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Saturday, April 5
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The Stages of Retirement: From Imagining Your Possibilities to
Implementing Your Plan: All-Day Seminar |
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Everyone will make decisions about retirement -- whether (if ever), when, and how to retire. Some people make these decisions more than once. Retirement decision-making is as much about meaning, thriving, and relationships as it is about money. This informative program guides participants through a cycle of decision-making that reveals opportunities at each stage, helps transform anxieties about the next chapter of life into a learning process, and teaches participants to formulate an action plan.
$120, general admission; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 9:30 AM-4:30 PM
The Traditional Roots of Modern China
All-Day Seminar |
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This seminar examines aspects of the Chinese tradition that shed light on decisions that Chinese leaders and the Chinese people make today. Robert Daly (director, Institute of Global Chinese Affairs, University of Maryland) provides an in-depth look at their civilization to understand how they view their changing positions in the world and how they interpret their past.
$131, general admission; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 10 AM-5:30 PM
Lynn Olander: Meridian Jewelry and Design
Trunk Sale |
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Meet jewelry designer Lynn Olander and enjoy shopping from a wonderful selection of handmade sterling silver or vermeil pieces. Her radiant new designs, created especially for cherry blossom time, add affordable elegance to your spring fashions.
Repeats April 6
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler Gallery Shop
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| 10 AM-1 PM
Corkey Hay DeSimone: Cherry Blossom Friends
Book Signing |
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Corkey Hay DeSimone signs copies of her children's book Cherry Blossom Friends.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
Repeats April 6, 12, & 13
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Ground Floor, outside Museum Store
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| 10 AM-5 PM
Kenny Wayne Fields: Rescue of Streetcar 304
Book Signing |
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Kenny Wayne Fields signs copies of his book Rescue of Streetcar 304: A Navy Pilot's 40 Hours on the Run in Laos.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
Repeats April 6 at the Udvar-Hazy Center
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Air and Space Museum, outside Museum Store
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| 11 AM & 1:30 PM
There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children with activity |
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Enjoy a reading of There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars, written by Bob Crelin, and create a drawing of the starry night.
Free
Repeats every Saturday in April
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Exploring the Planets, 2nd Floor, West, Gallery 207
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| 11:30 AM - 8:30 PM
Japanese Anime Films
6th Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival Anime Marathon |
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This day-long festival includes the following four Japanese anime films, a costume show courtesy of the DC Anime Club, and surprise special guests. Films are:
• 11:30 AM: Jungle Emperor Leo (1997, 100 min., directed by Yoshio Takeuchi, Rated PG) Adapted from a manga comic by the legendary Osamu Tezuka, this charming fable is a treat for animal lovers of all ages. Leo, a majestic white lion, rules the jungle at the foot of mysterious Moon Mountain, living in harmony with the other beasts, until humans show up and threaten to shatter their peaceful existence. • 2:30 PM: Atagoal: Cat's Magical Forest (2006, 81 min., directed by Mizuho Nishikubo, suitable for all ages) Hideyoshi is, literally, a fat cat who loves nothing more than gorging himself on tuna and rocking out at the annual town festival in the magical land of Atagoal. He gets into trouble, however, when he accidentally releases the imprisoned Botanical Queen Pileah, who has sinister plans for Hideyoshi and his feline friends. • 5 PM: 5 Centimeters per Second (2007, 62 min., directed by Makoto Shinkai, unrated, appropriate for all ages) The title of this wistful coming-of-age film describes the velocity at which cherry blossom petals fall -- a metaphor for the impermanence of human relationships that is the theme of its three connected stories. Each story takes place at a different point in the lives of the film's three main characters, from puppy love thwarted by a family move, to an unrequited teenage crush, to melancholy reminiscences in adulthood. • 7 PM: Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007, 105 min., directed by Shinji Aramaki, PG-13) The year is 2138. Society is divided between humans and peaceful cyborgs developed to prevent the wars that killed half of the world's population. But what happens when nefarious forces find a way to make them violent? Inspired by a popular manga comic, this sci-fi brain twister offers state-of-the-art animation, thrilling action scenes, and a provocative meditation on what our world might become.
