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 2017_DC_Pageant_1Other_170618 | 43 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (1 of 9) -- Other |
| 2017_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_170618 | 79 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (2 of 9) -- Welcome |
| 2017_DC_Pageant_3Betweens_170618 | 48 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (3 of 9) -- In-Between Presentations |
| 2017_DC_Pageant_4Swimsuit_170618 | 56 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (4 of 9) -- Swimsuit |
| 2017_DC_Pageant_5Inter_170618 | 63 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (5 of 9) -- Interviews |
| 2017_DC_Pageant_6Talent_170618 | 89 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (6 of 9) -- Talent |
| 2017_DC_Pageant_7Evening_170618 | 48 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (7 of 9) -- Evening Wear |
| 2017_DC_Pageant_8Awards_170618 | 47 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (8 of 9) -- Crowning (Briana Kinsey)
Miss District of Columbia Class of 2017:
* BRIANA KINSEY -- 2017 Miss District of Columbia
* Isabella Basco
* Nikol Bouknight
* Caroline Chisolm
* Alexandra Chittams
* Katelynne Cox
* Madeline Cuddihy
* Alexandra Curd
* Emily Curtis
* Olivia Henry-Jackson
* Katrina Kincade
*... |
| 2017_DC_Pageant_9Post_170618 | 90 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Pageant (9 of 9) -- Post-Crowning Photos and Party |
| 2017_DC_Miss_DC_Send_170824 | 163 | 2017 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off -- Briana Kinsey to Miss America Pageant @ Gallery Place Residences
Miss America Send Off Party
Help us send Briana Kinsey off to Atlantic City - purchase your tickets to the Miss America Send Off Party!
Each ticket includes a buffet dinner catered by Tony Cheng's Restaurant and an open bar!
Come see a sneak peek of Miss DC's official (and never-before-seen) Miss... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_Author_171104 | 10 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Author Talks
Author Talks
Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital
Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove
D.C.'s massive social transformations are chronicled here--from a sparsely inhabited plantation society into a diverse metropolis, from a center of the slave trade to the... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_Other_171104 | 29 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Other (Saturday) |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P01_171104 | 29 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 01: Wiping African American Neighborhoods off the Map
Wiping African American Neighborhoods off the Map
Sanctuary
Moderator: G. Derek Musgrove, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland Baltimore County
* “The Demise of Ward 4’s Historic African American Communities,” Mara Cherkasky, Historian, Prologue DC, and Co-founder, Mapping... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P02_171104 | 5 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 02: Paper Trails: Self-rule, Emergency Preparedness, and the Legal Language of Riots
Paper Trails: Self-rule, Emergency Preparedness, and the Legal Language of Riots
Peter Marshall Hall
Moderator: Kyla Sommers, History Doctoral Candidate, George Washington University
* “1968: Landmark gains for DC Self-Rules,” Christopher Anglim, Reference Librarian/Archivist, University of the... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P03_171104 | 5 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 03: Transition, Migration, and Gathering Places: Immigration & Community Spaces in the District
Transition, Migration, and Gathering Places: Immigration & Community Spaces in the District
Lincoln Chapel
Moderator: Ranald Woodaman, Exhibitions and Public Programs Director, Smithsonian Latino Center
* “The Central American Women of D.C.: Immigrants, Mothers, Workers, and Community Builders,”... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P04_171104 | 60 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 04: Howard Theatre’s Crucial Role in the Community Before and After the 1968 Riots
Howard Theatre’s Crucial Role in the Community Before and After the 1968 Riots
Moderator: Dave Tevelin, Author and Independent Scholar
Park Level
* “The Howard Theatre's Role in the Community in 1968,” Dave Tevelin, Author
* TBD, Blair Ruble, Vice President for Programs, Woodrow Wilson Center
*... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P05_171104 | 14 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 05: A Right to the City: Reflections on the History and Legacy of Neighborhood Organizing
A Right to the City: Reflections on the History and Legacy of Neighborhood Organizing
Sanctuary
Moderator: Samir Meghelli, Curator, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
* Samir Meghelli, Ph.D., Curator, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
* Hilary Malson, Research Assistant, Smithsonian... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P06_171104 | 4 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 06: A Complicated Path Toward 1968: History, Corruption, Trauma, and Protest in 19th-century Washington, D.C.
A Complicated Path Toward 1968: History, Corruption, Trauma, and Protest in 19th-century Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Chapel
Moderator: Mark Herlong, Independent Scholar
* “The Murtagh Conspiracy: Corruption, Blackmail, and the Press in Gilded Age Washington,” Mark Herlong, Independent Scholar
* “The... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P07_171104 | 16 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 07: Race and Redevelopment
Race and Redevelopment
Peter Marshall Hall
Moderator: Ashley Bakelmun, Urban Strategy Consultant
* “The Urban Renewal of Columbia Heights: Urban Design, Inequality, and Race,” Ashley Bakelmun, Urban Strategy Consultant
* “Anti-Blackness in Chocolate City,” Izetta Autumn Mobley, American Studies... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P08_171104 | 21 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 08: Community Conversation: The Radical Roots of Federal City College
Community Conversation: The Radical Roots of Federal City College
Sanctuary
Moderator: Amanda Huron, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of the District of Columbia
* Howard Croft, Professor of Urban Studies, Federal City College
* Jennifer Ragins, Federal City... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P09_171104 | 7 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 09: Reliving the Movement: Music, Images, and Oral Histories
Reliving the Movement: Music, Images, and Oral Histories
Park Level
Moderator: Louis Hicks, Grants Manager, HumanitiesDC
* “Meet Me at the Y,” Paulette C. Holloway, Executive Director, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, Inc.
* “Reminiscences of DC’s ’70s LGBTQ Community from the Pat Gertschen Photographic... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P10_171104 | 17 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 10: A Radical Archaeology: Burial Grounds, Slavery, and White Supremacy
A Radical Archaeology: Burial Grounds, Slavery, and White Supremacy
Lincoln Chapel
* “Lost and Found: The Archaeology and Physical Anthropology of the Q Street NW Burials,” Chardé Reid, College of William and Mary; David Hunt, Smithsonian Institution; Ruth Trocolli, DC Historic Preservation Office
... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_P11_171104 | 9 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 11: Costs, Myths, and Mobilization: Integration and Desegregation in the District of Columbia
Costs, Myths, and Mobilization: Integration and Desegregation in the District of Columbia
Peter Marshall Hall
Moderator: Tikia Hamilton, National Academy of Education Spencer Research Fellow. George Washington University Visiting Scholar
* “The Costs of Integration in the Nation’s Capital: Exploring... |
| 2017_DC_DCHist_Poster_171104 | 20 | 44th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Poster Session
Poster Participants
* Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell, Cintia Cabib, Documentary Filmmaker
* The Archaeology of the Virginia Avenue Tunnel Reconstruction Project, Southeast, Washington, DC, Susan Bupp, Senior Cultural Resources Specialist and Henry Ward,... |
| 2017_DC_AERA_Brown_171019 | 95 | AERA Brown Lecture In Education Research (14th) w/Alfredo J. Artiles
14th Annual AERA Brown Lecture In Education Research
by American Educational Research Association
This year, Alfredo J. Artiles (Arizona State University), Dean of Graduate Education and the Ryan C. Harris Professor of Special Education, has been selected to present the 2017 Brown Lecture.
Lecture... |
| 2017_DC_Poitras_170616 | 49 | AFI Docs 2017 -- Guggenheim Symposium (w/Laura Poitras) @ Newseum
GUGGENHEIM SYMPOSIUM
Each year, the AFI DOCS Charles Guggenheim Symposium honors masters of the non-fiction art form who inspire audiences by documenting and exploring the human experience. The Symposium takes place during the documentary festival and celebrates a master documentary filmmaker and their... |
| 2017_DC_Look2Right_170617 | 69 | AFI Docs 2017 -- Look to the Right (w/Ann Hornaday and Michael Pack) @ Landmark E Street Cinema
LOOK TO THE RIGHT: A CONVERSATION WITH ANN HORNADAY AND MICHAEL PACK
In recent years, conservative documentaries have achieved impressive reach with audiences despite being largely absent from the festival, art-house and TV circuits. Filmmaker Michael Pack (THE FALL OF NEWT GINGRICH) discusses how... |
| 2017_DC_Evidence_170615 | 47 | AFI Docs 2017 -- "I Am Evidence" (w/Mariska Hargitay and Trish Adlesic) @ Landmark E Street Cinema
I AM EVIDENCE
Dir. Trish Adlesic, Geeta Gandbhir; 2017; 89 min
Thousands of untested sexual assault evidence kits are languishing in storage facilities across the U.S. — and law enforcement inaction means serial perpetrators are at liberty to strike again. This urgent and eye-opening film investigates... |
| 2017_DC_Icarus_170614 | 73 | AFI Docs 2017 -- "Icarus" (w/Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan) @ Newseum
Icarus
An amateur American cyclist opts to up his game and experiment with performance-enhancing drugs. But his research leads him to a notorious Moscow lab director — and he soon finds himself entangled in the highest levels of the Russian government. – Mimi Brody
Tickets to the Opening Night gala of... |
| 2017_DC_Muhi_170617 | 1 | AFI Docs 2017 -- "Muhi" (w/Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander) @ Landmark E Street Cinema
Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander at the step and repeat. |
| 2017_DC_Tough_Guys_170615 | 110 | AFI Docs 2017 -- "Tough Guys" (w/Morgan Spurlock, Henry Roosevelt, W.B. Zullo, Bill Viola and Frank Caliguri) @ Landmark E Street Cinema
TOUGH GUYS
Dir. Henry Roosevelt, W.B. Zullo; 2017; 78 min
Told through the colorful stories of scrappy brawlers and amateur promoters, TOUGH GUYS brings to life the birth of mixed martial arts competitions in 1980s Pittsburgh. The idea to legitimize street fighting by putting it in the ring brought... |
| 2017_DC_MacLean_171219 | 15 | AFL-CIO Headquarters -- Event: Nancy MacLean ("Democracy in Chains")
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
An explosive exposé of the right’s relentless campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize public education, and change the Constitution.
“The Koch project has brought us to the worst political crisis in... |
| 2017_DC_Changing_Land_171101 | 69 | American University -- Event: Changing Political Landscape: 2016 and Beyond (w/Joshua Green and Jonathan Allen)
The Changing Political Landscape: 2016 and Beyond
Two best-selling authors who covered opposing campaigns will recount behind-the-scenes drama during the greatest upset in American political history. In his book, The Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the American... |
| 2017_DC_Toomey_170926 | 48 | American University -- Event: Drawing Inspiration with Cartoonist Jim Toomey
Drawing Inspiration with Cartoonist Jim Toomey
Nationally syndicated cartoonist Jim Toomey, who has been drawing the newspaper comic strip "Sherman's Lagoon" for almost two decades, uses live drawing to demonstrate how he weaves an environmental message into his work, and how he has taken what he has... |
| 2017_DC_OAS_AOTA | 56 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Art of the Americas
Art of the Americas: Collection of the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States
On view August 17, 2017-October 28, 2018
Art of the Americas: Collection of the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States is a rigorous and comprehensive look at the... |
| 2017_DC_OAS_Landscapes | 7 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Human Landscapes
Human Landscapes
September 28 - November 26, 2017Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS) AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the OAS and the Embassy of Argentina in the United States, present Human Landscapes,... |
| 2017_DC_AAAM_Reception_170801 | 225 | Association of African American Museum Annual Conference Welcoming Reception
Association of African American Museum (AAAM) 39th Annual Conference welcoming reception @ Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
The annual conference will broaden the perspectives of those in attendance by promoting an understanding of the social... |
| 2017_DC_AUSA | 133 | AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition (2017)
Amond other images, authors here include:
* Brian D. Laslie ("Architect of Air Power")
* Robert S. Allen ("Forward with Patton")
* David T. Zabecki ("Lossberg's War: The World War I Memoirs of a German Chief of Staff")
* Richard W. Anderson ("The Battle of Kursk", "The Lasi-Kishinev Operation",... |
| 2017_DC_AUSA_McCarthy_171009 | 30 | AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition (2017) -- Joint Press Conference w/Ryan McCarthy and Mark Milley
Press Conference: Acting Secretary of the Army, Ryan McCarthy and Chief of Staff General Mark A. Milley. |
| 2017_DC_AUSA_Wills_171010 | 180 | AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition (2017) -- Mark Wills Concert (w/Downrange)
Country music artist Mark Wills is going to perform at a free concert on the second night of the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Wills, who has eight Top 10 hits to his name, will appear Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the ballroom at the Walter E. Washington Convention... |
| 2017_DC_AUSA_WWI | 42 | AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition (2017) -- World War I exhibits |
| 2017_DC_Transit_171025 | 35 | Cato Institute -- "The Future of Public Transit"
The Future of Public Transit
The nation’s public transit industry faces some of its greatest challenges: ridership has been declining; infrastructure is deteriorating; rivals such as Uber and Lyft are taking transit customers. Does transit have a future? Yes, says Art Guzzetti: transit is a vital part... |
| 2017_DC_Free_Speech_170203 | 30 | Cato Institute -- "Will President Trump Threaten Free Speech?" (w/Flemming Rose, Robert Corn_Revere, and Francis H. Buckley)
Will President Trump Threaten Free Speech?
During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump promised to “open up” libel laws to make it easier to sue news organizations. He also criticized political donors for fostering corruption and misrule. Later, as president-elect, Trump criticized First... |
| 2017_DC_Albright_170130 | 23 | CSIS -- America's Place in the World (w/Madeleine Albright)
The Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative cordially invites you to America's Place in the World
A conversation with Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State
Moderated by Nina Easton, Senior Associate, CSIS, Chair, Fortune Most Powerful Women International, Co-Chair, Fortune Global Forum
Introduced... |
| 2017_DC_Schieffer_171024 | 59 | CSIS -- Book Launch: Bob Schieffer's "Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News" (w/H. Andrew Schwartz)
CSIS cordially invites you to Schieffer Series: Bob Schieffer's Book Party for the new book Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News
A discussion with author Bob Schieffer and H. Andrew Schwartz
Moderated by John J. Hamre |
| 2017_DC_Lagarde_170307 | 57 | CSIS -- Economic Imperative of Empowering Women (w/Christine Lagarde)
The Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative cordially invites you to
The Economic Imperative of Empowering Women
A conversation with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
Moderated by Nina Easton, Senior Associate, CSIS, Chair, Fortune Most Powerful Women International, Co-Chair, Fortune Global... |
| 2017_DC_Penn_Qtr_Tour_170920 | 12 | Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: Federal Triangle: Planning, Architecture, Art
WTDC - The Federal Triangle: Planning, Architecture, Art
The Federal Triangle was first conceived as an integral component of the 1901 McMillan Commission's plan to extend the L’Enfant Plan and beautify the monumental core of Washington.
Starting with the 1926 Public Buildings Act, the Triangle was... |
| 2017_DC_Ft_Stevens153_170708 | 157 | DC -- 153rd Anniversary of Battle of Fort Stevens
Program:
* Musical prelude: Takoma Park Band
* Official Opening: Kym Elder, NPS Program Manager, Civil War Defenses of Washington
* Presentation of Colors: Walter Reed Army Institute of Joint Forces' Color Guard Team
* National Anthem: Annette Singletary
* Greetings: Julia Washburn, Rock Creek... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_A1_170309 | 21 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 1: Panel 1: Tower (2016): Keith Maitland
Screening and Discussion – TOWER (2016), Keith Maitland
The History Film Forum opens with a discussion with South by Southwest Grand Jury award-winning director Keith Maitland on his use of archival material and animation in his groundbreaking film Tower. On August 1st, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_A2_170309 | 43 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 1: Panel 2: Slavery by Another Name (2012): Sam Pollard, Douglas Blackmon and Sheila Curran Bernard
Screening - Slavery by Another Name (2012) *, Sam Pollard
Slavery by Another Name recounts how in the years following the Civil War, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, keeping hundreds of thousands of African Americans in bondage, trapping them in a brutal system that... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_A3_170309 | 41 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 1: Panel 3: Keynote – Douglas Blackmon and Sam Pollard
Keynote – Douglas Blackmon and Sam Pollard
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Blackmon and Emmy-Award winning producer Sam Pollard as they are interviewed by Jeff Bieber, Vice President of Content Development and Production from WETA television, about their careers and the challenges inherent... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_A4_170309 | 121 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 1: Panel 4: Timeless: (Re)Creating American History
Screening and Discussion - TIMELESS: (Re)Creating American History
The History Film Forum takes an inside look at the NBC drama “Timeless.” Each week, “Timeless” takes viewers back in time through America’s rich history to reflect upon the lesser known details of monumental moments that have shaped our... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_B1_170310 | 9 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 2: Panel 1: The Real Mad Men of Advertising, Smithsonian Channel
"Mad Men" gave audiences an all-access glimpse into the world of advertising in America during the tumultuous decade of the 1960s. It was inspired by the real men and women of Madison Avenue who perfected the art of the sale and transformed American culture in the process. Who were these people and what... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_B2_170310 | 66 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 2: Panel 2: Responsibilities of History Filmmakers: A. Scott Berg, Ed Ayers, Melissa Haizlip, Nancy Buirski and Sheila Curran Bernard
In his keynote address at the inaugural History Film Forum in 2015, filmmaker Ric Burns said “When you traffic in film and history, fiction or nonfiction, you are borrowing the authority and power and majesty of the real and counting on its potency to lift your tale. You, therefore, have a contract with... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_B3_170310 | 27 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 2: Panel 3: The Loving Story (2011): Nancy Buirski
Oscar-shortlist selection The Loving Story, the debut feature by Full Frame Documentary Film Festival founder Nancy Buirski, is the definitive account of Loving v. Virginia—the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage. Married in Washington, D.C. on June 2, 1958, Richard... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_B4_170310 | 64 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 2: Panel 4: The Great War (American Experience, 2017): A. Scott Berg, Adriane Lentz-Smith, Mark Samels, and Stephen Ives
Join us for an exclusive sneak peak of never before seen footage from the new film from PBS’s American Experience series: The Great War. The Great War is a six-hour, three-night event that will premiere in April 2017 in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into the war on April 6,... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_C1_170311 | 75 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 3: Panel 1: Women in History Filmmaking: Nancy Buirski, Lynn Novick, Hannah Ayers, Melissa Haizlip and Laurens Grant
Panel - Women in History Filmmaking
Across the top-grossing 1,100 films that debuted between 2002 and 2012, only 4.4% were created by female directors. As a study by Dr. Stacy Smith of the USC Annenberg school discovered, of 129 top grossing G, PG, and PG-13 films theatrically released between 2006 and... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_C2_170311 | 69 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 3: Panel 2: Inside Crash Course: Nicholas Jenkins, Blake de Pastino, Nicole Sweeney, Raoul Meyer, Stan Muller, and Ed Ayers
Panel - Inside Crash Course
From balancing chemical reactions to analyzing famous literature, never before has one video collection offered such a range of content. Since 2011, brothers John and Hank Green have pioneered digital education with their series Crash Course, which has more than 5 million... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_C3_170311 | 48 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 3: Panel 3: An Outrage (2017), Hannah Ayers, Lance Warren
Screening - An Outrage (2017), Hannah Ayers, Lance Warren
The History Film Forum is proud to present the premiere of An Outrage, a documentary film about lynching in the American South. Filmed on-location at lynching sites in six states and bolstered by the memories and perspectives of descendants,... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_C4_170311 | 55 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 3: Panel 4: Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive (2016), Eric Stange
Screening – Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive (2016)*, Eric Stange
The Forum presents an exclusive advanced screening of Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive, which will have its exclusive U.S. broadcast premiere on the “American Masters” series in fall 2017 on PBS. Edgar Allan Poe is among the most famous and... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_D1_170312 | 40 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 4: Panel 1: Innovative Formats in History Media
Innovative Formats in History Media
The Forum explores three interactive documentary projects for the:
* Between the Waters, South Carolina ETV’s immersive transmedia website showcasing lowcountry culture and history,
* Walden, a game, a first person simulation of the life of American philosopher... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_D2_170312 | 50 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 4: Panel 2: Chinese Exclusion Act (2017): Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu and Martin Gold
Screening and Discussion - The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017), Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu
On May 6th, 1882 – on the eve of the greatest wave of immigration in American history – President Chester A. Arthur signed into law a unique piece of federal legislation, called the Chinese Exclusion Act. Unlike any... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_D3_170312 | 50 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 4: Panel 3: Hollywood Shuffle? Black History on Film, Sam Pollard, April Reign, Fath Favis Ruffins, Nicholas Wiggins and Caty Borum Chattoo
Panel - Hollywood Shuffle? Black History on Film
Two years after #OscarsSoWhite began trending, the History Film Forum and The Undefeated examine the state of Black history on the screen. The African American Film Critics Association called 2016 the best year ever for black people in cinema, with films... |
| 2017_DC_Film_Forum_D4_170312 | 58 | DC -- 2017 History Film Forum -- Day 4: Panel 4: Jazz Ambassadors
Performance and Discussion – Jazz Ambassadors *, Hugo Berkeley
What better way to close the History Film Forum than with jazz and history! In the late ’50s, U.S. government officials eager to make a case for America’s superiority to Communist regimes found a new vehicle to deliver the message to a... |
| 2017_DC_900NY | 14 | DC -- 900 New York Ave NW |
| 2017_DC_Adams_Morgan | 17 | DC -- Adams Morgan neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Ambassador50_171028 | 214 | DC -- Ambassador Theater 50th Anniversary Celebration
On Saturday, October 28, come honor the 50th anniversary of DC’s legendary Ambassador Theater, the psychedelic dance hall in Adams Morgan that played host in 1967 to Jimi Hendrix, Canned Heat, Moby Grape, The Hollies, John Lee Hooker, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Vanilla Fudge, The Paul Butterfield Blues... |
| 2017_DC_Katzen | 4 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2017 Winter exhibitions:
* Coco Chanel: A New Portrait by Marion Pike, Paris 1967-71 --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Joe Cameron: Touching Air --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Julie Wolfe: Quest for a Third Paradise --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Mike Shaffer: Towers & Monuments --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
*... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Chanel | 16 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibitions: Coco Chanel: A New Portrait by Marion Pike, Paris 1967-71
Coco Chanel: A New Portrait by Marion Pike, Paris 1967-71
January 13 through February 12, 2017
Coco Chanel: A New Portrait by Marion Pike, Paris 1967-71 explores the profound friendship between California artist Marion Pike and legendary designer Coco Chanel. This exhibition features five portraits of... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Cameron | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibitions: Joe Cameron: Touching Air
Joe Cameron: Touching Air
January 28 through March 12, 2017
To talk about Joe Cameron's art is to talk about several arts. Few photographers have ever been more interested in drawing and design, or more steeped in imagery whose analogues are poetic, musical and phenomenological. Despite the continuity... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Wolfe | 51 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibitions: Julie Wolfe: Quest for a Third Paradise
Julie Wolfe: Quest for a Third Paradise
January 18 through March 12, 2017
What if we could better understand our own human social systems—the means by which we communicate with each other, the patterns that govern our interdependence, and the minutiae that form those larger structures? And what if we... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Shaffer | 64 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibitions: Mike Shaffer: Towers & Monuments
Mike Shaffer: Towers & Monuments
January 28 through March 12, 2017
Towers & Monuments presents sculptures and paintings that incorporate the artist's career-long fascination with grid-patterning and perpendicular stacking techniques, selected from a body of work created by the artist beginning in the... |
| 2017_DC_Wolfe_170128 | 33 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Gallery Talk: Julie Wolfe
Curator Claire D'Alba and artist Julie Wolfe discuss her paintings and drawings in her solo-exhibition Quest for a Third Paradise on view through March 13. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_170127 | 78 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Gallery Talk: Various
The member preview included a number of speakers:
* Artist Julie Wolfe discussing her "Quest for a Third Paradise" exhibit
* Curator Danielle Mysliwiec discussing "New Ruins"
* Photographer Joe Cameron discussing his "Touching Air" exhibit
* Sculptor Mike Shaffer discussing his "Towers &... |
| 2017_DC_Artifacts_170304 | 55 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Member's Party w/The Artifacts
Member's party featuring classical "Rock" music performed by The Artifacts: CAS Dean Peter Starr, Museum Director Jack Rasmussen, Courtney Surls and Jarrett Murray.
Note: Two versions of the performance images are usually posted. The red light on the stage made the pictures, um, interesting but hard to... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170127 | 11 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Opening Reception (Member) |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170128 | 36 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
In addition to lots of folks, two artists were also here in their galleries:
* Photographer Joe Cameron -- "Touching Air"
* Sculptor Mike Shaffer -- "Towers & Monuments" |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B | 64 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2017 Spring exhibitions:
* Elzbieta Sikorska: Time Stands Still --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Carlos Luna: Green Machine --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Maya Alphabet of Modern Times --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Sharon Wolpoff and Tammra Sigler: Geometry and Other Myths --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Year... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Luna | 70 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibitions: Carlos Luna: Green Machine
Carlos Luna: Green Machine
April 1 - May 28, 2017
Green Machine features the latest work of one of Cuba's leading contemporary artists, Carlos Luna. In this exhibition, painting, sculpture and installation become one to portray Cuban stories and fables. While using culturally-specific imagery, Luna... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Sikorska | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibitions: Elzbieta Sikorska: Time Stands Still
Elzbieta Sikorska: Time Stands Still
April 1 - May 28, 2017
No matter how we reflect on time, it is a contemplative and complicated subject. Time affects everything: people, animals, woodlands, earth, stone, and artifacts. These are the elements that Elzbieta Sikorska uses in her large scale,... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Sham | 49 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibitions: Foon Sham, Escape
Foon Sham, Escape
April 1 - August 13, 2017
Foon Sham is a master of wood sculpture. To be within one of his vessel sculptures is to experience the palpable space of a woodland creature's habitat, or the concealed space of someone wanting to hide. For the Escape exhibition at the American University... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Maya | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibitions: Maya Alphabet of Modern Times
Maya Alphabet of Modern Times
April 1 - May 28, 2017
Maya Alphabet of Modern Times intends to re-codify a small part of the Maya mythic narrative, giving the artistic tradition new graphic form. In the Maya Alphabet of Modern Times typo-graphic works, Frida Larios, a native of El Salvador, has... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Geometry | 23 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibitions: Sharon Wolpoff and Tammra Sigler: Geometry and Other Myths
Sharon Wolpoff and Tammra Sigler: Geometry and Other Myths
April 1 - May 28, 2017
At first glance the art of Sharon Wolpoff has little in common with the art of Tammra Sigler. Wolpoff is a painter of carefully composed scenes from life, suffused with light and heightened color. Sigler is an... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_170331 | 123 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Gallery Talk: Foon Sham, Laura Roulet, Sharon Wolpoff, Tammra Sigler, Elzbieta Sikorska, and Carlos Luna
Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen invites members to preview the Spring exhibitions. Talks were made by:
The event also included talks by:
* Foon Sham and Laura Roulet (curator) -- "Escape: Foon Sham"
* Sharon Wolpoff and Tammra Sigler -- "Sharon Wolpoff and Tammra Sigler: Geometry and Other... |
| 2017_DC_Larios_170406 | 82 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Gallery Talk: Frida Larios
Gallery Talk and Reception with Frida Larios
Hosted by the Embassy of El Salvador, the evening includes remarks by Ambassador Claudia Ivette Canjura de Centeno, a discussion with the artist Frida Larios, and a reception with tastes of Central America. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_170401 | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Gallery Talk: Tammra Sigler and Sharon Wolpoff
Gallery Talk with Tammra Sigler and Sharon Wolpoff:
Learn more about the artists and their friendship behind the exhibition Geometry and Other Myths with Tammra Sigler and Sharon Wolpoff. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170331 | 3 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Opening Reception (Member)
Most of the people pictures from this member reception are shown under the Artist Talk page. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170401 | 89 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Opening Reception (Public)
Various artists were here for the opening:
* Foon Sham and Laura Roulet (curator) -- "Escape: Foon Sham" (with a visit by Yumi Hogan, wife of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan)
* Elzbieta Sikorska and Aneta Georgievska-Shine (curator) -- "Time Stands Still: Elzbieta Sikorska"
* Carlos Luna -- "Green... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017C | 65 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017C Summer Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2017 Summer exhibitions:
* Frederic Kellogg: Works in Oil and Watercolor
* Performing the Border
* Val Lewton: From Hollywood to Breezewood
* Foon Sham, Escape
Frederic Kellogg: Works in Oil and Watercolor
The work of Frederic Kellogg belongs within—and extends—what could... |
| 2017_DC_Keyzer_170617 | 34 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017C Summer Gallery Talk: Carl De Keyzer
Join the artist, Carl De Keyzer, and American University faculty Louis Goodman, Sarah Gordon and Leena Jayaswal and Georgetown professor, artist, and curator BG Muhn for a discussion on the state of North Korea and Cuba, as represented in De Keyzer’s series of 60 photographs from the Communist-led... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170617 | 66 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017C Summer Opening Reception (Public)
Summer Opening Reception
Mix and mingle with artists, curators and fellow museum patrons at the opening of four new Summer Exhibitions: States of Being: Cuba and North Korea by Carl De Keyzer, Frederic Kellogg: Works in Oil and Watercolor, Val Lewton: From Hollywood to Breezewood, and Performing the... |
| 2017_DC_Katzen_I_Am_170908 | 75 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Auditorium Talk: I Am
Program:
* Welcome: Mr. Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the American University Museum
* Remarks: His Excellency Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain
* Introduction to CARAVAN and I AM Exhibition: Rev. Paul-Gordon Chandler, Founding President, CARAVAN
*... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D | 67 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2017 Early Fall exhibitions:
* I AM: An East-West Arts Initiative Organized by CARAVAN --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Twist - Layer - Pour: Sondra N. Arkin, Joan Belmar, and Mary Early
* Making a Scene: Jefferson Place
* Tethered to the Cradle: Kinetic Work by Christopher Carter -->... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D_Caravan | 66 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Exhibitions: I AM: An East-West Arts Initiative Organized by CARAVAN
I AM: An East-West Arts Initiative Organized by CARAVAN
September 5 - October 22, 2017
I AM is a strategic peace-building exhibition organized by CARAVAN that showcases the insights and experiences of Middle Eastern women as they confront issues of culture, religion and social reality in a rapidly... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D_Kinetic | 36 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Exhibitions: Tethered to the Cradle: Kinetic Work by Christopher Carter
Tethered to the Cradle: Kinetic Work by Christopher Carter
September 5 - December 17, 2017
Christopher Carter's substantial and important sculptures are intended to invite viewer interaction, reflection and contemplation. The ready-made forms draw on Carter's experiences and memories of his... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D_7DSins | 76 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Exhibitions: William Woodward: Seven Deadly Sins
William Woodward: The Seven Deadly Sins
Sept 5 - Dec 17, 2017
For the past two decades, William Woodward has delved into the rich history and aesthetic possibilities of the seven deadly sins. The master drawings and narrative paintings in this exhibition owe a great deal to the films of Federico... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_Barjeel_170909 | 48 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Gallery Talk: Barjeel Art Foundation
Gallery Talk: The Barjeel Art Foundation (Updated 8/2)
Curators from the Barjeel Art Foundation, Karim Sultan and Mandy Merzaban, discuss the ideas and inspiration behind the current exhibition Between two rounds of fire, the exile of the sea and the methods Arab artists employ to expose and comment on... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170908 | 115 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Opening Reception (Member)
Folks here include Sylvia Burwell (the new president of American University), H.E. Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Al Khalifa (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain), H.E. Fayçal Gouia (Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia), and Salah A. Sarhan (Ambassador, the League of Arab States).
