I just couldn't resist! I just had to share the many exciting events already underway in the new school year. Be sure to note the Cajun concert at the Library of Congress this Wednesday.
September Tuesday, 6
Book lecture: Nadia Lopez – "The Bridge to Brilliance: How the principal in a tough community is inspiring the world" – P&P – 7 PM
Wednesday 7Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad - U.S. Permanent Representative to
the United Nations, 2007-2009 U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, 2005-2007 Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2003-2005 For a discussion on his book The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House My Journey Through a Turbulent World Moderated by Vali Nasr |
4:30-6:00pm Johns Hopkins University |
P&P - 7PM
Concert: Yvette Landry presents Cajun music and Louisiana honky-tonk – Coolidge Auditorium – Jefferson building – Library of Congress – noon
Concert: Yvette Landry presents Cajun music and Louisiana honky-tonk – Coolidge Auditorium – Jefferson building – Library of Congress – noon
Film: TV news broadcasts from 1964 with a panel of Tim Sherwood, NBC 4; Police Chief Cathy Lanier; and local activists, Susan Meehan – National Archives – 7 PM
Book lecture: Joe Solmonese – "The gift of anger: use passion to build the destroy" – busboys and poets – fifth and K streets Northwest – 6:30 PM
Booktalk: Joseph E. Stiglitz – "The euro: how a common currency threatens the future of Europe" – P&P – 7 PM
:Friday, 9Book lecture: Joe Solmonese – "The gift of anger: use passion to build the destroy" – busboys and poets – fifth and K streets Northwest – 6:30 PM
Booktalk: Joseph E. Stiglitz – "The euro: how a common currency threatens the future of Europe" – P&P – 7 PM
Booktalk: Nicholson Baker – "Substitute: going to school with 1000 kids" – P&P – 7 PM
Film: "Awakening in Taos: Mabel Dodge's influence on O'Keefe, D. H. Lawrence and Ansell Adams – Smithsonian American Art Museum – 3 PM
Sunday, 11
Concert: Steinway series – pianist Stephen Lin – Smithsonian American Art Museum – 3 PM
Monday, 12
Booktalk: Ross King: "Mad enchantment: Claude Monet and the painting of the water lilies" – P&P – 7 PM
Symposium: American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress presents "Collections, collaborations and connections" panels highlighting the work of the center – Montpelier room – Madison building – Library of Congress – continues Monday and Tuesday – registration is required – 202 – 707 – 5510 – 9 AM to 5 PM
Tuesday, 13Symposium: American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress presents "Collections, collaborations and connections" panels highlighting the work of the center – Montpelier room – Madison building – Library of Congress – continues Monday and Tuesday – registration is required – 202 – 707 – 5510 – 9 AM to 5 PM
Booktalk: Zachary Roth – "The great suppression: voting rights, corporate cash and the conservative assault on democracy" – busboys and poets – 14th and V – 6:30 PM
Book Talk: Larry Tye - Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon" - National Archives - Noon
Booktalk: Heather Ann Thompson – "Blood in the water: the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy" – P&P – 7 PM
Wednesday, 14
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Booktalk: Kenneth D. Ackerman –: "Trotsky in New York, 1917: portrait of a radical on the eve of revolution" – busboys and poets – 14th and V – 6:30 PM
Booktalk: Lawrence Wright – "The Terror Years: from Al Qaeda to the Islamic state" – P&P 7 PM
Lecture: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen – "The garden as picture: stained-glass designs for Lewis C. Tiffany – Smithsonian American Art Museum – 6:30 PM
Book lecture: Arthur T. Downey – "the Cold War: law, lawyers, spies and crises" – National Archives – noon
Thursday, 15Lecture: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen – "The garden as picture: stained-glass designs for Lewis C. Tiffany – Smithsonian American Art Museum – 6:30 PM
Book lecture: Arthur T. Downey – "the Cold War: law, lawyers, spies and crises" – National Archives – noon
Booktalk: Joe Conason – "Man of the world: the further endeavors of Bill Clinton" – P&P – 7 PM
Reading and presentation: Simon Schwartz, German cartoonist, discusses his editorials/cartoons regarding life in east Germany – Goethe Institute - 1990 Street Northwest Suite 03 – reservation suggested www.goetheinstitutewashington.eventbrite.com – 6:30 PM
Reading and presentation: Simon Schwartz, German cartoonist, discusses his editorials/cartoons regarding life in east Germany – Goethe Institute - 1990 Street Northwest Suite 03 – reservation suggested www.goetheinstitutewashington.eventbrite.com – 6:30 PM
Concert: "Take 5! John Coltraine celebrated! With the Ted Baker quintet "– Smithsonian American Art Museum – 5 PM – 7 PM
Symposium: "Nathaniel Comfort, astrobiology chair leads panel discussing "The emergence of life: on the earth, in the lab and elsewhere" – room LJ 119 – Jefferson building – Library of Congress – contact 202-707-0213 – 9 AM – 5 PM