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Friday, February 27
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| 10:15 AM & 11:30 AM
Meet the Museum: Buh Rabbit & Friends
Children's Program |
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(for ages 4-8) Play and sing along with the stories and songs of the Gullah people from the Georgia Sea Islands. This cultural program transports audiences to the rice plantations during slavery with the humorous teaching stories of Buh (Br'er) Rabbit and friends. After the show, see gourd animal masks, sea-grass baskets, and other artifacts of the Gullah people from the collection of the American History Museum. 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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| 10:30 AM
Today's Barry Farm Community
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Community historian Kalem Umrani provides a profile of Barry Farm in Anacostia and describes citizens' concerns for this area before discussing the impact of the New Communities Project on Barry Farm Dwelling and the efforts by citizens to participate in shaping the character of the new development. Celebrates Black History Month.
Free; but reservations required, call 202-633-4844
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Anacostia Community Museum
Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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| 11 AM
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.
Free
Repeats Sat., Feb. 28, 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
Reconstructing the History of Ethiopia's Famed Site of
Lalibela: Lecture |
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Leading Ethiopian art historian Marilyn Heldman discusses Lalibela, the world-famed pilgrimage site composed of churches carved from the living rock in the mountains of Lasta.
Free
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National Museum of African Art
Location: African Art Museum Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2
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| 12:30 PM
Louise Bourgeois
Friday Gallery Talk |
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Note: Topic and speaker subject to last-minute change.
D.C.-area artist Cara Ober talks about the related exhibition.
Free
Continues most Fridays
Related Exhibition: Louise Bourgeois
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Hirshhorn Museum Meet at information desk
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| Last update: January 15, 2009, 08:44 |
