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Tuesday, July 15
10:15 & 11:30 AM
Family Performance Salsa Cinderella
Discovery Theater Performance
(for ages 3-8) This classic tale of love and footwear is told with an original Latin musical score and dazzling puppets and staging. The show is sure to delight the salsa fan in everyone.
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Repeats July 16-18
The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3111
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11 AM-12 Noon
Family Performance Dance with Sylvia Soumah
Children's Workshop
(for ages 5 and up) Sylvia Soumah of Coyaba Dance Theater introduces children to traditional and contemporary West African dance.
Free; but registration required, call 202-633-4640
Repeats July 17, 22, & 24
National Museum of African Art
Location: Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2
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12 Noon & 1:15 PM
Film Repetition and The Battle of Orgreave
The Cinema Effect: Part II Special Screenings
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

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Ring Auditorium
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6:45-9 PM
Lecture The Wilds of Alaska
Illustrated Lecture
Alaska today has some of this country's last wild places. In this evening's lecture, Mark Garland (Audubon Naturalist Society), highlights Alaska's richness while interweaving some of his unpredictable encounters with nature -- including a bear foraging on the Denali tundra, the humpback whales of Glacier Bay, the intimidating walls of the Aialik Glacier, and much more.
$40, general; $30, members; call 202-633-3030

Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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6:45-9 PM
Lecture The Insider's Washington, D.C.
Illustrated Lecture
Here's your chance to learn about the hidden gems of the nation's capital. This evening, travel writer and local resident Andrew Evans transcends the tourist cliches and veers off the beaten path to reveal the city's unexpected sides
$40, general; $30, members; call 202-633-3030

Resident Associate Program
Location: Freer Gallery, Meyer Auditorium
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