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 2019_DC_Pageant_1Other_190623 | 52 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (1 of 10) -- Other |
| 2019_DC_Pageant_9BPost_190623 | 94 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (10 of 10) -- After Party |
| 2019_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_190623 | 57 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (2 of 10) -- Welcome |
| 2019_DC_Pageant_3Betweens_190623 | 99 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (3 of 10) -- In-Between Presentations |
| 2019_DC_Pageant_4Inter_190623 | 51 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (4 of 10) -- Interviews |
| 2019_DC_Pageant_5Talent_190623 | 108 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (5 of 10) -- Talent |
| 2019_DC_Pageant_6Evening_190623 | 73 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (6 of 10) -- Evening Wear / Tweets |
| 2019_DC_Pageant_7Top5_190623 | 65 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (7 of 10) -- Determining the Top 5 |
| 2019_DC_Pageant_8Awards_190623 | 81 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (8 of 10) -- Crowning (Katelynne Cox)
Miss District of Columbia Class of 2019:
* KATELYNNE COX -- 2019 Miss District of Columbia
* Alivia Roberts
* Andolyn Medina
* Anna Kelly
* Aquila Harper
* Chiamaka Ezeonyebuchi
* Dina Gharib
* Faith Jackson
* Hannah Menzner
* Hope Hukkeri
* Judy Mabone
* Kate Shea
* Lily... |
| 2019_DC_Pageant_9APost_190623 | 52 | 2019 Miss District of Columbia Competition (9 of 10) -- Post-Crowning Photos |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_Other_190316 | 76 | Abraham Lincoln 2019 Symposium @ Fords Theatre -- Other
Lincoln Symposium.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford’s Theatre Society present a free symposium on Saturday, March 16, 2019, from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. focused on the life, career and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Check in will begin at 8:30 a.m. with Opening Remarks at 9:00 a.m. This event... |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_Speakers_190316 | 179 | Abraham Lincoln 2019 Symposium @ Fords Theatre -- Speakers
Lincoln symposium.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford’s Theatre Society present a free symposium on Saturday, March 16, 2019, from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. focused on the life, career and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Check in will begin at 8:30 a.m. with Opening Remarks at 9:00 a.m. This event... |
| 2019_DC_Risen_191023 | 29 | AEI -- Clay Risen (“The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders")
Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the dawn of the American century: A book event with Clay Risen
In his new book, “The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century” (Scribner, 2019), Clay Risen, deputy op-ed editor for The New York Times, illuminates... |
| 2019_DC_Brookhiser_191119 | 27 | AEI -- Give Me Liberty: A book event with Richard Brookhiser
Give Me Liberty: A book event with Richard Brookhiser
Using 13 historical documents as a guide, biographer and journalist Richard Brookhiser joins AEI’s Yuval Levin for a discussion of liberty as an immutable principle in American history.
Every country has a characteristic that defines it, such as a... |
| 2019_DC_Rajan_190411 | 35 | AEI -- The Third Pillar: Inclusive Localism (Raghuram Rajan, w/Brent Orrell, Timothy Carney, and Michael Strain)
The Third Pillar: ‘Inclusive Localism’ As The Key To Rebuilding American Communities
A discussion with Raghuram Rajan
Join AEI for a discussion with Raghuram Rajan on his new book, “The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind” (Penguin Press, 2019). The book provides a... |
| 2019_DC_AERA_Brown_191024 | 130 | AERA Brown Lecture In Education Research (16th) w/Prudence L. Carter
16th Annual AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research
American Educational Research Association
This year, the 2019 Brown Lecture will be given by Prudence L. Carter, dean and professor of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and national expert on inequality in... |
| 2019_DC_Hail_Satan_190416 | 31 | AFI Docs 2019 -- "Hail Satan?" (w/Penny Lane) @ Landmark E Street Cinemal
The American Film Institute Invites You And A Guest To Hail Satan?
Directed by Penny Lane, this hilarious documentary follows the growth of the Satanic Temple, one of the most colorful and controversial religious movements in today’s American political arena. The screening will be followed by a... |
| 2019_DC_Knock_Down_190429 | 68 | AFI Docs 2019 -- "Knock Down the House" (w/Rachel Lears, Amy Vilela, Kasie Hunt) @ Naval Heritage Center
AFI Docs And Meet The Press Invite You To
Knock Down The House
Q&A to follow with filmmaker Rachel Lears, moderated by NBC News’ Kasie Hunt.
This rousing documentary follows four extraordinary women—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin—who take on the... |
| 2019_DC_Dr_Ruth_190417 | 82 | AFI Docs 2019 and JxJ -- "Ask Dr. Ruth" (w/Dr. Ruth and Ryan White) @ Natl Museum of Amer History
Hulu, Magnolia Pictures, Afi Docs, Jxj And Smithsonian Theaters Invite You To Ask Dr. Ruth
Dr. Ruth and director Ryan White will both be in attendance.
ASK DR. RUTH chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America’s most famous sex therapist. With her... |
| 2019_DC_Legacy_190620 | 130 | AFI Docs 2019 & CPB -- Panel: Cinema's Legacy: Innovations in Nonfiction Storytelling @ Newseum
AFI Docs
Cinema's Legacy: Innovations in Nonfiction Storytelling
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and AFI DOCS invite you to a reception and panel celebrating public media's rich history of nonfiction storytelling.
Speakers in sequence:
* Bob Gazzale, President and CEO of the American Film... |
| 2019_DC_ALA_Authors | 210 | American Library Association 2019 conference (Washington, DC) -- Exhibit Hall: Authors
Saturday folks:
Jerry Abendroth, Torben Kuhlmann, Sean Dietrich, Kwei Quartey, Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Neal Porter, Eric Velasquez, Rick Robinson (iHeart radio), Dave Eggers, Christophe Ferreira, Flavia Biondi, Sanford Greene, Shawn Pryor, Thom Zahler, Emily Whitten, Chris Mariano, Mark Mariano, Randy... |
| 2019_DC_ALA_Hall | 17 | American Library Association 2019 conference (Washington, DC) -- Exhibit Hall: Other |
| 2019_DC_ALA_Panel3_190624 | 16 | American Library Association 2019 conference (Washington, DC) -- Panel: BioGraphics: Reading Graphic Novel Biographies
BioGraphics: Reading Graphic Novel Biographies
The virtues of graphic biographies are now recognized. Having two visions of a famous person's life in one, that of the biographer and of the
artist, adds even more nuance and depth to a person's life story. It might also happen that we pick up a... |
| 2019_DC_ALA_Panel1_190623 | 22 | American Library Association 2019 conference (Washington, DC) -- Panel: European Comics: A Melting Pot
European Comics: A Melting Pot
Asterix, Tintin, The Smurfs and Persepolis are just some of the few that have made it across the Atlantic. But the European comics heritage is much richer and varied, different in every country. As we stress on the importance of diversity and the need of different voices,... |
| 2019_DC_ALA_Panel2_190623 | 9 | American Library Association 2019 conference (Washington, DC) -- Panel: Newbery Honoress
Newbery Honorees Kate DiCamillo, Shannon Hale, and Cece Bell on the Children's Book Podcast |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Cintas | 7 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: A Gaze through the CINTAS Fellowship Program
A Gaze through the CINTAS Fellowship Program: a Selection of Works from the CINTAS Foundation and the Art Museum of the Americas Collections
March 14-June 9, 2019
Exhibiting Artists:
Carlos Alfonzo
Waldo Balart
Mario Bencomo
Cundo Bermúdez
Jose Ygnacio Bermúdez
Mario Carreño
Consuelo Castañeda... |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Pink | 33 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: PINK Ranchos and Other Ephemeral Zip Codes
PINK Ranchos and Other Ephemeral Zip Codes
Carolina Mayorga
“There is no transnational truth to color perception... It is society that 'makes' color, defines it and gives its meaning." -Michel Pastoureau
The Organization of American States (OAS) AMA | Art Museum of the Americas proudly presents PINK... |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Soriano | 33 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Rafael Soriano: Cabezaz (Heads)
Rafael Soriano: Cabezaz (Heads)
On View: June 20-September 29, 2019
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas presents Rafael Soriano: Cabezas (Heads), a traveling exhibition of work by the Cuban-born painter, organized by The William Paterson University Galleries, organized and curated by Alejandro... |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Roots | 61 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Roots of Peace: Carlos Páez Vilaró Works and Writings
Roots of Peace: Carlos Páez Vilaró Works and Writings
May 30 – September 8, 2019
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas and the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the OAS in collaboration with Museo Taller de Casapueblo present Roots of Peace: Carlos Páez Vilaró Works and Writings, a retrospective... |
| 2019_DC_AwesomeA | 84 | Awesome Con DC (2019) -- Artists
Artists shown from Friday:
Timothy Zahn, Chris Mariano, David Finch, Lee Weeks, Dan Parent, Tom King, Clay Mann, David Finch, Klaus Janson, Amy Chu, Joe Carabeo, Jeff Parker, Sandy Jarrell, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Emily Whitten, Thom Zahler, S.L. Gallant, Brian Shearer, and Neal... |
| 2019_DC_AwesomeJr_CB_190428 | 8 | Awesome Con DC (2019) -- Awesome Con Jr. Workshops -- Carolyn Belefski
Awesome Con Jr. Workshops
Create Your Own Superhero Symbol with Carolyn Belefski
Every hero needs a logo! Many superheroes have personal branding on their outfits and My Little Pony characters even have cutie marks! Join artist and designer Carolyn Belefski and learn how to incorporate graphic design... |
| 2019_DC_AwesomeB80 | 111 | Awesome Con DC (2019) -- Batman 80th Display |
| 2019_DC_AwesomeM | 74 | Awesome Con DC (2019) -- Miscellaneous |
| 2019_DC_Underfoot_190427 | 106 | Awesome Con DC (2019) -- Underfoot Graphic Novel Launch Party
You're invited to THE UNDERFOOT Launch Party!
Hosted by Emily S. Whitten, Ben Fisher, Michelle Nguyen, and Thom Zahler
Come celebrate The Underfoot, a new original graphic novel series from Lion Forge Comics, with Co-Creators Emily S. Whitten & Ben Fisher, Artist Michelle Nguyen, & Letterer Thom... |
| 2019_DC_Census2020_190401 | 77 | Brookings Institution -- Census 2020: Navigating The National And Local Challenges
Census 2020: Navigating The National And Local Challenges
Since 1790, the United States has conducted a once-a-decade census of its population. As we approach 2020, the stakes are increasingly high for cities and regions, which depend on a full, fair, and accurate population count to ensure their... |
| 2019_DC_Enabling5G_190123 | 55 | Brookings Institution -- Enabling Opportunities: 5G, The Internet Of Things, And Communities Of Color
Enabling opportunities: 5G, the internet of things, and communities of color
Fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks are expected to be the next big leap in mobile broadband. Peak download speeds as high as 20 gigabits-per-second will enable specialized tasks like remote precision medicine, connected... |
| 2019_DC_Jourova_190411 | 43 | Brookings Institution -- EU-US Digital Cooperation: A Common Response To Tech Challenges? (w/Věra Jourová)
EU-US Digital Cooperation: A Common Response To Tech Challenges?
The U.S. and the EU face similar challenges stemming from the digitalization of everything. Online disinformation, data protection and privacy, and artificial intelligence all pose serious questions about how to embrace new... |
| 2019_DC_Berlin30_191112 | 66 | Brookings Institution -- Europe 1989-2019: Lessons Learned 30 Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
Europe 1989-2019: Lessons Learned 30 Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
The 30 years since the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 have been marked by incredible progress toward a Europe “whole and free.” The European Communities became the European Union, grew to 28 member states, and... |
| 2019_DC_New_START_190107 | 47 | Brookings Institution -- Falling Apart? The Politics of New START and Strategic Modernization
Falling apart? The politics of New START and strategic modernization
At the end of the Obama administration, a fragile bipartisan consensus had emerged with regard to U.S. nuclear weapons policy. Under the terms of this agreement—memorialized in the U.S. Senate’s resolution to ratify the New START... |
| 2019_DC_Warner_190509 | 28 | Brookings Institution -- Global China: Assessing China’s Growing Role In The World (w/Mark Warner and Victoria Nuland)
Global China: Assessing China’s growing role in the world
Recent years have witnessed an expansion of China’s influence, both within the Indo-Pacific region and around the world. On Thursday, May 9, Foreign Policy at Brookings will host Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) for a discussion on the implications... |
| 2019_DC_Tech_Change_190312 | 84 | Brookings Institution -- How Can Public Policy Keep Up With Technological Change? (w/Tom Wheeler, E.J. Dionne, and Mike Doyle)
How Can Public Policy Keep Up With Technological Change?
A book discussion with Tom Wheeler
As the internet continues to enable new technologies like artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and blockchain to develop, rapid-fire innovations are upending our society. In business, communications,... |
| 2019_DC_Cybersecurity_190313 | 33 | Brookings Institution -- How To Improve Cybersecurity Career And Technical Education (w/Jim Langevin and Glenn Thompson)
How To Improve Cybersecurity Career And Technical Education
Cybersecurity represents one of the most important challenges in the digital era. Malicious actors have targeted governments, businesses, and civil society seeking confidential information or outright disruption of digital networks. To... |
| 2019_DC_Lord_191011 | 50 | Brookings Institution -- In Kissinger’s Orbit: A Conversation with Ambassador Winston Lord
In Kissinger’s orbit: A conversation with Ambassador Winston Lord
Few people know that Winston Lord was one of only three American attendees at the historic Beijing summit between President Nixon and Chairman Mao in February 1972. Although Lord sat alongside his boss, Henry Kissinger, his presence was... |
| 2019_DC_Callamard_190702 | 46 | Brookings Institution -- Investigating the Khashoggi murder: Insights from UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard
Investigating the Khashoggi murder: Insights from UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard
Two weeks ago, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Agnes Callamard issued a report on the shocking murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and columnist for the Washington... |
| 2019_DC_Putins_World_190313 | 59 | Brookings Institution -- Putin’s World
Putin’s World
On March 13, Foreign Policy at Brookings will host Angela Stent, director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies; professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University; and nonresident senior fellow at Brookings, for a discussion inspired by her new... |
| 2019_DC_Democracy_191001 | 32 | Brookings Institution -- Renovating Democracy: Governing In The Age Of Globalization And Digital Capitalism
Renovating Democracy: Governing In The Age Of Globalization And Digital Capitalism
The rise of populism in the West and the rise of China in the East have stirred a debate about the role of democracy in the international system. The impact of globalization and digital capitalism is forcing worldwide... |
| 2019_DC_Reversal_191206 | 49 | Brookings Institution -- The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up On Free Markets (w/Thomas Philippon)
The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up On Free Markets
American markets, once a model of competition for the world, have experienced a growing concentration of economic power in a few large corporations. The rise of corporate economic—and political—power has emerged as one of the most important issues... |
| 2019_DC_Mueller_190423 | 34 | Brookings Institution -- The Mueller Report: What Did We Learn?
The Mueller Report: What Did We Learn?
Attorney General Barr released a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on the Trump-Russia investigation. President Trump and his allies have taken up the rallying cry of “No Obstruction. No Collusion.” Meanwhile, the president’s... |
| 2019_DC_Cato_Art_Messenger | 161 | Cato Institute -- Exhibit: Freedom: Art as the Messenger
Freedom: Art as the Messenger
April 11 - June 14, 2019
Freedom means something different to every person, yet its value is a common bond between Americans. In these polarized times, Freedom: Art as the Messenger aims to provide a unifying platform of civility and creativity. Artists from across the... |
| 2019_DC_Art_MessengerO_190411 | 78 | Cato Institute -- Opening Reception: Freedom: Art as the Messenger
Freedom: Art as the Messenger - Opening Reception
Freedom means something different to every person, yet its value is a common bond between Americans. In these polarized times, Freedom: Art as the Messenger aims to provide a unifying platform of civility and creativity. Artists from across the country... |
| 2019_DC_Open_Borders_191104 | 101 | Cato Institute -- "Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration" (w/Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith)
Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration
Featuring the authors Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University; blogger, EconLog; and Zach Weinersmith, Illustrator, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic strip; New York Times bestselling author, with comments by Tim Kane, JP... |
| 2019_DC_Scientocracy_191217 | 39 | Cato Institute -- "Scientocracy" (w/Patrick J. Michaels, Terence Kealey, Holden Thorp)
Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy
Science has long been the key to objective knowledge. Some of that knowledge, such as information about nutrition, climate change, hydrology, geology, and ecology, influences our daily decisions. Science also informs governments that... |
| 2019_DC_3Languages_190923 | 27 | Cato Institute -- "Three Languages of Politics" (w/Arnold Kling)
The Three Languages of Politics
When it was first released in 2013, Arnold Kling’s The Three Languages of Politics was a prescient exploration of political communication, detailing the “three tribal coalitions” that make up America’s political landscape. Progressives, conservatives, and libertarians,... |
| 2019_DC_2Roads_190424 | 43 | Cato Institute -- "Two Roads to War: How (and Why) America and Britain Decided to Invade Iraq" (w/Patrick Porter, Michael Mazarr, etc)
Two Roads to War: How (and Why) America and Britain Decided to Invade Iraq
The disastrous choice to use force to remove Saddam Hussein from power did enormous damage to the wealth, well-being, and reputations of the United States and Great Britain. To this day, the hangover of the Iraq war looms large... |
| 2019_DC_CBMSO_Waddell_190316 | 35 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Meet the Artist – Peter Waddell
Meet the Artist – Peter Waddell
Tour the Missing Soldiers Office and learn about the inspiration behind the mural from award winning artist Peter Waddell
Join us on March 16, 2019 at 1 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office to hear artist Peter Waddell discuss his work on a new mural detailing... |
| 2019_DC_CBMSO_Waddell_190119 | 26 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Event: Peter Waddelll mural talk
Join us on January 19, 2019 at 1 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office to hear artist Peter Waddell discuss his work on a new mural detailing Barton’s life during the Civil War era. The talk will begin at 1 PM in the first floor visitor center at the Missing Soldiers Office. This is a... |
| 2019_DC_CBMSO_PW | 94 | Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office -- Peter Waddell Mural |
| 2019_DC_Risch_191112 | 7 | CSIS -- A Conversation with Chairman Risch
The U.S., China, and Europe: A Conversation with Chairman Risch
Featuring:
* The Honorable James Risch, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
CSIS is pleased to welcome the Honorable James Risch (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for a discussion on China’s growing... |
| 2019_DC_Ghani_191115 | 61 | CSIS -- A Conversation with First Lady of Afghanistan Rula Ghani
The Project on Prosperity and Development cordially invites you to:
A Conversation with First Lady of Afghanistan Rula Ghani
Featuring
* H.E. Rula Ghani, First Lady of Afghanistan
Moderated by:
* Earl Anthony Wayne, Senior Adviser (Non-Resident), CSIS
Please join us on November 15th for an... |
| 2019_DC_Tarre_190129 | 57 | CSIS -- A Conversation with Venezuela's New Special Representative to the OAS, Gustavo Tarre
A Conversation with Venezuela's New Special Representative to the OAS, Gustavo Tarre
Please join the CSIS Americas Program for a public conversation with Dr. Gustavo Tarre, the Venezuelan Special Representative to the OAS, appointed just last week by the Interim President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó.... |
| 2019_DC_Duckworth_190506 | 38 | CSIS -- A Conversation With:Senator Tammy Duckworth
The CSIS Middle East Program Invites You To A Conversation With:
Senator Tammy Duckworth
U.S. Senator for Illinois, Combat Veteran and Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel
on
United States and Iraq: Going Forward
Dr. Jon Alterman will discuss the current U.S. strategy in Iraq with Senator... |
| 2019_DC_Dahinden_190702 | 35 | CSIS -- An Exit Interview with Ambassador Martin Dahinden
Diplomacy, Development, and Partnerships: An Exit Interview with Ambassador Martin Dahinden
Please join us for an exit interview with Ambassador Martin Dahinden to hear more about his career in diplomacy and development before he completes his service as the Ambassador of Switzerland to the United... |
| 2019_DC_Defense_Budget_190131 | 28 | CSIS -- Masterpiece or Misfire? What to Expect in the FY 2020 Defense Budget Request
Masterpiece or Misfire? What to Expect in the FY 2020 Defense Budget Request
Please join the CSIS International Security Program on Thursday, January 31, for a panel previewing the release of the Trump administration's FY 2020 defense budget request. CSIS experts Todd Harrison, Kathleen H. Hicks,... |
| 2019_DC_Iran_190924 | 71 | CSIS -- Schieffer Series: The Iran Situation
Schieffer Series: The Iran Situation
Please join us for this season's first installment of the Schieffer Series, "The Iran Situation." In the wake of the investigations into the bombings of Saudi Arabian oil facilities last week, tensions have heightened between the United States, Saudi Arabia, and... |
| 2019_DC_Syria_190123 | 69 | CSIS -- Schieffer Series: The U.S. Withdraws: Syria and Afghanistan
Schieffer Series: The U.S. Withdraws: Syria and Afghanistan
Please join us for the next installment of the Schieffer Series, The U.S. Withdraws: Syria and Afghanistan. The Trump administration’s decision to pull U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan and the subsequent resignation of U.S. Secretary of... |
| 2019_DC_Afghan_Future_190920 | 49 | CSIS -- The Future of Afghanistan - Maintaining Peace (If it Comes)
The Future of Afghanistan - Maintaining Peace (If it Comes)
Peace talks with the Taliban have dominated recent headlines. If a peace agreement is ever reached, it is worth looking to the future to see how that peace can be maintained and strengthened.
What would come next from economic development and... |
| 2019_DC_Afghanistan_190227 | 61 | CSIS -- The Future Of U.S. Policy In Afghanistan
The future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan
For over 17 years, the United States has expended considerable blood and treasure to deny safe haven to extremist groups in Afghanistan. Despite this, the Afghan government struggles to assert its authority over the entirety of the country’s territory, while the... |
| 2019_DC_Cooling_190514 | 186 | CSIS -- The Global Cooling Prize
The Global Cooling Prize
A global competition to develop breakthrough residential cooling technology
The CSIS Energy & National Security Program, Rocky Mountain Institute, Conservation X Labs, and the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development are pleased to invite you to the U.S. launch of... |
| 2019_DC_Higher_Road_190423 | 52 | CSIS -- The Higher Road: Forging a U.S. Strategy for the Global Infrastructure Challenge
The Higher Road: Forging a U.S. Strategy for the Global Infrastructure Challenge
Over the next 15 years, it is projected that more infrastructure will be built globally than currently exists. Please join the CSIS Reconnecting Asia Project and the Project on Prosperity and Development for the rollout of... |
| 2019_DC_Adams_Morgan | 3 | DC -- Adams Morgan neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Awards_Reception_190930 | 40 | DC -- AIA|DC -- Event: Opening Reception: The 2019 Awards Show
AIA|DC -- Opening Reception: The 2019 Awards Show
Join us to celebrate the opening of The 2019 Awards Show featuring award-winning projects from this year’s Chapter Design Awards and Washingtonian Residential Design Awards. As part of the reception, winners of the Washingtonian Residential Design... |
| 2019_DC_AIA_Awards | 100 | DC -- AIA|DC -- Exhibit: 2019 Awards Show
The 2019 Awards Show
The 2019 Awards Show combines award-winning projects from two of AIA|DC’s largest competitions:
* Chapter Design Awards
* Washingtonian Residential Design Awards
Each year, our competitions recognize practitioners, educators, and students within the architecture community who... |
| 2019_DC_AIA_Wright | 36 | DC -- AIA|DC -- Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior
Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior
On view July 10th through September 6th
The District Architecture Center is pleased to host Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior, an exhibition exploring the design of Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses, often considered his greatest architectural... |
| 2019_DC_AIA_Bergen | 88 | DC -- AIA|DC -- Exhibit: From Architect to Artist: Public Art by Charles Bergen, AIA
From Architect to Artist: Public Art by Charles Bergen, AIA
January 30 2019 to Friday, March 29 2019
Charles Bergen, AIA practiced architecture for 22 years until his lifelong passion for art intervened. After two summer residencies at Salem Art Works in upstate New York, Charles founded his art... |
| 2019_DC_AIA_Schools | 95 | DC -- AIA|DC -- Exhibit: Schools of Thought: DC’s New Generation of School Buildings
Schools of Thought: DC’s New Generation of School Buildings
November 12, 2019 to January 31, 2020
Over the last decade, the District of Columbia has made a substantial investment in modernizing its public school buildings, and the city’s public charter schools and private schools have also made major... |
| 2019_DC_AIA_Khan | 44 | DC -- AIA|DC -- Exhibit: Transforming Cities, Transforming Lives: The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme
Transforming Cities, Transforming Lives: The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme
January 9 2019 to Friday, March 29 2019
The District Architecture Center is pleased to host Transforming Cities, Transforming Lives: The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, an exhibition of 27 regeneration projects from... |
| 2019_DC_Altria_Vw | 5 | DC -- Altria -- Views from... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019A | 115 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2019 Winter exhibitions:
* The Gifts of Tony Podesta
* Jiří Kolář (1914–2002): Forms of Visual Poetry
* Michael B. Platt + Carol A. Beane: Influences and Connections
* Nancy at Ninety: A Retrospective of Form and Color
The Gifts of Tony Podesta
This first major exhibition... |
| 2019_DC_Kolar_190125 | 53 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Gallery Talk: Career of Jirí Kolár
Join us for an exclusive preview of four new exhibitions. At 6PM, Curator Aneta Georgievska-Shine and Milena Kalinovska, former Director of modern and contemporary art at the National Gallery in Prague, will discuss the tumultuous career of Czech artist Jirí Kolár and his path from subversive poetry to... |
| 2019_DC_Podesta_190126 | 77 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Gallery Talk: Gifts of Tony Podesta
"The Gifts of Tony Podesta" Gallery Talk
Curators Jennifer Sakai and Klaus Ottmann will explore Tony Podesta’s contributions to the American University Museum’s collection including innovative photography and provocative sculpture.
