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Native Landscape: Ladybug Releases
Demonstration |
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Watch staff release ladybugs into the museum's landscape while learning how this agricultural technique is an eco-friendly way to control pests.
Free
Repeats July 25 and August 8 & 27
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Native Croplands, on the museum's south side
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| 10:15 & 11:30 AM
Lesole South Africa
Discovery Theater Performance |
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(for all ages) Lesole Dance Project performs tribal dances of the Zulu homelands: Gumboot, the coal miners' infectious dance from deep underground, and Pantsula, the super-cool dance from the street corners of Johannesburg.
Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
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The Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3111
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| 12 Noon
The Plateros
Meet the Musicians |
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Visitors have an opportunity to meet The Plateros -- 16-year-old Levi Platero, his father Murphy, and his cousin Doug -- 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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| 12:30 PM
In Conversation with Elizabeth Huey
Friday Gallery Talk |
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New York-based artist and Smithsonian artist research fellow Elizabeth Huey discusses her work and research with curatorial research associate Ryan Hill.
Free
Continues most Fridays
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Meet at information desk
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| 2-5 PM
SAAM I Am -- Chalk Festival
3-Day Family Program |
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(for all ages) Head to the great outdoors -- the sidewalk outside the museum's F Street entrance -- for creative chalk art. Spend today sketching the afternoon away, but save your best ideas for the festival on Saturday.
Free
Continues July 12
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Sidewalk outside F Street Entrance
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| 5:30 PM
The Plateros
Indian Summer Showcase 2008 Performance |
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The Plateros -- 16-year-old Levi Platero (guitar and vocals), his father Murphy (bass), and cousin Doug (drums) (Eastern Agency of the Navajo Nation, Tohajillee, New Mexico) -- merge blues, rock, gospel, and funk with a positive message. After a few short years playing in public, they have already earned comparisons to such groups as Los Lonely Boys and Indigenous.
Free
Series continues July 25
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Outdoor Welcome Plaza (rain location: Potomac Atrium)
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| 7 PM
Exiled
13th Annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival |
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(2006, 110 min., Cantonese with English subtitles, directed by Johnny To) In the anxious atmosphere of Macau's final days as a Portuguese colony in 1998, four hitmen resolve to team up for one final big score before the island is handed over to Chinese rule.
Free, but tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
Repeats July 13. Festival continues in July and August.
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| Last update: August 1, 2008, 08:57 |
