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Wednesday and Thursday you can learn all about Abe in the Smithsonian's online conference. Image courtesy of the Portrait Gallery.
DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area
There are a lot of political events this week, with Howard Zinn starting it off, and some talks on counterterrorism, Israel, the ubiquitous Abe, Reagan, civil rights, and a little bit of interior design thrown in for good measure.
Monday:
>> Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the 14th Street Busboys and Poets hosts People's History author Howard Zinn. Zinn will be discussing his upcoming feature-length film, The People Speak.
>> At 7 p.m., Dwell magazine fans will want to be at the Corcoran for an evening with their editor-in-chief titled, Sam Grawe: Dwelling on Design. Grawe will be speaking about "why architecture and design should be important to everyone—especially at home."
>> Or, head to the K Street Busboys at 6:30 p.m. to witness author William Kleinknecht sign and discuss The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America.
>> If you enjoyed today's interview with William Christenberry, be sure to be at Politics and Prose tonight at 7 p.m. for his book signing.
Tuesday:
>> Sixth and I is talking about What We Talk About When We Talk About Israel at 7 p.m., with author and The American Prospect senior correspondent Gershom Gorenberg.
>> Buddy Holly fans should head to the Atrium Cafe at the Museum of Natural History tonight from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. to see musician J.P. McDermott perform Holly's music and discuss his life and work. He'll be putting "the stories and songs in context with the times and places that shaped them." $40.
Wednesday:
>> At noon today, former White House physician Lawrence C. Mohr will be at the National Museum of Health and Medicine discussing his work doctoring Reagan, Bush and Clinton.
>> Wednesday and Thursday this week, the Smithsonian is hosting an online conference all about Abe, which will feature a variety of speakers. Check the agenda here and register here.
>> Tonight at 6:30 p.m. the National Museum of African History is holding an author event at the Smithsonian Castle titled, At the Elbows of My Elders: One Family's Journey Toward Civil Rights. Gail Milissa Grant will "recount the battles fought by her father, a lawyer and Civil Rights activist in St. Louis; her family's operation of a funeral home; and their earlier work on the railroad and on pleasure boats that plied the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River."
>> And at 7 p.m., the S. Dillon Ripley Center is hosting Securing the City: An Inside Look at the NYPD Counterterror Force with Newsweek Online's Shadowland author Christopher Dickey. $25.
>> Also at 7 p.m. is a lecture with Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who will be discussing his book Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism at the Lisner Auditorium.
Thursday:
>> Head to the Navy Memorial tonight for a discussion with solar physicist Paal Bracke titled, Northern Lights: A Message from the Sun from 6:45 to 9 p.m. $40.
Saturday:
>> As per usual, the S. Dillon Ripley Center is holding two all-day, $120 seminars: Felix Mendelssohn: A Birthday Tribute to a Genius from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Elizabeth I and Katherine Swynford: Scandal, Survival, and Succession from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
>> Your slightly cheaper and definitely more intoxicating Smithsonian bet is Beer Behemoths: The Connoisseur’s Guide to Doppelbocks, Barley Wines, and Beyond at The Brickskeller. Beer experts Jim Dorsch and Greg Kitsock (of American Brewer magazine) and Bob Tupper (of Hop Pocket Ale and Pilsner) will be sharing their secrets and samples, all for the whopping price of $82.
>> Today's 2:30 p.m. Inside Media lecture at the Newseum is a must for enthusiastic Steelers fans. Titled Chronicling the Civil Rights Movement, it will feature Juan Williams and Kenneth Love examining the role of the Pittsburgh Courier "in reporting and shaping African-American history," and Love's documentary on the same subject.
Sunday:
>> From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, the S. Dillon Ripley Center Discovery Theater is hosting a family festival for Black History Month, which will feature a panel discussion about the history of Shaw.
>> At 3 p.m. today, head to the Shirlington Busboys to hear author Jeffrey B. Perry discussing his book, Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918. He'll be joined by a panel of policy experts and authors with knowledge on the subject.
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I think this a a great resource and am glad DCist does this weekly, but could you maybe include Monday's items on the week before? There's a talk tonight I'd love to go to, but with 3 hours notice can't make it. Wish I had known about it last week.
I am especially glad that you have this feature since they are killing BookWorld in the Post...I frequently attend book author talks.
What, no one willing to talk about the 50th anniversary of The Day the Music Died?
A talk on Saturday at the Postal Museum:
Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails and Tales Author Talk
and Children’s Workshop
Saturday, February 7, 2009
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Author Tom Wheeler discusses his book Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails, which explains how Lincoln taught himself to use the telegraph in addition to traditional correspondence to win the first modern war. While adults attend the author talk, kids ages 7-13 enjoy a workshop featuring Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers, the story of how eleven-year-old Grace Bedell influenced Lincoln’s presidential campaign through the power of correspondence. Write your own letter to the president, design a presidential stamp, and enjoy other fun Abe activities. ASL interpretation will be provided for the author talk. Registration required for children’s workshop. Call 202-633-5533 or e-mail NPMprograms@si.edu.
http://www.npm.si.edu/
Is there a way we can get this list emailed weekely??
I've been thinking of including Monday's in the previous week's, so I'll start that next week. Thanks for the feedback.
As far as getting the list emailed weekly, you could sign up for the RSS feed, although I don't know that you can specify what you want to get.