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Saturday, October 4
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| 9:30 AM-4 PM
Knowing Your Mind
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In today's seminar, Barry Gordon (professor of neurology and cognitive science, John Hopkins Medical Institutions) provides an understanding of the workings of the conscious and unconscious minds and then explains how understanding can help one think more effectively and solve problems more creatively.
$120, general; $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
American Foreign Policy: From Colony to Superpower
Half-Day Seminar |
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In this program, guest speakers George C. Herring (professor emeritus, University of Kentucky), Bruce J. Schulman (professor of history, Boston University), David M. Kennedy (professor of history, Stanford University), and James T. Patterson (professor of history, Brown University) offer an overview of our nation's diplomacy, beginning with an exploration of America's rise from colony to superpower, focusing on its distinctive approach to foreign policy and analyzing its success and failures.
$40, general; $25, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 9:30 AM-4:15 PM
Northern Renasissance: Ways of Painting as Ways of Thinking
All-Day Seminar |
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In today's seminar, Aneta Georgievska-Shine (adjunct lecturer in art history, University of Maryland) explores the different ways in which Northern Renaissance artists imbued their exquisitely crafted images with deeper philosophical content.
$120, general; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 10 AM-3 PM
Living and Working in Space
Family Program |
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Here is your opportunity to learn how astronauts live and work in space. Explore discovery stations, enjoy arts and crafts activities, and attend a bilingual program about Hispanics in aeronautics. Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. Co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Free
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Location TBA
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| 10 AM-3 PM
Autumn Conservation Festival
2-Day Family Festival |
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This annual event offers visitors a privileged peek of the award-winning facility while learning about its mission to save wildlife, protect habitats, and restore species to the wild. See clouded leopards, red pandas, Bali mynahs, and other endangered mammals and birds. Take special guided tours to learn about animal breeding programs and view the veterinary hospital. Meet scientists and keepers and explore the tools and technology used to understand animals and their habitats. Lunch and beverages are available for purchase and live music and hay rides are offered throughout the day.
Note: Car pass available for a minimum donation of $30; free to FONZ members at Contributing level or above; reserve car pass by visiting the Web at nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Celebrations/ACF or calling 202-633-3024.
Donation and reservations required; see Note
Repeats Oct. 5
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National Zoo
Location: Conservation Research Center, Front Royal, Virginia
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| 11 AM-2 PM
Let's Read About Africa
Storytelling Program |
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(for ages 6-10) This program introduces Africa to young audiences through children's literature written by award-winning authors.
Free
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National Museum of African Art
Location: Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2
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| 12 Noon
Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams for Kids
Discovery Theater Films with puppet-making workshop |
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(for ages TBA) Jim Henson's daughter Heather presents her Film Festival of Puppetry -- puppet videos for kids by the new generation of young puppet artists:
• Sprout is about a kitchen sink that overflows, causing the room to flood and sprout to life.
• Trixie and the Treetrunks follows Trixie and Marsha as they try, try, try to start a band.
• Piano Mouths features an ordinary piano that becomes a puppet!
• Pupsock and Wendell in the Gallery of Doom is an action adventure in which the heroes attempt to save Princess Stacie from her kidnappers in a haunted museum.
• Bottle Bug Band teaches that every day should be Earth Day.
After the show, master puppeteer John Kennedy leads a workshop to help you make a puppet of yourself to take home.
Note: $10, adults; $9, children (ages 2-16); $9, Resident Members; price includes puppet-making workshop.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Last day
Related Exhibition: Jim Henson's Fantastic World
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The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3111
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Secret Ingredients: Art of the African Amulet
Children's Workshop |
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(for ages 7 and up) Wishbones, birthday candles, beads, and charms bring good luck or protection in many cultures. Learn about African amulets and make one (or two) of your own in this workshop led by art educator Karen Brown.
Free; but registration required, call 202-633-4640
Repeats November 1
Related Exhibition: TxtStyles: Fashioning Identity
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National Museum of African Art
Location: Workshop, Sublevel 2
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| 1-7 PM
Artists Roundtable and Festival
Discussion, with performance |
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the following:
• 1-3 PM: Discussion: Jesus Moroles (artist), Cheech Marin (actor), Jennifer Gonzales (scholar), and Tomas Ybarra-Frausto (Smithsonian Latino Board member) discuss Latino contributions to American history, art, and culture.
• 3:30 PM: Carnaval: Enjoy music and dancing, with performances by Tres Raices Art Collective, Trio Caliente, and Raices de Borinquen.
Free
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium and Kogod Courtyard
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| 1 PM
Remembering Legendary Sportswriter Sam Lacy
Lecture |
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Dwayne Renal Sims (founder of the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame) introduces the valuable legacy of Sam Lacy through a discussion with his son Tim. Known for his pioneering work as a sports writer, Sam Lacy is credited with playing a vital role in facilitating the integration of Major League baseball. For 50 years, he wrote about the achievements and challenges of African Americans and the Negro National League through the Afro American Newspaper.
Free; but reservations required, call 202-383-1828
Related Exhibition: Separate and Unequaled (at the Historical Society of D.C.)
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Anacostia Community Museum
Location: Historical Society of D.C., 801 K St., NW
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| 2 PM
Down by the Sea Shore
ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Discover pastel drawings of the ocean by American artist Dwight Tryon (1849-1925) and compare them with black-and-white photographs of the sea and sky by contemporary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto. Afterwards, return to the classroom to explore the mediums of pastel and charcoal and create your own seascape to take home.
Note: Reservations required for groups over 8, call 202-633-0461.
Free; first come, first served; for groups 8+, see Note
Repeats October 5
Related Exhibition: Seascapes: Tryon & Sugimoto
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler classroom, Sublevel 2
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| 2-5 PM
Latin Jazz Celebration
Family Program |
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(for all ages) Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the tropical rhythms of Latin jazz. • 2-2:45 PM: Enjoy an interactive musical presentation by a student quartet from The Music Teaching Project. Led by renowned bassist Michael Bowie, the group includes Washington, D.C., public school students ages 13-17 playing saxophone, drums, and clarinet.
• 2:45-5 PM: See conga drum demonstrations; hear jazz oral histories; and learn the story behind the recently released Latin Jazz stamp by designing your own stamp, reading Hispanic Heritage stories, and creating your own heritage stamp collection.
Free
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National Postal Museum
Location: Atrium
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