• 10-11 AM: Welcome Ceremonies: Halau O'Aulani perform Hawaiian dance accompanied by acoustic music by The Aloha Boys. Representatives from the Tlingit Native community of Alaska welcome visitors (1st Floor, Rotunda).
• 11 AM-1 PM: Book Signing: Susan Stockdale signs copies of her children's book Fabulous Fishes, which introduces children to all sorts of aquatic animals and their underwater worlds, along with prints from Fabulous Fishes (Ground Floor, Main Museum Store).
• 12 Noon: Exhibition Opening: The Sant Ocean Hall is unveiled (1st Floor, exhibition entrance).
• 1 PM: Panel Discussion: Bringing the Ocean to Life: The Sant Ocean Hall core exhibit team -- Carole Baldwin, Deborah Cramer, Brian Huber, Jill Johnson, Elizabeth Musteen, and Mike Vecchione -- offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the exhibition. Moderated by Nancy Knowlton (Sant chair of marine science) (Ground Floor, Baird Auditorium).
• 3 PM: Lecture: Barbara Block (Stanford University marine science professor) discusses her use of electronic tags to track the travels of such species as tuna and albatross (Ground Floor, Baird Auditorium).
• 4-5:30 PM: Book Signing: Deborah Cramer signs copies of her book Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water, Our World, in which she argues that all life depends on the ocean (Ground Floor, Main Museum Store).
Free
Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall

• Sprout is about a kitchen sink that overflows, causing the room to flood and sprout to life.
• Trixie and the Treetrunks follows Trixie and Marsha as they try, try, try to start a band.
• Piano Mouths features an ordinary piano that becomes a puppet!
• Pupsock and Wendell in the Gallery of Doom is an action adventure in which the heroes attempt to save Princess Stacie from her kidnappers in a haunted museum.
• Bottle Bug Band teaches that every day should be Earth Day.

Note: $6, adults; $5, children (ages 2-16); $4, Resident Members.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Repeats Oct. 4
Related Exhibition: Jim Henson's Fantastic World

• Sprout is about a kitchen sink that overflows, causing the room to flood and sprout to life.
• Trixie and the Treetrunks follows Trixie and Marsha as they try, try, try to start a band.
• Piano Mouths features an ordinary piano that becomes a puppet!
• Pupsock and Wendell in the Gallery of Doom is an action adventure in which the heroes attempt to save Princess Stacie from her kidnappers in a haunted museum.
• Bottle Bug Band teaches that every day should be Earth Day.

After the show, master puppeteer John Kennedy leads a workshop to help you make a puppet of yourself to take home.
Note: $10, adults; $9, children (ages 2-16); $9, Resident Members; price includes puppet-making workshop.
Tickets required; call 202-633-8700 (see Note for prices)
Last day
Related Exhibition: Jim Henson's Fantastic World

• 10:30 AM, Invocations of Ganesha: Rupayan and Kalapriya; Freer steps and plaza (rain location, Sackler pavilion):
Free; first come, first served.

To inaugurate each day's activities, Rajasthani dancers from the Kalapriya dance company of Chicago join musicians from the Rupayan ensemble of Jodhpur to invoke Ganesha, the diety who removes obstacles to all endeavors.

• 1 PM, Music from Rajasthan: Rupayan in Concert; Meyer Auditorium:
Free tickets (up to 4 per person) can be reserved in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 202-397-7328 or 800-551-7328 beginning at 10 AM two Mondays before the event. A handling fee is applied. Tickets (up to 2 per person) will also be available at the auditorium door 1 hour before the event begins on a first-come, first-served basis.

Experience the songs and rhythms of Rajasthan with Rupayan, an 8-member ensemble direct from Jodhpur. Members of this ensemble of vocalists, folk fiddle (sarangi), double-flute, and percussion trace their lineages to the professional Langa and Manganiyar castes of Muslim musicians who served the Hindu Rajput courts for centuries.

• 3 and 6 PM, Storytelling; Sackler, Sublevel 1:
Free; first come, first served.

Who were the guests at Shiva's wedding? What tricks did Krishna play on the village girls? Listen to storyteller Sushmita Mazumdar (writer, graphic designer, book artist, and founder of Handmade Storybooks) tells popular tales of Hindu deities and their exploits.

• 4-8 PM, ImaginAsia; Sackler classroom, Sublevel 2:
Free; first come, first served; but reservations required for groups over 8, call 202-633-0461.

(ages 8-14 with adult) Children complete activity books, color woodblock prints, and make lanterns.

• 4 PM, Bhajans Devoted to the Great Yogi; Sackler, Sublevel 1:
Free; first come, first served.

Hear the Rupayan ensemble of Jodhpur perform bhajans composed by Maharaja Man Singh (reigned 1803-43), the Indian ruler who commissioned many of the spectacular works in the exhibition Garden and Cosmos. These passionate songs praise the immortal ascetics of the hatha yoga tradition.

• 7 PM, Songs for Diwali: Rupayan; Freer Courtyard:
Free; first come, first served.

As the sun sets on the day's activities, enjoy songs celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, performed by the Rupayan ensemble from Rajasthan.

See schedule for any ticketing information
Repeats October 19
Related Exhibition: Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur

• 10:30 AM, Invocations of Ganesha: Rupayan and Kalapriya; Freer steps and plaza (rain location, Sackler pavilion):
Free; first come, first served.

To inaugurate each day's activities, Rajasthani dancers from the Kalapriya dance company of Chicago join musicians from the Rupayan ensemble of Jodhpur to invoke Ganesha, the diety who removes obstacles to all endeavors.

• 1 PM, Music from Rajasthan: Rupayan in Concert; Meyer Auditorium:
Free tickets (up to 4 per person) can be reserved in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 202-397-7328 or 800-551-7328 beginning at 10 AM two Mondays before the event. A handling fee is applied. Tickets (up to 2 per person) will also be available at the auditorium door 1 hour before the event begins on a first-come, first-served basis.

Experience the songs and rhythms of Rajasthan with Rupayan, an 8-member ensemble direct from Jodhpur. Members of this ensemble of vocalists, folk fiddle (sarangi), double-flute, and percussion trace their lineages to the professional Langa and Manganiyar castes of Muslim musicians who served the Hindu Rajput courts for centuries.

• 1 and 3 PM, Storytelling; Sackler, Sublevel 1:
Free; first come, first served.

Who were the guests at Shiva's wedding? What tricks did Krishna play on the village girls? Listen to storyteller Sushmita Mazumdar (writer, graphic designer, book artist, and founder of Handmade Storybooks) tells popular tales of Hindu deities and their exploits.

• 1-4 PM, ImaginAsia; Sackler classroom, Sublevel 2:
Free; first come, first served; but reservations required for groups over 8, call 202-633-0461.

(ages 8-14 with adult) Children complete activity books, color woodblock prints, and make lanterns.

• 4 PM, Bhajans Devoted to the Great Yogi; Sackler, Sublevel 1:
Free; first come, first served.

Hear the Rupayan ensemble of Jodhpur perform bhajans composed by Maharaja Man Singh (reigned 1803-43), the Indian ruler who commissioned many of the spectacular works in Garden and Cosmos. These passionate songs praise the immortal ascetics of the hatha yoga tradition.

See schedule for any ticketing information
Last day
Related Exhibition: Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur