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Tuesday, July 8
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| 10:15 & 11:30 AM
Lesole South Africa
Discovery Theater Performance |
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(for all ages) Lesole Dance Project performs tribal dances of the Zulu homelands: Gumboot, the coal miners' infectious dance from deep underground, and Pantsula, the super-cool dance from the street corners of Johannesburg.
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Repeats July 9-11
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The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3111
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| 10:30 AM
A History of Anacostia's St. Elizabeths Hospital
Community History Program |
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Dr. Surya Kanhouwa presents the history of St. Elizabeths Hospital, which was built in 1855 and was the only federal hospital in the United States that served the medical needs of those with mental illnesses. Designed as a self-sufficient community, patients and staff were housed in its buildings and fed with food grown on its own farm. In addition to training many health care professionals, St. E's (as it is sometimes called) employed many local residents, including the late African American painter John Robinson.
Free, but reservations required; call 202-633-4844
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Anacostia Community Museum
Location: 1901 Fort Place, SE
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| 12 Noon & 1:15 PM
Repetition and The Battle of Orgreave
The Cinema Effect: Part II Special Screenings |
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Note: Programs are unrated but may contain adult content.
• 12 Noon: Jeremy Deller's The Battle of Orgreave (2001, 63 min.) is a re-enactment of the 1984 confrontation between striking miners and police near the Orgreave coking plant in England. The event provided an opportunity for several members of the parties participating in the original strike -- including miners and their families, policemen, the townspeople of Orgreave, the British media, and the viewing public -- to re-evaluate the chronology of the conflict and the way in which the televised images of the strike colored public opinion. • 1:15 PM: Artur Zmijewski's Repetition (2005, 75 min.) re-creates the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, but achieves a different result. Rather than accepting their roles and engaging in confrontational behavior, as in the original experiment, the modern-day "guards" and "prisoners," aware of the power of the camera to survey and control, ultimately unite against the producers to end the experiment.
Free; first come, first served
Repeats Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays through Sept. 6
Related Exhibition: The Cinema Effect: Part II - Realisms
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Ring Auditorium
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| 6:45-8:45 PM
Straight Up: All About Rum
Lecture, with tastings |
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The Washington Post spirits columnist Jason Wilson explores the origin of the drink and the types of rum and how they were developed. Through guided tastings, participants learn the differences among light rums, aged rums, and rhum agricole, and explore regional variations.
$60, general; $45, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Natural History Museum, Atrium Cafe
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