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First Lady and, I guess, First Mother, Barbara Bush died on April 17. She's shown here at a National Archives event back in 2008.

Natl Archives -- Barbara Bush (American Conversations) (43 images)
Jerry Saltz, of New York Magazine, shown here in 2014 delivering the Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism on April 16: "For a robust body of work that conveyed a canny and often daring perspective on visual arts in America, encompassing the personal, the political, the pure and the profane."

Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Jerry Saltz ("A Year in the Life of an Art Critic") (Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture) (89 images)
In 2013, AFI/Silver had an event for the 40th anniversary of ESPN.com's "In the Gate" podcast featuring the humans behind the Triple Crown winner Secretariat. One panel shown here featured (left to right) Penny Chenery (Secretariat's owner), Bill Nack (a sportswriter who essentially became Secretariat's biographer, he wrote "Secretariat: The Making of a Champion" on which the movie "Secretariat" is based), Barry Abrams (host of "In the Gate"), and Ron Turcotte (Secretariat's jockey). Penny died on September 16, 2017. Bill just died on April 13.

AFI -- "Secretariat's Jockey Ron Turcotte" (w/Ron Turcotte and Penny Chenery) -- Screening and panels (211 images)
KeyImgsShort Description
2018_04_19A1_Yards_ECC19DC -- The Yards -- Earth Conservation Corps Pump House (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_19A2_Yards23DC -- The Yards (and surrounding area) (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_19B_Riverfront_Revital98Capitol Riverfront Speaker Series: River Revitalization @ The Yards
Capitol Riverfront Speaker Series: River Revitalization
by Capitol Riverfront BID
2018 marks the "Year of the Anacostia," an invitation to celebrate the Anacostia River and its nearby communities, to honor its history, and to envision its future. The river serves as a valuable asset to the Capitol... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_17_LaborFest_Roses57Busboys Takoma and DC LaborFest -- Bread & Roses: 2018 DC LaborFest Sneak Preview!
Get an earlybird look at this year’s LaborFest! We’ll show trailers from the DC Labor FilmFest and preview the LaborFest schedule, plus Save The Date cards will be available and all attendees get a free pair of passes to the FilmFest! (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_16_Albright62Sixth & I and Politics & Prose -- Madeleine Albright ("Fascism: A Warning") w/Jeffrey Goldberg
Madeleine Albright - Fascism: A Warning — with Jeffrey Goldberg
Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Madeleine Albright is the first woman ever to serve as U.S. Secretary of State. Over her long career as a diplomat, Albright watched Fascism rise and endure. In Fascism: A Warning, she shows us how its... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_15A_Callanan16Politics & Prose -- Liam Callanan ("Paris by the Book")
Liam Callanan
Paris by the Book
Callanan’s third novel is a playful literary mystery that starts with the search for a missing man and ends in a family finding a new life as proprietors of a Paris bookstore. When Leah’s husband disappears, the only clues—if they are clues—are the manuscript of his... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_15B_Kurtz_Phelan105Politics & Prose -- Daniel Kurtz-Phelan ("The China Mission") w/Evan Thomas
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan - The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947 — in conversation with Evan Thomas
In 1945 Truman dispatched General George Marshall to China as his special presidential envoy. Marshall was charged with negotiating peace between the Chinese Nationalists and... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_15C_New_Power74Politics & Prose -- Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms ("New Power")
Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms - New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--And How to Make It Work for You
If you compare traditional institutions like the military, hospitals, and schools to digital-age organizations like Black Lives Mater, Airbnb, and Reddit, you get a snapshot of two... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_15D_Penn11Politics & Prose -- Sean Penn ("Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff") w/Laura Lippman
Sean Penn - Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff — in conversation with Laura Lippman
Ironically named and brilliantly drawn, Bob Honey, the protagonist of Penn's first novel, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff, is bitter about his divorce, fed up with Tweets, and tired of being mined for Big Data. He has a day job... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_14A1_CB_Parade357DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Parade (2018)
A number of folks here include:
* Eleanor Holmes Norton
* Shinsuke Sugiyama, Japan's ambassador to the United States
* Miss USA Kara McCullough
* Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2018 Jessica Baeder
* Miss District of Columbia's Outstanding Teen and Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen
* Carla... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_14B1_Science_March137DC -- March for Science -- Rally
From Washington D.C. to Abuja, Nigeria, science supporters across the globe are mobilizing. March for Science events energize science advocates from multiple spheres to create tangible change and call for greater accountability of public officials to enact evidence-based policy that serves all... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_14C1_Prescribed25DC -- Prescribed to Death Memorial
Facing an Everyday Killer
NSC Prescribed to Death Memorial Visits D.C. April 12-18
One in four Americans has been directly impacted by the opioid crisis, but 40% still do not consider it to be a threat to their family, according to National Safety Council poll results.
In an attempt to end this... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_14C2_SIRG_Burning_Art6DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man
I wanted some Saturday crowd shots. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_14D_WHouse_Garden92DC -- White House Garden Tour (2018)
This spring, the White House will open its gardens and grounds to visitors. The grounds will be open on Saturday, April 14, from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and Sunday, April 15, from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. On these days, visitors can discover the beauty of the South Lawn of the White House. The Jacqueline... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_13A1_Ideas_Forum152DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Lincoln Ideas Forum (2018)
Towards the end of his Second Annual Message to Congress in 1862, Abraham Lincoln implored his countrymen to remember that future generations would be looking back at the Civil War era:
"Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history," he wrote."We of this Congress and this Administration will be... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_13B1_KatzenO81DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Opening Member Reception (Friday)
Artists here this evening included Michael Clark, Jiha Moon, and Carol Brown Greenberg. Other folks present included Diane Rehm and Aviva Kempner. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_13B2_KatzenX174DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Exhibition
Carol Brown Goldberg: Entanglement
April 3 - May 27, 2018
Carol Brown Goldberg's exhibition Entanglement offers vivid evidence of her artmaking as the convergence of intellect, emotion, and technique. Her paintings in the current exhibition-marked by images of dense, imagined foliage-are rooted in a... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_13B3_Toledo62DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Gallery Talk: Toledo Múltiple w/Fernando Gálvez de Aguinaga
Museum Members are invited to attend a special evening viewing of our new exhibitions, featuring a talk by the curator of Toledo Múltiple, Fernando Gálvez de Aguinaga.
