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 2010_DC_Miss_DCM_100113 | 231 | | 2009 Miss DC Jen Corey Send-Off to Miss America Pageant -- 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 for World Politics, 1521 Sixteenth Street, NW.
Also featuring:
Sonya Gavankar -- Miss DC 1997
Therese Lizardo... |
| 2010_DC_Miss_DCP_100113 | 115 | | 2009 Miss DC Jen Corey Send-Off to Miss America Pageant -- 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 for World Politics, 1521 Sixteenth Street, NW.
Also featuring:
Sonya Gavankar -- Miss DC 1997
Therese Lizardo... |
| 2010_DC_PageantO_100620 | 207 | | 2010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 4) -- Other (incl posed photos afterward)
Pictures of everything except the formal program -- crowd shots, posing afterward, miscellaneous.
The Miss DC 2010 contestants were as follows:
Cassandra Allen
Jennifer Beatty
Michelle Beever
Katori Brown
Lauren Craig
Sophia Davis
Maria-Teresa Grinneby
Haely Jardas
Tonya Khakazi
L. Ashton... |
| 2010_DC_Pageant1_100620 | 134 | | 2010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 4) -- The Miss DC Pageant (stage program -- introductions, swimsuit, and interview)
Pictures of the first three portions of the formal program -- introductions, the swimsuits, and the interviews.
The Miss DC 2010 contestants were as follows:
Cassandra Allen
Jennifer Beatty
Michelle Beever
Katori Brown
Lauren Craig
Sophia Davis
Maria-Teresa Grinneby
Haely Jardas
Tonya... |
| 2010_DC_Pageant2_100620 | 92 | | 2010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 4) -- The Miss DC Pageant (stage program -- talent)
Pictures of the middle, talent portion of the formal program.
The Miss DC 2010 contestants were as follows:
Cassandra Allen
Jennifer Beatty
Michelle Beever
Katori Brown
Lauren Craig
Sophia Davis
Maria-Teresa Grinneby
Haely Jardas
Tonya Khakazi
L. Ashton Kunkle
Vanessa Patterson
Lauren... |
| 2010_DC_Pageant3_100620 | 210 | | 2010 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 4) -- The Miss DC Pageant (stage program -- gowns and crowns)
Pictures of the last part of the formal program -- evening dresses and the final crowning. Congratulations to Stephanie Williams!
The Miss DC 2010 contestants were as follows:
Cassandra Allen
Jennifer Beatty
Michelle Beever
Katori Brown
Lauren Craig
Sophia Davis
Maria-Teresa Grinneby
Haely... |
| 2010_DC_Lincoln_Final_100419 | 57 | | Abraham 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_100419 | 85 | | Abraham 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... |
| 2010_DC_Fridge | 28 | | Albus Cavus Classroom @ Fridge |
| 2010_DC_Call_Mom | 80 | | Albus Cavus Classroom @ Fridge -- "Call Your Mom" mural project |
| 2010_DC_ALA | 131 | | American Library Association 2010 conference in 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... |
| 2010_DC_CHHP_100302 | 50 | | Capitol 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... |
| 2010_DC_Hoover_100518 | 52 | | Charles Lindbergh Memorial Lecture -- Bob Hoover
Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture: Bob Hoover
Robert A. “Bob” Hoover is a fighter, military, and civilian test and air show pilot of legendary proportions. Using his superb piloting skills to fly aircraft to the edge of their performance capabilities, Hoover has left an indelible mark in aviation... |
| 2010_DC_Tivoli_Tour_100523 | 17 | | Cultural Tourism DC -- 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_100523 | 14 | | Cultural Tourism DC -- 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_100522 | 34 | | Cultural Tourism DC -- 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... |
| 2010_DC_McDevitt_Tour | 45 | | Cultural 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... |
| 2010_DC_TrailR_101113 | 8 | | Cultural Tourism DC -- Tenleytown Heritage Trail Opening Related Pics
Tour folks at Point Reno as well as at the fire station. |
| 2010_DC_TrailC_101113 | 96 | | Cultural Tourism DC -- 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_CWPT_Endangered_100513 | 57 | | CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2010)
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... |
| 2010_DC_CWPT_Board_100304 | 90 | | CWPT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2010) in Washington, DC -- Board meeting |
| 2010_DC_CWPT_Reception_100305 | 126 | | CWPT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2010) in Washington, DC -- Opening reception |
| 2010_DC_2200Penn | 128 | | DC -- 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue -- Construction Watch Tour -- Building itself
Construction Watch Tour: 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue:
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, located on the former George Washington University Hospital site, is a mixed-use office, housing, and retail project designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. Paul Quast, AIA, LEED®AP, senior associate with Hickok Cole... |
| 2010_DC_2200PennG | 52 | | DC -- 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue -- Construction Watch Tour -- Tour group
Construction Watch Tour: 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue:
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, located on the former George Washington University Hospital site, is a mixed-use office, housing, and retail project designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. Paul Quast, AIA, LEED®AP, senior associate with Hickok Cole... |
| 2010_DC_2200PennVw | 40 | | DC -- 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue -- Views from building |
| 2010_DC_425Mass | 12 | | DC -- 425 Massachusetts |
| 2010_DC_425MassVw | 17 | | DC -- 425 Massachusetts -- Views from... |
| 2010_DC_AACW | 19 | | DC -- African-American Civil War Memorial |
| 2010_DC_AU | 71 | | DC -- American University |
| 2010_DC_Katzen | 26 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010B | 80 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2010B Exhibition (Student Exhibitions, CausalityLabs, Pentimenti, ANIMAR-TE)
Pictures from the 2010 Early Spring exhibition:
* Art Department: Student Exhibitions
* CausalityLabs: New Projects
* Convergence: New Art from Lebanon -- WASN'T OPEN YET
* Pentimenti: After the Flood -- New Works by Don Kimes
* ANIMAR-TE: 20 Years of Computer Animation at U of Balearic... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010C | 33 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2010C Exhibition (Emergence, inSPIRATion, Family Trees, NO)
Join the American University Museum for an Artists' Reception celebrating the opening of new 2010 Late Spring exhibitions. Exhibitions include:
* Georgia June Goldberg: Emergence;
* inSPIRATion;
* Emilie Brzezinski: Family Trees; and
* Santiago Sierra: NO, GLOBAL TOUR.
Georgia June... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenO_100508 | 15 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2010C Opening Reception (Emergence, inSPIRATion, Family Trees, NO)
Join the American University Museum for an Artists' Reception celebrating the opening of new 2010 Late Spring exhibitions. Exhibitions include:
* Georgia June Goldberg: Emergence;
* inSPIRATion;
* Emilie Brzezinski: Family Trees; and
* Santiago Sierra: NO, GLOBAL TOUR.
Georgia June... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010D | 127 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2010D Exhibition (Good Things, Soaring Voices, de Smet, Norse Soul, Kainen)
Five new 2010 Summer exhibitions opened tonight:
* 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,... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenO_100612 | 38 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2010D Opening Reception (Good Things, Soaring Voices, de Smet, Norse Soul, Kainen)
Five new 2010 Summer exhibitions opened tonight:
* 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,... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010E | 83 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2010E Exhibition (Binstock, Munh, Penay, RE-VISION)
Including pictures from four new 2010 Early Fall exhibitions:
* Alan Binstock: Way-stations
* BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress
* Luciano Penay: Time, News, Paintings, and Natural Forms
* RE-VISION: American University Alumni
Alan Binstock: Way-stations
August 31 through October 24,... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenO_100911 | 104 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2010E Opening Reception (Binstock, Munh, Penay, RE-VISION)
Including pictures from four new 2010 Early Fall exhibitions:
* Alan Binstock: Way-stations
* BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress
* Luciano Penay: Time, News, Paintings, and Natural Forms
* RE-VISION: American University Alumni
Alan Binstock: Way-stations
August 31 through October 24,... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010F | 111 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2010F Exhibition (DeMonte, McGowin, Catalyst)
Pictures from the 2010 Late Fall exhibition:
* 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_101113 | 13 | | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2010F Opening Reception (DeMonte, McGowin, Catalyst)
Pictures from the 2010 Late Fall exhibition:
* 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_Mellon_Aud | 7 | | DC -- Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
Pictures taken inside the building during the USA Science and Engineering Festival. |
| 2010_DC_Arena | 47 | | DC -- Arena Stage
Arena Stage on opening day. |
| 2010_DC_ArenaVw | 3 | | DC -- Arena Stage -- Views from... |
| 2010_DC_ArenaBS_101022 | 97 | | DC -- Arena Stage Open House -- Backstage tour
Pictures include the prop department, set shop, ???, and costume shop. |
| 2010_DC_ArenaOE_101022 | 119 | | DC -- Arena 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_101022 | 126 | | DC -- Arena 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_50Years | 55 | | DC -- Art Museum of the Americas -- "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,... |
| 2010_DC_OAS_Argentina | 37 | | DC -- Art Museum of the Americas -- "Argentina in Focus" and "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
... |
| 2010_DC_OAS_House | 22 | | DC -- Art Museum of the Americas -- "House of the Americas Turns 100" |
| 2010_DC_OAS_Mujeres | 26 | | DC -- Art Museum of the Americas -- “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... |
| 2010_DC_Arts_On_Foot | 68 | | DC -- Arts on Foot |
| 2010_DC_ArtsNStreet | 36 | | DC -- 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... |
| 2010_DC_Avalon | 6 | | DC -- Avalon Theatre |
| 2010_DC_Blue_100504 | 143 | | DC -- 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... |
| 2010_DC_PrideW_100613 | 51 | | DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2010) -- Chely Wright |
| 2010_DC_Pride_100613 | 36 | | DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2010) -- except Chely Wright |
| 2010_DC_Cherry | 80 | | DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2010)
It was interesting how many military helicopters just happened to be doing maneuvers on this beautiful day. |
| 2010_DC_Chevy_Chase | 10 | | DC -- Chevy Chase area
The health care mural near the Politics and Prose bookstore. I saw a quote from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and decided I had to photograph it. |
| 2010_DC_CBMSO | 35 | | DC -- Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office |
| 2010_DC_CBMSO_Tour_101104 | 7 | | DC -- Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- 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... |
| 2010_DC_Columbia_Heights | 106 | | DC -- Columbia Heights area |
| 2010_DC_Corcoran | 21 |  | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Miscellaneous |
| 2010_DC_CorcoranP | 129 | | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Paintings |
| 2010_DC_CorcoranSD | 24 | | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Salon Dore |
| 2010_DC_CorcoranS | 62 | | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Sculpture |
| 2010_DC_GeorgetownC | 9 | | DC -- C&O Canal Natl Historic Park -- Georgetown |
| 2010_DC_USDA | 14 | | DC -- Dept of Agriculture building |
| 2010_DC_DOC | 5 | | DC -- Dept of Commerce building |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_GM3 | 37 | | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Special Exhibits -- Graphic Masters III
Graphic Masters III: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the third in a series of special installations, celebrates the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists' works on paper. These twenty-eight exceptional watercolors, charcoals, and drawings from the 1960s to the... |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Lists | 14 | | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Special Exhibits -- Lists |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Pres | 11 | | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- America's Presidents
Including yet another Bill Clinton portrait. They definitely have trouble getting a decent one of this guy!
I've photographed almost the entire America's Presidents exhibit over time. To see the whole exhibit, you should use ... |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 89 | | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Building
Various visits:
(100109) A really big highlights tour group due in large part to publicity in the Washington Post. (Article below)
(100128) They're setting up the Struggle for Justice exhibit.
(100131) I loved the patterns in the snow on the roof of the Kogod Courtyard.
(100213) There had... |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Folk | 58 | | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Folk Art
To see a more complete view of the Folk Art collection taken over the years, ... |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Painting | 12 | | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Paintings |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 83 | | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Portraits
I've photographed pretty much the entire portrait exhibit over time. To see the whole exhibit, you should use ... |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 74 | | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Sculpture
Mostly sculpture by Paul Manship |
| 2010_DC_Holiday_Market | 22 | | DC -- Downtown Holiday Market by the Reynolds Center |
| 2010_DC_DC_Snow | 16 | | DC -- Driving around after a snow
DC side roads were considerably worse than the ones in my area. Still, major roads were all navigable and people were moving. |
| 2010_DC_Birds | 30 | | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Birds in the Park by Christy Hengst
"Birds in the Park" is a touring project, which involves the temporary installation of thirty to sixty porcelain birdlike forms on the ground.
Pecking around randomly, they might be taken for pigeons. They are, in a sense, carrier pigeons, as the forms carry images, text, and other documents, which... |
| 2010_DC_Dupont | 18 | | DC -- Dupont Circle area |
| 2010_DC_EEOB | 8 | | DC -- Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Old Executive Office Building)
I'm not sure if I've seen this building without scaffolding in the last ten years. |
| 2010_DC_RI_Mural | 109 | | DC -- Edgewood Mural (at Rhode Island Avenue Metro) -- Second mural Jam |
| 2010_DC_APAE | 67 | | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- All Photo Alumni Exhibition
Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery: Corcoran College of Art and Design
All Photo Alumni Exhibition: October 26th-December 17
In conjunction with this year’s Fotoweek DC festival, the Corcoran’s 2010 All Photo Alumni Exhibition, curated by Cynthia Connolly and Colby Caldwell, will be held at Pepco’s Edison... |
| 2010_DC_Breakthrough | 35 | | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- "Breakthrough!"
Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery Hosts
Breakthrough! Twenty Years After German Unification: Critical Perspectives of Berlin Artists
Sept. 21-Oct. 8
Breakthrough Art Organization, a DC-based nonprofit founded in 2009 that champions artists who use art as a means to overcome political, social and... |
| 2010_DC_Breakthru_Opening_101002 | 43 | | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- "Breakthrough!" -- Opening |
| 2010_DC_Pour | 53 | | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- "Pour it on!"
Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery announces Pour it on!, in collaboration with The Illustrators Club of DC, Maryland and Virginia. The exhibition will be on view from May 11th through June 25th with the opening reception held on the 13th of May from 6-8:30pm. This year’s jurors include: Mary K. Baumann,... |
| 2010_DC_Pour_Opening_100513 | 105 | | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- "Pour It On!" -- Opening Reception
Pour It On! The Illustrators Club 15th Juried Exhibition (May 11-June 25)
Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery announces Pour it on!, in collaboration with The Illustrators Club of DC, Maryland and Virginia. The exhibition will be on view from May 11th through June 25th with the opening reception held on... |
| 2010_DC_Sculpture_Now | 26 | | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- "Sculpture Now 2010"
Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery Hosts Washington Sculptors Group
Gallery Showcases “Sculpture Now 2010”
WASHINGTON – Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery will host the Washington Sculptors Group’s exhibit, “Sculpture Now 2010,” from Tuesday, January 5 through Thursday, February 12.
“Sculpture Now 2010” is... |
| 2010_DC_Ike_Mem | 4 | | DC -- Eisenhower National Memorial
I believe this is where the new Eisenhower National Memorial is going. The design was approved by the Eisenhower Memorial Commission on March 25, 2010. |
| 2010_DC_Ellipse | 11 | | DC -- Ellipse (by White House) area
Mostly the USTR building under a construction shroud. |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Canada | 21 | | DC -- Embassy of Canada
Nipirasait: Many Voices -- Inuit Prints from Cape Dorset:
In celebration of the 50th anniversay of Kinngait Studios of Cape Dorset, Nunavut, the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC, in partnership with St Lawrence University, is proud to announce the opening of Nipirasait: Many Voices; a collection of... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Coite_Divoire | 2 | | DC -- Embassy of Coite D'Ivoire
This wasn't open as part of Passport DC but I liked the look of the building. |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Colombia | 32 | | DC -- Embassy of Colombia
Part of PassportDC 2010:
Colombia is a cultural mecca with more than 30 festivals, some which last for days! Enjoy the rare experience of visiting the Ambassador’s Residence. Savor Colombian food while sipping cups of pure Colombian coffee. Tap your feet and treat your ears to live music for part of... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Denmark | 20 | | DC -- Embassy of Denmark
Part of the EU Open House 2010.
