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2009_DC_Miss_DC_0901132402008 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off -- Kate Marie to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics
The Miss District of Columbia Scholarship Organization invites you to the Miss America Send-Off Reception for Kate Marie Grinold, Miss District of Columbia 2008, at the Institute of World Politics, 1521 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington DC.

Also shown are a number of the previous Miss DC winners...
2009_DC_Pageant_Teens_090712912009 Miss District of Columbia -- The Miss Teen DC Pageant
Pictures here are of the Miss Teen DC portion of the pageant. The winner of the Miss Teen DC portion was announced during the Miss DC pageant presentation.

The Miss Teen DC 2009 contestants were as follows:
Nhari Frederick Bryant
Veronica Yvonne Beverly
Nirvana Chavez
Breanna Valencia...
2009_DC_Pageant_0Rehearse_090712472009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (0 of 10) -- Rehearsal
2009_DC_Pageant_1Other_090712712009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 10) -- Other
2009_DC_Pageant_9BPost_0907121112009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (10 of 10) -- Post-Crowning Photos
2009_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_090712402009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 10) -- Welcome
2009_DC_Pageant_3Swimsuit_090712432009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 10) -- Swimsuit
2009_DC_Pageant_4Inter_090712332009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 10) -- Interviews
2009_DC_Pageant_5Betweens_09071242009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (5 of 10) -- In-Between Presentations
2009_DC_Pageant_6Talent_090712772009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (6 of 10) -- Talent
2009_DC_Pageant_7Evening_090712572009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (7 of 10) -- Evening Wear
2009_DC_Pageant_8Goodbye_090712452009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (8 of 10) -- Goodbye -- Kate Marie Grinold Stage Appearances
2009_DC_Pageant_9ACrown_090712752009 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (9 of 10) -- Crowning (Jen Corey)
Miss District of Columbia Class of 2009

* JENNIFER COREY -- 2009 Miss District of Columbia

* Katori Brown
* Lily Chen
* Nadia Christian
* Sophia Davis
* Afiya Hosten
* L. Ashton Kunkle
* Sherry Langrock
* Randi Levendusky
* Talila Lewis
* Stefaney Rants
* Katie Robertson
*...
2010_DC_Miss_DCM_1001132312009 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (1 of 2) -- Jen Corey to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Mingling
The Miss District of Columbia Send-Off: Jen Corey heads to Las Vegas to compete for the title of Miss America. Join us to celebrate at 6:30pm on Wednesday, January 13th at The Institute of World Politics, 1521 Sixteenth Street, NW.

Also featuring:
* Kate Marie Grinold -- Miss DC 2008
* Shayna...
2010_DC_Miss_DCP_1001131152009 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (2 of 2) -- Jen Corey to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Presentation
The Miss District of Columbia Send-Off: Jen Corey heads to Las Vegas to compete for the title of Miss America. Join us to celebrate at 6:30pm on Wednesday, January 13th at The Institute of World Politics, 1521 Sixteenth Street, NW.

Also featuring:
* Kate Marie Grinold -- Miss DC 2008
* Shayna...
2010_DC_Pageant_1Other_100620852010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 10) -- Other
2010_DC_Pageant_9BPost_1006201222010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (10 of 10) -- Post-Crowning Photos
2010_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_100620392010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 10) -- Welcome
2010_DC_Pageant_3Swimsuit_100620312010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 10) -- Swimsuit
2010_DC_Pageant_4Inter_100620472010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 10) -- Interviews
2010_DC_Pageant_5Betweens_100620182010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (5 of 10) -- In-Between Presentations
2010_DC_Pageant_6Talent_100620882010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (6 of 10) -- Talent
2010_DC_Pageant_7Evening_100620862010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (7 of 10) -- Evening Wear
2010_DC_Pageant_8Goodbye_100620292010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (8 of 10) -- Goodbye -- Jen Corey stage appearances
2010_DC_Pageant_9ACrown_100620982010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (9 of 10) -- Crowning (Stephanie Williams)
Miss District of Columbia Class of 2010:

* STEPHANIE WILLIAMS -- 2010 Miss District of Columbia

* Cassandra Allen
* Jennifer Beatty
* Michelle Beever
* Katori Brown
* Lauren Craig
* Sophia Davis
* Maria-Teresa Grinneby
* Haely Jardas
* Tonya Khakazi
* L. Ashton Kunkle
*...
2010_DC_Miss_DC_WB_1006211262010 Miss District of Columbia Reception -- Stephanie Williams @ John A. Wilson Bldg
Stephanie Williams, the newly-crowed Miss DC, came for a reception at the Wilson Building hosted by Paul Strauss (DC's "Shadow Senator" to the US Congress) and Michael Brown (At Large Representative).
2011_DC_Miss_DCM_1101051572010 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (1 of 2) -- Stephanie Williams to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Mingling
The Miss District of Columbia Send-off Party! Stephanie Williams heads to Las Vegas to compete for the title of Miss America 2011
Join Us to celebrate at The Institute of World Politics, 1521 Sixteenth Street, NW.

ALSO FEATURING:
* Jen Corey – Miss DC 2009
* Kate Marie Grinold – Miss DC 2008
...
2011_DC_Miss_DCP_1101051582010 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (2 of 2) -- Stephanie Williams to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Presentation
The Miss District of Columbia Send-off Party! Stephanie Williams heads to Las Vegas to compete for the title of Miss America 2011
Join Us to celebrate at The Institute of World Politics, 1521 Sixteenth Street, NW.
Tickets can be purchased at MissDC.org by clicking “SUPPORT” or e-mail...
2011_DC_Pageant_1Other_1107101282011 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 7) -- Other
Among others shown here are this year's judges:
* Mario Acosta Velez
* Dennis Momyer
* Chartese Burnett
* John Kelly
* Angie Goff
* Chef Spike Mendelsohn
2011_DC_Pageant_2Swimsuit_110710622011 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 7) -- Welcome and Swim Suit
2011_DC_Pageant_3Inter_110710642011 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 7) -- Interviews (Miss DC)
2011_DC_Pageant_4Talent_110710942011 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 7) -- Talent
2011_DC_Pageant_5InterT_110710692011 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (5 of 7) -- Interviews (Miss Teen DC)
2011_DC_Pageant_6Awards_110710772011 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (6 of 7) -- Crowning (Ashley Boalch)
Miss District of Columbia Class of 2011:

* ASHLEY BOALCH -- 2011 Miss District of Columbia

* Perianne Boring
* Maria-Teresa Grinneby
* Sarah Hillware
* Helen Hua
* Haely Jardas
* Giovanna Jean-Baptiste
* LeMia Jenkins
* Alexa Kuhn
* Echoe Malone
* Chelsea Partridge
* Mary...
2011_DC_Pageant_7Post_1107101572011 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (7 of 7) -- Post-Crowning Photos
2011_DC_Miss_DCS1_111215952011 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (1 of 4) -- Ashley Boalch to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Mingling
The Miss District of Columbia Send-off
Ashley Boalch heads to Las Vegas to compete for the title of Miss America 2012. [The pageant airs at 9pm EST on Saturday, January 14, 2012.]
Join us to celebrate
6:30-8:30 pm
Thursday, December 15
The Institute of World Politics

Also Featuring:
* Jen...
2011_DC_Miss_DCS2_111215732011 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (2 of 4) -- Ashley Boalch to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Presentation except dresses
The Miss District of Columbia Send-off
Ashley Boalch heads to Las Vegas to compete for the title of Miss America 2012. [The pageant airs at 9pm EST on Saturday, January 14, 2012.]
Join us to celebrate
6:30-8:30 pm
Thursday, December 15
The Institute of World Politics

Also Featuring:
* Jen...
2011_DC_Miss_DCS3_111215452011 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (3 of 4) -- Ashley Boalch to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Presentation dresses
The Miss District of Columbia Send-off
Ashley Boalch heads to Las Vegas to compete for the title of Miss America 2012. [The pageant airs at 9pm EST on Saturday, January 14, 2012.]
Join us to celebrate
6:30-8:30 pm
Thursday, December 15
The Institute of World Politics

Also Featuring:
* Jen...
2011_DC_Miss_DCS4_111215702011 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (4 of 4) -- Ashley Boalch to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Posed pictures after presentation
The Miss District of Columbia Send-off
Ashley Boalch heads to Las Vegas to compete for the title of Miss America 2012. [The pageant airs at 9pm EST on Saturday, January 14, 2012.]
Join us to celebrate
6:30-8:30 pm
Thursday, December 15
The Institute of World Politics

Also Featuring:
* Jen...
2011_DC_Miss_Amer_CHC_1103292692011 Miss District of Columbia / America Experience @ Capital Hill Club
For this reception, the Miss America contestants were joined by Teresa Scanlan, 2011 Miss America.
2011_DC_Miss_Amer_CB_110329682011 Miss District of Columbia / America Experience @ Cherry Blossoms
2011_DC_Miss_Amer_Newseum_110329372011 Miss District of Columbia / America Experience @ Newseum
2011_DC_Miss_Amer_VSA_110329742011 Miss District of Columbia / America Experience @ Van Scoyoc Associates
2012_DC_Pageant_Teen_1206171082012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant -- Teen competition portion
2012_DC_Pageant_0Rehearse_1206171262012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (0 of 10) -- Rehearsal
2012_DC_Pageant_1Other_120617642012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 10) -- Other
2012_DC_Pageant_9BPost_120617912012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (10 of 10) -- Post-Crowning Photos
2012_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_120617352012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 10) -- Welcome
2012_DC_Pageant_3Swimsuit_120617712012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 10) -- Swimsuit
2012_DC_Pageant_4Inter_120617642012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 10) -- Interview
2012_DC_Pageant_5Betweens_120617512012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (5 of 10) -- In-Between Presentations
2012_DC_Pageant_6Talent_1206171152012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (6 of 10) -- Talent
2012_DC_Pageant_7Evening_1206171342012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (7 of 10) -- Evening Wear
2012_DC_Pageant_8Goodbye_120617372012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (8 of 10) -- Goodbye -- Ashley Boalch stage appearances
2012_DC_Pageant_9ACrown_120617912012 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (9 of 10) -- Crowning (Allyn Rose)
Miss District of Columbia Class of 2012:

* ALLYN ROSE -- 2012 Miss District of Columbia

* Rachel de Maree
* Jaqueline Garcia
* MacKenzie Green
* Helen Hua
* Haely Jardas
* Giovanna Jean-Baptiste
* Rachall Lawrence
* Casey Valerie Linsey
* Chelsea Partridge
* Joanna Preston
*...
2012_DC_Miss_DC_SendM_1212182352012 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (1 of 2) -- Allyn Rose to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Mingling
Help send Allyn off to Miss America
Come show your support for Allyn at Miss America, get a sneak peek of her competition wardrobe, and recognize the Miss District of Columbia class of 2012!
These were the pictures of the mingling before and after the presentation
2012_DC_Miss_DC_SendP_1212181452012 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (2 of 2) -- Allyn Rose to Miss America Pageant @ Institute of World Politics -- Presentation
Help send Allyn off to Miss America
Come show your support for Allyn at Miss America, get a sneak peek of her competition wardrobe, and recognize the Miss District of Columbia class of 2012!
The celebration will be Tuesday, December 18 from 6-8pm at the Institute of World Politics, 1521 16th Street...
2013_DC_Pageant_1Other_130609702013 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 9) -- Other
Judges this year were:
* Tina Sauerhammer, former Miss Wisconsin, doctor at Children's National Medical Center 
* Michael Steele, former RNC chair, MSNBC contributor 
* Erin Blakely, Pie Sisters
* Alberto Avendaño, Washington Post/El Tiempo Latino
* Myrna Farmer, US State Department Office of...
2013_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_130609462013 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 9) -- Welcome
Contestants:
* Allison Williams
* Allix Hillebrand
* Arienne Calingo
* Azah Awasum
* Bindhu Parmathi -- WINNER!
* Brooke Rowland
* Dakota Beach
* Jachele Velez
* Jill Duckworth
* Katie Peditto
* Lesley Pace
* Lola Adeoye
* Melissa Allen
* Michelle Pierrot
* MonaLesa...
2013_DC_Pageant_3Betweens_130609572013 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 9) -- In-Between Presentations
2013_DC_Pageant_4Swimsuit_130609422013 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 9) -- Swimsuit
2013_DC_Pageant_5Inter_130609632013 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (5 of 9) -- Interviews
2013_DC_Pageant_6Talent_130609732013 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (6 of 9) -- Talent
2013_DC_Pageant_7Evening_130609982013 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (7 of 9) -- Evening Gowns
2013_DC_Pageant_8Awards_1306091102013 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (8 of 9) -- Crowning (Bindhu Pamarthi)
Miss District of Columbia Class of 2013:

* BINDHU PAMARTHI -- 2013 Miss District of Columbia

* Allison Williams
* Allix Hillebrand
* Arienne Calingo
* Azah Awasum
* Brooke Rowland
* Dakota Beach
* Jachele Velez
* Jill Duckworth
* Katie Peditto
* Lesley Pace
* Lola Adeoye
*...
2013_DC_Pageant_9Post_130609942013 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (9 of 9) -- Post-Crowning Photos
2014_DC_Miss_DC_America_1404051942013 Miss District of Columbia Reception -- Bindhu Pamarthi and Miss America Nina Davuluri @ Meiwah Restaurant
Please join the Miss DC Board of Directors as our guest for a reception with Miss America. Both Miss DC 2013 (Bindhu Pamarthi), Miss America 2014 (Nina Davuluri) and Miss DC 2009 (Jen Corey) were part of the presentation.
2013_DC_Miss_DC_Send1_130901902013 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (1 of 3) -- Bindhu Pamarthi to Miss America Pageant @ Meiwah Restaurant -- Mingling Before
Celebrate another great year of the Miss District of Columbia Scholarship Program!
Get a sneak peek at Bindhu Pamarthi ’s competition wardrobe for Miss America.
Meet the Miss District of Columbia class of 2013 at Meiwah Restaurant, 1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW.
2013_DC_Miss_DC_Send2_130901582013 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (2 of 3) -- Bindhu Pamarthi to Miss America Pageant @ Meiwah Restaurant -- Outfits
Updated September 15: Note: Originally, this page didn't include the formal gowns that Bindhu was showing. These weren't to be shown until the Miss America pageant was over.
Celebrate another great year of the Miss District of Columbia Scholarship Program!
Get a sneak peek at Bindhu Pamarthi’s...
2013_DC_Miss_DC_Send3_130901312013 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off (3 of 3) -- Bindhu Pamarthi to Miss America Pageant @ Meiwah Restaurant -- Mingling After
Celebrate another great year of the Miss District of Columbia Scholarship Program!
Get a sneak peek at Bindhu Pamarthi’s competition wardrobe for Miss America.
Meet the Miss District of Columbia class of 2013 at Meiwah Restaurant, 1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW.
2014_DC_Pageant_1Other_140615752014 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 9) -- Other
2014_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_140615372014 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 9) -- Welcome
2014_DC_Pageant_3Betweens_140615922014 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 9) -- In-Between Presentations
2014_DC_Pageant_4Swimsuit_140615762014 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 9) -- Swimsuit
2014_DC_Pageant_5Inter_140615732014 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (5 of 9) -- Interviews
2014_DC_Pageant_6Talent_140615912014 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (6 of 9) -- Talent
2014_DC_Pageant_7Evening_140615982014 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (7 of 9) -- Evening
2014_DC_Pageant_8Awards_1406151242014 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (8 of 9) -- Crowning (Teresa Davis)
Miss District of Columbia Class of 2014:

* TERESA DAVIS -- 2014 Miss District of Columbia

* Lola Adeoye
* Jana Bernard
* Ayanna Cowley
* Lillian Dawit
* Jillian Edmonds
* Kiersten Gonzalez
* Melicia Johnson
* Johanna King
* Ariana Kruszewski
* Mary Catherine O’Neill
* Thais...
2014_DC_Pageant_9Post_1406151322014 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (9 of 9) -- Post-Crowning Photos
2015_DC_Miss_DC_America_1504083092014 Miss District of Columbia Reception Honoring Miss America @ Capital Hill Club
Miss America 2014, Kira Kazantsev, was honored at this reception.
2014_DC_Miss_DC_SendOff_1408271692014 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off -- Teresa Davis to Miss America Pageant @ Gallery Place Residences
Please join us in wishing Teresa Davis, Miss DC 2014 the best of luck at Miss America!
2015_DC_Pageant_1Other_1506141422015 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 9) -- Other
2015_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_150614552015 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 9) -- Welcome
2015_DC_Pageant_3Betweens_150614952015 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 9) -- In-Between Presentations
2015_DC_Pageant_4Swimsuit_150614622015 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 9) -- Swimsuit
2015_DC_Pageant_5Talent_1506141072015 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (5 of 9) -- Talent
2015_DC_Pageant_6Evening_150614812015 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (6 of 9) -- Evening Wear
2015_DC_Pageant_7Inter_150614872015 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (7 of 9) -- Interviews
2015_DC_Pageant_8Awards_150614822015 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (8 of 9) -- Crowning (Haely Jardas)
Miss District of Columbia Class of 2015:

* HAELY JARDAS -- 2015 Miss District of Columbia

* Micah Ernst
* Maya Everett
* DeJanee Fennell
* Gianna Gagliardi
* Emily Gentile
* Kiersten Gonzalez
* Sydney Hall
* Charlene Jean
* Judy Mabone
* Cara Marrero
* Alana Morrell
*...
2015_DC_Pageant_9Post_1506141162015 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (9 of 9) -- Post-Crowning Photos
Posed Haely Jardas post-award photos.
2015_DC_Miss_DCM_1508261422015 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off 1 (1 of 2) -- Haely Jardas to Miss America Pageant @ Gallery Place Residences -- Mingling
Join us!
Miss DC 2015, Haely Jardas Miss American Send Off Party.
Buffet by Tony Cheng's. Special performance by LaTiDo.
2015_DC_Miss_DCP_1508261062015 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off 1 (2 of 2) -- Haely Jardas to Miss America Pageant @ Gallery Place Residences -- Presentation and Posed Photos Afterward
Join us!
Miss DC 2015, Haely Jardas Miss American Send Off Party.
Buffet by Tony Cheng's. Special performance by LaTiDo.
2015_DC_Miss_DCM_150827702015 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off 2 (1 of 3) -- Haely Jardas to Miss America Pageant @ John A Wilson Bldg -- Mingling
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and US Senator Paul Strauss cordially invite you to join them for a reception honoring:
Haely Jardas
Communications Director for the DC Statehood Congressional Delegation and the reigning 2015/2016 Miss District of Columbia...
2015_DC_Miss_DCP_1508271032015 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off 2 (2 of 3) -- Haely Jardas to Miss America Pageant @ John A Wilson Bldg -- Presentation
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and US Senator Paul Strauss cordially invite you to join them for a reception honoring:
Haely Jardas
Communications Director for the DC Statehood Congressional Delegation and the reigning 2015/2016 Miss District of Columbia...
2015_DC_Miss_DCP3_150827732015 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off 2 (3 of 3) -- Haely Jardas to Miss America Pageant @ John A Wilson Bldg -- Posed Photos w/Haely Jardas
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and US Senator Paul Strauss cordially invite you to join them for a reception honoring:
Haely Jardas
Communications Director for the DC Statehood Congressional Delegation and the reigning 2015/2016 Miss District of Columbia...
2005_DC_Navy_05101550230th Navy Birthday Concert (Ernest Borgnine) @ DAR Constitution Hall
Navy veteran and Academy Award winning actor ...
2011_DC_DCHist_OpenRec_11110312538th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Conference Reception @ Goethe-Institut
38th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- November 3-6, 2011

The mission of the Annual Conference on Washington D.C. Historical Studies is to bring together the community interested and engaged in documenting the many varied aspects of the history of the Washington D.C. area and its...
2013_DC_DCHist_Masur_1311149040th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Formal Program
All-Conference Reception and Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture

Formal Program:
Welcome:
* Dr. Steven Knapp, President of the George Washington University
Introductions:
* Matthew Gilmore, Conference Chair
* Jane Freundel Levey
* Dr. Christopher Klemek, GW History...
2013_DC_DCHist_OpenRec_1311148340th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Opening Reception
All-Conference Reception and Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture

Opening Reception. Catering provided by Ben’s Chili Bowl
Reception Remarks:
* Dr. Bernard Demczuk, GW Assistant Vice President for DC Relations
* Jennifer King, Interim Director of Special Collections, GW Libraries
2013_DC_DCHist_Other_1311161540th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Other shots from Saturday
2013_DC_DCHist_P01_1311162240th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 01: A Century of Federal Workers
A Century of Federal Workers
Moderator: Kate Masur, Northwestern University
* “‘The Picked Prostitutes of the Land’: National Perceptions and Local Realities”, I. Jessica Ziparo, Salem State University
* “Public Work, Social Mobility, and Racism: Swan Marshall Kendrick and Black Federal Employment...
2013_DC_DCHist_P02_1311161240th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 02: Campus and Complex in the Nation's Capital
Campus and Complex in the Nation’s Capital
Sponsored by the Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
Moderator: Kim Hoagland, Michigan Technological University, emerita
* “Ministering to a Mind Diseased: Landscape, Architecture, and Moral Treatment at St. Elizabeths Hospital”,...
2013_DC_DCHist_P03_131116940th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 03: Public Facilities and Racial Equity
Public Facilities and Racial Equity
Moderator Kimberly Springle, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives:
* “‘Central for Cardozo!’ School Transfers and the Fight for Educational Equity in D.C. in the pre-Brown Era”, Tikia K. Hamilton, Princeton University
* “Exercising One’s Civil Rights: The...
2013_DC_DCHist_P04_1311161340th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 04: Washington Food Matters
Washington Food Matters
Moderator: Garrett Peck
* “Why Isn’t Washington a Culinary Capital? Inventing Food Traditions for D.C.”, Warren Belasco, Boston University
* “Historic Restaurants of Washington”, John deFerrari, Independent Historian
* “The First Beery Renaissance”, Michael V. M....
2013_DC_DCHist_P05_131116940th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 05: Prince Hall Freemasonry
Prince Hall Freemasonry
This session honors the memory of Howard University librarian Donna M. Wells, 1953-2009.
* “The Origins of Prince Hall Freemasonry in the District of Columbia”, Alton G. Roundtree, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia
* “Prince Hall...
2013_DC_DCHist_P06_1311163540th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 06: Alexandrian Retrocession
Alexandrian Retrocession and Regional Progress
Moderator: John Richardson, Arlington Historical Society
* “New Perspectives on the Alexandrian Retrocession of 1846”, Richard A. Balas, College of Charleston and the Citadel
* “A Little R&R: How Retrocession and the Railroad Determined the Future of...
2013_DC_DCHist_P07_1311161140th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 07: HGIS: Digitally Mapping History in DC
HGIS: Digitally Mapping History in D.C. and Beyond
Bring your lunch and learn how Historical Geographic Information Systems create interactive online maps of historical data that show geographic patterns that otherwise might not be detectable and lead to fresh interpretations of the past.
* Brian...
2013_DC_DCHist_P08_1311163440th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 08: A Crying Need
"A Crying Need”: 100 Years of Regulating Washington’s Public Utilities
Moderator: Betty Ann Kane, Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia
* “A Photographic History of the D.C. Public Service Commission’s First Century”, Mara Cherkasky and Bill Rice, RCR Associates
* “Bringing the...
2013_DC_DCHist_P09_131116940th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 09: War of 1812
War of 1812
Moderator: Aaron Marcavitch, Maryland Milestones/ATHA Inc.
Panelists:
* Christopher T. George, independent historian
* Patrick O'Neil, independent archaeologist and historian
* Christine Hughes, Naval History and Heritage Command

