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Sunday, November 16
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Join the Harvest
2-Day Family Festival |
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Celebrate Thanksgiving a bit early. Hear about Native foods -- many of which can be found on Thanksgiving tables today -- and see how they are prepared. Learn about the importance to Native people of the three sisters: corn, beans, and squash. Try traditional corn grinding, make a cornhusk doll, take a special family tour, and go outside into the garden (south side) to learn how to gather seeds for planting next spring. Celebrates American Indian Heritage Month.
Free
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Related Exhibition: Through the Eyes of the Eagle
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: American Indian Museum 1st Level, Potomac Atrium, and Outdoors
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| 12 Noon-4 PM
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. 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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Classic Ocean
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Film buff Dr. David Pawson (Department of Invertebrate Zoology) introduces the following two classic films in which the ocean is star:
• 12:30-3 PM: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, 132 min., starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable) The Academy Award-winning film based on the novel by Charles Nordhoff and James N. Hall chronicles the real-life mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against the ship's captain, William Bligh. The aftermath of the mutiny and the trials of those expelled from the ship are explored.
• 3-5 PM: Moby Dick (1956, 115 min., starring Gregory Peck) This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. Ahab is so crazed by his desire to kill the whale that he is prepared to sacrifice everything -- his life, the lives of his crew, and even his ship -- to find and destroy his nemesis.
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Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Natural History Museum Baird Auditorium
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| 1-4 PM ***Cancelled***
Cinematic Collaboration: The Revolutionaries: Jean-Luc Godard
and Anna Karina Quentin: Lecture, with film clips |
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Film historian Max Alvarez examines the complex artistic relationships of several famous actor-director duos. This afternoon, he discusses the films Jean-Luc Godard created with his wife and actress Anna Karina.
$25, general; $20, members; $15, students; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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Where the Desert Blooms
ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Enjoy a classroom slide show of the palace gardens at Nagaur in India, and then use an activity book to explore the exhibition Garden and Cosmos and discover how artists interpreted these gardens in their paintings. Afterwards, return to the classroom to create your own miniature Nagaur palace garden 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 November 23 and December 7
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 Classroom, Sublevel 2
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| 2 PM
Your Friends
Film Series: Another Side of Japanese Cinema |
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(2008, 125 min., Japanese with English subtitles, directed by Ryuichi Hiroki, Japan) This gentle drama involves two girls -- one with degenerative kidney disease, and the other with a permanent limp resulting from a traffic accident -- whose disabilities bond them as friends.
Free, but tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
Film series continues November 21 & 23
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer Gallery Meyer Auditorium
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The Mystery of Art Theft
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Curious to know where and why art theft occurs? What has recently been done about it? How can you avoid buying stolen art? Judah Best, counsel with Dewey and LeBoeuf, addresses these questions and more as he unravels many of the mysteries surrounding cases of stolen art. Known for his expert legal counsel and high profile clients, Best also offers recommendations on how to identify stolen art and minimize risk.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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| 6:30 PM, pre-concert discussion; 7:30 PM, concert
Masterworks of Five Centuries
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society Performance |
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The Smithsonian Chamber Music Society celebrates its 32nd season. This evening, The Smithsonian Chamber Players -- Pedja Muzijevic (fortepiano), Vera Beths (violin), and Kenneth Slowik (violoncello) -- perform Mendelssohn's The Piano Trios. The Society's artistic director Kenneth Slowik resumes his popular pre-concert lectures, discussing the life and times of the featured composers one hour before the program.
Series: $115, general; $95, member; call 202-633-3030
Series continues Jan. 11, Feb. 15, March 15, April 5, May 17
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Renwick Gallery Grand Salon
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| Last update: December 3, 2008, 08:53 |