Artists include Marwa Al... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170909 | 93 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Photos include artists William Woodward (in his "The Seven Deadly Sins" exhibit) and Foon Sham. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017E | 97 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017E Late Fall Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2017 Late Fall exhibitions:
* RADIX: The Eternal Feminine
* Recent Acquisitions to the Rothfeld Collection of Contemporary Israeli Art
* The Trawick Prize
* Between Two Rounds of Fire, The Exile of the Sea
RADIX: The Eternal Feminine
November 11 – December 17, 2017
RADIX... |
| 2017_DC_AU_Park | 13 | DC -- American University Park neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Anacostia | 25 | DC -- Anacostia |
| 2017_DC_Big_Chair | 5 | DC -- Anacostia -- Public Art: The Big Chair |
| 2017_DC_SIAM_Gateways | 95 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Gateways/Portales
Gateways/Portales
December 5, 2016 – August 6, 2017
Gateway: any entrance or passage that may be opened and closed.
What does it mean for Latino migrants and immigrants to make a home in a U.S. city? Both struggle and triumph. Through the gateways of social justice, community access, and public... |
| 2017_DC_Anacostia_RT_DC | 65 | DC -- Anacostia River Trail (DC portion) |
| 2017_DC_Mellon_Fountain | 44 | DC -- Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Chinamania | 40 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Chinamania
Chinamania
July 9, 2016 – June 4, 2017
Chinamania, the craze for Chinese blue-and-white ceramics, swept London in the nineteenth century and still endures in the West. Contemporary artist Walter McConnell, inspired by his travels in China and the kilns as Jindgzhen, interrogates this phenomenon... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Felines | 111 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt
Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt
October 14, 2017 – January 15, 2018
Cats’ personalities have made them internet stars today. In ancient Egypt, cats were associated with divinities, as revealed in Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt. Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Encountering | 116 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia
Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia
October 14, 2017 – November 29, 2020
Visitors can step into a Tibetan Buddhist shrine, linger at a Sri Lankan stupa, travel with an eighth-century Korean monk and discover remarkable objects in Encountering the Buddha. The exhibition draws upon the... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Feast | 54 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Feast Your Eyes
Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
Originally open in 2012, in celebration of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's 25th anniversary, a selection from the Freer and Sackler's extraordinary collection of luxury metalwork from ancient Iran—an area extending... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Elephant | 26 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Glazed Elephant: Ceramic Traditions in Cambodia
The Glazed Elephant: Ceramic Traditions in Cambodia
April 15, 2017 – TBA
Water-pouring elephants; lime pots shaped like birds, rabbits, and lions; bottles with human faces and hands folded in reverence: these vessels feature in the ceramic traditions of the Angkor kingdom (802–1431). The Glazed... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Perspectives | 7 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Perspectives: Michael Joo
Perspectives: Michael Joo
July 2, 2016 – July 9, 2017
Inspired by the migration patterns of Korean red-crowned cranes, Brooklyn-based artist Michael Joo (b. 1966, Ithaca, NY) has created a monumental installation specifically for the Freer|Sackler. The birds’ movements are visualized as lines in space... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Resound | 26 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Resound: Bells of Ancient China
Resound: Bells of Ancient China
October 14, 2017 – TBD
Musical innovations in the Bronze Age meld with today’s digital technology in this interactive exploration of ancient Chinese bells. Thousands of years ago, Chinese musicians worked with foundry technicians to cast matched sets of bronze bells of... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Gupta | 14 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Terminal: Subodh Gupta
Subodh Gupta
October 14, 2017 – June 24, 2018
Internationally acclaimed artist Subodh Gupta transforms familiar household objects, such as stainless steel and brass vessels often found in India, into wondrous structures. The Freer|Sackler features the artist’s monumental installation Terminal.... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Quran | 46 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: The Art of the Qur'an
The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
October 22, 2016 – February 20, 2017
In recognition of one of the world’s extraordinary collections of Qur’ans, the Freer|Sackler is hosting a landmark exhibition, the first of its kind in the United States. Almost seventy of... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Monkeys | 48 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
2004 – Indefinitely
This whimsical sculpture was originally created as a temporary display by expatriate Chinese artist Xu Bing (b. 1955) for the 2001 exhibition Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing. In order for it to remain on permanent view, it was re-created... |
| 2017_DC_SISG | 5 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2017_DC_Artifacts_170510 | 61 | DC -- Artifacts and Laura and David @ Comet Ping Pong
Live! The Artifacts
Jerrett Murray - Jack Rasmussen - Peter Starr - Courtney Surls
w/special guests
Laura DeNardis - David Keplinger |
| 2017_DC_SIAIB | 6 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2017_DC_BensH | 3 | DC -- Atlas District -- Ben's Chili Bowl (1001 H St NE) |
| 2017_DC_Atlas | 18 | DC -- Atlas District neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_City_Church | 24 | DC -- AU Park -- City Church & Methodist Cemetery (formerly Eldbrooke United Methodist, now Citizen Heights) (4100 River Rd NW) |
| 2017_DC_NBC4 | 80 | DC -- AU Park -- NBC4 Television Station (4001 Nebraska Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Bikeshare | 20 | DC -- Bike Sharing / Racks
The new dockless brand comes in. |
| 2017_DC_Brentwood | 16 | DC -- Brentwood neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Emory | 87 | DC -- Brightwood -- Emory United Methodist Church (by Fort Stevens) |
| 2017_DC_Brightwood | 5 | DC -- Brightwood neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Brookland | 31 | DC -- Brookland neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Callbox | 175 | DC -- Callboxes |
| 2017_DC_Eastern_Market | 4 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Eastern Market (225 7th St SE) |
| 2017_DC_Hart_SOB | 17 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building
The "Mountains" part of the Calder sculpture is back. |
| 2017_DC_Hill_Center | 33 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hill Center (921 Penn Ave SE) |
| 2017_DC_Rayburn_HOB | 2 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Rayburn House Office Bldg |
| 2017_DC_Russell_SOB | 17 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg |
| 2017_DC_United_Methodist | 13 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE) |
| 2017_DC_CapHill | 14 | DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_CIS | 5 | DC -- Carnegie Institute for Science |
| 2017_DC_Catharsis_2017 | 60 | DC -- Catharsis on the Mall |
| 2017_DC_DocHist1F_170428 | 215 | DC -- Celebration of the publication of the last volumes of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress @ Society of the Cincinnati
The Society of the Cincinnati, The George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University Press, and the Editors
invite you to a reception celebrating the publication of Volumes 21 and 22 and the completion of the
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Partial list of planned speakers:
*... |
| 2017_DC_Comet | 1 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Comet Ping Pong (5037 Conn Ave, NW) |
| 2017_DC_PProse | 1 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Chevy_Chase_CC | 3 | DC -- Chevy Chase Community Center/Library |
| 2017_DC_IBEW | 34 | DC -- Chinatown -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers HQ (900 7th St NW) -- DC LaborFest Tour
A very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum. The IBEW museum presents an interactive history of the IBEW from its founding until today, tracing the fascinating development of the electrical industry over the last century through displays of equipment... |
| 2017_DC_IBEW_Museum | 20 | DC -- Chinatown -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers HQ (900 7th St NW) -- Museum -- DC LaborFest Tour
A very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum. The IBEW museum presents an interactive history of the IBEW from its founding until today, tracing the fascinating development of the electrical industry over the last century through displays of equipment... |
| 2017_DC_IBEW_Vw | 57 | DC -- Chinatown -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers HQ (900 7th St NW) -- Views from building
A very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum. The IBEW museum presents an interactive history of the IBEW from its founding until today, tracing the fascinating development of the electrical industry over the last century through displays of equipment... |
| 2017_DC_SixthVw | 4 | DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Views from Roof |
| 2017_DC_Chinatown | 3 | DC -- Chinatown neighborhood
New recycle cans appear. |
| 2017_DC_Ft_DeRussy | 11 | DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort DeRussy |
| 2017_DC_Ft_Reno | 15 | DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Reno Park and Reservoir |
| 2017_DC_Ft_Stevens | 19 | DC -- Circle Forts -- Fort Stevens Park |
| 2017_DC_City_Center_Xmas | 9 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Installation: Christmas Decorations |
| 2017_DC_City_Center | 12 | DC -- CityCenterDC complex |
| 2017_DC_Cleveland_Pk | 5 | DC -- Cleveland Park neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Meridian | 32 | DC -- Columbia Heights -- Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park) |
| 2017_DC_Columbia_Square | 21 | DC -- Columbia Square building
Linn Meyers' new work is in the lobby. |
| 2017_DC_Corc_School | 14 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design (2014-forward) |
| 2017_DC_CrittersDC | 2 | DC -- Critters -- Squirrel @ FTC |
| 2017_DC_GeorgetownC | 9 | DC -- C&O Canal NHP -- Georgetown |
| 2017_DC_Streetcar | 6 | DC -- DC Streetcar |
| 2017_DC_Streetcar_1Yr_170304 | 30 | DC -- DC Streetcar -- 1 Year anniversary community greeting |
| 2017_DC_USDA | 14 | DC -- Dept of Agriculture Building (Jamie L. Whitten Bldg) |
| 2017_DC_DOC | 13 | DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg) |
| 2017_DC_DOIM_Asylum | 58 | DC -- Dept of Interior Museum -- Lecture: Architecture of an Asylum w/Sarah A. Leavitt
Architecture of an Asylum:
Join Sarah A. Leavitt, Ph.D., Curator, National Building Museum we explore the history and future of St. Elizabeths, formerly known as the Government Hospital for the Insane. Established by the Department of the Interior in 1852 under Secretary Stuart, the hospital went on... |
| 2017_DC_DOJ | 25 | DC -- Dept of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Dept of Justice Bldg) |
| 2017_DC_Treasury | 11 | DC -- Dept of Treasury building |
| 2017_DC_Combat_Int_170405 | 97 | DC -- Dirksen Senate Office Bldg -- Combat Integration Update Briefing
In 2013, the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the repeal of the rule that prohibited women from being assigned to combat jobs and combat units. The Services were directed to develop and complete integration implementation plans by the end of 2015. The Services are... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 24 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Including the holiday courtyard decortations at night (which remind me of the images of Melania's White House decorations) as well as a visit by Gareth Hinds, Alison Morris, and Alexis and Kristen Frederick-Frost. |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Painting | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 16 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Rentals | 10 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals
Preparing for the Pence inaugural party. I wonder what they did with all the artwork displaying women, clothed and otherwise. |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Pres | 74 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
The presidential galleries reopened after an overhaul in September 2017. Some portraits were swapped in or out, presidents were numbered (with Grover Cleveland requiring two numbers because of his non-consecutive terms), and signs describing eras of presidents were added. |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Temp_Pres | 60 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents Temporary Installation (incl Hindsight is Always 20/20)
America's Presidents Temporary Installation
March 24, 2017 – September 4, 2017
While the regular gallery space is being refurbished and updated, America’s Presidents will be temporarily installed in the west gallery on the second floor. The exhibition will move back into the newly refreshed gallery... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Ante_Brady | 26 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady
Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady
June 16, 2017 – June 3, 2018
Mathew Brady may be best known today for his Civil War–era photographs, but he established his reputation as an internationally acclaimed portrait photographer more than a decade before the war. Brady opened his first daguerreotype... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Gillespie | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrate: Dizzie Gillespie
Dizzie Gillespie
October 26, 2017 – November 26, 2017
The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery honors the life and legacy of jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader Dizzy Gillespie on the centennial of his birth.
Gillespie first rose to fame in the 1940s and maintained an influential presence in... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Ella | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrate: Ella Fitzgerald
Celebrate: Ella Fitzgerald
April 13, 2017 – May 14, 2017
April 25 marks the 100th birthday of American jazz and popular song vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. The museum is recognizing the anniversary by displaying her photograph by William Gottlieb for the first time in the museum.
The photograph pictures... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_CelebrateJFK | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrate: John F. Kennedy
Celebrate: John F. Kennedy
May 19, 2017 – July 9, 2017
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery joins the nationwide celebration of the life and legacy of President John F. Kennedy on the centennial of his birth, illuminating his contributions, policies and challenges he feared in the wake of the... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_50Years | 44 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrating Fifty Years
Celebrating Fifty Years
August 11, 2017 – January 6, 2019
In 1968, following major renovations, the Old Patent Office Building opened as the permanent home for two Smithsonian museums, the National Collection of Fine Arts (since renamed the Smithsonian American Art Museum) and the National Portrait... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_CW_Bateman | 110 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Detail: Horatio Bateman's "Reconstruction"
Print shows a grand allegory of the reconciliation of North and South through the federal program of Reconstruction. Visionary in its breadth and scale, the work is a remarkable combination of religious and patriotic ideology. In "Bateman's National Picture" (as the print is termed in a published key)... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Berry | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Chuck Berry, 1926-2017
In Memoriam: Chuck Berry
March 21, 2017 – April 9, 2017
The National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of rock ’n’ roll legend Chuck Berry with a collage by Red Grooms (1978), currently installed in the museum’s In Memoriam space on the first floor.
An inaugural inductee of the... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Hefner | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Hugh Hefner, 1926-2017 |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Dietrich | 53 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image
Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image
June 16, 2017 – April 15, 2018
Marlene Dietrich brought androgyny to the silver screen through her roles in such movies as Morocco (1930) and Seven Sinners (1940). The biggest Hollywood star at a time when “talkies” were still new, Dietrich captured men’s hearts... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Plath | 62 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Sylvia Plath
One Life: Sylvia Plath
June 30, 2017 – May 20, 2018
One Life: Sylvia Plath is the first exploration of the poet and writer’s life in an art and history museum. The exhibition reveals how Plath shaped her identity visually as she came of age as a writer in the 1950s. Visitors will get a look into... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Trump | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portrait of Donald J. Trump
Portrait of Donald J. Trump
January 13, 2017 – February 26, 2017
A photo portrait of President-elect Donald J. Trump will go on display at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Jan. 13, 2017, and remain on view throughout the inauguration festivities.The photograph, taken in 1989 by photographer... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Switzerland | 18 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portraits of the World: Switzerland
Portraits of the World: Switzerland
December 15, 2017 – November 12, 2018
Portraits of the World: Switzerland is the inaugural exhibition of a series that will highlight the global context of American portraiture. Each year, the National Portrait Gallery will showcase a portrait created by an... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Recent | 37 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions (2017)
Recent Acquisitions
November 17, 2017 - November 4, 2018
The annual exhibition “Recent Acquisitions” displays the latest portraits to enter into the museum’s renowned collection. Figures who have made lasting contributions in such areas as medicine, music, literature, art and social justice are... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Sweat | 84 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers
The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers
November 3, 2017 – September 3, 2018
The Sweat of Their Face combines art and social history with representations of American laborers across genres and centuries of art. Artists such as Winslow Homer, Dorothea Lange, Elizabeth Catlett, and Lewis... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_B4ICats | 54 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM Archives) -- Exhibit: Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art
Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art
April 28 - October 29, 2017
Long before cats clawed their way onto the Internet, they made themselves at home in the Archives of American Art. This exhibition explores the myriad ways in which cats are represented in rare documents... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_JFK_Visionary | 61 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: American Visionary: John F. Kennedy's Life and Times
American Visionary: John F. Kennedy's Life and Times
May 3, 2017 – September 17, 2017
President John F. Kennedy’s administration coincided with a golden age of photojournalism in America. American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times brings together images culled from the John F. Kennedy... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Sultan | 17 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Donald Sultan: The Disaster Paintings
Donald Sultan: The Disaster Paintings
May 26, 2017 – September 4, 2017
In the 1980s Donald Sultan (born 1951) began his industrial landscape series the Disaster Paintings. He worked with the subject for nearly a decade, using images of actual events drawn from the daily newspaper. Sultan’s Disaster... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Mean_Streets | 14 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Down These Mean Streets
Down These Mean Streets
May 12, 2017 – August 6, 2017
The exhibition examines how Latino photographers depicted America’s urban streets when notions of the inner city began to emerge. The title of the exhibition is taken from Piri Thomas’ bestselling memoir Down These Mean Streets (1967), in which the... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Walker | 37 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
October 13, 2017 – March 11, 2018
The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents the complete set of Kara Walker's print series, Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) for the first time since it was acquired in 2008.... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Lumia | 37 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light
Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light
October 6, 2017 – January 7, 2018
Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light reveals this groundbreaking artist and his spellbinding light compositions for the first time in nearly fifty years. As early as 1919—well before the advent of consumer television... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Tamayo | 70 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Tamayo: The New York Years
Tamayo: The New York Years
November 3, 2017 – March 18, 2018
Rufino Tamayo’s lushly colored paintings portraying modern Mexican subjects earned him widespread acclaim as an artist who balanced universal themes with a local sensibility. Tamayo (1899-1991) was drawn to New York City in the early... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_JFK_VisPP_170502 | 47 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Press Preview: American Visionary: John F. Kennedy's Life and Times
Press Preview for "American Visionary: John F. Kennedy's Life and Times"
Participants:
* Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director
* John Jacob, McEvoy Family Curator for Photography
* Lawrence Schiller, exhibition organizer and curator, Wiener Schiller Productions
The... |
| 2017_DC_1700M | 17 | DC -- Downtown -- 1700 M St NW
The existing building is gradually demolished. |
| 2017_DC_1800K | 6 | DC -- Downtown -- 1800 K St NW |
| 2017_DC_2000K | 10 | DC -- Downtown -- 2000 K St NW |
| 2017_DC_AFLCIO | 44 | DC -- Downtown -- AFL-CIO Headquarters (815 16th Street NW) |
| 2017_DC_AFLCIO_Movies | 31 | DC -- Downtown -- AFL-CIO Headquarters (815 16th Street NW) |
| 2017_DC_2001K | 13 | DC -- Downtown -- Alexander Court (2001 K St NW) |
| 2017_DC_American_Legion | 4 | DC -- Downtown -- American Legion Bldg (1608 K St, with 1612 K sometimes)
One of the "A" letters from the American Legion logo had fallen off onto the public sidewalk. I stopped to photograph it and some woman from the building asked me not to -- saying I should only photograph positive things. I ignored her and she blocked me. Very odd! |
| 2017_DC_Cato | 6 | DC -- Downtown -- Cato Institute Building (1000 Mass Ave NW) -- View from...
View of construction from the conference room windows. |
| 2017_DC_Murrow_Park | 4 | DC -- Downtown -- Edward R. Murrow Park |
| 2017_DC_OEOB | 11 | DC -- Downtown -- Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Old Executive Office Building) (1650 Penn Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Engine16 | 7 | DC -- Downtown -- Engine Company 16 (1018 13th St., NW) |
| 2017_DC_HI_Washington | 3 | DC -- Downtown -- HI Washington DC hostel (1009 11th St NW) |
| 2017_DC_901KVw | 37 | DC -- Downtown -- Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center (901 K St NW) -- View from... |
| 2017_DC_NGS_Admin | 32 | DC -- Downtown -- Natl Geographic Society -- Admin Bldg (1146 16th St NW) |
| 2017_DC_NGS | 7 | DC -- Downtown -- Natl Geographic Society -- Explorers Hall (1145 17th St NW) |
| 2017_DC_NY_Pres | 102 | DC -- Downtown -- New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (1313 New York Ave, NW) |
| 2017_DC_WP15L | 32 | DC -- Downtown -- Old Washington Post Bldg 1100 15th St NW --> Midtown Center) -- Exterior |
| 2017_DC_Stevens_School | 6 | DC -- Downtown -- Thaddeus Stevens School (1050 21st St NW) |
| 2017_DC_Downtown | 8 | DC -- Downtown area (K Street environs -- between New Hampshire and New York, Penn and M) |
| 2017_DC_1400_16th | 17 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- 1400 16th St NW |
| 2017_DC_YMCA | 3 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- 1701 Rhode Island Ave (the old YMCA) |
| 2017_DC_Duke_Birth | 10 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Duke Ellington Birthplace -- Duke Ellington Building (2121 Ward Court NW) |
| 2017_DC_Duke_Ellington_Pk | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Duke Ellington Park (1201-1215 New Hampshire Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Dupont_Underground | 10 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Dupont Underground |
| 2017_DC_Blaine_House | 7 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- James G. Blaine Mansion (2000 Mass Ave., NW) |
| 2017_DC_Gregg_Mem | 15 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Norris B. Gregg Memorial Bldg/American Coatings Assn (1500 Rhode Island Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Patterson | 5 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Patterson House |
| 2017_DC_Cincinnati | 19 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) |
| 2017_DC_Cincinnati_FBooks | 76 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: Books in the Field: Studying the Art of War in Revolutionary America
Books in the Field: Studying the Art of War in Revolutionary America
September 27, 2017 — March 4, 2018
"In a country where every gentleman is a soldier, and every soldier a student in the art of war, it necessarily follows that military treatises will be considerably sought after, and attended... |
| 2017_DC_Cincinnati_Crusade | 76 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Exhibit: The Great Crusade: World War I and the Legacy of the American Revolution
The Great Crusade: World War I and the Legacy of the American Revolution
April 7 — September 17, 2017
The American Revolution articulated ideals of universal liberty, but for more than a century the United States had little political or diplomatic involvement with other nations. A republic in a world... |
| 2017_DC_Dupont_Fountain | 23 | DC -- Dupont Circle Fountain |
| 2017_DC_Dupont_Circle | 26 | DC -- Dupont Circle neighborhood (but not the fountain) |
| 2017_DC_Eckington | 11 | DC -- Eckington neighborhood (incl Metro Yards) |
| 2017_DC_Eclectic_Fusion | 29 | DC -- Eclectic Fusion exhibition @ NBC4's Asman Gallery
NBC4's Asman Gallery is proud to present the third two-woman show of fine artists Zenobia A. Rickford and E. L. Whitley, with guest encaustic artist Carolyn Goodridge. You are invited to attend the opening reception of this exquisite art exhibition Eclectic Fusion. |
| 2017_DC_Eclectic_FusionO_170506 | 81 | DC -- Eclectic Fusion opening @ NBC4's Asman Gallery
NBC4's Asman Gallery is proud to present the third two-woman show of fine artists Zenobia A. Rickford and E. L. Whitley, with guest encaustic artist Carolyn Goodridge. You are invited to attend the opening reception of this exquisite art exhibition Eclectic Fusion. |
| 2017_DC_Emulsion | 4 | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- Exhibit: Emulsion 2017
EMULSION 2017 is an open call to all artists who reside or work in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area within a 50 mile radius of East City Art’s offices on Capitol Hill. This is an opportunity for artists from the central Mid-Atlantic to showcase the extraordinary diversity and excellence in... |
| 2017_DC_EmulsionO_170303 | 12 | DC -- Edison Place Gallery -- Opening: Emulsion 2017
I didn't have time to see the opening ceremony but I got some of the crowds. |
| 2017_DC_Ike_Mem | 20 | DC -- Eisenhower National Memorial
They've finally closed off Maryland Avenue and the block where the memorial will be placed. |
| 2017_DC_Ellipse | 7 | DC -- Ellipse (President's Park South) |
| 2017_DC_Eman_Concert_170408 | 23 | DC -- Emancipation Day (2017) -- Concert @ Freedom Plaza
Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off the celebration of the 155th anniversary of Emancipation Day in Washington, DC. Emancipation Day honors President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act in 1862, which freed over 3,100 enslaved persons in the District of Columbia. As Mayor Bowser... |
| 2017_DC_Fireworks_EDay_170408 | 31 | DC -- Emancipation Day (2017) -- Fireworks |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Argentina | 5 | DC -- Embassy of Argentina |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Bulgaria | 2 | DC -- Embassy of Bulgaria |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Canada | 6 | DC -- Embassy of Canada |
| 2017_DC_Can150th_170701 | 167 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Canada 150 Celebration
The Embassy of Canada in Washington invites you and a guest to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday and the biggest Canada Day yet!
The 150th anniversary of Canada, also known as the 150th anniversary of Confederation and promoted by the Canadian government as Canada 150, occurs in 2017 as Canada marks... |
| 2017_DC_EC_Arctic | 137 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: Into the Arctic
Into the Arctic
January 10, 2017 until February 28, 2017
The Canadian Arctic is one of the last great wilderness regions on earth. It is seldom travelled and painted even less.