In anticipation of the guided bus tour “Bladensburg...
2013_DC_DCHist_P10_131116640th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 10: Citizens on the Front Lines of Place Making
Citizens on the Front Lines of Place Making
Moderator: Matthew Gilmore, H-DC www.h-net.org/~dclist
* “Life Inside a Monument and Monuments to Real Life: The Making of a Historic Landscape in Inner City Washington, D.C. Cameron Logan, University of Melbourne
* “Hope and Fear at 14th & U: The Frank...
2013_DC_DCHist_P11_1311161140th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies @ Carnegie Lib -- Panel 11: Archaeology of DC Parks
The Archaeology of D.C. Parks
Moderator: Ruth Trocolli
* "A Park, a Playground, and a Problem: The Urban Archeology Corps at Fort Mahan in 2013”, Teresa Moyer, NPS Archeology Program, Mary Furlong, University of Maryland, Kathryn Birmingham, NPS, National Capital Parks East
* “Reviving and...
2014_DC_DCHist_Books_1411211841st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Books (Friday)
History Network – visit with organizations engaged in history and preservation
Friday Book Talks
* Julia King -- George Hadfield: Architect of the Federal City
* Scott Einberger -- The History of Rock Creek Park: Wilderness and Washington, D.C.
* Michael Lisicky -- Woodward & Lothrop: A Store...
2014_DC_DCHist_Books_1411221941st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Books (Saturday)
Saturday Book Talks
* Nathania Branch Miles -- Prince George's County and the Civil War: Life on the Border
* Stephen McKevitt -- Meridian Hill: A History
* Charles Clark -- The American Nazi Party in Arlington
* Rohulamin Quander -- Omega - 50+ Inspired Years; Nellie Quander, Alpha Kappa Alpha...
2014_DC_DCHist_Broadway_1411225341st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Film: Black Broadway on U
Black Broadway on U
Run time: 5 minute/trailer * Executive Producer/Creator Shellée Haynesworth
Description: This production is (multi-platform) project sheds light on the under-told story and rich heritage of African American community within Washington, D.C.'s U Street Corridor, aka "Black...
2014_DC_DCHist_Striner_1411204941st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Opening Lecture w/Richard Striner
Letitia Woods Brown Lecture: "Reflections on Historic Preservation in Washington."
History professor, author, and veteran Washington preservationist Richard Striner -- co-author of the newly-published book Washington and Baltimore Art Deco (Johns Hopkins University Press) -- looks back upon his...
2014_DC_DCHist_OpenRec_1411207541st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Opening Reception
2014_DC_DCHist_Other_141116541st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Other images
2014_DC_DCHist_P01_1411217641st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 01: Penary Session w/Stephen Fuller
Plenary Session – Washington D.C.: From Company Town to Global Business Center
Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D. (Dwight Schar Faculty Chair and University Professor, Director, Center for Regional Analysis, School of Public Policy, George Mason University)
Fuller looks at the economic history of the District...
2014_DC_DCHist_P02_1411212641st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 02: Deciding What and How to Preserve
Deciding What and How to Preserve: A Century of Historic Site Designation
This roundtable will be led by Tom Luebke, Secretary of the Commission of Fine Arts, and author of the recent book A Century of Design: The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1910 – 2010.
Richard Williams, the grandson of David...
2014_DC_DCHist_P03_141121541st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 03: Gallaudet University and Washington, D.C.
Gallaudet University and Washington, D.C.: Celebrating 150 Years of A Deaf Community in A Hearing City
Gallaudet University has experienced institutional growth, social change, and economic challenges in its 150 years of existence in the District of Columbia. Its graduates have overcome racial...
2014_DC_DCHist_P04_1411211141st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 04: Home Rule and Gentrification
Home Rule and Gentrification
* Freedom's Long Journey: The Legislative Path to Home Rule for the District of Columbia. Christopher Anglim
* Home Rule & Who Shall Rule At Home. Jerome Paige
* Gentrification and Inequitable Opportunity in the Nation's Capital. Nora Wiseman
2014_DC_DCHist_P05_1411213341st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 05: Mapping Segregation
Mapping Segregation: How Racially Restricted Housing Shaped Washington, D.C., 1900-1948
* Researching Racially Restrictive Covenants in Washington, D.C. Amina Ndiaye
* Setting the Context for Housing Segregation in Washington. Amanda Huron
* Mapping Legal Challenges to Restrictive Covenants in...
2014_DC_DCHist_P06_1411211941st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 06: Early Washington, D.C.: War, Politics, and Brewing
Early Washington, D.C.: War, Politics, and Brewing
* The 1814 Removal Debate. Kenneth Bowling
* The British are Coming! How the Declaration of Independence and Federal Constitution were saved by an Ox Cart. Peter Aschenbrenner
* The Washington Brewery at Navy Yard. Garrett Peck
2014_DC_DCHist_P07_141121841st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 07: Activism for Youth in the Nation's Capital
Activism for Youth in the Nation's Capital
* Total Involvement Approach to Teen Age Problems: The Bakers Dozen Solution. Dr. Ida Jones
* Shaping Social Welfare: The Washington City Orphan Asylum and the Development of Dependent Child Care in the District of Columbia. Jamalin Harp
* When Parents...
2014_DC_DCHist_P08_1411215341st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 08: D.C. Murals: Spectacle and Story
D.C. Murals: Spectacle and Story
The contemporary outdoor mural cycle came to Washington in the early 1970s when artists picked up on the vibrant energy that changed the urban landscape throughout the country and brought art out of the galleries and into the streets. From early depictions of ethnic...
2014_DC_DCHist_P09_141121541st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 09: History Writing with Public Housing Residents
History Writing with Public Housing Residents
This panel brings together three community scholars who have worked with public housing residents to write their histories. These three community scholars have all worked specifically in the Potomac Gardens public housing project located at 13th and...
2014_DC_DCHist_P10_141121641st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 10: Vision for a Digital D.C.
Vision for a Digital D.C.: Documenting D.C.’s cultural history through online resources
This panel bring s together practitioners creating digital vehicles for navigating and learning about the city’s r i ch cultural history. Cultural institutions are working to increase visibility of their...
2014_DC_DCHist_P11_1411213241st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 11: The Legacy of Marion Barry
ROUNDTABLE: The Legacy of Marion Barry
* Steven Diner, author of “Washington, The Black Majority: Race and Politics in the Nation’s Capital,” in Snowbelt Cities: Metropolitan Politics in the Northeast and Midwest since World War II. 1990. (chair)
* Jonetta Rose Barras, journalist, author of The Last...
2014_DC_DCHist_P13_1411222941st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 13: Capturing and Celebrating Heritage in a Transforming Community: Southwest Washington D.C.
Capturing and Celebrating Heritage in a Transforming Community: Southwest Washington D.C.
The largest development [or what?] is the $1.5 billion Wharf project. Extending along Washington’s historic waterfront, this 27-acre mixed-use development is activating the currently underutilized waterfront and...
2014_DC_DCHist_P14_1411223841st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 14: Renovation plans
Renovation plans for the D.C. Archives, the MLK Jr. Memorial Library, and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.: A roundtable discussion
The D.C. Archives, Washingtoniana Division of the Martin Luther King Library, and the Historical Society of Washington will be moving into newly-designed...
2014_DC_DCHist_P15_1411221841st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 15: Preserving Spaces, Preserving Legacies
Preserving Spaces, Preserving Legacies:
Oral Histories of Long-term D.C. Residents Four panelists, each of whom will give presentation based on oral history research conducted in the spring of 2014 with long-term Washingtonians as part of Dr. Amanda Huron’s class, The History of the District of...
2014_DC_DCHist_P16_141122641st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 16: Youthful Takes on D.C. Neighborhood History
Youthful Takes on D.C. Neighborhood History
For the past eight years, the DC Community Heritage Project has funded citizen groups exploring and documenting the heritage and history of their communities. Recognizing the need for preserving the history and heritage through youth, DCCHP projects have...
2014_DC_DCHist_P17_141122441st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 17: Combining Public Data and Public Engagement to Map D.C.'s Past
Combining Public Data and Public Engagement to Map D.C.'s Past
A conversation based on a pilot effort at the MLK Library to empower citizens to map local history, visualize their work globally via mapstory.org, and build vital STEM and civic literacy s kills along the way. The MLK Library spatial...
2014_DC_DCHist_P18_1411221141st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 18: Activism and Public Works
Activism and Public Works
* The Role of Howard University, through its Faculty and Graduates, in the Integration of the Public Utility Industry in the District of Columbia. Phylicia Bowman
* Cleaner Water during the Environmental Decade: Social Action to Protect the Potomac in the 1970s. John...
2014_DC_DCHist_P19_141122741st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 19: Honoring the History before Us
Honoring the History before Us: I Saw! DC Student Research Presentation on African American Communities in Early Washington
Presentation of research project on Early African American 19th century communities in Georgetown (including Tudor Place) and extended areas of Washington, D.C.
* Khari Eyen...
2014_DC_DCHist_P20_1411221141st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 20: Digitization and Social media for D.C. 's History
Digitization and Social media for D.C. 's History
* Mapping the City of Words. Jonathan Marino
* Digitizing for Access. Karen Needles
* Building a Local History Community Online: Old Time D.C., Facebook, and Public History Through Social Media. Ryan Shepard, Tim MacKinnon, Jon Wilson
2014_DC_DCHist_P21_141122541st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 21: The 1960s: Protest and Cultural Politics
The 1960s: Protest and Cultural Politics
* Cosmopolitan Folk: The Cultural Politics of the North American Folk Music Revival in Washington, D.C.. Stephen Lorenz
* To Show the World We Have No Fear: The Howard University Student Takeover of 1968 and its Impact on Washington, D.C.. Jocelyn Imani
*...
2014_DC_DCHist_P22_141122441st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 22: Transforming Parks for the New Washingtonians
Transforming Parks for the New Washingtonians
Perhaps more than most other urban centers in the United States, Washington D.C. has an abundance of parks and green space. They are used by both residents of the city as we ll as visitors for a variety of reasons, such as commemoration, recreation,...
2014_DC_DCHist_P23_1411221841st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 23: War and Consequences
War and Consequences
* Washingtonians Marooned In Europe at the Outbreak of World War I. Sandra Schmidt
* Commemoration through Community Action: The Memorial Building to the Women of the World War. Allison Finkelstein
* Washington Women at War: How World War II Government Girls Transformed the...
2014_DC_DCHist_P24_1411222941st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 24: Remembering Arlington
ROUNDTABLE: Remembering Arlington: Historical Consciousness in a Changing Community
This roundtable tackles the conference theme, "Historical Consciousness in a Changing City," by bringing together various experts on and stakeholders in the history of Arlington County. Originally part of the 100...
2014_DC_DCHist_P25_1411222641st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 25: Social Issues and Social Control
Social Issues and Social Control
* Mangy Curs and Stoned Horses: Animal Control in the District of Columbia from the Beginnings to the 1930s. Hayden Wetzel
* Schools under Siege: Reactions to the Crack Epidemic in Washington, D.C., Schools. Kathryn Gillon
* The United Order of Dope Fiends – Opium...
2014_DC_DCHist_P26_141122741st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 26: Women's Work: Shaping the mid-19th century National Capital
Women's Work: Shaping the mid-19th century National Capital
* Myrtilla Miner (1815 - 1864): Her Vision and Legacy. Christopher Anglim
* Mary Ann Shadd Cary: A New Washingtonian. Jenny Masur
* “Practical Clubwork”: A History of the Women's Bindery Union in Washington, D.C.. Jessica French
2014_DC_DCHist_P27_1411221241st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 27: Civil War and Aftermath
Civil War and Aftermath
* “An Odious Discrimination”: Ecclesiastical Disputes and the Military’s Requisition of Episcopal Churches in Civil War Washington. Sean Scott
* Alexander T. Augusta - The Life of an African American Civil War Surgeon in Washington, D.C.. Heather Butts
* Making the March...
2014_DC_DCHist_P28_141122541st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 28: Exploring Howard University's Cultural Impact
Exploring Howard University's Cultural Impact: Donna Wells Memorial Session
* Laying Foundations: Rev. Jesse Moorland and African American Washington in the Progressive Era. Kenvi Phillips
* What Kind of Man is this? The Life and Times of Andrew Fowler. John Fowler, II
* Dorothy Porter Wesley at...
2014_DC_DCHist_P29_1411227041st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 29: Public Archaeology in Washington, D.C.
Public Archaeology in Washington, D.C.
The current building boom in the District has increased the number of projects requiring compliance archaeology. Construction at parks, schools, and for infrastructure resulted in the identification of new sites from nearly every prehistoric and historic time...
2014_DC_HP_Abrashoff_140402134th Annual HP Software Government Summit -- Capt. D. M. Abrashoff Keynote
Capt. D. M. Abrashoff
At the age of 36, the Navy selected Abrashoff to become Commander of USS Benfold - at the time, the most junior commanding officer in the Pacific Fleet. The immediate challenges that faced him on this underperforming Naval war ship were staggering: exceptionally low morale, high...
2014_DC_HP_Powell_140402174th Annual HP Software Government Summit -- Colin Powell keynote
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.)
For over fifty years, General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) has devoted his life to public service. Having held senior military and diplomatic positions across four presidential administrations, Powell's deep commitment to democratic values and freedom has been felt...
2014_DC_HP_Baez_140402174th Annual HP Software Government Summit -- Ramon Baez keynote
Ramón Baez
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Hewlett-Packard Company
Ramón Baez is senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of HP, responsible for the global information technology (IT) strategy and all of the company's IT assets that support HP employees and help...
2014_DC_Lincoln_Other_140322123Abraham Lincoln 2014 Symposium @ Fords Theatre -- Other
Pictures that aren't part of anything else.
2014_DC_Lincoln_Speakers_140322158Abraham Lincoln 2014 Symposium @ Fords Theatre -- Speakers
17th Annual Symposium: The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship
The 17th Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium takes place this year at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
Symposium speakers and topics:
* Welcome: Allen Carl Guelzo, President, Abraham Lincoln Institute
* National Archives...
2007_DC_JHFranklin_07041581Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission -- Conversation with John Hope Franklin
A Conversation with Pre-eminent American Historian John Hope Franklin: Reflections on African American History and Abraham Lincoln: Second in a series of discussions by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Led by Kurt L. Schmoke, Howard University Law School Dean and hosted by the New York...
2010_DC_Lincoln_Final_10041957Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission -- Final Meeting
WASHINGTON – The national Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (ALBC) will convene its final meeting on Monday, April 19, 2010, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington. President Abraham Lincoln established the Department of Agriculture in 1862, calling it the “people’s...
2010_DC_Lincoln_Studies_10041985Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission -- State of Lincoln Studies w/Matthew Pinsker
The Future of Lincoln:
Welcome and Video Presentation -- Harold Holzer, ALBC Co-Chairman
Introduction -- Darrel Bigham, ALBC Commissioner
Remarks -- Matt Pinsker
Q&A -- Moderated by Jim Horton, ALBC Commissioner
Closing Remarks -- Harold Holzer

The State of Lincoln Studies:

WASHINGTON – The...
2013_DC_AFI_Docs3AFI Docs 2013 -- Miscellaneous shots
2013_DC_Caucus_130622114AFI Docs 2013 -- "Caucus" (w/AJ Schnack, Nathan Truesdell, Chris Cillizza, Matt Beynon, and Alice Stewart) @ Donald Reynolds Center
Caucus: US Premiere:
While the GOP leadership race in 2012 played itself out for the nation on primetime television with camera ready sound bytes and speeches, a documentary film crew led by filmmaker AJ Schnack went behind the scenes to capture the not-so-ready-for-primetime moments that culminate in...
2013_DC_Herblock_130620175AFI Docs 2013 -- "Herblock -- The Black and the White" (w/Michael Stevens, George Stevens Jr., and Ben Gazzale) (incl reception) @ Newseum
Herblock -- The Black and the White:
Filmmaker Michael Stevens paints a lively portrait of influential Washington Post editorial cartoonist Herbert Block whose distinguished 55-year career spanning 13 presidents earned him three Pulitzer Prizes and the Medal of Freedom. Covering a time when cartoons...
2013_DC_Burn_13062232AFI Docs 2013 -- "Let the Fire Burn" (w/Jason Osder) @ Newseum
Let the Fire Burn: Jason Osder
USA, 2013, 95 minutes
On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia’s municipal authorities battling the black liberation group MOVE dropped incendiary, military-grade explosives onto an Osage Avenue row house. The ensuing six-alarm inferno killed five children and six adults,...
2013_DC_Jackie_130619227AFI Docs 2013 -- "Letters to Jackie" (w/Bill Couturie, Ben Gazzale, and Scott Keogh) (incl reception) @ Newseum
Letters to Jackie:
When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, the world came to a crashing halt as the nation grieved for its leader whose promise of a brighter future was cut tragically short. During this time the president's widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, received thousands of letters from...
2013_DC_Lost4Life_13062262AFI Docs 2013 -- "Lost for Life" (w/Joshua Rofe) @ Donald Reynolds Center
Lost for Life -- World Premiere:
Is it right for juvenile offenders to receive lifetime prison sentences without parole? This thought-provoking film explores the complex issue with input from both the perpetrators – all charged with first degree murder – and the victims' families. As they revisit the...
2013_DC_Not_Anymore_13062316AFI Docs 2013 -- "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" (w/Matthew VanDyke) @ Newseum
Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution:
This vivid film explores the Syrian revolution as told through the experiences of two of its deeply affected citizens. Mowya is a dedicated male rebel fighter and Nour a young female journalist who risks her life in pursuit of the truth. By sharing their harrowing...
2013_DC_Our_Nixon_130622112AFI Docs 2013 -- "Our Nixon" (w/Penny Lane, Lee Huebner, Dwight Chapin, and Jake Tapper) @ Natl Archives
Washington, DC, premiere of Our Nixon:
Throughout Richard Nixon’s Presidency, three of his top White House aides (John Erlichman, H.R. Haldeman, Dwight Chapin) documented their experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras. The documentary Our Nixon presents those home movies for the first time, along...
2014_DC_Holbrook_140618283AFI Docs 2014 -- "Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey" (w/Hal Holbrook and Scott Teems) @ Newseum
HOLBROOK/TWAIN: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY
Celebrated actor Hal Holbrook has carved out a prolific career in film, television and theater, but one role, which he has played since 1954, has become indelibly associated with him: Mark Twain. For 60 years, Holbrook has been touring with his award-winning one-man...
2014_DC_Virunga_14102961AFI Docs 2014 -- "Virunga" (w/Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara, Emmanual de Merode & Andre Bauma) @ Landmark E Street Cinema
AFI Docs and Netflix invite you and a guest to a special screening of VIRUNGA
A film by Orlando von Einsiedel
Q&A following the film with Director Orlando von Einsiedel, producer Joanna Natasegara, Virgunga National Park Director Emmanual de Merode & Virunga National Park Ranger Andre Bauma. Moderated...
2015_DC_Hot_Type_15061952AFI Docs 2015 -- "Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation" (w/Barbara Kopple) @ Newseum
HOT TYPE: 150 YEARS OF THE NATION
Two-time Oscar® winner Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA) focuses on the esteemed weekly The Nation. Founded in 1865 by abolitionist Republicans, the iconic progressive publication accepts no revenue from advertisers, enabling its ahead-of-the-pack critiques of the...
2015_DC_Moore_15111640AFI Docs 2016 -- "Where To Invade Next" (w/Michael Moore, Tia Lessin, and Jason Dick) @ Landmark E Street Cinema
YOU AND A GUEST ARE INVITED TO THE AFI DOCS SCREENING OF THE NEW COMEDY FROM MICHAEL MOORE
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT
Academy Award®-winning director Michael Moore returns with what may be his most provocative and hilarious film yet: Moore tells the Pentagon to "stand down" — he will do the invading for...
2008_DC_Gore_08071737Al Gore's National Challenge on Energy and Climate @ DAR Constitution Hall
Vice President Gore will be issuing an unprecedented challenge to policymakers and entrepreneurs. He’ll push the "reset" button on how we think about energy and climate. And how we create American prosperity.

The audience included Tipper Gore, will.i.am (from the Black Eyed Peas), and Bob Barr (the...
2011_DC_Freezer33Albus Cavus Classroom @ Freezer
Peter Krsko (Albus Cavus) had mentioned that Chor Boogie was in town, working on his next show. I wanted to visit!
2009_DC_Inaug_AABall_090120309All American Inaugural Ball (2009) @ Westin Washington DC City Center
Seldom in our lifetime is an event of such high importance as to claim a prominent position in history. On January 20th, 2009 the inauguration of America’s 44th President is just such an occasion.
The All American Ball Inaugural Committee is proud to announce that the 4th All American Inaugural Ball...
2007_DC_ALAC145American Library Association 2007 conference (Washington, DC) -- Authors
2007_DC_ALA81American Library Association 2007 conference (Washington, DC) -- Other
2010_DC_ALA131American Library Association 2010 conference (Washington, DC)
Including various authors: Keith R.A. DeCandido, Michael Alan Nelson, Kathy Kinney and Cindy Ratzlaff ("Queen of your Own Life"), Lucy Christopher ("Stolen"), Henry Cole, Pamela Duncan Edwards ("While the World Is Sleeping"), Alison Formento ("This Tree Counts!"), Amy Clipston, Lindsay George, Jackie...
2011_DC_Portrait_11021637American University -- Eisenhower portrait unveiling
The university unveiled a Karsh portrait of Eisenhower. The unveiling was done by:
* Louis W. Goodman, Dean, School of International Service, American University
* Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center.
2011_DC_Nichols_11021668American University -- Event: 3rd Annual Eisenhower Symposium w/David Nichols
The third annual Eisenhower Symposium was held at American University's Abramson Family Founders Room in American University’s new School of International Service Building. The title of the symposium is Eisenhower 1956: The President’s Year of Crisis-Suez and the Brink of War, a “book launch” of the...
2009_DC_ArenaCW_Ext_090425128Arena Stage -- Construction Watch tour -- Exterior shots
2009_DC_ArenaCW_Int_090425119Arena Stage -- Construction Watch tour -- Interior shots
2009_DC_ArenaCW_Grp_09042559Arena Stage -- Construction Watch tour -- NBM tour group
2011_DC_Arena_RWAC_1111274Arena Stage -- Rebel with a Cause panel talk
Rebel With a Cause
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin, Equivocation playwright Bill Cain, and director Bill Rauch for a discussion on rebellion and conspiracy from the Gunpowder Plot to today.
2010_DC_ArenaBS_10102397Arena Stage Open House -- Backstage tour
Pictures include the prop department, set shop, ???, and costume shop.
2010_DC_ArenaOE_101023119Arena Stage Open House -- Presentations (except ribbon cutting)
External events (except the ribbon cutting) including the closing finale. Performers here included the Show Choir Spectacular, Feels So Good, Elk Soldiers, and the Grand Finale (including Brad Oscar, Matt Bogart, Alice Ripley, E. Faye Butler, and the cast of Oklahoma).
Also internal events with: E....
2010_DC_ArenaORC_101023126Arena Stage Open House -- Ribbon cutting
ARENA STAGE OPENS THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER WITH A HOMECOMING GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION FEATURING FREE PERFORMANCES, ARTIST DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE CENTER

Participants include Alice Ripley, Kate Baldwin, Anna Deavere Smith, E. Faye Butler, the Manzari Brothers, Brad Oscar...
2010_DC_OAS_Argentina37Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibits: Argentina in Focus & Emilia Gutierrez
Argentina in Focus: Visualizing the Concept-Cristian Segura/Sergio Vega
September 15-November 21, 2010

Emilia Gutierrez: Drawings and Paintings
September 15-November 14, 2010

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2011_DC_OAS_Light_Place32Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibits: Traveling Light & Common Place
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM CHILE:
2 Exhibitions, 7 Artists
Traveling Light Photo Gallery | Common Place Photo Gallery
September 15 - January 22, 2012

