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Josephine Baker's spying past will be revealed on Wednesday evening at the Spy Museum. Image courtesy of the Spy Museum.
Monday:
>> At 6:30 p.m., the 14th Street Busboys hosts environmental leader Dr. Vandana Shiva, who will be discussing and signing several of her books, including Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply.
>> Also tonight is a book talk with Angels and Ages author Adam Gopnik at 7 p.m. at Politics and Prose. He'll be talking "about Lincoln and Darwin, who were born on the same day and radically changed views of the modern world."
Tuesday:
>> Tonight at 7 p.m. is our Emerge Exposed panel discussion, presented at Flashpoint in collaboration with the Pink Line Project. The event is currently sold out, so if you haven't made a reservation, but still want something arty to do this evening, we've got just the thing.
>> From 6:30 to 8 p.m., Transformer Gallery and the Goethe Insitute team up to present What We Want Is Free: An Exploration of the Field of Non-profit Visual Arts Organizations as part of Transformer's Summer Camp program. Panelists include Mark Allen of LA's Machine Project, Wendy Clark from the NEA, Steven Rand from NYC's Apexart, Don Russell from Provisions Library, and Transformer's Executive Director, Victoria Reis. At the Goethe Institute.
>> At 6:30 p.m. the L Street Borders hosts The Gamble author Thomas E. Ricks. His new book reveals "behind-the-scenes disagreements between top commanders," including "that almost every single officer in the chain of command fought the surge."
Wednesday:
>> Tonight at 7 p.m., head to U Street's Hamiltonian Gallery for a talk with artist Mark Cameron Boyd, whose work is currently on view at the gallery.
>> The Spy Museum reveals that famed African-American singer and dancer Josephine Baker also served as a spy during World War II. Tonight, former CIA chief of disguise Jonna Mendez will be discussing "Baker’s intelligence work and placing it in the context of her exciting and celebrated life" at 6:30 p.m. $15.
>> Or, at 7 p.m., National Geographic hosts the fifth annual Small Nations Poetry Reading. This year's event is environmentally themed, and will feature nine ambassadors who will "read poetry from the countries they represent, in English and in their native languages."
>> Also tonight, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., the Newseum hosts a discussion titled Godless Public Schools — Fact or Fiction?. Panelists Jeremy Gunn, Melissa Rogers, Colby May and Charles Haynes will debate the controversial Abington School District v. Schempp Supreme Court ruling which "struck down state-sponsored prayer and Bible reading [and] stirred emotional debates in 1963." Free with museum admission.
Thursday:
>> The National Archives' McGowan Theatre is holding a panel discussion tonight at 7:30 p.m. titled Big Strides, Diverse Paths: Women's Journey's to Political Leadership. Eleanor Clift from The McLaughlin Group will moderate a group of women that includes Congresswomen Mazie Hirono, Marsha Blackburn and Grace Napolitano; former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin; and former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Jennette Bradley.
>> Or, at 7 p.m., head to the American Art Museum for the first of a three part series of discussions with film, video and media artists. Tonight, digital media artist Cory Arcangel will present and discuss his work.
Friday:
>> Today's lunchtime lecture at the Hirshhorn features architect Diane Cho speaking about the museum's Directions: Terence Gower exhibit. 12:30 p.m.
>> If you love Lincoln and have a bunch of leftover cash in your pocket, you may want to spend $165 of it celebrating Lincoln's Second Inaugural Dinner at the Willard Hotel. The hotel restaurant will be recreating some of the meals served at the original dinner in 1865, and pre-dinner, Museum of American History curator Harry Rubenstein will give a presentation on the bearded President. After the eats, Lincoln re-enactor James Getty will be giving a performance. Ticket sales close tomorrow at 11 a.m., so decide fast.
Saturday:
>> From noon to 2 p.m. at the Anacostia Community Museum, learn all about "the roots and development of 'stepping,' a unique form of African American expression ... displaying distinctive styles of marching" at the Stepping Out lecture and performance.
>> Or, head to the Postal Museum for a 1 p.m. lecture about Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War.
>> Today's Inside Media lecture at the Newseum features Sulayman Al-Bassam, in collaboration with the Kennedy Center Arabesque Festival, and Karen DeYoung of The Washington Post, as they discuss Richard III: An Arab Tragedy, and "Are people in the East really different from those in the West?" 2:30 p.m.
Sunday:
>> Today's Weekend Lecture at the National Gallery of Art is titled The Society of Dilettanti: Grecian Taste and Roman Spirit, and will include a book signing by Boston University art history professor Bruce Redford. 2:00 pm in the East Building Auditorium.
>> From 2 to 4 p.m. today, the Center for Inquiry is holding a Voices of Reason lecture by University of Maryland anthropology professor Nancie L. Gonzalez. She'll be discussing Focus on the Family: Traditions and Mythology. $6.
>> At 3 p.m., head to the 14th Street Busboys for a poetry reading with Palestinian-American poet and activist Suheir Hammad.
Next Monday:
>> At 7 p.m., Politics and Prose hosts author Craig M. Mullaney for a book talk on The Unforgiving Minute, a memorial which "gives a vivid picture of the realities of combat and the lasting psychological effects of war."
>> At 7:30 p.m., the Baileys Crossroads Borders hosts best-selling author Jodi Picoult and her recent book Handle With Care.
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