PAST: Free things to do from "The List: Top Eleven Things to Do this Month at the Smithsonian After Work" FRI, Oct 7th - SAT, Oct 22nd

Here are some highlights for free things to do from "The List: Top Eleven Things to Do this Month at the Smithsonian After Work" from October 5, 2011 post on the Around the Mall blog. I've copied the seven free ones from the list for you below. Even if free, tickets may be required.

See a film: If you’re a fan of Asian cinema, Friday nights at 7:00 at the Freer Gallery this October could be your bag, baby. The ambitious Boxer Rebellion tale, 55 Days at Peking, featuring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner, is playing October 7. You can check out Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor, the aptly-titled film about Puyi, the last emperor of China on October 14. And in Rebels of the Neon God, October 21, a street hood gets a overly zealous student admirer.

Summary: Film Screenings at the Freer on Friday Nights on The Mall

Friday, October 7th, 14th & 21st

7:00pm

Gaze into the starry, starry night: Get all romantic and hold hands with that special someone while you do some stargazing at the museum’s Public Observatory at the Air and Space Museum. No excuses, guys. You’ve got three dates to chose from—October 8, 21 or 22.

Summary: Check out the Stars at the Air and Space Observatory on The Mall

Saturday, October 8th

Friday, October 21st

Get your dose of intellectual: Share an art outing Wednesday, October 12 at 7:00 and head over to the Smithsonian American Art Museum for figurative painter and portraitist Elizabeth Peyton’s lecture on the creative experience. Peyton is best known for her smaller-scale paintings of stylized, elongated, androgynous figures.

Summary: Lecture at SAAM in Chinatown

Wednesday, October 12th

7:00pm

Play ball: True, the Nationals didn’t make the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to stop loving baseball. The authors of Baseball Americana: Treasures from the Library of Congress will be on hand for signing and discussion at the National Portrait Gallery Wednesday, October 12 at 6:00. The book uses the Library of Congress’ vast trove of baseball goodies to cover over two centuries of baseball history.

Summary: Baseball Book - Author Talk & Signing at NPG in Chinatown

Wednesday, October 12th

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Expand your music horizons: Go hear the performance of American composer Daron Hagen’s new concerto for Japanese koto and string quartet Thursday, October 13 at the Freer Gallery. The piece is based on the eleventh-century work of Japanese literature, Tale of Genji, and the soloist Yumi Kurosawa has appeared at Carnegie Hall.

Summary: Music - Japanese Koto and String Quartet at the Freer on The Mall

Thursday, October 13th

7:30pm

Do the locomotion: Receive a history lesson in cinematic form, courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. American Experience: Transcontinental Railroad covers the six-year construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, in all its laborious glory Thursday, October 20 at 6:30.

Summary: Learn about the history of the Transcontinental Railroad at SAAM in Chinatown

Thursday, October 20th

6:30pm

Be a problem solver: Head over to the Anacostia Museum Thursday, October 20 for the lecture and book signing The Heart of the Race Problem: The Life of Kelly Miller Author Ida E. Jones will be discussing the accomplishments of Miller, the first African American admitted to Johns Hopkins University in 1887. Miller, who pursued a doctorate in mathematics, physics and astronomy, later became interested in improving relationships between the races.

Summary: Learn about the first African American admitted to Hopkins at the Anacostia Museum

Thursday, October 20th

7:00pm

Metro: See metro for best access to each museum - some are in Chinatown, some on The Mall and one in Anacostia.

PAST: FILM: Free Screening of Alfred Hitchcok's "Rear Window" as part of the ThrillSpy Festival SAT, Oct 8th at 5:00pm

3rd Annual ThrillSpy International Thriller & Spy Film Festival

Friday, October 7th - Sunday, October 9th

Learn more and view schedule

Free Screening of Alfred Hitchcok's "Rear Window"

as part of the ThrillSpy Festival

Saturday, October 8th

5:00pm

Rear Window (112m, USA) Director: Alfred Hitchcock
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

US Navy Memorial Theater

701 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

PAST: FILM: "American Sabor Matinée Series" Screens Two Documentaries about Latin American Music SAT, Oct 8th at NMNH 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Free

Documentary Series about Latin American Music

American Sabor Matinée Series presents screenings of American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots and

Chicano Rock!: The Sounds of East Los Angeles

Saturday, October 8th

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Free

American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots (2002, 60 min, by Joseph Tovares) explores the complicated ethnic tensions and the changing social and political landscape that led up to Los Angeles's infamous race riots in June 1943, when for 10 straight nights, American sailors armed with make-shift weapons cruised Mexican American neighborhoods in search of "zoot-suiters" -- hip, young Mexican teens dressed in baggy pants and long-tailed coats. Read more on PBS here.

