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Thursday, December 11
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Seasons of Light
Discovery Theater Performance |
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(for ages 5-10) Celebrate the warmth of holidays of light -- Devali, Sankta Lucia, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Christmas, and First Nations tradition of the Winter Solstice -- in this special program with audience interaction for all!
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Repeats Dec. 12-13, 15-19, & 22-23
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The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center Room 3111
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| 12 Noon-12:15 PM
Meet our Museum
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A museum staff member shares stories about some of the objects in the museum's collections and discusses the museum's work to collect, preserve, research, interpret, and present our nation's history.
Free
Repeats most Thursdays
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National Museum of American History
Location: American History Museum Check at the Welcome Center for location
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| 12:30-12:45 PM
The Curtiss N-9H: The Naval Jenny
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Christopher Moore, Aeronautics Division, discusses the Curtiss N-9H seaplane with a single large pontoon, used to train Navy pilots during World War I and to develop tactics for ship-borne aircraft in 1916 and 1917. It was retired from Navy service in 1927 after 10 years of service.
Free
Continues 2nd & 4th Thursdays of each month
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center Meet at the SR-71 Blackbird
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| 6 PM
The Reflecting Pool
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(1977-80, 62 min.) Each of the five pieces in this film by Bill Viola represents a stage in a personal journey that is joined to the others through themes of transition and change.
Free
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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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Men of the Moment: Abraham Lincoln
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, historian David Ward talks about the portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler.
Free
Continues most Thursday evening
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Meet at F Street Lobby
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| 7 PM
Clouds Over Conakry (Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry)
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(2007, 115 min., French/Malinke with English subtitles, directed by Cheick F. Camara) This film takes us into urban Africa, where the new - beauty pageants, Apple laptops, recording studio, beachside bars - clashes with the old.
Free
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National Museum of African Art
Location: African Art Museum Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2
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Meet the Artist: Lawrence Weiner
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Regarded as a central figure in conceptual art, Lawrence Weiner gained international recognition in the late 1960s when he began using text as his primary means of expression. Weiner discusses his life and work, including REDUCED, Cat. No. 102 (1969) and A rubber ball thrown on the sea, Cat. No. 146 (1970), both of which were recently acquired by the Hirshhorn and are on view in the The Panza Collection.
Free; first come, first served
Related Exhibition: The Panza Collection
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Hirshhorn Museum Ring Auditorium
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Trazando Aleida
New Documentaries from Mexico Film Series |
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(2008, in Spanish with English subtitles, directed by Christiane Burkhard) This documentary tells the story of 32-year-old Aleida Gallangos and her struggle to reconstruct her family background. Gallangos's parents disappeared in 1975, during Mexico's "dirty war," and she and her brother were adopted by different families. Upon learning of her real identity just four years ago. she has spent these last years reconstructing her family background and continuing her relationship with her brother after unexpectedly meeting him in Washington, D.C. This film puts a face, a voice, and a name to one of the hundreds of people who went missing in Mexico during the country's "dirty war." Discussion with the film's director follows. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Free; doors open 30 minutes before the screening
Series continues Dec. 13 & 14 at various venues
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Natural History Museum Baird Auditorium
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| Last update: December 3, 2008, 08:53 |