TRAVELING LIGHT - Ground Floor
Curated by Laura Roulet
Traveling Light, Five Artists from Chile, is an exhibition featuring five contemporary Chilean...
2010_DC_OAS_50Years55Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: 50 Years, 50 Works
50 Years, 50 Works, 100th Anniversary
February 16-March 31, 2010

This exhibit was organized by the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS). It was first shown in 2009 in Medellín,...
2009_DC_OAS_Bilateral53Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Bilateral Engagement
Biltareral Engagement:
October 16, 2009 - January 15, 2010
A collaborative sculpture exhibition between the Washington Sculptors Group and the Art Museum of the Americas at the Organization of American States
Washington, DC: The Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) of the Organization of American States...
2006_DC_OAS_Breaking21Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Breaking Borders
Breaking Borders / Rompiendo Fronteras
December 1, 2006-January 21, 2007
Washington D.C.: The Art Museum of the Americas and the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the OAS announce the opening of Breaking Borders / Rompiendo Fronteras, an exhibition of photography and digital art by the Salvadoran...
2012_DC_OAS_Constellations51Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Constellations
CONSTELLATIONS -- Constructivism, Internationalism, and the Inter-American Avant-Garde
An exhibit of the permanent collection. Curated by Abigail McEwen.
June 21 - September 23, 2012

Drawn from the permanent collection of the Art Museum of the Americas, Constellations surveys the dynamic,...
2011_DC_OAS_Corridor29Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Corridor
Corridor
On view March 24 - June 26, 2011

AMA / Art Museum of the Americas announces the opening of Corridor, an unusual exhibition showcasing the work of twelve established artists, six from Baltimore and six from Washington, D.C., a show that flips the conventional artist-curator relationship on...
2008_DC_OAS_Facets23Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Facets
F A C E T S
on view through August 22, 2008
Facets features some of the significant works by Latin American and Caribbean artists which the OAS has acquired since 1949. The more than fifty works exhibited convey in a synthesized fashion a sense of the breadth and strengths of the museum's holdings....
2013_DC_OAS_Fusion31Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Fusion
FUSION : Tracing Asian Migration to the Americas through AMA’s Collection
On View: June 13, 2013 - Spring 2014
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Through AMA’s permanent collection, one of the most vital sources of modern and contemporary Latin American and Caribbean art in the United States, this exhibition...
2006_DC_OAS_Geometry10Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Geometry and Gesture
Geometry and Gesture from the Collection
March- July 2006
Geometry and Gesture from the Collection is part of a continuing series of exhibits over the past year that have explored different facets of the OAS permanent collection. The current exhibit looks at the collection through the prism of...
2015_DC_OAS_Hidden16Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Hidden Identities
Hidden Identities: Paintings and Drawings by Jorge Tacla
On view October 22, 2015- January 31, 2016

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Curated by María José Bunster Baeza (Museo de la Memoria)
AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, in partnership with the Embassy of Chile in Washington, the Permanent Mission of...
2010_DC_OAS_House22Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: House of the Americas Turns 100
2014_DC_OAS_Modern39Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Modern and Contemporary Art in the Dominican Republic
Modern and Contemporary Art in the Dominican Republic: Works from the Customs Office Collection
On view October 16, 2014- February 1, 2015
Modern and Contemporary Art in the Dominican Republic: Works from the Customs Office Collection is an initiative of the Cultural Heritage Foundation of the...
2010_DC_OAS_Mujeres26Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Mujeres en su Tinta
OAS Inaugurates Cartoon Exhibit “Mujeres en su Tinta”

The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), the Museum of Art of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the hemispheric organization today inaugurated the exhibit, “Mujeres en su...
2012_DC_OAS_NY22Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: New York: Latin American and Spanish artists in New York
ÑEW YORK: Latin American and Spanish artists in New York
Curated by Paco Cano, Eva Mendoza Chandas and Jodie Dinapoli
February 16 - May 20, 2012

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Ñew York, featuring works by young, outstanding Latin American and Spanish artists residing in New York City commemorates a long lost...
2013_DC_OAS_Common26Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: On Common Ground
On Common Ground: Dominican Republic and Haiti
On View: February 13 - May 26, 2013
AMA | Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS), in conjunction with the Embassies of the Dominican Republic and Haiti in Washington, D.C., is proud to present On Common Ground: Dominican...
2008_DC_OAS_Niemeyer21Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Oscar Niemeyer
Celebrating his 100th Birthday with Major Exhibit at the Art Museum of the Americas
Oscar Niemeyer
September 10 - October 26, 2008

Regarded as one of the major contributors to the development of modern architecture, Oscar Niemeyer has produced roughly 700 public works in his homeland of Brazil and...
2009_DC_OAS_Salmona36Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Rogelio Salmona: open spaces / collective spaces
Rogelio Salmona: open spaces / collective spaces
July 23 to September 30, 2009
The Art Museum of the Americas announces the opening of Rogelio Salmona: open spaces / collective spaces, the first U.S.exhibition devoted entirely to the work of celebrated Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona (1929-2007)...
2009_DC_OAS_Space24Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Space, Unlimited
"Space, Unlimited" includes the work of seven contemporary artists who challenge the boundaries of physical, perceptual or psychological space. Through a variety of mediums, from painting and photography to assemblage and video, these artists defy expectations that may be traditionally imposed over the...
2005_DC_OAS_Still_Life20Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Still Life Perspectives
Still Life Perspectives from the Collection
September 15-December 18, 2005
Still Life Perspectives is the third in a series of exhibits drawn from the museum’s permanent collection. Several years ago the museum loaned three paintings from its collection to an exhibit entitled Latin American Still...
2015_DC_OAS_Streams24Art 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...
2009_DC_OAS_Disappeared16Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: The Disappeared
The Disappeared
An exhibition organized by the North Dakota Museum of Art and curated by Founding Director Laurel Reuter
November 19, 2008 – January 25, 2009

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
“To disappear” was newly defined during periods of military dictatorship in Latin America. “Disappear” evolved into a...
2015_DC_OAS_Waterweavers60Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Waterweavers
Waterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture
On view June 24 - September 27, 2015
Organized by the Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York City. Curated by José Roca, with Alejandro Martín.
This presentation of Waterweavers at the OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas...
2011_DC_OAS_Wrestling58Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions
Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions
On view January 21–March 10, 2011
 
The Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) announces the opening of Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions, an exhibition of contemporary art from twelve Caribbean countries. Featuring work by artists from the...
2009_DC_SISG_KirbySG46Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Event: Michael Kirby's "Falnama" chalk art
Photographs over four days:
(Day 1) He starts with outlines.
(Day 2) He paints a base using paint mixed with sugar.
(Day 3) He's mostly done with it at this point. (I got there after he'd gone back to Baltimore for the day so he's not in these pictures.)
(Day 4) All done! He covers it with a...
2008_DC_ArtomaticO83Artomatic 2008 @ 1200 First Street, NE (NoMa) -- Other
Including the band Oh No Not Stereo.
2008_DC_ArtomaticP240Artomatic 2008 @ 1200 First Street, NE (NoMa) -- Paintings
2008_DC_Artomatic_Peeps14Artomatic 2008 @ 1200 First Street, NE (NoMa) -- Peeps Show II
2008_DC_ArtomaticS174Artomatic 2008 @ 1200 First Street, NE (NoMa) -- Sculptures
2008_DC_12001stV68Artomatic 2008 @ 1200 First Street, NE (NoMa) -- View from...
2009_DC_ArtomaticO81Artomatic 2009 @ 55 M St SE -- Other
Including a lot of belly dancing.
2009_DC_ArtomaticP145Artomatic 2009 @ 55 M St SE -- Paintings
2009_DC_Artomatic_Peeps52Artomatic 2009 @ 55 M St SE -- Peeps Show III
2009_DC_ArtomaticS233Artomatic 2009 @ 55 M St SE -- Sculpture
2009_DC_ArtomaticV60Artomatic 2009 @ 55 M St SE -- View from...
This was the site of Artomatic 2009.
2013_DC_AwesomeA42Awesome Con DC (2013) -- Artists
Artists shown here: Herb Trimpe, Larry Hama, Ernie Hudson, Joe Carabeo and Carolyn Belefski, Greg LaRocque (with Jess Siswick of http://www.tinymallet.com/ ), Nicholas Brendon, Billy West, Dawn Griffin, Phil LaMarr, Theo Crane, SL Gallant, Steve Conley, and Nick Galifianakis.
2013_DC_AwesomeM9Awesome Con DC (2013) -- Miscellaneous
2013_DC_AwesomeP2_13042120Awesome Con DC (2013) -- Panel: Art with Greg LaRocque
Art with Greg LaRocque:
Artist Greg LaRocque demonstrates his drawing techniques.
2013_DC_AwesomeP1_13042115Awesome Con DC (2013) -- Panel: The Carolyn and Joe Show Live Podcast Recording
The Carolyn and Joe Show Live Podcast Recording
The brainchild of mad scientist cartoonist Carolyn Belefski and Astray film director Joe Carabeo; created to fight the oncoming apocalypse one deadly word at time. With special guest Theo Crane from The Walking Dead!
2014_DC_AwesomeA141Awesome Con DC (2014) -- Artists
Folks shown here: George Perez, Timothy Zahn, Dirk Benedict, Raphael Sbarge, Richard Horvitz, Maurice Lamarche, Veronica Taylor, John K. Snyder III, Joe Sutliff, Rob Balder ("Elfworld.com"), Steve Artley, SL Gallant ("GI Joe"), Andrew Aydin ("March"), ???, Nicholas Brendon, Veronica Taylor (again), Phil...
2014_DC_AwesomeM29Awesome Con DC (2014) -- Miscellaneous
2008_DC_Bens_50th_080822102Ben's Chili Bowl 50th anniversary block party
Ben's Celebrates Chili Power
Big Stars and Just Plain Folks Mark Eatery's 50-Year Run on U Street

By Keith L. Alexander
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 21, 2008; B01

It was 1996, and Nizam Ali had just gotten his law degree. Instead of heading to the courtroom, he had another...
2006_DC_Franken_06092912Borders -- Al Franken ("The Truth (with Jokes)")
Al Franken: Intelligent, insightful, inspiring, and funny, Al's political satire is poised to become the most talked-about book. Armed with an additional chapter, the paperback edition of this book is ready to take the fight to the Bush administration and its right-wing cronies, once again.
2005_DC_Andrea_0509144Borders -- Andrea Mitchell ("Talking Back...")
Veteran broadcast Journalist, Andrea Mitchell, signed copies of her book "Talking Back...To Presidents, Dictators and Assorted Scoundrels". Andrea has also been a trailblazer for women everywhere and her personal journey is not only inspiring, it is exciting.
2005_DC_BB_King_05091210Borders -- BB King ("B.B. King Treasures")
Just in time for his 80th birthday this month, B.B. King delivers "The B.B. King Treasures," a scrapbook following the path of his storied life and career. Included in this coffee table-worthy showpiece is perhaps the greatest treasure of all: a 60-minute CD filled with unreleased interviews and jam...
2006_DC_Newhart_06092218Borders -- Bob Newhart ("I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This") w/Murray Horwitz
Legendary comic Bob Newhart discusses his new book "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!" in conversation with American Film Institute director and NPR commentator, (and former Barnum & Bailey clown) Murray Horwitz. "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!" is The first book ever from an icon of American comedy. A...
2006_DC_Sheehan_0609257Borders -- Cindy Sheehan ("Peace Mom")
Cindy Sheehan: The woman who turned grief into action and took her anti-war message to the President's doorstep tells her story in her own words -- a wrenching tale of heroism that will inspire a new generation of activists.
2007_DC_Barry_07092116Borders -- Dave Barry ("History of the Millennium (So Far)")
Dave Barry: Thucydides, Gibbon, Tuchman, McCullough - to the names of the world's great historians must now be added the name of Dave Barry, who has taken a long, hard look at our new millennium (so far) and, when he stopped hyperventilating, written it all down, because nobody would believe it...
2007_DC_Cheadle_07050232Borders -- Don Cheadle and John Prendergast ("Not On Our Watch")
"Not On Our Watch" is an empowering book, offering six strategies readers can implement about Darfur. Don Cheadle 3.5 million Sudanese are going hungry, 2.5 million have been displaced by violence, and 400,000 have died in Darfur to date. Both shocked and energized by this ongoing tragedy, Don Cheadle...
2005_DC_Collins_0504275Borders -- Judy Collins (performance)
2007_DC_Johnson_07030248Borders -- Marcus Johnson (performance)
Marcus Johnson: Jazz great Marcus Johnson and his trio help us celebrate the grand opening of our cool new cafe with a hot jazz set.
In attendance in the audience was former Redskin Barry Wilburn (#45) who asked for a photo with Marcus so that's here too.
2005_DC_Nader_0507258Borders -- Ralph Nader
2007_DC_Nader_0706149Borders -- Ralph Nader ("An Unreasonable Man")
Leader of the modern Consumer Movement himself Ralph Nader signs copies of his critically acclaimed DVD, An Unreasonable Man. The documentary follows Nader as a public interest lawyer to the man who today boasts a legislative record longer than most politicians in office today. Now you can meet this man...
2005_DC_Watts_0509075Borders -- Steven Watts ("Henry Ford")
Steven Watts: Henry Ford, a major architect of modern America, has lived on in the imagination of his fellow citizens as an enduring figure of fascination, an inimitable individual, a controversial personality, and a social visionary from the moment his Model T brought the automobile to the masses and...
2006_DC_EK_0604279Borders -- Ted Kennedy ("America Back On Track")
This was a book-signing event for "America Back on Track," billed as Kennedy's first major policy book in more than forty years. Just the week before, he had been named as one of the U.S. top 10 Senators by Time magazine.
Their list: Thad Cochran, Ted Kennedy, John McCain, Jon Kyl, Arlen Specter,...
2005_DC_Uncle_Earl_05110418Borders -- Uncle Earl (performance)
From http://www.uncleearl.net/about.htm

Call it old-time for our times: with their infectious energy, undeniable charisma, sharp musicianship, and unique repertoire of original and traditional songs, Uncle Earl is bringing the string band legacy proudly into the modern era. The band’s national debut...
2007_DC_Fox_07101116Borders -- Vincente Fox ("In Revolution of Hope")
Vicente Fox:

In Revolution of Hope, President Fox outlines a new vision of hope for the future of the Americas. He speaks out forcefully on hot global topics like immigration, the war in Iraq, racism, globalization, the role of the United Nations, free trade, religion, gender equity, indigenous...
2003_DC_BABA_03121193British-American Business Assn (BABA) 2nd Annual Plymouth Gin Martini Evening
2006_DC_BABA_061115102British-American Business Assn (BABA) 5th Annual Plymouth Gin Martini Evening
2004_DC_BABA_04022644British-American Business Assn (BABA) Evening Networking Reception @ Reagan Building
2005_DC_BABA_05042795British-American Business Assn (BABA) Travel Night @ Bank of America building 15th and G
This event was held at the Bank of America building on 15th and G. Talk about incredible views!
2004_DC_BABA_040331122British-American Business Assn (BABA) Travel Night @ British Embassy
This event was held at the British Embassy.
2012_DC_CalTort_Party_12041762California Tortilla -- Brand Update Party
Join us to celebrate our Fresh New Look!
Come celebrate California Tortilla's brand update! Bring a guest and enjoy fresh food, signature cocktails and more!
2012_DC_CalTort4California Tortilla @ Gallery Place
Bob and Lisa from the Gallery Place store. And then the new owners.
2014_DC_CalTort5California Tortilla @ Gallery Place
Including:
* Former Gallery Place staff starting up a new place
* New folks @ Gallery Place
2011_DC_CalTort9California Tortilla @ Gallery Place (Halloween costumes)
2009_DC_CalTort10California Tortilla @ Gallery Place (Promotion)
2013_DC_CalTort5California Tortilla @ Gallery Place (store remodels)
2005_DC_CalTort2California Tortilla @ Gallery Place ("Good Bob")
2011_DC_DT101_11021773Capitol -- Domestic Terrorism 101
Domestic Terrorism 101

WMAL, The Heritage Foundation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Westminster Institute invite you to a panel discussion to explore the various aspects of the growing threat of domestic terrorism: counter-terrorism, home-grown plots, staying ahead of the threat, Sharia...
2003_DC_Pitch_0309163Capitol Hill History Project -- Anthony Pitch (The Burning of Washington)
Author Anthony S Pitch came in to discuss his book "The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814" which included stories about the city as well as the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner.
2012_DC_Hays_12020796Capitol Hill History Project -- Cindy Hays (Past and Future of Congressional Cemetery)
Overbeck Lecture: The Past and Future of Congressional Cemetery
On Tuesday, February 7, Cindy Hays will deliver an illustrated Overbeck History Lecture on Congressional Cemetery, its significance to the Capitol Hill community, and its impressive, ongoing restoration by concerned neighbors and friends....
2009_DC_Janke_09092237Capitol Hill History Project -- Cindy Janke ("The Onetime Owner of Most of Capitol Hill")
Overbeck Lecture: The Onetime Owner of Most of Capitol Hill:
Don’t miss it. On Tuesday evening, September 22, local historian Cindy Janke will present an illustrated Overbeck History Lecture on William Prout, the 18th century owner of the land that today comprises most of the Capitol Hill Historic...
2008_DC_Brown_08040852Capitol Hill History Project -- C. Dudley Brown (Capitol Hill Row House Designs)
On the evening of Tuesday, April 8, the highly respected historic restoration expert C. Dudley Brown will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the unique character and features of Capitol Hill’s historic row houses. His presentation will include a pictorial tour along with commentary on the mistakes...
2010_DC_Wolf_10030250Capitol Hill History Project -- Dick Wolf (Capitol Hill Restoration Society)
Wolf, a longtime leader in neighborhood preservation, will offer an “unauthorized review” of the struggles and accomplishments of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society since its founding in 1955. The storied organization has fought repeatedly and, for the most part, successfully against the destruction...
2006_DC_Marolda_0604116Capitol Hill History Project -- Edward Marolda (History of the Navy Yard)
A History of the Navy Yard from the Navy’s Top Historian: Few people today are aware of how great a role the Washington Navy Yard has played in the life and development of Capitol Hill. The walled facility at the foot of 8th Street was once the biggest builder of Navy ships in the country, and then...
2011_DC_Brown_11110852Capitol Hill History Project -- Gordon Brown ("Captain Who Burned His Ships")
Reserve Now for Nov. 8 Overbeck Lecture: "The Captain Who Burned His Ships"
On Tuesday, November 8, local author Gordon S. Brown will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the growth of the Washington Navy Yard under its first commandant, Captain Thomas Tingey, and the terrible choice he faced...
2012_DC_Morley_12091857Capitol Hill History Project -- Jefferson Morley ("Snow-Storm in August")
The Overbeck History Lecture Series kicks off its new season on September 18th with a gripping account of Washington's first race riot and the criminal trials that followed, prosecuted by the city's politically ambitious district attorney, Francis Scott Key.
Salon Washington correspondent Jefferson...
2008_DC_Vlach_08021210Capitol Hill History Project -- John Vlach (African American Housing in 19th Century DC)
On Tuesday, February 12, the Overbeck History Project welcomes the noted folklife historian John M. Vlach, who will share findings from his recent studies of African American housing in 19th century DC, offering a visual survey slave quarters, alley dwellings and other residences. This is a return...
2003_DC_Vlach_0304086Capitol Hill History Project -- John Vlach (Capitol Hill Before L'Enfant)
This was an interesting discussion entitled "Capitol Hill Before L'Enfant" about how Washington DC was founded including the various families whose holdings formed the core of the city. I'd never really understood how it worked but basically the farmers agreed to give up farming and become real estate...
2009_DC_Wennerstein_09041450Capitol Hill History Project -- John Wennersten and Robert Pohl ("Abraham Lincoln and the end of Slavery in the District of Columbia")
The Overbeck History Project continues its Lincoln bicentennial theme with a lecture by Capitol Hill historians John R. Wennersten and Robert Pohl on the end of slavery in Washington, DC. Emancipation in the District came on April 16, 1862, nine months prior to the general Emancipation Proclamation,...
2005_DC_Browne_0509136Capitol Hill History Project -- Joseph Browne (Adolf Cluss)
A friend and follower of Karl Marx in his native Germany, Adolf Cluss arrived on Capitol Hill with grand ideas for reforming society and becoming a major architect. He eventually cooled on Communism, but succeeded spectacularly as a designer of some of Washington’s most distinctive landmarks, including...
2011_DC_Smith_11030827Capitol Hill History Project -- Kathryn Schneider Smith ("Washington at Home")
On Tuesday, March 8, Kathryn Schneider Smith will present an Overbeck History Lecture based on the completely updated second edition of her book Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation's Capital.
Using Capitol Hill as a starting point, Smith will explore how DC became...
2014_DC_Wharton_14091660Capitol Hill History Project -- Kira Wharton ("History of the US Marine Band")
A History of the U.S. Marine Band
On Tuesday, September 16, the U.S. Marine Band's historian, Gunnery Sergeant Kira Wharton, will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the renowned band's origins at the end of the 18th century and its long and colorful history in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Known...
2014_DC_Anderson_14020482Capitol Hill History Project -- Leslie Anderson ("Who Was Michael Shiner?")
Reserve Now for February 4 Overbeck Lecture: Who Was Michael Shiner?
On Tuesday, February 4, Leslie Anderson will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the remarkable life of Michael Shiner, a freed slave who worked at the Washington Navy Yard, rose to prominence in the Capitol Hill community, and...
2006_DC_Janke_0602073Capitol Hill History Project -- Lucinda Janke (Breweries of Capitol Hill)
“The Breweries of Capitol Hill”: Not a trace of them remains today, but in the late 19th century Capitol Hill boasted two of Washington’s largest breweries, complete with beer gardens and brass bands. Please join us on Tuesday, February 7, for our next Overbeck History Lecture, as we figuratively raise...
2013_DC_Murray_13110565Capitol Hill History Project -- Martin Murray ("Walt Whitman")
On Tuesday evening, November 5, the Overbeck History Lecture Series will explore Walt Whitman's immersion in the life of his adopted city, Washington, DC, during the Civil War and the following decade. Whitman scholar Martin G. Murray will discuss the poet's many roles here, sharing visual images and...
2007_DC_Canning_07041010Capitol Hill History Project -- Mike Canning ("Hollywood on the Potomac")
On Tuesday evening, April 10, Hill Rag film critic Michael Canning will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the strange, ill-informed and occasionally accurate ways that Hollywood moviemakers have depicted Washington, DC. With clips from films spanning most of the twentieth century, Canning will...
2013_DC_Canning_13020564Capitol Hill History Project -- Mike Canning ("Hollywood on the Potomac")
On Tuesday evening, February 5, Hill Rag film critic Mike Canning will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture based on his new book Hollywood on the Potomac: How the Movies View Washington, DC.

