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Events at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), and
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and its Renwick Gallery Sunday, January 11, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events. Sunday, January 11, 2009
3:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Free tickets to the Steinway Series, which takes place every second Sunday, are available in the G Street lobby, one hour before each performance. Alan Mandel Sunday, January 11, 3 p.m. Internationally acclaimed pianist Alan Mandel brings a wonderful repertoire of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American composers to the Steinway Series. Mandel, a professor emeritus of music at American University and former artistic director of the Washington Music Ensemble, performs works by Charles Ives, among others. McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level Sunday, January 11, 2009
4:00 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Did you know that David Beck's MVSEVM includes imagery of President and Mrs. Lincoln dancing at the inaugural ball? Did you also know that the Luce Foundation Center has two inaugural medals, made in honor of FDR and JFK? Inaugural-themed tours include SAAM's exhibition, The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball, as well as other items from the collection that relate to inaugurations past. Sunday, January 11, 2009
7:30 PM
Grand Salon
Renwick Gallery
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The Smithsonian Chamber Music Society celebrates its 32nd season with an appropriately eclectic repertoire, balancing familiar masterworks with undeservedly neglected pieces. Pre-concert talks one hour before performance. To purchase tickets ($23 to $31), contact the Smithsonian Associates at (202) 633-3030 or visit residentassociates.org. Consorts of Orlando Gibbons, William Byrd, and Christopher Tye Sunday, January 11, 7:30 p.m. Grand SalonRenwick Gallery A Schubertiade: String Trio in B-flat Major, D471; Sonata in A Minor, D385; Quartet in G Major, D887 Sunday, February 15, 7:30 p.m. Grand SalonRenwick Gallery ONGOING
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