bmichael events this week 5 january 2011
TRANSCRIPT
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 1/41
Events This Week
DC Food Bloggers January 2011 Happy Hour
Event Date:
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
RSVP:
RSVP Required
Lyon Hall
Venue Address:
3100 Washington Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
United States
See map: Google Maps
www.lyonhallarlington.com
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 2/41
Join us for the first DC Food Bloggers Happy Hour of 2011!
Happy Hour deals include house-made franks & brats for $5, $5 SJF Cocktails, 1/2 price wine by theglass, $3 Session beers from draft beer menu.
Lyon Hall will be extending their happy hour time for us until 7:30pm.
DC Food Bloggers: We eat, we blog, we meet for happy hour.
See you there!
Yelp's Most Wanted Party
Event Date:
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
National Museum of Crime and PunishmentVenue Address:
575 7th St. NW
Washington, DC 20004
United States
See map: Google Maps
SOLD OUT--Click on the waitlist button here to join the waiting list.
There is a warrant out for your attendance at Yelp's Most Wanted Party, Yelp DC's first open party of 2011!
What is an open party, you ask?
An open party if a free event, open to anyone with a Yelp profile when they RSVP to this criminally fun event!Space is limited, so RSVP today! Confirmation emails will go out on or around 1/4/11.
6pm-7pm Elite Only Reception (+1 Guest)
7pm-9pm Open To Anyone with A Yelp Profile That Has RSVP'd and received confirmation email prior to theevent
*21 and up only**We will be checking IDs, and the name you RSVP'd with on Yelp must match. Please RSVP using your real
names*
Beverage & Food Sponsors:Batch 19 Beer: http://www.batch19.com /
Barefoot Wines and Bubbly: http://republic.barefo...
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 3/41
Honest Tea: http://www.honesttea.com /
popchips: http://www.popchips.com /
Participating Restaurants:Merzi: http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Ping Pong Dim Sum: http://www.yelp.com/bi... Carmine's: http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Bar Dupont : http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Rita's: http://www.yelp.com/bi... More to come...
Photo booth by Onomonomedia:http://onomonomedia.com Stylings by The Suite Barbershop:http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Pampering by Indulge Mobile Spas: http://www.indulgemobi... /
Non-Profit Sponsor:Natalee Holloway Resource Center: http://www.crimemuseum...
EXHIBITION:January 5 - January 29, 2011
Opening Reception Friday, January 7, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Studio Gallery 2108 R Street NW
The Magic of the Melting Pot: Immigration in America
Shahla Arbabi, Joan Belmar, Jon Benjamin,Graham Boyle, Susan Cho, Natalie Guerrieri,
Esther Hidalgo, Juan Hernandez, Linda Hesh,Cesar Maxit, Favianna Rodriguez, Lou Stovall,
Aniekan Udofia, Solomon WondimuPainters, Pacifists, Revolutionists and Dreamers
have all contributed to the beauty of Art and Culture in America. Studio Gallery applauds the unique American spirit in this show featuring the diverse work of artists all informed or influenced
by the immigrant experience.
This show is made possible by a grant from the
CrossCurrents Foundation and Theo and Konstantina Margas. Please check our Facebook
page and website for further updates.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 4/41
Constance Bergfors / Jennifer Freestone / Paul Ellis
January 5 - 29, 2011
Opening January 7, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Artist Talk 7:15 p.m.
The Arts Club of Washington
2017 I Street NWt
Washington, DC 20006-1804
(202) 331-7282
YouthBuild Public Charter School/ S.T.E.P. Up DC
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 5/41
Open House
Wednesday, January 5, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Blank Space SE
1922 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE
(202) 365-8392
Pay a visit to Anacostia's new destination for creativity and see an exhibition of photography courtesy of Critical
Exposure. Urban Artistry will also perform from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Check out the all-new beer selection at this Wednesday’scomplimentary tasting. On Friday, join us as we hop across theAtlantic & explore new wine trends in France.Salute! ZWK
COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTINGS
Join ZWK for happy hour and enjoy our weekly
pick of amazing new wines paried with our artisanal cheeses.
Zola Wine & Kitchen 505 Ninth Street NW Washington, DC 20005
Wednesday, January 5, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Explore ZWK's New Beer Selection!
Stella Artois
Sofie by Goose Island Beer Co. Old Dominion Baltic Porter Winter Brew
Friday, January 7, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Zola Wine Presents: What's New From France
J.P. Champagnon Fleurie
Dom. La Cabotte Cotes du Rhone
Dom. de Triennes St. Auguste
Chateau Haut-Belian Bordeaux
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 6/41
Art Exhibit
January 7, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Chevy Chase Community Center
5601 Connecticut Avenue NW
The Chevy Chase Community Center will have an art exhibit showcasing local artists. For more information, call
Ralph Wright, Site Manager at (202) 282-2204.
The ANSWER Coalition encourages its members and supporters to attend the event below.
Community Forum
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s
Opposition to War and Racism
This Friday,
January 7 at 7:00p.m.
Justice Center
617 Florida Avenue NW
Shaw/Howard University
Metro
yellow/green line
On January 15, we will celebrate the
birth of Martin Luther King Jr.
Politicians and the media will celebrate his "I have a dream" speech while never mentioning his
staunch opposition to the Vietnam War or his passionate efforts to organize sanitation workers.
Dr. King called for “radical changes in the structure of our society” to redistribute wealth and power.
“True compassion,” he declared, “is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an
edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”
Join us for a discussion on:
The pro-worker legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 7/41
The struggle against war and racism today Budget cuts planned by the D.C. Council What we can do to fight back
Sponsored by the Party for Socialism and Liberation
The Party for Socialism and Liberation is a member of the ANSWER Coalition Steering Committee.
Events
FIRST FRIDAY January Opening
Friday, January 7, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Hillyer Art Space
9 Hillyer Court NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 338-0680
First Friday Openings are a collaborative effort to strengthen arts and culture in the
beautiful, multi-cultural neighborhood that is Dupont Circle. On the First Friday of every
month galleries in our community open their doors to multitudes of art enthusiasts from
all walks of life for simultaneous openings. We encourage all to join us for our openings
and to circulate between our neighboring galleries, which host an ever-changing array of
styles and media.
At Hillyer Art Space First Fridays you will find a diverse cross-section of DC's artistic
milieu, with an audience comprised of all ages that is representative of the multi-cultural
neighborhood in which we are situated. Hillyer First Fridays are always complimented by
a special musical element, provided either by a DJ or live musician to enhance the
ambience. FF is the best way to end the week and the perfect pre-game to a weekend of adventure!