Panel (left to right):
* Jack Rasmussen
* Otonella Mocellin... |
| 2019_DC_Nancy_Ninety_190302 | 84 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Gallery Talk: Nancy at Ninety
Nancy at Ninety Gallery Talk
Curator Claudia Rousseau will interview Nancy Frankel about her extensive career as a sculptor and how music and organic geometry have influenced her practice. With Sam Noto and Jacqui Crocetta. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190125 | 45 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Opening Reception (Member)
Folks here include Tony Podesta, Ambassador David O'Sullivan (Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States), and Melvin Hardy. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190126 | 54 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Folks here included John Podesta, Tony Podesta, Nancy Frankel, Sylvia Snowden, and Melvin Hardy. |
| 2019_DC_Dragception_190413 | 348 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Event: Dragception Workshop
Dragception Workshop
Bring your iPads or sketchbooks to draw from a live Drag Show. Featuring performances by Drag Kings and Queens from the greater Washington, DC area and New York City. Artist Richard Peterson, whose work is included in the exhibition Forward Press, will lead participants in an iPad... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B | 139 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2019 Spring exhibitions:
* Forward Press: 21st century printmaking --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Kenneth Victor Young: Continuum --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Squire Broel --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Peripheral Visions
* Turbulence
* Eduardo Carrillo, Las Tropicanass --> SHOWN... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Carrillo | 141 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibitions: Eduardo Carrillo, Las Tropicanas
Eduardo Carrillo, Las Tropicanass
Eduardo Carrillo’s artwork has been described as mystical, realistic, surreal, and visionary. His imagery, whether grounded in the everyday world or infused with magical realism, reflects his relationship to his native California and to his Mexican heritage, as well as... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Press | 48 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibitions: Forward Press: 21st century printmaking
Forward Press: 21st century printmaking
Printmaking Legacy Project’s® first national print exhibition, Forward Press: 21st Century Printmaking features ten innovative print artists from across the country who employ the finest examples of hand printed and digital techniques. They explore themes of... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Continuum | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibitions: Kenneth Victor Young: Continuum
Kenneth Victor Young: Continuum
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Kenneth Victor Young (1933-2017) moved to Washington, DC in 1964 where he began to paint abstract forms with washed acrylics on unprimed canvas. Young’s artistic philosophy was to bring order out of chaos. His studies in physics and the... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Broel | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibitions: Squire Broel
Squire Broel
A selection of Broel’s life-sized to monumentally-sized totemic bronze sculptures creates space for reflection and contemplation about what it means to be human, be engaged as an individual within community and interact intentionally with the natural world. In his series of vertically... |
| 2019_DC_Peterson_190413 | 40 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Gallery Talk: Richard Peterson (intro to Dragception)
Artist Richard Peterson, whose work is included in the exhibition Forward Press, will lead participants in an iPad drawing workshop. Since 1975, Peterson has explored the subject of gender, identity and transformation in Drag culture. Participants will learn new techniques for drawing with their iPads,... |
| 2019_DC_Carrillo_190405 | 15 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Gallery Talk: The Work of Eduardo Carrillo
An exclusive preview of five new exhibitions awaits museum members, followed by a gallery talk surrounding the work of Mexican-American artist Eduardo Carrillo (1937-1997). Phillip Brookman, Consulting Curator of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art and Kristina P. Gilmore, Associate Curator,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190405 | 26 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Opening Reception (Member) |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190504 | 87 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B2 Spring II Opening Reception & Gallery Talk
MFA Thesis Opening Reception & Gallery Talk
Celebrate the accomplishments of AU’s Department of Art MFA thesis candidates by welcoming Turbulence to the museum. A gallery talk with the artists will be held from 5-6PM, followed by the opening reception from 6-7PM. Free and open to all, no RSVP required.... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Taiwan | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibitions: Being Here as ME -- New Media Art Exhibition of Women Artists from Taiwan
Being Here as ME -- New Media Art Exhibition of Women Artists from Taiwan
Being Here as ME presents six women artists striving towards constructions of female subjectivity. Pey-Chwen Lin, Tzu-Ning Wu, Yung-Chieh Wu, I-Chun Chen, Pei-Shih Tu, and Hui-Chan Kuo create new media artworks through diverse... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Crossing | 51 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibitions: Crossing Boundaries & Breaking Borders: DMV Printmaking
Crossing Boundaries & Breaking Borders: DMV Printmaking
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
The District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region is full of boundaries and borders, both physical—like the state lines that divide these artists -- and imagined -- political... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Refuse | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibitions: Kirsty Little: Refuse?REFUSE 35B+
Kirsty Little: Refuse?REFUSE 35B+
On view in the Katzen Arts Center, June 15-August 11
While investigating plastic pollution in our oceans, Kirsty Little came up against huge numbers that she could not envisage. Americans use 35,000,000,000 (35 billion) plastic bottles each year. Plastic never... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Palileo | 68 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibitions: Maia Cruz Palileo
Maia Cruz Palileo
There is a mystery in the act of burying and even more so in uncovering. Maia Cruz Palileo’s paintings and drawings are the metaphorical teeth in this body of work spanning from 2013 to 2019. These works, including a small painting titled Burying Teeth, depict historical narratives... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Passages | 27 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibitions: Passages: Keith Morrison, 1999-2019
Passages: Keith Morrison, 1999-2019
Passages: Keith Morrison, 1999-2019 surveys thirty paintings and watercolors by the Jamaican-born Keith Morrison. A magician of color and space and a teller of tales, fanciful and real, Morrison focuses on the tangible and spiritual components of culture. His... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Prosper | 21 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibitions: Plans to Prosper You: Reflections of Black Resistance and Resilience in Montgomery County’s Potomac River Valley
Plans to Prosper You: Reflections of Black Resistance and Resilience in Montgomery County’s Potomac River Valley
On view in the AU Museum Project Space
The exhibition title takes its name from bible verse Jeremiah 29:11 to echo the central role of the Black church in bringing communities together,... |
| 2019_DC_Palileo_190615 | 40 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Gallery Talk: Maia Cruz Palileo
Curator Isabel Manalo and artist Maia Cruz Palileo will examine works that hinge on fantasy and memory, but hold salient political commentary surrounding American colonization of the Philippines. |
| 2019_DC_Broel_190614 | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Gallery Talk: Squire Broel
Members' Preview: Squire Broel
Museum members are invited to preview five new exhibitions and join artist Squire Broel to discuss the totemic sculptures featured in his ongoing exhibition. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190614 | 29 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Opening Reception (Member)
Folks including Glenn Marcus, Jack Rasmussen, and Kirsty Little. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190615 | 64 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Opening Reception (Public)
Folks here include Nilou Kazemzadeh, Kirsty Little, Janet Fries, Chawky Frenn, Pey-Chwen Lin, Squire Broel |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_Hartigan | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibitions: Grace Hartigan and Helene Herzbrun: Reframing Abstract Expressionism
Grace Hartigan and Helene Herzbrun: Reframing Abstract Expressionism
Grace Hartigan (1922-2008) and Helene Herzbrun (1922-1984) were both remarkable painters of the second Abstract-Expressionist generation who lived and worked as influential artists and teachers in the Baltimore/Washington region for... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_Water | 59 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibitions: Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection
Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection
Moves like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection is a product of Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen’s spring course on curatorial practice. Upon receipt of the Corcoran Collection, graduate students in art history,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_World | 9 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibitions: Our World Above: Monoprints and Glass by Annette Lerner
Our World Above: Monoprints and Glass by Annette Lerner
This exhibition was inspired by images taken through the Hubble Telescope. Their indescribable beauty astounded Lerner and drove her to try to capture space in the monoprint medium. She was also inspired by the desert sky in Southern California,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_Prints | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibitions: Prints & Artists: WD Printmaking Workshop 1970-Present
Prints & Artists: WD Printmaking Workshop 1970-Present
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
This exhibition traces the evolution of the DC-based WD Printmaking workshop, which began with Percy and Alice Martin’s opening their Adams Morgan home as a collaborative artists’ studio fifty... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_Topo | 35 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibitions: Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin
Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin
Presented by the AU Museum Project Space
Using the medium of drawing to varied and distinctive effect, Rogers, Sures, and Watkin trace human connections to the natural world—across time and varied landscapes. The three artists work from both a... |
| 2019_DC_Topographies_190907 | 46 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Gallery Talk: Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin
Gallery Talk: Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin
Curated by Jennifer Riddell
Using the medium of drawing to varied and distinctive effect, Rogers, Sures, and Watkin trace human connections to the natural world—across time and varied landscapes. The three artists work from both a... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190907 | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Early Fall Opening Reception
Mix and mingle with artists, curators, and fellow patrons and see five new exhibitions on view at our Early Fall opening reception.
* Grace Hartigan and Helene Herzbrun: Reframing Abstract Expressionism
* Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin --... |
| 2019_DC_Arcadia_191214 | 83 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fale Gallery Talk: Arcadia Closing Party
ARCADIA Closing Party
Say farewell to William Woodward’s fantastical Arcadia murals with a reception and remarks from the artist. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Arcadia | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibitions: ARCADIA: The Clyde’s Murals by William Woodward
ARCADIA: The Clyde’s Murals by William Woodward
November 9-December 15, 2019
William Woodward’s vibrant, 72-foot mural, Arcadia (1980), evokes a landscape of pure painterly invention, a lost world that has inspired poets, artists, and musicians since antiquity.
These 11 impressive panels—with scenes... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Neill | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibitions: Christine Neill: Observations from the Valley Floor
Christine Neill: Observations from the Valley Floor
Curated by Mollie Berger Salah
November 9-December 15, 2019
Christine Neill is a nationally celebrated American artist whose work blends motifs of biological examination with visual processes and techniques. She has exhibited widely while... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Dark | 15 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibitions: Dark World: Photographs by Frank Hallam Day
Dark World: Photographs by Frank Hallam Day
November 9-December 15, 2019
This exhibition, as its name implies, examines the distinctive quality of settings in various corners of the world as seen at night, and combines multiple bodies of the artist’s work spanning more than 12 years. The DC-based fine... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Fair | 28 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibitions: Fair Is Foul & Foul Is Fair
Fair Is Foul & Foul Is Fair
November 9-December 15, 2019
Curated by Dr. Tina Kinsella
“Fair is foul and foul is fair” as claimed by the witches in Macbeth describes a world where nothing—no message, no deed—is ethically clear. In Shakespeare’s fair/foul world, evil walks abroad in the guise of good,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Link | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibitions: Radical Link: A New Community of Women, 1855-2020
Radical Link: A New Community of Women, 1855-2020
Michal Heiman
Curated by Sarah Gordon
November 9-December 15, 2019
Radical Link is the latest project by Tel Aviv-based multi-media artist Michal Heiman. Traversing time, space, gender, race, and institutional practices of asylum, Heiman offers a new... |
| 2019_DC_Fair_Foul_191109 | 48 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Gallery Talk: fair is foul & foul is fair
Gallery Talk: fair is foul & foul is fair
Explore themes of foulness and fairness in this gallery talk focused on works by collaborating Irish artists Aideen Barry and Alice Maher. Featuring a vocal performance by Ceara Conway of a poem specially created for this exhibition. |
| 2019_DC_Day_191116 | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Gallery Talk: Frank Hallam Day "Dark World"
Gallery Talk: Dark World
Frank Hallam Day illuminates dark corners of the world in a discussion of his photographs on view in Dark World. Free and open to all, please RSVP to the link below. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_191109 | 87 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Late Fall Opening Reception
Mix and mingle with artists, curators, and fellow patrons and preview five new exhibitions at our Late Fall opening reception. Free and open to all, no RSVP required.
Folks pictured here include: Laura Roulet, Aideen Barry, Alice Maher, Tina Kinsella (curator), Diane... |
| 2019_DC_Katzen_Brunch_191207 | 111 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- Holiday Brunch in the Museum
Including a talk by Carla Galfano, Museum Registrar. |
| 2019_DC_AFRH | 41 | DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home)
After a snow. |
| 2019_DC_SISG_Empresses | 305 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Empresses of China's Forbidden City, 1644-1912
Empresses of China's Forbidden City, 1644-1912
March 30, 2019 – June 23, 2019
The lives of the Qing dynasty empresses offer a compelling tale of opulence and influence as told in this first-ever, in-depth exhibition of the subject. From their royal portraits and costumes they wore to Buddhist art... |
| 2019_DC_SISG | 7 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2019_DC_SIAIB | 13 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |
| 2019_DC_Atlas | 2 | DC -- Atlas District neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Bikeshare | 12 | DC -- Bike Sharing / Racks |
| 2019_DC_Mt_Bethel_BC | 6 | DC -- Bloomingdale -- Mt Bethel Baptist Church (75 Rhode Island Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Triangle_Pk_RI1U | 6 | DC -- Bloomingdale -- Triangle Park (Rhode Island Ave, 1st and U St, NW) |
| 2019_DC_Bloomingdale | 1 | DC -- Bloomingdale neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Brentwood | 17 | DC -- Brentwood neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Brightwood | 37 | DC -- Brightwood neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_LOTW | 8 | DC -- Brookland -- Light of the World Church (1222 Rhode Island Ave NE) |
| 2019_DC_Brookland | 29 | DC -- Brookland neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Callbox | 215 | DC -- Callboxes
Including the callboxes installed along Rhode Island Avenue by Charles Bergen Studios ( http://www.charlesbergenstudios.com/rhode-island-ave-call-boxes ).
Also the new women's callboxes installed by Charles Bergen Studios:
FYI
Thompson's Restaurant Site, African American Heritage Trail
In 1950... |
| 2019_DC_CapitolX_Ruckus | 23 | DC -- Capitol Crossing (I-395 Overpass) -- Red Grooms' Ruckus Cadillac
Red Grooms
Red's Ruckus Cadillac
Acrylic on 1949 Cadillac
A Project in Celebration of The National Dance Institute |
| 2019_DC_Cannon_HOB | 4 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg |
| 2019_DC_Folger | 1 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) |
| 2019_DC_Rayburn_HOB | 2 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Rayburn House Office Bldg |
| 2019_DC_Russell_SOB | 4 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg
The building is now covered with scaffolding. |
| 2019_DC_United_Methodist | 18 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE) |
| 2019_DC_CapHill | 2 | DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_CCP_GBUT_190622 | 39 | DC -- Center for Contemporary Political Art -- Event: Reception for The Good, The Bad & The Ugly and Yello Talk
Guest speaker / Saturday
Hunter Schwarz
THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART is pleased to invite you to a champagne reception celebrating the double launch of The Art of Politics 2019 @ CCArt In search of common ground: is artistic freedom now at risk in America?
YELLO a new online newsletter... |
| 2019_DC_CCP_NoHate | 185 | DC -- Center for Contemporary Political Art -- No!Hate Show
October 16 - November ???, 2019
A national juried open call exhibition, The NO!HATE Show presents works of art by more than 40 American artists from every section of the country. Their work pictures or protests the politics of hate, deceit and disrespect for democratic principles that has turned... |
| 2019_DC_CCP_GBU | 280 | DC -- Center for Contemporary Political Art -- The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Multiple visits)
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Portraits of Our (Unindicted) Leader
On View May 8 through June 28, 2019
[Art by Julian Raven, Jim Boden and Tim Atseff]
The Center for Contemporary Political Art opens its fourth exhibition on May 8th (6 – 8 p.m.) with portraiture of Donald Trump by three artists... |
| 2019_DC_CCP_Walls | 39 | DC -- Center for Contemporary Political Art -- Walls of Demand: Marking the Parkland Anniversary with Art Exhibit
Walls of Demand: Marking the Parkland Anniversary with Art Exhibit
ON VIEW: February 8 - March 15, 2019
As the first anniversary of the Parkland, Florida shooting approaches, the student-led anti-gun violence group MoCo4Change will unveil a commemorative art exhibit at Washington, D.C.’s Center for... |
| 2019_DC_CSIS | 13 | DC -- Center for Strategic and International Studies
I'd never been in the library room before. |
| 2019_DC_Cherry | 121 | DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2019)
The blossoms for the last two years had been horrible. Freakish weather caused the different species of trees to blossom separately instead of together. For some reason, now that we're back to a two-party national government, the species are again blossoming together!
Pictures include running into a... |
| 2019_DC_Conn_Odds | 10 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- 5000 Connecticut Odds Alley block (excluding Comet Ping Pong and Politics and Prose)
I was noticing the customer parking sign and spotted "SHEFFIELD LIQOURS". It was repeated on all three signs out back. I went into the store and asked how long they had been there. 41 years. I asked if the sign was new, but nope. No one had noticed the misspelling before. I imagine during Pride, it's... |
| 2019_DC_Comet | 2 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Comet Ping Pong (5037 Conn Ave, NW) |
| 2019_DC_PProse | 7 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Sixth_I | 10 | DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW) |
| 2019_DC_TechWorld | 3 | DC -- Chinatown -- TechWorld |
| 2019_DC_Chinatown | 14 | DC -- Chinatown neighborhood
I ran into Eric Shansby and Kayla Blado on my way to Sixth and I Historic Synagogue. |
| 2019_DC_City_Center_Fly | 23 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- CulturalDC's Mobile Art Gallery: Stay Fly by Jamea Richmond-Edwards
CulturalDC's Mobile Art Gallery: Stay Fly by Jamea Richmond-Edwards
CulturalDC's 10th Mobile Art Gallery Exhibit...Stay Fly engages viewers around the concepts of haute couture and status symbols. Like Jamea Richmond-Edwards paintings, the exhibit draws attention to the historical and often complex... |
| 2019_DC_City_Center_Tree_191130 | 106 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Event: City Center Holiday Tree Lighting (2019)
CityCenterDC will kick off the holiday season with an exciting evening of performances from The Washington Chorus. Washingtonians will be treated to joyful holiday music, and an official lighting ceremony and countdown emceed by NBC’4 Eun Yang. Families will be entertained with balloon artists, face... |
| 2019_DC_City_Center_XMas | 8 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Installation: Christmas Decorations |
| 2019_DC_City_Center_Dior | 55 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Installation: Dior Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Collection Pop-Up Store
Dior Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Collection Pop-Up Store
Tuesday, April 30 - Monday, May 6
The Dior Pre-Fall Men’s 2019 Collection pop-up store will be located in The Park at CityCenter from April 30 through May 6. Designed like pods, these inter-connectable minimalist spaces are modular and can adapt to any... |
| 2019_DC_City_Center_Tulips | 30 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Installation: Field of Tulips |
| 2019_DC_City_Center_Maze_191215 | 61 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Installation: Ice Maze
Ice Maze
December 13 - December 15
Get lost in the a-MAZE-ing, magic of the holidays with CityCenterDC’s icy tradition. This year, CityCenterDC is building the largest clear ice maze in the United States built with 110,000 pounds of ice. Washingtonians will not want to escape the towering seven foot... |
| 2019_DC_City_Center | 25 | DC -- CityCenterDC complex |
| 2019_DC_City_Center_Tesla | 8 | DC -- CityCenterDC complex -- Tesla Dealership |
| 2019_DC_Sidwell_CBG | 26 | DC -- Cleveland Park -- Sidwell Friends School -- Exhibit: Carol Brown Goldberg |
| 2019_DC_Meridian | 38 | DC -- Columbia Heights -- Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park) |
| 2019_DC_Columbia_Heights_CP | 6 | DC -- Columbia Heights Civic Plaza (and sidewalk mosaics) |
| 2019_DC_Columbia_Heights | 23 | DC -- Columbia Heights neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Columbia_Square | 2 | DC -- Columbia Square building |
| 2019_DC_Corc_VDay_190214 | 11 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Event: Valentine's Day
Looking for a free snack or a place to make a personalized card for your loved one? We've got you covered! This Valentine's Day (February 14), join the Corcoran for a celebration in the Flagg Atrium from 10 a.m. to noon, complete with coffee, donuts, Valentine's cookies and games! At this event, you'll... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Mapplethorpe | 146 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: 6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition
6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition
June 14, 2019, to Oct. 6, 2019
6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition will explore the highly politicized and publicized cancellation of the 1989 exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment. On June 13, 1989, the Corcoran... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Action | 30 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: A Time for Action: Washington Artists circa 1989
A Time for Action: Washington Artists circa 1989
June 13, 2019 to October 5, 2019
This companion exhibition to the Corcoran exhibition 6.13.89 will exhibit paintings, drawings, and prints from the GW Collection by artists who registered their protest of the volatile cancellation of the exhibition of... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Good_Enough | 22 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Good Enough
Good Enough
February 15, 2019 to April 5, 2019
I am, I feel, not good enough to be an artist” —Anne Truitt
WASHINGTON, DC - Good enough—a declaration of defeat—a statement of proud acceptance of oneself, ones work, the value of time and the passion put towards a particular goal. Perfectionism will... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Have_A_Look | 16 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Have a Look: Selections from the GW Collection
Have a Look: Selections from the GW Collection
February 7, 2019 to Sat, March 23, 2019
Collecting since 1821, GW holds many “hidden” treasures ranging from an early painting by the famed painter Fernando Botero, to a trove of over 152 photographs by Andy Warhol. “Have a Look: Selections from the GW... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Diaspora | 111 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: INTER | SECTIONALITY: Diaspora from the Creole City
INTER | SECTIONALITY: Diaspora from the Creole City
Nov. 14, 2019 – March 20, 2020
Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City is a bold, multidisciplinary exhibition featuring predominantly Miami-based artists from across the Caribbean, with work ranging from photography to site-specific... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Adams | 16 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Kelli Rae Adams: work / study (By The People)
Kelli Rae Adams: work / study
June 13, 2019 to October 6, 2019
With this mixed-media installation, Kelli Rae Adams calls attention to the magnitude and urgency of the student debt crisis in the U.S. Utilizing several hundred handmade ceramic bowls, a quantity of steadily accumulating coins and a... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Open | 37 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Open: An Installation by Robin Bell
Open: An Installation by Robin Bell
February 7 - March 31, 2018
OPEN, an installation of lights and projections by artist Robin Bell, is a celebration of transparency, belonging and accessibility.
Reflecting on the cancellation of the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition at the Corcoran some thirty years... |
| 2019_DC_CrittersDC | 3 | DC -- Critters -- Baby Sparrow near Dupont Circle
I doubt he/she lived for long. I couldn't hear a parent bird around. |
| 2019_DC_Daily_DJT_Twitter_190614 | 226 | DC -- Daily Show's Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library @ The Showroom
The Daily Show's award-winning Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library is coming to Washington, D.C. for one weekend only, June 14-16, after drawing huge crowds in Austin, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York City.
The pop-up exhibit showcases and analyzes the finest works from... |
| 2019_DC_DOE | 9 | DC -- Dept of Energy Bldg (1000 Independence Ave SW) |
| 2019_DC_Treasury | 3 | DC -- Dept of Treasury building |
| 2019_DC_WWI | 21 | DC -- District of Columbia World War I Memorial |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 37 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Including Closed signs during the Trump/Fox Shutdown. |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Painting | 70 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 208 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Rentals | 13 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals
Including a set-up for promoting the new CATS movie. |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 31 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Boochever | 177 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today
October 26, 2019 – August 30, 2020
Every three years, artists living and working in the United States are invited to submit one of their recent portraits to a panel of experts chosen by the museum. The works of this year’s 46 finalists were selected from... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Pres | 28 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
The Bush presidential portrait had a border around it for a month after his death. |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 16 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo!
Revisiting Paul Moore's Chuck Jones sculpture. |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_CW | 24 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Discord_Grant | 62 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Faces of Discord -- Ulysses Grant
At the end of the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was hailed as a national hero and became a popular candidate for the presidency. Socially reticent and politically aloof, Grant never sought high office, but given his conscientious sense of duty, he would obey the will of the people. On... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Pei | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: I. M. Pei, 1917-2019
In Memoriam: I. M. Pei
May 17, 2019 – June 16, 2019
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and legacy of acclaimed architect I.M. Pei with a photograph by Armenian Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh.
Born in Canton (now Guangzhou), China, in 1917, Pei was considered one of... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Norman | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Jessye Norman, 1945-2019
In Memoriam: Jessye Norman, 1945-2019
October 3, 2019 – November 3, 2019
Jessye Norman was one of the twentieth century’s greatest sopranos. She received five Grammy Awards, including one for lifetime achievement in 2006, and a host of other honors. A graduate of Howard University, Norman went on to... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Chase | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Leah Chase, 1923-2019
In Memoriam: Leah Chase
June 4, 2019 – June 30, 2019
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and legacy of Leah Chase with a painting by Gustave Blache III.
Chase (1923–2019), dubbed the “Queen of Creole Cuisine,” was a restauranteur and world-renowned chef who championed... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Iacocca | 7 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Lee Iacocca, 1924-2019 |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Morrison | 25 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Toni Morrison, 1931-2019
In Memoriam: Toni Morrison
August 6, 2019 – January 31, 2020
Toni Morrison (1931–2019) wrote about the experiences of African Americans since her first novel, The Bluest Eye, appeared in 1970. With the publication of each new work, both her fan base and critical acclaim have grown, and she won the... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Mercado | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Walter Mercado, 1932-2019 |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Sentence | 35 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Mid-Sentence
In Mid-Sentence
May 3, 2019 – March 29, 2020
Photographs are often replete with words that remain unheard. In Mid-Sentence presents a selection of photographs from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s collection that depict moments of communication: intimate confessions, public speeches,... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Packard | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Julie Packard
Julie Packard
April 23, 2019 – November 30, 2019
On display is a newly commissioned painting of Julie Packard, a leading figure in science and ocean conservation and the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The vividly colored portrait, by New York City-based artist Hope Gangloff, is one... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Anderson | 37 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Marian Anderson
One Life: Marian Anderson
June 28, 2019 – May 17, 2020
One Life: Marian Anderson shifts the attention from Anderson’s historic 1939 performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to underexplored moments in the contralto’s career. The exhibition examines the ways artists, concert promoters, and... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Denmark | 29 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portraits of the World: Denmark
Portraits of the World: Denmark
December 13, 2019 – October 12, 2020
Portraits of the World: Denmark, the third iinstallation in our international portrait series, highlights Danish artist Michael Ancher's "Kunstdommere." This monumental group portrait of four of Denmark's most significant cultural... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Recent | 33 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions (2019)
Recent Acquisitions
November 15, 2019 – August 30, 2020
The annual exhibition Recent Acquisitions showcases 25 portraits to recently enter the Portrait Gallery’s renowned collection. Images of individuals who have made an impact in art, business, fashion, media, medicine, music and social justice join... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Storied | 18 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Storied Women of the Civil War Era
Storied Women of the Civil War Era
May 24, 2019 - May 8, 2022
During the Civil War era, numerous women rose to national prominence -- from First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln to the actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman. This intimate exhibition includes portraits of these and other intriguing women who... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Votes | 213 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
March 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020
To usher in the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment,Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence reveals the women and organizations often overlooked in the complex narrative of women’s... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Progress | 31 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits
Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits
June 14, 2019 – May 31, 2020
In mid-nineteenth-century America, the growing presence of women in public life coincided with the rise of portrait photography. This exhibition of daguerreotypes and ambrotypes from the 1840s and 1850s features portraits of early... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_BoocheverP_191025 | 82 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Press Preview: 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
Reveal of the winner of the 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and preview of “The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today”
Speakers:
* Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery
* Dorothy Moss, curator of painting and sculpture
* Taína Caragol, curator of painting and sculpture... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_VotesPP_190327 | 72 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Press Preview: Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
Press preview for “Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence”
Kate Clarke Lemay, historian at the National Portrait Gallery and coordinating curator of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative
The National Portrait Gallery announces “Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence,” a major... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Bloom | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM archives) -- Exhibit: Bloom: Flowers from the Archives of American Art
Bloom: Flowers from the Archives of American Art
March 2, 2019 – September 2, 2019
Sketches and drawings of flowers from our collections provide a fascinating opportunity to examine flowers from both an artistic and scientific point of view. The exhibition coincides with Smithsonian Gardens' biannual... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Feminist | 89 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM archives) -- Exhibit: What Is Feminist Art?
What Is Feminist Art?