Free, tickets (2 per person per film) available starting 10:30
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| 1-4 PM
SAAM I Am -- JAM at SAAM
Family Program |
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Come bebop and toe-tap to the beat! Get into the groove with a reading of Jazz on a Saturday Night, written by Leo and Diane Dillon, then try your hand at a jazz activity. Musicians from Baltimore Jazz Alliance's Jazz for Kids program provide instruction and encourage experimentation with 9 different musical instruments. Everyone is invited to play! Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM).
Free
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Kogod Courtyard
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| 2 PM
Do All Indians Live in Tipis?
Discussion, with book signing |
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Are dream catchers an authentic tradition? What do Indians do for Thanksgiving? Do Alaska Natives really have hundreds of words for snow? Some of the writers who contributed essays to the museum's latest book Do All Indians Live in Tipis? Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian (Harper Collins, 2007) answer these and other questions about Native people.
Free
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: 1st Level, Rasmuson Theater
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| 1 & 3 PM
Anime Artists Workshop
ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Join Anime artists to see how contemporary artists refer to the Japanese tradition of action drawing to create their Anime characters and scenes. Bring your own drawings to share, and learn how to expand your drawing technique.
Note: Reservations required for groups over 8, call 633-0461.
Free; first come, first served. For groups, see Note
Repeats April 6
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler classroom, Sublevel 2
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| 1-5 PM
Jazz Appreciation Month Celebration
Drop-In Family Day Program |
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(ages 5-12, accompanied by an adult) Activities for this fun-filled day include storytelling featuring two different jazz artists and hands-on art project in the Education Center as well as a scavenger hunt in the museum.
Free; for more information, call 202-633-8501
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Education Center, 1st floor, and throughout museum
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 2-4 PM
Ross Simpson & Dik Daso: Aviation
Book Signing |
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Ross Simmons signs copies of his book Stealth Down and Dik Daso signs copies of his books Hap Arnold and The Evolution of American Airpower, Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary, U.S. Air Force: A Complete History, and America's Hangar.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Udvar-Hazy Center, outside Museum Store
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| 2-4 PM
Sarah Hood Salomon: Politics and Pot Roast
Book Signing |
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Sarah Hood Salomon signs copies of her book Politics and Pot Roast.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
Repeats April 6
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Air and Space Museum, outside Museum Store
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| 3-5 PM
Ann McClellan: The Cherry Blossom Festival
Book Signing |
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Ann McClellan signs copies of her book The Cherry Blossom Festival.
Books available for sale in Museum Book Store
Repeats April 12
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Ground floor, outside Museum Store
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| 3 PM
Washington National Opera
Performance |
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Members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists Program of the Washington National Opera perform scenes from American opera to delight both classic and contemporary music lovers in the elegant setting of the Grand Salon.
Free; first come, first served
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Renwick Gallery
Location: Grand Salon
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| 4 PM, pre-concert discussion; 5 PM, followed by a reception
21st Century Consort: LightSound
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The Smithsonian's 21st Century Consort has been performing riveting music of our time for more than three decades. Led by artistic director Christopher Kendall, the Consort includes some of Washington's finest musicians. Today's program uses sound to reinterpret color and light in the related exhibition. The program includes the world premiere of James Primosch's Dark the Star, and music by David Froom, Libby Larson, Evan Chambers, Bruce MacCombie, Joan Tower, and Jacob Druckman, with soprano Lucy Shelton and baritone William Sharp.
$22, general admission; $18, member; call 202-633-3030
Last in series
Related Exhibition: Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-1975
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Reynold Center, McEvoy Auditorium, 8th & G St., NW
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| 7:30 PM
Music of the Jazz Masters: Johnny Hodges and His Small Group
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Performance |
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Now in its 17th year, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra re-creates big band jazz as its composers and arrangers intended it to be played. Under the direction of David N. Baker, the Orchestra investigates the intersection of classical music and jazz. This evening, they perform some of Johnny Hodges' noteworthy recordings, including "Castle Rock," produced during the time he led his own small group, from 1951 until he rejoined the Ellington Orchestra. Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month.
$25, general admission; $20, member; call 202-633-3030
Last in series
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Voice of America, Auditorium, 330 Independence Ave., SW
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