I didn't run into the Danish ambassador this time but I chatted with Søren Jensen, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy, for awhile.
www.ambwashington.um.dk
Tour the first modern and carbon neutral embassy residence in Washington DC and learn about our... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Dominican | 19 | | DC -- Embassy of Dominican Republic
Part of PassportDC 2010:
The second largest nation in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic was the first permanent colony of Europeans in the western hemisphere. DR, as it is fondly called, is also famous in the United States for the outstanding baseball players recruited each year for U.S. teams. The... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_EU | 7 | | DC -- Embassy of European Union
Part of the EU Open House 2010.
www.eurunion.org
Be among the first to visit the EU’s new U.S. headquarters, which is on target to achieve lEED Gold status for its environmentally sustainable design, construction, and operation. Learn about EU leadership in the fight against global warming; meet... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Britain | 51 | | DC -- Embassy of Great Britain
Part of the EU Open House 2010.
This was the first time I'd run into the British Ambassador to the United States, Nigel Sheinwald, who was manning the gate with his wife.
http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk
Britain on Your Doorstep: Showcasing the best of Britain. The Embassy will showcase the Ambassador’s... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Haiti | 12 | | DC -- Embassy of Haiti
Part of PassportDC 2010:
Long before the earthquake, Haiti was famous for its beauty, its art, and its hospitality. The embassy presents a historical exhibit focusing on Haiti’s cultural heritage and how it was affected by the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010. The exhibit also highlights the... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Kazakhstan | 57 | | DC -- Embassy of Kazakhstan
Part of PassportDC 2010:
Located along the ancient Silk Road, Kazakhstan is an ethnically diverse republic roughly the size of Western Europe. Kazakhstan has been at the crossroads of trade and empires for centuries. Visit the embassy for an introduction to Kazakh culture, history, modern life, as well... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Korea | 18 | | DC -- Embassy of Korea (KORUS)
Part of PassportDC 2010:
The Korean Embassy invites you to attend the re-dedication of the Korea Cultural Center on the occasion of Passport DC 2010. Sample Korean dishes such as Korean barbeque, kimchi, and other snacks; experience a Taekwondo demonstration and youth workshop; watch videos about... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Kyrgyzstan | 17 | | DC -- Embassy of Kyrgyzstan
Part of PassportDC 2010:
Kyrgyzstan, located in the heart of Central Eurasia, is in the midst of the world-class Tien Shan Mountains. The Kyrgyz people are known for their generosity, friendliness, and hospitality. |
| 2010_DC_Emb_MexicoCI | 79 | | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institution |
| 2010_DC_Emb_MexicoCIX | 26 | | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institution -- Print exhibits
Two print exhibits -- Elizabeth Catlett in Mexico and Shouts from the Archive: The Political Prints from the Taller de Gráfica Popular:
Elizabeth Catlett in Mexico:
Elizabeth Catlett in Mexico features 57 powerful prints that the artist created in Mexico as a member of the artist collective known... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Saudi | 41 | | DC -- Embassy of Saudi Arabia
Part of PassportDC 2010:
Journey to the exotic and fascinating country of Saudi Arabia, the largest on the Arabian Peninsula. Have your hand painted with a henna design and your name written in Arabic calligraphy. Enjoy a variety of regional dances to the sounds of traditional music. Sample tastings of... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Spain | 7 | | DC -- Embassy of Spain
Part of the EU Open House 2010.
www.spainculture.us
Enjoy a tasting of Spanish tapas and wines, view the exhibition “Women&Women” by 5 women photographers, and discover how hi- tech windmills are back in style in the land of Don Quixote to combat climate change. |
| 2010_DC_Emb_SwedenV | 11 | | DC -- Embassy of Sweden -- Views from rooftop terrace
Part of the EU Open House 2010 |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Sweden | 34 | | DC -- Embassy of Sweden (House of Sweden)
Part of the EU Open House 2010.
www.swedenabroad.com/Washington
The visitors will be greeted by live Swedish music, healthy treats for everyone, movies for children, and cool facts about Sweden. Three exhibits on the intersection of health and care for a healthy lifestyle. Rooftop lounge. |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Thailand | 47 | | DC -- Embassy of Thailand
Part of PassportDC 2010:
Discover the pride of Thailand by tasting its renowned Pad Thai dish of stir-fried rice noodles with eggs and shrimp. Marvel at a live Muay Thai boxing demonstration and Ram Thai, an exquisite traditional dance. Experience a cooking demonstration, dance competition by talented... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Ukraine | 39 | | DC -- Embassy of Ukraine
Part of PassportDC 2010:
The Ukrainian Embassy regularly features traditional and artistic events including a popular classical music concert series. Located in Eastern Europe, the country’s literary heritage dates back to the 11th century. Music is a major part of its culture. Come and enjoy an... |
| 2010_DC_Emb_Zambia | 1 | | DC -- Embassy of Zambia
Part of PassportDC 2010:
Zambia, a country in Southern Africa, is the home of Victoria Falls, the world’s largest curtain of falling water. Zambia offers an experience of astonishing wildlife during legendary walking safaris. Discover peaceful Zambia and its contemporary culture, which blends the... |
| 2010_DC_Emerson_Pk | 23 | | DC -- Emerson Park |
| 2010_DC_Transformers_101011 | 28 | | DC -- Filming "Transformers 3" outside of National Museum of the American Indian
I didn't see the car crash that was apparently today's filming. I passed by afterward and took some shots as they were preparing to leave. |
| 2010_DC_Fireworks | 6 | | DC -- Fireworks after baseball game from Marine Barracks |
| 2010_DC_Flashpoint | 48 | | DC -- Flashpoint Gallery ("The Cinecitta Chapel" and "Veritas Obscura")
Two different exhibits:
Veritas Obscura by Marc Roman:
May 14 – June 19, 2010
Marc Roman combines photography, drawing and painting on mounted plexiglas sheeting and cast resin to give sculptural form to traditionally two-dimensional techniques. His interest lies in the unusual application of... |
| 2010_DC_Foggy_Bottom | 11 | | DC -- Foggy Bottom area |
| 2010_DC_FONZ_Event_100417 | 80 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 -- Cockadoodle Zoo
Cockadoodle Zoo
An exclusive event for FONZ members
Once a year, the National Zoo is open only to FONZ members. Formerly ZooNight, Cockadoodle Zoo is our way of saying thank you for being such good friends of the National Zoo.
FONZ members are invited to come sneak a peek at how Zoo animals and staff... |
| 2010_DC_FONZ_AM_101015 | 112 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 Annual Meeting
We hope you will join us at the FONZ Annual Meeting on Friday, October 15 for an informative and fun evening. Events will kick off at 6:30 p.m. in the Think Tank with light refreshments. You will be updated on FONZ and Zoo accomplishments, as well as on goals for the year ahead. We will also... |
| 2010_DC_FONZ_Ceremony_100902 | 139 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 Ceremony -- Opening of Phase I of Elephant Trails
Dennis Kelly, Director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, cordially invites you to the opening and reception for The Homer and Martha Gudelsky Elephant Outpost and New Elephant Habitat.
But wait, there's more! Two other pages you might be interested in seeing:
... |
| 2010_DC_FONZ_Donor_100130 | 53 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 Event -- Breakfast with a side of butter
Breakfast. With a side of butter:
Friends of the National Zoo invites you to a continental breakfast celebration in the Panda House. Say good-bye to Butterstick (aka Tai Shan) and learn about the future of the National Zoo's Panda Science Program. |
| 2010_DC_FONZ_Cubs_101112 | 30 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 Event -- Cub-dunking event |
| 2010_DC_FONZ_Farewell_100130 | 93 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 Event -- Tai Shan Farewell Celebration
Tai Shan Farewell Celebration:
Come wish Tai Shan a fond farewell!
Tai Shan, the Zoo's four-and-a-half-year-old giant panda, leaves for China on February 4 to be part of the breeding program that will help sustain giant panda populations in the wild. Giant pandas are endangered—only about 1,600 are... |
| 2010_DC_FONZ_Event_100408 | 84 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 Event -- Welcome reception for Zoo's new director, Dennis Kelly
Friends of the National Zoo cordially invites you to escape the urban jungle at an exclusive reception in honor of Dennis Kelly, Director, Smithsonian's National Zoo. |
| 2010_DC_FONZ_Tour_100123 | 39 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 Tour -- Backstage at the new Elephant Trails project |
| 2010_DC_Zoofari_100520 | 95 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 Zoofari event
Zoofari 2010: A Panda Bear Affair
ZooFari has been called D.C.’s "foodie event of the year," and the lineup for 2010 features more than 100 of the area’s finest restaurants, including Marcel's, The Source, and Vidalia. Add the fine wines, fabulous entertainment, animal demonstrations, and a great... |
| 2010_DC_ZoofariC_100520 | 85 | | DC -- FONZ 2010 Zoofari event -- Cake competition
Zoofari 2010: A Panda Bear Affair
ZooFari has been called D.C.’s "foodie event of the year," and the lineup for 2010 features more than 100 of the area’s finest restaurants, including Marcel's, The Source, and Vidalia. Add the fine wines, fabulous entertainment, animal demonstrations, and a great... |
| 2010_DC_Fords_CEL | 8 | | DC -- Ford's Theatre -- Center for Education and Leadership
Scaffolding is up for the Center for Education and Leadership. I miss the Lincoln mural that was there!
From http://www.fordstheatre.org/home/about-fords/facilities-and-centers/center-education-and-leadership :
The Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership will be housed at 514 Tenth... |
| 2010_DC_Fords_Museum | 32 | | DC -- Ford's Theatre Museum |
| 2010_DC_Fords | 15 | | DC -- Ford's Theatre Natl Historic Site |
| 2010_DC_Ft_Reno | 26 | | DC -- Fort Reno Park and Reservoir |
| 2010_DC_Ft_StevensNC | 19 | | DC -- Fort Stevens Park National Cemetery |
| 2010_DC_BlackBerry | 68 | | DC -- FOSE -- BlackBerry reception @ Zola's |
| 2010_DC_FOSE | 42 | | DC -- FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo)
Mostly the military section of the show. |
| 2010_DC_Zuiker_100323 | 67 | | DC -- FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo) -- Anthony Zuiker
Opening Keynote:
Cross Platforming: A Visionary's Use of Technology
Anthony E. Zuiker
Creator & Executive Producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Zuiker is the creator and executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, one of the highest-rated dramas in television history, receiving an... |
| 2010_DC_Crowley_100324 | 28 | | DC -- FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo) -- Candy Crowley
Keynote: Candy Crowley’s STATE OF THE UNION: Insight on the changing political landscape
Candy Crowley is CNN's award-winning senior political correspondent and anchor of "State of the Union with Candy Crowley". She is based in the network’s Washington, D.C., bureau. Crowley will take the reins of... |
| 2010_DC_FDR | 19 | | DC -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
For some reason, they allowed the water areas to freeze before draining them. The icicles were very cool! |
| 2010_DC_Franklin_Sq | 14 | | DC -- Franklin Square
Several visits. Including snow-damaged trees and a white tree in the middle of the park. Also including what turned out to be a religious concert at Franklin Square. The homeless had to listen to the concert before they were allowed to get the food or clothes that they wanted. |
| 2010_DC_FPlaza | 5 | | DC -- Freedom Plaza |
| 2010_DC_Census_Day_100401 | 102 | | DC -- Freedom Plaza -- Census Day Rally
The US Census presents: 2010 Census Day Rally
Freedom Plaza
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Hosted by
- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-DC)
Opening Musical Act
- Boys and Girls Club Steel Drum Marching Band
Speakers:
- D.C. Councilmember Michael A. Brown... |
| 2010_DC_DADTFP_100318 | 70 | | DC -- Freedom Plaza -- Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell w/Kathy Griffin |
| 2010_DC_TParty_100415 | 72 | | DC -- Freedom Plaza -- Tea Party rally (w/Michele Bachmann)
Speakers included:
(???)
Ken Hoagland, Chairman Online Tax Revolt/FairTax National victory Campaign
(??? singer ???)
Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
Michele Bachmann of Minnesota
(???) Congressman John Linder, from Georgia
In 1754, George Washington led an unprovoked sneak attack... |
| 2010_DC_Gallery_Place | 100 | | DC -- Gallery Place areas
Various pictures. Include some construction going on at 406-410 7th Street NW by the US Theatre Corporation. The permit said it was doing interior demolition to the basement and 1st floor retail space as well as 2nd and 3rd floor office spaces. (No structural work though.)
Also includes blockades... |
| 2010_DC_GAR | 4 | | DC -- GAR Memorial |
| 2010_DC_Georgetown | 57 | | DC -- Georgetown areas |
| 2010_DC_GAHM | 15 | | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum |
| 2010_DC_PPCR_100303 | 82 | | DC -- GovDelivery -- Proactive Public Communication Roundtable
"Meeting the Open Government Directive"
Proactive Public Communication and Engagement Series
Welcome: Ron Oberbillig - Chief Operating Officer, FCG
Bobbie Browning - Vice President, Federal Consulting, GovDelivery
Using Innovative Technology to Embrace the Open Government Directive: Government... |
| 2010_DC_Italiana | 32 | | DC -- Holy Rosary Church and Casa Italiana |
| 2010_DC_Hotel_Monaco | 1 | | DC -- Hotel Monaco
The telegraph marker. |
| 2010_DC_Howard | 18 | | DC -- Howard University area |
| 2010_DC_IDBCC_Expressions | 44 | | DC -- IDB Cultural Center -- "Expressions of the Americas"
IDB Cultural Center Exhibition: Expressions of the Americas: Selections from the IDB Art Collection:
A selection of popular and folk art from the Americas, drawn from the Collection of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The selection includes works in polychrome clay and wood, stone, and... |
| 2010_DC_IDBCC_Turns | 22 | | DC -- IDB Cultural Center -- "Turns and Directions"
Turns and Directions: Changes in the Arts of Central America's Spanish-Speaking Nations and Panama During and After the 1950s
August 16 – November 19, 2010
The exhibition will present a total of 27 pieces, coming from the IDB and the OAS collections, and it is part of an ambitious project, “About... |
| 2010_DC_Meritalk_100304 | 35 | | DC -- Innovation Nation Forum Spring Line Fashion Show (w/Kathy Ireland)
This was the event which ended the MeriTalk Innovation Nation Forum 20/20 IT Vision conference -- a Federal IT Spring Line Fashion Show featuring Strut Your IT Stuff. The host of this event was Kathy Ireland, "Supermodel turned Super Mogul". |
| 2010_DC_IWP | 23 | | DC -- Institute of World Politics building |
| 2010_DC_SIIGRC | 55 | | DC -- International Gallery (VSA 6th: "Revealing Culture")
REVEALING CULTURE
Revealing Culture presents more than 146 works of art in a broad range of media—including installations, video, performance, painting, sculpture, and printmaking. The exhibition showcases 54 artists juried from more than 400 submissions. Revealing Culture is designed by Michael Graves... |
| 2010_DC_SIIGHPA | 12 | | DC -- International Gallery ("Healing Power Of Art")
Imagine the ground beneath you suddenly trembling... buildings collapsing... untold numbers of maimed and injured all around. Now, imagine you are a child.