Chicano Rock!: The Sounds of East Los Angeles (2008, 60 min, by John Wilkman) chronicles more than 60 years of America’s largest Mexican American community as generations of artists and audiences defined themselves with music. This film begins with Lalo Guerrero and features the stories of such musicians and bands as Ritchie Valens, Cannibal and the Headhunters, The Brat, Los Lobos (pictured above), Ozomatli, and others.

Sponsored by the Smithsonian Latino Center

Natural History Museum

Baird Auditorium, Ground Floor

10th & Constitution Ave, NW

Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian or take the S2 or S4 bus. along 16th St, drops you pretty much at the front of the building

PAST: EXHIBIT: American Sabor Latinos in U.S. Popular Music" at the Smithsonian International Gallery, July 11th - SUN, Oct 9th, Free

Last Chance to check out "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music" this weekend at the Smithsonian International Gallery

Next to the Castle on the National Mall

Free

On view Monday, July 11th – Sunday, October 9th

"This 5,000-square-foot exhibition, created by EMP Museum in Seattle in partnership with the University of Washington, focuses on five centers of Latino popular music in America since World War II: New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, San Antonio and San Francisco. The bilingual exhibition contains 45 interviews with Latino musicians, 100 artifacts such as costumes and musicians' instruments, interactive elements, including keyboards and a mixing board, and a dance floor where visitors can move to their favorite Latin rhythms."

Read more about the exhibit in this write up on the City Paper website.

The gallery is open from 10:00am - 5:30pm daily. Click to learn more about the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Smithsonian International Gallery

located in the S. Dillon Ripley Center

next to the Castle on the National Mall

1100 Jefferson Drive, SW

Metro: Smithsonian

PAST: ART: Two Shows "The 9/11 Arts Project: Artists' Reactions" & "Drawn to Print" at Washington Printmakers Gallery Now - SUN, Sept 25th, Free

There are two shows on view now at the WPG

Now - Sunday, September 25th

Free

The 9/11 Arts Project: Artists' Reactions

"In conjunction with the 9/11 Arts Project initiated by the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, WPG member artists will show a selection of prints that were created in response to this world-changing event. Some prints were created shortly after the tragedy, others, after a time of reflection, and others more recently, as we near the 10th Anniversary."

Drawn to Print

"This exhibition focuses on the preparatory steps of printmaking, namely, the drawing that happens before a matrix is made and on the subsequent trial proofs. This includes a wide range of prints and drawings, from loosely-related doodles to the finished drawings used to create a solarplate, to drawn marks incorporated in a print. We invite you to come gain insight into our artists' process!"

Washington Printmakers Gallery

in the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center

8230 Georgia Ave, 2nd Floor

Metro: Silver Spring

PAST: An Evening of Fashion, Theater, Music and Dance "DC Hearts the Arts - ExtrARTvaganza" this WED, Oct 5th from 5:00pm - 9:00pm, Free

DC Hearts the Arts - ExtrARTvaganza
with Forum Theatre at the Round House Theatre
Wednesday, October 5th

5:00-9:00pm
Free

RSVP requested on eventbrite

Fashion, theatre, music, and dance - including a performance from Furia Flamenca - all in one event!

Forum Theatre at Round House Theatre

8641 Colesville Road - Silver Spring, MD

Metro: Silver Spring, short walk from the metro

PAST: TALK: "Transitioning to the Vegetarian Diet" this WED, Oct 5th with Karin from SOS DC, near the Takoma Metro, 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Free

PAST: Another Happy Hour with What's the Deal this WED, Oct 5th at Fiesta from 5:30pm - 7:00pm, Free beer with RSVP, 21+

What's the Deal hosts another Happy Hour

this week it's at Fiesta Restaurant & Lounge

Wednesday, October 5th

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Get a free beer when you RSVP online, 21+

Good excuse to check out this new spot - just south of the circle,

serving Tex-Mex Tapas - with some friends.

Fiesta Restaurant & Lounge

1327 Connecticut Ave, NW

Metro: Dupont Circle, south exit or Farragut North, between the circle and N St

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DC9
1940 9th St NW

Metro: U St

PAST: MEDITATION: Free Talk on Meditation and Transformation at the DC Public Library in Chevy Chase this WED, Oct 5th, 7:00pm

Free Meditation Talks at DC Public Libraries!

