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Cottage Conversation: The Civil War at Sea with Dr. Craig Symonds

 

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January 31, 2013 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
$10 for the lecture and $10 for the reception. Free for Cottage members at the $250 level or above.
History of Chocolate

Food historian Joyce White traces the history of chocolate from its ancient beginnings in Meso-America to the modern day. This interactive presentation will focus on how chocolate has changed through time in terms of its cultural value and how...

February 12, 2013 - 7:00pm
$12.00
THE L. RON HUBBARD HOUSE MUSEUM

 

The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the original landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer, explorer, and founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, trained...

January 10, 2013 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
January 11, 2013 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
January 12, 2013 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
January 13, 2013 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
January 16, 2013 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
FREE
Medical Museum Science Café: “Bugs, Bones and Dirt: Human Decomposition Ecology and Postmortem Microbiology,” a presentation by Franklin Damann, Ph.D.

Human decomposition is dependent on the environment-- how our bodies end up depends on how a person was interred; the decomposer community, such as insects and animals; the number of bacterial cells in the body; and more. Join forensic...

January 22, 2013 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Free
Cloud Traces: Texts from the Codices of Memory

 

The Mexican Cultural Institute is proud to welcome Zapotec...

December 11, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
FREE!
Is America Still Exceptional? Foreign Policy Over the Next Four Years

Debate between Henry Nau, GW professor of political science and international affairs, and Daniel Deudney, associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University, on the future of American foreign policy. Moderated by James...

December 10, 2012 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Free
DREAMer Kites

A conversation about art, activism and immigrant rights featuring artists, activists and allies from the undocumented community. With pro-migrant voters of color having a major impact on recent elections, conversations about humane immigration...

December 6, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
FOCUS! On video art and short film

FOCUS! delves into the disciplinary overlaps of video art and short film. The two-day series of screenings and discussions will examine the ways in which cinematographers and short film makers are increasingly distorting the...

December 7, 2012 - 6:30pm - December 8, 2012 - 11:59pm
$5-$10
Points of View: Roads of Arabia

Massumeh Farhad, chief curator and curator of Islamic art, speaks about some of the artistic and cultural exchanges that shaped the extraordinary history of ancient Arabia

January 22, 2013 - 12:00pm
Free
Green Roof Tour of American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)

A green roof replaces traditional roofing with a lightweight, living system of soil, compost, and plants. They help cool cities, manage...

November 20, 2012 - December 31, 2013
Free
It’s Cold But Not Cold Enough: Understanding Arctic Change through Indigenous Communities

The Arctic is experiencing environmental change at twice the pace of the rest of the planet. In 2007, the NPS Shared Beringian Heritage Program funded a collaborative project titled Sea Ice Knowledge and Use: The Ice We Want Our Children to Know...

November 14, 2012 - 1:15pm - 2:15pm
THE L. RON HUBBARD HOUSE MUSEUM

 

The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the original landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer, explorer, and founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, trained...

November 15, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
November 16, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
November 17, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
November 19, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
November 21, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
Free
The Queen of America Book Reading and Signing

THE QUEEN OF AMERICA
Mary Cutts's Life of Dolley Madison
With a Foreward by Cokie Roberts


Despite her role as an influential First Lady, Dolley Madison...

November 17, 2012 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Donation requested
Our Nation's River: A System on the Edge (2012)

The museum’s guest for this program is Alexandra

Cousteau, a National Geographic "Emerging Explorer,"

filmmaker, and globally recognized advocate on water

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November 20, 2012 - 7:00pm
Our Nation's River: A System on the Edge (2012)

The museum’s guest for this program is Alexandra

Cousteau, a National Geographic "Emerging Explorer,"

filmmaker, and globally recognized advocate on water

...
November 20, 2012 - 7:00pm
Our Nation's River: A System on the Edge (2012)

The museum’s guest for this program is Alexandra

Cousteau, a National Geographic "Emerging Explorer,"

filmmaker, and globally recognized advocate on water

...
November 20, 2012 - 7:00pm
THE L. RON HUBBARD HOUSE MUSEUM

 

The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the original landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer, explorer, and founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard,...

November 8, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
November 9, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
November 10, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
November 11, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
November 14, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
Free
Securing Access to Capital: An Economic Development Workshop for D.C.'s Small & Local Businesses

An Economic Development workshop for DC's small and local businesses. Hosted by Councilmember Michael A Brown.

November 29, 2012 - 9:30am - 12:00pm

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