Canning has long been fascinated by the ways that moviemakers have depicted our nation's capital. With clips...
2014_DC_No_Vote_14111762Capitol Hill History Project -- Nelson Rimensnyder ("Why DC Has No Vote in Congress")
Overbeck Lecture: Why DC Has No Vote in Congress
Among all the capital cities of all the democracies in the world, only Washington, DC has no voting representation in its national legislature. How did this happen? And why, after two centuries of trying to rectify the problem, do citizens here still...
2008_DC_Berg_08090931Capitol Hill History Project -- Scott W. Berg ("L'Enfant's Grand Avenues")
Overbeck Lecture: L’Enfant’s Grand Avenues: The Overbeck History Lecture Series resumes with a new look at the French visionary who designed Washington, DC. Pierre L’Enfant’s critical role in the creation of the federal city will be examined by George Mason University writer and teacher Scott W. Berg at...
2014_DC_Grant_14040886Capitol Hill History Project -- Stephen H. Grant ("Collecting Shakespeare")
On Tuesday, April 8, Stephen H. Grant will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the lives of Henry and Emily Folger, who amassed the world's greatest collection Shakespeare treasurers, including 82 First Folios, and built a library on Capitol Hill to house them.
Based on his new book Collecting...
2012_DC_Boasberg_121120109Capitol Hill History Project -- Tersh Boasberg (experiences as head of DHPRB)
Longtime champion of DC historic preservation Tersh Boasberg will deliver our next Overbeck History Lecture on the evening of Tuesday, November 20, reflecting on his experience as chairman of the District's Historic Preservation Review Board, the DC Zoning Commission, and other leadership roles. A noted...
2004_DC_Kelly_04041311Capitol Hill History Project -- Tom Kelly (Sights and Sounds from the 1930s)
Capitol Hill native and longtime journalist Tom Kelly, who is currently writing his memoirs, described sights, sounds and characters from his childhood here in the Jazz Age and the Great Depression. Tom Kelly's first newspaper job was as a copy boy at the Washington Post in 1939. After serving in the...
2004_DC_CHRS_04061631Capitol Hill Restoration Society -- Architect of the Capitol
Alan Hantman, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), and Beverly Wood presented their plans for a study to replace the 25-year-old master plan for the Capitol. The Capitol Hill Restoration Society, a citizen's group, heard the plans for the study and then asked a number of questions about how the study...
2014_DC_Cato_Surveil_141212147Cato Institute -- "2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference"
The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference
Never in human history have people been more connected than they are today — nor have they been more thoroughly monitored. Over the past year, the disclosures spurred by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have drawn public attention...
2007_DC_CatALA_07062435Cato Institute -- "ALA Reception" (w/PJ O'Rourke, David Boaz, Michael Tanner, Brink Lindsey, and Jim Harper)
This book event was tied into the ALA conference. It was a nice evening of free food, spirits, and books. Speakers were:
* P.J. O'Rourke ("On The Wealth of Nations"),
* David Boaz ("Libertarianism: A Primer"),
* Michael D. Tanner ("Leviathan on the Right: How Big Government Conservatism Brought...
2012_DC_Cato_Clash_12051128Cato Institute -- "Clash of Economic Ideas" (w/Lawrence White, Sylvia Nasar, and James Dorn)
The Clash of Economic Ideas (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
The last 100 years have seen dramatic experiments in economic policy, from the Bolshevik Revolution to the World Trade Organization. All the while government's role in the economy has steadily grown. The recent global housing bubble and its...
2006_DC_CatCG_06080114Cato Institute -- "Comprehensive Immigration Reform for a Growing Economy" (w/Carlos Gutierrez)
Comprehensive Immigration Reform for a Growing Economy: Policy Forum: Featuring The Hon. Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce.

In January 2004, President Bush called upon Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform that would secure our borders, meet our economic needs, and uphold our best...
2015_DC_Deceit_15120828Cato Institute -- "Deceit on the Road to War" (w/John Schuessler, etc)
Deceit on the Road to War: Presidents, Politics, and American Democracy
Liberal democracy improves foreign policy. That, at least, is the view of most political scientists and the idea behind the U.S. Constitution’s assignment of war powers to both executive and legislative branches. The need for...
2006_DC_CatNE_06090722Cato Institute -- "Design for a New Europe" (w/John Gillingham and John Bruton)
"Design for a New Europe" (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
The European Union appears to be in trouble. The rise of economic nationalism among member states has thrown the Lisbon Agenda’s goal of European economic revival into disarray, and Europe’s trade protectionism has contributed to the...
2006_DC_CatEI_06101912Cato Institute -- "End of Iraq" (w/Peter Galbraith and Marina Ottaway)
The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
Author Peter W. Galbraith offers a stinging criticism of the Bush administration’s abortive nation-building policies in Iraq. Galbraith argues that it would have been nearly impossible to ever develop Iraq...
2007_DC_CatKLA_07030918Cato Institute -- "Facing a Challenge" (w/Václav Klaus)
Facing a Challenge of the Current Era: Environmentalism: Featuring Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic.
President Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic, one of the leading market reformers of the post socialist era, will be speaking at the Cato Institute about contemporary environmental issues...
2006_DC_CatFA_06101813Cato Institute -- "Foreign Aid and the Weakening of Democratic Accountability in Uganda" (w/Andrew Mwenda)
Foreign Aid and the Weakening of Democratic Accountability in Uganda
The international aid lobby claims that increased foreign aid will help to solve Africa’s problems. But, as the case of Uganda shows, foreign aid can exacerbate those problems. Foreign aid, Andrew Mwenda writes in a recent Cato study,...
2007_DC_CATFF_07042622Cato Institute -- "Freeing the Farm" (w/Clayton Yeutter and David Orden)
Freeing the Farm: A Farm Bill for All Americans: Policy Forum.
The 2007 farm bill will be written at a crucial time. Budgetary pressures, the foundering Doha Round of trade negotiations, and record-high prices for many commodities all point to the need for serious reform of U.S. agricultural policy....
2006_DC_CatNeg_06092016Cato Institute -- "In Defense of Negativity" (w/John Geer and Jeremy Mayer)
In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns"
Americans think negative campaign ads undermine elections and even democratic government itself. But John G. Geer argues that when political candidates attack each other, raising doubts about each other’s views and qualifications,...
2007_DC_CATIPS_0705109Cato Institute -- "Invasion of the Party Snatchers" (w/Vic Gold)
"Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP"), Featuring the author Victor Gold.

Vic Gold was deputy press secretary for Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign, which launched the conservative revolution in the Republican Party. He went on to...
2007_DC_CATPJO_07010924Cato Institute -- "On the Wealth of Nations" (w/P.J. O'Rourke)
P.J. O’Rourke will give a modern-day spin on The Wealth of Nations and Adam Smith’s revolutionary theories on liberty: pursuit of self-interest, division of labor, and freedom of trade. Employing Smith’s insights, P. J. will tackle such present day topics as outsourcing, blogs, central banks, and...
2006_DC_CatBlo_06121326Cato Institute -- "Overblown: How Politicians etc Inflate National Security Threats" (w/John Mueller and James Gilmore III)
Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them
Featuring:
* John Mueller, Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, Ohio State University;
* James S. Gilmore, III, Former Governor of Virginia and Chair of the Advisory Panel...
2006_DC_CatAgr_06083122Cato Institute -- "Prospects for Reform of U.S. Agricultural Policy" (w/Mike Johanns, Cal Dooley, and Robert Thompson)
Prospects for Reform of U.S. Agricultural Policy –With or without Doha
In the next six to nine months, a new farm bill will be written in the United States. The World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda negotiations were an oft-cited reason for reforming U.S. agricultural policy. Now that...
2014_DC_Tyranny_14111348Cato Institute -- "The Tyranny of Silence" (w/Flemming Rose and Jonathan Rauch)
The Tyranny of Silence (Cato Institute Press, 2014)
Journalists face constant intimidation. Whether it takes the extreme form of beheadings, death threats, government censorship or simply political correctness—it casts a shadow over their ability to tell a story.
No one knows this better than Flemming...
2007_DC_CATTPA_07061811Cato Institute -- "Trade Promotion Authority, RIP?" (w/Dooley, Cal)
Capitol Hill Briefing.
Every U.S. president since 1974 has been granted authority by Congress to negotiate agreements with other nations to expand trade. At the end of June, the Bush administration¦s ability to negotiate such agreements and submit them to Congress for an up-or-down vote, known as Trade...
2006_DC_CatMCI_06110214Cato Institute -- "U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency" (w/Jeffrey Record, Thomas Ricks, and Conrad Crane)
The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency: What We Have Learned in Iraq and Afghanistan
America’s conventional military supremacy has failed to deliver decisive results against irregular forces employing unconventional military tactics. The U.S. military learned some useful counterinsurgency lessons in...
2006_DC_CatWOT_06090826Cato Institute -- "War on Terrorism Five Years after 9/11" (w/Robert Pape, Rand Beers, Andrew Kohut, Flynt Leverett, and Dana Priest)
The Cato Institute had a Policy Forum on "The War on Terrorism Five Years after 9/11".
The horrific events of September 11, 2001, dramatically demonstrated the threat posed by suicide terrorism. With the precipitous rise of suicide attacks against democracies, particularly in the five years since...
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_Din_150717100Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Dinner
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_Etc_15071716Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Et cetera
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_EH_15071729Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Explore History!
Explore History! Discover how NMAH can bring history alive in your classroom.
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_OS_15071762Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Objects Out of Storage
Objects Out of Storage; Learn more about our Military and Photographic History collections. Presented by the NMAH curatorial staff.
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_OT_15071724Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Opening Talk
Opening Talk: Remarks from the CWT and NMAH.
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_PF_15071731Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Price of Freedom
Price of Freedom: Explore the Exhibition.
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_Th_15071733Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Theater
When history comes to life
By NMAH, March 24, 2009

Like many of you, I love the idea of inanimate objects having a secret life. The people leave, the lights go out, the door closes and then— magic, stuffed animals, toy cowboys, and Teddy Roosevelt come to life. Hollywood is particularly good at...
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_WW2_15071741Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- World War II Memorial tour
w/James Percoco
2015_DC_CBMSO_Tour_1510319Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Group tour w/Garrett Peck
Garrett Peck was leading a group through.
2012_DC_CBMSO_Opening_12041277Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Opening Preview
You are invited to a special preview of the Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office on April 12th. The April 12th event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passing of Clara Barton and will recognize the official partnership between the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the General...
2010_DC_CBMSO_Tour_1011047Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Tour
After the tour of the new National Archives Discovering the Civil War Part 2 exhibit, those who wanted to could board buses and go to a tourism event at the Willard. The bus, provided by Cultural Tourism DC, stopped at Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office for a tour. Orientation on the bus was...
2014_DC_CBMSO_Tour_14022864Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Tour w/Civil War Trust
2010_DC_CBMSO_Placards3Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards
2012_DC_CBMSO_Placards6Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards
2014_DC_CBMSO_Placards40Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards
2015_DC_CBMSO_Placards60Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: Standard Placards
2014_DC_CBMSO_Doorsteps21Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Exhibit: War on Our Doorsteps
Special Exhibition – “War on Our Doorsteps”
When Alexander Gardner’s stunning photographs of the Antietam battlefield were publicly displayed in 1862, they changed how Americans saw war forever. For a limited time, you can relive that sobering exhibition at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers...
2008_DC_Acts_II_08081631Cultural Tourism DC -- Event: Brightwood Heritage Trail Opening Acts II Band
The Emory United Methodist Church's Acts II Band played jazz next to the church as part of the heritage trail opening events.
2008_DC_TrailR_08081670Cultural Tourism DC -- Event: Brightwood Heritage Trail Opening Related Pics
2008_DC_TrailC_08081659Cultural Tourism DC -- Event: Brightwood Heritage Trail Unveiling
This was the opening event for the opening of the Battleground to Community: Brightwood Heritage Trail.
2010_DC_TrailR_1011138Cultural Tourism DC -- Event: Tenleytown Heritage Trail Opening Related Pics
Tour folks at Point Reno as well as at the fire station.
2010_DC_TrailC_10111396Cultural Tourism DC -- Event: Tenleytown Heritage Trail Unveiling
This was an event to dedicate the new "Top of the Town", the Tenleytown Heritage Trail. The event was held at the Fort Reno park.
Speakers, in sequence (more or less), were:
- Music by the Middle C Music Brass Ensemble
- Linda Harper, Executive Director, Cultural Tourism DC
- (Co-Host) Chris...
2010_DC_McDevitt_Tour45Cultural Tourism DC -- James McDevitt Investigates Lincoln’s Assassination
Ford Theatre’s Detective James McDevitt Investigates Lincoln’s Assassination:
Join the reenactment as Detective James McDevitt revisits and reexamines the sites and clues from the investigation into the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy.
Presented by Cultural Tourism DC member organization Ford’s...
2007_DC_Metro_Tour_07042218Cultural Tourism DC -- Story Behind the Artwork At Metro Stations Tour
Art on Line: The Story Behind the Artwork at Metro Stations: Led by Michael McBride, manager of the WMATA Art in Transit program, this riding and walking tour tells the fascinating stories behind the unique works of art at Metro stations. Hear about the artists who created the murals, sculptures, and...
2008_DC_Peck_Tour_08092014Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Artist G. Byron Peck's Shaw/U Street Murals
Artist G. Byron Peck’s Shaw/U Street Mural Tour:
Take a tour of murals created by prominent DC mural and mosaic artist G. Byron Peck and his associated non-profit, City Arts. Get an eyeful of the landmark mural of Duke Ellington, the Dupont Circle Mural, and the Mayan Mural, all within blocks of each...
2007_DC_U_Tour_0704217Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Before Harlem, There Was U Street
Before Harlem, There Was U Street:
Take a walk along Washington's "Black Broadway" where Duke Ellington grew up and was inspired, and where musical greats such as Cab Calloway and Dizzy Gillespie played into the wee hours of the morning. Here in the shadow of Howard University, African Americans...
2010_DC_Tivoli_Tour_10052317Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Behind-the-Scenes at GALA Theatre in the Historic Tivoli
Behind-the-Scenes at GALA Theatre in the Historic Tivoli
This behind-the-scenes tour of GALA Hispanic Theatre, DC’s premier Latino arts organization, will touch on the history of the old historic Tivoli, including an introduction to the resident theater ghost, the redesign of the theater space by GALA...
2010_DC_CHeights_Tour_10052314Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Boom, Bust, and Boom along the Columbia Heights Heritage Trail
Boom, Bust, and Boom along the Columbia Heights Heritage Trail:
The Columbia Heights Heritage Trail tour will begin and end in the heart of the 14th St. commercial area. We'll look at the boom, bust and boom of one of DC's hottest and most interesting neighborhoods. Covering most of Cultural Tourism...
2010_DC_Mt_Vernon_Tour_10052234Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Exploring the Emerging Mount Vernon Triangle Neighborhood
Exploring the Emerging Mount Vernon Triangle Neighborhood:
Sponsored by 425 Massachusetts Avenue Apartments and Steuart Investment Company
Walk the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood to learn about the history of this once forgotten neighborhood, including its rebirth, new retail, new offices, and new...
2009_DC_Twin_Oaks_Tour_09091921Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Historic Tour at Twin Oaks Estate
Historic Tour at Twin Oaks Estate:
Twin Oaks, the largest privately owned estate in Washington DC, was built in 1888 by Gardiner Hubbard, founder of the National Geographic Society. The 26-room house features the early colonial (Georgian) Revival style. From 1937 to 1978, Twin Oaks served as the...
2008_DC_Brookland_Tour_08092014Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: History of Brookland
History of Brookland:
This tour of central Brookland offers insight into the development of this one-time trolley suburb and its rich cultural heritage, including its original main street business area. Discover the work of architects such as John Joseph Early, Howard Mackey, and Hilyard Robinson. See...
2006_DC_Metro_Tour_06042217Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Metro Behind the Scenes
Metro: Behind the Scenes:
As part of Metro's 30th anniversary, participants were taken around to the original Metro stations (the first was Rhode Island Avenue, and we also did Union Station, Judiciary Square, Gallery Place, Metro Center, and Farragut North) by Metro's interim general manager, Dan...
2009_DC_NOMA_Tour_09091946Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: NoMa’s Renaissance: To NPR
NoMa’s Renaissance: To NPR:
This up-and-coming neighborhood north of Union Station is home to landmarks such as Uline Arena, site of the Beatles first North American concert in 1964. The New York Avenue Metro station opened in 2004, igniting the pace of development in NoMa. With lead anchors like...
2013_DC_NOMA_Tour_13100626Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: NoMa: From the Beatles to NPR
NoMa: From the Beatles to NPR
NoMa (the area north of Massachusetts Avenue) is a long-neglected part of DC that is now in the midst of a great renaissance. See where the Beatles played their first U.S. concert, hear the area’s rich history, and learn how the NoMa Metro station sparked the sleek new...
2008_DC_Peirce_MillWT_08042672Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Peirce Mill to Turn Again (interior tour)
Peirce Mill to Turn Again:
Peirce Mill, the last standing mill in the District, is nearing completion of a $1 million restoration program that will enable the 200-year-old mill to grind grain again. A visit to the mill will reveal the fish ladder at the dam that allows herring to migrate upstream for...
2008_DC_St_Elizabeth_Tour_08092024Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: St Elizabeth's East Campus
St. Elizabeth's East Campus Tour - Past, Present, and Future:
Tour historic St. Elizabeth's Hospital, a pioneer in therapeutic techniques in mental health. Opened in 1855, St. E’s has treated over 125,000 patients, including John Hinckley, Jr. Hear redevelopment plans for the campus that include mixed...
2009_DC_DOI_Murals_Tour_0909199Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: U.S. Department of the Interior Murals
U.S. Department of the Interior Murals Tour:
The U.S. Department of the Interior Main Interior Building was designed to be a “symbol of a new day” during the Great Depression. Explore more than 20 New Deal-era murals and learn how this public art project stimulated more than just the economy. Led by...
2008_DC_Ft_StevensWT_08042666Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Victory at Fort Stevens
Victory at Fort Stevens:
Explore Fort Stevens and its surrounding neighborhood to relive the historical highlights of the moral turning point of the Civil War. Highlights include the spot where Abraham Lincoln stood when he was almost shot by enemy fire and Battleground National Cemetery, the final...
2012_DC_Le_Droit_Tour_1209309Cultural Tourism DC -- Worthy Ambition: LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail Preview tour
Explore the unique architecture and historical figures of LeDroit Park durning this specail preview of Cultural Tourism DC’s LeDriot Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail, which is currently in development. The neighborhood was developed in 1873 as an exclusive white suburban enclave just beyond the...
2003_DC_CWPT_Endangered_03021132CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2003) w/Ron Maxwell, Stephen Lang, and Jeff Shaara
The third annual Civil War Preservation Trust round-up of the ten most endangered battlefields in the US included three special speakers involved with the movie "Gods and Generals" which premiered in DC the night before. These were Ronald Maxwell (the director), Stephen Lang (who played Stonewall...
2004_DC_CWPT_Endangered_04022429CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2004) w/Jay Winik and Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Speakers included Jay Winik (author of "April 1865: The Month that Saved America"), Benjamin Franklin Cooling, and James Lighthizer (president of the Civil War Preservation Trust). Among the people in the audience was Ed Bearss, the noted Civil War historian and tour leader. The top 10 "America's Most...
2005_DC_CWPT_Endangered_05022428CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2005) w/Darryl Worley
From the official CWPT announcement: The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) released an investigative report on the status of the nation’s battlefields at a news conference on Thursday, February 24, 2005. The report, entitled "History Under Siege: America’s Endangered Civil War Battlefields",...
2006_DC_CWPT_Endangered_06022848CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2006) w/Ben Stein
The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) hosted a news conference to announce the most endangered Civil War battlefields of 2006. Speaking at the news conference were Ben Stein (commentator and well-known movie and television personality), Dr. Libby O'Connell (historian of The History Channel), and James...
2007_DC_CWPT_Endangered_07031342CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2007) w/Charlie Wilson and Bob Mrazek
CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST UNVEILS REPORT ON MOST ENDANGERED BATTLEFIELDS

Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, descendant of Civil War soldier, and Former New York Congressman Bob Mrazek, noted Civil War novelist, join CWPT to announce report

(Washington, D.C.) - An historic West Virginia...
2008_DC_CWPT_Endangered_08031287CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2008) w/Trace Adkins
(Washington, D.C., 2/28/2008) – On Wednesday, March 12, the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) will host a news conference to announce the most endangered Civil War battlefields of 2008. Joining CWPT at the news conference will be platinum-selling Country Music artist Trace Adkins. Adkins is a lover of...
2009_DC_CWPT_Endangered_090318104CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2009) w/Richard Dreyfuss
RICHARD DREYFUSS JOINS CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST TO UNVEIL REPORT ON ENDANGERED BATTLEFIELDS

Academy Award-Winning Actor Helps Unveil Report Identifying America’s Most Endangered Battlefields

(Washington, D.C.) A bucolic Maryland battleground threatened by a trash incinerator’s unsightly...
2010_DC_CWPT_Endangered_10051357CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2010) w/Jeff Shaara
Civil War Preservation Trust Releases Annual Report on Nation's Most Endangered Battlefields

Best-Selling Author Jeff Shaara Joins Trust to Unveil “History Under Siege” Report

(Washington, D.C.) – The iconic Pennsylvania battlefield synonymous with American valor, now facing a second attempt to...
2003_DC_CWPT_Lunch_03031919CWPT -- Lunch @ DC headquarters
2005_DC_CWPT_Green_0505167CWPT -- Press Conference: "Blue, Gray, and Green" (2005)
At a news conference at the National Press Club, the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) unveiled a study on the economic benefits of battlefield preservation. The report, entitled Blue, Gray and Green: A Battlefield Benefits Guide for Community Leaders, provides concrete measures to help elected...
2010_DC_CWPT_Board_10030490CWPT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2010) in Washington, DC -- Board meeting
2010_DC_CWPT_Reception_100305126CWPT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2010) in Washington, DC -- Opening reception
2008_DC_CWPT_Photo_08092815CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Talk: Civil War Washington in Pictures (Garry Adelman)
"Capital at War: Civil War Washington in Pictures" was a journey through time to witness the transformation of Civil War Washington. It was given by Garry Adelman, the Vice President of the Center for Civil War Photography.
2008_DC_CWPT_Talk_08092648CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Talk: Lincoln Assassination (Ed Bearss)
The kick-off lecture for the Grand Review weekend was by Ed Bearss.
2008_DC_CWPT_LincMemI_08092828CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Tour group: Lincoln Memorial (inside)
Pictures include pictures in the public chamber as well as in the underground portion of the tour.
2008_DC_CWPT_LincMemO_08092873CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Tour group: Lincoln Memorial (outside)
2008_DC_CWPT_Group_08092818CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Tour group: Miscellaneous shots
2014_DC_Ft_Stevens150A_14071228DC -- 150th Anniversary of the Battle Fort Stevens -- Artillery demo
The official commemorative program is tomorrow, Saturday, July 12, at 10 AM with local dignitaries and historians Ed Bearss and C.R. Gibbs giving brief keynotes.
AND a cannon will be fired from Fort Stevens at the conclusion of the program. We expect that will be the first time in about 150...
2014_DC_Ft_Stevens150M_14071296DC -- 150th Anniversary of the Battle Fort Stevens -- Miscellaneous
The official commemorative program is tomorrow, Saturday, July 12, at 10 AM with local dignitaries and historians Ed Bearss and C.R. Gibbs giving brief keynotes.
AND a cannon will be fired from Fort Stevens at the conclusion of the program. We expect that will be the first time in about 150...
2014_DC_Ft_Stevens150P_14071297DC -- 150th Anniversary of the Battle Fort Stevens -- Program
The official commemorative program is tomorrow, Saturday, July 12, at 10 AM with local dignitaries and historians Ed Bearss and C.R. Gibbs giving brief keynotes.
AND a cannon will be fired from Fort Stevens at the conclusion of the program. We expect that will be the first time in about 150...
2014_DC_Ft_Stevens150T_14071215DC -- 150th Anniversary of the Battle Fort Stevens -- Walking Tour
The official commemorative program is tomorrow, Saturday, July 12, at 10 AM with local dignitaries and historians Ed Bearss and C.R. Gibbs giving brief keynotes.
AND a cannon will be fired from Fort Stevens at the conclusion of the program. We expect that will be the first time in about 150...
2010_DC_Triangle_Pk_13EA23DC -- 16th Street Heights -- Triangle Park (13th St & Emerson & Arkansas NW)
2007_DC_22WestCW_070915112DC -- 22 West -- Construction Watch Tour
Designed by Shalom Baranes Associates Architects, 95 luxury condominiums are being built in the heart of Washington's West End. Residence sizes range from 950 to 3,500 square feet and a stunning and unique zinc and glass façade.
2007_DC_22WestVw20DC -- 22 West -- Views from...
2003_DC_4th_Concert_03070323DC -- 4th of July Concert @ U.S. Capitol (2003) (dress rehearsal)
Personally, I find Fourth of July in downtown DC to be mostly about crowds, heat, and humidity. Having said that, the fireworks are spectacular and there's a wonderful free concert put on at the Capital which you can never get close enough to. I'm used to being within 50 feet of the stage at Wolf Trap....
2005_DC_4th_Concert_05070461DC -- 4th of July Concert @ U.S. Capitol (2005)
This year marks the 25th anniversary of A Capitol Fourth – a national Independence Day celebration where award-winning performers come together to pay tribute to the country they love for the enjoyment of millions of Americans.