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 8/41
EXHIBITION: KYAN BISHOP
Jan 7th 2011- Jan 28th 2011
Hillyer Art Space is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by Kyan Bishop.
Her sculpture and installation work is often built by creating accumulations of simple,
yet expressive forms that seek to provide an enriched understanding of the human
experience. Repetition is an important aspect of her work and her interest in
constructive processes creates a visual language that is unified by a sense of order
and stability. While at times highly referential in nature, Bishop views her work as
an intimate exploration of space and time as well as a reflection upon our rapidly
changing landscape.
Come to Bishop's Artists' Talk on Saturday January 15th, 2011 at 1:00 PM
EXHIBITION: Leah Appel: Southern Aperture Jan 7th 2011 - Jan 28th 2011
Appel is a commercial and art photographer working in Washington DC. She received her
BFA in Photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. She
enjoys working with different mediums of photography and is particularly interested in
various alternative processes and larger film formats.
The images in the Southern Aperture exhibtion are shot with a Holga camera, darkroomprinted, then toned with an antique process called Berg printing to give them the earth
colors that embody both the beauty and grittiness of the real South.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 9/41
MEMBERS' SHOW: DISPERSED
Jan 7th 2011- Jan 28th 2011
Under the direction of our guest juror, Barbara Liotta, January's Members' show
"DISPERSED" will showcase the work of Ellen Weiss, Lauren Kotkin, and Craig Kraft.The
selected pieces will be shown in our newly revamped Members' Gallery, with new
lighting! Congratulations to those selected and thanks to Barbara Liotta.
Gallery Hours: 10am - 5pm Monday, 10am - 7pm Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 4pm Saturday.
Otherwise by appointment
Bell Wine & Spirits 1821 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 223-4727
Events Calendar
Wine Tastings
Friday, January 7, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 8, 12:00-3:00 p.m.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 10/41
New Year's Concert
at the Swiss Ambassador's Residence
featuring tenor Gilbert-Michel Rolle
accompanied by pianist George Peachey
Please join us to ring in the New Year with Swiss born lyric tenorGilbert-Michel Rolle, who will take us on a "Musical Voyage" ofsongs from around the world. As a published poet, the Tenor has alove of language and literature which shines clearly through hiswarm voice. The eclectic program transcends the boundaries ofstyles and languages with a selection of Rolle's foremost influencessince he began his studies in his native Fribourg. Compositions byCaldara, Schubert, Fauré, Lalo, and Michel Legrand will becomplemented by African-American Spirituals and "Old Americansongs" from Aaron Copland. Mr. Rolle made his Carnegie Halldebut in 2003, returning to the world famous stage two years later.Since then, Mr. Rolle has maintained an international agenda with
appearances on Swiss National Television.
Pianist George Peachey received his musical training at the Catholic University of Americawhere he studied with Thomas Mastroianni and Fernando Laires, and at the Hochschule fürMusik in Vienna, Austria, where he was a pupil of Michael Krist. Critics have called him "anexemplary accompanist" who plays with "sensitive expertise." He has performed at The KennedyCenter Terrace Theater, The Phillips Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Walters ArtMuseum, and The Organization of American States, among many other venues.
More information about Swiss tenor Gilbert-Michel Rolle at: wwww.gilbertrolle.com.
Instead of Christmas cookies, this time we will share another Swiss tradition with you: Threekings cake with the coronation of kings and queens.
When: Friday, January 7, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Residence of the Ambassador of Switzerland
2920 Cathedral Avenue NWWashington, DC 20008
Admission: Ticket price $15 for concert and reception.
RSVP: [email protected]
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 11/41
International Campaign for Tibet presents:
Electing Leaders without a Territory:Challenges to Tibetan Democracy in Exile
Friday, January 7, 6:30 p.m.International Campaign for Tibet
1825 Jefferson Place NWWashington, DC 20036
RSVP: [email protected]
Metro system: Red line, Dupont Circle or Blue/Orange lines, Farragut WestEvent is free and open to the public. Venue is not handicapped accessible.
About the program:
March 20, 2011 marks an important milestone for the Tibetan exile community as they will elect
the head of government, the Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) and members of the Parliament. As
the Dalai Lama moves to retire from his role in the Dharamsala-based Central Tibetan
Administration (CTA), popularly known as the Tibetan Government in Exile, attention has
focused on the authority and affairs of these elected leaders. The CTA provides many services
of a government to people who reside in different countries, including in the United States. It hasan executive branch, a legislature and a judiciary and functions under the guidelines of the
"Charter of the Tibetans in Exile" that was passed by the Parliament in 1991. Given the nature
of its existence and the fact that that its "constituents" are spread across several continents, the
election process of the CTA has its unique challenges.
In this session we will get a Tibetan and a Chinese perspective of Tibetan democracy in exile.
Prof. Xia Ming and Mr. Nima R.T. Binara will discuss aspects of Tibetan democracy and the
upcoming elections through their personal connections. Prof. Xia Ming is a Chinese scholar who
has visited Dharamsala several times and has written on Tibetan democracy in exile. Mr. Nima
R.T. Binara is co-editor of the popular website The Tibetan Political Review that has been
monitoring the ongoing Tibetan election process and providing analysis of the process as wellas the campaign statements by the candidates.
About the speakers:
Professor Xia Ming is Professor of Political Science, at the College of Staten Island and the
Graduate Center, the City University of New York. He is a columnist for BBC World Service
Chinese Section and China in Perspective electronic magazine. He is also an associate editor
for Modern China Studies journal. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from Fudan
University and a Ph.D. degree from Temple University, USA. He once taught at Fudan
University and served as a residential fellow at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George
Washington University, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the EastAsian Institute at the National University of Singapore. He was the recipient of the Bernard
Watson Best Dissertation Award from Temple University (1997) and the recipient of the Dolphin
Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement from the College of Staten Island (2003). He is
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 12/41
the author of The Dual Developmental State: Development Strategy and Institutional
Arrangements for China's Transition (Ashgate 2000) and Toward a Network Mode of
Governance: The Provincial People's Congresses in China (Routledge 2008). He is also a co-
producer of Oscar-nominated HBO documentary, "China's Unnatural Disaster, The Tears of
Sichuan Province" (2009) and co-editor for The Crown of Thorn: Liu Xiaobo and the Nobel
Prize, Hong Kong, Morning Bell Publisher, 2010 (in Chinese).
