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GW's Guide To Happenings Throughout Metropolitan
Washington
ONGOING EVENTS
GW Exhibition “Khorjin and Mafrash
from US Collections” April 10–25 at the Luther W. Brady Art
Gallery located on the second floor of GW’s Media and Public Affairs
Building. The gallery is open to the public Tuesday through Friday,
10 am–5 pm. Closed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. For more information
call 994-1525.
Exhibition “Laying the Foundation for Liberty,” through
June 1 at The Octagon relates the saga of the pedestal’s design
and construction featuring the stories of the many individuals involved
in the complex process of bringing the Statue of Liberty from France.
For more information please call 626-7369.
Exhibition “Whistler in Venice: The Pastels” on view
at the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art through June 15. “Whistler
in Venice” is the first of three separate Whistler exhibitions
to be held at the Freer during 2003, which marks the centennial of the
artist’s death. The show highlights 14 unusually beautiful and
rare examples of these works, along with etchings and a watercolor.
For more information please call 357-2700.
Exhibition “Tobacco: Architectural Photographs” on
view at The Octagon AIA Headquarters Gallery through May 2. Acclaimed
architectural photographer Maxwell MacKenzie returns to the AIA Headquarters
Gallery with a spectacular new series of color and black and white photographs
documenting the diminishing tobacco barn. For more information please
call 626-7369 or visit wwiener@theoctagon.org
Exhibition “An Imperial Collection” This exhibition
of 49 sculptures, oil paintings, and watercolors, many rarely viewed
outside Russia or Europe, illustrates how women as painters and patrons
were major contributors to Russian imperial, social, and cultural history.
On display through June 18 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
For more information please call 783-5000.
Exhibition “Auto Focus: Raghubir’s Way Into India”
The exhibition, running through Aug. 10, presents 50 photographs of
Indian landscape by the late Raghubir. These images are viewed from,
framed by, or reflected in the mirrors of the Ambassador car. For tickets
and information, call The Smithsonian Associates at 357-3030 or visit
the Web site www.smithsonian.org.
$ Theater “1776” The Tony Award-winning red, white,
and blue music-filled history lesson will be at Ford’s Theatre
through June 1. Tickets are $29–$45. For more information call
347-4833.
Tuesday / April 1
$ Event “Robots” Meet Bubba, Igor, and Frank, machines
that can see, feel, move, talk, and bop you (gently!) on the head. Are
they alive? Box of Light Theater Company educates and amazes in this
show about robotics. For ages 8–12 at the Discovery Theater. For
tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Wednesday / April 2
GW Sports Softball vs James Madison (DH) 2 pm, GW-Mount Vernon
Athletic Complex.
Thursday / April 3
$ Film “How to Draw a Bunny” The Sundance hit about
New York’s “most famous unknown artist,” Ray Johnson,
performance artist and collagist. For more information call 357-2700
or visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.
$ Lecture “The God of Old: Inside the Lost World of the
Bible” James L. Kugel, professor of Hebrew literature at Harvard
University and renowned for his investigations into the history of the
Biblical era, examines the Bible at 6 pm. For tickets and information
contact the Smithsonian Residents at 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Lecture “The Bone Detective’s Search” The Smithsonian’s
Doug Owsley, one of the country’s top forensic scientists, talks
about his work and presents his interpretation of an unusual skeleton
found on the banks of the Columbia River in Washington State at 6:30
pm. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Tour “Cherry Blossom Photo Safari” Wake up early
for a sunrise excursion. Photographer E. David Luria leads these
mini-courses in travel photography for the point-and-shoot enthusiast.
Through April 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 am. For tickets and information call
357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Friday / April 4
$ Lecture Images of Women in 17th and 18th Century Russia At
7 pm Lindsey Hughes, professor of Slavonic studies at the University
of London, will discuss the depiction of Russian women in the visual
arts. National Museum of Women in the Arts. For information please call
783-5000.
$ Reading PEN/Faulkner 2002–03 Readings Jamaica Kincaid,
8 pm. All readings are followed by a reception and book sale in the
Folger’s Great Hall. Seating in the theatre and church is unreserved,
with doors opening 30 minutes before event time. Tickets are $15. For
ticket information call the Folger Box Office at 544-7077 or visit www.folger.edu.
$ Lecture “New and Renewed” Conservator of Sculpture
Lee Aks discusses Henry Moore’s outdoor bronze, “Seated Woman,”
at 12:30 pm. For more information call 357-2700 or visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.
$ Concert “An Evening with Joanne Shenandoah” Joanne
Shenandoah, Grammy nominee and winner of multiple Native American Music
Awards, has soothed her audience’s souls for over a decade. Join
The Smithsonian Associates for this performance at 7:30 pm. For tickets
and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Saturday / April 5
GW Sports Tennis vs St. Bonaventure noon, GW-Mount Vernon Athletic
Complex
Folktales “A Wise Fool” In observance of April Fool’s
Day, Peter Pipim, education specialist, National Museum of African Art,
will share tales that explore the complexities of seeing, believing,
and understanding. Smithsonian Institution at 2 pm. For more information
please call 357-4600.
$ Event “Young at Art Family Program: Something Unexpected”
Visit the Hirshhorn galleries with artist Cathie Nelsen and create a
collage construction to show your vision of an ordinary world turned
upside down or inside out. For children ages 6 to 9 accompanied by adults.
