Jan. 18, 2005
Dateline
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 noon5
pm in Gelman Library room 207. For more information call 994-7283.
$ Exhibition Chermayeff & Geismar Inc: Designing Over
Four Decades Following in the footsteps of graphic design pioneers
such as Paul Rand, Alvin Lustig and Armin Hofmann, Chermayeff & Geismar
was formed in the late 1950s with the idea of taking graphic design to
another dimension by working collaboratively and in a wider range of disciplines.
Chermayeff & Geismar has sought to humanize that ideal through humor,
artistic invention, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Through Jan. 31. For
more information call 639-1700 or visit www.corcoran.org.
$ Exhibition Janet Culbertson: The Mythmaker Series
This collection features 20 drawings created in 1975 that celebrate a
female heros mythic journey and enlightenment. At the National Museum
of Women in the Arts through Feb.6. Admission $5 for adults, $3 for students
and seniors, and free for members and those under 18. For more information,
call 783-5000 or visit www.nmwa.org.
$ Exhibition INVENTIONS: Recent Paintings by Caio Fonseca
This exhibition marks the first solo presentation of the artists
work in a US museum. It features large-scale paintings and works on paper
featuring sensuous color, tactile surfaces and structured compositions.
Through Feb. 14. For more information call 639-1700 or visit www.corcoran.org.
Exhibition Frank Gehry, Architect: Designs for Museums
a multimedia exhibition, showcases Gehrys extraordinary design contributions
and celebrates his completed as well as those as yet unrealized cultural
projects. Runs through Feb. 21. For more information, call 639-1703, or
visit www.corcoran.org.
Exhibition Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years
of Art Selections from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell, diverse
collection of art from different times and places in a harmonic dialogue
about family, the land, politics, race, religion, the preservation of
cultural traditions, among other issues. Runs through Jan. 31. For more
information, call 639-1703, or visit www.corcoran.org.
$ Exhibition Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American
Art 17701950 Drawn from the Corcorans permanent collection,
the exhibition explores the stylistic diversity of American artists
depictions of the human form and chronicles the nations artistic
and social histories. Through May 23. For more information call 639-1700
or visit www.corcoran.org.
$ Exhibition Transitory Patterns: Florida Women Artists
Exhibition features 19 artists whose work includes videos, installations,
paintings, and sculptures that celebrate the diverse community of Florida.
At the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Admission $5 for adults,
$3 for students and seniors, and free for members and those under 18.
For more information, call 783-5000 or visit www.nmwa.org.
$ Exhibition Pueblo Pottery: A Living Tradition This
collection celebrates the opening of the National Museum of the American
Indian. It features eight works from four pueblos of the American Southwest,
along with a display showing how the pottery is created and a documentary
film on the art form. At the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Admission
$5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors, and free for members and those
under 18. Exhibition through May 15. For more information, call 783-5000
or visit www.nmwa.org.
Wednesday / Jan. 19
Concert Wednesday Jazz Solo Pianist Russell Wilson.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art continues its free jazz concert series every
first and third Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in the Frances and Armand
Hammer Auditorium. For more information call 639-1774 or visit www.corcoran.org.
$ Lecture The Big Bang: What It Was and Why We Believe it
Happened Physicist Simon Singh, explains what the Big Bang Theory
actually is, and addresses why cosmologists believe that it is an accurate
description of the origin of the universe. 6:30 pm. General admission
$15, members $12. Location indicated on ticket. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
GW Sports Womens Basketball vs Richmond, Smith Center, 6:30
pm.
Thursday / Jan. 20
Inauguration Day, University Holiday
Saturday / Jan. 22
$ Seminar Masterpieces of Western Architecture Examine
architectural styles throughout the ages in relation to social, political,
religious, and technical changes. Admission $130, members $85. 10 am to
4:30 pm. Location indicated on ticket. For tickets and information call
357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Lecture What is Consciousness? The Quest for the Roots
of Sensory Awareness Neurobiologist Christof Koch discusses his
research, which focuses on the neural correlates of consciousness. 9:30
am 4:30 pm. General admission $130, members $85. Location indicated
on ticket. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Concert 21st Century Consort Artistic director Christopher
Kendall and the Consort Elisabeth Adkins, Paul Cigan, Lisa Emenheiser,
David Hardy, Tom Jones, Sara Stern, and guests Lucy Shelton, William Sharp
and the band Time for Three and Paul Schoenfield on the stage for an evening
of cross-over pyrotechnics. 5 pm. Admission $95, members $75. Location
indicated on ticket. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit
www.residentassociates.org.
$ Concert Emerson String Quartet Full Series 6 pm. Location indicated
on ticket. General admission $269, members $215. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Sunday / Jan. 23
GW Sports Womens Basketball vs St. Bonaventure, Smith Center,
2 pm.