THE PERFORMERS: ...
2009_DC_4th_Parade_0907045DC -- 4th of July parade (2009)
Just a pass by -- don't expect much.
2015_DC_4th_Parade_15070452DC -- 4th of July parade (2015)
2009_DC_4th_Archives_090704102DC -- 4th of July @ National Archives -- Ceremony (2009)
Declaration of Independence Reading Ceremony
* Greetings from Bob Dotson, NBC News National Correspondent
* Presentation of Colors by the Continental Color Guard
* "National Anthem" led by Duane Moody
* Performance by the 3rd U.S. Infantry "The Old Guard" Fife and Drum Corps
* Remarks by...
2015_DC_4th_Archives_150704156DC -- 4th of July @ National Archives -- Ceremony (2015)
Declaration of Independence Reading Ceremony
* Greetings from Steve Scully, C-SPAN News Broadcaster
* Presentation of colors by the Continental Color Guard*
* National Anthem by Adalia Jimenez
* Performance by the Fife and Drum Corps*
* Remarks by Archivist of the United States David S....
2015_DC_4th_ArchivesB_15070470DC -- 4th of July @ National Archives -- Member Breakfast (2015)
July 4th at the National Archives
Promise of America Breakfast: American Heritage Chocolate Tasting
Remarks:
* (Emcee) Patrick Madden, Executive Director, Foundation for the National Archives
* David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States
* A’Lelia Bundles, Chair and President, Foundation for...
2006_DC_911DC7DC -- 9/11 illumination at Pentagon from East Potomac Park
One day before the five year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Pentagon sponsored the National "Freedom Walk." It started on the National Mall and finished at the Pentagon. Afterward, there was an illumination ceremony which featured 184 beams of light to commemorate each life lost in the attack on...
2003_DC_DC9112DC -- 9/11 two years later
It was the second anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Unlike for the previous year, there weren't any special events at my building. I went outside to see the flags flying and then decided to hop over to Virginia to see the Pentagon. That's described elsewhere.
2003_DC_Idle_03102711DC -- 9:30 Club -- Eric Idle
This was very cool! Eric Idle from Monty Python came to town. Because I'd read the tickets wrong, I showed up two hours before it started and got a front row seat. Afterward, he came out and signed (and sold) merchandise. He was considerably more approachable than John Cleese had been.
2015_DC_Lincoln_VisitsV_151203132DC -- Abraham Lincoln press conference @ VFW on Illinois Statehood Day
MISTER LINCOLN GOES TO WASHINGTON
Illinois Statehood Day, Thursday, December 3, 2015, will be commemorated with a presentation of “Abraham Lincoln – A Press Conference” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
The event will take place at noon in Ketchum Hall of the VFW Building at 200 Maryland Avenue, NE,...
2010_DC_MIC44DC -- Adams Morgan -- Meridian International Center (1630 Crescent Pl NW)
2004_DC_Scottish_DCSR1DC -- Adams Morgan -- Scottish Rite Temple -- DCSR (2800 16th St NW)
2009_DC_Scottish_DCSR8DC -- Adams Morgan -- Scottish Rite Temple -- DCSR (2800 16th St NW)
2012_DC_Scottish_DCSR10DC -- Adams Morgan -- Scottish Rite Temple -- DCSR (2800 16th St NW)
2009_DC_Uni_Church6DC -- Adams Morgan -- Washington Family Church National Cathedral, FFWPU of Washington DC (Unification Church of DC) (1610 Columbia Rd., NW)
2010_DC_Uni_Church3DC -- Adams Morgan -- Washington Family Church National Cathedral, FFWPU of Washington DC (Unification Church of DC) (1610 Columbia Rd., NW)
2004_DC_Hilton2DC -- Adams Morgan -- Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut Ave NW)
2007_DC_Hilton6DC -- Adams Morgan -- Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut Ave NW)
2009_DC_Hilton1DC -- Adams Morgan -- Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut Ave NW)
2009_DC_Adams_Morgan73DC -- Adams Morgan neighborhood
2011_DC_Adams_Morgan11DC -- Adams Morgan neighborhood
2014_DC_Adams_Morgan12DC -- Adams Morgan neighborhood
2008_DC_Burn_08091115DC -- After-movie panel discussion of "Burn After Reading"
This event started with an advanced viewing of the Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading" movie followed by a panel discussion about the movie and filming in DC by two Washington Post editors and writers and a representative from the DC Film Board. (Feel free to fill in names please!)
2007_DC_DC_Snow4DC -- After a snowfall
2010_DC_AU71DC -- American University
2011_DC_AU13DC -- American University
School of International Service Building.
2012_DC_AU4DC -- American University
Folks prepping for their graduation.
2013_DC_AU1DC -- American University
2015_DC_AU11DC -- American University
2010_DC_Katzen26DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center
2011_DC_Katzen16DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center
2015_DC_Katzen52DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010B19DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010B Early Spring Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Early Spring exhibitions:
* Art Department: Student Exhibitions
* CausalityLabs: New Projects --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Pentimenti: After the Flood -- New Works by Don Kimes
* ANIMAR-TE: 20 Years of Computer Animation at U of Balearic Islands --> SHOWN...
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010B_Animarte48DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010B Early Spring Exhibit: ANIMAR-TE: 20 Years of Computer Animation at the University of the Balearic Islands
ANIMAR-TE: 20 Years of Computer Animation at the University of the Balearic Islands
March 23 through May 1
Organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, this exhibition recognizes the work of the Digital Animation Department at the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain), an international...
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010B_Causality13DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010B Early Spring Exhibit: CausalityLabs: New Projects
CausalityLabs: New Projects
March 20 through May 2, 2010
Andy Holtin and Galo Moncayo, working together as CausalityLabs, create works that explore the nature of the world through a kind of mechanical theatre with humor and mimicry. Their collective works dig into materials and events to get at our...
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010C25DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010C Late Spring Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Late Spring exhibitions:
* Georgia June Goldberg: Emergence --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* inSPIRATion
* Emilie Brzezinski: Family Trees
* Santiago Sierra: NO, GLOBAL TOUR

inSPIRATion
May 8 through June 6, 2010
Programmed by emerging curators in AU's Arts Management program,...
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010C_Emerge12DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010C Late Spring Exhibit: Georgia June Goldberg, Emergence
Georgia June Goldberg, Emergence
May 4 through August 8, 2010
"Emergence," created specifically for the American University Museum, is the largest single installation in the museum’s sculpture garden. Consisting of white wooden rhomboids sheathed in ice-blue netting, Emergence creates a glittering...
2010_DC_KatzenO_10050815DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010C Late Spring Opening Reception (Public)
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010D123DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010D Summer Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Summer exhibitions:
* Good Things Come in Small Packages: The Collection of Elizabeth French
* Soaring Voices: Recent Ceramics by Women of Japan
* Gery de Smet: See Something, Say Something!
* Norse Soul: The Legacy of Edvar Munch, Social Democracy, Old Myths, Anarchy and...
2010_DC_KatzenO_10061238DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010D Summer Opening Reception (Public)
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010E30DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010E Early Fall Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Early Fall exhibitions:
* Alan Binstock: Way-stations --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Luciano Penay: Time, News, Paintings, and Natural Forms
* RE-VISION: American University Alumni

Luciano Penay:
Time, News, Paintings,...
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010E_Binstock41DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010E Early Fall Exhibit: Alan Binstock: Way-stations
Alan Binstock: Way-stations
August 31 through October 24, 2010
Washington sculptor Alan Binstock will present a series of new works for the Sylvia Berlin Katzen Sculpture Garden integrating steel and glass to create monumental forms.
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010E_Muhn12DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010E Early Fall Exhibit: BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress
BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress
August 31 through October 17, 2010
BG Muhn’s first installation work is an ambitious and stunning series of invented “portraits” of mythical Chinese empresses. Using techniques ranging from deadpan official Chinese portrait style to a face composed of hundreds of...
2010_DC_KatzenO_100911104DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010E Early Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Artists here include BG Muhn and Alan Binstock.
2010_DC_KatzenX_2010F111DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010F Late Fall Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Late Fall exhibitions:
* Catalyst: 35 Years of Washington Project for the Arts
* Ed McGowin: Name Change (One Artist, Twelve Personas, Thirty Five Years). and
* Claudia DeMonte: Everyday Matters

Catalyst: 35 Years of Washington Project for the Arts
November 9 through...
2010_DC_KatzenO_10111313DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010F Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
2011_DC_KatzenXT_Meyers_11021246DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011A Winter Artist Talk: Linn Meyers
Museum Gallery Talk with Linn Meyers:
"Linn Meyers: A Very Particular Moment" responds to the architecture of the museum by covering the walls with hand-drawn, repetitive, geometric lines, creating a hypnotic, meditative space. Meyers will discuss creating her largest temporary drawing to-date on a 23...
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011A41DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2011 Winter exhibitions:
* Nicole Cohen: Driving in Circles
* The Dark and Humorous Mind of Heather Wilcoxon
* Dafna Kaffeman: What Could be Sweeter Than Going to Paradise?
* Julie Linowes: Stain
* Marisa Baumgartner: Grande Avenues
* Linn Meyers: A Very Particular Moment...
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011A_Meyers10DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011A Winter Exhibit: Linn Meyers: A Very Particular Moment
Linn Meyers: A Very Particular Moment
January 25 through March 13, 2011
This exhibition explores the artist’s process, culminating in Linn Meyers’ largest temporary drawing to date. Meyers will spend two weeks in the museum creating a 35-foot-tall drawing made with sinuous and twisting lines. The...
2011_DC_KatzenO_110129114DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011B_Bravos34DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: BRAVOS: Groundbreaking Spanish Design
BRAVOS: Groundbreaking Spanish Design
April 2 through May 15, 2011
BRAVOS introduces American audiences to new works by some of the most talented and successful young Spanish designers. The exhibition features 21 designers from throughout Spain, including internationally renowned Jaime Hayon and...
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011B_MFA_1Yr22DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: First Year MFA Student Exhibition 2011
Art Department Student Exhibitions 2011 -- First Year MFA Students
April 2 to April 15, 2011
Temme Barkin-Leeds
Michele Colburn
Joo Yeon Ha
Adam Hager
Tyler Mullan
Camden Place
Sam Scharf
Ben Tolman
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011B_MFA_Thesis81DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: MFA Thesis Exhibition
Art Department Student Exhibitions 2011 -- MFA Thesis Exhibition
April 23 to May 15, 2011
Emily Biondo
Jillian Bonahoom
Bobby Coleman
Michael Dotson
L. Kimberly Gillespie
Victoria Reeves Greising
Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi
Sarah Miller
Michael Sloan
2011_DC_KatzenO_11040254DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B1 Spring I Opening Reception (Public)
2011_DC_KatzenO_11042322DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B2 Spring II Opening Reception (Public)
2011_DC_KatzenXT_11060485DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011C Summer Artist Talk: E.CO
E.CO Artist Talk with artists Iata Cannabrava from Brazil and Sergi Camara from Spain:
Join the American University Museum and artists Iata Cannabrava from Brazil and Sergi Camara from Spain in an artists' talk through the E.CO exhibition, photographic projects by twenty Latin American and European...
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011C42DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011C Summer Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2011 Summer exhibitions:
* E • CO
* Registro 02, Mirar por segunda vez

E • CO
June 4 through August 14, 2011
E • CO presents photographic projects by twenty Latin American and European photographic collectives, each tasked with crafting a visual essay about one of the most...
2011_DC_KatzenO_11060420DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011C Summer Opening Reception (Public)
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011D63DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011D Fall Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2011 Fall exhibitions:
* Inner Piece: Works from the Collection of Heather and Tony Podesta
* Re-viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Wayne Barrar: An Expanding Subterra
* Gifts of Duncan Phillips
* Seismic Dream: Sculpture &...
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011D_Rosskam22DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011D Fall Exhibit: Re-viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam
Re-viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam
September 3 through December 14, 2011
This major retrospective examines the work of Louise Rosskam (1910-2003), an elusive pioneer of the golden age of American documentary photography. It highlights her poignant photographs of Southwest...
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011D_Seismic15DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011D Fall Exhibit: Seismic Dream: Sculpture & Sound Installation by Firestone & Buchanan
Seismic Dream: Sculpture & Sound Installation by Firestone & Buchanan
September 3 through December 14, 2011
Seismic Dream combines original sculpture, music scores and poetry into a ‘dreamscape’ experience, conveying a wavelike energy that disrupts the few references of reality within the Sylvia...
2011_DC_KatzenXT_Smith_11102994DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011E Late Fall Artist Talk: Courtney Smith
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011E_Spaces17DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011E Late Fall Exhibit: Courtney Smith: Insatiable Spaces
Courtney Smith: Insatiable Spaces:
October 29 through December 14, 2011
Courtney Smith is known for her furniture-based sculpture and her investigation into the physical and psychological construction of interior spaces through the deconstruction of the domestic objects surrounding human life, which...
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011E_Eisenman21DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011E Late Fall Exhibit: Nicole Eisenman: Works on Paper:
Nicole Eisenman: Works on Paper:
October 29 through December 14, 2011
As John Yau observed in The Brooklyn Rail, Nicole Eisenman’s recent work "is a needed gust of fresh air in today’s I-wannabe-an-intellectual art world." Her works have great wit, visual elegance, and a thinking artist’s searing...
2011_DC_KatzenO_11102931DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011E Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Includes photos of artists: Courtney Smith, Laura Katzman, and Beverly W. Brannan
2012_DC_KatzenX_2012A32DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2012 Winter exhibitions:
* Raoul Middleman: City Limits --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Anil Revri: Faith and Liberation through Abstraction
* Gabarron's Roots
* Regarding Our Faculties: Zoë Charlton, Tim Doud, Deborah Kahn, and Luis Manuel Cravo Silva
* (additional) Kids @...
2012_DC_KatzenX_2012A_Raoul85DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Exhibit: Raoul Middleman: City Limits
Raoul Middleman: City Limits
Saturday, January 28 – Sunday, March 18
Baltimore maestro Raoul Middleman’s nudes are not pretty—they are sagging, dimpled, and real. His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of post-industrial rot, his narrative paintings give contemporary life to his personal obsessions....
2012_DC_KatzenXT_Raoul_12021161DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Gallery Talk: Raoul Middleman
Gallery Talk with Raoul Middleman
2012_DC_KatzenO_12012850DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Several artists were there for this event: Anil Revri, Raoul Middleman, and Tim Doud.
2012_DC_KatzenXT_12012845DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Panel: Anil Revri
Anil Revri’s paintings function as aids to meditation, while at the same time the process of their creation is itself an act of meditation. They are beautiful, their craft is breathtaking, but their success depends on whether they further us, and the artist, along in the process of our own...
2012_DC_KatzenX_2012B80DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012B Spring Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2012 Spring exhibitions:
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* In the Studio: A Capstone Exhibition
* Nine Degrees
* Lou Stovall: Vertical Views
* Floating World: 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Tomokazu Matsuyama: Thousand Regards --> SHOWN...
2012_DC_KatzenX_2012B_Floating30DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012B Spring Exhibit: Floating World: 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints
Floating World: 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints
April 3 through May 20, 2012
Borrowed from the Sakai Collection of the Japan Ukiyoe Museum, the 70 prints, address themes of Sakura, US and Japan relations, and Japonism. This exhibition is supported by the Embassy of Japan and is part of the...
2012_DC_KatzenX_2012B_Regards20DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012B Spring Exhibit: Tomokazu Matsuyama: Thousand Regards
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Thousand Regards
April 3 through May 20, 2012
Japanese-born and New York-based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama combines traditional Edo and Meiji period imagery with contemporary motifs and patterning to blend Eastern and Western aesthetics. Matsuyama’s art is reflective of his own...
2012_DC_KatzenX_2012C68DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012C Summer Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2012 Summer exhibitions:
* Mexico: Expected/Unexpected
* Patrick Graham: Thirty Years—The Silence Becomes the Painting
* The Constant Artist

Mexico: Expected/Unexpected
June 9 through August 12, 2012
This exhibition of selected works from the Isabel and Agustín Coppel...
2012_DC_KatzenX_2012D_Platforms10DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012D Late Fall Exhibit: Platforms: Washington Sculpture Group
Platforms: Washington Sculpture Group
September 1 through December 16
Platforms is an outdoor sculpture exhibition presented in the Myrtle Berlin Katzen Scupture Garden curated by Jeff Spaulding and featuring the work of Damian Yanessa, Patrick McGowen, Kate Kauffman, Steven Jones, Linda Hesh, Robert...
2012_DC_KatzenX_2012D_Olitski26DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012D Late Fall Exhibit: Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski
Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski
September 15 through December 16
Widely regarded as one of America’s last classic modern painters, Jules Olitski (1922–2007) created brilliant color harmonies and chromatic shifts that became one of the hallmarks of Color Field painting. Olitski enjoyed...
2013_DC_KatzenXT_Molod_13012613DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Artist Talk: Andrei Molodkin
2013_DC_KatzenXT_Bruskin_13012632DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Artist Talk: Grisha Bruskin
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013A21DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2013 Winter exhibitions:
* Susan Yanero
* Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Andrei Molodkin: CRUDE --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Andrea Way: Retrospective 1982–2012
* The Fellows Converge: The Obstructions

Susan Yanero
January 26 through March 17, 2013
Former AU...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013A_Crude8DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Exhibit: Andrei Molodkin: CRUDE
Andrei Molodkin: CRUDE
January 26 through March 17, 2013
Andrei Molodkin is an internationally recognized contemporary Russian artist engaged in deconstructing the economic realities of geopolitical praxis. Consisting of his monumental ballpoint-pen drawings and his three-dimensional constructions...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013A_HHour99DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Exhibit: Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour
Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour
January 26 through March 17, 2013
Contemporary Russian artist Grisha Bruskin's new sculpture project H-Hour examines the myth of the enemy in very diverse manifestations: the hostile state, class enemy, enemy of the subconscious, 'the other' as enemy, time, chronos and death as...
2013_DC_KatzenO_13012648DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Join artists and curators for the 2013 winter Artists' Reception from 6-9 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. The night will include a gallery talk by artists Grisha Bruskin at 5 p.m. and Andrei Molodkin at 6 p.m.
Pictures here include several of the artists -- Andrea Way and Susan Yanero.
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013B_Haner9DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013B Spring Exhibit: Lee Haner: Mischief
Lee Haner: Mischief
April 6 through May 26, 2013
Recent mixed-media works by a reclusive master. Balanced between representation and abstraction, painting and sculpture, the exhibition is inspired by the land and first peoples of the American Southwest.
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013B_Borges14DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013B Spring Exhibit: Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
April 6 through May 26, 2013
Argentinean Jorge Luis Borges is one of the most prominent and profoundly philosophical literary figures of the twentieth century. Sixteen visual artists interpret twelve stories by Borges, organized according to three topics:...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013B_App8DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013B Spring Exhibit: Timothy App: The Aesthetics of Precision, Forty-Five Years of Painting
Timothy App: The Aesthetics Of Precision, Forty-Five Years Of Painting
April 6 through May 26, 2013
Timothy App’s signature style of geometric abstraction reveals a concise and considered understanding of the nature of painting, visual tension, and persistence. The exhibition brings together various...
2013_DC_KatzenO_13040618DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013B Spring Opening Reception (Public)
Includes photos of the artist Timothy App.
2013_DC_KatzenXT_Mont_13062933DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Artist Talk: Nan Montgomery
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013C_Klaidman12DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Exhibit: Kitty Klaidman: Beneath the Surface
Kitty Klaidman: Beneath The Surface
June 15 through August 11, 2013
Recent mixed media paintings by Washington, D.C., artist Kitty Klaidman. In these paintings, richly colored acrylic pigment is applied on wood panels covered with molding paste that has been incised with organic patterns. They are...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013C_Montgomery9DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Exhibit: Nan Montgomery: Opposite and Alternate
Nan Montgomery: Opposite And Alternate
June 15 through August 11, 2013
Recent oil paintings by Washington, D.C., artist Nan Montgomery. Throughout her career, Montgomery’s basic signature has been the use of color as communication, the interest in the painted surface and a minimalist aesthetic. The...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013C_Raya8DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Exhibit: Raya Bonardchuk: Form
Raya Bodnarchuk: Form
June 15 through August 11, 2013
Raya Bodnarchuk’s sculpted animals and people are beautifully and carefully observed, the mature work of a master of many different media. Trained at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design and the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013C_Tate10DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Exhibit: Tim Tate: Sleepwalker
Tim Tate: Sleepwalker
June 15 through August 11, 2013
Tim Tate is Washington, DC’s best known contemporary glass artist, but his latest work has moved toward video installations. Rich in symbol, metaphor, movement, and mystery, videos, like dreams, enable us to participate in another reality and,...
2013_DC_KatzenXT_Visit_13110956DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Artist Talk: Hilary Harnischfeger and Tracy Miller
Join artists Tracy Miller and Hilary Harnischfeger with curator Tim Doud in a gallery talk about the Visiting Artist Series, on exhibit through December 15.
2013_DC_KatzenXT_Tsibi_13110910DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Artist Talk: Tsibi Geva
Gallery Talk with Tsibi Geva
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Bisese18DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Ed Bisese: Alive
Ed Bisese: Alive
November 5 to December 15, 2013
Ed Bisese, a landscape architect based in College Park, Maryland, is known for large-scale painted portraits, oversized heads, and walk-in sculpture made of everyday materials. His work is hilarious and contemplative, poking at the tenuous relationship...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Dorazio5DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Joel D'orazio: Pull Up A Chair
Joel D'orazio: Pull Up A Chair
November 5 to December 15, 2013
Joel D’Orazio began his career as an architect more than 25 years ago, but recently shifted to art, painting on panels and creating mixed media works, sculpture, and digital art using found and donated objects. This exhibition focuses on...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Brotman3DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Lisa Montag Brotman: What Can I Say?
Lisa Montag Brotman: What Can I Say?
November 5 to December 15, 2013
Lisa Montag Brotman sees herself as a “reporter and interpreter of human emotions.” Brotman says: “In my paintings and drawings, I express a personal vision of a universe that is somewhat askew. My work focuses on psychological...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Siberia15DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Siberia In The Eyes Of Russian Photographers
Siberia In The Eyes Of Russian Photographers
November 5 to December 15, 2013
The exhibition presents unknown Siberia as photographed by Russians. These photographs, many shown in the West for the first time, span more than 150 years, between the 1860s and 2011. This is a history of Siberia and a...
2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Visiting20DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Visiting Artists Series w/Hilary Harnischfeger And Tracy Miller
Visiting Artists Series
November 5 to December 15, 2013
The AU Art Department brings two Brooklyn-based artists to campus to teach and exhibit. Curated by Studio Art professor Tim Doud.

