Oct. 20, 2004

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GW's Guide To Happenings Throughout Metropolitan Washington

Ongoing Events
GW Exhibition “GSEHD: A Century of Photos and Memorabilia” Gelman Library Special Collections hosts an exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development. The show is free and open to the public Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon–5 pm in Gelman Library room 207. For more information call 994-7283.

GW Exhibition “The George Washington University Community Collects” Featuring works from the collections of patrons of the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery and members of the GW community. It runs through Dec. 10. The gallery, located on the second floor of GW’s Media and Public Affairs Building, is free and open to the public. For more call 994-1525.

Exhibition “Kysa Johnson: Macro/Microscapes at The National Academy of Sciences” This free exhibition of Johnson’s paintings is composed of three conceptual bodies of work exploring patterns in nature that are generally outside our ability to see. Inspired by images that might be found in science textbooks, Johnson takes images and symbols often associated with the teaching of science, engineering and medicine and places them within the context of fine art – considering her works to be landscapes, albeit at extreme scales. Through Dec. 6. Artist’s reception, Nov. 14, 1–2:30 pm. For more information call the National Academy of Sciences at 334-2436 or visit www.nationalacademies.org/arts/.

Exhibition “Insights” features 40 works by nine contemporary artists whose experimentation with subject matter and material offer a thoughtful look at the artistic process. At the National Museum of African Art in the Sylvia H. Williams Gallery through Nov. 28. For more information please call 357-2700 or visit www.nmaf.si.edu.

Exhibition “Cases: Porcelain from the Collections of the Correale Museum of Sorrento, Italy” On display in three cases are 12 examples of 18th- and 19th-century porcelain from the Correale Museum in Sorrento, Italy. At the Smithsonian Castle, 1000 Jefferson Dr., SW, through Nov. 4. For more information call 633-1000

Exhibition “A Garden of Shawls” at the Textile Museum features textiles from Egypt, Iran, India, Asia Minor and Europe. The exhibition traces the evolution of the quintessential design feature of Kashmir shawls—the buta, known as paisley in the West. “A Garden of Shawls: The Buta” and “Its Seeds” will be on display through March 6. The Textile Museum, 2320 S St. For more information call 667-0441 or visit www.textilemuseum.org/.

Wednesday / Oct. 20
Today in History: 1803 — The Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty by a vote of 24–7.

GW Lecture Welling Professorship Lecture presented by John Lienhard entitled “An Unsettling Glimpse of Invention: Atavistic, Relentless and Exponential.” Lienhard, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and history at the University of Houston, is the author and voice of the popular radio program, “The Engines of Our Ingenuity.” 3 pm, Marvin Center 403. Free and open to the public.

$ Workshop “Horticulture How-To: Forcing Layered Bulb Displays” Horticulturalist Bill Johnson leads this workshop designed to teach participants how to layer bulbs for sequential bloom and display. Workshop includes strategies for protecting bulbs from squirrels and other pests. All supplies provided. 10 am–noon. $35 public, $30 friends. Limited to 20 participants. Also 10 am –noon, Oct. 23. At Hillwood Museum and Gardens. Reservations are required for all events. Call 686-5807 or 1/877-Hillwood or visit www.hillwoodmuseum.org.

Thursday / Oct. 21
Today in History: 1960 — Millions of Americans watched the last of four televised Kennedy-Nixon debates.

GW Lecture “The False Prophet: The Premiere Production of Le Prophète in Paris and Wagner’s Strategy of Denunciation” Professor Oswald Georg Bauer presents the lecture, illustrated with slides and musical examples, exploring Wagner’s unsuccessful exile in Paris and the impact of composer Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète. Free and open to the public. Funger Hall, 7:30 pm. Sponsored by The Wagner Society of Washington, DC. For more information call 301/907-2600 or visit www.wagner-dc.org.

Lecture “Insight” lecture will be given at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Denise Gallo, a senior music specialist at The Library of Congress, will speak on Il Trovatore and conduct an interview with one of the artists in the production. No reservations are required. 6–7 pm. For information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.

GW $ Performance GW's Lisner Auditorium presents Laurie Anderson. NASA’s Artist-in-Residence has consistently entertained and intrigued audiences with her multimedia performances, casting herself in roles as varied as visual artist, poet, musician, filmmaker and vocalist. 8 pm. Tickets $45, $40, $35, $30, $25 available at Lisner Auditorium Box Office, TicketMaster Outlets, and PhoneCharge 301/808-6900. Limited $15 tickets available for GW students at box office.

