The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will host a spring festival celebrating Arctic peoples, cultures and sciences. The Arctic Spring Festival will take place this weekend, May 8–10 at the museum to mark the United States' 2015–2017 chairmanship of the Arctic Council, an international governmental body that coordinates Arctic policy.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will host a spring festival celebrating Arctic peoples, cultures and sciences. The Arctic Spring Festival will take place May 8–10 at the museum to mark the United States' 2015–2017 chairmanship of the Arctic Council, an international governmental body that coordinates Arctic policy.
The National Portrait Gallery, National Museum of Natural History and the National Air and Space Museum will host the artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada at three public programs in October:
On the heels of its celebrated production of The Grapes of Wrath, Asolo Rep's Producing Artistic Director/Director of The Grapes of Wrath Michael Donald Edwards and the play's Tony Award-winning adapter Frank Galati will be featured speakers in a special panel entitled Steinbeck on Stage, presented by Smithsonian Associates and the National Steinbeck Center. Select scenes from Asolo Rep's production of The Grapes of Wrath will be performed by Asolo Rep actors Christian Conn (Tom Joad), Peggy Roeder (Ma Joad), and Andrew Sellon (Jim Casy). The panel will be Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 7pm at the National Museum of Natural History Baird Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz today announced the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition and All-Star Gala Concert will take place at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 16. The 2013 Competition and Gala is made possible through generous support from Cadillac, the presenting sponsor for the weekend.
Majora Carter, president of the Majora Carter Group, will be the featured speaker for the Anacostia Community Museum's 28th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Program Friday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m.
The 25th annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and 'Women, Music and Diplomacy' All-Star Gala Concert will be presented by the world-renowned Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in partnership with Cadillac, this year's Presenting Sponsor, on September 22-23. Through the competition and its numerous educational programs, the Institute is committed to identifying and training the world's leading young jazz musicians who will preserve the traditions of jazz while expanding the music in new directions.
