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Workmen on May 9 approach the end of erecting the scaffolding on the Washington Monument, in preparation for the repair of earthquake damage. Repair work by the National Park Service has to go on while Congressional dunderheads being at loggerheads continue to cripple the mission of the NPS.

DC -- Washington Monument (17 images)
Location: District Of Columbia (in 2013)
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KeyImgs.Short Description
2013_02_12A_CalTort5California Tortilla -- Gallery Place store remodels
2013_02_05_Canning64Capitol Hill History Project -- Mike Canning ("Hollywood on the Potomac")
On Tuesday evening, February 5, Hill Rag film critic Mike Canning will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture based on his new book Hollywood on the Potomac: How the Movies View Washington, DC.

Canning has long been fascinated by the ways that moviemakers have depicted our nation's capital. With clips... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_06A_77H_Ext13DC -- 77H -- Construction Watch Tour -- Exterior
Part of the ongoing H Street renaissance and development boom in NoMa, 77H is a new mixed-use project anchored by an 80,000-square-foot urban-format Walmart. Jim Woods of The JBG Companies leads a tour of this new project, which includes 10,000 square feet of retail on H Street and 303 residential... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_06C_77H_Group42DC -- 77H -- Construction Watch Tour -- Group
Part of the ongoing H Street renaissance and development boom in NoMa, 77H is a new mixed-use project anchored by an 80,000-square-foot urban-format Walmart. Jim Woods of The JBG Companies leads a tour of this new project, which includes 10,000 square feet of retail on H Street and 303 residential... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_06B_77H_Int110DC -- 77H -- Construction Watch Tour -- Interior
Part of the ongoing H Street renaissance and development boom in NoMa, 77H is a new mixed-use project anchored by an 80,000-square-foot urban-format Walmart. Jim Woods of The JBG Companies leads a tour of this new project, which includes 10,000 square feet of retail on H Street and 303 residential... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_06D_77H_Vw8DC -- 77H -- Construction Watch Tour -- Views from
Part of the ongoing H Street renaissance and development boom in NoMa, 77H is a new mixed-use project anchored by an 80,000-square-foot urban-format Walmart. Jim Woods of The JBG Companies leads a tour of this new project, which includes 10,000 square feet of retail on H Street and 303 residential... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_27D_Adams_Morgan23DC -- Adams Morgan Neighborhood (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_12J_Einstein18DC -- Albert Einstein Memorial
A nighttime visit. (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_26F_Molodkin13DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2013A Artist talk by Andrei Molodkin
2013_01_26E_Bruskin32DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2013A Artist talk by Grisha Bruskin
2013_01_26C_KatzenX_2013A329DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2013A Exhibition (all except Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour)
2013 Winter exhibition. On view at the American University Museum January 26-March 17, 2013:
* Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour
* Andrei Molodkin: CRUDE
* Andrea Way: Retrospective 1982–2012
* Susan Yanero

Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour
January 26 through March 17, 2013
Contemporary Russian artist...
2013_01_26A_KatzenX_2013A199DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2013A Exhibition (Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour)
2013 Winter exhibition. On view at the American University Museum January 26-March 17, 2013:
* Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour
* Andrei Molodkin: CRUDE
* Andrea Way: Retrospective 1982–2012
* Susan Yanero

Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour
January 26 through March 17, 2013
Contemporary Russian artist...
2013_01_26D_KatzenO48DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2013A Opening Reception
Join artists and curators for the 2013 winter Artists' Reception from 6-9 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. The night will include a gallery talk by artists Grisha Bruskin at 5 p.m. and Andrei Molodkin at 6 p.m.
Pictures here include several of the artists -- Andrea Way and Susan Yanero.
2013_04_06K_KatzenX35DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2013B Exhibition (Lee Haner, Painting Borges, and Timothy App)
Exhibitions shown include:
* Lee Haner: Mischief
* Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
* Timothy App: The Aesthetics of Precision, Forty-Five Years of Painting

LEE HANER: MISCHIEF
April 6 through May 26, 2013
Recent mixed-media works by a reclusive master. Balanced between... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_06J_KatzenO23DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center -- 2013B Opening Reception (Lee Haner, Painting Borges, and Timothy App)
Join artists and curators for the 2013 spring Artists' Reception. The night will include a gallery talk by Timothy App.

Exhibitions shown include:
* Lee Haner: Mischief
* Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
* Timothy App: The Aesthetics of Precision, Forty-Five Years of... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09E_OAS_Common28DC -- Art Museum of the Americas -- "On Common Ground"
On Common Ground: Dominican Republic and Haiti
On View: February 13 - May 26, 2013
AMA | Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS), in conjunction with the Embassies of the Dominican Republic and Haiti in Washington, D.C., is proud to present On Common Ground: Dominican... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_12C_SIAAI3DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_21B_DCCCA56DC -- Awesome Con DC -- Artists
Artists shown here: Herb Trimpe, Larry Hama, Ernie Hudson, Joe Carabeo and Carolyn Belefski, Greg LaRocque (with Jess Siswick of http://www.tinymallet.com/ ), Nicholas Brendon, Billy West, Dawn Griffin, Phil LaMarr, Theo Crane, SL Gallant, Steve Conley, and Nick Galifianakis. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_21A_DCCC10DC -- Awesome Con DC -- Miscellaneous (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_21D_DCCCP228DC -- Awesome Con DC -- Panel: Art with Greg LaRocque
Art with Greg LaRocque:
Artist Greg LaRocque demonstrates his drawing techniques. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_21C_DCCCP118DC -- Awesome Con DC -- Panel: The Carolyn and Joe Show Live Podcast Recording
The Carolyn and Joe Show Live Podcast Recording
The brainchild of mad scientist cartoonist Carolyn Belefski and Astray film director Joe Carabeo; created to fight the oncoming apocalypse one deadly word at time. With special guest Theo Crane from The Walking Dead! (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_22A_Canal_Park29DC -- Canal Park (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_12N_Candlelight43DC -- Candlelight Vigil for Natl Police Week (2013) -- Preparation for ceremony (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_07A_CapHill8DC -- Capitol Hill area
Christ Church
2013_02_01O_CCWP_Dream_LOC40DC -- CCWP Dream Day -- Group in Library of Congress
The Center for Civil War Photography is pleased to announce an upcoming one-day member event so special that it can only be entitled, THE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY DREAM DAY, with behind-the-scenes curators tours of the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress and more. Curators will unearth from storage and...
2013_02_01C_CCWP_Dream_SIPG172DC -- CCWP Dream Day -- Group in Portrait Gallery
The Center for Civil War Photography is pleased to announce an upcoming one-day member event so special that it can only be entitled, THE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY DREAM DAY, with behind-the-scenes curators tours of the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress and more. Curators will unearth from storage and...
2013_02_01S_CCWP_Dream_Castle27DC -- CCWP Dream Day -- Group in Smithsonian Castle
The Center for Civil War Photography is pleased to announce an upcoming one-day member event so special that it can only be entitled, THE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY DREAM DAY, with behind-the-scenes curators tours of the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress and more. Curators will unearth from storage and...
2013_04_07C_Cherry70DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2013)
Not quite there yet. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_08A_Cherry27DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2013)
What a difference a single 80 degree day makes as far as blossoms were concerned! (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_17I_Climate_March1101DC -- Climate Rally -- March to the White House
Join Us for the Largest Climate Rally Ever:
Join us in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, February 17 for the biggest climate rally in history. On President's Day weekend, we're calling on President Obama and all our leaders to take bold and decisive action on climate change.
We'll be joining groups like the...
2013_02_17G_Climate_Podium186DC -- Climate Rally -- Podium Speakers
Join Us for the Largest Climate Rally Ever:
Join us in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, February 17 for the biggest climate rally in history. On President's Day weekend, we're calling on President Obama and all our leaders to take bold and decisive action on climate change.
We'll be joining groups like the...
2013_02_17F_Climate_Rally41DC -- Climate Rally -- Rally On the Mall
Join Us for the Largest Climate Rally Ever:
Join us in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, February 17 for the biggest climate rally in history. On President's Day weekend, we're calling on President Obama and all our leaders to take bold and decisive action on climate change.
We'll be joining groups like the...
2013_04_06H_Cong_Cem191DC -- Congressional Cemetery (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15J_DOC1DC -- Dept of Commerce building
Waiting for the president. (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_25A_DOC9DC -- Dept of Commerce building (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_28G_Treasury9DC -- Dept of Treasury building (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07I_WWI7DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_12F_WWI7DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_29H_SIPG_Day_Museum19DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Special Exhibits -- A Day at the Museum
A Day at the Museum:
January 14, 2013 - May 16, 2013 (new opening and closing dates)
Letters, sketchbooks, diaries, photographs, and oral history recordings reveal the many ways artists experience museums. Artists may gain inspiration and a sense of community from museums. Some travel long distances,...
2013_01_29G_SIPG_Bound2DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Special Exhibits -- Bound For Freedom's Light
Bound for Freedoms Light: African Americans and the Civil War
February 1, 2013, through March 2, 2014
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the National Portrait Gallery will present “Bound for Freedom’s Light: African Americans and the Civil War.” This installation...
2013_02_01H_SIPG_Bound33DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Special Exhibits -- Bound For Freedom's Light
2013_01_29B_SIPG_Pres6DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- America's Presidents
The temporary Obama portraits from Chuck Close.
2013_05_04ZK_SIPG_Pres5DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- America's Presidents (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_01D_SIPG_CWBS21DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Backstage Civil War tour
2013_01_29F_SIPG_Bldg2DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Building
2013_02_01B_SIPG_Bldg1DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Building
They're redoing the main store.
2013_02_16A_SIPG_Bldg5DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Building
They had a new Calder installed outside the building.
2013_04_22G_SIPG_Bldg1DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Building (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZG_SIPG_Bldg10DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Building (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09G_SIPG_Bldg11DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Building (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_29E_SIPG_CW6DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Civil War
2013_02_01I_SIPG_CW2DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Civil War
2013_04_22E_SIPG_CW13DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Civil War (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_29D_SIPG_Painting2DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Paintings
2013_05_04ZI_SIPG_Painting89DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Paintings (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09I_SIPG_Painting36DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Paintings (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_01J_SIPG_Portrait4DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Portraits
2013_02_22D_SIPG_Portrait3DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Portraits
The Henry Louis Gates Jr. portrait taken during the reception.
2013_05_04ZJ_SIPG_Portrait5DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Portraits (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09H_SIPG_Portrait41DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Portraits (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_29C_SIPG_Sculpture17DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Sculpture
2013_04_22F_SIPG_Sculpture3DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Sculpture (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZH_SIPG_Sculpture54DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Sculpture (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09J_SIPG_Sculpture30DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center for Amer Art & Portraiture -- Sculpture (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_17A_DuPont70DC -- Dupont Circle area (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_24B_Dupont20DC -- Dupont Circle area (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZB_Dupont13DC -- Dupont Circle area (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_06L_EPPV17DC -- East Potomac Park -- Views of the Potomac River (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_09E_Glass_Clay75DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- International Glass and Clay 2013
International Glass and Clay 2013
March 1-23
The Downtown Business Improvement District (Downtown BID), in partnership with Artomatic, Inc., the Office of the Secretary for the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Sunderland, England City Council,... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04E_Emb_Afghanistan74DC -- Embassy of Afghanistan
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013
There was also an art show upstairs. It included works by Nicolaus Aman. (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04A_Emb_Argentina8DC -- Embassy of Argentina (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04T_Emb_Azerbaijan21DC -- Embassy of Azerbaijan
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013 (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04C_Emb_Barbados32DC -- Embassy of Barbados
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013 (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04N_Emb_Belize13DC -- Embassy of Belize
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013
The ambassdor, H.E Nestor Mendez, greeted vistors. (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04Q_Emb_Bolivia46DC -- Embassy of Bolivia
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013 (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04P_Emb_Brazil1DC -- Embassy of Brazil (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_16E_Emb_Canada39DC -- Embassy of Canada (incl Accessible Arctic exhibit)
The Accessible Arctic
Eighty Years of Arctic Photography from the pages of Canadian Geographic
April 1, 2013 – August 30, 2013
The Embassy of Canada is pleased to present a new art gallery exhibit, The Accessible Arctic: Eighty Years of Arctic Photography from the pages of Canadian... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04G_Emb_China2DC -- Embassy of China (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04I_Emb_Coite_Divoire26DC -- Embassy of Coite D'Ivoire
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013 (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04W_Emb_Dominica21DC -- Embassy of Commonwealth of Domica + St. Kitts and Nevis @ Fraser Mansion
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013 (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11K_Emb_Estonia20DC -- Embassy of Estonia
Part of the EU Open House 2013

