |  |
| 2016_DC_Feinstein_160312 | 11 | Politics & Prose -- John Feinstein ("The Legends Club") John Feinstein - The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry:
Some sports rivalries are so intense they neither start nor end with the game, and they always involve more than just the players. In his 36th book, Feinstein, member of the halls of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Fighting_ISIS_160707 | 40 | New America -- Fighting ISIS in the Information Space (w/Peter Bergen) Fighting ISIS in the Information Space
Many ISIS fighters, sympathizers, recruits, recruiters, and “lone-wolf” attackers often have something in common: they have been radicalized online or have been exposed to extremist content via online channels. Whether it’s through Twitter accounts, YouTube, or... |  |
| 2016_DC_FioreP_160524 | 73 | Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2016): Mark Fiore -- Presentation (w/Mark Shields) The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Mark Fiore
Lecturer: Mark Shields
Finalist: Ken Fisher, AKA Ruben Bolling, Author of the Weekly Comic Strip “Tom the Dancing Bug”
Presenters in sequence:
* David Mao, Acting Librarian of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_FioreR_160524 | 94 | Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2016): Mark Fiore -- Reception (and anything non-program) THE HERB BLOCK FOUNDATION cordially invites you to Award Ceremony & Lecture
Lecturer -- Mark Shields
Prize Winner -- Mark Fiore |  |
| 2016_DC_Fireworks_EDay_160416 | 48 | DC -- Emancipation Day (2016) -- Fireworks The Abolition of Slavery in Washington DC took place on April 16, 1862. Over 3,000 enslaved persons were freed nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation liberated slaves in the south.
Join Mayor Muriel Bowser for the 154th Anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation! Festivities at... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Fire_Dog_Mem | 4 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Natl Fire Dog Memorial |  |
| 2016_DC_FNA_160314 | 40 | Foundation for the Natl Archives -- "Amending America" member event Speakers were A'Leila Bundles, David Ferriero, and ???. |  |
 | 2016_DC_FoerR_160912 | 86 | Sixth & I -- Jonathan Safran Foer ("Here I Am") w/Jeffrey Goldberg -- Pre-Event Reception Jonathan Safran Foer, In Conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg
In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, “Abraham!” to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, “Here I am.” Later, when Isaac calls out, “My father!” to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, “Here I... |  |
| 2016_DC_Foer_160912 | 107 | Sixth & I -- Jonathan Safran Foer ("Here I Am") w/Jeffrey Goldberg -- Presentation Jonathan Safran Foer, In Conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg
In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, “Abraham!” to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, “Here I am.” Later, when Isaac calls out, “My father!” to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, “Here I... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Folger_Americas | 128 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: America's Shakespeare America's Shakespeare
Apr 07 – Jul 24, 2016
What makes the words, ideas, and characters of William Shakespeare—an Englishman—so central to American life and thought?
Through a fascinating selection of rare letters, costumes, books, and more, America's Shakespeare reveals how Americans have made... |  |
| 2016_DC_Folger_Bldg | 5 | DC -- Downtown -- Folger Building (Hibbs Bldg) (725 15th St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Folger_Will_Jane | 168 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: Will & Jane: Shakespeare, Austen, and the Cult of Celebrity Will & Jane: Shakespeare, Austen, and the Cult of Celebrity
Aug 06 – Nov 06, 2016
Will & Jane: Shakespeare, Austen, and the Cult of Celebrity will take a close look at these two celebrated authors’ literary afterlives—and find some surprising parallels. For both, adaptations and parodies in different... |  |
| 2016_DC_Folklife_160630 | 33 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2016) Including entertainment by the Gauden Bat Dancers and David Romtvedt & Caitlin Belem. |  |
 | 2016_DC_FONZ_Viewing_160108 | 14 | DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Pandas: Meet Bei Bei (Day 1) Your chance to meet giant panda cub, Bei Bei, is almost here! FONZ member preview week begins January 8. |  |
| 2016_DC_FONZ_Viewing_160111 | 32 | DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Pandas: Meet Bei Bei (Day 2) Your chance to meet giant panda cub, Bei Bei, is almost here! FONZ member preview week begins January 8. This time the little booger was much more active! |  |
 | 2016_DC_FONZ_Washed_160611 | 36 | DC -- FONZ Event -- Washed Ashore introduction w/Angela Haseltine Pozzi Starting May 27 until September 5 at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, experience the devastating effects of the ocean's deadliest threat—trash.
"Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea" is a massive art exhibit made completely of plastic debris collected from beaches. Zoogoers of all ages are invited to get... |  |
| 2016_DC_Fords_Museum | 12 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Museum) -- Painting: Lincoln Borne by Loving Hands "LINCOLN BORNE BY LOVING HANDS" 151 YEAR OLD ASSASSINATION EYEWITNESS PAINTING NOW ON DISPLAY
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND FORD’S THEATRE SOCIETY ANNOUNCE DISPLAY OF CARL BERSCH’S OIL PAINTING "LINCOLN BORNE BY LOVING HANDS"
PAINTING DEPICTS THE STREETSCAPE AS PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S BODY WAS CARRIED... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Forest | 19 | DC -- U.S. Forest Service Visitor & Information Center (1400 Independence Ave NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Foster_160228 | 45 | Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company The well-known contemporary dance company in the Washington, D.C. area, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company will perform this Sunday, Feb. 28 at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The new dance piece is inspired by the Civil War and mourning photographs in the exhibition "Dark Fields of the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_FPlaza | 8 | DC -- Freedom Plaza (incl Pulaski statue) |  |
| 2016_DC_Franklin | 11 | DC -- Downtown -- Franklin School (963 13th St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Franklin_Sq | 36 | DC -- Downtown -- Franklin Square (incl Commodore John Barry statue) |  |
| 2016_DC_Free_Speech_161020 | 58 | Newseum -- First Amendment Center -- Free Speech: Still the ‘American Way’? Free Speech: Still the ‘American Way’?
From college campuses to social media to athletic sidelines, there are calls to screen us from free expression in the name of safety, public tranquility and patriotism. Questions are continually raised about the extent to which the First Amendment can and should... |  |
 | 2016_DC_FTC | 2 | DC -- Federal Trade Commission building (600 Penn Ave NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Ft_DeRussy | 28 | DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort DeRussy |  |
 | 2016_DC_Ft_Stevens | 17 | DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Stevens Park |  |
| 2016_DC_Future_Army_160708 | 28 | New America -- The Future of the Army (w/Peter Bergen and Patrick J. Murphy) International Security Events The Future of the Army: A Conversation with the Under Secretary of the Army
War is experiencing a major inflection point. The future of warfare will be shaped by new technologies such as: the role of ever-smaller drones and robots on the battlefield; offensive cyber war... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Future_Misc_160423 | 10 | DC -- Future Is Here Festival @ Lansburgh -- Miscellaneous Science Meets Science Fiction!
Presented with the participation of NASA, The Smithsonian magazine's "Future Is Here" festival features a series of visionary talks on what's on the horizon in an array of fields before an avid crowd of researchers, industry experts and tech and science enthusiasts. |  |
| 2016_DC_Future_P1_160423 | 14 | DC -- Future Is Here Festival @ Lansburgh -- Program: Céline S. Cousteau w/Jeremy Collins Céline S. Cousteau
Explorer, Filmmaker, Creative
As Director/Producer at CauseCentric Productions, Céline Cousteau creates cause focused multi-media content to amplify the reach of humanitarian and environmental stories. Céline is Founder and President of the nonprofit organization The Céline Cousteau... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Future_P2_160423 | 11 | DC -- Future Is Here Festival @ Lansburgh -- Program: Alexandra Cousteau Alexandra Cousteau
Explorer, Storyteller, Environmental Advocate
A National Geographic Emerging Explorer, filmmaker and globally recognized advocate on water issues, Alexandra Cousteau continues the work of her renowned grandfather Jacques-Yves Cousteau and her father Philippe Cousteau, Sr. She has... |  |
| 2016_DC_Future_P3_160423 | 14 | DC -- Future Is Here Festival @ Lansburgh -- Program: William Shatner William Shatner:
William Shatner has cultivated a career spanning over 50 years as an award-winning actor, director, producer, writer, recording artist, and horseman. He is one of Hollywood’s most recognizable figures and a major philanthropist.
Among his accomplishments in television, film and stag,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_GAFG | 9 | DC -- Mall -- German-American Friendship Garden |  |
| 2016_DC_GAHM_Lawyers | 45 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Lawyers Without Rights “LAWYERS WITHOUT RIGHTS”
On January 30, 1933 German President Paul von Hindenburg reluctantly named Adolf Hitler to the post of Chancellor of Germany. Not even 2 months later one of the most impactful actions to destroy the rule of law was taken: Jewish judges, prosecutors and lawyers were disbarred... |  |
 | 2016_DC_GAHM_PencilsO_160414 | 44 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Opening: In Praise of the Pencil |  |
| 2016_DC_GAHM_Pencils | 31 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: In Praise of the Pencil In Praise of the Pencil:
The German-American Heritage Museum of the USA™ is proud to host another exhibit from a member organization. On Thursday, April 14th, 2016, the Museum will open In Praise of the Pencil, carefully researched and curated by the staff of the German-American Heritage Center in... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Gallery_PlaceJ | 3 | DC -- Gallery Place building -- Jumbotrons |  |
| 2016_DC_Gallery_Place | 7 | DC -- Gallery Place building |  |
 | 2016_DC_Gallery_Place_Hecht | 52 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Hecht Company/Terrell Place (7th and F St, NW) Including ESI Design's interactive wall display at Terrell Place. |  |
| 2016_DC_Gallery_Place_OBA | 7 | DC -- Gallery Place areas -- Oriental Bldg Assn |  |
 | 2016_DC_Gallup_Bldg | 7 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Gallup Building (incl Masonic Temple on F) (901 F St NW) It looks like the Masonic side of the building is getting new tenants. |  |
| 2016_DC_Garfield_Mem | 2 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- James A. Garfield Monument |  |
 | 2016_DC_GAR | 11 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Indiana Plaza -- GAR Memorial |  |
| 2016_DC_Gates_160331 | 6 | DC -- Cellist Benjamin Gates @ Donald Reynolds Center Cellist Benjamin Gates playing outside the Donald Reynolds Center. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Genocide_160421 | 79 | Newseum -- Bearing Witness to Genocide: The Plight of Religious Minorities in Iraq (w/panel) Human rights law scholars and practitioners and social justice NGO leaders will gather to discuss the Holocaust Museum's 2015
Bearing Witness to Genocide: The Plight of Religious Minorities in Iraq
To many Americans, ISIS is a terrorist organization responsible for deadly plots in Paris and Brussels,... |  |
| 2016_DC_GeorgetownC | 6 | DC -- C&O Canal NHP -- Georgetown |  |
 | 2016_DC_Georgetown_Glow | 66 | DC -- Georgetown Glow (Outdoor Light Art Exhibition) (2016) Experience the sparkle of the season at the 3rd Annual Georgetown GLOW, the region's only curated exhibition of outdoor public light art installations. Set against the historic backdrop of DC's oldest neighborhood, it's a whole new way to shine.
The 2016 Georgetown GLOW invites visitors to re-imagine... |  |
| 2016_DC_Georgetown_WFPk | 5 | DC -- Georgetown Waterfront Park (and Views from...) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Gift_Shop_160514 | 54 | DC -- Transformer gallery: Gift Shop opening reception Gift Shop | Curated by NoMüNoMü -- Opening Reception
May 14 - June 18, 2016
Transformer presents Gift Shop, a large scale installation curated by DC based artist collective NoMu NoMu (joseph orzal & Nora Müeller), that questions boundaries of commerce within cultural institutions. Merging the realms... |  |
| 2016_DC_Goethe | 19 | Goethe-Institut -- Closing the old, opening the new |  |
 | 2016_DC_Goethe_Berlin_Back | 19 | Goethe-Institut -- Exhibit: Berlin and Back Again |  |
| 2016_DC_Goethe_Escape_Routes | 14 | Goethe-Institut -- Exhibit: Escape Routes EXHIBITION: ESCAPE ROUTES
Thu, 06/16/2016 - Wed, 08/31/2016
A cooperation between Martin and Rotraut Keil
In Escape Routes, a project by the group REINIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT, digital drawings and pictures made from lace depict migration movements and their causes. The stylized narratives focus on the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Goethe_Sommerfest_160826 | 74 | Goethe-Institut -- Event: Open House Sommerfest Open House Sommerfest
Discover your German island in DC! Join us for a summer party at our new building in our new neighborhood. Check out our digs while learning about the work of the Goethe-Institut, chatting with staff and others interested in German culture and language, enjoying German beer, and... |  |
| 2016_DC_Goisern_160312 | 280 | Austrian Embassy -- Hubert Von Goisern concert CONCERT | Hubert Von Goisern
Hubert von Goisern was born as Hubert Achleitner on 17th November 1952 in Bad Goisern in the Austrian Salzkammergut region. At the age of 5 he told his parents that he wanted to be a conductor. When he was 12 he joined the local brass band and was loaned his first... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Golden_Haiku | 6 | DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (2016) |  |
| 2016_DC_Golden_Sham19th | 9 | DC -- Public Art: Rain Gardens Sculptures (by Foon Sham) on 19th Street |  |
 | 2016_DC_Graham_161207 | 70 | Sixth & I -- Lauren Graham ("Talking As Fast As I Can") w/Linda Holmes Lauren Graham In Conversation with Linda Holmes
The Nation’s Capital will exude the charm of Stars Hollow when Graham, the star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, stops by to share her first work of nonfiction, Talking As Fast As I Can.
In this collection of personal essays, Graham – who grew up in... |  |
| 2016_DC_Grant_Mem | 23 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial The scaffolding's finally down! |  |
 | 2016_DC_Greenberg_160129 | 47 | Wilson Center -- David Greenberg ("Republic of Spin") w/Peter Baker Book Launch: Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency
Join us for a discussion of David Greenberg's latest book: Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency.
In Republic of Spin, presidential historian David Greenberg recounts the rise of the White House spin... |  |
| 2016_DC_Gregg_Mem | 6 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Norris B. Gregg Memorial Bldg/American Coatings Assn (1500 Rhode Island Ave NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Grey_160223 | 121 | Sixth & I -- Joel Grey ("Master of Ceremonies") w/Leon Wieseltier Joel Grey In Conversation with Leon Wieseltier
The Tony, Golden Globe, and Oscar-winning actor, producer, and director is a tireless showman, acting in countless movies and TV shows after decades spent on and off Broadway. Grey is perhaps best known for his iconic role as master of ceremonies in the... |  |
| 2016_DC_Guerrero_160507 | 41 | Politics & Prose -- Diane Guerrero ("In the Country We Love") Diane Guerrero - In the Country We Love: My Family Divided:
Guerrero is a well-known actress on hit shows including Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin. She has also appeared on CNN to discuss immigration issues, which she knows both personally and through her work with the nonprofit Immigrant... |  |
 | 2016_DC_GuthrieB_HomeDC | 9 | DC -- Bruce Guthrie Apartment (1437 Rhode Island Ave NW) (The Zenith) |  |
| 2016_DC_GWU | 22 | DC -- GWU (George Washington University) |  |
 | 2016_DC_GWU_Art | 43 | DC -- GWU -- Public Art |  |
| 2016_DC_GWU_Brady_Other90 | 45 | DC -- GWU -- Brady Art Gallery -- Exhibit: The Other 90% The Other 90%: Works from the GW Permanent Collection
March 16 - June 3, 2016
Exhibit at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery displays rarely seen works from GW’s permanent collection including an early Norman Rockwell oil painting. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Hahnemann | 29 | DC -- Samuel Hahnemann Monument |  |
| 2016_DC_Hancock_Mem | 1 | DC -- General Winfield Scott Hancock (Ellicott) Memorial |  |
 | 2016_DC_Hart_SOB | 9 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building I wanted to see if Calder's "Mountains and Clouds" sculpture had been reinstalled. Nope! |  |
| 2016_DC_HBO_Reception_160624 | 60 | AFI Docs 2016 -- HBO Documentary Films Reception @ Prequel The American Film Institute invites you and a guest to attend
HBO Documentary Films Reception
at AFI Docs 2016
celebrating the HBO documentary films featured at AFI Docs this year.