Nima R.T. Binara is an Attorney-Advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice. He previously
served as Senior Counsel to Intelsat Corp. and Associate at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton &
Garrison LLP. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School and his LL.M. in Public
International Law from the London School of Economics. Prior to law school he worked at the
China Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is
a member of the American Bar Association, the board of directors of Tibet Justice Center, and
the editorial board of The Tibetan Political Review. He is speaking in his personal capacity.
Todd Stein, Director of Government Relations at ICT, will moderate the program. Prior to
joining ICT, he worked for many years on Capitol Hill, primarily as a foreign and military policy
aide for a bipartisan caucus and members of the House and Senate.
Forthcoming exhibition
Saturnalia: New Works by Gallery Artists
Opening reception with the artists
Saturday, January 8, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Irvine Gallery
1412 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
To celebrate the New Year with a festival of new art, Irvine Contemporary presents Saturnalia , a group exhibition
of new works by gallery artists. The exhibition will include works by Teo González, Melissa Ichiuji, HediehJavanshir Ilchi, Alexa Meade, Susana Raab, and Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 13/41
Teo González, Cloudy Sky, New York , 2010. Acrylicon panel. 12 x 12 in.
Alexa Meade, Double Take , 2010. C-print, artist'sinstallation. 20 x 16 in. Detail.
Wishing you all the best this holiday
season and New Year
Irvine Contemporary wishes you a very happy holidayseason and New Year. We are grateful for all ourfriends, colleagues, collectors, and artists, and for allwho have supported the gallery and our artists overthe past year.
May all your days be merry and bright!
Kahn & Selesnick, Three Musicians , 2009. Archival pigmentprint. 16 x 16 in.
Stories from a Russian Province
January 8, 9, 15, 16, 23
National Gallery of Art
East Building Auditorium
4th Street at Constitution Avenue NW
There is no charge for admission but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Doors open
approximately 30 minutes before each show time. Programs are subject to change.
The year 2011 marks two full decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the start of a new identity for
Russia. This eclectic collection of stunning documentary works, rather than dwelling on political issues, reflects on
the psychological impact of the change on the Russian people. The idea of the province, the local "neighborhood," is
the focus. Many works are produced by regional studios with filmmakers from the same social strata as their
provincial subjects, betraying both a physical and an emotional distance from the "movers and shakers" of urban
society. Interestingly, the series demonstrates above all that today's Russian documentarian inherits a deep sense
of the culture and traditions rooted in Russian classical literature, rather than values derived from contemporary
cinema. Organized in association with Seagull Films, Alla Verlotsky, and Victoria Belopolskaya with the assistance
of St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studios, Sverdlovsk Film Studio, and Vertov Studio. Special thanks to the Trust
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 14/41
for Mutual Understanding and to Alexander Rodnyanskiy. Films are in Russian with subtitles, and in various
formats.
Washington Printmakers Gallery
On view starting January 5:
Bewick's Legacy: Six Contemporary British
Wood Engravers
Opening Reception
Saturday, January 8, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Washington Printmakers Gallery
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
8230 Georgia Avenue, 2nd Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 273-3660
Curated by Simon Brett:
Neil Bousfield, Harry Brockway, Peter Lawrence, Hilary Paynter and Sue Scullard
These amazing, labor-intensive prints start at $90! Most are under $250-an amazingopportunity for print lovers and Anglophiles!
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 15/41
Exhibition runs through January 30
WPG Receptions made possible through the generous support of Barefoot Wine.
Directions:
By metro: Take the Red line to the Silver Spring stop. From the station, follow Wayne Ave to Georgia Ave. From Wayne Ave and
Georgia, the red Pyramid Atlantic building is 2 blocks to the right, on the right-hand side of Georgia at Ripley Street. Driving: The red Pyramid Atlantic building is on the South Bound (West) side of Georgia Avenue at Ripley Street, 2 blocks south of
Wayne Avenue. A small parking lot in front of Pyramid Atlantic offers free parking, and there are several public garages within walking
distance.
Coming Up at The Fridge...
Laura Elkins: White House Negligee
through January 30th
Opening Reception
Saturday, January 8, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The FridgeRear Alley of 516 8th Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
The Fridge is pleased to announce the first exhibition of 2011, a solo exhibit by Laura Elkins entitled White House Negligee, a selectionfrom The White House Collection , self-portraits as American First Ladies
Laura Elkins began The White House Collection in 2000 shortly after moving to Washington and touring the White House, where shesaw the collection of official portraits of First Ladies. Embracing First Lady imagery, Elkins creates self-portraits that are deeply personal
while inherently historical and political. In this latest development of The White House Collection , Elkins uses a dressing table as aprop to reflect large-scale, self-portraits as First Ladies in various states ofnégligée. One prop led to another, including typical dressing
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 16/41
room accessories such as lipstick, lingerie, pistols, and the Pope. The exhibit includes both large and small oil paintings, as well as a
limited-edition print series that will be available only during the exhibit.
CITY Gallery Presents
Ronnie Spiewak "Leaves, Words &
Screens"
Opening Reception
Saturday, January 8, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 17/41
City Gallery
804 H Street NE
Second Floor
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 468-5277
City Gallery is very pleased to announce its first solo exhibition "Leaves, Words and
Screens" by gallery member Ronnie Spiewak. Spiewak will exhibit new work and will
awe visitors with her mastery of collage.
In Spiewak’s words:
―Collage has always been a satisfying vehicle for expressing my ideas and emotions.
Scissors and exacto blades are among my most coveted tools, serving in effect, as my
paintbrushes. They help create lines and shapes quickly and crisply giving the work the
energy I seek. I am most comfortable when I’m tearing, cutting and pasting paper
onto paper. Paper also has a 3-dimensional quality that I’m constantly exploring.
Glossy black ink-saturated magazine paper sings. The color, plainness and usefulness
of brown paper give it an earthy quality.
I am also drawn to the calligraphy of foreign language newsprint with its beautiful
array of symbols and marks. The mixture of languages becomes a metaphor for the
eyes and ears of the world. Using Hebrew newsprint is a way to integrate my personal
heritage into the work, reflecting on the culture of an ancient and simultaneously
modern land.
In my work, and in my life, I’m interested in putting and keeping things in motion,
much like a juggler. I create a complete image by using disparate pieces to make the
whole. It’s a selective process about incorporating, juxtaposing and eliminating. It’s
about finding and loosing. It’s a method of working that reflects the ways I make
choices in my daily living.
