Dateline for Sept. 6-21, 2002

ONGOING EVENTS
Exhibition “Art and Economics: Sienese Paintings from the Dawn of the Modern Financial Age” Marking the first time these works have been shown outside of Italy, “Art and Economics: Sienese Paintings from the Dawn of the Modern Financial Age” presents an extraordinary collection of Sienese biccherne — small painted panels, created as covers for official documents of the civic government of Siena, Italy between the 13th and 17th centuries. On view at the Corcoran through Sept. 23, Art and Economics showcases panels painted by Siena’s most prominent artists, including Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Sano di Pietro and Duccio di Buoninsegna. Corcoran Gallery of Art. Admission is: $5 for adults; $8 for families; $3 for seniors and member guests; $1 for students with valid ID. The public information line for the museum is 639-1700.

$ Exhibition “Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs” Aimed at examining the effect of the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath, “Here is New York” began with just one photograph taped to the window of a SoHo storefront on Sept. 12, 2001. The exhibition, sponsored by Target Stores, opens at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on Sept. 7. Admission to the Corcoran is: $5 for adults; $8 for families; $3 for seniors and member guests; $1 for students with valid ID. For more information call 639-1700.

Exhibition “Precious Memories: The Collectors’ Passion” at the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture through Sept. 30. The exhibit explores the work of seven cultural historians who have emerged as major collectors of African American art, memorabilia, and archival objects offering insight into the black experience in America.

Exhibition “On Track: Transit and the American City” on view through Oct. 27 at the National Building Museum. Explore the spatial, political, technological, and human dimensions of rail transit’s relationship to cities. For more information, call 272-2448 or visit www.nbm.org.

Exhibition “From Monastery to Marketplace: Tradition Inspired Modern Ethiopian Painting” will be on display until January 2003 at the National Museum of Natural History. Call 357-2700 or visit www.si.edu for more information.

Exhibition “Slates, Slide Rules, and Software: Teaching Math in America” will be on display indefinitely at the National Museum of American History. Call 357-2700 or visit www.si.edu for more information.

Exhibition “The West Wing: A Chronology” documents the history of the west wing of the Smithsonian Castle, in the Smithsonian Institution building.

Exhibition “A Shared Passion: Henry Clay Folger, Jr., and Emily Jordan Folger as Collectors.” The collection Henry Clay Folger, Jr. (1857–1930) and Emily Jordan Folger (1858–1936), built throughout their married life, became the foundation of the Folger Shakespeare Library. “A Shared Passion” shows this pair of collectors as they actually functioned, exercising the taste that guided them and employing the techniques at their command. The exhibition runs through Oct. 26. Open from 10 am–4 pm, Monday through Saturday. Children’s guides take young museum-goers on a scavenger hunt of the current exhibition and Shakespeare Gallery. Guided tours of the building and exhibition daily at 11 am and Saturday at 11 am and 1 pm. Call 675-0395 to arrange.

Friday / Sept. 6
Today in History: 1901, President William McKinley was shot while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY.

GW Sports Women’s Soccer vs Wagner 4 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic Field.

GW Sports Women’s Volleyball The George Washington Invitational. Morgan State, Rutgers, Radford, and Liberty. Matches start 11 am. Charles E. Smith Center.

Lecture First Friday Gallery Talk: “Focus on the Object” Education Program Director Linda Powell discusses Ron Mueck’s larger-than-life, hyperrealistic figure “Untitled (Big Man)” (2000). 12:30 pm. Meet at the Information Desk. Hirshhorn Museum, 7th and Independence SW. For more information call 357-2700 or visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.

$ Film “Pink Flamingoes” Midnight Movie! directed by John Waters / USA / 1972 / 95 min. Campy gross-out cult classic about the filthiest people alive, starring Divine. (Also Sept. 7, 13, and 14.) Visions Cinema Bistro Lounge, 1927 Florida Ave. NW. For more information call 667-0090 or visit www.visionsdc.com.

$ Concert Jazz Club: Fall 2002 Peter Martin. This season, Kennedy Center Jazz brings hot new talents and seasoned jazz veterans to the newly created club setting — the KC Jazz Club Education Resource Center. Tickets: $22.50. For information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.

Saturday / Sept. 7
GW $ Event Honors Hike An opportunity for University Honors students to enjoy the outdoors and the company of honors faculty, staff and fellow honors students along a portion of the Appalachian Trail. Stop by the Honors Program and pay $5 to reserve a spot. There is only space available for 40 students. From 9 am–5 pm. For more information E-mail uhp@gwu.edu or uhpom@gwu.edu, call 994-6816 or 242-6684, or visit gwu.edu/~uhpwww. Sponsored by the University Honors Program.

