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Friday, June 20
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Spin Me a Shadow, Tell Me a Tale
Discovery Theater Performance |
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(for ages 4-8) Come into the shadows and see the light as The Shadow Puppet Workshop weaves together folktales from near and far. Join Daniel Barash in this interactive program and learn how everyone can be a shadow puppeteer. See you in the land of shadows!
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
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The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3111
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| 12:30 PM
Kristin Korolowicz on the Collection
Friday Gallery Talk |
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Programs assistant Kristin Korolowicz discusses works in the Hirshhorn's collection.
Free
Continues most Fridays
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Meet at information desk
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| 1 PM
Native Storytelling: Dovie Thomason
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Dovie Thomason (Lakota/Kiowa Apache), award-winning storyteller and recording artist, shares traditional stories of her people that gently dispel stereotypes and false media images of the First Nations People of North America. Her stories are windows into her Native culture and mirrors for her listeners to see themselves.
Free
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: 1st Level, Rasmuson Theater
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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. On Fridays, enjoy a special tour of one of David Beck's sculptures: Movie Palace or Museum.
Free
Repeats Wednesday through Sunday
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 6:30-10 PM, Live music and cash bar; 6:30-9:30 PM, Dinner
Smithsonian Jazz Cafe: Latin Jazz Night -- Huascar Barradas
Friday Evening Music & Dining Event |
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As part of this ongoing Friday evening event, the museum offers music by Washington's top jazz musicians and an a la carte dinner. This evening, Venezuelan Huascar Barradas (flute) performs.
Notes:
• Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling The Smithsonian Associates at 202-633-8801 or visiting online at www.smithsonianjazzcafe.org.
• Cash bar and dinner (starting at $11) not included in the cover charge.
• Smithsonian Jazz Cafe is a joint program produced by The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Folkways, the National Museum of Natural History, and the National Museum of American History.
$12 cover charge; also see Note
Continues Friday, June 27
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Atrium Cafe (enter Constitution Ave.)
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| 6:45-8:15 PM
Ancient China Revealed: Recent Discoveries in Archaeology
2-Day Seminar |
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In the last 50 years, stunning archaeological finds have augmented our knowledge of China's ancient cultures. This seminar brings together eminent scholars and archaeologists who work in different regions of this vast country and whose discoveries give us a broad picture of Chinese beginnings from the Paleolithic period through the Bronze Age. This evening, Robert Thorp (professor emeritus of Chinese art and archaeology, Washington University) discusses the origins of Chinese civilization and the Bronze Age.
$140, general; $95, members; call 202-633-3030
Continues June 21
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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Immortal Love
Tatsuya Nakadai: Icon of Japanese Cinema Series |
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(1961, 103 min., bandw, Japanese with English subtitles, directed by Keisuke Kinoshita) The year is 1932, and a woman, whose fiance is fighting in China, is raped and then forced into marriage with a landowner's son (Nakadai). In four more chapters presented over three decades, their children undertake their own searches for love.
Free, tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
Series continues June 22, 27, & 29
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| 8 PM-Midnight (museum is closed 5:30-8 PM)
Hirshhorn After Hours
A Special Evening of Art, Music, and Cocktails |
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Enjoy the following activities held throughout the museum.
Be among the first to see Part II of the exhibition The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image on the opening weekend of Realisms. The evening includes a special live performance by Maxi Geil and Playcolt, a music project conceived by artist Guy Richards Smit. Composed of art school pals and a revolving cast of friends, the group's music captures and breathes out Smit's modern day vision of the 1980s East Village Art Scene. Note: Tickets are limited and may be purchased 1 month in advance for $10 or at the door for $12; free to Hirshhorn Annual Circle members. For details on how to purchase advance tickets, visit http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu/afterhours/#tickets.
Fee required, free to Annual Circle members; see Note
Related Exhibition: The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, & the Moving Image
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Throughout the museum
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