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Friday, January 30
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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 January 31, 11:30 AM & 1:30 PM
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Air and Space Museum Pioneers of Flight, 2nd Floor, Center, Gallery 208 Add to Outlook/iCal
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| 12 Noon
A Scattering of Pearls: Architecture of the Gold Road and the
Mali-Spain Diaspora: Lecture |
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In 1324 King Mansa Musa of Mali invited Al-Saheli, a son of the Granada Spice and Perfume Guild head, to become his court architect. Distinguished historian Suzanne Preston Blier examines this remarkable patron-architect relationship, the subsequent buildings, and the larger history of the north-south exchange during the centuries of the trans-Saharan gold trade.
Free
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National Museum of African Art
Location: African Art Museum Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2 Add to Outlook/iCal
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| 12:30 PM
Ori Gersht
Friday Gallery Talk |
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Note: Topic and speaker subject to last-minute change. Curatorial research associate Ryan Hill talks about the related exhibition.
Free
Continues most Fridays
Related Exhibition: Black Box: Ori Gersht
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Hirshhorn Museum Meet at information desk Add to Outlook/iCal
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| 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM
Comedian Drew Lacapa
Native Expressions III Performance |
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For the third year, The Smithsonian Associates and the National Museum of the American Indian offer the rare opportunity to experience the craft of comedy with a Native twist. This evening, Andrew "Drew" Lacapa (Apache, Hopi, Tewa) combines Native folktales and contemporary humor with an Indian flair. Lacapa's physical antics, enhanced with costumes, create a unique portrait of contemporary America's indigenous people.
$20, general; $15, Resident & NMAI members; call 202-633-3030
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Resident Associate Program
Location: American Indian Museum Potomac Atrium e(use Maryland Ave. entrance) Add to Outlook/iCal
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Last update: January 16, 2009, 16:46 |
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