My current work is inspired by nature, travel, words and people. Recently, I took a
serendipitous departure into three-dimensional work, making stand-alone paper
constructions. I have no idea where this turn will take me, but I tend to let my
intuition guide me. ―
About the artist:
Ronnie Spiewak received her B.A. from Monmouth University in 1971 and her B.F.A.
from the Corcoran School of Art in 1982. She has exhibited widely throughout the
Greater Washington Metropolitan area for many years. She works at Passageways
Studio in Riverdale, MD.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 18/41
The Rockville Art League—varied media
Exhibit Dates: January 9—
February 1, 2011
Meet the Artists & OpeningReception
Sunday, January9, 20111:30 p.m.—3:30p.m.
Sunday Afternoon Concert Featuring: Sunday, January9, 20112:00-3:00 p.m.Phil and MaureenMcCusker playing
from the GreatAmericanSongbook.
GLENVIEW MANSION ART GALLERYGlenview Mansion at Rockville Civic Center Park
603 Edmonston DriveRockville, Maryland 20851
Sudan: Post-Referendum Scenarios and the Way Forward
Monday, January 10, 8:30-10:00 a.m.
B1 Level Conference Room
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1800 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
A light breakfast will be served.
Please RSVP promptly to [email protected], as space is limited.
Comfort Ero, Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group
Fouad Hikmat, African Union and Sudan Special Advisor, International Crisis Group
Please join International Crisis Group's Africa Program Director, Comfort Ero, and AU and Sudan Special Advisor, Fouad
Hikmat, for a timely discussion on the current post-referendum challenges, the regional leadership response, and
expectations for the final six months of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 19/41
"Eminent Progressives"
Bradley Lecture by Steven Hayward
Monday, January 10, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
American Enterprise Institute
Wohlstetter Conference Center, 12th Floor
1150 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Register: http://www.aei.org/event/100278
The Progressive Era and its "Ism," once given up for dead by intellectual historians, is back with a vengeance.
Although still described as "a many-sided affair" full of "contradictions and confusions," Progressivism is the
subject of renewed appreciation on the left and a fresh focus of criticism on the right. Employing the literary
approach of Lytton Strachey's famous book Eminent Victorians, AEI's F. K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow Steven F. Hayward
will present a series of character sketches of leading Progressive figures to illuminate the strengths and defects of
the Progressive legacy.
Agenda:
5:15 p.m. - Registration
5:30 p.m. - Introduction:
Arthur C. Brooks, AEI
Lecture:
Steven F. Hayward, AEI
Question and Answer
7:00 p.m. - Adjournment and Wine and Cheese Reception
Fiscal Undertow: How Public Schools Are Drowning State and Local Budgets, and
What to Do about It POLICY FORUM
Tuesday, January 11, 12:00 p.m.Luncheon to Follow
The Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
Cato events, unless otherwise noted, are free of charge. To register for this event, please
email [email protected] or call (202) 789-5229 by noon, Monday, January 10, 2011. Please arrive early. Seating is
limited and not guaranteed
Featuring Patrick Byrne, CEO, Overstock.com, and Chairman, The Foundation for Educational Choice; Kil Huh, Director
of Research, Pew Center on the States; and Adam Schaeffer, Policy Analyst, Center for Educational Freedom; moderated
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 20/41
by Robert Enlow, President, Foundation for Educational Choice; with introductions by Neal McCluskey, Associate
Director, Center for Educational Freedom.
Health care is the budget buster at the federal level, but K-12 education is what's poised to bankrupt state and localgovernments. Spending on public education eats up around half of the general budget in most states, and it's by far thepriciest single item. For every dollar raised by state and local governments for Medicaid, three dollars go to K-12schooling. As a result, combined state budget gaps in the high tens of billions of dollars are predicted through at least2012.
That's the immediate problem. Just over the horizon, things look worse. State public-employee pension systems arefacing a trillion-dollar shortfall in their commitments, driven in large part by the massive costs of public-school employeebenefits.
So exactly how bad is the education spending crisis? Is there anything we can do to avoid huge state and local taxincreases or a serious decline in the breadth and quality of educational services?
Join us for a discussion of the most important state and local spending issue of 2011 ... and many years to come.
What Intellectual Property Issues Are Top of Mind for the 112th Congress?
Legislative Panel
Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Clyde's of Gallery Place
707 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
The breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m., followed by a discussion, beginning shortly after 8:30 a.m. and ending by 10:00a.m.
Tickets to the event are free.
This event is on the record and open to the public.
Register: http://ipbreakfast.eventbrite.com/
Now is an exciting time for copyright and patent experts to gather in a neutral forum to discuss the policy, business, legal
and technological issues surrounding intellectual property on the internet.
BroadbandBreakfast.com is thus hosting a monthly Intellectual Property Breakfast Club, meeting on the Second Tuesday
of the month to complement our successful Broadband Breakfast Club.
The event will be hosted and moderated by Drew Clark, Chairman and Founder, BroadbandBreakfast.com, a news and
events company building a community around broadband stimulus, the national broadband plan, and intellectual
property. Drew Clark has a long-standing reputation for fairness and depth in his reporting. He worked for the National
Journal Group for eight years, ran the telecommunications and media ownership project of the Center for Public Integrity,
and was Assistant Director of the Information Economy Project at George Mason University. He has written widely on the
politics of telecom, media and technology for a variety of publications, including the Washington Post, GigaOm, Slate, and
Ars Technica. Drew launched BroadbandCensus.com in January 2008 as a means of providing objective information
about broadband speeds, prices, availability, reliability and competition.
Intellectual property advocates, policy-makers, journalists, top officials and the general public, all seeking to trade insights
on these important issues, are invited to attend this event focusing on internet policy and intellectual property.
The Intellectual Property Breakfast Club is a "widely attended event" under House of Representatives Rule 25, clause
5(a)(4)(A).
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 21/41
America's Next Chapter
Thursday, January 13, 2011 from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
George Washington University
730 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1096883809/efbnen
America's Next Chapter (ANC) is about your children’s children and the consequences of our current
government’s actions on their future.
Is there a brighter future for the next generation?
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert suggests that America has blown numerous opportunities over the
past decade to be great. America has not taken lead on a vast cooperative effort domestically, internationally
to combat terrorism and lay the groundwork for a more peaceful world, American has not secured our best
talent to rebuild historic cities with major renovation, and America has not corrected, by drastic means if
necessary, the faults in our economic system.