Over the course of four extensive, back-breaking Arctic expeditions, artist Cory Trépanier pushed north past the tree line... |
| 2017_DC_EC_Kinngait | 19 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: Kinngait Stories
Kinngait Stories
As the Embassy of Canada in Washington DC marks the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation, we are pleased to partner with the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) to present Kinngait Stories, the first solo exhibition of renowned Cape Dorset artist Ningiukulu Teevee. It is also the first... |
| 2017_DC_Emb_CanadaX | 13 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Outdoor Christmas Tree |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Ecuador | 4 | DC -- Embassy of Ecuador |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Guatemala | 4 | DC -- Embassy of Guatemala (2220 R St NW) |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Indonesia | 15 | DC -- Embassy of Indonesia |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Lithuania | 2 | DC -- Embassy of Lithuania |
| 2017_DC_Emb_MexicoCI | 73 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute |
| 2017_DC_Emb_MexCIX_B45th | 76 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute -- Exhibit: Before the 45th | Action/Reaction in Chicano and Latino Art
SEPTEMBER 5 - DECEMBER 29, 2017 AT THE MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE
Before the 45th | Action/Reaction in Chicano and Latino Art explores how Southern California-based Chicano and Latino artists worked tirelessly in an effort to shed light on the economic, political, and social injustices faced over the... |
| 2017_DC_Emb_New_Zealand | 23 | DC -- Embassy of New Zealand |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Poland_Regained | 25 | DC -- Embassy of Poland -- Fence Exhibit: Poland Regained
Hello neighbors,
As some of you may have noticed, our historic Embassy has taken on a splash of color in recent days. A total of 21 Polish posters now adorn our Embassy fence as part of the “Poland Regained” exhibit created in cooperation with the Poster Museum at Wilanów, the oldest museum of its type... |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Slovenia | 2 | DC -- Embassy of Slovenia |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Sweden | 3 | DC -- Embassy of Sweden (House of Sweden) |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Thailand | 2 | DC -- Embassy of Thailand |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Ukraine | 3 | DC -- Embassy of Ukraine |
| 2017_DC_Emb_Venezuela | 4 | DC -- Embassy of Venezuela |
| 2017_DC_FDIC | 3 | DC -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
| 2017_DC_FTC | 32 | DC -- Federal Trade Commission building (600 Penn Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Flashpoint_Spark | 22 | DC -- Flashpoint Gallery ("Sparkplug Collective")
Sparkplug Collective – Selfie: Me, Myself, And Us:
Selfie: Me, Myself, and Us features innovative work by eight local artists who will examine our cultural obsession with selfies and our narcissistic desire to record and manipulate digital representations of ourselves.
Do selfies represent the... |
| 2017_DC_2025E | 7 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- 2025 E St NW (formerly American Red Cross Natl Headquarters -- ARC building) |
| 2017_DC_2200Penn | 4 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- 2200 Penn Ave NW |
| 2017_DC_OAS_Museum | 14 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Art Museum of the Americas (201 18th St NW) -- Museum Bldg Interior |
| 2017_DC_Juarez_Statue | 9 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Benito Juarez (statue) |
| 2017_DC_deGalvez_Statue | 39 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Bernardo de Gálvez (statue) |
| 2017_DC_1700G | 12 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (1700 G St NW)
Construction continues. |
| 2017_DC_Discus_Thrower | 6 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Discus Thrower (Statue) |
| 2017_DC_IWB | 88 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Iron Workers Bldg (1750 New York Ave NW) -- DC LaborFest Tour
Exclusive guided tour of the Iron Workers headquarters, featuring handmade motorcycles, a spectacular wall mural, historic tools, photos, convention paraphernalia, World Trade Center mementos and more! |
| 2017_DC_IWB_Vw | 15 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Iron Workers Bldg (1750 New York Ave NW)) -- Views from... |
| 2017_DC_Octagon | 105 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Octagon House and American Institute of Architects Bldg |
| 2017_DC_Bolivar_Statue | 12 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Simon Bolivar Equestrian Statue |
| 2017_DC_USRes378 | 3 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- US Reservation 378+105+106 (Virginia Ave between 20th and 21st Sts NW) |
| 2017_DC_Watergate | 7 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Watergate complex (and HoJo) |
| 2017_DC_Watergate_Fountain | 9 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Watergate Fountain |
| 2017_DC_WGateG_Reclaiming | 27 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Watergate Gallery -- Exhibit: Human Trafficking: Reclaiming Freedom
Human Trafficking: Reclaiming Freedom
Collaborative Exchange Project and Exhibition for Poets and Artists
A project of ARTWORKS FOR FREEDOM; dedicated to raising awareness and inspiring action on human trafficking in the Washington DC metro area and all around the world. This non-profit organization... |
| 2017_DC_WGateG_ReclaimO_171007 | 99 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Watergate Gallery -- Exhibit: Human Trafficking: Reclaiming Freedom -- Opening Event
Human Trafficking: Reclaiming Freedom
Collaborative Exchange Project and Exhibition for Poets and Artists
A project of ARTWORKS FOR FREEDOM; dedicated to raising awareness and inspiring action on human trafficking in the Washington DC metro area and all around the world. This non-profit organization... |
| 2017_DC_WGateG_PArt | 8 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Watergate Gallery -- Public Art Outside of Gallery |
| 2017_DC_Foggy_Bottom | 2 | DC -- Foggy Bottom neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Folger_Oxford | 103 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: 500 Years of Treasures from Oxford
500 Years of Treasures from Oxford
Feb 4 - April 30, 2017
Founded 500 years ago in 1517, Corpus Christi College, one of the oldest of the 38 self-governing colleges at the modern University of Oxford, is a repository of extraordinary treasures, few of which have ever been seen by the public. To mark... |
| 2017_DC_Folger_1stFolio | 44 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: First Folio! Shakespeare's American Tour
First Folio! Shakespeare's American Tour
Nov 19, 2016 – Jan 22, 2017
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Folger Shakespeare Library sent First Folios to all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC. This exhibition celebrates their return to the Folger, and is the largest... |
| 2017_DC_Folger_Painting | 42 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: Painting Shakespeare
Painting Shakespeare
May 13, 2017 – Feb 11, 2018
Discover the paintings collection at the Folger—its stories, its glories, and Shakespeare’s power to inspire visual artists. From humble oil sketches to international masterpieces, this exhibition presents a sometimes surprising, and always... |
| 2017_DC_Fords | 8 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Theatre, Lobby) |
| 2017_DC_Francis_CaseVw | 5 | DC -- Francis Case Memorial Bridge -- View from... |
| 2017_DC_FSKey_Park | 13 | DC -- Francis Scott Key Park |
| 2017_DC_FDR_Archives | 4 | DC -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (Original one outside of National Archives) |
| 2017_DC_Douglass | 14 | DC -- Frederick Douglass NHS -- Exterior Images |
| 2017_DC_DouglassVw | 22 | DC -- Frederick Douglass NHS -- Views from... |
| 2017_DC_FPlaza | 24 | DC -- Freedom Plaza (incl Pulaski statue) |
| 2017_DC_SIFG_Courtyard | 17 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Inner Courtyard |
| 2017_DC_SIFG_Peacock | 35 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Peacock Room
Including a day when the shutters were open. |
| 2017_DC_SIFG_Power2C | 33 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: The Power to See Beauty: Charles Lang Freer |
| 2017_DC_SIFG_Power2CV | 5 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: The Power to See Beauty: Let Us Now Open Wide Our Eyes Video |
| 2017_DC_SIFG | 121 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2017_DC_San_Martin | 12 | DC -- General Jose de San Martin Memorial |
| 2017_DC_Meade | 7 | DC -- George Meade Memorial |
| 2017_DC_Exorcist | 5 | DC -- Georgetown -- Exorcist Steps (Prospect and 36th St NW)
I hadn't seen the new plaque that had been installed October 30, 2015. |
| 2017_DC_4Seasons | 6 | DC -- Georgetown -- Four Seasons (2800 Penn Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_TBC | 6 | DC -- Georgetown -- Thompson Boat Center (2900 Virginia Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Wash_Harbor | 8 | DC -- Georgetown -- Washington Harbor |
| 2017_DC_Whitehurst_UPass | 11 | DC -- Georgetown -- Whitehurst Freeway Underpass |
| 2017_DC_Georgetown | 7 | DC -- Georgetown neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Georgetown_WFPk | 56 | DC -- Georgetown Waterfront Park (and Views from...) |
| 2017_DC_Golden_Streets | 14 | DC -- Golden Streets (Golden Triangle Tree Box Garden Contest) |
| 2017_DC_Golden_Haiku | 9 | DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (2017) |
| 2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Found | 116 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Foundations for a Nation
Foundations for a Nation: Architectural Images from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection
To today’s visitor, the U.S. Capitol and White House buildings are so familiar they feel both permanent and inevitable. In the early nineteenth century, however, the look and use of these symbols of... |
| 2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Woodhall | 19 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Historic Woodhull House |
| 2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Ebony | 90 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
Through July 24, 2017
For fifty years, the Ebony Fashion Fair shaped a new vision of black America through contemporary fashion. This exhibition of stunning ensembles by leading designers tells the story of the fair’s creator Eunice W. Johnson, who... |
| 2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure | 46 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection |
| 2017_DC_GWU_Art | 16 | DC -- GWU -- Public Art |
| 2017_DC_GWU | 6 | DC -- GWU (George Washington University) |
| 2017_DC_Gingrich_170112 | 29 | DC -- Heritage Foundation -- Newt Gingrich (Understanding Trump and Trumpism: Part 2)
Understanding Trump and Trumpism: Part Two
Following Speaker Gingrich’s previous address on “The Principles of Trumpism,” he continues his reflections this month in a 6-part series of presentations on understanding the incoming President and the phenomenon of Trumpism as well as the policy challenges... |
| 2017_DC_EU_Future_170112 | 17 | DC -- Heritage Foundation -- Panel: Future of the EU
The Future of the EU: Understanding the Roots of Political Fragmentation in Europe
Across the Atlantic, support for populist, antiestablishment parties is on the rise. Concern about political fragmentation in Europe is gaining steam. In France, Marine Le Pen of the Front National is a leading candidate... |
| 2017_DC_HeritageV | 7 | DC -- Heritage Foundation -- Views from... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Trace | 72 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn
Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn
June 28, 2017 – January 1, 2018
Ai Weiwei’s monumental installation Trace portrays individuals from around the world whom the artist and various human rights groups consider to be activists, prisoners of conscience, and advocates of free speech. Each of these 176... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Belief | 28 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Barbara Kruger: Belief + Doubt |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Utopian | 117 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Utopian Projects
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Utopian Projects
September 7, 2017 – March 4, 2018
The exhibition, spanning 1985 through present day, features more than 20 of the Kabakovs’ maquettes, whimsical models, for projects realized and unrealized, including monuments, allegorical narratives, architectural structures... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Bradford | 34 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge
Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge
November 8, 2017 – November 12, 2018
Internationally renowned artist Mark Bradford (b. 1961) debuts Pickett’s Charge, a monumental new commission inspired by artist Paul Philippoteaux’s nineteenth-century cyclorama in Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania.... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Lupertz | 35 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Markus Lüpertz: Threads of History
Markus Lüpertz: Threads of History
May 24, 2017 – September 10, 2017
The Hirshhorn celebrates the pioneering early works of Markus Lüpertz (b. Liberec, Czech Republic, 1941), one of the most influential contemporary German artists, with an in-depth exploration of his groundbreaking paintings from the... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Party | 27 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Nicolas Party: sunrise, sunset
Nicolas Party: sunrise, sunset
June 7, 2017 – October 1, 2017
Sunrises and sunsets are among the only moments in the day when we are reminded, as the sun appears and disappears at the edge of the sky, that the universe is vast and its measure of time infinite. Set into this perspective, everything... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Ragnar | 14 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Ragnar Kjartansson
Ragnar Kjartansson
October 14, 2016 – January 8, 2017
This exhibition is the first comprehensive mid-career survey of Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson (b. Reykjavik, 1976) and charts his wide-ranging practice across film, performance, painting, and drawing. Kjartansson’s work draws from a varied... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Still_Life | 1 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Still Life with Spirit and Xitle
Still Life with Spirit and Xitle
August 6, 2016 – Indefinitely
Still Life with Spirit and Xitle features a car being crushed by a volcanic boulder with a comical smiley face painted on it. This slapstick disaster scene is one of the most well-known works of art by artist Jimmie Durham, a sculptor who... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Summer_Ono | 21 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Summer of Yoko Ono
Summer of Yoko Ono
June 17, 2017 – September 17, 2017
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree for Washington, DC, the Hirshhorn presents a selection of the artist’s most iconic and emotionally charged installations and performances.
A gift from the artist in 2007, Wish Tree is... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Absence | 66 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: What Absence Is Made Of
What Absence Is Made Of
October 19, 2017 – Summer 2019
More than 70 recent acquisitions and rarely shown works reimagine the extensive permanent collection. Prompted by today’s increasing focus on the material and digital worlds, the exhibition explores the compelling and enigmatic ways in which... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Infinity | 211 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors (pictures from 5 visits)
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
February 23, 2017 – May 14, 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors is a celebration of the legendary Japanese artist’s sixty-five-year career and promises to be one of 2017’s essential art experiences. Visitors have the unprecedented opportunity to discover six of Kusama’s... |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Vw | 9 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- View from Terrace |
| 2017_DC_SIHIRO | 24 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum (Outside) |
| 2017_DC_Holodomor_Mem | 4 | DC -- Holodomor Memorial to Victims of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 |
| 2017_DC_HotelW_Vw | 83 | DC -- Hotel Washington (W Washington) -- Views from rooftop cafeteria |
| 2017_DC_Challenges_170627 | 68 | DC -- House of Sweden -- Event: Seminar on Challenges in Northern Europe and How to Face Them Together
Welcome to a Seminar on Challenges in Northern Europe and How to Face Them Together
Join us for a public conversation on challenges facing Northern Europe and the scope for cooperation and collaboration across the Atlantic.
Welcome Remarks:
* Björn Lyrvall, Ambassador of Sweden to the United... |
| 2017_DC_Inaug_170120 | 26 | DC -- Inaugural events (2017) -- Around the Politico event
Given that I was at the Politico inaugural event, I wasn't anywhere near the Mall for the inauguration. Which was fine since I'm not exactly a fan of the new regime. So just a few photos on the way to the Politico event and of the vandalism that happened during the inauguration. |
| 2017_DC_Inaug_Parade_170120 | 68 | DC -- Inaugural events (2017) -- Parade seen from Hotel W |
| 2017_DC_IRS | 14 | DC -- Internal Revenue Service building |
| 2017_DC_Spy | 40 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location)
The new location goes up in L'Enfant Plaza. |
| 2017_DC_James_Monroe_Pk | 4 | DC -- James Monroe Park (20th and Penn Ave) |
| 2017_DC_JAWilson | 16 | DC -- John A. Wilson Building
Colored lights at night. |
| 2017_DC_Kennedy_Center | 8 | DC -- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
| 2017_DC_Kennedy_CenterVw | 27 | DC -- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- Views from... |
| 2017_DC_JPJ | 21 | DC -- John Paul Jones Memorial |
| 2017_DC_Pike_Statue | 21 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Brigadier General Albert Pike Statue
I'm curious how this statue will survive the current movement nationwide to purge the Confederate memorials from our landcape.
The Albert Pike statue is the only Confederate military officer to have an outside public statue in Washington DC. (There are a bunch of other Confederate statues in places... |
| 2017_DC_MoultrieCH | 13 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Carl Moultrie Courthouse (DC Superior Court) (500 Indiana Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_CourthousePk | 27 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Courthouse Park (John Marshall Park and the one north of it) |
| 2017_DC_Italiana | 8 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Holy Rosary Church and Casa Italiana (595 3rd St. NW) |
| 2017_DC_Marshall_Statue | 7 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- John Marshall Statue |
| 2017_DC_LA_Small | 5 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum |
| 2017_DC_Lily_Pond | 24 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lily Pond Sculpture |
| 2017_DC_Blackstone | 5 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Sir William Blackstone Statue |
| 2017_DC_Bar_Deco | 13 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- The Bulletin / Bar Deco (717 6th St, NW) |
| 2017_DC_JB_Bench_170626 | 117 | DC -- Julian Bond bench dedication @ Chevy Chase Community Center
A bench was dedicated to Julian Bond in front o the Chevy Chase Community Center. Speakers at the event:
* Randy Speck, Chair, ANC 3/4G
* Honorable Mayor Muriel Bowser
* Honorable Councilmember Mary Cheh
* Honorable Councilmember Brandon Todd
* Pam Horowitz (Julian Bond's widow)
Folks also... |
| 2017_DC_Ataturk | 7 | DC -- Kemal Ataturk statue @ Sheridan Circle |
| 2017_DC_Aquatic | 257 | DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens |
| 2017_DC_Kennedy_JFK100Ev | 16 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Event: JFK 100 Celebration Setup |
| 2017_DC_Kennedy_Future | 10 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Building the Future (Expansion Project Model) |
| 2017_DC_Kennedy_C_Yellin | 17 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Dustin Yellin: Psychogeographies |
| 2017_DC_Kennedy_JapanB | 10 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Fantasy in Japan Blue
Exhibit: Fantasy in Japan Blue
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - Sunday, November 12, 2017
In honor of Japan’s historic ties to the Kennedy Center and its support of the newly renovated Terrace Theater, world leader in textile design and production Reiko Sudo brings her internationally acclaimed textiles to... |
| 2017_DC_Kennedy_JFK100 | 11 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: JFK 100 |
| 2017_DC_Kennedy_Bernstein | 94 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Leonard Bernstein at 100
Exhibition: Leonard Bernstein at 100
Thursday, September 21, 2017 - Sunday, November 5, 2017
As part of the worldwide celebration of the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein—one of America’s greatest composers and conductors—the GRAMMY Museum® brings a free special traveling exhibition to the Kennedy... |
| 2017_DC_Kennedy_Risko | 28 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: The Art of Robert Risko
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Exhibit: The Art of Robert Risko
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - Sunday, October 29, 2017
Explore a showcase of work by today’s most celebrated caricaturist, Robert Risko, who has created the caricatures for the Kennedy Center Mark Twain prize since 2002. Risko began... |
| 2017_DC_Honors_171203 | 137 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2017)
Folks pictured here: Leona Lewis, David Rubenstein, Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, LL Cool J, Jon Secada, Anthony Anderson, Emily Estefan, ???, Julie Chen, Leslie Moonves, Norman Lear, Mark Warner, Edward Villella, Herbie Hancock, Busta Rhymes, Black Thought and Questlove (both members of The Roots),... |
| 2017_DC_Letterman_171022 | 46 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Mark Twain Prize (2017 -- David Letterman)
The 20th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: David Letterman
At a gala performance featuring some of the biggest names in comedy, the Kennedy Center presents the 20th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to David Letterman. This year's ceremony marks the 20th consecutive year that the... |
| 2017_DC_Decatur | 4 | DC -- Lafayette Square -- Decatur House (748 Jackson Place NW) |
| 2017_DC_Lafayette_Square | 19 | DC -- Lafayette Square (by White House) area |
| 2017_DC_Letelier_Mem | 4 | DC -- Letelier-Moffitt Memorial @ Sheridan Circle |
| 2017_DC_LOC_JMW | 37 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Art of Etching: Masterpieces by James McNeill Whistler |
| 2017_DC_LOC_BFG_WWI | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): British, French, German Artists View the First World War |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Cooking | 25 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Cooking... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Feminist | 27 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Feminist Music |
| 2017_DC_LOC_CivilLib | 39 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Fight for Civil Liberties During World War I |
| 2017_DC_LOC_JFK | 33 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): JFK Manuscripts |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Luther | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Martin Luther |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Eisner | 22 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): William Eisner |
| 2017_DC_LOC_AwesomeC | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Library of Awesome
Library to Celebrate the World of Comics
The Library of Congress is gearing up for a super summer treat celebrating the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy, as collectibles, in the arts, advertising, sociology, popular culture and history. Making a variety of collection items more... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_ScoresC | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Movie Scores |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Drawn2Purpose | 78 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Drawn To Purpose
Drawn To Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists
November 18, 2017 - October 20, 2018
Features the rich collections of the Library of Congress and brings to light remarkable but little-known contributions made by North American women to the art forms of illustration and cartooning.... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_WWI | 50 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): World War I: American Artists View the Great War
World War I: American Artists View the Great War
May 7, 2016–May 6, 2017
Heeding the call from artist Charles Dana Gibson to “Draw ‘til it hurts,” hundreds of leading American artists galvanized public interest in the Great War (1914–1918). Although the United States participated as a direct combatant... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Awesome | 68 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Mahogany Row): Library of Awesome
Library to Celebrate the World of Comics
The Library of Congress is gearing up for a super summer treat celebrating the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy, as collectibles, in the arts, advertising, sociology, popular culture and history. Making a variety of collection items more... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Halloween | 93 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Mahogany Row): LOC Halloween: Chambers of Mystery
The Library of Congress is presenting a host of tricks and treats with an autumn pop-up exhibition that embodies seasonal traditions of fantasy and folklore. Making a variety of rarely seen collection items more accessible to the general public, “LOC Halloween: Chambers of Mystery” will show-and-tell... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Presidential | 76 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Mahogany Row): Presidential Inaugurations
Presidential Inaugurations
Jan. 23 to Feb. 4, 2017
Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address Will Be on View
A two-week display on inaugurations, at the Library of Congress, will feature presidential treasures—the handwritten speeches of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln—and... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Baseball | 55 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Baseball’s Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National Game
“Baseball’s Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National Game” Exhibit Opens Feb. 9
Long before the speakers at Wrigley Field blasted Steve Goodman’s “Go, Cubs, Go” after each triumphant Cubs game and long before players approached the batter’s box with their signature walk-up songs, music and baseball... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_DJustice | 141 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration
Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration
April 27–October 28, 2017
Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration showcases the Library’s extensive collections of original art by talented artists hired by both newspapers and television to capture the personal dynamics of legal trials.... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Echoes | 561 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Echoes of the Great War
Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I
April 4, 2017–January 2019
Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I examines the upheaval of world war as Americans confronted it— both at home and abroad. The exhibition considers the debates and struggles that... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Herblock | 43 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2017)
Herblock Looks at 1967: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibition dates: March 18, 2017–September 9, 2017
In 1967, during the third year of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s (1908–1973) administration, Herblock drew some of his most powerful cartoons on issues about which he cared deeply.... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Gershwin | 83 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin |
| 2017_DC_LOC_BHope | 127 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Hamlisch | 10 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Marvin Hamlisch PEGOT display |
| 2017_DC_LOC_War_Garden | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: World War I Victory Gardens |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Ext | 40 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
I never noticed the male statues in the fountain before -- two were totally naked and one had a figleaf. Also shown is the new Toni Morrison bench. |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Asian | 24 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Asian Reading Room (1st Floor) |
| 2017_DC_LOC_CRR | 28 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Congressional Reading Room (1st Floor) |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Coolidge | 3 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Coolidge Auditorium (Ground floor) |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Mahogany | 48 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center) |
| 2017_DC_LOC_MRR | 14 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Members | 34 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Members' Room (1st Floor) |
| 2017_DC_LOC_SWGal | 26 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Southwest Gallery (2nd Floor) |
| 2017_DC_LOC_GH | 47 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Whittall | 25 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Whittall Pavilion (Ground Floor) |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Tunnel | 13 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Tunnel work
They removed the book conveyor belt system between the Madison and Jefferson buildings. |
| 2017_DC_LOCVw | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_MadisonVw | 8 | DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg -- Views from... |
| 2017_DC_Bourbon_Blue_170507 | 153 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Bourbon and Bluegrass -- (1 of 2) All except the bluegrass bands
We invite you to lounge on Lincoln's front lawn, sip bourbon, and enjoy live bluegrass music as part of our third annual Bourbon and Bluegrass event, benefiting preservation efforts at President Lincoln's Cottage.
All proceeds from the event go toward preservation efforts at President Lincoln’s... |
| 2017_DC_Bourbon_Blue4_170507 | 56 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Bourbon and Bluegrass -- (2 of 2) Justin Trawick and The Common Good, then By & By
We invite you to lounge on Lincoln's front lawn, sip bourbon, and enjoy live bluegrass music as part of our third annual Bourbon and Bluegrass event, benefiting preservation efforts at President Lincoln's Cottage.
All proceeds from the event go toward preservation efforts at President Lincoln’s... |
| 2017_DC_Lincoln_Debating_170303 | 101 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Debating Emancipation school visit |
| 2017_DC_Lincoln_I_See_170307 | 151 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: I See Lincoln school visit |
| 2017_DC_White_170420 | 62 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Jonathan White ("Midnight in America") w/Michael Bishop
Cottage Conversation: Midnight In America
On Thursday, April 20th, join us as author Jonathan White and Michael Bishop of the George Washington University’s National Churchill Library, discuss White’s book, Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams During the Civil War.
Mr. White is an... |
| 2017_DC_Lincolns_Hat_171017 | 171 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Lincoln's Hat school visit |
| 2017_DC_Ideas_Forum_170413 | 111 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Lincoln Ideas Forum (2017)
Join us on Thursday, April 13th as we bring together experts, scholars, and the public in an exploration of injustice, division, fear, and hate, alongside the stories and ideas of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, for the annual Lincoln Ideas Forum.
Speakers include:
Opening Remarks:
Erin... |
| 2017_DC_Lincoln_CottageVC | 2 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Visitor Center |
| 2017_DC_Lincoln_CottageVCS | 18 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Visitor Center -- Store |
| 2017_DC_Lincoln_Cottage | 18 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage (at the Armed Forces Retirement Home) |
| 2017_DC_Lincoln_CottageI | 34 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage (at the Armed Forces Retirement Home) -- Interior Images |
| 2017_DC_Lincoln_Mem | 21 | DC -- Lincoln Memorial |
| 2017_DC_Logan_Barbie_Pond | 9 | DC -- Logan Circle -- Barbie Pond on Avenue Q (1454-1/2 Q St. NW) |
| 2017_DC_Luther_Place_MC | 12 | DC -- Logan Circle -- Luther Place Memorial Church (1226 Vermont Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Logan | 18 | DC -- Logan Circle neighborhood (but not Logan Statue) |
| 2017_DC_Thomas_Statue | 4 | DC -- Major General George Henry Thomas (Thomas Circle) Statue |
| 2017_DC_Bible_Mall | 20 | DC -- Mall -- Exhibit: Museum of the Bible promotion |
| 2017_DC_HVA_Lowrider | 32 | DC -- Mall -- Historic Vehicle Association display -- Gypsy Rose lowrider
Washington, D.C. (April 12, 2017) – The McGee Roadster hot rod, Hirohata Merc radical custom and Gypsy Rose lowrider became part of history today. They were announced as the 16th, 17th and 18th vehicles to be added to the National Historic Vehicle Register in recognition of their significance in... |
| 2017_DC_WCCanal | 11 | DC -- Mall -- Lockkeepers House (Washington City Canal House) |
| 2017_DC_MemDay_Parade_170529 | 433 | DC -- Memorial Day parade (2017)
The National Memorial Day Parade, held annually along Constitution Avenue in our nation’s capital – Washington, DC – shares the story of American honor and sacrifice from across the generations. The parade, commemorating its thirteenth year, is our nation’s largest Memorial Day event, drawing hundreds... |
| 2017_DC_MBT | 26 | DC -- Metropolitan Branch Trail |
| 2017_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 10 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
| 2017_DC_Mt_Vernon | 45 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Bible_Mus1_Entry | 23 | DC -- Museum of the Bible -- Floor 1 (Lobby and Orientation) |
| 2017_DC_Bible_Mus2_Impact | 106 | DC -- Museum of the Bible -- Floor 2: Impact of the Bible |
| 2017_DC_Bible_Mus3_Stories | 45 | DC -- Museum of the Bible -- Floor 3: Stories of the Bible |
| 2017_DC_Bible_Mus4_History | 18 | DC -- Museum of the Bible -- Floor 4: History of the Bible |
| 2017_DC_Bible_Mus5_Group | 11 | DC -- Museum of the Bible -- Floor 5: Group Areas (Conference, Theatre, Hallway) |
| 2017_DC_Bible_Mus5_View | 19 | DC -- Museum of the Bible -- Floor 5: View of City |
| 2017_DC_Bible_Museum | 35 | DC -- Museum of the Bible (Outside)
Including pre-opening construction and some folks after opening day. |
| 2017_DC_Khalsa_170408 | 5 | DC -- National Khalsa Day Parade Washington DC
Just a couple of pass-by photos. |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_WWI_Aviation | 63 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Board Exhibit: World War I Aviation (boards) |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 58 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Enterprise | 25 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: U.S.S. Starship Enterprise Model |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Gall108A | 10 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: (a) Welcome Center
The Star Trek Enterprise model is now lit 30 minutes a day. I'd never seen this before and just happened to be there at the right time so this was a first for me. |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 6 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |
| 2017_DC_SIAIR_Artist | 199 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Artist Soldiers: Artistic Expression in the First World War (in Gallery 211)
Artist Soldiers: Artistic Expression in the First World War
April 6, 2017 – November 11, 2018
Artistic expression during the war contributed to this transformation. Before World War I, war art largely depicted heroic military leaders and romanticized battles, done long after the fact, far from the... |
| 2017_DC_Archives_Vietnam | 187 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Exhibit: Remembering Vietnam
Remembering Vietnam Exhibition
Twelve Critical Episodes in the Vietnam War
November 10, 2017–January 6, 2019
This exhibition presents both iconic and recently discovered National Archives records related to 12 critical episodes in the Vietnam War. They trace the policies and decisions made by the... |
| 2017_DC_Archives_VietCopters | 26 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Exhibit: Remembering Vietnam -- Helicopters on front lawn @ Opening
Special display of helicopters outside the National Archives building!
