DCist’s guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area
This week, we have discussions about the Roman Empire, Lincoln, Nazis and blogging, as well as a handful of lectures on contemporary art.
Monday:
>> At 7 p.m. tonight, the 14th Street Busboys is celebrating the first release from Busboys and Poets Press, with author E. Ethelbert Miller and his book, The Fifth Inning, “a combination of baseball and the blues.” Free in the Langston Room.
Tuesday:
>> Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World’s Most Notorious Nazi author Neal Bascomb will be at Politics and Prose at 7 p.m. for a book signing.
Wednesday:
>> Head to the Shirlington Library at 7 p.m. to hear author Maurice Jackson discussing Let This Voice be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolition. A book signing will follow at the Shirlington Busboys.
>> The Freer is hosting a lecture with film clips at 6:45 p.m. in honor of “musical dream team” Ira and George Gershwin. $40.
>> Another Smithsonian Resident Associate option this night is a lecture and book signing titled The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New Interpretation at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, which “draws on recent discoveries to provide a fresh look at decline of the Roman Empire.” 6:45 p.m.; $25.
Thursday:
>> At 7 p.m., Sixth and I is hosting a panel discussion with immigrants, experts and Congressional staff called Progress by Pesach: A Call for Immigration Reform.
>> If you’re interested in the visual arts but have never taken a formal art history class, this is a good night to be at the S. Dillon Ripley Center. From 6:45 to 9 p.m. at the illustrated lecture titled Why a Painting Is Like a Pizza: How to Understand and Enjoy Modern Art, University of the Arts professor Nancy G. Heller will use “slides of works by Picasso, Kandinsky, Chagall, Dali, Pollock, Rothko, Rauschenberg, and Warhol” to “explain how to analyze, understand, and appreciate even the most abstract and non-traditional works of art.” $40.