Introductory comments were made by Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández, the Mexican ambassador to the United States. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_11A_SQCC_Oxy86DC -- Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) -- Event: Oil and Gas in Oman
Oil and Gas in Oman
Her Excellency Ambassador Hunaina Sultan Al Mughairy and Mr. Sandy A. Lowe, Executive Vice President and Group Chairman Middle East, Occidental Petroleum invite you to join us for this special program on Occidental Petroleum's oil and gas operations in Oman.
Featured Speakers:
*... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_11B1_SQCC8DC -- Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_11B2_Lincoln_Mem2DC -- Lincoln Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_11B3_Critters1Critters -- Squirrel (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_11B4_Viet_Wall6DC -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_11C_Lincoln_Lest242DC -- Lincoln Memorial -- Exhibit: Lest We Forget
LEST WE FORGET Exhibition Opening on the National Mall
For the Days of Remembrance, German-Italian artist Luigi Toscano, in partnership with the German Embassy, and with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, is mounting a unique photographic installation along the Lincoln... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_11D_SIRG_Handihour118Renwick Gallery -- Handi-Hour (2018, Art of Burning Man)
Inspired by the 10 principles of Burning Man, including Radical Self-expression, Participation, and Leaving No Trace, transform old T-shirts into something fabulous at DC’s original crafting happy hour. Make a bag, necklace: -> https://youtu.be/TTGWkexJ0-o, brooch, headband, or something of your own... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_11E_SIRG_Burning_Art97DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10A1_Haiku20DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10A2_SQCC29DC -- Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10B_SQCC_Goes37DC -- Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) -- Event: Shrinking Snow Caps and Rising Tides: Implications for Oman's Coastal Resources (w/Dr. Joaquim I. Goes)
Shrinking Snow Caps and Rising Tides: Implications for Oman's Coastal Resources
A public lecture by Dr. Joaquim Goes, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University and 2017 SQCC Research Fellow
Of the many oceanic ecosystems experiencing climate-driven changes worldwide, the Arabian Sea... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10C1_1700G2DC -- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (1700 G St NW) (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10C2_Viet_Wall8DC -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10C4_Lincoln_Lest17DC -- Lincoln Memorial -- Exhibit: Lest We Forget
LEST WE FORGET Exhibition Opening on the National Mall
For the Days of Remembrance, German-Italian artist Luigi Toscano, in partnership with the German Embassy, and with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, is mounting a unique photographic installation along the Lincoln... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10D1_Lincoln_LestP145DC -- Lincoln Memorial -- Event: Lest We Forget Exhibition Opening Program
LEST WE FORGET Exhibition Opening on the National Mall
For the Days of Remembrance, German-Italian artist Luigi Toscano, in partnership with the German Embassy, and with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, is mounting a unique photographic installation along the Lincoln... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10E2_Rawlins_Statue12DC -- General John A. Rawlins Statue (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10E3_SIRG_Burning_Art28DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10E4_Emb_Mexico1DC -- Embassy of Mexico (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10E5_Goethe_Projecting18Goethe-Institut -- Exhiibit: Early UFA Film Posters: Projecting Women
Early UFA Film Posters: Projecting Women
03/01/2018 - 04/30/2018
Posters from famous as well as rarely seen or lost Berlin UFA films from the 1920s and 30s portray women as heroines or seductresses, debutantes or harlots. From Sumurun to Metropolis, women are vying for power in male-dominated... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_10F_Hechelhammer59Goethe-Institut -- Bodo Hechelhammer ("Double Agent Heinz Felfe Discovers America")
Presentation “Double Agent Heinz Felfe Discovers America”
Dr. Bodo Hechelhammer, the Chief Historian of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), will give a presentation at the Goethe-Institut on his new book about the double agent, Heinz Felfe. In addition to his talk, he will show photos and... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_09_Recy_Taylor46AFI -- "The Rape of Recy Taylor" (w/panel) for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
One Night Only: The Rape of Recy Taylor w/ discussion
While accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at February's Golden Globe ceremony, Oprah Winfrey invoked the name of Recy Taylor, a woman who 74 years ago, as a young black mother and sharecropper in rural Alabama, boldly stood against the systemic... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08A1_SIAIR_Barmecide48DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Exhibit: The Barmecide Feast (2001: A Space Odyssey room) (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08A2_SIAIR_Milestones32DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 100: Milestones of Flight (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08A3_SIAIR_Welcome3DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 108: Welcome Center (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08B1_NGA_Cezanne142DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Cézanne Portraits
Cézanne Portraits
March 25 – July 1, 2018
Cézanne Portraits is the first exhibition devoted to the famed post-impressionist’s portraits. The exhibition explores the unconventional aspects of his portraiture, the role his portraits play in the development of his radical style and method, and the range... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08B2_NGA_Barye44DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Antoine-Louis Barye Animal Sculptor (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08B3_NGAS31DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Sculpture (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08B4_NGA_Daumier3666DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Daumier's Portrait Busts (36 French Leaders) (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08B5_NGAP12DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Paintings (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08C_McMillan12DC -- McMillan Sand Filtration Site (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_08D_SS_1stBaptist4MD -- Silver Spring -- First Baptist Church development (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_07A_SAAM_JAM45Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Jazz Family Day
Come and jam at SAAM during Jazz Appreciation Month! SAAM celebrates jazz’s influence on artists with activities and performances. Improvise with your own jazz-themed crafts, complete a swinging scavenger hunt, and bop to jazz performances throughout the day.