Filmmakers seen here include Olivia Booker ("Pit Stop"), David Farrier ("Tickled"), Tom Fassaert ("A Family Affair"),... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Hersh_160508 | 53 | Politics & Prose -- Seymour Hersh ("Killing of Osama Bin Laden") Seymour M. Hersh - The Killing of Osama Bin Laden:
Hersh has been synonymous with top investigative reporting for decades; he won a Pulitzer in 1970 for his revelations of the My Lai massacre and cover-up, and in subsequent work, much of it for The New York Times, he’s exposed repressed facets of... |  |
| 2016_DC_Herzog_160624 | 75 | AFI Docs 2016 -- Guggenheim Symposium and Screening of "Lo and Behold" (w/Werner Herzog) w/Ramin Bahrani) @ Newseum GUGGENHEIM SYMPOSIUM AND SCREENING OF LO AND BEHOLD
Advance tickets for the Guggenheim Symposium are no longer available. There will be a standby line at the screening for any unclaimed seats. Limited seating will also be available for AFI DOCS pass holders, please visit our Passes page for more... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Highland_160606 | 42 | White House Historical Association -- Sara Bon-Harper ("James Monroe's Highland") James Monroe's Highland:
Please join us for a lecture on the recent research and exciting archeological excavation of the home of President James Monroe. Dr. Sara Bon-Harper, Executive Director at James Monroe's Highland, will be the speaker. A light reception will follow the lecture. |  |
| 2016_DC_Hill_160507 | 153 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Clint Hill (“Five Presidents") w/Lisa McCubbin Inside Media: Protecting the President:
Former Secret Service agent Clint Hill talks about his new memoir, “Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford,” which chronicles an eventful career that witnessed history up close.
Co-written with award-winning... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Hill_Center | 49 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hill Center (921 Penn Ave SE) |  |
| 2016_DC_HI_Washington | 6 | DC -- Downtown -- HI Washington DC hostel (1009 11th St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Hochschild_160329 | 82 | Politics & Prose -- Adam Hochschild ("Spain in Our Hearts") Adam Hochschild - Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939:
Often overshadowed by later global conflicts, the Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 1936 to April 1939, destroying the Spanish republic and putting Spain under the long dictatorship of General Franco,... |  |
| 2016_DC_Holiday_Market | 11 | DC -- Downtown Holiday Market by the Reynolds Center |  |
 | 2016_DC_Hollywood_161105 | 58 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Arch Campbell, Ann Hornaday and Bill Newcott ("Hollywood's White House") Inside Media: Hollywood’s White House: The Top Ten Movie Presidents
Three days before the nation selects the next president of the United States, movie critics Arch Campbell, Ann Hornaday and Bill Newcott present their choices for the top 10 portrayals of presidents on film.
The program will... |  |
| 2016_DC_Holzer_160114 | 49 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Harold Holzer ("A Just and Generous Nation") Harold Holzer, co-author of the new book A Just and Generous Nation, will discuss Lincoln’s beliefs and policies on economic rights and opportunity. Mr. Holzer, winner of The 2015 Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize, is one of the country’s leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Honors_161204 | 154 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2016) Folks shown here are: Sam Moore (of Sam and Dave), Cal Ripken Jr., ???, Lynda Carter, Robert Altman, ???, Gayle King, Albert Small, Carol Schwartz, Patrick Leahy, Bob Seger, Robert Kennedy Smith, Nancy Pelosi, Gabriella Anwar, Chris O'Donnell, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Michele Lee, Vernon Jordan, Yo-Yo Ma,... |  |
| 2016_DC_Hornaday_160228 | 40 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Ann Hornaday (Oscar Preview) Inside Media: Oscar Preview With Washington Post Film Critic Ann Hornaday
Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday previews the 88th annual Academy Awards and discusses some of the biggest hits — and misses — of the year.
The program will feature clips from some of the Oscar-nominated... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Hotel_Monaco | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Hotel Monaco (700 F St. NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Hot_Beat_161119 | 168 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Gene Davis: Hot Beat at SAAM! You're Invited!
Join DC's coolest cats for a 1960's-inspired dance party celebrating the opening of Gene Davis: Hot Beat at SAAM!
We're throwing a party inspired by Davis's colorful, rhythmic paintings from the 1960's! Dance to retro beats by DJ Harry Hotter and enjoy delicious party fare,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Howard | 29 | DC -- Howard University |  |
| 2016_DC_Howard_Chapel | 25 | DC -- Howard University -- Chapel |  |
 | 2016_DC_Howard_Founders | 84 | DC -- Howard University -- Founders Library Including exhibit cases and a backstage tour by Clifford Muse, Jr., Associate Director/University Archivist for the Moorland Spingarn Research Center. |  |
| 2016_DC_Howard_NTHP_160229 | 119 | DC -- Howard University -- Event: National Trust for Historic Preservation announcement about Founders Library We'd like to invite you, as a member and supporter from the Washington, D.C. area, to join us at Howard University’s Founders Library for a special announcement about the historic site on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 at 2 p.m.
From the grand reading rooms to its iconic clock tower, The Founders Library has... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Howard_Theatre | 12 | DC -- Shaw -- Howard Theatre (and Duke Ellington "Encore" Statue) (620 T St., NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_HP_Protest_161128 | 9 | DC -- Protest: Hewlett-Packard and Israeli occupation @ Gallery Place From https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161123-protests-against-hps-complicity-in-israeli-occupation/
Protests against HP’s complicity in Israeli occupation
November 23, 2016
Global activists will launch on Friday a week of action targeting what they describe as Hewlett-Packard’s “complicity in... |  |
 | 2016_DC_HRC | 2 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Human Rights Campaign HQ (1640 RI Ave, NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Huffington_160425 | 57 | Sixth & I -- Arianna Huffington ("Sleep Revolution") Arianna Huffington:
With her #1 New York Times bestseller Thrive, Huffington kicked off a global dialogue about redefining success through well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving. Thrive touched on the importance of sleep, and the topic struck such a powerful chord with audiences that she realized it... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Humanitys_Throne | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Humanity's Throne (sculpture by Robert T. Cole) @ Dupont Circle neighborhood |  |
| 2016_DC_IBEW | 45 | DC -- Chinatown -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers HQ (900 7th St NW) -- DC LaborFest Tour A very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum. The IBEW museum presents an interactive history of the IBEW from its founding until today, tracing the fascinating development of the electrical industry over the last century through displays of equipment... |  |
 | 2016_DC_IBEW_Museum | 81 | DC -- Chinatown -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers HQ (900 7th St NW) -- Museum -- DC LaborFest Tour A very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum. The IBEW museum presents an interactive history of the IBEW from its founding until today, tracing the fascinating development of the electrical industry over the last century through displays of equipment... |  |
| 2016_DC_IBEW_Vw | 61 | DC -- Chinatown -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers HQ (900 7th St NW) -- Views from building A very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum. The IBEW museum presents an interactive history of the IBEW from its founding until today, tracing the fascinating development of the electrical industry over the last century through displays of equipment... |  |
 | 2016_DC_IDBCC_Resilience | 24 | DC -- IDB Cultural Center -- Exhibit: Resilience: Reclaiming History and the Dominican Disaspora RESILIENCE: RECLAIMING HISTORY AND THE DOMINICAN DIASPORA
October 27, 2016 - January 2017
Resilience is defined as the human ability to cope with difficult times and bounce back from personal trauma. In much the same way, when a society is confronted with the aftermath of a collective hardship –... |  |
| 2016_DC_ImmaculateCC | 4 | DC -- Shaw -- Immaculate Conception Church (1315 8th St., NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Indie_ArcadeC_160116 | 30 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Indie Arcade (2016) -- Class For one day, MAGFest, American University's Game Lab and SAAM present an indie arcade! Play some of your favorite video games, participate in game building workshops, and try new indie games—courtesy of the International Game Developers Association's Indie Arcade: Coast to Coast competition. Classic... |  |
| 2016_DC_Indie_Arcade_160116 | 167 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Indie Arcade (2016) For one day, MAGFest, American University's Game Lab and SAAM present an indie arcade! Play some of your favorite video games, participate in game building workshops, and try new indie games—courtesy of the International Game Developers Association's Indie Arcade: Coast to Coast competition. Classic... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Inouye_160419 | 72 | Library of Congress -- Event: Norman Mineta and Alan Simpson @ Second Inouye Lecture Norman Mineta and Alan Simpson Discuss Privacy and Civil Liberties at Second Inouye Lecture, Apr. 19—Dispatch March 18, 2015
The second annual Daniel K. Inouye Distinguished Lecture at the Library of Congress will feature former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta and former U.S. Sen.... |  |
| 2016_DC_Inside_Politics_161025 | 79 | NYU -- Inside American Politics (w/David Gregory, Doug Thornell, Steve McMahon, S.E. Cupp, and Crystal Wright) Inside American Politics:
Join the NYU Brademas Center, in collaboration with NYU La Pietra Dialogues, and NYU DC Dialogues for a discussion with a group of American political insiders as they discuss the current electoral scene in the lead up to the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Republican and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_IntDrive_Pk | 7 | DC -- North Cleveland Park -- International Drive park |  |
| 2016_DC_Intelsat | 10 | DC -- North Cleveland Park -- Intelsat building (3400 Connecticut Ave NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Intersection_160526 | 19 | DC -- Russell Senate Office Bldg -- Event: Intersection of Religious Freedom and Freedom of Expression The Intersection of Religious Freedom and Freedom of Expression
The Impact of Blasphemy Laws Abroad
Recent years have seen a rise in the passage and enforcement of blasphemy laws in countries including Pakistan, Sudan and Saudi Arabia. Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the Senate... |  |
| 2016_DC_ISS_161203 | 101 | DC -- Illinois State Society -- Illinois Statehood Day @ Lithuanian Embassy The Illinois Statue Society joins in welcoming you to a reception at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania.
An evening hosted by His Excellency Rolandas Krisciunas
Illinois Statehood Day at the Lithuanian Embassy.
Program:
* Welcome: Terry T. Campo, President, Illinois State Society
* Keynote... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Italian_FD2_161210 | 47 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Italian Holiday Festival (2016) -- The Washington School of Ballet Italian Holiday Festival
There's no place like SAAM for the holidays. To celebrate the vibrant culture of Italy, Simona Rodano returns as The Italian Fairy to engage kids with the beauty of her native language. Along with winter-themed crafts and holiday photo ops, she’ll be joined by The Washington... |  |
| 2016_DC_Italian_FD3_161210 | 32 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Italian Holiday Festival (2016) -- Commedia dell’Arte with Faction of Fools Theatre Company Italian Holiday Festival
There's no place like SAAM for the holidays. To celebrate the vibrant culture of Italy, Simona Rodano returns as The Italian Fairy to engage kids with the beauty of her native language. Along with winter-themed crafts and holiday photo ops, she’ll be joined by The Washington... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Italian_FD4_161210 | 69 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Italian Holiday Festival (2016) -- Italian Fairy Italian Holiday Festival
There's no place like SAAM for the holidays. To celebrate the vibrant culture of Italy, Simona Rodano returns as The Italian Fairy to engage kids with the beauty of her native language. Along with winter-themed crafts and holiday photo ops, she’ll be joined by The Washington... |  |
| 2016_DC_Italian_FD_161210 | 38 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Italian Holiday Festival (2016) -- Crafts etc Italian Holiday Festival
There's no place like SAAM for the holidays. To celebrate the vibrant culture of Italy, Simona Rodano returns as The Italian Fairy to engage kids with the beauty of her native language. Along with winter-themed crafts and holiday photo ops, she’ll be joined by The Washington... |  |
 | 2016_DC_IUOE | 13 | DC -- Downtown -- International Union of Operating Engineers (1125 17th St NW) A duck couple had taken up refuge at their fountain. |  |
| 2016_DC_Jewell_160419 | 83 | DC -- Natl Geographic Society -- Event: Secretary Jewell Address on Conservation Secretary Jewell to Deliver Major Address on Conservation During National Park Week
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, April 19, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver a major speech on the Obama Administration’s approach to conservation and the need for a course correction in order to ensure... |  |
 | 2016_DC_JLewis_Office | 42 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon HOB -- Congressman John L Lewis' Office Andrew Aydin was on hand to give me a tour. |  |
| 2016_DC_JMem_160606 | 157 | Newseum -- Special -- Journalists Memorial Ceremony (2016) w/Gérard Araud Each year, the Newseum rededicates its Journalists Memorial in recognition of the dangers in the profession of journalism and those who have died in pursuit of news and information. This year’s ceremony recognizes 20 journalists who represent those who died in 2015.
Speakers:
* Welcoming Remarks:... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Jones_Day_Vw | 4 | DC -- (East) East End -- Jones Day Bldg (51 Louisiana Ave NW) -- Views from... |  |
| 2016_DC_Kaczynski_160131 | 53 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/David Kaczynski ("Story of the Unabomber") Inside Media: The Story of the Unabomber:
David Kaczynski, brother of Ted Kaczynski, whom the FBI branded the “Unabomber,” talks about his new memoir “Every Last Tie: The Story of the Unabomber and His Family.”
For 17 years, Ted Kaczynski sent homemade bombs targeting universities, airlines and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Kalb_160420 | 79 | NPC -- Kalb Report: "Covering Washington and the World" (w/Judy Woodruff) In a distinguished network television career that began with her coverage of Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign for NBC News, Judy Woodruff has remained at the pinnacle of broadcast journalism for 40 years. Having served as chief White House correspondent for NBC and PBS, the host of CNN’s Inside... |  |
| 2016_DC_Kalb_160512 | 73 | NPC -- Kalb Report: "American Story: A Master Class with David McCullough" The American Story: A Master Class with David McCullough
From his Pulitzer-prize winning biographies John Adams and Truman, to his distinctive narration of Ken Burns’ seminal documentaries “The Civil War” and “Baseball,” David McCullough is perhaps America’s most recognized storyteller.
On this... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Kalb_Magic_Hat_160827 | 8 | NPC -- Deborah Kalb ("George Washington & The Magic Hat in Washington") NPC Children's Book Rap with Deborah Kalb: George Washington & The Magic Hat
Travel back in time to meet George Washington during a magical morning for the whole family at the National Press Club. On Saturday, Aug. 27 at 11 a.m., the NPC’s Book and Author Committee will present a family-friendly Book... |  |
| 2016_DC_Kaminski_161103 | 35 | Goethe-Institut -- Film|Neu: "Me and Kaminski" w/Thomas Wendrich and reception @ E Street Cinema OPENING NIGHT
Thursday, 11/3, 7 pm
Me and Kaminski (Ich und Kaminski)
Ger., 2015, 124 min., D: Wolfgang Becker
In this tragicomic road movie, unsuccessful young journalist Sebastian Zöllner (Daniel Brühl) is writing an article on the legendary but almost forgotten painter Manuel Kaminski. Based on... |  |
 | 2016_DC_KatzenO_160130 | 60 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Opening Reception (Public) |  |
| 2016_DC_KatzenO_160401 | 42 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Opening Reception (Member) Folks include James Symington, Jack Rasmussen, and Glenn Marcus. |  |
 | 2016_DC_KatzenO_160618 | 62 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Opening Reception (Public) Artists photographed here include: Frida Larios ("Underwater Serpent", "Underworld Fireflies", and "Underworld"), Chawky Frenn, Joan Belmar ("Trans-Lucid #IV, Al Fin del Mundo, At the End of the World"), Irene Clouthier (paper airplanes), and Carolina Mayorga (performance artist). |  |
| 2016_DC_KatzenO_160910 | 36 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Opening Reception (Public) During the event, Aviva Kempner introduced me to Francisco Letelier who was there with his Todas Las Manos exhibition. |  |
 | 2016_DC_KatzenO_161111 | 4 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Opening Reception (Member) |  |
| 2016_DC_KatzenO_161112 | 68 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Opening Reception (Public) Late Fall Opening Reception
Meet and mingle with the artists, curators, and fellow museum patrons at the opening reception. Free and open to the public.
