The Smithsonian Institution celebrates Women's History month with events such as — films, performances, talks, tours and demonstrations.
| WASHINGTON D.C. | |
| Location: | Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium |
| Title: | Music From Japan: Ancient Winds/Modern Percussion |
| Date: | Saturday, March 1, 4 pm |
| Description: | This concert of new music for traditional Japanese instruments features Mayumi Miyata on sho (mouth organ), a touring star who has performed under the conduction of Charles Dutoit and Vladimir Ashkenazy. She is the first person to play the sho as solo instrument and to introduce it worldwide in appearances with major orchestras. The concert is part of the Music from Japan Festival 2008. A pre-concert tour of the Arts of Japan gallery begins at 3:15 pm. Free, but tickets are required; for more information, call 202.633.1000 or visit www.asia.si.edu/events/performances.asp. |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater |
| Title: | Documentary Films by Native Women |
| Date: | Saturday, March 1 - Monday, March 31, 12:30 and 3:30 pm |
| Description: | Throughout Women's History Month, the National Museum of the American Indian presents two daily screenings of films from communities across the Western Hemisphere. For more information, visit www.nativenetworks.si.edu or call 202.633.6695. |
| Location: | Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium |
| Title: | Women's Stories/Women's Films: Searching for Angela Shelton |
| Date: | Sunday, March 2, 3 pm |
| Description: | In 2001, one Angela Shelton set off across the country to meet, and to interview on film, other women named Angela Shelton. Intending to tell a sweeping story of women in America, she discovered that 70 percent of the other Angelas had been victims of sexual abuse or domestic violence. Both her work with these women and the film itself have served as catalysts for healing and change. A screening of the film Searching for Angela Shelton (2004, 94 minutes) and a discussion with the director are hosted by Heather R. Taylor of The Heather Taylor Show: Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital. The event is preceded by a tour in the Smithsonian American Art Museum and is followed by a signing of Shelton's book Finding Angela Shelton. Tour: Women Artists in the Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Sunday, March 2, 2 pm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture This gallery tour highlights a variety of works, from Malcah Zeldis's festive folk art to Louise Nevelson's monumental wall sculpture to a nineteen-century Lilly Martin Spencer painting of fading beauty. Meet in the F Street Lobby. This is the fourth of five feature events in the Smithsonian Heritage Month series "Sharing Stories/ Sharing Heritage," which explores the ways objects and stories connect us to our heritage and to each other. It is offered in conjunction with month-long screenings of films (at the National Museum of the American Indian and the Freer Gallery of Art) in which women tell women's stories. Please see the Films section of this calendar for more details. |
| Location: | National Air and Space Museum |
| Title: | Ask an Expert: The First Female Thunderbird: Nicole Malachowski |
| Date: | Wednesday, March 5, 12, and 19, 12 noon |
| Description: | Meet at the museum's Great Seal (near the information desks) for these fifteen-minute curator talks on the amazing women who have contributed to aviation and space exploration. On March 5, Dorothy Cochrane presents "The First Female Thunderbird: Nicole Malachowski." On March 12, Dominick Pisano presents "Katherine Stinson: The Flying Schoolgirl." Valerie Neal presents "Space Shuttle Commander: Pam Melroy" on March 19. Visit www.nasm.si.edu for more information. |
| Location: | Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| Title: | Women's History Month Walk-In Tours |
| Date: | Wednesday, March 12, 19, 12:30 pm and Thursday, March 27, 2 pm |
| Description: | This gallery tour highlights a variety of works, from Malcah Zeldis's festive and colorful folk art paintings to Louise Nevelson's monumental wall sculpture to Lilly Martin Spencer's sentimental painting of fading beauty. Meet in the F Street Lobby. |
| Location: | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculptures Garden, Ring Auditorium |
| Title: | "In Conversation" with Amy Sillman |
| Date: | Friday, March 14, 12:30 pm |
| Description: | New York–based artist Amy Sillman discusses her work, including a new body of paintings in which she uses shape to explore what she calls "pessimistic optimism"—a sense of anxiety within what seem to be cheerful images. Those painting are part of the exhibition Amy Sillman, Third Person Singular, on view at the Hirshhorn from March 14 from July 6. For more information, call 202.633.0828. |
| Location: | Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium |
| Title: | Electric Shadows |
| Date: | Friday, March 14, 7 pm |
| Description: | rom Xiao Jiang, a bracing new female voice in Chinese cinema, comes an ode to love (and love of movies) that has been compared to Cinema Paradiso. Spanning the decades between the Cultural Revolution and the present, the film follows two childhood friends, both movie lovers, who rediscover each other years later. The Hollywood Reporter calls it "a lovely, elegant paean to the joy and liberty that films offer." Free, but tickets are required; for more information, call 202.633.1000 or visit www.asia.si.edu/events/performances.asp. (2004, 95 minutes, Mandarin with English subtitles) |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater |
| Title: | Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises |
| Date: | Friday, March 14, 7 pm and Sunday, March 16, 1:30 pm |
| Description: | Having dedicated nearly four decades to chronicling the lives of Natives across Canada, director Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki) returns to her home village in the documentary Waban-Aki, which delves into the history and contemporary realities of the Abenaki people. Part of the Environmental Film Festival. For more information, visit www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org.(2006, 104 minutes) |
| Location: | National Postal Museum |
| Title: | Nuestra Quinceañera: A Celebration of Our Fifteen Years |
| Date: | Saturday, March 15, 1 - 3 pm |
| Description: | The National Postal Museum marks its fifteenth anniversary in the spirit of the quinceañera tradition that marks the transformation to womanhood for Hispanic girls turning fifteen. The event includes music and explorations of stamps and correspondence. Participants can walk in the steps of a quinceañera, share stories, and discuss career paths with special guests Alta Rodriguez of the United States Postal Service and Magdalena Mieri of the National Museum of American History. |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian, Resources Center, Third Level |
| Title: | Community Discussion on Native Women in Documentary Filmmaking |
| Date: | Saturday, March 15, 3:30 pm |
| Description: | Filmmakers Velma Craig (Navajo), Yolanda Cruz (Chatin), Helen Haig-Brown (Tsilhqot'in), and Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki) discuss their works and their approaches to recording history. |
| Location: | National Zoological Park |
| Title: | Women in Wildlife Conservation |
| Date: | Saturday, March 15 - Sunday, March 16, 10 am - 12 noon |
| Description: | In this special class, some of the Zoo's women scientists tell of how they (and other women) have made an impact in the fields of conservation and wildlife education. Recommended for ages 6–9. Visit www.nationalzoo.si.edu for cost and registration information. |
| Location: | National Air and Space Museum |
| Title: | Ask an Expert: Space Shuttle Commander: Pam Melroy |
| Date: | Wednesday, March 19, 12 noon |
| Description: | eet at the museum's Great Seal (near the information desks) for these fifteen-minute curator talks on the amazing women who have contributed to aviation and space exploration. On March 5, Dorothy Cochrane presents "The First Female Thunderbird: Nicole Malachowski." On March 12, Dominick Pisano presents "Katherine Stinson: The Flying Schoolgirl." Valerie Neal presents "Space Shuttle Commander: Pam Melroy" on March 19. Visit www.nasm.si.edu for more information. |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater |
| Title: | Meet Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| Date: | Wednesday, March 19, 12 noon and 6:30 pm |
| Description: | Singer, songwriter, artist, and activist Sainte-Marie (Cree) discusses her work and signs CDs. A reception follows the evening program. Part of the Vine Deloria, Jr., Native Writers Series. |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater |
| Title: | Buffy Sainte-Marie in Concert |
| Date: | Friday, March 21, 7:30 pm |
| Description: | Canadian-born singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie (Cree) became known for both protest and love songs in the 1960s. Her antiwar "Universal Soldier" was a hit for Donovan in 1965. Her "Up Where We Belong" won an Academy Award for best song in 1982. She is a Member of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation. Tickets required. Call 202.357.3030 or visit www.ResidentAssociate.org. |
| Location: | National Air and Space Museum, Albert Einstein Planetarium |
| Title: | Devotion: A Musical Worship of Nature |
| Date: | Sunday, March 23, 6 pm |
| Description: | Sitar virtuoso Alif Laila is featured in a program that brings together the richness of Indian classical music and the state-of-the-art technology of the Albert Einstein Planetarium. Live music—sitar and tabla—is interspersed with passages from a musical filmed at India's lofty Hill Palace and the exotic garden ruins at Cochin. Free tickets are available at Smithsonian IMAX box office starting March 1. To order by phone ($2 processing fee) call 202.633.4629. For more information, call 202.633.5289. |
| Location: | National Air and Space Museum, Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater |
| Title: | An Evening with America's First Female Thunderbird Pilot |
| Date: | Thursday, March 27, 8 pm |
| Description: | Air Force pilot and down-to-earth woman Major Nicole Malachowski discusses a career that includes her selection as the first woman on a military demonstration team. The event is free, but tickets are required. Call 202.633.2398 or visit www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/ticketsform.cfm. |
| Location: | National Portrait Gallery, Education Center |
| Title: | Celebrating Women's History Family Program |
| Date: | Saturday, March 29, 12 noon - 4 pm |
| Description: | National Portrait Gallery educators lead a hands-on art activity, a story time, and a scavenger hunt in the gallery. Recommended for children ages 5–12 and their families. For more information, call 202.633.8501. |
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