Estonia – the country of Skype and Internet Freedom, 1,500 islands, Song Festivals, and pure nature. Come visit the Embassy and be positively surprised. Test your knowledge with our quiz and enter the drawing to win a five-day trip for two to Estonia!
Greeting folks... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11J_Emb_Greece6DC -- Embassy of Greece (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11L_Emb_Haiti2DC -- Embassy of Haiti (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZD_Emb_Indonesia14DC -- Embassy of Indonesia (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11E_Emb_Indonesia15DC -- Embassy of Indonesia (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_17F_Emb_Iraq2DC -- Embassy of Iraq (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04L_Emb_Japan1DC -- Embassy of Japan
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013.
Another one I didn't go into because of the lines. (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11G_Emb_Latvia22DC -- Embassy of Latvia
Part of the EU Open House 2013

Enjoy the exhibit “What does Amber have in mind?” Amber thread combines the mysteries of textile art and innovative science into art installations, showing that we still do not know the modern potential of Baltic amber. Visit historic Alice Pike Barney House and enjoy... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11H_Emb_Latvia_Art8DC -- Embassy of Latvia (“What does Amber have in mind?” Exhibition)
Part of the EU Open House 2013

Enjoy the exhibit “What does Amber have in mind?” Amber thread combines the mysteries of textile art and innovative science into art installations, showing that we still do not know the modern potential of Baltic amber. Visit historic Alice Pike Barney House and enjoy... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11A_Emb_Lithuania60DC -- Embassy of Lithuania
Part of the EU Open House 2013

The photography exhibition of Vitas Luckus (1943-1987), the founder of conceptual photography in Lithuania, will be displayed in the Embassy’s historic stateroom. Visitors will also have a unique chance to be introduced to Lithuanian music and song tradition and... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11C_Emb_MexicoCI59DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institution (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11D_Emb_MexicoCIX40DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institution -- Codex Mexico exhibit
"Codex Maxico: The Book as Art"

Open until June 29th at the Mexican Cultural Institute


On Friday, March 22nd, The Embassy of Mexico's Cultural Institute welcomed the Codex Mexico: The Book as Art exhibition to Washington, DC, in partnership with The Codex Foundation and Stanford University... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04S_Emb_Nepal29DC -- Embassy of Nepal
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013
Greeting folks was the ambassador, Dr. Shankar P Sharma. (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11F_Emb_Romania6DC -- Embassy of Romania
Part of the EU Open House 2013

Come and explore Romania through a video tour of its unspoiled natural treasures and vibrant  cities. Leaflets on Romania’s tourism, traditions, and culture as well as other surprises will be  available at the Romanian Tourist Office’s booth. Enjoy an exciting per-... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04F_Emb_Serbia42DC -- Embassy of Serbia
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013 (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04R_Emb_SAfrica4DC -- Embassy of South Africa
It's still under construction. (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11B_Emb_Spain18DC -- Embassy of Spain
Part of the EU Open House 2013

Enjoy a taste of Spain at the recently renovated former residence of the Ambassador of Spain by sampling Spanish food and wine provided by local restaurants while viewing the groundbreaking photography exhibition Latino US Cotidiano.
Not wheelchair accessible (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04D_Emb_Sri_Lanka11DC -- Embassy of Sri Lanka
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013 (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04M_Emb_Turkey2DC -- Embassy of Turkey
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013.
Another one I didn't go into because of the lines. (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04K_Emb_Venezuela65DC -- Embassy of Venezuela
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013 (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04J_Emb_Zambia14DC -- Embassy of Zambia
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2013 (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_17B_Emb_Zimbabwe3DC -- Embassy of Zimbabwe (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09K_Farmers25DC -- Farmers Market by Gallery Place (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_24C_FTC4DC -- Federal Trade Commission building
2013_05_16A_Zoofari62DC -- FONZ 2013 Zoofari event
I tended to focus tonight on the GEICO sand sculpture. Folks pictured include John Berry, Bob Lamb, Lisa Stevens, and Jim Schroeder (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_16B_ZoofariC137DC -- FONZ 2013 Zoofari event -- Cake competition (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_05E_Fords_CEL13DC -- Ford's Theatre -- Center for Education and Leadership
2013_01_05F_Fords_Torn100DC -- Ford's Theatre -- Center for Education and Leadership -- Torn in Two
Torn in Two: 150th Anniversary of the Civil War

December 11, 2012-February 24, 2013
Special Exhibition in the Center for Education and Leadership

