PAST: Free Events this Week from CultureCapital.com! WED, July 6th - TUES, July 12th, Free

Below is a list of additional FREE events this week from CultureCapital.

Culture Capital is a program of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, a nonprofit organization serving Metro DC’s arts & culture community and the public for over 30 years.

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Wednesday, July 6th

Lecture

Topics in Modern Art: Pop Art and Postmodernism

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Exploring facets of modern and contemporary art with Sally Shelburne, lecturer.

National Gallery of Art

East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Metro: Judiciary Square, closest to East Building

Summer Outdoor Concert

Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band
7:00pm

Enjoy a free performance by the 14-piece funk-tastic orchestra known as the Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band! This DC-based band has at its heart the spicy stew of modern jazz, Yoruba tribal music and burning, James Brown-inspired rhythms known as Afrobeat.

Strathmore outdoor grounds

Metro: Grosvenor - Strathmore

Friday, July 8th

Summer Outdoor Concert

"Jazz in the Garden" Friday Concert Series

features Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet

5:00pm - 8:30pm

National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden

Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

Saturday, July 9th

Artist Talk

Silkscreen artist Andis Applewhite speaks about her solo show "Freedom"

1:00pm

Talk followed by an informal Q&A session and light refreshments.

Washington Printmakers Gallery

Metro: Silver Spring

Silent Film + Live Music

From Vault to Screen: New Preservation from France:

Ciné-Concert: Poetry in Motion—The Scientific Short

2:30pm - 3:45pm

15 shorts from 1910 - 1920, accompanied by Andrew Simpson on piano. Conservator Caroline Patte will also be there in person. Read more here. Part of the From Vault to Screen: New Preservation from France series.

National Gallery of Art

East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Metro: Judiciary Square, closest to East Building

Sunday, July 10th

Lecture Series

All Things Italian: The Early Medici, Their Palace, and the Arts in Florence
2:00pm

Lecture given by J. Russell Sale in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Italian Republic.

National Gallery of Art

East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Metro: Judiciary Square, closest to East Building

Literary & Poetry Reading

Open Door Reading with Joan Gussow and W. Perry Epes
2:00pm

The Writer's Center

Metro: Bethesda, use the elevator exit

Tuesday, July 12th

The Frozen Sucker War: Good Humor vs. Popsicle by Jefferson Moak
12:00pm

"Popsicles and Good Humor Bars; two American food icons and as American as apple pie were, in the 1920s, engaged in numerous legal battles over patent and market share infringements that also affected other frozen confection companies. Archivist Jefferson Moak discusses the causes of these legal battles and their eventual outcome."

National Archives

Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

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