GW Sports Women’s Volleyball The George Washington Invitational. Morgan State, Rutgers, Radford, and Liberty. Matches start 11 am. Charles E. Smith Center.

GW Performance Coffeehouse Series featuring Beth Wood The first Coffeehouse of the year featuring Wood. Back by popular demand, Wood will be performing at Mount Vernon for the fourth year in a row. You can check her out at www.bethwoodmusic.com. Free espresso and dessert bar. From 8–10 pm at the Mount Vernon Pub & Grill. For more information E-mail pcmvc@gwu.edu. Sponsored by the Programming Council.

$ Concert Jazz Club: Fall 2002. Rene Marie. This season, Kennedy Center Jazz brings hot new talents and seasoned jazz veterans to the newly created club setting — the KC Jazz Club Education Resource Center. Tickets: $22.50. For information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.

Sunday / Sept. 8
Today in History: 1900: Hurricane decimates the city of Galveston, TX. This storm predates the practice of naming hurricanes.

Lecture New Voices: “Open City: Street Photographs since 1950.” A gallery talk with Takema Robinson, art history graduate student at Howard University, on the closing day of “Open City,” 3 pm. Meet at the exhibition entrance. Hirshhorn Museum, 7th & Independence SW. For more information call 357-2700 or visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.

Event “Urban Women Poets” Poetry readings by Angela Boykin-Turnbull, Isabella B. Gelletich, Carolyn C. Joyner, Grisella Martinez, Loretta Rosenthal, Lori Tsang, and Cherie Ward, 4 pm. Meet at the “Open City” exhibition entrance. Hirshhorn Museum, 7th & Independence SW. For more information call 357-2700 or visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.

Monday / Sept. 9
Film Black Cinema Cafe Reception at 6 pm, screening at 8 pm. Film TBA. Visions Cinema Bistro Lounge, 1927 Florida Ave., NW. For more information call 667-0090 or visit www.visionsdc.com.

Wednesday / Sept. 11
GW Panel Discussion “The Kalb Report” Join host Marvin Kalb as he welcomes Nobel Prize winning author Elie Wiesel, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to discuss what we’ve learned as a nation over the past year on “The Kalb Report.” Show starts at 8 pm on Sept. 11 at the National Press Club. For free tickets to the show, please call 994-3566.

Thursday / Sept. 12
Today in History: 1880: Writer, editor, social critic, and Baltimore native son H. L. Mencken was born.

$ Evening Seminar “Half Empty, Half Full: Sustaining Optimism in an Uncertain World” Psychoanalyst and researcher Susan C. Vaughan discusses how to take control and live optimistically, explaining how managing our own moods is crucial to remaining optimistic. 6–8:45 pm. Ring Auditorium, 7th and Independence Ave., SW. Gen. admission $34; member $25. For tickets and information, call 357-3030 or visit the Web site www.SmithsonianAssociates.org.

$ Concert Jazz Club: Fall 2002. Bruce Barth Trio. This season, Kennedy Center Jazz brings hot new talents and seasoned jazz veterans to the newly created club setting — the KC Jazz Club Education Resource Center. Tickets: $22.50. For information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.

Friday / Sept. 13
$ Film “The Cockettes” (USA, 2002, 105 min) Directed by Bill Weber and David Weissman, this film follows the rise and fall of the legendary San Francisco theatrical troupe from 1969–72. As the psychedelic San Francisco of the ’60s began evolving into the gay San Francisco of the ’70s, The Cockettes, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies decked themselves out in gender-bending drag and tons of glitter for a series of legendary midnight musicals at the Palace Theater in North Beach. This film was the toast of the Sundance Film Festival. Visions Cinema Bistro Lounge, 1927 Florida Ave. NW. For more information call 667-0090.

$ Concert Jazz Club: Fall 2002. LaVerne Butler. This season, Kennedy Center Jazz brings hot new talents and seasoned jazz veterans to the newly created club setting—the KC Jazz Club Education Resource Center. Tickets: $22.50. For information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.

Saturday / Sept. 14
Improv “Fabulous Faces” For children ages 5 to 11 and their adult companions. Explore the variety of portraits — from naturalistic to abstract — in the galleries and then make a portrait in clay. 11:30 am–2 pm. No registration required. Hirshhorn Museum, 7th & Independence SW. For more information call 357-2700 or visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.

$ Concert Jazz Club: Fall 2002. Carla Cook. This season, Kennedy Center Jazz brings hot new talents and seasoned jazz veterans to the newly created club setting — the KC Jazz Club Education Resource Center. Tickets: $22.50. For information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.

$ Concert National Symphony Prelude Festival: NSO Chamber Music Night. Program includes Handel, Haseoerl, Schoenberg, and Brahms among others. Terrace Theater, 2 pm. Tickets: $19–$69. For information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.

Sunday / Sept. 15
GW Sports Men’s Soccer vs St. Francis (PA) 2 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic Field.

Tuesday / Sept. 17
Today in History: 1787: Members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution.

GW Event “Democracy Day,” a leadership conference for student body presidents and campus newspaper editors from top colleges and universities, from 9 am–5 pm in the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre.

Wednesday / Sept. 18
$ Lecture “Backyard Stargazing” Best-selling author and award-winning science writer Timothy Ferris asserts in his new book, “Seeing in the Dark,” that by using only a pair of binoculars, one can see galaxies millions of light years away, and with the additional help of small telescopes, the depths of space and time can be investigated. 6 pm. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr., SW. Gen. admission $14; member $11. For tickets and information, call 357-3030 or visit www.SmithsonianAssociates.org.

$ Lecture “Where the Silk Road and the Spice Route Meet” Participants explore the history of the Spice Route and its link to the Silk Road with Chris Caldicott, photographer, owner of the World Food Café in London, and author of “The World Food Café” cookbook and “The Spice Routes” cookbook. 6:30 pm. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr., SW. Gen. admission $110; member $65. For tickets and information, call
357-3030 or visit www.SmithsonianAssociates.org.

$ Concert National Symphony Orchestra Opening Night Concert Concert Hall, 8 pm. Program features Dvorak — Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Mozart — Aria, Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio! K. 418; and Mozart — The Queen of the Night’s Aria from The Magic Flute, K.620, and much more. Tickets: $19–$69. For information call 467-4600 or visit www.kennedy-center.org.

Thursday / Sept. 19
$ Lecture “Raphael and the Vatican” Christiane Josst-Gaugier, internationally renowned scholar of Raphael’s work, traces the background and meaning of this ingenious work. 6 pm. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr., SW. Gen. admission $14; member $11. www.SmithsonianAssociates.org

Documentary Film “Morris Louis” (2002) John Elderfield, Andre Emmerich, Michael Fried, and Clement Greenberg are among those who offer insights into the life and work of this master painter of the Washington Color School. Diane Upright, author of the Louis catalog raisonée, will introduce this world premiere. A reception will follow the screening. 8 pm. Ring Auditorium. Hirshhorn Museum, 7th & Independence SW. For more information call 357-2700 or visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.

Friday / Sept. 20
Today in History: 1850: The slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia.

GW Performance Capitol Goga’s Kick-Ass Comedy Show. See the nation’s first and foremost all-female college comedy group do it all. Sketches, videos, song and dance, and live improvised theatre. From 10 pm–midnight. For more information E-mail: capitolgoga@yahoo.com or visit www.capitolgoga.com. Sponsored by Capitol goga.

Workshop Art Explorers Workshop for Adults: “It’s a Sign” Join Exhibits Specialist Al Masino on a behind-the-scenes tour to learn how museum exhibition signage and publications are produced. 1–3 pm. Preregistration is required; call 357-3235, ext. 116. Hirshhorn Museum, 7th & Independence SW. For more information visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.

$ PEN/Faulkner 2002–03 Readings William Faulkner Birthday Reading: A Tribute to Editor Faith Sale, with Kaye Gibbons, Patricia Griffith, Heidi Julavits, Lee Smith, and Amy Tan, 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.

$ Film “Wild at Heart” Midnight Movie! Nicolas Cage & Laura Dern, directed by David Lynch / USA / 1990 / 125 min. “This snakeskin jacket symbolizes my individuality and belief in personal freedom,” Nicolas Cage. (Also Sept. 21, 27, and 28) Visions Cinema Bistro Lounge, 1927 Florida Ave. NW. For more information call 667-0090 or visit www.visionsdc.com.

Saturday / Sept. 21
Children’s program Young at Art: “Enchanted Garden” For children ages six to nine accompanied by adults. Take a walk through our Sculpture Garden with storyteller Judith Gravitz as she weaves tales about some of the sculptures who live there, then join our model magic workshop and create a garden sculpture of your own, 10 am–noon. Preregistration is required; call 357-3235, ext. 116. Hirshhorn Museum, 7th & Independence SW. For more information visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.

$ Performance DJTrio Christian Marclay, Toshio Kajiwara, and DJ Olive, the Audio Janitor, 8 pm. A co-presentation with Transparent Productions. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Ring Auditorium. Sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society. For more information call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org/.

$ Performance Paris Combo Participants celebrate the rich diversity of world styles on a platform of cabaret music; Paris Combo brings the City of Light to Washington. Join the Paris Combo for a sultry evening of smooth Parisian songs. 7:30 pm. Voice of America Auditorium, 330 Independence Ave., SW. Gen. admission $22; member $17. For tickets and information call 357-3030 or visit the Web site www.residentassociates.org.