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 Sienas 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 transits
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. (18571930) and Emily Jordan Folger (18581936), 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 am4 pm, Monday through Saturday. Childrens
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 Womens Soccer vs Wagner 4 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic
Field.
GW Sports Womens 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 Muecks 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 am5 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 Womens 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 810 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 weve 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. 68:45
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 196972.
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 settingthe 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 am2 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 Mens 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 am5 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 Nights 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 Raphaels 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 Gogas Kick-Ass Comedy Show. See
the nations first and foremost all-female college comedy group
do it all. Sketches, videos, song and dance, and live improvised theatre.
From 10 pmmidnight. For more information E-mail: capitolgoga@yahoo.com
or visit www.capitolgoga.com. Sponsored by Capitol goga.
Workshop Art Explorers Workshop for Adults: Its a
Sign Join Exhibits Specialist Al Masino on a behind-the-scenes
tour to learn how museum exhibition signage and publications are produced.
13 pm. Preregistration is required; call 357-3235, ext. 116. Hirshhorn
Museum, 7th & Independence SW. For more information visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.
$ PEN/Faulkner 200203 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 Folgers 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
Childrens 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 amnoon.
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.