Tavis Smiley will pose some of America’s most challenging questions in a televised symposium featuring eight
of the nation’s most influential thinkers, entertainers, politicians and business leaders Cornel West, David
Frum, Dana Milbank, Arianna Huffington, Helene Cooper. Questions will include how does each American do
his or her part to help us escape the reliance on fossil fuels? Are we becoming more and more accustomed to
a sense of helplessness i.e. Katrina and the gulf oil spill? How do we rebuild cities with empty homes and no
jobs? When does economic recovery really happen? Have we become a nation that is good at destroying
things i.e. school programs, health services, libraries — and the salaries that go with them —as states and
cities face their worst cash squeeze since the Great Depression?
We have some work to do my friends and today’s panel represents the individuals at the forefront for change.
Our journey to a brighter future begins now and today’s conversation will provide th e information you needwrestle with and evoke change.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 22/41
Tackling the Threat: The Lord's Resistance Army
Thursday, January 13, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Jack Morton Auditorium
George Washington University
805 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Free and open to the public.
RSVP requested.
http://pulitzerlra.eventbrite.com/
Reception to follow.
Powerful photos and videos, including a direct appeal from victims of the Lord's Resistance Army titled "Dear Obama,"
and a panel discussion with Pulitzer Center journalist Joe Bavier, photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale, Human Rights Watch
researcher Ida Sawyer and senior researcher Anneke Van Woudenberg. They will discuss their collaborative project
investigating LRA atrocities in central Africa.
The rebel LRA and its messianic leader, Joseph Kony, have waged a campaign of massacres, torture, and abduction on
civilians across Central Africa since the mid-1980s. Their 20-year bush war against the Ugandan government killed
thousands and forced the displacement of some 2 million people. The LRA now operates in the remote border regionstraddling the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan, where, since late 2008, it has
stepped up its attacks on local vil lagers.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 23/41
World's Fair Use Day
JANUARY 13, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
All events will take place at the Washington Post Conference Center, located at 1150 15th Street NW in
downtown Washington D.C.
Register: http://worldsfairuseday.org/rsvp
World's Fair Use Day is an annual, day-long celebration of fair use, creativity and remix culture, brought to you by
Public Knowledge.
9:00am - 9:45am | On-site registration, breakfast
9:45am - 10am | Introductory Remarks, Gigi B. Sohn, President, Public Knowledge
10am - 10:30am | Keynote (speaker TBA)
10:30am - 11:30am | Hip-Hop and Fair Use
Kevin Driscoll, USC (moderator) Larisa Mann (DJ Ripley), UC Berkeley
Ashok Kondabolu, Das Racist Himanshu Suri, Das Racist
Victor Vasquez, Das Racist
11:30am - 12:30pm | Visual Art and Fair Use
Ben Sisto (moderator) Joshua Caleb Weibley
[Additional panelists TBA]
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch (provided)
1:30pm - 2pm | Keynote (speaker TBA)
2pm - 3pm | Playing Fair: Remix in the Gaming Community
Josephine Dorado, The New School (moderator) Larry Oji, OverClocked Remix
David Lloyd (DJ Pretzel), OverClocked Remix Jay Pavlina, Exploding Rabbit
3pm - 3:30pm | Coffee break
3:30pm - 4:30pm | I Did it For the Lulz: Fair Use and Internet Humor
Tim Hwang, ROFLCon (moderator) Ben Huh, The Cheezburger Network
[Additional panelists TBA]
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 24/41
4:30pm - 6pm | Happy Hour
Was Orwell Right?
The Dark Side of the Internet
Who really benefits from the internet and
social media technology? Evgeny Morozov
delves into this question in his new book, Net
Delusion: The Dark Side of the Internet. He
argues that, contrary to common belief, this
new technology often empowers Big Brother
far more than the individual. It is not the
young protestors and dissidents but rather the
regimes in Teheran and Beijing that are the
Web's greatest beneficiaries.
Please join us on Thursday, January 13, for a
spirited conversation with Evgeny Morozov and
Susan Glasser, Editor-in-Chief of ForeignPolicy,to be followed by a cocktail hour to
celebrate the publication of Net Delusion.
Discussants
Evgeny Morozov
Author, The Net Delusion Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation Contributing Editor, Foreign Policy
Susan Glasser Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy
Thursday, January 13,
5:30-7:30 p.m.
New America Foundation1899 L Street NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
To RSVP for the event, click on the red button or go to the event page:
http://www.newamerica.net/events/2010/net_delusion
January 5 - January 30, 2011
Opening Reception
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 25/41
Wine Tasting and Live Music
Friday, January 14, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Wine Tasting courtesy of Bistro Blanc
Free and open to public
Touchstone Gallery
901 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 347-2787
Gallery B
OFF-KILTER
Paintings by Leslie M.
Gallery A and C
NEW WORK BY
50 MEMBER ARTISTS
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 26/41
CORDY RYMAN - Windowboxing (detail) 2010, acylic + enamel on wood.See website.
Cordy Ryman:Windowboxing
Brandon Morse:High Pressure System
Opening Reception:Saturday, January 15, 6:00-8:00 p.m.Conner Contemporary Art
1358 Florida Avenue NEWashington, DC 20002(202) 588-8750
Cordy Ryman: WindowboxingBrandon Morse: High Pressure System
January 15 – March 5, 2011
Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to present two concurrent solo exhibitions featuring painted
sculptural assemblages by Cordy Ryman and real-time generative digital work by Brandon Morse.
In Cordy Ryman’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, he presents a new series of playful works
created with paint, wood, metal, Velcro and scraps recycled from his studio floor. Ryman, whose New
York solo show was identified this fall as ―one of the sleepers of the season‖ by Roberta Smith, is
known for continuous experimentation in constructing, altering, and reconstructing painted geometricforms.
As Ryman intuitively responds to the contours and material qualities of his media, he envisions the
eventual habitation of his works on surfaces in architectural environments. The show title,
―Windowboxing‖ (i.e., the solid border that wraps around a tv image when a widescreen picture is refit
into a narrower format), suggests how the artist’s adaptive process may shape our perceptual
experience. Ryman’s installations demonstrate this point. In ―Windowboxing,‖ an expansive pattern of
rectangular wood frames climbs across the surface of the longest wall inside the gallery, and, outside,
in ―Kamco Wave,‖ an array of boards wraps around a corner to engulf part of the courtyard. Each of
these sculptures effects an improbable monumental presence in its context, challenging our ordinary
sense of proportion and altering our perception of space.