Artists photographed during the opening reception were:
* Melissa Ichiuji: Make You Love Me
* Martha Wilson: Martha Wilson & Franklin Furnace
... |  |
 | 2016_DC_KatzenXT_161111 | 87 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Gallery Talk: Melissa Ichiuji, Martha Wilson, Sylvia Snowden, and Carol Brown Goldberg The member night preview included talks by several artists:
* Martha Wilson: Martha Wilson & Franklin Furnace
* Sylvia Snowden: The Feel of Paint
* Melissa Ichiuji: Make You Love Me
* Carol Brown Goldberg (w/Ramon Osuna): The Studio: A Place of Transformation
Coordinating them was museum... |  |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016A | 120 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Exhibitions Pieces from these 2016 Winter exhibitions:
* Renée Stout — Tales of the Conjure Woman
* Circle of Friends
* Impact! The Legacy of the Women’s Caucus for Art
* Maggie Michael: A Phrase Hung in Midair As If Frozen
Renée Stout — Tales of the Conjure Woman
January 23 through March 13, 2016
The... |  |
 | 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016B2 | 86 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B2 Spring II Exhibitions Pieces from these 2016 Late Spring exhibitions:
* Kevin MacDonald: The Tension of a Suspended Moment
* Ten: MFA Thesis Exhibition
Kevin MacDonald: The Tension of a Suspended Moment
April 2 through May 29, 2016
An empty booth at a diner. The façade of a suburban cottage. Factory chimneys... |  |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016B | 109 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Exhibitions Pieces from these 2016 Spring exhibitions:
* Kevin MacDonald: The Tension of a Suspended Moment
* Twisted Teenage Plot
* William Dunlap: Look at It — Think About It
* Southern Constellations
* 196K: MFA First Year Exhibition
Kevin MacDonald: The Tension of a Suspended Moment
April 2... |  |
 | 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016C | 131 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Exhibitions Pieces from these 2015 Summer exhibitions:
* Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints: Popular Art of the Northeast of Brazil
* The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington
* South Korean Art: Examining Life through Social Realities
* Art Cart: Honoring the Legacy
* Contemporary North Korean... |  |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016D | 185 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Exhibitions Pieces from these 2016 Early Fall exhibitions:
* It Takes a Nation: Art for Social Justice
* Portal Screens: DC to Milwaukee's Amani Neighborhood
* Updraft America
* Silos
* Hung Liu: Daughter of China, Resident Alien
* Todas las Manos
It Takes a Nation: Art for Social Justice
WITH EMORY... |  |
 | 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016E | 89 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Exhibitions Pieces from these 2016 Late Fall exhibitions:
* Melissa Ichiuji: Make You Love Me
* Martha Wilson & Franklin Furnace
* Alex Katz: Black and White
* Squeak Carnwath: Crazy Paper and Sister Objects
* Sylvia Snowden: The Feel of Paint
* The High Stakes of Macedonia's "Colorful... |  |
| 2016_DC_Katzen | 7 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center Sunset. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Kehlmann_161012 | 49 | NYU & Goethe-Institut -- Salon Series: A Conversation with Daniel Kehlmann Salon Series: A Conversation with Daniel Kehlmann
NYU Washington, DC and the Goethe-Institut Washington present Daniel Kehlmann, renowned German-language author and Eberhard Berent Goethe Chair at New York University.
The NYU Washington, DC Salon Series: Conversations with Writers & Artists offers an... |  |
| 2016_DC_Kelly_161205 | 71 | Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Megyn Kelly ("Settle for More") w/Katty Kay Megyn Kelly In Conversation with Katty Kay
In the two and half years since her show The Kelly File premiered on the Fox News Channel, anchor Megyn Kelly has cemented her reputation as one of the most respected and hardest hitting journalists in America. Tackling issues from both sides of the aisle,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Kempner_160204 | 36 | Natl Archives -- Aviva Kempner (discussing "Rosenwald") w/A'Leila Bundles Rosenwald: A Remarkable Story of a Jewish Partnership with African American Communities:
Rosenwald is the story of Julius Rosenwald, who never finished high school but rose to become the president of Sears. Influenced by the writings of Booker T. Washington, this Jewish philanthropist joined forces... |  |
| 2016_DC_Kennedy_Center | 3 | DC -- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |  |
 | 2016_DC_Kennedy_Future | 8 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Building the Future (Expansion Project Model) |  |
| 2016_DC_Kennedy_JFK100 | 1 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: JFK 100 |  |
 | 2016_DC_Kennedy_Mexico | 16 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Con Los Brazos Abiertos--Embracing Mexico In the Hall of States, the installation Con Los Brazos Abiertos--Embracing Mexico by Mexican graffiti artist "SANER" will be on display. The installation will feature portraits of 25 Mexican artists and icons, celebrating the significant contributions they've made to arts and culture. The installation... |  |
| 2016_DC_Kidder_161007 | 67 | Politics & Prose -- Tracy Kidder ("A Truck Full of Money") Tracy Kidder -- A Truck Full of Money
Kidder is one of the best narrative nonfiction writers around, and his eleventh book combines the biographical flair of Mountains Beyond Mountains with the technological fluency that earned The Soul of a New Machine the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Kinney_161101 | 150 | Politics & Prose @ Avalon Theater -- Jeff Kinney ("Double Down") Jeff Kinney - Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 11) — at Avalon Theatre
Double the laughter. Double the trouble. Double the fun. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Attend the North American launch of the newest book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series!
In Greg Heffley's latest adventure, he is... |  |
| 2016_DC_Korea_160813 | 86 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Closing Gallery Talk: Hannah Joo and BG Muhn Please join us for the Closing Reception for "Contemporary North Korean Art: The Evolution of Socialist Realism" on Saturday August 13 at 5 pm in the AU Museum.
The evening includes Korean snacks, a discussion of contemporary North Korean art in the exhibition with Curator B.G. Muhn followed by a tour... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Krill_160318 | 74 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "License to Krill" w/David Sington and Brian Hunt @ Carnegie Inst LICENSE TO KRILL (UK/France, 2015, 87 min.) D.C. Premiere
Presented by The Iris Fund for Science Documentaries
Antarctic krill may be tiny, but they’re massively important: a whole ecosystem depends on these little crustaceans, with whales, seals, and penguins all relying on them as a primary food... |  |
| 2016_DC_Lafayette_Square | 20 | DC -- Lafayette Square (by White House) area |  |
 | 2016_DC_Lansburgh | 6 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Lansburgh Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre Company (450 7th St NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_LawVC | 29 | DC -- Natl Law Enforcement Museum (Outside) They're working on the new one. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Law | 13 | DC -- Natl Law Enforcement Officers Memorial |  |
| 2016_DC_LA_Small | 12 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum The building is getting ready to be moved as part of the building over I-395. |  |
 | 2016_DC_LA_Small_Move_161103 | 204 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum -- Event: The move! Make History With Us
The 1876 synagogue is moving again!
Bring your family and friends to witness the historic building make its SECOND move, an exciting step in our transformation. The move is estimated to take an hour.
The Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum will move 30-40 feet into Third Street,... |  |
| 2016_DC_LCFD_Bucktails_160910 | 88 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Family Day 2016 -- Bucktails Family Day at President Lincoln’s Cottage is back! You’re invited to join us on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home as the Lincoln family did at the fifth annual President Lincoln’s Cottage’s Family Day event. Family members of all ages will enjoy the live entertainment and creative... |  |
 | 2016_DC_LCFD_Else | 65 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Family Day 2016 -- Everything Else Family Day at President Lincoln’s Cottage is back! You’re invited to join us on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home as the Lincoln family did at the fifth annual President Lincoln’s Cottage’s Family Day event. Family members of all ages will enjoy the live entertainment and creative... |  |
| 2016_DC_LCFD_Unity_160910 | 82 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Family Day 2016 -- Unity Family Day at President Lincoln’s Cottage is back! You’re invited to join us on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home as the Lincoln family did at the fifth annual President Lincoln’s Cottage’s Family Day event. Family members of all ages will enjoy the live entertainment and creative... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Lear_160626 | 222 | AFI Docs 2016 -- "Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You" (w/Norman Lear, Heidi Ewing, and Rachel Grady) @ Newseum NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU
Closing Night Gala
Dir. Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady; 2015; 91 min
At 93, an energetic, funny and thoughtful Norman Lear looks back on a career that defined television comedy in the 1970s and beyond, including classics such as ALL IN THE FAMILY, THE JEFFERSONS... |  |
| 2016_DC_Lens_160806 | 60 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/ Ken Geiger and William Snyder (Lens on the Olympics) On the opening weekend of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers Ken Geiger and William Snyder talk about their coverage of past Olympic Games.
Geiger and Snyder were photographers for The Dallas Morning News when they won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for spot news... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Letelier_160922 | 278 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Letelier-Moffitt commemoration Mural event with Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.
Speakers in sequence:
* ???
* Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
* Francisco Letelier, artist, "Todas las Manos"
* Mural unveiling and tour
* Michelle Bachelet, President of... |  |
| 2016_DC_Let_GoR_160326 | 105 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "How to Let Go of the World" -- Closing Reception @ Carnegie Inst How to Let Go of the World - Closing Night Event!
Winner of Documentary Award for Environmental Advocacy!
Join us at the Carnegie Institution, as we close the 24th Annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital with the Washington, DC premiere of How to Let Go of the World (and Love All... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Let_Go_160326 | 150 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "How to Let Go of the World" -- Award and Q+A w/Josh Fox, Tim DeChristopher, Aria Doe and Lennox Yearwood @ Carnegie Inst How to Let Go of the World - Closing Night Event!
Winner of Documentary Award for Environmental Advocacy!
Join us at the Carnegie Institution, as we close the 24th Annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital with the Washington, DC premiere of How to Let Go of the World (and Love All... |  |
| 2016_DC_Levine_160220 | 36 | Politics & Prose -- Robert S. Levine ("Lives of Frederick Douglass") Robert S. Levine - The Lives of Frederick Douglass:
Much of what we know about Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) comes from his autobiography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, first published in 1845. But in addition to being a reformer, orator, and author, Douglass was something of a... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Levinson_160329 | 42 | NYU -- A Conversation with Sanford Levinson Join NYU Washington, DC in welcoming author and renowned legal scholar Sanford Levinson for a discussion on his new book, An Argument Open to All: Reading the Federalist in the 21st Century. This program is made possible by NYU Washington, DC through collaboration with the Brennan Center for Justice at... |  |
| 2016_DC_Lewis_161214 | 86 | Newseum -- Civil Rights Superhero: An Evening with John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Civil Rights Superhero: An Evening with John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
U.S. Rep. John Lewis and co-author Andrew Aydin talk about their graphic novel “March: Book Three,” the stunning conclusion to the award-winning and best-selling trilogy chronicling the civil rights movement.
“March: Book Three”... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Le_Droit_Bldg | 5 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Le Droit Bldg (800-812 F St NW) (Adams Bldg + old International Spy Museum bldg) |  |
| 2016_DC_Liberty_Plaza | 8 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Liberty Plaza (between USTR and CFPB on 17th St. NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Life_Animated_160625 | 157 | AFI Docs 2016 -- "Life Animated" (w/Roger Ross Williams, Ron, Cornelia, Walter, and Owen Suskind) @ Newseum LIFE, ANIMATED
Spotlight Screening
At the age of three, Owen Suskind was diagnosed on the autism spectrum and nearly four years passed without any verbal communication between him and his family. One day Owen's father posed a question to his son using a hand puppet of the bird Iago — from the Walt... |  |
| 2016_DC_Lincoln_BHM_160226 | 120 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage & AFHR -- Event: Black History Month Program w/Brent Leggs A Black History Month Program with Brent Leggs: Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories
On Friday February 26 at 1:30 PM, join President Lincoln's Cottage and the Armed Forces Retirement Home in commemorating Black History Month at our annual partner program. This year's program will... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Lincoln_Cottage | 10 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage (at the Armed Forces Retirement Home) An attempt to photograph the dome of the Capitol from the cannons by the gazebo. |  |
| 2016_DC_Lincoln_CVC_Belief | 3 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Visitor Center -- Exhibit: American By Belief American by Belief:
October 2015 through October 2017
On July 4, 1864, the same day the Lincoln family moved to the Cottage for the last time, Abraham Lincoln signed into law An Act to Encourage Immigration. This legislation cemented Lincoln and the Republican Party’s platform pledging that... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Lincoln_CVC_Im1986 | 11 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Visitor Center -- Exhibit: Ronald Reagan’s 1986 Immigration Act originALs: Ronald Reagan’s 1986 Immigration Act
On view through December 2016
President Lincoln’s Cottage and the National Archives are proud to collaborate in the first-ever public display of the Immigration Reform and Control Act signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in November 1986. The... |  |
| 2016_DC_Lincoln_CVC_MPIR | 60 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Visitor Center -- Exhibit: Museum Power, Influence, and Responsibility: A Public Art Installation Museum Power, Influence, and Responsibility: A Public Art Installation
May 2016 through June 2016
This May and June, enjoy the outstanding and thought-provoking outdoor art exhibit, Museum Power, Influence, and Responsibility. Commissioned by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), this art exhibition... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Lincoln_Matters_160218 | 100 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- "Why Lincoln Still Matters" (w/Harold Holzer, Martha Hodges, Craig Symonds, and Lucas Morel) Why Lincoln Still Matters:
On the 207th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, a panel of Lincoln scholars will discuss how Lincoln can still guide and inspire our nation in the face of 21st–century challenges. Panelists include Harold Holzer, Martha Hodges, Craig Symonds, and Lucas Morel. Book... |  |
| 2016_DC_Literary_HillBF_160501 | 229 | Literary Hill BookFest (2016) @ Eastern Market The Literary Hill BookFest is a celebration of Capitol Hill authors, booksellers, publishers, libraries, and other book-related groups held annually at Eastern Market.