Listen to a range of jazz songs from Billie... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_07B_TechWorld5DC -- TechWorld (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_07C1_USASF36DC -- USA Science & Engineering Festival (2018) -- Public (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_07C2_USASF_MarsInc16DC -- USA Science & Engineering Festival (2018) -- Booth 604 Mars Incorporated
The National Zoological Park's Brian Gratwicke talks salamanders and frogs. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_07C3_USASF_Laser21DC -- USA Science & Engineering Festival (2018) -- Laser Light Show (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_07D1_EPPV2DC -- East Potomac Park -- Views of the Potomac River (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_07D2_CB_Fireworks67Fireworks -- Cherry Blossom Festival fireworks (2017) (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05A_Burns114DC -- Library of Congress -- Event: National Cherry Blossom Festival Poster Talk w/Thomas Burns
Thomas Burns, creator of the 2016 National Cherry Blossom Festival poster, will present a lecture about the poster, including his design process and ideas for the poster, from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, in the Mary Pickford Theater on the third floor of the James Madison Memorial Building, 101... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05B1_LOC_Cherry_Posters39DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Cherry Blossom Festival Posters (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05B2_LOCVw3DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
The view from the Prints and Photographs section overlooks the residential section of DC. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05B3_Callbox8DC -- Callboxes (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05B4_MLK_Mem16DC -- Martin Luther King Jr. Natl Memorial
This was the day after the 50th anniversary of his assassination so there were some wreaths at the memorial, including one from the Embassy of Venezuela. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05B5_WCCanal1DC -- Mall -- Washington City Canal House (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05C_Cherry24DC -- Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin (2018) (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05D_Facebook77New America -- Facebook After Cambridge Analytica: What Should We Do Now?
Facebook After Cambridge Analytica: What Should We Do Now?
The recent scandal over how political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica was able to access personal information about tens of millions of Facebook users has turbo-charged the public conversation about online privacy generally and Facebook’s... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05E1_SIPG_King4DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4, 2018 – April 30, 2018
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying his likeness by Jack Lewis Hiller. Under King’s inspired leadership, nonviolent protest became the defining feature of the modern... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05E2_NewseumV12DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05E3_Mellon_Fountain4DC -- Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05E4_HVA_ModelT30DC -- Mall -- Historic Vehicle Association display -- Fifteen-Millionth Ford (Nighttime)
April 3 – 9: 1927 Ford Model T - Fifteen-Millionth Ford
The impact of the Ford Model T on American history is undisputed. This touring car, with hand stamped VIN 15000000, marked the end of “Tin Lizzy’s” almost 19-year production run that totaled over 15 million Fords. On May 26, 1927, Edsel and Henry... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05E5_Chess_Players4DC -- Judiciary Square -- Chess Players Statue (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05E6_Darlington9DC -- Judiciary Square -- Darlington Memorial Fountain (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_05F_POYI_Ceremony209Newseum -- Special -- Pictures of the Year 75th Reception and Ceremony
The Newseum invites you to the Pictures of the Year Opening Reception.
Join us for a special preview and reception of "Pictures of the Year: 75 Years of the World's Best Photography."
The groundbreaking photography show features seven decades of award-winning images from the archives of Pictures of... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_04A1_Contemporary183Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Contemporary Artists in Conversation with History: 1968 (w/Lava Thomas, Alfredo Jaar, and Sam Gilliam)
Contemporary Artists in Conversation with History: 1968:
April 4 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a defining moment in American history. How do issues of racial equality and civil rights reverberate through the practice of artists working today? Find... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_04B_SIPG_King1DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4, 2018 – April 30, 2018
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying his likeness by Jack Lewis Hiller. Under King’s inspired leadership, nonviolent protest became the defining feature of the modern... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03A_SIAIR_Barmecide38DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Exhibit: The Barmecide Feast (2001: A Space Odyssey room)
The National Air and Space Museum will host a special temporary exhibition of the immersive art installation “The Barmecide Feast,” a fully realized, full-scale reflection of the iconic, neo-classical hotel room from the penultimate scene of Stanley Kubrick’s and Arthur C. Clarke’s landmark film, 2001:... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03B1_HVA_ModelT33DC -- Mall -- Historic Vehicle Association display -- Fifteen-Millionth Ford
April 3 – 9: 1927 Ford Model T - Fifteen-Millionth Ford
The impact of the Ford Model T on American history is undisputed. This touring car, with hand stamped VIN 15000000, marked the end of “Tin Lizzy’s” almost 19-year production run that totaled over 15 million Fords. On May 26, 1927, Edsel and Henry... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03B2_SINH_Bldg2DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History
Lines outside during spring break. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03C1_Unfinished60NYU & Brennan Center for Justice -- Revolution Unfinished: Remembering MLK's Vision for a Nation Transformed (w/Michael Steele and Donna Edwards)
Revolution Unfinished: Remembering MLK's Vision for a Nation Transformed
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is largely remembered for his campaigns against segregation, his calls for racial brotherhood, and his unwavering commitment to nonviolence. He is less often remembered, however, for his... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03D1_NMWA44DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03D2_NMWA_House65DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Exhibit: Women House
Women House on view March 9–May 28, 2018
Featuring work by thirty-six global artists, Women House challenges conventional ideas about gender and the domestic space. The exhibition is inspired by the landmark project Womanhouse, developed in 1972 by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro. With works that... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03D3_NMWA_Living51DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Library Exhibit: Making a Living: Women Artists Illustrating Books
Making a Living: Women Artists Illustrating Books
MAR 26 2018–JULY 27 2018
Many women artists in the first half of the twentieth century found work illustrating books. Working for large or niche publishing houses, creating cartoons or caricatures, or writing and illustrating their own books, these... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03D4_NMWA_Hung_Liu33DC -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts -- Exhibit: Hung Liu In Print
Hung Liu In Print on view January 19–July 8, 2018
Hung Liu In Print invites viewers to explore the relationship between the artist’s multi-layered paintings and the palpable, physical qualities of her works on paper. To make her prints, Liu (b. 1948) uses an array of printing and collage techniques,... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03E_IDBCC_Fashioning58DC -- IDB Cultural Center -- Exhibit: Fashioning the Future: Argentine Designers on the Edge of Tomorrow
IDB presents Fashioning the Future: Argentine Designers on the Edge of Tomorrow
Installation features contemporary Argentine fashion that merges science, technology, and creativity
The IDB Cultural Center presents Fashioning the Future: Argentine Designers on the Edge of Tomorrow in recognition of the... (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03F_SIRG_Burning_Art92DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_03G_SS_Fairfield_Res17MD -- Silver Spring -- Fairfield Residential (916 Thayer Ave.) (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_01A1_AwesomeM80DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Miscellaneous (Sunday)
Folks here include Evan Scola (Rocket Pop Inc.), some of the folks from District City, one of the folks from Metal Souls. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_01A2_AwesomeA12DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Artists (Sunday)
(Sunday)
Folks here include Mark Wheatley, Mike Rhode, Arsia Rozegar (Shahnameh for Kids), S.L. Gallant, Thom Zahler, John Gallagher, Rafer Roberts, Clay Mann, Tom King, Greg Capullo, and Scott Snyder. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_01B1_AwesomeP146DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Panel: Star Trek: Michael Dorn & Rene Auberjonois Q&A
Star Trek: Michael Dorn & Rene Auberjonois Q&A:
Michael Dorn and Rene Auberjonois will discuss their exciting careers and answer audience questions. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_01B2_AwesomeP222DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Kid Zone: The AaaaWoooooo Werewolf Workshop with Chris Flick:
The AaaaWoooooo Werewolf Workshop with Chris Flick:
Have a howling good time as cartoonist, Chris Flick, shows you how to draw werewolves of all shapes and sizes. (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_01C_Mt_Vernon11DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle area (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_31A1_AwesomeM51DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Miscellaneous (Saturday) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_31A2_AwesomeA24DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Artists (Saturday)
(Saturday)
Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Neal Adams, Evan Keeling, Tom King, Keith Giffen, Matt Dembicki, Dick Dyszel ("Count Gore Ve Dol"), Dawn Griffin, Chris Flick, Carolyn Belefski, and Joe Carabeo. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_31B1_AwesomeP190DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Panel: Past, Present & Future: The 80th Anniversary of Superman
Past, Present & Future: The 80th Anniversary of Superman
From the son of Krypton's beginnings on the pages of Action Comics, to his rise to the silver screen, to series such as Smallville, come celebrate Superman's 80th annversary with the people that bring him to life. Join Comic Creator Scott Snyder... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_31B2_AwesomeP259DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Panel: Netflix's Lost In Space Exclusive Screening and Discussion: The Future of Space Travel
Netflix's Lost In Space Exclusive Screening and Discussion: The Future of Space Travel
Netflix presents an exclusive screening of the first episode of its upcoming original series Lost in Space premiering April 13 worldwide. The screening will be followed by a special talk with scientists and Lost in... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_31B3_AwesomeP312DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Kid Zone: Alien Art with Dawn Griffin
Alien Art with Dawn Griffin
The Kid Zone will be transformed into an alien factory when cartoonist, Dawn Griffin, shows you easy ways to draw wacky aliens. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_31C_SS_Discovery2MD -- Silver Spring -- Discovery headquarters (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_30A1_SIRG_Burning_Art134DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_30A2_SIRG_Burning_Beyond6DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_30B1_SIRG_Burning_ArtOD47DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Opening Day: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man
Folks here included Stephanie Stebich, Betsy Broun, David Best (designed the Temple), Serge Beaulieu (of Hybycozo) (Deep Thought), Richard Wilks (Evotrope), and Christopher Schardt (Nova). (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_30B2_SIRG_Burning_BeyOD125DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Opening Day: No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick Walking Tour
Discover the Golden Triangle neighborhood and the outdoor sculptures of No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick during this walking tour with Nora Atkinson, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft. Meet outside Renwick Gallery entrance, Pennsylvania Avenue. (Weather permitting.)