Conner Contemporary Art is located in the historic H Street Corridor/ Florida Avenue Arts district.
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10-5pm.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 27/41
INDUSTRY1358 Florida Avenue NE, 2d Floor
Washington DC 20002
(202) 399 1730
Opening Reception
January 15, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Shredded Collection © Jens Praet, courtesy Angelika Annen / EcoDesign Home and Industry Gallery
INDUSTRY GALLERY PRESENTS FOSSILIZED - FIRST SOLO US EXHIBITION OF JENS PRAET -
DESIGNS MADE from SHREDDED MAGAZINES and DOCUMENTS - ART in AMERICA, CAPITOL
FILE, DETAILS, FAST COMPANY & ROBB REPORT
Exhibition features Nine Works - Tables, Consoles, Benches & Shelves - Five Made from Shredded
Magazines & Four Made from Shredded Documents
Washington, DC (December 30, 2010) - Industry Gallery presents Fossilized, the first solo USexhibition of work by Jens Praet, continuing until February 26, 2011. The Belgium-born,Florence-based Praet has shredded and recycled copies of Art in America, Capitol File, Details,
Fast Company and Robb Report mixed with clear resin to create five different designs -console, bench, side table, large table and large shelf - each in an edition of 12 with eachdesign made from a specific title. Corresponding works for all the designs, except the largetable, were also executed using shredded documents mixed with semi-transparent whiteresin to create the balance of the exhibition's nine works. Fossilized is part of the designer'sShredded Collection, which originated out of his concern about sustainability and the amountof waste paper being generated globally.
Jens Praet is among the new generation of designers creatively addressing sustainability. Hisdesign vocabulary is streamlined, though rooted in classicism, and his work in Fossilized andthe Shredded Collection toys with the availability and accessibility of information. For example, a table made of shredded magazines - a form of communication - renders themagazines unusable as a source of information, but otherwise utile, perhaps as a magazine
table. Similarly, a console made from classified documents - information not meant for general consumption - can be safely used in public because the data on the documents hasbeen shredded and rendered unreadable. Praet also plays with the notion of boutique versus
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 28/41
industrial design by re-purposing materials created for mass consumption into limited editionworks.
The amount of magazines (named edition) or documents (White edition) used to create eachwork:
Shredded Collection Console ( Art in America & White editions), 11.1 pounds/5kg
Shredded Collection Bench (Capitol File & White editions), 6.65 pounds/3kg
Shredded Collection Side Table (Details & White editions), 13.25 pounds/6kg
Shredded Collection Large Table (Fast Company edition), 26.5 pounds/12kg
Shredded Collection Large Shelf (Robb Report & White editions), 8.85 pounds/4kg
"What started as a research project," says Praet, "turned out to be continuously growing
furniture collection that ended up transforming seemingly useless documents and leftover magazines into useful objects. Paper waste returns to our living or working area as usablefurniture."
According to the designer: "The shredded paper is mixed by hand with resin and put into amould to harden. Once hardened to a firmness similar to wood, the work is finished by hand.Though we use a mould in shaping the piece, each work is in fact hand made and unique,because the exact mixture of paper and/or magazines differs from one piece to the next,affecting the color and appearance."
About Studio Jens Praet
Jens Praet established studio Jens Praet, a design studio based in Panzano in Chianti (a smalltown near Florence, Italy), in 2007. Praet studied Industrial Design in Florence and attendedMaster classes at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, under Droog Design'sco-founder Gijs Baker.
About Industry Gallery
Industry Gallery, based in the Atlas/H Street Arts District of Washington, DC, specializes in 21st century design. The gallery regularly holds single artist exhibitions representing a broadspectrum of design trends by international artists who create functional art from industrialmaterials. The gallery is open Wednesday - Saturday, 11AM - 5PM, and by appointment.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Festival
Saturday-Monday, January 15-17, 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 29/41
American History Museum
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Throughout the museum
For more than 30 years, the National Museum of American History has marked the birthday of Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. by remembering his legacy, as well as the contributions of thousands of other Americans to justice and
freedom during the Civil Rights movement. Join us as we examine, celebrate, and reflect on the extraordinary
courage and commitment of ordinary citizens determined to make the nation a better place.
The program includes the museum’s award-winning interactive play Join the Student Sit-Ins, which invites visitors
to take the role of protesters during the sit-in movement that began at the Greensboro, North Carolina,
Woolworth’s Lunch Counter (now one of the museum’s landmark objects). The words of Dr. King are brought to
life in the dramatic presentation To the Mountaintop in the museum’s Flag Hall. Share your thoughts on what
America has achieved in providing civil rights to all and on the challenges our nation still faces during the "Lift Your
Voice" program.
90 Years of New: Community Open House
Saturday, January 15: 10:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.
sunday, January 16: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-2151
The Phillips Collection kicks off its year-long 90th anniversary celebration with a weekend featuring free
admission, the newly renovated Phillips house, special art installations, interactive tours, films, and complimentary
champagne. A display of birthday cake designs by some of the finest chefs in Washington, D.C. includes the work of
Cake Love’s Warren Brown and Hook’s Heather Chittum, among others. The Sunday Concert will have a discounted
admission of $8.
Grand Reopening Free Weekend Admission Saturday, January 15, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 16, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.The Phillips Collection 1600 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Featuring the grand reopening of the newly renovated Phillips house, birthday cake designs by some of D.C.’s finestpastry chefs, complimentary champagne, and more.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 30/41
In 2011, The Phillips Collection celebrates its 90th anniversary and launches the countdown to its centennial, beginning
with a free weekend on Jan. 15 and 16 and marking the end of the year with an anniversary birthday bash on Nov. 5.
Special installations and programs throughout the year debut stunning new acquisitions in contemporary art, engage
artists in conversation with the collection, and tell the story of artistic innovation at the heart of the museum since Duncan
Phillips opened its doors in 1921.
The January 15-16 free weekend heralds the joyful reopening of the original Phillips house, closed for repair after a fire in
early September. The Phillips welcomes visitors back to its intimate galleries where a spectacular new installation ofmasterworks from the permanent collection is on view, along with a special installation of Sir Howard Hodgkin’s most
ambitious work to date, As Time Goes By (2009). Comprising starbursts of vibrant color, the two 20-foot-long, hand-
painted etchings were recently acquired for the Phillips’s permanent collection. Turner Prize winner Hodgkin had his first
American exhibition at the Phillips in 1984.
