Dateline
GW's Guide To Happenings Throughout Metropolitan
Washington
Tuesday / Oct. 15
Lecture Francesco Bonami on the 50th Venice Biennale, noon, and
Richard Flood on Arte Povera, at 12:30 pm. Hirshhorn Museum, 7th &
Independence SW. For more information call 357-2700 or visit www.hirshhorn.si.edu/.
Wednesday / Oct. 16
Today in History: 1859: Abolitionist John Brown and 21 armed
men took some 60 hostages and seized the federal arsenal at Harpers
Ferry in what is now West Virginia.
Lecture Aftermath of Sept.11. Well-known Washington-area
photographer Carol Highsmith discusses her photographs of the Sept.11
terrorist attacks. The lecture will take place at The Library of Congress
at 1 pm. For more information call 707-6072.
Film Documentary Shorts Frontier Visionary: George Catlin
and the Plains Indians Renwick Gallery Palm Court, 1 pm. For Smithsonian
American Art Museum information call 275-1912 or visit http://AmericanArt.si.edu/.
Lecture Eldredge Prize Lecture Orientals and Orientalists
in the American Scene. presented by Anthony W. Lee, winner of
the 2002 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in
American Art. Lee, a professor at Mount Holyoke College, is being honored
for his book Picturing Chinatown: Art and Orientalism in San Francisco
(University of California Press, 2001). Reception to follow. Renwick
Gallery Grand Salon, 4 pm. For Smithsonian American Art Museum information
call at 275-1912 or visit http://AmericanArt.si.edu/.
Thursday / Oct. 17
GW Seminar Department of Geology Fall Seminar Series with E.
Bruce Watson, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute. Talk begin promptly at 4:30 pm in Bell Hall,
room 105. For more information call John Hanchar, 994-4336 or
E-mail jhanch@gwu.edu.
GW Film Windtalkers, starring Nicholas Cage, 7 pm
and 10 pm, Marvin Center Amphitheater. Admission to all films is free
with GWorld ID. One guest per GWorld is permitted. The film series is
subject to change. Please consult the Program Board Web site, pb.gwu.edu,
to confirm any revisions.
$ Theatre Ubu Roi Kathleen Akerley directs a bizzare
comic retelling of Shakespeares MacBeth. Performances
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, through Nov 9. At the Rorshach
Theatre, 1421 Columbia Road. For more information 703/715-6707 or visit
www.rorschachtheatre.com.
$ Theatre El lugar ideal, Written and directed by
Hector Quintero. 8 pm. Warehouse Theater. Performances also on Oct.
18 and 19, at 8 pm, and Oct. 20 at 4 pm. A co-presentation with GALA
Hispanic Theatre and the Washington Performing Arts Society. For more
information call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org/.
Film Pamela Yates documentary Presumed Guilty
(2001), follows the moral dilemmas faced by lawyers in the San Francisco
public defenders office. Playing at 7 pm and 9 pm. Hirshhorn Museum,
Ring Auditorium. For information visit http://hirshhorn.si.edu/.
Friday / Oct. 18
GW Sports Mens Soccer vs Saint Josephs. 3 pm, Mount
Vernon Athletic Field.
GW McSweeneys Vs. They Might Be Giants An evening of letters
and music with author Dave Eggers and They Might Be Giants at Lisner
Auditorium at 8 pm. Tickets are available at the Lisner Auditorium Box
Office, TicketMaster outlets, and by calling 301/808-6900.
$ Readings PEN/Faulkner 200203 Readings Umberto Eco &
Deborah Tannen, 8 pm. All readings are followed by a reception and book
sale in the Folgers Great Hall. Seating in the theatre and church
is unreserved, with doors opening 30 minutes before event time. Tickets
are $15. For ticket information call the Folger Box Office at 544-7077
or visit www.folger.edu.
$ Theatre Sweet Honey in the Rock Anniversary Concert, 7:30 pm.
The Warner Theatre. Sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society.
For more information call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org/.
Saturday / Oct. 19
$ Performance Piotr Anderszewski, 2 pm. Kennedy Center Terrace
Theater. Sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society. For more information
call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org/.
$ Performance Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, and Lambert Orkis,
piano, 4:30 pm. Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Sponsored by Washington
Performing Arts Society. For more information call 833-9800 or visit
www.wpas.org/.
Family Program Join us for Family Day, full of special activities
and performances featuring Native American music and craft. Meet
George Catlin, Grand Salon, 10:30 am; tour, George Catlin and
His Indian Gallery, Lobby, 11 am; Join Keith Bear, (Mandan), a flute
player and storyteller in the Grand Salon, noon1:30 pm; and The
Big Day Family (Crow) from Montana will entertain with traditional Native
American stories and demonstrations on how to make Crow dolls, turkey
feather war bonnets, and parfleches, used by Plains Indians to store
and transport food and clothing. Grand Salon, 25 pm. Renwick
Gallery. For Smithsonian American Art Museum information call at 275-1912
or visit http://AmericanArt.si.edu/.