November 26, 2019 – November 29, 2020
In 1976, feminist activists Ruth Iskin, Lucy Lippard, and Arlene Raven organized an exhibition centered on the question: “What is Feminist Art?” They invited artists to answer this question on a letter-sized piece of paper. Hundreds of... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Myth | 133 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: American Myth and Memory: David Levinthal Photographs
American Myth and Memory: David Levinthal Photographs
June 7, 2019 – October 14, 2019
Populated with toy cowboys and cavalry, Barbie dolls and baseball players, David Levinthal’s photographs reference iconic images and events that shaped postwar American society. Despite their playful veneer,... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Respond | 147 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975
March 15, 2019 – August 18, 2019
Artists Respond: Art and America’s War, 1965 to 1975 explores artistic reactions to the Vietnam War created during the height of the U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia. An unpopular and internally divisive... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Obata | 156 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Chiura Obata: American Modern
Chiura Obata: American Modern
November 27, 2019 – May 25, 2020
Chiura Obata (1885–1975) ranks among the most significant California-based artists and Japanese American cultural leaders of the last century. Obata’s seemingly effortless synthesis of different art traditions defies the usual division... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Folk | 17 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Folk Art |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Cornell | 15 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Joseph Cornell |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Buffalo | 61 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists
Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists
October 11, 2019 – April 12, 2020
In the nineteenth century, American bison (commonly called the buffalo) thundered across the Great Plains of the American West in the millions. They symbolized the abundance of the land,... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Scale | 32 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Sculpture Down to Scale: Models for Public Art at Federal Buildings, 1974–1985
Sculpture Down to Scale: Models for Public Art at Federal Buildings, 1974–1985
May 31, 2019 - June 6, 2020
"The idea itself . . . is as much a work of art as any finished product. All intervening steps—scribbles, sketches, drawings, failed work, models, studies, thoughts, conversations—are of... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Tiffany_Chung | 32 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Tiffany Chung: Vietnam, Past is Prologue
Tiffany Chung: Vietnam, Past is Prologue
March 15, 2019 – September 2, 2019
Internationally acclaimed artist Tiffany Chung (b. 1969, Da Nang, Vietnam) is known for her multimedia work that explores migration, conflict, and shifting geographies in the wake of political and natural upheavals. The... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Modern | 14 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Modern Art |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_VietnamPP_190314 | 116 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Press Preview: Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War and Tiffany Chung
Press preview for exhibitions “Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975” and “Tiffany Chung: Vietnam, Past Is Prologue”
Participants:
* Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum
* Melissa Ho, curator of 20th-century art,... |
| 2019_DC_727Fifteenth | 4 | DC -- Downtown -- 727 15th St NW |
| 2019_DC_Almas_Temple | 4 | DC -- Downtown -- Almas Temple (1315 K St NW) |
| 2019_DC_ACS | 1 | DC -- Downtown -- American Chemical Society (1155 16th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Cato | 11 | DC -- Downtown -- Cato Institute Building (1000 Mass Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Defenders | 7 | DC -- Downtown -- Defenders of Wildlife (1130 17th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Engine16 | 6 | DC -- Downtown -- Engine Company 16 (1018 13th St., NW) |
| 2019_DC_Farragut | 2 | DC -- Downtown -- Farragut Square and David G. Farragut Statue |
| 2019_DC_Franklin | 4 | DC -- Downtown -- Franklin School (963 13th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Franklin_Sq | 2 | DC -- Downtown -- Franklin Square (Commodore John Barry statue) |
| 2019_DC_Hay_Adams_OTR | 18 | DC -- Downtown -- Hay-Adams Hotel -- Off the Record Lounge |
| 2019_DC_Hay_Adams | 17 | DC -- Downtown -- Hay-Adams Hotel (800 16th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_IUOE | 22 | DC -- Downtown -- International Union of Operating Engineers (1125 17th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_1445NY | 2 | DC -- Downtown -- National Savings Trust (SunTrust) (1445 New York Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_NGS_Admin | 42 | DC -- Downtown -- Natl Geographic Society -- Admin Bldg (1146 16th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_NGS | 33 | DC -- Downtown -- Natl Geographic Society -- Explorers Hall (1145 17th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_WP13K | 6 | DC -- Downtown -- New Washington Post Bldg (1301 K St NW) -- Exterior |
| 2019_DC_WP15L | 17 | DC -- Downtown -- Old Washington Post Bldg --> Midtown Center (1100 15th St NW) -- Exterior |
| 2019_DC_Planet_Word | 2 | DC -- Downtown -- Planet Word (925 13th St. NW in Franklin School) |
| 2019_DC_Stevens_School | 4 | DC -- Downtown -- Thaddeus Stevens School (1050 21st St NW) |
| 2019_DC_UClub | 1 | DC -- Downtown -- University Club (1135 16th St. NW) |
| 2019_DC_Downtown | 48 | DC -- Downtown area (K Street environs -- between New Hampshire and New York, Penn and M) |
| 2019_DC_DowntownDC_Signs | 12 | DC -- DowntownDC lamp post signs
I had never noticed that the images were photo mosaics. |
| 2019_DC_YMCA | 13 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- 1701 Rhode Island Ave (the old YMCA) |
| 2019_DC_Duke_Ellington_Pk | 17 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Duke Ellington Park (1201-1215 New Hampshire Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_HRC | 2 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Human Rights Campaign HQ (1640 RI Ave, NW) |
| 2019_DC_Jefferson_Hotel | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Jefferson Hotel (1200 16th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_KramerBooks | 12 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- KramerBooks & Afterwords Cafe (1517 Connecticut Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_MEI | 12 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Middle East Institute (1763 N Street NW) |
| 2019_DC_Pen_Arts | 118 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Pen Arts Bldg (Natl League of American Pen Women @ 1300 17th St NW)
I was given a tour of the building by National League of American Pen Women (nlapw.org) National President Evelyn B. Wofford. And, while I was there, I met Timoteo Murphy, the Pen Arts' artist in residence. |
| 2019_DC_Dog_Park_S | 9 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- S Street Dog Park (17th and S St. NW) |
| 2019_DC_Wilderness_Soc | 3 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Wilderness Society (1615 M St NW) |
| 2019_DC_WNDC_Miele | 18 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- WNDC -- Exhibit: All Good Things are Wild and Free: New Works by Regina Miele
All Good Things are Wild and Free: New Works by Regina Miele
On view May 2-September 3, 2019
Please join us for the opening of artist Regina Miele’s latest exhibition, whose new works follow a journey in the company of Rachel Carson’s writings, a journey of reverent observation and an ode to nature’s... |
| 2019_DC_WNDC_Suffrage | 22 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- WNDC -- Exhibit: Women's Suffrage |
| 2019_DC_Miele_190509 | 27 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- WNDC -- Opening Reception: All Good Things are Wild and Free: New Works by Regina Miele
Art Exhibition Reception
All Good Things are Wild and Free: New Works by Regina Miele
Please join us for the opening of artist Regina Miele’s latest exhibition, whose new works follow a journey in the company of Rachel Carson’s writings, a journey of reverent observation and an ode to nature’s... |
| 2019_DC_WNDC | 32 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Woman's National Democratic Club (1526 New Hampshire Ave NW) -- Exterior |
| 2019_DC_WNDC_I | 81 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Woman's National Democratic Club (1526 New Hampshire Ave NW) -- Interior |
| 2019_DC_Dupont_Circle | 64 | DC -- Dupont Circle neighborhood (but not the fountain) |
| 2019_DC_Earth_Day_Pk | 11 | DC -- Earth Day Park (300-310 9th St SW) |
| 2019_DC_EPPV | 2 | DC -- East Potomac Park -- Views of the Potomac River |
| 2019_DC_Tanner_Pk | 63 | DC -- Eckington -- Alethia Tanner Park
Under construction. |
| 2019_DC_McKinley_Tech | 6 | DC -- Eckington -- McKinley Technology High School (151 T St. NE) |
| 2019_DC_Eckington | 43 | DC -- Eckington neighborhood (incl Metro Yards) |
| 2019_DC_Edgewood | 183 | DC -- Edgewood neighborhood (incl Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center)
The mural, which was initially painted in August, 2009, is being torned down as the shopping center is torn down. |
| 2019_DC_Ike_Mem | 107 | DC -- Eisenhower National Memorial
Including the view from the National Air and Space Museum. |
| 2019_DC_Ellipse | 22 | DC -- Ellipse (President's Park South) |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Argentina | 28 | DC -- Embassy of Argentina |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Argentina_Pano | 10 | DC -- Embassy of Argentina -- Exhibit: From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary-Panoramic Photography
José Andrés Basbus's exhibit "From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary-Panoramic Photography" |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Australia | 3 | DC -- Embassy of Australia |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Bahrain | 10 | DC -- Embassy of Bahrain
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2019
BAHRAIN
* An outside, illustrated cultural trail showcasing Bahrain’s architecture
* A puzzle displaying the country’s tourist attractions
* Display of the history and traditions of Bahrain’s pearlindustry
* Traditional foods and... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Bangladesh | 21 | DC -- Embassy of Bangladesh
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2019
BANGLADESH
* Celebrate a Bengali New Year
* Sample and purchase Bangladeshi cuisine
* See and purchase traditional crafts
* Enjoy aHenna Corner
* Experience a cultural show of traditional dance and music |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Botswana | 3 | DC -- Embassy of Botswana
External only. |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Canada | 1 | DC -- Embassy of Canada
Unexpected flag for the Toronto Raptors. |
| 2019_DC_Can152nd_190701 | 159 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Canada 152 Celebration
The Embassy of Canada invites you to a
Canada Day Pancake Breakfast
featuring a performance by the Nova Scotia Celtic duo Cassie and Maggie and welcoming remarks by Kirsten Hillman, Acting Ambassador of Canada to the United States. |
| 2019_DC_EC_Quilters | 71 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: A Sense of Community: Canadian & American Quilters
A Sense of Community: Canadian & American Quilters
March 7, 2019 to May 24, 2019
Quilting has long brought communities together. Quilting bees began in as a way to share work. Today, quilting guilds help artists share techniques and ideas. Many of the artists in this show are members of one or more... |
| 2019_DC_EC_Friends | 85 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: Between Friends: A Snapshot of Canada-U.S. Relations
Between Friends: A Snapshot of Canada-U.S. Relations
June 14 - August 30, 2019
For over 150 years, Canada has had no closer friend and ally than the United States. We work together to make our two countries safer and more prosperous so we can build a better future on both sides of the border.
This... |
| 2019_DC_EC_Johnston | 212 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston
The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston
September 13, 2019 through January 2020
For more than thirty years, Lynn Johnston captured the hearts of readers around the globe with her Pulitzer Prize-nominated comic strip For Better or For Worse. Now appearing as reruns, it is still seen in over 2,000 newspapers –... |
| 2019_DC_EC_Black_Hockey | 74 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: NHL’s American Legacy Black Hockey History Tour
In celebration of Black History Month, the Capitals and the Embassy of Canada will host the NHL’s American Legacy Black Hockey History Tour at the Canadian embassy in Northwest Washington from Monday through Wednesday. The 525-square-foot mobile museum, which is housed in a trailer, recognizes the... |
| 2019_DC_Johnston_190912 | 123 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Opening Reception for "For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston"
The Canadian Embassy invites you to the opening recepiton of For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston. The artists will be in attendance.
Introductory remarks were made by Denis Chouinard (Counsellor, Public Affairs, Embassy of Canada) and Katherine Baird (Head of the Washington... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_CanadaX | 20 | DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Outdoor Christmas Tree |
| 2019_DC_Emb_China | 132 | DC -- Embassy of China
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2019
CHINA:
* A sampling of Chinese foods
* Performances of Chinese opera, martial artsand dances
* Interactive stations of Chinese tea ceremony, calligraphy, paper tearing performances
* Exhibition on the achievements of China-U.S. scientific... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_China_Photo | 62 | DC -- Embassy of China -- Exhibit: Photo exhibition on 40th Anniversary of China-US diplomatic relations
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2019
CHINA:
* A sampling of Chinese foods
* Performances of Chinese opera, martial artsand dances
* Interactive stations of Chinese tea ceremony, calligraphy, paper tearing performances
* Exhibition on the achievements of China-U.S. scientific... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Cuba | 4 | DC -- Embassy of Cuba |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Ethiopia | 13 | DC -- Embassy of Ethiopia
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2019
ETHIOPIA
* Birthplace of the coffee bean!
* Display of Ethiopia’s diverse tourism attractions and world heritage sites
* An awe-inspiring photography exhibition
* Traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony
* Traditional music and dances |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Ghana | 24 | DC -- Embassy of Ghana
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2019
GHANA
* Live music
* Wood sculpture at work
* Traditional Ghanaian food vendors |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Lithuania | 8 | DC -- Embassy of Lithuania |
| 2019_DC_Emb_MexicoCI | 91 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute |
| 2019_DC_Emb_MexCIX_SacalT_190619 | 31 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute -- Event: Curator's Talk for "Sacal: Un Mexicano Universal"
Sacal: Un Mexicano Universal
The Mexican Cultural Institute presents its newest exhibit, SACAL: UN MEXICANO UNIVERSAL opening on June 19 and on display through July 27.
Join us for the exhibit opening on Wednesday, June 19 at 6:45 pm at the Mexican Cultural Institute, featuring a curator's talk with... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_MexCIX_Cartoons | 135 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute -- Exhibit: 100 Years Of Cartoons In El Universal
Exhibit: 100 Years Of Cartoons In El Universal
September 4 - October 30, 2019 at the Mexican Cultural Institute
The Mexican Cultural Institute is proud to announce its newest exhibit, 100 Years of Cartoons in El Universal: Mexico - United States as Seen by Mexican Cartoonists, taking place from... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_MexCIX_Recon | 65 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute -- Exhibit: Reconciling City And Nature By Architect Mario Schjetnan
Exhibit: Reconciling City And Nature By Architect Mario Schjetnan
August 8 - October 12, 2019 at the Mexican Cultural Institute
The exhibition, Reconciling City and Nature, by Mario Schjetnan, architect and landscape architect, and his team Grupo de Diseño Urbano (based in Mexico City), presents the... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_MexCIX_Sacal | 125 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute -- Exhibit: Sacal: Un Mexicano Universal
Sacal: Un Mexicano Universal
June 19 - July 27, 2019 at the Mexican Cultural Institute
The Mexican Cultural Institute presents its newest exhibit, SACAL: UN MEXICANO UNIVERSAL opening on June 19 and on display through July 27.
The sample of works comprise two series: The Paraphrase series, inspired... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_MexCIX_Sodi | 17 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute -- Exhibit: Topographies By Bosco Sodi
Topographies By Bosco Sodi
May 9 through July 27, 2019
Spanning the Institute’s first floor galleries, the presentation brings together Sodi’s first series of paintings realized in black and white with four of the artist’s timber columns and an installation comprised of ceramic glazed volcanic rocks.... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_MexCIX_Vested | 57 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute -- Exhibit: Vested Values
Exhibit: Vested Values
September 14 - January 29 at the Mexican Cultural Institute
The Mexican Cultural Institute is proud to announce its exhibit 'Vested Values' open September 14th, 2018.
Vested Values, a selection comprising more than 40 works of various Mexican contemporary artists, explores the... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_MexCIX_Array | 6 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute -- Exhibit: Voice Array by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Installation: Voice Array by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
October 31, 2018 - ???
The Mexican Cultural Institute is proud to present Voice Array by Mexican artist Rafael Lozano Hemmer, in conjunction with Pulse, a series featuring three major interactive installations at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_MexicoCIVw | 11 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institution -- View from... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Mozambique | 4 | DC -- Embassy of Mozambique
External only. |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Pakistan | 15 | DC -- Embassy of Pakistan
Part of Passport DC (Around the World) Open House 2019
PAKISTAN
* Celebrate Basant with kites and colors
* Play cricket in the courtyard
* Savor traditional kebabs and biryani dishes
* Enjoy music, performances and more |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Peru_Sabre | 31 | DC -- Embassy of Peru -- Exhibit: A Journey in Stone (Sabre)
A Journey in Stone
The Ambassador of Peru to the United States cordially invites you to the opening night of the art exhibition A Journey in Stone, by celebrated Peruvian artist SABRE.
"A Journey in Stone", is a lithographic journey of the artist over the years, that touches diverse themes that will... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Peru_Caral | 28 | DC -- Embassy of Peru -- Exhibit: Caral: The Earliest Civilization in the Americas
Caral: The earliest civilization in the Americas
Caral is not only a city but also the name of an entire civilization of at least 25 sites centered on the Supe Valley in Peru.The Caral Civilization is considered one of the six “cradles of civilization”, joining Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India and... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Peru_Fragile | 35 | DC -- Embassy of Peru -- Exhibit: Fragile
Fragile by Pedro Jarque Krebs
There are few things more fascinating than the diversity of the animal kingdom—and it’s a wonder under immense threat. The latest figures estimate that 60 percent of all animal populations on our planet have been wiped out in the last 50 years.
Pedro Jarque Krebs, a... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Peru_Overtime | 31 | DC -- Embassy of Peru -- Exhibit: Overtime | Peruvian Contemporary Painting | Magaly Sánchez
Overtime | Peruvian Contemporary Painting | Magaly Sánchez |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Peru_Condor | 52 | DC -- Embassy of Peru -- Exhibit: The Condor & the Eagle
The Condor & the Eagle
On view May 1 - June 7, 2019
The Embassy of Peru in the United States is pleased to present the pictorial exhibition of two Chicano artists of Peruvian origin who have contributed with their art to launch Chicano art to the national and world markets.
Mario Acevedo Torero and... |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Poland_Bday | 15 | DC -- Embassy of Poland -- Fence Exhibit: The Longest Birthday Card in the History of the World |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Russia | 4 | DC -- Embassy of Russia |
| 2019_DC_Emb_Zimbabwe | 7 | DC -- Embassy of Zimbabwe
External only. |
| 2019_DC_DEB_DC_190824 | 13 | DC -- Event: Diner En Blanc
I had never heard of this event before so it was interesting to run into all these folks dressed in white outside of the Donald Reynolds Center one afternoon. Initially, they don't really know where they're going and this crowd ended up at Freedom Plaza. An article afterward by WTOP (... |
| 2019_DC_Monument_QThanks_190602 | 63 | DC -- Event: Monument Quilt @ National Mall -- Thank You Ceremony |
| 2019_DC_Nats_Parade_191102 | 184 | DC -- Event: Nationals' Championship Parade
The Nationals’ championship parade will take place at 2 p.m. on Nov. 2 at Constitution Avenue and 15th Street NW. From there, it’ll head east on Constitution Avenue NW, culminating with a team rally on Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street NW |
| 2019_DC_Iran1988_190912 | 24 | DC -- Exhibit: Iran 1988 Massacre @ U.S. Capitol
Iran: 1988 Massacre
Ongoing Human Rights Violations
US Capitol Ground [sic]
September 12, 2019
#1988IranMassacre
#NoImpunity4Mullahs
#FreeIran |
| 2019_DC_Monument_Quilt_190602 | 290 | DC -- Exhibit: Monument Quilt @ National Mall -- Quilt Itself
The Monument Quilt, a project of Baltimore based FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, is a collection of over 3,000 stories by survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence and our allies, written, painted, and stitched onto red fabric. Our stories literally blanket highly public, outdoor places to create... |
| 2019_DC_Engine23 | 1 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Engine Company 23 (2119 G St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Octagon | 2 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Octagon House and American Institute of Architects Bldg |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Int | 11 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Organization of American States -- Main Bldg Interior |
| 2019_DC_Foggy_Bottom | 5 | DC -- Foggy Bottom neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Folger_Monument | 142 | DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: A Monument to Shakespeare
A Monument to Shakespeare
Apr 13, 2019 – Jan 05, 2020
Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily wanted to create a monument to Shakespeare in the U.S. capital. This would be their gift to the American people, an architectural presence on Capitol Hill, and an anchor to the nation’s cultural mile. This... |
| 2019_DC_FONZ_Bye_Bye_191109 | 28 | DC -- FONZ Event -- Bye Bye, Bei Bei
It's time to say Bye Bye, Bei Bei
On Nov. 19, the Zoo's 4-year-old giant panda Bei Bei will be leaving as part of the Zoo's cooperative breeding program with China. We're all going to miss our laid-back, confident panda.
So we're going to send him off in style! From 8 to 10 a.m. on Nov. 9, join FONZ... |
| 2019_DC_FONZ_CF_190629 | 104 | DC -- FONZ Spring Conservation Festival (2019) @ Holt House
Research Hill will open exclusively to members. Shuttles will transport members from the bottom of American Trail to Research Hill between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. At Research Hill, members will get a behind-the-scenes look at:
* Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV)
* Lab Reproduction Science... |
| 2019_DC_Fords | 3 | DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Theatre, Lobby) |
| 2019_DC_Ft_StevensNC | 53 | DC -- Fort Stevens Park National Cemetery |
| 2019_DC_SIFG_Dewings | 37 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Dewing's Poetic World
Dewing's Poetic World
November 27, 2019 – November 2020
Best known for his tonal compositions featuring a solitary female figure lost in thought, Thomas Wilmer Dewing was in reality part of an active social network of collectors, painters, and art dealers. Why do the women in his paintings appear to... |
| 2019_DC_SIFG_Hokusai | 178 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Hokusai: Mad about Painting
Hokusai: Mad about Painting
November 23, 2019 – November 2020
The Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) is widely recognized for a single image—Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa, an icon of global art—yet he produced thousands of works throughout his long life. Charles Lang Freer... |
| 2019_DC_SIFG_Peacock | 48 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: The Peacock Room (Two versions)
The Peacock Room Revealed
January 29, 2019 – mid-April 2019
For a limited time, enjoy the Peacock Room as Whistler saw it—as a work of art in itself. The shelves of the Peacock Room are empty prior to an installation of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain of the type that filled the room in the late... |
| 2019_DC_SIFG_Whistler_WC | 94 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Whistler in Watercolor
Whistler in Watercolor
May 18, 2019 – October 6, 2019
For renowned artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), watercolor was the medium through which he reinvented himself in the 1880s and painted his way into posterity. No one was more smitten with Whistler and his works than museum founder Charles... |
| 2019_DC_SIFG | 25 | DC -- Freer Gallery of Art -- Not Covered Elsewhere
The previous day, I had gotten a Facebook notice that one of my groups -- "Smithsonian's Freer..." (Facebook truncated the title) -- had changed its name. I went to visit the museum to ask questions.
Someone at the desk said the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery used to be known... |
| 2019_DC_Gallery_Place | 2 | DC -- Gallery Place building |
| 2019_DC_Rawlins_Statue | 23 | DC -- General John A. Rawlins Statue |
| 2019_DC_Exorcist | 8 | DC -- Georgetown -- Exorcist Steps (Prospect and 36th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Old_Stone | 36 | DC -- Georgetown -- Old Stone House (part of Rock Creek Park) |
| 2019_DC_1201Wisc | 8 | DC -- Georgetown -- PNC Bank (1201 Wisconsin Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Georgetown_Glow | 89 | DC -- Georgetown Glow (Outdoor Light Art Exhibition) (2019)
Experience the sparkle of the season at Georgetown GLOW, the region's only curated exhibition of outdoor public light art installations. Set against the historic backdrop of DC's oldest neighborhood, it's a whole new way to shine.
The 2019 Georgetown GLOW invites visitors to re-imagine the season of... |
| 2019_DC_Georgetown | 16 | DC -- Georgetown neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Cartooning_Trump_191203 | 111 | DC -- Georgetown University -- Event: Cartoons, Controversy and Caricatures (w/Matt Wuerker and Kevin Kallaugher)
Cartoons, Controversy and Caricatures: Political Cartooning in the Age of Trump
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Join POLITICO’s Matt Wuerker and The Economist’s Kevin Kallaugher for a workshop and open discussion on the theory and practice of political cartoons. Attendees will participate in the... |
| 2019_DC_Georgetown_WFPk | 2 | DC -- Georgetown Waterfront Park (and Views from...) |
| 2019_DC_GAHM_Stripes | 63 | DC -- German-American Heritage Museum -- Exhibit: Stars and Stripes Over the Rhine
Stars and Stripes Over the Rhine: The American Occupation in Germany After World War I, 1918 - 1923
Curated by Kai Sprenger for Wunderbar Together: DeutschlandJahr USA 2018/2019 and supported by the government of Rheinland-Palatinate
July 17 - August 30
The majority of Americans learned about... |
| 2019_DC_Ghost_Bike | 20 | DC -- Ghost Bikes (Cyclist Died Here) |
| 2019_DC_Golden_Streets | 42 | DC -- Golden Streets (Golden Triangle Tree Box Garden Contest) |
| 2019_DC_Golden_Haiku | 42 | DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (2019) |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Rwanda | 47 | DC -- GWU -- Elliott School -- Exhibit: Remembering Rwanda |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Rosenburg | 143 | DC -- GWU -- Elliott School -- Exhibit: Rosenburg - The Federal Ministry Of Justice In The Shadow Of The Nazi Past (w/Emb of Germany)
The Rosenburg - The Federal Ministry Of Justice In The Shadow Of The Nazi Past
The exhibition is the latest step in Germany's ongoing and wide-ranging efforts to address its Nazi past, in this case by examining the approach of the West German Ministry of Justice which was housed in a castle called the... |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Slovakia | 46 | DC -- GWU -- Elliott School -- Exhibit: We Want Freedom: The Fall Of The Communist Regime In Slovakia In 1989
We Want Freedom: The Fall Of The Communist Regime In Slovakia In 1989
It has been 30 years since the citizens of Czechoslovakia expressed their desire for freedom and democracy through a series of peaceful mass protests against the communist regime. The Velvet Revolution of 1989 has become a... |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Elliott | 22 | DC -- GWU -- Elliott School of International Affairs |
| 2019_DC_GWU_ElliottVw | 3 | DC -- GWU -- Elliott School of International Affairs -- View from... |
| 2019_DC_RosenburgR_190205 | 35 | DC -- GWU -- Elliott School & Emb of Germany -- Event: Opening Reception for Rosenburg - The Federal Ministry Of Justice In The Shadow Of The Nazi Past Reception
Register for the Exhibition Opening at The Elliott School of International Affairs
Please join in the opening ceremony. |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Laid | 27 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Best Laid Plans: Designs for a Capital City
Best Laid Plans: Designs for a Capital City
Detail of print showing plans for the National Mall
June 15–December 22, 2019
Every landmark in Washington, D.C., has a story. Some never made it past the drawing board. This exhibition examines unrealized designs for the Washington Monument, Memorial... |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_4Freedoms | 687 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms (Multiple visits)
Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms
February 13, 2019 through April 29, 2019
Norman Rockwell’s masterpieces make their way to Washington as part of a major international traveling exhibition on the Four Freedoms famously outlined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech;... |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Songs | 60 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Songs of the Civil War
Songs of the Civil War
June 15–December 22, 2019
During the American Civil War, music had the power to inspire patriotism and service, and to capture loss on the battlefield. This exhibition showcases historical sheet music that provided the soundtrack to a nation divided by war. |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure | 17 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Woven | 67 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt
Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt
Through January 5, 2020
In the early medieval era, the eastern Mediterranean’s palaces, villas, and sacred spaces were richly decorated with hangings, curtains, and other luxury fabrics. Bringing together rarely displayed artworks from the fourth to the... |
| 2019_DC_GWU_Art | 6 | DC -- GWU -- Public Art |
| 2019_DC_GWU | 42 | DC -- GWU (George Washington University) |
| 2019_DC_Ikes_Soul_190617 | 54 | DC -- Heritage Foundation -- Alan Sears and Craig Osten ("The Soul of an American President")
The Soul of an American President: The Untold Story of Dwight D. Eisenhower's Faith
Featuring co-authors Alan Sears and Craig Osten
Moderated by Tim Goeglein, Vice President, External Relations, Focus on the Family
While there have been many biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower that focus on his... |
| 2019_DC_Hess_190213 | 22 | DC -- Heritage Foundation -- Stephen Hess ("Bit Player")
The title “Bit Player” perfectly reflects Stephen Hess’s long and distinguished career as a Washington insider.