For 35 terrifying long seconds this is what the children of Haiti experienced on January 12, 2010, as an earthquake forever changed the world they... |
| 2010_DC_SIIGSis | 29 | | DC -- International Gallery ("Woman and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America")
Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America
January 15, 2010 - April 25, 2010 (new closing date)
Rare artifacts and photographs from more than 400 communities are on view to explore the role of Catholic sisters in American life. From the time they first arrived in America nearly 300 years ago,... |
| 2010_DC_Miss_DC_WB_100621 | 126 | | DC -- John A. Wilson Bldg -- Stephanie Williams (Miss DC)
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). |
| 2010_DC_Arizona_100427 | 11 | | DC -- J.A. Wilson Bldg -- City council press conference on No More Arizonas
“No More Arizonas" say DC Rights Activists:
Condemning Arizona’s passage last week of the “Secure Communities” program as “racist and perverse,” dozens of labor, community and immigrant rights activists spoke out forcefully yesterday about the dangers of collaboration between local police and... |
| 2010_DC_Keck | 6 | | DC -- Keck Center of the National Academies |
| 2010_DC_Honors_101205 | 128 | | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2010)
Receiving this year's Kennedy Center Honors are television host Oprah Winfrey, musicians Paul McCartney and Merle Haggard, dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones and lyricist Jerry Herman. The honorees will be saluted during a Dec. 5 all-star gala and sold-out performance at the Kennedy Center (which... |
| 2010_DC_Fey_101109 | 33 | | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Mark Twain Prize (2010 -- Tina Fey)
The Kennedy Center will present the 13th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Tina Fey on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 8 p.m. The award, named to honor one of America's - and the world's – greatest humorists, will feature a lineup of the biggest names in comedy, and will be taped for television... |
| 2010_DC_DADTWH_100318 | 39 | | DC -- Lafayette Park -- Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell event |
| 2010_DC_Lafayette_Park | 3 | | DC -- Lafayette Park (by White House) area |
| 2010_DC_LOC | 110 | | DC -- Library of Congress |
| 2010_DC_LOC_BHope | 19 | | DC -- Library of Congress -- Bob Hope and American Variety
Bob Hope was among the 20,000 vaudeville performers working in the 1920s. Many of these performers were, like Hope, recent immigrants to America who saw a vaudeville career as one of the few ways to succeed as a "foreigner" in America. Throughout his extraordinary professional career of nearly seventy... |
| 2010_DC_LOC_MRRD | 86 | | DC -- Library of Congress -- Main Reading Room (room itself -- detailed art)
Every so often, they let you come into the Main Reading Room and take pictures. President's Day was one of those days! |
| 2010_DC_LOC_MRR | 135 | | DC -- Library of Congress -- Main Reading Room (room itself)
They open the Main Reading Room for pictures twice a year -- President's Day and Columbus Day. I went both times this year so these pictures might get redundant. |
| 2010_DC_LA_Small | 27 | | DC -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum |
| 2010_DC_Lincoln_CottageO_100517 | 98 | | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Opening of Mary Lincoln Room |
| 2010_DC_Lincoln_Cottage | 18 | | DC -- Lincoln Cottage (at the Armed Forces Retirement Home)
Including pictures of the new Mary Lincoln Room. |
| 2010_DC_TapJam_100525 | 167 | | DC -- Lincoln Theater -- TapJam (w/Maurice Hines)
Bring your shoes, style and swing as we commemorate National Tap Dance Day with a Lunchtime TapJam with the cast of Arena Stage's Sophisticated Ladies. From noon to 1pm on May 25, the Lincoln Theatre will be jumping and jiving with the sound of tap.
In honor of the late Gregory Hines, Sophisticated... |
| 2010_DC_Logan | 41 | | DC -- Logan Circle areas |
| 2010_DC_LSailor_Misc_100915 | 154 | | DC -- Lone Sailor Award (2010) -- (1 of 3) The opening and closing receptions
These are pictures that were taken during the opening and closing receptions. |
| 2010_DC_LSailor_Dinner_100915 | 147 | | DC -- Lone Sailor Award (2010) -- (2 of 3) Dinner itself (but not the presentation)
Pictures here were taken during the dinner. Pictures of the presentation itself are on another page. |
| 2010_DC_LSailor_Pgm_100915 | 166 | | DC -- Lone Sailor Award (2010) -- (3 of 3) Program
2010 Lone Sailor Awards go to: Lanier W. Phillip, Edward W. LeBaron, Jr., and William H. Cosby, Jr.
Program:
(1) Presentation of Colors: United States Sea Services Color Guard, US Navy Ceremonial Guard, Marine Barracks 8th & I, US Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard
(2) Invocation: Rear... |
| 2010_DC_LCTY_100429 | 32 | | DC -- Lotusphere Comes To You (2010) |
| 2010_DC_Earth_Week | 58 | | DC -- Mall -- Earth Week
Including: Earth Day with Kenji Williams
The DLN teamed with director and violinist Kenji Williams to present an out of this world experience known as Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth). This one-of-a-kind multimedia journey of Earth, as observed from space, combined his music with NASA imagery. Bella Gaia... |
| 2010_DC_PSRW_Civilian_100506 | 10 | | DC -- Mall -- Public Service Recognition Week (Civilian) |
| 2010_DC_PSRW_Kickoff_100506 | 58 | | DC -- Mall -- Public Service Recognition Week (Kick-Off)
PSRW Opening Celebration with, among others,
Steven Chu, Secretary of Department of Energy,
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services,
Martha Johnson, administrator of the General Services Administration,
Scott Gould, Deputy Secetary of Veterans Affairs,
John Berry, director of... |
| 2010_DC_PSRW_Military_100506 | 22 | | DC -- Mall -- Public Service Recognition Week (Military) |
| 2010_DC_Rally_101030 | 159 | | DC -- Mall -- Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
450 billion people showed up for this rally! Not really, but I figure I can make up numbers like Fox Views and that fiction writer Michele Bachmann do...
I've seen estimates that the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear "only" had 200,000 people. Maybe that's true. I dunno. But, like for all of... |
| 2010_DC_Kite_Festival_100327 | 90 | | DC -- Mall -- Smithsonian Kite Festival |
| 2010_DC_Evening_Parade | 95 | | DC -- Marine Barracks -- Evening Parade |
| 2010_DC_MLK_Mem | 27 | | DC -- Martin Luther King Jr. Natl Memorial
They're getting it together. They said it's due to open in August 2010. |
| 2010_DC_MIC | 44 | | DC -- Meridian International Center |
| 2010_DC_SCEMS_100108 | 74 | | DC -- Microsoft Partners in Learning/Smithsonian Institution Summit Meeting |
| 2010_DC_Morrison_Clark | 12 | | DC -- Morrison-Clark Hotel |
| 2010_DC_Mt_Pleasant | 23 | | DC -- Mt Pleasant area |
| 2010_DC_MPPL | 39 | | DC -- Mt Pleasant Public Library
Photos of the children's reading room alcove that Aurelius Battaglia decorated with his "Animal Circus" murals. Battaglia later worked on Disney's Dumbo and Pinocchio animated cartoons and you can clearly see the connection. |
| 2010_DC_Mt_Vernon | 68 | | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle area |
| 2010_DC_SIAIR | 230 | | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum |
| 2010_DC_Archives | 158 | | DC -- Natl Archives
They announced at the beginning of the year that photography would be banned inside the National Archives exhibit areas. I made several trips trying to make sure I had enough photographs of everything. Also here are some pictures from the tree damage caused by the snow storm.
Press Release
January... |
| 2010_DC_DCW1 | 46 | | DC -- Natl Archives major exhibit -- Discovering the Civil War (part 1)
Discovering the Civil War:
It ended almost 150 years ago. But Americans still discuss, debate, and disagree about the Civil War. No one alive today lived during this momentous conflict. Time and myth have obscured our perspective on the war.
So how do we know what happened?
Very often, we find... |
| 2010_DC_DCW_Press_100427 | 84 | | DC -- Natl Archives major exhibit -- Discovering the Civil War (part 1) press conference
Discovering the Civil War:
A Traveling Exhibit from the National Archives
Created in Partnership with the Foundation for the National Archives
In 2010 the National Archives will peel back 150 years of accumulated analysis, synthesis, and punditry to reveal a Civil War that is little-known and even... |
| 2010_DC_DCW_Tour_100427 | 25 | | DC -- Natl Archives major exhibit -- Discovering the Civil War (part 1) tour
Discovering the Civil War:
A Traveling Exhibit from the National Archives
Created in Partnership with the Foundation for the National Archives
In 2010 the National Archives will peel back 150 years of accumulated analysis, synthesis, and punditry to reveal a Civil War that is little-known and even... |
| 2010_DC_DCW2 | 138 | | DC -- Natl Archives major exhibit -- Discovering the Civil War (part 2)
Discovering the Civil War:
It ended almost 150 years ago. But Americans still discuss, debate, and disagree about the Civil War. No one alive today lived during this momentous conflict. Time and myth have obscured our perspective on the war.
So how do we know what happened?
Very often, we find... |
| 2010_DC_DCW_Press_101104 | 61 | | DC -- Natl Archives major exhibit -- Discovering the Civil War (part 2) press conference |
| 2010_DC_DCW_Tour_101104 | 34 | | DC -- Natl Archives major exhibit -- Discovering the Civil War (part 2) tour |
| 2010_DC_Archives_Fighting | 38 | | DC -- Natl Archives major exhibit -- Fighting for Democracy
Fighting for Democracy:
This exhibit traces the real-life stories of seven young men and women whose lives were forever changed by the events of World War II. Denied their fundamental rights, each of them, in their own way, chose to fight for equality, freedom, and justice overseas and at home.
These... |
| 2010_DC_Building | 13 | | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
| 2010_DC_Building_LEGO | 37 | | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- LEGO exhibit
Towering Ambition:
You are standing inside a building made of bricks. Actually, more than fifteen and a half million bricks were used to construct the National Building Museum's historic home. Now, begin to think smaller... and smaller... and you can just begin to fathom the challenge that Adam Reed... |
| 2010_DC_JStreet_100410 | 31 | | DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Japanese Street Festival (2010)
The Japan-America Society of Washington DC Proudly Presents the 50th Annual Sakura Matsuri -- Japanese Street Festival:
From sushi to origami, from sake to kimono—
Japanese arts and crafts and products of all kinds—
Anime, manga, and J-POP music—
Traditional dances and the dramatic taiko drums—
If... |
| 2010_DC_Uzuhi_100410 | 38 | | DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Japanese Street Festival (2010) -- Uzuhi
While there were numerous performers at the Japanese Street Festival, it was a very crowded event and I had a limited amount of time so there was only one act that I watched. That was the group Uzuhi. The program describes them as:
Uzuhi is a very high energy Japanese punk rock group. Its four... |
| 2010_DC_CBOC_100327 | 197 | | DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Opening Ceremony @ NBM
National Cherry Blossom Festival Opening Ceremony
- Sambaso -- Shigeyama Kyogen Theatre Group
- National Anthem of the United States -- Miss DC 2009 Jennifer Corey
- National Anthem of Japan -- Miss Iori Kotake
- Masters of Ceremonies -- Ms. Melanie Hastings and Mr. Doug McKelway, ABC... |
| 2010_DC_CBOCM_100327 | 35 | | DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Opening Ceremony @ NBM -- Miscellaneous
Anything except the stage itself from the opening ceremony events. This includes family day participants. |
| 2010_DC_CBOCR_100327 | 47 | | DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Opening Ceremony @ NBM -- Post-ceremony reception
Pictures from the reception after the ceremony. |
| 2010_DC_NCCC | 39 | | DC -- Natl City Christian Church |
| 2010_DC_NGA_Tour | 11 | | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Docent tour of animals in paintings
Pictures from a wonderful tour of about a dozen paintings involving animals at the gallery. The tour was given by National Gallery docent Eric Danker. |
| 2010_DC_NGAEW | 39 | | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing |
| 2010_DC_NGAP | 29 | | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Paintings |
| 2010_DC_NGASG | 6 | | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Sculpture Garden
Preparing for the fountains to come back on. |
| 2010_DC_NGA_Body | 22 | | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- "Body Inside and Out" exhibit
The Body Inside and Out: Anatomical Literature and Art Theory: Selections from the National Gallery of Art Library
July 24, 2010–January 23, 2011
During the Renaissance, a new focus on the science of anatomy came to light. Artists and physicians worked together and formed partnerships -- Leonardo... |
| 2010_DC_NGA_Dale | 97 | | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- "Chester Dale Collection" exhibit
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection
January 31, 2010–July 31, 2011
Chester Dale's magnificent bequest to the National Gallery of Art in 1962 included a generous endowment as well as one of America's most important collections of French painting from the late 19th and early... |
| 2010_DC_Law | 14 | | DC -- Natl Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
They're working on re-inking the previous names on the memorial. They had been working for three months on the project and were almost done now. |
| 2010_DC_Mall | 7 | | DC -- Natl Mall area |
| 2010_DC_SIAH | 100 | | DC -- Natl Museum of American History, Behring Center
I noticed the pagoda was gone at some point. Pictures here also include the return of the Stephen Colbert portrait and the "Nineteen Thirty-Nine" exhibit.
This small exhibition explores the way Americans used entertainment to distract themselves during a turbulent year when the country was... |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_Apollo | 20 | | DC -- Natl Museum of American History, Behring Center -- Apollo: Where Stars Are Born
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing:
How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment:
For more than seventy-five years, the Apollo Theater in Harlem has played a pivotal role in the history of American popular entertainment. The foremost examples of music, dance, and comedy have resounded within... |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_Fold | 14 | | DC -- Natl Museum of American History, Behring Center -- Fold, Pull, Pop, Turn (Paper Engineering)
Paper Engineering:
Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn:
A rabbit jumps out at you. Wheels spin. A fairytale castle rises up from a page. One picture magically turns into another. You don't ordinarily expect to find such things when you open a book. But pop-ups are no ordinary books.
Pop-up and movable books... |
| 2010_DC_SIAH_Burden | 16 | | DC -- Natl Museum of American History, Behring Center -- Glorious Burden exhibit |
| 2010_DC_NMHAM | 56 | | DC -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Walter Reed) |
| 2010_DC_SINH | 84 | | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History
I wanted to photograph the Hope Diamond again. |
| 2010_DC_SINH_100 | 29 | | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- 100th anniversary display |
| 2010_DC_SINHHO | 40 | | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Hall of Human Origins |
| 2010_DC_AmerInd | 38 | | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian (2010)
Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection:
The National Museum of the American Indian has in recent years undertaken an ambitious program of acquiring and exhibiting significant works by Native contemporary artists. Vantage Point presents highlights from this young but growing collection,... |
| 2010_DC_NMWA | 88 | | DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts |
| 2010_DC_Natl_Theatre | 10 | | DC -- Natl Theatre |
| 2010_DC_Manners_100520 | 39 | | DC -- Natl Theatre -- Judith and Jacobina Martin ("Miss Manners' Guide To A Surprisingly Dignified Wedding")
MISS MANNERS' GUIDE TO A SUPRISINGLY DIGNIFIED WEDDING: JUDITH MARTIN and JACOBINA MARTIN
Miss Manners, aka Judith Martin, and her newlywed daughter and co-author, Jacobina Martin, tell brides and their cortèges what advice to ignore, what "traditions" to skip, and how to achieve the rare, tasteful... |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Amazonia | 61 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Amazonia
The big frog was quite interesting. He/she had a layer of skin which he was shedding. The frog shook off the layer, pushed it over its head, and ate it. |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Art | 30 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Artwork |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Cat | 56 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Big Cats
The lion parents (the dad fathered three cubs with one mother and four with the other) were out for their jaunt. Around noon, they were brought inside so the cubs could come out. |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_CatC_101224 | 64 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Big Cats (cubs outing)
The cubs starting coming out the previous weekend. Awww...
The cubs, born in August and September, have been introduced to their father inside the storage pens but they haven't been allowed outside together. There's a chance that dad will kill the male cubs if he doesn't recognize them as his own... |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Bird | 7 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Bird House |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Const | 90 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Construction Projects -- Elephant Trails etc
Many of these pictures were taken during a FONZ-sponsored tour of the new Elephant Trails project. They still need money for this project so there's a donation campaign going on. Hop to the FONZ web site at http://www.fonz.org to learn more about that.
Info about Elephant Trails:
The National Zoo... |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Elephant | 28 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Panda | 127 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant pandas (2010)
I photographed Tai Shan a bit before he was sent back to China on February 4. His final goodbye celebration was during a snow day. |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Invert | 20 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Invertebrates |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Main | 35 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Parts not covered elsewhere |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Primate | 14 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Primates |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Reptile | 39 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Reptile House |
| 2010_DC_SINZ_Mammal | 14 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Small Mammal House |
| 2010_DC_Zoo_Lights | 116 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Zoo Lights |
| 2010_DC_Zoo_LightsGB | 48 | | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Zoo Lights -- Gingerbread house competition
2010 Gin-GRR-bread Habitat Competition Entries
In 2010, the National Zoo welcomed seven new lion cubs to their pride. Winners of the competition were awarded a behind-the-scenes tour for six to meet the cubs.
