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Author Events
341581

Meet Susan Stockdale


Author and illustrator Susan Stockdale reads her newest book, Fabulous Fishes, which uses simple, rhyming text to introduce children to fish, familiar and exotic. A book signing follows. Advance registration is required.
703.241.8281

6/21/08

Ages: 3-6
Time: 11am
Cost: Free

Aladdin's Lamp Children's Books

2499 North Harrison StreetLee Harrison Shopping Center, Lower Level Shops
Arlington, VA22207


Concerts
342818

Summer Concert Series: US Navy Commodores


Bring blankets, chairs, and a picnic dinner for a free concert under the starts. Catch the big band jazz sounds of the US Navy Commodores.
301.528.2260
http://www.blackrockcenter.org
6/21/08

Ages: All Ages
Time: 7pm
Cost: Free

BlackRock Center for the Arts

12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, MD20874


Exhibits
52236

America on the Move


Take a journey though the history of the United States - a history shaped by transportation. The exhibition uses multimedia technology and historical artifacts to create period settings around times and places where transportation changed American lives and landscapes. Among the over 300 objects are a 1950s Chicago Transit Authority car; a 199-ton, 92-foot-long Southern Railway locomotive, the 1401; and a 1903 Winton, the first car driven across the United States.
202.633.1000
http://americanhistory.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 11/22/03 - 1/11/10; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free

National Museum of American History

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC20560


Exhibits
376391

Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in DC


From Reconstruction to the second half of the 20th century, baseball, the great American pastime, was played in Washington, DC, on segregated fields. The exhibition looks at the phenomenal popularity and community draw of this sport when played by African Americans. Featured are such personalities as Josh Gibson and "Buck" Leonard, star players of the Homestead Grays. The show also highlights community teams that gave rise to the various amateur, collegiate, and semipro black baseball teams and leagues.
202.383.1850
http://www.historydc.org
Ongoing Daily 5/18/08 - 10/5/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
Cost: Free

The Historical Society of Washington, DC

801 K Street, NW
Washington, DC20001


Exhibits
376392

Riots Are The Language of the Unheard


A multimedia exhibit consisting of photographs, video footage, and artifacts investigating the grievances that led to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. riots, the efforts to address those grievances, the riots, and their ripple effects.
202.383.1850
http://www.historydc.org
Ongoing Daily 6/1/08 - 12/15/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: 10-19
Time: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
Cost: Free

The Historical Society of Washington, DC

801 K Street, NW
Washington, DC20001


Exhibits
376394

An Illustrated History: the Negro Baseball Leagues


Through photographs and memorabilia, this traveling exhibit presents a timeline of the history of blacks in baseball.
202.383.1850
http://www.historydc.org
Ongoing Daily 5/18/08 - 10/5/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
Cost: Free

The Historical Society of Washington, DC

801 K Street, NW
Washington, DC20001


Exhibits
370437

East of the River: Continuity and Change


A documentation and exhibition project that looks at the community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River on the occasion of the Anacostia Community Museum's 40th anniversary. The exhibit insightfully explores the development of Washington communities east of the Anacostia River from a provocative yet universal perspective - the struggle over land: who owns it, who controls it, who profits from it, and how residents determine their own destiny. The timeline covers the region's Native American beginning through the present and into possible futures.
202.633.4844
http://anacostia.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 9/15/07 - 11/9/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: 7-18
Time: During museum hours.
Cost: Free

Anacostia Community Museum

1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, DC20020


Exhibits
343351

TxtStyles/Fashioning Identity


Textiles are powerful communicators of status, gender and accomplishments in Africa. The exhibit's extraordinary costumes and textiles of the African continent range from ensembles to wrappers to wall hangings to chain mail and accessories/hats.
202.633.4636
http://www.nmafa.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 6/11/08 - 12/8/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free

National Museum of African Art

950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC20560


Exhibits
342030

G-Men and Journalists


G-Men and Journalists: Top News Stories of the FBI's First Century explores the role of the media in shaping the bureau's image and the sometimes cooperative, sometimes combative relationship between the press and the FBI. The exhibition features approximately 200 artifacts drawn from the FBI evidence vaults and the collections of other museums, reporters, law-enforcement professionals, private collectors and the Newseum.
888.639.7386
http://www.newseum.org
Ongoing Daily 6/20/08 - 6/20/09; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: 9am-5pm
Cost: Free with paid admission

