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Friday, June 27
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| 11 AM-5:30 PM
42nd Smithsonian Folklife Festival: June 25-29 & July 2-6
Annual Event |
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The Smithsonian's annual Folklife Festival brings together hundreds of performers, artists, storytellers, craftspeople, cooks, and workers to explain, demonstrate, and celebrate their cultural traditions. This year's themes include: • Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon
• NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond
• Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine
Free
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: National Mall near Smithsonian Museums
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| 12 Noon
Kuyayky
Meet the Musicians |
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Visitors have an opportunity to meet the performers of Kuyayky, who talk about their music, culture, and other interests and pursuits in a relaxed, informal setting.
Free
See related performance at 5:30 PM
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Outdoor Ampitheater (rain location: Potomac Atrium)
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| 12 Noon
Music in Bhutan
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Join Bhutanese singers and instrumentalists to learn about music in the Himalayas. Discover how their traditional collective songs play a role in farming, weaving, carpentry, and building homes. Part of the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Free; first come, first served
Repeats June 28 and July 3 & 6
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler Pavilion
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: David Beck's Movie Palace or Museum
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Peek into one of David Beck's sculptures: Movie Palace features characters in action -- eating popcorn, smooching, and watching King Kong on the big screen. Museum was commissioned by the museum and reflects -- in exquisite miniature -- the neoclassical architecture of the building, from the 1840s when it was the U.S. Patent Office to the present day. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats Fridays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 3 PM
Masked Dances of the Monastery
Performance |
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Learn more about Bhutanese masked dancers and their costumes through close-up interactions with Buddhist monks and their interpreters. Part of the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Free; first come, first served
Repeats June 28 and July 3 & 6
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler Pavilion
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| 5:30 PM
Kuyayky
Indian Summer Showcase 2008 Performance |
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Kuyayky ("to love" in the Quechua language) is a group of five young musicians who understand the importance of cultural awareness as a way to maintain and foster the social, political, cultural, and economic development of humanity. Through their music, they work to contribute to the understanding of cultural diversity as a key to human development and peace.
Free
Series continues July 11
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Outdoor Welcome Plaza (rain location: Potomac Atrium)
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| 6:30-10 PM, Live music and cash bar; 6:30-9:30 PM, Dinner
Smithsonian Jazz Cafe: The Winard Harper Sextet
Friday Evening Music & Dining Event |
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As part of this ongoing Friday evening event, the museum offers music by Washington's top jazz musicians and an a la carte dinner. This evening, Winard Harper (drums) performs with his sextet.
Notes:
• Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling The Smithsonian Associates at 202-633-8801 or visiting online at www.smithsonianjazzcafe.org.
• Cash bar and dinner (starting at $11) not included in the cover charge.
• Smithsonian Jazz Cafe is a joint program produced by The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Folkways, the National Museum of Natural History, and the National Museum of American History.
$12 cover charge; also see Note
Last performance before going on summer hiatus
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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Atrium Cafe (enter Constitution Ave.)
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| 7 PM
Untamed
Tatsuya Nakadai: Icon of Japanese Cinema Series |
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(1957, 120 min., bandw, Japanese with English subtitles, directed by Mikeo Naruse) In this adaptation of Shusei Tokuda's 1915 novel Akakure, Hideko Takamine plays an independent woman who defies her family's expectations that she enter an arranged marriage.
Free, tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
Series continues June 29
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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, 09:01 |