Folks pictured here include: Nick Auclair, Nick Mann, Karen Branan, Diane Wilson Onwuchekwa, James Herbert, Colleen Shogan, Louise... |  |
 | 2016_DC_LIUNA | 1 | DC -- Downtown -- Laborers International Union of North America (905 16th St NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_LlosaC_160411 | 73 | Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Living Legends Mario Vargas Llosa -- Ceremony Library of Congress to Honor Mario Vargas Llosa:
Famed Peruvian Novelist to Receive Living Legend Award:
The Library of Congress will present its Living Legend award to Mario Vargas Llosa, the renowned Peruvian novelist, journalist, public intellectual and political commentator, at the Library’s... |  |
 | 2016_DC_LlosaP_160411 | 73 | Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Living Legends Mario Vargas Llosa -- Panel: Novelists Speak Library of Congress to Honor Mario Vargas Llosa:
Famed Peruvian Novelist to Receive Living Legend Award:
The Library of Congress will present its Living Legend award to Mario Vargas Llosa, the renowned Peruvian novelist, journalist, public intellectual and political commentator, at the Library’s... |  |
| 2016_DC_LOCVw | 3 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |  |
 | 2016_DC_LOC_America_Reads | 91 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: America Reads America Reads
June 16–December 31, 2016
Knowing that opinions can be as varied as the number of people you ask, we urged the public to name "other books that shaped America" and to tell us which of the eighty-eight core books on our list were most important to them. That survey forms the basis of this... |  |
| 2016_DC_LOC_Ceremonial | 55 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Librarian's Ceremonial Office (1st Floor) October 10, 2016
Library of Congress Ceremonial Office Opened for Public Viewing
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that the historic and architecturally beautiful Ceremonial Office in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building will be open to the public. Previously, the room was visited... |  |
 | 2016_DC_LOC_Diff_Shapes | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Books in Different Shapes Books with Different Shapes
Many special format books are used as a learning tool in diverse countries and languages, such as the Japanese cloth book on display, Good Morning. "Pop-up" books are usually three-dimensional or movable books, first created in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.... |  |
| 2016_DC_LOC_Elections | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Presidential Elections Through the Years |  |
 | 2016_DC_LOC_GH | 90 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |  |
| 2016_DC_LOC_Herblock | 44 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2016) Herblock Looks at 1966: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part II
Exhibition dates: September 17, 2016–March 11, 2017
During the second year of the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) Herblock drew cartoons that raised an alarm about developments in Vietnam and its impact on domestic... |  |
 | 2016_DC_LOC_Jazz_Singers | 58 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Jazz Singers Jazz Singers
February 11–July 23, 2016
What is a jazz singer? The answer can be as varied as the practitioners of the art form. This exhibit offers perspectives on the art of vocal jazz from the 1920s to the present. Drawn largely from the Library of Congress Music Division’s collections, including... |  |
| 2016_DC_LOC_Mapping | 36 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Ongoing exhibition, open September 1, 2016
Abel Buell’s New and Correct Map of the United States of North America is the first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America by an American. This important... |  |
 | 2016_DC_LOC_Members | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Members' Room (1st Floor) |  |
| 2016_DC_LOC_OperaB4 | 40 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): #Opera Before Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955 #Opera Before Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955
August 11, 2016–January 21, 2017
The Charles Jahant Collection in the Library of Congress Music Division contains nearly 2,000 photographs of opera singers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, many of which are inscribed to him. Jahant began... |  |
 | 2016_DC_LOC_Parks | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Parks Three cases of park history. |  |
| 2016_DC_LOC_Poet_Laureate | 19 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Poetry on High: 80 Years of Poets Laureate Poetry on High: 80 Years of Poets Laureate
The US Poet Laureate serves as the nation's official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans. During his or her term, the Poet Laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
The... |  |
 | 2016_DC_LOC_Swann | 38 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Swann Gallery March 18, 2011–Ongoing
The exhibition reveals the power of cartoons to illuminate both human nature and history as well as provoke laughter and reflection. The diverse selection of images on display here represents the fascinating world of caricatures, political cartoons, comics, animation art, graphic... |  |
| 2016_DC_LOC_WWI | 46 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): World War I: American Artists View the Great War World War I: American Artists View the Great War
May 7, 2016–May 6, 2017
Heeding the call from artist Charles Dana Gibson to “Draw ‘til it hurts,” hundreds of leading American artists galvanized public interest in the Great War (1914–1918). Although the United States participated as a direct combatant... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Logan | 24 | DC -- Logan Circle neighborhood (but not Logan Statue) |  |
| 2016_DC_Longfellow | 11 | DC -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Memorial |  |
 | 2016_DC_LP_DenyNAI_160512 | 10 | DC -- Rally: DenyNAI @ Lafayette Park Aviation workers picket White House over Norwegian Air
Bart Jansen , USA TODAY
May 12, 2016
WASHINGTON – Norwegian Air International, a low-fare airline that recently won its first step toward approval for flights to the U.S., drew protests Thursday from rival workers who contend the bargain jets... |  |
| 2016_DC_Luna_160116 | 39 | Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Identify: James Luna IDENTIFY: James Luna
IDENTIFY, the National Portrait Gallery’s performance art series, focuses attention on activism, visibility and experimentation through portrayal. James Luna portrays Ishi, the last member of the Yahi, a Native American tribe indigenous to Northern California. In their performance... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Luther_Place_MC | 14 | DC -- Logan Circle -- Luther Place Memorial Church (1226 Vermont Ave NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Malina_160607 | 162 | Sixth & I -- The TEN: An Alternative Shavuot Experience Featuring Joshua Malina w/Shira Stutman The TEN: An Alternative Shavuot Experience Featuring Joshua Malina
Did you vote Jed Bartlet for President? Are all your meetings a walk and talk? Then Sixth & I is your place to be for The TEN – our innovative take on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, traditionally celebrated by studying Torah and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Mall | 39 | DC -- Natl Mall area |  |
| 2016_DC_Mall_Floodwall | 9 | DC -- Natl Mall area -- 17th Street Levee (Floodwall) The DC Historical Society Annual Conference talked about this. I had never noticed it before. From https://www.ncpc.gov/DocumentDepot/LeveeFactSheet.pdf
Following significant regional storm events, the Potomac River sometimes overflows its banks. As a result of several floods that extended all the way... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Mapplethorpe_160328 | 25 | AFI Docs 2016 -- "Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures" (w/Randy Barbato) @ Landmark E Street Cinema The American Film Institute invites you to "Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures". Conversation after the film with filmmaker Randy Barbato.
EmmyŽ winners Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (HBO’s “Wishful Drinking”) offer a revealing portrait of one of the most important artists of the 20th century in the... |  |
| 2016_DC_Marcus_160421 | 73 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Todd Marcus Quintet Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Feeling inspired to create? Local artists from ArtJamz set up a temporary studio, offering an opportunity to paint your own canvas while you... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Maya_Lin_160226 | 79 | Renwick Gallery -- Talk: Maya Lin (WONDER) Artist and architect Maya Lin designs artworks inspired by landscape and ecosystems that are critical to a sustainable environment. Lin talks about her work and her WONDER installation, Folding the Chesapeake, a deluge of glass marbles that flows across the gallery walls and floor to form a map of the... |  |
| 2016_DC_McCracken_160204 | 73 | Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Identify: J.J. McCracken IDENTIFY: J.J. McCracken:
IDENTIFY is the Portrait Gallery's first-ever performance art series. J.J. McCracken performs "The Mouth of the Scold," a conceptual portrait of Anne Newport Royall of Capitol Hill, one of America’s first female journalists. Arrested in 1829 for arguing in public, Royall’s... |  |
 | 2016_DC_McDonell_161009 | 55 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Terry McDonell ("Off the Record") INSIDE MEDIA: OFF THE RECORD STORIES FROM SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, ROLLING STONE AND ESQUIRE
Terry McDonell, a former top editor at Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and Esquire, talks about what really happens when editors and writers work together as deadlines loom.
McDonell is the author of the new... |  |
| 2016_DC_McPherson | 18 | DC -- Downtown -- McPherson Square and James B. McPherson Equestrian Memorial |  |
 | 2016_DC_MDLFD_160312 | 173 | Renwick Gallery -- Family Day -- Museum Day Live! Who runs the world? Girls! Celebrate women and girls of color and their many contributions to our communities with a day of live music, performances, and crafts at the Renwick. Part of Museum Day Live!, an initiative hosted by Smithsonian Digital to promote our nation’s dynamic heritage and cultural... |  |
| 2016_DC_Medina_161006 | 30 | Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Juana Medina ("Juana and Lucas") JUANA MEDINA - JUANA AND LUCAS **BILINGUAL EVENT
Juana loves her native city of Bogotá, Colombia, maybe even as much as she loves her canine “furry amigo” Lucas. He is one smart perro: he knows how to warn Juana when Mami is coming to yell at her for staying up too late, and even how to be a fútbol... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Mellon_Fountain | 20 | DC -- Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain The National Gallery of Art had taken over the fountain and started it running on March 17. |  |
| 2016_DC_Memorials_4Future_160608 | 141 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Memorials for the Future Memorials for the Future:
Washington, DC, offers a rich commemorative landscape filled with monuments that evoke a sense of national heritage and identity. But how might we develop and experience the next century’s memorials, telling more of America’s stories? Tonight, an expert panel moderated by... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Meridian | 86 | DC -- Columbia Heights -- Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park) |  |
| 2016_DC_Metro_AME | 21 | DC -- Downtown -- Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church (1518 M St., NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Metro_NY | 15 | Metro Station -- NoMa–Gallaudet U station on New York Avenue |  |
| 2016_DC_Metro_RI | 4 | Metro Station -- Rhode Island Avenue |  |
 | 2016_DC_Miss_DC_DMA_160620 | 91 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia and Miss America Event @ Daniel Morgan Academy Please join the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation and the Daniel Morgan Academy for a reception honoring Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell and the newly crowned Miss DC 2016, Cierra Jackson. Entertainment on cello was provided by Benjamin Gates. Among the guests was Elizabeth Dole. |  |
| 2016_DC_Miss_DC_Send_160825 | 161 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off -- Cierra Jackson to Miss America Pageant @ Gallery Place Residences Join us for a Miss America Send Off for Miss DC!
Host Committee:
Miss DC 1985 Cherie Ward,
Miss DC 1988 Tricia Lloyd,
Miss DC 1997 Sonya Gavankar,
Miss DC 2005 Shannon Schambeau Patterson,
Miss DC 2009 Jen Corey Baca,
Miss DC 2011 Ashley Darby,
Miss DC 2014 Teresa Davis and
Miss DC 2015... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Mitchell_161203 | 50 | Politics & Prose -- George J. Mitchell and Alon Sachar ("A Path to Peace") George J. Mitchell and Alon Sachar - A Path to Peace: A Brief History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and a Way Forward in the Middle East
In his memoir, Mitchell, the longtime Maine senator and Senate majority leader from 1989 to 1995, characterized himself as The Negotiator. But while his work on... |  |
| 2016_DC_MLKLib_Plans | 17 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Plans for Redesign |  |
 | 2016_DC_MLK_Mem | 9 | DC -- Martin Luther King Jr. Natl Memorial |  |
| 2016_DC_Moby_160518 | 106 | Sixth & I -- Moby ("Porcelain") w/Lisa Fletcher Moby In Conversation with Lisa Fletcher
an ideal fit for the New York club scene of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. In an underground world of unfettered hedonism, he was a poor, skinny kid from Connecticut, a devout Christian, and a vegan. He was a rare oddity in the New York of Palladium, of Mars,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Moe_160317 | 119 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "Bluebird Man" w/Matthew Podolsky, Emily Bender, and Ted Wood @ Carnegie Inst Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award
The Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award is co-presented by the National Wildlife Federation.
Established for the 2014 Festival by Julia and Richard Moe in memory of their son, Eric, to honor his strong interest in film and his commitment to sustainability, this award... |  |
| 2016_DC_Moment_Dinner_161216 | 139 | DC -- Moment Magazine -- Dinner @ French Ambassador's Residence |  |
 | 2016_DC_Moment_Gala2_161218 | 145 | DC -- Moment Magazine's 41st Anniversary Dinner and Gala @ Temple Sinai -- Formal Program Formal Program:
* Master of Ceremonies: Robert Siegel
* Welcome: Annie S. Totah, 2016 Gala Chair
* Why Moment: Elizabeth Scheuer, Moment Magazine Advisory Board Chair
* Why DPIJI: Wolf Blitzer, Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative advisory board member
* Blessings: Rabbi Irving... |  |
| 2016_DC_Moment_Gala_161218 | 184 | DC -- Moment Magazine's 41st Anniversary Dinner and Gala @ Temple Sinai -- Mingling Save the Date for an Exciting Evening!
Moment's Washington, D.C. Gala Awards Dinner
Remembering Moment cofounder Elie Wiesel
& featuring Moment’s 2016 Creativity Award recipients:
* Broadway & television star | Tovah Feldshuh
* Musician & composer | David Amram
* Cantor & Broadway star | Dudu... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Moniz_160202 | 30 | Wilson Center -- Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on Iran's Nuclear Agreement Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on Iran's Nuclear Agreement:
The International Atomic Agency (IAEA) has certified that Iran has curbed its nuclear program by taking a number of steps including dismantling two-thirds of its installed centrifuge capacity, reducing its stockpile of enriched uranium and... |  |
| 2016_DC_MoultrieCH | 5 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Carl Moultrie Courthouse (DC Superior Court) (500 Indiana Ave NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Mt_Vernon | 70 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle neighborhood |  |
| 2016_DC_MuertosFD_161105 | 136 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Dia de los Muertos Dia de los Muertos Family Day
Celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with SAAM. Enjoy traditional Mexican folk dance performances throughout the day, add your own artwork to our mural, and leave your handmade ofrendas (offerings) including paper marigolds, calaveras (skull masks), and paper... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals | 13 | DC -- Public Murals (not shown by artist) |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_Aniekan | 17 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Aniekan Udofia |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_BPeck | 9 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by G. Byron Peck |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_BWarrell | 18 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Bill Warrell |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_Caratoes | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Caratoes |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_Chelove | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Miss Chelove |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_CKennedy | 8 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Coby Kennedy |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_CNelson | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Craig Nelson |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_Gaia | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Gaia |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_Hoxxoh | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Hoxxoh |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_Insa | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Insa (UK) |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_Jessie_KT | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_KHO | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Kyle Hughes Odgers |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_KTowles | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Kelly Towles |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_Lisa_Marie | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Lisa Marie Thalhammer |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_Maxx | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Maxx Moses |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_Naturel | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Naturel |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_PWaddell | 6 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Peter Waddell |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_RColman | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Richard Colman |  |
| 2016_DC_Murals_RekaOne | 6 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by James Reka (@RekaOne) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murals_Rozeal | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Iona Rozeal Brown (Rozeal) |  |
| 2016_DC_Mural_Hopscotch | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Hopscotch Kids (mosaic by Deirdre Saunder) @ 1st and H St NW (NoMA) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Murray_161023 | 40 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Mark Twain Prize (2016 -- Bill Murray) On Sunday, October 23, 2016, an outstanding lineup of entertainers will gather in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to salute Bill Murray, recipient of the 19th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The Prize, which is named to honor one of the world's greatest humorists, will be given at a gala... |  |
| 2016_DC_Music_Of_Spheres | 10 | DC -- Public Art: Music of the Spheres (by Martha Jackson-Jarvis) @ North Cleveland Park by UDC |  |
 | 2016_DC_NAB | 6 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- National Assn of Broadcasters (1771 N St, NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_Nader_161001 | 72 | Politics & Prose -- Ralph Nader ("Breaking Through Power: It's Easier Than We Think") Ralph Nader - Breaking Through Power: It's Easier Than We Think
One of The Atlantic’s hundred most influential figures in human history, Nader has been instrumental in the founding of scores of citizens groups as well as in the establishment of watchdog agencies including OSHA and the EPA. In dozens of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NAEYC | 19 | DC -- Downtown -- National Association for the Education of Young Children (1313 L St NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_NAHB | 8 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Natl Association of Home Builders (1201 15th St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_NAOscA_160227 | 2 | Natl Archives -- Academy Award Live Action Short Film Nominees -- crowds awaiting screening |  |
| 2016_DC_Naval_Marines | 30 | DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center -- Exhibit: Year of the Marine Corps Year of the Marine Corps
April 2016 - March 2017
2016 marks the launch of the U.S. Navy Memorial’s “Year of the Marine Corps” exhibit.
