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Storm chaser and photographer Jim Reed will be at the Corcoran on Wednesday for a show and tell.
Monday:
>> If you missed this weekend's Newseum event with Rumsfeld expert Bradley Graham, catch him at Politics and Prose tonight at 7 p.m. The WaPo reporter's book, By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld, "offers a layered and revealing portrait of a man whose impact on U.S. national security affairs will long outlive him."
>> Or, head to the L Street Borders at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion with Zack Lynch, author of The Neuro Revolution, which looks at "the impact brain science will have on law, marketing, financial markets, education, national defense, religion, investing, health-care, government and entertainment [and] describes ... the Time's Telescope, which draws upon the history of technological revolutions to project into our common future."
Tuesday:
>> Father Patrick Desbois will be at Sixth and I at 7 p.m. tonight to discuss his new book, Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews. For the book, his research team "visit[ed] the sites of these murders and interview[ed] surviving witnesses, many of whom were recruited by the Germans to assist in the executions."
>> The K Street Busboys hosts a panel discussion at 6 p.m. titled, What does the Honduran Coup mean for Latin America?. Panelists will include representatives from the Honduran Embassy, Sergio Moncada from Hondurans for Democracy, Mark Weisbrod from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK. Free.
>> Authors Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum will be at Politics and Prose at 7 p.m. discussing their book, Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future.
Wednesday:
>> Tonight's 7 p.m. lecture at the Corcoran mixes photography with thrilling, nature-induced terror. At Storm Chaser: A Photographer's Journey, Jim Reed will share his work as well as "what it feels like to be within 150 feet of a twister, to be inside the dead-calm of a monstrous category four hurricane, and to survive a direct hit by Katrina." $20.
>> Alternatively, head to the S. Dillon Ripley Center from 6:45 to 9 p.m. for Malaysia’s Jewels: World Heritage Cities of the Straits of Malacca. GMU art history professor Lawrence Butler will discuss the Malaysian cities of George Town on Penang Island and Malacca, including "how their monuments and living neighborhoods reflect the Malay, Portuguese, Dutch, British, Indian, and Chinese communities that still flourish there." $40.
Thursday:
>> Take a long lunch break today and head to the Spy Museum for a free book event from noon to 1 p.m. titled Spymaster: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West. KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin will share his experiences overseeing Moscow's spy network in the U.S. His memoir discusses how "he became disillusioned with the Soviet system ... his falling out with Russian president Vladimir Putin, and what he thinks of recent intelligence-related incidents with Moscow ties, including the death of Russian intelligence defector Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006."
Friday:
>> Today's free lunchtime lecture at the Hirshhorn features pre-doctoral Fellow Jeannine Tang and curatorial research associate Ryan Hill discussing the work of Walead Beshty. 12:30 p.m.
Sunday:
>> This weekend's 2 p.m. lecture at the National Gallery of Art should be a good one. The museum's Diane Arkin will discuss Genius in Tandem: Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns in the East Building Auditorium.
>> At 4 p.m., the 14th Street Busboys hosts A Continuing Talk on Race. Today's event will feature a staged performance of The Meeting, a play which imagines a conversation between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X in 1965. A discussion will follow the performance. Free.
Next Monday:
>> Catch Senator Barbara Boxer at Politics and Prose at 7 p.m. for a reading from her second novel, Blind Trust, which "centers on second-term Democratic senator Ellen Fisher, who is caught in an increasingly nasty struggle with the aggressive Vice President as she prepares to chair potentially explosive hearings on national security issues." If ever a book needs an all persons fictitious disclaimer, it's this one.
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