Newseum

555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC20001


Exhibits
338350

China's Forgotten Fleet: Voyages of Zheng He


Nearly a century before Columbus arrived in the Americas, a massive Chinese armada commanded by Admiral Zheng He set sail on the first of seven epic voyages. China's Forgotten Fleet: Voyages of Zheng He tells the story of these little-known journeys and cultural exchanges through objects, maps, and ship models (including a 10-foot-long replica of a baochuan or treasure ship) from the National Museum in China and the Quanzhou Maritime Museum. Visitors travel in the fleet's path to five ports - Malacca, Sri Lanka, the Malabar Coast of India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Malindi in East Africa - and learn about Chinese navigation and shipbuilding methods.
202.857.7588
http://www.nat... hic.com/museum
Ongoing Daily 6/11/08 - 9/7/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours.
Cost: Free

National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall

1145 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC20036


Exhibits
338351

Shaolin: Temple of Zen


Over the past eight years, photographer Jus­tin Guariglia won the trust of the notoriously secretive warrior monks of the Shaolin Temple, a unique Chi­nese Buddhist sect dedicated to preserving a form of kung fu referred to as the "vehicle of Zen." Shaolin: Temple of Zen features images and video from Guariglia documenting these individuals, who consider themselves the keepers and masters of their centuries-old art forms in their original setting, a 1,500-year-old Buddhist temple.
202.857.7588
http://www.nat... hic.com/museum
Ongoing Daily 6/11/08 - 9/7/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours.
Cost: Free

National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall

1145 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC20036


Exhibits
333136

Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from Kabul


The exhibit Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul presents over 200 extraordinary artifacts unearthed in modern Afghanistan from a vault under the Presidential Palace in 2004. Ranging in date from 2200 BC to AD 200, the objects present a rich mosaic of Afghanistan's cultural heritage and are drawn from four archaeological sites. Maps illustrate the locations of some 1,500 archaeological sites, ancient cities, the routes known as the Silk Road, and regions that relate to the artifacts. A documentary film narrated by celebrated Afghan-American author, Khaled Hosseini, explores ancient Afghan culture, the history of these collections and their dramatic rediscovery.
http://www.nga.gov
Ongoing Daily 5/25/08 - 9/7/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free

National Gallery of Art

600 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC20004


Exhibits
332222

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future


Famous for his simple, sweeping, and arching shapes, Saarinen changed the face of domestic and industrial design in the United States by creating some of the world's most innovative and widely recognized structures. From the 630-foot-tall, stainless steel St. Louis Gateway Arch along the Mississippi River to the swooping concrete vaults at the TWA Terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, Saarinen helped build an international image of the United States at the height of the Cold War. The museum presents the first major retrospective of Saarinen's work, incuding full-scale building models, never-before seen drawings, furniture, photographs, films, and other artifacts.
202.272.2448
http://www.nbm.org
Ongoing Daily 5/3/08 - 8/23/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: 6-18
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free; donations accepted

National Building Museum

401 F Street NW
Washington, DC20001


Exhibits
330761

Aaron Douglas: African-American Modernist


The exhibit brings together more than eighty rarely seen works by the artist, one of the most influential visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance, including paintings, prints, drawings, and illustrations. Douglas combined angular cubist rhythms, seductive art deco style, and traditional African and African-American imagery to develop his own unique visual vocabulary, which was part of a rich interchange between the visual arts, music, dance, literature, and politics.
202.633.1000
http://americanart.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 5/9/08 - 8/3/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: 5-18
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Eighth and F Streets, NW
Washington, DC20560


Exhibits
327972

The American Evolution: A History through Art


A display of nearly 200 objects from the Corcoran Gallery of Art's collection of American art, the exhibit focuses on five overarching themes that have shaped American culture: Money, Land, Politics, Cultural Exchange, and The Modern World.
202.639.1770
http://www.corcoran.org
Ongoing Daily 4/2/08 - 7/27/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours.
Cost: Free with paid admission

Corcoran Gallery of Art

500 17th Street NW
Washington, DC20006


Exhibits
321616

Telling Their Stories


The exhibit Telling Their Stories: 19th-Century Samplers and Silk Embroideries examines the artistry of early American stitching as well as delves into the family history of the creators of these needle arts. The DAR Museum exhibition highlights nearly 80 examples of samplers and silk embroideries and also provides information about the girls who created them and the women they became.
202.628.1776
http://www.dar.org/museum
Ongoing Daily 4/11/08 - 8/30/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: 5-18
Time: During museum hours.
Cost: Free