Monday / Jan. 24
GW Lecture Mental Health & Media Speaker Series Children
and the Internet Featuring Kathryn Montgomery. 56 pm. The
George Washington University, (room TBA). Sponsored by GWs Institute
for Mental Health Initiatives. For more information call 467-2285, E-mail
imhaad@gwumc.org, or visit www.imhi.org.
$ Lecture/Reception Diane Von Furstenberg Belgian-born
von Furstenberg, a star of American fashion since arriving in New York
in 1972, reveals the secrets of her fantastic career. In cooperation with
the Embassy of Belgium. 7 pm. Members $25; non-members $35. The Belgian
Ambassadors residence is located at 2300 Foxhall Road, NW. For more
information call 639-1700 or visit www.corcoran.org.
Tuesday / Jan. 25
GW Sports Mens Basketball vs Xavier, Smith Center, 7 pm.
$ Reception/Book Signing Ivan Chermayeff & Tom Geismar In a
slide lecture and DVD presentation, the two designers offer insight into
some of their work, including over 100 graphic identification programs
for major businesses and designs for many prestigious museum exhibitions.
A reception, viewing of Chermayeff & Geismar Inc: designing over four
decades and book signing follow. For more information call 639-1700 or
visit www.corcoran.org.
$ Lecture With Jane Austen, Its Not the Manners, Its
the Message Illustrated lecture on Jane Austens world and
her themes, characters, and literary techniques. 6:30-9 pm. General admission
$45, members $30. Location indicated on ticket. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Lecture Celebrating American Artisanal Cheese Chef
Claude Rodier of Blackies celebrates American artisanal cheese in
an exciting cheese-in-every-course menu developed especially for the Smithsonian.
6:30 pm. General admission $112, members $90. Location indicated on ticket.
For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Wednesday / Jan. 26
GW Seminar Adults and Asthma: What You Need To Know
Learn more about this long-term chronic disease of the respiratory system,
how to identify asthma triggers and ways to reduce the length and severity
of an asthma episode. Presented by Guillermo Gutierrez, MD, director,
Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Allergy, and Byron Cooper, MD, FCCP,
pulmonologist. Free. 7 8:30 pm in the GW Hospital Auditorium. To
register, call 1-888-4GW-DOCS.
$ Lecture Washington in the Civil War Ernest Furgurson
offers a dramatic historical and visual portrait of life in our capital
city at one of its most vital moments. 6:30 pm. General admission $15,
members $12. Location indicated on ticket. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Lecture/Book Signing Rauschenberg: Art And Life/Book Signing
Mary Lynn Kotz, author of Rauschenberg: Art and Life Revised Edition presents
a slide discussion of the artists last 10 years of creativity
large scenic paintings with his trademark manipulation of imagery and
expressive brushwork. 7 pm. Members $12; non-members $15. For more information
call 639-1700 or visit www.corcoran.org.
Thursday / Jan. 27
$ Lecture The British Navy: Pax Britannica and Making the
Modern World Arthur Herman, author of the best-selling How the Scots
Invented the Modern World, traces the rise and fall of this amazing institution,
from the age of Shakespeare and the Spanish Armada, to the age of computer
guided missiles and wars in the Falklands and Iraq. 7 pm. Location indicated
on the ticket. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Concert Musical Evening Series: Gryphon Trio performing
Mozart, Quartet in C Major K548; Brahms, Trio in C Minor, Op. 101; and
Shostakovich, Trio, Opus 67. Corcoran Gallery of Art. 8 pm. Members $50;
non-members $60. For more information call 639-1700 or visit www.corcoran.org.
Friday / Jan. 28
$ Seminar Biblical Law and the Evolution of Justice
The seminar focuses on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures and traces some
of the key legal issues that arise within both the Pentateuch and the
prophetic and hagiographic literature. 9:30 am to 4:45 pm. General admission
$120, members $75. Location indicated on ticket. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Saturday / Jan. 29
GW Sports Womens Basketball vs Rhode Island, Smith Center,
7 pm
$ Lecture Skitch Henderson: Celebrating a Life in Music
In tribute to Skitch Hendersons magnificent career, the Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra performs explosive and swinging Big Band music at its best.
7:30 pm. General admission $25, members $18. Location indicated on ticket.
For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Seminar The Artistic Legacy of Ancient Greece This
seminar explores the evolution of Greek art from its early dependence
on Egyptian ideas to its emergence as a timeless, universal visual language
that can be seen in the sculptures and buildings of the European Renaissance
and of 19th-century America. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. General admission $123,
members $78. Location indicated on ticket. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Workshop Christian Meditation: A Contemporary Guide to
Practicing Contemplation The program is designed for all those interested
in the practice of meditation, regardless of individual religious beliefs.
9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Members $100. Location indicated on ticket. For tickets
and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Seminar Stalin and His Era In a seminar that opens
the window on the Stalin era, Oleg V. Khlevniuk shares his expertise as
a historian of this time. 10 am4 pm. General admission $130, members
$85. Location indicated on ticket. For more information call 357-3030
or visit www.residentassociates.org.
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