The American Civil War is one of the defining events in American history. To commemorate its 150th anniversary, Ford’s Theatre will present Torn in...
2013_01_09C_Fords_Torn17DC -- Ford's Theatre -- Center for Education and Leadership -- Torn in Two
Some catch-up pieces.
2013_01_05B_Fords_Museum25DC -- Ford's Theatre Museum
2013_01_05C_Fords8DC -- Ford's Theatre Natl Historic Site
I hadn't seen the Presidential Box for some time. It's closed off during the summer due to crowds.
2013_01_05A_Fords_Bricks58DC -- Ford's Theatre Natl Historic Site -- Sidewalk Bricks
I had a request to photograph some of these for someone.
2013_01_19D_Forest_Hills14DC -- Forest Hills neighborhood
Peter Muhlenberg Memorial
Connecticut Ave at 36th and Ellicott Sts., NW
Sculptor: Caroline Muhlenberg Hufford, Architect: John F. Harbeson
Public Resolution No. 30, approved May 2, 1928, authorized the memorial to the eminent statesman, clergyman, and soldier of the Revolutionary War era. John Peter...
2013_05_15A_FOSE6DC -- FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo) (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_14C_Grossman9DC -- FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo) -- Dave Grossman (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_14A_McChrystal73DC -- FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo) -- General McChrystal
OPENING CEREMONY Co-located with GovSec
Tuesday, May 14 | 8:45 AM

Please join us! The opening ceremony of FOSE 2013 will include the presentation of colors and singing of the national anthem, followed by our special keynote General Stanley McChrystal, Ret’d, U.S. Army.

PRESENTATION OF... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_15G_Huddle109DC -- FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo) -- Huddle reception (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_15B_Theismann60DC -- FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo) -- Joe Theismann
Joe Theismann
Former Washington Redskins Quarterback
In his charismatic and entertaining style, Joe Theismann draws parallels between his successful career as an NFL quarterback and YOU—the executive, manager, salesperson, group, or individual—with the goal of Managing to Win! He knows and understands... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_15E_VanRoekel49DC -- FOSE (Federal Office Systems Expo) -- Steven VanRoekel
Steven VanRoekel
U.S. Chief Information Officer, OMB
Steven VanRoekel is the second Chief Information Officer of the United States, appointed by President Obama on August 5th, 2011. Prior to his position in the White House, Mr. VanRoekel held two positions in the Obama Administration: Executive... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07F_FDR15DC -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_12C_FDR30DC -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Nighttime visit. (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04V_Fraser20DC -- Frasier Mansion (Church of Scientology Office) (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_02_Douglass67DC -- Frederick Douglass Natl Historic Site
A beautiful day for a view of the city. (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_17C_SIFG45DC -- Freer Gallery of Art
2013_02_01F_Gallery_Place5DC -- Gallery Place areas
2013_04_13G_Gallery_Place6DC -- Gallery Place areas
Including the 1930 PEPCO building (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_22D_Gallery_I6DC -- Gallery @ I Street (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_22E_Gallery_I_Seeds44DC -- Gallery @ I Street -- Seeds, Pods and Saplings: The Convergence of Three
Exhibition Opening | Seeds, Pods and Saplings: The Convergence of Three:
An exhibition, in cunjuction with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, featuring Yuriko Yamaguchi, Michi Fujita and iona rozeal brown

Alongside hand-carved wooden forms resembling seeds, nests, and organic growths, Yuriko... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_22F_Gallery_I_SeedsR146DC -- Gallery @ I Street -- Seeds, Pods and Saplings: The Convergence of Three -- Opening Reception
Speakers in sequence:
* ???
* Judith Terra
* Kristin Rohr
* Zoma Wallace
* Yurika Yamaguchi
* Lionell Thomas (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07P_GAR17DC -- GAR Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_18D_GWU22DC -- GWU (George Washington University)
2013_02_17A_SIHIR7DC -- Hirshhorn Museum (Inside)
2013_02_17B_SIHIR_Weiwei9DC -- Hirshhorn Museum (Inside) -- Al Weiwei: According to What exhibit
2013_05_12E_SIHIRO140DC -- Hirshhorn Museum (Outside) (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04O_Islamic_Center41DC -- Islamic Center of Washington (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_29K_JAWilson79DC -- John A. Wilson Building
The building has pink lights showing on it for the cherry blossom season. (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_18H_Judiciary12DC -- Judiciary Square area
2013_03_29D_Judiciary28DC -- Judiciary Square area (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_12O_Judiciary21DC -- Judiciary Square area (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07J_Korean_War37DC -- Korean War Veterans Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_12G_Korean_War15DC -- Korean War Veterans Memorial
A nighttime visit. (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZE_Kossuth7DC -- Kossuth House (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_17E_Lafayette_Park1DC -- Lafayette Park (by White House) area
2013_04_28H_Lafayette_Park59DC -- Lafayette Park (by White House) area (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_16E_Letelier17DC -- Letelier Theater (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_18A_LOC15DC -- Library of Congress
2013_03_29G_LOC_GIbson94DC -- Library of Congress -- Gibson Girl's America exhibit
“The Gibson Girl’s America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson” Exhibition Opens at Library of Congress on March 30

In the 1890s, illustrator Charles Dana Gibson created the "Gibson Girl," a vibrant, new feminine ideal—a young woman who pursued higher education, romance, marriage, physical well-being... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_22B_LOC_Kaye60DC -- Library of Congress -- Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine: Two Kids from Brooklyn exhibit
Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine: Two Kids from Brooklyn
February 14–July 27, 2013
This exhibition explores the many talents of the powerful entertainment duo Danny Kaye (1911–1987) and Sylvia Fine (1913–1991), both raised in Brooklyn, New York. Kaye’s career as an entertainer spanned six decades and...
2013_03_29H_LOC_Herblock34DC -- Library of Congress -- Herblock Gallery
“Herblock Looks at 1963” Exhibition Opens March 30

