Friday, February 3, 2006

Friday

Documentary artists Judith Sloan and Warren Lehrer talk about their exhibition "Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America" at 7:30 at Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art (410-225-2300).

From 1 to 3, the National Postal Museum offers a Black History Celebration, featuring story readings, poetry workshops and recorded jazz and blues music, all centering on the work of famous African American artists who have been featured on stamps (202-633-1000; TDD: 202-357-1729). . . . At 10:30, the Textile Museum presents the lecture and workshop "Everyday Rozome: Hot Wax and High Design in Japanese Batik Kimono" (202-667-0441). . . . The African American Civil War Museum presents "Fight for Freedom: The Overt and Covert Story of African Americans in the Civil War," with a film at 11, a lecture at 11:45 and a panel discussion at 1 (202-667-2667).

The National Gallery of Art presents the lecture "Cezanne: Between Capital and Province" at 2 (202-737-4215; TDD: 202-842-6176).

The National Gallery of Art presents the lecture " 'A Kiss to You': The Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, 1915-1946" at 12:10 (202-737-4215; TDD: 202-842-6176).

At 6:30, artist Maria Anasazi talks about her book-art installation "Like You" at Pyramid Atlantic, accompanied by a poetry reading by Lyubomir Nikolov (202-608-9101).

The Library of Congress presents a noon lecture on Tarzan comics in its "American Treasures" exhibition (202-707-4604). . . . At noon, the National Postal Museum shows mail and memorabilia from the German zeppelin Hindenburg and its 1937 disaster (202-633-1000; TDD: 202-357-1729). . . . The International Spy Museum presents the lecture "Werner I. Juretzko: An American Spy in the Hands of the Stasi" at 6:30 (202-393-7798).

At 7, the Charles Sumner School Museum presents the lecture "Public Schools in the Nation's Capital: The Nineteenth Century" in conjunction with the exhibition "Adolf Cluss, Architect: From Germany to America" (202-289-1200, Ext. 171 ). . . . The Koshland Science Museum, in conjunction with the National Building Museum, presents a discussion on "Greening the Built Environment in Response to Science Change" from 6:30 to 8 (202-334-1201).

-- Michael O'Sullivan

At 7, the Charles Sumner School Museum presents the lecture "Public Schools in the Nation's Capital: The Nineteenth Century" in conjunction with the exhibition "Adolf Cluss, Architect: From Germany to America" (202-289-1200, Ext. 171 ). . . . The Koshland Science Museum, in conjunction with the National Building Museum, presents a discussion on "Greening the Built Environment in Response to Science Change" from 6:30 to 8 (202-334-1201).

-- Michael O'Sullivan