The new exhibit honors the Marine Corps’ proud tradition of service, running through March 2017. It showcases the history of the Marine Corps as well as its current... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Naval_Memorial | 8 | DC -- U.S. Navy Memorial |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Abdul_Jabbar_160924 | 15 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Best-selling author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player, the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points and a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. His published works include “Mycroft Holmes,” “Giant Steps,” “Kareem,” “Black... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Alexander_160924 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Kwame Alexander Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator and best-selling author of 21 books, including “The Crossover,” which received the 2015 John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children, the Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor, the NCTE Charlotte Huck... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Arroyo_160924 | 2 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Raymond Arroyo Raymond Arroyo
Best-selling author Raymond Arroyo is an internationally-acclaimed and award-winning journalist and producer. He is the news director and lead anchor of EWTN News, the news division of Eternal World Television Network—Global Catholic Network, as well as the creator and host of The World... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Beaton_160924 | 13 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Kate Beaton Kate Beaton
Cartoonist Kate Beaton is well-known for her online work “Hark! A Vagrant!” and her first published book of the same name was a best-seller. Her illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's and Marvel's Strange Tales anthology. Beaton has received several Harvey awards, an Ignatz... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Beaty_160924 | 3 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Andrea Beaty Andrea Beaty
Andrea Beaty is a best-selling author of children’s books. Her published works include “Rosie Revere, Engineer,” “Iggy Peck, Architect,” “Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies,” “Hide and Sheep” and “Artist Ted.” Beaty has received the Friends of American Writers Award, Parents Choice Silver and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Becker_160924 | 7 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Aaron Becker Aaron Becker
Illustrator Aaron Becker attended Pomona College and performed his first illustration job designing t-shirts for the water polo team. He is best known for his wordless children’s book, “Journey,” which received a Caldecott Honor in 2014. “Journey” is followed by “Quest” and the latest book... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Blackall_160924 | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Sophie Blackall Sophie Blackall
Sophie Blackall is an Australian illustrator and creator of best-selling children’s books. Her editorial illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Time, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Town & Country and many other publications. Blackall... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Breathed_160924 | 71 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Berkeley Breathed Berkeley Breathed
Berkeley Breathed is a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, children’s book author and illustrator, director and screenwriter best known for the comic strip Bloom County. His children’s books include “Pete and Pickles,” “Flawed Dogs: The Shocking Raid on Westminster” and “Mars Needs... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Brinkley_160924 | 20 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Douglas Brinkley Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley is a professor of history at Rice University and a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and American Heritage. He is the author of more than 20 books and the Chicago Tribune has dubbed him “America's new past master.” Seven of Brinkley’s books have been selected as New... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Brooks_160924 | 2 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Geraldine Brooks Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. She worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald for three years as a feature writer with a special interest in environmental issues. She also worked for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_BR_160924 | 79 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Darrin Bell and Michael Ramirez Darrin Bell
Darrin Bell is an award-winning comics artist and writer best known for his work on nationally syndicated comic strip “Candorville” and “Rudy Park.” He is also a syndicated editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post Writers Group and a storyboard artist. Bell’s work challenges social,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Burns_160924 | 25 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Ken Burns Ken Burns
Ken Burns may be best known for his monumental documentary "The Civil War," which was viewed by more than 40 million people when it premiered in 1990, but he has been producing groundbreaking documentaries for more than 30 years, including "Baseball," "Jazz" and "The Brooklyn Bridge." He has... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_CL_160924 | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin Doreen Cronin
Doreen Cronin majored in journalism in college and after graduation spent years in publishing before deciding to go to law school. She practiced law in New York before turning to writing children's books full time. Her best-selling, award-winning books include "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Gingrich_160924 | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Callista Gingrich Callista Gingrich
Callista Gingrich is the best-selling author of the Ellis the Elephant children’s book series. She is the president of Gingrich Productions and produces historical and public policy documentaries with her husband, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Previously, she worked for... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_GI_160924 | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Newt Gingrich and Steven Israel Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich is a former U.S. Speaker of the House and the best-selling author of more than 25 books. Currently, he is a contributor to Fox News, a senior advisor for Dentons law firm and a senior scientist at Gallup. Gingrich’s nonfiction books include “Breakout: Pioneers of the Future,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Hale_160924 | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Shannon Hale Shannon Hale
New York Times best-selling author Shannon Hale started writing books at age 10 and never stopped, eventually earning an MFA in creative writing. After 19 years of writing and dozens of rejections, she published "The Goose Girl," the first book in her award-winning Books of Bayern series,... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_HP_160924 | 18 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Elizabeth Hand and Hannah Pittard Elizabeth Hand
Elizabeth Hand is a best-selling author known for her Cass Neary crime novel series. She has received many honors, including a Mythopoeic Award, a Tiptree Award, four World Fantasy Awards, two Nebula Awards, two Shirley Jackson Awards and three International Horror Guild Awards. Hand is... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_King_160924 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Stephen King Stephen King
Stephen King is the international best-selling author of more than 50 books and almost 200 short stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film or other media and his books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. His recent books include “Mr. Mercedes,” “Finders Keepers”... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_March3_160924 | 34 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Rep. John Lewis
John Lewis has served as the U.S. States representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District since 1987. He is senior chief deputy whip for the Democratic Party. Rep. Lewis had been serving America long before his congressional career began, as he is revered as a major civil rights... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Meacham_160924 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Jon Meacham Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham is the executive editor and executive vice president at Random House. During his career, he has been editor-in-chief of Newsweek, a contributing editor to Time Magazine, editor-at-large of WNET and a commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America. Meacham’s... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Medina_160924 | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Juana Medina Juana Medina
Juana Medina is an illustrator and author of children’s books, as well as a teacher at George Washington University. She grew up in Bogotá, Colombia and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. Medina was the first winner of the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, an award given yearly... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Millard_160924 | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Candice Millard Candice Millard
Candice Millard is a former writer and editor for National Geographic magazine. Her first book, "The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey," was a New York Times best-seller and was named one of the best books of the year by, among others, The New York Times, The... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Misc_160924 | 42 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Miscellaneous Several less-renowned authors were autographing books. Alton Carter was signing "The Boy Who Carried Bricks" at the Oklahoma booth. C.L. Pullella was signing "Finley's Fall" at the Politics and Prose book sale section. Also seen here were David S. Mao from the Library of Congress, Gareth Hinds and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_MJefferson_160924 | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Margo Jefferson Margo Jefferson
The winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Margo Jefferson is a former theater and book critic for Newsweek and The New York Times. Her writing has appeared in various publications including Vogue, New York magazine and The New Republic. Jefferson’s first published book was “On... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_MRobinson_160924 | 29 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Marilynne Robinson Marilynne Robinson
The winner of the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, Marilynne Robinson is the acclaimed author of “Housekeeping” (Picador) and Pulitzer Prize-winning “Gilead.” Robinson has also received the 2012 National Humanities Medal and published numerous essays, book reviews... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Paterson_160924 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Katherine Paterson Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson is a former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, an honor co-sponsored by the Library of Congress Center for the Book and the Children’s Book Council. Her international fame rests not only on her widely acclaimed novels but also on her efforts to... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Piskor_160924 | 62 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Ed Piskor Ed Piskor
Ed Piskor is the researcher, writer and artist of Hip Hop Family Tree, the New York Times best-selling series that won the 2015 Eisner Award for best reality-based work. Hip Hop Family Tree is a thoroughly researched, richly detailed history that channels the music, style and language of the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_PP_160924 | 30 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Politics and Prose Area |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Rhimes_160924 | 25 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Shonda Rhimes Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Rhimes is an award-winning television producer and writer well-known for her groundbreaking series “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal.” She is also the executive producer of the acclaimed series “How to Get Away with Murder.” Rhimes has received numerous awards, including a Golden... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Roach_160924 | 4 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Mary Roach Mary Roach
Mary Roach is a best-selling author and writer known for her popular science and humor work. Her articles have appeared in many publications including Discover, Outside, National Geographic, New Scientist, Reader’s Digest, Wired and The New York Times Magazine. Roach has received an... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Rushdie_160924 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. His novels include "Midnight's Children," "The Satanic Verses," "The Ground Beneath Her Feet," "The Enchantress of Florence" and his latest, " Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights” (Random House). For his writing, he... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Shaped_160924 | 38 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- A Book That Shaped Me Contest / Letters About Literature A Book That Shaped Me Contest
"A Book That Shaped Me” is a summer writing contest that encourages rising fifth and sixth graders to reflect on a book that has had a personal impact on their lives. The contest is administered through local public library systems in the Mid-Atlantic region. Top winners... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_SRobinson_160924 | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Sharon Robinson Sharon Robinson
Sharon Robinson, daughter of legendary baseball hero and civil rights pioneer Jackie Robinson, is the author of several books for young readers, including the acclaimed "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America" and the fiction novels "Safe at Home" and "Slam Dunk." As an... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Stevenson_160924 | 41 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Noelle Stevenson Noelle Stevenson
Cartoonist and writer Noelle Stevenson is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her debut graphic novel “Nimona” won the Slate Cartoonist’s Studio Prize, was nominated for a Harvey Award, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was a finalist for the National Book Award,... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Sweet_160924 | 3 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Melissa Sweet Melissa Sweet
Melissa Sweet has illustrated nearly 100 children’s books ranging from board books to nonfiction titles. Her artwork has also appeared in the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Madison Park Greetings and Smilebox. Sweet has received various honors including a Sibert Medal, two... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Taylor_160924 | 2 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant professor in Princeton University's Center for African American Studies. Her research often examines race and public policy, including American housing policies. Taylor’s articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Telgemeier_160924 | 39 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Raina Telgemeier Raina Telgemeier
Raina Telgemeier is an author, illustrator and cartoonist. Her graphic novels “Smile” and “Drama” are both No. 1 New York Times best-sellers. “Smile,” Telgemeier’s autobiographical account of her childhood dental drama, is a Boston Globe-Horn Award Honor title and an Eisner award... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_TJefferson_160924 | 19 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf Annette Gordon-Reed
Annette Gordon-Reed, a professor of law and history at Harvard University, is one of the country's most distinguished presidential scholars. She received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in history for her book "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family." Her first book was the... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Trillin_160924 | 5 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Calvin Trillin Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin is a journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist. He is best known for his humorous work on food and eating, but he also writes serious journalism, comic verse and fiction books. After a stint in the U.S. Army, Trillin worked as a reporter for Time... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Tullet_160924 | 1 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Hervé Tullet Hervé Tullet
Hervé Tullet is the award-winning author-illustrator of more than 20 children’s books. He is considered one of the most innovative children’s authors and his works have been translated into 25 languages worldwide. Tullet’s titles include “The Big Book of Art,” “The Giant Game of... |  |
| 2016_DC_NBF_Woodward_160924 | 23 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Bob Woodward Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward has worked for The Washington Post since 1971. He has won nearly every American journalism award, and the Post won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for his work with Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal. In addition, Woodward was the main reporter for the Post’s articles on the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NBF_Yang_160924 | 68 | Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Gene Luen Yang Gene Luen Yang
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Gene Luen Yang is a writer of both graphic novels and comics. His first graphic novel “American Born Chinese” is about a teenager struggling with his identity – a theme that is common in much of Yang’s work, which emphasizes the... |  |
| 2016_DC_Nelson_161207 | 53 | Natl Archives -- Craig Nelson ("Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness") Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness
According to author Craig Nelson, the America we live in today was born, not on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese suddenly and savagely attacked the United States, killing 2,403 men—and forced America’s entry into World War II. Pearl Harbor:... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NewseumV | 27 | DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace |  |
| 2016_DC_Newseum | 5 | DC -- Newseum |  |
 | 2016_DC_Newseum_1776 | 65 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (5) 1776 -- Breaking News: Independence PULLIAM FAMILY HISTORY OF LIBERTY GALLERY: “1776 — BREAKING NEWS: INDEPENDENCE”
OPEN THROUGH 2017
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress — made up of delegates from all 13 Colonies — adopted the Declaration of Independence. Two days later, The Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first newspaper to... |  |
| 2016_DC_Newseum_Curators_160504 | 49 | Newseum -- Members' Evening with the Curator: Media Bias: A Revolutionary Idea Think that the media have never been so polarizing? You're not alone.
But bias in the American press is nothing new. Blurring the line between patriotism and partisanship, printers and editors in Colonial America had a political agenda. Stretching the facts in one-sided reports, papers rallied against... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Newseum_Gumby | 7 | DC -- Newseum -- Gumby and Pokey The architectural firm that designed the Newseum -- James S. Polshek FAIA, Robert D. Young AIA of Polshek Partnership Architects -- leave 4 inch tall Gumby and Pokey action figurines in their buildings. |  |
| 2016_DC_Newseum_Ohman | 27 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) Editorial Cartoons of Jack Ohman |  |
 | 2016_DC_Newseum_Pulitzer | 29 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (1) Pulitzer Prize Photographs |  |
| 2016_DC_Newseum_Rights50 | 47 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (4) Civil Rights at 50 (1966) “1966: Civil Rights at 50”
On display through Jan. 2, 2017 | Level 4
“1966: Civil Rights at 50” explores the dramatic civil rights events of 1966, from the rise of the Black Power movement to the shooting of civil rights protester James Meredith while on his solitary “March Against Fear” to promote... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Newseum_Rio_Olympics | 4 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- Rio Olympic Steps |  |
| 2016_DC_Newseum_VRM_161128 | 79 | Newseum -- Special -- NEWSEUM VR Meets: News and Storytelling reception Jeffrey Herbst, Newseum president and chief executive officer, invite you and a guest to
NEWSEUM VR Meets: News and Storytelling
To mark the official opening of the Newseum Virtual Reality Lab, a panel of VR journalists talks about how the new technology is changing news, journalism and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Newseum_WorldNews | 34 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) World News Gallery |  |
| 2016_DC_NGAEW_Bldg | 56 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Building and Public Space |  |
 | 2016_DC_NGAEW_Dwan | 89 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: Los Angeles to New York: Dwan Gallery, 1959–1971 Los Angeles to New York: Dwan Gallery, 1959–1971
September 30, 2016 – January 29, 2017
Overview: The remarkable career of gallerist and patron Virginia Dwan will be featured front and center for the first time in an exhibition of some 100 works, featuring highlights from Dwan's promised gift of her... |  |
| 2016_DC_NGAEW_Folks_160930 | 13 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Folks during reopening day I ran into several folks on the reopening day: Mara Mayor (with her granddaughter and friend), Perry Chin (being interviewed by Voice of America), and James Ponti (author of "Framed! A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery").
Perry Chin was an associate of I.M. Pei, the original architect who designed the East Wing back... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NGAEW_Galleries | 360 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Permanent Galleries |  |
| 2016_DC_NGAEW_Kruger | 23 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: In the Tower: Barbara Kruger In the Tower: Barbara Kruger
September 30, 2016 – January 22, 2017
A focused exhibition featuring the work of American artist Barbara Kruger (b. 1945) reopens the East Building Tower Gallery after nearly three years of renovation to the space. Inspired by the Gallery's recent acquisition of Kruger's... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NGAEW_Reinvented | 26 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: Photography Reinvented: The Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Photography Reinvented: The Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker
September 30, 2016 – March 5, 2017
Overview: The collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker brings together works of critically important artists who have changed the course of photography through their... |  |
| 2016_DC_NGAEW_RT | 21 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Roof Terrace and View from... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NGAP | 53 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Paintings The Corcoran acquisitions have been incorporated further. |  |
| 2016_DC_NGASG | 12 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Sculpture Garden Taking down the ice skating ring. |  |
 | 2016_DC_NGAS | 8 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Sculpture |  |
| 2016_DC_NGA_3Centuries | 171 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Three Centuries of American Prints Three Centuries of American Prints from the National Gallery of Art
April 3 – July 24, 2016
Since opening in 1941, the Gallery has amassed an outstanding collection of American prints representing the history of American art from the early 18th century to the present. Timed to coincide with the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NGA_Davis | 114 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Stuart Davis: In Full Swing Stuart Davis: In Full Swing
November 20, 2016 – March 5, 2017
Stuart Davis (1892–1964) was an American original. Born in Philadelphia to artists and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, he dropped out of high school to study painting in Manhattan with Robert Henri, the legendary teacher who urged his... |  |
| 2016_DC_NGA_History | 82 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: History |  |
 | 2016_DC_NGA_Mellon | 102 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: In Celebration of Paul Mellon In Celebration of Paul Mellon
May 8 – September 18, 2016
Paul Mellon played many crucial roles at the National Gallery of Art in carrying out the founding vision of his father, Andrew, who had laid plans for the museum before his death in 1937. The younger Mellon was a major donor of funds and works... |  |
| 2016_DC_NGA_Recent_Drawings | 27 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions of Dutch and Flemish Drawings Recent Acquisitions of Dutch and Flemish Drawings
July 3, 2016 – January 3, 2017
West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 22
Overview: Recent Acquisitions of Dutch and Flemish Drawings encompasses landscapes, seascapes, portraits, still lifes, and history subjects that demonstrate the originality of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NGA_Shaw | 13 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Shaw Memorial |  |
| 2016_DC_NGS_Boundaries | 15 | DC -- Natl Geographic Society -- Exhibit: Invisible Boundaries |  |
 | 2016_DC_NMWA | 39 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts (1250 New York Ave NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_NMWA_Guerrilla_Girls | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Exhibit: Guerrilla Girls Guerrilla Girls items outside of the auditorium. |  |
 | 2016_DC_NMWA_Salon | 16 | DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Exhibit: Salon Style Salon Style: French Portraits from the Collection on view January 29–May 22, 2016:
The biennial Salon of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris was the preeminent exhibition venue for artists in the 18th century. In order to exhibit their work, artists had to be members of the Academy.... |  |
| 2016_DC_Noah_161119 | 76 | Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Trevor Noah ("Born a Crime") w/Cory Booker Trevor Noah In Conversation with Senator Cory Booker
Noah is a sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race, and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acquired in his relatively young life. As host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, he provides viewers... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Not_Without_160818 | 39 | DC Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Not Without Us" (w/Mark Decena) @ Landmark E Street Cinema Not Without Us
Follows seven grassroots activists from around the world as they head to Paris for the 21st session of United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21).
Discussion with director Mark Decena will follow the screening. |  |
| 2016_DC_No_Mas_160111 | 31 | AFI Docs 2016 -- "No Mas Bebes" (w/Renee Tajima-Pena) @ Landmark E Street Cinema NO MÁS BEBÉS tells the story of a little-known, but landmark event of women’s history and reproductive rights, a struggle that unfolded four decades ago in Los Angeles. The film recounts how a small group of Mexican immigrant mothers and activists sued county doctors, the state, and the U.S. government... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NPCV | 8 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Natl Press Club -- Views from the top floor |  |
| 2016_DC_NPC | 4 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Natl Press Club (529 14th St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_NPC_Bookfair_161118 | 165 | NPC -- 39th Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2016) 39th Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night, in partnership with Politics & Prose
The Capitol region’s premiere holiday book event is back for the 39th year! The National Press Club Journalism Institute is once again partnering with landmark local book seller Politics & Prose for a night of pols, pundits... |  |
| 2016_DC_NPC_USWWI_160126 | 151 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Event: Announcement of Memorial Design Team @ Natl Press Club U.S. WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION SELECTS "THE WEIGHT OF SACRIFICE" FOR WASHINGTON DC MEMORIAL
LEAD DESIGNER IS A 25 YEAR-OLD ARCHITECT-IN-TRAINING
WASHINGTON, DC: The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission has picked 'THE WEIGHT OF SACRIFICE" for the new national World War I Memorial project.... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NPC_USWWI_160302 | 107 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Event: Meeting the Memorial Design Team and Site Tour @ Natl Press Club Winners of WWI Memorial Design Contest Will Discuss their Vision at a National Press Club Newsmaker News Conference 10 a.m., March 2; Walking Tour of Site To Follow
Washington – Architect Joe Weishaar and Sculptor Sabin Howard, the design team selected to create the new World War I Memorial in... |  |
| 2016_DC_NSO_Chamber_160109 | 49 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- A Day of Music with the National Symphony Orchestra -- Chamber Music A Day of Music with the National Symphony Orchestra:
Four separate events:
* Musical instrument “petting zoos” will allow youngster of all ages to experiment with instruments that they’ll see and hear in concert.