Work-of-art birthday cake designs by pastry chefs Rebekka Baltzell (Restaurant Eve), Rick Billings (ThinkFoodGroup),
Peter Brett (Blue Duck Tavern), Warren Brown (Cake Love), Heather Chittum (Hook), Susan Gage (Susan Gage
Catering), Chris Kujala (RIS), Travis Olson (1789), Melanie Parker (701), and Tom Wellings (Equinox) inspired by
artworks in the Phillips will be on display for one weekend only. Visitors vote for their favorite by donating $1 in support of
Phillips education programs. The celebration continues in the museum’s café by FoodArts, where visitors 21 and over will
enjoy complimentary champagne while supplies last.
Free tours throughout the weekend provide insight into art on view. Fast-paced ―relay tours‖ spotlight 90 works of art in
back-to-back talks, ten minutes each—visitors can take in one or all, depending on their art appreciation stamina. For
guests seeking a self-guided experience, the Phillips debuts a ―things to do in 90 minutes‖ brochure. In the 90th
Anniversary Reading Room, photographs, letters, and other archival materials will show how museum founder Duncan
Phillips shaped, in his own words, ―an intimate museum combined with an experiment station.‖ Visitors can also enjoy art-
related films and the exhibition Side by Side: Oberlin’s Masterworks at the Phillips on its final weekend.
On January 17th 2011 Greater DC Cares will be honoring the life and
work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by facilitating the MLK Day of
Service!
As you may know, I regularly lead projects for DC Cares and I am
excited to lead other volunteers in honoring Dr. King and positively
affecting change in our community. Please Join
Me! http://mlkday2011.kintera.org/
As usual, I have registered a team -WLG- on the MLK Day site. You
will be asked to donate 4 hours of your time and $25 to the
multifaceted positive projects DC Cares volunteers will be engaged in
on January 17th. Your registration fee will help mitigate the cost of
supplies, snacks for volunteers, and a MLK Day of Service T-Shirt!
http://mlkday2011.kintera.org/
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 31/41
Join Nearly 2,000 People in Service on MLK Day 2011!
On Monday, January 17, Greater DC Cares, Target, and nearly 2,000 community members will unite in service toreflect the legacy of social justice of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Join us as we honor Dr. King and support youth and education!
When: Monday, January 17 from 9:30am-1:30pmkits to support area schools
Register HERE - http://mlkday2011.kintera.org/
Monday, January 17, 2011
Let Freedom Ring
Patti LaBelle
Let Freedom Ring Choir
Rev. Nolan Williams Jr.
A DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION IN THE CONCERT HALL
The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University host a musical celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s
legacy. The concert featuring Grammy Award–winning, platinum-selling vocalist Patti LaBelle also includes
the Let Freedom Ring Choir with Music Director, Rev. Nolan Williams Jr. Georgetown University will award
the ninth annual John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award to Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery—a leader in the
American Civil Rights movement.
Note: Free tickets will be given away two (2) per person in line in the Hall of Nations at 4 p.m. on Mon.,
Jan. 17 on a first-come, first-served basis.
SUNNY MEMORIES: The Fusion of Solar Technology and Industrial Design
Exhibition
January 18-February 8
Opening Night
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 32/41
Tuesday, January 18, 6:30 p.m.
Washington Design Center
300 D Street SW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Free admission. To RSVP for the opening night with a reception to follow,
please send an email to [email protected].
Sunny Memories is an international workshop created to innovate around the
concept of 'dye-sensitized' solar cells. The exhibit presents unique and fashionable
design objects as a result of the fusion between solar-cell technology and design.
You are cordially invited to a young professionals event hosted by the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI)
on the evening of Wednesday, January 19.
FPI YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FILM SCREENING:
Mugabe and the White African
Special Guest Peter Godwin
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Networking Reception
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Introduction by Peter Godwin
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Film Screening
8:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Audience Discussion
The Heritage Foundation
Allison Auditorium
214 Massachusetts Avenue NE
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 33/41
Click here to RSVP
Film Overview (trailer) Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began
his violent 'Land Reform' program in 2000. Since then, the country has descended into chaos. In 2008, Mike took the unprecedented step of
challenging President Mugabe in an International Court; accusing Robert Mugabe and his government of racial discrimination and violations
of basic human rights. This film is an intimate, moving, and often terrifying account of one man and his family’s extraordinary courage in the
face of overwhelming injustice and brutality. Set against the tumultuous 2008 Presidential elections, Mugabe and the White African followsMike and son-in-law Ben Freeth's harrowing attempt to save their farm, and with it, the homes and livelihoods of 500 black workers and
their families. After months of frightening threats and a horrific attack, the Court’s judges finally rule on Mike’s case. What will Mugabe's
reaction be towards them for daring to bring the case?
PRINCIPLE
GALLERY
Happy Holidays from all of us at Principle Gallery! As this year comes to a close, we would like to thank you for your loyalty and friendship and wish you a wonderful start
to the new year.
Rett Ashby
Opening Reception
Friday, January 21, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Principle Gallery 208 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314(703) 739-9326
We are thrilled to announce our first solo exhibition for Rett, who is both an
accomplished painter as well as a master frame maker. His paintings rarely remain inthe gallery for more than a few days, so we're looking forward to having an entire body
of work at once for the show!
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 34/41
Washington Studio School proudly presents
paintings by
Tania Karpowitz
Please join us for the
Artist's Reception
Friday, January 21, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Washington Studio School
2129 S Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 234-3030
Work on view: January 10- Feb 11, 2011.
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10am-4pm.
This is a free event. RSVP NOT REQUIRED.
About the Artist:
Tania earned her Bachelor's of Fine Arts in painting at Boston University's School of Fine Arts. After studying painting in Rome for
two years, she earned her Masters of Fine Arts at Indiana University, Bloomington. She then traveled to Madrid to paint for two years
on a Fulbright grant.
Tania's work has been exhibited in New York, Madrid, Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, and other cities. One of her pai ntings
hangs in the permanent collection of the Borowsky Gallery in Philadelphia, while many others hang in private collections.
Since 1996, Tania has lived in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband, the writer Andrew Wingfield. They have two sons. Tania
teaches privately in her studio and offers courses and workshops through the Art League of Alexandria and Washington Studio
School.