"Transform Your Life Through Meditation"

A Public Talk - with William Smith, MS

Wednesday, October 5th
7:00pm
Free

Chevy Chase Library

5625 Connecticut Ave, NW
Metro: Friendship Heights and walk or take a bus or walk or take the L2 bus up the hill from Van Ness Metro

About the teacher:

William Smith, MS has been practicing meditation since 1973 and has traveled extensively and given talks on meditation and spirituality in several countries.He is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and director for an international children’s meditation camp and assists in managing a meditation retreat center near DC.

PAST: Welcome Reception for Visiting Artist Annika B. Lewis at the DCAC this WED, Oct 5th 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Free, RSVP requested

Welcome Reception for Visiting Artist Annika B. Lewis

Wednesday, October 5th

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Free, RSVP requested as space is limited

Join DCAC for a reception to welcome visiting artist Annika B. Lewis - Swedish-Danish director/choreographer - to the United States as she begins her six-week residency in Washington. There will be a cash bar and light refreshments will be served. Find out first hand about the artistic climate in Denmark, how funding has changed in the Eurozone, and what Danish artists think about the situation in the United States.

Save the date for Annika's performance "Let's Get Personal", opening October 14th at DCAC (not sure if there is a cover for this one, didn't see it anywhere online, only mentioned in the invite).

DC Arts Center - in Adams Morgan
2438 18th Street, NW

Metro: Woodley Park and take the Circulator bus to Adams Mill and walk about a block, cross Columbia Rd. You can also take the 42 or 43 bus from Connecticut Ave downtown to 18th & Columbia.

PAST: FILM: Screening of "A Lot Like You" at the Artisphere in Rosslyn WED, Oct 5th at 8:00pm $6, $4

Film Screening of A Lot Like You

Wednesday, October 5th

8:00pm

$6 general, $4 students, seniors and military

"Seattle-based filmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro is a mixed-race, first-generation American with a Tanzanian father and Korean mother. When Eli was older and in an interracial relationship of her own, she wanted to better understand the world her father had left behind when he was 18. So when Dr. Kimaro retired and moved back to Tanzania for good, Eli followed him to make a film about the culture she would one day pass down to her kids."

Artisphere

1101 Wilson Blvd - Arlington, VA

Metro: Rosslyn, short walk down Wilson, look for the domed building

PAST: FILM: Free Screening of "How to Die in Oregon" and Q&A with the director Part of the 2011 Human Rights Film Series THURS, Oct 6th at 5:30pm

American University's 2011 Human Rights Film Series presents "How to Die in Oregon"

Film Screening followed by Q&A with the director
Thursday, October 6th
5:30pm

Free

Since 1994, Oregonians have had the right to physician-assisted suicide. "How to Die in Oregon" reveals the spectrum of emotions behind that decision to end one's own life through the stories of the terminally ill in Oregon. Examining both sides of this controversial issue, Richardson poignantly leads audiences to explore what it means to die with dignity. The film screening will be followed by Q&A with the director, Peter Richardson.

The Human Rights Film Series, first organized in 2000 and presented by the Center for Social Media and the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, is a free series that showcases the power of film to educate and advocate about human rights. Four exceptional documentary films that exhibit excellence in filmmaking and explore a broad spectrum of human rights issues are screened each fall. Following each screening, there is an opportunity for the filmmaker and human rights advocates to discuss the film and its issues with the audience. The Centers also provide resource pages to provide a deeper understanding of the underlying human rights issues discussed in the films.

American University, Katzen Arts Center
Abramson Family Recital Hall

4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Metro: Tenleytown and take a taxi or the free AU shuttle to the Katzen

PAST: ARTIST TALK: "30 Americans" Artist Nina Chanel Abney at the Corcoran this THURS, Oct 6th at 7:00pm, Free, RSVP recommended

"30 Americans" Artist Nina Chanel Abney at the Corcoran

The Inaugural Visiting Artist at the Corcoran

Thursday, October 6th
7:00pm

Free, RSVP recommended

Join "30 Americans" artist Nina Chanel Abney for the first free lecture as part of the Gallery’s Visiting Artist Series. The Corcoran is proud to include several artists

represented in 30 Americans in this year’s Visiting Artist program, including Nina

Chanel Abney, Carrie Mae Weems, Hank Willis Thomas, Nick Cave, and Kara Walker.

The Corcoran's Visiting Artist program brings artists, scholars, and critics to the Corcoran to interact with students and other members of the Corcoran community. Each one-day visit includes intensive in-class interactions focusing on critical discussion and the exchange of ideas, as well as a free public lecture that highlights the visiting artist’s work and the role the artist plays in contemporary society.

Photo by Chi Lam

Corcoran Gallery of Art

500 17th St, NW - near E St

Metro: Farragut West or Farragut North and walk down 17th St

PAST: Free Arts & Culture Events this Week from CultureCapital.com! WED, Oct 5th - TUES, Oct 11th

Here are some more great 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.