* A performance of chamber music with Jane Stewart and Susan Midkiff on violin, Denise... |  |
 | 2016_DC_NSO_Orch_160109 | 94 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- A Day of Music with the National Symphony Orchestra -- Full Orchestra A Day of Music with the National Symphony Orchestra:
Four separate events:
* Musical instrument “petting zoos” will allow youngster of all ages to experiment with instruments that they’ll see and hear in concert.
* A performance of chamber music with Jane Stewart and Susan Midkiff on violin, Denise... |  |
| 2016_DC_NSO_Petting_160109 | 54 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- A Day of Music with the National Symphony Orchestra -- Petting Zoo A Day of Music with the National Symphony Orchestra:
Four separate events:
* Musical instrument “petting zoos” will allow youngster of all ages to experiment with instruments that they’ll see and hear in concert.
* A performance of chamber music with Jane Stewart and Susan Midkiff on violin, Denise... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Nunn_Quartet_160218 | 49 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Kenny Nunn Quartet Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert.
Saxophonist Kenny Nunn and his quartet of Howard University musicians perform Hank Mobley's "hard bop" music, covering Mobley's entire 1960 Soul... |  |
| 2016_DC_Nuns_Battlefield | 16 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Nuns of the Battlefield |  |
 | 2016_DC_NYU_Cartoons_160211 | 237 | NYU & Goethe-Institut -- Cartoons and Taboos: Dancing in a Visual Minefield (w/Lectrr, KAL, Ann Telnaes and Matt Wuerker) New York University: Cartoons and Taboos: Dancing in a Visual Minefield
Satire Between the Freedom of Expression and the Freedom of Religion - When Art Challenges What Fundamentalists Insist On...
Some people have demanded that lines should be drawn with respect to “acceptable” and “unacceptable”... |  |
| 2016_DC_OAS | 25 | DC -- Organization of American States -- Main Bldg + Museum Exterior |  |
 | 2016_DC_OAS_ArtXiomas | 86 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: (Art)Xiomas - CUBAAHORA: The Next Generation (Art)Xiomas - CUBAAHORA: The Next Generation
A Contemporary Cuban Art Exhibition at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, OAS
Washington, D.C. June 9 - August 7, 2016
On June 9, 2016 AMA | Art Museum of the Americas of the OAS will present (Art)xiomas, a contemporary Cuban art exhibit organized with... |  |
| 2016_DC_OAS_Belize35 | 12 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Belize 35 Belize 35
35-Year Independence Anniversary Exhibit
On view February 11-March 13, 2016
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas presents an exhibition with artist Santiago Cal and photo journalist Karl Villanueva to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Belize’s independence using an approach that is... |  |
 | 2016_DC_OAS_Eye | 32 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: José Gómez Sicre’s Eye: Works from AMA’s Collection José Gómez Sicre’s Eye: Works from AMA’s Collection at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, OAS
August 18, 2016-August 6, 2017
A half-century ago, Cuban-born curator José Gómez-Sicre took the reins of the OAS’s art program, thrusting himself head-on into the rapidly expanding Latin American art world,... |  |
| 2016_DC_OAS_Letelier | 78 | Organization of American States -- Main Bldg -- Exhibit: Orlando Letelier: Life and Death The Embassy of Chile, the Mission of Chile in the Organization of American States and the Chilean Museun of Memory and Human Rights, have the pleasure of inviting you to the Orlando Letelier Tribute Exhibition at Marcus Garvey Hall, 200 17th Street, in the main building of the OAS. The exhibit displays... |  |
 | 2016_DC_OAS_Streams | 9 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Streams of Being Streams of Being:
Selections from the Art Museum of the Americas
On view October 22, 2015 - January 31, 2016
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Drawn from the permanent collection of AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, Streams of Beings brings to light a multiplicity of ideas and identities emerging within... |  |
| 2016_DC_OAS_Swindle | 32 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: The Great Swindle: Works by Santiago Montoya The Great Swindle: Works by Santiago Montoya at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, OAS
October 20, 2016 - March 26, 2017
Washington, DC: The Organization of American States (OAS) AMA | Art Museum of the Americas in collaboration with the Halcyon Gallery, London present The Great Swindle: Works by... |  |
 | 2016_DC_ObserverMcC | 7 | DC -- K Street -- Public Art: Observer (by Keith McCarter) |  |
| 2016_DC_ODonnell_160313 | 80 | Politics & Prose -- Patrick K. O'Donnell ("Washington's Immortals") Patrick K. O'Donnell - Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution:
O’Donnell specializes in military history and his books include Beyond Valor, Dog Company, and First SEALs. He’s also served as historical consultant to documentarians at... |  |
 | 2016_DC_OEOB | 8 | DC -- Downtown -- Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Old Executive Office Building) (1650 Penn Ave NW) |  |
| 2016_DC_OHarrow_161116 | 58 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Robert O'Harrow Jr. ("The Quartermaster") Please join us for a book talk from Robert O'Harrow Jr., author of "The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army."
O'Harrow brings us a new side of Civil War history in this commanding, dramatic, and intensely personal account of Montgomery Cunningham... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Oil_Collapse_160202 | 31 | Wilson Center -- Panel (Implications of the Collapse of Oil Prices for the Middle East) The Middle East Program presents Implications of the Collapse of Oil Prices for the Middle East:
The collapse of the oil prices has shocked both producers and consumers worldwide. As the most important producing region of the world, the Middle East has been particularly affected; state revenues are... |  |
| 2016_DC_Old_PostI | 14 | DC -- Old Post Office -- Inside (Pavilion / Hotel) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Old_Post | 51 | DC -- Old Post Office / Trump Finger -- Outside Having the huge "Coming 2016 Trump" sign on Pennsylvania Avenue always reminds me of an alternate reality. Joe McCarthy would be so proud! And then the nightmare became true... |  |
| 2016_DC_Old_Post_Opening_160912 | 39 | DC -- Old Post Office -- Event: Trump Hotel opening day |  |
 | 2016_DC_OlympicFD2_160820 | 33 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Olympic Celebration -- Aniekan Udofia The Olympics may be in Rio de Janeiro, but you can join the festivities right here at SAAM! Listen to the Samba-Reggae rhythms of Afro-Brazilian drum band, Batalá, or enjoy crafts and games that celebrate the culture of Rio and the athletes competing in the 2016 Olympic Games. Whatever your sport, you... |  |
| 2016_DC_OlympicFD3_160820 | 91 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Olympic Celebration -- Batalá The Olympics may be in Rio de Janeiro, but you can join the festivities right here at SAAM! Listen to the Samba-Reggae rhythms of Afro-Brazilian drum band, Batalá, or enjoy crafts and games that celebrate the culture of Rio and the athletes competing in the 2016 Olympic Games. Whatever your sport, you... |  |
 | 2016_DC_OlympicFD_160820 | 51 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Olympic Celebration -- Crafts The Olympics may be in Rio de Janeiro, but you can join the festivities right here at SAAM! Listen to the Samba-Reggae rhythms of Afro-Brazilian drum band, Batalá, or enjoy crafts and games that celebrate the culture of Rio and the athletes competing in the 2016 Olympic Games. Whatever your sport, you... |  |
| 2016_DC_One_Year_160106 | 62 | Newseum -- One Year After Charlie Hebdo (w/panel) One Year After Charlie Hebdo
Join the Newseum Institute, Reporters Without Borders and the Washington Foreign Law Society for a discussion of the worldwide impact on a free press and free expression after the terrorist attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine staff on Jan. 7, 2015, and on the public at... |  |
 | 2016_DC_One_Year_160109 | 121 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Ann Telnaes and Signe Wilkinson ("Charlie Hebdo: One Year Later") Inside Media: Charlie Hebdo: One Year Later
Pulitzer Prizing-winning editorial cartoonists Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post and Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News will talk about the role of political cartoonists and will reflect on the one-year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre... |  |
| 2016_DC_Operationalizing_160204 | 132 | SWAN and WIIS -- Operationalizing Combat Integration @ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Operationalizing Combat Integration:
On April 1, 2016, the U.S. military will begin integrating women into historically all-male ground combat units and occupations. This historic change will permanently alter the face of the U.S. military and represents a significant organizational change effort. To... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Ornamental_Spirit | 33 | DC -- Public Art: Ornamental Spirit @ ... |  |
| 2016_DC_OSt_Market | 5 | DC -- Shaw -- O Street Market (800 P St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Ozer_160824 | 27 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Mark Ozer ("Washington DC: The National Shrine 1890-1940") Mark Ozer, independent historian, will give a book talk on Washington, DC: The National Shrine 1890-1940. |  |
| 2016_DC_Pageant_1Other_160619 | 100 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 9) -- Other |  |
 | 2016_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_160619 | 66 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 9) -- Welcome Opening Production -- Welcome to the Jungle
Haely Jardas, Miss District of Columbia 2015, and Jade Parchment, Miss District of Columbia's Outstanding Teen 2015 |  |
| 2016_DC_Pageant_3Betweens_160619 | 31 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 9) -- In-Between Presentations |  |
 | 2016_DC_Pageant_4Swimsuit_160619 | 64 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 9) -- Swimsuit |  |
| 2016_DC_Pageant_5Inter_160619 | 39 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (5 of 9) -- Interviews Emcee: Ashley Boalch, Miss DC 2011 |  |
 | 2016_DC_Pageant_6Talent_160619 | 75 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (6 of 9) -- Talent Emcee: Bindhu Pamarthi, Miss DC 2013 |  |
| 2016_DC_Pageant_7Evening_160619 | 131 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (7 of 9) -- Evening Wear |  |
 | 2016_DC_Pageant_8Awards_160619 | 194 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (8 of 9) -- Crowning (Cierra Jackson crowned) Miss District of Columbia Class of 2016:
* CIERRA JACKSON -- 2016 Miss District of Columbia
* Caroline Chisolm
* Lauren Clemons
* Katelynne Cox
* Cecilia Daizovi
* Emily Gentile
* Victoria Haler
* Katrina Kincade
* Johanna King
* Elena Littles
* Shannon Lynch
* Judy Mabone
... |  |
| 2016_DC_Pageant_9Post_160619 | 136 | 2016 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (9 of 9) -- Post-Crowning Photos and Party |  |
 | 2016_DC_Park_Van_Ness | 25 | DC -- Forest Hills -- Park Van Ness (formerly Van Ness Square) |  |
| 2016_DC_Party_Animals | 6 | DC -- Public Art: Party Animals |  |
 | 2016_DC_Patterson | 12 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Patterson House |  |
| 2016_DC_Peace_Mon | 3 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Pear_160615 | 58 | Newseum -- "Pear v. the United States" mock trial The issues involved in the Apple cell phone controversy will be argued in front of a mock U.S. Supreme Court held at the Newseum as “Pear v. the United States.”
Experts in First Amendment law, cyber security, civil liberties and national security issues will make up the eight-member High Court, and... |  |
| 2016_DC_Peck_160403 | 45 | Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Film Talk: Gregory Peck (w/Cecilia Peck) Reel Portraits: Gregory Peck:
Spend the afternoon celebrating Gregory Peck's 100th birth anniversary. We will screen not one, but two Peck films: To Kill a Mockingbird and A Conversation with Gregory Peck.
The screenings will include a discussion of the latter film led by its producers, Barbara... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Pedersen_160307 | 8 | National History Center -- Susan Pedersen ("The League of Nations and the Imperial Order: Contest or Collusion") @ Wilson Center We think of the First World War as a European War, but in the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific territories also changed hands. At the Paris Peace conference, the victorious allies reluctantly agreed to administer the former German colonies and Ottoman Middle East provinces under “mandate” from the... |  |
| 2016_DC_Peirce_Mill | 139 | DC -- Rock Creek Park -- Peirce Mill |  |
 | 2016_DC_Penn_Qtr | 16 | DC -- Penn Quarter neighborhood |  |
| 2016_DC_Pen_Arts | 4 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Pen Arts Bldg (Natl League of American Pen Women @ 1300 17th St NW) |  |
 | 2016_DC_Pershing | 18 | DC -- Pershing Park (became National World War I Memorial in 2021) |  |
| 2016_DC_Philbrick_160511 | 66 | Politics & Prose -- Nathaniel Philbrick ("Valiant Ambition") Nathaniel Philbrick - Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution:
Philbrick’s acclaimed narrative histories include In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award—and the basis for the recent Ron Howard film—Mayflower, awarded the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Photo911_160911 | 108 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Ruth Fremson and Angel Franco (The Photographers: Remembering 9/11) PULITZER PRIZE AT 100: THE PHOTOGRAPHERS: REMEMBERING 9/11:
On the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, New York Times photographers Ruth Fremson and Angel Franco talk about the newspaper’s coverage which resulted in multiple Pulitzer Prizes in 2002, including the photography staff’s... |  |
| 2016_DC_Picture_Book_160501 | 154 | Politics & Prose -- Panel -- "No Words Needed—The Value and Many Uses of Wordless Picture Books" w/Henry Cole, Raúl Colón, Marla Frazee, Stephen Savage, and David Wiesner Fourth Picture Book Panel: No Words Needed—The Value and Many Uses of Wordless Picture Books
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Imagine, then, the value of a story told entirely through images. In the latest installment of our popular panel series exploring topics relating to picture... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Places_160825 | 80 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Places of Healing and Expression: National Parks in the Next Century Places of Healing and Expression: National Parks in the Next Century
In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service, we present a screening of short archival and contemporary films about national parks. Following the screening, Julia Washburn, the Associate Director for... |  |
| 2016_DC_Politico_Govs_160219 | 196 | DC -- POLITICO @ Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center -- Sixth Annual State Solutions Conference (w/John Hickenlooper, Jack Markell, Peter Shumlin, Jay Nixon, Bill Haslam, Asa Hutchinson, Matt Mead, and Phil Bryant) Join POLITICO for the Sixth Annual State Solutions Conference as the National Governors Association comes to town. The conference will feature a series of one-on-one conversations with governors from across the country focusing on innovative approaches their states have taken to address complex... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Pollin_160512 | 175 | Sixth & I -- Irene Pollin ("Irene and Abe: An Unexpected Life") w/George Solomon Irene Pollin In Conversation with George Solomon
Pollin, a Sixth & I founder, psychotherapist, and health advocate, details her life's journey with her husband, from falling in love as teenagers through their experience bringing NBA basketball and NHL hockey to the Nation's Capital, and ultimately, to... |  |
| 2016_DC_PProse | 35 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW) Juana Medina's murals decorate the front windows. And "The Den" -- the restaurant in the basement -- is doing well! |  |
 | 2016_DC_PresFD_Corps_160213 | 148 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Presidential Family Fun Day (2016) -- Linton Hall Fife and Drum Corps Presidential Family Fun Day
Visitors and their families can celebrate American commanders-in-chief over Presidents Day weekend at the Family Fun Day. From calligraphy workshops to scavenger hunts, games, music and hands-on activities, there will be something for everyone.
Performances covered on this... |  |
| 2016_DC_PresFD_Crafts_160213 | 83 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Presidential Family Fun Day (2016) -- Crafts Presidential Family Fun Day
Visitors and their families can celebrate American commanders-in-chief over Presidents Day weekend at the Family Fun Day. From calligraphy workshops to scavenger hunts, games, music and hands-on activities, there will be something for everyone.
Performances covered:
*... |  |
 | 2016_DC_PresFD_Racing_160213 | 64 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Presidential Family Fun Day (2016) -- Racing Presidents Presidential Family Fun Day
Visitors and their families can celebrate American commanders-in-chief over Presidents Day weekend at the Family Fun Day. From calligraphy workshops to scavenger hunts, games, music and hands-on activities, there will be something for everyone.