Bit Player: My Life with Presidents and Ideas
Featuring author Stephen Hess
The title “Bit Player” perfectly reflects Stephen Hess’s long and distinguished career as a Washington insider.... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_David | 68 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Enrico David: Gradations of Slow Release
Enrico David: Gradations of Slow Release
April 16, 2019 – September 2, 2019
Enrico David has distinguished himself as one of the most original artists working today, fashioning a universe of imagery that revolves around the human figure and its many states of being. Co-organized by the Museum of... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_Feel | 24 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions
Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions
Aug 24, 2019–February 2020
Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions brings together artworks acquired by the Hirshhorn over the past five years. Highlighting works that encapsulate the current moment, the exhibition is an opportunity to... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_Truth | 5 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth)
In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth)
June 8, 2019 – June 23, 2019
What is the truth? We all have our own definitions of and beliefs in “the truth.” Now is your chance to tell it.
The Hirshhorn is hosting the D.C. debut of In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth), a long-term global project by... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_Ufan_Open | 35 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Lee Ufan: Open Dimension
Lee Ufan: Open Dimension
September 27, 2019 – September 13, 2020
Lee Ufan: Open Dimension is an ambitious site-specific commission by the celebrated Korean artist Lee Ufan. The expansive installation, featuring 10 new sculptures from the artist’s signature and continuing Relatum series, marks Lee... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_Manifesto | 150 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Manifesto: Art x Agency
Manifesto: Art x Agency
June 15, 2019 – January 5, 2020
German artist Julian Rosefeldt’s epic, multi-channel video work Manifesto serves as the centerpiece to a display of works from the Hirshhorn collection highlighting works of art created in response to, or as a part of, artistic manifestos of the... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_Duchamp | 136 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Marcel Duchamp: The Barbara and Aaron Levine Collection
Marcel Duchamp: The Barbara and Aaron Levine Collection
November 9, 2019 – October 12, 2020
The first of a two-part exhibition, this part features the recent gift of over 50 major historical artworks, including more than 35 seminal works by Duchamp, promised to the museum by Washington, D.C.,... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_Steir | 16 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Pat Steir: Color Wheel
Pat Steir: Color Wheel
October 24, 2019 – May 10, 2020
The Hirshhorn hosts the largest site-specific exhibition to date by the acclaimed abstract painter Pat Steir. The exhibition is an expansive new suite of the artist’s signature Waterfall paintings, spanning the entire perimeter of the museum’s... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_Tiravanija | 289 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Rirkrit Tiravanija: Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Green (Multiple visits)
Rirkrit Tiravanija: Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Green
May 17, 2019 – July 24, 2019
On view is the newly acquired full-gallery Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Green (2010), an installation work of relational aesthetics by Rirkrit Tiravanija that unites the artist’s signature culinary work with... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_Still_Life | 6 | 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... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR_Evidence | 36 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: The Evidence Room
The Evidence Room
June 12, 2019 – September 8, 2019
Designed and built for the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016, The Evidence Room draws upon extensive archival research to recreate incriminating architectural features of Auschwitz that were dismantled and destroyed by the Nazis at the end of... |
| 2019_DC_SIHIR | 4 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum (Inside)
They've implemented a phone-based museum guide system for additional information about the exhibits. |
| 2019_DC_SIHIRO | 27 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum (Outside)
The Roy Lichtenstein piece has been sent off to the Kennedy Center |
| 2019_DC_Hostess100_190506 | 5 | DC -- Hostess 100th Anniversary Van |
| 2019_DC_HUD | 7 | DC -- Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Bldg (Robert C. Weaver Federal Building) (451 7th Street SW) |
| 2019_DC_IDB_VC | 29 | DC -- IDB -- Inter-American Development Bank building -- Visitor Center
The Inter-American Development Bank, the primary source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean, invites you to experience its new Visitors Center.
Through interactives and data-driven storytelling, learn about diverse projects in 26 countries – each one designed to improve... |
| 2019_DC_IDBCC_Single_Use | 40 | DC -- IDB Cultural Center -- Exhibit: Single-Use Planet: A Call-to-Action from the Artists of the Americas
Single-Use Planet: A Call-to-Action from the Artists of the Americas
The Inter-American Development Bank was born 60 years ago to help the region’s people progress toward a better future. Back then, the region was very different and the challenges it faced were enormous. Over these past six decades,... |
| 2019_DC_IDB_SAAG_Chevalier | 37 | DC -- IDB Staff Assn Art Gallery -- Exhibit: Mildor Chevalier (Haiti) - Northward / Hacia El Norte
Mildor Chevalier (Haiti) - Northward / Hacia El Norte
April 9 - May 3, 2019
"For the past three years, I have been creating this body of work that orbits between the idea of belonging and solitude. I created worlds with fragments of my personal experience and depicted situations that speak to the... |
| 2019_DC_IHS_190604 | 97 | DC -- Innovative Housing Showcase (2019) @ Mall
The Innovative Housing Showcase is a five-day event featuring new building technologies and housing solutions that are making housing more affordable for American families and homes more resilient during natural disasters. More than 2,500 persons, including policymakers, housing industry... |
| 2019_DC_Spy | 77 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) |
| 2019_DC_Spy_1Stealing | 389 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 1. Stealing Secrets |
| 2019_DC_Spy_2Codes | 80 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 2. Codes |
| 2019_DC_Spy_3Sense | 81 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 3. Making Sense of Secrets |
| 2019_DC_Spy_4Covert | 226 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 4. Covert Action |
| 2019_DC_Spy_5History | 315 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 5. Spying that Shaped History |
| 2019_DC_Spy_6Uncertain | 228 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- 6. An Uncertain World |
| 2019_DC_SpyPP_190507 | 18 | DC -- International Spy Museum (New Location) -- Press Preview |
| 2019_DC_Kennedy_Center | 1 | DC -- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
| 2019_DC_Kennedy_CenterVw | 25 | DC -- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- Views from... |
| 2019_DC_300Mass | 6 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- 300 Mass. Ave NW (Healey 1890 Bldg) |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_Flannery | 12 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Abraham Lincoln (Flannery) Statue |
| 2019_DC_MoultrieCH | 4 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Carl Moultrie Courthouse (DC Superior Court) (500 Indiana Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Italiana | 2 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Holy Rosary Church and Casa Italiana (595 3rd St. NW)
They've added a new addition to the back of the building. |
| 2019_DC_LA_Small | 26 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum
I hadn't realized they had moved it the rest of the way. There was a big ceremony when it moved its first 50 feet. |
| 2019_DC_Engine06_Old | 4 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Old Engine Company 6 (438 Mass. Ave NW) -- location until 1974 |
| 2019_DC_Blackstone | 1 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Sir William Blackstone Statue |
| 2019_DC_Judiciary | 16 | DC -- Judiciary Square neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Aquatic | 83 | DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens |
| 2019_DC_Kennedy_Future | 5 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Building the Future (Expansion Project Model) |
| 2019_DC_Kennedy_Detour | 22 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Detour
2019 – 2020 VSA Emerging Young Artists Program
This call for art asks artists to plug in, to span new distances, and to see unexpected relationships. When is connection, or disconnection, most needed? What roads lead there? Overlapping stories and interconnected ideas can overwhelm or can create... |
| 2019_DC_Kennedy_MOKC | 9 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Mo Willems Kennedy Center |
| 2019_DC_Kennedy_Courage | 60 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors
Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors
Monday, October 7, 2019 - Friday, November 15, 2019
Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors is a collection of portraits by President George W. Bush on loan from the Ambassador and Mrs. George... |
| 2019_DC_Honors_191208 | 164 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2019)
Celebrate the 2019 Honorees
Earth, Wind & Fire, Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, Sesame Street, and Michael Tilson Thomas
42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors To Celebrate Honorees' Profound Artistic Impact
Folks shown here include:
Christopher Jackson ("Hamilton"), Jonas Brothers, Debra Winger, David... |
| 2019_DC_Chappelle_191027 | 135 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Mark Twain Prize (2019 -- Dave Chappelle)
Folks shown here include: Q-Tip, Michael Che, Colin Jost, Kenan Thompson, Aziz Ansari, David Rubenstein, Morgan Freeman, ???, Kidd O'Shea (ABC 7), Fab Five Freddie, Robert L. Johnson, ???, ???, John Legend, Neal Brennan, ??? (again), David Rubenstein (again), Jeff Ross, Common, Sarah Silverman, Aziz... |
| 2019_DC_Kennedy_Reach | 129 | DC -- Kennedy Center Reach |
| 2019_DC_Kennedy_ReachO_190910 | 38 | DC -- Kennedy Center Reach -- Event: The Reach Opening Festival
Various folks and artwork specific to the opening. One of the artists present was Raiz Campos. We had a long discussion about the future of the Amazon rain forest and the plight of the indigenous people of Brazil.:
Graffiti Live Painting by Raiz
Watch Raiz Campos (Amazon/Brazil) create a graffiti... |
| 2019_DC_Gerberg_190312 | 80 | DC -- KramerBooks & Afterword -- Mort Gerberg ("On the Scene") w/Ann Telnaes
Mort Gerberg broke into print with irreverent drawings in The Realist in the early ’60s, whose social-justice-minded—and bitingly funny—cartoons have since appeared in all major magazines, includingThe New Yorker, Playboy, and the Saturday Evening Post. As a reporter, he’s sketched historic scenes like... |
| 2019_DC_Lafayette_Square | 49 | DC -- Lafayette Square (by White House) area |
| 2019_DC_DeSales | 7 | DC -- Langdon -- Saint Francis de Sales Church (2015 Rhode Island Ave., NE) |
| 2019_DC_LOC_DofI | 13 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Declaration of Independence News |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Little_Women | 24 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Little Women |
| 2019_DC_LOC_NAACP | 13 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): NAACP The Fight for Freedom |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Stonewall | 26 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Stonewell @ 50 |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Whitman | 58 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Walt Whitman @ 200
To mark the 200th anniversary of Whitman’s birth, the Library will display poetry, images and ephemera from Whitman’s life in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Five cases will display Whitman’s handwritten drafts, published poems, original letters, portraits and other rarely seen materials. |
| 2019_DC_NPHarris_Houdini | 57 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Harry Houdini Collection
NBF Presents: Neil Patrick Harris | The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third
Join us for the kick-off event of the Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents series for an exciting evening of magic and moderated conversation with award-winning actor and author Neil Patrick Harris as he celebrates... |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Mozart | 5 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Mozart, Sonata for Violin and Piano, K. 379 (1781)
This was a piece hand-written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, part of the collection at the LOC. Most of us were just wowed to see it. |
| 2019_DC_Pilkey_Peanuts | 68 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Peanuts Collection
Ticket holders will be invited to view a display of items from the Library’s extensive comic collection in the Whittall Pavillion prior to the start of the event. |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Action | 77 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Art in Action: Herb Block and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
January 31 - August 17, 2019
This exhibition was inspired by original drawings created for distribution in newspapers by Herbert L. Block (1909–2001), who won three Pulitzer Prizes and became known simply as "Herblock." His artistic... |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Comic_Art | 214 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages
Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages
Opened September 12, 2019
Explore the realm of comic art, where visual and narrative storytelling styles have evolved from panels in early newspapers to contemporary comic images. Through unique original drawings and printed pages, this exhibition features the... |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Herblock | 69 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2019)
Herblock Looks at 1969: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibtion dates: March 23, 2019–September 7, 2019
Richard Milhous Nixon (1913–1994) became the thirty-seventh president of the United States in 1969. Herblock had been a persistent critic of Nixon since 1948, starting with the... |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Mapping | 11 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: Western States |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Parks_Words | 138 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words
Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words
Opening December 5, 2019
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) is best known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a crowded bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement that... |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Women_Vote | 241 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
June 4, 2019–September 2020
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. . . . In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall... |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Suffrage_Garden | 7 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Suffrage Garden |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Ext | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |
| 2019_DC_LOC_MRR | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |
| 2019_DC_LOC_GH | 54 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |
| 2019_DC_LOC_GHX | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display |
| 2019_DC_LOC_Tunnel | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Tunnels
I ran into WaPo-alumni Neely Tucker downstairs. |
| 2019_DC_LOCVw | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from... |
| 2019_DC_Waller_191010 | 77 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Douglas Waller ("Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation")
This Thursday, October 10, 2019, join us as Doug Waller discusses his new book, Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation, which is a story of espionage, sabotage, and intrigue-and of a shrewd president who valued what his operatives uncovered.
Cottage Conversations offer relaxing evenings to... |
| 2019_DC_Good_Deed | 55 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: A Good Deed in a Weary World
“A Good Deed in a Weary World”
January 9-31, 2019
January is a time for solemn reflection, bold action and new beginnings. While the Lincolns didn’t reside at the Cottage during this season, January plays an integral role in the Lincoln story. On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation, crafted... |
| 2019_DC_Lincolns_Hat_190218 | 168 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Lincoln's Hat kid's event on President's Day |
| 2019_DC_Ideas_Forum_190412 | 90 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Lincoln Ideas Forum (2019): Voting Rights
Lincoln Ideas Forum
In April of 1865, Lincoln proposed offering the vote to black soldiers who had served in the Union Army. It would turn out to be one of his final speeches: it's thought that this proposal is part of the reason Booth accelerated his plans to assassinate the president. This year, we... |
| 2019_DC_Two_Faces_191113 | 162 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Two Faces Comedy Series: Make Up Party
Two Faces Comedy Series at President Lincoln's Cottage
"I leave it to my audience: If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one?”
-- Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates after being accused of "two-faced" politics by Stephen Douglas
Back by popular demand, and drawing... |
| 2019_DC_Two_Faces_191021 | 126 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Two Faces Comedy Series: Pun Competition
For the October show, we’re indulging Lincoln’s love of wordplay by bringing a pun competition to the Cottage.
Orpheus C. Kerr — the punny pseudonym (office-seeker) of Robert H. Newell — was one of Lincoln’s favorite humorists. He even read the pun-filled “Orpheus C. Kerr Papers” while relaxing at the... |
| 2019_DC_Holzer_190612 | 75 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Harold Holzer ("Monument Man")
Cottage Conversation: Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French
Join us as Harold Holzer discusses his new book, Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French. |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_CottageVC | 9 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Visitor Center |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_CVC_Slip | 8 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Visitor Center -- Exhibit: Lincoln's Slippers
Lincoln’s Slippers return to the Cottage!
July 29, 2019 - January 31, 2020
While Abraham Lincoln’s public image was defined by his signature stovepipe hat, his private, more casual nature is highlighted in the newest exhibit at President Lincoln’s Cottage. Meetings at the Cottage were often impromptu... |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_CVC_SOS | 5 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Visitor Center -- Exhibit: Presidential Award for Students Opposing Slavery
Students Opposing Slavery (SOS), a youth education program of President Lincoln’s Cottage, was awarded the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons on Monday, October 24th, 2016 at the meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat... |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_Cottage | 41 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage (at the Armed Forces Retirement Home)
After a snow. |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_CottageI | 1 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage (at the Armed Forces Retirement Home) -- Interior Images |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_Theater | 4 | DC -- Lincoln Theater |
| 2019_DC_Luther_Place_MC | 14 | DC -- Logan Circle -- Luther Place Memorial Church (1226 Vermont Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Logan_Statue | 24 | DC -- Logan Circle -- Major John Logan Statue |
| 2019_DC_NCCC | 2 | DC -- Logan Circle -- Natl City Christian Church (5 Thomas Circle, NW) |
| 2019_DC_Korean_Old_LM | 14 | DC -- Logan Circle -- Old Korean Legation Museum (1500 13th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Whitman_Walker_LIZ | 6 | DC -- Logan Circle -- Whitman-Walker at LIZ |
| 2019_DC_Logan | 51 | DC -- Logan Circle neighborhood (but not Logan Statue) |
| 2019_DC_Thomas_Statue | 12 | DC -- Major General George Henry Thomas (Thomas Circle) Statue |
| 2019_DC_Mall_David | 5 | DC -- Mall -- David's Tent
This group has been occupying parts of the Mall for almost 4 years. Their sign says "David's Tent DC. A 24/7 love song to King Jesus, as a Living Memorial on the National Mall, since September 11, 2015." |
| 2019_DC_WCCanal | 8 | DC -- Mall -- Lockkeepers House (Washington City Canal House) |
| 2019_DC_MLK_Mem | 7 | DC -- Martin Luther King Jr. Natl Memorial |
| 2019_DC_MBT | 20 | DC -- Metropolitan Branch Trail |
| 2019_DC_Moment_Dinner_191124 | 81 | DC -- Moment Magazine's 2019 Gala and Awards Dinner @ National Press Club -- Dinner and Post-Event Mingling
Moment DC Gala & Awards Dinner
Celebrating Jewish journalism in tumultuous times
An Exciting Evening of Conversation & Music!
Honoring:
Moment Magazine Women and Power Award:
* Nina Totenberg, NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent
* ... presented by Jamie Gorelick
Robert S. Greenberger Journalism... |
| 2019_DC_Moment_Pre_191124 | 159 | DC -- Moment Magazine's 2019 Gala and Awards Dinner @ National Press Club -- Pre-dinner mingling
Moment DC Gala & Awards Dinner
Celebrating Jewish journalism in tumultuous times
An Exciting Evening of Conversation & Music!
Honoring:
Moment Magazine Women and Power Award:
* Nina Totenberg, NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent
* ... presented by Jamie Gorelick
Robert S. Greenberger Journalism... |
| 2019_DC_Moment_Pgm_191124 | 144 | DC -- Moment Magazine's 2019 Gala and Awards Dinner @ National Press Club -- Presentation
Moment DC Gala & Awards Dinner
Celebrating Jewish journalism in tumultuous times
An Exciting Evening of Conversation & Music!
Honoring:
Moment Magazine Women and Power Award:
* Nina Totenberg, NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent
* ... presented by Jamie Gorelick
Robert S. Greenberger Journalism... |
| 2019_DC_Carnegie_Lib | 29 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |
| 2019_DC_Carnegie_LibI | 21 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Interior)
My first visit since the Apple store reopened the place. |
| 2019_DC_Cobb_Pk | 1 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Cobb Park @ H and 3rd NW |
| 2019_DC_UHPrayer | 7 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- United House of Prayer for All People (601 M St. NW) |
| 2019_DC_Mt_Vernon | 74 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Childrens_Museum | 6 | DC -- National Children's Museum @ Ronald Reagan Bldg
The museum was scheduled to open that evening. It looked like it had some way to go to me. They're grand public opening is, unfortunrately, scheduled the next day during the parade for the World Series winning Nationals. |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_MoF | 31 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Board Exhibit: Milestones of Flight |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Gall100A | 41 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: (a) Milestones of Flight |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Enterprise | 8 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: U.S.S. Starship Enterprise Model |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Gall208A | 97 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 208: (a) Pioneers of Flight, Barron Hilton |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Bldg | 46 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General
Large crowds as always despite large chunks of the inside galleries being closed during the renovation. |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Voyage | 52 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Outside Exhibit: Voyage -- A Journey Through Our Solar System |
| 2019_DC_SIAIR_Armstrong | 20 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit
July 16, 2019 – 2022
Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit from the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing is on display for the first time in 13 years in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. The spacesuit recently underwent an extensive conservation process funded by... |
| 2019_DC_Archives_Eman | 32 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Exhibit: Emancipation Proclamation and DC Emancipation Act (2019)
a special viewing of the Emancipation Proclamation at the National Archives, Monday, April 15 at 9 a.m. Programs and events are planned throughout the week celebrating the 156th Anniversary of the document, viewable by the public, from April 14-16. In addition to the rare public display, the museum will... |
| 2019_DC_Archives_Hers | 189 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Exhibit: Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
Friday, May 10, 2019 - Sunday, January 3, 2021
Most Americans consider the ability to vote fundamental to the enjoyment of full citizenship. American women, however, were long denied that right. In 1920, American democracy dramatically expanded when the... |
| 2019_DC_Archives | 19 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Exterior (including Arson scar)
According to the press release from the National Archives: An unidentified person started a fire outside the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, at about 8 p.m., April 25. No one was injured, and the building sustained some damage to the exterior wall. The arsonist placed a gas container on... |
| 2019_DC_Building | 40 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |
| 2019_DC_Building_Evicted | 69 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Evicted
Evicted
April 14, 2018–May 19, 2019
A stable place to call home is one of the best predictors of success. Yet, each year more than 2.3 million Americans, most of them low-income renters, face eviction. While it used to be rare even in the poorest neighborhoods, forcible removal has become ordinary,... |
| 2019_DC_Building_Lawn | 33 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Lawn
Lawn
July 4-September 2, 2019
The Museum is partnering with the LAB at Rockwell Group to present the 2019 Summer Block Party installation. Lawn will be an immersive installation taking up the entirety of the Museum’s Great Hall, and offer interactive experiences for all ages.
Lawn allows guests to... |
| 2019_DC_Building_Secret_Cities | 200 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Secret Cities
Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project
May 3, 2018 – July 28, 2019
In the fall of 1942, less than a year after the United States was drawn into World War II by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers quietly began acquiring vast tracts of... |
| 2019_DC_NGAEW_OLJackson | 28 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings
Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings
April 14 – September 15, 2019
American painter, printmaker, and sculptor Oliver Lee Jackson (b. 1935) has created a complex body of work which masterfully weaves together visual influences ranging from the Renaissance to modernism with principles of rhythm and... |
| 2019_DC_NGAEW_Animals | 317 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: The Life of Animals in Japanese Art
The Life of Animals in Japanese Art
June 2 – August 18, 2019
Artworks representing animals—real or imaginary, religious or secular—span the full breadth and splendor of Japanese artistic production. As the first exhibition devoted to the subject, The Life of Animals in Japanese Art covers 17... |
| 2019_DC_NGA_Berruguete | 95 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain
Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain
October 13, 2019 – February 17, 2020
Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain is the first major exhibition held outside Spain to celebrate the expressive art of the most important sculptor active on the Iberian Peninsula during the... |
| 2019_DC_NGA_Pre_Raphaelites | 125 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: American Pre-Raphaelites
The American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists
April 14 – July 21, 2019
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Ruskin (1819–1900), the most influential art critic of the Victorian era, the Gallery will present more than 90 paintings, watercolors, and drawings created by American... |
| 2019_DC_NGA_Bey | 8 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project
Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project
September 12, 2018 – April 21, 2019
For more than 40 years photographer Dawoud Bey (b. 1953) has portrayed American youth and those from marginalized communities with sensitivity and complexity. Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project marks the National Gallery of Art's... |
| 2019_DC_NGA_Tintoretto_Ven | 103 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Drawing in Tintoretto’s Venice
Drawing in Tintoretto’s Venice
March 24 – June 9, 2019
The first exhibition to focus specifically on Tintoretto’s work as a draftsman, Drawing in Tintoretto’s Venice provides new ideas about his evolution as a draftsman, about the dating and function of the so-called sculpture drawings, and about... |
| 2019_DC_NGA_Faces | 12 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Faces of D.C. Photo Mural
Faces of D.C. Photo Mural
On View Through July 4, 2019
Celebrate the diversity of Washington, DC, with Faces of DC, a photo mural starring faces of the people we encounter every day. (Located at 7th Street & Madison Drive NW)
Made possible by a grant from the Alice L. Walton Foundation. |
| 2019_DC_NGA_Pastels | 92 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art
The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art
September 29, 2019 – January 26, 2020
Through the centuries, artists have adopted a variety of approaches to pastel, experimenting with it to achieve exciting and unexpected effects. Featuring approximately 70 exquisite examples drawn... |
| 2019_DC_NGA_Tintoretto | 110 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
March 24 – July 7, 2019
In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Jacopo Tintoretto (1518/1519–1594), the National Gallery of Art, Washington and the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia with the special cooperation of the Gallerie dell’Accademia,... |
| 2019_DC_NGA_Tintoretto_Prt | 38 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Venetian Prints in the Time of Tintoretto
Venetian Prints in the Time of Tintoretto
March 24 – June 9, 2019
Completing the panorama of Venetian art in the time Tintoretto is an exhibition that will present some 40 prints from the second half of the 16th century, ranging from the exquisite etchings of Parmigianino and his immediate followers... |
| 2019_DC_NGA_Verrocchio | 110 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence
Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence
September 15, 2019 – January 12, 2020
Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence is the first-ever monographic exhibition in the United States on Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488), the innovative artist, painter, sculptor, and... |
| 2019_DC_NGAP | 18 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Paintings |
| 2019_DC_NGS_Jane | 239 | DC -- Natl Geographic Society -- Exhibit: Becoming Jane
Becoming Jane
The Evolution of Dr. Jane Goodall
November 22, 2019 - Summer 2020
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace, braved the unknown to give the world a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives: chimpanzees. In this hands-on,... |
| 2019_DC_NGS_Queens | 321 | DC -- Natl Geographic Society -- Exhibit: Queens of Egypt
Queens of Egypt
??? - On display until September 15, 2019
Travel back in time with National Geographic to visit ancient Egypt, one of the world’s greatest civilizations, and get to know some of its lesser-known leaders—Egypt’s mighty queens. Learn about the hidden role of women in all aspects of... |
| 2019_DC_Jap_Amer | 14 | DC -- Natl Japanese-American Monument |
| 2019_DC_Law | 38 | DC -- Natl Law Enforcement Officers Memorial |
| 2019_DC_Mall | 8 | DC -- Natl Mall area |
| 2019_DC_SIAfri_Gold | 86 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Exhibit: Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women
Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women
October 24, 2018 – September 29, 2019
In the cities of the West African nation of Senegal, stylish women have often used jewelry as part of an overall strategy of exhibiting their elegance and prestige. Rooted in the Wolof concept of sanse (dressing up,... |
| 2019_DC_SIAfri_Healing | 17 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Exhibit: Healing Arts
Healing Arts
October 3, 2016 – Indefinitely
Greeting visitors in the museum’s entry pavilion, select pieces from the museum’s permanent collection reveal the skill and range of African artists who create art empowered to counter physical, social, and spiritual problems. Works of diverse materials and... |
| 2019_DC_SIAfri_Heroes | 167 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Exhibit: Heroes: Principles of African Greatness
Heroes: Principles of African Greatness
November 16, 2019 – TBA
Through art, artists tell stories—stories of the world's current complexity, but also visions of a world that could yet be. Heroes features a selection of masterworks from the the museum's permanent collection in a new, dynamic... |
| 2019_DC_SIAfri_I_Am | 73 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Exhibit: I Am... Contemporary Women Artists of Africa
I Am... Contemporary Women Artists of Africa
June 20, 2019 – March 15, 2020
Taking its name from a 1970’s feminist anthem, I Am… Contemporary Women Artists of Africa draws upon a selection of artworks by women artists from the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art’s permanent collection to reveal... |
| 2019_DC_SIAfri_Iron | 80 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Exhibit: Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths
Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths
April 17, 2019 – October 20, 2019
For more than two millennia, ironworking has shaped African cultures in the most fundamental ways. Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths reveals the history of invention and technical sophistication that led... |
| 2019_DC_SIAfri | 29 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Not Covered Elsewhere
I hadn't realized they had totally changed the lobby of the museum since I was last there. The information desk was now on the other side of the room, and interactive kiosks and display cabinets had been installed. |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_DDay | 36 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
75th Anniversary of D-Day
June 6, 2019 – TBD
To mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the museum displays objects from our World War II collections. Featured objects include a rare and authentic marble grave marker of the type used in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer,... |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_All_Work | 57 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: All Work and No Pay: A History of Women's Invisible Labor
All Work and No Pay: A History of Women's Invisible Labor
March 4, 2019 – February 2020
Explore the history of women’s work in the home and the value and implications of unwaged labor. Despite making steps forward in the paid labor force, there is an implied and historical expectation that women will... |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Stories | 57 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: American Stories |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_CBarton_Amb | 11 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898 |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Elephants | 116 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction
Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction
November 1, 2019 – September 13, 2020
Marking the 30th anniversary of the historic African Elephant Conservation Act, Elephants and Us explores Americans’ relationship with elephants as it has evolved over centuries from one of exploitation to stewardship, and... |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Forgotten | 30 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Forgotten Workers: Chinese Migrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
Forgotten Workers: Chinese Migrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
May 10, 2019 – Spring 2020
Marking the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, a critical episode in the development of the American West, Hidden Workers focuses on the forgotten Chinese... |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Giving | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Giving in America |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Burden | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Glorious Burden |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Stonewall | 41 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Illegal to Be You: Gay History Beyond Stonewall
Illegal to Be You: Gay History Beyond Stonewall
June 21, 2019 – 2020
In June 1969, LGBTQ+ community members resisted a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a bar in lower Manhattan. This event and others from that time were pivotal to the modern LGBTQ+ civil rights movement. The museum marks this 50th... |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Camels | 61 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: More Doctors Smoke Camels: A Close Reading of Historical Advertising
More Doctors Smoke Camels: A Close Reading of Historical Advertising
April 5, 2019 – TBD
Despite today’s common knowledge that tobacco products cause cancer, advertisers from the 1920s to the 1960s used representations of medical professionals to make the case that smoking was healthy. The exhibit... |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Computing | 76 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: My Computing Devices
My Computing Devices
August 28, 2019 – February 2020
My Computing Devices showcases the complex story of Americans’ ownership and use of computers, and challenges visitors to examine their own personal relationships with devices. A range of mechanical and electronic objects from the museum’s... |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_AmCult | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ruby Slippers and American Culture Displays |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Superheroes | 47 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Superheroes
Superheroes
November 20, 2018 – January 12, 2020
This showcase display presents artifacts from the museum’s collections that relate to superheroes, including comic books, original comic art, movie and television costumes and props, and memorabilia.