Each habitat was judged on:
* Relation to the theme: A Gin-GRR-Bread Habitat for the... |
| 2010_DC_NY_Ave | 57 | | DC -- New York Avenue area (NOMA) |
| 2010_DC_NYASP | 55 | | DC -- New York Avenue Sculpture Project
Including a nighttime visit. |
| 2010_DC_Newseum | 17 | | DC -- Newseum
A couple of quickies of the exhibit area where the Elvis display will be going. It's replacing both the Don Bolles car and the Woodstock exhibit. |
| 2010_DC_NewseumV | 37 | | DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace
Including views of Pennsylvania Avenue during the Rally to Restore Sanity. |
| 2010_DC_Oak_Hill | 209 | | DC -- Oak Hill Cemetery
The first time I'd ever been in the cemetery... and it was a beautiful fall day! |
| 2010_DC_OAS_Love_Me | 17 | | DC -- OAS General Secretariat Building -- Terrace Level Gallery -- "Love Me, Quiéreme, Buy Me" (Carolina Mayorga)
Love Me, Quiéreme, Buy Me, by Carolina Mayorga:
On view March 12-April 30, 2010
Washington, DC: The Art Museum of the Americas announces the opening of Love Me, Quiéreme, Buy Me, an installation of photographic images and video art that comment on women’s behavior in relation to popular culture and... |
| 2010_DC_OAS | 99 | | DC -- Organization of American States Building |
| 2010_DC_OLVictory | 3 | | DC -- Our Lady of Victory |
| 2010_DC_Penn_Qtr | 2 | | DC -- Penn Quarter area |
| 2010_DC_Penn | 18 | | DC -- Pennsylvania Avenue area
Various pictures including IRS building with flags at half mast in honor of the employees killed by the domestic terrorist, as well as some new large office building going up near the Spanish embassy. |
| 2010_DC_PProse | 18 | | DC -- Politics & Prose
The rush the day before Christmas including a visit from the Grinch (Andrew Getman)! |
| 2010_DC_SIRG | 104 | | DC -- Renwick Gallery
Including the Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946
Special exhibition galleries, 1st floor, Renwick Gallery
March 5, 2010 – January 30, 2011
The Art of Gaman showcases arts and crafts made by Japanese Americans in U.S. internment camps during World... |
| 2010_DC_SIRG_Bresler | 34 | | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection
A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection:
A Revolution in Wood celebrates the magnificent gift of sixty-six pieces of turned and carved wood to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the noted collectors, Fleur and Charles Bresler. Works by some of the best-known wood artists in the United States... |
| 2010_DC_RI_Ave | 55 | | DC -- Rhode Island Avenue area
Including a walk down the bicycle trail from the Rhode Island Avenue Metro to the NY Avenue Metro, |
| 2010_DC_Ringling_Parade_100316 | 23 | | DC -- Ringling Brothers Circus Parade |
| 2010_DC_Rock_Creek_Cem | 76 | | DC -- Rock Creek Cemetery |
| 2010_DC_RRB | 47 | | DC -- Ronald Reagan Building |
| 2010_DC_Shaw | 51 | | DC -- Shaw neighborhood |
| 2010_DC_Sixth_I | 51 | | DC -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Including two visits to the roof while the entire roof's copper sealing was being replaced. |
| 2010_DC_SixthVw | 2 | | DC -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Views from Roof
View from the roof of Sixth and I. |
| 2010_DC_Sleeper | 2 | | DC -- Sleeper on the train |
| 2010_DC_Folklife | 93 | | DC -- Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2010)
Pictures of the Mexican craft area and a music/dance session with Chinelos de Atlatlahucan. |
| 2010_DC_GWallace_100701 | 63 | | DC -- Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2010) -- George Wallace
Crackin' Wise: George Wallace Remembers the Apollo |
| 2010_DC_SI_Castle | 15 | | DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle)
Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection
The first major museum exhibition of jewelry from the personal collection of Madeleine Albright will premiere at the Museum of Arts and Design on September 30 and will remain on view through January 31, 2010. Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright... |
| 2010_DC_Southeast | 10 | | DC -- Southeast areas |
| 2010_DC_Southwest | 8 | | DC -- Southwest areas |
| 2010_DC_City_Church | 14 | | DC -- Tenleytown -- City Church & Methodist Cemetery |
| 2010_DC_Engine20 | 24 | | DC -- Tenleytown -- Engine House #20
This fire station was holding an open house as part of the opening of the "Top of the Town" Tenleytown Heritage Trail. |
| 2010_DC_St_Columbas | 21 | | DC -- Tenleytown -- St. Columba's Episcopal Church
This church was holding an open house as part of the opening of the "Top of the Town" Tenleytown Heritage Trail. |
| 2010_DC_Tenleytown | 19 | | DC -- Tenleytown Heritage Area |
| 2010_DC_Yards_Whino | 72 | | DC -- The Yards -- Art Whino Beautiful Minds show |
| 2010_DC_Yards | 75 | | DC -- The Yards (and surrounding area) |
| 2010_DC_Yards_Opening_100911 | 35 | | DC -- The Yards (and surrounding area) -- Opening weekend events |
| 2010_DC_Thomas_Circle | 17 | | DC -- Thomas Circle areas |
| 2010_DC_Jeff_Mem | 24 | | DC -- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
The sea wall work continues. |
| 2010_DC_Tidal | 50 | | DC -- Tidal Basin
They're fixing up the sea walls around the Tidal Basin. In addition, there was a huge oak that collapsed during the February DC snow storm. That's shown here. They said they're working on moving the underground utilities and once they do the stump will be removed. |
| 2010_DC_Tivoli | 95 | | DC -- Tivoli Theater
Including a tour inside. |
| 2010_DC_Trans_Walk | 72 | | DC -- Transportation Walk |
| 2010_DC_TSNY | 29 | | DC -- Trapeze School New York (TSNY)
Now located near The Yards. |
| 2010_DC_U_Street | 36 | | DC -- U Street Heritage area |
| 2010_DC_Union_StationCC_101011 | 18 | | DC -- Union Station -- Columbus Day Ceremony
Display after ceremony for Columbus Day. (I missed the ceremony itself.) |
| 2010_DC_USIPCW | 75 | | DC -- United States Institute of Peace -- Construction Watch Tour (building) |
| 2010_DC_USIPCWP | 37 | | DC -- United States Institute of Peace -- Construction Watch Tour (people on tour) |
| 2010_DC_USIPVw | 14 | | DC -- United States Institute of Peace -- Views from building |
| 2010_DC_USASEF_101024 | 183 | | DC -- USA Science & Engineering Festival
The Inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, hosted by Lockheed Martin, is the country’s first national science festival and descends on the Washington, D.C. area in October 2010. ... The culmination of the Festival will be a free, two-day Expo on the National Mall and surrounding areas on October... |
| 2010_DC_Botanic | 77 | | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
Including a potato display. |
| 2010_DC_BotanicX | 184 | | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Christmas |
| 2010_DC_BotanicBHS_101219 | 56 | | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Christmas -- Barrington High School Madrigal Singers |
| 2010_DC_CapitolX | 44 | | DC -- U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree (2010)
U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree 2010
Wyoming
Howdy!
This Engelmann spruce CHristmas tree is from the Bridger-Teton National Forest in wonderful Wyoming, but where the true west begins. Known as the "Cowboy State," Wyoming has more cattle than people, more elbow room in our wide-oepn spaces, and the... |
| 2010_DC_Capitol | 27 | | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior images) |
| 2010_DC_Forest | 8 | | DC -- U.S. Forest Service visitor center |
| 2010_DC_Arboretum | 51 | | DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
Fall colors. |
| 2010_DC_Naval_Center | 108 | | DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center |
| 2010_DC_Naval_Memorial | 9 | | DC -- U.S. Navy Memorial |
| 2010_DC_WRAMC | 12 | | DC -- Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
| 2010_DC_WCC | 43 | | DC -- Washington Convention Center
Some artwork in the hallways. |
| 2010_DC_WCCVw | 20 | | DC -- Washington Convention Center -- Views from... |
| 2010_DC_Wash_Mon | 5 | | DC -- Washington Monument
A concession building's roof started smoking but things calmed down pretty quickly. |
| 2010_DC_Ballpark | 2 | | DC -- Washington Nationals ballpark -- Flags up for 9/11 |
| 2010_DC_WHouse_Garden | 41 | | DC -- White House Garden Tour |
| 2010_DC_WHVC | 14 | | DC -- White House Visitor Center
Including pictures of the White House Gingerbread House.
A Favorite Holiday Tradition
Posted by Bill Yosses on December 22, 2009 at 10:36 AM EST
Each year, the White House Pastry Team comes together with other members of the White House staff to work on a favorite holiday tradition: The White... |
| 2010_DC_CW2CR_101104 | 89 | | DC -- Willard Hotel -- Civil War To Civil Rights Conference
DC Launches “Civil War to Civil Rights” Promotion to Mark 150th Commemoration of Civil War
(Washington, DC)...From Abraham Lincoln’s tide-turning elections and inaugurations to Dr. Martin Luther King’s soul-stirring “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC has served as a... |
| 2010_DC_Willard | 5 | | DC -- Willard InterContinental Washington
The panels in the ballroom. |
| 2010_DC_Woodley | 5 | | DC -- Woodley Park areas
They're gutting the fronts that will become the Woodley-Wardman Condominium. |
| 2010_DC_WWilsonHS | 1 | | DC -- Woodrow Wilson High School |
| 2010_DC_DOC_Earth_100422 | 69 | | Dept of Commerce -- Earth Day ceremony and fair
The Department of Commerce hosted an Earth Day Fair in the Herbert C. Hoover Building main lobby. Preceding that was a ceremony for the Environmental Stewardship Awards in the auditorium. The awards ceremony recognized achievements in environmental protection and energy conservation by NOAA, National... |
| 2010_DC_Matlock_100323 | 46 | | Eisenhower Institute -- Jack Matlock ("Superpower Illusions")
Eisenhower Institute Invites you to an Author Series Event featuring
Ambassador Jack Matlock
Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray - And How to Return to Reality
Jack F. Matlock, former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from March 1987 to August 1991, served... |
| 2010_DC_Bag_It_100328 | 27 | | Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Bag It" (w/Suzan Beraza)
BAG IT (USA, 2010, 67 min. work-in-progress)
An average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know that this simple decision will change his life completely. He comes to the conclusion that our consumptive use of plastic has finally caught up with us,... |
| 2010_DC_Bhutan_100328 | 66 | | Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Bhutan: A Kingdom of Happiness" (w/Dara Padwo-Audick and Darin Olien)
BHUTAN: A KINGDOM OF HAPPINESS (30 min. work-in-progress)
There’s a lot at stake for Druk Yul, better known in the west as Bhutan. Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, this tiny country has grand ambitions. Attempting to protect its ancient past while embracing economic development, Bhutan is the... |
| 2010_DC_Carbon_100328 | 72 | | Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Carbon Nation" (w/Peter Byck and panel)
CARBON NATION (USA, 2010, 83 min.)
Panel and film screening presented by Booz Allen Hamilton. Panel follows screening.
World Premiere Can we get the upper hand on global warming? The impending climate change crisis is inspiring courageous and optimistic Americans to action. From citizens operating on... |
| 2010_DC_CarbonR_100328 | 28 | | Env Film Festival @ Helix -- "Carbon Nation" Reception (w/Peter Byck)
This was an after-screening, after-festival reception for the Carbon Nation folks. |
| 2010_DC_Frogs_100326 | 40 | | Env Film Festival @ Natl Zoological Park -- "Frogs: The Thin Green Line" (w/Brian Gratwicke)
FROGS: THE THIN GREEN LINE (USA, 2009, 57 min.)
Frogs have been living on this planet for more than 360 million years and, over the centuries, evolved into some of the most wondrous and diverse creatures on earth. Today, however, all their remarkable adaptations and survival tactics are failing them.... |
| 2010_DC_Fireworks_100704 | 49 | | Fireworks -- 4th of July on the Mall (2010) from the Lincoln Memorial |
| 2010_DC_Swanson_101028 | 35 | | Ford's Theatre -- James Swanson ("Bloody Crimes")
James Swanson Reading and Book-Signing:
James L. Swanson discusses his newest book, Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse, the sequel to his award-winning work Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. Swanson weaves together the stories of two... |
| 2010_DC_Ford_Authors_100710 | 53 | | Ford's Theatre -- Lincoln Scholars
Join us on Saturday, July 10, and meet Lincoln historians Jean H. Baker, Gabor Boritt, Michael Burlingame, Catherine Clinton, Harold Holzer, Matthew Pinsker, James L. Swanson and Douglas L. Wilson. The scholars will be signing copies of their books in the Atlantic Lobby of Ford's Theatre from 2:30 to... |
| 2010_DC_Spelman_100220 | 9 | | Ford's Theatre -- "Jon Spelman's Tales of the Lincoln"
Special Invitation to Ford's Theatre Members:
Jon Spelman's Tales of the Lincoln
Join us on Saturday, February 20, at 10:30 a.m. as performer and writer Jon Spelman presents his one-man show exploring the many and varied legends told about Abraham Lincoln by storytellers from around the world and... |
| 2010_DC_Parade_100418 | 29 | | Ford's Theatre -- "Parade" reading
Ford's Theatre Society, Paul R. Tetreault, Director, presents a reading of Parade, in association with Theater J, Ari Roth, Artistic Director.
Book by Alfred Uhry, Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, Co-conceived and originally directed by Harold Prince, directed by Jeff Calhoun, music direction... |
| 2010_DC_RFA1D_100709 | 23 | | Ford's Theatre -- "Road from Appomattox" and "One Destiny" Society event
Ford's Theatre Society
Paul R. Tetreault, Director
Presents
The Road From Appomattox
and
One Destiny
The Road From Appomattox
by Richard Hellesen
Robert E. Lee ... John Dow
Ulysses S. Grant ... Steven Carpenter
Directed by Mark Ramont
One Destiny
by Richard Hellesen
Harry Hawk ...... |
| 2010_DC_FNA_101201 | 8 | | Foundation for the Natl Archives -- "Discovering the Civil War, Part Two: Consequences" reception
To say thank you to our members, to ring in the holiday season, and to celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit "Discovering the Civil War, Part Two: Consequences", we invite you to join the Foundation for a special evening, including
* A private reception including favorite holiday treats and... |
| 2010_DC_FNA_100128 | 116 | | Foundation for the Natl Archives -- "Fighting for Democracy" opening (w/Daniel Inouye and George Takei)
A special opportunity to preview Fighting for Democracy, a temporary exhibition opening at the National Archives.
What do we mean by "We the People?" This question is explored in "Fighting for Democracy" through the experiences of women and men who sought equal treatment during World War II. This... |
| 2010_DC_FNA_100223 | 25 | | Foundation for the Natl Archives -- "Fighting for Democracy" tour |
| 2010_DC_FOTHOC_100101 | 52 | | Friends of the Homeless on New Years (distribution)
The second part of Victor Block's report follows.
January 1, 2010. Because of overwhelming interest in helping out, five cars, rather than the four of past years, left FOTH Central a little after 10 a.m. on a cold New Years day, each carrying 20 gift bags. After distributing all of their bags,... |
| 2010_DC_Revenants_100916 | 53 | | Goethe-Institut -- Reveants w/Oskar Schmidt -- Opening Reception
Exhibition opening with photographer Oskar Schmidt and Sarah Kennel, National Gallery of Art.
Bare, sparsely furnished rooms and introverted women and girls, barely present to their surroundings: the starkly reduced photographs of Oskar Schmidt are both portraits and interiors.
Like paper... |
| 2010_DC_Brugioni_100715 | 62 | | International Spy Museum -- Dino Brugioni ("Eyes in the Sky")
Eyes in the Sky: Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War Aerial Espionage
He briefed presidents from Eisenhower through Ford. As a founder of the CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center, during the Cuban Missile Crisis he was a key member of the team that provided President Kennedy the evidence... |
| 2010_DC_Trabant_101106 | 116 | | International Spy Museum -- Fourth Annual Parade of Trabants
The Berlin Wall is long gone, but one Cold War icon is still chugging away -- the Trabant. Despite their questionable performance and smoky two-stroke engines, these little cars are now affectionately regarded as a symbol of East Germany and the fall of Communism. Trabants are a rarity here, but on... |
| 2010_DC_TrabantP_101106 | 109 | | International Spy Museum -- Fourth Annual Parade of Trabants -- Painting project
The Berlin Wall is long gone, but one Cold War icon is still chugging away -- the Trabant. Despite their questionable performance and smoky two-stroke engines, these little cars are now affectionately regarded as a symbol of East Germany and the fall of Communism. Trabants are a rarity here, but on... |
| 2010_DC_Metro_EN | 5 | | Metro Station -- L'Enfant Plaza
Interesting prism art at one of the entrances. |
| 2010_DC_Metro_WF | 4 | | Metro Station -- Waterfront-SEU
Construction equipment which accounted for single-tracking on the green line that day. |
| 2010_DC_World_100321 | 11 | | National Gallery & Env Film Festival -- World In Our Hands
The World in Our Hands (A Selection of Children's Films) (52 min.)