Performances covered on this... |  |
| 2016_DC_Press_FreedomA_160427 | 32 | Newseum -- State of World Press Freedom announcement Global press freedom declined to its lowest point in 12 years in 2015, as political, criminal, and terrorist forces sought to co-opt or silence the media in their broader struggle for power.
Freedom House, an independent organization that promotes freedom around the world, will announce changes in the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Press_FreedomIM_160427 | 66 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Dana Priest, Richard Tofel, Ana Therese Day, Vanessa Tucker, and Will Fitzgibbon (State of World Press Freedom) Global press freedom declined to its lowest point in 12 years in 2015, as political, criminal, and terrorist forces sought to co-opt or silence the media in their broader struggle for power.
Freedom House, an independent organization that promotes freedom around the world, will announce changes in the... |  |
| 2016_DC_Pritzker_161215 | 40 | CSIS -- Free Trade, Innovation, Technology and Jobs (w/Penny Pritzker) The Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative cordially invites you to
Free Trade, Innovation, Technology, and Jobs
A conversation with Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Moderated by Nina Easton, Senior Associate, CSIS, Chair, Fortune Most Powerful Women International, Co-Chair, Fortune Global... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Puleo_161011 | 32 | Natl Archives -- Stephen Puleo ("American Treasures") American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address
In American Treasures, Stephen Puleo charts the little-known journeys of the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address. The book weaves in... |  |
| 2016_DC_Pulitzer_160130 | 42 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Roy Harris Jr. and Doug Pardue (100 Years of Pulitzer) Inside Media: 100 Years of Pulitzer:
Roy Harris Jr. and Doug Pardue will talk about the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s highest honor that each year recognizes the best in reporting, commentary, criticism and photography.
Harris is the author of “Pulitzer’s Gold: A Century of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Race4WH_160306 | 38 | Newseum -- "Race for the White House" (w/Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Timothy Naftali) Special Screening: “Race for the White House”
The Newseum presents a special sneak preview of the premiere episode of “Race for the White House,” a new six-part CNN Original Series narrated by Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey.
Using rare archival footage, interviews and stylized dramatizations, each... |  |
| 2016_DC_Race_In_America_160823 | 124 | Politics & Prose -- Panel -- "Race in America Today" (3rd) w/April Ryan, Eddie Glaude Jr., Julianne Malveaux, Victoria Christopher Murray, and F. Michael Higginbotham RACE IN AMERICA TODAY: A PANEL DISCUSSION
Join April Ryan, Washington Bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks and author of The Presidency in Black and White, for the third in an ongoing series of discussions focusing on race in America. As she has in previous presentations, Ryan will moderate a... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Rafer_160326 | 32 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Fantom Comics -- Event: Rafer Roberts Comics Workshop/Signing! HEY! Local creator, Rafer Roberts, is the new writer for Archer and Armstrong, an action-adventure/buddy comedy colliding a drunk, delinquent immortal who has given up on saving the world and the idealistic young man who needs him ...
So join us to celebrate the launch of ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1 with a... |  |
| 2016_DC_Reception_160318 | 36 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- Reception by the Iris Fund for Science Documentaries @ Carnegie Inst The Iris Fund for Science Documentaries sponsored the "License to Krill" and "Catching the Sun" showings as well as the reception between the two. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Reconnecting_161025 | 81 | CSIS -- Reconnecting Asia (w/Zbigniew K. Brzezinski) The CSIS Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy and Simon Chair in Political Economy are pleased to announce the launch of a major new initiative: Reconnecting Asia
A geoeconomic contest is underway to shape Asia’s future. Regional powers are putting forward ambitious plans for building roads, railways,... |  |
| 2016_DC_Red_CrossI | 114 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- American Red Cross Natl Headquarters -- Interior tour I finally toured the inside of the building. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Red_Cross | 38 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- American Red Cross Natl Headquarters I finally toured the inside of the building. |  |
| 2016_DC_Reflections_160427 | 69 | Natl Archives & USAFMC -- Congress, Presidents, and American Politics (w/Lee Hamilton, Ray LaHood, and Tom Edsall) Congress, Presidents, and American Politics: 50 Years of Writings and Reflections with Lee Hamilton
Recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, former member of Congress Lee Hamilton reflects on Congress and the Presidency and the lessons to be learned from years past. When he joined the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Refugee_161117 | 110 | Newseum -- "Refugee" Opening Program w/Tom Stoddart, Mariela Shaker, and Kimberly Dozier ‘REFUGEE’ OPENING PROGRAM
To commemorate the Newseum’s opening of “REFUGEE,” a groundbreaking exhibit by the Annenberg Space for Photography, internationally acclaimed photographer Tom Stoddart will talk about his work featured in the exhibit that depicts refugees throughout the world.
In addition,... |  |
| 2016_DC_Rehm_160405 | 58 | Politics & Prose -- Diane Rehm ("On My Own") w/Deborah Tannen Diane Rehm - On My Own:
As the host of WAMU’s The Diane Rehm Show since 1979, Rehm needs little introduction—either in D.C. or within earshot of the sixty radio stations that now carry the program. Readers have also been able to follow Rehm’s career and personal life in her memoirs, Finding My Voice,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Reid_160504 | 27 | Naval Heritage Center -- Chipp Reid ("Lion in the Bay: The British Invasion of the Chesapeake, 1813-1814") “AUTHORS ON DECK”
LION IN THE BAY: THE BRITISH INVASION OF THE CHESAPEAKE, 1813-14
The United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series proudly welcomes Chipp Reid to discuss his new book Lion in the Bay: The British Invasion of the Chesapeake, 1813-1814 (Naval Institute Press,... |  |
| 2016_DC_REI_Opening | 11 | DC -- REI Opening Block Party |  |
 | 2016_DC_Religious_Freedom_161007 | 39 | Newseum -- First Amendment Center and Brigham Young University -- International Protection of Religious Freedom International Protection of Religious Freedom
The Pew Research Center estimates that 77% of the world’s population lives in countries that experience a high or very high level of religious restrictions, and other studies reveal that such restrictions increase social violence and migration. Concerns... |  |
| 2016_DC_Richardson_161104 | 65 | Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Panel -- Richardson Symposium: Racial Masquerade in American Art and Culture w/Eric Lott Richardson Symposium: Racial Masquerade in American Art and Culture
Throughout American history, different forms of racial masquerade have been used to engage issues of difference and group identity. While this kind of dress up has sometimes been a celebratory act, or used by oppressed communities to... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Ripken_160303 | 67 | MLK Memorial Library and Politics & Prose -- Event: Cal Ripken, Jr. ("The Closer") Cal Ripken, Jr. - The Closer — at MLK Library:
Danny is living in the shadow of his older brother, Joey, a hotshot ball player who’s attracting the attention of college scouts. Danny’s parents and even his own baseball team seem to wonder why he’s not as good as Joey, and he’s determined to prove that... |  |
| 2016_DC_River_Of_Gold_160326 | 83 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "River of Gold" w/Reuben Aaronson, Sarah duPont, Enrique Ortiz, and Tom Lovejoy @ Carnegie Inst RIVER OF GOLD (USA, 2016, 66 min.) World Premiere
Amazon Aid Foundation is proud to announce the world premiere of our new film River of Gold at the 2016 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital!
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, River of Gold is the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Roberts_161017 | 26 | Natl Archives -- History, Trends & Predictions: 2016 Presidential Election: Cokie Roberts w/A'Lelia Bundles The National Archives Foundation invites you and a guest to attend a Signers Circle exclusive
History, Trends & Predictions: 2016 Presidential Election
Reception and Conversation with Cokie Roberts w/A'Lelia Bundles
For many, the 2016 presidential election seems unique, but is history repeating... |  |
| 2016_DC_Rock_Cap_Stones | 49 | DC -- Rock Creek Park -- Capital Stones |  |
 | 2016_DC_Rock_Creek_Cem | 34 | DC -- Rock Creek Cemetery |  |
| 2016_DC_Ross_160331 | 158 | Natl Archives -- Special -- Rodney Ross retirement event |  |
 | 2016_DC_Rothstein_161102 | 68 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Edward Rothstein (Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture) Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture Series: Outrageous Form: In Search of the American Sublime
In the 18th century, no discussion of art would have been complete without considering the nature of beauty and the sublime. But now, it often seems as if no two concepts are more irrelevant for discussions... |  |
| 2016_DC_RTaft_Memorial | 21 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Robert A. Taft Memorial |  |
 | 2016_DC_RThompson_Mem3_160827 | 157 | Richard Thompson Memorial Celebration @ National Press Club -- Presentation RIchard Thompson Memorial Celebration:
Welcome:
* Amy Thompson
Emcee:
* Rudy Sanchez
Featured Speakers:
* Anita Auerbach, President of the Virginia Psychological Association
* Brian Nicklas, friend and sandbox playmate
* Andy Heinmendinger, friend, neighbor and gensis behind the film The... |  |
| 2016_DC_RThompson_Mem_160827 | 207 | Richard Thompson Memorial Celebration @ National Press Club -- Mingling Folks here include Amy Thompson, Charlotte and Emma Thompson, Chris Sparks, Steve Artley, Bono Mitchell, Linda and Annie Lunsford, Rudy Sanchez, Richard (Dick) Thompson Sr., Sara Duke, Ann Telnaes, Joe Azar, Michael Cavna, Mitch Auerbach, Timothy Thompson and Margot, Steve Conley, Nick Galifianakis,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Rubenstein_160707 | 62 | Newseum -- A Conversation with David M. Rubenstein To celebrate the opening of the Newseum's newest exhibit, you're invited to an evening of conversation about American freedom.
1776 — Breaking News! Independence
As the United States celebrates the 240th anniversary of its independence from Great Britain, the Newseum's newest exhibit showcases an... |  |
| 2016_DC_Rushdie_160330 | 97 | NYU, Goethe-Institut & British Council -- Can / Must Good Art be Politically Correct? (w/Salman Rushdie) Can / Must Good Art be Politically Correct? with Salman Rushdie:
Join NYU Washington, DC and the European Union National Institutes of Culture in welcoming acclaimed writer, and Writer in Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU, Salman Rushdie for a reading of an except of his... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Salon_160331 | 119 | NYU & British Council -- Salon Series: A Conversation with Zadie Smith and Jeffrey Eugenides Salon Series: A Conversation with Zadie Smith and Jeffrey Eugenides
The NYU Washington, DC Salon Series: Conversations with Writers & Artists presents an opportunity for the NYU and Washington, DC community to meet and engage in dialogue with acclaimed writers and artists as they reflect on their... |  |
| 2016_DC_Sanders_161116 | 100 | Politics & Prose @ GWU Lisner -- Bernie Sanders ("Our Revolution") w/E.J. Dionne Bernie Sanders - Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in — at GW Lisner Auditorium
While Sanders didn’t become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, his was one of the defining voices of the 2016 election year, and as this spirited account of his campaign shows, he is ready to carry on the fight... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Scalia_160219 | 31 | DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Event: Line to see Justice Scalia in repose By the time I got there, they said the line was about 4-1/2 hours deep. My bladder reminded me that that wasn't going to work out very well so I photographed the line and reporters for awhile and left. Sorry about that! |  |
| 2016_DC_Schneer_160222 | 15 | National History Center -- Jonathan Schneer ("Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet") @ Wilson Center Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet
It seems impossible now to imagine Great Britain during World War Two being led by anyone other than Winston Churchill. It was not impossible at the time, however, as Jonathan Schneer will show in this presentation. Moreover, despite a legend to... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Schoettler_160308 | 27 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Gallery Talk: Pushing Boundaries with Ellouise Schoettler Pushing Boundaries with Elouise Schoettler
A special one-woman show by nationally known Maryland storyteller Ellouise Schoettler in conjunction with Impact! The Legacy of the Women's Caucus for Art and Women’s History Month.
Local cable host, producer, and nationally known storyteller, Ellouise... |  |
| 2016_DC_Scottish_House | 176 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Scottish Rite Temple -- House of the Temple (1733 16th St NW) My first inside tour in ten years. Apparently the Burl Ives room is not on the public tour anymore. |  |
 | 2016_DC_Scott_Circle | 5 | DC -- Scott Circle memorial |  |
| 2016_DC_Seeber_160616 | 54 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- Aaron Seeber Quintet Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments and borrow a board game to play during the concert. Feeling inspired to create? Local artists from ArtJamz set up a temporary studio, offering an opportunity to paint your own canvas while you... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Seer_160324 | 206 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "The Seer" w/Laura Dunn, Jef Sewell, and Mary Berry @ National Geographic Society The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry
Winner of the William W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers Award!
From a hillside office in his native Henry County, Kentucky, Wendell Berry captures in writing the changing landscape and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture. The Seer... |  |
| 2016_DC_Sepetys_160203 | 152 | Embassy of Lithuania and Politics & Prose -- Ruta Sepetys ("Salt to the Sea") Ruta Sepetys - Salt to the Sea — at The Embassy of Lithuania **FOR TEENS AND ADULTS
When the Wilhelm Gustloff was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine in 1945, it became the single deadliest maritime disaster in history: over 9,000 soldiers and civilians perished, far more casualties than those of the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Sewall_Belmont | 4 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum |  |
| 2016_DC_SE_Cupp_160709 | 50 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/S.E. Cupp Inside Media: CNN Contributor S.E. Cupp:
On the opening week of the Newseum’s newest exhibit “1776 – Breaking News: Independence,” CNN contributor S.E. Cupp discusses the role of Colonial journalists in spreading the news about the Declaration of Independence.
In the exhibit’s exclusive video, Cupp... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Shaw | 50 | DC -- Shaw neighborhood |  |
| 2016_DC_Shaw_Lib | 6 | DC -- Shaw Neighborhood Library |  |
 | 2016_DC_Shepard_160310 | 48 | DC -- Heritage Foundation -- Geoff Shepard ("The Real Watergate Scandal") The Real Watergate Scandal: Collusion, Conspiracy, and the Plot That Brought Nixon Down, featuring author Geoff Shepard
The Watergate cover-up trial is one of the most dramatic political show trials in modern American history. It resulted in the convictions on all counts of President Nixon’s top aides:... |  |
| 2016_DC_Sherpa3_160315 | 110 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "Sherpa" -- Post-screening Reception @ Carnegie Inst Sherpa - Opening Night Event!
Thanks to the Reva and David Logan Foundation for its support of this evening.
Join us at the Carnegie Institution, as we launch the 24th Annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital and celebrate its theme: Parks: Protecting Wild and the DC premiere of... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Sherpa_160315 | 108 | DC Env Film Festival (2016) -- "Sherpa" -- Screening and Q+A w/Ken Sauls, Norbu Tenzing, and Lakpa Rita Sherpa @ Carnegie Inst Sherpa - Opening Night Event!
Thanks to the Reva and David Logan Foundation for its support of this evening.
Join us at the Carnegie Institution, as we launch the 24th Annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital and celebrate its theme: Parks: Protecting Wild and the DC premiere of... |  |
| 2016_DC_Shirley_161207 | 66 | White House Historical Association -- Craig Shirley ("Pearl Harbor and the White House") Pearl Harbor and the White House
Please join us for a lecture and book signing to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The lecture will feature Craig Shirley, best-selling author of "December 1941", who will speak on the topic of "The White House in December 1941." The book... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Shorts_Reception_160625 | 24 | AFI Docs 2016 -- "Shorts at AFI Docs 2016 Reception" @ The Source The American Film Institute invites you and a guest to attend the
Shorts at AFI Docs 2016 Reception
celebrating the short films featured at AFI Docs this year.
