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Wednesday, October 1
10:15 & 11:30 AM ***Both Shows Sold Out***
Family Performance Borinquen! Music and Dance of Puerto Rico
Discovery Theater Performance
(for all ages) This show highlights bomba, plena, and salsa music and exciting traditional dance from the enchanting Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Related Exhibition: Puerto Rican Posters of DIVEDCO (at the Ripley Center)
The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: Natural History Museum, Baird Auditorium
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12 Noon-12:15 PM
Lecture NASA 50 Years
Ask an Expert Lecture
Michael Neufeld, Space History Division, discusses NASA during its 50th anniversary year.
Free
Continues most Wednesdays
National Air and Space Museum
Location: Meet at the Museum Seal
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7:30 PM
Lecture George Schaller: A Life in the Wild
Lecture
World-renowned field biologist George Schaller (head conservationist, Wildlife Conservation Society) shares stories of his groundbreaking research in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and his work saving endangered species on the Tibetan Plateau.
Reservation Note: For reservations, visit the Web at nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Lectures/rsvp.cfm or call 202-633-4085.
Free, but reservations recommended; see Note
National Zoo
Location: Visitor Center
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