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Thursday, June 12
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Rocknoceros Returns
Discovery Theater Performance |
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(for ages 2-6) Shake, rattle and roll! Kids and grown ups will both get down in this blast of a musical show. The joint is jumpin'-- and the audience will be too!
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Repeats June 13
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The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3111
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Treasures of the Smithsonian Libraries
Members-Only, Behind-the-Scenes Tour |
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Rare Books Curator Leslie Overstreet introduces some of the "Treasures of the Smithsonian Libraries," products of past centuries when books were beautiful works of art. Books in the collection include famous first editions of Darwin, Linnaeus, and Audubon. One of the most prized collection is the personal library of the Institution's benefactor James Smithson, an English gentleman-scientist.
Free to members, but tickets required; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Natural History Museum, meet at Constitution Ave. info desk
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| 12:30-12:45 PM
Airborne Eyes for the U-boats: The Focke-Achgelis Fa 330
Ask an Expert |
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Roger Connor, Aeronautics Division, discusses the Focke-Achgelis Fa 330, the airborne eyes for U-boats.
Free
Continues 2nd & 4th Thursdays of each month
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Meet at the SR-71 Blackbird
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats Wednesday through Sunday
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 5:30 PM
Aaron Douglas
Gallery Talk |
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Virginia Mecklenburg (senior curator) leads a tour of some of Harlem Renaissance artist Aaron Douglas's bold paintings and artfully designed book covers.
Free
Related Exhibition: Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the G St. lobby
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| 6 PM
Brakhage & Viola
Film Series |
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Note: These films are unrated. Material may not be suited for all audiences.
This program features films by Stan Brakhage and Bill Viola, two recognized masters of their medium. Their innovative use of material, technique, and technology to create highly personal and spiritual art has brought them international acclaim.
The following films by Stan Brakhage are screened:
• The Wonder Ring (1955)
• Window Water Baby Moving (1959)
• Mothlight (1963)
• The Riddle of Lumen (1972)
Along with Bill Viola's Four Songs (1976, appr. 75 min.): Junkyard Levitation, Songs of Innocence, The Space Between the Teeth, and Truth Through Mass Individuation
Free, first come, first served
Series continues June 26
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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Portrait of Florence Mills by Edward Steichen
"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.
Curator of photographs Ann Shumard talks about the portrait of Florence Mills by Edward Steichen.
Free
Continues most Thursday evenings
Related Exhibition: Edward Steichen: Portraits
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Meet at F Street Lobby
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Summer Camp: 20 Million Miles to Earth
Independent Film Series |
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Note: Scholar David Wilt introduces this film. Unless otherwise noted, programs run approximately 80 minutes. Programs are unrated but may contain adult content.
(1957, directed by Nathan Juran) This hair-raiser opens with an American spaceship returning from Venus. When it crashes off the coast of Italy, the only survivors are a spaceman -- Colonel Calder (William Hopper) -- and a specimen (an egg). To no one's surprise, it hatches, releasing Ymir, who, like many tourists to the Mediterranean, finds out there's no place like Rome.
Free; first come, first served
Series continues June 29
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Ring Auditorium
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The Corps Behind the Drapes: Law Clerks at the U.S. Supreme
Court Lecture |
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Though the justices are known for doing their own work, each employs law clerks to help analyze the thousands of pages of petitions and merits briefs received weekly, verify arguments, and, to varying extents, assist in the preparation of opinions. They serve for one year, fresh from law school and usually after a clerkship at a lower court. This evening, in a conversation with veteran journalist Bernard Kalb, four former law clerks discuss their experiences: Peter Ehrenhaft, senior law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren (1961-1962); Joseph Zengerle, law clerk to Chief Justice Warren Burger (1973-1974); Simon Steel, law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (1995-1996); and Meaghan McLaine, law clerk to Justice David Souter (2005-2006).
$35, general; $20, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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