Presented in part by the National Archives Foundation through the generous support of Bell Helicopter.
In partnership with the North Carolina Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (who are the custodians of the aircraft), see and... |
| 2017_DC_Archives | 39 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Exterior |
| 2017_DC_Building | 7 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
| 2017_DC_Building_Hive | 18 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Hive
The National Building Museum and Studio Gang present Hive, the latest Summer Block Party installation in the Great Hall.
Soaring to the uppermost reaches of the Museum, Hive is built entirely of more than 2,700 wound paper tubes, a construction material that is recyclable, lightweight, and renewable.... |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_Bldg | 15 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Building and Public Space |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_Concourse | 9 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Concourse |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_Weems | 41 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: Carrie Mae Weems: Kitchen Table Series
Carrie Mae Weems: Kitchen Table Series
September 12, 2017 – May 18, 2018
Carrie Mae Weems’s Kitchen Table Series established her as one of the leading artists of her generation. The series, consisting of 20 carefully staged photographs depicting Weems herself sitting at a kitchen table under a lamp,... |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_Bazille | 123 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism
Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism
April 9 – July 9, 2017
A scion of a Protestant upper-middle-class family from Montpellier in southern France, Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870) seemed destined for a career in medicine. In 1862 he traveled to Paris, ostensibly to pursue his medical studies,... |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_Truitt | 8 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: In the Tower: Anne Truitt
In the Tower: Anne Truitt
November 19, 2017 – April 1, 2018
Anne Truitt was one of the leading figures associated with minimalism, the sculptural tendency that emerged in the 1960s featuring pared-down geometric shapes scaled to the viewer’s body and placed directly on the floor. Born in Baltimore in... |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_Pollock | 19 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: Jackson Pollock’s "Mural"
Jackson Pollock’s "Mural"
November 19, 2017 – October 28, 2018
A special installation in the Gallery’s East Building features Mural (1943) by Jackson Pollock, on loan from the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Originally commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim for her New York City townhouse, the early... |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_Recent | 10 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions: Made in California
Recent Acquisitions: Made in California
September 12, 2017 – May 18, 2018
Seven recent acquisitions on view are connected by a profound common denominator—individuality.
Produced across many decades by artists of different backgrounds and orientations, the works cover such movements as Light and... |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_Steinberg | 78 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: Saul Steinberg
Saul Steinberg
September 12, 2017 – May 18, 2018
This special installation of 18 drawings, two photographs, and an assortment of small sculptures by Saul Steinberg (1914–1999) is part of an initiative—dating from the reopening of the East Building galleries in 2016—to include selected modern drawings,... |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_Galleries | 50 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Permanent Galleries |
| 2017_DC_NGAEW_RT | 4 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Roof Terrace and View from... |
| 2017_DC_NGASG | 5 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Sculpture Garden
Ice skating rink is still open. |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Bldg | 5 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Building |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Adoration | 12 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Adoration of the Shepherds
Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1764/1765
Mengs, Anton Raphael
German, 1728 - 1779 |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Collects_French | 136 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting
America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting
May 21 – August 20, 2017
When Joseph Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoleon, arrived in the United States in 1815, he brought with him his exquisite collection of eighteenth-century French paintings. Put on public view, the works caused a sensation,... |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Robbia | 100 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Della Robbia
Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence
February 5 – June 4, 2017
Luca della Robbia (1399/1400-1482), a master sculptor in marble and bronze, invented a glazing technique for terracotta sculpture that positioned him as one of the most innovative artists of the 15th century. Today,... |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Munch | 24 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Edvard Munch: Color in Context
Edvard Munch: Color in Context
September 3, 2017 – January 28, 2018
In the second half of the 19th century, advances in physics, electromagnetic radiation theory, and the optical sciences provoked new thought about the physical as well as the spiritual world. Aspects of that thought are revealed in... |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Fragonard | 58 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures
Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures
October 8 – December 3, 2017
Combining art, fashion, science, and conservation, this revelatory exhibition brings together—for the first time—some 14 of the paintings known as the fantasy figures by Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806). He is considered among the most... |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Mansen | 11 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Matthias Mansen: Configurations
Matthias Mansen: Configurations
July 23 – December 13, 2017
Matthias Mansen (German, born 1958) creates large-scale woodcuts that explore abstraction and figuration. He advances the tradition of woodblock printing by transforming pieces of scavenged wood—discarded floorboards or fragments of abandoned... |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Posing | 65 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel
Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel
September 17, 2017 – January 28, 2018
A selection of some 60 photographs in the Gallery’s collection made possible by Robert B. Menschel are on view in an exhibition that examines how the act of posing for a portrait changed with the invention of... |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Urban | 26 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
February 26 – August 6, 2017
American artists of the early 20th century sought to interpret the beauty, power, and anxiety of the modern age in diverse ways. Through depictions of bustling city crowds and breathtaking metropolitan vistas, 25 black-and-white prints in this... |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Woodner | 121 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries
The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries
March 12 – July 16, 2017
Some 100 drawings dating from the 14th to the 20th century are presented in an exhibition of masterworks donated by one of the great connoisseurs of the 20th century, Ian Woodner, and his daughters, Dian and Andrea.... |
| 2017_DC_NGA_Vermeer | 126 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
October 22, 2017 – January 21, 2018
This landmark exhibition examines the artistic exchanges among Johannes Vermeer and his contemporaries from the mid-1650s to around 1680, when they reached the height of their technical ability and... |
| 2017_DC_NGAP | 2 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Paintings |
| 2017_DC_NGAS | 3 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Sculpture |
| 2017_DC_LawVC | 37 | DC -- Natl Law Enforcement Museum (Outside) |
| 2017_DC_Law | 59 | DC -- Natl Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
Work begins on adding the names from 2016 to the memorial. |
| 2017_DC_Mall | 43 | DC -- Natl Mall area |
| 2017_DC_SIAfri_Currents | 46 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Exhibit: Currents: Water in African Art
Currents: Water in African Art
July 2016 – Indefintely
Diverse and wide-ranging in material, time period, style, and intended use, the objects in Currents span the continent of Africa to explore the importance of water for both practical and artistic purposes. Objects on view include Akan fish-shaped... |
| 2017_DC_SIAfri_Visionary | 91 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Exhibit: Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts
Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts
November 4, 2017 – Permanent
This exhibition comprises the largest long-term presentation of the National Museum of African Art’s permanent collection to date. This installation represents the broadest possible range of Africa’s creative visual expressions.... |
| 2017_DC_SIAfri | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_AdWar | 30 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Advertising War
Advertising War
April 6, 2017 – October 1, 2017
Before the advent of radio and motion pictures, art and illustration were the primary forms of mass communication. With the outbreak of World War I, governments, militaries, and service organizations hired artists and illustrators to depict the ravages... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Democracy | 563 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Democracy: The Great Leap of Faith |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_BigBand | 40 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Big Band
Big Band
March 31, 2015 – Indefinitely
“Big Band” is by American painter LeRoy Neiman, who was known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes, musicians and sporting events. Completed in 2005, this work depicts performers he saw in concert from the 1950-80s.... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_CBarton_Amb | 12 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898
Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898
This ambulance is one of eleven vehicles purchased by the Central Cuban Relief Committee of New York for use by Clara Barton and the American National Red Cross. The committee sent the ambulance to Camp Thomas, an army debarkation camp in Chickamauga, Georgia,... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Righting | 181 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066
February 17, 2017 – February 19, 2018
February 19, 2017, is the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. This three-page document signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the course of history for a segment of Americans of Japanese ancestry in America, and... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Pershing | 15 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gen. John J. Pershing and World War I, 1917-1918
Gen. John J. Pershing and World War I, 1917-1918
April 6, 2017 – Indefinitely
General John J. Pershing insisted the United States military have an independent American army on the ground when the U.S. entered the Great War. By recreating Pershing’s war office, this display gives the visitor a sense of... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_JFK100 | 13 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: JFK Centennial Celebration
JFK Centennial Celebration
May 25, 2017 – August 27, 2017
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s birth on May 29, the Museum displays nine photographs of the 35th President and his family within the American Presidency exhibition. The photographs, taken in 1961 by... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_GWStatue | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841 |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_LEGO_Liberty | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: LEGO Statue of Liberty |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Many_Voices | 25 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Many Voices, One Nation |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_ModMed | 62 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Modern Medicine and the Great War
Modern Medicine and the Great War
April 6, 2017 – January 2019
World War I provided a testing ground for the application of new medical technologies and procedures, and in some cases accelerated their general acceptance or development. At the same time, wartime medical practice reflected the larger... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Recent | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions (Fantasia cel) |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_TTelevision | 36 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: T is for Television
T is for Television
November 21, 2017 to July 4, 2018
From the earliest days of television to today, performers and producers have created beloved characters that teach children about getting along with others and understanding the world around them. This exhibition will feature treasured objects from... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Ella | 44 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald at 100
The First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald at 100
March 30, 2017 – April 2, 2018
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) was one of the greatest American singers. She had a warm and lovely voice, superb rhythmic sense, considerable versatility, meticulous intonation, and exceptional talent at “scat” singing,... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_TNWBT | 14 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: The Nation We Build Together exhibit cases |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Uniformed | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Uniformed Women and the Great War
Uniformed Women and the Great War
April 6, 2017 – Indefinitely
Of the many ways World War I divided the past from the future, none was more significant than the reordered place of women in society. Tens of thousands of middle- and upper-class women donned military-style uniforms to serve at home and... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Unity_Square | 20 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Bldg | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots |
| 2017_DC_SIAHV | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Views from...
Views from the not-yet-opened third floor. |
| 2017_DC_SINH_Bldg | 16 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History |
| 2017_DC_SINH_Lounge | 65 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Garden Lounge
The Garden Lounge
November 16, 2017 – Indefinitely
The Garden Lounge serves as a welcoming interior garden rest and recharge area for visitors featuring live plants and a relaxing atmosphere with botany content as a frame. Bright sunlight, enhanced seating and designated outlets for charging mobile... |
| 2017_DC_SINH_Narwhal | 109 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
August 3, 2017 – 2019 TBD
Narwhals are among the most fascinating and elusive animals on the planet, and have captured the imaginations of humans for centuries. Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend dives deeply into narwhal biology, behavior, and cultural history,... |
| 2017_DC_SINH_Natures_Best | 77 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Nature's Best International Photography Awards (2017) |
| 2017_DC_SINH_Wonder | 194 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Objects of Wonder
Objects of Wonder
Explore the breadth, scope and splendor of the world’s most extensive natural history research collection—more than 145 million artifacts and specimens. The exhibition examines how scientists use Smithsonian collections to enlighten and illuminate our understanding of nature and human... |
| 2017_DC_AmerInd_Patriot | 71 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Patriot Nations: Native American in our Nation’s Armed Forces
Patriot Nations: Native American in our Nation’s Armed Forces
January 27, 2017 – January 2018
This banner exhibition chronicles the largely unknown history of Native American veterans. Native peoples have served the U.S. in every major military encounter from the Revolutionary War to today’s conflicts... |
| 2017_DC_AmerInd | 40 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2017_DC_AmerIndV | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- View from... |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Wings | 15 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Letters With Wings (Preview)
Letters With Wings: The Dream of Airmail, 1918-1938
In 2018, the National Postal Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of regularly scheduled airmail by presenting a special exhibition tentatively titled "Letters With Wings".
These cases contain a sampling of the material that will be included... |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Recent | 25 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Recent Acquisitions |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Mail_Trolleys | 28 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Case): Trolley Car Mail
Trolley Car Mail
May 19, 2017 – September 10, 2017
In 1892 St. Louis, Missouri added specially-outfitted cars to their mail vehicles. The service sped up mail deliveries, making it especially popular with businesses. Twelve other cities across the country jumped on board. By 1908 there were mail... |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Blooms | 68 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 6): Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps
Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps
October 20, 2017 – July 14, 2019
Level 1: Mail in America Galleries
This exhibition highlights the variety of flowering plants commemorated on US postage stamps during the past 50 years and explores artistic themes that emerged during this period. For... |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Mail_Call_WWI | 21 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 7): Mail Call: My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I
My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I
April 6, 2017 – November 29, 2018
Through personal correspondence written on the frontlines and home front, this centennial exhibition uncovers the history of America’s involvement in World War I. The compelling selection of letters illuminates emotions and... |
| 2017_DC_SITES_Mail_Call | 128 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit: Mail Call (SITES exhibit @ Rayburn HOB) |
| 2017_DC_WW2_Doolittle_170418 | 104 | DC -- Natl World War II Memorial -- Event: 75th Anniversary of Doolittle Raid
Doolittle Raid 75th Anniversary Commemoration at the World War II Memorial
On Tuesday, April 18th, the Friends of the National World War II Memorial will host a brief ceremony and wreath presentation at the World War II Memorial's Pacific Arch to mark the 75th anniversary of America's daring... |
| 2017_DC_SINZ_Const | 4 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Construction Projects |
| 2017_DC_Zoo_Lights | 46 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Zoo Lights (2017) |
| 2017_DC_Naval_Observatory | 6 | DC -- Naval Observatory
From outside the gate only. |
| 2017_DC_MLK_Commem_170404 | 122 | DC -- New York Avenue Presbyterian Church -- Event: 49th Observance of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The DC Black History Celebration Committee, the DC Host Committee and the Commission on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday will host a tribute next week to the civil rights icon in observance of the 49th year of his assassination.
The April 4 tribute will be held 7 p.m. at the New York Avenue... |
| 2017_DC_Newseum | 11 | DC -- Newseum |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Weiwei | 2 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (1) Artist Ai Weiwei's Portrait in Lego
Artist Ai Weiwei's Portrait in Lego
Internationally renowed artist and activist Ai Weiwei created this self-portait from Lego bricks for the exhibit, "Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn" at the Hirshhorn Museum now through Jan. 1, 2018.
"Trace" features 176 portraits that Ai made of activists, prisoners of... |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Pulitzer | 3 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (1) Pulitzer Prize Photographs |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Bloomberg | 135 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) Bloomberg Internet, TV and Radio Gallery |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Morin | 32 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) Editorial Cartoons Of Jim Morin
The 2017 Pulitzer Prize–Winning Editorial Cartoons Of Jim Morin
"You Can Disagree With Something I Do, Or You Can Agree With Something I Do. If It Inspires You To Start Talking About It Or To Start Caring About It, Then I’Ve Done My Job.”
— Editorial Cartoonist Jim Morin
Miami Herald editorial... |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Murrow | 14 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) Edward R. Murrow |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_JMemorial | 2 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) Journalists Memorial
More Gumby and Pokey pictures and new flowers on the anniversary of the helicopter crash. |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_WorldNews | 29 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) World News Gallery |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Rights50 | 40 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (4) Civil Rights at 50 (1967)
“1967: Civil Rights at 50"
“1967: Civil Rights at 50” tells the dramatic story of the growing militancy of the struggle for racial justice in 1967. The exhibit uses powerful photos and images of historic newspapers and magazines to explore how African Americans used their First Amendment rights to... |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_1Amend | 126 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (4) First Amendment Gallery |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Camelot | 124 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (6) Creating Camelot: The Kennedy Photography of Jacques Lowe
“CREATING CAMELOT: THE KENNEDY PHOTOGRAPHY OF JACQUES LOWE”
ON DISPLAY SEPT. 29, 2017, THROUGH JAN. 7, 2018
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of President John F. Kennedy, the Newseum is bringing back for a limited time one of its most popular exhibits — “Creating Camelot: The Kennedy... |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Louder | 302 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (6) Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics
“Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics”
From the moment rock and roll hit the airwaves, it has played a crucial role in politics and social movements around the world. Now, two iconic museums – the Newseum and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio – are partnering on a one-of-a-kind... |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Funny | 76 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (C) Funny Pages |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_Gumby | 12 | DC -- Newseum -- Gumby and Pokey |
| 2017_DC_NewseumV | 56 | DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace
Including work on the Mellon Fountain. |
| 2017_DC_Climate_NewseumV_170429 | 152 | DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace of People's Climate March
People's Climate March:
Trump’s game plan has been to relentlessly attack our communities and shock us into despair.
It hasn’t worked because our people-powered movement is stronger than he is — together, the resistance stopped his attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and stymied his... |
| 2017_DC_Bible_Tour_171030 | 32 | DC -- Newseum Friends tour of Museum of the Bible
On the Scene: Museum of the Bible
This 430,000-square-foot building is the newest addition to D.C.'s robust museum roster. As a Friends Society member, you can get a closer look at religious freedom, one of the five freedoms of the First Amendment, with this exclusive preview of the Museum of the Bible... |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA_Slavery | 18 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C3) Slavery and Freedom 1400-1877
Including Ed Ayers' first visit to the museum. |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA_CCourt | 13 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) Contemplative Court |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA_Making | 3 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L3) Making a Way Out of No Way |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA | 25 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exterior Images |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA_Int | 6 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Interior Areas Not Covered Elsewhere
I'd never seen the Oprah Winfrey Theater before. |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA_Vw | 4 | DC -- NMAAHC -- View from... |
| 2017_DC_NoMa | 18 | DC -- North of Massachusetts Avenue (NoMa) neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Octagon_CODAworx | 60 | DC -- Octagon House -- Exhibit: The CODAworx CODAawards
The CODAworx CODAawards Exhibition
On display through October 2017
Discover today’s best commissioned art. Featuring the winners of the 2016 CODAawards and the CODAvideo programs, the CODAawards Exhibition presents an international array of the world’s best site-specific design + art.
Come explore... |
| 2017_DC_ONO | 5 | DC -- Old Naval Observatory |
| 2017_DC_Old_Post_Museum | 48 | DC -- Old Post Office -- Exhibit: Museum
This is the photo gallery in the basement on the route to the elevator. |
| 2017_DC_Old_PostI | 11 | DC -- Old Post Office -- Inside (Pavilion / Hotel) |
| 2017_DC_Old_PostV | 29 | DC -- Old Post Office -- Views from tower |
| 2017_DC_Old_Post | 7 | DC -- Old Post Office / Trump Finger -- Outside |
| 2017_DC_OAS | 19 | DC -- Organization of American States -- Main Bldg + Museum Exterior |
| 2017_DC_PAHO | 5 | DC -- Pan American Health Organization (World Health Organization) Bldg |
| 2017_DC_1000F | 2 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- 1000 F St NW block (near Petersen House) |
| 2017_DC_1301PA | 133 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- 1301 Penn Ave NW |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_Crossing | 45 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Capitol Crossing (200/250 Mass. Ave NW) (formerly I-395 Overpass) |
| 2017_DC_FBI | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- FBI Building (J. Edgar Hoover Bldg) (935 Penn Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Gallup_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Gallup Building (incl Masonic Temple on F) (901 F St NW) |
| 2017_DC_Gallery_Place_Hecht | 4 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Hecht Company/Terrell Place (7th and F St, NW) |
| 2017_DC_Hotel_Monaco | 6 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Hotel Monaco (700 F St. NW) |
| 2017_DC_HotelW | 6 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Hotel Washington (W Washington) (515 15th St NW) |
| 2017_DC_GAR | 24 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Indiana Plaza -- GAR Memorial
The trees around the memorial bloomed early this year. |
| 2017_DC_Temperance | 3 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Indiana Plaza -- Temperance Fountain |
| 2017_DC_JW_Marriott | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- JW Marriott Washington DC (1331 Penn Ave) |
| 2017_DC_Lansburgh_Backstage | 30 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Lansburgh Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre Company -- Backstage Tour
Backstage tour of Sidney Harman Hall andKing Charles III. |
| 2017_DC_Lansburgh | 20 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Lansburgh Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre Company (450 7th St NW) |
| 2017_DC_MLKLib_Wash | 34 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Washingtoniana section |
| 2017_DC_MLKLib | 4 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW)
Closed for renovations. |
| 2017_DC_USSCo | 6 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- USS Co. Bldg (415 10th St NW) |
| 2017_DC_Verizon | 7 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Verizon Center |
| 2017_DC_Warner_Bldg | 9 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Warner Building (1299 Penn Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Warner_TheatreT | 7 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Warner Theatre -- Tiles |
| 2017_DC_Willard | 27 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Willard InterContinental Washington (1401 Penn Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Woodies | 10 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Woodies Bldg (1025 F St NW) incl Forever 21 |
| 2017_DC_Penn_Qtr | 10 | DC -- Penn Quarter neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Penn | 12 | DC -- Pennsylvania Avenue area |
| 2017_DC_Pershing | 17 | DC -- Pershing Park (became National World War I Memorial in 2021) |
| 2017_DC_Sheridan_Statue | 22 | DC -- Philip Sheridan Statue |
| 2017_DC_Politico_Inaug_170120 | 57 | DC -- POLITICO Inaugural Hub @ Hotel W -- Miscellaneous
2017 Inauguration Hub
On January 20, POLITICO will transform the top floor of the W Hotel into our 2017 Inauguration Hub. With prime views of the Inauguration Parade route from our all-day networking lounge, the Inauguration Hub will be the premier destination for DC influencers to experience this... |
| 2017_DC_Politico_Inaug2_170120 | 30 | DC -- POLITICO Inaugural Hub @ Hotel W -- Panel 1: Advisors to President-Elect Donald Trump (Matt Schlapp and David Urban)
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for POLITICO's Inauguration Hub.
Playbook Live Programming:
Conversation 1: Advisors to President-Elect Donald Trump, Matt Schlapp and David Urban
Moderators: Authors of Playbook, Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman
Sponsored by Bank of America.
* Anna Palmer is... |
| 2017_DC_Politico_Inaug3_170120 | 21 | DC -- POLITICO Inaugural Hub @ Hotel W -- Panel 2: Oscar Nominated Screenwriter and Creator of House of Cards Beau Willimon
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for POLITICO's Inauguration Hub.
Playbook Live Programming:
Conversation 2: Oscar Nominated Screenwriter and Creator of House of Cards Beau Willimon
Moderators: Co-Author of Playbook, Anna Palmer and Editor-in-Chief of The Wrap, Sharon Waxman |
| 2017_DC_Politico_Inaug4_170120 | 14 | DC -- POLITICO Inaugural Hub @ Hotel W -- Panel 3: 2016 Republican Presidential Primary Candidate Carly Fiorina
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for POLITICO's Inauguration Hub.
Playbook Live Programming:
Conversation 3: 2016 Republican Presidential Primary Candidate Carly Fiorina
Moderators: Authors of Playbook, Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman |
| 2017_DC_Politico_Inaug5_170120 | 36 | DC -- POLITICO Inaugural Hub @ Hotel W -- Panel 4: Coming Together: The Environment (Michael McKenna, Collin O’Mara, and Fisher Stevens)
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for POLITICO's Inauguration Hub.
Playbook Live Programming:
Coming Together: The Environment and the Next Four Years Panel Programming
Michael McKenna, Former Energy Transition Head to President-Elect Donald Trump
Collin O’Mara, President & CEO, National... |
| 2017_DC_Politico_GovsB_170224 | 144 | DC -- POLITICO @ Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center -- Seventh Annual State Solutions Conference: Afternoon Session (w/Rick Scott, Asa Hutchinson, Chris Sununu, Butch Otter, Dannel Malloy, and Steve Bullock)
Join POLITICO for the seventh annual State Solutions Conference featuring a series of one-on-one conversations with governors from across the country focusing on innovative approaches their states have taken to address complex problems.
Afternoon Session:
- Introduction by John F. Harris,... |
| 2017_DC_Politico_GovsA_170224 | 103 | DC -- POLITICO @ Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center -- Seventh Annual State Solutions Conference: Morning Session (w/Ricky Rosselló, John Hickenlooper, Bill Walker, Gary Herbert, and Sam Brownback)
Join POLITICO for the seventh annual State Solutions Conference featuring a series of one-on-one conversations with governors from across the country focusing on innovative approaches their states have taken to address complex problems.
Morning Session:
- Introduction by Luiza Savage, Editorial... |
| 2017_DC_Chess_Players | 11 | DC -- Public Art: Chess Players (sculpture by Lloyd Little) @ Judiciary Square |
| 2017_DC_EdgewoodM | 51 | DC -- Public Art: Edgewood Mural @ Rhode Island Avenue Metro |
| 2017_DC_Fancy_Animal | 72 | DC -- Public Art: Hung Yi's A Fancy Animal Carnival
The unveiling of the Fancy Animal Carnival, which is bringing five larger-than-life animal sculptures by renowned Taiwanese artist Hung Yi installed at CityCenterDC and in the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID). Through a partnership with the National Park Service, the Government of the... |
| 2017_DC_Journey_Anacostia | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Journey Anacostia (sculpture by Wilfredo Valladares) |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Decoy | 9 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Alicia Cosnahan (Decoy) |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Giacomini | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Amanda Giacomini |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Aniekan | 36 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Aniekan Udofia
Including the new Bill Cosby-less Ben's Chile Bowl mural by Aniekan Udofia. Features (left to right): Dick Gregory, Dave Chappelle, Marion Barry (top), Jim Vance (top), Eleanor Holmes Norton (top), Wale, Taraji P. Henson (top), Russ Parr, Donnie Simpson, Roberta Flack (top), Chuck Brown, Mohammad Ali,... |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Ultra | 6 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Asad “Ultra” Walker |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Gaia | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Gaia |
| 2017_DC_Murals_GBaker | 29 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Garin Baker |
| 2017_DC_Murals_BPeck | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by G. Byron Peck |
| 2017_DC_Murals_HKS181 | 17 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by HKS181 |
| 2017_DC_Murals_JEveland | 14 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Jacob Eveland |
| 2017_DC_Murals_RekaOne | 6 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by James Reka (@RekaOne) |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Jordann | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Jordann Wine |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Kaliq | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Kaliq Crosby |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Kapache1 | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Kaplan Bunce (Kapache1) |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Keyhan | 13 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Keyhan Solo |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Kimchi | 13 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Kimchi Juice |
| 2017_DC_Murals_MSwift | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Martin Swift |
| 2017_DC_Murals_MCorrado | 10 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Matt Corrado |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Maxx | 13 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Maxx Moses |
| 2017_DC_Murals_MMier | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Mick Mier |
| 2017_DC_Murals_Chelove | 36 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Miss Chelove |
| 2017_DC_Murals_No_Kings | 9 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by No Kings Collective (Brandon Hill, Peter Chang) |
| 2017_DC_Murals_RJaffe | 14 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Rose Jaffe |
| 2017_DC_Toynbee | 9 | DC -- Public Art: Stikman Robots |
| 2017_DC_Murals | 63 | DC -- Public Murals (not shown by artist) |
| 2017_DC_LP_Inaug_Band_170118 | 6 | DC -- Rally: Army Band assembles for Inauguration @ Lafayette Park |
| 2017_DC_Candlelight_170204 | 58 | DC -- Rally: Candlelight Walk #MuslimBanProtestDC @ Naval Observatory
People plan to gather in front of the Islamic Center of Washington and walk over to the Naval Observatory, holding a candlelight vigil outside Mike Pence's residence. At one point, Congressman Sandy Levin (D-MI) came out and talked to us. |
| 2017_DC_Dakota_170309 | 4 | DC -- Rally: Dakota Access Pipeline @ Constitution Ave |
| 2017_DC_LP_DenyNAI_170405 | 5 | DC -- Rally: DenyNAI @ Lafayette Park |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_Fight415_170215 | 9 | DC -- Rally: FIght for $15 @ U.S. Capitol |
| 2017_DC_LP_Immigration_170125 | 20 | DC -- Rally: Immigration @ Lafayette Square
Several hundred protestors showed up after Trump announced his wall and immigration suppression changes. Among them were demands that any locality that resisted his demands would be punished.