Artist Statement: My work is about character study. My method develops through the continual pursuit of ways to make color, light,
space, and gesture generate dramatic tension, tell stories, and pose provocative questions about the person I'm painting, even when that
person is myself. Like Shakespeare's plays, the best portraits by Rembrandt and Velazquez show us how a painting can simultaneously
capture individual character and resonate with significance that transcends the person depicted.
For several years now I have been working with the nude to try and achieve this paradoxical effect in my own way. I never allow my
models to be anonymous. I expect them to engage with me emotionally during our sessions together. I try to establish a sense of
confidence in the studio, of trust and mutual intimacy, and the paintings I produce of a particular model are imbued with the chemistry
peculiar to our interaction. (This chemistry lingers, I find, even when I am working on a particular painting alone in the studio.) Nude
bodies gesture more easily than clothed bodies toward the realm of abstract meaning. With the nude, I strive to create studies of
individuals that are also vivid meditations on themes such as reflection, transformation, and creativity.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 35/41
Photography Retrospective
Exhibit Opening by Owen Franken
Friday, January 21, 6:30 p.m. Alliance Française
2142 Wyoming Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
Opening Reception is free but reservations are required. This event is open to AF members and guests of
the artist only. Call 202-234-7911 for reservations.
Owen Franken's work covers over thirty years; traveling the world, eating good food and photographing
everything in between. His photographs have appeared in Newsweek, the New York Times, Forbes,
BusunessWeek, Time and National Geographic, as well as Saveur, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Food and Wine, and
Travel and Leisure. He has traveled to over 100 countries, covered Woodstock, illustrated Chinese economic
reform and the fall of the Berlin Wall, photographed Presidents Nixon to CLinton, Ted Kennedy's family. A
native of Minnesota, Franken has developed a specialization in photographing food and wine in his country of
residence, France.
Exhibit runs through March 2.
Juan Pablo Horcasitas Piano Concert
Playing works by Gluck, Sgambati,
Beethoven, Zyman, Prokofiev, Gershwin and
Wild
Friday, January 28, 6:30 p.m.
Mexican Cultural Institute2829 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Blocks from Columbia Metro Station Street
parking available after 6:30 pm
Admission is free and open to the public.
RSVP to [email protected]
Mexican pianist Juan Pablo Horcasitas played
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 36/41
his debut recital at the age of 9 in Mexico
City´s Sala Chopin. Since then, he has
astounded listeners with a superb stylistic
tone and an extensive repertoire that spans
Baroque to Contemporary Latin-American
music.
He has played in major international venues
including Carnegie Hall and the Steinway Hall
in New York City, the Palacio de Bellas Artes
in Mexico City, the Mexican Fine Arts
Museum Center in Chicago and the Banesco
Auditorium in Caracas, and has performed in
festivals including the Suolahti International
Music Festival in Finland.
Join us for a delightful evening of piano music at
the Mexican Cultural Institute.
"BIOMORPHIC" The Solo Show of Gigi Bio
Opening Reception
Saturday, January 29, 7:00-11:00 p.m.
Art Whino Gallery
122 Waterfront StreetNational Harbor, MD 20745
Free and open to the public
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 37/41
The word "Biomorphic" is a term commonly referred as organic, abstract shapes derived from
biology or living organisms. The word, "bio", means life; and "morphic", meaning transformation.In an art sense, it is a focus on the power of natural life and use of organic shapes & line work. As
a person and artist, it was only natural for me to be inspired by life, with great emphasis ontransition. Living in New York, I see life in an urban state of mind capturing the world in 360
degree hyper views. Everyday, I am surrounded by culture, bustling streets, speeding traffic to
buildings being torn & built back up in an instant.
My view of the world is a product of the past colliding with the present. I aim to expose theemotional side of the city streets pushing the final image to abstraction & constructing a new view
of the world. Each piece represents a world full of ambition, energy and movement. I aim torecreate the world through multiple perspectives captured in various time frames. My artwork is
greatly inspired by the world, but hidden between the layers is a narrative of life. My art is a prismof life, beauty and transformation.
I expose the beautiful complexities of being human.
Life is Art.
Show end date: February 16
About the Artist
Gigi Bio was born on July 9, 1978 in Oakland, California. Ever since childhood, she was an creative
being with aspirations for art, photography & design. In 2000, she graduated with an AA in Fine Art& Fashion Design from Florida Community College at Jacksonville. In 2003, Gigi graduated with aBFA in Fashion Design at Savannah College of Art & Design. She is a creative designer who
specializes in fashion illustration, women's wear, accessory and embroidery design. In addition toher fashion career, she is an artist specializing in digital photo collages mainly inspired by the city
streets, architecture, graffiti and life. Currently, she is a freelance fashion designer, art & fashiondirector and visual artist.
Her work was featured in exhibits and publications for "Street or Studio - The History of Urban
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 38/41
Photography" at Tate Modern in London, UK and "Click - The Changing Faces of Brooklyn" at
Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, NY. In 2010, her work was published in Slice Magazine Spring /Summer 2010 Issue 6: Metropolis. Most recently, she had her first solo show presented by White
Train called "Utopia" at DIS Micro Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. She is affiliated with Galerie Geraldine
Zberro in Paris, France, Art Whino Gallery in Washington DC and White Train in NYC.
She lives, breathes & creates in Brooklyn, New York.
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 39/41
The Kennedy Legacy
Saturday, January 29, 2:00 p.m.
Atrium
Kennedy Center
Believe the Kennedy legacy is timeless? Sit in on a panel of journalists and policy makers to discuss the enduring
impact of President Kennedy's office. Also, view a screening of the film "John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightening, Dayof Drums."
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 40/41
Crystal Couture
Tuesday, February 1-Saturday, February 5, 6:00-10:00 p.m.1750 Crystal Drive
Arlinton, VA
free
This year we will be Exotic and Elegant to Everything Everyday. The event will feature a cash bar, body painting,
hair and makeup makeovers, henna, DJ entertainment, runway shows, and more. There will be 20 or more
boutiques featured every evening and many will be selling their clothes right off the runway at great event prices.
Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream
(Wiley, 2010)
BOOK FORUM
Tuesday, February 8, 12:00 p.m.
Luncheon to Follow
The Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
8/8/2019 bMichael Events This Week 5 January 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-5-january-2011 41/41
Featuring the author Christopher Whalen, Institutional Risk Analytics; with comments by Dean Baker, Center for
Economic and Policy Research; and Alex Pollock, American Enterprise Institute; moderated by Mark Calabria, Cato
Institute.
Extended Events