District Community Events Jan. 11-18, 2007
District Community Events Jan. 11-18, 2007
The KanKouran West African Dance Company will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday at Dance Place.
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Thursday 11
KING DOCUMENTARY,"Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream" (2005). Noon and 4 p.m. today and Friday, West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW. Free. 202-724-8707.
RENWICK GALLERY TOUR, Robyn Kennedy, chief of the gallery, leads a tour of the exhibition "Ruth Duckworth: Modernist Master." 4 p.m., 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Free; reservations required. 202-233-0667.
SPENCER DAY QUARTET, works by Gershwin, Chet Baker and others. 6 p.m., Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600.
KING TRIBUTE, by the Last Poets performance group and poet Amiri Baraka, sponsored by the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum. 7-9:30 p.m., National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Free. 202-633-1000.
Friday 12
CHILDREN'S PORTRAIT PROGRAM, for ages 4-10, "My Portrait, Myself," a program about faces and what they reveal about us and our ancestors; plus a tour of the recently reopened gallery. Sponsored by Discovery Theater. 10:15, 11 and 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F streets NW. $6; ages 2-16, $4; 1 and younger, free. 202-357-1500.
RACIAL EQUALITY TALK, Ronald Walters discusses "The Dream: Has America Made Substantive Progress Toward Racial Equality?" Noon, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Room A-5, 901 G St. NW. Free. 202-727-1261.
FRENCH FILM, Jacques Rivette's "Celine and Julie Go Boating" (1974), about an accidental encounter between two women, a nightclub magician and a librarian, in French with English subtitles. 1 p.m. Friday, 4:30 p.m. Sunday, National Gallery of Art, East Building, 600 Constitution Ave. NW. Free. 202-842-6799.
KING TRIBUTE VOCAL RECITAL, sopranos Lee-Folia Brunt and Valerie Harris-Gregory sing songs in tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 3 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Room A-5, 901 G St. NW. Free. 202-727-1285.
STUDENTS' IDEAS FOR MONUMENTS, students from Paul Public Charter School, Browne Junior High School and MacFarland Middle School present their ideas for improving East Potomac Park, Banneker Overlook and the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium using monuments and memorials, refreshments served. 6-8 p.m., National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Free; reservations required. 202-272-2448, Ext. 3413.
BLUEGRASS MUSIC, by banjo player Tony Trischka and five other musicians. 6 p.m., Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600.
"FREEDOM SUMMER" DOCUMENTARY, Marco Williams's 2005 work about the murder of three student civil rights workers who went to Mississippi in 1964 to register black voters; a discussion with the filmmaker follows. 6:30 p.m., National Archives, Constitution Avenue NW near Seventh Street. Free; reservations required. 202-357-5000.
IRANIAN FILM, Tahmineh Milani's "Cease Fire" (2006), a slapstick comedy about a couple on the brink of divorce in marital therapy, in Persian with English subtitles. 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. Free. 202-633-1000.