This reminds me of the ... |
| 2017_DC_Climate_March_170429 | 92 | DC -- Rally: People's Climate March -- March down Pennsylvania Avenue
People's Climate March:
Trump’s game plan has been to relentlessly attack our communities and shock us into despair.
It hasn’t worked because our people-powered movement is stronger than he is — together, the resistance stopped his attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and stymied his... |
| 2017_DC_Climate_Rally_170429 | 111 | DC -- Rally: People's Climate March @ Washington Monument
People's Climate March:
Trump’s game plan has been to relentlessly attack our communities and shock us into despair.
It hasn’t worked because our people-powered movement is stronger than he is — together, the resistance stopped his attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and stymied his... |
| 2017_DC_Global_Gag_170308 | 49 | DC -- Rally: Protest the Gag Rule @ Freedom Plaza
Trump's global gag rule is a grotesque expansion of a failed, deadly policy that prohibits foreign organizations that receive U.S. global health assistance from providing or even discussing abortions with patients. This rule threatens access to safe abortion and other basic health care for millions of... |
| 2017_DC_Taxes_171219 | 10 | DC -- Rally: Tax Cut for the Rich protest (tail end) @ U.S. Capitol |
| 2017_DC_Womens_March_170121 | 369 | DC -- Rally: Women's March on Washington (2017)
The Women’s March on Washington is a grassroots effort comprised of dozens of independent coordinators at the state level. The effort is helmed by four national co-chairs and a national coordinating committee who are working around the clock to pull it all together.
On January 21, 2017 we will unite in... |
| 2017_DC_SIRG_Bldg | 4 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Bldg |
| 2017_DC_SIRG_Schwarcz | 54 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: June Schwarcz: Invention and Variation
June Schwarcz: Invention and Variation
March 10, 2017 – August 20, 2017
The exhibition will be the first retrospective spanning of the artist's entire career including works never seen before in public from her personal collection. June Schwarcz was the foremost enamelist in the country and known for... |
| 2017_DC_SIRG_Murder_Hobby | 119 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Murder Is Her Hobby
Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
October 20, 2017 – January 28, 2018
Murder is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deathexplores the unexpected intersection between craft and forensic science. Frances Glessner... |
| 2017_DC_SIRG_Parallax | 34 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Parallax Gap
Parallax Gap
July 1, 2017 – February 11, 2018
Parallax Gap transforms the Renwick Gallery's Bettie Rubenstein Grand Salon into a visual puzzle. This immersive, site-specific installation explores examples of interplay between craft and architecture through a ceiling-suspended structure running the... |
| 2017_DC_SIRG_Araluce | 25 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Rick Araluce: The Final Stop
Rick Araluce: The Final Stop
October 20, 2017 – January 28, 2018
Rick Araluce: The Final Stop transforms a gallery into an abandoned underground subway platform in the artist’s first large-scale installation on the East Coast. Stepping on to the platform, visitors are enveloped in the illusion of an... |
| 2017_DC_SIRG_Voulkos | 59 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years
Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years
April 7, 2017 – August 20, 2017
This is the first exhibition to focus on the early career of Peter Voulkos, who completely re-invented his medium of proper ceramics technique and form. Aproximately thirty-five examples from this crucial body of early work will be... |
| 2017_DC_SIRG_MinisPP_171019 | 53 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Press Preview: Murder Is Her Hobby and Rick Araluce
You are invited to a press preview for the exhibitions:
Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death explores the surprising intersection between craft and forensic science. Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962) crafted her extraordinary "Nutshell Studies of... |
| 2017_DC_Rock_Creek_Pk | 3 | DC -- Rock Creek Park |
| 2017_DC_Rock_Cap_Stones | 69 | DC -- Rock Creek Park -- Capital Stones |
| 2017_DC_Rock_Creek_Stables | 7 | DC -- Rock Creek Park -- Stables |
| 2017_DC_Rosedale | 12 | DC -- Rosedale Conservancy |
| 2017_DC_Donaldson_171213 | 2 | DC -- Sam Donaldson @ Union Station
I ran into Sam Donaldson at Union Station on my way to an event. We talked about the previous evening's defeat of Roy Moore and other things. |
| 2017_DC_Scott_Circle | 9 | DC -- Scott Circle memorial |
| 2017_DC_Carter_Woodson | 39 | DC -- Shaw -- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site (1538 9th St NW) |
| 2017_DC_Shaw | 4 | DC -- Shaw neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Sakharov | 4 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama -- Andrei Sakharov statue (1800 Connecticut Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Islamic_Center | 8 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama -- Islamic Center of Washington (2551 Mass. Ave., NW) |
| 2017_DC_Wilson_Images | 47 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama -- Woodrow Wilson House -- Exhibit: Images of the Great War: 1917-1918
Images of the Great War: 1917-1918
World War I Prints and Drawings from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library –
Starting April 6, 2017
The centennial of the US entry into World War I provides an opportunity to revisit the tragedy of this first global conflict and to... |
| 2017_DC_Wilson_House_Ghost | 33 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama -- Woodrow Wilson House -- Exhibit: The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
October 27, 2017 – February 2018
In the middle of the Potomac in Mallows Bay, lies the largest shipwreck fleet in the Western Hemisphere, a haunting legacy of WWI. In April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson approved the greatest shipbuilding program in history: an order... |
| 2017_DC_Wilson_House | 1 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama -- Woodrow Wilson House (2340 S St NW) |
| 2017_DC_Sheridan | 29 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_SIHIR_Orchids | 31 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- orchids: A MOMENT @ Hirshhorn
orchids: A MOMENT
January 14, 2017 – May 14, 2017
The Smithsonian Gardens and United States Botanic Garden 2017 Orchid Exhibition, showcases over 100 orchids in a limited-time display amidst the Hirshhorn’s unique architecture. Selected from the collections of both Smithsonian Gardens and the U.S.... |
| 2017_DC_Common_Ground | 70 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Common Ground: Our American Garden @ NMAH |
| 2017_DC_SIHG | 28 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle |
| 2017_DC_SIMLRG | 40 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (Between Hirshhorn & Arts and Industries Bldg) |
| 2017_DC_SI_Castle | 16 | DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) |
| 2017_DC_SI_Castle_M | 8 | DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) -- Photo Mosaic |
| 2017_DC_Southwest_Shuttle | 1 | DC -- Southwest Shuttle |
| 2017_DC_Waterfront | 58 | DC -- Southwest (District Wharf) |
| 2017_DC_PProse_Wharf | 7 | DC -- Southwest (District Wharf) -- Politics & Prose |
| 2017_DC_LEnfant | 27 | DC -- Southwest (L'Enfant Plaza area) |
| 2017_DC_SQCC_Sinbad | 48 | DC -- Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) -- Exhibit: From Sinbad to the Shabab Oman: A Seafaring Legacy
"From Sinbad to the Shabab Oman: A Seafaring Legacy" 10 July - 30 September
Come with us as we sail the high seas alongside some of history’s most famous explorers and navigators – Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Ahmad Ibn Majid - and visit different Omani ports of call. Each leg of this journey will... |
| 2017_DC_Supreme_Ct | 4 | DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior |
| 2017_DC_Takoma | 4 | DC -- Takoma neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Signs | 42 | DC -- Temporary Signs |
| 2017_DC_WWilsonHS | 2 | DC -- Tenleytown -- Woodrow Wilson High School |
| 2017_DC_Tenleytown | 13 | DC -- Tenleytown neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_TPC | 27 | DC -- The Phillips Collection |
| 2017_DC_TPC_Condo | 55 | DC -- The Phillips Collection -- Exhibit: George Condo: The Way I Think
George Condo: The Way I Think
March 11 - June 25, 2017
The Phillips presents a survey of drawings and paintings by George Condo (b. 1957, Concord, New Hampshire), a prolific painter whose career spans three decades and is best known for his rich pictorial inventions, existential humor, and imaginative... |
| 2017_DC_TPC_Intersections | 21 | DC -- The Phillips Collection -- Exhibit: Intersections: Arlene Shechet: From Here On Now
Intersections: Arlene Shechet: From Here On Now
October 20, 2016 - May 7, 2017
New York-based sculptor Arlene Shechet is known for glazed ceramic sculptures that are off-kilter yet hang in a balance between stable and unstable, teetering between the restraint of intellect and the insistence of... |
| 2017_DC_TPC_Toussaint | 17 | DC -- The Phillips Collection -- Exhibit: Jacob Lawrence; The Life Of Toussaint L'ouverture
The Life Of Toussaint L'ouverture
Jacob Lawrence
January 7 - April 30, 2017
This exhibition features 15 rarely seen silkscreen prints created by American artist Jacob Lawrence (1917–2001) between 1986 and 1997. The series portrays the life of Toussaint L’Ouverture (1742–1803), the former slave turned... |
| 2017_DC_TPC_Renoir_Friends | 84 | DC -- The Phillips Collection -- Exhibit: Renoir and Friends
RENOIR AND FRIENDS: Luncheon of the Boating Party
October 7, 2017 - January 7, 2018
Recognized as one of the greatest achievements of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s career, Luncheon of the Boating Party (Le Déjeuner des canotiers) (1880–81) is a marvel of plein-air painting on a grand scale. The first... |
| 2017_DC_TPC_TL | 163 | DC -- The Phillips Collection -- Exhibit: Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Epoque
Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Epoque
February 4 - April 30, 2017
Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque presents an extraordinary collection of iconic and rare prints and posters from nearly the entire period of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s lithographic career. The legendary French... |
| 2017_DC_Jeff_Mem | 4 | DC -- Thomas Jefferson Memorial |
| 2017_DC_Jeff_MemVC | 149 | DC -- Thomas Jefferson Memorial -- Visitor Center (downstairs) |
| 2017_DC_Trot4Hunger_171123 | 12 | DC -- Trot for Hunger 2017 |
| 2017_DC_U_Street | 3 | DC -- U Street Heritage neighborhood |
| 2017_DC_Union_Columbus | 5 | DC -- Union Station -- Columbus Fountain |
| 2017_DC_Union_StationX | 19 | DC -- Union Station -- Exhibit: Christmas Display |
| 2017_DC_Union_Station | 8 | DC -- Union Station (exterior) |
| 2017_DC_Saaba_171025 | 104 | DC -- United States Institute of Peace & AFI Docs -- "Saaba" Documentary Series w/Panel Discussion
A Sahel Community Confronts Security Threats: Film Premiere
USIP and AFI DOCS Film Festival Present 'Saaba,’ a Documentary Series, with a Panel Discussion
The recent killing of four U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers in Niger as they were training local troops, as well as an August attack that claimed... |
| 2017_DC_Knell_170501 | 83 | DC -- USC/PDC -- Gary Knell (Public/Private Diplomacy from "Sesame Street" to National Geographic)
Public/Private Diplomacy from "Sesame Street" to National Geographic w/Gary Knell:
Gary Knell, President and CEO of the National Geographic Society, addresses the PDC / USC First Monday lunch forum. Knell oversees the Society’s vast nonprofit activities globally, and he also serves as chair of the... |
| 2017_DC_Shulman_170710 | 55 | DC -- USC/PDC -- Holly Cowan Shulman ("How the Voice Has Changed")
Topic of the next monthly USC / PDC lunch forum: "How the Voice Has Changed: Looking Back at the Origins of the Voice of America"
Our speaker will be historian Holly Cowan Shulman, author of The Voice of America: Propaganda and Democracy, 1941-1945, “The Voice of America, US Propaganda and the... |
| 2017_DC_Sharma_170306 | 58 | DC -- USC/PDC -- Vikas Sharma ("Celebrating Canada's 150th Anniversary With Public Diplomacy")
Celebrating Canada's 150th Anniversary With Public Diplomacy
Public Diplomacy Council
The Public Diplomacy Council and the University of Southern California Annenberh Center for Communication Leadership and Policy present a lunch forum celebrating Canada's 150th anniversary, with Vikas Sharma,... |
| 2017_DC_Finland100_171002 | 61 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Kirsti Kauppi ("How Finland Celebrates Its Centennial with Public Diplomacy")
You are invited to join us for the next monthly USC / PDC / PDAA.lunch forum: How Finland Celebrates Its Centennial with Public Diplomacy
Our guest will be Kirsti Kauppi, Finland's Ambassador to the United States.
The speaker was introduced by Adam Clayton Powell III (from PDC) and Amb. Cynthia Efird... |
| 2017_DC_North_Korea_171106 | 85 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Panel: Reaching Out to North Korea with Public Diplomacy
Join us for the next monthly USC / PDC / PDAA.lunch forum: U.S. Public Diplomacy outreach to North Korea.
Welcoming Remarks:
* Adam C. Powell III, President, Public Diplomacy Council, and Director, Washington Programs, USC Annenberg Center on Communcation Leadership and Policy
Presentation (seated... |
| 2017_DC_Digital_Dipl_170911 | 75 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Panel: State and Art of Digital Diplomacy
USC / PDC / PDAA.lunch forum:
16 Years after 9/11, "The State and Art of Digital Diplomacy" will focus on new methods the U.S. must embrace to communicate effectively in a changing environment. Moderated by Shawn Powers, Executive Director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, the panel... |
| 2017_DC_Botanic | 34 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden |
| 2017_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi | 2 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park |
| 2017_DC_Botanic_Xmas | 302 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2017) -- Roadside Attractions
Season's Greenings: Roadside Attractions
November 23, 2017 - January 1, 2018
This year, take a trip across America as our annual holiday show Season's Greenings showcases Roadside Attractions! In our model train show, trains will chug around, below, through, and above plant-based recreations of iconic... |
| 2017_DC_Botanic_CAC_171228 | 13 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2017) -- Capital Accord Chorus (choral performance)
December 2017 holiday concert series:
Dec. 28: Capital Accord Chorus (choral) |
| 2017_DC_Botanic_Production | 214 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility Tour
USBG Production Facility
Tour: Horticultural Backstage Pass: The USBG Production Facility Collection Highlights
Go behind-the-scenes on this guided horticultural highlights tour of the U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility. Featuring almost two acres of greenhouses, this facility is the largest... |
| 2017_DC_Taylor_170516 | 22 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Elizabeth Dowling Taylor ("Original Black Elite")
"The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era"
Please join us on Tuesday, May 16 for the Senate Library Book Talk featuring Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fellow, Elizabeth Dowling Taylor.
Taylor's latest work is a cultural biography covering the life of one of the... |
| 2017_DC_Love_Out_Loud_171129 | 17 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Love Out Loud event
"Love Out Loud" is a Teleflora Flower Delivery promotion for holiday flowers. They set up a display near the Capitol and every one of one thousand holes in the display was filled with flowers were available first-come first-served to anyone who wanted them. The sign said:
Start here.
This wall is an... |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_SForRel_170516 | 7 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Senate Foreign Relations gathering |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_Grounds | 7 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds |
| 2017_DC_CapitolX | 106 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2017, plus tail-end shots from 2016)
2017 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 79 feet (24 m) -- Kootenai National Forest -- Montana
2016 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 84 feet (26 m) -- Payette National Forest -- Idaho -- The tree will be lit at a public ceremony on Dec. 6. Thousands of LED lights and 6,000 ornaments made by children in Idaho will hang on... |
| 2017_DC_Garfield_Mem | 1 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- James A. Garfield Monument |
| 2017_DC_Peace_Mon | 5 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW) |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_SenatePk | 13 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool) |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_Signs | 32 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Signs |
| 2017_DC_Grant_Mem | 33 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_VC | 8 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall) |
| 2017_DC_Capitol | 80 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto | 2 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_C | 18 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Crypt |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_Westward | 6 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- House Westward Expansion Corridor Murals |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_I | 112 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_NSH | 57 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_R | 65 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_Brumidi | 254 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Senate Brumidi Corridor
Halls of the Senate
Discover the beautifully decorated Senate corridors in this intimate look at the work of Italian-born artist Constantino Brumidi. 30-minute tour to an area not visited on the Capitol Tour. |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_Amateis | 13 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Amateis Doors |
| 2017_DC_Capitol_Erie | 7 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Painting: Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of Lake Erie, by William Henry Powell, 1865
The frame of this monumental painting is made from 20- and 30-foot long pieces of wood. The painting itself commemorates the moment when Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry transferred his flag from his damaged flagship at the Battle of Lake Erie during the... |
| 2017_DC_Forest | 5 | DC -- U.S. Forest Service Visitor & Information Center (1400 Independence Ave NW) |
| 2017_DC_Holocaust | 3 | DC -- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum |
| 2017_DC_Holocaust_Justice | 101 | DC -- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum -- Exhibit: "I Want Justice!"
“I Want Justice!”
Since the Holocaust, national and international organizations have struggled to build a foundation of laws, courts, and legal procedures to hold perpetrators of the world’s worst crimes accountable.
“I Want Justice!” explores the history of efforts to hold perpetrators of genocide... |
| 2017_DC_Arboretum | 55 | DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum |
| 2017_DC_Naval_Center | 6 | DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center |
| 2017_DC_Naval_911 | 7 | DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center -- Exhibit: Navy After September 11 |
| 2017_DC_Naval_WWI | 12 | DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center -- Exhibit: World War I (cases) |
| 2017_DC_Naval_MCPON | 12 | DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center -- Exhibit: Year of MCPON |
| 2017_DC_Viet_Wall | 37 | DC -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| 2017_DC_Viet_Vet_171111 | 154 | DC -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Event: 2017 Veterans Day Observance
2017 Veterans Day Observance At The Wall
Each year on Veterans Day, thousands of veterans and their families congregate at The Wall to remember and to honor those who served in the U.S. armed forces. On these special days, prominent Americans from all walks of life come to the Memorial to deliver... |
| 2017_DC_Muhlenberg_Mem | 7 | DC -- Wakefield -- Peter Muhlenberg Memorial |
| 2017_DC_Wash_Circle | 8 | DC -- Washington Circle (George Washington Equestrian Statue) |
| 2017_DC_WCC | 6 | DC -- Washington Convention Center |
| 2017_DC_WCC_Art | 185 | DC -- Washington Convention Center -- Art |
| 2017_DC_WCC_Art_Tour_170929 | 11 | DC -- Washington Convention Center -- Tour: Art of the DC Convention Center
Join us for a FREE tour of the Art at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Bring your cameras and your thirst for art knowledge and most importantly your walking shoes. |
| 2017_DC_WCCVw | 3 | DC -- Washington Convention Center -- Views from... |
| 2017_DC_Wash_Mon | 17 | DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior
Including a sunset and photos of some tourists. |
| 2017_DC_NCath_Xmas | 133 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Christmas Creches |
| 2017_DC_NCath_Quake | 40 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Event: Quake work |
| 2017_DC_NCath_AGN | 13 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Exhibit: American Glass Now: 2017
American Glass Now: 2017
A juried exhibition of Contemporary Stained Glass Sponsored by the American Glass Guild
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC. June 4 – September 8, 2017 |
| 2017_DC_NCath_I | 149 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Interior Images (except stained glass) |
| 2017_DC_NCath_O | 102 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Outside Images |
| 2017_DC_NCath_Glass | 42 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Stained glass |
| 2017_DC_NCath_CSA | 21 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Stained Glass -- Confederate Windows
By the time I got there, the windows were already gone and the workman was cleaning up the moldings and such.
The Cathedral announced the previous day:
After considerable prayer and deliberation, the Cathedral Chapter voted Tuesday to immediately remove the windows. The Chapter believes that these... |
| 2017_DC_NCath_Views | 65 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Views from... |
| 2017_DC_WP_I | 4 | DC -- Washington Post (1301 K St NW -- New Bldg) -- Interior |
| 2017_DC_ClintonFB | 37 | DC -- William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building |
| 2017_DC_Wilson_Center | 2 | DC -- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
#WilsonSmart Selfie Station |
| 2017_DC_Wilson_Plaza | 11 | DC -- Woodrow Wilson Plaza (between Clinton and Reagan buildings) |
| 2017_DC_WB | 2 | DC -- World Bank |
| 2017_DC_WWII | 8 | DC -- World War II Memorial |
| 2017_DC_RosenwaldR_171107 | 80 | DC -- "Rosenwald" reception @ Israeli Embassy
The Israeli Embassy will host a reception after the screening. The Israeli cultural attaché, Ms. Delphine Gamburg, initiated this partnership. “We need to continue the dialogue on the long-standing African-American and Jewish alliances. It is essential, particularly in the climate of tension as we know... |
| 2017_DC_RosenwaldP_171107 | 80 | DC -- "Rosenwald" screening and panel discussion @ UDC
Rosenwald
Directed by Aviva Kempner
Panel discussion (seated left to right):
* Charlene Drew Jarvis, Daughter of Dr. Charles Drew
* Katherine Shelley Broderick, Dean, David A. Clarke UDC Law School
* Danielle Holley-Walker, Dean , Howard University School of Law
* Aviva Kempner, Director,... |
| 2017_DC_Trails_Logan | 25 | DC Heritage Trails: A Fitting Tribute: Logan Circle Heritage Trail |
| 2017_DC_Trails_Anacostia | 103 | DC Heritage Trails: An East of the River View: Anacostia Heritage Trail |
| 2017_DC_Trails_UStreet | 6 | DC Heritage Trails: City Within a City: Greater U Street Heritage Trail |
| 2017_DC_Trails_GreaterH | 32 | DC Heritage Trails: Hub, Home, Heart: Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail |
| 2017_DC_Trails_FTriangle | 5 | DC Heritage Trails: Make No Little Plans: Federal Triangle Heritage Trail |
| 2017_DC_Trails_SW | 16 | DC Heritage Trails: River Farms to Urban Towers: Southwest Heritage Trail |
| 2017_DC_Trails_Adams | 19 | DC Heritage Trails: Roads to Diversity: Adams Morgan Heritage Trail |
| 2017_DC_Trails_Tenleytown | 33 | DC Heritage Trails: Top of the Town: Tenleytown Heritage Trail |
| 2017_DC_DCJCC | 6 | DCJCC -- Building and Sculpture |
| 2017_DC_EFF_Benefit_170216 | 223 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- 25th Anniversary Benefit Reception honoring Flo Stone and Roger D. Stone @ New Zealand Embassy
25th Anniversary Benefit Reception Honoring Flo Stone and Roger D. Stone
Hosted by Ambassador Tom Groser, Embassy of New Zealand.
Itinerary:
* Welcome: Ambassador Tim Groser
* Opening: Maryanne Culpepper, EFF Executive Director
* Acknowledgements: E. William Stetson III, Host Committee... |
| 2017_DC_Animation_170326 | 38 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- 25th Anniversary Festival Animation Retrospective (w/Flo Stone) @ Carnegie Inst
Join us for a 25th Anniversary Festival Animation Retrospective!
With dazzling animation and effects, these Environmental Film Festival favorites capture some of the most important and enduring issues affecting our planet, during the past 25 years. Introduction by Festival founder Flo... |
| 2017_DC_MoeR_170320 | 42 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner -- Pre-Event Reception @ Natl Geographic Society
Eric Moe Award: Screening and Discussion
National Geographic Society 7:00pm, March 20th
Presented with the National Wildlife Federation.
Established for the 2014 Festival by Julia and Richard Moe in memory of their son Eric, to honor his strong interest in film and his commitment to sustainability,... |
| 2017_DC_Moe_170320 | 115 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner @ Natl Geographic Society
Eric Moe Award: Screening and Discussion
National Geographic Society 7:00pm, March 20th
Presented with the National Wildlife Federation.
Established for the 2014 Festival by Julia and Richard Moe in memory of their son Eric, to honor his strong interest in film and his commitment to sustainability,... |
| 2017_DC_EFF_Filmmakers_170319 | 114 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- Festival Filmmakers Reception @ Jefferson Hotel
Filmmakers present included (pretty much in sequence) David G. Conover ("Behold the Earth"), Daniel Koehler ("A House Without Snakes"), Anthony Baxter ("Flint"), Steve Ellington ("Instruments of Change: Lessons from the Rainforest"), Niall Doran and Justin Smith ("Sixteen Legs"), Jeremy Jackson ("Before... |
| 2017_DC_EFF_Misc | 9 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- Miscellaneous Shots @ Carnegie Inst |
| 2017_DC_EFF_Reception_170325 | 69 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- Penultimate Evening's Reception @ Jefferson Hotel
Various film folk here: Allison Argo ("The Last Pig"), Jacques Perrin ("Seasons"), and Jill Tidman and Jamie Redford ("Happening"). |
| 2017_DC_Risk_170318 | 42 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- Shorts: Risk and Resistance ("How to Stop a Pipeline" and "The Hudson: A River At Risk") @ Carnegie Inst
Presented with Working Films as part of the Risk and Resistance shorts program.
... |
| 2017_DC_EFF_CIS_Screens | 6 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- Slide show @ Carnegie Inst |
| 2017_DC_EFF_Tesla | 56 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- Tesla cars exhibited @ Carnegie Inst and Jefferson Hotel
Jamie Redford and Bill Stetson checking out the vehicles. |
| 2017_DC_EFF_VR | 35 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- Virtual reality demo @ Carnegie Inst
Virtual Reality: ‘Under the Canopy’ + ‘Valen’s Reef’
Presented by Conservation International
Through the magic of virtual reality, journey with Conservation International to the Amazon, earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, and into the crystal-clear waters of the Bird’s Head Seascape in Indonesia, the... |
| 2017_DC_B4_FloodR_170318 | 78 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Before the Flood" Post-Screening Reception @ Carnegie Inst
Before the Flood
Winner of the 2017 Documentary Award for Environmental Advocacy
If you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace,... |
| 2017_DC_B4_Flood_170318 | 101 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Before the Flood" (w/Trevor Davidowski, Dr. Lesley Ott, Michael Mann, and Jeremy Jackson) @ Carnegie Inst
Before the Flood
Winner of the 2017 Documentary Award for Environmental Advocacy
If you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace,... |
| 2017_DC_Dead_Donkeys_170629 | 42 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas" @ Landmark E Street Cinema
Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas
DC Premiere
(Sweden/Germany/Finland, 2017, 80 min.) Around the globe, there is a massive commercial rush for farmland – the new green gold. One of the most profitable new spots for farming is Ethiopia. Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas investigates land grabbing and its impact on... |
| 2017_DC_Flint_170318 | 62 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Flint: A Work-In-Progress" w/Anthony Baxter, Talia Buford, Nayyirah Shariff; and Anurag Mantha @ Carnegie Inst
Flint: A Work-In-Progress
A work-in-progress screening by one of the UK’s leading documentary filmmakers Environmental Film Festival alum Anthony Baxter (A Dangerous Game, You’ve Been Trumped) will show exclusive footage taken for his upcoming film Flint (UK/USA 2017), collected during more than two... |
| 2017_DC_From_Ashes_170824 | 33 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "From the Ashes" (w/Sidney Beaumont, Mary Anne Hitt and Steven Mufson) @ Landmark E Street Cinema
From the Ashes (2017, USA, 82 min) captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry and what its future should be under the Trump Administration. From Appalachia to the West’s Powder River Basin, the film goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on... |
| 2017_DC_Happening_170325 | 116 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Happening: A Work-in-Progress" (w/Jamie Redford, Jill Tidman, and Ray Mabus) @ Carnegie Inst
Happening: A Work-in-Progress
Thanks to the Reva and David Logan Foundation for its support of this evening.
Filmmaker Jamie Redford embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier. Unlikely... |
| 2017_DC_LostCityZ2_170323 | 72 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Lost City of Z" (w/James Gray) -- Presentation and Q&A @ Natl Geographic Society
The Lost City of Z
Winner of the William W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers Award! Special Advance Screening.