Note: They rotated most of the artifacts on... |
| 2019_DC_SIAH_Int | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots |
| 2019_DC_SINH_Bldg | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History
Work continues on the handicapper ramps. |
| 2019_DC_SINH_Bearded | 55 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Challenging the Face of Science: The Bearded Lady Project
Challenging the Face of Science: The Bearded Lady Project
November 14, 2019 – TBA
This provocative exhibition is a collaboration between filmmaking, photography, and science to challenge the public perception of what a scientist looks like. Through a series of portraits and an accompanying documentary... |
| 2019_DC_SINH_Gems | 48 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Geology, Gems, and Minerals |
| 2019_DC_SINH_Deep_Time | 636 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils -- Deep Time (Multiple visits) |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd_Section14 | 70 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California
Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California
March 1, 2019 – January 2020
This exhibition exposes a land battle at the core of the conflict between Western expansion and Indigenous peoples. A one-square-mile tract in downtown Palm Springs, California, Section 14 forms the heart of the reservation... |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd_REDress | 12 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: The REDress Project
The REDress Project
March 1 - March 31, 2019
To commemorate Women’s History Month, the National Museum of the American Indian presents The REDress Project, an outdoor art installation by artist Jaime Black (Métis). Showing in Washington, D.C. for the first time, the installation of red dresses hung in... |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd_Trail | 39 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal
Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal
April 12, 2018–January 2019
This powerful exhibition takes a deeper look at Indian removal from the Cherokee perspective. How did it happen? Who made the decisions? What was the human cost? Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal dispels misconceptions... |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd_Int | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
| 2019_DC_AmerInd | 66 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
| 2019_DC_NMWA_Butt | 40 | DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Exhibit: Ambreen Butt—Mark My Words
Ambreen Butt—Mark My Words
On view December 7, 2018–April 14, 2019
Trained in traditional Indian and Persian miniature painting, Pakistani-American artist Ambreen Butt (b. 1969) reimagines the genre to feature contemporary female protagonists and political subject matter. While the intricate details... |
| 2019_DC_NMWA_More | 47 | DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Exhibit: More is More: Multiples
More is More: Multiples
On view May 3–September 22, 2019
Distinctively placed between the worlds of art and retail, multiples leap off store shelves and into the hands of consumers, collectors, and museums worldwide. These artist-designed objects (often developed in collaboration with design firms,... |
| 2019_DC_NMWA_Ursula | 47 | DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Exhibit: Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling
Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling
On view March 22–July 28, 2019
This landmark exhibition of monumental sculptures by Ursula von Rydingsvard (b. 1942, Deensen, Germany) illuminates the process by which the artist gives outward visual form to her ideas and emotions. Expressive cedar... |
| 2019_DC_NMWA_Power | 52 | DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Library Exhibit: Power in My Hand: Women Poets, Women Artists, and Social Change
Power in My Hand: Women Poets, Women Artists, and Social Change
April 1 - August 30, 2019
A shared yearning for free expression has animated an enduring solidarity between women poets and artists. Using words and images, brimming with passion and determination, they communicate with and inspire one... |
| 2019_DC_NMWA_NYASP | 30 | DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- New York Avenue Sculpture Project -- Betsabeé Romero
Betsabeé Romero
Sep 28, 2018 - Sep 20, 2020
The dynamic works of Mexico City-based Betsabeé Romero (b. 1963) form the next chapter in the New York Avenue Sculpture Project. To create her four sculptures developed expressly for this installation, Romero assembled carved and painted tires into totemic... |
| 2019_DC_SIPM_Swifter | 72 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 2A): None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers
None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers
September 14, 2019 – January 26, 2020
In wartime and peacetime, the U.S. Diplomatic Courier Service carries the sensitive materials, equipment and information that make diplomacy possible. The U.S. Diplomatic Courier Service traces its origins... |
| 2019_DC_SIPM_Binding | 109 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MIA Galleries 2): Binding the Nation (incl Pony Express) |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Bison | 16 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- American Bison |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_BV | 9 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- American Trail (formerly Beaver Valley) (sea lions, seals, pelicans, beavers, otters, bald eagles, ravens, and grey wolves) |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Cat | 36 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Big Cats |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Carousel | 1 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Carousel |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Tile | 1 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Donor Tiles |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Elephant | 40 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_125th | 62 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Exhibit: 125th Anniversary |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Smokey | 38 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Exhibit: Celebrate Smokey: 75 Years of Fighting Wildfires
Celebrate Smokey: 75 Years of Fighting Wildfires
May 23, 2019 – May 22, 2020
A new Smokey Bear outdoor exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Zoo invites visitors to look back at the legacy of one of the most famous residents in the Zoo’s 130-year history. As visitors stroll through the exhibit, they will... |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_DInoRoars | 38 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Exhibit: DinoRoars
DinoRoars
June 1 to August 31, 2019
It's a summer of prehistoric proportions! From June 1 to Aug. 31, take a self-guided safari around the Zoo to meet dinosaurs that move, roar and even spit water. Be sure to spot all six animatronic dinosaurs, from a baby stegosaurus to an enormous T. rex weighing... |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Bee | 26 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Exhibit: Me and the Bee |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Backyard | 13 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Exhibit: Zoo in Your Backyard |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_PandaVC | 118 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Panda Visitor Areas (David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat) |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Panda | 67 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
Pics taken way too early in the morning during the member event before the Bye Bye, Bei Bei public celebration of Bei Bei's departure for China. |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Farm | 3 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Kids' Farm |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Main | 26 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Parts not covered elsewhere |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Primate | 20 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Primates |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Art | 47 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Public Art |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_RPanda | 20 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Red Pandas |
| 2019_DC_SINZ_Holt | 50 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Science Resource and Collaboration Center (Holt House) |
| 2019_DC_Zoo_Lights | 68 | DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Zoo Lights (2019)
The main new feature this year were called "Animal Lanterns" which were pretty cool. |
| 2019_DC_Newseum | 58 | DC -- Newseum |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_Bathroom | 50 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- Bathroom Tiles
I hadn't photographed these since the museum opened in 2008. I figured since they were closing at the end of this year, maybe I should revisit this, although I always feel a little weird taking pictures in a bathroom. |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_Pg_Berlin | 63 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- Today's Front Pages -- Berlin Wall |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_Pulitzer | 4 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (1) Pulitzer Prize Photographs |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_Seriously | 160 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (2) Seriously Funny: From the Desk of ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’
Seriously Funny: From the Desk of ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’
Open Through 2019
With his furiously funny brand of satire, Jon Stewart and his “Daily Show” correspondents skewered politicians and the press, challenging the integrity of government, the news media and democracy along the way. As... |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_JMemorial | 19 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) Journalists Memorial
They're removed the most recent panel so they can engrave the names of the journalists killed in 2018 -- the dedication ceremony is in June. |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_Bell | 29 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoons of Darrin Bell
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoons of Darrin Bell
“If even one person runs my cartoon, I’m happy with that as long as what I’m saying becomes part of the conversation.” — Darrin Bell
Freelance cartoonist Darrin Bell won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for his sharp take on political hypocrisy, race... |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_WorldNews | 56 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (3) World News Gallery |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_1Amend | 53 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (4) First Amendment Gallery |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_NHG | 86 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (5) News History Gallery
They'd updated part of the exhibit to include Trailer Trash Trump's "Fake News" rallying cry as well as the shootings at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis. |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_Rise_Up | 157 | DC -- Newseum -- Exhibits -- (6) Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement
“Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement”
Opens March 8, 2019
“Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement,” an exhibit that will explore the modern gay rights movement in the United States, will mark the 50th anniversary of a June 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York’s... |
| 2019_DC_NewseumV | 16 | DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace |
| 2019_DC_SINMAA_CCourt | 13 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (C) Contemplative Court |
| 2019_DC_SINMAA_Ella | 19 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L2) Ella's Books: Volumes from the Library of Ella Fitzgerald
Ella's Books: Volumes from the Library of Ella Fitzgerald
January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019
Books that were once part of Ella Fitzgerald’s personal library are on display in the museum library’s exhibit case. |
| 2019_DC_SINMAA_Explore | 27 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L2) Explore More! |
| 2019_DC_SINMAA_Posters | 41 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit: (L2) Now Showing: Posters from African American Movies
Now Showing: Posters from African American Movies
November 22, 2019 – November 1, 2020
Now Showing recognizes that good design matters and that film posters straddle an interesting role within the film industry; they serve as both art and advertising. Through the design, movie posters can help frame... |
| 2019_DC_SINMAA | 2 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Exterior Images |
| 2019_DC_SINMAA_Int | 4 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Interior Areas Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2019_DC_SINMAA_Return | 284 | DC -- NMAAHC -- Temporary Exhibit (Concourse Level): We Return Fighting: The African American Experience in World War I
We Return Fighting: The African American Experience in World War I
December 13, 2019 – June 14, 2020
Composed of three sections: Pre-War, During the War, and Post-War, the exhibition highlights nine African American historical luminaries, A. Philip Randolph, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Col. Charles... |
| 2019_DC_100K | 6 | DC -- NoMa -- 100K Apartments (100 K St NE) |
| 2019_DC_Club_Elevate | 12 | DC -- NoMa -- Club Elevate (15 K St NE) including mural |
| 2019_DC_CNN | 5 | DC -- NoMa -- CNN Bureau (820 First St NE) |
| 2019_DC_NoMa_UPass | 27 | DC -- NoMa -- Metro Underpasses |
| 2019_DC_St_PhillipsBC | 12 | DC -- NoMa -- St. Phillip's Baptist Church (Old Location @ 1001 North Capitol St. NE)
The congregation moved to Temple Hills, Maryland, having their first church service in the new location in 2018. The previous location looks like it's about to become a nightclub. |
| 2019_DC_NoMa | 72 | DC -- North of Massachusetts Avenue (NoMa) neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_NE_Boundary_Tunnel | 1 | DC -- Northeast Boundary Tunnel construction project (3rd St and Florida Ave) |
| 2019_DC_Octagon_CODAworx | 102 | DC -- Octagon House -- Exhibit: CODAworx Awards
CODAworx Awards
May 2-September 1, 2019
The world of design + art is changing around us, artists and architectural design professionals are working collaboratively to create projects to raise awareness about environmental and social issues, educate us about the importance of innovation and creativity,... |
| 2019_DC_OAS | 5 | DC -- Organization of American States -- Main Bldg + Museum Exterior |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Tunnel | 198 | DC -- Organization of American States -- Roots of Peace Tunnel |
| 2019_DC_OStraus_Mem | 11 | DC -- Oscar Straus Memorial @ Ronald Reagan Bldg |
| 2019_DC_1000F | 2 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- 1000 F St NW block (near Petersen House) |
| 2019_DC_900F | 18 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- 900 F St NW (Penn Qtr Courtyard, Riggs Bank) |
| 2019_DC_950F | 8 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- 920/926/950 F St (Atlantic Bldg) |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_Crossing | 24 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Capitol Crossing (200/250 Mass. Ave NW) (formerly I-395 Overpass) |
| 2019_DC_CBMSO | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office (437 7th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Engine02 | 5 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Engine Company 02 (500 F St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Gallery_Place_Hecht | 2 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Hecht Company/Terrell Place (7th and F St, NW) |
| 2019_DC_Homer_Bldg | 15 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Homer Bldg (601 13th St NW) incl Spirit of American Youth Statue |
| 2019_DC_Hotel_Monaco | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Hotel Monaco (700 F St. NW) |
| 2019_DC_HotelW | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Hotel Washington (W Washington) (515 15th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_GAR | 3 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Indiana Plaza -- GAR Memorial |
| 2019_DC_Le_Droit_Bldg | 4 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Le Droit Bldg (800-812 F St NW) (Adams Bldg + old International Spy Museum bldg)
The signs in the window from the old International Spy Museum days are still there. |
| 2019_DC_MLKLib | 6 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) |
| 2019_DC_NBW_14th | 8 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- National Bank of Washington (699 14th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_NMWA | 38 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts (1250 New York Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_NPC | 151 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Natl Press Club (529 14th St NW)
A trip through some of the political cartoons on display. |
| 2019_DC_Petersen_House | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Petersen House (House Where Lincoln Died) (516 10th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Verizon | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Verizon Center |
| 2019_DC_Wash_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Washington Bldg (15th and G St, NW) |
| 2019_DC_Willard | 6 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Willard InterContinental Washington (1401 Penn Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Penn_Qtr | 18 | DC -- Penn Quarter neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Penn | 4 | DC -- Pennsylvania Avenue area
Halloweeners. |
| 2019_DC_Pershing | 6 | DC -- Pershing Park (became National World War I Memorial in 2021) |
| 2019_DC_Asphalt_Art | 14 | DC -- Public Art: Asphalt Art (art painted on sidewalks, intersections, and storm drains)
Several in the Dupont Circle area. |
| 2019_DC_Golden_Axis_Mundi | 18 | DC -- Public Art: Axis Mundi (by Kate Raudenbush) @ Connecticut & K St NW
Axis Mundi
by Kate Raudenbush
Kate Raudenbush’s Axis Mundi is a futuristic landmark echoing the shape of an ancient obelisk, a monument used to mark places of importance. The sculpture references the dynamic diagonal lines of Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s city plan for Washington, DC and star patterns... |
| 2019_DC_Blagden_Alley | 13 | DC -- Public Art: Blagden Alley (between M and N, 9 and 10 NW) (Downtown) |
| 2019_DC_ConnAve_Overlook | 12 | DC -- Public Art: Connecticut Avenue Overlook @ Dupont Circle |
| 2019_DC_Gateway_Wings | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Gateway Wings (sculpture by Kent Bloomer) @ NY Avenue |
| 2019_DC_Humanitys_Throne | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Humanity's Throne (sculpture by Robert T. Cole) @ Dupont Circle neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Golden_Hurrah | 9 | DC -- Public Art: Hurrah! (by Karol Murlak) @ Edward R. Murrow Park |
| 2019_DC_Inspiration | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Inspiration (sculpture by Ethan Kerber) @ 5th and K NW (Mt Vernon) |
| 2019_DC_Lift_Off | 9 | DC -- Public Art: Lift Off (by David Black) @ 5th and K NW |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Aniekan | 17 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Aniekan Udofia
Including the Ben's Chili Bowl mural. |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Astro | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Astro (AstroGraff.com) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_BWarrell | 16 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Bill Warrell |
| 2019_DC_Murals_BColbert | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Billy Colbert |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Birdcap | 11 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Birdcap (Michael Roy) (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_CStowers | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Cory Stowers |
| 2019_DC_Murals_CNelson | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Craig Nelson |
| 2019_DC_Murals_EricB | 23 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Eric B. Ricks
Including his piece by Ben's Chili Bowl. |
| 2019_DC_Murals_FLucre | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Filthy Lucre |
| 2019_DC_Murals_GBaker | 33 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Garin Baker |
| 2019_DC_Murals_GRabbit | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Golden Rabbit Silent Monkey (Henley Bounkhong) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_BPeck | 6 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by G. Byron Peck |
| 2019_DC_Murals_HGlass | 7 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Hamilton Glass |
| 2019_DC_Murals_PHanna | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Hanna Söderholm (Peachy Hanna) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Insa | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Insa (UK) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_JHans | 11 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Jasjyot Singh Hans |
| 2019_DC_Murals_JBullough | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by JBAK (James Bullough and Karl Addison) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_JGress | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Jeff Gress (Hawai'i) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Jessie_KT | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Kaliq | 7 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Kaliq Crosby |
| 2019_DC_Murals_KTowles | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Kelly Towles |
| 2019_DC_Murals_LAP | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by LAP (Luis Alberto Pérez) (Ponce, Puerto Rico) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Lisa_Marie | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Lisa Marie Thalhammer |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Maggie | 11 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Maggie O'Neill |
| 2019_DC_Murals_MManning | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Marni Manning |
| 2019_DC_Murals_MSwift | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Martin Swift |
| 2019_DC_Murals_MCrossett | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Michael Crossett |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Mixed | 8 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Mixed Scene |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Zimbro | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Nicholas Zimbro |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Nosego | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Nosego |
| 2019_DC_Murals_POwens | 6 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Patrick Owens |
| 2019_DC_Murals_RPradel | 17 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Rodrigo Pradel and Mike Pacheco |
| 2019_DC_Murals_RJaffe | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Rose Jaffe |
| 2019_DC_Murals_SJamison | 8 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Sarah Jamison |
| 2019_DC_Murals_SpThePlug | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Sptheplug |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Stella | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Stella Artois |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Stom500 | 12 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Stom500 |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Taj | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Taj Tenfold (Taj Francis) (Kingston, Jamaica) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_Rubin415 | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Tony "Rubin" Sjöman (Rubin415) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_TChing | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Tracy Ching |
| 2019_DC_Murals_TRAV | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by TRAV |
| 2019_DC_Murals_VLewton | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Val Lewton (Air Shaft Tunnel mural @/Mayer Mitchell Bldg @ H and 3rd NW) |
| 2019_DC_Murals_WingChow | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Wingchow (Christina Wing Chow) (Richmond, VA) |
| 2019_DC_Party_Animals | 8 | DC -- Public Art: Party Animals |
| 2019_DC_Toynbee | 38 | DC -- Public Art: Stikman Robots
Stikman Robots including one on a signbox near the National Archives. |
| 2019_DC_Murals | 61 | DC -- Public Murals (not shown by artist)
Including a new mural by the World Bank. |
| 2019_DC_Climate_Action_190922 | 10 | DC -- Rally: Climate Action @ National Mall
Tied in with the upcoming United Nations discussions on how to deal with the increasing unwinding of climate controls, Doris Marlin was out on the Mall setting up an exhibit promoting the United Nation's Global Goals for Sustainable Development -- Accelerate Climate Action for all SDGs. |
| 2019_DC_Trans_Visibility_190928 | 43 | DC -- Rally: National Trans Visibility March on DC
National Trans Visibility March on DC
Join us on Saturday, September 28, 2019 as we march in solidarity in support of equal rights and inclusion for our community. Family, March With Us…to demand justice for the lives that were taken through senseless murders. Family, March With Us…and demand financial... |
| 2019_DC_NDC_190918 | 3 | DC -- Rally: New Democrat Coalition @ U.S. Capitol
I got there after the event so just a few speakers were hanging around. |
| 2019_DC_LP_1Comm_191023 | 18 | DC -- Rally: One Community for All @ Lafayette Park
One Community for All - A Community Integration Plan
Vision:
District of Columbia residents with disabilities will have access to person-centered services and community-based support options that will maximize choice, self-direction, and dignity. |
| 2019_DC_Gun_Violence_190925 | 257 | DC -- Rally: Rally to End Gun Violence @ U.S. Capitol
Join us, Pastor Pfleger, Chicago families, and other gun violence prevention activists at the National Rally to #EndGunViolence to pressure Congress to pass gun safety laws on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 from 1:00 to 3:30pm on the West Lawn at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC---after the 10am House... |
| 2019_DC_Womens_March_190119 | 280 | DC -- Rally: Women's March on Washington (2019) The #womenswave
The #womenswave
On January 19, 2019, we’re going to flood the streets of Washington, D.C. and cities across the globe. The #WomensWave is coming, and we’re sweeping the world forward with us.
It’s time to march again.
The 2017 Women’s March inspired hundreds of women to run, millions more to vote,... |
| 2019_DC_SIRG_Connections | 73 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery |
| 2019_DC_SIRG_Ruffner | 45 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination
Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination
June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Ginny Ruffner combines traditional glass sculpture with Augmented Reality (AR) technology to create an interactive viewer experience in Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination. Visitors to the exhibition will use a... |
| 2019_DC_SIRG_Sherrill | 92 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Michael Sherrill Retrospective
Michael Sherrill Retrospective
June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020
In his delicately rendered sculptures in clay, glass, and metal, Michael Sherrill seeks to elicit a sense of wonder from viewers, and to make them see the natural world anew. Sherrill’s most recent work reveals his naturalist’s sensitivity... |
| 2019_DC_SIRG_Burning_Art | 103 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man
The moving van showed up during the Trump/Fox shutdown to send the Art of Burning Man off to its next stop. It was a disappointing way to end such a great exhibit -- it should have had a lot of visitors in its final weeks.
David Best's Temple is the only piece left in the museum itself. There is at... |
| 2019_DC_SIRG_NaturePP_190627 | 24 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Press Preview: Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination and Michael Sherrill Retrospective
Press preview for exhibitions “Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination” and “Michael Sherrill Retrospective”
Who:
* Robyn Kennedy, chief administrator of the Renwick Gallery
* Ginny Ruffner, artist
* Michael Sherrill, artist
This summer, the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents two... |
| 2019_DC_Rock_Creek_Cem | 113 | DC -- Rock Creek Cemetery
After a snow. |
| 2019_DC_Rock_Creek_NC | 28 | DC -- Rock Creek Park -- Nature Center and Planetarium |
| 2019_DC_RRB | 1 | DC -- Ronald Reagan Building (Exterior Images) |
| 2019_DC_Rotary_Club | 10 | DC -- Rotary Club of Washington (1101 16th St NW) |
| 2019_DC_SaloonU | 13 | DC -- Saloon (1205 U St. NW) |
| 2019_DC_Hahnemann | 23 | DC -- Samuel Hahnemann Monument |
| 2019_DC_Scott_Circle | 8 | DC -- Scott Circle memorial |
| 2019_DC_ImmaculateCC | 2 | DC -- Shaw -- Immaculate Conception Church (1315 8th St., NW) |
| 2019_DC_OSt_Market | 1 | DC -- Shaw -- O Street Market (800 P St NW) |
| 2019_DC_Shaw | 34 | DC -- Shaw neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Yates | 1 | DC -- Sidney R. Yates Federal Bldg (Auditor's Bldg) (201 14th St SW) |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Orchids | 55 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchid Show @ Donald Reynolds Center
Orchids: Amazing Adaptations
February 16, 2019 – April 28, 2019
Escape the winter cold and step into a floral oasis in the Kogod Courtyard with Orchids: Amazing Adaptations. A joint collaboration with Smithsonian Gardens, United States Botanic Garden, SAAM, and National Portrait Gallery, this... |
| 2019_DC_SIHG | 55 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_Bi | 39 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Biomes: Life in the Balance @ S. Dillon Ripley Center |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_BB | 54 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Bug B&B @ National Museum of Natural History |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_DW | 55 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Dead Wood is Life @ National Museum of American History |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_FS | 13 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Foundation of the Sea @ Enid A. Haupt Garden |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_HF | 11 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Habitat of Flight @ National Air and Space Museum |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_H | 14 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Homes @ Mary Livingston Ripley Garden |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_KF | 6 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Key to the Forest @ Enid A. Haupt Garden |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_LU | 22 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Life Underground @ National Museum of American History |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_MM | 10 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Monarchs on the Move @ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_N | 24 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Nests @ National Museum of Natural History |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_SB | 28 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Sheltering Branches @ National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_SD | 25 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Sign of the Dragonfly @ Enid A. Haupt Garden |
| 2019_DC_SI_Habitat_NY | 22 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: We Need You! @ National Museum of American History |
| 2019_DC_SIFRG | 28 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden (In front of Castle) |
| 2019_DC_SIMLRG | 30 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (Between Hirshhorn & Arts and Industries Bldg) |
| 2019_DC_SIBG | 48 | DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Pollinator Garden (Butterfly Habitat Garden) @ Natural History Museum |
| 2019_DC_SI_Castle | 17 | DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle)
Including a new campaign to get people to visit the Castle for Smithsonian tourist info. |
| 2019_DC_SI_Castle_Commons | 49 | DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) -- The Commons |
| 2019_DC_Engine13 | 5 | DC -- Southeast -- Navy Yard -- Engine Company 13 (400 E St. SW) |
| 2019_DC_Riverside_Baptist | 3 | DC -- Southwest -- Riverside Baptist Church |
| 2019_DC_SW_Duck_Pond | 6 | DC -- Southwest Duck Pond |
| 2019_DC_Southwest | 30 | DC -- Southwest neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Waterfront | 10 | DC -- Southwest (District Wharf) |
| 2019_DC_PProse_Wharf | 7 | DC -- Southwest (District Wharf) -- Politics & Prose |
| 2019_DC_LEnfant | 4 | DC -- Southwest (L'Enfant Plaza area) |
| 2019_DC_Supreme_Ct | 17 | DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
The daily anti-Kavanagh protest continues. |
| 2019_DC_SI_Ripley | 8 | DC -- S. Dillon Ripley Center |
| 2019_DC_SI_Ripley_WW2 | 16 | DC -- S. Dillon Ripley Center -- WW2 modeling room for Resident Associates |
| 2019_DC_Takoma | 22 | DC -- Takoma neighborhood
New sculpture by Scot McKenzie near the Takoma Metro station. From what i can tell, it was installed in April but I'm hoping to get more information on it from the artist. |
| 2019_DC_Signs | 173 | DC -- Temporary Signs
Including an Impeach Trump truck. |
| 2019_DC_TPC | 135 | DC -- The Phillips Collection |
| 2019_DC_TPC_Bice | 11 | DC -- The Phillips Collection -- Exhibit: Bice Lazzari: The Poetry of Mark-Making
Bice Lazzari: The Poetry of Mark-Making
October 23, 2018 - February 24, 2019
Born in 1900 in Venice, Bice Lazzari carved out a singular path in the history of post-war Italian art. For most women in Italy at the time, the possibility of forging a career in the fine arts was limited. Yet, she was... |
| 2019_DC_TPC_Migration | 33 | DC -- The Phillips Collection -- Exhibit: Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series |
| 2019_DC_TPC_Nordic | 74 | DC -- The Phillips Collection -- Exhibit: Nordic Impressions
Nordic Impressions
Art from Åland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, 1821–2018
October 13, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Nordic Impressions is a major survey of Nordic art spanning nearly 200 years and presenting 53 artists from Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway,... |
| 2019_DC_Touchstone_AmerIs | 90 | DC -- Touchstone Gallery -- Exhibit: America Is...
