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Saturday, February 21
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African American Pioneers in Aviation
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Discover the many great achievements made by African American men and women who pioneered the skies and strove to overcome the challenges of segregation in the mid-1900s. Talk with local Tuskegee Airmen, the famous African American pioneers in the skies, and learn how they achieved great success through determination and perseverance. Meet U.S. Air Force Academy alumni pilots. Enjoy music, book signings, hands-on activities, and story time for young children. Celebrates Black History Month.
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center Throughout the museum
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| 10 AM-5:30 PM
Special Book Sale
4-Day Sale |
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While the Sackler Shop is closed for renovation, stock up on your fireside reading with 10% off all books in the Freer Conference Room as well as all merchandise in the Freer Shop.
Continues February 22-23
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer Gallery Freer Shop and Conference Room
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| 10:30 AM-2:30 PM
Mardi Gras Carnival--Art and Music Festival
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Come celebrate Mardi Gras and Carnival with a guided tour of the Jubilee exhibition, musical selections from carnival, costuming, mask making, storytelling, and a variety of art activities. Be sure to come early and get your face painted.
Free; for information, call 202-633-4844
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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Anacostia Community Museum
Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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| 11:30 AM & 1:30 PM
Nobody Owns the Sky
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children, with activity |
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Hear a reading of Nobody Owns the Sky, a story about Bessie Coleman -- the first African American to receive a pilot's license -- written by Reeve Lindberg. Then try your hand at an art activity. Celebrates Black History Month.
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Repeats Fridays at 11 AM; Saturdays at 11:30 AM & 1:30 PM
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Air and Space Museum America by Air, 1st Floor, West Wing, Gallery 102
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| 12 Noon
Native Storytelling: The ECHO Project
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Native artists from Alaska, Hawai'i, and Massachusetts perform an original piece infused with oral tradition, dance, and music of each of their regions. The piece considers how our cultures and foodways have changed over time and the effects those changes have had on our lives.
The ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) Project is a performing arts collaboration. ECHO's 2009 Performing Arts Festival addresses food as survival, community builder, cultural marker, and source of comfort.
Note: For reservations for school groups, call 202-633-6644 or 202-633-6751 (TTY).
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: American Indian Museum 1st Level, Rasmuson Theater
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| 1-4 PM
Black History Month Celebration
Family Festival |
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Find out about jobs performed by African Americans in the postal service in the past and today! Sort mail in a Railway Post Office, meet real postal inspectors from the United States Postal Inspection Service, and learn about organizations that fought segregation. Celebrates Black History Month.
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National Postal Museum
Location: Postal Museum Atrium
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| 2 PM
Free Within Ourselves: African American Art
Black History Month Special Tour |
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To celebrate Black History Month, a docent leads a tour to explore the personal and cultural experiences of African American artists represented in the museum's collection, including Lois Mailou Jones, Allan Rohan Crite, William H. Johnson, James Hampton, and Robert Duncanson.
Free
Repeats Feb. 26 at 12:30 PM and Feb. 28 at 2 PM
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Meet behind the F St. information desk
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Taking Shape
ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Explore the related exhibition, then create your own miniature banana-leaf boat filled with tiny clay jars and travel down the rivers of Southeast Asia in search of adventure and trade.
Note: Reservations required for groups over 8, call 202-633-0461.
Free; first come, first served; for groups 8+, see Note
Repeats February 22 & 28, March 1
Related Exhibition: Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler Gallery Classroom, Sublevel 2
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| Last update: January 15, 2009, 08:44 |