Film Daughter from Danang Freer Gallery of Art, 4
pm. A biracial adoptee raised in Tennessee tracks down her birth mother
in Vietnam in this bittersweet tale that won the Best Documentary award
at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. For information call 357-2700.
Sunday / Oct. 20
GW Sports Mens Soccer vs Temple. 1 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic
Field.
Monday / Oct. 21
GW Performance Laurie Anderson Happiness One of the
worlds premier performance artists comes to Lisner Auditorium
at 8 pm. Tickets are available at the Lisner Auditorium Box Office,
TicketMaster outlets, and by calling 301/808-6900.
Symposium Perspectives on American Book History: Artifacts
and Commentary, featuring Scott Jasper, Joanne Chaison, and Jeffrey
Groves, the editors of a new book with the same title. The program takes
place at the Library of Congress from 9 am noon. For more information
call 705-5093.
Tuesday / Oct. 22
$ Lecture Connections: Catlin at the Smithsonian,
Clayton Old Elk (Crow) discusses the origin of the tipi structure in
Native American culture and its use as a sacred space. Grand Salon,
1 pm. Renwick Gallery. For Smithsonian American Art Museum information
call at 275-1912 or visit http://AmericanArt.si.edu/.
Lecture Witness and Response. Photographer Joel Meyerowitz,
who has a number of his photos on display in the Librarys exhibition,
discusses his work at the World Trade Center site from Sept. 11, 2001,
through May 2002, where he was the only photographer allowed to shoot
on a daily basis. The program takes place at the Library of Congress,
from 24 pm. For more information call 707-9203.
Performance Cypress String Quartet, 7:30 pm. Kennedy
Center Terrace Theater. Sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society.
For more information call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org/.
Wednesday / Oct. 23
Gallery Talk Witness and Response Helen Zughaib and
Katty Caparella, two artists whose works are represented in the Witness
and Response exhibition, discuss the motivation and meaning of
their works. The will take place at The Library of Congress at noon.
For more information call 707-9203.
Film Documentary Shorts Momaday: Voice of the West
Palm Court, 1 pm. Renwick Gallery. For Smithsonian American Art Museum
information call 275-1912 or visit http://AmericanArt.si.edu/.
Thursday / Oct. 24
GW Film Minority Report, starring Tom Cruise, 7 pm
and 10 pm, Marvin Center Ballroom. Admission to all films is free with
GWorld ID. One guest per GWorld is permitted. The film series is subject
to change. Please consult the Program Board Web site, pb.gwu.edu,
to confirm any revisions.
Exhibit Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera,196272
Displayed at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through Jan.
20. This show features over 140 sculptures and large-scale installations
by 14 artists who were part of a loose-knit Italian movement known as
Arte Povera (literally, poor art). For information call
357-2700 or visit http://hirshhorn.si.edu.
Friday / Oct. 25
GW Sports Womens Soccer vs Fordham 3 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic
Field.
GW Sports Womens Volleyball vs Dayton 7 pm, Charles E.
Smith Center.
$ Performance Regina Carter Quintet 7:30 pm at the Kennedy Center
Terrace Theater. Part of the Beyond Category concerts. For more information
call 467-4600 or visit http://kennedy-center.org.
Demonstration Carnivorous or Insectivorous Plants,
noon1 pm at United States Botanic Garden. Spend your lunch hour
with Bill McLaughlin as he explains more about these interesting plants.
Several unusual specimens from the USBG collection will be on display
for you to observe. For more information please call 225-8333.
Workshop Lettuce Make A Sculpture, 13 pm at
the Hirshhorn Museum. Inspired by the organic materials of the Arte
Povera exhibition, work with artist Liani Foster and Education
Specialist Diane Kidd to create a sculpture with vegetables and found
objects. Preregistration is required; call 357-3235, ext. 116.
Performance National Symphony Orchestra, 8 pm at
the Kennedy Center. Canadian composer Colin McPhee had a lifelong fascination
with the sounds of Bali. His three-part toccata for orchestra Tabuh-Tabuhan
was designed to showcase Balinese music and its instruments in a basically
Western setting. For more information call 416-8100.
Saturday / Oct. 26
GW Sports Womens Volleyball vs Xavier 7 pm. Charles E.
Smith Center.
GW Seminar Co-op Orientation To be eligible to participate in
GWs Cooperative Education program you must attend one of the orientation
sessions scheduled throughout the year. Career Center Workshop Room,
56 pm. For more information E-mail gwcoop@gwu.edu,
call 994-6495, or visit gwired.gwu.edu/career/coop.
Sponsored by The Career Center.
$ Performance Olga Kern 2 pm, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater.
Sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society. For more information
call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org/.
$ Performance Venice Baroque Orchestra, featuring Andrea Marcon,
music director, and Giuliano Carmignola, violin. 7:30 pm. Kennedy Center
Terrace Theater. Sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society. For
more information call 833-9800 or visit www.wpas.org/.
Sunday / Oct. 27
GW Sports Womens Soccer vs Fordham 3 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic
Field.
GW Film Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein
will be shown as part of the Gelman Library International Film Festival.
Begins at 7:30 pm in Gelman B-04.
