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Thursday, July 24
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The Franzini Family Science Circus
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(for ages 5-12) Professor Franzini and Lippo the Clown lead an action-packed show about gravity, inertia, circular motion, air pressure, and balance -- with the help of hula hoops, umbrellas, balls, cigar boxes, balloons, and Rosie, the scientifically trained wonder dog. The show is wild and wacky (and just a tiny bit educational).
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Repeats July 25
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The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3111
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Dance with Sylvia Soumah
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(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
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National Museum of African Art
Location: Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2
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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: 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. • 1:30 PM: 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.
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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The House That James Built
Washington D.C.'s First Art Museum Lecture Series |
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The Renwick Gallery has been a showcase for contemporary crafts and decorative arts since 1972, but the landmark building has an intriguing history of its own. Today, architect Judith Capen reveals some of the Gallery's secrets hidden by time and discovered through recent surveys of the building.
Free
Repeats Aug. 3; series continues Aug. 14
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Renwick Gallery
Location: Grand Salon
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The Caudron G.4
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Peter Jakab, Aeronautics Division, discusses the Caudron G.4, a French light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft used during World War I.
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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| 1-8 PM
Moving Perspectives: Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in the
Bamboo Forest, Part 1: Art Night Video Program |
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(2003, 30 min., directed by Yang Fudong, Mandarin with English subtitles, single-channel video projected continuously) For centuries, artists have been inspired by the landscape of China's Yellow Mountain. Internationally renowned artist Yang Fudong expands that perspective in the contemporary medium of video with his five-part series Seven Intellectuals in the Bamboo Forest, which is based on a famous Chinese tale. In Part I, Yang follows 7 Chinese youths in contemporary dress who are in a permanent state of contemplation atop the mist-shrouded peaks of Yellow Mountain.
Free; first come, first served
Repeats August 23
Related Exhibition: Yellow Mountain: China's Ever-Changing Landscape
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| 2-7 PM (see schedule)
A Night of Hip Hop at NPG
Music, Gallery Talk, and Film Screening |
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Enjoy a day of programs that celebrate the broad-reaching cultural impact of hip hop. • 2-6 PM, Kogod Courtyard, Live Broadcast: Visitors are welcome to listen in on a live broadcast with DJ EZ Street, WKYS-FM (93.9). • 5-6:45 PM, Kogod Courtyard, Hip Hop Happy Hour: While listening to EZ's live broadcast, enjoy the hip hop and RandB beats with a cool drink in hand. A wine-and-beer cash bar is open from 5 to 6:45 p.m. • 6-6:30 PM, Meet at F Street lobby, "Face to Face" Portrait Talk: In this gallery talk and tour, guest curator Jobyl Boone talks about the portrait of Ice T by Kehinde Wiley in the related exhibition. • 7 PM, McEvoy Auditorium (doors open 6:30 PM, enter from G St.), Reel Portraits program: New York artist, writer, and musician Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) used archival footage and early avant-garde cinema mixed with his own music to compose New York Is Now, an exploration of memory through images and sounds. A conversation with Miller follows the screening.
Free; first come, first served
Related Exhibition: RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Locations vary (see schedule)
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| 6 PM (Galleries remain open until 8 PM this evening)
The Emperor's New Clothes
Art Night ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Discover the beautiful textiles and accessories worn in the Mughal court by looking at artworks in the MURAQQA` exhibition. Then return to the classroom to use antique Islamic printing blocks to print in gold on a T-shirt or scarf. Bring your own solid-colored T-shirt or scarf, or purchase one for $3 in the classroom while supplies last. Note: Reservations required for groups over 8, call 202-633-0461.
Free; first come, first served; for groups 8+, see Note
Repeats July 31
Related Exhibition: MURAQQA'
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler classroom, Sublevel 2
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| 6:30-8 PM
Sunset Serenades: Army Blues
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Bring a blanket and a picnic -- or purchase food and beverages at the Zoo -- and enjoy live jazz and blues music by the Army Blues.
Free
Series continues every Thursday through August 7
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National Zoo
Location: Lion/Tiger Hill (rain or shine)
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An Enchanted Evening with Rodgers and Hammerstein
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In this lively evening, pianist, raconteur, and American music specialist Robert Wyatt celebrates the lives and works of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Through primary materials furnished by the Library of Congress and the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization -- including original cast recordings, film clips, interviews, and correspondence -- learn about the lives of these two icons of the American musical.
$40, general; $30, members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: Natural History Museum, Baird Aud. (enter at Constitution Ave)
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