Hilary Harnischfeger:
Hilary Harnischfeger makes wall-mounted compositions as well as sculptures. She employs...
2013_DC_KatzenO_13110919DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Join artists Tracy Miller and Hilary Harnischfeger with curator Tim Doud.
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014A121DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2014 Winter exhibitions:
* Agustín Fernández: Ultimate Surrealist
* Washington Art Matters II: 1940s-1980s
* Sightlines: Ann Pibal, Jill Downen

Agustín Fernández: Ultimate Surrealist
January 25 to March 16, 2014
The work of Agustín Fernández is most recognizable for its...
2014_DC_KatzenXT_Kuspit_14012542DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014A Winter Gallery Talk: Donald Kuspit on Agustin Fernandez
Gallery Talk: Donald Kuspit on Agustin Fernandez
The work of Agustin Fernandez is most recognizable for its ambiguous and precariously balanced forms, erotic overtones, surreal juxtapositions, and metallic palette. Inspired by the demands of survival in an urban environment and the mundane objects that...
2014_DC_KatzenO_14012556DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014B88DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014B1 Spring I Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2014 Spring exhibitions:
* Double Mirror: Korean-American Artists
* MFA Studio Art Exhibitions
* MYND ALIVE: BK Adams. I AM ART
* In Residence Colloquium: The Neighbors
* Brink and Boundary
* Sightlines

Double Mirror: Korean-American Artists
April 1 – June 1,...
2014_DC_KatzenO_14040530DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014B1 Spring I Opening Reception (Public)
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014B287DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014B2 Spring II Exhibitions
Perambulators: 2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition
April 26 – May 12, 2014

American University's Department of Art proudly presents the work of MFA Thesis candidates in the late spring exhibition Perambulators. The multidisciplinary Studio Art program showcases an exciting range of artwork including works in...
2014_DC_KatzenO_14042624DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014B2 Spring II Opening Reception (Public)
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014C128DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014C Summer Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2014 Summer exhibitions:
* The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Second Act
* Continental Drift (Being Here and Being There)
* Passionate Collectors: The Washington Print Club at 50
* Syzygy

The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Second Act
June 14 – August 17, 2014
Conceived by...
2014_DC_KatzenO_1406148DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014C Summer Opening Reception (Public)
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014D_Ramos20DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014D Early Fall Exhibit: Bridging the Past, Present, and Future: Recent Works by Sandra Ramos
Bridging the Past, Present, and Future: Recent Works by Sandra Ramos
September 6 through October 19, 2014
Curated by Diane Camber, this exhibition is comprised of prints, video, collage, and installations created by Cuban artist Sandra Ramos. This artist reflects on the conflicting experiences of...
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014D_Memorial13DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014D Early Fall Exhibit: Memorial Modeling: Peter Belyi and Petr Shvetsov
Memorial Modeling: Peter Belyi and Petr Shvetsov
September 6 through October 19, 2014
Funding for this exhibition is provided by the Initiative for Russian Culture
The installations created by Peter Belyi and Petr Shvetsov refer to a specific doctrine of so-called 'monumental propaganda' that the...
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014D_Readymade1DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014D Early Fall Exhibit: Readymade@100
Readymade@100
September 6 through October 19, 2014
Curated by artist, art theorist, and Corcoran College of Art and Design professor Mark Cameron Boyd, Readymade@100 celebrates the 100th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's readymade concept. This juried exhibition includes contemporary artist's...
2014_DC_KatzenXT_Lay_14110837DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Artist Talk: Alan Sonfist and Karin F. Giusti
Gallery Talk: Lay of the Land (Updated 10/30)
Join artists Alan Sonfist and Karin F. Giusti for a discussion of their joint exhibition, Lay of the Land: Surface Memory by Alan Sonfist and Three Season at Black Forest Farm by Karin Giusti. This event is free and open to the public. The late fall artists...
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Land22DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: Lay of the Land: Alan Sonfist & Karin F. Gusti
Lay of the Land: Alan Sonfist & Karin F. Gusti
November 8 through December 14, 2014
This joint exhibition includes the work of Alan Sonfist (Surface Memory) and Karin F. Giusti (Three Seasons at Black Forest Farm).
Alan Sonfist created Surface Memory in 1967-1971 to elucidate his childhood memories...
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Oyster1DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: My Oyster #7: Michelle Grabner & Brad Killam
My Oyster #7: Michelle Grabner & Brad Killam
November 8 through December 14, 2014
The My Oyster projects are a collaboration between Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam, a husband and wife pair working together since 1992. For their My Oyster series, Grabner and Killam employ a large hanging support...
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Prague22DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: Prague, the City of Eugenic Minds
Prague, the City of Eugenic Minds
November 8 through December 14, 2014
The Eugenic Minds project, comprised of a documentary by Pavel Stingl, animations and paintings by Xenia Hoffmeisterová, and literary artwork by Patrik Ou?edník, offers timeless meditation upon the abuse of the human pinnacles of...
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Sculpture8DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: Sculpture Now 2014: WSG 30th Anniversary
Sculpture Now 2014: WSG 30th Anniversary
November 8 through December 14, 2014
Funding for this exhibition is provided by the Initiative for Russian Culture
The Washington Sculptors Group celebrates its 30th anniversary by bringing together a diverse collection of current sculptural art. The notion of...
2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Diebenkorn7DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: The Intimate Diebenkorn: Works on Paper, 1949-1992
The Intimate Diebenkorn: Works on Paper, 1949-1992
November 8 through December 14, 2014
The Intimate Diebenkorn: Works on Paper: 1949-1992 is the first show produced by the Diebenkorn Foundation. This extraordinary exhibition features 40 pieces, most of which have never been publicly viewed. The...
2014_DC_KatzenO_14110813DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
2015_DC_KatzenXT_Levenson_15012440DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Artist Talk: Silvia Levenson
Introductions were made by Cecilia Nahón, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to the United States of America
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015A_Byington25DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Exhibit: Dean Byington: Buildings Without Shadows
Dean Byington: Buildings Without Shadows
January 24 through March 15, 2015.
Composed of a dense profusion of original and appropriated images, Dean Byington's paintings recall surrealist collage and the assemblage and psychedelic aesthetic that began in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the San...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015A_Identidad18DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Exhibit: Identidad by Silvia Levenson
Identidad by Silvia Levenson
January 24 through March 15, 2015.
In her exhibition Identidad, Silvia Levenson channels her identity as a survivor of the Argentinian Dirty War and her emotional connection to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo in order to push the bounds of her skills as a glassmaker...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015A_Sourced1DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Exhibit: Locally Sourced
Locally Sourced
January 24 through March 15, 2015
Curated by Victoria Reis, Transformer
The first in the Do You Know Where Your Art Comes From? four-part exhibition series curated by Victoria Reis, Executive & Artistic Director of Transformer, and presented at American University's Katzen Art Center...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015A_Plattner22DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Exhibit: Phyllis Plattner: Gods of War!
Phyllis Plattner: Gods of War!
January 24 through March 15, 2015
Some wage war in the name of God. All fight with the belief that God is on their side. Phyllis Plattner's art is a painted meditation, appropriating images of war and religion from art history and photojournalism to contrast the...
2015_DC_KatzenO_15012430DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Including some photos of the artist Phyllis Plattner.
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Kravitz7DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: Drawings: Walter Kravitz
Drawings: Walter Kravitz
April 4 through May 24, 2015
Walter Kravitz brought his passion for aesthetics and innovative concepts from Chicago to Washington nearly thirty years ago. His drawings and installations have evolved into explorations of the way events happen in the natural world. His lines...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Noto12DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: Sam Noto, Steel Sculpture: Anxiety and Hope
Sam Noto, Steel Sculpture: Anxiety and Hope
September 6, 2014, through March 15, 2015
In his large steel constructions, largely made of found materials, Sam Noto allows his materials to generate form and occupy space in a dynamic way. This sculpture exhibition is both serious and playful and expresses...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Goldstein8DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: Transcription of Blue: Guy Goldstein
Transcription of Blue: Guy Goldstein
April 4 through May 24, 2015
As both a visual artist and musician, I am fascinated by the transitions between media -- attempts to convert and translate actions through one medium to another. This project continues my ongoing occupation with the relationship...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Ramesh17DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: V. Ramesh: Remembrances of Voices Past
V. Ramesh: Remembrances of Voices Past
April 4 through May 24, 2015
For V. Ramesh, an act of devotion seems not only an apt social response to existential tragedies, but also a quest for freedom. As a painter he attempts to find an appropriate language and devise strategies to find an equivalency to...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Glue14DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: YES! Glue: A Half-Century of Collage by Bruce and Jean Conner
YES! Glue: A Half-Century of Collage by Bruce and Jean Conner
April 4 through May 24, 2015
Collage played a prominent and happily subversive role in the history of 20th century art; subversive because it undermined distinctions between "high" and "low" art by appropriating mass-produced images....
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_MFA_1Yr38DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: [Insert Non-Pretentious Title Here]: MFA First Year Exhibition
[Insert Non-Pretentious Title Here]: MFA First Year Exhibition
April 4 through April 19, 2015
American University’s Department of Art presents the work of current MFA candidates in their first year of the Studio Arts program. [Insert Non-Pretentious Title Here] is a compilation of works from American...
2015_DC_KatzenXT_Goldst_1504048DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Gallery Talk: Guy Goldstein
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_MFA_Thesis29DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring II Exhibit: Blueprint: MFA Thesis Exhibition
Blueprint: MFA Thesis Exhibition
On view April 25 – May 10
American University’s Department of Art proudly presents their Masters of Fine Art Thesis candidates: Nathan Mullins, Ayad Almissouri, Angelina Samudre, Jenny Wu, Mandy Cooper, Michael Holt, Robert Yi, Tim Hoyt. This exhibition showcases an...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Lost6DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring II Exhibit: Lost and Found: Young Art from Lithuania
Lost and Found: Young Art from Lithuania
On view April 25 – May 24
The MFA Curatorial Practice students from American University and Vilnius Academy of Arts (VAA) in Lithuania present a unique project as a part of an educational and artistic exchange between the two universities: Lost and Found: Young...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Stone13DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring II Exhibit: Stone, Silence and Speech: Sculptures by Sy Gresser
Stone, Silence and Speech: Sculptures by Sy Gresser
Curated by Ori Z. Soltes
On view April 25 – August 16
Over more than six decades, Sy Gresser (1926-2014) wrestled with issues and ideas that define humanity. Beginning as a poet, he metamorphosed into a sculptor of stone and wood. If nothing is more...
2015_DC_KatzenO_15040420DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B1 Spring I Opening Reception (Public)
Including V. Ramesh with one of his favorite pieces.
2015_DC_KatzenO_1504255DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B2 Spring II Opening Reception (Public)
2015_DC_KatzenXT_Atomic70_150805115DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Closing: Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Atomic Bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this evening will include testimony by two Hibakushi (survivors of the atomic bombings) and a piano and choral performance by the children of Little Friends of Peace.
Program (in sequence):
* Melvin Hardy
*...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015C_Atomic244DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Exhibit: Hiroshima-Nagaski: Atomic Bomb Exhibition
Hiroshima-Nagaski: Atomic Bomb Exhibition
June 13 through August 16, 2015
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the attacks, this powerful show will include 20 artifacts collected from the debris of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as 6 large folding screens that depict...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015C_Outliers15DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Exhibit: Outliers: Kurt Godwin and Betsy Packard
Outliers: Kurt Godwin and Betsy Packard
June 13 through July 26, 2015
Curated by J.W. Mahoney, Outliers is a dialogue between two Washington-area artists who have been working outside the boundaries of mainstream contemporary art for over three decades. These artists have effectively transformed...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015C_Winslow33DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Exhibit: Realism Transformed: John Winslow's Wild New World
Realism Transformed: John Winslow's Wild New World
June 13 through July 26, 2015
In the early to mid 1980s masterful Washington realist John Winslow engineered a series of stunning changes in his work: Precisely defined spaces became ambiguous, right angles became swooping curves, and once-static...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015C_Ziedins51DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Exhibit: Visvaldis Ziedins: Travels in the Imagination
Visvaldis Ziedins: Travels in the Imagination
June 13 through July 26, 2015
Working quietly and in near obscurity during the dark days of the Latvian Soviet period, artist Visvaldis Ziedins amassed a remarkable body of over 3,000 works. This survey brings his witty assemblages, sculptures, collages...
2015_DC_KatzenXT_AtomicT_15080553DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Gallery Talk: Hiroshima-Nagaski: Atomic Bomb Exhibition
Hiroshima-Nagaski: Atomic Bomb Exhibition
June 13 through August 16, 2015
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the attacks, this powerful show will include 20 artifacts collected from the debris of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as 6 large folding screens that depict...
2015_DC_KatzenXT_Ziedins_15061262DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Gallery Talk: Visvaldis Ziedins exhibit
Reception & Preview of Visvaldis Ziedins: Travels in the Imagination:
Join the exhibit preview with remarks by the Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia H.E. Andris Razans. Visvaldis Ziedins exhibit Travels in the Imagination is part of Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union public...
2015_DC_KatzenO_15061211DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Opening Reception (Member)
2015_DC_KatzenXT_Decision_15062353DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Panel Discussion: Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition: Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
This film screening and symposium will bring together a panel of prominent historians to reflect on the decision to drop the atomic bombs and its implications. Free and open to the public.
Film screening of "The Bomb" from...
2015_DC_KatzenXT_Remember_150616151DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Panel Discussion: To Remember and Reflect
Panel Discussion: To Remember and Reflect:
In conjunction with the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, this panel brings together several artists who have addressed war-related suffering in their own work. Panelists include Kristine Yuki Aono, Kitty Klaidman, Miriam Morsel Nathan, and Aida...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_10Years29DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: 10th Year Wall
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_Blood8DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Blood Mirror
Blood Mirror
September 12 through October 18, 2015
Blood Mirror, organized by artist Jordan Eagles, seeks to create an open dialogue and effect change around the US Food & Drug Administration's current discriminatory policy on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.
In 2015, Jordan Eagles...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_Knodel51DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Gerhardt Knodel: Let the Games Begin!
Gerhardt Knodel: Let the Games Begin!
September 12 through October 18, 2015
In Gerhardt Knodel’s latest work, gaming-based strategies provide both a visual and conceptual point of entry. Like game playing, involvement often yields unexpected consequences. Approached as pure entertainment, games can...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_Shaffer40DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Mary Shaffer: Reflections and Contradictions
Mary Shaffer: Reflections and Contradictions
September 12 through October 18, 2015
Influential sculptor Mary Shaffer creates a site-specific glass and metal “tool-wall” installation for her solo-exhibition to feature her fascination with discarded tools. "I take lovingly crafted, hand-forged tools —...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_Pulse43DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Pulse of the Future
Pulse of the Future
September 12 through October 18, 2015
Contemporary Chinese Art captured the world's attention in the 1980s. Now the next generation is coming of age and staking its own claim for artistic precedence.
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_McConnell11DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Walter McConnell: Itinerant Edens
Walter McConnell: Itinerant Edens
September 12 to October 18, 2015
A series of male figures derived from familial models are central to Walter McConnell’s installation Of Fable and Facsimile. Rendered in moist, unfired clay and sealed in terrarium-like plastic enclosures, McConnell’s earthen bodies...
2015_DC_KatzenO_15091196DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Opening Reception (Member)
Artists who spoke tonight included Walter McConnell, Gerhardt Knodel, and Mary Shaffer. The contemporary Chinese art community was represented by artists Shaowei Deng and Jie Wang, and BG Muhn helped the delegation.
2015_DC_KatzenO_15091265DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Artists who spoke tonight included Gerhardt Knodel and Mary Shaffer. The contemporary Chinese art community was represented by artists Shaowei Deng and Jie Wang, and BG Muhn helped the delegation. Other artists present included Chawky Frenn and Pat Goslee.
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Design8DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Art and Design: Two Designers and Their Art
Art and Design: Two Designers and Their Art
Michael Graham and Marc Pekala
November 7 through December 13, 2015
Michael Graham and Marc Pekala both trained in graphic design programs and went on to careers in teaching and commercial design. Their design educations provided a foundation and language...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Ress8DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Beverly Ress: The World Is a Narrow Bridge
Beverly Ress: The World Is a Narrow Bridge
November 7 through December 13, 2015
Over the past several years Beverly Ress has focused on drawing objects collected by natural history and medical museums, then manipulating the paper on which they're drawn. Her closely observed renderings of objects...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_White10DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Joseph White: Post-It
Joseph White: Post-It
November 7 through December 13, 2015
A retrospective of DC artist Joseph White shows the diversity of his work from the 1980s to the present. The exhibition includes large-scale representational paintings, works on paper and his latest paintings based on Post-It drawings.
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Klagsbrun11DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Micheline Klagsbrun: Free Fall Flow
Micheline Klagsbrun: Free Fall Flow
November 7 through December 13, 2015
DC-based artist Micheline Klagsbrun's latest work ranges from ink and pencil drawings on vellum to large canvases and three-dimensional wall hangings and sculptural forms. Created by a dynamic interplay of lines, colors and...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Kessler8DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Susanne Kessler: Jerusalem
Susanne Kessler: Jerusalem
November 7 through December 13, 2015
Tracing the lines of the city map of Jerusalem with pencil or wire, again and again, like a mantra or prayer, allows Susanne Kessler to feel close to Jerusalem—the city of mankind. A city where three monotheistic religions come together,...
2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Vesper44DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Titus Kaphar: The Vesper Project
Titus Kaphar: The Vesper Project
November 7 through December 13, 2015
This installation is a massive sculptural statement which weaves the artist's own work into the walls of a 19th century American house. Kaphar's most ambitious expression to date, The Vesper Project is a culmination of an intense...
2011_DC_AU_Park9DC -- American University Park neighborhood
2014_DC_Disabled_Mem57DC -- American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
The memorial had its official opening the day before I got by to see it. Interesting use of water in a memorial and the first time I'd seen an eternal flame bubbling out of water.
2015_DC_Disabled_Mem14DC -- American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
2013_DC_Anacostia3DC -- Anacostia
2004_DC_Big_Chair2DC -- Anacostia -- Public Art: The Big Chair
2013_DC_Big_Chair3DC -- Anacostia -- Public Art: The Big Chair
2013_DC_Thurgood_Academy2DC -- Anacostia -- Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School
2004_DC_UHPrayerA1DC -- Anacostia -- United House of Prayer for All (1123 Howard St. SE)
2013_DC_UHPrayerA5DC -- Anacostia -- United House of Prayer for All (1123 Howard St. SE)
2007_DC_SIAM_East_River35DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: East of the River: Continuity and Change
East of the River: Continuity and Change
September 15, 2007 – November 9, 2008
To celebrate the museum's 40th anniversary, this exhibition documents the development of community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River beginning with the original inhabitation by Native Americans up to the...
2015_DC_SIAM_CWChanged177DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: How the Civil War Changed Washington
How the Civil War Changed Washington
February 2, 2015 – November 15, 2015
This exhibition examines the social and spatial impact of the Civil War on Washington, DC and the resulting dramatic changes in social mores, and in the size and ethnic composition of the city’s population. The population of the...
2004_DC_SIAM4DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere
2007_DC_SIAM7DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere
2015_DC_Anacostia_Park46DC -- Anacostia Park
2005_DC_Mellon_Fountain1DC -- Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain
2015_DC_Mellon_Fountain53DC -- Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain
The National Gallery of Art had gotten permission from the National Park Service to take over maintenance of the fountain. The first steps involved sealing off the area and removing dead and rotting trees which is what they were working on today. I talked to a staffer and he said they hoped they could...
2009_DC_AT4G_09061038DC -- Annual Technology for Government Reception (w/Vinton Cerf)
The Annual Technology for Government Reception: Mayflower Hotel ~ Washington, DC:
TechAmerica, the country’s leading technology industry association, cordially invites you to attend the annual Technology for Government event. Our 2009 event will be held for the first time as a reception at the...
2013_DC_Archstone24DC -- Archstone First and M
2013_DC_ArchstoneVw44DC -- Archstone First and M -- Views from...
2008_DC_Mem_Bridge4DC -- Arlington Memorial Bridge
2009_DC_Mem_Bridge35DC -- Arlington Memorial Bridge
More pictures of those Italian statues on the DC side of the bridges.
2013_DC_Mem_Bridge30DC -- Arlington Memorial Bridge
2005_DC_AFRH5DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
2006_DC_AFRH6DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
2007_DC_AFRH10DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
2008_DC_AFRH91DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
2009_DC_AFRH2DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
2011_DC_AFRH4DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
2012_DC_AFRH77DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
Including some of the masonry damage from the earthquake.
2013_DC_AFRH3DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
2015_DC_AFRH22DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
2015_DC_SISG_Art_Gift19DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Art of the Gift: Recent Aquisitions
Art of the Gift: Recent Aquisitions
July 25, 2015 – December 13, 2015
The beauty and diversity of Asian art are evident throughout the collections of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Since the opening of the Freer in 1923 and the Sackler in 1987, generous gifts and funds...
2015_DC_SISG_Lucre69DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston's Filthy Lucre
Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston's Filthy Lucre
May 16, 2015 – November 29, 2016
Filthy Lucre, an immersive installation by painter Darren Waterston, reimagines James McNeill Whistler’s famed Peacock Room—an icon of American art—as a decadent ruin collapsing under the weight of its own creative...
2015_DC_SISG_Shiota6DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Perspectives: Chiharu Shiota
Perspectives: Chiharu Shiota
August 30, 2014 – June 7, 2015
Haunted by the traces that the human body leaves behind, the work amasses personal memories of lost individuals and past moments through an accumulation of discarded shoes and notes collected by the artist. Shiota studied at Kyoto Seike...
2015_DC_SISG_Baladi13DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Perspectives: Lara Baladi
Perspectives: Lara Baladi
August 29, 2015 – June 5, 2016
Egyptian-Lebanese artist Lara Baladi (born 1969) experiments with the photographic medium, investigating its history and its role in shaping perceptions of the Middle East—particularly Egypt, where she is based. This installation centers on Oum...
2015_DC_SISG_Travellers65DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Traveler's Eye: Scenes of Asia
The Traveler's Eye: Scenes of Asia
November 22, 2014–May 31, 2015
Travel shapes how we see the world. Long after a trip has ended, images made to guide, track, and represent travelers and their journeys continue to influence our views of other cultures and our own cultural identities. Featuring more...
2008_DC_SISG_Monkeys2DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
2004 – Indefinitely
This whimsical sculpture was originally created as a temporary display by expatriate Chinese artist Xu Bing (b. 1955) for the 2001 exhibition Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing. In order for it to remain on permanent view, it was re-created...
2004_DC_SISG28DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere
2005_DC_SISG22DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere
2006_DC_SISG29DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere
2008_DC_SISG22DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere
2015_DC_SISG2DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere
2003_DC_SIAIB41DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg
Several visits:...
2004_DC_SIAIB61DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg
This museum building was closed to the public for renovations. I got permission from the James Smithson Society to come in and take pictures of the interior. It was a thrill to go to the upper floors and take pictures of this beautiful building.
2011_DC_SIAIB35DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg
2012_DC_SIAIB22DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg
2013_DC_SIAIB3DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg
2015_DC_SIAIB70DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg
This was the first time I'd been inside since 2004.
2010_DC_ArtsNStreet36DC -- Arts on N Street Festival
Arts on N Street Festival Comes to Washington Convention Center
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Walter E. Washington Convention Center partner to organize Arts on N Festival, a free affordable art festival featuring work by District artists, organizations and local businesses.
The DC...
2014_DC_Atlas_PAC19DC -- Atlas District -- Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St NE)
2008_DC_Atlas29DC -- Atlas District neighborhood
2009_DC_Atlas15DC -- Atlas District neighborhood
2015_DC_Atlas1DC -- Atlas District neighborhood
2010_DC_City_Church14DC -- AU Park -- City Church & Methodist Cemetery (formerly Eldbrooke United Methodist, now Citizen Heights) (4100 River Rd NW)
2010_DC_Engine2024DC -- AU Park -- Engine Company 20 (4300 Wisconsin Ave. NW)
This fire station was holding an open house as part of the opening of the "Top of the Town" Tenleytown Heritage Trail.
2011_DC_Natl_Pres_Ctr11DC -- AU Park -- National Presbyterian Church and Center (4101 Nebraska Ave., NW)
2012_DC_Natl_Pres_Ctr77DC -- AU Park -- National Presbyterian Church and Center (4101 Nebraska Ave., NW)
2011_DC_NBC45DC -- AU Park -- NBC4 Television Station (4001 Nebraska Ave NW)
2011_DC_St_Ann40DC -- AU Park -- Saint Ann Catholic Church (4001 Yuma St. NW)
2011_DC_Tenley_Lib4DC -- AU Park -- Tenley Friendship Neighborhood Library (4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW)
2005_DC_Bank_View16DC -- Bank of America Building @ 15th and G -- Views from...
2004_DC_Armory1DC -- Barney Circle -- Armory
2004_DC_RFK_Stadium1DC -- Barney Circle -- RFK Stadium (2400 East Capitol St NE)
2005_DC_Basilica_Cellar58DC -- Basilica of the Natl Shrine of the Immaculate Conception -- Cellar level
2008_DC_Basilica_Cellar83DC -- Basilica of the Natl Shrine of the Immaculate Conception -- Cellar level
2005_DC_Basilica_Main69DC -- Basilica of the Natl Shrine of the Immaculate Conception -- Main level
2008_DC_Basilica_Main114DC -- Basilica of the Natl Shrine of the Immaculate Conception -- Main level
2005_DC_Basilica_Out9DC -- Basilica of the Natl Shrine of the Immaculate Conception -- Outside views
2008_DC_Basilica_Out31DC -- Basilica of the Natl Shrine of the Immaculate Conception -- Outside views
2011_DC_Basilica_Out26DC -- Basilica of the Natl Shrine of the Immaculate Conception -- Outside views
Mostly exterior shots but also including a couple who needed their photo by an icon.
2010_DC_OLVictory3DC -- Berkley -- Our Lady of Victory Church DC (4755 Whitehaven Pkwy. NW)
2008_DC_Bikeshare3DC -- Bike Sharing / Racks
2009_DC_Bikeshare2DC -- Bike Sharing / Racks
2011_DC_Bikeshare2DC -- Bike Sharing / Racks
2005_DC_Law_BlueM_05051018DC -- Blue Mass @ St Patrick's (2005)
Once a year, there's a National Police Week which honors law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. To kick it off is a "blue mass" at the nearby St Patrick's Cathedral. I happened on the event this year, which was the 11th annual one. Present was Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.
2010_DC_Law_BlueM_100504143DC -- Blue Mass @ St Patrick's (2010)
All parishioners and friends of St. Patrick's Catholic Church are cordially invited to join hundreds of first responders from around the country at St. Patrick's 16th Annual Blue Mass. Held each year at the beginning of National Police Week, we pray for those in law enforcement and fire safety, remember...
2014_DC_Blue_Plains121DC -- Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant
2014_DC_Blue_PlainsVC21DC -- Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant -- Visitor Center
2010_DC_Brentwood11DC -- Brentwood neighborhood
2011_DC_Brentwood58DC -- Brentwood neighborhood
2012_DC_Brentwood20DC -- Brentwood neighborhood
2013_DC_Brentwood6DC -- Brentwood neighborhood
2014_DC_Brentwood10DC -- Brentwood neighborhood
2008_DC_Emory6DC -- Brightwood -- Emory United Methodist Church (by Fort Stevens)
2008_DC_Brightwood45DC -- Brightwood neighborhood
Including Emory United Methodist Church.
2013_DC_Brightwood4DC -- Brightwood neighborhood
Ooh! A new mural!
2005_DC_Franciscan85DC -- Brookland -- Franciscan Monastery (1400 Quincy St., NE)
2008_DC_Franciscan45DC -- Brookland -- Franciscan Monastery (1400 Quincy St., NE)
2008_DC_Brookland68DC -- Brookland neighborhood
2009_DC_Brookland10DC -- Brookland neighborhood
2014_DC_Brookland4DC -- Brookland neighborhood
2008_DC_Bus5DC -- Bus smokes up by Metro Center
I have no idea what happened with this bus. I heard a loud "boom" and noticed smoke. It was belching smoke like it had blown up or something. The people got off the bus, walked away (presumably to another bus), and eventually the bus started moving again, still smoking pretty heavily.
2015_DC_Busboys_Brookland14DC -- Busboys and Poets -- Brookland
2015_DC_Busboys_Takoma15DC -- Busboys and Poets -- Takoma
2005_DC_Callbox1DC -- Callboxes
2009_DC_Callbox21DC -- Callboxes
2010_DC_Callbox6DC -- Callboxes
2011_DC_Callbox9DC -- Callboxes
2013_DC_Callbox12DC -- Callboxes
2005_DC_Law_Candlelight_05051366DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2005)
17th Annual Candlelight Vigil: National Police Week 2005. There was a program which featured comments by Craig Floyd (the chairman of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund), Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and others. After that, a reading of the names newly engraved on the Memorial...
2007_DC_Law_CandlelightC_07051360DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2007) -- Ceremony
I was wayyyy back during the actual ceremony so don't expect those pictures to be great but the candlelight part went well as did the pictures afterward. You'll see some decent pictures of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Craig Floyd, Chairman of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial...
2007_DC_Law_CandlelightP_07051391DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2007) -- Pre-ceremony events
2007_DC_Law_CandlelightR_07051390DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2007) -- Related images
2008_DC_Law_CandlelightC_08051379DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2008) -- Ceremony
The official program for the evening (not all of which I got on film) was as follows:
- Presentation of the Colors -- United States Park Police
- National Anthem -- Performed by Sergeant Michael Devine, New York City Police Department
- Invocation -- Reverend Kate Braestrup
- Welcoming Remarks...
2008_DC_Law_CandlelightP_08051339DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2008) -- Pre-ceremony events
2008_DC_Law_CandlelightR_08051373DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2008) -- Related images
2009_DC_Law_CandlelightC_09051392DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2009) -- Ceremony
Program of the Evening:
- Opening Musical Tribute: Phoenix Police Department Honor Chorus
- Presentation of the Colors: United States Park Police
- National Anthem: Performed by Lieutenant Randy Sutton, Las Vegas (NV) Metropolitan Police Department
- Invocation: Officer Steven V. Hillman,...
2009_DC_Law_CandlelightR_09051372DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2009) -- Related images
2012_DC_Law_Candlelight_120513109DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2012) -- Pre-ceremony events
I didn't stick around for the ceremony. It's gotten so big that there's really no way to get close enough to see the stage anymore.
2013_DC_Law_Candlelight_13051234DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2013) -- Preparation for ceremony
2007_DC_Pride_Festival_07061045DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2007)
Stage performers here are Crystal Waters and Rachel Panay. The off-stage performers were also interesting!
2008_DC_Pride_08061569DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2008)
Performances include the following:
* BETTY
* DC Cowboys
* Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C.
* Wicked Jezabel