Join us for a program of award-winning animated short films, each with an inspiring message about caring for the environment. The main character in each film imagines a better world and finds a way to contribute to the greater good with... |
| 2010_DC_NACarr_100217 | 28 | | Natl Archives -- Adam Schrager ("The Principled Politician: Governor Ralph Carr")
The Principled Politician: Governor Ralph Carr and the Fight Against Japanese American Internment:
Broadcast journalist and author Adam Schrager discusses his book, The Principled Politician, which tells the story of the only political leader in the country to welcome Japanese Americans to his state... |
| 2010_DC_CW3D_100610 | 86 | | Natl Archives -- Bob Zeller and John Richter ("Civil War in 3-D")
The Civil War in 3-D:
In partnership with the Center for Civil War Photography, we present an illustrated lecture featuring about 170 stereoscopic images taken during the Civil War. Bob Zeller, president of the Center for Civil War Photography, and John J. Richter, director of imaging for the center,... |
| 2010_DC_McGinty_100526 | 25 | | Natl Archives -- Brian McGinty ("John Brown's Trial")
John Brown’s Trial:
John Brown hoped to incite the slaves in Virginia to a rebellion when he attacked the armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859. Historians have credited this raid with rousing the country and accelerating the onset of the Civil War. In John Brown’s Trial, author Brian McGinty... |
| 2010_DC_Eisenhower_101209 | 150 | | Natl Archives -- David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower ("Going Home to Glory")
Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969:
At the end of his second term in 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower retired to his farm outside of Gettysburg, PA, and redefined his political role. In Going Home to Glory, grandson David Eisenhower and his wife Julie Nixon... |
| 2010_DC_NAHealy_100224 | 56 | | Natl Archives -- Dennis Noble and Truman Strobridge ("Captain Hell Roaring Mike Healy")
Captain “Hell Roaring” Mike Healy: From American Slave to Arctic Hero:
In the late 1880s, many lives in maritime Alaska rested in the hands of Michael A. Healy. During his years in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, Healy arrested lawbreakers, helped to deter smuggling, rescued sailors in distress,... |
| 2010_DC_Bearss_100623 | 47 | | Natl Archives -- Ed Bearss ("Receding Tide")
Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg:
On Independence Day, 1863, not one but two pivotal battles ended in Union victory, marking the high tide of Confederate military fortune and ultimately dooming the South’s effort at secession. In Receding Tide, Edwin Cole Bearss, a recognized expert on both... |
| 2010_DC_NAElvis_100106 | 100 | | Natl Archives -- Egil "Bud" Krogh and Jerry Schilling (Nixon and Elvis)
Nixon and Elvis: We Were There When Nixon Met Elvis
In commemoration of the 75th birthday of Elvis Presley, the National Archives presents a discussion of the meeting between Elvis and President Richard Nixon at the White House on December 21, 1970. Timothy Naftali, Director of the Richard Nixon... |
| 2010_DC_NAJHF_100218 | 68 | | Natl Archives -- Evelyn Higginbotham ("From Slavery to Freedom" and the Legacy of John Hope Franklin)
From Slavery to Freedom and the Legacy of John Hope Franklin:
The ninth edition of From Slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Higginbotham has been revised to reflect the most current scholarship on African American history. Tonight we present a program on the legacy of John Hope Franklin... |
| 2010_DC_NAHerf_100204 | 16 | | Natl Archives -- Jeffrey Herf ("Nazi Propaganda in the Arab World")
Nazi Propaganda in the Arab World
Jeffrey Herf, professor of history at the University of Maryland in College Park, offers the most extensive examination to date of Nazi propaganda activities targeting Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East during World War II and the Holocaust.
The speaker was... |
| 2010_DC_NAOscL_100306 | 4 | | Natl Archives -- Margaret Parsons (introducing Live Action Short Film Nominees)
Live Action Short Film Nominees
The Door
Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra
Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi
Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish
Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
The Center for the National Archives... |
| 2010_DC_NAOscA_100306 | 21 | | Natl Archives -- Marvin Pinkert and WIFV members (introducing the Animated Short Film Nominees)
Animated Short Film Nominees
French Roast
Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama
Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Nick Park
The Center for... |
| 2010_DC_NATuskegee_100217 | 99 | | Natl Archives -- Panel -- A Salute to the Tuskegee Airmen
A Salute to the Tuskegee Airmen:
In partnership with Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Archives Experience presents a panel discussion and film screening celebrating the achievements of America’s first African American... |
| 2010_DC_JEDCW_100527 | 93 | | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Jewish Experience During the Civil War
The Jewish Experience During the Civil War:
To commemorate Jewish American Heritage Month, a panel discusses the contributions of Jewish men and women during the Civil War. Each panelist will discuss a “key text,” including documents and events related to including General Grant’s Order No. 11, which... |
| 2010_DC_Haiti_101202 | 68 | | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Lincoln and Haiti: Colonization and Haitian Recognition During the Civil War
Lincoln and Haiti: Colonization and Haitian Recognition During the Civil War:
As the Civil War continued, lawmakers, abolitionists, and colonizationists debated Federal support for colonization and the relocation of a significant portion of the slave population from the United States to the Caribbean.... |
| 2010_DC_NAStealth_100114 | 61 | | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Stealth Reconstruction: The Untold Story of Southern Politics and History
Stealth Reconstruction: The Untold Story of Southern Politics and History:
Amid the heroic history of the Civil Rights movement is an untold story of the quiet, practical, and biracial work of white politicians and black leaders. In partnership with the United States Association of Former Members of... |
| 2010_DC_McGowan_101105 | 49 | | Natl Archives -- Panel -- William G. McGowan Forum ("Long Distance Warrior")
The Sixth Annual McGowan Forum on Communications: "Long Distance Warrior"
Join us tonight for the special screening of Long Distance Warrior: A New Documentary about the Most Famous Entrepreneur You've Never Heard Of. The documentary tells the compelling story of William G. McGowan, the man who took on... |
| 2010_DC_NAWILJ_100311 | 77 | | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Women in Leadership: Journalism
Women in Leadership: Journalism
Women journalists have impacted the reporting and editing of our nation’s news. What are the challenges they have faced? And what has changed in the roles, expectations, opportunities, and obstacles for women in American journalism? A panel of journalists and news... |
| 2010_DC_Maiern_101029 | 31 | | Natl Archives -- Pauline Maier ("Ratification")
Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787–1788:
When the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia adjourned in late summer of 1787, the delegates returned to their states to report on the new Constitution. Join us as Pauline Maier discusses her latest book Ratification, and the debate... |
| 2010_DC_NATower_100428 | 63 | | Natl Archives -- Raymond Schmidt ("A Tower In Nebraska")
A Tower in Nebraska: How FDR Found Inspiration for the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland
During his political career, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a hand in determining the appearance and location of many public projects including the Pentagon and National Archives Building. Nowhere was his... |
| 2010_DC_Monuments_101020 | 95 | | Natl Archives -- Robert Edsel ("Monuments Men")
The Monuments Men:
Beyond the familiar history lessons of World War II is an untold story of a Nazi plot to seize the world’s greatest cultural treasures—a plot thwarted by one tiny band of soldiers, detailed in The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History.... |
| 2010_DC_Remini_100429 | 39 | | Natl Archives -- Robert Remini ("At the Edge of the Precipice")
At The Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union:
Robert V. Remini, historian of the House of Representatives, discusses his newest book, At the Edge of the Precipice, a fascinating recounting of the Compromise of 1850, a titanic act of political will that only a... |
| 2010_DC_Nuremberg_101006 | 35 | | Natl Archives -- Sandra Schulberg (introducing "Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today") including reception
Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today (The 2009 Schulberg/Waletsky Restoration):
The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film welcomes producer Sandra Schulberg, who will introduce the first complete 35mm picture and sound restoration of the U.S. Government’s 1948 film about the first Nuremberg... |
| 2010_DC_McCurry_101203 | 34 | | Natl Archives -- Stephanie McCurry ("Confederate Reckoning")
Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South:
When the Confederate States of America was formed, Southern statesmen and generals had built a proslavery, antidemocratic nation in order to protect their property—and excluded and disenfranchised white women and slaves, who comprised... |
| 2010_DC_Neff_100507 | 23 | | Natl Archives -- Stephen Neff ("Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War")
Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War:
Stephen C. Neff offers the first comprehensive study of Civil War legal issues in his book, Justice in Blue and Gray, and argues that many of these issues resonate to this day. Neff examines the lawfulness of secession, executive and... |
| 2010_DC_NAOscS_100307 | 3 | | Natl Archives -- Tom Nastick (introducing the Documentary Short Subject Nominees)
The Center for the National Archives Experience will host the sixth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film—from Wednesday, March 3, through Sunday, March 7. The screenings... |
| 2010_DC_SAAW_100630 | 18 | | Natl Archives -- Willie Waffle (introducing "2010 Student Academy Award Winners")
2010 Student Academy Award® Winners:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, in partnership with The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film and the Foundation for the National Archives, presents the winners of the 2010 Student Academy Awards®, which honor outstanding student... |
| 2010_DC_NAOscB_100306 | 10 | | Natl Archives -- Willie Waffle (introducing "Burma VJ")
Burma VJ
Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
The Center for the National Archives Experience will host the sixth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film—from... |
| 2010_DC_NAOscF_100303 | 12 | | Natl Archives -- Willie Waffle (introducing "Food, Inc.")
Food, Inc.
Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Center for the National Archives Experience will host the sixth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film—from Wednesday,... |
| 2010_DC_NAOscW_100307 | 15 | | Natl Archives -- Willie Waffle (introducing "Which Way Home")
Which Way Home
Rebecca Cammisa
The Center for the National Archives Experience will host the sixth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film—from Wednesday, March 3,... |
| 2010_DC_Hines_100402 | 89 | | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies (w/Maurice Hines)
Join Sophisticated Ladies cast members Maurice Hines and John and Leo Manzari at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History for an in-depth look at the work of Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies.
A discussion and dance exhibition by the cast members and Smithsonian Curator... |
| 2010_DC_Thomas_100327 | 6 | | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Helen Thomas/Craig Crawford signing |
| 2010_DC_SINH_Opening_100317 | 39 | | Natl Museum of Natural History -- Hall of Human Origins -- Opening Event |
| 2010_DC_BlessN_100410 | 79 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Blessing of the Fleets (2010) -- Indoor events incl ribbon cutting
19th Annual Blessing of the Fleets:
What is the Blessing of the Fleets?
Passed down through generations of sailors, fishermen, merchant mariners and navies around the world, the centuries-old "Blessing of the Fleets" ceremony is intended to safeguard fishing crews and ships from the danger of the... |
| 2010_DC_BlessF_100410 | 121 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Blessing of the Fleets (2010) -- Outdoor ceremony
19th Annual Blessing of the Fleets:
What is the Blessing of the Fleets?
Passed down through generations of sailors, fishermen, merchant mariners and navies around the world, the centuries-old "Blessing of the Fleets" ceremony is intended to safeguard fishing crews and ships from the danger of the... |
| 2010_DC_Ensigns_100918 | 92 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Ceremonial Commissioning of Ensigns
This was a public swearing in ceremony for four ensigns (whose names are withheld for privacy reasons). The keynote address was given by RADM Gar Wright, USN and there was a follow-up reception at 701 Restaurant nearby.
In the middle, several groups of Honor Flight servicemen, who had served in World... |
| 2010_DC_Kuebler_100218 | 126 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Diane Kuebler (Seabees of Iwo Jima)
The Seabees of Iwo Jima Lecture at United States Naval Memorial:
Researcher Diane L. Kuebler Will Present an Illustrated Lecture on the Navy’s Construction Battalions in the Famous World War II Battle
Part of the Navy Memorial’s “Year of the Seabees and Civil Engineer Corps” Exhibit. Ms. Kuebler’s... |
| 2010_DC_Naval_Concert_100512 | 36 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Hatton High School performance
I happened on this concert while I was out for the day. The high school, Hatton High School, is from Town Creek, Alabama. |
| 2010_DC_Guests_100917 | 19 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Linda Goetz Holmes ("Guests of the Emperor")
Linda Goetz Holmes Will Discuss and Sign Her Book "Guests of the Emperor: The Secret History of Japan's Mukden POW Camp" Followed by a Q&A
In World War II, more than 36,000 American men, mostly military but some civilian, were thrown into Japanese POW camps and were turned into forced labor for... |
| 2010_DC_POW_MIA_100917 | 56 | | Naval Heritage Center -- National POW-MIA Day wreath Laying
The Naval District Washington did a commemorative wreath laying in honor of National POW-MIA Day |
| 2010_DC_Pearl_101207 | 116 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Pearl Harbor Anniversary Tribute
The Navy Memorial Remembers Pearl Harbor:
Join the Navy Memorial at 1:00 p.m. on December 7 as we and Naval District Washington observe the 69th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Several local Pearl Harbor survivors and their families will participate in the ceremony, which will be held... |
| 2010_DC_PieceByB | 27 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Piece By Piece (Lou Gehrig's Disease) work
The ALS Association Florida Chapter's Piece-By-Piece display will be in Washington during the ALS advocacy days in May.
On Mothers' Day, Sunday, May 9, the display will be at the Navy Memorial. I understand that the Navy Memorial is on Pennsylvania Avenue, halfway between the White House and the U.S.... |
| 2010_DC_Naval_Ceremony_100519 | 32 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Retirement Ceremony for Lynn Stofferan
Retirement Ceremony in honor of Disbursing Clerk / Personnel Specialist Chief Lynn R. Stofferan, United States Navy. |
| 2010_DC_Naval_Ceremony_100514 | 108 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Retirement Ceremony for Michael Good
This was a change of office and retirement ceremony that I just happened on. Portions that I filmed:
-- Master of Ceremonies -- Commander William J. Guarini, USN
-- Presentation of Colors
-- National Anthem
-- Retire the Colors
-- Invovation -- Mr. Cecil L. Whitfield, Jr.
-- Welcome... |
| 2010_DC_Beef_Stew_100505 | 60 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Rudy Shappee ("Beef Stew for 2500")
Part of the Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” series of book lectures. Author Rudy Shappee will present his new book Beef Stew for 2500: Feeding Our Navy from the Revolutionary War to the Present, followed by Q&A, a book signing and a lunchtime tasting prepared by the Navy’s culinary... |
| 2010_DC_Moon_Men_100713 | 23 | | Naval Heritage Center -- Scott W. Carmichael ("Moon Men Return")
Author of Moon Men Return: USS Hornet and the Recovery of the Apollo 11 Astronauts at Navy Memorial
Scott W. Carmichael Will Discuss and Sign His Book Followed by a Q&A
The splashdown and recovery of Apollo 11 on July 24, 1969, was a historic event, which fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's... |
| 2010_DC_Chosin_101215 | 69 | | Naval Heritage Center -- "Chosin" screening and discussion
The U.S. Navy Memorial is presenting "Chosin," a documentary about 15,000 U.S. troops who fought to save the lives of civilian refugees during the Korean War. Survivor accounts combined with never before seen footage take the viewer on an emotional journey. A panel discussion with the filmmakers and... |
| 2010_DC_NSD_101016 | 86 | | Naval Heritage Center & USA Science & Engineering Festival -- Navy Science Day
Naval Research Laboratory Hosts Navy Science Day at the Navy Memorial:
Educational and hands-on activities for K-12 students to teach them about Navy Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers.
A day-long program of speakers, static displays and interactive games that cover the history... |
| 2010_DC_FOBA_10009 | 136 | | NBM -- Festival of the Building Arts
Festival of the Building Arts:
Celebrate the past, envision the future at the annual Festival of the Building Arts at the National Building Museum. Work side by side with architects, builders, designers, artisans, and trades people as they demonstrate their skills.