Based on David Grann’s best-selling book of the same name, The Lost City of Z is the true-life drama which centers on British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a... |
| 2017_DC_LostCityZ_170323 | 62 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Lost City of Z" (w/James Gray) -- Rehearsal and pre-reception @ Natl Geographic Society
The Lost City of Z
Winner of the William W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers Award! Special Advance Screening.
Based on David Grann’s best-selling book of the same name, The Lost City of Z is the true-life drama which centers on British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a... |
| 2017_DC_Naledi_170326 | 42 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale" (w/Geoff Luck) @ Carnegie Inst
Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale
Naledi tells the true story of a baby elephant born into a rescue camp in the Botswana wilderness. When she’s suddenly orphaned at one month, the keepers and scientist looking after the herd become tireless surrogate mothers to keep her alive. Camp scientist Mike Chase... |
| 2017_DC_Poisoned_River_170324 | 40 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Poisoned River" (w/Michelle Latimer) @ Carnegie Inst
RISE: Poisoned River
Thanks to the Reva and David Logan Foundation for its support of this evening.
Rise is a Viceland Series, which examines indigenous life in the modern age and gives viewers a rare glimpse into the front line of indigenous-led resistance. Brazil’s Krenak People struggle to survive... |
| 2017_DC_Sacred_Water_170324 | 59 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Sacred Water: Standing Rock" (w/Michelle Latimer and Caro Gonzales) @ Carnegie Inst
Sacred Water: Standing Rock
Thanks to the Reva and David Logan Foundation for its support of this evening.
Part of RISE: A VICELAND Series.
VICELAND’S RISE heads to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to meet the Lakota and Dakota youth joining forces to protect their sacred water from the ‘black... |
| 2017_DC_Sea_Of_Hope_170315 | 122 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Sea of Hope" (w/Robert Nixon, Sylvia Earle, Max Kennedy, and Rob Edwards) @ Carnegie Inst
Sea of Hope: America's Underwater Treasures
Thanks to the Reva and David Logan Foundation for its support of this evening.
SEA OF HOPE: AMERICA’S UNDERWATER TREASURES follows iconic ocean explorer and conservationist Dr. Sylvia Earle, renowned underwater National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry,... |
| 2017_DC_Seasons_170326 | 155 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Seasons" (w/Jacques Perrin and Jacque Cluzaud) @ Carnegie Inst
Seasons
Winner of the Polly Krakora Award for Artistry in Film
Presented in partnership with the Embassy of France.
After traveling the world alongside migrating birds (Winged Migration) and diving the oceans with whales and manta rays (Oceans), Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to more... |
| 2017_DC_Consequences_170321 | 106 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "The Age of Consequences" (w/Jared P. Scott, Sophie Robinson, Sharon Burke, and Sherri Goodman) @ Carnegie Inst
The Age of Consequences
Presented in partnership with Bank of America.
The Hurt Locker meets An Inconvenient Truth, The Age of Consequences investigates the impacts of climate change on increased resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the lens of US national security and global stability.... |
| 2017_DC_Last_Pig_170326 | 85 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "The Last Pig" (w/Allison Argo) @ Carnegie Inst
The Last Pig
Special Advance Screening
The Last Pig is a lyrical meditation on what it means to be a sentient creature with the power to kill. For over a decade, Bob Comis has provided a humane—even idyllic—life for the pigs he farms. But as he cares for the pigs, he develops a respect that begins to... |
| 2017_DC_Water_Power_170314 | 138 | Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Water & Power: A California Heist" (w/Adam Keats) @ Natl Geographic Society
Water & Power: A California Heist
Water & Power takes a look at the incredible drought that has gripped the valley’s of California for years. While the barons of the water profit from the scarce commodity, every-day folk, small communities, and family farmers struggle every day in a state of crisis.... |
| 2017_DC_SIFG_Press_171011 | 49 | Freer Gallery of Art -- Event: Press preview for the grand reopening of Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler
What: Press preview for the grand reopening of Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler
Who:
* John Davis, Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost, Smithsonian
* Julian Raby, The Dame Jillian Sackler Director of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
* Massumeh Farhad, chief... |
| 2017_DC_Goethe_Privacy | 15 | Goethe-Institut -- Exhibit: Privacy on Display
Privacy on Display
Wed, 01/25/2017 - Tue, 03/07/2017
Privacy today is not what it used to be. Digitalization is rapidly transforming our world – ranging from individual to governmental relationships - and this provides fertile ground for artists to probe questions such as “What does privacy mean in... |
| 2017_DC_Topol_170819 | 3 | International Spy Museum -- Allan Topol ("Washington Power Play")
Allan Topol - Washington Power Play
In-Store Book Signing
Join us at the International Spy Museum for an in-store book signing of Washington Power Play by Allan Topol. Allan is the author of thirteen novels of international intrigue. Two of them, Spy Dance and Enemy of My Enemy, were national best... |
| 2017_DC_McCain_170524 | 85 | Jewish Primary Day School & Sixth and I -- Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Lecture: Senator John McCain ("Between Realism and Idealism") w/Leon Wieseltier
Senator John McCain In Conversation with Leon Wieseltier
The U.S. Senator from Arizona and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services sits down with Leon Wieseltier, a contributing editor at The Atlantic, for the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital Yitzhak Rabin Memorial... |
| 2017_DC_BollingP_170329 | 72 | Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2017): Ruben Bolling -- Presentation
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Ruben Bolling
Lecturer: Representative John Lewis
Finalist: Marty Two Bulls Sr., a freelance cartoonist who has drawn for the Indian Country Today Media Network.
Speakers in sequence:
*... |
| 2017_DC_BollingR_170329 | 107 | Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2017): Ruben Bolling -- Reception
THE HERB BLOCK FOUNDATION cordially invites you to Award Ceremony & Lecture
Lecturer: Representative John Lewis
Prize Winner: Ruben Bolling
Finalist: Marty Two Bulls Sr., a freelance cartoonist who has drawn for the Indian Country Today Media Network.
Folks photographs outside of the program... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Tour_171005 | 21 | Library of Congress -- Event: AOC and USCHS tour of Library of Congress |
| 2017_DC_Nolan_171102 | 38 | Library of Congress -- Event: Christopher Nolan In Conversation (w/Carla Hayden)
Director Christopher Nolan In Conversation
Critically acclaimed film director, producer and writer Christopher Nolan joins Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden for a conversation about Nolan's recent films (including Dunkirk, Interstellar, Man of Steel, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Inception) and... |
| 2017_DC_Blair_Witch_171027 | 68 | Library of Congress -- Event: Creating Modern Ghost Stories: The Blair Witch Project
Creating Modern Ghost Stories: The Blair Witch Project
Three of the film's creators -- co-director Eduardo Sanchez, history fabricator Julia Myrick and co-producer Michael Monello -- will examine the craft of developing a modern classic ghost story and the cultural impact of "The Blair Witch Project."... |
| 2017_DC_Carter_170616 | 104 | Library of Congress -- Event: Lynda Carter (w/Carla Hayden)
Library of Congress Presents: Library of Awesome: Lynda Carter:
During "Library of Awesome," a pop-up exhibition featuring items from the Library's comic-book collections presented in conjunction with the Washington, D.C. Awesome-Con comics convention, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden interviewed... |
| 2017_DC_Courtroom_Artists_170427 | 105 | Library of Congress -- Event: Panel -- "Justice Through the Perspective of an Eyewitness Artist" (w/Marilyn Church, Pat Lopez and Bill Robles)
Marilyn Church, Pat Lopez and Bill Robles to Discuss "Justice Through the Perspective of an Eyewitness Artist," April 27
The Law Library of Congress will host a panel discussion on “Justice Through the Perspective of an Eyewitness Artist,” featuring courtroom artists Marilyn Church, Pat Lopez and Bill... |
| 2017_DC_Preserving_PP1_171103 | 84 | Library of Congress -- Event: Preserving Public Broadcasting at 50 Years -- Panel 1: Origins (w/Ervin Duggan, Nicholas Johnson, Bill Siemering, and Cokie Roberts) and Welcome
Library and WGBH Celebrate 50 Years of Preserving Public TV and Radio
Industry Pioneers to Examine History and Legacy of Public Broadcasting
Introductions and Welcoming Remarks:
* Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress
* Patricia Harrison, President and CEO, CPB
* Jon Abbott, President and CEO,... |
| 2017_DC_Preserving_PP2_171103 | 54 | Library of Congress -- Event: Preserving Public Broadcasting at 50 Years -- Panel 2: News and Talk Shows (w/Jim Lehrer, Dick Cavett, Cokie Roberts, Hugo Morales, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, and Judy Woodruff)
Library and WGBH Celebrate 50 Years of Preserving Public TV and Radio
Industry Pioneers to Examine History and Legacy of Public Broadcasting
Introduction to panel:
* Henry Becton, Vice Chair, WGBH Board of Trustees; President of WGBH Educational Foundation
Panel 2 (of 4): News and Public... |
| 2017_DC_Preserving_PP3_171103 | 40 | Library of Congress -- Event: Preserving Public Broadcasting at 50 Years -- Panel 3: Style and Archives (w/David Fanning, Clayborne Carson, Stephen Gong, Margaret Drain, and Patricia Aufderheide)
Library and WGBH Celebrate 50 Years of Preserving Public TV and Radio
Industry Pioneers to Examine History and Legacy of Public Broadcasting
Introduction to panel:
* ???
Panel 3 (of 4): Documentaries: Style and the Use of Archives (seated left to right):
* Patricia Aufderheide, university... |
| 2017_DC_Preserving_PP4_171103 | 47 | Library of Congress -- Event: Preserving Public Broadcasting at 50 Years -- Panel 4: Educational Uses (w/Lloyd Morrisett, Paula Apsell, Kathryn Ostrofsky, and Jennifer Lawson) and Conclusion
Library and WGBH Celebrate 50 Years of Preserving Public TV and Radio
Industry Pioneers to Examine History and Legacy of Public Broadcasting
Introduction to panel:
* Henry Becton, Vice Chair, WGBH Board of Trustees; President of WGBH Educational Foundation
Panel 4 (of 4): Educational Uses of... |
| 2017_DC_LOC_Sheet_Music_170404 | 58 | Library of Congress -- Event: World War I Sheet Music at the Library of Congress
“World War I Sheet Music at the Library of Congress: America’s War, as Viewed by Publishers and the Public”
Paul Fraunfelter, Music Division
American sheet music from the period of the First World War reflects the confidence and challenges of a new economic and industrial giant, suddenly thrust into a... |
| 2017_DC_Literary_HillBF_170507 | 152 | Literary Hill BookFest (2017) @ Eastern Market
The Literary Hill BookFest is a celebration of Capitol Hill authors, booksellers, publishers, libraries, and other book-related groups held annually at Eastern Market.
Folks pictured here (more or less in sequence): Quintin Peterson, Frederick Reuss, Louise Farmer Smith, Christopher Datta, Nick Mann,... |
| 2017_DC_Metro_DU | 13 | Metro Station -- Dupont Circle |
| 2017_DC_Metro_EM | 5 | Metro Station -- Eastern Market |
| 2017_DC_Metro_MC | 19 | Metro Station -- Metro Center (art) |
| 2017_DC_NHC_CWMon_171023 | 72 | National History Center -- Congressional Briefing on the History of Civil War Monuments @ Rayburn House Office Bldg
The National History Center invites you to attend our
Congressional Briefing on the History of Civil War Monuments
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2044
The recent violence in Charlottesville accelerated debate about Confederate monuments in public spaces across the US. While some regard these... |
| 2017_DC_NHC_EO_170217 | 57 | National History Center -- History of Executive Orders @ Rayburn House Office Bldg
The History of Executive Orders:
The National History Center will hold a Congressional briefing on the history of executive orders in the Rayburn House Office Building.
How does the flurry of executive orders issued by President Trump in his first few weeks in office compare to previous presidents’... |
| 2017_DC_Breen_170227 | 25 | National History Center -- Timothy Breen (An Appeal to Heaven) @ Wilson Center
WHS: An Appeal to Heaven with Timothy Breen (Northwestern University)
T.H. Breen investigates how supporters of the American Revolution, many of them living in small communities not directly affected by military campaigns, managed so successfully to sustain political and military resistance to Great... |
| 2017_DC_Taubman_171023 | 65 | National History Center -- William Taubman ("Gorbachev: His Life and Times") w/Svetlana Savranskaya and Michael Dobbs @ Wilson Center
Gorbachev: His Life and Times
In his Gorbachev biography, William Taubman shows how a peasant boy turned into the Soviet system’s gravedigger, why the Communist regime allowed him to destroy it, why Gorbachev’s dream of democratizing the USSR foundered, how he and President Ronald Reagan turned out to... |
| 2017_DC_Miller_170502 | 59 | Natl Archives -- Adrian Miller ("The President’s Kitchen Cabinet")
The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families
Award-winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the Presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First... |
| 2017_DC_Forgotten_Irish_170316 | 74 | Natl Archives -- Damian Shiels ("The Forgotten Irish") w/David T. Gleeson and Michael Hussey
The Forgotten Irish: Irish Emigrant Experiences in America
On the eve of the Civil War, 1.6 million Irish-born people were living in the United States, most in the major industrialized cities of the North. For The Forgotten Irish, Damian Shiels researched Civil War pension records to craft the stories... |
| 2017_DC_JFK100_170503 | 66 | Natl Archives -- Douglas Brinkley and Stephen Kennedy Smith ("JFK: A Vision for America")
JFK100—JFK: A Vision for America
JFK: A Vision for America brings together Kennedy’s greatest speeches alongside essays by America’s top historians, political thinkers, writers, and artists. Edited by historian Douglas Brinkley and JFK’s nephew Stephen Kennedy Smith, is the definitive compendium of... |
| 2017_DC_Ayers_171129 | 42 | Natl Archives -- Edward L. Ayers ("The Thin Light of Freedom")
The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
Edward L. Ayers retells the story of the Civil War on a human scale by focusing on two communities in the Great Valley: Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. During the war, the valley saw pitched... |
| 2017_DC_Van_Cleve_171023 | 39 | Natl Archives -- George William Van Cleve ("We Have Not a Government")
We Have Not a Government: The Articles of Confederation and the Road to the Constitution
Monday, October 23, at noon
In professor George William Van Cleve’s book, We Have Not a Government, we encounter a sharply divided America and a Congress that grudgingly agreed to support the 1787 Constitutional... |
| 2017_DC_Vietnam_BN_171017 | 94 | Natl Archives -- Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ("The Vietnam War") w/Cokie Roberts
The Vietnam War with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Cokie Roberts will moderate a discussion with directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about their PBS documentary series, The Vietnam War, in conjunction with the November 10 opening of the National Archives exhibit, "Remembering Vietnam," in our Lawrence F.... |
| 2017_DC_Schwartz_170523 | 11 | Natl Archives -- Marie Jenkins Schwartz ("Ties That Bound: Founding First Ladies and Slaves")
Ties That Bound: Founding First Ladies and Slaves
In Ties That Bound: Founding First Ladies and Slaves, Marie Jenkins Schwartz examines the relationships that developed between the First Ladies and their slaves in the households of the Founding Fathers from Virginia. Martha Washington, Martha... |
| 2017_DC_35Wall_171111 | 87 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- 35th Anniversary of The Wall
35th Anniversary of The Wall
In partnership with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), we present a panel discussion about the history and legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, dedicated on November 13, 1982. The program will stream live on YouTube.
Welcoming Remarks:
* The Honorable David... |
| 2017_DC_CJournalism_171207 | 135 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Conflict Journalism in South East Asia (w/Ted Koppel, Tony Hirashiki, Barrie Dunsmore, and Terry Irving)
Conflict Journalism in South East Asia
In conjunction with our exhibit, Remembering Vietnam, we present a panel discussion on the role of the television journalist during the Vietnam War, and how it influenced subsequent conflicts. Participating on the panel will be journalist and former anchor of... |
| 2017_DC_Tubman_170228 | 94 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Harriet Tubman: A Woman of Courage and Vision
Harriet Tubman: A Woman of Courage and Vision
In celebration of the March 2017 grand opening of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor’s Center, we join the National Park Service in presenting a panel discussion examining the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman and the ongoing preservation of... |
| 2017_DC_Archives_VietPP_171108 | 35 | Natl Archives -- Press Preview: Remembering Vietnam (Presentation)
Press Preview for National Archives “Remembering Vietnam” Exhibit Nov. 8
WHAT: A special press-only “sneak peek” of the National Archives exhibit “Remembering Vietnam: Twelve Critical Episodes in the Vietnam War” before it opens to the public on Friday, November 10, 2017. The 3,000-square-foot... |
| 2017_DC_Gates_170126 | 40 | Natl Archives -- Robert M. Gates ("A Passion for Leadership") w/Michael Allen
A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service
Former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates discusses his latest book. Having led change successfully at three monumental organizations—the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of Defense—he offers us the... |
| 2017_DC_Rushay_170419 | 34 | Natl Archives -- Sam Rushay [via Skype?] (Truman Doctrine and the Origins of the Cold War)
The Truman Doctrine and the Origins of the Cold War
Sam Rushay, supervisory archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library, will discuss the historical significance of the Truman Doctrine in observation of its 70th anniversary. Presentation materials available at... |
| 2017_DC_Miller_170308 | 46 | Natl Archives -- Scott Miller ("Agent 110")
Agent 110: An American Spymaster and the German Resistance in WWII
In Agent 110, Scott Miller describes how newly minted spy Allen Dulles met with and facilitated the plots of the German Underground. In this work, Dulles exposed the political maneuverings of the Soviets. A book signing will follow the... |
| 2017_DC_Stahr_170822 | 41 | Natl Archives -- Walter Stahr ("Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary")
Stanton: Lincoln’s War Secretary
Award-winning author Walter Stahr tells the story of Abraham Lincoln’s indispensable Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. A book signing follows the program.
The speaker was introduced by David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States. |
| 2017_DC_Vietnam_Lesson_171116 | 68 | Natl Archives & USAFMC -- Panel -- Vietnam: Lessons Learned and Lessons Ignored
Vietnam: Lessons Learned and Lessons Ignored
What lessons have we learned—and must we learn—from the Vietnam War? How does the war continue to reverberate in our politics today? A bipartisan group of former Members of Congress join experts on the Vietnam War to examine the tumultuous Vietnam era. Many... |
| 2017_DC_Glass_Ceiling_170302 | 84 | Natl Archives & USAFMC -- Panel -- Women’s History Month: The Glass Ceiling, Broken or Cracked?
Women’s History Month: The Glass Ceiling, Broken or Cracked?
When a major political party nominated the first woman for the American Presidency, was the proverbial glass ceiling broken or just cracked? A bipartisan group of former Congresswomen will discuss their paths to public service, the challenges... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Stavridis_170902 | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Adm. James Stavridis
Adm. James Stavridis
A retired Navy admiral, James Stavridis is dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and chairman of the board of the U.S. Naval Institute. He retired from the Navy after 37 years... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_McDermott_170902 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Alice McDermott
Alice McDermott
Writer and university professor Alice McDermott won the National Book Award for her 1998 novel, “Charming Billy.” McDermott is the Johns Hopkins Richard A. Mackery Professor of the Humanities. Her 2006 novel, “After This,” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her novel “Someone” was a... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_King_170902 | 4 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Amy Sarig King
Amy Sarig King
Amy Sarig King is an award-winning young adult novelist from Pennsylvania and a faculty member at the Vermont College of Fine Arts writing for children and young adults program. Her recently published young adult novels include “Still Life with Tornado,” which follows a teenaged artist... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Berg_170902 | 18 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- A. Scott Berg
A. Scott Berg
With the publication of his first book, “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius,” in 1978, A. Scott Berg won a National Book Award. His third book, “Lindbergh,” about the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998. Just 12 days after Katharine Hepburn died in 2003, Berg... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_CSpan_170902 | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Book TV on C-Span2
Folks here include Leland Melvin and David McCullough being interviewed by Peter Slen (Host, C-Span)
Leland Melvin
Leland Melvin is an engineer, NASA astronaut and former wide receiver for the Detroit Lions. He served on the space shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist and was named the NASA... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Van_Dusen_170902 | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Chris Van Dusen
Chris Van Dusen
Chris Van Dusen is an author and illustrator of children’s picture books. He began his career as an illustrator at a magazine for teenagers and as a freelance illustrator, until he wrote his first children’s book, “Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee.” He has been writing and illustrating... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Toibin_170902 | 12 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Colm Toíbín
Colm Toíbín
Colm Tóibín is the author of seven novels, including “The Master,” winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and “Brooklyn,” winner of the Costa Book Award and now a major motion picture. He is also the author of best-selling “Nora Webster” and “The Testament of Mary.” Tóibín is currently... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Rice_170902 | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Condoleezza Rice (w/David Rubenstein)
Condoleezza Rice
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the second woman and the second African American to hold the office. She was secretary of state in 2005-2009 and national security adviser in 2001-2005 for President George W. Bush. She has been on the faculty of Stanford University since... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Chaon_170902 | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Dan Chaon
Dan Chaon
Dan Chaon is a novelist and short story writer. Chaon completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern and received his M.A. from Syracuse. His work “Among the Missing” was a 2001 finalist for the National Book Award. Currently, he is the Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Baldacci_170902 | 13 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- David Baldacci
David Baldacci
David Baldacci is the best-selling author of more than 30 novels, several of which have been adapted for film and television. His books have been published and sold in over 45 languages and 80 countries, and have more than 110 million copies in print worldwide. A tireless advocate for... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_McCullough_170902 | 40 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- David McCullough (w/David Rubenstein)
David McCullough
Former Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has called David McCullough the "citizen chronicler" for his meticulously researched and beautifully written historical books, such as the Pulitzer Prize winners "Truman" and "John Adams," the latter of which became an Emmy Award-winning... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Gabaldon_170902 | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Diana Gabaldon
Diana Gabaldon
The best-selling author of the wildly popular Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon has written eight Outlander novels, which have sold more than 28 million copies. Her new book, “Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction” (Delacorte) comprises seven novellas of... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_EO_MM_170902 | 5 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Ellen Oh and Meg Medina
Ellen Oh
A former lawyer who taught academic research and writing, Ellen Oh has a curiosity for ancient Asian history which has inspired her work on the young adult Prophecy series. When she found a lack of material on Korean history in local bookstores, her father assisted her research by translating... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Yang_170902 | 50 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Gene Luen Yang (w/Michael Cavna, then Mike Lester and Ann Telnaes)
Gene Luen Yang
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Gene Luen Yang is a writer of both graphic novels and comics. His first graphic novel, “American Born Chinese,” is about a teenager struggling with his identity – a theme that is common in much of Yang’s work, which emphasizes the... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_HK_KK_170902 | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Hari Kunzru and Katie Kitamura (Conversation: A Literary Power Couple)
Hari Kunzru
London-born Hari Kunzru is the author of five novels. His work has been translated into 21 languages, and his short stories and journalism have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian and The New Yorker. He is the recipient of fellowships from the... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Cooper_170902 | 12 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Helene Cooper
Helene Cooper
A frequent commentator on Washington public affairs television shows, Helene Cooper is a Pentagon reporter for The New York Times. She was previously the newspaper’s assistant editorial page editor, a diplomatic correspondent and White House correspondent. In 2015, the newspaper won a... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Rogneby_170902 | 5 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Jenny Rogneby
Jenny Rogneby
Jenny Rogneby is a Swedish crime and thriller author who currently lives in Malta and Barcelona. She studied criminology, sociology, law and psychology at Stockholm University and later was a criminal investigator in the Stockholm City Police Department for seven years. Her work inspired... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Scalzi_170902 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- John Scalzi
John Scalzi
John Scalzi is an award-winning author of science fiction and a popular blog writer. His debut novel, “Old Man's War,” won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for best new writer. His novel “Redshirts” won the 2013 Hugo Award for best novel. Material from his blog, The Whatever,... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Vasquez_170902 | 13 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Juan Gabriel Vásquez (w/Scott Simon)
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Juan Gabriel Vásquez is the author of the best-selling “The Sound of Things Falling” as well as the award-winning “The Informers” and “The Secret History of Costaguana.” His books have been published in 26 languages worldwide. Vásquez has received an International IMPAC Dublin... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Vance_170902 | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- J.D. Vance (w/David Rubenstein)
J.D. Vance
The author of the New York Times No. 1 best-selling “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” (HarperCollins), J.D. Vance was raised in the southwestern Ohio city of Middletown and the Appalachian town of Jackson, Kentucky. His book has struck a chord in the national... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_DiCamillo_170902 | 3 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo is a former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature of the Library of Congress and the Children’s Book Council (2014-2015). Her novel “Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures” won the 2014 Newbery Medal. DiCamillo also won the Newbery for “The Tale of... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Glasgow_170902 | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Kathleen Glasgow
Kathleen Glasgow
Being a writer was Kathleen Glasgow’s childhood aspiration. While she was always good at making her own stories, she never considered herself a writer until she started getting poems and stories published in literary journals. Her debut novel, “Girl in Pieces” (Delacorte), was an... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_KM_TO_SL_170902 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Kathy McKeon, Thomas Oliphant, and Steven Levingston
Kathy McKeon
Kathy McKeon spent 13 years as Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal assistant and occasional nanny. McKeon was hired as Kennedy’s assistant in 1964, when McKeon was just 20 years old and recently arrived from Ireland. Rose Kennedy, Jacqueline’s mother-in-law, referred to McKeon as “Jackie’s girl”... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Peirce_170902 | 61 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Lincoln Peirce (w/Michael Cavna and Roz Chast)
Lincoln Peirce
Lincoln Peirce is a cartoonist and writer from Portland, Maine. His comic strip, “Big Nate,” was syndicated in 1991 and currently appears in over 400 newspapers, including The Washington Post, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He is also the author and... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Shetterly_170902 | 20 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Margot Lee Shetterly
Margot Lee Shetterly
While growing up in Hampton, Virigina, Margot Lee Shetterly came to know many of the women who worked there with her father, who was a research assistant. These women included those who would later become the subject of her best-selling debut book, “Hidden Figures: The American... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Lu_170902 | 7 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Marie Lu
Marie Lu
Marie Lu is the author of the best-selling “Legend” and “The Young Elites” series. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry as an artist. Now a full-time writer, she spends her spare time reading, drawing, playing games and getting stuck... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Lewis_170902 | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Michael Lewis (w/Mitch Albom)
Michael Lewis
Most of the books of Michael Lewis have been New York Times best-sellers. He is well-known for his nonfiction accounts of the global financial crisis such as “The Big Short,” “Flash Boys” and “Boomerang.” His book about an African-American who was adopted by white evangelical Christians,... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Curato_170902 | 7 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Mike Curato
Mike Curato
A polka-dotted elephant was the subject of Mike Curato’s first book, “Little Elliot, Big City," which has been translated into more than 10 languages. There are now four books in the series. Curato has also provided illustrations for other writers’ books, such as J.J. Austrian’s “Worm Loves... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_ML_AT_170902 | 79 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Mike Lester and Ann Telnaes (w/Michael Cavna, Gene Yang, then Roz Chast)
Mike Lester
Mike Lester is an award-winning editorial cartoonist and illustrator whose work is syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group. His children’s book “A Is for Salad” (Puffin) was a New York Times best-seller in 2000. In 2012, he created and launched the comic strip “Mike du Jour.” He has... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Misc_170902 | 50 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous things. The Politics and Prose book sale area, the Pavilion of States, the Library of Congress Town Square, etc. Folks include authors Bruce White and William Seale at the White House Historical Association, Gareth Hinds and Alison Morris, Peter Slen (the C-Span interviewer), Megan... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Hill_170902 | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Nathan Hill
Nathan Hill
Nathan Hill’s short fiction has appeared in many literary journals, including The Iowa Review, AGNI, The Gettysburg Review and Fiction, which awarded him its annual Fiction Prize. His best-selling debut book, “The Nix” (Vintage), was named one of the best books of 2016 by The New York... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Russell_170902 | 20 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Nikki Russell and Rachel Renee Russell
Nikki Russell
Daughter of the best-selling author Rachel Renee Russell, Nikki Russell has been a member of the writing world for years as the namesake of the main character of the Dork Diaries series. For many years she has done the illustrations for the Dork Diaries books. Her most recent work, done... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Cozzens_170902 | 17 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Peter Cozzens
Peter Cozzens
Peter Cozzens recently retired as a Foreign Service officer at the State Department after 30 years. While at State, he wrote 17 books on the Civil War and the American West. His new book is “The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West” (Knopf). A starred... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_PP_170902 | 20 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Politics and Prose Area |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Saujani_170902 | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Reshma Saujani
Reshma Saujani
Reshma Saujani is a lawyer, politician and founder of the tech organization Girls Who Code, a nonprofit that works to close the gender gap in technology. In 2015, she was named to Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40 list. Saujani has also been named one of Forbes’ Most Powerful Women Changing... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_White_170902 | 17 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Ronald C. White
Ronald C. White
The New York Times said of Ronald C. White’s latest book, “American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant” (Random House): “White delineates Grant’s virtues better than any author before.” White has also written three book on the 16th president, including “A. Lincoln: A Biography,” which... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Chast_170902 | 51 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Roz Chast (w/Michael Cavna, Ann Telnaes, Mike Lester, then Lincoln Pierce)
Roz Chast
Roz Chast is an award-winning cartoonist whose work has been published in The New Yorker, Scientific American, the Harvard Business Review, Redbook and Mother Jones, among other publications. She studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she received her Bachelor of Fine... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Palacio_170902 | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- R. J. Palacio
R. J. Palacio
R. J. Palacio is a children’s book author, illustrator and graphic designer of book covers who lives in New York City. Her first novel, “Wonder,” was a No. 1 New York Times best-seller and award-winner. It follows a 10-year-old boy with a facial disfigurement and the difficulties of being... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Turow_170902 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Scott Turow
Scott Turow
The author of many best-selling works, including the No. 1 New York Times best-selling novel “Innocent,” Scott Turow is one of the legal thriller genre’s most successful writers. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages and have sold over 30 million copies worldwide. When... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Moses_170902 | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Shelia P. Moses
Shelia P. Moses
Poet, author, playwright and producer Shelia P. Moses was raised the ninth of 10 children. She is the co-author of Dick Gregory's memoir, "Callus on My Soul," as well as the award-winning author of several books for young readers: "The Legend of Buddy Bush," "The Return of Buddy Bush,"... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_SR_JR_170902 | 3 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Sherri Duskey Rinker and John Rocco
Sherri Duskey Rinker
Sherri Duskey Rinker is a children’s book author and graphic designer whose first book, “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site,” was a No. 1 New York Times best-seller. Her first book was inspired by her young son’s fascination with trucks and their bedtime ritual of imagining... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Blumenthal_170902 | 22 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Sidney Blumenthal
Sidney Blumenthal
Journalist Sidney Blumenthal has been an aide to President Bill Clinton and was an adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. He has also been on the staff of the Clinton Foundation. He has worked for The New Yorker, The Washington Post and The New Republic, and he... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Stone_170902 | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Tanya Lee Stone
Tanya Lee Stone
Tanya Lee Stone is an award-winning author of picture books, nonfiction and young adult books who teaches writing at Champlain College. Awards for her children’s nonfiction work include the NAACP Image Award for “Courage Has No Color,” the Robert F. Silbert Medal for “Almost Astronauts:... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_Friedman_170902 | 13 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman
New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman is a three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize—two for his reportage and one for commentary. He is internationally recognized for his writing on the Middle East, foreign affairs and the environment. Friedman is also the author of the... |
| 2017_DC_NBF_TF_EL_170902 | 2 | Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Travis Foster and Ethan Long
Travis Foster
Travis Foster graduated from the Ringling College of Art & Design in 1989 (illustration) and has worked full time as a freelance illustrator for more than 25 years. In 2015 Foster started to offer his services as an agent to other artists. His previous books include “What’s New at the... |
| 2017_DC_Price | 120 | Natl Museum of African Art -- Event: "The Price" w/Anthony Onah and Amil Ameen
Seyi, a bright young Nigerian-American working on Wall Street, must navigate complicated family expectations, a turbulent romantic relationship, and a system of cultural complexities caused by class and race. With a dying father, a burgeoning romance with a white girlfriend, and dangerous new... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Gown_171020 | 58 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Melania Trump Inaugural Gown Donation
First Lady Melania Trump will donate the gown she wore to the 2017 inaugural balls to the First Ladies Collection at the National Museum of American History. The vanilla silk crepe off-the-shoulder gown with a slit skirt, ruffled accent trim from neckline to hem and claret ribbon around the waist was... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_NWB_Opening_170628 | 78 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: The Nation We Build Together Opening
Introducing: The Nation We Build Together
This June, we are thrilled to throw open the doors to our newly complete west wing on the museum's second floor. Featuring new signature exhibitions, powerful stories, an interactive space for visitors of all ages, free experiences, hands-on activities, and... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_WD_Items_171010 | 50 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Walking Dead Artifact Donation -- Items
Items donated:
* "Bicycle Girl" Bust (pilot episode)
* "Carl Grimes" Costume (seasons 1-2)
* Child's Walker Costume (pilot episode)
* "Daryl Dixon's" Crossbow (season 1+)
* "Glenn Rhee's" Costume (seasons 1-2)
* "Hershel Greene's" Head Prop (season 4)
* "Merle Dixon's" Weaponized Hand Rig... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_WD_Donation_171010 | 140 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Walking Dead Artifact Donation -- Presentation
Cast and production executives from the award-winning TV series The Walking Dead will donate memorabilia to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
Who:
* John Gray, director, National Museum of American History
* Eric Jentsch, museum curator, National Museum of American History
... |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Storage_170312 | 8 | Natl Museum of American History -- Items from Storage (Ambassadors of Jazz) |
| 2017_DC_SIAH_Storage_170310 | 39 | Natl Museum of American History -- Items from Storage (World War I)
The medical group brought out some World War I-related items from storage. |
| 2017_DC_SINH_Amazon_Adv_170418 | 145 | Natl Museum of Natural History -- Event: World premier of "Amazon Adventure 3D"
The Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History, HHMI Tangle Bank Studios and SK Films invite you and a guest to the world premier of :
Amazon Adventure 3D: A True Story of Scientific Discovery
Amazon Adventure 3D
Amazon Adventure 3D tells the epic, true story of explorer Henry Bates'... |
| 2017_DC_AmerInd_Tarzan_170209 | 153 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: From Tarzan to Tonto
From Tarzan to Tonto: Stereotypes as Obstacles to Progress Toward a More Perfect Union
A Special Program Examining the Pervasiveness of Stereotypes in American Culture
As early Americans sought to define their identity in a new country, race became a major fixation. Tarzan and Jane, Tonto and the Lone... |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_FellowO_170405 | 121 | Natl Postal Museum -- Event: My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I Opening
The Smithsonian's National Postal Museum cordially invites you to the opening of the museum's newest exhibition, My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I.
