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Aug. 17, 2004
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 noon–5
pm in Gelman Library room 207. For more information call 994-7283.
Exhibition “In Search of Self: Paintings
and Drawings” Approximately 40 works by Washington, DC-based artist
Anil Revri, detailing the delicate way he uses paintings and drawings
to subtly treat the shared values of the world’s religions, are on
display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art through Sept. 13. For more information
call 639-1700 or visit www.corcoran.org.
Exhibition “Baseball as America” The
approximately 200 objects in this exhibition are traveling from Cooperstown’s
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum for the first time. At the Natural
History Museum through October.
Thursday / Aug. 19
$ Event Snake, Rattle, and Roll Nightlife meets wildlife at Friends
of the National Zoo’s August event for young professionals. Hang
out with friends, get up close with some of the Zoo’s slithering
residents, and groove with Jumpin’ Jupiter, one of the area’s
top rockabilly bands. National Zoo, 6–9 pm. Sponsored by the Friends
of the National Zoo. Young Professionals members: $5 advance/$10 at the
door; non-members: $8 advance/$15 at the door. For more information E-mail:
flannerym@si.edu or visit nationalzoo.si.edu/.
Friday / Aug. 20
Film Men Suddenly in Black Four men devise a complicated plan to
cheat while their wives are out of town. The problem is that they have
only 14 hours to complete their plan before their spouses get wise. Freer
Gallery of Art / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Meyer Auditorium, 2 pm and
7 pm. Also Aug. 22. For more information visit online at www.asia.si.edu
or call 633-1000 or 357-1729.
Lecture “Learning to Recognize Beneficial
Insects” A specialist in ecological horticulture will show slides
of the numerous beneficial insects found in the garden. Visitors also
learn which flowers to grow in order to attract these fascinating and
helpful insects. US Botanic Gardens. 1–3 pm. For more information
call 255-8333 or visit www.usbg.gov.
Saturday / Aug. 21
$ Theatre The Tempest Christopher Henley directs a contemporary
take on Shakespeare’s genre-bending mix of comedy, romance, pageant
and revenge drama. Through Sept. 4. Clark Street Playhouse, 601 S. Clark
Street, Arlington, VA. 8 pm. Tickets: $22–$30 For tickets, times
or direction call 800/494-TIXS or visit www.washingtonshakespeare.org;
Discounts: Groups (six or more) call 703/418-4808 ext. 3 or E-mail info@washingtonshakespeare.org
$3 off seniors and students; $10 “25 and under.”
Tuesday / Aug. 24
Tour “Bi-Weekly Tour of Bartholdi Park” Explore Bartholdi
Park with staff and volunteers at the US Botanic Gardens. Learn about
this beautiful garden and gather gardening tips. US Botanic Gardens 10:30-11:30
am. For more information call 225-8333 or visit www.usbg.gov.
Friday / Aug. 27
Film Infernal Affairs Tony Leung and Andy Lau star as an undercover
cop and a gangster posing as a detective who find themselves on a collision
course when a drug bust goes wrong. Freer Gallery of Art / Arthur M. Sackler
Gallery. 7 pm. For more information visit www.asia.si.edu or call 633-1000
or 357-1729.
Sunday / Aug. 29
GW Welcome Week Movie on the Quad Shrek 2, The fairy tale continues
on the University Yard. Join Shrek, Princess Fiona, and your fellow Colonials
for this one night viewing of the summer hit Shrek 2. Join WRGW for music
and giveaways from 8–9 pm. Movie starts at 9 pm.
MV Welcome Week Mount Vernon Market and Community
BBQ Find decorations, gifts, food and more at the Market and BBQ made
for you. Mount Vernon Campus, 2–5 pm.
Tuesday / Aug. 31
GW Welcome Week Freshman Convocation Join President Trachtenberg,
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald Lehman and Senior
Vice President for Student and Academic Support Services Robert Chernak.
Smith Center, 1 pm.
$ GW Welcome Week Godfrey (actor/comedian) and
Seth Meyers (of SNL fame) at the Smith Center, 9 pm. Tickets $15 with
a GWorld card, on sale at the MC TicketMaster and online at: gwired.gwu.edu/tickets.
Tour “Bi Weekly Tour of Southern Exposure”
Bill McLaughlin, designer and horticulturist, will share stories and tidbits
of information about the plants in the garden. US Botanic Gardens 10:15–11
am. For more information call 225-8333 or visit www.usbg.gov.
Friday / Aug. 23
$ Theatre Lenny & Lou Neurotic mama’s boys Lenny &
Lou can’t untangle themselves from the apron strings of their manipulative
and wildly inappropriate mother. At the Wolly Mammoth Theatre through
Sept. 26. Tickets: Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings, $36 and $32;
Friday evenings and Sunday matinees, $40 and $36; Saturday evenings, $45
and $42. Tickets can be purchased through BoxOfficeTickets.com at 800/494-8497.
For more information visit www.wollymammoth.net.
Saturday / Sept. 4
GW Celebration Fall Fest Evening of free food, amusements, giveaways
and music. University Yard, 5 pm.
Thursday / Sept. 9
GW Event OCS Community Service Fair The Office of Community Service
(OCS) will sponsor the event offering information about community service
and service-based work study opportunities. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom,
1-4 pm. For more information contact OCS at 994-5493.
$ Exhibition Choosing Poetry with Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky discusses the necessity of poetry in an uncertain world
and unveils the latest volume in the “Favorite Poem” series,
“An Invitation to Poetry.” 7–9 pm. General admission $20,
members $15. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr., SW. For tickets
and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Friday / Sept. 10
$ Lecture “Al-Andalus: The Art and Influence of Islamic Spain”
This intensive seminar explores the history, art and architecture of al-Andalus
and the lasting legacy of Islamic culture in Spain. Includes light reception
and a tour of the exhibition Caliphs and Kings: 6:30-8:30 pm. General
admission $125, members $80. Reception and exhibition tour: Arthur M.