Descriptions:

BETTY:
Elizabeth, Alyson, and Amy -- BETTY -- is a five-piece pop rock band fronted by Elizabeth Ziff, Alyson Palmer and Amy Ziff (L to R above). The band’s...
2009_DC_Pride_09061435DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2009) -- except stage performances
2009_DC_PrideP_090614179DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2009) -- stage performances
Including performances by:
- DC Swoing,
- Sister Funk,
- DC Cowboys,
- Ella Fitzgerald (not that one),
- Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC,
- Odd Girl Out,
- Lori Michaels,
- Vanessa Conde,
- Martha Wash, and
- RuPaul
2010_DC_PrideW_10061351DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2010) -- Chely Wright
2010_DC_Pride_10061336DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2010) -- except Chely Wright
2011_DC_Pride_Festival_11061253DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2011)
2014_DC_Pride_Festival_14060855DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2014)
2007_DC_Pride_March_07060992DC -- Capital Pride March (2007)
Large contingent of churches joins Pride celebration
Mayor Fenty leads group of elected officials in parade

By LOU CHIBBARO JR
Friday, June 15, 2007
Surging crowds lining the parade route added to the enthusiasm of this year’s 32nd annual Pride festivities as thousands turned out for last...
2013_DC_JLewis_Office19DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon HOB -- Congressman John L Lewis' Office
I visited the Congressman's office to drop off two copies of his graphic novel "March" to have signed. Amazing place! Note that he has no computer at his desk... or in fact any clear space on his desk at all. But all the accolades and photos... Amazing life!
2013_DC_Cannon_HOB30DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
2014_DC_Cannon_HOB14DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
2011_DC_Cap_Hill_Club19DC -- Capitol Hill -- Capitol Hill Club (300 1st St SE)
2013_DC_Christ_Church8DC -- Capitol Hill -- Christ Church Capitol Hill (620 G St SE)
2011_DC_Dirksen_SOB9DC -- Capitol Hill -- Dirksen Senate Office Building
2005_DC_Eastern_Market5DC -- Capitol Hill -- Eastern Market (225 7th St SE)
2006_DC_Eastern_Market10DC -- Capitol Hill -- Eastern Market (225 7th St SE)
2007_DC_Eastern_Market32DC -- Capitol Hill -- Eastern Market (225 7th St SE)
This was my first visit after a fire on April 30, 2007 caused extensive damage. The smell of charcoal was still thick in the air.
The shuttered windows had been covered by paintings that were done by various artists.
2009_DC_Eastern_Market39DC -- Capitol Hill -- Eastern Market (225 7th St SE)
2014_DC_Eastern_Market32DC -- Capitol Hill -- Eastern Market (225 7th St SE)
2004_DC_Folger11DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE)
2006_DC_Folger10DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE)
2007_DC_Folger112DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE)
2009_DC_Folger112DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE)
2011_DC_Folger82DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE)
2014_DC_Folger175DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE)
2015_DC_Folger2DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE)
2011_DC_Hart_SOB2DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building
2015_DC_Hart_SOB68DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building
2015_DC_Lincoln_VisitsH_15120310DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building -- Event: Lincoln Visits for Illinois Statehood Day
2009_DC_Hill_Center7DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hill Center (921 Penn Ave SE)
2012_DC_Hill_Center15DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hill Center (921 Penn Ave SE)
2006_DC_Lincoln_Pk9DC -- Capitol Hill -- Lincoln Park
2009_DC_Lincoln_Pk21DC -- Capitol Hill -- Lincoln Park
2013_DC_Lincoln_Pk23DC -- Capitol Hill -- Lincoln Park
2011_DC_ReformationDC16DC -- Capitol Hill -- Lutheran Church of the Reformation (212 E Capitol St., NE)
2005_DC_Naval_Lodge10DC -- Capitol Hill -- Naval Lodge Masonic Hall (330 Penn Ave. SE)
2007_DC_Naval_Lodge6DC -- Capitol Hill -- Naval Lodge Masonic Hall (330 Penn Ave. SE)
2008_DC_Naval_Lodge15DC -- Capitol Hill -- Naval Lodge Masonic Hall (330 Penn Ave. SE)
2009_DC_Naval_Lodge3DC -- Capitol Hill -- Naval Lodge Masonic Hall (330 Penn Ave. SE)
An interesting camera thing in the balcony.
2014_DC_Naval_Lodge8DC -- Capitol Hill -- Naval Lodge Masonic Hall (330 Penn Ave. SE)
2013_DC_Rayburn_HOB13DC -- Capitol Hill -- Rayburn House Office Bldg
2005_DC_RTaft_Memorial1DC -- Capitol Hill -- Robert A. Taft Memorial
2008_DC_RTaft_Memorial9DC -- Capitol Hill -- Robert A. Taft Memorial
2014_DC_RTaft_Memorial16DC -- Capitol Hill -- Robert A. Taft Memorial
2011_DC_Russell_SOB2DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg
2015_DC_Alice_Post_150930141DC -- Capitol Hill -- Sewall-Belmont House -- Alice Award (2015) -- Luncheon and Post-event Mingling
2015_DC_Alice_Program_15093062DC -- Capitol Hill -- Sewall-Belmont House -- Alice Award (2015) -- Program/Awards
Luncheon celebrating Senator Patty Murray & Senator Lisa Murkowski
Awards Program agenda:
* Welcome: Peggy Cifrino, 2015 Alice Award Co-Chair
* Alice Award Presentation: Diana Chasen Lipsey, President, Board of Directors, awarding...
*** Senator Patty Murray
* Alice Award Presentation: Lucy...
2015_DC_Alice_Pre_150930202DC -- Capitol Hill -- Sewall-Belmont House -- Alice Award (2015) -- Setup and Pre-Event Mingling
2003_DC_Clift_03110618DC -- Capitol Hill -- Sewall-Belmont House -- Eleanor Clift at "Iron Jawed Angels" preview
This event featured a talk by Eleanor Clift, Contributing Editor for Newsweek, who talked about her book "Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment", as well as a preview clip from the HBO film "Iron Jawed Angels" which will debut in February. She was introduced by Helen Thomas, another journalist....
2003_DC_Sewall_Belmont14DC -- Capitol Hill -- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
2007_DC_Sewall_Belmont2DC -- Capitol Hill -- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
2012_DC_Sewall_Belmont141DC -- Capitol Hill -- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
Open house day.
2015_DC_Sewall_Belmont41DC -- Capitol Hill -- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
2007_DC_St_Josephs15DC -- Capitol Hill -- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (313 2nd St., NE)
2006_DC_Stanton_Pk4DC -- Capitol Hill -- Stanton Park
2009_DC_Stanton_Pk3DC -- Capitol Hill -- Stanton Park
2011_DC_Fridge_ChorO_11040929DC -- Capitol Hill -- The Fridge -- Event: Chor Boogie's "This Ain't No Place For No Hero" -- Opening
Chor Boogie Opening: This Aint No Place For No Hero
Chor Boogie has been in residency at The Freezer for three weeks preparing for his latest show at The Fridge -- This Aint No Place For No Hero!
Please join us Saturday night from 7:00 - 10:00 PM for the opening reception!
For more info on this show,...
2010_DC_Call_Mom80DC -- Capitol Hill -- The Fridge -- Event: "Call Your Mom" mural project
2011_DC_Fridge_Chor33DC -- Capitol Hill -- The Fridge -- Exhibit: Chor Boogie's "This Ain't No Place For No Hero" -- Artwork
Chor Boogie Opening: This Aint No Place For No Hero
Chor Boogie has been in residency at The Freezer for three weeks preparing for his latest show at The Fridge -- This Aint No Place For No Hero!
Please join us Saturday night from 7:00 - 10:00 PM for the opening reception!
For more info on this show,...
2011_DC_Fridge_Fridge523DC -- Capitol Hill -- The Fridge -- Exhibit: "Fridge5
The Fridge is pleased to announce FRIDGE5, a group show featuring some of our best-loved "street" and gallery artists from around the United States, each of whom has previously shown at The Fridge -- inside and outside of the gallery. The show will feature all-new, original work created specifically for...
2010_DC_Fridge28DC -- Capitol Hill -- The Fridge (516 8th St NE)
2011_DC_Fridge14DC -- Capitol Hill -- The Fridge (516 8th St NE)
2008_DC_United_Methodist2DC -- Capitol Hill -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE)
2007_DC_VFW15DC -- Capitol Hill -- Veterans of Foreign Wars-US (200 Maryland Ave NE)
2012_DC_VFW15DC -- Capitol Hill -- Veterans of Foreign Wars-US (200 Maryland Ave NE)
2015_DC_VFW11DC -- Capitol Hill -- Veterans of Foreign Wars-US (200 Maryland Ave NE)
2006_DC_CapHill7DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood
2007_DC_CapHill2DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood
2008_DC_CapHill7DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood
2009_DC_CapHill101DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood
2011_DC_CapHill31DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood
Including Mark Warner, Governor of Virginia, being interviewed on the street.
2012_DC_CapHill25DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood
2013_DC_CapHill17DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood
2014_DC_CapHill3DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood
I never noticed the Star Spangled Banner trail signs before.
2015_DC_CapHill5DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood
2007_DC_Steps47DC -- Capitol Steps (two appearances)
I saw this group twice this year:
(070112) With Margot -- her Christmas present to me,
(070118) Less than a week later as a component of the Gallup event I went to
2005_DC_Steps_0504276DC -- Capitol Steps @ Cognos Expo
2005_DC_CIS2DC -- Carnegie Institute for Science
2008_DC_CIS41DC -- Carnegie Institute for Science
2009_DC_CIS20DC -- Carnegie Institute for Science
2011_DC_CIS10DC -- Carnegie Institute for Science
2012_DC_CIS14DC -- Carnegie Institute for Science
2014_DC_CIS54DC -- Carnegie Institute for Science
2013_DC_CCWP_Dream_LOC_13020140DC -- CCWP Dream Day -- Group in Library of Congress
The Center for Civil War Photography is pleased to announce an upcoming one-day member event so special that it can only be entitled, THE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY DREAM DAY, with behind-the-scenes curators tours of the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress and more. Curators will unearth from storage and...
2013_DC_CCWP_Dream_SIPG_13020172DC -- CCWP Dream Day -- Group in Portrait Gallery
The Center for Civil War Photography is pleased to announce an upcoming one-day member event so special that it can only be entitled, THE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY DREAM DAY, with behind-the-scenes curators tours of the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress and more. Curators will unearth from storage and...
2013_DC_CCWP_Dream_Castle_13020127DC -- CCWP Dream Day -- Group in Smithsonian Castle
The Center for Civil War Photography is pleased to announce an upcoming one-day member event so special that it can only be entitled, THE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY DREAM DAY, with behind-the-scenes curators tours of the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress and more. Curators will unearth from storage and...
2005_DC_Mickey114DC -- Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations
2005_DC_MiKick_05031965DC -- Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations -- Kick-off event
This was the official kick-off event for the "Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations" event in Washington DC. After being split up to tour a variety of cities, the Mickey statues were brought back together in DC before going up to New York to be auctioned off at Sothebys. Highlights from the event included...
2003_DC_Cherry147DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2003)
I visited the blossoms three times this year. On the first day, I found myself in the midst of a photo shoot for a Cherry Blossom princess event and ended up helping out at one of their events later in the week.
2004_DC_Cherry139DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2004)
I visited the blossoms twice this year.
2005_DC_Cherry140DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2005)
I made six cherry blossom visits this year. This particular set includes: ...
2006_DC_Cherry131DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2006)
I visited the blossoms twice this year.
2007_DC_Cherry119DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2007)
I visited the blossoms three times this year.
2008_DC_Cherry142DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2008)
2009_DC_Cherry102DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2009)
Including Fran and her friend. Also including John and Pud, his cat that he takes for walks.
2010_DC_Cherry80DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2010)
It was interesting how many military helicopters just happened to be doing maneuvers on this beautiful day.
2011_DC_Cherry41DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2011)
2012_DC_Cherry72DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2012)
2013_DC_Cherry66DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2013)
Not quite there yet.
2014_DC_Cherry97DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2014)
2015_DC_Cherry127DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2015)
2010_DC_Avalon6DC -- Chevy Chase -- Avalon Theatre (5612 Connecticut Ave NW)
2008_DC_PProse16DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW)
Including the open-mic musicians at the cafe downstairs as well as the mural in the back.
2010_DC_PProse18DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW)
The rush the day before Christmas including a visit from the Grinch (Andrew Getman)!
2011_DC_PProse22DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW)
Including the Christmas window display as well as the new owners Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine and the new print-on-demand machine.
2012_DC_PProse8DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW)
2013_DC_PProse24DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW)
I love the "line forms here" markers.
2014_DC_PProse6DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW)
The guitar scene downstairs.
2011_DC_Blessed_Sacrament35DC -- Chevy Chase -- Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament (3630 Quesada St. NW)
2011_DC_CChase_Circle33DC -- Chevy Chase Circle
2011_DC_Chevy_Chase4DC -- Chevy Chase neighborhood
2011_DC_CCPC56DC -- Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church (1 Chevy Chase Circle, NW)
2005_DC_Friendship_Arch10DC -- Chinatown -- Friendship Arch
2008_DC_Friendship_Arch9DC -- Chinatown -- Friendship Arch
2009_DC_Friendship_Arch15DC -- Chinatown -- Friendship Arch
2010_DC_Friendship_Arch1DC -- Chinatown -- Friendship Arch
2015_DC_Friendship_Arch1DC -- Chinatown -- Friendship Arch
2012_DC_IBEW11DC -- Chinatown -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers HQ (900 7th St NW)
2010_DC_SixthVw44DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Views from Roof
Including two visits to the roof while the entire roof's copper sealing was being replaced.
2013_DC_SixthVw21DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Views from Roof
View from the roof of Sixth and I.
2005_DC_Sixth_I11DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW)
2007_DC_Sixth_I11DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW)
2008_DC_Sixth_I50DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW)
Including construction of a new handicapper ramp.
2009_DC_Sixth_I23DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW)
Including a nice sunset and the runners group.
2010_DC_Sixth_I9DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW)
2011_DC_Sixth_I20DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW)
2013_DC_Sixth_I7DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW)
Lots of panoramas!
2014_DC_Sixth_I11DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW)
2015_DC_Sixth_I1DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW)
2008_DC_Surratt_Boarding5DC -- Chinatown -- Surratt Boarding House (604 H St NW)
2015_DC_Surratt_Boarding3DC -- Chinatown -- Surratt Boarding House (604 H St NW)
2007_DC_TechWorld2DC -- Chinatown -- TechWorld
2008_DC_TechWorld11DC -- Chinatown -- TechWorld
2009_DC_TechWorld4DC -- Chinatown -- TechWorld
2007_DC_Chinatown5DC -- Chinatown neighborhood
2008_DC_Chinatown19DC -- Chinatown neighborhood
2009_DC_Chinatown9DC -- Chinatown neighborhood
2010_DC_Chinatown3DC -- Chinatown neighborhood
2012_DC_Chinatown2DC -- Chinatown neighborhood
2014_DC_Chinatown10DC -- Chinatown neighborhood
2012_DC_CNewYr_120129119DC -- Chinese New Year Parade (2012)
2008_DC_Ft_Bunker_Hill4DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Bunker Hill
2015_DC_Ft_DeRussy11DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort DeRussy
2010_DC_Ft_Reno26DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Reno Park and Reservoir
2011_DC_Ft_Reno6DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Reno Park and Reservoir
2015_DC_Ft_Slocum7DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Slocum
2011_DC_Ft_Stanton4DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Stanton
2004_DC_Ft_Stevens4DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Stevens Park
2008_DC_Ft_Stevens38DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Stevens Park
2013_DC_Ft_Stevens27DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Stevens Park
2014_DC_Ft_Stevens4DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Stevens Park
2015_DC_Ft_Totten20DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Totten
2011_DC_City_Center15DC -- CityCenterDC complex
2012_DC_City_Center90DC -- CityCenterDC complex
2014_DC_City_Center12DC -- CityCenterDC complex
2009_DC_Twin_Oaks90DC -- Cleveland Park -- Historic Twin Oaks estate
Photographed during a Cultural Tourism DC-sponsored tour of the estate.
2004_DC_Sams_PandR1DC -- Cleveland Park -- Sam's Park & Ride
2012_DC_Sams_PandR4DC -- Cleveland Park -- Sam's Park & Ride
2004_DC_Uptown_Theater1DC -- Cleveland Park -- Uptown Theater
2004_DC_Cleveland_Pk2DC -- Cleveland Park neighborhood
2012_DC_Cleveland_Pk1DC -- Cleveland Park neighborhood
2009_DC_Clydes15DC -- Clyde's Restaurant @ Gallery Place
2005_DC_Powell_0504274DC -- Cognos Expo -- Colin Powell
Colin Powell was here for a trade group event -- the Cognos 2nd Annual Government Forum ("Driving Performance and Accountability in the Public Sector”). After being introduced by Rob Ashe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cognos Inc, Powell gave a wonderful talk about outsourcing (imagine going...
2005_DC_Portal7DC -- Colonial Village -- Bishop's House (1640 Portal Dr NW) -- Christmas Lights
2012_DC_Portal34DC -- Colonial Village -- Bishop's House (1640 Portal Dr NW) -- Christmas Lights
2009_DC_All_Souls6DC -- Columbia Heights -- All Souls Church, Unitarian (1500 Harvard St NW)
2010_DC_All_Souls2DC -- Columbia Heights -- All Souls Church, Unitarian (1500 Harvard St NW)
2009_DC_Cardozo14DC -- Columbia Heights -- Cardozo High School
2009_DC_CardozoV13DC -- Columbia Heights -- Cardozo High School -- Views from...
2010_DC_Carlos_Rosario3DC -- Columbia Heights -- Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School (1100 Harvard St NW)
2009_DC_Gibbons_Mem3DC -- Columbia Heights -- James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue
2007_DC_Meridian60DC -- Columbia Heights -- Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park)
2008_DC_Meridian4DC -- Columbia Heights -- Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park)
2009_DC_Meridian50DC -- Columbia Heights -- Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park)
2014_DC_Meridian78DC -- Columbia Heights -- Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park)
2009_DC_Natl_Baptist3DC -- Columbia Heights -- National Baptist Memorial Church (1501 Columbia Rd, NW)
2010_DC_Natl_Baptist1DC -- Columbia Heights -- National Baptist Memorial Church (1501 Columbia Rd, NW)
2009_DC_Tivoli9DC -- Columbia Heights -- Tivoli Theater --> GALA Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th St NW)
2010_DC_Tivoli110DC -- Columbia Heights -- Tivoli Theater --> GALA Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th St NW)
Including shots from a tour inside.
2009_DC_Columbia_Heights_CP2DC -- Columbia Heights Civic Plaza (and sidewalk mosaics)
2008_DC_Columbia_Heights42DC -- Columbia Heights neighborhood
2009_DC_Columbia_Heights116DC -- Columbia Heights neighborhood
Cultural Tourism DC has a new self-guided walking tour of the neighborhood. It was a beautiful day so I walked it.
2010_DC_Columbia_Heights71DC -- Columbia Heights neighborhood
2011_DC_Columbia_Heights2DC -- Columbia Heights neighborhood
2012_DC_Columbia_Heights1DC -- Columbia Heights neighborhood
2015_DC_Columbia_Square11DC -- Columbia Square building
2005_DC_Cong_Cem53DC -- Congressional Cemetery
2008_DC_Cong_Cem352DC -- Congressional Cemetery
2013_DC_Cong_Cem180DC -- Congressional Cemetery
2015_DC_Cong_Cem102DC -- Congressional Cemetery
2015_DC_Cong_Cem_Goats19DC -- Congressional Cemetery -- Goats
Have you ever seen a green goat? Come to Historic Congressional Cemetery on Capitol Hill on Thursday, August 6th, and watch a herd of Browsing Green Goats in action. The goats will spend around two weeks at the cemetery helping to control invasive species that threaten this National Historic Landmark....
2008_DC_Santa4DC -- Constitution Avenue -- Santa Clauses make an appearance
2006_DC_Corcoran_Amer2DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries
2010_DC_Corcoran_Amer122DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries
2011_DC_Corcoran_Amer53DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries
2013_DC_Corcoran_Amer127DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries
2014_DC_Corcoran_Amer5DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries
2010_DC_Corcoran_Cont2DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Contemporary Galleries
2011_DC_Corcoran_Cont17DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Contemporary Galleries
2013_DC_Corcoran_Cont39DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Contemporary Galleries
2014_DC_Corcoran_Cont4DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Contemporary Galleries
2006_DC_Corcoran_Eur23DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries
2010_DC_Corcoran_Eur59DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries
2011_DC_Corcoran_Eur34DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries
2013_DC_Corcoran_Eur33DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries
2014_DC_Corcoran_Eur37DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries
2014_DC_Corcoran_Paley100DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: American Metal: The Art of Albert Paley
American Metal: The Art of Albert Paley
June 28, 2014 to September 28, 2014

