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National Geography Awareness Week
Family Day |
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How good is your geography? Today, during the museum's annual "Geography from Space" contest, test your knowledge by trying to identify geographic features on images from satellites and the International Space Station. Celebrates National Geography Awareness Week.
Free
Repeats Nov. 21
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Air and Space Museum Throughout the museum
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| 10 AM-4 PM ***Sold Out***
Supreme Court: Preview 2008-2009
All-Day Seminar (lunch included) ***See Note*** |
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Each fall, nine Supreme Court justices begin hearing and deliberating the country's most important -- and often most controversial -- legal cases. Some of the case will be previewed and discussed today: 10 AM-Noon: Court officers explain the traditions and procedures of the Supreme Court. Noon-1:30 PM: Dine in the Supreme Court cafeteria. 2 PM-4 PM: Back at the Smithsonian, legal experts debate critical issues raised in some of the cases the court will hear during the current term. Note: No door sales. Bring valid government-issued ID for entry to the Supreme Court.
$130, general; $95, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center Morning: Supreme Court, 1 1st St., NW; Afternoon: Ripley Ctr.
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| 10:15 AM & 11:30 AM
Nada Brahma: Let's Sing the World ***Cancelled***
Discovery Theater Performance |
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(for ages 4-10) Tim Gregory and Tracey Eldridge -- world travelers and collectors of music and stories -- share eco-songs and fun!
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Last day
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The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center Room 3111
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| 5-8 PM
Take Five! TheLovejoyGroup
Performance |
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Kick back and unwind with great art, live jazz, and cool drinks in the Kogod Courtyard, where food and beverages are available for purchase. This evening, theLovejoyGroup performs.
Free
Continues monthly, generally on the 3rd Thursday of the month
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Kogod Courtyard
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| 5-10 PM
Photographic Light Show
Museum Reopening Event |
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In anticipation of the grand reopening, beginning at "twilight's last gleaming," the museum presents an outdoor photographic light show projected on the four-stories-high building featuring the following four themes:
• Star-Spangled Banner, featuring historic images of the flag and the conservation project
• Celebration, showcasing fireworks and other patriotic imagery
• Real National Treasures, highlighting such objects as George Washington's military uniform, the scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz, and Julia Child's Kitchen
• Choose Your Own Adventure, presenting images of visitors in the museum.
Free
Repeats Nov. 21 & 22
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National Museum of American History
Location: American History Museum Outside, Madison Dr. side of the Building
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| 6-6:30 PM
Commanders and Chiefs: Portrait of Sequoyah
Face-to-Face Portrait Talk |
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The weekly portrait talk highlights a portrait selected by a National Portrait Gallery staff member or guest speaker.
Today, Francis Flavin talks about the portrait of Sequoyah by Henry Inman.
Free
Continues most Thursday evenings
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Meet at F Street Lobby
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| 6:45-8:45 PM
St. Petersburg and Its Grand Palaces
Illustrated Lecture |
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This evening, Sheila ffolliott (professor of art history, George Mason University) highlights some of St. Petersburg's extraordinary palaces built beginning in the early 18th century by architects and artists from Western European countries retained by Peter the Great and his successors.
$40, general; $30, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 7 PM
President Mir Qanbar
Documentaries from Iran Film Series |
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(2005, 70 min., Persian with English subtitles, directed by Mohammed Shirvani, Iran) This beautifully shot and stylized film by Mohammed Shirvani shows the offbeat presidential campaign of a man making his last stab for political power. Discussion follows with Iranian filmmaker Persheng Sadegh-Vaziri.
Free, but tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
Last in film series
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer Gallery Meyer Auditorium
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| Last update: December 3, 2008, 08:53 |
