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Wednesday, February 18
Morning - Kids Story Time at The Archives - Archives
Story Time in the ReSource Room for Pre-Schoolers and Adults
10:00am
Story time designed for 3- to 5-year-olds and accompanying adults. Children will practice their listening skills, participate in group activities, and create a craft. The theme for February is Presidents
National Archives
between 7th & 9th on Constitution Ave, NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial
Lunchtime - Art Talk at NMWA - Metro Center
Gallery Talk: Collection Connections
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Note: Talk is free but if you want to tour the museum before or after, *regular admission applies.
Bite-size lunchtime talks are offered most Wednesdays throughout the special exhibition, Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea. This week, Associate Educator Adrienne L. Gayoso draws connections between artworks in this special exhibition and NMWA’s collection.. *Regular admission: $10, students with ID and 65+ $8, Free for NMWA members and youth 18 and under + Free Community Day on the first Sunday of every month 12:00pm - 5:00pm
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Metro: McPherson Sq or Metro Center, or take a bus to 13 & H St
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Thursday, February 19
Morning - Permanent Collection Talk at the Smithsonian Anacostia - Anacostia
Community and Collection: Objects From Fraternal Organizations
10:30am - 11:30am
ACM Collections Manager Joshua Gorman talks about items from the museum’s permanent collection related to local fraternal organizations. Bring in your own objects and stories to join in the dialogue. Community and Collection is a new series of monthly talks meant to acquaint audiences with important works from the museum’s collection which the public rarely sees or knows about.
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
1901 Fort Place, SE
Metro: Anacostia, see metro trip-planner for bus options from metro
Morning - Strathmore Mansion Tour - Grosvenor, MD
Historic Home Tours
11:00am - 12:00pm
A guided tour for adults illuminating the history, architecture and personal stories of the Mansion at Strathmore. The tour lasts approximately 45-60 minutes.
The Mansion at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike - Bethesda, MD - see map
Metro: Grosvenor, follow the walkway from the metro exit to the left, cross the street, go up the grassy hill, the Mansion is on the left across from the main Strathmore building.
Evening - Special Performance in conjunction with Art Exhibit at the Hisaoka Gallery - U St
Dawn Saito Presents ''Suns are Suns,'' a Multidisciplinary Theater Piece
6:30pm
The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery welcomes contributing artist, actress, writer, Butoh dancer, and choreographer Dawn Saito, who will be performing an excerpt from "Suns are Suns," her multidisciplinary theater piece about a trafficked woman. This dynamic performance will brilliantly compliment our current exhibition Bought & Sold: Voices of Human Trafficking. The exhibition, on view through March 7, is presented in collaboration with ArtWorks for Freedom, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to use the power of art in the fight against modern slavery and human trafficking. The exhibit features photography by Kay Chernush and an installation by Barbara Liotta.
Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
at the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts1632 U St NW
Metro: U St or take the S2 or S4 bus along 16th St to U St and walk just a half a block
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Friday, February 20
Evening - Art Opening featuring DC Artists at the DCCAH - Navy Yard
Visual Arts Exhibition featuring grantees of 2015 Artist Fellowship Program: Opening Reception
6:00pm - 8:00pm
This exhibition presents some of the District’s finest visual artists that have been awarded an FY15 Artist Fellowship Program (AFP) grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. The collection of these artworks in the District’s first operated public gallery captures the broad scope of the dynamic art scene and provides an opportunity for artists to share their work with the public. Many works are available for purchase directly from the artist. Exhibited artists awarded an Artist Fellowship Program FY15 grant: Sondra Arkin, Jessica Beels, Anne Bouie, Adam Davies, Anna U. Davis, Christopher Dolan, Nekisha Durrett, Mary Early, Cheryl Edwards, Rik Freeman, Rania Hassan, Ian Jehle, Timothy Johnson, Rachel Kerwin, Gediyon Kifle, Nate Lewis, Alex Mayer, Kathryn McDonnell, EJ Montgomery, Mike Osborne, Marta Perez Garcia, Carmen Torruella-Quanderm, Joyce Wellman, Martine Workma
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
200 I St SE
Metro: Navy Yard
Evening - The NGA presents a Film Screening at American University - Tenleytown
Film Event: Black Orpheus
7:00pm
Presented by the National Gallery of Art