Please c

lick through for complete details about the event and location details!

Wednesday, October 5th

Meet the Artists - Opening Reception

"Shining Stars" at the Eleven Eleven Sculpture Gallery

5:30pm - 8:00pm

This show, at 1111 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, features monumental and pedestal sculpture and three-dimensional wall art from artists Julie Girardini, David Hubbard, Joan Konkel, Barton Rubenstein, and Paul Martin Wolff.

Zenith The Gallery at Eleven Eleven Sculpture Gallery

1111 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (map)

Metro: Federal Triangle or Metro Center

Friday, October 7th

Classical Music

Friday Morning Music Club: Chamber Music Concert
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Members of the Friday Morning Music Club perform.

Calvary Baptist Church

755 8th St, NW - between G & H St, NW

Metro: Gallery Pl - Chinatown

Saturday, October 8th

Artist Talk

Conversations with the Printmaker

1:00pm

Printmaker Michael Hagan discusses his current solo exhibition, "Doodle Digit Dot."

Washington Printmakers Gallery

Metro: Silver Spring

Sunday, October 9th

Poetry + Prose Open Mic

Sunday Open Door Reading

2:00pm, sign up 1:30pm

Poet Michael Montlack reads from Cool Limbo and Alma Katsu reads from her novel, The Taker.

The Writer's Center

Metro: Bethesda, elevator exit is closest

Art Lecture

A New Look: Samuel F.B. Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre"
2:00pm

Given by Peter J. Brownlee, Terra Foundation for American Art.

National Gallery of Art

East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Metro: Judiciary Square is closest to East Bldg

Film Screening

Downtown 81 - featuring Basquiat

4:00pm

Filmed in 1980-1981, Downtown 81 stars the legendary American artist Jean Michel Basquiat portraying a young painter in New York.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Metro: Farragut North or West and walk down about 17th or 18th St

Sunday Night Concert Series

Orchestra and Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

6:30pm

Music by Bernstein, Mussorgsky, and Prokofiev.

National Gallery of Art

East Building, Atrium

Metro: Archives - Judiciary Square, closest to the East Building

Monday, October 10th

Jews and Race Relations in the South
7:00pm

Parade's playwright Alfred Uhry and Jewish historian and author Eli Evans take to the stage of Ford's Theatre for a conversation on growing up in a racially and socially tense South.

Ford's Theatre

Metro: Metro Center

Tuesday, October 11th

Workshop on Leadership

Management in Times of Crisis: The Miners' Rescue

Part of Leadership in the Rescue of the 33 Chilean Miners series

4:30pm

Learn about the extraordinary qualities of the men that led the Chilean miner rescue effort through their actions and decisions in the midst of disastrous times.

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Baird Auditorium

Metro: Federal Triangle or Archives - Navy Memorial

Literary Art Tour

The 9/11 Arts Project: Literary Art Tour of "Vessel"

7:30pm

Enjoy a unique "Literary Art Tour" of the current exhibition, Vessel, as writers perform their pieces next to the visual artwork that prompted their literary responses.

Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery

at Smith Farm Center

Metro: U St or take the S1, S2, S4, or S9 bus from along 16th St to U St

Choral Concert

NOVA Community Chorus

7:30pm

Donation based Choral music performance

Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall

at NoVa Community College, Alexandria Campus

Metro: Click venue link above or see metro for best bus access from the metro

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PAST: ART: Photography Show featuring works by Emily Dolenz at Tryst WED, Oct 5th - TUES, Nov 1st, Free

New works by Photographer Emily Dolenz

On view at Tryst Coffeehouse in Adams Morgan

Free

Wednesday, October 5th - Tuesday, November 1st

London born, now DC-based photographer Emily Dolenz - who also happens to be the daughter of Micky Dolenz, drummer for The Monkees - shows her works at Tryst Coffeehouse in Adams Morgan. Read more on the facebook invite.

Tryst Coffeehouse

2459 18th St, NW

Metro: Woodley Park and take the Circulator bus to Adams Mill and walk about a block, cross Columbia Rd. You can also take the 42 or 43 bus from Connecticut Ave downtown to 18th & Columbia.

PAST: Phillips Collection 90th Birthday Bash! Free Admission, Open Late and events throughout the day! SAT, Nov 5th, 10:00am - 8:00pm

In case you haven't heard yet...

The Phillips Collection 90th Birthday Bash

Saturday, November 5th

10:00am - 8:00pm

Free admission, includes special exhibit

To celebrate, they'll be offering free admission to the museum - including the special exhibition, “Degas’s Dancers at the Barre: Point and Counterpoint” and staying open 'til 8:00pm! They'lll also have live ballet, music, a cash bar and hands-on art projects all day long!

