Feb. 15, 2005

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GW's Guide To Happenings Throughout Metropolitan Washington

Ongoing Exhibitions
Exhibition “Boating on a River” The exhibition surveys the role of boats in the history of later Chinese painting. Exhibition runs through Aug. 14 at the Freer Gallery. For more information, call 633-1000, or visit www.asia.si.edu.

Exhibition “Cotton Puffs, Q-tips, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha” Exhibition runs through May 30 at the National Gallery of Art. For more information, call 737-4215, or visit www.nga.gov.

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.

Exhibition “Frank Gehry, Architect: Designs for Museums” a multimedia exhibition, showcases Gehry’s 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 “Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art 1770–1950” Drawn from the Corcoran’s permanent collection, the exhibition explores the stylistic diversity of American artists’ depictions of the human form and chronicles the nation’s 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.

Tuesday / Feb. 15
GW Reading World Literature Residency The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences presents author Witi Ihimaera reading “Speaking for the Tribe.” 8-10 pm in the Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom. Sponsored by the Department of English.

Wednesday / Feb. 16
GW Exhibition Chinese Poster Show: “Selling Happiness in China” The exhibition features calendar posters from Early 20th-Century Shanghai. On display Feb. 16–April 29 at 1957 E Street, Lindner Family Commons, room 602. Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs, The Asia Society, and The Robert Brown Gallery. The posters can be viewed by appointment only. For more information, contact the Elliott School’s Office of Public Affairs at 994-1650, The Robert Brown Gallery at 483-4383, or E-mail gwscipoalums@gmail.com.

GW Lecture “Constitutionalism and Political Reform in Egypt” Featuring Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, ESIA, and Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Samer Shehata, visiting assistant professor of Middle East and Arab politics, Georgetown University. 10–11:30 am in the Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St. Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs and the United States – Egypt Friendship Society. This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to louiselr@kenan.org or fax 331-4119.

Concert “Wednesday Jazz” Donato Soviero, solo guitarist. 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.

$ Performance “An Evening of Aerial Arts: Cirque du Corcoran” Presented as part of “Paris on the Potomac,” the city-wide celebration of French art and culture, the Corcoran Gallery of Art presents the artistry of Washington, DC-based aerial dance company Arachne Aerial Arts. 7 pm. Members $35; Non-members $40. For more information call 639-1774 or visit www.corcoran.org.

Thursday / Feb. 17
GW Lecture “Spring 2005 Intellectual Property Workshop Series” Professor Glynn Lunney of the Tulane University Law School presents “Patents and Growth: Empirical Evidence from the States.” 4 pm in the Law School’s Faculty Conference Center, in Burns Law Library, Room 505.

$ Performance “Memories of 52nd Street” Marian McPartland comes to the Kennedy Center to reflect on meeting the jazz giants of the 1940s and perform some of their greatest hits. Tickets $30. For more information, call 467-4600, or visit kennedycenter.com.

$ Performance Martha Graham Dance Company presents a mixed-repertory program as part of the Kennedy Center-wide festival, A New America: The 1940s and the Arts. Tickets $21–$50. Runs through Feb. 19. For more information, call 467-4600, or visit kennedycenter.com.

$ Performance National Symphony Orchestra Runs through Feb. 19. Tickets $20–$77. For more information, call 467-4600, or visit kennedycenter.com.

Friday / Feb. 18
News Briefing “Origin and Evolution of the Modern Human Diet” This briefing brings noted experts in the fields of primatology, palaeoanthropology, functional morphology, and ecology to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2005 annual meeting to provide an overview of the diverse research on this topic. Prominent GW professors, Bernard Wood and Peter Lucas will join University of Southern California’s Craig Stanford and University of Arkansas’ Peter Ungar for this news briefing. To attend this briefing you must be registered media covering the AAAS annual meeting. To register, visit www.eurekalert.org/aaasnewsroom/2005/page.php?page=registration. 2 pm in the Taft Room of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

$ Performance James Carter Quintet: “Gardenias for Lady Day” Jazz saxophonist Carter performs a tribute to Billie Holiday. Tickets $25. Additional performance Feb. 19. For more information, call 467-4600, or visit kennedycenter.com.

Saturday / Feb. 19
GW Sports Men’s Basketball vs Duquesne, Smith Center, 2 pm.

Performance St. Petersburg Quartet with Bright Sheng, piano This string quartet explores the migration of musical ideas from the Middle East to China via Central Asia and the Silk Road. 7:30 pm at the Freer Gallery of Art. For more information, call 633-1000, or visit www.asia.si.edu.

Sunday / Feb. 20
GW Sports Women’s Basketball vs Xavier, Smith Center, 2 pm.

Monday / Feb. 21
President’s Day, GW Holiday

$ Special Event Meet Chef Katsuya Fukushima at Cafe Atlantico Fukushima is the head chef at Cafe Atlantico, winner of the coveted Sante magazine Wine Hospitality Award for 2004 and the Wine Spectator magazine 2004 Award of Excellence. 6:30 pm. Tickets $120 general admission, $95 for members. For more information, call 252-0012, or visit residentassociates.org.

Tuesday / Feb. 22
George Washington’s Birthday

$ Performance Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at The Kennedy Center. Tickets $29–$71. Runs through Feb. 27. For more information, call 467-4600, or visit kennedycenter.com.

$ Lecture “The Corcoran’s 2004 Academy Award Pre-Game Show” Prepare for the Academy Awards with an evening with local movie reviewer Bill Henry. At the Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 7 pm. Members $15; non-members $20. For more information call 639-1774 or visit www.corcoran.org.

Wednesday /Feb. 23
$ Performance The Washington Ballet: Rite of Spring Runs through Feb. 27. Tickets $29–$84. For more information, call 467-4600, or visit kennedycenter.com.

$ Lecture “Designing Thos. Moser Furniture” Hailed for its elegance of style, Thos. Moser Furniture combines historical influences — classic Japanese joinery, the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Shaker period of the 1830s and ’40s, and the urbane German Bauhaus movement of the 1920s. David Moser, director of product development for Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, relates how the firm designs timeless “poetry as furniture,” the synthesis of the work of fine craftsmen and designers of the past. At the Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 7 pm. Members $12; non-members $15. For more information call 639-1774 or visit www.corcoran.org.

GW Seminar “Male Infertility — Ready to Be a Father” Learn about the options available to men who want to help achieve a successful pregnancy, and learn more about the genetic and health risks related to male infertility. Presented by: Paul Shin, MD, urologist; Paul Gindoff, MD, director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Fertility and IVF, and Anil Dubey, PhD, HCLD. Free. 7 – 8:30 pm, in the GW Hospital Auditorium. To register, please call 1-888-4-GW-DOCS.

Thursday / Feb. 24
GW Sports Women’s Basketball vs Duquesne, Smith Center, 7 pm.

GW Reading Local Writers Initiative Dave Smith Day-long residencies by distinguished area writers, who visit two creative writing classes and interact with students in other ways as well during the day of their residency. In the evening, the writers will give readings from 8 to 10 pm in the Marvin Center Amphitheatre. Sponsored by the Department of English.

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