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Sunday, October 5
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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
Last day
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National Zoo
Location: Conservation Research Center, Front Royal, Virginia
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| Tour, 1:15 PM; Concert, 2 PM (enter Independence Ave.)
Three Rivers, One Source: Vietnamese Music and Dance
Performance, with preconcert tour |
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A dozen master artists from northern, central, and southern Vietnam perform rarely seen traditional styles in the most comprehensive program of performers ever to visit the United States. The event features music and dance from Buddhist ceremonies, village festivals, spirit possession rituals, and three styles of traditional opera, as well as chamber music dating to the 11th century.
Note: Free tickets (up to 4 per person) can be reserved in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 202-397-7328 or 800-551-7328 beginning at 10 AM two Mondays before the event. A handling fee is applied. Tickets (up to 2 per person) will also be available at the auditorium door 1 hour before the event begins on a first-come, first-served basis.
Free, but tickets required; see Note
Related Exhibition: Vietnamese Ceramics
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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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
Last in series. Continues with new theme in October
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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