PAST: Free Arts & Culture Events this Week from CultureCapital.com! WED, August 17th - THURS, August 25th

Below is a list of additional FREE arts and culture events this week from CultureCapital.com.

Culture Capital is a program of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, a nonprofit organization serving Metro DC’s arts & culture community and the public for over 30 years.

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Wednesday, August 17th

Gallery Talk

Arshile Gorky in Perspective

12:00pm - 12:50pm

Permanent collection gallery talk given by Sally Shelburne or Diane Arkin, staff lecturers, National Gallery of Art.

National Gallery of Art East Building Ground Level, Information Desk

Metro: Judiciary Square is closest to East Bldg

Gallery Talk

A Collections Conversation: Toile de Jouy

12:30pm

Discover Dumbarton House's Federal Period and decorative arts collection while enjoying your brown bag lunch at this bi-monthly series presented by Dumbarton House staff experts and guest scholars.

Dumbarton House

Metro: Dupont Circle and walk about 7 blocks or take a bus closer

Thursday, August 18th

Film Shorts

From the Vaults: Walt Disney, Food, and the Government Film

12:00pm

A selection of short films Walt Disney contributed to the U.S. Government including Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (1942), Water, Friend or Enemy (1943), and The Grain that Built the Hemisphere.

National Archives

Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

Saturday, August 20th

Animated Film

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 12:00pm

Based on the children's book by Judith Barrett, this animated adventure follows a scientist who tries to solve world hunger only to see things go awry. (2009; 90 minutes)

National Archives

Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

Mural Project Launch

Culture Keepers Mural Project 12:00pm

The Culture Keepers Program will launch its first mural project at the future site of the Prince George's African American Museum & Cultural Center.

Gallery 110

on RI Ave in Brentwood, MD

Metro: See metro for bus access from the Rhode Island Avenue or Hyattsville metro

Concert

The United States Marine Chamber Orchestra

7:30pm

Arnold Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht, Opus 4" (1899, rev. 1917, 1943) Johann Sebastian Bach/trans. Sitkovetsky, "Goldberg Variations, BWV 98

Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center

at NoVA Community College, Alexandria Campus

Metro: See metro for best bus access from metro

Sunday, August 21st

Lecture Series

All Things Italian: Italian Contemporary Photography

2:00pm

Talk given by Adam Davies, in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Italian Republic.

National Gallery of Art

East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Metro: Judiciary Square is closest to East Bldg

Monday, August 22nd

Film Screening & Discussion

5th

Annual Charles Guggenheim Tribute Program: A Time for Justice

7:00pm

Civil rights leader, politician, and writer Julian Bond and Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center will be present for a post-screening discussion of the award winning film from 1994 about the civil rights movement Time for Justice and the events it so vividly documents.

National Archives

Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

Tuesday, August 23rd - Thursday, August 25th

Conversations with Curators and Educators: Jenny Holzer

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

12:00pm - 12:50pm

Harry Cooper and Diane Arkin discuss works by Jenny Holzer.

National Gallery of Art East Building Ground Level, Information Desk

Metro: Judiciary Square is closest to East Bldg

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