• PARTICIPATE in drywall finishing,... |
| 2010_DC_BuildingL_101214 | 63 | | NBM -- Holiday party and Chair's and President's Award
This year's annual holiday party will commemorate 30 years of America's only museum dedicated to the building arts and sciences. On this special occasion, the Museum will hold the premier presentation of two annual awards that recognize the dedication of people who have played a significant role in its... |
| 2010_DC_HH_Talk_100713 | 32 | | NBM -- House and Home preview discussion
The National Building Museum cordially invites you to attend a special reception for The Builders featuring a presentation on the future exhibition
House & Home
by Sarah Leavitt
Curator, National Building Museum |
| 2010_DC_JJournalists_100411 | 65 | | Newseum -- Family Day -- Junior Journalists w/Rob Rogers
Junior Journalists Family Day at the Newseum
In addition to some caricature people, the family day included this presentation:
Be a Cartoonist with Rob Rogers:
Learn to draw like a cartoonist in this hands-on activity for the whole family. Seating is on a space-available basis. |
| 2010_DC_Covering_101026 | 61 | | Newseum -- First Amendment Center -- Covering Religion in the Post 9/11 World
Covering Religion in the Post 9/11 World:
Recent events in the United States -- from anti-mosque protests to threats of Qur'an burning -- are stark reminders that in the post 9/11 world, religion matters. How well do journalists report the religious dimension of the news? Does the news media help... |
| 2010_DC_Faith_100308 | 85 | | Newseum -- First Amendment Center -- John F. Kennedy, Faith and Public Office
John F. Kennedy, Faith and Public Office
The 1960 election, won by John F. Kennedy over then-Vice President Richard Nixon, was one of the closest and most contentious in American history. A key element was the Kennedy campaign's transformation of the "religion question" from a liability into an asset,... |
| 2010_DC_Their_Day_100128 | 101 | | Newseum -- First Amendment Center -- Their Day in Court (w/Sandra Day O'Connor, Elena Kagan)
First Amendment Center Program in conjunction with The Supreme Court Fellows Alumni Association
Woman Advocates of the Supreme Court Bar: Their Day in Court
This unique event will explore the role and history of women lawyers who have argued cases before the Supreme Court. Former Justice Sandra Day... |
| 2010_DC_God_100928 | 76 | | Newseum -- First Amendment Center -- "God In America" Preview Screening
On September 28, 2010, there will be a exclusive screening of the upcoming documentary series God in America followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. The event will be held at the Annenberg Theater, Newseum in Washington, DC. Pew provided financial support for the documentary. WGBH is hosting the event... |
| 2010_DC_Future_100315 | 97 | | Newseum -- Future of News -- Who Decides What's News? (Bob Schieffer and Krishna Bharat)
The Future of News: Who Decides What's News?
Guests: Bob Schieffer and Krishna Bharat
Bob Schieffer, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and moderator of "Face the Nation," and Krishna Bharat, a research scientist at Google and the creator of Google News, join Sonya Gavankar to discuss 21st... |
| 2010_DC_Elvis_100327 | 17 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Angie Marchese (Elvis!)
Elvis! His Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story
Guest: Angie Marchese
Angie Marchese, curator of Elvis Presley's Graceland estate in Memphis, talks about the Newseum's newest exhibit, "Elvis! His Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story."
Produced in collaboration with Elvis Presley... |
| 2010_DC_Hunter_100109 | 63 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Covering Africa)
Inside Media: Covering Africa:
Guest: Charlayne Hunter-Gault
In 1961, Charlayne Hunter-Gault made civil rights history when she and Hamilton E. Holmes became the first two African Americans to integrate the University of Georgia. Her graduation two years later with a coveted degree in journalism... |
| 2010_DC_Bliss_101003 | 34 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Chris Bliss
Inside Media: Freedom of Expression and the Power of Humor: Chris Bliss
Commentator and comedian Chris Bliss explores the nexus between humor and truth-telling in a fresh and entertaining look at how irony, satire and ridicule impact the national conversation and change our perceptions of the... |
| 2010_DC_Milbank_101106 | 17 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Dana Milbank ("Tears of a Clown")
Inside Media: Dana Milbank on Glenn Beck:
Join Washington Post syndicated columnist Dana Milbank as he talks about his new book “Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America.”
The book looks at the remarkable rise of Beck, the former shock jock who has become one of the most... |
| 2010_DC_Pulitzer_100314 | 28 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/James McGrath Morris (Life of Joseph Pulitzer)
Inside Media: The Life of Joseph Pulitzer
Guest: James McGrath Morris
Although he might be best known today for the journalism prize that bears his name, Joseph Pulitzer’s biggest contribution to American history was transforming journalism into a medium of mass consumption and immense... |
| 2010_DC_Swanson_101002 | 27 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/James Swanson ("Bloody Crimes")
Inside Media: 'Bloody Crimes' -- James Swanson:
"Bloody Crimes," the new book by author James Swanson, weaves together the stories of two fallen leaders as they made their last expeditions through a wounded nation in the wake of the Civil War.
On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis,... |
| 2010_DC_Game_Change_100213 | 41 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/John Heilemann and Mark Halperin ("Game Change")
Inside Media: Game Change:
Guests: John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, two of the country’s leading political reporters, talk about their new book "Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime."
The authors use their unrivaled access... |
| 2010_DC_OJ_Simpson_100620 | 50 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Linda Deutsch and Jerrianne Hayslett ("Covering the O.J. Simpson Trial")
Covering the O.J. Simpson Trial with Linda Deutsch and Jerrianne Hayslett
The O.J. Simpson trial had it all: a double murder, a celebrity defendant, a perjuring witness and a glove that didn't fit. Deutsch, The Associated Press's lead reporter on the trial, and Hayslett, media liaison for the L.A.... |
| 2010_DC_Albright_100131 | 44 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Madeleine Albright
Inside Media: Read My Pins : Guest: Madeleine Albright
As the first female U.S. secretary of state, Madeleine Albright made history and news. While serving as the nation's chief diplomat, she used various pins as a signature diplomatic tool.
When the government-controlled Iraqi press referred to... |
| 2010_DC_Plotkin_100911 | 43 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Mark Plotkin
Inside Media: The Mid-term Elections With Mark Plotkin
Mark Plotkin, WTOP political commentator and host of the weekly “Politics Program,” talks about the upcoming 2010 mid-term elections and the implications for the Obama administration.
Plotkin, who has analyzed national and local politics at WTOP... |
| 2010_DC_Enquirer_101009 | 43 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Paul David Pope ("History of the National Enquirer")
The History of The National Enquirer:
Philanthropist and businessman Paul David Pope talks about his family and the history of The National Enquirer in his new book “The Deeds of My Fathers: How My Grandfather and Father Built New York and Created the Tabloid World of Today.”
In the book, Pope —... |
| 2010_DC_ORourke_101030 | 26 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/P.J. O'Rourke ("Don't Vote: It Just Encourages the Bastards")
Inside Media With P.J. O'Rourke:
With more than a million words of trenchant journalism under his byline and more citations in “The Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations” than any other living writer, P.J. O’Rourke has established himself as one of America’s premier political satirists.
His new... |
| 2010_DC_Stengel_101120 | 39 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Richard Stengel ("History of Time Magazine")
Inside Media: The History of Time Magazine:
Join Time magazine managing editor Richard Stengel as he discusses the new book “Time: The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Influential Magazine.”
The book, which looks at the history of the influential newsweekly, is a complete compendium illustrated... |
| 2010_DC_Rogers_100411 | 121 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Rob Rogers
Inside Media: The Best of Editorial Cartoonist Rob Rogers
The editorial cartoons of Rob Rogers have been gracing the pages of newspapers since 1984 when he was hired by the Pittsburgh Press.
A syndicated cartoonist with United Features Syndicate, Rogers has covered a diverse range of topics, including... |
| 2010_DC_Weisman_101203 | 26 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Steven Weisman ("Life of Daniel Patrick Moynihan")
The Life of Daniel Patrick Moynihan:
Few American politicians loom as large in the public memory as Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the senator from New York who was a pathfinder in President John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier, a commander in President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society and an enabler of President... |
| 2010_DC_Campbell_100619 | 74 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/W. Joseph Campbell ("Getting It Wrong")
Inside Media: Getting It Wrong
Guest: W. Joseph Campbell
Did The Washington Post bring down Richard Nixon by reporting on the Watergate scandal? Did a cryptic remark by Walter Cronkite effectively end the Vietnam War? Did William Randolph Hearst vow to "furnish the war" in the 1898 conflict with... |
| 2010_DC_CampbellBL_100619 | 68 | | Newseum -- Inside Media w/W. Joseph Campbell ("Getting It Wrong") -- Book Launch
These were pictures from the official book launch event that followed the Mr. Campbell's Inside Media presentation. |
| 2010_DC_NewseumMN_101206 | 65 | | Newseum -- Members' Night -- Artifact viewing |
| 2010_DC_NewseumMN_100322 | 12 | | Newseum -- Members' Preview -- "Elvis!" exhibit
Unfortunately, the Newseum asked me to not post pictures of their exhibits (weird, isn't it?) so you won't find the exhibit itself on this site. |
| 2010_DC_AOM_100112 | 72 | | Newseum -- Reel Journalism: Absence of Malice (w/Brian Williams)
Reel Journalism with Nick Clooney: Absence of Malice (1981)
Guest: Brian Williams
A journalist should always report the facts, but can the facts lie? Can justice be served when the truth is at odds with the evidence?
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News," will examine... |
| 2010_DC_Network_100322 | 62 | | Newseum -- Reel Journalism: Network (w/Gordon Peterson and Arch Campbell)
Reel Journalism with Nick Clooney: Network (1976)
Guests: Washington, D.C., journalists Gordon Peterson and Arch Campbell
"Reel Journalism With Nick Clooney" presents the classic 1976 movie "Network." Veteran Washington, D.C., journalists Gordon Peterson and Arch Campbell will join Clooney to discuss... |
| 2010_DC_JMem_100503 | 116 | | Newseum -- Special -- Journalists Memorial Ceremony (w/Christiane Amanpour) -- Ceremony
Christiane Amanpour To Speak at Journalists Memorial Ceremony
International journalist Christiane Amanpour will be the keynote speaker at the 2010 rededication of the Newseum's Journalists Memorial on Monday, May 3, 2010.
The ceremony will add the names of 88 journalists who were killed in 2009 and... |
| 2010_DC_Chaplains_100430 | 98 | | Newseum -- Special -- "Chaplains Under Fire" (Washington premiere)
Washington Premiere: "Chaplains Under Fire"
The Religious Freedom Education Project will host the Washington, D.C., premiere of "Chaplains Under Fire," an independent documentary that examines the lives and work of military chaplains and the church-state tensions at the heart of the chaplaincy.
In... |
| 2010_DC_Newseum_Rally | 23 | | Newseum -- Special -- "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" being watched from the atrium
Jumbotron time! |
| 2010_DC_Secretariat_100918 | 23 | | Newseum -- Special -- "Secretariat" (making of) w/Randall Wallace and Bill Nack
The Making of "Secretariat"
Join us for a special program with film director Randall Wallace as he talks about his new movie "Secretariat." With him will be sports journalist Bill Nack, who wrote the book "Secretariat: The Making of a Champion" on which the movie is based.
Wallace wrote the Academy... |
| 2010_DC_This_Week_100131 | 29 | | Newseum -- Special -- "This Week" filming (Barbara Walters, Arianna Huffington, George Will, Roger Ailes, Paul Krugman)
George Stephanopoulos left "This Week" and ABC has been rotating internal candidates like Jake Tapper and Terry Moran. However, this week, Barbara Walters was guest anchor. Her panel guests were Arianna Huffington, Paul Krugman, George Will and Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes. |
| 2010_DC_MCC_100427 | 184 | | Newseum -- Spirit of Americana -- Mary Chapin Carpenter (incl Judy Collins, Eric Brace, Rodney Crowell)
People speaking/performing on this page:
Gene Policinski (executive director of the First Amendment Center)
Jed Hilly (Executive Director, Americana Music Association)
Eric Brace (performer)
Kevin Cordt (trumpeter accompanying Eric)
Rodney Crowell (performer)
Judy Collins... |
| 2010_DC_Kalb_101115 | 48 | | NPC -- Kalb Report: "Scoops and Scandals" (w/Sam Donaldson, Douglas Brinkley, and Martha Joynt Kumar)
Scoops and Scandals: Two Centuries of Presidents and the Press on the Next Kalb Report, Nov. 15, 8 p.m.
Sam Donaldson, Douglas Brinkley, Martha Joynt Kumar join Marvin Kalb to Explore the Complicated Relationship between Reporters and Presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama
WASHINGTON –... |
| 2010_DC_Kalb_100921 | 72 | | NPC -- Kalb Report: "The Great Debates" (w/Bob Schieffer, Sander Vanocur, Mike McCurry, and Janet Brown)
Kalb Report Launches New Season with “The Great Debates” September 21 at National Press Club
Bob Schieffer, Sander Vanocur, Mike McCurry and Janet Brown Join Moderator Marvin Kalb To Mark 50th Anniversary of Historic 1960 Kennedy-Nixon Forums and Explore Future of Presidential Debates in Age of Global... |
| 2010_DC_Kalb_100406 | 74 | | NPC -- Kalb Report: "The Making of a Modern Media Mogul" (w/Rupert Murdoch)
“Rupert Murdoch: The Making of a Modern Media Mogul” - Tuesday, April 6
Chairman and CEO of News Corporation Joins Marvin Kalb to Discuss Headlines and Bottom Lines in April 6 Edition of “The Kalb Report,” 8 p.m., The National Press Club
Mar 30, 2010
WASHINGTON - Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of... |
| 2010_DC_Sanchez_100125 | 92 | | NPC -- Leslie Sanchez ("You've Come A Long Way, Maybe")
Leslie Sanchez, popular TV pundit and frequent columnist, discusses her new book, “You’ve Come a Long Way, Maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary, and the Shaping of the New American Woman” at 6:30 pm on Monday, January 25, in the Holeman Lounge. A question and answer session will follow with special guests:... |
| 2010_DC_OAS_50YearsT_100326 | 5 | | OAS -- "50 Years, 50 Works" -- Guided tour
The tour itself was conducted by ???, with assistance from Fabian Goncalves Borrega, exhibit coordinator for the Art Museum of the Americas. |
| 2010_DC_Office | 139 | | Office (STAT-USA) -- Various office shots
(100224) Cliff Beck's retirement party
(100305) Pictures in preparation of Carl Cox's retirement
(100407) Terri
(100528) Tahira's granddaughter visits
(100915) Beyond 20/20 group lunch for the dying office
(100922) Goodbye luncheon at Ulah Bistro
(100930) Arrivals/departures/awards |
| 2010_DC_Eric_B_100313 | 32 | | Personal -- Eric B's event |
| 2010_DC_Ileana | 6 | | Personal -- Ileana's paintings |
| 2010_DC_WHouse_People_100418 | 17 | | Personal -- Josh, Joanne, Ryan, and James at White House garden event |
| 2010_DC_Berman_101013 | 93 | | Politics & Prose -- Ari Berman ("Herding Donkeys") w/Howard Dean
Ari Berman - Herding Donkeys:
Berman’s lively account of the rise of the Democratic party from its 2004 low point starts with Howard Dean, then shows how the Obama campaign built on Dean’s ideas, especially his fifty-state strategy. A tribute to grassroots activism, the book demonstrates the crucial... |
| 2010_DC_Yoo_Hoo_100902 | 60 | | Politics & Prose -- Aviva Kempner and Susan Stamberg ("Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg")
Aviva Kempner - Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg:
Kempner’s film uses vintage clips, behind-the-scenes-footage, and interviews to trace the life and work of Gertrude Berg, who wrote, starred in, and produced the first successful American sitcom, “The Goldbergs,” which ran from 1949 to 1956, and earned Berg the... |
| 2010_DC_Carla | 54 | | Politics & Prose -- Carla Cohen Tribute -- In-Store Displays
Pictures of the in-store displays for the Carla Cohen Tribute.
