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Saturday, April 26
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Mathematical Thinking for the Rest of Us
All-Day Seminar |
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Mathematics is an artistic endeavor that requires both imagination and creativity, and doing math can keep our brains young, so it is time to forget your anxiety from high school algebra and dive back in. In today's seminar, Ed Burger (professor of mathematics and statistics, Williams College) teaches new ways to use math to tackle challenging issues.
$120, general admission; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Mathematical Association of America 1529 18th St., NW
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| 10 AM-4 PM
Old Jerusalem: The City of Gold
All-Day Seminar |
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The ancient walled city of Old Jerusalem, sacred to the three great Abrahamic faiths -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- has a rich history stretching back more than 5,000 years. With its limestone block monuments and buildings glowing in the sunlight, this city captures our imagination as one of the holiest ever known. In this illustrated seminar, Jodi Magness (department of religious studies, University of North Carolina) explores the history and monuments of this tiny city.
$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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| 10 AM-4 PM
Bird Fest 2008
2-Day Family Program |
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Celebrate the spring return of Neotropical migratory birds of the Western Hemisphere and learn how you can help them with family activities and lectures by bird specialists that can turn anyone into an avian expert. Also enjoy live performances by The Evergreen Theatre Society.
Free
Continues April 27
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National Zoo
Location: Throughout the Zoo
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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
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Exploring the Planets, 2nd Floor, West, Gallery 207
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| 12 Noon-2 PM
Create a Working Artist Color Palette
Spring Workshop |
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(for ages 16 and up) Plein air artist Deborah Chapin demonstrates the techniques involved in creating a working palette. Learn to see color from an artist's perspective and gain experience mixing a limited palette to achieve colors from our surroundings.
Note: For reservations, call 202-233-8490, e-mail saamprograms@si.edu, or visit the Web at americanart.si.edu/visit/calendar.cfml.
$30 materials fee; for reservations, see Note
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Kogod Courtyard
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Behind the Barley: An Insider's Look at Craft Brewing
Beer Tasting and Talk |
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Three movers and shakers of the craft beer industry -- Jim Koch (brewer and founder of Boston Beer Co.), Paul Shipman (president and CEO of Redhook Ales), and Charles Finkel (founder of specialty importer Merchant du Vin and current owner of Seattle's Pike Brewing Company) -- discuss their experiences and share some of their libations not readily found in the Washington area.
$82, general admission; $65, member; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: R.F.D. Washington, 810 - 7th St., NW
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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 PM
Anna Mwalagho
Music Performance |
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Internationally recognized as the Queen of spoken Afro beat, Kenyan performing artist Anna Mwalagho presents a spoken word performance.
Free
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National Museum of African Art
Location: Ask at information desk
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| 2 PM ***New Time***
Native Writers: Sherwin Bitsui
Discussion, with book signing |
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Poet Sherwin Bitsui (Dine) has had his works published in American Poet, The Iowa Review, Frank (Paris), and Lit Magazine, and anthologized in Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. In 2003, his first book of poems, Shapeshift, was published. Today he reads from and discusses his work. Book signing follows. Celebrates National Poetry Month.
Free
Series continues May 17
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Rasmuson Theater
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| 2 PM
Eternal Springtime
ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Discover springtime flowers in the Freer's display of Korean ceramics, then return to the classroom in the Sackler to construct cards of springtime flowers using handmade papers.
Free; first come, first served
Repeats April 27
Related Exhibition: Korean Ceramics (in Freer Gallery)
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler classroom, Sublevel 2 ***New Location***
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| 4:30 PM
Garry Wills on Thomas Eakins's William Rush
American Pictures Lecture Series |
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This lecture series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture by pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Today, writer Garry Wills discusses Thomas Eakins's William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River.
Free, but tickets distributed 1 hour before
Series repeats May 10
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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| Last update: May 1, 2008, 15:58 |