AMERICA IS ...
Artists Explore, Ask and Answer: What is America today?
National Juried Show
On display: August 2 – 29, 2019
JURORS:
* Rachel Adams, Chief Curator and Director of Programs, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE)
* Taylor Bythewood-Porter, Assistant History Curator,... |
| 2019_DC_Touchstone_AmerIsO | 138 | DC -- Touchstone Gallery -- Opening Reception: America Is...
AMERICA IS ...
Artists Explore, Ask and Answer: What is America today?
National Juried Show
On display: August 2 – 29, 2019
Opening Reception: Friday, August 2, 6 - 8:30 pm
Hors d'oeuvres by Occasions Caterers
Gourmet Frozen Desserts by Moorenko's Ice Cream
Program: 7pm - jurors remarks, 7:15pm... |
| 2019_DC_AACW | 23 | DC -- U Street -- African-American Civil War Memorial |
| 2019_DC_AACWM | 37 | DC -- U Street -- African American Civil War Museum |
| 2019_DC_AACWM_FS_190923 | 8 | DC -- U Street -- African American Civil War Museum -- Frank Smith and Russell Williams II
Frank Smith (D.C. Council)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frank Smith, Jr. (born September 17, 1942[1]), is a civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C.
Early years
Born in Newnan, Georgia, in 1942, Smith attended Morehouse College where he developed his appetite for... |
| 2019_DC_AACWM_I | 334 | DC -- U Street -- African American Civil War Museum -- Internal Exhibits |
| 2019_DC_Bens | 5 | DC -- U Street -- Ben's Chili Bowl |
| 2019_DC_U_Street | 20 | DC -- U Street Heritage neighborhood |
| 2019_DC_Union_MarketD | 3 | DC -- Union Market District |
| 2019_DC_Union_Columbus | 4 | DC -- Union Station -- Columbus Fountain |
| 2019_DC_US_Berlin_Wall | 29 | DC -- Union Station -- Exhibit: Berlin Wall
From November 6 to 12, 2019, there will be a Berlin Wall exhibit in the Main Hall of Union Station. The display, sponsored by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The exhibit will feature six panels depicting the history of... |
| 2019_DC_Union_StationX | 13 | DC -- Union Station -- Exhibit: Christmas Display |
| 2019_DC_Soldiers_Cem | 43 | DC -- United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery |
| 2019_DC_Bennett_190506 | 110 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Amanda Bennett ("A Free Press Matters")
A Free Press Matters: A conversation with Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett
Amanda Bennett, Director of the Voice of America. She will discuss new digital networks and services VOA has launched with other partners in U.S. global media and the future of U.S. global messaging. |
| 2019_DC_Merger_191007 | 129 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Cynthia Efird, Kenton Keith, Jean Manes, and Shawn Powers ("After the Merger: Public Diplomacy at State")
You are invited to join our next First Monday lunch forum, "After the Merger: Public Diplomacy at State," on Monday, Oct. 7, at 12 noon, with
* Ambassador Cynthia Efird [http://www.publicdiplomacycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Efrid-Cynthia-14-01-14.pdf]
* Ambassador Kenton Keith... |
| 2019_DC_Rubin_191202 | 77 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Eric Rubin ("State of State: Issues Facing the Foreign Service Today")
You are invited to join our next First Monday lunch forum, The State of State: Issues Facing the Foreign Service Today featuring Ambassador Eric Rubin, President of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA).
These programs are presented by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and... |
| 2019_DC_Royce_190304 | 118 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Hon. Marie Royce, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Welcoming Hon. Marie Royce, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Her bio: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/280673.htm |
| 2019_DC_Liu_190805 | 97 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Libby Liu (President of Radio Free Asia)
Please join us for the next “First Monday” lunch forum on Monday, August 5th, with Libby Liu, President of Radio Free Asia; her bio: https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/management-team/libby-liu/
These programs are presented by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, the Public... |
| 2019_DC_Cull_190603 | 85 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Nick Cull ("Public Diplomacy: Foundations for Global Engagement")
You are invited to join our next “First Monday” lunch forum on Monday, June 3rd, when our speaker will be Nick Cull, Director of the University of Southern California’s Master of Public Diplomacy program, who will discuss his new book, Public Diplomacy: Foundations for Global Engagement in the Digital... |
| 2019_DC_De_Souza_190211 | 105 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Roger-Mark De Souza ("Public Diplomacy of Cities")
The Public Diplomacy of Cities, with Roger-Mark De Souza, President and CEO of Sister Cities International. His bio:
https://sistercities.org/people/roger-mark-de-souza/ |
| 2019_DC_Authoritarian_190401 | 55 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Shanthi Kalathil and Dean Jackson ("Authoritarian Digital Influence Operations: Understanding Supply and Demand")
“Authoritarian Digital Influence Operations: Understanding Supply and Demand”
Shanthi Kalathil and Dean Jackson with Shanthi Kalathil and Dean Jackson, National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies. |
| 2019_DC_Botanic | 75 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden |
| 2019_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi | 33 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park |
| 2019_DC_Botanic_BartholdiG | 8 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park -- Gardens Across America |
| 2019_DC_Botanic_New_Gardens | 96 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Celebrating New American Gardens
Celebrating New American Gardens exhibit
January 31 - October 15, 2019
Public gardens across America are engaging, inviting, and dynamic. Gardens are living creations, as they display seasonal changes along with a constant ebb and flow. This exhibit celebrates American gardens created or renovated... |
| 2019_DC_Botanic_XMas | 121 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2019) -- America's Gardens
Season's Greenings: America's Gardens!
November 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020
Join us to explore botanic gardens from Hawaii to Maine in this year's Season's Greenings holiday show! Plant based recreations of conservatories, fountains, and sculptures will fill the model train room. These will include... |
| 2019_DC_Botanic_Garden | 17 | DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden |
| 2019_DC_Lincoln_RoomD_190501 | 169 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Lincoln Room Dedication
Dedication of the Lincoln Room in the Capitol.
A unanimous House Resolution set aside the former mail room of the original House of Representatives chamber to honor Congressman Abraham Lincoln. This room was just a few feet behind Lincoln's desk on the House floor in what is now Statuary Hall. Lincoln... |
| 2019_DC_Sen_Graveyard_191121 | 11 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Protest: Senate Graveyard: Where the House Bills Go to Die |
| 2019_DC_FireDrillFridays_191101 | 193 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Rally: #FireDrillFridays w/Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Eve Ensler, and Rosanna Arquette -- (1 of 2) Rally
A group of powerhouse women including Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, and many others just got arrested on Capitol Hill calling for climate action.
Every Friday from now through January, Jane Fonda and other allies will participate in #FireDrillFridays to demand that our elected leaders take bold action... |
| 2019_DC_FireDrillFridays3_191101 | 143 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Rally: #FireDrillFridays w/Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Eve Ensler, and Rosanna Arquette -- (2 of 2) March and Arrest @ Hart SOB
A group of powerhouse women including Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, and many others just got arrested on Capitol Hill calling for climate action.
Every Friday from now through January, Jane Fonda and other allies will participate in #FireDrillFridays to demand that our elected leaders take bold action... |
| 2019_DC_Cummings_191023 | 4 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- State tribute for Elijah Cummings
Setting up the line barriers for the viewing. I didn't go to the actual viewing. |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_Tour_191106 | 2 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Tour from Steve Livengood |
| 2019_DC_CapitolV | 2 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Views from... |
| 2019_DC_CapitolX | 57 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2019) |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_SenatePk | 5 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool) |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_VC | 30 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
Guide Steve Livengood said that the Washakie statue was his favorite so I decided to photograph it a bit. |
| 2019_DC_Capitol | 20 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto | 2 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos
I have no idea what group this was but people were posing... |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_Models | 100 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Capitol Grounds Models |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_I | 14 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_NSH | 30 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
Steve Livengood took us to see the Sam Houston statue up close after a USCHS talk by Jacquelyn Delin McDonald about the statue's artist Elisabet Ney. |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_R | 42 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda |
| 2019_DC_Capitol_LincolnRm | 33 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Lincoln Room |
| 2019_DC_Forest | 28 | DC -- U.S. Forest Service Visitor & Information Center (1400 Independence Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Naval_Center | 6 | DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center |
| 2019_DC_Naval_Sailor | 18 | DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center -- Exhibit: The American Sailor
The American Sailor: Agile, Capable, and Talented
… tells the story of the evolution of the United States Navy. It portrays the U.S. Navy as a powerhouse with great agility to move humanity forward through action and serve those in crisis around the world. This exhibit showcases past & present seaborne... |
| 2019_DC_Naval_Zumwalt | 14 | DC -- U.S. Naval Heritage Center -- Exhibit: Zumwalt
Zumwalt: The Current that Brought the Navy to the Shores of the 20th Century
… chronicles the life and legacy of one of the Navy’s most prolific Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). This exhibit tells Zumwalt’s story, from his key accomplishments to the gales he endured as a modernizing force in the United... |
| 2019_DC_Naval_Memorial | 7 | DC -- U.S. Navy Memorial |
| 2019_DC_WRAMC | 21 | DC -- Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
| 2019_DC_Wash_Mon | 21 | DC -- Washington Monument -- Exterior
They've added a new entry box. |
| 2019_DC_Wash_MonI | 113 | DC -- Washington Monument -- Interior |
| 2019_DC_Wash_MonV | 92 | DC -- Washington Monument -- Views from... |
| 2019_DC_NCath_Xmas | 96 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Christmas Creches |
| 2019_DC_NCath_Shepard_191202 | 168 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Event: Honoring Matthew Shepard -- A Celebration and Plaque Dedication
Honoring Matthew Shepard—A Celebration and Plaque Dedication
On Monday evening, December 2, Washington National Cathedral and the Matthew Shepard Foundation will host a ceremony of inspiration, celebration, and song as we dedicate the Matthew Shepard Memorial Plaque. Elevated by a grassroots,... |
| 2019_DC_NCath_Orange_190607 | 46 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Illumination: Wear Orange (2019)
Lighting Of The National Cathedral For Wear Orange
The façade of the Washington National Cathedral will light up in orange in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Hadiya Pendleton and the over 100,000 Americans killed and injured in the United States every year by gun violence. The Bourdon... |
| 2019_DC_Engine01 | 4 | DC -- West End -- Engine Company 01 (2225 M St NW) |
| 2019_DC_White_House | 51 | DC -- White House
The child president is finally getting his wall built! I just hope it keeps him from coming out of the place. |
| 2019_DC_WHVC_Tree | 23 | DC -- White House Visitor Center -- Exhibit: Holiday Tree |
| 2019_DC_Woodridge_Lib | 13 | DC -- Woodridge Neighborhood Library |
| 2019_DC_Woodridge_Fight | 16 | DC -- Woodridge Neighborhood Library -- Exhibit: Brookland Fight the Freeways |
| 2019_DC_WCK | 34 | DC -- World Central Kitchen (#ChefsForFeds)
#ChefsForFeds Across the USA
FREE Hot Meals for Government Employees and their Families
Over 800,000 government workers have been impacted by the ongoing government shutdown. World Central Kitchen has opened a kitchen and cafe in Washington, DC to serve federal employees in need at 701 Pennsylvania... |
| 2019_DC_Altria | 14 | DC -- (East) End End -- Altria (101 Constitution Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Engine03 | 9 | DC -- (East) End End -- Engine Company 03 (439 NJ Ave NW) |
| 2019_DC_Trails_Logan | 70 | DC Heritage Trails: A Fitting Tribute: Logan Circle Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Trails_Brightwood | 79 | DC Heritage Trails: Battleground to Community: Brightwood Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Trails_UStreet | 51 | DC Heritage Trails: City Within a City: Greater U Street Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Trails_CW2CR | 126 | DC Heritage Trails: Civil War to Civil Rights: Downtown Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Trails_CHeights | 29 | DC Heritage Trails: Cultural Convergence: Columbia Heights Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Trails_FTriangle | 59 | DC Heritage Trails: Make No Little Plans: Federal Triangle Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Trails_Shaw | 72 | DC Heritage Trails: Midcity at the Crossroads: Shaw Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Trails_SW | 46 | DC Heritage Trails: River Farms to Urban Towers: Southwest Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Trails_Adams | 59 | DC Heritage Trails: Roads to Diversity: Adams Morgan Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Trails_Ledroit | 13 | DC Heritage Trails: Worthy Ambition: Ledroit Park / Bloomingtom Heritage Trail |
| 2019_DC_Moe_190321 | 167 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner "Lost World" (w/Kalyanee Mam) and "Treeline" (w/Darrell Hartman and Annie Bush) @ Natl Geographic Society
Shorts program featuring the Eric Moe Award for Best Short on Sustainability Winner and finalists:
Lost World (Winner)
As Singapore dredges sand out from beneath Cambodia's mangrove forests, the threat of erasure looms over an ecosystem, a communal way of life, and one woman's relationship to her... |
| 2019_DC_EFF_Filmmakers_190317 | 51 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- Festival Filmmakers Reception @ Jefferson Hotel |
| 2019_DC_Anthropocene_190322 | 120 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- "Anthropocene: The Human Epoch" (w/Jennifer Baichwal & Nicholas de Pencier) @ Natl Geographic Society
Environmental Film Festival: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
by Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Winner of the Polly Krakora Award for Artistry in Film
D.C. Premiere
The filmmakers take us on a worldwide tour encompassing concrete seawalls in China, which now cover 60 percent of the... |
| 2019_DC_Bears_Ears_190320 | 141 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- "Bears Ears National Monument (VR Event)" (w/Aaron Huey) @ Natl Geographic Society
Bears Ears National Monument (VR Event)
Take a special, one-of-a-kind virtual reality tour of Bears Ears National Monument with National Geographic photographer Aaron Huey, who’s using cutting-edge technology to capture its beauty and significance to the indigenous people who consider it sacred.
Bears... |
| 2019_DC_Confluence_190315 | 110 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- "Confluence" (w/Amy Marquis, Darren Durlach, and The Infamous Flapjack Affair) @ Carnegie Inst
Confluence
Presented by the Reva and David Logan Foundation
The Colorado River has carved a deep imprint both on the physical landscape and on the lives of he people who rely on it. This film follows an up-and-coming indie folk band as they traverse and document this endangered river system in the... |
| 2019_DC_Ghost_Fleet_190323 | 55 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- "Ghost Fleet" (w/Jon Bowermaster and Brady Pinero Walkinshaw) @ Natl Geographic Society
Ghost Fleet
Presented by the Reva & David Logan Foundation
Follows a small group of activists who risk their lives on remote Indonesian islands to find justice and freedom for the enslaved fishermen who feed the world’s insatiable appetite for seafood. Bangkok-based Patima Tungpuchayakul, a Thai... |
| 2019_DC_Canyon_190316 | 7 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- "Into the Canyon" (w/Amanda Pollak, Tyler Walk, and Sadie Quarrier) @ Natl Geographic Society
INTO THE CANYON
D.C. Premiere
In 2016, filmmaker/photographer Peter McBride and writer Kevin Fedarko set out on a 750-mile journey on foot through the entire length of the Grand Canyon. More people have stood on the moon than have accomplished this task. Their quest was more than just an endurance... |
| 2019_DC_Sharkwater_190323 | 175 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- "Sharkwater Extinction" (w/Sandy and Brian Stewart, Brock Cahill, and Kathryn Kullberg) @ Natl Georgraphic Society
Environmental Film Festival: (Closing Night) Sharkwater Extinction
*Shared Earth Foundation Award for Advocacy Winner
D.C. Premiere
This thrilling, inspiring, and action-packed journey follows filmmaker Rob Stewart as he exposes the massive illegal shark fin industry and the political corruption... |
| 2019_DC_Human_Element_190317 | 116 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- "The Human Element" (w/Matthew Testa, Jesse Meisenhelter, Rafe Pomerance, and Heidi Nel) @ Carnegie Inst
The Human Element
Presented by the Hollomon Price Foundation
Renowned photographer James Balog (Chasing Ice) uses his camera to reveal how environmental change is affecting the lives of everyday Americans. Following the four classical elements — air, earth, fire, and water — to frame his journey,... |
| 2019_DC_River_Wall_190314 | 141 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- "The River and the Wall" (w/Ben Masters, Howard Buffett, and Juliet Eilperin) @ Natl Geographic Sociey
OPENING NIGHT: Presented by the Reva & David Logan Foundation
D.C. Premiere
Follows five friends on an immersive adventure through the unknown wilds of the Texas borderlands. They travel 1,200 miles, from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico, on horses, mountain bikes, and canoes. Realizing the urgency of... |
| 2019_DC_When_Lambs_190316 | 112 | Env Film Festival (2019) -- "When Lambs Become Lions" (w/Jon Kasbe) @ Natl Geographic Society
WHEN LAMBS BECOME LIONS
*William W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers Award Winner
D.C. Premiere
In a Kenyan town bordering wildlife conservation land, a small-time ivory dealer fights to stay on top while forces mobilize to destroy his trade. When he turns to his younger cousin, a conflicted wildlife ranger... |
| 2019_DC_CB_Fireworks_190406 | 45 | Fireworks -- Cherry Blossom Festival fireworks (2019) |
| 2019_DC_Goethe | 3 | Goethe-Institut |
| 2019_DC_Goethe_Mythen | 23 | Goethe-Institut -- Exhibit: Berliner Mythen
Berliner Mythen
Explore the fascinating stories shared in the graphic novel series “Berliner Mythen” (Berlin Myths) in our brand new poster exhibit featuring the work of award-winning cartoonist Reinhard Kleist! |
| 2019_DC_Goethe_Bauhaus | 63 | Goethe-Institut -- Exhibit: Designing and Redesigning the MLK Library
Exhibit: Designing and Redesigning the MLK Library
This new public program series celebrates the 100th anniversary of the German Bauhaus School (1919-1933) and the modernization of D.C.'s own landmark, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, designed by the last director of the Bauhaus, Mies van... |
| 2019_DC_Goethe_Homestory | 6 | Goethe-Institut -- Exhibit: Homestory Deutchland |
| 2019_DC_Goethe_Opening_191106 | 74 | Goethe-Institut -- Opening Celebration @ 1377 R St. NW
GOETHE MOVES TO THE LIZ - GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION!
Join us on November 6th for an all-day celebration of our new home in Washington, DC. Starting at 3 pm, we will open our doors at 1377 R St NW with a party and open house featuring educational and cultural programming available to everyone in the... |
| 2019_DC_Sound_Scene_190630 | 17 | Hirshhorn Museum -- Event: Sound Scene XII: AMPLIFY
Sound Scene XII: AMPLIFY
June 29, 2019 | 10:00 am–5:00 pm
Sound Scene XII: AMPLIFY, organized in partnership with sound collective DC Listening Lounge, unites local audio artists with national and international creators to transform the Hirshhorn into an interactive sonic wonderland.
This year Sound... |
| 2019_DC_HSW | 3 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library |
| 2019_DC_HSW_HH | 45 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Exhibit: DC Hall of History |
| 2019_DC_HSW_Big | 45 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Exhibit: The Big Picture
THE BIG PICTURE
In the first half of the 20th century, photographers recorded milestones using panoramic technology. Very few people alive have seen them. Until now.
THE BIG PICTURE reveals how these craftsmen captured DC history. From Rudolph Valentino’s visit to the White House to the 1924 World... |
| 2019_DC_Multilateral_191125 | 47 | Hudson Institute -- Multilateral Institutions: Indispensable or Irrelevant to Global Peace and Properity?
Hudson Institute will host a discussion on the relevance of multilateral institutions in today’s world. Skepticism is growing as to whether multilateral institutions are still an effective means of stopping international conflict and promoting economic growth. At the UN General Assembly’s annual... |
| 2019_DC_Stuck_190528 | 36 | Hudson Institute -- Stuck in the Middle: Iraq Caught Between the U.S. and Iran
Stuck in the Middle: Iraq Caught Between the U.S. and Iran
Hudson Institute will host an event to discuss the role of Iraq as tensions increase between the U.S. and Iran. Panelists will include the Middle East Institute’s Omar Al-Nidawi, the Arabia Foundation’s Genevieve Abdo, and the Atlantic... |
| 2019_DC_5G_191114 | 33 | Hudson Institute -- The Global Struggle for 5G Supremacy
The Global Struggle for 5G Supremacy: America's Darkest Hour or Finest Hour?
The onset of 5G wireless technology will transform how we use the Internet and interact with other technologies, from the smart grid and AI to driverless cars.
The United States and China are engaged in a global struggle for... |
| 2019_DC_League_191204 | 44 | Hudson Institute -- The League of Wives
The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home from Vietnam
Hudson Institute will host a discussion with author Heath Hardage Lee on her new book, The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring... |
| 2019_DC_Trabant | 116 | International Spy Museum -- Annual Parade of Trabants (2019)
13th Annual Parade of Trabants @ International Spy Museum
The Parade of Trabants is on the move all the way to the Spy Museum’s new location! Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a favorite Cold War car—the Trabant. These little cars are now affectionately regarded as a... |
| 2019_DC_TWA40_191112 | 39 | Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute -- Commemorating 40 Years of the Taiwan Relations Act
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Foreign Policy Institute
Commemorating 40 Years of the Taiwan Relations Act
A photographic history exhibit on display in the Rome Auditorium from November 12 to November 22, 2019.
Co-hosted by the SAIS China Studies Progream and the SAIS... |
| 2019_DC_King_Bibi_190513 | 71 | JxJ (2019) @ AFI/Silver -- "King Bibi" (w/Dan Shadur, in conversation with Jason Dick)
Spotlight
KING BIBI
Q&A with filmmaker Dan Shadur
Twenty years before the spectacle of Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu already understood the political benefits of fomenting an adversarial relationship with the media and taking his message directly to the public. KING BIBI explores Netanyahu's rise... |
| 2019_DC_Leigh_190328 | 29 | Landmark's E Street Cinema -- "Peterloo" screening w/Mike Leigh
You and a guest are invited to a free advance screening of Amazon Studios’ PETERLOO, followed by a Q&A with Writer/Director Mike Leigh, this Thursday night at the Landmark E Street Cinema in DC. The film tells the story of the infamous Peterloo Massacre in which a peaceful rally turned into one of the... |
| 2019_DC_DaviesP_190502 | 81 | Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2019): Matt Davies -- Presentation
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Matt Davies
Lecturer: Jake Tapper
Finalist: Clay Jones, Self Syndicated
Matt Davies
Newsday
Matt Davies is the editorial cartoonist for Newsday in NY and has won both the 2004 Pulitzer... |
| 2019_DC_DaviesR_190502 | 124 | Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2019): Matt Davies -- Reception
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to
THE HERBLOCK PRIZE
Award Ceremony & Lecture
Prize Winner: Matt Davies
Lecturer: Jake Tapper
Finalist: Clay Jones
Folks here include: Michael Cavna, Mark Shields, Joe Sutliff, Eric Shansby, Clarence Page, Lisa Page, Matt Davies, Matt Wuerker, Clay... |
| 2019_DC_Pilkey_191011 | 294 | Library of Congress -- Event: Dav Pilkey (Do Good Tour)
Come see Dav Pilkey talk about his books and his Do Good initiative!
Please join us for a special evening with Dav Pilkey, a Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents event.
International bestselling author/illustrator Dav Pilkey will appear at the Library of Congress on his Do Good Tour.... |
| 2019_DC_Earthrise_190423 | 93 | Library of Congress -- Event: Earthrise: Celebrating the Photograph that Changed (How We View) the World
Earthrise: Celebrating the Photograph that Changed (How We View) the World
On Christmas Eve, 1968, the NASA crew on Apollo 8 took the Earthrise photograph, the first photo of the earth from the perspective of the moon. It was immediately influential, and the first Earth Day followed soon after, in the... |
| 2019_DC_Estefan_190311 | 85 | Library of Congress -- Event: Emilio Estefan (w/Carla Hayden)
In Conversation with the Librarian of Congress: Emilio Estefan
The Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in conversation with Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoree Emilio Estefan regarding his experience as a music mogul, his success in entrepreneurship and the art of cultivating... |
| 2019_DC_Hernandez_190912 | 94 | Library of Congress -- Event: Jaime Hernandez in Conversation with Gary Groth
Jaime Hernandez in Conversation with Gary Groth
Conversation with comic artist Jaime Hernandez, co-creator of the alternative comic Love and Rockets. Hernandez was the winner of the 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best graphic novel/comic and the 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best... |
| 2019_DC_NPHarris_190911 | 149 | Library of Congress -- Event: Neil Patrick Harris ("The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third")
NBF Presents: Neil Patrick Harris | The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third
Join us for the kick-off event of the Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents series for an exciting evening of magic and moderated conversation with award-winning actor and author Neil Patrick Harris as he celebrates... |
| 2019_DC_Phillips_190406 | 24 | Library of Congress -- Event: Winifred Phillips (“The Interface Between Music Composition and Video Game Design”)
#LOCArcade
“The Interface Between Music Composition and Video Game Design”
Winifred Phillips, composer and author, speaks about her work as a composer in the video game industry, exploring the process of composing for video games, from concept to release.
Part of Augmented Realities: A Video Game... |
| 2019_DC_LOCArcade_190406 | 21 | Library of Congress -- Event: #LOCArcade
#LOCArcade
For one-day only, the Library of Congress will transform with an all-day interactive video game event exploring game sound from 1972 to the present. Taking over Mahogany Row on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson building, patrons are invited to play, experience, and learn how sound and... |
| 2019_DC_Millard_190918 | 42 | Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Author Salon: Candice Millard (James Garfield)
Please join the John W. Kluge Center and New York Times bestselling author Candice Millard for a discussion of the presidency, assassination, and 19th century medicine.
