DC Culture Communique June 24
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| |  | | |  National City Christian Church National City Christian Church represents more than a million members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination in Washington D.C. Its sanctuary was designed in 1929 by celebrated architect John Russell Pope, who also planned and built the National Archives and the Jefferson Memorial. U.S. Presidents James A. Garfield and Lyndon B. Johnson were active members of the NCCC congregation and both are memorialized in stained-glass windows in the sanctuary. Concerts by guest choral and orchestral ensembles are given throughout the year along with the NCCC's own Friday noon-time pipe organ recital series. | |  | |  Photographs: Painted Rock Art of Southern Oman Dr. William Zimmerle has spent years documenting the cave inscriptions of Dhofar as part of a digital humanities preservation project. The inscriptions give a glimpse into Oman's early history. The inscriptions extend from the coastal plain to the Rub' Al Khali desert, and to the Jebel Qara mountains. The rock art of the Dhofari mountains date to at least the late first millennium B.C., and depict animals as well as hunting and battle scenes, anthropomorphic stick and dressed figures, dhows and other ships. The exhibition of high resolution photographs taken across six archaeological field sites, is on display at the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center in DC through March 3. | |  Dead Man Walking Jake Heggie's modern classic about a death row inmate convicted for murder and the kindhearted nun who takes on his final appeal becomes a journey powered by an unforgettable score infused with American popular styles. The nun finds herself empathizing with the inmate, but once his family and the victims' relatives share their stories, she struggles to reconcile mercy and compassion with society's demand for justice. See this emotional drama at the Kennedy Center through Saturday, March 11. | |  Friday, February 24 Exhibit - Border Crossing: Jami Porter Lara
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Author Talk - Reagan v. Gorbatchev with Guillaume Serina
Alliance Française de Washington DC Concert - Famous Contemporaries
The Embassy of France Saturday, February 25
Theater - Struggle for Freedom: The Life of Dr. King
National Theatre Exhibit - Guided Highlights Tour
Newseum Exhibit - A Treaty of Peace and Amity: The Treaty of Ghent and the War of 1812
Octagon Museum Event - Magic of Spying: Tradecraft Trickery
International Spy Museum Sunday, February 26 Lecture - Luce Artist Talk with Sparkplug Collective
Smithsonian American Art Museum Film - Iranian Film Festival: 76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Kiarostami
National Gallery of Art Theater - Watch on the Rhine
Arena Stage Monday, February 27 Exhibit - Chinamania
Freer Sackler Exhibit - An Agreeable Tyrant: Fashion After the Revolution
DAR Museum Exhibit - World War I: American Artists View the Great War
Library of Congress Tuesday, February 28 Event - Hirshhorn Highlights
Hirshhorn Museum Event - Tour: ASID HQ Case Study
AIA | DC Exhibit - #iseedc2016
District Architecture Center Wednesday, March 1 Exhibit - American by Belief
President Lincoln Cottage Exhibit - New Ground: The Southwest of Maria Martinez and Laura Gilpin
National Museum of Women in the Arts Event - Vintage Game Night
President Woodrow Wilson House Thursday, March 2 Event - A Night In Montmarte
The Phillips Collection Exhibit - Blair House: The President's Guest House
White House Historical Association Theater - Intelligence
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