DAR Museum

1776 D Street, NW
Washington, DC20006


Exhibits
320199

Treasures 2008


Treasures 2008 consists of 74 works of ivory dating from between the 15th and 20th centuries, and ranging from small personal objects - including snuff containers, jewelry and implements - to large emblems of wealth, political leadership and spiritual authority, like tusks and staffs.
202.633.4600
http://www.nmafa.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 4/17/08 - 8/24/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free

National Museum of African Art

950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC20560


Exhibits
315360

BLUE


BLUE explores the creation and meaning of the color blue on textiles produced across time and place, with particular emphasis on contemporary artists' use of natural indigo dyes. The exhibition features blue textiles ranging from Greco-Roman and pre-Columbian tunic fragments to installations by internationally renowned artists. Hiroyuki Shindo, a Japanese artist who grows and processes his own indigo to produce innovatively patterned textiles, as well as Maria Eugenia Davila and Eduardo Portillo, who raise silkworms and dye threads with natural dyes in Venezuela, highlight the ways that artists around the world are embracing this ancient dye to create works that speak to their own experience.
202.667.0441
http://www.textilemuseum.org
Ongoing Daily 4/4/08 - 9/18/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free

The Textile Museum

2320 S Street, NW
Washington, DC20008


Exhibits
308540

A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel


Featuring more than 30 images from award-winning National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths Belt, the exhibit showcases the highlights of Belt's career, including assignments that took her into a roaring North Dakota blizzard; into the desert by camel with Bedouins; and into Israel, where she dressed as a boy to gain access to a male-only Jewish holiday called Lag b'Omer. Complementing the images are four personal stories drawn from Belt's new book, A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel: My Journey in Photographs, that give visitors a closer look into Belt's life and travels with her two kids in tow!
202.857.7588
http://www.nat... hic.com/museum
Ongoing Daily 3/18/08 - 9/14/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours.
Cost: Free

National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall

1145 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC20036


Exhibits
306153

RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture


Images of hip hop stars are as pervasive as the music itself, and the exhibit features the work of artists - including photos, paintings, poetry, and murals - who have explored this phenomenon.
202.275.2617
http://www.npg.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 2/8/08 - 10/26/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free

National Portrait Gallery

Eighth and F Streets, NW
Washington, DC20560


Exhibits
291211

El Anatsui: Gawa


El Anatsui, a native of Ghana who has been living in Nigeria since 1975, has experimented throughout the years with a variety of media, including wood, ceramics, and paint. Most recently, he has focused on discarded metal objects, hundreds or even thousands of which are joined together to create remarkable works of art that celebrate Africa's rich artistic and cultural heritage. El Anatsui: Gawa features such objects as wrappers from flattened metal liquor bottles, tops from food tins, and other discarded metals that are tied together to resemble metallic weavings that simultaneously reflect the tradition of Ghanaian strip cloths and the abstraction of modernist paintings.
202.633.4600
http://www.nmafa.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 3/12/08 - 9/7/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free

National Museum of African Art

950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC20560


Exhibits
260763

One Life: Katharine Hepburn


One Life: Katharine Hepburn includes her four Oscar statues - the most won by anyone for best actress; images from her life and career; and a video kiosk that plays clips from a selection of her films, interviews, and television.
202.275.2617
http://www.npg.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 11/2/07 - 9/28/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours
Cost: Free

National Portrait Gallery

Eighth and F Streets, NW
Washington, DC20560


Exhibits
75002

Space: A Journey to Our Future


The travelling exhibit highlights current projects in space exploration - satellites, space telescopes, living in space - and provides a glimpse into future human space travel. Twenty-first century interactive displays and state-of-the-art video and audio technology bring the story to life.
202.633.1000
http://www.nasm.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 6/14/08 - 1/11/09; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: During museum hours.
Cost: Free

National Air and Space Museum

6th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC20024


Fairs & Festivals
336944

Safeway's National Capital Barbecue Battle


Watch as barbecue teams and restaurants from around the country compete to win over $25,000 in cash & prizes and the title of National Pork BBQ Champion. Enjoy over 30 bands and 3 stages of continuous music, cooking demonstrations, and activities all weekend long. For the kids there are free rides and games, including basketball games, flight and race car simulators, climbing wall, and much more interactive fun! Benefiting the Metropolitan Police Boys & Girls Clubs, and DC Doubledutch. Held along Pennsylvania Ave, NW, between 9th & 14th Streets.
301.860.0630
http://www.bbqusa.us
Ongoing Daily 6/21/08 - 6/22/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: Sat 11am-9pm; Sun 11am-7:30pm
Cost: Adults $10; Children (6-12) $5, (5 and under) free

