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 Neurobiologist and author Robert Sapolsky will be at National Geographic on Tuesday for a post-Killer Stress discussion. Photograph by John Heminway, courtesy of National Geographic. |
Welcome to Talk to Me, Baby, a new feature where we highlight the city's best talking events: the free, the cheap, and the spendy at the area's museums, galleries, and auditoriums. As always, stay tuned to Popcorn and Candy for film screenings and their related discussions, and to Reader, Meet Author for book talks.
Tuesday:
>> Producers for the new National Geographic/PBS show Killer Stress will join Stanford neurobiologist and author Robert Sapolsky at the Grosvenor Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. See a premiere screening of the show as well as a discussion on the biology of stress, which is sure to include talk about his African baboon research. The show itself begins on Wednesday on PBS. Tickets cost $18.
>> Art lovers have two great options tonight. SAAM is holding the first in its Collector’s Roundtable Lecture Series, Buying at Auction at 7 p.m. in the McEvoy Auditorium. Eric Widing of Christie's will lead the talk. Get tickets to all three in the series for $50, or spend $20 for tonight's only. To register, call 202-233-8490, e-mail saamprograms@si.edu, or do it online.
>> Or, head to the Corcoran for Design in Spain Now: An Evening with Martin Azua and Juli Capella at 7:00 p.m. Capella specializes in architecture, interior design, town planning and design theory, and Azúa focuses on industrial design and research. The two will discuss their current projects and the influences of Spanish design worldwide. Lectures will be given in Spanish with English translation, and will be followed by a reception from the Embassy of Spain. Entry costs $25.
Wednesday:
>> Brainiacs, unite. Then, head to the Natural History Museum's Baird Auditorium at 7 p.m. to witness astronomer Rocky Kolb, particle physicist Joe Lykken, and cosmologist Michael Turner seriously geeking out. They will "debate what dark matter and dark energy are, and discuss upcoming research, including how accelerators, particle detectors, and telescopes will be used to determine what the 96% unseen portion of the Universe is." Tickets for The Dark Side of the Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy cost $20 or $10 for students with valid ID; call 202-633-3030 for more info.
>> History buffs should head to the Hirshhorn's Ring Auditorium instead, from 6:45 to 9 p.m. U.S. Naval Academy professor Marcus Jones will be chatting it up about The Eastern Front: The Soviet-German Conflict of 1941-1945, specifically addressing "the central historical question of the war of why the Red Army managed to turn the tide of the war and help ensure the Allied victory over Germany." $40.
SAAM curators will be giving a lecture on their latest exhibit on Friday evening, which features the work of Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams. Image of Georgia O'Keefe's Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico/Out Back of Marie's II copyright the Georgia O'Keefe Museum. |
Thursday:
>> If you're still yearning for more war talk, the Library of Congress is the place to be Thursday afternoon with a discussion on the more current military mischief in Georgia. Abkhazia and the New Cold War will be led by Kluge Staff fellow Dr. Paul Crego, and will focus on the development of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict in the late Soviet period of the early 90s, as well as the history, language and culture of the Abkhazian people. Talk begins at 4 p.m. in the West Dining Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building.
>> After such a heavy topic earlier in the day, you may want to plan an evening at the Corcoran to just gawk at the new Richard Avedon exhibit. At 7:00 p.m., curators Paul Roth and Frank Goodyear will discuss the photographer's work. Entry costs $10, but you'll have time to catch the exhibit afterwards before the museum's 9 p.m. closing time.
Friday:
>> At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the museum's chief curator and curator of photography will be exploring the work and relationship of Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams in Opposites Attract in order to introduce their exhibit which opens Friday as well. McEvoy Auditorium, 6:30 pm, Free.
Saturday:
>> The Phillips Collection is holding an all-day symposium on Saturday, titled Painting in the 21st Century, which is sure to be interesting. Find out if painting is really dead, as a number of curators, professors, artists, gallery directors, and even WaPo's own Blake Gopnik discuss. This is a great bargain; cost of the symposium is included in museum admission. For information, email CSMAprograms [at] phillipscollection.org or call 202-387-2151 x286.
>> Or, if you're a bit more interested in that sciency stuff, head instead to the Natural History Museum for The Sant Ocean Hall Opening Day Celebration. At 1 p.m. will be a panel discussion titled Bringing the Ocean to Life in which the exhibit team will reveal the secrets behind the new 23,000 square foot oceanic display. At 3 p.m., Stanford's marine science professor, Barbara Block, will be lecturing about "her use of electronic tags to track the travels of such species as tuna and albatross." Both are free and will be held in the ground floor of the museum in the Baird Auditorium.
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The "Killer Stress" lecture program is actually on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 7:30. The program will air the following evening on PBS. Set your DVRs!
Ooh, I like the new feature! Perfect for dorks like me (and much of the DCist readership, I'm sure).
Excellent new feature! Thanks :)