Lecture “The Art & Science of Fabergé: The Goldsmith’s Craft” Assistant curator Yelena Harbick presents the first talk in the art and science of Fabergé series. This talk focuses on Fabergé’s gold baubles, including a look at the various uses of different types of gold and the way they are manipulated in the design process. 6:30–7 pm Free with estate reservation deposit. At Hillwood Museum and Gardens. Reservations are required for all events. Call 686-5807 or 1/877-Hillwood or visit www.hillwoodmuseum.org.

Friday / Oct. 22
Today in History: 1883 — The Metropolitan Opera House, located on Broadway at 39th Street in New York City, opened.

GW Men’s Soccer vs. Xavier 3 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic Complex.

GW $ Performance Washington Performing Arts Society presents “Latinas: Women of Latin America” In celebration of the soulful and inspirational music of Latin American women, Putumayo presents the Latinas tour, featuring three extraordinary divas in a cross-section of contemporary and traditional Latin American music. 8 pm at Lisner Auditorium. Tickets $40, $35, $25 available at Lisner Auditorium Box Office, TicketMaster Outlets and PhoneCharge 301/808-6900. Limited discount tickets available to GW students at box office.

Saturday / Oct. 23
Today in History: 1941 — The Senate passed the $5.98 billion supplemental Lend-Lease bill, bringing the United States one step closer to direct involvement in World War II.

GW Volleyball vs. Duquesne 7 pm, Charles E. Smith Center.

$ Performance Verdi’s Il Trovatore at the Kennedy Center Opera House. The Washington National Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore, directed by Plácido Domingo. Programs, artists, and dates subject to change. Tickets range from $45 to $290. For tickets call 295-2400 or toll-free 1/800-USOPERA. For more information or to purchase tickets online visit www.dc-opera.org. Runs through Nov.13. For information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.

Sunday / Oct. 24
Today in History: 1945 — The United Nations was established by charter.
GW Men’s Soccer vs. Dayton 1 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic Complex.

GW $ Performance Gary V Hits Wash DC 6 pm at Lisner Auditorium. Tickets available at Lisner Auditorium box office, TicketMaster outlets and PhoneCharge 301/808-6900. Limited discount tickets available to GW students at box office.
Fall Family Day Russian Icons Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs Hillwood’s current temporary exhibition, brings the icons to life. Young visitors learn the craft of the icon maker, see modern-day iconographers practicing their art and hear stories about the figures pictured on icons. 2–5 pm. $7 per child, free for two adults accompanying a child, $12 each additional adult. At Hillwood Museum and Gardens. Reservations are required for all events. Call 686-5807 or 1/877-Hillwood, or visit www.hillwoodmuseum.org.

Monday / Oct. 25
$ Theatre “Grace” An empty Florida condo, three dead bodies, police sirens blaring, a frenzied knocking at the door. Is this a pulp crime drama or God’s fateful hand at work? At the Wolly Mammoth Theatre’s Warehouse Theater, 1021 7th St, NW, through Dec. 19. For more information call 393-3939 or visit www.woollymammoth.net.

GW $ Performance Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3-D Original Live Music by The Jazz Passengers. One of the great B-movie horror flicks of all time returns to the big screen in all of its campy glory. In true old school, radio play style, New York Citys fearless musical innovators, The Jazz Passengers take on this 1954 creature feature classic— providing live music and outrageous new dialogue as the film rolls on the big screen above. Retro hip 3-D glasses provided. 8 pm at Lisner Auditorium. Tickets $25, $20 available at Lisner Auditorium box office,TicketMaster outlets and PhoneCharge 301/808-6900. Limited $10 tickets available for GW students at box office.

Tuesday / Oct. 26
GW $ Performance Tears for Fears 8 pm at Lisner Auditorium. Tickets $45, on sale Sept. 25, 10 am, available at Lisner Auditorium box office, TicketMaster outlets and PhoneCharge 301/808-6900. Limited $35 tickets available for GW students at box office.

Wednesday / Oct. 27
GW $ Theatre City of Angels, by Cy Coleman, David Zippel and Larry Gelbart. Directed by Leslie Jacobson; musical direction by Matt Mehaffy; choreography by Mary Buckley. A joint production between the Music Department and the Theatre and Dance Department. Oct. 27 (Preview), 28, 29, 30, at 7:30 pm; Oct. 30 at 2 pm. Betts Marvin Theatre. For more information call the Promotions Office at 994-6178 or visit www.gwu.edu/~theatre/.

