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Dec. 2, 2003
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GW's Guide To Happenings Throughout Metropolitan Washington
Ongoing Events
GW Exhibition “Arresting Images” shows more than
40 photographs by contemporary photographers drawn from public and private
collections on display at GW’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. Through
Jan. 16, Media and Public Affairs Building, Tuesday-Friday, 10 am-5 pm.
$ 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, 1898-1938.” 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.
$ Theater “A Christmas Carol” Charles Dickens’ “A
Christmas Carol” returns to Ford’s Theatre to usher in the holiday
season with new costumes and lighting and a new set by James Joy. David
H. Bells’s spirited adaptation of the Dickens classic recounts the
tale of Ebeneezer Scrooge, who learns the joys of Christmas after a troubling
night of thought-provoking visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present
and Future. Through Dec. 31. For more information call 638-0896 or visit
www.fordstheatre.org.
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
$ 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.
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.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.
Exhibition National Museum of the American Indian Welcome Center
Exhibit The exhibit, originally on view in the Welcome Center near the
construction site of the new museum on the National Mall (opening Sept.
21), gives visitors a chance to see what the completed facility will look
like. Through October 2004.
Thursday / Dec. 4
GW Lecture Labor Studies Workshop with Sandra Hofferth Noon, Funger
Hall 613. Hofferth will focus on food program participation and childhood
obesity. Sponsored by the Department of Economics.
GW Sports Women’s Basketball vs Syracuse 7 pm, Smith Center.
$ Lecture “Ernest Hemingway, Man of Letters” A ground
breaking project is now under way to compile and publish a multi-volume
edition of Hemingway’s letters. Three project participants will explain
the process and discuss his letters. 6:30 pm, S. Dillon Ripley Center,
1100 Jefferson Dr., SW. Tickets cost $25–$35. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.ResidentAssociates.org.
Friday / Dec. 5
GW Performance DC Ninth International Improvisation Plus+ Festival
Dec. 5-6 and Dec. 13-14. Founded by GW’s Maida Withers, the Improvisation+
Festival is one of the most successful and longest running festivals to
exclusively showcase improvisation. For its ninth season, the festival
organizers and performers have created groundbreaking works where dance,
music and words intersect in the moment to create unique, extraordinary
art. For more information about the four different performances and the
variety of workshops scheduled, visit www.improvfestival.com.
Saturday / Dec. 6
GW Sports Men’s Basketball vs West Virginia BB&T Classic,
1 pm, MCI Center.
Sunday / Dec. 7
GW Sports Men’s Basketball vs Gonzaga or Maryland BB&T
Classic, 3 or 5:30 pm, MCI Center.
GW Film “Insomnia” sponsored by Gelman Library and the
Royal Norwegian Embassy. Two police officers are assigned to investigate
a murder. One officer accidentally shoots his partner and the only witness
is the killer on the run. Norwegian and Swedish with English subtitles.
7 pm, Gelman Library. For more information, call 994-0570.
Wednesday / Dec. 10
GW Sports Men’s Basketball vs Towson 7:30 pm, Smith Center.
Thursday / Dec. 11
$ Lecture “DNA Debacles and Genetic High Jinks: Genome and
the Movies” With clips from films including “Dr. Jekyll &
Mr. Hyde,” “The Fly,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,”
and “The Hollow Man,” author and film scholar Tom Weiner shows
how movie science has gone wrong — and has been entertaining in the
process. 7 pm, Ring Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th
and Constitution, NW. Tickets cost $11-$15. For tickets and information
call 357-3030 or visit www.ResidentAssociates.org.
Friday / Dec. 12
GW Event A Celebration of 100 Years of Ethiopia-American Diplomatic
Relations featuring Ambassador Kassahun Ayele from Ethiopia; Ambassador
David Shinn, former US ambassador to Ethiopia and adjunct professor at
the Elliott School of International Affairs; and Paul Henze, scholar on
Ethiopia. 5-7 pm, 1957 E St., Lindner Family Commons.
Saturday / Dec. 13
$ Lecture “A Shameless Love of Language” will explore
the making of the 11th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Ground Zero. Hanging chad. Genome. Dot-com. Frankenfood. Botox. What could
such terms have meant 20, 10, or even five years ago? Five members of
the dictionary’s editorial staff will discuss the evolving language.
From 10 am-4 pm. Tickets cost $76-$130. Location will be indicated on
ticket. Call 357-3030 or visit www.ResidentAssociates.org for tickets
and more information.
Sunday / Dec. 14
$ Holiday Event “A Romanov Christmas Family Day” Families
will experience and learn about the Christmas season, or Sivitki, in Old
Russia. Participants can have their picture taken with Father Frost,
Russia’s version of Santa Claus, and will make Russian Christmas
ornaments and decorate a fir tree. The event also includes the Russian
New Year’s Eve tradition of a reading of “The Mummer’s
Holiday,” from Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.” From
2-5 pm at the Hillwood Museum. Reservations are required. Admission is
$5 per child and includes two free adult tickets, each additional adult
is $12. Free on-site parking. For information or reservations, call 1/877-HILLWOOD
or 686-5807.
Tuesday / Dec. 16
GW Lecture Trade & Development Workshop with Amaresh Dubey discussing
social group disparities in poverty and consumption in India. 12:30 pm,
Funger Hall 613. Sponsored by the Department of Economics.
Thursday / Dec. 18
GW Sports Women’s Basketball vs Oregon Smith Center, 7 pm.
Friday / Dec. 19
Hanukkah begins at sundown
Saturday / Dec. 20
$ Performance The Blind Boys of Alabama with Special Guests: Aaron
Neville, Mavis Staples and John Medeski Since meeting at Talledega Institute
for the Blind in 1939, Blind Boys of Alabama have thrilled audiences worldwide
with their potent, impassioned rendition of gospel songs. Tickets: $45,
$40, $35, $25. GW students $20. Lisner Auditorium, 8 pm. For more information
visit www.lisner.org.
Monday / Dec. 22
Winter Solstice
Thursday / Dec. 25
Christmas, University Holiday
Friday / Dec. 26
Kwanzaa Begins, University Holiday
Saturday / Dec. 27
GW Sports Women’s Basketball vs Quinnipiac 7 pm, Smith Center.
Tuesday / Dec. 30
GW Sports Women’s Basketball vs Tennessee 7 pm, Smith Center.
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