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Monday, January 19
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Renewing America's Promise: First Inaugural College Debates
Inaugural Activities: Three Collegiate Debates |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, six college debate teams, in three 75-minute debates, argue the priorities of the new Obama administration. Presented by the National Museum of African American History and Culture in cooperation with the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
• 9-9:30 AM: Introductory Remarks
• 9:30 AM: Energy and Climate Change: Michigan State University vs. Wake Forest University: These two schools represent the pinnacle of intercollegiate debate, both having won the National Debate Tournament (NDT) -- America's most historic and prestigious national debate championship -- in the last three years.
• 11:30 AM: Health Care and the Economy: University of Mary Washington vs. the University of Southern California: These two institutions have long traditions of excellence in intercollegiate debate.
• 2 PM: Foreign Policy: Fayetteville State University vs. Voorhees College These two HBCUs are committed to making debate education central to their educational mission. This debate marks the 100th anniversary of the first intercollegiate debates between HBCUs.
• 3:30-4 PM: Closing Remarks
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
Location: Natural History Museum Baird Auditorium
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| 10 AM-5:30 PM
Renewing America's Promise
Inaugural Activities and Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, roving actors portray American presidents from throughout the nation's history. Other activities include gallery interpreters to explain the exhibitions and performances that highlight music and speeches of the Civil Rights movement to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
• 11:30 AM: In Process... songs of the Civil Rights movement (1st floor, center)
• 12:30 PM: Federal City Brass Band, Civil War-era band music (1st floor, center)
• 1-3 PM: Deborah Willis sign copies of her book Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs (2nd floor, outside Mall museum store).
• 2:00 PM: In Process... songs of the Civil Rights movement (1st floor, center)
• 3:00 PM: Spark!Lab: Benjamin Franklin's electrical experiments (1st floor)
• 3:30 PM: Federal City Brass Band, Civil War-era band music (1st floor, center)
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Continues Jan. 20
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National Museum of American History
Location: American History Museum Throughout the museum
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| 10 AM-5 PM
Renewing America's Promise
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the museum is offering free shuttle bus service (see below) from the National Mall for visitors to enjoy its exhibitions and programs. The exhibitions on view include Jubilee: African American Celebrations and Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia.
Shuttle Schedule:
• Shuttle bus departs from the Smithsonian Castle on the Mall (1000 Jefferson Dr., SW) at 10 AM, 12 Noon, and 2 PM.
• Shuttle bus departs museum to return to the Castle at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 3:30 PM.
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Anacostia Community Museum
Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1st Floor
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| 10 AM-5:30 PM
Renewing America's Promise: Celebrate Asia in America
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the museum features artist workshops for children and families, performances, and stories of Asian and Asian American celebratory traditions. Also a printed brochure of these programs is available at either museum's information desk.
• Freer Gallery, north corridor: Rare viewing of Portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt (1908) by American artist Gari Melcher, along with an autographed letter from President Roosevelt to museum founder Charles Lang Freer. • 12 Noon (Freer, Meyer Auditorium): Persia Meets Flamenco: The Roya Ensemble Music by Roya Bahrami, santur; Ricardo Marlow, flamenco guitar; Steve Bloom, percussion • 1 and 3 PM (Freer, meet at information desk): Gift to the Nation: American Art and Charles Lang Freer's Aesthetic Vision, tour by Josephine Rodgers, art historian • 1 and 2:30 PM (Sackler, sublevel 1): Sticky Rice and the Chinese New Year: Storytelling by Linda Fang • 2 PM (Freer, Meyer Auditorium): Sounds of the Chinese Zither: Music by Bing Xia and the Washington Guzheng Society • 2-4 PM (Sackler, sublevel 2, ImaginAsia classroom 2): Join the Band!: Asian Music Workshop with Bill Jenkins • 3-5 PM (Sackler, sublevel 2, ImaginAsia classroom 1): I Dream, I Promise, I Wish: Make a Storybook to Celebrate You, ImaginAsia family workshop with Sushmita Mazumdar • 4 PM (Freer, Meyer Auditorium): Indian Bamboo Flutes: Music by John Wubbenhorst, bansuri; Samarat Kakkeri, tabla • 4:30 PM (Sackler, sublevel 1): Invocation to Ganesh: Removing Obstacles for a New Beginning, dance by Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh and Company
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Continues Jan. 20
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Throughout both museums
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| 10 AM-5:30 PM
Renewing America's Promise: Yoko Ono's Wish Tree
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, visitors are invited to write wishes for the future and attach them to Yoko Ono's Wish Tree. Also, docents are available during the day to discuss works in the galleries.