Lecture Professor John R. Pagan, early American legal historian at the University of Richmond School of Law, presents an illustrated lecture on his book, Anne Orthwood’s “Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia” at The Lyceum, Alexandria’s History Museum. The presentation is sponsored by the Alexandria Historical Society, Carlyle House and Gadsby’s Tavern Museum. 7:30 pm, free admission. For more information call 703/838-4994

Thursday / Oct. 28
$ Workshop “Self Publishing: Is it Right for You?” Michelle Mullenex McKinnie will speak about self publishing. Workshop is at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Sponsored by Washington Independant Writers. Members $10 advance, $15 at door; Nonmembers $20 advance, $25 at door. Online payment available at www.washwriter.org Reservations required. To RSVP, call 737-9500 or E-mail rsvp@washwriter.org.

Friday / Oct. 29
GW Men’s Soccer vs. Temple 3 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic Complex

GW $ Performance Wanda Sykes 8 pm at Lisner Auditorium. Tickets $35.50, available at Lisner Auditorium box office, TicketMaster outlets and PhoneCharge 301/808-6900. Limited discount tickets available for GW students at box office.

$ Lecture Russell Banks. A prolific writer of fiction, Banks’ novels include: Affliction, Cloudsplitter, Continental Drift, Success Stories and Rule of the Bone. Affliction and Cloudsplitter were PEN/Faulkner Finalists. Banks will be introduced by Beverly Lowry, author of Her Dream of Dreams: the Rise and Triumph of Madam C. J. Walker. 8 pm, $15. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 E. Capitol St., SE. For more information call 544-4600, E-mail webmaster@folger.edu or visit www.folger.edu.

Saturday / Oct. 30
$ Writing Workshop “Mastering the Business of Freelance Writing” A day-long, four-session panel-presentation of pragmatic issues and practical lessons for freelance writers. Session 1: The Wide Wide Wide World of Freelancing; Session 2: Proposals and Queries, Making the Pitch; Session 3: Contracts and Other Business Details; Session 4: Networking and Negotiating for Fun and Profit. Presenters include: Ken Ackerman, author of Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield; Nicholas Baker, a proposal writer and technical editor; Mary Collins, author of A Photobiography of Wilbur and Orville Wright; David Everett, the associate program chair of the Master of Arts in Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University; Margaret Guroff, features editor with AARP Magazine; Emory Hackman, co-author with Linda Adams of Valley of Bones; Eileen Murdock, vice president of communications for CK Marketing Solutions, Inc.; Ed Vilade, president of Vilade Communications; Tim Wendel, author of Castro’s Curveball. Tickets WIW members and Johns Hopkins students (copy of student ID is required) pay $95; nonmembers, $140. Sponsored by Washington Independant Writers.8 am–4:30 pm, The Johns Hopkins University Washington Center for Arts and Sciences Bernstein-Office Building, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., near Dupont Circle Metro. Reservations are required. To RSVP, call 737-9500 or E-mail rsvp@washwriter.org.

$ Performance Actor David Keltz recreates Edgar Allen Poe’s visit to Virginia in 1849. Performance will include recitations from Poe’s works, such as “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Best suited for those over the age of 12. At The Lyceum, Alexandria’s History Museum, 8 pm. Admission is $12. For more information call 703/838-4994. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Additional performance Sunday Oct. 31.

GW $ Performance Tinariwen Stars of Malis Festival in the Desert Beyond Timbuktu The most remote festival in the world, “Festival in the Desert,” celebrates the arts and culture of the Tuareg people, the legendary nomads of northern Mali. Tinariwen fuses Stratocaster guitars, traditional rhythms and haunting vocals, to create a sound that is both wholly new and unmistakably ancient. 8 pm at Lisner Auditorium. Tickets $25, $20, available at Lisner Auditorium box office, TicketMaster outlets and PhoneCharge 301/808-6900. Limited $15 tickets available for GW students at box office.

Sunday / Oct. 31
GW Men’s Soccer vs. Saint Joseph’s 1 pm Mount Vernon Athletic Complex

GW $ Performance Upakar Foundation presents Z. Hussain & L. Shankar 5 pm at Lisner Auditorium. Tickets are $50, $35, available at Lisner Auditorium Box Office, TicketMaster Outlets and PhoneCharge 301/808-6900. Limited discount tickets available to GW students at box office.

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