GW Concert GWs Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Lisner
Auditorium at 4 pm. Presented by GWs Department of Music. Admission
is free and open to the public.
Concert Native American Music Series Join Ulali, a three women
a cappella group, for the second performance in the Native American
Music Series. Ulali blends traditional Native American songs with
their own modern style. They have appeared at the Sundance Festival,
on National Public Radio and at Pow Wows around the United States. Grand
Salon, noon2 pm. Renwick Gallery. For Smithsonian American Art
Museum information call 275-1912 or visit http://AmericanArt.si.edu/.
$ Opera Opera with Artists of Bulgaria/Reception 5 pm at the
Corcoran. Bulgarian stars of the opera firmament, all musicians of international
acclaim, perform masterpieces from Mozart, Handel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky,
and more. For more information call 639-1700.
Monday / Oct. 28
Today in History: 1919: Congress passed the Volstead Act, which
provided for the enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution,
known as the Prohibition Amendment.
$ Performance Edith Wiens, Soprano 7:30 pm at the Kennedy Center
Terrace Theater. Sponsored by the Vocal Arts Society. For information
call 467-4600 or visit http://kennedy-center.org.
$ Book Signing Finding My Way: The Autobiography of an Optimist/Presenting
Evelyn Stefansson Nef 7 pm at the Corcoran. Witty, charming and intelligent,
Evelyn Nef was wife, muse, and helpmate to three famous men and author,
artist and philanthropist in her own right. Accomplished puppeteer,
arctic explorer and authority on the Far North, art lover, and psychotherapist,
Evelyn weaves a wonderful tale of her life, with refreshing candor about
her disappointments and accomplishments. For more information call 637-1700.
Tuesday / Oct. 29
Poetry Mystery and Exoticism, are the subjects of
todays readings in the Pickford Theater at noon. For more information
call 707-1308.
$ Lecture Connections: Catlin at the Smithsonian,
Frank Goodyear, assistant curator of photographs at the National Portrait
Gallery, presents George Catlins Choctaw Ball-Play Paintings
and the Politics of Indian Removal. Grand Salon, 1 pm. Renwick
Gallery. For Smithsonian American Art Museum information call at 275-1912
or visit http://AmericanArt.si.edu/.
$ Performance Leading American Comedians, including
Richard Belzer, Tim Conway, Jane Curtin, Brad Garrett, and other special
guests will salute Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize recipient Bob Newhart
in the Concert Hall at 8 pm. For more information call 467-4600 or visit
http://kennedy-center.org.
Wednesday / Oct. 30
Film Documentary Shorts Lewis and Clark at Fort Mandan
Palm Court, 1 pm. Renwick Gallery. For Smithsonian American Art Museum
information call 275-1912 or visit http://AmericanArt.si.edu/.
GW $ Theatre Lear and Her Children An adaptation
of King Lear by William Shakespeare directed by Alan Wade.
Oct. 30 (preview), 31, Nov. 1 and 2 at 7:30 pm; Nov. 3 at 2 pm. Dorothey
Betts Marvin Theatre. Tickets can be purchased at all Ticketmaster outlets.
Please call the Theatre and Dance promotions office at 994-6178 or E-mail
trdanews@gwu.edu with any questions.
$ Theater Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman,
directed by John Vreeke. Playing through Dec. 1 at Theater J. For information
visit www.theaterj.org.
Thursday / Oct. 31
Halloween
GW Film Scooby Doo, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Matthew Lillard and Freddy Prince, Jr., 7 pm and 10 pm, Marvin Center
Ballroom. Admission to all films is free with GWorld ID. One guest per
GWorld is permitted. The film series is subject to change. Please consult
the Program Board Web site, pb.gwu.edu,
to confirm any revisions.
$ Concert Herbie Hancock Quartet The virtuoso pianist will be
performing at 9:30 pm at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. For more
information call 467-4600 or visit http://kennedy-center.org.
Friday / Nov. 1
GW Sports Mens Soccer vs UMass 2 pm, Mount Vernon Athletic
Field.
$ Workshop Herbal Gift Workshop for the Holidays
10 am12:30 pm at the United States Botanic Garden. Participants
will have the opportunity to make three herbal gifts to take home. Members
$22.50; non members $25. For more information call 225-8333.
$ Theater Dreams in the Golden Country, is a story
about an immigrant family adjusting to a new life in the New World.
The program will be held at the Kennedy Center at 7 pm. Tickets are
$13. For more information call 467-4600.
Saturday / Nov. 2
GW Sports Womens Volleyball vs La Salle 7 pm. Charles E.
Smith Center.
GW Concert Barbershop Quartet Celebration 8 pm at Lisner Auditorium.
Presented by the DC Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Tickets
are available at the Lisner Auditorium Box Office, TicketMaster outlets,
and by calling 301/808-6900.
Festival Celebrate Italy 11 am3 pm. Explore
the culture that created the Arte Povera movement. Enjoy a childrens
opera, storytelling, arts and crafts, and Italian food. Cosponsored
by Istituto Italiano di Cultura. For more information, call 357-3235,
ext. 116, or E-mail education@hmsg.si.edu.