There's also a slide show highlighting Carla: ... |
| 2010_DC_Carla_Tribute_101121 | 260 | | Politics & Prose -- Carla Cohen Tribute -- People
Speakers in sequence:
- Barbara Meade
- Anne Shields
- Howard Norman
- Mary Kay Zuravleff
- Seymour Hersh
- Alexandra Zapruder
- E.J. Dionne
- Phyllis Thereoux
- Mark LaFramboise
- David Cohen
The reception was catered by Judy Starrells. Contributions for the reception were... |
| 2010_DC_Yoe_100416 | 100 | | Politics & Prose -- Craig Yoe and Warren Bernard ("Great Anti-War Cartoons")
Yoe, a historian of cartoons, has assembled a vast array of anti-war comics that span the globe and date back to the 1600s. These comics run the gamut of emotions, from Bill Mauldin’s humor to Francisque Poulbot’s sorrow. Yoe’s presentation will include source material from Warren Bernard’s private... |
| 2010_DC_YoeSS_100416 | 37 | | Politics & Prose -- Craig Yoe and Warren Bernard ("Great Anti-War Cartoons") -- Slide Show
Yoe, a historian of cartoons, has assembled a vast array of anti-war comics that span the globe and date back to the 1600s. These comics run the gamut of emotions, from Bill Mauldin’s humor to Francisque Poulbot’s sorrow. Yoe’s presentation will include source material from Warren Bernard’s private... |
| 2010_DC_Maraniss_100319 | 51 | | Politics & Prose -- David Maraniss ("Into The Story")
David Maraniss - Into The Story:
This collection of 32 stories and essays by our friend, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author (Clemente, They Marched Into Sunlight), covers a rich array of topics, focusing on history as it affects individuals. Maraniss revisits Vietnam with an American... |
| 2010_DC_Remnick_100407 | 82 | | Politics & Prose -- David Remnick ("The Bridge") @ Avalon Theatre
David Remnick - The Bridge @ The Avalon Theatre:
Using interviews and letters, David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, tells the 44th president’s life story and traces his remarkable political journey that led to the White House. His new book was previously presented in a distilled format as a... |
| 2010_DC_Lehrer_100516 | 62 | | Politics & Prose -- Jim Lehrer ("Super")
In his 20th novel, the prolific PBS NewsHour anchor focuses on the Santa Fe Railroad’s luxurious Super Chief, which traveled between Chicago and Los Angeles in 39 hours. Set in 1956 and based on actual events, the book is a murder mystery as well as a look at the train’s wealthy and glamorous... |
| 2010_DC_Carter_101130 | 91 | | Politics & Prose -- Jimmy Carter ("White House Diary")
Former President Carter kept a diary during his term as Chief Executive, and by the time he left office he had written some 5,000 pages on issues such as energy, the Camp David Accords, and the Iranian hostage crisis, as well as domestic politics. Now he has gathered selections from these journals,... |
| 2010_DC_Banville_100225 | 47 | | Politics & Prose -- John Banville ("The Infinities")
John Banville, "The Infinities":
John Banville, winner of the Man Booker Prize for The Sea, returns to read from his 15th novel. An elegant fiction about mortality and the immortals who may surround us, the book tells the story of the final days of Adam Godley, a renowned mathematician, the family who... |
| 2010_DC_Feiffer_100318 | 78 | | Politics & Prose -- Jules Feiffer ("Backing Into Forward")
Jules Feiffer - Backing Into Forward: Feiffer, the inimitable cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and author of novels, nonfiction, and children’s books, tells his life story as a series of creative pursuits and encounters with powerful mentors. From his childhood strategy of avoiding bullies by... |
| 2010_DC_Olson_100222 | 46 | | Politics & Prose -- Lynne Olson ("Citizens of London")
Lynne Olson - Citizens Of London:
Olson follows Troublesome Young Men, her account of the renegade Tories who put Churchill in power, with another fine history of the period. She focuses on three resolute Americans who supported the Brits and helped bring the U.S. to their rescue: Edward R. Murrow;... |
| 2010_DC_Feldstein_101002 | 50 | | Politics & Prose -- Mark Feldstein ("Poisoning The Press")
Mark Feldstein - Poisoning The Press:
In their long, public, and very dirty fight, Richard Nixon and the columnist Jack Anderson set the stage for the contentious relationship between government and the press that Feldstein—a George Washington University professor of media and public affairs—sees... |
| 2010_DC_Lewis_100318 | 69 | | Politics & Prose -- Michael Lewis ("The Big Short")
Michael Lewis (in conversation with Joel Achenbach) - The Big Short:
The bestselling author of Liar’s Poker and other books about money, Lewis here presents his interpretation of how and why the American economy has tanked. From villains on Wall Street to ineffectual government regulatory agencies,... |
| 2010_DC_Norris_101012 | 57 | | Politics & Prose -- Michele Norris ("The Grace of Silence")
Michele Norris - The Grace Of Silence:
This memoir by the co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered delves into both family and national history to paint a vivid picture of the lasting effects of racism. Norris weaves memories of her Minneapolis childhood with events she learned of only later, chief... |
| 2010_DC_Philbrick_100514 | 57 | | Politics & Prose -- Nathaniel Philbrick ("The Last Stand")
Philbrick follows his nautical bestsellers, The Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory, with this vivid account of General Custer’s defeat. While Custer lost his battle against the Plains Indian tribes led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, the event also proved to be the Plains Indians’ own last stand.
The... |
| 2010_DC_Ngugi_100317 | 71 | | Politics & Prose -- Ngugi wa Thiong’o ("Dreams In A Time Of War")
Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Dreams In A Time Of War
As he recounts in his memoir, the future professor and author of Wizard of the Crow, Decolonizing the Mind, and other books, was born in rural Kenya, the fifth child of his father’s third wife. From the effects of World War II on the then-British colony to the... |
| 2010_DC_Carr_100629 | 39 | | Politics & Prose -- Nicholas Carr ("The Shallows")
Nicholas Carr - The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains:
Expanding his much-discussed Atlantic Monthly article about the Internet’s social and cognitive effects, Carr argues from scientific and anecdotal evidence that the Web, by fostering distraction in place of concentration, changes... |
| 2010_DC_RTKK_100909 | 95 | | Politics & Prose -- Richard Thompson and Keith Knight
Richard Thompson & Keith Knight:
Richard Thompson -- Cul De Sac Golden Treasury (Andrews McMeel, $16.99), and
Keith Knight -- The Knight Life (Grand Central, $17.99).
In conjunction with the Small Press Expo (September 11-12 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center), we’re delighted... |
| 2010_DC_RTKKSS_100909 | 91 | | Politics & Prose -- Richard Thompson and Keith Knight -- Slide Show
These are pictures from the slide show that each artist presented. |
| 2010_DC_Riordan_100506 | 178 | | Politics & Prose -- Rick Riordan ("The Red Pyramid")
The author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan will present and sign his new book, which begins a new series and introduces his fans to an entirely different pantheon of gods!
Carter and Sadie Kane are working on a research experiment with their Egyptologist father when the Egyptian god... |
| 2010_DC_Chernow_101009 | 39 | | Politics & Prose -- Ron Chernow ("Washington")
Ron Chernow - Washington:
The National Book Award-winning biographer of J.P Morgan, Alexander Hamilton, and others here gives a rich, full account of the first president, delving into his private life as well as chronicling his public accomplishments. Chernow undercuts the standard view of Washington... |
| 2010_DC_MI6_101001 | 51 | | Politics & Prose and International Spy Museum -- Keith Jeffrey ("Secret History of MI6") w/Sir John Scarlett
Keith Jeffrey - The Secret History Of MI6:
The world’s first spy agency, Britain’s MI6 was formed just before the First World War. For this authorized history of the organization, Jeffery, professor of British history at Queen’s University, Belfast, was granted access to hitherto secret archives. His... |
| 2010_DC_SIRG_Gaman_100304 | 72 | | Renwick Gallery -- Donor event -- Art of Gaman
The Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and The President of the James Renwick Alliance cordially invite you to a reception celebrating the opening of The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946.
The exhibition itself is covered under a separate... |
| 2010_DC_SIRG_Chorus_101203 | 15 | | Renwick Gallery -- Family Day -- Holiday Festival (2010) -- Capital Accord Chorus
The Capital Accord Chorus performs at the Renwick Gallery as part of the Renwick Holiday Festival. |
| 2010_DC_SIRG_Holiday_101203 | 91 | | Renwick Gallery -- Family Day -- Holiday Festival (2010) -- Crafts
Renwick Holiday Festival:
Celebrate the holiday season at the Renwick Gallery and visit our special exhibitions The Art of Gaman and A Revolution in Wood. Enjoy music, holiday crafts, ornament making, exhibition tours, lathe demonstrations, and more! |
| 2010_DC_Maysles_100429 | 52 | | Reynolds Center -- Albert Maysles ("Christo in Paris")
Christo in Paris with Albert Maysles
Christo in Paris tells the story of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s first grand-scale project: wrapping the oldest bridge in Paris (58 minutes, 1986). Valley Curtain examines the dramatic hanging of an immense orange curtain between two Colorado mountains (28 minutes,... |
| 2010_DC_FenceF_100402 | 145 | | Reynolds Center -- Christo and Wolfram Hissen ("Running Fence Revisited")
The Running Fence Revisited:
The premiere of a new film created for this exhibition, The Running Fence Revisited, will be followed by a conversation with director Wolfram Hissen and artist Christo. |
| 2010_DC_Reichstag_100512 | 132 | | Reynolds Center -- Christo and Wolfram Hissen ("To the German People: Wrapped Reichstag")
To the German People: Wrapped Reichstag:
Special guest, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States Klaus Scharioth introduces a screening of To the German People: Wrapped Reichstag 1971–1995 about the art project, Wrapped Reichstag, by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. A... |
| 2010_DC_Cooke_100130 | 92 | | Reynolds Center -- Darwyn Cooke ("The Hunter")
The Hunter with Darwyn Cooke:
Eisner Award–winning writer and artist Darwyn Cooke will discuss his evocative graphic novel, The Hunter, based on the 1962 crime classic by Donald E. Westlake (writing under the name Richard Stark). This best seller has been
critically acclaimed in The New York Times,... |
| 2010_DC_FenceR_100401 | 117 | | Reynolds Center -- Donor Event -- Remembering the Running Fence
This event happened the night before the Remembering the Running Fence exhibit opened to the public. It included a chance to see the exhibition itself but also included a reception in the Kogod courtyard. |
| 2010_DC_Morris_101127 | 81 | | Reynolds Center -- Edmund Morris ("Colonel Roosevelt")
Meet the Author: Edmund Morris:
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Edmund Morris presents Colonel Roosevelt, his new book which completes the definitive biography of Theodore Roosevelt. Sales and signing, of only the new book, follow the program. This is the first book-signing for Colonel... |
| 2010_DC_Baseball_100814 | 130 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Baseball (w/Sean Burnett and Adam Kennedy)
The Washington Nationals are coming to American Art and National Portrait Gallery for the fourth annual Baseball Family Day featuring craft activities and performances by Snowday! Come dressed in your favorite Nats’ gear for photo-ops with the players, from 12-1 p.m.
Sean Burnett and Adam Kennedy from... |
| 2010_DC_Communities_100522 | 63 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Communities: Best of D.C.
Communities: Best of DC Family Day:
The current exhibition Portraiture Now: Communities is the source of inspiration for a family day event that includes local student talent, with music by the Sitar Center and Oyster Bilingual Elementary School, a student artwork display from Oyster Bilingual and... |
| 2010_DC_Earth_FD_100417 | 148 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Earth Day
Family Day: Earth Day Celebration:
Celebrate Earth Day in conjunction with the opening of the Running Fence exhibition with live performances and interactive storytelling. Have fun making eco-friendly woven placemats, fabric collages, decorating tote bags, and even helping to make a community... |
| 2010_DC_Elvis21_101106 | 125 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Elvis at 21
Elvis at 21 Family Day
This family day, inspired by the exhibition, "Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer" will feature performances of Elvis’ early music by local tribute artist Will Debley and band Blue Steele. Visitors will enjoy hands-on craft activities; book reading and discussion as... |
| 2010_DC_Elvis_100123 | 70 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Elvis Is in the Building!
Elvis Is in the Building!
Join the Portrait Gallery for an afternoon celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the birth of the King of Rock and Roll—Elvis Presley! The program will include gallery talks in the exhibition “Echoes of Elvis”; a discussion and book signing by George Klein, author... |
| 2010_DC_Food_In_Art_101120 | 90 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Food in Art
Food in Art Family Day:
As Thanksgiving approaches, discover how food has been a source of inspiration for artists in our collection. Try a scavenger hunt through the galleries or sketch out the decoration for your own delicious cake. Decorate your own apron and pick up a recipe for frosting inspired... |
| 2010_DC_SAAM_MLK | 38 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Martin Luther King Jr.
Family Day: Martin Luther King Jr.
Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ...Have fun making a handprint wreath and a sampler after quilts used to help slaves as they made their way to freedom. |
| 2010_DC_PeanutsFD_101002 | 148 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Peanuts
The museum hosts a friends-and-family day for all ages with programs inspired by Charles M. Schulz and his characters from Peanuts:
• Snoopy is available for photographs.
• Joe Wos, cartoonist-in-residence at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California, offers workshops throughout the day.
• Sean... |
| 2010_DC_PresFD_100213 | 181 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Presidential Family Fun Day (2010)
Family Day: Presidents Day:
Join us for the fifth annual Presidential Family Day at American Art and the National Portrait Gallery! Music, storytelling, hands-on art projects, a scavenger hunt, and encounters with several “special guests” are just some of the activities scheduled for this lively... |
| 2010_DC_Prints_100123 | 28 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- What's It All Mean To Make Prints
Workshop: What’s It All Mean to Make Prints
Do you know the difference between a lithograph and a serigraph print? Join us for an informative session on printmaking led by Susan Goldman and her colleagues from George Mason University’s Art and Visual Technology Department. Help design a collaborative... |
| 2010_DC_Womens_100306 | 81 | | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Women's History Month (2010)
Family Day: Womens History Month Events for Kids & Family:
Kick off Women’s History Month with musical performances and hands-on art and stamp activities, and walk the red carpet at a celebrity dress-up and photo station. Jointly presented by the American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery,... |
| 2010_DC_Bradley_101103 | 16 | | Reynolds Center -- James Bradley ("Imperial Cruise")
James Bradley will be at the National Portrait Gallery signing copies of his book "The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War."
In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, the... |
| 2010_DC_Gossage_101014 | 53 | | Reynolds Center -- John Gossage (In Conversation)
Conversation with John Gossage:
Photographer John Gossage finds moments of grace and elegance in even the most mundane places. Join the artist and curator of photography Toby Jurovics for a conversation about The Pond and its role in the history of American landscape photography. |
| 2010_DC_Gay_Art_101030 | 13 | | Reynolds Center -- Jonathan D. Katz ("Gay Art before Gay Liberation")
Gay Art before Gay Liberation: George Bellows, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jasper Johns:
Jonathan D. Katz, co-curator of the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, discusses the nature of gay art before the advent of gay politics through the work of three very different... |
| 2010_DC_Feeney_101027 | 50 | | Reynolds Center -- Mark Feeney ("Four Photographers on Three Wheels") -- Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture
Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture with Mark Feeney:
The Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art program highlights excellence and innovation in American art through lectures by an outstanding artist, critic, and scholar. Reception follows each lecture.
