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Thursday, February 19
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| 10:15 AM & 11:30 AM
How Old Is a Hero?
Children's Program |
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(for ages 6-11) In this play, meet the youngest heroes of the Civil Rights Movement: Ernest Green of the Little Rock Nine, the first black student to graduate from an integrated high school; Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus before Rosa Parks did; and Ruby Bridges, who won equal rights before she could read. Share their compelling experiences and be inspired by the courage and hope of children. Features archival Civil Rights recordings. Celebrates Black History Month.
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-12:30 PM
Meet our Museum
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A museum staff member shares stories about some of the objects in the museum's collections and discusses the museum's work to collect, preserve, research, interpret, and present our nation's history. Question-and-answer session follows.
Free
Repeats most Thursdays
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National Museum of American History
Location: American History Museum 2nd Floor, Center
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| 5-8 PM
Take Five!: Night and Day Quintet
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Kick back and unwind with great art, live jazz, and cool drinks in the Kogod Courtyard, where light fare and beverages are available for purchase. This evening, the Night and Day Quintet, led by Rene Tannenbaum (vocals) and Michael Suser (piano), performs a delightful mix of swing, soul, and blues.
Free
Continues monthly, generally on the 3rd Thursday of the month
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Kogod Courtyard
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| 6:30 PM
Annual Day of Remembrance: The Japanese American Experience in
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To mark the 67th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the imprisonment of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II, three distinguished writers talk about their recent books highlighting the Japanese American experience. Dr. Franklin Odo (director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program) moderates.
• David Mura presents his debut novel Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire, about a self-proclaimed itinerant historian who must delve into his own family's past -- populated by both a 442nd survivor with a Purple Heart and a No-No Boy -- to understand how his parents' youthful experiences shaped not only their lives, but also the lives of subsequent generations.
• Kiyo Sato discusses her award-winning memoir Dandelion Through the Crack: The Sato Family Quest for the American Dream, which tells the story of a Japanese American family from California who survives the Great Depression only to live through the challenges of being imprisoned at Poston Relocation Camp during World War II.
• Shirley Castelnuovo discusses Soldiers of Conscience: Japanese American Military Resisters in World War II, which tells the story of men who were deployed in a segregated battalion in the U.S. Army to clean up property that had been damaged during training missions in the United States. The men were assigned to this unit after protesting the mass imprisonment of their Japanese American families during WWII.
• Cedrick Shimo, one of the resisters in Soldiers of Conscience, who also wrote the foreword to the book, will also participate.
Free; first come, first served
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: American Indian Museum Rasmuson Theater
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| Tour, 6:45 PM; Concert, 7:30 PM: (enter Independence Ave.)
Musicians from Marlboro II
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Young musicians from around the world who have participated in the Marlboro Music Festival join longtime Marlboro cellist Peter Stumpf in Haydn's Quartet, op. 64, no. 6; Brahms's Clarinet Quintet, op. 115; and Kodaly's Duo for Violin and Cello. Filling out the ensemble are Augustin Hadelich and Karina Canellakis, violin; Sebastian Krunnies, cello; and Romie de Guise-Langolois, clarinet.
Note: 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.
Free, but tickets required; see Note
Related Exhibition: Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer Gallery Meyer Auditorium
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| 7 PM
Cousines
African Diaspora Film Festival |
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Note: Film is recommended for mature audiences. A moderated discussion follows with special guest.
(2006, 97 min., Creole/French with English subtitles, directed by Richard Senecal, Haiti) In this drama, Jessica (Jessica Geneus) lives a quiet life in Port-au-Prince but becomes homeless when her father, who lives in the U.S., dies. Without resources, will she be able to resist the temptation of several suitors, one of whom is played by Jimmy Jean-Louis -- featured among the cast of the television phenomenon Heroes?
Free; registration required, call 633-4633 or espositof@si.edu
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National Museum of African Art
Location: African Art Museum Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2
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