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Sunday, November 2
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Kabbalah for the 21st Century
All-Day Seminar |
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Kabbalah, which means "receiving," is the ancient mystical tradition of Judaism. While largely esoteric, its concepts and practices have inspired Jews and gentiles throughout the centuries. Instructor Rabbi David Shneyer (spiritual leader of Kehilah Chadashi, Bethesda and director of Am Kolel Sanctuary Retreat and Renewal Center in Maryland) explores how these concepts and practices add a special dimension to our lives today.
$120, general; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 10:30 AM-4 PM
Days of the Dead
2-Day Family Festival |
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Celebrate the Days of the Dead (Los Dias de los Muertos) with traditional music and dance performances by Los Tecuanes and demonstrations that reflect the holiday traditions, including papel picado (cut paper) with artist Catalina Delgado-Trunk, Guatemalan kites with Evelyn Orantes, paper-mache calavera (skulls and skeletons) with Ruben Guzman Campos, and Mexican sugar skull making. Celebrates American Indian Heritage Month. Co-sponsored with the National Museum of American History.
Free
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: American Indian Museum 1st Level, Potomac Atrium
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Robert F. Dorr: Hell Hawks! and Air Force One
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Robert F. Dorr signs copies of his books Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht and Air Force One.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
Repeats Nov. 11, 15, 16, 22, 23, & 30
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center Outside Museum Store
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Art a la Cart Day
Family Program |
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(for ages 7-12) How do you hold an artist's palette? Does bronze feel grainy or silky, warm or cool? Try hands-on activities at four interactive carts to find out and to explore such subjects as sculpture and folk art.
Free
Repeats 1st Sunday of each month
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Throughout the museum; maps available at both info desks
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The Secret History of Yoga
Lecture and Tour |
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Join Dr. Vijay (William) Pinch (history professor, Wesleyan University) on an excursion through the exhibition Garden and Cosmos to examine the historical practice of hatha yoga and the influence of Nath yogis on political power in 19th-century India.
Free; first come, first served
Related Exhibition: Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler Gallery Sackler, Sublevel 1
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Kasba
Kumar Shahani Film Festival |
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(1990, 115 min., Hindi/Urdu/Punjabi with English subtitles, directed by Kumar Shahani, India) In this adaptation of Anton Chekhov's short story "In the Hollow" (1900), Shahani uses traditional miniature painting from Kangra as a framing device to explore themes of India's industrialization and the emancipation of women.
Free, but tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
Last film in Festival
Related Exhibition: Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer Gallery Meyer Auditorium
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Film Indians Now: It's Not TV, It's Indians!
Performance, with TV clips, discussion, and reception |
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To kick off American Indian Heritage Month, three Native artists -- Ben-Alex Dupris (Colville), Skeena Reece (Tsimshian/Gitksan/Cree), and Terrance Houle (Blackfoot/Saulteaux) -- offer high-energy, interactive, performance-art pieces inspired by their favorite television "Indian episodes," which featured a Native actor as special guest or a Native-inspired theme. While often lacking cultural sensitivity, the shows remain popular in Native communities. Discussion with the artists and moderator Shane Belcourt (Metis) and dessert reception follow.
Free
Film series continues Nov. 22 & 23
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: American Indian Museum Rasmuson Theater
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