Film personnel photographed include Gunnar Bergdahl ("Tracks"). |  |
| 2016_DC_Showalter_160323 | 93 | Politics & Prose -- Elaine Showalter ("Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe") Elaine Showalter - The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography:
Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) was a prolific poet and playwright before and after she wrote the lyrics for “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” She kept writing despite her husband’s disapproval, and also raised six children, led the struggle... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 23 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots The museum lowered the US flag to half staff for Nancy Reagan but kept the Smithsonian flag at full staff. I went to the security office to complain about it -- the US flag has to be higher than the rest so the Smithsonian flag should have been lowered too -- but the guy said those were the orders he... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Burden | 338 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Celebration | 20 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Celebration: Snapshots of African American Communities Celebration: Snapshots of African American Communities
September 9, 2016 – December 27, 2016
To celebrate the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of American History presents a special display of 25 photographs that reflect the diversity of the... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_CWDraft | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Cyrus | 42 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Cyrus Field and the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Cyrus Field and the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
July 1, 2016 – November 30, 2016
In the mid-19th century, the world suddenly became smaller when an underwater telegraph cable joined two nations divided by the sea, Ireland and Newfoundland, Canada. Using Archives Center collection materials, this... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Dollhouse | 34 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Bradford Dolls' House |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Enterprise | 687 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Enterprise |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Firefighting | 17 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Always Ready: Firefighting in the 19th Century Always Ready: Firefighting in the 19th Century
September 16, 2016 – TBD
Firefighting has always been a duty that depends upon the participation of the community. However, the role of citizens in fighting fire changed dramatically over the 19th century. Populations grew and buildings rose in size,... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Fire_Engine | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Hand-Pumped Fire Engine, 1842 |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Giving | 61 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Gowns | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies The Nancy Reagan RIP sign was up. |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Guano | 51 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Norie Atlas and the Guano Trade The Norie Atlas and the Guano Trade
February 17, 2016 – January 4, 2017
This display will highlight John Norie's unique Marine Atlas, a large bound book of sea charts dating to the early 19th century, within the historical context of the guano and nitrate trades, in which many of the swiftest and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Hooray | 45 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Hooray for Politics! Hooray for Politics!
February 1, 2016 – Indefinitely
This display juxtaposes historic voting devices with contemporary candidate rally signs to encourage our visitors to reflect on the relationship between the nation’s democratic traditions and the current swirl of election news, and draw visitors... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Int | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Inventing | 25 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Inventing in America |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_John_Bull | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Laughing | 25 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Laughing Matters Laughing Matters
July 22, 2016 – October 3, 2016
Laughing Matters is a display that looks into the stories of three comedians who changed the face of comedy. The showcase highlights the power of laughter in the realm of social and political discussion through the careers of Phyllis Diller, Carol... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Lighting | 237 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Electricity: Lighting the World |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Many_Voices | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Many Voices, One Nation The Columbia figure destined for the upcoming Many Voices, One Nation exhibit. |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Muppets | 28 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Muppets and Puppets Muppets and Puppets
November 23, 2016 – January 8, 2017
In time for the winter holidays, this showcase presents a selection of Muppets and marionetts from the museum’s collection illustrating the evolution of puppetry. Included in the display are an Italian Prince and Princess marionette from 1900, an... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_On_Move | 34 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: America on the Move |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_On_Water | 357 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: On the Water: Stories from Maritime America |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Perf | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Historical Reenactors and Performers |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Piano | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Grand Piano Grand Piano made by Bluthner, Leipzig, Germany, 1900
August 13, 2014 – Ongoing
The piano was made by the Blüthner firm in Leipzig, which remains one of the most respected German piano builders. This piano has a version of the ornate Jubilee cast-iron plates Blüthner produced from 1898 to 1907. It also... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Places_Invent | 99 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Places of Invention |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_PopCult | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Pop Culture The exhibit space is closed for a year while they prepare the new displays. |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Power | 182 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Power Machinery |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Ray | 29 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ray Charles: "The Genius" Ray Charles: "The Genius"
February 22, 2016 – June 26, 2016
Ray Charles was one of the most innovative and influential musicians of the 20th century. This display explores his ability to overcome blindness, poverty, and segregation, as well as the musical talent and flair for performance that made him... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Recent | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions Items from "Mad Men" and ... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Sidney | 39 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: George Sidney: Creativity and Innovation in Golden Age Hollywood George Sidney: Creativity and Innovation in Golden Age Hollywood
January 19, 2016 – March 21, 2016
George Sidney (1916-2002), was an Oscar-winning director of musicals, dramas, and comedies during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1930s through the1950s. Sidney was under contract to... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Solar | 40 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Solar on the Line Solar on the Line
November 29, 2016 – TBD
Solar on the Line explores the innovation and technology behind solar power as a renewable energy resource. It introduces visitors to the history of solar energy use in the U.S. as well as how it is both a part of the electrical grid as well as an off-grid... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Stories | 30 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAH_Tucker | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Tucker automobile #39, 1948 Tucker automobile #39, 1948
Ongoing
Preston Tucker (1903-1956), an automotive engineer who helped design Miller racing cars before World War II, almost realized his ambition of producing a "completely new" passenger automobile after the war. He and his business associates leased a former Dodge... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAH_Yellow_Cloud | 14 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Prince's "Yellow Cloud" Electric Guitar Prince's "Yellow Cloud" Electric Guitar
April 26, 2016 – September 5, 2016
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recognizes the life and legacy of Prince Rogers Nelson (1958 – 2016) by displaying his “Yellow Cloud” electric guitar. The guitar was made in 1989 and used during Prince’s... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAIB | 4 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General Flag-raising on the 4th. |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAIR_Enterprise | 31 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: U.S.S. Starship Enterprise Model |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 169 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight The updated gallery is prepared and opened. Later, the John Glenn tribute after his death is shown. |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAIR_Gall102A | 3 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 102: America by Air Including the military band playing the 4th of July concert there. |  |
| 2016_DC_SIAIR_Gall108A | 90 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: (a) Welcome Center The Enterprise model and new information desk get installed. |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIAIR_Mars | 29 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Board Exhibit: Mars: Fantasy, Fact, and Fiction |  |
| 2016_DC_SIFG | 6 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Not Covered Elsewhere |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIFG_Closing_160102 | 24 | Freer Gallery of Art -- Event: Closing Weekend |  |
| 2016_DC_Signs | 31 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIHIR_Irwin | 29 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Robert Irwin: All the Rules Will Change Robert Irwin: All the Rules Will Change
April 7, 2016 – September 5, 2016
The first museum exhibition to focus exclusively on Irwin’s (American, b. Long Beach, California, 1928) extraordinary trajectory between 1958 and 1970 charts the artist’s remarkable course from the early small abstractions and... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIHIR_Masterworks | 93 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection
June 9, 2016 – August 6, 2016
This new rehanging of the third-level permanent collection galleries, features highlights of Joseph Hirshhorn’s original gift alongside some of the newest additions to the collection. Featuring more than 75 works in virtually all... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIHIR_Meyers | 37 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Linn Meyers: Our View from Here (In Progress) Linn Meyers: Our View from Here
May 12, 2016 – May 14, 2017
Linn Meyers (American, b. Washington, DC, 1968) creates her largest work to date, Our View from Here, at the Hirshhorn this spring. The site-specific wall drawing, which occupies the entire circumference of the inner ring galleries covers... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIHIR_Pumpkin | 5 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: (Outside) Pumpkin Pumpkin
December 10, 2016 – Through spring 2017
Legendary painter, sculptor and performance artist Kusama (b. 1929, Tokyo, Japan) uses the pumpkin as a signature form, embracing the gourd as both an allegory and a form of self-portraiture in paintings, drawings, sculptures, and some of her most... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIHIR_Ragnar | 57 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Ragnar Kjartansson Ragnar Kjartansson
October 14, 2016 – January 8, 2017
This exhibition is the first comprehensive mid-career survey of Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson (b. Reykjavik, 1976) and charts his wide-ranging practice across film, performance, painting, and drawing. Kjartansson’s work draws from a varied... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIHIR_Still_Life | 24 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Still Life with Spirit and Xitle Still Life with Spirit and Xitle
August 6, 2016 – Summer 2017
Still Life with Spirit and Xitle features a car being crushed by a volcanic boulder with a comical smiley face painted on it. This slapstick disaster scene is one of the most well-known works of art by artist Jimmie Durham, a sculptor who... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIHIR_Vw | 8 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- View from Terrace |  |
| 2016_DC_SIHIR_With_Words | 42 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Painting with Words: Gentleman Artists of the Ming Dynasty Painting with Words: Gentleman Artists of the Ming Dynasty
April 16, 2016 – July 24, 2016
Poetry, painting, and calligraphy: Known as the “Three Perfections,” these genres were regarded as the ultimate expressions of Chinese literati culture during the Ming dynasty (1369–1644). Members of the Wu... |  |
 | 2016_DC_Silos_160909 | 80 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Gallery Talk: Jeffreen Hayes (Silos) w/Ellington Robinson, Wesley Clark, and Yaw Agyeman Member's Preview
Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen invites members to a first look at the Early Fall Exhibitions, including a tour of Silos with curator Jeffreen Hayes, Ph.D. |  |
| 2016_DC_Simon_161103 | 73 | Sixth & I -- Carly Simon ("Boys in the Trees") w/Hanna Rosin Carly Simon In Conversation with Hanna Rosin
Simon’s memoir Boys in the Trees hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list when it published last year. She’ll join us on the occasion of its paperback release. In the book, Simon reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINH_100NPS | 71 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: 100 Years of America's National Park Service: Preserve, Enjoy, Inspire 100 Years of America's National Park Service: Preserve, Enjoy, Inspire
August 4, 2016 – August 2017
The National Park Service turns 100 this year! To celebrate, the National Park Service has teamed up with the National Museum of Natural History to present over 50 images by award-winning photographers,... |  |
| 2016_DC_SINH_Gems | 14 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Geology, Gems, and Minerals |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINH_Natures_Best | 99 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Nature's Best International Photography Awards (2016) 21st Annual Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards
October 19, 2016 – September 2017
See Nature at its Best. Nature photographers travel the globe to document its vast beauty and diversity. They brave the elements to create images that transport us into the natural world... |  |
| 2016_DC_SINH_Turtle_Ocean | 17 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Turtle Ocean Turtle Ocean
June 8, 2016 – Closing TBD
An art installation by Angela Haseltine Pozzi of the Washed Ashore Project composed entirely of marine debris, Turtle Ocean depicts an entangled Hawksbill turtle swimming in an environment of water bottle sea jellies and beached flip flop anemones along with... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINMAA | 13 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exterior Images |  |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_CCourt | 19 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) Contemplative Court |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINMAA_Century | 47 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) A Century in the Making |  |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Changing | 165 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C1) A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINMAA_Defining | 356 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C2) Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era of Segregation 1876-1968 |  |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Explore | 6 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L2) Explore More! |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINMAA_Expressions | 40 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L4) Cultural Expressions |  |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Int | 53 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Interior Areas Not Covered Elsewhere |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINMAA_Making | 42 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L3) Making a Way Out of No Way |  |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Military | 174 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L3) Military History |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINMAA_Musical | 271 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L4) Musical Crossroads |  |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Place | 79 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L3) Power of Place |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINMAA_Slavery | 423 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C3) Slavery and Freedom 1400-1877 |  |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Sports | 179 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L3) Sports: Leveling the Playing Field |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINMAA_Stage | 117 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L4) Taking the Stage |  |
| 2016_DC_SINMAA_Visual | 89 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L4) Visual Arts Gallery |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINMAA_Vw | 29 | DC -- NMAAHC -- View from... |  |
| 2016_DC_SINZ_125th | 44 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Signage: 125th Anniversary |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINZ_Amazonia | 4 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Amazonia |  |
| 2016_DC_SINZ_Art | 3 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Public Art |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINZ_Bear | 1 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Bears |  |
| 2016_DC_SINZ_Bison | 4 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- American Bison |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINZ_BV | 8 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- American Trail (formerly Beaver Valley) (sea lions, seals, pelicans, beavers, otters, bald eagles, ravens, and grey wolves) |  |
| 2016_DC_SINZ_Const | 3 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Construction Projects |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINZ_Elephant | 5 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail |  |
| 2016_DC_SINZ_Main | 12 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Parts not covered elsewhere |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINZ_Prairie | 3 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Prairie Dogs |  |
| 2016_DC_SINZ_Primate | 5 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Primates |  |
 | 2016_DC_SINZ_Washed_Ashore | 99 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Exhibit: Washed Ashore Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea
May 27, 2016 – September 5, 2016
This summer, experience Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea, a larger-than-life exhibit of 17 marine wildlife sculptures—from jellyfish to sharks—made entirely of plastic pollution directly recovered from oceans. Placed throughout the... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Ali | 5 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016 In Memoriam: Muhammad Ali
June 6, 2016 – July 6, 2016
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of “The Greatest”—Muhammad Ali—with a photograph by Yousuf Karsh. The image, taken in 1970, is installed in the museum’s In Memoriam space. The Portrait Gallery has... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIPG_Babe | 32 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Babe Ruth One Life: Babe Ruth
June 24, 2016 – May 21, 2017
This American baseball legend was an icon and media sensation. Before the commercialization of sports superstars became commonplace, Ruth’s name and image fueled a marketing frenzy. His memorable persona is highlighted in a selection of historic prints,... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 124 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building Including the trees in the courtyard being replaced and the Jonathan Borofky sculpture installed outside the building. |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIPG_BoocheverP_160311 | 81 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Press Preview: 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Press preview for the new exhibition, “The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today” and announcement of the winner of the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
WHO:
* Kim Sajet, director, National Portrait Gallery
* Dorothy Moss, associate curator of painting and sculpture and competition... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Boochever | 80 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today
March 12, 2016 – January 8, 2017
This exhibition features 43 pieces including sculptures, mixed-media pieces, photographs, paintings and drawings. The jurors considered this exhibition a synopsis of historical and cultural events that have unfolded in the... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 42 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo! Including the Chuck Jones sculpture that I'd never seen before. |  |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Brooks | 41 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Romaine Brooks Romaine Brooks
June 17, 2016 – October 2, 2016
Romaine Brooks (1874–1970) lived most of her life in Paris where she was a leading figure of an artistic counterculture of upper-class Europeans and American expatriates, many of whom were creative, bohemian, and homosexual. Brooks crafted an androgynous... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIPG_Celebrate_161202 | 2 | Reynolds Center -- Staff -- Celebrate 2016 Celebrate 2016
Please join the Public Programs team in saying goodbye to 2016 and rining in another year full of exciting programs! |  |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_CelebrityC | 31 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Hollywood and Time: Celebrity Covers Hollywood and Time: Celebrity Covers
April 1, 2016 – September 11, 2016
Hollywood personalities who once graced theater marquees across America are featured in original cover art commissioned by Time magazine. Included are vintage portraits of stars like Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIPG_Champions | 19 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Champions |  |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Contemporaries | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Lincoln's Contemporaries Lincoln's Contemporaries
May 13, 2016 – May 12, 2019
Who were Abraham Lincoln’s contemporaries? They included many fascinating people beyond the politicians and military leaders of the Civil War. This exhibition features Mathew Brady’s portraits of twenty celebrities -- from showman P.T. Barnum and... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIPG_CW | 10 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |  |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Discord_Slaves | 39 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Faces of Discord -- Slavery |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIPG_Double_Take | 19 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Double Take: Daguerreian Portrait Pairs Double Take: Daguerreian Portrait Pairs
June 17, 2016 – June 4, 2017
Often we associate one image with a person from history especially in a museum setting. This show highlights the depth of the National Portrait Gallery’s early photography collection, featuring fourteen historic daguerreotypes—two... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Dylan | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrate: Bob Dylan Celebrate: Bob Dylan
October 17, 2016 – October 30, 2016
The Nobel Prize committee broke with precedent—and recognized those who make it new—by awarding the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature to Bob Dylan. The prize will surprise, and perhaps anger, some. It will delight many. Dylan’s career has been a... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIPG_Eye_Pop | 64 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Eye Pop: The Celebrity Gaze Eye Pop: The Celebrity Gaze
May 22, 2015 – July 10, 2016
Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Peter Dinklage, Eminem, Michelle Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Eva Longoria, Serena Williams, Kobe Bryant, are some of the people featured in Eye Pop: The Celebrity Gaze. This exhibition features... |  |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Folk | 48 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Folk Art Folk and Self-Taught Art
October 21, 2016 – Ongoing
The works in SAAM’s galleries for folk and self-taught art represent the powerful vision of America’s untrained and vernacular artists, embodying diverse American narratives and reminding us that creativity flourishes independent of formal art... |  |
 | 2016_DC_SIPG_Gene_Davis | 19 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Gene Davis: Hot Beat Gene Davis: Hot Beat
November 17, 2016 – April 2, 2017
Brightly colored stripes multiply in rhythmic repetitions across the surface of a painting by Gene Davis (1920-1985). Remarkably original when they first appeared in the 1960s, these paintings became the signature expression for one of the leading... |  |