In 1963, during the third and final year of his presidency, John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) faced repeated opposition to legislative initiatives—the nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union, tax cuts to reduce economic stagnation, efforts to... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_01N_LOC_Madison5DC -- Library of Congress -- Madison Bldg
2013_02_22C_LOC_Madison22DC -- Library of Congress -- Madison Bldg
2013_02_18B_LOC_MRR34DC -- Library of Congress -- Main Reading Room (room itself)
2013_02_01P_LOC_PPD78DC -- Library of Congress -- Prints and Photographs Division pieces
2013_02_18C_LOCVw7DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2013_04_07K_Lincoln_Mem48DC -- Lincoln Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_12I_Lincoln_Mem53DC -- Lincoln Memorial
At night. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07L_Lincoln_MemVC57DC -- Lincoln Memorial -- Exhibition Area (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_28A_Tussauds296DC -- Madame Tussauds Washington DC (1 of 2)
The Presidential section. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_28C_Tussauds3285DC -- Madame Tussauds Washington DC (2 of 2)
The other sections. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07G_MLK_Mem15DC -- Martin Luther King Jr. Natl Memorial
They're saying now that instead of fixing the quote "I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness", they're going to remove it entirely. The complete quote was "Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_08C_MLK_Mem6DC -- Martin Luther King Jr. Natl Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_12E_MLK_Mem14DC -- Martin Luther King Jr. Natl Memorial
A nighttime visit. (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_09G_Mt_Vernon29DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle area
2013_03_15M_NAS143DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_12K_NAS19DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_16C_Postal_CWD23DC -- National Postal Museum -- Construction Watch Tour -- Displays
Construction Watch Tour: National Postal Museum:Housed on the lower level of the historic 1914 City Post Office Building, the National Postal Museum is undergoing an expansion to showcase its extensive stamp collection. Sarah Drumming of the Smithsonian Institution leads a tour of the
12,000 square... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_16B_Postal_CWI71DC -- National Postal Museum -- Construction Watch Tour -- Interior Shots
Construction Watch Tour: National Postal Museum:Housed on the lower level of the historic 1914 City Post Office Building, the National Postal Museum is undergoing an expansion to showcase its extensive stamp collection. Sarah Drumming of the Smithsonian Institution leads a tour of the
12,000 square... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_16A_Postal_CWG42DC -- National Postal Museum -- Construction Watch Tour -- NBM Tour Group
Construction Watch Tour: National Postal Museum:Housed on the lower level of the historic 1914 City Post Office Building, the National Postal Museum is undergoing an expansion to showcase its extensive stamp collection. Sarah Drumming of the Smithsonian Institution leads a tour of the
12,000 square... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_12A_SIAIR_Nav253DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Time and Navigation exhibit
New “Time and Navigation” Exhibit Opens April 12 at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
April 10, 2013
If people want to know where they are, they need a reliable clock. It might seem surprising, but knowing the accurate time is essential for determining position. A major exhibition... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07Q_Archives10DC -- Natl Archives (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07B_CB_Race28DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- 10 Mile Race (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_13E_JStreet65DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Japanese Street Festival (2013) (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_18K_NGA_Bldg2DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Building
2013_02_18I_NGAP16DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Paintings
2013_04_16F_NGAS145DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Sculpture (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_18J_NGA_David14DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- "Michelangelo's David-Apollo" exhibit
Michelangelo's David-Apollo
December 13, 2012–March 3, 2013
The presentation of the David-Apollo, a marble statue by Michelangelo lent to the National Gallery of Art by the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, opens the nationwide celebration 2013?The Year of Italian Culture. The graceful figure...
2013_02_18L_NGA_Book29DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- "Pre-Raphaelites and the Book" exhibit
Pre-Raphaelites and the Book
February 17–May 19, 2013
Image: Many artists of the Pre-Raphaelite circle not only involved themselves in book design and illustration but were also highly regarded poets in their own right. Organized to complement Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900, this...
2013_03_29J_Jap_Amer22DC -- Natl Japanese-American Monument (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_01V_Mall3DC -- Natl Mall area
2013_04_07M_Mall10DC -- Natl Mall area (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_08D_Mall6DC -- Natl Mall area (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_12H_Mall11DC -- Natl Mall area (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_12G_Mall5DC -- Natl Mall area (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_13A_SINMAA10DC -- Natl Museum of African American History and Culture (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_12H_SINMAA3DC -- Natl Museum of African American History and Culture (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09F_SIAH_Food53DC -- Natl Museum of American History, Behring Center -- Food: Transforming the American Table
FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950–2000
FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000 explores some of the major changes in food and wine in postwar America. From the impact of innovations and new technologies, to the influence of social and cultural shifts, the exhibition considers how these... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_29A_SINHOS62DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Orchid Show
Orchids of Latin America
January 26, 2013 - April 21, 2013
Do you want to stroll through a tropical rain forest on a cold winter's day? Visit this year’s orchid exhibition to explore the rich crossroads where orchid botany, horticulture, and Latin American cultures meet. Learn about the importance of...
2013_03_16D_SIPM17DC -- Natl Postal Museum (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_01F_NPC5DC -- Natl Press Club (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_01E_NPCV44DC -- Natl Press Club -- Views from the top floor (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07N_WWII39DC -- Natl World War II Memorial (2013) (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_27B_SINZ_Bird48DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Bird House (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_01D_SINZ_Carousel10DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Carousel
2013_04_27A_SINZ_Elephant61DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_01A_Zoo_Lights92DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Zoo Lights
2013_01_01C_Zoo_LightsGB95DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Zoo Lights -- Gingerbread house competition
Friends of the National Zoo: 2012 Gin-GRR-bread Habitat Competition -- A Winter's Tail on American Trail:
'Twas the night before ZooLights, and all through the Trail,
Not a keeper was stirring; they’d turned in their pails.
The creatures were opening enclosures with care,
All ready to party in...
2013_03_09I_NY_Ave24DC -- New York Avenue area (NOMA)
2013_04_06E_NY_Ave8DC -- New York Avenue area (NOMA) (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15A_Newseum2DC -- Newseum (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07T_Newseum1DC -- Newseum (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15B_NewseumV40DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_17C_NewseumV30DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_12M_NewseumV27DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_13F_Old_PostV19DC -- Old Post Office Pavilion -- Views from tower
The Japanese street festival goes on below. I tried to photograph it from the Old Post Office but, dang! They replaced all of the protective wiring. Before, you used to have a loose or missing wire on each side of the tower but not anymore. (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15L_OAS9DC -- Organization of American States Building (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09D_OAS3DC -- Organization of American States Building (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_17C_Party_Animals7DC -- Party Animals (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04U_PassportDC1DC -- Passport DC (Around the World) Open House
Bob Levey was our bus captain. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_13N_Penn_Qtr34DC -- Penn Quarter area (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_28E_Penn_Qtr2DC -- Penn Quarter area (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_29M_Penn5DC -- Pennsylvania Avenue area (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07O_Penn3DC -- Pennsylvania Avenue area (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_29N_Pershing25DC -- Pershing Park (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_05D_Petersen_House8DC -- Petersen House (House Where Lincoln Died)
2013_01_19C_PProse16DC -- Politics & Prose
2013_04_28I_SIRG51DC -- Renwick Gallery (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_09J_RI_Ave75DC -- Rhode Island Avenue area
2013_02_18M_Rock_Creek_Cem33DC -- Rock Creek Cemetery
2013_03_29O_RRB9DC -- Ronald Reagan Building
The building has lights showing pink blossoms on it for the cherry blossom season. (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_24A_Scottish12DC -- Scottish Rite Temple (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_09H_Shaw2DC -- Shaw neighborhood
2013_05_04B_Sheridan21DC -- Sheridan Circle area (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11I_Sheridan11DC -- Sheridan Circle area (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_14A_Sixth_I10DC -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Lots of panoramas! (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_25B_SixthVw8DC -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Views from Roof
View from the roof of Sixth and I. (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_01U_SI_Castle7DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle)
2013_05_12F_SI_Castle8DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_01T_SI_Castle_BS62DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) -- Backstage tour
2013_02_01R_SI_Castle_CWP42DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) -- Civil War Photography
My second visit to the exhibition, this time with the Center for Civil War Photography folks.
2013_04_08F_SI_Volunteer48DC -- Smithsonian Volunteer Appreciation Reception
The Office of Visitor Services cordially invites you to attend the Volunteer Appreciation Reception (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZC_Cincinnati14DC -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_11M_Cincinnati222DC -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_22B_Southeast6DC -- Southeast areas (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_22A_Southwest6DC -- Southwest areas
2013_02_01K_Toynbee4DC -- Stickmen Robots
2013_03_09F_Toynbee2DC -- Stickmen Robots
In Mt Vernon Triangle area.
2013_03_15I_Toynbee2DC -- Stickmen Robots (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_17E_Toynbee2DC -- Stickmen Robots (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_01D_Toynbee1DC -- Stickmen Robots
Another one by the Washington Monument. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07A_Toynbee2DC -- Stickmen Robots (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_08E_Toynbee2DC -- Stickmen Robots (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04X_Toynbee4DC -- Stickmen Robots (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09B_Toynbee2DC -- Stickmen Robots (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_12I_Toynbee22DC -- Stickmen Robots (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_22C_Sunset4DC -- Sunset (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_01M_Supreme_Ct7DC -- Supreme Court Building
2013_02_08A_Supreme_Ct5DC -- Supreme Court Building
I had not been inside the Supreme Court building since 2005 and decided it was time!
2013_02_14B_Supreme_Ct17DC -- Supreme Court Building
2013_02_08B_Supreme_CtX36DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibitions
Various exhibitions including:

Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court:
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan, and served from 1981 until 2006. Beginning with her childhood growing up on her family’s ranch, the exhibition recalls her...
2013_02_14C_Supreme_CtX15DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibitions
Various exhibitions including:

