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Saturday, May 17
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
Open House |
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Come learn about your environment from Smithsonian scientists and educators who work at this unique outdoor laboratory on the Chesapeake Bay. Take guided boat and canoe trips, walk on nature trails, climb a weather-monitoring station, tour laboratories and field research sites, see birds of prey, and enjoy live music. Other family programs include nature crafts, a scavenger hunt, face painting, and an art show. Don't miss the annual Wade-In, where a staff member tests the clarity of the water by wading in wearing white shoes until the shoes are no longer visible.
Note: There will not be on-site parking. Free parking will be available only at Central Middle School, 221 Central Avenue East in Edgewater (intersection of Mayo Road, 1.2 miles east of Maryland Route 2) and, beginning at 9 AM, buses will shuttle visitors to and from SERC.
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Edgewater, MD; for directions, call 301-238-2737; see Note
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| 10 AM-4:30 PM
The Religions of China: Visions of the Way
All-Day Seminar |
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In today's seminar, Charles B. Jones (associate professor of religion and culture, Catholic University) explores basic assumptions underlying the Chinese religious worldview, and discusses the three major religions of China: Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
$120, general admission; $85, member; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 10 AM-4 PM
Hill Towns of Tuscany: The Heart of Italy
All-Day Seminar |
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The hill towns of Tuscany are a living cultural treasure. In each picturesque village, magnificent treasures are tucked away on steep cobbled paths that offer breathtaking panoramic vistas of the surrounding landscape. In today's seminar, C. Griffith Mann (curator of medieval art, Walters Art Museum) highlights some of these villages, presenting their buildings, art, and history as a reflection of the medieval communities that created them.
$120, general admission; $85, member; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center
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| 11 AM & 1:30 PM
Why Explore? ***Cancelled***
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children with activity |
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Enjoy a reading of Why Explore?, written by Susan Lendroth, and create a post card from space.
Free
Repeats every Saturday in May
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Welcome Center, 1st Floor, Center, Gallery 108 *New Location*
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| 11 AM-4:30 PM
Hawai'i
2-Day Family Festival |
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Celebrate Hawaiian culture through art, history, language, and dance. Enjoy hula performances by local Halau, hands-on demonstrations, Hawaiian music and storytelling, special films, lectures, and much more. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
• 10:30 AM-12 Noon and 1-4:30 PM, Potomac Atrium:
- Hawaiian Implements with Gordon 'Umialiloalahanauokalakaua Kai
- Plaiting and Weaving with Solomon Kuulie Apio
• 10:30 AM-1 PM and 2-4:30 PM, Potomac Atrium:
- Traditional and Contemporary Flower Lei Making with Bill Char
- The Art of Feather Lei with Audrey Aukeleamanaali'i Wagner • 10:30 AM-1 PM and 2-4:30 PM, Outdoor Amphitheater:
- Kapa: Hawaiian Barkcloth Demonstration with Verna Kemaile'lauli'ili'i Apio Takashima
• 11 AM-4 PM, 3rd Level, Education Workshop 3010:
- Hawaiian Kapa-Stamping Demonstration with Hi'ilani Shibata and hands-on activities for families
• 12 Noon, 2 PM, and 3:30 PM, Potomac Atrium:
- Hawaiian Hula and Music with Halau Ho'omau I ka Wai Ola O Hawai'i
• 2 PM, 3rd Level, Education Workshop 3010:
- Children's Storytelling: Stories of Hina, Goddess of the Moon, with Hi'ilani Shibata
Free
Repeats May 18
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Potomac Atrium; Outdoor Areas; 3rd Level, Education Room 3010
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| 11 AM-5 PM
Robert Mumford: Spring Comes to Washington
Book Signing |
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Robert Mumford signs copies of his book Spring Comes to Washington.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Air and Space Museum, outside Museum Store
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| 11 AM-5 PM
Mark James: Christopher's Little Airplane & Coloring Book
Book Signing |
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Mark James signs copies of his children's books Christopher's Little Airplane and Christopher's Little Coloring Book.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Udvar-Hazy Center, outside Museum Store
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| 11:30 AM-1:30 PM ***New Time***
Flights of Fancy - Stories for Children
National Children's Book Week |
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(for ages 3-7) Bring your children to "Flights of Fancy," the museum's story time. Celebrate National Children's Book Week as storytellers and readers share folktales and books from around the world that make the collections come alive. It's a magical way to explore space and fly with heroes and heroines of the past. Each reading is followed by a hands-on activity.
Free; parking $12 for the day
Last day
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location:
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| 12-2:30 PM
Reuse It or Lose It
Children's Workshop |
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(for ages 7 and up) Participants reuse African fabrics, wooden spoons, assorted beads, buttons, and other discarded items to bring their vision of an African puppet to life.
Free; but registration required, call 202-633-4640
Related Exhibition: El Anatsui: Gawu
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National Museum of African Art
Location: Workshop, Sublevel 2
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| 1-4 PM
Michelle Meadows: Pilot Pups
Book Signing |
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Michelle Meadows signs copies of her children's book Pilot Pups.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Air and Space Museum, outside Museum Store
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 2 PM
Native Writers: Noenoe Silva
Discussion, with book signing |
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Noenoe Silva (Native Hawaiian/Kanaka Maoli; associate professor of political science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa) reads from and discusses her book Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism which won the Baldridge Prize for best book in history. Book signing follows. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Free
Repeats May 18
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: 4th Level, Patron's Lounge
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| 2 PM
7th Annual Festival of Asian Music and Dance
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Performance |
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Enjoy performances of traditional music and dance by Shizumi Kodomo, Wat Thai of Washington, D.C., and the Cambodian American Heritage Dance Troupe. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Free
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Baird Auditorium
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| 6-9:30 PM
Night at the Museum -- A Behind-the-Scenes Experience
After-Hours Family Program |
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Spend an evening with curators, archivists, educators, restoration staff, and other experts who research, preserve, and restore the museum's amazing aviation and space exploration artifacts. Take a tour to learn how the museum operates and hear stories about the artifacts. Don't forget your camera so you can take a special tour with photographer Dane Penland, who advises on the finer points of capturing the perfect picture of your favorite artifact.
Note: For tickets, visit the Web at www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/ticketsform.cfm or call 202-633-2398.
Free, but tickets required; see Note
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Throughout the museum
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| Tour, 6:15 PM; Concert, 7 PM: (enter Independence Ave.)
Birth of a nASIAN
Performance with preconcert tour |
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Note: This program is intended for mature audiences.
Trip hop spoken word duo Kate Rigg and Lyris Hung of Slanty Eyed Mama return to the Freer with their electrifying music and politicomic monologues that explore questions of race, culture, identity, and the contemporary Asian American urban landscape. The play Birth of a nASIAN, written by Kate Rigg and Leah Ryan, features edgy, surreal characters, such as a World Trade Center street hawker, a "China Latina" who can't seem to tick the right box at the unemployment office, and a 32-year-old cheerleader who finally has enough confidence to go to cheerleading camp.
Free, but tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| Last update: May 16, 2008, 09:00 |