The Phillips Collection

1600 21st St, NW

Metro: Dupont, Q St north

PAST: POETRY PANEL: Panel Discussion on Poetry Traditions of Mexico and the US at the Library of Congress TUES, Oct 4th at 7:00pm, Free

Panel Discussion on the Poetry Traditions of Mexico and the United States at the Library of Congress

Tonight! Tuesday, October 4th

7:00pm
Free, no RSVP needed

A panel of experts will discuss the poetry traditions of the United States and Mexico and the literary exchanges between the two countries, shedding light on the historical, political and cultural heritages of both nations in a discussion entitled “Frontera Sin Frontera." The panelists will also address the particular challenge Chicano poets face, with the influence of both traditions.

Book sales and a signing will follow the discussion. The event is sponsored by the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center and co-sponsored by the Library’s Hispanic Division. The panel will be moderated by Luis Alberto Ambroggio, poet and member of the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (North American Academy of the Spanish Language).

Panelists include:

• Jeannette Clairon, co-editor (with Harold Bloom) of a forthcoming anthology of American poets
• Mónica de la Torre, co-editor of “Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry”
• Rafael Pérez-Torres, author of “Movements in Chicano Poetry: Against Myths, Against Margins” and co-editor of “The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán 1970-2000”
• Mexican poet Pedro Serrano

The Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson Building

Mumford Room on the sixth floor

101 Independence Avenue, SE

Metro: Capitol South

PAST: FILM + OPEN MIC: Short Documentaries + Open Mic - Special BloomScreen this TUES, Oct 4th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm, All ages, by donation

BloomScreen presents a special evening of film + open mic

“I Am a Person” Open Mic and Short Film Night
Tuesday, October 4th

7:00pm - 9:00pm
All ages, by donation, $10 suggested

Free popcorn provided too

BloomScreen presents: “I Am a Person” Open Mic and Short Film Night. Filmmakers Annabel Park and Eric Byler present a series of short films and an Open Mic discussion which asks – “Have big corporations and money replaced the power of We the People”?

* I am a person! Citibank is not a person! (2011, 8:42 min, view trailer) by Annabel Park
Video film looks at the Supreme Court decision defining corporations as “persons”, examines class and power in our current political system, and decries the alleged “corruption” of public policy by corporate money.

* 16 Corporations or “We the People” (2011, 3:14 min) by Annabel Park
Video film questions the fairness and effectiveness of the tax breaks and loopholes given to the top 1% as part of “trickle-down” economics.

Read more about the two other short films that will be presented on the facebook invite!

Bloombars
3222 11th St, NW

at Kenyon, next to Wonderland

Metro: Columbia Heights

PAST: MEDITATION: New Three-Week Course at Georgetown Library starts this SAT, Oct 8th and continues SAT, Oct 15th & 22nd, 1:00pm - 2:30pm, Free

Meditation Month at Georgetown Library Kicks off with a Free Three-Week Meditation Course "Inner and Outer Peace through Meditation"

Saturday, October 8th, 15th & 22nd

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Free

The Georgetown Library presents a three-part meditation course “Meditation for Inner and Outer Peace.” The 90-minute interactive classes are conducted by Science of Spirituality, an international, multi-faith organization dedicated to love, unity and peace. The classes take place in the library’s large meeting room on Saturdays: October 8, 15, and 22 from 1 to 2:30pm. The sessions are cumulative, and attending all three is highly recommended. All sessions are free and open to the public.

This three class session will taught by David Newcomb, a long-time DC resident and meditation student, and will be based on the book of the same name by Rajinder Singh, foreword by the Dalai Lama.

Save the date also for this one, also at the Georgetown library.

"On Thursday, October 27, at 7 pm. William Smith will present “Meditation for Everyday Living.” Lt. Colonel (Rtd) Smith, a long-time leader and practitioner of meditation, is also associated with Science of Spirituality and will present research, strategies and “a simple but profound meditation technique that will help remove stress and worry." The audience will have a chance to practice the technique during the 90-minute session. This event is also free and open to the public."

Georgetown Library

3260 R St, NW

Metro: best to take the Georgetown - Union Station Circulator bus to Wisconsin Ave stop closest to R St from K St, get off Farragut West or Farragut North. Circulator bus is only $1 and 50 cents if you have a smartrip card and take metro first.

PAST: Performance: This one could be fun... Tales from Teenage Diaries... "Mortified" this THURS, Oct 6th, 8:00pm - 11:00pm, $10 in advance, 21+

"Mortified" comes to DC this Thursday!

