ByGeorge!

Nov. 4, 2003

Dateline

GW's Guide To Happenings Throughout Metropolitan Washington


Ongoing Events
GW Exhibition The Smithsonian traveling exhibition “Hannelore Baron: Works from 1969 to 1987” at The George Washington University Luther W. Brady Art Gallery through Nov. 14. This marks one of eight stops of Baron’s artwork as it travels on a national tour through March 2004. Includes approximately 40 collages and five box assemblages presented along with quotes from Baron regarding her artistic inspirations and creative processes. Free and open to the public. Media and Public Affairs Building – 2nd floor, 805 21st Street, NW. For more information visit www.gwu.edu/~bradyart/.

$ Theater “The Grapes of Wrath” Frank Galat’s Tony Award-winning adaptation of Steinbeck’s classic presents a stark, powerful portrait of hard times USA during the Great Depression as an American family struggles to maintain its dignity in the face of grinding poverty. Through Nov. 15. For more information call 638-0896 or www.fordstheatre.org.

GW $ Ski Trip Recreational Sports & Fitness Services will be sponsoring its Fourth Annual Winter Break Ski & Snowboard Trip to Quebec City, Canada, from Jan. 3–10. Students, faculty and staff welcome. For more information visit gwired.gwu.edu/gwellness.

$ Exhibition “Insomnia: Landscapes of the Night” From peaceful dreams to the realms of nightmare, this exhibition explores the effects of nightfall on an artist’s perception and imagination. National Museum for Women in the Arts through Nov. 30. For more information call 783-5000 or visit www.nmwa.org.

$ Performance “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum” With Floyd King in the role of Pseudolus. Running through Dec. 14. Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 pm; Thursday and Saturday at 8 pm; and Sunday at 2 pm and 7 pm. Signature Theatre, 3806 S. Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington. Tickets $28–$42 and are available by calling 800/955-5566. Tickets and information are available at 703/218-6500 or visit www.signature-theatre.org.

$ Performance “The Brothers Karamazov” Sponsored by the Ambassador of the Russian Federation through Dec. 21 at the Stanislavsky Theater Studio, 1742 Church St., NW. Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8 pm; Sunday at 3 pm. Tickets $20-$36. Call 265-3767 or visit www.sts-online.org.

GW Exhibition “Treasures from the Jewish Cultural Renaissance in Germany, 1898-1939.” The Kiev Judaica Collection hosts an exhibition of some of the most significant works from the German Jewish Cultural Renaissance, 1898–1939, in GW’s Gelman Library, room 710, through Dec. 26. For more information contact Amy Stempler at 994-2675 or E-mail astemp@gwu.edu.

$ Exhibition “Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business” Over 40 women entrepreneurs from the colonial era to the end of the 20th century including salon founder Elizabeth Arden, professional artist Sarah Miriam Peale, and media mogul Oprah Winfrey, will be represented by over 200 documents, photographs, audio recordings and interactive displays that celebrate America’s most successful businesswomen. Through Feb. 29. 1250 New York Ave., NW. Admission $5 for adults, $3 students/people 60 and over, free for NMWA members/youth 18 and under. For more information call 783-5000 or visit www.media.nmwa.org.

Exhibition “Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust” Using artifacts, film, photographs and oral testimony, the exhibition explores the dangers and dilemmas that children and parents confronted in choosing a life in hiding. At the Holocaust Memorial Museum through May 2004 from 10:30 am-5 pm. For more information call 488-6133 or ahollinger@ushmm.org.

Tuesday / Nov. 4
Election Day

Wednesday / Nov. 5
Book Signing “Meet the Authors” Professors Cynthia Lee and Robert Cottrol discuss recently published books: “Murder and The Reasonable Man” (Lee) and “Brown v. Board of Education” (Cottrol). Sponsored by the GW Law School. Free event. Burns Faculty Conference Center. More information call Paul Fucito at 994-0616 or pfucito@law.gwu.edu.

GW Event Loudoun’s Young Artist Recognition Reception Meet Loudoun’s young artists and admire their work at a community-wide reception from 6-8 pm in the Gallery of Academic Building 1. Call 703/726-3654 for reservations and information.

