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Friday, September 12
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| 9:30 AM-4 PM
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Giant of Romanticism ***SOLD OUT***
All-Day Seminar, with lunch & performance |
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Steinway artist Robert Wyatt discusses Sergei Rachmaninoff's three passions: composer, pianist, and conductor. Between lectures, the Embassy's chef prepares a buffet of Russian specialities. The day concludes with an all-Rachmaninoff program performed by pianist Ralitza Patcheva (piano teacher, Catholic University and University of Maryland). Note: No door sales. Photo ID must be presented for entry.
$133, general; $98, members; call 202-633-3030; see Note
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Embassy of the Russian Federation, 2650 Wisconsin Ave., NW
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| 10 AM, weather permitting
Native Landscape: Ladybug Releases
Demonstration |
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Watch staff release ladybugs into the museum's landscape while learning how this agricultural technique is an eco-friendly way to control pests.
Free
Last day
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Native Croplands, on the museum's south side
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| 12:30 PM
Hirshhorn Collection
Friday Gallery Talk |
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Arts writer Glenn Dixon talks about the Hirshhorn collection.
Free
Continues most Fridays
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Meet at information desk
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| 2-6 PM
Words Matter!: 20th Anniversary of the Eldredge Prize
Discussions and Lecture, with reception and book signing |
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the museum's Charles C. Eldredge Prize -- awarded annually to the author of the best book in the field of American art -- 15 former winners come together. Each speaker has chosen a word to muse upon -- a word that is a critical term for the field, that represents an especially compelling approach for the study of American art, or that has galvanized his or her own scholarship. To wrap up the program, this year's winner JoAnne M. Mancini presents a lecture entitled "Art Worlds: World Arts." Reception and book signing follow.
Free, first come, first served
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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| 7 PM
Gone Shopping, with The Anniversaries
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Two videos are shown:
• The Anniversaries (2006, 12 min., video, directed by Ariani Darmawan, Bahasa Indonesia with English subtitles, Indonesia). • Gone Shopping (2007, 100 min., video, directed by Wee Li Lin, Mandarin/English/Tamil with English subtitles, Singapore) This satirical modern day fairytale takes place over three days, during which the stories of three characters intersect in a Singapore mall. Their interaction provides a wry, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant commentary on the modern world's favorite sport: shopping.
Free, but tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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