ByGeorge!

April 2007

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GW's Guide To Happenings Throughout Metropolitan Washington

March 28–April 27
Exhibition: Annual Awards Show This show features works by undergraduate seniors and graduate fine arts students from GW’s Department of Fine Arts and Art History. All works on display are eligible for various awards to be granted by a jury of art professionals. Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Media and Public Affairs Building, 805 21st St., NW. Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

April 2–13
Exhibition: Connections MFA Thesis Exhibition for Larissa Raddell. Dimock Gallery, Lisner Auditorium, Lower Level, 730 21st St., NW. Tuesday–Thursday,
11 a.m.–1 p.m., and Friday, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

Thursday / April 12
First Annual Ramsey
Student Investment Fund Conference A group of industry experts will explore the key developments shaping the future of energy supply, infrastructure, and energy services, as well as the kinds of investments, innovations, and policies that will be required to meet global demand. Duquès Hall, Room 651D, 2201 G St., NW. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. For more information, call (202) 994-8925. RSVP required to rsif@gwu.edu.

Event: “The First” Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s integration of Major League Baseball. Baseball great Frank Robinson will receive
the inaugural GW Jackie Robinson Society Community Recognition Award, and a keynote address will be given by Roger Kahn, distinguished journalist
and author of The Boys of Summer. 5:30 p.m. Jack Morton Auditorium. Media and Public Affairs Building. 805 21st St., NW. “The First” will also feature a daytime program with scholars and athletes, who will discuss Jackie Robinson’s contributions to sports and race relations. 2-5 p.m. Marvin Center Marc C. Abrams Great Hall. 800 21st St., NW.

Friday / April 13

Lecture: Distinguished Women in International Affairs Series: Is All Islam Radical? Ayaan Hirsi Ali, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of Infidel. Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213, 1957 E St., NW. A light reception will immediately follow the lecture. RSVP to rsvpesia@gwu.edu. 3:30-5 p.m.
Recital: Angela Hanks, Mezzo Soprano Post Hall, Mount Vernon Campus, Academic Building, 2100 Foxhall Rd., NW. 7:30 p.m.

Saturday / April 14

Recital: Julia DeSevo, Soprano Phillips Hall, Room B-120, 801 22nd St., NW. 7:30 p.m.

Sunday / April 15

Performance: Russian Spring Fling Concert GW’s Symphony Orchestra performs music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. Also featuring solo competition winners Lisa Gabor and Joe Dietrich. Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St., NW. 3 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Performance: Electronic Music Concert Phillips Hall, Room B-120, 801 22nd St., NW. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday / April 17

Lecture: Blood Diamonds: The Real Story About
Conflict Resources Rory Anderson, senior policy advisor for Africa, WorldVision, will explore the conflict resources that plague countries in Africa today, the processes by which NGOs and the international community work to end this trade, and what you can do to help. Light lunch will be served. Lindner Family Commons, Suite 602, 1957 E St., NW. 12-1:30 p.m.

Friday / April 20

Performance: All Voice Recital The United Church, 20th and G streets, NW. 7:30 p.m.

$ Performance: Still Life with Commentator A timely show about the disorienting effects of wartime media performed by pianist-improviser Vijay Iyer, post-hip-hop poet Mike Ladd, and conceptual artist Ibrahim Quraishi. Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St., NW. Tickets available for $20-$35 at the Lisner Box Office, TicketMaster
Outlets, or PhoneCharge at (301) 808-6900. 8 p.m.

Saturday / April 21

$ Performance: Russell Peters Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St., NW. Tickets available for $42.75 at the Lisner Box Office, TicketMaster Outlets, or PhoneCharge at (301) 808-6900. 8 p.m.

Performance: Music by Gershwin and Bernstein Performed by Betsey
Perlmutter, soprano and piano. Hand Chapel, Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road, NW. 7:30 p.m.

Sunday / April 22

Performance: A Cabaret Evening with Rachel Hirsch, Soprano Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th St., NW. 4:30 p.m.

April 24– May 4

Exhibition: Comfort Food for Thought Crimes MFA Thesis Exhibition for Brian Hamill. Dimock Gallery, Lisner Auditorium, Lower Level, 730 21st St., NW. Tuesday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., and Friday, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

Tuesday / April 24

Lecture: The Future of Democracy Initiative: Democracy Promotion in Africa Ambassador George Moose, adjunct professor of international affairs, GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs; Jim Swann, deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs, U.S. Department of State; Joel Barkan, professor emeritus, University of Iowa; Gina Lambright, assistant professor of political science and international affairs, the Elliott School of International Affairs. Lindner Family Commons, 1957 E St., NW. 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Performance: GW Band Spring Concert Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St., NW. 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.

April 25-29

Performance: The BIG BAND JAM! The BIG BAND JAM! brings the best in big band jazz to Washington, D.C., including the Collegiate Jazz Jam! with GW’s King James and the Serfs of Swing, which performs at 1 p.m. on April 25. Additionally, the International Jazz Jam! hosts six European countries. Also performing are jazz ensembles representing the Air Force, Navy, and Army. Washington Monument’s Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument. For more
information, visit www.bigbandjam.org.

Friday / April 27

Recital: Bethany Flom and Jenna Kloeppel Phillips Hall Room B-120, 801 22nd St., NW. 7:30 p.m.

Sunday / April 29

Performance: An American Classic GW University Singers featuring the GW Troubadours perform Copland’s “Old American Songs,” Brubeck’s “Pange Lingua Variations,” and Fine’s “Alice in Wonderland Suite.” Western Presbyterian Church, 2401 Virginia Ave., NW. 4 p.m. Admission is $10.

Monday / April 30

Performance: All Piano Recital Phillips Hall Room B-120, 801 22nd St., NW. 7:30 p.m.

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