American Metal presents a retrospective survey of the art of Albert Paley, one of the world’s most distinguished metalsmiths. It covers all aspects of his nearly 50-year career, starting with his work as a jeweler and...
2006_DC_Corcoran_Glass3DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Glasswork
2006_DC_Corcoran_Salon12DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Salon Dore
2010_DC_Corcoran_Salon24DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Salon Dore
2013_DC_Corcoran_Salon6DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Salon Dore
2003_DC_Corcoran2DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
2004_DC_Corcoran4DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
2005_DC_Corcoran1DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
2006_DC_Corcoran14DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
2007_DC_Corcoran2DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
2008_DC_Corcoran3DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
I never noticed the wires holding the griffins in place before.
2009_DC_Corcoran9DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
2010_DC_Corcoran38DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
2011_DC_Corcoran2DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
2013_DC_Corcoran5DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
2014_DC_Corcoran3DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
The Corcoran gallery space is scheduled to close on October 1. It's being acquired by the National Gallery of Art, with its collection being split up. I wanted to see it before it closed.
2012_DC_Costco_NYAve16DC -- Costco @ New York Ave
The new Costco opens on New York Avenue.
2013_DC_Costco_NYAve2DC -- Costco @ New York Ave
The new gas station was expected to open later in the month at the DC Costco.
2006_DC_CrittersDC8DC -- Critters -- Bird and squirrel
Two critter sightings:
(060512) Baby black bird outside OAS building
(061215) Grey squirrel at Pershing Park
2007_DC_CrittersDC2DC -- Critters -- Dog on the corner
2011_DC_CrittersDC3DC -- Critters -- Racoon @ Rhode Island Avenue shopping center
2015_DC_CrittersDC3DC -- Critters -- Squirrel
Cooling off squirrel
2009_DC_CrittersDC5DC -- Critters -- Squirrel @ trash can, hawk in tree
2003_DC_CrittersDC8DC -- Critters -- Squirrels
One squirrel was on the Mall. He was sunning himself on a park bench and I decided to try to photos. He ended up climbing a tree and then coming down again, apparently expecting treats. The other was in Lafayette Park.
2005_DC_CrittersDC7DC -- Critters -- Squirrels and ducks
Three different casts:
(050427) The nesting duck at the Treasury Building got national coverage this year. It had settled by a tree in front of the Treasury Building and stayed there until the ducklings were born. People put out water bowls and surrounded it with metal fences and overhead netting for...
2008_DC_CrittersDC9DC -- Critters -- Wounded robin and a squirrel
Including a wounded robin by the tulip beds of the Tidal Basin, and an extroverted squirrel
2009_DC_Dangerous_091029156DC -- DC Labor Filmfest @ US Capitol -- Daniel Ellsberg ("The Most Dangerous Man in America")
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Presented by the DC Environmental Film Festival and The Impact Arts + Film Fund, The Project On Government Oversight
1971: America is embroiled in a dirty war based on lies. A president is abusing the power of his office,...
2009_DC_DangerousR_09102979DC -- DC LaborFest -- Film: "The Most Dangerous Man in America" (w/Daniel Ellsberg) -- Pre-event Reception
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Presented by the DC Environmental Film Festival and The Impact Arts + Film Fund, The Project On Government Oversight
1971: America is embroiled in a dirty war based on lies. A president is abusing the power of his office,...
2015_DC_Streetcar4DC -- DC Streetcar
2004_DC_Shakespeare_0405173DC -- Debate on Shakespeare's Henry Plays: Resolved: That The Invasion of France Was Justified @ Langsburgh
The Shakespeare Theatre held a debate called "Resolved: That the Invasion of France was Justified." I only saw part of it, thinking it would be pretty dry, while I was waiting for a booksigning at Olsson's. As it turns out, it had a number of guests: Kenneth Adelman (director of US Arms Control and...
2015_DC_Decatur_Gingerbread48DC -- Decatur House -- Exhibit: White House Gingerbread
2010_DC_USDA14DC -- Dept of Agriculture Building (Jamie L. Whitten Bldg)
2013_DC_USDA44DC -- Dept of Agriculture Building (Jamie L. Whitten Bldg)
2003_DC_DOC1DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg)
The NOAA display from DOC main lobby.
2007_DC_DOC1DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg)
Steve Guthrie and Family outside the Dept of Commerce Building
2009_DC_DOC38DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg)
Including the law library and the court yard which is being redone as the designated swing space for when the building is gutted.
2010_DC_DOC5DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg)
2011_DC_DOC34DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg)
Including:
* Temporary coral reef display in the lobby called "Our Changing Seas: A Coral Reef Story" by Courtney Mattison.
* New generator being lifted up to the Commerce Dept roof.
2012_DC_DOC21DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg)
The Ron Brown memorial in detail. Also the holiday display in the Commerce lobby.
2013_DC_DOC8DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg)
Including security folks on the roof awaiting the president's arrival.
2015_DC_DOC21DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg)
2015_DC_DOC_SFT58DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg) -- Sculpture of Federal Triangle exhibit
Sculpture of Federal Triangle display. It's been there for years but I never photographed it.
2007_DC_DOEd3DC -- Dept of Education Bldg (400 Maryland Ave SW)
2011_DC_DOE_Museum15DC -- Dept of Energy -- Energy Museum
2009_DC_DOI15DC -- Dept of Interior Building
2014_DC_DOI3DC -- Dept of Interior Building
2005_DC_DOI_Murals2DC -- Dept of Interior Building -- Murals
2009_DC_DOI_Murals103DC -- Dept of Interior Building -- Murals
Including some Indian artwork as well.
2014_DC_DOI_Murals58DC -- Dept of Interior Building -- Murals
Abbreviated tour during the museum open house.
2014_DC_DOI_Murals_Tour_1410181DC -- Dept of Interior Building -- Murals Walking Tour
This was one of the regular DOI mural tours that they offer twice a week.
2009_DC_DOIVw4DC -- Dept of Interior Building -- View from terrace
2005_DC_DOI_Museum34DC -- Dept of Interior Museum
2006_DC_DOI_Museum11DC -- Dept of Interior Museum
2008_DC_DOI_Museum24DC -- Dept of Interior Museum
2014_DC_DOI_Museum_CAmer34DC -- Dept of Interior Museum -- Exhibit: See America
From July 21 through September 30, 2014 the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum is hosting the “See America” exhibition, presented by Creative Action Network and the National Parks Conservation Association. Featured in this temporary show are 50 posters by 46 different artists depicting natural,...
2006_DC_DOJ3DC -- Dept of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Dept of Justice Bldg)
2007_DC_DOJ2DC -- Dept of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Dept of Justice Bldg)
2008_DC_DOJ3DC -- Dept of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Dept of Justice Bldg)
2009_DC_DOJ9DC -- Dept of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Dept of Justice Bldg)
2015_DC_DOJ24DC -- Dept of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Dept of Justice Bldg)
2004_DC_DOL_View13DC -- Dept of Labor -- Views from rooftop cafe
I was told this was my last visit.
2005_DC_Treasury1DC -- Dept of Treasury building
2006_DC_Treasury1DC -- Dept of Treasury building
2007_DC_Treasury15DC -- Dept of Treasury building
2009_DC_Treasury11DC -- Dept of Treasury building
Views inside the Cash Room.
2013_DC_Treasury7DC -- Dept of Treasury building
2015_DC_Treasury1DC -- Dept of Treasury building
2009_DC_EDiscovery_09030529DC -- DGI -- E-Discovery, Records & Information Management Conf & Expo
E-Discovery, Records & Information Management Conference & Expo : March 5, 2009:
Changing Rules, Technologies & Strategies
Join government and industry experts who will discuss current requirements, challenges, and examples of successful e-discovery and records management programs. Speakers: (not...
2012_DC_Cloud_1209209DC -- DGI -- Government Cloud Computing and Data Center Conference & Expo
Cloud-based services are now included in federal technology plans, and cloud-adoption within the government is moving forward.  Also moving forward is The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative which calls for reducing the number of data centers by 39% by 2015.  Government agencies are required to...
2004_DC_Edge_04091818DC -- Digital Edge Expo (2004)
This was a free expo at the Washington DC Convention Center sponsored by NBC4. It was an odd mix of consumer electronics, Independence Air, cars, etc. We had fun and Margot ran into an old co-worker and her fiance.
2009_DC_Colombia135DC -- Discover Colombia Through Its Heart -- Heart art around town
Hearts 1-7 and 15 along Pennsylvania Avenue. Cumulative total seen = 8 of 40.
2009_DC_ColombiaLMA_090906133DC -- Discover Colombia Through Its Heart -- Verny Varela & his Orchestra -- Audience
Latin Grammy nominee Verny Varela & his Orchestra will perform a free concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
2009_DC_ColombiaLMP_090906115DC -- Discover Colombia Through Its Heart -- Verny Varela & his Orchestra -- Performance
Latin Grammy nominee Verny Varela & his Orchestra will perform a free concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
2004_DC_WWI3DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial
2006_DC_WWI1DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial
2007_DC_WWI20DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial
2009_DC_WWI10DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial
After a snow.
2011_DC_WWI5DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial
Being reconditioned.
2012_DC_WWI9DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial
2013_DC_WWI9DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial
2005_DC_SIPG_Bldg2DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
2006_DC_SIPG_Bldg65DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Pictures taken before July 2006 were of the outside of the building as they got it ready for its opening. They include some nighttime shots during pre-opening receptions. The building opened on July 1, 2006 so the pictures from that day forward include indoor shots.
2007_DC_SIPG_Bldg23DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
2008_DC_SIPG_Bldg31DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
2009_DC_SIPG_Bldg44DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Including the portrait gallery's recent acquisitions section which is being repainted.
2010_DC_SIPG_Bldg14DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
2011_DC_SIPG_Bldg17DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Including cracks after the earthquake.
2012_DC_SIPG_Bldg20DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
2013_DC_SIPG_Bldg29DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Various things including a new Calder being installed outside the building and redoing the main store.
2014_DC_SIPG_Bldg11DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
2015_DC_SIPG_Bldg28DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
2007_DC_SIPG_Courtyard41DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
The Kogod courtyard opened on 11/18/2007. Pictures here include that day as well as on 11/20/2007, the first public day where the water was running in the Kogod courtyard. This provides a shallow pool of water that people can walk across.
2008_DC_SIPG_Courtyard23DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
2009_DC_SIPG_Courtyard5DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
2010_DC_SIPG_Courtyard11DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
2011_DC_SIPG_Courtyard4DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
2014_DC_SIPG_Courtyard10DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
2015_DC_SIPG_Courtyard13DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
2006_DC_SIPG_Painting159DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings
2007_DC_SIPG_Painting34DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings
2008_DC_SIPG_Painting120DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings
2009_DC_SIPG_Painting108DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings
2010_DC_SIPG_Painting13DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings
2011_DC_SIPG_Painting78DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings
2012_DC_SIPG_Painting23DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings
2013_DC_SIPG_Painting131DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings
2014_DC_SIPG_Painting89DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings
2006_DC_SIPG_Portrait73DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2007_DC_SIPG_Portrait27DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2008_DC_SIPG_Portrait31DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2009_DC_SIPG_Portrait500DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2010_DC_SIPG_Portrait54DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2011_DC_SIPG_Portrait60DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2012_DC_SIPG_Portrait135DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2013_DC_SIPG_Portrait38DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2014_DC_SIPG_Portrait96DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2015_DC_SIPG_Portrait56DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
2014_DC_SIPG_Radio_Talent68DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits -- Detail: Miguel Covarrubias’s "Radio Talent"
Radio Talent:
Miguel Covarrubias’s 1938 caricature, Radio Talent, depicted a cloud of popular celebrities who came to fame during the heyday of American radio broadcasting. At the depths of the Depression, radio’s two major networks—NBC and CBS—provided a cultural glue that helped bind the country...
2009_DC_SIPG_Rentals15DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard)
2010_DC_SIPG_Rentals42DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard)
The courtyard was being set up for a couple of special events including the Telling Stories Gala which I wasn't invited to.
2011_DC_SIPG_Rentals17DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard)
These dancers were preparing for a private event by the Council on Competitiveness.
2014_DC_SIPG_Rentals15DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard)
2009_DC_SIPG_Ball_09011821DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals: Pre-inaugural ball
I have no idea who was supposed to be at this one but it looked interesting! I was told later that it was a fund-raiser event. Some of the period people were part of the Victorian Dance Ensemble.
2006_DC_SIPG_Sculpture64DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
2007_DC_SIPG_Sculpture44DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
2008_DC_SIPG_Sculpture84DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
2009_DC_SIPG_Sculpture40DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
2010_DC_SIPG_Sculpture77DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
Mostly sculpture by Paul Manship
2011_DC_SIPG_Sculpture12DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
The license plate piece is back!
2012_DC_SIPG_Sculpture29DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
Including The Museum sculpture.
2013_DC_SIPG_Sculpture84DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
2014_DC_SIPG_Sculpture23DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
2015_DC_SIPG_Sculpture6DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
2010_DC_SIPG_Tour6DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Tour
A really big highlights tour group due in large part to publicity in the Washington Post. (Article below)

Get a closeup of the National Portrait Gallery during its Docent's Choice Tours
Friday, January 8, 2010
Museums can be overwhelming: They're crowded. They're big. And they're chock-full of...
2014_DC_SIPG_Tour10DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Tour
2015_DC_SIPG_Tour4DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Tour: Garrett Peck
2006_DC_SIPG_Vw2DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- View from terrace
2007_DC_SIPG_Vw4DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- View from terrace
2009_DC_SIPG_Vw9DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- View from terrace
2013_DC_SIPG_Day_Museum19DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: A Day at the Museum
A Day at the Museum:
January 14, 2013 - May 16, 2013 (new opening and closing dates)
Letters, sketchbooks, diaries, photographs, and oral history recordings reveal the many ways artists experience museums. Artists may gain inspiration and a sense of community from museums. Some travel long distances,...
2014_DC_SIPG_DayLife50DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: A Day in the Life: Artists' Diaries
A Day in the Life: Artists' Diaries from the Archives of American Art
September 26, 2014 – February 28, 2015
Reading an artist’s diary is the next best thing to being there. Direct and private, diaries provide firsthand accounts of appointments made and met, places seen, and work in progress—all laced...
2015_DC_SIPG_Yasuo31DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Artist Teacher Organizer: Yasuo Kuniyoshi in the Archives of American Art
Artist Teacher Organizer: Yasuo Kuniyoshi in the Archives of American Art
March 30, 2015 – July 10, 2015
In 1906, when Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1952) was just 16, he emigrated by himself from Japan to the United States with two hundred dollars in his pocket. Kuniyoshi eventually made his way to New York...
2013_DC_SIPG_HHC70DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Handmade Holiday Cards
Handmade Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
November 27, 2013 – January 5, 2014
The cards featured in this exhibition -- selected from the hundreds in the Archives of American Art's collections -- reveal how artists imagined the holidays through whimsical watercolors, quirky collages, and...
2012_DC_SIPG_Pollock23DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Jackson Pollock, Memories Arrested in Space
Memories Arrested in Space: a centennial tribute to Jackson Pollock from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art
January 28, 2012 – May 15, 2012
Exhibited in Washington, D.C. at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery
Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) is an American icon. Creator of rhythmic and energetic...
2010_DC_SIPG_Lists14DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Lists
2015_DC_SIPG_Black_Books44DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Little Black Books
Little Black Books: Address Books from the Archives of American Art
August 7, 2015 – November 1, 2015
This exhibition showcases a selection of personal address books of influential American artists, from Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner to Joseph Cornell and Ad Reinhardt. Like diaries, these...
2011_DC_SIPG_Big_Lives46DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Little Pictures, Big Lives
Little Pictures, Big Lives: Snapshots from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
July 1, 2011 – October 3, 2011

Some 150 images of celebrated and famous artists offer clues to the intimate side of public personae: to the people and the things they cared about, where they’ve been, what they did,...
2014_DC_SIPG_Monuments111DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Monuments Men
This exhibition was tied into the release of the Monuments Men movie.
Monuments Men: On the Frontline to Save Europe's Art, 1942–1946
February 7 to April 20, 2014
During World War II, an unlikely team of soldiers was charged with identifying and protecting European cultural sites, monuments, and...
2009_DC_SIPG_Xmas57DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Season's Greetings
“Season’s Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art” celebrates the personal style and sentiment of artists’ handmade holiday cards. This exhibit will be on display from Nov. 20 to Jan. 10, 2010, in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery at the Smithsonian’s Donald W. Reynolds Center for...
2008_DC_SIPG_Kisses6DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Thousand Kisses
A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from the Archives of American Art
On view in Washington, D.C. at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, located inside the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture
January 25, 2008 through June 2, 2008
Love letters bring out the voyeur in most of us....
2011_DC_SIPG_Words8DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Words Cannot Express
Words Cannot Express: Death in the Archives
October 31, 2011 – December 31, 2011

Death is perhaps the only certainty in life. For those experiencing the death of a friend, family member, loved one, or an admired figure, words are often inadequate to give voice to the intense emotions involved. When...
2006_DC_SIPG_Boochever23DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2006 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
2008_DC_SIPG_Scholars5DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2008 Presidential Scholars in the Arts
2008 Presidential Scholars in the Arts: Works in the Literary and Visual Arts
June 22, 2008 – July 13, 2008
The United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964 to recognize and honor some of the nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors who are selected based on...
2009_DC_SIPG_Boochever55DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2009 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
These are pictures from the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.

Every day we are inundated with faces. Images of celebrities, acquaintances, and friends -- in the news, on social networking sites, on the street -- are constantly changing. Portraits, on the other hand, slow us down. They capture...
2011_DC_SIPG_Scholars4DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2011 Presidential Scholars in the Arts
2015_DC_SIPG_Obama3D11DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 3-D Portrait of President Obama
3-D Portrait of President Obama
February 13, 2015 – February 16, 2015
In 2014, President Barack Obama became the first President to be scanned using 3-D technology. Data from the scan were used to create his portraits, and a 3-D printed bust will be on view for Presidents Day weekend Friday, Feb. 13,...
2012_DC_SIPG_Will_Of16DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: A Will of Their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of Achievement in the Early Republic
A Will of Their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of Achievement in the Early Republic
April 20, 2012 – September 2, 2013
Judith Murray (c. 1769) by John Singleton Copley and seven additional portraits of prominent American women from the late 18th century are on view to showcase both the important...
2006_DC_SIPG_Pres35DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Including the long-gone Bill Clinton portrait. This one had attracted flak from the anti-Clinton folks because he didn't have a wedding ring which they claimed was a comment on him being a philandering. It turned out that men never had portraits done wearing jewelry -- the last portrait with a wedding...
2007_DC_SIPG_Pres5DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
2008_DC_SIPG_Pres13DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Including the new W Bush portrait.
2009_DC_SIPG_Pres221DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Pictures here include the newly unveiled Shepard Fairey iconic "Hope" image. Made of a composite of materials, it was only up temporarily and then they got to work trying to figure out how to conserve it.
Also here is the new Bill Clinton portrait, this time with a wedding ring!
2010_DC_SIPG_Pres11DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Including yet another Bill Clinton portrait, this one by Chuck Close. They definitely have trouble getting a decent one of this guy!
2011_DC_SIPG_Pres23DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
2012_DC_SIPG_Pres11DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
2013_DC_SIPG_Pres20DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Including the temporary Obama portrait from Chuck Close.


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An invitation to tea from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs to the Former and Present Miss America. They were here in DC for the opening of an exhibit on the history of Miss America at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Hosted by GFWC DC club: * Mohra Gavankar, GFWC Presid... (Partially reviewed)
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