Free
Repeats Jan. 20
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden
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| 10 AM-5:30 PM
Renewing America's Promise: Presidential Films
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the Smithsonian screens popular Hollywood films featuring fictional stories woven around the presidency, the White House, and national leadership.
• 10 AM: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (129 min., 1939, directed by Frank Capra) Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, discovers many of the shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a National Boys' Camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss. Starring James Stewart.
• 1 PM: All the President's Men (138 min., 1976, directed by Alan Pakula) Enactment of the work of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who uncovered the dirty tricks campaign and the cover-up of the White House's involvement in the Watergate break in. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford.
• 4 PM: My Fellow Americans (101 min., 1996, directed by Peter Segal) Kramer and Douglas, two former presidents from opposite ends of the political spectrum, become reluctant allies when they become the target of a conspirator in President Haney's administration. Starring Jack Lemmon, James Garner, and Dan Aykroyd.
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S. Dillon Ripley Center (International Gallery)
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center Sublevel 3 (check monitor)
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| 10:30 AM-4:30 PM
Renewing America's Promise: Out of Many: Multi-Cultural Event
Inaugural Activities: 3-Day Family Festival |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the museum offers a 3-day festival Out of Many featuring music, dance, and storytelling from a variety of cultural traditions, including American Indian, African and African American, Asian and Asian Pacific American, Central and South American, and European American. Stop by the Welcome Center for a printed schedule.
Free
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Related Exhibition: A Century Ago ... "They Came as Sovereign Leaders"
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: American Indian Museum 1st Level, Potomac & Rasmuson; 3rd Level, Resource Center
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| 11 AM-4 PM
Curtis Robinson & George Norfleet: Pilot's Journey
Book Signing |
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Curtis Robinson and George Norfleet sign copies of their book Pilot's Journey.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Air and Space Museum Outside Museum Store
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| 11 AM-4 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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National Museum of Natural History
Location: Natural History Museum Ground Floor, Outside Main Museum Store
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| 11 AM-3 PM
Renewing America's Promise: Open House & Exhibition Tours
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the National Museum of African American History and Culture features the following:
• 11 AM-3 PM: Open House
• 1 PM-2 PM: Guided Tours of Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 and After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy
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S. Dillon Ripley Center (International Gallery)
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center Sublevel 3 (check monitor)
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| 12 Noon-5:30 PM
Renewing America's Promise: Celebrate African Music & Film
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the museum offers the following programs:
• Treasure Hunt: Visitors can take part in a treasure hunt through the museum's exhibitions to find an array of leadership arts from across the African continent. Pick up self-guided activity at the information desk.
• 12 Noon-2 PM: Screening of the film Africa Underground: Democracy in Dakar (Lecture Hall).
• 2-3:15 PM: Hip hop artist Anna Mwalahgo and Afro-Floetry will perform in the pavilion and debut her new Obama song.
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Related Exhibition: African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection
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National Museum of African Art
Location: African Art Museum Throughout the museum
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| 12 Noon-4 PM
Robert F. Dorr: Hell Hawks! and Air Force One
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Robert F. Dorr signs copies of his books Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht and Air Force One.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
Repeats Jan. 24, 25, & 31
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center Outside Museum Store
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| 2-3:30 PM
Renewing America's Promise: Giving Voice to Hope
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the National Museum of African American History and Culture offer storytelling performances addressing the journeys taken by African Americans and the meaning and importance of hope in this historic moment of our nation. Featured performers are Onawumi Jean Moss and Mitch Capel.
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Smithsonian Castle The Commons
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