No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick,... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_30C1_Haiku6DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_30C2_Emb_Mexico5DC -- Embassy of Mexico (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_30C3_OCC4DC -- Old Convention Center (site) / CityCenterDC (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_30D1_AwesomeM31DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Miscellaneous (Friday) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_30D2_AwesomeA53DC -- Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Artists (Friday)
(Friday)
Carolyn Belefski, Fabian Nicieza, Buzz, Dan Parent, Andrew Aydin, Evan Keeling, Tom King, Colleen Doran, John Gallagher, ???, ???, Thom Zahler, S.L. Gallant, Joe Carabeo, Amy Chu, Robert Wilson, ??? (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29A1_SIRG_Burning_Beyond41DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29A2_SIRG_Burning_Art110DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29B_SIRG_Burning_ArtMP130DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Press Preview: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man
Press preview for the exhibitions “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man” and “No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick”
Speakers:
* Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
* Kim Cook, Director of Art & Civic Engagement, Burning Man Project
* Leona... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29C_SIRG_Burning_BeyMP119DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Press Preview: No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick Walking Tour (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29D1_SIRG_Bldg2DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Bldg (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29D2_Haiku3DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29D3_1700G9DC -- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (1700 G St NW) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29D4_NBW_619G6DC -- National Bank of Washington (619 G St NW) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29D5_SIPG_UnSeen_Book6DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light: Ken Gonzales-Day and Titan Kaphar -- Comment Book (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29E_Roberts98Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Eldredge Prize: Jennifer L. Roberts ("The Moiré Effect: Print and Interference")
Jennifer L. Roberts, the Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, was awarded the 2017 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for her book, Transporting Visions: The Movement of Images in Early America. Join her for a talk entitled “The Moiré Effect: Print and Interference.” (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_29F1_Superman144DC -- Library of Congress -- Event: Paul Levitz and Dan Jurgens ("80 Years of Superman")
Library of Congress and DC Entertainment Celebrate 80 Years of Superman
Live Interview Featuring Legendary Paul Levitz and Dan Jurgens
The Library of Congress will celebrate the 1000th issue of seminal DC comic book series Action Comics, a commemoration of 80 years of Superman, with a live interview... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_28A1_SIAIR_Open287Udvar-Hazy Center -- Annual Open House (2018)
What goes into running America’s favorite museum? To show you, we’re opening the doors to work areas only accessible to the public once a year at our annual Open House:
- Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar
- Emil Buehler Conservation Laboratory
- Collections storage rooms
- National Air and Space... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_28B_SIAIR_Conserve25VA -- Chantilly -- Smithsonian -- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center -- Conservation Hangar (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_27A1_SIPG_Pres_Obamas8DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents -- Lines for Barack and Michelle Obama
Visitor traffic in the Donald Reynolds Center (Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery) has been huge!
In 2017, DRC was the 7th most popular Smithsonian museum at 1.3 million visitors:
#1 = National Air and Space Museum[7m],
#2 = National Museum of Natural History [6m],
#3 =... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_27A2_SIPG_Bldg18DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_27A3_SIPG_UnSeen_Book30DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light, Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar -- Comment Book
I was impressed that after just 4-1/2 days, both of the comment books were already 80-90% full. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_27B_Haiku23DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_27C_SIRG_Burning_Beyond104DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick
No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick
In addition to the in-gallery presentation of No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, the Renwick is expanding beyond its walls for the first time through an outdoor extension of the exhibition entitled No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick, displaying sculptures from... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_27D1_Murrow_Park19DC -- Edward R. Murrow Park
Jack Champions untitled piece from the No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick has been installed in the park. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_27E1_Roulette201Politics & Prose @ GW Jack Morton Auditorium -- Michael Isikoff and David Corn ("Russian Roulette")
At GW Jack Morton Auditorium
Star journalists Michael Isikoff and David Corn have made headlines with their reports on the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia—and made it into Rep. Nunes’ memo on surveillance to the House Intelligence Committee. In Russian Roulette, they present the incredible account of... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_26A1_Firstenberg159AFI -- An Evening with Jean Picker Firstenberg (w/Cokie Roberts, James Hindman, Ray Barry, etc) -- Program
An Evening with Jean Picker Firstenberg
Special Features: Moderated by Emmy Award-winning ABC & NPR journalist Cokie Roberts. Book sales/signing starting at 6:15; program begins at 7:30.
Jean Picker Firstenberg led AFI for more than 27 years, and the 2003 launch of the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_26A3_Firstenberg3160AFI -- An Evening with Jean Picker Firstenberg (w/Cokie Roberts, James Hindman, Ray Barry, etc) -- All Else
An Evening with Jean Picker Firstenberg
Special Features: Moderated by Emmy Award-winning ABC & NPR journalist Cokie Roberts. Book sales/signing starting at 6:15; program begins at 7:30.
Jean Picker Firstenberg led AFI for more than 27 years, and the 2003 launch of the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_25A_Press10Politics & Prose -- Bill Press ("From the Left")
Bill Press - From the Left: A Life in the Crossfire
Press grew up in a segregated working-class Delaware town. Part of a Catholic family, he was raised to believe that divorce, abortion, and homosexuality were sins, and he entered a seminary to prepare for a lifetime of defending his faith. Yet instead... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_25B1_Scovell146Politics & Prose -- Nell Scovell ("Just the Funny Parts")
Nell Scovell - Just the Funny Parts...and a Few Hard Truths about Sneaking Into the Hollywood Boys' Club — in conversation with Alexandra Petri
With more than thirty years of experience as a writer, producer, and director, Scovell knows how the entertainment industry works. She came to Hollywood as a... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_24A_March_4RL204DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives @ Penn Ave (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_24B1_March_4RL_NewseumV138DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace of March For Our Lives (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_24B3_March_4RL_Items9DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives @ Items
I didn't pick up many things at the March because I was busy taking pictures. What I did pick up:
* A pair of Evil Eye Gloves (including a note from the three knitters in New Haven),
* An Evil Eye patch (this one with the name of Aaron Feis, the football coach who tried to shield students during... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_24C_March_4RL_Folk26DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives @ downtown -- Folks and Friends
I ran into several people I knew at the march this time -- Flo Stone (founder of the Environmental Film Festival), Joan Eisenstodt and Joel Levy, Nikahang Kowsar (political cartoonist), and Jordan Klepper (Comedy Central's The Opposition with...). (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_24D3_Moon6Nature -- Moon shots -- By Newseum levels (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_24D4_Penn_Qtr1DC -- Penn Quarter area (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_23A_March_4RL_Prep15DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives @ downtown -- Preparation (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_23B_March_4RL_Trucks114DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives @ downtown -- Advertising Trucks (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_23C_March_4RL_NewseumV6DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace of March For Our Lives prep (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_23D1_Klepper139Newseum -- A Conversation with Jordan Klepper
Comedy Central and the Newseum invite you to "A Conversation with Jordan Klepper"
Join us as Jordan Klepper, host of Comedy Central's "The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper" discusses his daily late-night series.
The program, which debuted in September 2017, satirizes the hyperbolic, conspiracy-laden noise... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22A1_Union_Station5DC -- Union Station
Four pigeons. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22A2_I3959DC -- I-395 (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22A3_TechWorld17DC -- TechWorld (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22A4_Carnegie_Lib7DC -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22A5_OCC3DC -- Old Convention Center (site) / CityCenterDC (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22B1_HI_Washington3DC -- HI Washington DC hostel (1009 11th St NW) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22B2_Engine026DC -- Engine Company 02 (500 F St Nw) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22B3_Fire_Dog_Mem7DC -- Judiciary Square -- Natl Fire Dog Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22B4_KSt6DC -- K Street area (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22C_Moe7Env Film Festival @ Tabard Inn -- Eric Moe Award Winner -- "Water Warriors" w/...
WATER WARRIORS
Winner: Eric Moe Award for Best Short on Sustainability
Water Warriors is the story of a community’s successful fight against the oil and natural gas industry in New Brunswick, Canada, A multicultural group of unlikely warriors set up a series of road blockades, sometimes on fire,... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22D1_Emb_Tunisia6DC -- Embassy of Tunisia (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22D2_Logan3DC -- Logan Circle neighborhood (but not Logan Statue) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22D3_SIPG_Bldg3DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22D4_SIPG_Pres_Obamas9DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents -- Lines for Barack and Michelle Obama (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22E_SIPG_UnSeenPP80DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Press Preview: UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light: Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar
As the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery marks its 50th anniversary, it will not only honor the past with special exhibitions but also shape the museum’s next chapter. The first contemporary exhibition of the museum’s anniversary season, “UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light: Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22F_SIPG_UnSeen100DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light, Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar
UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light, Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar
March 23, 2018 – January 6, 2019
The exhibition highlights the work of two leading contemporary artists who grapple with the under- and misrepresentation of certain minorities in portraiture and American history. Gonzales-Day and... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_22G1_UnSeen_Opening163Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Artist Talk: Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar
Artist Talk: Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar
Join photographer and interdisciplinary artist Ken Gonzales-Day, and painter and sculptor Titus Kaphar, as the artists discuss their practice, inspiration, and the theme of the presence of absence. Both artists address issues of race, equality, and... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21A_SSprung4MD -- Silver Spring -- Silver Sprung development
After our only real snow fall of the year. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21B_SS_Wayne3MD -- Silver Spring -- Wayne Ave
After our only real snow fall of the year. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21C_SS_St_Michaels4MD -- Silver Spring -- St. Michael's Catholic Church
After our only real snow fall of the year. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21D_SS_Res7MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section
After our only real snow fall of the year. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21E1_SS_Fairfield_Res12MD -- Silver Spring -- Fairfield Residential (916 Thayer Ave.) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21E2_SS_Fenton2MD -- Silver Spring -- Fenton Street structures (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21E3_SS_BDE2MD -- Silver Spring -- Business Section (East of Metro Line) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21E4_SS_Team2MD -- Silver Spring -- County Snow Team (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21E5_SS_Art15MD -- Silver Spring -- Public art (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21E6_SS_Georgia5MD -- Silver Spring -- Georgia Avenue (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21E7_SS_Heritage53MD -- Silver Spring -- Silver Heritage Historic Trail (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21F1_SS_Bonifant8MD -- Silver Spring -- Bonifant Street (except library and 1st Baptist Church) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21F2_SSV8MD -- Silver Spring -- Views from ... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21F3_SS_Discovery5MD -- Silver Spring -- Discovery headquarters
After our only real snow fall of the year. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21F4_SS_Loft241MD -- Silver Spring -- Loft 24 apartments (8310 Fenton St.) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21F5_SS_Iglesia2MD -- Silver Spring -- Iglesia De Restauracion AYP (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21F6_SS_1stBaptist3MD -- Silver Spring -- First Baptist Church development
They've finally removed the construction fences on the Bonifant street side. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_21F7_8250_Georgia1MD -- Silver Spring -- 8250 Georgia (Solaire)
A diagram of what the new place is supposed to look like. As https://www.washproperty.com/properties/residential/solaire-8250-georgia-avenue.php says...
8250 Solaire Georgia Ave is the latest luxury apartment community currently under development by WPC located in the Ripley District in Silver Spring,... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_18A_Yochi43Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Yochi" (part of Shorts Program 5) (w/Kristi Drexler; Ilana Lapid; H.E. Francisco Daniel Gutierez)
Yochi
Showing as part of Shorts Program 5.
Yochi, a 9-year-old selectively mute Mayan boy, guards a nest of endangered Yellow-Headed Parrots in Belize’s pine savannah. When his beloved older brother, Itza, returns from the city, Yochi learns that he’s in debt and has turned to poaching – setting the... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_18B_Tatra84Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Tatra Mountains: Life on the Edge" (w/Erik Balaz; Peter Lim and Tereza Gemeranova)
Tatra Mountains: Life on the Edge
Co-Presented in partnership with EKOTOP Film Festival and with the support of the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
The Tatra mountain range looms high above the clouds like an island – the smallest high mountain group on earth. A unique environment with unique... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_18C_UntamedR91Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Untamed Romania" Reception (w/ Tom Barton Humphreys; Sarah Titcombe, and Paul Lister)
Untamed Romania
A feature-length film celebrates Romania’s astounding natural beauty and sheer diversity of wild animals. Vast mountains, ancient forests and expansive wetlands provide undisturbed habitats to many of the continent’s iconic creatures.
