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District Community Events March 9-16, 2006
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BELCEA QUARTET, plus tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake, perform works by Fauré, Shostakovich and Vaughan Williams, 8 p.m., Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium, 10 First St. SE. Free tickets available by phone, $2 service charge per ticket plus $1.25 per phone order. 301-808-6900 or 202-432-7328.
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ORCHID CARE TALK, museum curator Dan Paterak discusses orchid cultivation history and Hillwood mansion's collection of them, 10 a.m. Saturday and March 25; bring one or two orchids and terra cotta pots for each for a potting workshop, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday and March 25, Hillwood Museum, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Lecture, $15; both events, $20. 202-686-8500.
KAYDEE PUPPETS SHOW, audience participation invited, 10 a.m., Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. $5. 202-966-6000.
"STRINGS" PUPPET FILM , for ages 15 and older, about a mythical kingdom populated by puppets and their king, who died without telling his secret, noon, National Gallery of Art, East Building, 600 Constitution Ave. NW. Free. 202-842-6252.
JAPANESE FILM, "Wife, Be Like a Rose!" (1935), about a woman who has a poet mother and a philandering father, in Japanese with English subtitles, 2 p.m., National Gallery of Art, East Building, 600 Constitution Ave. NW. Free. 202-842-6799.
KITE WORKSHOP, for ages 5 and older, a National Park Service ranger discusses how things fly in wind and helps visitors create kites, materials provided, 2 p.m., Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Rd. NW. Free. 202-895-6070.
ART OF GRANT WOOD, curator Jane Milosch discusses "Grant Wood's Studio: A Decorative Adventure," 3 p.m., Renwick Gallery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Free. 202-633-1000.
D.C. YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONCERT, with performances by three piano students from the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts, 4 p.m., Cultural Institute of Mexico, 2829 16th St. NW. Free. 202-723-1612.
DADA ERA ART, MUSIC, the Alloy Orchestra accompanies Dada-era films with its original works, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, National Gallery of Art, East Building, 600 Constitution Ave. NW. Free. 202-842-6799.
ART RECEPTION, for "Sweet and Sour," a collection of works by Capitol Hill Art League members, 5-7 p.m.; judge F. Lennox Campello discusses his selection criteria, 5:30 p.m.; exhibit continues, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, through March 31, 7 p.m., Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 Seventh St. SE. Free. 202-547-6839.
CELLO RECITAL, Carol Kang and Benjamin Wensel, 6 p.m., Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600.
BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, "Solilochairliftquist" (2005), about a chairlift-riding "ski bum"; "Return2Sender: Parallelojams" (2005), about desert stone wall climbing; "The Magic Mountain" (2005); "The Lost People of Mountain Village" (2005), about a lost skier who stumbles on evidence of a vanished mountain civilization; "Charles, Edouard ou le Temps Suspendu" (2003), about two elderly mountain farming brothers; "Balancing Point" (2004); and "Return2Sender -- Bug Out," (2005), about a phenomenomal 10-year-old climber, 7 p.m., National Geographic Society, 17th and M streets NW. $20. 202-857-7700.