$ Film Celebrating Native American Films “True Whispers” (90 min., 2002, USA). Directed, produced and written by Valerie Red-Horse. Co-sponsored with the National Museum of the American Indian. General admission $13, resident associate members $10, senior associate members and full-time students $9. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.

$ Lecture “John Keegan on Military Intelligence” This military historian discusses a series of historical wartime events spanning the centuries from Nelson’s pursuit of the French fleet to Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah campaign, World War I German sea raiders and the Pacific naval battle of Midway Island. He assesses the efficacy of military intelligence. 8 pm. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History. General admission $15, members $12. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org

Thursday / Nov. 6
GW Film “Elliott School of International Affairs Film Festival concludes at 7 pm with two documentaries. “Unexpected Openings: Northern Ireland’s Prisoners” tells of Catholic and Protestant men imprisoned for murder who later became Northern Ireland’s hidden resource in the peace process. Then, “Unlikely Friendship” shows a civil rights activist and a KKK member in 1960’s North Carolina. Lindner Commons, 1957 E St., Room 602.

GW Musical “The Apple Tree” includes three one-act musicals that explore love from different angles, but center around men, women and a little thing called temptation. Nov. 6-8 at 7:30 pm; Nov. 9 at 2 pm. Betts Marvin Theatre. $12 general admission, $8 GW students. Tickets are available at www.gwu.edu/~theatre or by calling 994-6178. Sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Dance.

Saturday / Nov. 8
$ Gallery Talk Marjorie Merriweather Post's “Wedding Trousseau” Textile curator Howard Kurtz discusses “The Wedding Trousseau,” the current display of turn-of-the-century fashions Mrs. Post assembled for her 1905 wedding to Edward Bennett Close. Lecture is included in the estate reservation fee: $12 public, $10 seniors, $7 students, $5 children. 11 am. For more information call 1-877/HILLWOOD or visit www.hillwoodmuseum.org.

$ Lecture St. Petersburg's English Gardens Priscilla Roosevelt, author of several books about Russia, including “Life on the Russian Country Estate: A Social and Cultural History,” continues Hillwood’s year-long celebration of St. Petersburg's tercentenary with a talk about the city's English gardens. Lecture is included in the estate reservation fee: $12 public, $10 seniors, $7 students, $5 children. 2 pm. For more information call 1-877/HILLWOOD or visit www.hillwoodmuseum.org.

GW Sports Men’s Basketball vs. Universal All-Stars (Exhibition) 7:30 pm, Smith Center.

Sunday / Nov. 9
GW Film “Central Station” sponsored by Gelman Library and the Office of Study Abroad. A young boy and an old woman bond during a road trip in search of the boy’s father. Portuguese with English subtitles. 7:30 pm, Gelman Library. For more information, call 994-0570.

GW $ Concert Rickie Lee Jones GW’s Lisner Auditorium presents Jones, live in concert at 8 pm. Tickets, $30 general admission, $15 for GW students, are available at the Lisner Auditorium Box Office, all TicketMaster locations, and online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Monday / Nov. 10
GW Lecture Anthropology of Narcotrafficking Speaker includes Mark Edberg of GW’s departments of public health and anthropology. 12:30 pm, Hortense Amsterdam House, 2110 G St. For more information call the Department of Anthropology at 994-6075 or E-mail: anth@gwu.edu.

Tuesday / Nov. 11
Veterans Day

Today in History: 1954: Nov. 11 was designated Veterans Day to honor veterans of all US wars.

GW Celebration Iftar Celebrate the breaking of the fast for Ramadan. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom, 4 pm. Free event, tickets required. Co-sponsored by the Program Board, Muslim Student Association and Jewish Student Association. For more information call 994-7313.

Wednesday / Nov. 12
$ Panel BBC Now! Emerging as a shining star among news networks, the BBC is meeting its goal of communicating the news to a worldwide audience. Veteran journalist Frank Sesno moderates a panel discussion with seasoned BBC journalists. 6:30 pm, Ring Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution, NW. General admission $25. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.