Q&A – Tom Barton Humphreys (Director); Sarah... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_18D1_1stBaptist3DC -- First Baptist Church of DC (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_18D2_Webster1DC -- Daniel Webster statue (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_18D3_Haiku3DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_18E1_EFF_Filmmakers130Env Film Festival @ Jefferson Hotel -- Festival Filmmakers Reception
Some of the filmmakers who were present included: Ashley Bell ("Love & Bananas"), David Schumacher ("The New Fire"), Eric Balaz ("Tatra Mountains -- Life on the Edge"), Kate Brooks ("The Last Animals"), Ilana Lapid and Kristi Drexler ("Yochi"), Peter Byck ("Earth Optimism Shorts; Soil Carbon... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_18E2_EFF_Tesla36Env Film Festival @ Jefferson Hotel -- Tesla cars exhibited (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17A1_SIPG_Almost_Home58DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Do Ho Suh: Almost Home
Do Ho Suh: Almost Home
March 16, 2018 – August 5, 2018
Do Ho Suh’s immersive, dreamlike work explores the nature and meaning of home, fastening ties between personal space and shared experience. Encountering his large-scale fabric sculptures is both deeply familiar and profoundly alien as the ordinary... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17A3_SIPG_Pres_Obamas12DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents -- Lines for Barack and Michelle Obama
The Michelle Obama portrait has been moved upstairs due to crowd control issues. People are trying to replicate the picture of the kid staring at the painting that went viral. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17A4_SIPG_Portrait8DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17B1_Lincoln_Speakers195Abraham Lincoln 2018 Symposium -- Speakers
I don't do mornings anymore so I just covered the afternoon sessions.

Abraham Lincoln Institute
Twenty-First Annual Symposium - March 17, 2018
"The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship"

Sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc.

Presentation of the Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize
*... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17C_Lincoln_Other39Abraham Lincoln 2018 Symposium -- Other
Abraham Lincoln Institute
Twenty-First Annual Symposium - March 17, 2018
"The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship"

Sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc.. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17D1_Bikeshare7DC -- Bike Sharing
They're now doing scooter rentals. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17D2_OCC5DC -- Old Convention Center (site) / CityCenterDC (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17E1_Wasted132Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Wasted!" (w/Anna Chai, Tim Ma, Asha Carter, Jeremy Brosowsky, and Tim Carman)
"WASTED!"
Every year 80% of the world’s water, 40% of the world’s land, and 10% of the world’s energy is dedicated to growing the food we eat, yet in the same year 1.3 billion tons of food is thrown out. Narrated by Anthony Bourdain, WASTED! exposes the criminality of food waste, how it's directly... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17F_WastedR58Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- "Wasted!" Reception
"WASTED!"
Every year 80% of the world’s water, 40% of the world’s land, and 10% of the world’s energy is dedicated to growing the food we eat, yet in the same year 1.3 billion tons of food is thrown out. Narrated by Anthony Bourdain, WASTED! exposes the criminality of food waste, how it's directly... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_17G_EFF_VR9Env Film Festival @ Carnegie Inst -- Virtual Reality (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_15A1_Drawn2PurposeP183DC -- Library of Congress -- Event: Drawn to Purpose (w/Whitney Sherman, Barbara Brandon-Croft and Jillian Tamaki)
“In Conversation with the Librarian of Congress: Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists” featuring Whitney Sherman, Barbara Brandon-Croft and Jillian Tamaki
Note: Carla Hayden was not available so curator Martha Kennedy from the Library of Congress moderated the panel.
Librarian... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_15B_United_Methodist3DC -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE) (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_15C_Haiku4DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_15D_1700M1DC -- 1700 M St NW (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_15E1_Last_Animals115Env Film Festival @ Natl Geographic Society -- "The Last Animals" -- Program
The Last Animals
Presented by the Reva and David Logan Foundation.
The Last Animals follows the conservationists, scientists, and activists battling poachers and criminal networks to save elephants and rhinos from the edge of extinction.
Director: Kate Brooks
(US/UK, 2017, 92 min.) DC... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_15E5_Last_AnimalsR228Env Film Festival @ Natl Geographic Society -- "The Last Animals" -- Receptions and Preparation
The Last Animals
Presented by the Reva and David Logan Foundation.
The Last Animals follows the conservationists, scientists, and activists battling poachers and criminal networks to save elephants and rhinos from the edge of extinction.
Director: Kate Brooks
(US/UK, 2017, 92 min.) DC... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_15F_EFF_VR8Env Film Festival @ Natl Geographic Society -- Virtual Reality (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_14A1_Parkland_1Month144DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Rally/Protest: Gun control one month after Parkland Shooting
Speakers in the Congressional Solidarity Walk-Out included Chris Van Hollen, Al Green, Steny Hoyer, Bernie Sanders, Ted Deutch, Jamie Raskin, Eleanor Holmes Norton, John Lewis, and lots of students. There were also others who spoke before I got there. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_14B1_Ike_Mem2DC -- Eisenhower National Memorial (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_14B2_Capitol7DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
Two group photographs including one with Congressman Jim Costa. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_14C1_SIHIR2DC -- Hirshhorn Museum (Inside)
More pictures of the Dolcezza Coffee and Hiroshi Sugimoto lobby. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_14C2_SIHIR_Anthology24DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Tony Lewis: Anthology 2014–2016
Tony Lewis: Anthology 2014–2016
Mar 06–May 28, 2018
Anthology 2014–2016 is an installation of thirty-four original collage-poems by the Chicago-based artist Tony Lewis. Exhibited at the Hirshhorn for the first time in its entirety, this series of evocative black-and-white works draws on an unlikely... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_14D_Folger_Beyond32DC -- Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibit: Beyond Words: Book Illustration in the Age of Shakespeare
Beyond Words: Book Illustration in the Age of Shakespeare
Feb 24 – Jun 03, 2018
The Folger exhibition Beyond Words: Book Illustration in the Age of Shakespeare shows how images in early modern books are as full of meaning as the text they illustrate. Explore portraits, views of daily life, maps, and... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_14E_LOC_Drawn2Purpose14DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Drawn To Purpose
I went through the public comment book to see what people might have drawn. Barbara Dale's drawing is still winner and champion! (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_14F1_Hidden_Figures93DC -- Library of Congress -- Event: Hidden Figures conversation w/Margot Lee Shetterly and Donna Gigliotti
“In Conversation with the Librarian of Congress: Hidden Figures” featuring Margot Lee Shetterly and Donna Gigliotti
Note: Carla Hayden was sick and Marie Arana handled the moderating duties for the evening.
