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Wednesday, September 17
12 Noon-12:15 PM
Lecture The First Military Airplane ... Almost: The Wrights at Fort
Myer in 1908: Ask an Expert Lecture
Peter Jakab, Aeronautics Division, discusses the Wright brothers' attempt to build the first military airplane in 1908.
Free
Continues most Wednesdays
National Air and Space Museum
Location: Meet at the Museum Seal
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6 PM
Film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
American Classics: Page to Screen Film
(1975, 134 min., directed by Milos Forman) In this Oscar-winning film adapted from Ken Kesey's 1962 novel, McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) thinks he can avoid prison work by pretending to be insane, but instead, he is sent to a mental asylum, where he is at the mercy of Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher).
Free; first come, first served
Series continues Oct. 29 & Nov. 19
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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6:45-9 PM
Lecture The Comic Operas of Gioachino Rossini
Lecture
In this evening's lecture, Saul Lilienstein examines three of Rossini's comic operas -- The Italian Girl in Algiers, The Barber of Seville, and La Cenerentola -- highlighted by recorded arias and duets.
$40, general; $30, members; call 202-633-3030

Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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7 PM
Lecture Diosa Costello: The Latin Bombshell of Broadway
Interview ***Cancelled***
In this rare appearance, Diosa Costello shares her Broadway memories with National Museum of American History curators Dwight Blocker Bowers and Marvette Perez. Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.
$15, general; $12, members; call 202-633-3030

Resident Associate Program
Location: Location on ticket
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7 PM
Film Deep Sea 3-D ***New Date***
Film
In anticipation of the opening of the new Ocean Hall at the National Museum of Natural History, get a sneak preview of what's to come by seeing in 3-D some of the most exotic underwater creatures around the globe and then meet filmmaker Tony Myers who discusses how the film was made.
$13, general; $10, members; call 202-633-3030

Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall (opens September 27)
Resident Associate Program
Location: Natural History, IMAX Theater (enter from Constitution Ave.)
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