GW Sports Volleyball vs Maryland Eastern Shore 7 pm, Smith Center.

Thursday / Nov. 13
GW Concert The Student Choice Concert sponsored by the GW Band at Lisner Auditorium. Featuring “Festive Overture” by Shostakovich and music from the motion picture “Lord of the Rings.” Free, 6 pm. For more information, visit www.lisner.org.

GW Sports Women’s Basketball vs Tennessee Fury (Exhibition) 7 pm, Smith Center.

Friday / Nov. 14
GW Sports Volleyball vs La Salle 7 pm, Smith Center.

GW Performance Faculty Artist Series featuring Lori Barnet, associate professorial lecturer in music and Philip Hosford, founder and director of the Academy of Music in Montgomery County. Presented by the Department of Music. Free, 7:30 pm, Mount Vernon Campus Hand Chapel.

Exhibition A Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery Seventy-five paintings of Americans, including works by some of the most important portrait painters the nation has produced, are on view. The portraits reflect the range of the gallery’s collection. Through Feb. 8. For more information please call 357-2700 or visit www.smithsonian.org

Saturday / Nov. 15
GW Sports Volleyball vs Temple 5 pm, Smith Center.

Sunday / Nov. 16
GW Film “The Bench” sponsored by Gelman Library and Royal Danish Embassy. An alcoholic pensioner is “reunited” with a woman claiming to be his daughter. Danish with English subtitles. 7:30 pm, Gelman Library. For more information, call 994-0570.

Monday / Nov. 17
$ Lecture “Advertrocities” Advertisements come in good, bad and ugly. Bob Garfield, opinionated co-host of NPR’s “On the Media,” analyzes the worst television advertising ever made and tells how such commercials ever saw the light of day. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr., SW. General admission $20. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.

Tuesday / Nov. 18
GW Lecture Ambassador of Sweden Jan Eliasson will present “Perspectives on the Euro, the UN, and the US.” 4 pm, Lindner Commons, 1957 E St., Room 602. RSVP to rsvpesia@gwu.edu.

GW Lecture “The Case for a Right to Housing in the United States” Chester Hartman will discuss the 50-year-old Congressionally promulgated National Housing Goal, as well as issues of priorities and values, notions of social, civil, and economic rights and ways to establish a true right to decent, affordable housing. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology. Marvin Center 403, 6:30–8 pm. The event is open to the public. For more information call 994-6345.

$ Lecture “World War II’s Flyboys” In September, 1944, eight American pilots were shot down over Chichi Jima. They were “flyboys” — the young men who took the American military into the air and made it triumphant. Historian James Bradley has now uncovered the truth of what happened to the seven prisoners, including George H. W. Bush. 8 pm, Ring Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution, NW. General admission $20. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.

Wednesday / Nov. 19
GW Lecture Department of Geography Speaker Series featuring Timothy Beach of Georgetown University discussing the geoarchaeology of Eastern Mediterranean Turkey. 12:30 pm, 1957 E St., Suite 512B. For more information call the Department of Geography at 994-6158.

GW Lecture “American Power and the Crisis of International Legitimacy” presented by Robert Kagan, senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 6 pm, 1957 E St., Room 213. RSVP to rsvpesia@gwu.edu.

$ Lecture “The Role of Consultants in American Politics” Some of America’s finest Democratic and Republican political consultants debate their role and their effect on our democratic institutions. 6:30 pm, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr., NW. General admission $30. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org.

Thursday / Nov. 20
$ Performance National Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin at the Kennedy Center, 7 pm. Nov. 21-22 at 8 pm. Tickets $20-$75. Call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org for tickets and information.

Saturday / Nov. 22
Today in History: 1963: President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, TX.

$ Theater “A Christmas Carol” Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” returns to Ford’s Theatre ushering in the holiday season with David H. Bells’s spirited adaptation of the Dickens classic. Through Dec. 31. For more information call 638-0896 or visit www.fordstheatre.org.


Send feedback to: bygeorge@gwu.edu

 

GW News Center

Related Links

Submit Events

GW Calendars

GW Home Page Nov. 4 Cover