Woman on the Supreme Court:
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan, and served from 1981 until 2006. Beginning with her childhood growing up on her family’s ranch, the exhibition recalls her life before joining the...
2013_02_08C_Supreme_CtX_Temple64DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibitions -- America’s Temple of Justice
The Supreme Court Building: America’s Temple of Justice:
The Supreme Court of the United States celebrates the 75th anniversary of the construction of the Supreme Court Building with an exhibition commemorating its history and sculptural program. For the first 145 years of the Supreme Court’s...
2013_02_08D_Supreme_CtX_IWAP1DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibitions -- In War and Peace
They were just finishing up setting up the new "In War and Peace: The Supreme Court and the Civil War" exhibition. Not able to see it, I had to come back the next week for it.
2013_02_14G_Supreme_CtX_IWAP42DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibitions -- In War and Peace
In War and In Peace: The Supreme Court and the Civil War:
Marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, this exhibition looks at the Supreme Court during this volatile period in American history and the conflict’s impact on the
institution. Facing an unprecedented rebellion, the President and...
2013_02_08E_Supreme_CtI83DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Interior
2013_02_14H_Supreme_CtI40DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Interior
2013_04_27C_Taft_Br32DC -- Taft Bridge (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_28F_Extra_Mile27DC -- The Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04Y_Phillips149DC -- The Phillips Collection (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZA_Phillips_Inter25DC -- The Phillips Collection -- Intersections Exhibit (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07D_Jeff_Mem1DC -- Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07E_Tidal19DC -- Tidal Basin (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_08B_Tidal9DC -- Tidal Basin (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_12D_Tidal8DC -- Tidal Basin
A nighttime visit. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_06G_Union_Station6DC -- Union Station (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_06F_Earth_Month32DC -- Union Station -- Earth Month
STEM Science Fair. Mostly from the NASA section of it. (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_18D_CapitolVC8DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
2013_02_18F_Capitol11DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior images)
2013_02_24D_Capitol14DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior images)
Full moon rises.
2013_03_29I_Capitol12DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior images) (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_18E_CapitolI125DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior images)
2013_03_29E_CapitolI164DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior images)
I wanted to see the new Rosa Parks statue. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_01C_USHMM18DC -- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_13D_Naval_Center28DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center
Including some pictures from the Year of Military Women exhibit. (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_01L_Victims9DC -- Victims of Communism Memorial
2013_05_09A_WCCVw16DC -- Washington Convention Center -- Views from... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_14D_WCCVw10DC -- Washington Convention Center -- Views from... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_15F_WCCVw15DC -- Washington Convention Center -- Views from... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15H_Wash_Mon30DC -- Washington Monument
The scaffolding goes up again. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_01B_Wash_Mon16DC -- Washington Monument
Under the ever-growing scaffolding. (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09C_Wash_Mon17DC -- Washington Monument (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_12D_Wash_Mon17DC -- Washington Monument (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07H_WPPV3DC -- West Potomac Park -- Views of the Potomac River (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15K_White_House3DC -- White House (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_27E_WHCD198DC -- White House Correspondent's Dinner (1 of 3)
Including Bill O'Reilly, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Bloomberg, Kevin Spacey, Andy Cohen, Gordon Peterson, Kathleen Turner, Steve Zahn, Amy Poehler and Gayle King. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_27F_WHCD2155DC -- White House Correspondent's Dinner (2 of 3)
Included here are Jeff Krulik, Geraldo Rivera, Nicole Kidman, Fred Armisen, Jason Sudekis and Olivia Wilde, Clarence and Lisa Page, Hayden Panettiere, Barbra Streisand and James Brolin. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_27G_WHCD3146DC -- White House Correspondent's Dinner (3 of 3)
Included here are Sharon Stone, Michele Norris, Olivia Munn, Tamryn Hall, Michael Douglas, Andrea Mitchell, George Lucas, Michael J. Fox, Bradley Whitford, Chris Matthews, Julie Bowen, Al Sharpton, David Gregory, and Reggie Love. (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_29L_Willard3DC -- Willard InterContinental Washington (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_20A_Student138Env Film Festival @ American University -- Environmental Student Short Film Festival (w/Chris Palmer)
Student Short Environmental Film Festival
Venue: American University, Center for Environmental Filmmaking

Student Short Environmental Film Festival

Screening EFF-selected student films and films by the 2012/2013 Scholars at the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University, the... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_13E_Lost_Rivers42Env Film Festival @ Canadian Embassy -- "Lost Rivers" (w/Katarina Soukup)
LOST RIVERS (Canada, 2012, 72 min.) 
Washington, D.C. Premiere Once flowing through nearly every developed city in the world, rivers provided the infrastructure upon which modern metropolises were built. Why did they disappear and how? Could we see them again? In this adventurous and revelatory look... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_19A_Ocean144Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- Ocean Health at Risk (w/Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting)
Ocean Health at Risk: Economy and Ecology at Odds
Presented by: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Screenings, Panel Discussion and Reception
Drawing on Pulitzer Center reporting currently in progress for major news media outlets by award-winning journalists, this program will include a selection of... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_24C_Rivers_Lost14Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- Rivers Lost, Found and Turned-Around (w/Jeremy Monroe)
Rivers Lost, Found and Turned-Around
Films by Jeremy Monroe and shown as part of the Rivers Program
Introduced by Bob Irvin, President of American Rivers.  
THE HIDDEN RIVERS OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA (USA, 2013, 6 min.) World Premiere Biodiversity. It’s in the rivers of the Amazon, the jungles of... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_17G_Matsula70Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- Selections from Matsula Nature Film Festival, Estonia (w/Tilt Mesila, Riho Vastrik, and Liina Trishkina)
Selections from Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Estonia
Program introduced by Tiit Mesila, Festival Director, Matsalu Nature Film Festival.

OLD MAN AND THE MOOSE (Estonia, 2009, 36 min.) Harri has been studying moose and their inner natures for more than 30 years. For him, moving around with the... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_24D_Fruit_Hunters125Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Fruit Hunters" (w/Noris Ledesma)
THE FRUIT HUNTERS (Canada, 2012, 95 min.)
Washington, D.C. Premiere You can find them deep in the jungles of Borneo, in the hills of Umbria and perhaps even in your own backyard. They are the fruit hunters. Inspired by Adam Gollner’s 2010 book of the same name and directed by Yung Chang (Up the... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_21A_Harmony182Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Harmony" (w/Jule Bergman Sender)
HARMONY - Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
2013 Winner of the Environmental Film Festival's fourth annual Polly Krakora Award for Artistry in Film