The National Mall

3rd Street to 14th Street, andJefferson Drive to Madison Drive
Washington, DC20006


Fairs & Festivals
315765

Pirate Fest '08


Get your fill of cutthroats, scallywags, sea-farin' scoundrels, and thieves. Music, food vendors, costume contest, a treasure hunt, and more for pirates and land lubbers alike! Rain or shine.
301.952.8010
http://www.pgp... lls_intro.html
6/21/08

Ages: All Ages
Time: 10am-4pm
Cost: $5

Darnall's Chance House Museum

14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive
Upper Marlboro, MD20772


Farms & Gardens
343472

Family Day: One Planet - Ours!


Families are invited to participate in a wide variety of programs, including creating a pollinator and being a part of the pollinator play, helping create a straw bale house, discovering how to cook with sunshine, observing live bees in their hive, creating a hand-held wind turbine, and meeting experts in the field of sustainability. Bring plastic bags to recycle and receive a reusable shopping bag.
202.225.8333
http://www.usbg.gov
6/21/08

Ages: All Ages
Time: 10am-4:30pm
Cost: Free

The United States Botanic Garden

Maryland Avenue and First Street, SW
Washington, DC20024


Films
344764

Movies Under the Stars: Night at the Museum (PG)


Start your summer with an old-fashioned drive-in movie (in the mall parking lot), see Night at the Museum (PG) on a 40-foot screen. Watch from the comfort of your car or bring a lawn chair and sit up front. Come early and enjoy the pre-show, which includes food, festivities, and free giveaways!
301.840.5840
http://www.shoplakeforest.com
6/21/08

Ages: All Ages
Time: Pre-Show 5:30pm; Movie 9pm
Cost: Free

Lakeforest Mall

701 Russell Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD20877


Films
335789

Animation Celebration!


NMAI's annual Animation Celebration! presents delightful, short animations for young and old alike, including such films as Maq and the Spirit of the Woods, The Race, Raccoon and Crawfish, and more.
202.633.1000
http://www.nmai.si.edu
Ongoing Daily 6/1/08 - 6/30/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: All Ages
Time: 12:30pm & 3:30pm
Cost: Free

National Museum of the American Indian

4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC20024


Films
158479

Kidtoon Films


Animated, G-rated movies for kids every Saturday and Sunday morning. The featured movie changes monthly.
703.502.4060
http://www.nat... /kid_toons.asp
Ongoing Each Sat, Sun 10/7/06 - 12/31/10; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: 0-12
Time: 10am
Cost: $3.50

Fairfax Corner 14: Cinema De Lux

11900 Palace Way
Fairfax, VA22030


Holiday Seasonal
338246

Running Scared, Running Free


The spirit of Juneteenth is honored with a special presentation of Running Scared, Running Free, an inspiring, and at times harrowing, story set in the year 1850. Three separate stories of a quick-witted runaway slave, a "conductor" of a safe house on the Underground Railroad, and a ruthless bounty hunter are dramatically intertwined in an award-winning, suspenseful play.
703.838.4356
http://www.alexblackhistory.org
Ongoing Daily 6/20/08 - 6/22/08; check with location for exceptions.

Ages: 10-18
Time: fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm
Cost: $10

Alexandria Black History Museum

902 Wythe Street
Alexandria, VA22314


Nature & Outdoors
341983

Native Peoples Along Rock Creek


Explore the Rock Creek Valley with a park ranger and discover how the land and its resources were utilized by past cultures. Meet at Peirce Barn, 2401 Tilden Street, NW (Tilden Street and Beach Drive).
202.895.6070
http://www.nps.gov/rocr
6/21/08

Ages: 7-18
Time: 12n
Cost: Free

Rock Creek Park

5200 Glover Road, NW
Washington, DC20015


Nature & Outdoors
341998

Milkhouse Ford Hike


Join a park ranger for a one-and-a-half mile hike to the Milkhouse Ford and discover the diverse natural and cultural resources that surround the historic water crossing. Boots are recommended.
202.895.6239
http://www.nps.gov/rocr
6/21/08

Ages: 7-18
Time: 2pm
Cost: Free

Rock Creek Park Nature Center

5200 Glover Road, NW
Washington, DC20015


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