Today, Mark Feeney, Boston Globe... |
| 2010_DC_RockmanR_101120 | 35 | | Reynolds Center -- Opening reception -- "Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow" exhibition -- Reception in the Kogod Courtyard
Elizabeth Broun, Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum invites you to a preview reception:
Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, with generous support from The Cowles Charitable Trust, Wayne Fingerman, Dorothy Tapper Goldman, Barbara and... |
| 2010_DC_Granite_101208 | 101 | | Reynolds Center -- Panel -- Beyond Granite
Beyond Granite: Global Approaches to Public Art, Placemaking, and National Commemoration:
Are temporary works of public art as memorable and powerful as permanent ones? A renowned panel of experts -- including Julian Laverdiere (designer of the World Trade Center Tower’s Tribute in Light), Krzysztof... |
| 2010_DC_Peanuts_101001 | 116 | | Reynolds Center -- Panel -- Charles M. Schulz portrait unveiling event
National Portrait Gallery Presents Portrait of Charles M. Schulz: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of “Peanuts” Debut
A photograph of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) will be presented to the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in a ceremony for invited guests Oct. 1. The event... |
| 2010_DC_Intersections_100910 | 70 | | Reynolds Center -- Panel -- Intersections/ Intersecciones
Intersections/ Intersecciones:
Artists Kathy Vargas, María Martínez-Cañas, and Martina López discuss the intersection of Latino culture and gender identity in their work. Moderated by Muriel Hasbun, associate chair and associate professor of fine art photography at the Corcoran College of Art +... |
| 2010_DC_Smith_101211 | 93 | | Reynolds Center -- Patti Smith ("Just Kids")
Seminal punk rocker Patti Smith discusses and signs copies of her book Just Kids, a memoir of early 1970s Manhattan and of her friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. |
| 2010_DC_Airmen_100703 | 91 | | Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Airmen of Note
Airmen of Note and The Smithsonian: Two National Treasures
Posted 7/1/2010
by Master Sgt. Brian McCurdy
The USAF Band
7/1/2010 - BOLLING AFB, D.C. -- On Saturday, July 3, and Sunday, July 4, the Airmen of Note will perform at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Each concert, featuring hits from... |
| 2010_DC_Stories_101218 | 52 | | Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Saturday Evening Post's Christmas Stories
Saturday Evening Post's Christmas Stories:
Rockwell’s images graced the cover of many Saturday Evening Post holiday issues and illustrated stories for the holiday season. Come and celebrate “the most wonderful time of year” with dramatic readings from a selection of holiday favorites, including Charles... |
| 2010_DC_Salome_100807 | 97 | | Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Silent Orchestra ("Salomé")
Salomé with Silent Orchestra
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery present the classic film Salomé (1923, 100 min) with a score performed live by Silent Orchestra. Regarded as one of America’s first art films, Salomé is adapted from an Oscar Wilde play that retells the saga... |
| 2010_DC_Stanford_100327 | 56 | | Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Stanford Chamber Chorale
Stanford Chamber Chorale:
Twenty-four students from Stanford’s music department make up the Stanford Chamber Chorale, the university’s most select choir. Directed by Stephen M. Sano, associate professor and chair of the music department, the group performs works from British, American, folk, and... |
| 2010_DC_Tribute_100613 | 161 | | Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Third Millennium Ensemble ("Tribute to Jeanne-Claude")
Tribute to Jeanne-Claude: Steinway Series:
As a special memorial to Jeanne-Claude and in honor of the birthday she shared with Christo, we present The Third Millennium Ensemble in concert. The performance will include a selection of works by Jeanne-Claude’s favorite composer, Mozart, and Catholic... |
| 2010_DC_Sze_101116 | 92 | | Reynolds Center -- Sarah Sze -- Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture
Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art: Sarah Sze
Sarah Sze constructs extraordinary sculptures through an intricate assemblage of household objects. Her site-specific installations defy gravity in towering formations of mixed materials, and the contrast between small objects and large... |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Telling_100630 | 35 | | Reynolds Center -- Staff preview -- Telling Stories exhibit
In recognition of your hard work and support, you and a guest are invited to an exclusive preview of Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
Note: No photography is allowed in the exhibit itself. |
| 2010_DC_Scantlin_101028 | 96 | | Reynolds Center -- Take 5! -- Doc Scantlin
Take 5! Doc Scantlin:
D.C. legend Doc Scantlin, Chou Chou, and the Imperial Palm Orchestra have been keeping the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s alive at the Carlyle Club for years. Now they make their debut on the Take 5! stage to kick things up a notch - or five! |
| 2010_DC_Mecklenburg_101207 | 13 | | Reynolds Center -- Virginia Mecklenburg ("Norman Rockwell and the Movies")
Virginia Mecklenburg: Norman Rockwell and the Movies:
Senior curator Virginia Mecklenburg shares the results of her research into Rockwell, his work, and the relationships between the artist and the movies. Rockwell was a masterful storyteller who could distill a complex narrative into a single frame... |
| 2010_DC_Fischer_100501 | 89 | | Reynolds Center & Washington College -- David Hackett Fischer ("Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware")
Historian David Hackett Fischer on Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware
The American Pictures series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture, pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Each American Pictures event features an... |
| 2010_DC_FischerSS_100501 | 54 | | Reynolds Center & Washington College -- David Hackett Fischer ("Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware") -- Slide Show
Historian David Hackett Fischer on Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware
The American Pictures series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture, pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Each American Pictures event features an... |
| 2010_DC_McPherson | 90 | | Reynolds Center & Washington College -- James M. McPherson ("Alexander Gardner’s Antietam, Md., Confederate Dead by a Fence on the Hagerstown Road")
Author James M. McPherson on Alexander Gardner’s
Antietam, Md., Confederate Dead by a Fence on the Hagerstown Road
The American Pictures series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture, pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Each American... |
| 2010_DC_Feiffer_100417 | 121 | | Reynolds Center & Washington College -- Jules Feiffer ("Bob Landry’s Fred Astaire in Puttin’ on the Ritz")
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer on Bob Landry’s Fred Astaire in “Puttin’ on the Ritz”:
The American Pictures series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture, pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Each American Pictures event features an eminent... |
| 2010_DC_Sedaris_101108 | 84 | | Sixth & I -- Amy Sedaris ("Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People")
Amy Sedaris: "Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People"
America's most delightfully unconventional hostess and the bestselling author of I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence delivers a new book that will forever change the world of crafting. Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People proves that crafting... |
| 2010_DC_Feeling | 24 | | Sixth & I -- Art Exhibit -- "I've Gone Looking for that Feeling Everywhere"
I’ve Gone Looking for that Feeling Everywhere: An exhibition of emerging artists:
Exhibit on view from October 17 – November 2, 2010.
"I've Gone Looking For That Feeling Everywhere" is a group exhibition featuring emerging artists from around the country. Covering a broad spectrum of traditional and... |
| 2010_DC_High_Holy_100918 | 6 | | Sixth & I -- High Holy days |
| 2010_DC_KSmith_100422 | 72 | | Sixth & I -- Kevin Smith (An Evening With...)
AN EVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH:
A unique & intimate Q&A with one of the nation's most accomplished screenwriters and directors. Smith has gathered a cult following with films like Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, and his most recent, Zack and Miri. He will be answering... |
| 2010_DC_Bittman_101005 | 48 | | Sixth & I -- Mark Bittman ("Food Matters Cookbook")
Mark Bittman: The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living
In The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living, Mark Bittman offers over 500 recipes for fresh, delicious dishes that rely largely on fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Fish, meat, and... |
| 2010_DC_Showalter_100203 | 133 | | Sixth & I -- Panel -- All in the Family: Writing as a Showalter
All in the Family: Writing as a Showalter
Here’s an event to prove that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. On the occasion of the paperback release of Elaine Showalter's tenth book, A Jury of Her Peers: Celebrating American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx, the three very... |
| 2010_DC_Climate_100628 | 96 | | Sixth & I -- Panel -- Climate War
The Climate War: A View From the Trenches
The great American argument over global warming continues to rage on Capitol Hill and beyond. What is it like to devote your career to passing a climate bill — a decade-long struggle that’s hotter than ever today? Why has it been so difficult for the U.S. to... |
| 2010_DC_Forward50_100510 | 100 | | Sixth & I -- Panel -- Forward 50 (w/Ruth Messinger, Dmitriy Salita, Bill Kristol, and Jane Eisner)
The Forward 50:
Each year, the Forward names the Forward 50, recognizing the most influential American Jews today. They are activists and rabbis, novelists and community builders, politicians and athletes, and even a few transgressors. Join us for a panel discussion with recent Forward 50 honorees,... |
| 2010_DC_Raging_Jews_100213 | 145 | | Sixth & I -- Raging Jews of Comedy
The Raging Jews of Comedy:
A fast paced, hang-on-the-edge-of-your-seat comedic revue. Five hilariously edgy comics give you two full hours of side-splitting entertainment. This is not your Borscht Belt comedy - they just happen to be Jewish and Raging. The brain child of entrepreneur Joel Marks, The... |
| 2010_DC_Schiff_101111 | 33 | | Sixth & I -- Stacy Schiff ("Cleopatra: A Life")
Stacy Schiff: "Cleopatra: A Life"
In CLEOPATRA: A Life, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff takes on one of the greatest figures in history: Cleopatra VII, the last queen of Egypt. Schiff separates fact from fiction to illuminate the life of one of the most intriguing women of all... |
| 2010_DC_Roberts_100420 | 82 | | Sixth & I -- Steve Roberts and Diane Rehm (Immigration: Life Stories and Legal Changes)
Immigration: Life Stories and Legal Changes with Diane Rehm and Steve Roberts:
Steve Roberts has been interested in the immigrant experience his whole life. His grandparents were Eastern European Jews who settled in Bayonne, N.J. (although one grandfather took a detour as a Zionist pioneer in Israel... |
| 2010_DC_Sher_101130 | 67 | | Sixth & I -- Susan Sher (Jews & Politics)
Jews & Politics: Susan Sher:
Susan Sher, Michelle Obama’s chief of staff and the White House’s liaison to the Jewish community, will join New York Times writer Jodi Kantor as a Midwestern voice in one of a series of discussions to explore how Jews around the country engage with politics and influence... |
| 2010_DC_Trivia | 14 | | Sixth & I -- Trivia Night
Trivia Night 2-Year Anniversary:
Come celebrate the 2-year anniversary of this quizzical event! We'll have cake, special prizes, and of course, lots of trivia questions. This birthday party is sure to sell out so be sure to sign up in advance. |
| 2010_DC_Sixth_Wall | 157 | | Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame |
| 2010_DC_Cogan_101110 | 34 | | Sixth & I and FotoWeek DC -- Joshua Cogan ("Time Given" opening)
Time Given is a series of Joshua Cogan's more recent portraiture from around the world. The images explore the idea of how people deal with the time they have here on earth -- how people shape time and how it shapes them. The images draw heavily from the environments in which they were taken. From East... |
| 2010_DC_Mayor_100824 | 183 | | Sixth & I and JCRC -- DC Mayoral Debate
DC Mayoral Debate:
The Jewish community invites all District residents to a mayoral debate with candidates Mayor Adrian Fenty and DC Council Chairman Vincent Gray. Mayor Fenty and Chairman Gray will share their vision for the District, discuss issues affecting the Jewish community, and answer your... |
| 2010_DC_Grossman_101014 | 48 | | Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- David Grossman ("To The End of the Land")
David Grossman - To The End Of The Land:
Evoking the ever-present intrusion of war into the daily life of Israelis, Grossman’s novel tells the story of Ora, a woman whose son, about to leave the army, instead goes to the front. To endure the anxiety, Ora leaves home with an old friend, an artist turned... |
| 2010_DC_Gilbert_100107 | 184 | | Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Elizabeth Gilbert ("Committed")
Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love, examines questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, and divorce risks in her new memoir, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage.
At the end of Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert fell in love... |
| 2010_DC_Krauss_101018 | 75 | | Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Nicole Krauss ("Great House")
Nicole Krauss: Great House:
For twenty-five years, a reclusive American novelist has been writing at the desk she inherited from a young Chilean poet who disappeared at the hands of Pinochet’s secret police; one day a girl claiming to be the poet’s daughter arrives to take it away, sending the writer’s... |
| 2010_DC_Roubini_100513 | 54 | | Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Nouriel Roubini ("Crisis Economics")
Nouriel Roubini: In Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance, Nouriel Roubini - renowned economist and professor of economics at NYU's Stern School of Business - reveals the methods he used to foretell the current financial crisis before other economists saw it coming and shows how... |
| 2010_DC_Cash_100811 | 65 | | Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Rosanne Cash ("Composed")
For thirty years as a musician, Rosanne Cash has enjoyed critical success. In Composed: A Memoir, Cash writes about her upbringing as the child of country-music legend Johnny Cash and the stepdaughter of June Carter Cash. She grew up in Southern California, worked for Columbia Records in London, and... |
| 2010_DC_Rushdie_101117 | 75 | | Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Salman Rushdie ("Luke and the Fire of Life")
Salman Rushdie: Luka and the Fire of Life
With the same imagination that has made Salman Rushdie one of the great storytellers of our time, Luka and the Fire of Life revisits the magic-infused, intricate world he first brought to life in the modern classic Haroun and the Sea of Stories.
This new novel... |
| 2010_DC_Leonsis_100224 | 117 | | Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Ted Leonsis ("The Business of Happiness")
More than a quarter century ago, at the age of 25, Ted Leonsis - now the owner of the Washington Capitals - was already a highly successful entrepreneur, but reflecting on his life after surviving a plane crash, he realized that he wasn't truly happy. Walking away from that plane crash, Leonsis was... |
| 2010_DC_Naipaul_101021 | 72 | | Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- V.S. Naipaul ("The Masque of Africa")
V.S. Naipaul: The Masque of Africa:
From Uganda to Ghana and Nigeria, around the Ivory Coast and Gabon, and on to South Africa, the Nobel laureate’s latest work of travel and culture looks at the role of belief throughout the African continent. Considering native faiths based in animism as well as... |
| 2010_DC_Martel_100414 | 67 | | Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Yann Martel ("Beatrice and Virgil")
Yann Martel - Beatrice and Virgil: Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for The Life of Pi, his story of a boy and a tiger adrift at sea. His new novel, featuring a donkey, a howler monkey, and an enigmatic taxidermist, is an equally whimsical and philosophical consideration of truth and deception,... |
| 2010_DC_So_Called_101220 | 104 | | Sixth & I and SpeakeasyDC -- My So-Called Jewish Life (2010)
Sixth & I and SpeakeasyDC present the second annual night of funny, poignant, powerful, and peculiar autobiographical stories about all things Jewish, not-so-Jewish, and wanna-be-Jewish. Storytellers include:
(1) Amy Saidman is SpeakeasyDC’s artistic executive director. She is a two-time recipient of... |
| 2010_DC_Mitchell_100524 | 124 | | Sixth & I and the Jewish Primary Day School -- George Mitchell
George Mitchell, JPDS-NC Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Lecture
Making Peace With One’s Enemies: Conflict Resolution in the Spirit of Yitzhak Rabin
Drawing upon his experiences in the U.S. Senate, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell will share his... |
| 2010_DC_Coltrane_101120 | 53 | | Sixth & I and WPAS -- Ravi Coltrane Quartet (performance)
Ravi Coltrane, saxophone
Luis Perdomo, piano
Drew Gress, bass
E.J. Strickland, drums
He may bear the name of jazz royalty, but saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, the son of the legendary John Coltrane and pianist Alice Coltrane, “blows an original and distinctly modern strain of jazz, distilling but never... |
| 2010_DC_STN_101022 | 230 | | Smithsonian Teachers' Night (2010) @ Natl Museum of American History
Attention all teachers of all subjects and grade levels!
Find new classroom-ready resources, meet Smithsonian educators, and attend demonstrations of school programs and materials at the Smithsonian's annual education expo.
Join Brent D. Glass, Director of the National Museum of American History;... |
| 2010_DC_ThisMG_100219 | 252 | | THIS for Diplomats Mardi Gras Celebration
THIS for Diplomats Presents Mardi Gras Celebration
Come Join Us for Our Annual Fundraising Event, Featuring a Mardi Gras Celebration, Casino Night, and Silent Auction at Meridian International Center:
- Gamble at our casino tables,
- Enjoy hors d'oeuvres,
- Drink champagne, New Orleans... |
| 2010_DC_Evolution_101017 | 35 | | USA Science & Engineering Festival -- Evolution Controversy
The Evolution Controversy:
Join acclaimed author of the Evolution Controversy: A Survey of Competing Theories, Thomas Fowler, for an impartial, objective look at the controversy swirling around the subject of evolution intended to inspire informed listeners to investigate the evolution debate, and come... |
| 2010_DC_Chubin_100108 | 18 | | Wilson Center -- Shahram Chubin (Iran's Nuclear Ambitions in Perspective)
Iran's Nuclear Ambitions in Perspective
Co-Sponsored with International Security Studies and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Shahram Chubin, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Non-resident Senior Associate, Carnegie Nonproliferation Program.
He was hosted by Robert Litwak from the... |
| 2010_DC_Dialogue_100421 | 85 | | Wilson Center & Internews Interactive -- U.S.-Russian Citizen Diplomacy Past and Present (w/Phil Donahue)
Dialogue, Defense and Media Messaging: U.S.-Russian Citizen Diplomacy Past and Present
Cosponsored by Internews Interactive
Phil Donahue, journalist and television host, New York
Vladimir Pozner, journalist and television host, Moscow
David Hoffman, contributing editor, The Washington... |
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