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Friday, January 16
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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. 17-20
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden
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| 10:15 AM & 11:30 AM
Wild Zappers ***Cancelled***
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(for all ages) This internationally acclaimed all-deaf, all-male hip hop dance troupe get bigger and better, with more dances, more sign language, and more excitement.
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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| 11 AM
Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride
Flights of Fancy -- Stories for Children, with activity |
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Hear a reading of Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride , written by Pam Munoz Ryan, before trying your hand at an art activity.
Free
Repeats most Fridays & Saturdays in January, times vary
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Air and Space Museum Pioneers of Flight, 2nd Floor, Center, Gallery 208
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| 12:30 PM
Strange Bodies
Friday Gallery Talk |
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Note: Topic and speaker subject to last-minute change.
D.C.-area art collector Robert Lehrman talks about the related exhibition.
Free
Continues most Fridays
Related Exhibition: Strange Bodies: Figurative Works from the Hirshhorn Collection
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Hirshhorn Museum Meet at information desk
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| 2 PM
Renewing America's Promise: Special Inauguration Tour
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, a docent leads a tour highlighting works with an inaugural theme.
Free
Repeats Jan. 17, 18, & 21; times vary
Related Exhibition: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball
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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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| 7 PM
Iranian Film Festival 2009: Three Women
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(2008, 94 min., Persian with English subtitles, directed by Manijeh Hekmat, Iran) A dispute over an ancient carpet propels a grandmother, mother, and daughter into realms of mystery and mysticism.
Note: Due to high demands for tickets, assigned seating is in effect for this series. Up to two (2) free tickets per person are distributed 1 hour before.
Free, see Note for ticket information
Repeats Jan. 18, festival continues Jan. 23 & 25, and in Feb.
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer Gallery Meyer Auditorium
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| Last update: January 15, 2009, 08:44 |
