Saturday, July 16, 2011

PAST: Free Arts & Culture Events this Week from CultureCapital.com! WED, August 17th - THURS, August 25th





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Below is a list of additional FREE arts and culture events this week from CultureCapital.com.


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, August 17th

Gallery Talk
12:00pm - 12:50pm
Permanent collection gallery talk given by Sally Shelburne or Diane Arkin, staff lecturers, National Gallery of Art.

National Gallery of Art East Building Ground Level, Information Desk
Metro: Judiciary Square is closest to East Bldg

Gallery Talk
12:30pm

Discover Dumbarton House's Federal Period and decorative arts collection while enjoying your brown bag lunch at this bi-monthly series presented by Dumbarton House staff experts and guest scholars.
Metro: Dupont Circle and walk about 7 blocks or take a bus closer


Thursday, August 18th

Film Shorts
12:00pm
A selection of short films Walt Disney contributed to the U.S. Government including Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (1942), Water, Friend or Enemy (1943), and The Grain that Built the Hemisphere.

Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial


Saturday, August 20th
Animated Film
Based on the children's book by Judith Barrett, this animated adventure follows a scientist who tries to solve world hunger only to see things go awry. (2009; 90 minutes)
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial
Mural Project Launch

The Culture Keepers Program will launch its first mural project at the future site of the Prince George's African American Museum & Cultural Center.
on RI Ave in Brentwood, MD
Metro: See metro for bus access from the Rhode Island Avenue or Hyattsville metro
Concert
7:30pm
Arnold Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht, Opus 4" (1899, rev. 1917, 1943) Johann Sebastian Bach/trans. Sitkovetsky, "Goldberg Variations, BWV 98
at NoVA Community College, Alexandria Campus
Metro: See metro for best bus access from metro
Sunday, August 21st
Lecture Series
All Things Italian: Italian Contemporary Photography
2:00pm
Talk given by Adam Davies, in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Italian Republic.

National Gallery of Art
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
Metro: Judiciary Square is closest to East Bldg
Monday, August 22nd

Civil rights leader, politician, and writer Julian Bond and Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center will be present for a post-screening discussion of the award winning film from 1994 about the civil rights movement Time for Justice and the events it so vividly documents.


Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial
Tuesday, August 23rd - Thursday, August 25th







Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday


12:00pm - 12:50pm

Harry Cooper and Diane Arkin discuss works by Jenny Holzer.

National Gallery of Art East Building Ground Level, Information Desk
Metro: Judiciary Square is closest to East Bldg


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