President James Garfield's is not the most famous assassination of a US president. But the story of his shooting and its aftermath is... |
| 2019_DC_White_191030 | 56 | Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Author Salon: Ron White on Lessons from Lincoln and Grant
Kluge Center Author Salon: Ron White on Lessons from Lincoln and Grant
Assistant Deputy Librarian Colleen Shogan will interview author Ronald White, author of numerous books including biographies of Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln, on leadership lessons from those famous lives, as well as the... |
| 2019_DC_Berlin_Wall_191205 | 35 | Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Event: Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller ("The Fall of the Berlin Wall")
The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Future of Democracy
Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller will take part in a discussion moderated by Kluge Center Director John Haskell marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Harrison is an expert on the Berlin Wall, the Cold War, and... |
| 2019_DC_100Years_191121 | 52 | Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Event: Jane Junn and Christina Wolbrecht ("100 Years of Women Voting")
100 Years of Women Voting
Assistant Deputy Librarian Colleen Shogan will lead a panel discussion featuring two leading scholars on women and voting, University of Southern California’s Jane Junn, and University of Notre Dame’s Christina Wolbrecht. The conversation will focus on the 100 years of women... |
| 2019_DC_Literary_HillBF_190505 | 293 | Literary Hill BookFest (2019) @ Eastern Market
Come meet our friendly authors and partake in the vibrant literary culture of Capitol Hill. With all different genres and styles represented -- from children's books to poetry, from nonfiction to mystery and romance -- there's something for everyone....
Author folks here pretty much in sequence:... |
| 2019_DC_BlackKKlansman_190206 | 90 | March on Washington Film Festival -- BlackkKlansman (w/Spike Lee, Van Jones, April Ryan, and Karen Bass) @ Newseum
Please join us for a special screening and discussion of Oscar-nominated film BlackKklansman at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
Organized by Focus Features and ICM Partners, the event will feature noteable guests including BlackKklansman director Spike Lee, CNN host Van Jones, Rep. Karen Bass, Chair of... |
| 2019_DC_Baltimore_Signs | 3 | MD -- Baltimore -- Signs |
| 2019_DC_Metro_NM | 2 | Metro Station -- Archives Navy Memorial Penn Quarter |
| 2019_DC_Metro_CoH | 11 | Metro Station -- Columbia Heights |
| 2019_DC_Metro_DU | 27 | Metro Station -- Dupont Circle |
| 2019_DC_Metro_FT | 1 | Metro Station -- Fort Totten
For some reason, most of the trees near the station were taken down. Presumably they became firewood. |
| 2019_DC_Metro_GP | 21 | Metro Station -- Gallery Place
Work finally finished on the Metro canopy which was supposed to have been finished last year. |
| 2019_DC_Metro_JS | 9 | Metro Station -- Judiciary Square
Escalator work. |
| 2019_DC_Metro_EN | 25 | Metro Station -- L'Enfant Plaza |
| 2019_DC_Metro_McP | 14 | Metro Station -- McPherson Square
New mural! |
| 2019_DC_Metro_NY | 12 | Metro Station -- NoMa–Gallaudet U station on New York Avenue |
| 2019_DC_Metro_RI | 1 | Metro Station -- Rhode Island Avenue |
| 2019_DC_Metro_RI_Bridge | 15 | Metro Station -- Rhode Island Avenue -- Pedestrian Bridge |
| 2019_DC_Metro_U | 1 | Metro Station -- U Street/AACWM/Cardoza |
| 2019_DC_Crown_Prince_191211 | 41 | Middle East Institute -- Event: PBS FRONTLINE "The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia" w/Martin Smith, Yasmine Farouk, Jerry Feierstein
Film screening and discussion: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
The Middle East Institute (MEI) is pleased to invite you to a screening of PBS Frontline’s 2019 documentary, The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, followed by a panel discussion with Frontline correspondent Martin Smith. In this documentary,... |
| 2019_DC_MEI_Speaking | 24 | Middle East Institute -- Exhibit: Speaking Across Mountains: Kurdish Artists in Dialogue
Speaking Across Mountains: Contemporary Kurdish Artists in Dialogue
December 6, 2019 - February 20, 2020
Speaking Across Mountains: Contemporary Kurdish Artists in Dialogue, the second curated exhibition at the MEI Art Gallery – the Middle East Institute’s new non-commercial art space and the first of... |
| 2019_DC_Burns_190428 | 19 | National Gallery of Art -- Ken Burns and the American Story w/David M. Rubenstein
Ken Burns, filmmaker, in conversation with David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, trustee of the National Gallery of Art, and chairman of the Smithsonian Institution This program is coordinated with the Foundation... |
| 2019_DC_NHC_Guns_190308 | 60 | National History Center -- Congressional Briefing on the History of Gun Rights @ Rayburn House Office Bldg
The National History Center invites you to attend our briefing on the
History of gun rights and regulations in the U.S.
History stands at the heart of the debate about the right to bear arms. So how have Americans used the regulatory powers of government to reduce gun violence in the past? This... |
| 2019_DC_NHC_Reforms_190206 | 44 | National History Center -- How Congress Reforms Itself @ Cannon House Office Bldg
The National History Center invites you to attend our briefing on
How Congress Reforms Itself: Historical Perspectives on Rules Changes
As recent changes in the Senate's filibuster rule have shown, the rules that govern the two bodies of Congress are not fixed: they have repeatedly undergone revision... |
| 2019_DC_Lemay_190225 | 58 | National History Center -- Kate Clarke Lemay ("Triumph of the Dead: American WWII Cemeteries, Monuments, and Diplomacy in France") @ Wilson Center
Triumph of the Dead: American WWII Cemeteries, Monuments, and Diplomacy in France:
The overseas American war cemeteries are uniquely American sites of memory, as they are the only war graves to include a variety of monumental art and architecture. They also attract an international audience and are... |
| 2019_DC_Kim_190930 | 72 | National History Center -- Monica Kim (" Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold History") @ Wilson Center
The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold History
The Korean War is often synonymous with the 38th parallel and the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the Korean peninsula. What happens if we tell the story of the Korean War from inside the interrogation room? Professor Monica Kim tells the story... |
| 2019_DC_Free_Solo_190221 | 8 | Natl Archives -- Academy Award Documentary Feature Nominee: Free Solo (introduced by David Ferriero)
Academy Award Documentary Feature Nominee: Free Solo
The National Archives hosts the 15th annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film.
The screenings are presented by the... |
| 2019_DC_Maraniss_190516 | 30 | Natl Archives -- David Maraniss ("A Good American Family")
A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father
Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Maraniss captures the pervasive fear and paranoia that gripped America during the Red Scare of the 1950s. A Good American Family recounts his family’s ordeal, from blacklisting to vindication. Elliott Maraniss, a... |
| 2019_DC_Rubenstein_191216 | 131 | Natl Archives -- David Rubenstein ("The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians") w/Taylor Branch, H.W. Brands, and Jay Winik
The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians
Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. In these lively... |
| 2019_DC_Thomas_190424 | 80 | Natl Archives -- Evan Thomas ("First: Sandra Day O’Connor, An American Life") w/Michael Beschloss
First: Sandra Day O’Connor, An American Life
When she graduated near the top of her law school class in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O’Connor’s story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings—doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and... |
| 2019_DC_Monument_190228 | 117 | Natl Archives -- Harold Holzer ("Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French") w/Edna Greene Medford
Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French
In celebration of Lincoln’s birthday, we present a program focusing on the monument built to honor the 16th President and the artist who created the statue for the Lincoln Memorial, Daniel Chester French. Monument Man is the first comprehensive... |
| 2019_DC_Reidy_190227 | 85 | Natl Archives -- Joseph P. Reidy ("Illusions of Emancipation")
National Book Launch for "Illusions of Emancipation"
Professor Joseph P. Reidy will discuss how emancipation was not just a product of Lincoln’s proclamation or Confederate defeat. It was a process. Slavery did not die quietly or quickly, nor did it fulfill every dream of the enslaved or their allies.... |
| 2019_DC_Levin_190924 | 85 | Natl Archives -- Kevin Levin ("Searching for Black Confederates")
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth
More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organizations repeat claims that anywhere between 500 and 100,000 free and enslaved African Americans fought willingly as soldiers in the... |
| 2019_DC_Gorsuch_190916 | 41 | Natl Archives -- Neil Gorsuch ("A Republic, If You Can Keep It")
Justice Gorsuch will discuss his book, "A Republic, If You Can Keep It," which includes personal reflections that focus on the remarkable gift the framers left us in the Constitution. By drawing on his thirty-year career as a lawyer, teacher, judge, and justice he explores the essential aspects of our... |
| 2019_DC_Women_Vote_190516 | 108 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Women and the Vote: The 19th Amendment, Power, Media, and the Making of a Movement
Women and the Vote: The 19th Amendment, Power, Media, and the Making of a Movement
What methods did suffragists use to communicate their message, and how did public representations of women shape the battle for the 19th Amendment? Moderated by Tamara Keith, NPR White House correspondent and co-host of... |
| 2019_DC_Leadership_191030 | 93 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Women in Leadership: Women on the U.S. Congress w/Shelley Moore Capito, Brenda Lawrence, Tammy Baldwin and Brooke Baldwin
Women in Leadership: The Impact of Women on the U.S. Congress
When the 116th Congress convened in 2019, a record number of women—102 in the House of Representatives and 25 in the Senate—held seats. How has this historic increase changed the ethos of the institution? How do newly elected women interact... |
| 2019_DC_Suffragents_191017 | 83 | Natl Archives -- Panel -- Women Suffragists and the Men Who Supported Them
Women Suffragists and the Men Who Supported Them: The Suffragents and Their Role in the Struggle for the Vote
What role did men play in the women's suffrage movement, and how did they aid in the fight for the 19th Amendment? At a time when public support for women’s issues could cause men ridicule,... |
| 2019_DC_Addiction_190227 | 144 | Natl Archives -- PBS NOVA "Addiction" screening and discussion
Addiction
Addiction, a documentary produced for PBS’s NOVA, examines how easy access to drugs like heroin, fentanyl, and even prescription medications like OxyContin has fueled an epidemic of addiction—the deadliest in U.S. history. Now, science is revealing how addiction affects the brain, and top... |
| 2019_DC_19Musical_190918 | 157 | Natl Archives -- Performance -- 19: The Musical
19: The Musical
Join us for an advance performance of 19: The Musical, the dynamic story of Alice Paul, Ida B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Inez Milholland and the suffragists who fought to get women the right to vote—the 19th Amendment. The inspirational story of these fearless women... |
| 2019_DC_Archives_EmanPP_190415 | 10 | Natl Archives -- Press Preview: Emancipation Proclamation
A special viewing of the Emancipation Proclamation at the National Archives, Monday, April 15 at 9 a.m. Programs and events are planned throughout the week celebrating the 156th Anniversary of the document, viewable by the public, from April 14-16. In addition to the rare public display, the museum will... |
| 2019_DC_Archives_HersPP_190507 | 40 | Natl Archives -- Press Preview: Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
A special press-only “sneak peek” of the National Archives exhibit “Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote” before it opens to the public. The 3,000-square-foot exhibition uses more than 90 original National Archives records to explore the relentless struggle of diverse activists throughout U.S.... |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Roberts_190831 | 19 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Andrew Roberts (w/David M. Rubenstein)
Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts discusses "Churchill: Walking with Destiny" (Viking) with David M. Rubenstein. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_CSpan_190831 | 23 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Book TV on C-Span2
Folks include Rick Atkinson, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Elaine Weiss, and Thomas W. Malone being interviewed by Peter Slen (Host, C-Span2).
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Jarrett J. Krosoczka is a New York Times best-selling author, a National Book Award Finalist, a two-time winner of the Children’s Choice Book... |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Floca_190831 | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Brian Floca
Brian Floca
Brian Floca discusses "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11" (Atheneum/Richard Jackson). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Gerald_190831 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Casey Gerald
Casey Gerald
Casey Gerald discusses "There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir" (Riverhead) with Colleen Shogan. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Bell_190831 | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Cece Bell
Cece Bell
Cece Bell launches her new book "Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!" (Candlewick). Introduced by: Nicole Y. Chung. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Native_190831 | 15 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Conversation: Native American History (Colin G. Calloway, David Treuer)
Conversation: Native American History
Colin G. Calloway discusses "The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans and the Birth of the Nation" (Oxford University) and David Treuer discusses "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present"... |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Real_People_190831 | 18 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Conversation: Novels Based on Real People (Louis Bayard, Roxana Robinson)
Conversation: Novels Based on Real People
Louis Bayard discusses "Courting Mr. Lincoln" (Algonquin) and Roxana Robinson discusses "Dawson’s Fall" (Sarah Crichton) in a panel conversation moderated by Emily Eakin. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Cap_Asia_190831 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Conversation: The Future of Western Capitalism and the Rise of Asia (Parag Khanna, Steven Pearlstein, David M. Rubenstein)
Conversation: The Future of Western Capitalism and the Rise of Asia
Parag Khanna discusses "The Future Is Asian" (Simon & Schuster) and Steven Pearlstein discusses "Can American Capitalism Survive?: Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not Equal and Fairness Won’t Make Us Poor" (St. Martin’s) in a... |
| 2019_DC_NBF_DBrooks_190831 | 17 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- David Brooks (w/David M. Rubenstein)
David Brooks
David Brooks discusses "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life" (Random House) with David M. Rubenstein. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Epstein_190831 | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- David Epstein
David Epstein
David Epstein discusses "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" (Riverhead) with Anne-Imelda Radice. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Grann_190831 | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- David Grann
David Grann
David Grann discusses "The White Darkness" (Doubleday) with Carlos Lozada. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Maraniss_190831 | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- David Maraniss
David Maraniss
David Maraniss discusses "A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father" (Simon & Schuster) with Adam Kushner. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_McCullough_190831 | 22 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- David McCullough
David McCullough
David McCullough discusses "The Pioneers: The Heroic Stories of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West" (Simon & Schuster) with Marie Arana. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Brinkley_190831 | 18 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Douglas Brinkley (w/David M. Rubenstein)
Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley discusses "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race" (HarperCollins) with David M. Rubenstein. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Pagels_190831 | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels discusses "Why Religion?: A Personal Story" (Ecco) with Jon Parrish Peede. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Weiss_190831 | 3 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Elaine Weiss
Elaine Weiss
Elaine Weiss discusses "The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote" (Viking). Introduced by: Amy Argetsinger. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Thomas_190831 | 12 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas discusses "First: Sandra Day O’Connor" (Random House) with Colleen Shogan. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Bowen_190831 | 3 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Fred Bowen
Fred Bowen
Fred Bowen launches his new book "Speed Demon" (Peachtree). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Gates_190831 | 19 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses "Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow" (Scholastic). Introduced by: Peggy McGlone. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Holm_190831 | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm launch their new book "The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight" (Random House). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Freeman_190831 | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Joanne B. Freeman
Joanne B. Freeman
Joanne B. Freeman discusses "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) with John Haskell. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_JS_SW_190831 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg
Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg
Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg launch their new book "AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet" (Chronicle). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Andres_190831 | 23 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- José Andrés (w/Diane Rehm)
José Andrés
José Andrés discusses "Vegetables Unleashed" (Ecco) and "We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time" (Ecco) with Diane Rehm. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Medina_190831 | 7 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Juana Medina
Juana Medina
Juana Medina launches her new book "Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas" (Candlewick). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Park_190831 | 7 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park launches her new book "Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time" (Clarion). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Cummins_190831 | 2 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Lucy Ruth Cummins
Lucy Ruth Cummins
Lucy Ruth Cummins discusses "Truman" (Atheneum). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_MB_GP_190831 | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli
Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli
Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli launch their new book "Hi, Jack!" (Viking). Mac Barnett also discusses "The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown" (Balzer + Bray) and "Kid Spy: The Impossible Crime" (Orchard). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Phelan_190831 | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Matt Phelan
Matt Phelan
Matt Phelan discusses "Knights vs. Monsters" (Greenwillow). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Gubler_190831 | 13 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Matthew Gray Gubler
Matthew Gray Gubler
Matthew Gray Gubler discusses "Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging and Being Yourself" (Random House) with Juanita Giles. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Beschloss_190831 | 12 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Michael Beschloss (w/David M. Rubenstein)
Michael Beschloss
Michael Beschloss discusses "Presidents of War" (Crown) with David M. Rubenstein. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Misc_190831 | 60 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Miscellaneous
Folks here include Carla Hayden, Tom Angleberger, Peter Slen (with C-SPAN), Ida Jones, James Swanson, and Michael Bishop. |
| 2019_DC_NBF_MBrooks_190831 | 5 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Molly Brooks
Molly Brooks
Molly Brooks discusses "Sanity & Tallulah" (Disney-Hyperion). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Changemakers_190831 | 23 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Panel: Changemakers (w/Andrea Barnet, David W. Blight, Andrew Roberts)
Panel: Changemakers
Andrea Barnet discusses "Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters Changed Our World" (Ecco), David W. Blight discusses "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" (Simon & Schuster) and Andrew Roberts discusses "Churchill: Walking with Destiny"... |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Immigration_190831 | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Panel: From the Many, One -- Immigration Memoirs (w/Reyna Grande, Aleksandar Hemon, Suketu Mehta)
Panel: From the Many, One -- Immigration Memoirs
Reyna Grande discusses "A Dream Called Home: A Memoir" (Atria), Aleksandar Hemon discusses "My Parents: An Introduction/This Does Not Belong to You" (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux) and Suketu Mehta discusses "This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s... |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Race_190831 | 70 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Panel: Race in America (w/Henry Louis Gates Jr., Richard Gergel, Steve Luxenberg)
Panel: Race in America
Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses "Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy and the Rise of Jim Crow" (Penguin), Judge Richard Gergel discusses "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring"... |
| 2019_DC_NBF_PP_190831 | 34 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Politics and Prose Area |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Telgemeier_190831 | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Raina Telgemeier
Raina Telgemeier
Raina Telgemeier discusses "Share Your Smile: Raina’s Guide to Telling Your Own Story" (Graphix/Scholastic). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Ford_190831 | 2 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Richard Ford
Richard Ford
Richard Ford is the recipient of the 2019 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. He is the author of the “Bascombe” novels, which include “The Sportswriter” and its sequels, “Independence Day” (the first novel to win the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award), “The Lay of the... |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Atkinson_190831 | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson discusses "The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777" (Henry Holt). |
| 2019_DC_NBF_Smith_190831 | 3 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Ronald L. Smith
Ronald L. Smith
Ronald L. Smith discusses "The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away" (Clarion). Introduced by: Peggy McGlone. |
| 2019_DC_Front_Lines_190403 | 53 | Natl Endowment for Democracy -- Reporting From the Front Lines of Authoritarianism
Reporting From the Front Lines of Authoritarianism: A Conversation With the 2019 Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellows
by National Endowment for Democracy
The Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellowship is an initiative of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and... |
| 2019_DC_Ukraine_Media_190124 | 46 | Natl Endowment for Democracy -- The Struggle to Achieve Public Media Reform in Ukraine
The Struggle to Achieve Public Media Reform in Ukraine
In Soviet times, Ukraine’s media served as a mouthpiece for state interests. Since achieving independence, reform efforts have focused on strengthening the integrity of public media, culminating in legislation adopted after the Euromaidan protests... |
| 2019_DC_Mineta_191119 | 73 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Book Event: Sec Norman Mineta and Andrea Warren (“Enemy Child”)
Sec Norman Mineta and Andrea Warren, author of “Enemy Child”
Join us for a conversation and book signing with the museum’s Elizabeth MacMillan Director, Anthea M. Hartig; former Cabinet Secretary Norman Mineta; and Andrea Warren, author of Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a... |
| 2019_DC_Deep_Time_MP_190604 | 72 | Natl Museum of Natural History -- Media Preview: Hall of Fossils -- Deep Time
Media preview of “The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils -- Deep Time”
Who:
* Kirk Johnson, Sant Director, National Museum of Natural History
* Anna “Kay” Behrensmeyer, curator of fossil vertebrates, National Museum of Natural History
* Amy Bolton, education and outreach manager, National Museum of... |
| 2019_DC_Art_Book_Fair_190707 | 43 | Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Event: DC Art Book Fair
The third annual DC Art Book Fair is happening at the National Museum of Women in the Arts on Sunday, July 7, from 12noon until 5pm. 40+ tablers will be selling their books/zines/comics/prints/art/other cool things. Admission is free and this event is kid-friendly.
This is also a Free Community Day and... |
| 2019_DC_Gaye_Stamp_190420 | 87 | Natl Postal Museum -- Event: U.S. Postal Service Stamp Dedication: Marvin Gaye Forever Stamp
In celebration of the U.S. Postal Service's issuance of the Marvin Gaye Forever stamp, the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum and the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives will host Make Me Wanna Holler: Exploring D.C.'s Music Legacy at their historic Washington, D.C., locations.
Gaye, a... |
| 2019_DC_Pearl_Harbor_191207 | 23 | Naval Heritage Center -- Event: Pearl Harbor Commemoration Ceremony |
| 2019_DC_New_AmericaWP | 5 | New America -- Art Item: "Women/Peace" |
| 2019_DC_Silverstone_190130 | 18 | New America -- From Hitler’s Germany to Saddam’s Iraq (w/Scott Silverstone)
From Hitler’s Germany to Saddam’s Iraq: The Enduring False Promise of Preventive War
In August 2017, President Trump threatened North Korean President Kim Jong-un with “fire and fury”; it was a blunt warning of the potential consequences if North Korea continued its drive to develop nuclear-tipped... |
| 2019_DC_Wallace_Wells_190410 | 50 | New America -- How Will Climate Change Transform American Democracy? (w/David Wallace-Wells)
How Will Climate Change Transform American Democracy? How Will Climate Change Transform American Democracy?
If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In California, wildfires now rage year-round,... |
| 2019_DC_Kochland_191112 | 33 | New America -- Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America (w/Christopher Leonard)
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
Christopher Leonard’s Kochland tells the story of modern corporate America through the extraordinary account of how one of the biggest private companies in the world grew to be that big. The annual revenue of Koch Industries... |
| 2019_DC_Packer_190509 | 71 | New America -- Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and The End of the American Century (w/George Packer and Peter Bergen)
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and The End of the American Century
George Packer’s latest book, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and The End of the American Century is the vividly told saga of the ambition, idealism, and hubris of one of the most legendary and complicated figures in recent American history, set... |
| 2019_DC_Houston_Smart_190124 | 50 | New America -- Rebuilding a Smarter City: Lessons from Houston (w/Sylvester Turner)
Smart Cities are the future. So when Houston, Texas faced rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, it seized the opportunity to transform itself as a tech-centric, smart city by incorporating emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Machine Learning and data... |
| 2019_DC_Chaos_191217 | 31 | New America -- The Cost of Chaos (w/Peter Bergen)
The Cost of Chaos
Halfway through the first year of the Trump administration, the "axis of adults" on the team had reason to feel fairly sanguine. Feral ideologue Mike Flynn had blown up on the launch pad as National Security Advisor, and by the end of the summer, Steve Bannon, the intellectual... |
| 2019_DC_New_America | 2 | New America (outside building) |
| 2019_DC_GWill_191007 | 104 | Newseum -- An Evening with George F. Will (w/S.E. Cupp)
George F. Will on ‘The Conservative Sensibility’
Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist George F. Will talks about his new book, “The Conservative Sensibility.”
In the book, Will writes that the Founding Fathers’ vision, articulated first in the Declaration of Independence and carried out in the... |
| 2019_DC_Suffrage_190624 | 106 | Newseum -- Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of Women’s Suffrage
Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of Women’s Suffrage
The Newseum marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed all American women the right to vote, with a conversation featuring today’s top political journalists.
The program will also celebrate the work of Miriam... |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_Closing_191231 | 133 | Newseum -- Closing Day
The Newseum opened in its Pennsylvania Avenue location on April 11, 2008. Eleven+ years later, it closed, the building having been bought by Johns Hopkins University. The closing wasn't marked by any major public commemoration but staff met after the public were kicked out for a private farewell... |
| 2019_DC_Abramson_190213 | 57 | Newseum -- Future of News w/Jill Abramson and Brian Stelter
The Future Of News: Jill Abramson In Conversation With Brian Stelter
Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, talks about her new book, “Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts,” in a conversation moderated by CNN chief media correspondent Brian... |
| 2019_DC_Hornaday_190224 | 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 91st annual Academy Awards and discusses some of the biggest hits of the year.
The program will feature clips from Oscar-nominated films.
Hornaday, a critic with the Post since 2002, will... |
| 2019_DC_Ranking_190427 | 110 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, Kenneth Ackerman, David Stewart ("Ranking the U.S. Presidents By the Nation’s Leading Historians")
Ranking the U.S. Presidents By the Nation’s Leading Historians
C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb and co-CEO Susan Swain talk about their new book, “The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America’s Best – and Worst – Chief Executives,” which provides a complete ranking of the presidents based on the network’s... |
| 2019_DC_CSmith_190928 | 59 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Chris Smith ("The Daily Show (The Book)")
Inside Media: The History of 'The Daily Show'
Chris Smith talks about his book, “The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests.”
This oral history takes readers behind the curtain for all the show’s highlights, from its origins as Comedy... |
| 2019_DC_Harrison_191109 | 41 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Hope M. Harrison ("After the Berlin Wall")
Inside Media: The Fall Of The Berlin Wall 30 Years LateR
On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, author Hope M. Harrison talks about her new book, “After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to Present.”
The book examines how Germany has grappled with the... |
| 2019_DC_Leibovich_190126 | 39 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Mark Leibovich ("Inside the NFL")
Inside the NFL with The New York Times’s Mark Leibovich
The New York Times Magazine’s chief national correspondent Mark Leibovich talks about his new book, “Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times.”
The book takes readers deep inside the NFL, from the owners’ meeting to the draft to the sidelines of... |
| 2019_DC_Segal_190323 | 69 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Mark Segal ("And Then I Danced")
Inside Media: Remembering Stonewall
To mark the opening of the Newseum’s newest exhibit “Rise Up,” LGBTQ pioneer Mark Segal shares his memories of the Stonewall uprising and reflects on his 50 years of activism.
“Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement,” an exhibit that explores the modern... |
| 2019_DC_Copeland_191013 | 161 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Peter Copeland (“Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter") w/Lynn Sweet
Join us as veteran journalist Peter Copeland talks about his new book, “Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter,” which chronicles his career from police reporter in Chicago to Washington bureau chief of the E.W. Scripps Company.
Lynn Sweet, Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times,... |
| 2019_DC_Rogers_190622 | 135 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Rob Rogers ("Enemy of the People: A Cartoonist's Journey")
‘Enemy of the People: A Cartoonist’s Journey’
Editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers talks about his new book, “Enemy of the People: A Cartoonist’s Journey,” which chronicles his firing from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after the paper’s editorial director refused to publish several of his cartoons critical of... |
| 2019_DC_Schmidt_190525 | 65 | Newseum -- Inside Media w/Thomas Schmidt (“Rewriting the Newspaper: The Storytelling Movement in American Print Journalism")
Inside Media: Storytelling in Journalism: Past, Present and Future
Thomas Schmidt talks about his new book, “Rewriting the Newspaper: The Storytelling Movement in American Print Journalism,” which analyzes the expansion of narrative journalism and the corresponding institutional changes in the American... |
| 2019_DC_Hostage_190124 | 100 | Newseum -- Journalists Held Hostage (w/Joel Simon, David Rohde, and Judy Woodruff)
Journalists Held Hostage: Should Governments Pay Ransom To Terrorists?
Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, talks about his new book, “We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages and Ransom.”
