DCist’s guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area
There isn’t too much going on in D.C.’s lecture world this week, but if you have taken some extra time off for the holidays or have some leeway in your workday, there are always a number of weekday lectures, as well as a few book discussions.
Monday:
>> Head to the Shirlington Busboys tonight at 7 p.m. for a book signing and discussion with author Tim Lewis on his book The Virginiad: 400 Years of Virginia History in Poetry.
Tuesday:
>> Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the DCJCC is holding a book discussion with New Yorker cartoonist Mort Gerberg titled Last Laughs: Cartoons About Aging, Retirement…and the Great Beyond. His book compiles the work of many cartoonists “confronting, illuminating and celebrating the inevitabilities of life.” $9.
Wednesday:
>> Head to the information desk at the National Museum of Women in the Arts from 12 to 12:30 today for Six Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography’s Connection to Movies, Fashion, the Art Market and . . . Kevin Bacon, led by Kathryn A. Wat, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.
>> Or, from 9 to 11 a.m. this morning, learn from a panel discussion dealing with Responsible Homeownership: Protecting Homeowners Today, Guiding Policymakers Tomorrow at the New America Foundation. Another homeownership discussion will follow, this one titled American Dream 2.0: Safe and Sound First-Time Homeownership Strategies for California Working Families, which will run from 12 to 1 p.m. If you can’t make the discussions live, catch the webcasts.
>> Or, learn about banking troubles of big business at the same location from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m., with another discussion titled Unfit to Survive: Wall Street’s Darwinian Lessons from Former Bear Stearns Chief Strategist, which will also be available via webcast.
>> Tonight at 7 p.m., the Shirlington Busboys is holding an author talk with Tom Gjelten of Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba.
Thursday:
>> Tonight’s Face to Face gallery talk at the National Portrait Gallery will feature curator Anne Goodyear speaking about the museum’s portrait of our president-elect Obama. Meet in the F Street Lobby at 6 p.m.