Against the background of Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Black Orpheus featuring location shooting in a local shanty town, or favela retells the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in a vivid Afro- Brazilian fusion of poetry, realism, and fantasy accompanied by the music of composers Antônio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá. (Marcel Camus, 1959, 105 minutes)
American University,
Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman Theater
on the second floor of the McKinley Building
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW (see campus map)
Metro: Tenleytown and take the free AU Shuttle to campus
Evening - The NGA presents a Film Screening at Freer/Sackler - Smithsonian
Film Series: Discovering Georgian Cinema: Paradise Lost
7:00pm
Presented by the National Gallery of Art
Director and screenwriter Davit Rondeli’s major contribution to Georgian cinema wasParadise Lost, “a hilarious satire loosely adapted from Davit Kldiashvili’s classical stories about the parasitic lifestyle of impoverished nobility. Misconstrued by some officials as ‘anti-Georgian,’ the film’s production was repeatedly interrupted; in the end, Rondeli won critical recognition for his superb capturing of characters and situations. Paradise Lost is still recognized as the best Georgian comedy of the 1930s” — Peter Rollberg. (Davit Rondeli, 1938, 85 minutes)
Smithsonian Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art
1050 Independence Avenue, SW
Metro: Smithsonian
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Saturday, February 21
Daytime - Family Friendly Mardi Gras Celebration - Anacostia
Annual Mardi Gras Family Day
11:00am - 4:00pm
Join in on the fun with this popular annual museum event featuring storytelling, face painting, mask-making, other hands-on activities, live performances, and more. Attendees can also participate in the popular Art of Adornment workshop with artist and entrepreneur, Januwa Moja-Nelson.
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
1901 Fort Place, SE
Metro: Anacostia, see metro trip-planner for bus options from metro
Afternoon - Film Screening at the National Gallery of Art West Building - ArchivesFilm Series: American Originals Now: Cathy Lee Crane: Short Film Selection, 1994-2010
2:30pm - 4:00pm
A selection of Crane’s provocative and lyrical 16 mm short films spanning the last twenty years includes White City (1994),Not for Nothin’ (1996), Sketches after Halle (1997), The Girl from Marseilles (2000),Adrift (2009), and On the Line (2010). (Total running time approximately 86 minutes. Cathy Lee Crane will be there in person!
National Gallery of Art
West Building Lecture Hall
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
Late Afternoon/Evening - Gallery plan b 10th Anniversary - 14th St/ P St
Ten by Ten: Anniversary Show & Reception with the Artists
4:00pm - 8:00pm
Gallery plan b will be celebrating its 10 Year Anniversary. A select group of artists that we have exhibited throughout the past 10 years will be presenting works that are 10” x 10” using their individual styles and techniques.
Gallery plan b
1530 14th St, NW
Metro: McPherson Sq, U St or Dupont or get there closer by taking any of the 50 line buses along 14th St or the Circulator bus to 14th & P or RI Ave
More free events and exhibits on view on the "Free in DC" Inside Out page on CultureCapital.com.
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Sunday, February 22
Afternoon - The NGA presents a Film Screening at the Freer/Sackler - Smithsonian
Film Series: Discovering Georgian Cinema: Repentance
2:00pm
Presented by the National Gallery of Art
Introduced by Julie Christensen.
In the Soviet Union, Tengiz Abuladze’s Repentance was as much an event as a motion picture. One of the most important censored films to come out of the new cultural liberalization of the late 1980s, it was the first to deal with the terrors of the Stalin era. It addresses these issues in an oblique way, typical for Abuladze, whose art is one of symbolism and surrealism. The central figure is a parody of the dictator, but Soviet audiences recognized the model as Lavrenti Beria, Stalin’s much-feared head of secret police.The New York Times called it “mordantly funny.” (Tengiz Abuladze, 1984 – 1987, 153 minutes)
Smithsonian Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art
1050 Independence Avenue, SW
Metro: Smithsonian
Afternoon - Film Screening at the National Gallery of Art West Building - Archives
Film Series: American Originals Now: Cathy Lee Crane:Pasolini's Last Words followed by excerpts from The Manhattan Front (work in progress)
4:00pm
Combining staged and archival material, Pasolini’s Last Words considers the controversial Italian filmmaker/writer’s brutal murder in 1975 alongside the texts he published or left unfinished during his last year. (2012, 60 minutes) Crane’s current project, The Manhattan Front, explores United States involvement in World War I during the period of its neutrality. In an attempt to reveal the untold stories of how this war was waged in and through the New York harbor, the film looks at several issues, particularly the intrigue surrounding the production and export of American munitions. (Approximately 20 minutes). Cathy Lee Crane will be there in person!
