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Lester Brown, environmental expert and author of Plan B 3.0:Mobilizing to Save Civilization, will speak at the Museum of American History on Thursday.
This week features a number of earthy discussions as well as some artsy talks on the Depression's Public Works of Art Project and that crazy Campbell soup can guy (Warhol).
Tuesday:
>> Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the National Press Club presents WaPo journalist David Ignatius and his new thriller The Increment.
>> At 7 p.m., the American Art Museum is holding a lecture suited towards lovers of public art as well those just looking for ways that America can be pulled up by its bootstraps. At Coaxing the Soul of America Back to Life, historian Roger G. Kennedy "examines the role of art during the Great depression and how the Public Works of Art Project may have helped rescue the soul of America."
>> Also at 7 p.m., Politics and Prose hosts author Robert Wright. His book The Evolution Of God "examines Judaism, Christianity, and Islam through the lenses of archeology and evolutionary psychology, as well as theology. He concludes that there is scientific legitimacy to the spiritual quest, and he sees humanity moving toward an era of spiritual harmony."
>> The 14th Street Busboys is celebrating "two generations of poetry and activism in Southern Africa" at 6 p.m. tonight with poets Dennis Brutus, Comrade Fatso and others.
Wednesday:
>> The Corcoran is celebrating the recent opening of their newest exhibit, William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008, with An Intimate Portrait of an Artist at 7 p.m. tonight. Eggleston will discuss his life's work with Michael Almereyda, the director and producer of a documentary on the artist. $25.
Thursday:
>> Learn about the best summer wines to accompany your barbecues and weekends at the beach from wine educator Kelly Magyarics at the National Museum of Natural History's Atrium Cafe tonight from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $50 with tastings.
>> Or, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., head to the Carmichael Auditorium of the American History Museum for Portrait of Invention: A Conversation with Lester Brown. Called "the guru of the environmental movement," Brown is the president of the Earth Policy Institute and will be discussing the sustainability of civilization. Doors open at 7 p.m.
>> The Air and Space continues their Exploring Space lecture series this week with Our Sun - Is it a Steady Performer? The event begins at 6 p.m. with a screening of the likely dusty 1956 educational film, Our Sun. A lecture by Alan M. Title, senior fellow at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center, will follow at 7 p.m.
Friday:
>> Tonight at 7 p.m., Politics and Prose hosts former WaPo feature writer Peter Carlson and his book K Blows Top, which "humorously recounts one of the strangest episodes in American history, Nikita Khrushchev’s bumbling 1959 trip across America, during which he threw tantrums and sparked a riot."
Saturday:
>> Join the National Press Club today at noon for their discussion series Books and Brunch. Meet at the 4th Estate Restaurant to discuss Junot Diaz's The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao. RSVP by the 18th to opus [at] press.org.
>> Warhol fans have it made today. Head to the Portrait Gallery for the all-day, family-friendly Warholapalooza. The day starts at 11 a.m. with art workshops, and the kiddie festivities continue at 12:15 p.m. with a book reading with Andy Warhol's nephew and his book Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol. If you don't have any kids in tow, you may want to show up at the McEvoy Auditorium at 2:30 p.m. for Reel Portraits: Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (doors at 2 p.m.), at which Warhol scholar Callie Angell will present "motion- picture portraits Warhol created of Marcel Duchamp, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, and Kenneth Jay Lane," followed by a discussion. At 5 p.m. (doors at 4:30 p.m.), critic Calvin Tomkins will further discuss Warhol with the Portrait Gallery's Anne Goodyear.
>> Today's 2:30 p.m. Inside Media event at the Newseum features CBS' Bill Plante and CNN's Chris Plante.
Next Monday:
>> From 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today, the Natural History Museum will be observing National Pollinator Week with a panel of bumblebee experts in a free symposium titled Plight of the Bumblebees.
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Also tonight, New York Times bestselling author Lucette Lagnado will be speaking at the DCJCC. Only a few tickets left at washingtondjcc.org/nextbook.
And by "tonight," you mean "tomorrow." She's speaking on Wednesday.