Simon will be joined by David Rohde who was kidnapped by... |
| 2019_DC_Newseum_Curators_190626 | 60 | Newseum -- Members' Evening with the Curator: The Making of "Seriously Funny: From the Desk of 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'"
The Newseum invites you and a guest to Evening with the Curator:
The Making of "Seriously Funny: From the Desk of 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'"
"Seriously Funny: From the Desk of 'The Daily Show with on Stewart'"explores the influence of comedian Jon Stewart, who challenged the press and... |
| 2019_DC_Celebrating_191211 | 132 | Newseum -- Members' Farewell Evening -- Celebrating the First Amendment and the Newseum (w/Jan Neuharth, Peter Pritchard, Floyd Abrams, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Chris Wallace)
Celebrating the First Amendment and the Newseum
The Boards of Trustees of the Freedom Forum, Newseum and Freedom Forum Institute invite you and a guest to join us for the final evening program at the Newseum to celebrate its history and legacy, and to view your favorite exhibits one last time.Join us... |
| 2019_DC_Cumming_190318 | 98 | Newseum -- Rise Up: An Evening With Alan Cumming
Rise Up: An Evening With Alan Cumming
To mark the opening of its new exhibit, “Rise Up: Stonewall and the Gay Rights Movement,” the Newseum presents an evening featuring Alan Cumming, an award-winning actor, singer producer, director and activist.
Cumming will discuss the impact of Stonewall 50 years... |
| 2019_DC_JMem_190603 | 116 | Newseum -- Special -- Journalists Memorial Ceremony (2019)
Each year, the Newseum rededicates its Journalists Memorial in recognition of the dangers in the profession of journalism and those who have died in pursuit of news and information.
This year, the names of 21 journalists will be etched onto the memorial’s glass panels to represent all those who died or... |
| 2019_DC_No_Crying_191002 | 113 | Newseum -- Special -- There's No Crying in Newsrooms
There's No Crying in Newsrooms
The Freedom Forum Institute’s Power Shift Project marks the publication of the new book, “There’s No Crying in Newsrooms: What Women Have Learned about What It Takes to Lead,” with a conversation featuring current and past leaders in the media industry.
The book, written... |
| 2019_DC_Pulitzer_190407 | 37 | Newseum -- "Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People" (w/Robert Seidman and Nathalie Applewhite)
Documentary Screening: "Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People"
The Newseum presents a screening of the new documentary, “Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People,” which profiles the American icon whose newspaper, the New York World, transformed media and made him wealthy, admired and feared.
The film... |
| 2019_DC_Not_Enemy_190207 | 88 | Newseum & Boston Globe -- President and the Press: #FreePress: Journalists Are Not the Enemy (w/Chuck Schumer, Marjorie Pritchard, Brian Stelter, Karen Attiah, and Marcela Garcia)
#FreePress: Journalists Are Not the Enemy
From President Trump’s sustained assault on the American media as “fake news” and “the enemy of the American people” to the savage murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of the Saudi government, the press is under serious threat.
The Boston Globe, in... |
| 2019_DC_Sports_Page_191207 | 138 | Newseum & Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism -- The Great American Sports Page
The Great American Sports Page
A number of the nation’s top sports writers, columnists and editors will gather at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7, in the Newseum’s Knight Studio, to discuss what makes great sports journalism, and who are the great sports journalists of past and present. Panel members will... |
| 2019_DC_Bunch_190924 | 110 | NMAAHC -- Event: A Fool's Errand w/Lonnie Bunch and Scott Pelley
Lectures & Discussion: A Fool’s Errand by Lonnie Bunch
On the museum’s third anniversary, newly appointed Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch and Scott Pelley will delve deeply into Bunch’s latest book, A Fool’s Errand, which chronicles the strategies, support systems and coalitions he put in place to build the... |
| 2019_DC_400Yrs_190213 | 115 | NMAAHC -- Event: Public comments for 400 Years Commemoration
The federal commission created to coordinate the nationwide commemoration of the arrival of the first Africans to the English colonies in North America will meet at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington on Wednesday, February 13.
In 2019 the 400 Years of... |
| 2019_DC_100AL20_191119 | 37 | NPC -- 100th Anniversary of the American Legion Post 20
100th Anniversary of the American Legion Post 20
National Press Club members, especially veterans, and spouses/guests are invited to a reception on Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of American Legion Post 20. The post has been affiliated with the... |
| 2019_DC_Bookfair_191101 | 121 | NPC -- 42nd Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2019)
One hundred authors -- and their books -- will be under one roof at the National Press Club, just in time for the gift-giving season. Navigate national politics and history, whisk your way to tasty treats, or laugh with your little one during the 2019 Book Fair and Authors’ Night on Friday, Nov.... |
| 2019_DC_Journalists_Mem_190626 | 93 | NPC -- Announcement of Fallen Journalists Memorial and Foundation
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2019) – Ahead of the first anniversary of the Capital Gazette shooting in Annapolis, Maryland, the National Press Club Journalism Institute will announce plans to establish, in partnership with the Tribune Publishing Company, the Annenberg Foundation and the Michael and Jacky... |
| 2019_DC_NPC_Vecchio_190730 | 42 | NPC -- Carlos Vecchio (Accessing Venezuela's political situation)
Venezuela's ambassador to assess his country's political situation at Headliners Newsmaker
Carlos Vecchio, ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States, will address his country's political situation at a National Press Club Newsmaker.
Vecchio's talk will focus on the role... |
| 2019_DC_Rogers_191024 | 105 | NPC -- Faith in American Public Life w/Melissa Rogers, Sabrina Dent, Imam Mohamed Magid, and Rabbi David Saperstein
As part of Melissa Rogers' book tour for "Faith in American Public Life", a panel discussion was held at the National Press Club.
Welcome and Opening Remarks:
* David Aycock, Interim Director at Baylor University Press, Associate Director for Sales, Marketing, & Publicity
Moderator:
* Mike... |
| 2019_DC_Kalb_190415 | 126 | NPC -- Kalb Report: "50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing" (w/Michael Collins)
The Kalb Report: A Conversation with Astronaut Michael Collins on the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
In 1865, Jules Verne wrote the science fiction novel “From the Earth to the Moon and a Trip Around it.” Nearly 105 years later, Michael Collins “lived” what Jules Verne could only... |
| 2019_DC_Kalb_190401 | 72 | NPC -- Kalb Report: "A Conversation with Cokie Roberts on Democracy, Politics, and the Press" (w/Cokie Roberts)
A Conversation with Cokie Roberts on Democracy, Politics, and the Press
Having spent more than 40 years in broadcast journalism, having grown up in a family dedicated to public service, and having been named a “living legend” by the Library of Congress, Cokie Roberts is uniquely qualified to provide... |
| 2019_DC_Kalb_191204 | 153 | NPC -- Kalb Report: "We the People..." (w/Nina Totenberg, Pete Williams, and Jonathan Turley)
The Kalb Report: “We the People…”
Is America headed for—or perhaps already in -- a constitutional crisis fueled by highly partisan politics? Is this endangering our democracy? If so, where do we go from here?
The first forum in the 26th season of The Kalb Report (and the 100th program in the series)... |
| 2019_DC_Williamson_191024 | 38 | NPC -- Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson, who is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker.
Ms. Williamson will outline in detail her proposal to create a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace, that she says will contain both domestic and international... |
| 2019_DC_Jamal1Yr_191002 | 23 | NPC -- Moment of Silence to Mark Anniversary of Murder of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
National Press Club to hold moment of silence Oct. 2 to mark first anniversary of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The National Press Club will hold a moment of silence in observance of the first anniversary of the murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post Global Opinions contributing... |
| 2019_DC_Suppression_190925 | 98 | NPC -- Panel -- Media Suppression in Nicaragua
On Wednesday, September 25 at 6:30 p.m., the NPC’s International Correspondents Committee (ICC) and Press Freedom Team invites you to join an event on media suppression in Nicaragua. Fresh from testifying at the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR), a delegation of four Nicaraguan... |
| 2019_DC_NPC_Roberts_190904 | 37 | NPC -- UMWA President Cecil Roberts (Climate Change)
International President of the United Mine Workers of America Cecil Roberts will discuss the impact of climate change legislation on the future of the coal industry at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Sept. 4.
Climate change initiatives, such as “The Green New Deal,” “Keep it in the... |
| 2019_DC_Abrazos_190617 | 68 | NYU -- Film Screening for "Abrazos" (w/Luis Argueta)
Film Screening and Director Q&A: ABRAZOS
NYU Washington, DC, National Peace Corps Association and the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Washington will host an evening film screening of ABRAZOS followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker, Luis Argueta. The panel will be moderated by Randy... |
| 2019_DC_Scott_190327 | 58 | NYU @ National Press Club -- Sen. Tim Scott: Civility, Fairness, and Opportunity in America
Sen. Tim Scott: Civility, Fairness, and Opportunity in America
by Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Senator Tim Scott in Conversation with Theodore Johnson: Civility, Fairness, and Opportunity in America
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina continues to forge a singular path in D.C. as... |
| 2019_DC_OAS_TunnelT_190627 | 24 | OAS Main Bldg -- Event: Roots of Peace: Carlos Páez Vilaró Mural Tour
Roots of Peace: Carlos Páez Vilaró mural tours
With Museo Taller de Casapueblo Director María Dezuliani
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas and the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the OAS present Roots of Peace: Carlos Páez Vilaró Works and Writings, a retrospective exhibition of Uruguayan... |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Garreaud | 18 | Organization of American States -- Staff Bldg -- Exhibit: Gaston Garreaud Tribute to Cesar Vallejo
Gaston Garreaud Tribute to Cesar Vallejo
The Organization of American States (OAS) AMA | Art Museum of the Americas and the Permanent Mission of Peru to the OAS announce Tribute to César Vallejo, an exhibition of drawings and monotypes by Peruvian artist and Gastón Garreaud (1934-2005), to be presented... |
| 2019_DC_Reddel | 1 | Personal -- General Reddel
I ran into General Carl Reddel and his wife walking in Penn Quarter. |
| 2019_DC_McCabe_190223 | 89 | Politics & Prose -- Andrew G. McCabe ("The Threat")
Andrew G. McCabe - The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
McCabe started working at the FBI in 1996 and served in many capacities, from street agent on the Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force to leading the Counterterrorism Division, the National Security Branch, and... |
| 2019_DC_Presidents_Women_191025 | 65 | Politics & Prose -- Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy ("All the President's Women") w/Adrienne LaFrance
Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy - All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator— in conversation with Adrienne LaFrance
In their new exposé, the authors draw on extensive original reporting to give the fullest account yet of Trump’s relationships with women. Levine, a longtime... |
| 2019_DC_McKibben_190418 | 31 | Politics & Prose -- Bill McKibben ("Falter")
Bill McKibben - Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Since publishing the now classic The End of Nature in 1989, widely credited with launching the movement against climate change, McKibben has been at the forefront of nearly every fight on behalf of the environment. In addition to a... |
| 2019_DC_Meltzer_190109 | 65 | Politics & Prose -- Brad Meltzer ("The First Conspiracy") w/Josh Mensch
Brad Meltzer - The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington — in conversation with Josh Mensch
Writing history with the same command of pacing, suspense, and vivid action that has made him one of today’s finest thriller writers, Meltzer in his new book tells the startling, and... |
| 2019_DC_Bushnell_190909 | 79 | Politics & Prose -- Candace Bushnell ("Is There Still Sex in the City?") w/Barrie Hardymon
Candace Bushnell - Is There Still Sex in the City? — in conversation with Barrie Hardymon
Bushnell’s 1996 Sex and the City launched the hit HBO series and revolutionized attitudes to sex and dating. In her new book she continues her sharp and funny exploration of relationships by following the... |
| 2019_DC_Robertson_190330 | 25 | Politics & Prose -- Cara Robertson ("The Trial of Lizzie Borden")
Cara Robertson - The Trial of Lizzie Borden
A writer and lawyer, Robertson has been researching the Lizzie Borden case since she was a senior at Harvard; she published her first paper on the trial in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities in 1997. Separating facts from the many myths that surround... |
| 2019_DC_Kidd_190310 | 62 | Politics & Prose -- Chip Kidd ("Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal")
Chip Kidd - Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal
An acronym for Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury, saying the word “shazam” invoked the powerful line of heroic elders who allowed ordinary Billy Batson to become Captain Marvel, the world’s mightiest mortal. In the... |
| 2019_DC_Rubenstein_191029 | 68 | Politics & Prose -- David M. Rubenstein ("The American Story") w/David Gregory
David M. Rubenstein - The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians — in conversation with David Gregory
In his Peer-to-Peer Conversations for The David Rubenstein Show on PBS, Rubenstein, a philanthropist and financier, has engaged with top figures in the business world to explore the... |
| 2019_DC_Rowell_190331 | 106 | Politics & Prose -- David Rowell ("Wherever the Sound Takes You") w/Bob Funck
David Rowell - Wherever the Sound Takes You: Heroics and Heartbreak in Music Making — with accompaniment by Bob Funck
Rowell is best known as deputy editor of the Washington Post Magazine and author of The Train of Small Mercies, but he’s also a devoted amateur drummer, and his new book chronicles his... |
| 2019_DC_Kalb_190107 | 96 | Politics & Prose -- Deborah Kalb and Robert Lunsford ("President and Me: John Adams & the Magic Bobblehead")
Deborah Kalb and Robert Lunsford - President and Me: John Adams & the Magic Bobblehead — in Children and Teens
When Ava’s mom remarries, Ava gets stuck with a younger, annoying stepbrother, J.P. Struggling to adjust to her new life, Ava’s mom announces a family trip to Boston. While on this trip, Ava... |
| 2019_DC_Minoui_190414 | 82 | Politics & Prose -- Delphine Minoui ("I'm Writing You From Tehran") w/Sonia Dridi, in partnership with the French Embassy
Delphine Minoui - I'm Writing You From Tehran: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Past and Their Country's Future — in conversation with Sonia Dridi, in partnership with the French Embassy
Minoui, an award-winning Middle East correspondent for Le Figaro, was born in France to a French mother and... |
| 2019_DC_ONeill_190331 | 39 | Politics & Prose -- Eric O'Neill ("Gray Day")
Eric O'Neill - Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy
A frequent speaker on espionage, national security, cybersecurity, corporate defense, hacking, and Russia, O’Neill got his experience early: at age twenty-six, he was assigned to investigate an FBI agent suspected of... |
| 2019_DC_Thomas_190402 | 53 | Politics & Prose -- Evan Thomas ("First: Sandra Day O'Connor") w/Osceola Freear
Evan Thomas - First: Sandra Day O'Connor
Writing with the same narrative flair, sense of history and politics, and deep insight into people and institutions that made his Being Nixon, Ike’s Bluff, and Wise Men essential Washington reading, Thomas now delivers an authoritative, compelling, and intimate... |
| 2019_DC_Peck_190105 | 76 | Politics & Prose -- Garrett Peck ("The Great War in America")
Garrett Peck - The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath
The First World War had been underway for two years before President Wilson committed U.S. troops to help make the globe “safe for democracy,” but the nation’s initial reluctance to take part in the conflict has colored our views of... |
| 2019_DC_Will_190702 | 58 | Politics & Prose -- George F. Will ("The Conservative Sensibility")
George F. Will - The Conservative Sensibility
One of the nation’s most influential political commentators, Will started his Washington Post column in 1974, won the Pulitzer for his work just three years later, and has been syndicated in more than 400 newspapers across the country. His new book draws on... |
| 2019_DC_Brennan_190928 | 137 | Politics & Prose -- Ian Brennan ("Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth") w/The Good Ones and John Waters
Ian Brennan - Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth — with a performance by The Good Ones, and in conversation with John Waters
Brennan is a Grammy-award winning record producer, but his multi-track career also includes writing, lecturing on violence prevention, and promoting voices from... |
| 2019_DC_Hernandez_190309 | 84 | Politics & Prose -- Jaime Hernandez ("Is This How You See Me?") w/Sarah Boxer
Jaime Hernandez - Is This How You See Me? in conversation with Sarah Boxer
With his brothers Gilbert and Mario, Jaime Hernandez created Love and Rockets, one of the first comics to appear in the 1980s alternative comics movement. Hernandez has continued and expanded that series with his award-winning... |
| 2019_DC_Howell_191114 | 55 | Politics & Prose -- Janet Howell and Theresa Howell ("Leading the Way: Women in Power") w/Emily Cain
Senator Janet Howell and Theresa Howell - Leading the Way: Women in Power—in Children & Teens—In Conversation with Emily Cain, EMILY's List Executive Director
Women interested in politics, or even voting rights, have been dismissed and scoffed at throughout American history. Meet many of the brave... |
| 2019_DC_Brown_190103 | 46 | Politics & Prose -- Jeremy Brown ("Influenza")
Dr. Jeremy Brown - Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History
The Spanish Flu pandemic, the deadliest in history, infected some 500 million people worldwide and killed 20 to 50 million. In the hundred years since, medicine has made great strides—substituting flu shots for... |
| 2019_DC_Acosta_190618 | 81 | Politics & Prose -- Jim Acosta ("The Enemy of the People")
Jim Acosta - The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America
In Trump’s vilification of the media as “enemies of the people,” no network has received harsher treatment than CNN, with Acosta, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, bearing the brunt of the attacks. But rather than... |
| 2019_DC_Waters_190524 | 95 | Politics & Prose -- John Waters ("Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder") w/Stephen Thompson
John Waters - Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder — in conversation with Stephen Thompson
Filmmaker, actor, writer, visual artist—Waters is known for many things, but especially for the startling, transgressive quality of movies like Hairspray and Pink Flamingos, spoken-word shows... |
| 2019_DC_Andres_190604 | 83 | Politics & Prose -- José Andrés ("Vegetables Unleashed: A Cookbook")
José Andrés - Vegetables Unleashed: A Cookbook
Andrés, the Michelin-starred, James Beard Award-winning chef, follows up We Fed an Island, his inspiring account of serving meals to the survivors of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, with a transformative book on cooking with vegetables. Drawing on a wide... |
| 2019_DC_Straczynski_190812 | 94 | Politics & Prose -- J. Michael Straczynski ("Becoming Superman")
J. Michael Straczynski - Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood
Straczynski is best known as the creator of the Babylon 5 and Sense8 TV shows, but his amazing four-decade career also encompasses screenwriting—Changeling, Thor, and World War Z—writing for several D.C. and Marvel Comics’... |
| 2019_DC_DiCamillo_190928 | 2 | Politics & Prose -- Kate DiCamillo ("Beverly Right Here")
I saw Kate in the main store after her talk across the street at St. Paul's Church. She said she prefers printed books -- she was glad that ebooks were available when necessary but she really appreciated the physical medium.
Kate DiCamillo - Beverly Right Here—at St. Paul's Church
Politics and Prose... |
| 2019_DC_LM_GK_190112 | 53 | Politics & Prose -- Lopez Matthews ("Howard University in the World Wars") and Gil Klein ("Trouble in Lafayette Square")
Lopez D. Matthews Jr - Howard University in the World Wars: Men and Women Serving the Nation
Gil Klein - Trouble in Lafayette Square: Assassination, Protest & Murder at the White House
In Howard University in the World Wars (History Press, $23.99) historian and archivist Lopez D. Matthews draws on a... |
| 2019_DC_Norris_190414 | 35 | Politics & Prose -- Mary Norris ("Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen") w/Deborah Tannen, in partnership with the Greek Embassy
Mary Norris - Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen — in conversation with Deborah Tannen
Norris charmed and delighted readers with Between You & Me, her witty memoir about thirty years with The New Yorker’s fabled copy department. Her new book is an enthusiastic and thoroughly engaging paean to... |
| 2019_DC_Epstein_190629 | 147 | Politics & Prose -- Nadine Epstein ("Elie Wiesel, an Extraordinary Life and Legacy") w/Robert Siegel
Nadine Epstein - Elie Wiesel, an Extraordinary Life and Legacy: Writings, Photographs and Reflections — in conversation with Robert Siegel
A survivor of Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) devoted his life to ensuring that the Holocaust never be repeated nor forgotten. He left a legacy rich in... |
| 2019_DC_Race_In_America_190115 | 94 | Politics & Prose -- Panel -- "Race in America" (6th) w/April Ryan, Donna Brazile, Jason Riley, and Wesley Lowery
Race in America Today: A Panel Discussion — moderated by April Ryan, featuring Donna Brazile, Jason Riley, and Wesley Lowery
Join April Ryan, Washington Bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks and author of Under Fire, At Mama’s Knee, and The Presidency in Black and White for the sixth in an... |
| 2019_DC_Shinkle_190120 | 64 | Politics & Prose -- Peter Shinkle ("Ike's Mystery Man") w/Michael Isikoff
Peter Shinkle - Ike's Mystery Man: The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler — in conversation with Michael Isikoff
Robert "Bobby" Cutler (1895-1974) earned a law degree at Harvard and served two stints as Eisenhower’s National Security Advisor. While historians have recognized his contributions to the... |
| 2019_DC_Hundt_190414 | 102 | Politics & Prose -- Reed Hundt ("A Crisis Wasted")
Reed Hundt - A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama's Defining Decisions
Hundt was a member of the transition teams for the Clinton and Obama presidencies, and in his provocative new book he argues that Obama determined the fate of his presidency before he even took office. Closely examining the domestic policy... |
| 2019_DC_Alter_190406 | 8 | Politics & Prose -- Robert Alter ("The Art of Bible Translation")
Robert Alter - The Art of Bible Translation
Alter, emeritus professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, has lectured and written on the Bible extensively, but the heart of his scholarship is translation. Over the last several decades he has published... |
| 2019_DC_Eulogy_190412 | 125 | Politics & Prose -- Roz Chast and Patricia Marx ("Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?") w/Melissa Block
Roz Chast and Patricia Marx - Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions — in conversation with Melissa Block
Finding she couldn’t get her mother’s words of wisdom out of her mind, Marx, a long-time writer for The New Yorker, decided to put them in a book. Not just... |
| 2019_DC_Pelley_190522 | 63 | Politics & Prose -- Scott Pelley ("Truth Worth Telling")
Scott Pelley - Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times |
| 2019_DC_Wilentz_190127 | 64 | Politics & Prose -- Sean Wilentz ("No Property in Man")
Sean Wilentz - No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding
Since a number of the nation’s founders were slave-holders, many historians have interpreted the Constitution as not merely tolerating slavery but positively enshrining it. In this revisionist account, Wilentz... |
| 2019_DC_Jones_190305 | 133 | Politics & Prose -- Senator Doug Jones ("Bending Towards Justice")
Taking his title from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s statement that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice," Jones chronicles the arduous struggle to punish those responsible for the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, which killed four girls. Though the FBI... |
| 2019_DC_Brown_191105 | 134 | Politics & Prose -- Sherrod Brown ("Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America")
Sherrod Brown - Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America
In this engaging political history, Brown, senior U.S. senator from Ohio, tells the story of twentieth-century progressive politics through the profiles of eight of the senators who occupied his chair—desk 88—before him. In a... |
| 2019_DC_Blumenthal_190907 | 52 | Politics & Prose -- Sidney Blumenthal ("All the Powers of Earth") w/Sean Wilentz
Sidney Blumenthal - All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. III, 1856-1860
Blumenthal, a former Washington Post reporter and esteemed political advisor, opened his magisterial Political Life of Abraham Lincoln series with A Self-Made Man, a detailed portrait of the future... |
| 2019_DC_Page_190406 | 55 | Politics & Prose -- Susan Page ("The Matriarch") w/Diane Rehm
Susan Page - The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty — in conversation with Diane Rehm
In the first new biography of Barbara Bush (1925-2018) in a decade, Page, the award-winning Washington Bureau chief of USA Today, shows that Bush was far more than just a wife and mother of... |
| 2019_DC_McAuliffe_190801 | 134 | Politics & Prose -- Terry McAuliffe ("Beyond Charlottesville")
Terry McAuliffe - Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism
Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018, McAuliffe declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville when white supremacists descended on the town in August 2017. His action was undermined by Trump, however, who, finding... |
| 2019_DC_Wheeler_190210 | 93 | Politics & Prose -- Tom Wheeler ("From Gutenberg to Google")
Tom Wheeler - From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future
As chairman of the FCC from 2013 to 2017 and before that as an entrepreneur, Wheeler has been a key figure in the telecommunications world for some four decades. In his new book he puts today’s tremendous technological changes in... |
| 2019_DC_Whoopi_191025 | 67 | Politics & Prose -- Whoopi Goldberg ("The Unqualified Hostess")
Whoopi Goldberg - The Unqualified Hostess: I Do It My Way So You Can Too! — SIGNING ONLY
This event is a signing only, with no formal speaking component.
Dynamic, surprising, and thoroughly delightful, Goldberg’s new book is an event—or the seeds to many future events: a primer on entertaining, it... |
| 2019_DC_Diamond_190510 | 69 | Politics & Prose @ GW Betts Theatre -- Jared Diamond ("Upheaval")
Jared Diamond - Upheaval—at GW Betts Theatre
Best known for his classic Guns, Germs, and Steel, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1998, Diamond is a professor of geography at UCLA, but he draws on myriad fields, including anthropology, economics, ecology, and evolutionary biology to propose groundbreaking... |
| 2019_DC_Mattis_190906 | 125 | Politics & Prose @ GW Betts Theatre -- Jim Mattis ("Call Sign Chaos") w/David Brooks
Jim Mattis - Call Sign Chaos
Politics and Prose and GW are honored to host General Jim Mattis, the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time, for Call Sign Chaos, a story about learning how to lead in a chaotic world. From wide-ranging leadership roles in... |
| 2019_DC_Farrow_191018 | 59 | Politics & Prose @ GWU Lisner -- Ronan Farrow ("Catch and Kill") w/Sunny Hostin
Ronan Farrow - Catch and Kill—at GW Lisner
In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost, in Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a... |
| 2019_DC_Atwood_190921 | 78 | Politics & Prose @ Lincoln Theatre -- Margaret Atwood ("The Testaments") w/Rebecca Traister
Margaret Atwood - The Testaments with Rebecca Traister -- At Lincoln Theatre
In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades with The Testaments. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of... |
| 2019_DC_Coates_190927 | 92 | Politics & Prose @ Lincoln Theatre -- Ta-Nehisi Coates ("The Water Dancer") w/Ibram X. Kendi
Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Water Dancer—in conversation with Ibram X. Kendi at Lincoln Theatre
The Water Dancer is a bracingly original vision of the world of slavery, written with the narrative force of a great adventure. Driven by Coates’ bold imagination and striking ability to bring readers deep into... |
| 2019_DC_Foner_190917 | 105 | Politics & Prose @ Sidwell Friends -- Eric Foner ("The Second Founding") w/Eric Holder and Jamelle Bouie
Eric Foner - The Second Founding— with Eric Holder, moderated by Jamelle Bouie at Sidwell Friends
One of the pre-eminent American historians of our time, Foner, whose 2011 study of Lincoln and slavery, The Fiery Trial, won the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln Prizes, is a major authority on the Civil... |
| 2019_DC_Munroe_190904 | 92 | Politics & Prose @ Sidwell Friends -- Randall Munroe ("How To") w/Alexandra Petri
Randall Munroe - How To — in conversation with Alexandra Petri at Sidwell Friends
Randall Munroe, the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer, brings readers a way to better understand the science and technology behind... |