Thursday, October 6th

8:00pm - 11:00pm

$10 in advance, $15 at the door, 21+

view and share facebook invite

"Mortified stars everyday adults sharing their most embarrassingly real teenage diary entries, poems, love letters, lyrics and locker notes ... in front of total strangers. Hailed a "cultural phenomenon" by Newsweek, Mortified is a comic excavation of the strange and extraordinary things we created as kids. Witness adults sharing their own adolescent journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories and more!"

Town Nightclub

2009 8th St, NW

Metro: U St - African American War Memorial exit

PAST: Geological & Technological Discussion on "Science for a Dangerous Planet" at the Interior Building WED, Oct 5th from 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Free

Science for a Dangerous Planet
Wednesday, October 5th

1:00 pm - 2:00pm

Free

"In the recent past, devastating earthquakes have struck Haiti, Chile, New Zealand and Japan. Earthquakes and other geologic hazards are an inevitable aspect of life on this active planet, but their impacts on society are not."

"U.S. Geological Survey Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards David Applegate will discuss lessons from these disasters and how USGS is using new science and innovative technology to support emergency responders and help communities in the U.S. increase their resilience before disaster strikes."

Please click link above for more details.

Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building

Rachel Carson Room

1849 C Street, NW (map)

Metro: Farragut West or North and walk down 18th St

PAST: ART TALK: Paul Farber, co-curator of the exhibition "An American in Deutschland" at the DC JCC this THURS, Oct 6th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, Free

A Lecture on Leonard Freed's Photographs of Germany "An American (Jew) In Deutschland"
Thursday October 6th
6:30pm - 9:30pm

Free, Please RSVP here
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"Leonard Freed (1929-2006) devoted his career as a Magnum photographer to making sense of a complex world. For over fifty years, Germany offered the American-born Freed a significant and repeated point of departure."

"The German Historical Institute will be displaying An American in Deutschland, an exhibition that draws from Freed's selection of images from his immense archive, as well as unpublished diary-style annotations accompanying many of his photographs. The exhibit explores Postwar German society from Freed’s unique historical vantage point."

"In collaboration with the German Historical Institute, The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery will be displaying a number of images from Freed's work on Jews in Germany after World War II."

This Thursday, the JCC will host a lecture with Paul Farber, co-curator of the exhibition "An American in Deutschland." Mr. Farber will be discussing photographer Leonard Freed's interest in the post-war Jewish community of Berlin. There will be a reception following the lecture.

The Washington DC JCC

Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery

16th & Q St, NW
Metro: Dupont Circle, Q St north exit and walk about 4 blocks or take any of the S line buses, S1, S2, S4 or S9 from along 16th St to Q St.

PAST: Speakers, Performances & Live Stream "War Voices" this FRI, Oct 7th from 6:00pm - 9:30pm, Free, open to all ages

"War Voices" Live Stream, Speakers and Performances
Friday, October 7th

6:00pm - 9:30pm

Free, open to all ages
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Through a unique of series of speakers, cultural performances, and art, War Voices will explore the ongoing occupation of Afghanistan. The evening will feature speakers from many perspectives, including Afghan civilians, veterans and military families of the Global War on Terror, as well as a cross-section of social justice advocates, activists, and organizers. Featuring spoken word performances from Split This Rock and new art and digital media featuring Afghan artists and organizations.

October 7, 2011 is the tenth anniversary of the Global War on Terror, the longest war in U.S. history. War Voices is a unique forum to reflect on this decade of war by bringing together people directly impacted by U.S. militarism and the U.S. war economy. You can also learn more about the Decade of War Awareness Month here.

Streaming live from WarVoices.org - Updated speakers list:

Willie Baptist, The Poverty Initiative
Fatima Mojaddidy, Afghans for Peace
Suraia Sahar, Afghans for Peace
Brock McIntosh, Afghanistan Veterans Against the War
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies
Chris Hellman, National Priorities Project

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church

1830 Connecticut Ave, NW (near Florida Ave)

Metro: Dupont Circle, Q St north exit and walk a few blocks north on Conn Ave

PAST: Highlights for events happening MON, Oct 3rd

Some more for tonight! Monday, October 3rd - organized by start time.

info copied from Free in DC's facebook page

Last chance to see Shanthi Chandrasekar's ''Red Dots''

Gallery is open til 6:00pm

If you want to see the show, on view at The Art League, before it leaves today, the gallery is open til 6:00pm. Free. Metro: King Street and take free trolley or a bus to waterfront.