HARMONY (USA, 2012, 90 min.) Washington, D.C. Premiere For three decades, The Prince of Wales has worked side-by-side with a dynamic... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_12E_Hot_Water144Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Hot Water" (w/Liz and Donald Rogers, Elizabeth and Dennis Kucinich, Kevin Flint)
HOT WATER - Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital:
HOT WATER (USA, 2013, 65 min.) WORLD PREMIERE Join filmmakers Lizabeth Rogers, Kevin Flint on a journey through the American West to expose uranium mining and our atomic legacy for what it really is. Initially they travel to South Dakota... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_16F_Chasing116Env Film Festival @ Letelier Theater -- "Chasing the Hill" (w/Brent Roske, Richard Schiff, Melissa Fitzgerald, Corinne Becker, Tulsi Gabbard, and Jaymay) (1 of 3) -- Pre-screening
Richard Schiff presents CHASING THE HILL (USA, 2012, 90 min.)
This special screening will feature an exclusive edit of the show with never before seen footage.
VIP Ticket-Holder Reception to follow screening with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Emmy-winner Richard Schiff, actors Melissa Fitzgerald & Corinne... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_16G_Chasing287Env Film Festival @ Letelier Theater -- "Chasing the Hill" (w/Brent Roske, Richard Schiff, Melissa Fitzgerald, Corinne Becker, Tulsi Gabbard, and Jaymay) (2 of 3) -- Post-screening discussion
Richard Schiff presents CHASING THE HILL (USA, 2012, 90 min.)
This special screening will feature an exclusive edit of the show with never before seen footage.
VIP Ticket-Holder Reception to follow screening with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Emmy-winner Richard Schiff, actors Melissa Fitzgerald & Corinne... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_16H_Chasing3104Env Film Festival @ Letelier Theater -- "Chasing the Hill" (w/Brent Roske, Richard Schiff, Melissa Fitzgerald, Corinne Becker, Tulsi Gabbard, and Jaymay) (3 of 3) -- Reception
Richard Schiff presents CHASING THE HILL (USA, 2012, 90 min.)
This special screening will feature an exclusive edit of the show with never before seen footage.
VIP Ticket-Holder Reception to follow screening with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Emmy-winner Richard Schiff, actors Melissa Fitzgerald & Corinne... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15N_Prosek109Env Film Festival @ Natl Academy of Sciences -- "Secrets of the Eel" and "Picture of Leviathan" (w/James Prosek)
An Evening with JAMES PROSEK
Presented with The Nature Conservancy
Film, Discussion and Book Signing 
Welcome by J.D. Talasek, Director, Cultural Programs, National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS).  Introduced by Flo Stone, President and Founder, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_07A_EFF_Launch163Env Film Festival @ Warner Bldg Atrium -- Festival Launch Party
Join Us to Celebrate the 21th Annual Environmental Film Festival!
* Wine, Beer, and a special FRESHFARM Markets cocktail *
* Contemporary Art and Music * Hors d’oeuvre * Silent Auction *
* Musical performance by Grammy-nominated Carolyn Malachi
* Food by Restaurant Nora
* Tacos by Chipotle
*... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_06M_CB_Fireworks31Fireworks -- Cherry Blossom Festival fireworks (2013) (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_09B_TornR24Ford's Theatre -- Reception for "Torn in Two" exhibit
You and a guest are invited to a special after-hours private viewing of the newest exhibition “Torn in Two”.
The American Civil War is one of the defining events in American history. To commemorate its 150th anniversary, Ford’s Theatre presents Torn in Two: 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. This...
2013_03_17D_Metro_DU1Metro Station -- Dupont Circle (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZF_Metro_DU11Metro Station -- Dupont Circle (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_29A_Clinton47Natl Archives -- Catherine Clinton ("Mourning in America")
Mourning in America: Death in the Civil War White Houses
During their presidencies, both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis suffered the death of a child—a not uncommon event for most American parents in the 19th century. Starting with the death of Willie Lincoln in 1862 and the tragic accident that... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_13B_Girls_Atomic107Natl Archives -- Denise Kiernan ("Girls of Atomic City")
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II:
The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942 as one of the Manhattan Project’s secret cities. It was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women recruited from small towns across the... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_19A_Cavett60Natl Archives -- Dick Cavett ("Talk Show")
Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets
From 1968 to 1982, Dick Cavett hosted the nation’s most famous personalities on his late-night talk show. Listen to Cavett’s best tales—one-upping Bette Davis, testifying on behalf of John Lennon, scheming with John Updike—from his... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_09L_Klein155Natl Archives -- Gerda Weissmann Klein ("All But My Life")
A Conversation with Gerda Weissmann Klein:
Gerda Weissmann Klein captivates audiences worldwide with her powerful message of hope, inspiration, love, and humanity. In commemoration of Jewish American Heritage month, we will show the Academy Award-winning HBO documentary of her life, One Survivor... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_19A_Frank59Natl Archives -- Jeffrey Frank ("Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage")
Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage:
Eisenhower and Nixon had a twenty-year political and personal relationship despite differences in age and temperament. Their association helped to shape the nation’s political ideology, foreign policy, and domestic goals, from civil rights to the...
2013_05_03A_Walker45Natl Archives -- Jimmie Walker ("Dynomite! Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times")
Dynomite!: Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times—A Memoir:
Jimmie Walker got his start performing comedy in small clubs, and ultimately became a 1970s icon playing J.J. Evans on Good Times. Walker was the first successful young black sitcom star, and his catchphrase—“Dyn-o-mite!”—remains an indicator of the... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_10C_Kelley1136Natl Archives -- Kitty Kelley ("Capturing Camelot") w/Scott Simon
Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys
Photojournalist Stanley Tretick was sent by United Press International to follow the Kennedy campaign in 1960. When Kennedy became President, Tretick was given extensive access to the White House, and the picture magazine Look hired him... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_23A_Live_Action10Natl Archives -- Margaret Parsons (introducing Live Action Short Film Nominees)
9th Annual Showcase of Academy Award®–Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects:
The National Archives Experience hosts the ninth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short...
2013_05_15H_Foes107Natl Archives -- Panel -- Congress and the White House: Partners or Foes?
Congress and the White House: Partners or Foes?
Former Members of Congress will discuss how the White House and Congress can work together. They will explore how the two branches interacted in the past to try to solve our nation’s biggest problems. Anecdotal evidence of bipartisanship and common ground... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_18A_Documerica187Natl Archives -- Panel -- Documerica: The Photographers
DOCUMERICA: The Photographers:
For the DOCUMERICA project, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired nearly 100 freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s. A panel of these photographers discuss their work shown in... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_24B_Freedom_Natl1100Natl Archives -- Panel -- Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865
Pulitzer prize–winning author Annette Gordon-Reed leads a panel discussion of emancipation, Lincoln, and the Civil War. Panelists include James McPherson, Pulitzer prize–winning historian and professor emeritus at Princeton...
2013_04_11A_100Yrs145Natl Archives -- Panel -- One Hundred Years: From the Emancipation Proclamation to the March on Washington
One Hundred Years: From the Emancipation Proclamation to the March on Washington:
Explore the journey from slavery to freedom between the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1963 March on Washington. The panelists will discuss the Emancipation Proclamation, and the continuing struggle for freedom,... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_24A_DSS9Natl Archives -- Tom Nastick (introducing Documentary Short Subject Nominees)
9th Annual Showcase of Academy Award®–Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects:
The National Archives Experience hosts the ninth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short...
2013_04_16G_Harper121Natl Archives -- Valerie Harper ("I, Rhoda")
I, Rhoda:
Valerie Harper, star of the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, discusses her book I, Rhoda, and her life on and off the screen. On-screen, she represented a self-reliant new identity for women of the 1970s while off-screen she fought alongside feminists Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug for equal... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_23B_ASFN13Natl Archives -- WIFV members (introducing Animated Short Film Nominees)
9th Annual Showcase of Academy Award®–Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects:
The National Archives Experience hosts the ninth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short...
2013_02_24B_5Broken23Natl Archives -- Willie Waffle (introducing "5 Broken Cameras")
9th Annual Showcase of Academy Award®–Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects:
The National Archives Experience hosts the ninth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short...
2013_02_21B_Gatekeepers7Natl Archives -- Willie Waffle (introducing "Gatekeepers")
9th Annual Showcase of Academy Award®–Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects:
The National Archives Experience hosts the ninth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short...
2013_02_20_Searching16Natl Archives -- Willie Waffle (introducing "Searching for Sugar Man")
9th Annual Showcase of Academy Award®–Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects:
The National Archives Experience hosts the ninth annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short...
2013_04_13C_BlessN70Naval Heritage Center -- Blessing of the Fleets (2013) -- Indoor events (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_13B_BlessF169Naval Heritage Center -- Blessing of the Fleets (2013) -- Outdoor ceremony
22nd Annual Blessing of the Fleets
What is the Blessing of the Fleets?
Passed down through generations of mariners and navies around the world, the annual Blessing of the Fleets tradition will be held for the 22nd consecutive year at the United States Navy Memorial on Saturday, April 13 at 1:00pm.... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_16F_EFD82NBM -- Engineering Family Day
Discover Engineering Family Day 2013:
Every February, the National Building Museum and the National Engineers Week Foundation invite you to debunk the myths of engineering and discover how professional engineers turn an idea into reality. Celebrate National Engineers Week by participating in this free,...
2013_05_12J_Stelter68Newseum -- Inside Media w/Brian Stelter ("Top of the Morning")
Inside Media: The Cutthroat World of Morning TV: Top of the Morning
Guest: Brian Stelter
In his new book "Top of the Morning," New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter reveals the dish and dirt behind the polite smiles and perky demeanors of morning television.
The book examines the most... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_07U_Epstein68Newseum -- Inside Media w/Edward Jay Epstein ("History's Most Famous Crimes")
Inside Media: History's Most Famous Crimes: "The Annals of Unsolved Crime" by Edward Jay Epstein
Author Edward Jay Epstein looks back at history's most famous crimes and their tangled histories as chronicled in his new book "The Annals of Unsolved Crime."
From the Lincoln assassination to the... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_05G_2012Review141Newseum -- Inside Media w/Monica Hesse and Dan Zak (2012 Year in Review)
Inside Media: 2012 Year in Review
Guest: Monica Hesse and Dan Zak
Washington Post staff writers Monica Hesse and Dan Zak look back at the events of 2012 and explain what’s in and what’s out as 2013 begins.
Hesse and Zak are authors of “The List,” the annual column that has graced the front page of...
2013_04_17A_NewseumMN47Newseum -- Members' Night -- Inside Look at Camelot (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15C_FOI190Newseum -- National Freedom of Information Day 2013 (1 of 4)
The 2013 National Freedom of Information Day
Friday, March 15, 2013

8:30 a.m. Welcome to 15th annual conference
-- Ken Paulson, President and CEO, First Amendment Center
-- Patrice McDermott, OpenTheGovernment.org
-- Gene Policinski, Newseum/First Amendment Center