Sackler Gallery, 10 am-4:45 pm. Saturday lectures: S. Dillon Ripley Center,
1100 Jefferson Dr., SW. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit
www.residentassociates.org.
$ Workshop “Art Styles as Life Styles: Discovering
the Self” Renowned experts Barry M. Cohen and Carol Thayer Cox explain
their theory that identifies six Artype models, which correlate aesthetic
preference with personality temperaments and then link those qualities
to the distinctive characteristics of modern art styles. 10 am-5 pm. General
admission $295, members $250. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson
Dr., SW. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Saturday / Sept. 11
$ Seminar Writing Narrative Nonfiction Three experienced local
writers, Lisa Berger (We Heard the Angels of Madness), Paul Dickson (Sputnik:
The Shock of the Century), and James Srodes (Dream Maker: The Rise and
Fall of John Z. Delorean), dicuss how to write narrative nonfiction. Panelists
address how to search for suitable subject areas, fund a proposal and
find an agent and publisher. 10 am–4 pm. General admission $120,
members $75. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr., SW. For tickets
and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Seminar “Espionage and Empire: The Roman
Empire and the New World Order” This seminar focuses on one of the
elements critical to any empire’s survival: intelligence about its
enemies. History professor Col. Rose Mary Sheldon examines the Roman Republic
and Empire’s intelligence-gathering organizations to see what their
contribution was to the establishment, maintenance and demise of the Roman
Empire. 9:30 am–4:30 pm. General admission $123, members $78. S.
Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr., SW. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Sunday / Sept. 12
$ Exhibition Latinos on the Small Screen Experts discuss the Latino
presence and influence in TV’s past, present and future and review
shows like I Love Lucy, Chico and the Man and this fall’s Latino-centered
network TV shows. Panelists include American Family executive producer
Barbara Martinez Jitner, PhD candidate Maria Munez of the UCLA Chicano
Studies Research Center and author of Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes,
Subversion and Resistance Prof. Charles Ramirez Berg. 1–4 pm. General
admission $20, members $16. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr.,
SW. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Competition Thelonious Monk International Jazz
Vocal Competition Meet the next generation of jazz greats. Competition
hosted by Herbie Hancock and Billy Dee Williams. Semifinal competition,
Sunday, 1-5 pm. Finals and performance of the winning composition, Monday,
3 pm, at the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall. General admission $20,
members $15. Semifinals: Baird Auditorium, Natural History Museum, 10th
& Constitution, NW. Finals: Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theatre. For
tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Monday / Sept. 13
$ Lecture “FDR Entertains King George VI at the White House”
Culinary historian and restaurant critic Mark Zanger, author of The American
History Cookbook and associate editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of American
Food and Drink, talks about the posh food served at deluxe dinners as
well as the rationing, shortages and price fluctuations that affected
what ordinary people ate at home during the war years. 6:30 pm. General
admission $112, members $90. Williard Intercontinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Seminar “The Hudson River School: Landscape
into Art” This seminar shows how social, philosophical and literary
currents influenced the Hudson River School painters and draws on examples
from the renowned permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art
and the exhibition Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford
R. Gifford. 6:30–9 pm. General admission $40, members $30. For tickets
and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Cinema “Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man”
This giant-screen film is a musical celebration of life featuring the
unique performers and artistry of Cirque du Soleil, the world-renowned
performance troupe that has reinvented the circus. A member of Cirque
du Soleil joins us to lead a discussion after the screening. 7 pm. General
admission $13, members $10, Children (under 10) $7. Johnson IMAX Theater,
Natural History Museum, 10th & Constitution, NW. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Wednesday / Sept. 15
$ Exhibition “Intuition’s Powers and Perils” In
this engaging and accessible presentation, renowned psychologist David
Myers illustrates that, while intuition can provide us with useful (and
often amazing) insights, it can also dangerously mislead us. Myers’
recent book, Intuition: Its Powers and Perils, is available for signing
after the seminar. 6:30–9 pm. General admission $40, members $27.
Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum, 7th & Independence, SW. For tickets
and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Friday / Sept. 17
$ Tour The Second City’s 45th Anniversary This evening is
a musical and comedic adventure in rip-roaring, fast-paced, up-to-the-minute
satire, plucked directly from the day’s headlines coupled with material
from the vast archive the troupe has created in the last 45 years. 6:30
and 9 pm. General admission $22, members $18. Baird Auditorium, Natural
History Museum. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
Exhibition “Chicken Scratch Celebration”
Chicken Scratch is the social dance of the Tohono O’odham (“Desert
People”). Songs are performed on such instruments as the bass, guitar,
drums, saxophone and accordion. This program is made possible through
the support of the National Museum of the American Indian. Noon and 5
pm. Free event. National Mall, in front of the Freer Art Gallery, Jefferson
Drive and 12th Street, SW. For more information call 633-1000.
Saturday / Sept. 18
$ Seminar “The Craft of the Opera Composer” Join internationally
recognized Oxford University tutors Jonathon Darnborough and Claire-Louise
Lucas as they interweave insightful commentary, live vocal performances,
and visuals, tracing the process of operatic composition. 10 am-4:30 pm.
General Admission $130, members $85. For tickets and information call
357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.
$ Exhibition “Ancient Egypt Unwrapped!”
Scholars and researchers from the famed Oriental Institute present their
archaeological and historical findings on ancient Egypt. 9:30 am–4:30
pm. General admissision $130, members $85. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100
Jefferson Dr., SW. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit
www.residentassociates.org.
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