Preregistration required; E-mail education@hmsg.si.edu or call 357-3235,
ext. 116.
Sunday / April 6
Daylight Savings Time Begins
GW Sports Softball vs La Salle (DH) noon, GW-Mount Vernon Athletic
Complex.
Tuesday / April 8
GW Sports Baseball vs George Mason 3 pm, Barcroft Park.
Wednesday / April 9
GW $Dance “Danceworks” A concert featuring choreography
by guest artists, students and faculty. April 9 (preview), 10, 11, and
12 at 7:30 pm. Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre. Tickets can be purchased
at all Ticketmaster outlets. Please call the Theatre and Dance promotions
office at 994-6178 or E-mail trdanews@gwu.edu with any questions.
GW Sports Baseball vs Georgetown 3 pm, Barcroft Park.
GW Sports Softball vs George Mason (DH) 2 pm, GW-Mount Vernon
Athletic Complex.
Thursday / April 10
$ Lecture “Thomas Gainsborough” National Gallery of
Art senior lecturer Frances Feldman discusses the artist’s life
and times and some of his greatest works at 6 pm. The lecture complements
the NGA exhibition which includes his finest works. For tickets and
information contact The Smithsonian Associates at 357-3030 or visit
www.residentassociates.org.
Friday / April 11
GW Sports Softball vs Dayton (DH) 2 pm, GW-Mount Vernon Athletic Complex.
Saturday / April 12
GW Sports GW Rowing Invitational Thompson Boat Center. (See page 11.)
Film “Monologue” A precocious young man tells the story
of his withdrawal from society twice once in straightforward fashion,
and once by interweaving fantasy and reality until even he can’t
distinguish between the two. Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art at 2 pm.
For more information please call 357-2700.
Sunday / April 13
Palm Sunday
Performance The Asian American Orchestra This Grammy-nominated
orchestra performs music by Ellington and Monk. Smithsonian Freer Gallery
of Art at 7:30 pm. For more information call 357-2700. Event code: EFGo413E
Tuesday / April 15
$ Event “Dreamtime” Why does the platypus look so strange?
Find out in this show inspired by traditional tales of the Australian
Aborigines. Rod puppets come to life as a delightful cast of some of
the world’s most unusual animals. Lots of audience participation!
Through April 18 at 10 and 11:30 am. For tickets and information contact
The Smithsonian Associates at 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Thursday / April 17
Passover begins at sundown
Friday / April 18
Good Friday
Saturday / April 19
GW Sports Baseball vs Duquesne (DH) noon, Barcroft Park.
Lecture “JazzAfrica!” Will Smith, Kofi Kissi Dompreh,
and Thomas Stanley will discuss cultural, religious, and historical
relationships between African music and African jazz. A concert will
follow the program at 2 pm. The Smithsonian Institution at 1 pm. For
more information please call 357-4600
Sunday / April 20
Easter
GW Sports Baseball vs Duquesne noon, Barcroft Park.
Tuesday / April 22
GW Sports Baseball vs Delaware 3 pm, Barcroft Park.
GW Sports Women’s Lacrosse vs Lehigh 4 pm, GW-Mount Vernon
Athletic Complex.
Wednesday / April 23
Administrative Professionals Day
GW $ Theatre “Ruddigore” by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur
Sullivan. A joint production with the GW Music Department, directed
by Leslie Jacobson. April 23 (preview), 24, 25, and 26 at 7:30 pm, April
27 at 2 pm. Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre. Tickets can be purchased at
all Ticketmaster outlets. Please call the Theatre and Dance promotions
office at 994-6178 or E-mail trdanews@gwu.edu with any questions.
Saturday / April 26
GW Sports Baseball vs La Salle noon, Barcroft Park.
Film “The Rat Trap” Unable to adapt to a changing world,
an ancient family clings to an outdated feudal lifestyle, but falls
victim to paranoia and stubborn refusal to change. Smithsonian Freer
Gallery of Art at 2 pm. For more information please call 357-2700.
Sunday / April 27
GW Sports Baseball vs La Salle noon, Barcroft Park.
GW Sports Women’s Lacrosse vs St. Bonaventure noon, GW-Mount
Vernon Athletic Complex.
GW Sports Softball vs Fordham noon, GW-Mount Vernon Athletic
Complex.
Tuesday / April 29
Holocaust Remembrance Day
GW Sports Baseball vs Navy 3 pm, Barcroft Park.
Performance Miami String Quartet At 7:30 pm The winners of the
2001 Cleveland Quartet Award will perform at Smithsonian Freer Gallery
of Art. For more information please call 357-2700.
Thursday / May 1
Better Speech and Hearing Month
Sunday / May 4
GW Sports Men’s Rowing vs Georgetown Thompson Boat Center.
Celebration Community Open House Celebrate with the local Ethiopian
community as it kicks off five months of free programs in conjunction
with the new exhibition “Ethiopian Passages.” Discover Ethiopian
art, music, stories and enjoy light refreshments. The Smithsonian Institution
at 2 pm. For more information please call 357-4600.
Tuesday / May 6
GW Sports Baseball vs Coppin State 4 pm, Barcroft Park.