8:35 a.m. American... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15D_FOI258Newseum -- National Freedom of Information Day 2013 (2 of 4)
10:20 a.m. Many thanks to our co-sponsors: American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, American Society of News Editors, Association of Research Libraries, the Center for Effective Government, League of Women Voters, National Freedom of Information Coalition, the Project on... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15E_FOI355Newseum -- National Freedom of Information Day 2013 (3 of 4)
12:55 p.m. Keynote discussion: With professor and author Ron Collins and noted lawyer Floyd Abrams, on Collins’ latest book: "Nuanced Absolutism: Floyd Abrams and the First Amendment"
-- Moderator: Tony Mauro
-- Speaker: Ron Collins
-- Floyd Abrams (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_15F_FOI438Newseum -- National Freedom of Information Day 2013 (4 of 4)
2 p.m. ‘War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State’ Introduction and viewing of selected clips from the upcoming documentary, with never-before-seen interviews, features whistleblowers Michael DeKort, Thomas Drake, Franz Gayl and Thomas Tamm, and the journalists who reported their... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_16A_Whistleblowers98Newseum -- Panel -- "War on Whistleblowers"
Special Event: Special Screening and Panel Discussion: "War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State."
The Newseum presents a special screening of the new documentary "War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State."
The film profiles four government... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_01B_Brokaw98Newseum -- Special -- Tom Brokaw and Nick Clooney ("JFK Remembered")
Special Program: "JFK Remembered": A Conversation with Tom Brokaw and Nick Clooney
"JFK Remembered," a special program with Tom Brokaw of NBC News and legendary journalist Nick Clooney, will mark the opening of the Newseum's newest exhibit "JFK" and commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F.... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_28A_Secret_War174NPC -- George Colburn and Evan Thomas ("Eisenhower's Secret War")
Eisenhower’s Secret War
Join former president of the National Press Club Richard Ryan, producer George Colburn, and author Evan Thomas for a special screening of this new documentary.
Eisenhower’s Secret War is producer George Colburn’s 8th prime-time special on Ike since 1991. It tells the story of... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_01G_NPC_Kalb87NPC -- Kalb Report: " On Deadline: American Newspapers In The Digital Age" (w/Martin Baron and Kevin Merida)
On Deadline: American Newspapers In The Digital Age
w/Martin Baron (The Washington Post Executive Editor) and Kevin Merida (The Washington Post Managing Editor).
Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron and Managing Editor Kevin Merida join Marvin Kalb to discuss how our nation’s great... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_28A_Kalb1128NPC -- Kalb Report: "Democracy in Action: A Review of the 2012 Presidential Debates" (w/Bob Schieffer, Martha Raddatz, and Jim Lehrer)
The Kalb Report - "Democracy in Action: A Review of the 2012 Presidential Debates"
Candy Crowley, Jim Lehrer, Martha Raddatz, and Bob Schieffer, the four respected journalists selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates to moderate the 2012 debates, join Marvin Kalb to discuss the impact of... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_16A_Junkie1193NPR @ Sixth and I -- Political Junkie Road Show: Have a Pre-Inauguration Ball
NPR’s “Political Junkie Road Show”: Have a Pre-Inauguration Ball
With Ted Koppel, Nina Totenberg and Clarence Page
Every Wednesday on NPR's Talk of the Nation, listeners hear host Neal Conan and 'Political Junkie' Ken Rudin tackle America's true pastime with plenty of insight and laughs. Ahead of the...
2013_01_19E_Dickson43Politics & Prose -- Paul Dickson ("Words from the White House")
Paul Dickson - Words from the White House:
There’s British English and American English—and it’s been that way for a long time. The Founding Fathers saw coining words as a way to build a distinct culture, and Dickson’s latest fascinating compendium is a gathering of terms and phrases contributed by...
2013_01_19A_Rashke32Politics & Prose -- Richard Rashke ("Useful Enemies")
Richard Rashke - Useful Enemies:
The author of The Killing of Karen Silkwood and Escape from Sobibor investigates this country’s post-war immigration policy, which admitted many former Nazis who had technical skills useful to space and science programs, while denying entry to Holocaust victims....
2013_01_18E_Sotomayor199Politics & Prose -- Sonia Sotomayor ("My Beloved World") @ Lisner Auditorium
Politics & Prose Bookstore presents The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor
How does a Latina from a Bronx housing project work her way up to a spot on the Supreme Court? Sotomayor, the High Court's first Hispanic member, knew from early on that she wanted to be a lawyer; by age forty, she was a federal district... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_14D_Hess179Politics & Prose -- Stephen Hess ("Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012")
Stephen Hess - Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012:
In the seventh—and concluding—volume of his Newswork series, Hess returns to the nearly 500 reporters whose work he surveyed first in 1978, looking at career trajectories and soliciting ideas about the field. Hess—whose own career...
2013_04_28J_Puryear95Renwick Gallery -- James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Lecture with Michael Puryear
Michael Puryear is a designer, teacher, and studio furniture maker who has been practicing his craft for over thirty years. Join him as he discusses his work, process, and medium as part of the James Renwick Alliance's Distinguished Lectures series. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_05A_Blight128Reynolds Center -- David Blight ("From Days of Mourning to Days of Jubilee?")
From Days of Mourning to Days of Jubilee? Frederick Douglass and the Meaning of The Civil War Talk with David W. Blight
Yale University professor and Civil War scholar David W. Blight shares his analysis of the impact of the Civil War on the ideas and psyche of Frederick Douglass. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_05E_BlightSS37Reynolds Center -- David Blight ("From Days of Mourning to Days of Jubilee?") -- Slide Show
From Days of Mourning to Days of Jubilee? Frederick Douglass and the Meaning of The Civil War Talk with David W. Blight
Yale University professor and Civil War scholar David W. Blight shares his analysis of the impact of the Civil War on the ideas and psyche of Frederick Douglass. (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_09C_CivilWar_FDA62Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Civil War -- Abe Lincoln (James Hayney)
Civil War Family Day: Join the troops who have set up camp in the Kogod Courtyard for an afternoon of crafts, games, and music, including silhouette art, period photography, and a scavenger hunt, all inspired by popular activities during the Civil War. (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_09A_CivilWar_FDC96Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Civil War -- Crafts
Civil War Family Day: Join the troops who have set up camp in the Kogod Courtyard for an afternoon of crafts, games, and music, including silhouette art, period photography, and a scavenger hunt, all inspired by popular activities during the Civil War. (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_09B_CivilWar_FDR114Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Civil War -- Reenactors
Two groups featured here:
* 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company B
 * 20th Maine Company E Re-enactors and Maine Camp Hospital Re-enactors
Civil War Family Day: Join the troops who have set up camp in the Kogod Courtyard for an afternoon of crafts, games, and music, including silhouette... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_09D_CivilWar_FDB25Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Civil War -- Susquehanna Travellers
Civil War Family Day: Join the troops who have set up camp in the Kogod Courtyard for an afternoon of crafts, games, and music, including silhouette art, period photography, and a scavenger hunt, all inspired by popular activities during the Civil War. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_13A_Collage_FD68Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Collage
Gluing and cutting won't be the only way you can collage at this Family Day! Come enjoy a game of collage roulette, with mystery pieces and a surprise design. For a totally new experience, a DJ will layer and mix tunes to create an audio collage while you work on crafts and projects the whole family... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_12A_FarmFD1123Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Farm-to-Table
Farm-to-Table Family Day:
The American Art Museum joins the National Portrait Gallery's second farm-to-table event. Enjoy live music, learn about the "slow food" movement from local community organizations, and participate in hands-on activities that get your hands a little dirty. You'll be ready to...
2013_01_12D_FarmFD_RICO191Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Farm-to-Table -- Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra
Farm-to-Table Family Day:
The American Art Museum joins the National Portrait Gallery's second farm-to-table event. Enjoy live music, learn about the "slow food" movement from local community organizations, and participate in hands-on activities that get your hands a little dirty. You'll be ready to...
2013_02_16B_PresFD_Crafts60Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Presidential Family Fun Day (2013) -- Crafts
Start off your Presidents' Day weekend at a patriotic family day at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Enjoy a variety of crafts and performances dedicated to our nation's past leaders. Stick around to meet some special guests, and pose for your own Presidential...
2013_02_16D_PresFD_Band17Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Presidential Family Fun Day (2013) -- Federal City Brass Band
Start off your Presidents' Day weekend at a patriotic family day at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Enjoy a variety of crafts and performances dedicated to our nation's past leaders. Stick around to meet some special guests, and pose for your own Presidential...
2013_02_16C_PresFD_Figures49Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Presidential Family Fun Day (2013) -- George and Abe
Start off your Presidents' Day weekend at a patriotic family day at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Enjoy a variety of crafts and performances dedicated to our nation's past leaders. Stick around to meet some special guests, and pose for your own Presidential...
2013_02_16E_PresFD_Smith24Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Presidential Family Fun Day (2013) -- Lane Smith
Start off your Presidents' Day weekend at a patriotic family day at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Enjoy a variety of crafts and performances dedicated to our nation's past leaders. Stick around to meet some special guests, and pose for your own Presidential...
2013_02_22F_Gates_Portrait120Reynolds Center -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. portrait celebration -- Folks with the portrait
Please join
Wendy Wick Reaves, Interim Director, National Portrait Gallery
and
Sheila and Steven Hamp
at a portrait celebration for
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
by Yugi Wang (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_22E_Gates_Mingle98Reynolds Center -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. portrait celebration -- Mingling and courtyard shots
Please join
Wendy Wick Reaves, Interim Director, National Portrait Gallery
and
Sheila and Steven Hamp
at a portrait celebration for
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
by Yugi Wang
Click ... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_22G_Gates_Talk48Reynolds Center -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. portrait celebration -- Presentation
Please join
Wendy Wick Reaves, Interim Director, National Portrait Gallery
and
Sheila and Steven Hamp
at a portrait celebration for
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
by Yugi Wang
Click ... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_07B_Essenhigh71Reynolds Center -- Inka Essenhigh -- James Dicke Contemporary Artist Lecture
This inaugural lecture honors James F. Dicke II, the museum's former Commission Chair, for his outstanding leadership and contributions to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Artist Inka Essenhigh discusses "Cartoons and Myths: Reviving Pan and Diana for the 21st Century" as she describes her... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_22A_Brubeck208Reynolds Center -- Take 5! -- Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet
Dave Brubeck: Across Time:
Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Don't miss this special Jazz Appreciation Month tribute to the legendary jazz musician and composer, performed by the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet from the University of the Pacific: Thomas Kelley, alto sax;... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_08H_Desbois146Sixth & I -- Father Patrick Desbois ("The Holocaust by Bullets") w/Jonathan Safran Foer
Father Patrick Desbois in Conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer:
In commemoration of Yom Hashoa, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the French Catholic priest committed to documenting unmarked mass graves of the Holocaust speaks with Foer, bestselling author and recent appointee to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZL_Bittman101Sixth & I -- Mark Bittman ("VB6")
Mark Bittman: In VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health...for Good, the bestselling author and New York Times columnist presents a straightforward way to take meat out of your diet as much as you feel comfortable, with all the health benefits, and none of the... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_07A_Rhee1153Sixth & I -- Michelle Rhee ("Radical: Fighting to Put Students First")
In Radical: Fighting to Put Students First, Michelle Rhee recounts her experiences as a teacher and administrator, and issues an urgent call to arms for those who share her concern about the future of American education and the long-term ramifications of its failure.