Free Meditation Talk at Shaw Library
Monday, October 3rd at 7:00pm

Tonight, Monday, October 3rd, at 7:00pm in Shaw "Transform Your Life Through Meditation" A Public Talk - with Gerry Gorman. Free. At the Watha T. Daniel/ Shaw Library 1630 7th St, NW Metro: Shaw - Howard University, right above the metro


Forum (Re)Acts: “Did We Have a Revolution?” (and The Reverb Series Launch!)

Monday, October 3rd at 7:30pm

Teaser for Tonight... "be a part of the revolution at Forum (Re)Acts: “Did We Have a Revolution?” (and The Reverb Series Launch!) RSVP is requested. Starts at 7:30pm and is Pay-What-You-Can. Metro: Silver Spring, at the Round House Silver Spring, next door to the AFI

Factory 449 presents: Factory Made 2 - October Chills

Monday, October 3 at 8:00pm

at the Edmund Burke School

Pay-What-You-Can Tonight! At 8:00pm at the Edmund Burke School at 4101 Connecticut Ave NW, across from the Van Ness metro station. Tonight "Return to the Upright Position" an online text collaboration, Conceived and Edited by Caridad Svich. Directed by Factory 449 member Lisa Hodsoll. "In the six months following Sept 11, 2001, fourteen writers lend their words to try and make sense of their experiences."

mothertongue Workshop & Open Mic featuring TARA HARDY!

Monday, October 3 at 8:30pm

At The DC Center on U St - Mothertongue DC "is back in full force" with Tara Hardy featuring at tonight's open mic. She will also be offering a workshop before the show! 6:30-8pm- Workshop for Women Writers with Tara Hardy ($5 suggested donation) 8:30 pm- the famous mothertongue Women's Open Mic feat. Tara Hardy ($8 sliding scale cover).

PAST: Fall Fiesta with Knowledge Commons DC - now at Warehouse Theater - Tunes, Tacos & More! SUN, Oct 2nd 7:00pm - 10:00pm, Free

Knowledge Commons DC - Fall Fiesta (Tunes, Tacos and more)

Tonight! Sunday, October 2nd

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Free

Note: New Venue - now at Warehouse Theater

(was supposed to be at The Dunes)

"Knowledge Commons DC is a free school for thinkers, doers, tinkerers and is taught anywhere, by anyone, for everyone." Read more here! See a list of upcoming classes here.

"Get ready for a month of fun-filled, fact-packed classes by filling up on tunes and tacos at tonight's Fall Fiesta at the Warehouse Theater. You can register for classes, talk to teachers, and get a jump on all the Knowledge Commons happenings during the upcoming months."

You can also find them on twitter @KnowledgeCommDC

Warehouse Theater

Note: the entrance is through parking lot on NY Ave now, not on 7th St where it used to be

645 New York Avenue, NW

Metro: Mt Vernon Sq - Convention Center

PAST: OF NOTE: DANCE: College Students can get $10 tickets & 17 and under can get $8 tickets to Dance Place Shows, regularly $22

Did you know that college students and those 17 and under can check out dance performances at Dance Place for reduced prices! College students with ID, just $10 and those 17 and under can see performances for just $8. General admission is usually $22, artists, students, teachers, seniors and dance place members can get in for $17.

This weekend VTDance/Vincent E. Thomas, pictured, performs.

Saturday, September 24th
8:00pm

Sunday, September 25th
7:00pm

For his newest solo work, VTDance/Vincent E. Thomas contemplates actions of humanity in this deeply moving, multi-layered work titled iWitness, based on the award-winning, evening length Witness. (The piece was commissioned by The Kennedy Center originally in 2008 and is constructed in three sections). Also on the program is the dance theater work Homo Will Not Inherit - collaborating with Steve Satta of Iron Crow Theater on the steamy poetry of Mark Doty, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner. Read more here.

The Dance Place
3225 8th St, NE
Metro: Brookland - CUA

PAST: FESTIVAL: Brazil Day DC! Free family friendly event at The Yards Park this SUN, Oct 2nd 10:00am - 5:00pm, Free

Brazil Day DC 2011

Sunday, October 2th

10:00am - 5:00pm

Free

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Brazil Day DC 2011 is a celebration of Brazilian culture featuring performers, vendors, exhibitors and organizations from throughout the DC region. Performances will range from Jazz, Samba, Bossa Nova, Frevo and MPB, to various traditional and regional dances. There will also be demonstrations from local schools of Capoeira and Jiu-Jitsu. The covered open-air pavilion will be taken over by vendors and exhibitors of all kinds, featuring a vast array of traditional Brazilian Foods, Arts, Fashion and more. The event is produced in partnership by the Amazonia Harvest Foundation and the Brazilian Consulate of Washington DC.