Margot Lee Shetterly is the author of “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_13A_Critters8Critters -- Deer in the back yard. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_13B_Califano87Politics & Prose -- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.("Our Damaged Democracy")
Joseph A. Califano, Jr. - Our Damaged Democracy: We the People Must Act
This authoritative and passionate primer on the three branches of government reveals the changes--political, cultural, constitutional, technological, institutional--that render our government completely dysfunctional, and the... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_09A1_Roots145AFI -- New African Films Festival -- "Breathe in the Roots" (w/Indrias G. Kassaye and Ty Christen Joseph)
Breathe in the Roots
Special Features: Q&A with director Indrias G. Kassaye and subject Ty Christen Joseph
This is the story of Ty Christen Joseph, a young African-American English teacher from Brooklyn who goes on a spiritual journey to discover more about his African ancestral heritage. The film... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_09B1_Lebowski96AFI -- "The Big Lebowski" 20th Anniversary w/costume contest
The Big Lebowski 20th Anniversary
Pre-show costume contest on Friday, March 9!
Dress as your favorite character from the film for a chance to win prizes
White Russians available at the cafe all weekend for patrons 21+
"The Dude abides." A case of mistaken identity embroils slacker Jeff "the Dude"... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_08A_PProse4DC -- Politics & Prose
The new addition is open. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_08B_Philbrick59Politics & Prose -- Nathaniel Philbrick ("Second Wind")
Nathaniel Philbrick - Second Wind: A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together
Originally published in 1999, Philbrick’s warm and engaging memoir is a personal odyssey of sorts, charting the author’s adjustment to midlife changes. The narrative unfolds during the spring... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_07A_Abrams37Natl Archives -- Jeanne E. Abrams ("First Ladies of the Republic")
First Ladies of the Republic
Jeanne E. Abrams takes a look at the First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role. The position of First Lady was not officially authorized or defined, but they worked to project a public persona... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_07B1_NGAP13DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Paintings (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_07B2_NGA_Mann30DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
March 4 – May 28, 2018
For more than forty years, Sally Mann (American, born 1951) has made experimental, elegiac, and hauntingly beautiful photographs that explore the overarching themes of existence: memory, desire, death, the bonds of family, and nature’s... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_07B3_NGA_Heavenly42DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna
Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna
February 25 – July 8, 2018
The Descrizione del Sacro Monte della Vernia (1612) depicts the monastery and dramatic rocky terrain of La Verna, the site where Saint Francis received the stigmata. The gifted baroque draftsman Jacopo Ligozzi was hired to... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_07C1_EC_Belonging26DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: Belonging to a Place: An Exhibition by Fogo Island Arts
Belonging to a Place: An Exhibition by Fogo Island Arts
IFebruary 15 to April 27, 2018
Fogo Island Arts is a residency-based contemporary art venue for artists, filmmakers, writers, musicians, curators, designers, and thinkers from around the world. Since 2008, FIA has brought some of the most... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_07C2_SIPG_Pres_Obamas8DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents -- Lines for Barack and Michelle Obama
The new official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled on February 13. More than three weeks later, the lines were still there. They plan to move the Michelle portrait upstairs the next weekend to handle the crowds better. (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_07C3_Burke_Statue1DC -- Edmund Burke Statue (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_07C4_Strong_John3DC -- Strong John Thompson Elementary School (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_07D1_Reel_Story71NYU -- The Reel Story: Reporting in Washington
The Reel Story: Reporting in Washington
WH Press Corps
Reporting in Washington is so glamorous that Hollywood wants in. Good and bad journalism make great and awful movies. It's more than The Post and All The President's Men. There's Shock and Awe, Broadcast News, Shattered Glass, The Pelican Brief,... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_06A1_Opioid_Diaries80Newseum -- Opioid Diaries - Photographs by James Nachtwey
The Opioid Diaries - Photographs by James Nachtwey
TIME photographer James Nachtwey has spent decades documenting war, famine and terrorism around the world. In a special new TIME project, Nachtwey turns his lens on the crippling epidemic at home.
The Newseum and TIME present a program featuring... (Partially reviewed)
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2018_03_30A1_SIRG_Burning_Art134DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_23B_March_4RL_Trucks114DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives @ downtown -- Advertising Trucks (Partially reviewed)
2018_04_14D_WHouse_Garden92DC -- White House Garden Tour (2018)
This spring, the White House will open its gardens and grounds to visitors. The grounds will be open on Saturday, April 14, from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and Sunday, April 15, from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. On these days, visitors can discover the beauty of the South Lawn of the White House. The Jacqueline K... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_15A1_Drawn2PurposeP183DC -- Library of Congress -- Event: Drawn to Purpose (w/Whitney Sherman, Barbara Brandon-Croft and Jillian Tamaki)
“In Conversation with the Librarian of Congress: Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists” featuring Whitney Sherman, Barbara Brandon-Croft and Jillian Tamaki Note: Carla Hayden was not available so curator Martha Kennedy from the Library of Congress moderated the panel. Librari... (Partially reviewed)
2018_03_27C_SIRG_Burning_Beyond104DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick
No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick In addition to the in-gallery presentation of No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, the Renwick is expanding beyond its walls for the first time through an outdoor extension of the exhibition entitled No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick, displaying sculptures from Bu... (Partially reviewed)


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