Rhee chronicles her own awakening... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_30B_Krugman102Sixth & I -- Paul Krugman ("End This Depression Now!")
When End This Depression Now! was published in April 2012, it changed the national debate. New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman reminded us that we had forgotten John Maynard Keynes's central dictum: “The boom, not the slump, is the time for austerity.”

Krugman has... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_12C_McChrystal191Sixth & I -- Stanley McChrystal ("My Share of the Task")
General Stanley McChrystal, commanding officer of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a West Point graduate and a four-star general, witnessed and participated in some of our military’s most challenging struggles. In his work leading the Joint Special Operations Command he steered the collection... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_11A_Gray152Sixth & I -- Todd Gray and Ellen Kassoff Gray ("New Jewish Table")
Todd Gray and Ellen Kassoff Gray:
image When Chef Todd Gray married Ellen, their union brought about his initiation into the world of Jewish cooking. In 1999, Todd combined his love for farm-to-table ingredients with his passion for Jewish cuisine, opening the locally acclaimed Equinox Restaurant.
In... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_31D_Sixth_Wall1Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame
2013_02_07D_Sixth_Wall7Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_12B_Sixth_Wall6Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame
2013_03_14G_Sixth_Wall9Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_08G_Sixth_Wall8Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_25A_Sixth_Wall5Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_02A_Sixth_Wall9Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_04ZO_Sixth_Wall7Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_07E_Sixth_Wall30Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_07A_Farmer131Sixth & I and HooksBookEvents.Com -- Dr. Paul Farmer ("To Repair The World") w/Dr. Claire Pierre
Dr. Paul Farmer In Conversation with Dr. Claire Pierre
To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Dr.... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_14C_Sandberg144Sixth & I and NPR -- Sheryl Sandberg ("Lean In") w/Michele Norris
Sheryl Sandberg In Conversation with Michele Norris:
From the COO of Facebook comes Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, a riveting book that asks: Why do men still hold the majority of top positions in government and industry, thirty years after women became the majority of college graduates?... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_20E_McMillan126Sixth & I and Pen/Faulkner Foundation -- Terry McMillan ("Learning to Breathe") w/Lisa Page
Learning to Breathe: An Evening with Terry McMillan
The acclaimed author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Getting to Happy, Waiting to Exhale, Mama, Disappearing Acts, and The Interruption of Everything reads from her recent work and speaks about the writing process with Lisa Page, a visiting... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_31A_Gore1124Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Al Gore ("The Future")
From the former vice president and #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Inconvenient Truth comes a frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come.
From his earliest days in public life, Al Gore has been warning us of the promise and peril of... (Partially reviewed)
2013_05_02B_Ensler128Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Eve Ensler ("In the Body of the World")
Eve Ensler:
From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues and one of Newsweek's 150 Women Who Changed the World, In The Body of the World (Metropolitan, $25) is a memoir of separation and connection to the body, the self, and the world. The playwright, author, and activist has devoted her life... (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_25C_Pollan120Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Michael Pollan ("Cooked")
Politics & Prose Bookstore is pleased to present an evening with Michael Pollan for his latest book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation on Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. at Sixth & I.
A food writer and activist, Pollan was named as one of Time magazine’s hundred most influential people in the... (Partially reviewed)
2013_03_18D_OConnor86Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Sandra Day O'Connor ("Out of Order")
Sandra Day O'Connor:
From the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court, Out of Order sheds light on the centuries of change and upheaval that transformed the Supreme Court from its uncertain beginnings into the institution that thrives today.
From the early days of circuit-riding to the... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_06A_Cain169Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Susan Cain ("Quiet")
After spending over 41 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and sparking a national conversation about introversion, QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, will soon be published in paperback.
A self-proclaimed introvert herself, Susan Cain argues that our culture... (Partially reviewed)
2013_01_07C_Kincannon2127US Census Bureau -- Funeral Service for Louis Kincannon -- Reception
This was the funeral service for former US Census Bureau director, Louis Kincannon, 1940 - 2012.
Among those paying their respects were Barbara Everitt Bryant (Census Director 1989 -1993), Tom Mesenbourg (acting director, 2012-), Robert Groves (Census Director 2009-2012)
2013_01_07B_Kincannon177US Census Bureau -- Funeral Service for Louis Kincannon -- Service
This was the funeral service for former US Census Bureau director, Louis Kincannon, 1940 - 2012.
People speaking at the service were:
* First Reading: Patricia Griffith
* Second Reading: Jim Tozzi
* Eulogies by: Tony Harvey, Mark Neuman, Kathy Wallman, and Alexandra & Indya Kincannon.
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In The News: 05/07/2013: Special effects wiz Ray Harryhausen dies.
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2004_DC_WW2_Journalists29WW2 -- World War II Veterans as Journalists: Allen Neuharth (Army, USA Today) and Mike Wallace (Navy, CBS News), Moderated by Thomas Doherty
Allen Neuharth served with General George Patton’s Third Army in Europe. Following the war, he worked as a reporter for several newspapers in South Dakota, and then held management positions with the Miami Herald, Detroit Free Press, and Rochester Times-Union. As chairman and chief executive officer of...

What's hot: The following pages have been the most popular ones over the last few months:
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2013_04_27F_WHCD2155DC -- White House Correspondent's Dinner (2 of 3)
Included here are Jeff Krulik, Geraldo Rivera, Nicole Kidman, Fred Armisen, Jason Sudekis and Olivia Wilde, Clarence and Lisa Page, Hayden Panettiere, Barbra Streisand and James Brolin. (Partially reviewed)
2013_04_08A_Cherry27DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2013)
What a difference a single 80 degree day makes as far as blossoms were concerned! (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_28M_CWT_Board115CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2013) in Memphis, TN -- Board dinner
During a Thursday evening dinner at the University Club, James S. Gilliland received the Trust’s Shelby Foote Preservation Legacy Award in recognition of his long service to the organization, including two terms as chairman of the board. Beyond his strong leadership, Gilliland personally served as a... (Partially reviewed)
2013_02_14G_Supreme_CtX_IWAP42DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibitions -- In War and Peace
In War and In Peace: The Supreme Court and the Civil War: Marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, this exhibition looks at the Supreme Court during this volatile period in American history and the conflict’s impact on the institution. Facing an unprecedented rebellion, the President and Cong...
2013_04_20E_McMillan126Sixth & I and Pen/Faulkner Foundation -- Terry McMillan ("Learning to Breathe") w/Lisa Page
Learning to Breathe: An Evening with Terry McMillan The acclaimed author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Getting to Happy, Waiting to Exhale, Mama, Disappearing Acts, and The Interruption of Everything reads from her recent work and speaks about the writing process with Lisa Page, a visiting prof... (Partially reviewed)


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