This presentation on the ever expanding Social Media tools available to artists and sculptors will be presented by Greg Braun. The primary focus will be on how to set up and use Facebook to maintain personal information and your professional...
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D.C. Emancipation: The Struggle for Freedom, Liberty, Justice and Equality
In observance of the 150th anniversary of D.C. emancipation, tonight’s panel will focus on slavery, abolition, emancipation, and Senator Henry Wilson, the author of the D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act which freed 3,100 enslaved persons....
April 18, 2012 - 7:00pm
FREE
First Lady Pat Nixon: Ambassador of Goodwill
During her years as First Lady, Pat Nixon traveled the world and her unique brand of personal diplomacy won many friends for the United States. Visiting more than 75 countries, she was at the time the most traveled First Lady in history....
April 5, 2012 - 7:00pm
FREE
The Making of a Patriot: Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit by Sheila Skemps
In January, 1774, Benjamin Franklin, was called to appear before the Privy Council—a select group of the King’s advisors. Solicitor General Alexander Wedderburn unleashed a withering tirade against Franklin over perceived seditious...
April 5, 2012 - 12:00pm
FREE
Gothic Profusion: The Bicentennial of the Birth of Augustus Welby Pugin
AIA Legacy presents Gothic Profusion, a talk at The Octagon Museum to commemorate British architect, Augustus Welby Pugin, on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Join us for light refreshments and a lecture by special guest, James...
March 29, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
$15
“Traditional Architecture” by Stephen J. Vanze,
Traditional Architecture has a timeless quality. A building must not only suit its function, it must also suit its symbolic importance in the community and the context in which it finds itself. So, just as the founders of the Republic used Greek...
March 8, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
UDC Spring Lecture Series: Union Station - An American Icon
February 27th “The Retailing of Union Station”.
Mark Polhemus, Union Station General Manager, will present on the retail aspects of the station including historical attempts to retail the stations since the...
February 27, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Symposium on Carl Jung and Aging To Be Held at Library of Congress Sponsored by AARP Foundation
A symposium titled “Jung and Aging: Bringing to Life the Possibilities and Potentials for Vital Aging,” which will explore the work of the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) and its meaning to an aging population, will be...
March 28, 2012 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
FREE
Cottage Conversation with Ambassador Luis CdeBaca
Thursday, February 23, 2012 with Ambassador Luis CdeBaca. Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons
Reception: 6:00pm / Visitor Education Center and Lecture: 6:30pm / President Lincoln's Cottage...
February 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
The Role of President Woodrow Wilson's “First Ladies.”
Kristie Miller, author of Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson’s First Ladies, which she will discuss at the forum. She is the former Director of the Chicago Tribune Company, was the first female managing editor of the Brown Daily Herald, and...
February 19, 2012 - 10:00am
Shadow Commander: The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn-Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces Hero
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army’s most secretive unit may have been the Studies and Observations Group (SOG). This unit captured enemy prisoners for interrogation, rescued American POWs and conducted reconnaissance missions in North...
February 16, 2012 - 12:00pm
Free
The Greatest Spies of World War II: Garbo, Baker, de Clarens…and Hemingway?
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February 22, 2012 - 10:15am
$112 (must be purchased through the Smithsonian)
The National Woman’s Party: Political Rhetoric and Visual Propaganda in the Battle for the Vote
Hear about the effective tactics and strategies thta were employed in the campaign for women's right to vote. Sewall-Belmont House & Museum Public Programs & Outreach Manager Elisabeth Crum will discuss the foundations of the National...
March 7, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Spring Arts Colloquia presents Broadly Speaking: Working Across Disciplines featuring artist Jose Lerma
Broadly Speaking: Working Across Disciplines brings together four artists whose interests and creative work transcend the tradition of working in a single medium. These dynamic individuals pursue their creative ideas by...
March 6, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Free
Talk of the Hill with Bill Press: C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb
Award-winning journalist, political insider and Capitol Hill resident Bill Press sits down for a series of one-on-one, thought provoking conversations beginning with C-SPAN founder and CEO Brian Lamb (February 15 7-9 p.m.) and continuing with...
February 15, 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
$10
Uncovering Hidden World
As a staff photographer with National Geographic, JODI COBB has worked in more than 60 countries—celebrating the best of the human spirit and spotlighting some of its worst abuses.
She is best known for lifting the curtain on worlds...
February 7, 2012 - 7:30pm
NG MEMBER: $18/ 3-PART SERIES: $51, GENERAL PUBLIC: $20/ 3-PART SERIES: $57
The Rejection of Elizabeth Mason: The Case of a “Free Colored” Revolutionary Widow
Damani Davis, archivist, discusses the rejection and appeals in a pension file and illuminates African American participation in the Revolutionary War.
February 7, 2012 - 11:00am
Spring Arts Colloquia presents Broadly Speaking: Working Across Disciplines featuring artist Tim Davis
Broadly Speaking: Working Across Disciplines brings together four artists whose interests and creative work transcend the tradition of working in a single medium. These dynamic individuals pursue their creative ideas by exploring...
February 21, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Free
Arts Management Spring Colloquium presents The Future of the Arts featuring Jamie Bennett
In an era of dramatic and rapidly accelerating change, where everything from the way tickets are sold to the definition of “art” is under reconsideration and transformation, it's time for a public discussion of the Future of the Arts...
February 17, 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Free
Gallery Talk with Raoul Middleman at the Katzen Arts Center
Join artist Raoul Middleman and the American University Museum in a talk about Middleman's newest exhibition. Baltimore maestro Raoul Middleman's nudes are not pretty; they are sagging, dimpled, and real. His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of...
February 11, 2012 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Free
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