National Gallery of Art
West Building Lecture Hall
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
Afternoon - The NGA presents a Film Screening at American University - TenleytownFilm Series: Cruzamentos: Contemporary Brazilian Documentary: ABC of a Strike preceded by Isle of Flowers
4:30pm
Presented by the National Gallery of Art
ABC of a Strike records the 1979 metal workers’ strikes in São Paulo, led by union activist (and later Brazilian president) Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva. Sitting untouched until filmmaker Léon Hirszman’s death, the gripping vérité footage captures negotiations between labor unions and factory bosses and details the birth of the Worker’s Party, as well as the emergence of the magnetic Lula. (ABC da Greve, Léon Hirszman, 1979 – 1990, 86 minutes) A landmark in social documentary history, the short Isle of Flowers (Ilha das Flores) — tracking the journey of a ripe tomato from market to garbage dump — is a bitter allegory of the capitalist system. (Jorge Furtado, 1989, 13 minutes)
American University,
Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman Theater
on the second floor of the McKinley Building
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW (see campus map)
Metro: Tenleytown and take the free AU Shuttle to campus
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Monday, February 23
Morning - Panel Discussion at The Archives - Archives
Nixon Legacy Forum: Detente & Arms Control with the USSR
10:00am
In May 1972, President Richard Nixon travelled to Moscow to sign the historic Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) with USSR President Leonid Brezhnev. It followed Nixon’s February 1972 trip to China, and set the stage for the January 1973 Paris Peace Accords which ended the Vietnam War. This panel features former members of the National Security Council staff discussing their behind-the-scenes efforts, and how Nixon’s diplomacy with the USSR included detente and arms control.
National Archives
between 7th & 9th on Constitution Ave, NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial
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Tuesday, February 24
Lunchtime - Archivist Talk on African-American History at The Archives - ArchivesProtecting America's Treasures: Black History in the Vault
12:00pm
Archives specialist Netisha Currie describes records relating to African-American history held in our vault as well as unrestricted records available from our stacks.
National Archives
between 7th & 9th on Constitution Ave, NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial
Evening - Author Event at the Austrian Embassy - Van Ness/ UDC
Contemporary Voices: Marjana Gaponenko, Monique Schwitter, Matthias Nawrat
7:30pm
Presented by the Goethe-Institut. Excerpts will be read in both German and English. The writers will introduce and discuss their work in English. The event will conclude with a reception. This evening is dedicated to emerging authors in contemporary German literature. German author Matthias Nawrat will present his book which tells the story of a young girl in his novel Entrepreneur (Unternehmer). Austrian author Marjana Gaponenko will present her book Who is Martha (Wer ist Martha?) and the Swiss author Monique Schwitter will present the stories in her 2011 collection Goldfish Memory (Goldfischgedächtnis).
Austrian Cultural Forum/ Embassy of Austria
3524 International Court NW
Metro: Van Ness - UDC
Evening - Conversation at the The Clarice Smith Center at UMD - College Park, MD
Open Studio, Open Mind: The Role of the Academy in an Artist's Development
7:30pm
The assumed usage of a performing arts degree education, then a full-time life as a performer has never been one that was realized by many. How can we inform the way young artists are educated in the 21st century? Is the Academy the place for preparing artists to be multi-faceted? Join these artists-turned-entrepreneurs, teachers and creative professionals as they discuss the influence their experiences of higher education had or did not have on their ultimate life paths.
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Stadium Drive, UMD - College Park, MD
Metro: College Park and take a bus or taxi
More free events and exhibits on view on the "Free in DC" Inside Out page on CultureCapital.com. Connect on facebook + find 1/2 price tix to performances in the DC metro on TICKETPLACE.org.