This special exhibition commemorates the centennial of America's involvement in World War I and uncovers this rich history through compelling... |
| 2017_DC_SIPM_Enholm_170419 | 46 | Natl Postal Museum -- Event: Robert Enholm (Woodrow Wilson's presidency)
This April marks the centennial of the United States’ involvement in World War I. The National Postal Museum’s newest exhibition, My Fellow Soldiers: Letters From World War I commemorates this anniversary. Please join us for a Lunchtime Lecture on Wednesday, April 19 highlighting this topic. Our speaker... |
| 2017_DC_AUSA_USWWI_Coin_171009 | 72 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Event: Commemorative Coin Unveiling @ AUSA
Today, the U.S. Mint officially unveiled their new collectible commemorative coin that marks the 100th anniversary of American participation in World War I.
The unveiling was hosted by the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Army, Ryan McCarthy & Chief of Staff General Mark Millie, and took place at the... |
| 2017_DC_USWWI_GBreaking_171109 | 327 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Event: Groundbreaking Ceremony
CENTENNIAL COMMISSION TO HOST CEREMONIAL GROUNDBREAKING FOR AMERICA'S WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
Event at DC's Pershing Park to thank supporters & partners in the creation of the newest national memorial in the nation's capital
The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission will host a ceremonial groundbreaking... |
| 2017_DC_USWWI_Panels | 187 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Exhibit: Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace
Fields Of Battle, Lands Of Peace: The Doughboys 1917-1918
Washington, D.C. – Nov. 9 – Dec. 3, 2017, Pershing Park
World War I was the first “modern” war. Industry enabled weapons and explosives to be manufactured in vast quantities that brought death and destruction on a scale never previously... |
| 2017_DC_USWWI_Sacrifice_170413 | 93 | Natl World War I Memorial & Natl Archives -- Event: 100 Years: World War I and The Weight of Sacrifice
100 Years: World War I and The Weight of Sacrifice
April 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of American entry into World War I. In partnership with the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, we present a program honoring Americans who served in the war. The Commission is building a National WWI memorial... |
| 2017_DC_Canstruction | 101 | NBM -- Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® 2017
2017 Theme: CANnect with Nature
Build Out: Sunday, November 19, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dates: Sunday, November 19 - Sunday, November 26, 2017
Location: National Building Museum
Canstruction is a nationwide program that aims to raise awareness about hunger. In DC, Canstruction is organized by the... |
| 2017_DC_Tech_Existential_171005 | 65 | New America -- Is Big Tech An Existential Threat? (w/Franklin Foer)
Is Big Tech An Existential Threat?
Tech companies like Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook have revolutionized our lives, connecting us in ways that were once unimaginable — to each other, to information, and to entertainment. Conventional wisdom leads us to believe that the technologies unleashed by... |
| 2017_DC_Buzzfeed_170125 | 71 | Newseum -- Buzzfeed Brews @ the Newseum (w/Joaquin Castro)
Buzzfeed Brews @ the Newseum
We are excited to announce Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) will be joining Wednesday’s panel, co-sponsored by BuzzFeed, to discuss the post-inaugural forecast.
Guests will enjoy an open bar and passed bites during this casual program series.
The event was intrtoduced by... |
| 2017_DC_JFK100_170508 | 98 | Newseum -- Celebrating the Centennial of John F. Kennedy (w/Robert Dallek, Fredrik Logevall, Stephen Kennedy Smith, and Edward Widmer)
Celebrating the Centennial of John F. Kennedy
To commemorate the centennial of President John F. Kennedy’s birth, some of the nation’s leading historians discuss the life and legacy of the nation’s 35th president.
The program will also focus on the book, “JFK: A Vision for America,” a compendium of... |
| 2017_DC_Epstein_170202 | 18 | Newseum -- Edward Jay Epstein ("How America Losts Its Secrets")
How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, The Man And The Theft
Explore the controversial and the ongoing enigma that is the Edward Snowden affair with Edward Jay Epstein, author of the new book, How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, The Man and the Theft.
Epstein’s book is the first... |
| 2017_DC_Crossroads_170321 | 55 | Newseum -- First Amendment Center -- American Muslims at the Crossroads
American Muslims at the Crossroads:
Over the past two years and amidst a deeply divisive presidential election cycle, American Muslims have found themselves at the center of heated social and political debates. One byproduct of this increased attention has been a spike in negatively charged rhetoric... |
| 2017_DC_Forbidden_171031 | 53 | Newseum -- Forbidden Stories launch
You are invited to the launch of Forbidden Stories
“The voices of journalists killed, threatened, and imprisoned will never be silent again”
Reporters Without Borders and Freedom Voices Network invite you to the launch of Forbidden Stories:
The goal of Forbidden Stories is to secure and continue... |
| 2017_DC_Stone_170405 | 18 | Newseum -- Geoffrey R. Stone ("Sex and the Constitution")
Sex and the Constitution
Author Geoffrey R. Stone talks about his new book, “Sex and the Constitution,” which chronicles the epic story of how sex came to be legislated in America.
The book explores how two centuries of American law have imposed regulations over contraception, abortion, obscenity and... |
| 2017_DC_Ind_Journalism_170118 | 38 | Newseum -- Independent Journalism In The Trump Presidency: Taking The $$$ Out Of Political Coverage
Independent Journalism In The Trump Presidency: Taking The $$$ Out Of Political Coverage
Over the past several decades, broadcast media has increasingly depended on advertisers, ratings and clicks in order to produce journalism. Yet as we enter a new presidential administration and simultaneously face... |
| 2017_DC_Hornaday_170226 | 54 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Ann Hornaday (Oscar Preview)
Oscar Preview With Washington Post Film Critic Ann Hornaday
Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday previews the 89th annual Academy Awards and discusses some of the biggest hits of the year.
The program will feature clips from some of the Oscar-nominated films.
Hornaday, a critic with The Post... |
| 2017_DC_Hornaday_170819 | 40 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Ann Hornaday ("How to Watch Movies")
Inside Media: “How to Watch Movies” With Washington Post Film Critic Ann Hornaday
Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday talks about her new book, “Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies.” The book provides a guide for those looking to understand and interpret the medium that continues to educate and... |
| 2017_DC_Baier_170107 | 57 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Bret Baier ("Three Days in January")
Inside Media: Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier On The Legacy Of President Eisenhower
Bret Baier, chief political anchor for Fox News Channel, talks about his new book, “Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission.”
The book chronicles Eisenhower’s last three days in office as president and... |
| 2017_DC_Abrams_170430 | 41 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Floyd Abrams ("The Soul of the First Amendment")
Inside Media: Floyd Abrams on "The Soul of the First Amendment":
Floyd Abrams, an award-winning legal scholar and America’s best-known First Amendment lawyer, talks about his new book, “The Soul of the First Amendment,” which examines how American law protects free speech.
Abram’s book argues that... |
| 2017_DC_Graham_170225 | 71 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Mary Graham ("Use And Abuse Of Hidden Presidential Power")
Inside Media: The Use And Abuse Of Hidden Presidential Power
Author Mary Graham talks about her new book “Presidents’ Secrets: The Use and Abuse of Hidden Power,” which highlights three moments in history when the need for secrecy and openness clashed and when presidents’ choices altered American... |
| 2017_DC_Press_FreedomIM_170428 | 47 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/panel (State of World Press Freedom)
The State of World Press Freedom
After the 10:30 a.m. map unveiling, the Newseum and Freedom House will host two special programs in the Knight TV Studio assessing the state of press freedom throughout the world as well as here in the United States.
The first panel (left to right)
* Vanessa Tucker,... |
| 2017_DC_Souza_171216 | 167 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Pete Souza ("Obama: An Intimate Portrait")
Inside Media: Former White House Photographer Pete Souza @ Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater | Washington | District of Columbia | United States
Pete Souza, former chief official White House photographer for President Barack Obama, talks about and displays images from his new book, “Obama: An... |
| 2017_DC_Regime_Change_170212 | 52 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Regime Change (w/David Muse and Drew Lichtenberg)
Inside Media: Regime Change and Freedom of the Press: How Does the New Play "King Charles III" Mirror Reality?
To mark the opening of the new play “King Charles III” at Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, the Newseum partners with the company to discuss the play’s themes, which include regime... |
| 2017_DC_Simon_170415 | 42 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Scott Simon ("My Cubs: A Love Story")
Inside Media: NPR's Scott Simon
Scott Simon, host of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday,” talks about his new book, “My Cubs: A Love Story,” which chronicles his long history as a fan of the Chicago Cubs.
The book takes readers back to Simon’s adolescence in Chicago as a die-hard fan and tells the story... |
| 2017_DC_Levingston_171001 | 51 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Steven Levingston ("JFK, MLK And The Civil Rights Movement")
Inside Media: JFK, MLK And The Civil Rights Movement
The Washington Post’s Steven Levingston talks about his new book, “Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle Over Civil Rights,” which tells the story of the contentious but ultimately revolutionary relationship between the nation’s... |
| 2017_DC_Slants_170416 | 104 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/the Slants ("The First Amendment and Rock 'n' Roll")
Inside Media: The First Amendment and Rock ’n’ Roll
Members of the Asian American rock band The Slants talk about their landmark Supreme Court case against the United States Trademark Office over the band’s name.
In 2011, band leader Simon Tam applied to register the band’s name as an exclusive... |
| 2017_DC_China_170207 | 83 | Newseum -- Panel -- How Should The U.S. Approach China?
How Should The U.S. Approach China? Policy Recommendations For A New Administration
Members of a high-level task force on U.S. policy toward China will disclose their expert recommendations for the new Trump administration on maintaining the nation’s crucial bilateral relationship with China. The... |
| 2017_DC_Rebuilding_Trust_171117 | 63 | Newseum -- Panel -- Rebuilding Trust in Journalism
Rebuilding Trust in Journalism
Join The Trust Project and the Newseum Institute for a discussion on efforts to rebuild the public's trust in journalism. Get insights from news industry leaders like Google's VP of News Richard Gingras and Mic Publisher Cory Haik, and hear about on-the-ground... |
| 2017_DC_Inside_FBI_NY2_170412 | 49 | Newseum -- Premier screening of "Inside the FBI: New York" (w/James Comey and Marc Levin) -- Presentation
Dick Wolf, in association with Brick City TV, and the Newseum invite you to a premiere screening of the new documentary series: Inside the FBI: New York
FBI Director James Comey and executive producer Marc Levin will take part in a panel discussion following the screening.
Moderating the panel was... |
| 2017_DC_Inside_FBI_NY_170412 | 76 | Newseum -- Premier screening of "Inside the FBI: New York" (w/James Comey and Marc Levin) -- Step and Repeat
Dick Wolf, in association with Brick City TV, and the Newseum invite you to a premiere screening of the new documentary series: Inside the FBI: New York
FBI Director James Comey and executive producer Marc Levin will take part in a panel discussion following the screening.
Moderating the panel was... |
| 2017_DC_Schieffer_171111 | 40 | Newseum -- President and the Press: Bob Schieffer
The President And The Press: Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer, one of America’s pre-eminent television journalists and former host of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” talks about his new book, “Overload: Finding Truth in Today’s Deluge of News.”
From the explosion of fake news to the challenges of the 24 hour news... |
| 2017_DC_Van_Susteren_171118 | 41 | Newseum -- President and the Press: Greta Van Susteren ("Everything You Need to Know About Social Media")
The Newseum continues its series “The President and the Press” with former MSNBC host and Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren who talks about her new book, “Everything You Need to Know About Social Media,” which provides a simple step-by-step guide to the major social media platforms.
In the book, Van... |
| 2017_DC_Pres_Press1_170412 | 27 | Newseum -- President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days: Session 1 -- David Fahrenthold
“The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days”
On Thursday, April 6, 2017, the Newseum will host “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days,” a half-day forum that will explore the many facets of the relationship with the press in the critical... |
| 2017_DC_Pres_Press2_170412 | 35 | Newseum -- President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days: Session 2 -- Mike Allen, Ari Fleischer, and Jennifer Palmieri
“The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days”
On Thursday, April 6, 2017, the Newseum will host “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days,” a half-day forum that will explore the many facets of the relationship with the press in the critical... |
| 2017_DC_Pres_Press3_170412 | 26 | Newseum -- President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days: Session 3 -- Sean Spicer and Greta Van Susteren
“The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days”
On Thursday, April 6, 2017, the Newseum will host “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days,” a half-day forum that will explore the many facets of the relationship with the press in the critical... |
| 2017_DC_Pres_Press4_170412 | 42 | Newseum -- President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days: Session 4 -- Bret Baier, Jim Acosta, Julie Pace, Charlie Spiering, Glenn Thrush, and Kristen Walker,
“The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days”
On Thursday, April 6, 2017, the Newseum will host “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days,” a half-day forum that will explore the many facets of the relationship with the press in the critical... |
| 2017_DC_Pres_Press5_170412 | 28 | Newseum -- President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days: Session 5 -- Kellyanne Conway and Michael Wolff
“The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days”
On Thursday, April 6, 2017, the Newseum will host “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days,” a half-day forum that will explore the many facets of the relationship with the press in the critical... |
| 2017_DC_Pres_Press6_170412 | 23 | Newseum -- President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days: Session 6 -- Brian Stelter, Carrie Budoff Brown, David Kirkpatrick, and Cecilia Vega
“The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days”
On Thursday, April 6, 2017, the Newseum will host “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days,” a half-day forum that will explore the many facets of the relationship with the press in the critical... |
| 2017_DC_Pres_Press7_170412 | 23 | Newseum -- President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days: Session 7 -- Bob Schieffer
“The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days”
On Thursday, April 6, 2017, the Newseum will host “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days,” a half-day forum that will explore the many facets of the relationship with the press in the critical... |
| 2017_DC_Newseum_SBee_170428 | 4 | Newseum -- Samantha Bee bus (Not the White House Correspondents Dinner) |
| 2017_DC_Press_FreedomA_170428 | 60 | Newseum -- State of World Press Freedom announcement
The State of World Press Freedom
The percentage of the world’s population that has access to a free press remained at its lowest point in 13 years in 2016, says Freedom House, an independent organization that promotes press freedom around the world.
Freedom House cites unprecedented threats to... |
| 2017_DC_Capturing_170928 | 80 | Newseum -- The President's Photographer: Capturing History w/Kenneth T. Walsh, Eric Draper, and Callie Shell
The President's Photographer: Capturing History
To mark the opening of "Creating Camelot: The Kennedy Photography of Jacques Lowe," Eric Draper, President George W. Bush's chief photographer, and Callie Shell, President Barack Obama's photographer from 2004 through his historic campaign and... |
| 2017_DC_Wawa_170613 | 6 | Newseum -- Wawa publicity pending news announcement
Wawa was having a press event that evening to announce that were opening five to ten Wawas in DC with plans to double that in five years. This was their publicity tent for the event. |
| 2017_DC_Lublin_170510 | 39 | Newseum -- Women in the News Media: Lessons from the Trailblazers (w/Joann Lublin)
Women in the News Media: Lessons from the Trailblazers:
Joann Lublin of the Wall Street Journal and author of “Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World,” talks about her own experiences in journalism and what she learned from the women news media leaders she... |
| 2017_DC_Yes_Virginia_171202 | 105 | Newseum -- "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" (w/Macy's Santa Claus)
Celebrate the season with a reading of the heart-warming editorial, Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. Afterward, the One-and-Only Santa Claus will make a special guest appearance to read “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” and pose for photos with good boys and girls. The Figgy Puddings Holiday... |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA_Charter_170930 | 12 | NMAAHC -- Event: Charter Member Open House
We are delighted that you will be joining us this Saturday, September 30th for the National Museum of African American History and Culture's First Anniversary Charter Members' Open House! The evening will be a special opportunity for members like you to explore the entire Museum and to mix and mingle... |
| 2017_DC_Mudbound_171130 | 88 | NMAAHC -- Event: Cinema + Conversation: Mudbound (w/Dee Rees, Rob Morgan, Jason Mitchell, and Garrett Hedlund)
A screening of acclaimed director Dee Rees’ new film MUDBOUND in the Oprah Winfrey Theater. Based on a book by Hillary Jordan, the film illustrates the lives of white and black families in rural Mississippi as they confront the brutal realities of prejudice, farming and friendship in a divided World War... |
| 2017_DC_Souza_171120 | 217 | NMAAHC -- Event: Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza
Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza
Former White House photographer, Pete Souza has collected more than three hundred of his most iconic photographs into a comprehensive visual chronicle of the Obama presidency. These photographs, some of which have never been published, document the most... |
| 2017_DC_Quincy_Jones_171130 | 50 | NMAAHC -- Event: On Art and Creativity: Quincy Jones
On Art and Creativity a Conversation between Quincy Jones and Dwandalyn Reece:
Listen as 2017 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award winner, Quincy Jones, talk about his incomparable career as a composer, arranger, and producer in the television, film and recording industries. Dwandalyn Reece, PhD,... |
| 2017_DC_SINMAA_Picture_170504 | 195 | NMAAHC -- Event: Opening for "More Than A Picture" exhibit
Lonnie G. Bunch III, Founding Director
National Museum of African American History and Culture
invites you to the Opening Reception for
More Than A Picture
Selections from the Photography Collection at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. |
| 2017_DC_NPC_Bookfair_171110 | 121 | NPC -- 40th Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2017)
Pols, Pundits & Cultural Legends
Book Fair & Authors' Night
The Capitol region’s premiere holiday book event is back for the 40th year! The National Press Club Journalism Institute is once again partnering with landmark local book seller Politics & Prose for a night of pols, pundits and... |
| 2017_DC_Kalb_170408 | 85 | NPC -- Kalb Report: "Fight for Freedom of the Press" (w/Jake Tapper and David Fahrenthold)
The Fight for Freedom of the Press
The White House has launched an all-out war against the press terming several news organizations, including CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, and The New York Times, the “enemy of the American people,” and their work, “fake news.” The president’s chief strategist has called the... |
| 2017_DC_Kalb_171016 | 77 | NPC -- Kalb Report: "Guardians of the Fourth Estate" (w/Dean Baquet and Marty Baron)
The Kalb Report: Guardians of the Fourth Estate
The President of the United States has challenged the legitimacy of journalism. What is his intent and can he succeed? What is the proper response from the journalistic community? Are some news organizations “out to get him” as backers of the president... |
| 2017_DC_Metheny_170612 | 22 | NYU & DC Jazz Fest -- Salon Series: A Conversation with Pat Metheny
Salon Series: A Conversation with Pat Metheny
NYU Washington, DC and DC Jazz Fest present Meet the Artist: featuring Pat Metheny. Pat Methany is a renowned jazz guitarist and composer, earning both commercial success and a reputation as a sophisticated and respected guitar improvisor.