The Yards Park - which is a really nice park if you haven't been there yet

near the baseball stadium, entrances at 3rd & 4th Streets, SE

and at Water Street, SE which is two blocks south of M Street, SE

Metro: Navy Yard

PAST: JAZZ: Art Talk + Performance by DC-based Jazz Musician Amy K. Bormet at the American Art Museum Today! SUN, Oct 2nd 1:30pm - 3:30pm, Free

"Luce Unplugged" with Amy K. Bormet

Sunday, October 2nd

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Free

You're invited to an art talk, followed by a performance at 2:00pm by Amy K. Bormet, a D.C.-based jazz pianist and vocalist. The Art talk will begin in the F Street Lobby at 1:30pm, and the performance, which begins at 2:00pm, will be on the third floor in Luce Foundation Center.

Smithsonian American Art Museum
Luce Center - 3rd Floor

between 7th & 9th and

G & F Streets, NW

Metro: Gallery Pl - Chinatown

PAST: Visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts for Free Today! SUN, Oct, 2nd and every first SUN of the month! 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Community Day at the NMWA every first Sunday!

Sunday, October 2nd

every 1st Sunday of the month
12:00pm - 5:00pm

Free admission

Free Community Day at NMWA on the first Sunday of every month. Regular admission is $10, $8 seniors and students.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave, NW
Metro: McPherson Square

PAST: ART: "In the Tower: Nam June Paik" at the NGA, SUN, March 13th - SUN, Oct 2nd, Free

On view at the National Gallery of Art

In the Tower: Nam June Paik

Free

Sunday, March 13th - Sunday, October 2nd

Nam June Paik (1923-2006) is a towering figure in contemporary art. Born in Korea, trained in Japan and Germany in aesthetics and music, Paik settled in New York in 1964 and quickly became a pioneer in the integration of art with technology and performance. The exhibition features a selection from Paik's estate as well as the Gallery's own collection. Read more here.

Pictured: Nam June Paik, Untitled (Red Hand), 1967, National Gallery of Art, Gift of the Hakuta Family

National Gallery of Art

East Building, Tower Gallery

Metro: Judiciary Square or Archives - Navy Memorial

PAST: FESTIVAL: The Turkish Festival is on SUN, Oct 2nd from 11:00am - 7:00pm, Free

The Turkish Festival

Sunday, October 2nd

11:00am - 7:00pm

Free

Visit their website to learn more about the event!

Pennsylvania Ave -in front of Freedom Plaza

between 12th & 14th St, NW

Metro: Metro Center or Federal Triangle

PAST: PHOTOGRAPHY: "(Un)Lock It: the Percussive People in the Go-Go Pocket" at The Gallery at Vivid Solutions August 5th - October 7th, Free

(Un)Lock It at The Gallery at Vivid Solutions

Free

On view Friday, August 5th - Friday, October 7th

The East of the River Festival spills over into the Gallery at Vivid Solutions with Thomas Sayers Ellis' (Un)Lock It: the Percussive People in the Go-Go Pocket with a photographic retrospective on DC’s autochthonous and iconic musical movement- Go-Go.

Thanks to Phil at East City Art for this info.

Vivid Solutions

2208 MLK Jr. Ave, SE (see walking map from metro)

Metro: Anacostia, walk left on MLK Ave about a half a mile, an easy walk, under ten minutes

PAST: EXHIBIT: The Guerrilla Girls Talk Back" at NMWA from FRI, June 17th - SUN, Oct 2nd, $10, $8, Free the first SUN of the month!

The Guerrilla Girls Talk Back

On view at the NMWA

Friday, June 17th - Sunday, October 2nd
$10 general, students and 65+ $8, NMWA Members and those 18 and under, Free

Note also: First Sunday of every month is Free! That means you can go for free on Sunday, August 7th, September 4th and October 2nd

"The Guerrilla Girls, a group of anonymous artist-activists, critique the sexism and racism pervading contemporary culture. Through their populist art production, which includes posters, books, and live performances in which they wear gorilla masks, the group raises awareness about discrimination. This exhibition presents posters and ephemera including works from two portfolios, Guerrilla Girls Talk Back: The First Five Years, 1985-1990 and Guerrilla Girls Talk Back: Portfolio 2, both donated to NMWA's collection by Baltimore-based collector Steven Scott."

Pictured: Guerrilla Girls (Founded 1987) ''Horror on the Mall,'' 2007

Monday-Saturday

10:00am - 5:00pm

Sunday

12:00pm - 5:00pm

National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave, NW

Metro: McPherson Square