Jazz in the... |
| 2017_DC_Great_War_170403 | 85 | PBS American Experience's "The Great War" Preview and Discussion @ Newseum
Join us for a special preview of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's upcoming miniseries, The Great War. A panel discussion with special guests from the film will follow the screening, including:
* Stephen Ives, The Great War series producer
* A. Scott Berg, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and author of Wilson
*... |
| 2017_DC_Franken_171003 | 103 | Politics & Prose -- Al Franken ("Al Franken, Giant of the Senate")
Al Franken - Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Senator Al Franken has represented Minnesota in the United States Senate since 2009. He was first elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2014. His memoir is about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an... |
| 2017_DC_Waters_171029 | 37 | Politics & Prose -- Alice Waters ("Coming to My Senses")
Alice Waters - Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
Waters’s memoir combines anecdotes, letters, photos, and recipes to tell the remarkable story of how she opened Chez Panisse and helped launch the local organic food movement. Her path from a conventional suburban upbringing to... |
| 2017_DC_McCarthy_170409 | 49 | Politics & Prose -- Andrew McCarthy ("Just Fly Away")
Andrew McCarthy - Just Fly Away:
Fifteen-year-old Lucy has a perfectly normal life and a drama-free family. Although her parents can be embarrassing sometimes, she has never questioned how much they love her. When Lucy learns she has a half-brother from her father’s secret affair eight years ago, she... |
| 2017_DC_Hornaday_170729 | 43 | Politics & Prose -- Ann Hornaday ("Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies")
Ann Hornaday - Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies
To get the most out of a film, Hornaday argues, viewers need to be as actively engaged in watching it as the filmmakers were in creating it. Film critic for The Washington Post, Hornaday guides us through the movie-making process and shows how to... |
| 2017_DC_Blitt_171029 | 102 | Politics & Prose -- Barry Blitt ("Blitt") w/Mike Allen
Barry Blitt - Blitt — in conversation with Mike Allen
From the Obama fist bump to Hillary Clinton in the boxing ring to Donald Trump in a tiara, Blitt’s drawings have indelibly captured key political moments. A cartoonist and illustrator, Blitt has published several books for children, including The 39... |
| 2017_DC_Overload_171204 | 66 | Politics & Prose -- Bob Schieffer and H. Andrew Schwartz ("Overload")
Bob Schieffer and H. Andrew Schwartz - Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News
Host of Face the Nation from 1991 to 2015, Schieffer has been with CBS News since 1969. He’s one of the few journalists to have covered the White House, the Pentagon, Congress, and the State Department, work... |
| 2017_DC_Meltzer_170111 | 71 | Politics & Prose -- Brad Meltzer ("I Am Jim Henson")
Brad Meltzer - I Am Jim Henson:
You may know Jim Henson as the beloved voice of Kermit the Frog, and the creative mind behind The Muppets and Sesame Street. But did you know that he made his first Kermit puppet out of his mother’s old sweater? Brad Meltzer gives insight into the puppeteer’s childhood... |
| 2017_DC_Matthews_171104 | 64 | Politics & Prose -- Chris Matthews ("Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit")
Chris Matthews - Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit
Matthews, political commentator and host of MSNBC’s Hardball, uncovered new facets of JFK in his acclaimed Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero. Now he looks closely at the brilliant younger brother Jack often overshadowed. Drawing on extensive research and... |
| 2017_DC_Roberts_170302 | 69 | Politics & Prose -- Cokie Roberts ("Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation")
Cokie Roberts - Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
So many women throughout history have been key drivers for our nation’s progress, but too often they go unrecognized for their contributions. Acclaimed political commentator and author, Roberts, has written an informational picture book... |
| 2017_DC_Murphy_171205 | 67 | Politics & Prose -- Cullen Murphy ("Cartoon County")
Cullen Murphy - Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe
Murphy, editor at large at Vanity Fair and the author of books including God’s Jury, grew up in the middle of a thriving community of illustrators and cartoonists in southwestern Connecticut. His father, John... |
| 2017_DC_Jones_170920 | 44 | Politics & Prose -- Dan Jones ("The Templars")
Dan Jones - The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
The Knights Templar was a Catholic military order established in 1119, just after the First Crusade. Charged with protecting Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land, the order was supported by the wealthy and powerful of Europe... |
| 2017_DC_Dorsen_170409 | 19 | Politics & Prose -- David M. Dorsen ("The Unexpected Scalia")
David M. Dorsen - The Unexpected Scalia: A Conservative Justice's Liberal Opinions
In his comprehensive analysis of Antonin Scalia’s judicial philosophy, Dorsen, Of Counsel with Sedgwick, LLP, former Assistant Chief Counsel of the Senate Watergate Committee, and author of Henry Friendly, finds that the... |
| 2017_DC_Sesno_170223 | 99 | Politics & Prose -- Frank Sesno ("Ask More")
Frank Sesno - Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change
Perhaps the most essential skill for solving problems, Sesno says, is simply asking questions. Questions help define parameters, gauge needs, and fuel creativity. But framing the right questions at the... |
| 2017_DC_Grisham_170628 | 66 | Politics & Prose -- John Grisham ("Camino Island") w/David Grann
John Grisham - Camino Island
Join us for an exclusive evening with John Grisham for his new book, Camino Island. This thriller starts with a spectacular heist: thieves break into a vault in Princeton's Firestone Library and get away with rare books and manuscripts insured for $25 million—and probably... |
| 2017_DC_Applegate_170926 | 66 | Politics & Prose -- Katherine Applegate ("Wishtree")
Katherine Applegate - Wishtree
Trees tell stories, in the rings on their trunks and in the spirits whispering in their leaves. This story chronicles a community through the perspective of the neighborhood “wishtree”, where individuals pin their hopes and dreams. When a new family moves into the... |
| 2017_DC_Wainwright_170906 | 59 | Politics & Prose -- Loudon Wainwright III ("Liner Notes")
Loudon Wainwright III - Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things
A revered singer, songwriter, and actor, Wainwright has recorded nearly thirty albums since the late 1960s. Many of his songs have an autobiographical inspiration, and his... |
| 2017_DC_Bowden_170829 | 105 | Politics & Prose -- Mark Bowden ("Hue 1968") w/Bob Woodward
Mark Bowden - Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam — in conversation with Bob Woodward
Hue, the ancient capital of Vietnam, was the country’s third-largest city in 1968 when it became the center of the Tet Offensive. The North Vietnamese stormed Hue from hidden outposts, surprising... |
| 2017_DC_Kalb_171021 | 93 | Politics & Prose -- Marvin Kalb ("The Year I Was Peter the Great")
Marvin Kalb - The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia
1956 is known in Russia as “the year of the thaw” for the anti-communist uprisings that followed Khrushchev’s denunciation of Stalin. That year, Kalb was a diplomatic attaché at the U.S.... |
| 2017_DC_Korda_170927 | 39 | Politics & Prose -- Michael Korda ("Alone")
Michael Korda - Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory
1940 was a year of world-changing events: Germany plowed through the Maginot Line and invaded France, trapped Allied troops were evacuated from Dunkirk, and Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister and... |
| 2017_DC_Curato_170912 | 63 | Politics & Prose -- Mike Curato ("All the Way to Havana")
Margarita Engle and Mike Curato - All the Way to Havana
We are delighted that your child’s class will be joining us at Politics and Prose Bookstore on September 12 for a visit with author Margarita Engle and illustrator Mike Curato to celebrate their first picture book collaboration, All the Way to... |
| 2017_DC_Dallek_171108 | 90 | Politics & Prose -- Robert Dallek ("Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life")
Robert Dallek - Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life
One of the country’s premier presidential historians, Dallek is the author of studies including the classic An Unfinished Life, Camelot’s Court, and the award-winning Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945. His new book, the... |
| 2017_DC_Stone_170708 | 51 | Politics & Prose -- Roger D. Stone ("The Lives of Dillon Ripley")
Roger D. Stone - The Lives of Dillon Ripley: Natural Scientist, Wartime Spy, and Pioneering Leader of the Smithsonian Institution
With its nineteen museums and galleries, nine research facilities, and the National Zoo, The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex. Much... |
| 2017_DC_Collins_171112 | 68 | Politics & Prose -- Ronald K. L. Collins ("The Judge") w/Adam Liptak
Ronald K. L. Collins - The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons — in conversation with Adam Liptak
It’s a given that judges should be above merely political concerns. The more realistic view, however, is that the judicial decision-making of both legal realists and originalists is entirely political. In this... |
| 2017_DC_Quinn_170911 | 48 | Politics & Prose -- Sally Quinn ("Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir")
Sally Quinn - Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir
A quintessential Washingtonian, Quinn is an author, television reporter, and journalist who has worked and socialized with the city’s movers and shakers for several decades. Her memoir chronicles her work at The Washington Post and her marriage to its... |
| 2017_DC_Simon_170510 | 89 | Politics & Prose -- Scott Simon ("My Cubs: A Love Story")
Scott Simon - My Cubs: A Love Story
Simon, the award-winning host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, is a life-long Cubs fan. His heartfelt and vivid memoir of growing up in Chicago reflects on how the team shaped the neighborhood and the city, and how it influenced the boy Simon was and the man he... |
| 2017_DC_Isaacson_171106 | 57 | Politics & Prose -- Walter Isaacson ("Leonardo Da Vinci")
Walter Isaacson - Leonardo Da Vinci
As great a scientist as he was an artist, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) produced aesthetic masterpieces such as The Last Supper and Mona Lisa alongside The Vitruvian Man, which was also a study in proportions. Most of his projects drew on multiple disciplines, and... |
| 2017_DC_Hogeland_170522 | 23 | Politics & Prose -- William Hogeland ("Autumn of the Black Snake")
William Hogeland - Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West
In his fifth book, Hogeland, an independent historian whose works include The Whiskey Rebellion and Declaration, looks back to 1791, when a seemingly inconsequential encounter between a... |
| 2017_DC_Siegel_171205 | 31 | Politics & Prose @ Chevy Chase Library -- Mark Siegel ("5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior")
Mark Siegel - 5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior — at Chevy Chase Library (DC)
Award-winning writer and illustrator Mark Siegel shares The Sand Warrior, the first book of the sci-fi/fantasy adventure series 5 Worlds, providing a behind-the-scenes look at making an epic graphic novel series. The Five Worlds... |
| 2017_DC_Baldwin_171114 | 48 | Politics & Prose @ GWU Lisner -- Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen ("You Can't Spell America Without Me")
Alec Baldwin - You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (a So-Called Parody) — at GW Lisner Auditorium
GW and Politics and Prose Present Alec Baldwin with Kurt Andersen
Working the special magic of political satire,... |
| 2017_DC_Rather_171109 | 75 | Politics & Prose @ GWU Lisner -- Dan Rather ("What Unites Us") w/Jonathan Capehart
Dan Rather - What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism — at GW Lisner Auditorium
“The world is a better place when we have an open exchange of ideas,” Rather states on News and Guts, his Facebook news feed and social media platform. Adding millions of followers to the legions of viewers he won across a... |
| 2017_DC_Alexis_FF_170417 | 67 | Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Alexis Frederick-Frost ("Hocus Focus")
Alexis Frederick-Frost - Hocus Focus — at Takoma Park Library (MD)
Imagine how frustrated you’d be if you worked for a wizard and never learning any magic! The Knight knows this feeling well, and he’s determined to change it. His plan is simple: find a book of spells, whip up a potion, steal the... |
| 2017_DC_HR_Clinton_170918 | 27 | Politics & Prose @ Warner Theater -- Hillary Rodham Clinton ("What Happened")
Join Hillary Rodham Clinton this Fall as she travels the United States. She’ll connect with audiences in a conversation about a story that’s personal, raw, detailed and surprisingly funny. She’ll take you with her on her journey and talk about What Happened, what’s next, and what’s on your mind.
What... |
| 2017_DC_Hanks_171020 | 35 | Politics & Prose @ Warner Theater -- Tom Hanks ("Uncommon Type") w/Ann Patchett
Tom Hanks, an avid typewriter collector, is releasing his first book of short stories, Uncommon Type, which is filled with typewriters, and with stories about dreams and nightmares come true. Hanks follows an Eastern European man from his war-torn home to a new life in America and explores how bowling a... |
| 2017_DC_Lincolns1st_170118 | 172 | Remembering Lincoln's First Inaugural Address @ Old Naval Hospital (Hill Center)
Remember Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address at the Old Naval Hospital
The program includes delivery of the Address by George Buss of Freeport, Illinois, who delivers the Gettysburg Address at the annual Gettysburg ceremony every November 19th. A panel discussion will be led by Michelle Krowl of the... |
| 2017_DC_SIRG_Murder_Party_171020 | 117 | Renwick Gallery -- Event: Murder Is Her Hobby Opening Party with SAAM and BYT
Murder Is Her Hobby Opening Party with SAAM and BYT
Get ready for: A murdery after hours to kick off the Halloween season featuring exclusive access to the BRAND NEW exhibition Murder is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death! Madame Gandhi will be DJing, open... |
| 2017_DC_ChineseFD_Acro_170128 | 195 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2017) -- Acrobats
Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community for the 2017 Lunar New Year and celebrate the Year of the Rooster! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the New Year. Enjoy a variety of activities and demonstrations throughout the day including: traditional paper cutting; bristle dolls;... |
| 2017_DC_ChineseFD_Crafts_170128 | 55 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2017) -- Crafts and Miscellaneous
Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community for the 2017 Lunar New Year and celebrate the Year of the Rooster! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the New Year. Enjoy a variety of activities and demonstrations throughout the day including: traditional paper cutting; bristle dolls;... |
| 2017_DC_ChineseFD_Lions_170128 | 93 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2017) -- Lion Awakening Ceremony and Visitors
Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community for the 2017 Lunar New Year and celebrate the Year of the Rooster! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the New Year. Enjoy a variety of activities and demonstrations throughout the day including: traditional paper cutting; bristle dolls;... |
| 2017_DC_ChineseFD_Music_170128 | 90 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2017) -- Music
Join SAAM as we open our doors to the Chinatown and DC community for the 2017 Lunar New Year and celebrate the Year of the Rooster! Help us "awaken the lion" and ring in the New Year. Enjoy a variety of activities and demonstrations throughout the day including: traditional paper cutting; bristle dolls;... |
| 2017_DC_HispanicFD_BF_171007 | 140 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Hispanic Heritage Month Family Day -- Ballet Folklorico Mi Herencia Mexicana
Hispanic Heritage Month Family Day
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at SAAM! Dance in the courtyard, create colorful crafts, and participate in a museum-wide scavenger hunt! Discover works by Latino artists, which are part of a major initiative at SAAM to build a significant collection of Latino art... |
| 2017_DC_HispanicFD_CA_171007 | 19 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Hispanic Heritage Month Family Day -- Cantare
Hispanic Heritage Month Family Day
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at SAAM! Dance in the courtyard, create colorful crafts, and participate in a museum-wide scavenger hunt! Discover works by Latino artists, which are part of a major initiative at SAAM to build a significant collection of Latino art... |
| 2017_DC_HispanicFD_M_171007 | 92 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Hispanic Heritage Month Family Day -- Crafts etc
Hispanic Heritage Month Family Day
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at SAAM! Dance in the courtyard, create colorful crafts, and participate in a museum-wide scavenger hunt! Discover works by Latino artists, which are part of a major initiative at SAAM to build a significant collection of Latino art... |
| 2017_DC_CBlossomFD_Misc_170325 | 57 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM Cherry Blossom -- Crafts and Miscellaneous
SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration
Join SAAM and the National Cherry Blossom Festival for a celebration of Japanese culture! A taiko drumming performance kicks off the day, followed by Japanese music and dance performances, face painting, and cherry blossom themed crafts. Make your own tatebanko (a... |
| 2017_DC_CBlossomFD_Music_170325 | 38 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM Cherry Blossom -- Japanese Musical Performance
SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration
Join SAAM and the National Cherry Blossom Festival for a celebration of Japanese culture! A taiko drumming performance kicks off the day, followed by Japanese music and dance performances, face painting, and cherry blossom themed crafts. Make your own tatebanko (a... |
| 2017_DC_CBlossomFD_Drums_170325 | 192 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM Cherry Blossom -- Taiko Drumming by Nen Daiko
SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration
Join SAAM and the National Cherry Blossom Festival for a celebration of Japanese culture! A taiko drumming performance kicks off the day, followed by Japanese music and dance performances, face painting, and cherry blossom themed crafts. Make your own tatebanko (a... |
| 2017_DC_CBlossomFD_Dance_170325 | 49 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM Cherry Blossom -- Traditional Dance by Onoe Ryu
SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration
Join SAAM and the National Cherry Blossom Festival for a celebration of Japanese culture! A taiko drumming performance kicks off the day, followed by Japanese music and dance performances, face painting, and cherry blossom themed crafts. Make your own tatebanko (a... |
| 2017_DC_SafariFD2_170916 | 101 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM on Safari -- Bowen McCauley Dancers
Family Day: SAAM on Safari
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to venture on a jungle safari? Take a walk on the wild side with SAAM and find out! Challenge yourself with a photo scavenger hunt—see if you can spot the animals hiding throughout the museum. Make your own binoculars at one of the... |
| 2017_DC_SafariFD_170916 | 33 | Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- SAAM on Safari -- Crafts
Family Day: SAAM on Safari
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to venture on a jungle safari? Take a walk on the wild side with SAAM and find out! Challenge yourself with a photo scavenger hunt—see if you can spot the animals hiding throughout the museum. Make your own binoculars at one of the... |
| 2017_DC_Ella_Concert_170429 | 36 | Reynolds Center -- Performance -- Ella Turns 100 concert w/Duke Ellington School of the Arts New Washingtonians Jazz Ensemble
Ella Turns 100
Jazz’s first lady of song turns 100! Join SAAM as we celebrate Ella Fitzgerald’s musical legacy with vocalist, Sharón Clark and her ensemble as they perform works that span Fitzgerald’s extensive career and highlight the timelessness of Ella’s rich repertoire. The Duke Ellington School... |
| 2017_DC_Martha_Graham_170303 | 76 | Reynolds Center -- Performance (SAAM) -- Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi: Cave of the Heart Dance (1 of 2) -- Discussion
Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi: Cave of the Heart Dance Performance
This spring, Martha Graham Dance Company presents Cave of the Heart at SAAM. This powerful, one-act performance features a set and costume created by Noguchi that is considered an extension of the dancer’s movements. Join us for this... |
| 2017_DC_Martha_GrahamP_170303 | 82 | Reynolds Center -- Performance (SAAM) -- Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi: Cave of the Heart Dance (2 of 2) -- Performance
Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi: Cave of the Heart Dance Performance
This spring, Martha Graham Dance Company presents Cave of the Heart at SAAM. This powerful, one-act performance features a set and costume created by Noguchi that is considered an extension of the dancer’s movements. Join us for this... |
| 2017_DC_Skorton_171120 | 10 | Reynolds Center -- Secretary Skorton Checks Out Visitor Services |
| 2017_DC_Morell_171115 | 149 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Abelardo Morell ("The Universe Next Door") (Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture)
Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture Series: Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door
Abelardo Morell is a Boston-based artist born in Havana, Cuba. Morell earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Bowdoin College in 1977, and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University School of Art in 1981. Morell’s work has... |
| 2017_DC_Cobb_171113 | 55 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Artist Talk: Jodi Cobb: Stranger in a Strange Land
Join veteran National Geographic photographer Jodi Cobb on a whirlwind retrospective of a distinguished career spanning four decades. One of only four female staff photographers, she is known for breaking through barriers and lifting a curtain on hidden societies. Her landmark story 21st-Century Slaves... |
| 2017_DC_WAS60s_170112 | 39 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Panel -- Washington Art Scene in the 60s
Washington Art Scene in the 60s
Gene Davis was at the center of the DC art scene in the 1960s, a time of bold experimentation with color and abstraction. Join Benjamin Forgey, independent art critic, Jean Lawlor Cohen, consulting curator, Jack Rasmussen, director and curator of the American University... |
| 2017_DC_Smee_171025 | 56 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Sebastian Smee ("Art and Darkness") (Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture)
Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture Series: Art and Darkness: The Benefits and Otherwise of Being in the Dark
Sebastian Smee is the art critic at The Boston Globe and won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2011. He is the author of six books and has written for numerous international publications,... |
| 2017_DC_Yount_170913 | 70 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Sylvia Yount ("Breaking Boundaries: American Art and the 21st-Century Museum") (Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture)
Sylvia Yount is the Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she oversees fine and decorative arts from the colonial period to the early twentieth century. In her curatorial and administrative practice, Yount works to expand and enrich... |
| 2017_DC_JS_Williams_171116 | 68 | Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Take 5! -- J. S. Williams Ensemble Pays Tribute to Alan Shorter
J. S. Williams Ensemble Pays Tribute to Alan Shorter
Join SAAM as J. S. Williams honors the life and music of fellow trumpeter Alan Shorter. Both musicians share many similarities: each briefly studied at Howard University before pursuing their music in New York City, both played in military bands, and... |
| 2017_DC_RFK_Journalism_170523 | 185 | Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards (2017) @ Newseum
Please join Ethel Kennedy & Kerry Kennedy to Celebrate the Winners of the 2017 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards
Program:
* Welcome: Jeffrey Herbst, President & CEO of the Newseum
* Introduction: Michael Beschloss
* Remarks: Kerry Kennedy
* Presentation of the 49th Annual Robert F.... |
| 2017_DC_Jenner_170427 | 73 | Sixth & I -- Caitlyn Jenner ("The Secrets of My Life") w/Buzz Bissinger
Caitlyn Jenner:
In The Secrets of My Life, Jenner shares details of her childhood as Bruce Jenner and rise to fame as a gold-medal-winning Olympic decathlete; her marriages and her relationships with her children; her transition; and her experience as the world’s most famous transgender woman. In... |
| 2017_DC_Sesno_170112 | 90 | Sixth & I -- Frank Sesno ("Ask More") w/Chuck Todd
Frank Sesno In Conversation with Chuck Todd
The year of 2017 is the year of questions: questions for the new president, for the country, for ourselves as citizens of a changing planet. Questions help us break down barriers, discover secrets, solve puzzles, and imagine new ways of doing things. But few... |
| 2017_DC_Bush_171026 | 126 | Sixth & I -- Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush ("Sisters First") w/Frank Bruni
Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush
In Conversation with Frank Bruni
Grab your sister (or a friend who is just like one!) for an event with former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush during their Sisters First Tour this fall. Settle in for an evening of personal stories and... |
| 2017_DC_Sixth_Wall | 8 | Sixth & I -- Wall of Fame |
| 2017_DC_So_Called_171219 | 231 | Sixth & I and Story District -- My So-Called Jewish Life (2017)
My So-Called Jewish Life
During Chanukah, experience the 9th annual night of funny, poignant, powerful, and peculiar autobiographical stories about all things Jewish, not-so-Jewish, and wanna-be Jewish. Storytellers (in sequence):
* Cody Pomeranz is a speechwriter from Cincinnati. He is the youngest... |
| 2017_DC_SITES_Briefing_171005 | 224 | Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference -- Briefing on the Hill @ Rayburn House Office Building
Briefing on the Hill: Smithsonian Around the Country
Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill
Affiliate participants are invited to attend a briefing in the foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building hosted by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). The briefing... |
| 2017_DC_Folklife_Circus | 203 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2017) -- Circus Arts
Demos here include: Mexican Tortas with Chorizo, Eggs, and Breakfast Potatoes (Raymond Slizewski)..
Also Lonnie Bunch and his wife. |
| 2017_DC_Folklife_Hebei | 26 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2017) -- Circus Arts -- Hebei Golden Eagle Acrobatic Troupe |
| 2017_DC_Folklife_Wallenda | 245 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2017) -- Circus Arts -- Wallenda Family Troupe
The Flying Wallendas taught kids how to walk the wire and then did a performance outside. The members included:
* Tino Wallenda -- the patriarch of the family
* Alida Wallenda (Tino's daughter)
* Aurelia Wallenda (Tino's daughter) on her “cloudswing” rope
* Alessandro "Alex" Wallenda (Tino's... |
| 2017_DC_Folklife_Move | 87 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2017) -- On The Move
Folks here include:
* Christylez Bacon, Progressive Hip-Hop Artist
* Unbroken Scottish, Irish & English Ballad Traditions
* Spending time with Chelove and Maspaz |
| 2017_DC_Folklife_Opening_170629 | 268 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2017) -- Opening Ceremony
Help us ring in the opening of the Festival's 50th anniversary! Visitors will get the first glimpse of Circus Arts and On the Move, with short performances by aerialist Dolly Jacobs, UniverSoul Circus, Circus Juventas, taiko players PJ and Roy Hirabayashi, and conjunto band Los Texmaniacs.
We'll also... |
| 2017_DC_Folklife_Sailor_170629 | 215 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2017) -- Sailor Circus Performance
Sailor Circus Academy is America’s oldest youth circus, teaching the circus arts to students in the fourth through twelfth grades. Located in Sarasota, Florida (known as the circus capital of the world), students gain distinctive knowledge of the performing arts through their interactions with... |
| 2017_DC_Folklife_Misc | 7 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2017) -- Signs are up |
| 2017_DC_Cincinnati_Sword_170414 | 142 | Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Lunch Bites: Robert Anderson's Civil War Presentation Sword
Lunch Bites; Robert Anderson's Civil War presentation sword
Garry Adelman, director of history and education for the Civil War Trust, shares Maj. Robert Anderson’s presentation sword given to him by the city of Philadelphia for his defense of Fort Sumter. Anderson commanded Union troops at Fort Sumter... |
| 2017_DC_Foner_170511 | 74 | USCHS -- Annual Symposium 2017 "Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation" -- Keynote: Eric Foner
May 11 Evening Keynote Address: Eric Foner (Columbia University)
Columbia University’s Eric Foner will deliver the keynote address, “The Significance of Reconstruction in American History."
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will present its annual symposium May 11 and 12 on Capitol Hill. Scholars... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_P1_170512 | 57 | USCHS -- Annual Symposium 2017 "Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation" -- Presentation 1: Award Presentation (Fafa Nutor) and Paul Finkelman (Thaddeus Stevens)
USCHS Annual Spring Symposium:
Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will present its annual symposium May 11 and 12 on Capitol Hill. Scholars from around the country will start to explore the post-Civil War period in “Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation.”... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_P2A_170512 | 80 | USCHS -- Annual Symposium 2017 "Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation" -- Presentation 2: Brook Thomas (Horatio Bateman’s "Reconstruction")
USCHS Annual Spring Symposium:
Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will present its annual symposium May 11 and 12 on Capitol Hill. Scholars from around the country will start to explore the post-Civil War period in “Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation.”... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_P3A_170512 | 43 | USCHS -- Annual Symposium 2017 "Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation" -- Presentation 3: Michael Vorenberg (14th Amendment)
USCHS Annual Spring Symposium:
Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will present its annual symposium May 11 and 12 on Capitol Hill. Scholars from around the country will start to explore the post-Civil War period in “Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation.”... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_P4A_170512 | 41 | USCHS -- Annual Symposium 2017 "Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation" -- Presentation 4: Spencer Crew (Reconstruction at NMAAHC)
USCHS Annual Spring Symposium:
Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will present its annual symposium May 11 and 12 on Capitol Hill. Scholars from around the country will start to explore the post-Civil War period in “Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation.”... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_P5A_170512 | 25 | USCHS -- Annual Symposium 2017 "Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation" -- Presentation 5: L. Diane Barnes (Frederick Douglass)
USCHS Annual Spring Symposium:
Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will present its annual symposium May 11 and 12 on Capitol Hill. Scholars from around the country will start to explore the post-Civil War period in “Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation.”... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_P6A_170512 | 32 | USCHS -- Annual Symposium 2017 "Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation" -- Presentation 6: Lucy Salyer (Expatriation)
USCHS Annual Spring Symposium:
Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will present its annual symposium May 11 and 12 on Capitol Hill. Scholars from around the country will start to explore the post-Civil War period in “Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation.”... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_P7_170512 | 24 | USCHS -- Annual Symposium 2017 "Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation" -- Presentation 7: Final group Q&A
USCHS Annual Spring Symposium:
Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will present its annual symposium May 11 and 12 on Capitol Hill. Scholars from around the country will start to explore the post-Civil War period in “Congress Begins to Reconstruct the Nation.”... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_Showcase_170912 | 254 | USCHS -- Freedom Award (2017) -- Showcase to Honor Congress for its Support of the Humanities
Master of Ceremonies: Murray Horwitz
Special Guest: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Program:
Welcome Remarks: Ronald A. Sarasin, President, U. S. Capitol History Society; Former Member of Congress (R-CT)
Aquila Theatre: Our Warrior Chorus:
* Introduction by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
* Desiree... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_Freedom2_170912 | 85 | USCHS -- Freedom Award (2017) to Lin-Manuel Miranda -- Formal Presentation
Program:
* Welcome: The Honorable Ronald A. Sarasin, President, US Capitol Historical Society
* Congratulatory Remarks: The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader
* Congratulatory Remarks: The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate, Alaska
* 2017 Freedom Award Presentation:... |
| 2017_DC_USCHS_Freedom_170912 | 98 | USCHS -- Freedom Award (2017) to Lin-Manuel Miranda -- Mingling Before and After
Program:
* Welcome: The Honorable Ronald A. Sarasin, President, US Capitol Historical Society
* Congratulatory Remarks: The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader
* Congratulatory Remarks: The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate, Alaska
* 2017 Freedom Award Presentation:... |
| 2017_DC_Adams_170614 | 48 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Carl Adams ("Nance: The First Slave Freed by Abraham Lincoln")
Brown Bag Book Talk and Lecture with Carl Adams (Nance: The First Slave Freed by Abraham Lincoln)
Carl Michael Adams was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, and has been a lifelong Lincoln scholar. Carl earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville... |
| 2017_DC_Holzer_170215 | 88 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Harold Holzer (Depictions of Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation in the Capitol)
Harold Holzer To Speak At Free U.S. Capitol Historical Society Event:
Talk Will Focus on Depictions of Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation in the Capitol
Award-winning writer and lecturer Harold Holzer will give the U.S. Capitol Historical Society’s 2017 Black History Month Lecture on Wednesday, February... |
| 2017_DC_Ozer_171108 | 14 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Mark Ozer ("Washington DC: The World Capital in The American Century 1941-1990")
USCHS Fall Lecture Series
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will present five lunchtime lectures this fall, including book talks and discussions about DC and Capitol art, history, and memorials.
Mark Ozer
Book Talk on Washington DC: The World Capital in The American Century 1941-1990 |
| 2017_DC_Scott_171213 | 77 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Pamela Scott ("An Historical Atlas of Washington, DC")
Pamela Scott, Independent scholar
"An Historical Atlas of Washington, DC, 1780s to 2015" |