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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.
(From Dance Place)
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E.L. DOCTOROW READING, the author reads from his book "The March: A Novel"; a reception follows. 8 p.m., Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. $15. 202-544-7077.
"THE MYSTERY OF IRON," Bill Saalbach, an engineer at Alion Science and Technology Corp., discusses the history of smelting. Sponsored by the Philosophical Society of Washington. 8:30 p.m., Cosmos Club, John Wesley Powell Auditorium, 2170 Florida Ave. NW. Free. 703-370-5282.
Saturday 13
KING MEMORIAL BREAKFAST,9 and 11 a.m.; college fair, with an opportunity for high school students to meet with representatives of various colleges and universities, noon-6 p.m., Shiloh Baptist Church, Ninth and P streets NW. Breakfast, $30; college fair, free. 202-232-4200.
CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRAM, reenactors portray Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Rosa Parks and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.; sponsored by the National Museum of American History. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., National Archives, Constitution Avenue NW near Seventh Street. Free; reservations required. 202-357-5000.
"THE MARCH" DOCUMENTARY, James Blue's 1964 work about the August 1963 civil rights march on Washington. 11:15 a.m., noon, 12:45 p.m., National Archives, Constitution Avenue NW near Seventh Street. Free. 202-357-5000.
ORGAN RECITAL, Eric Plutz. Noon, Franciscan Monastery, 1400 Quincy St. NE. Free. 202-526-6800.
JUDY GARLAND FILM,"In the Good Old Summertime" (1949), co-starring Van Johnson and Spring Byington, about pen pals who later discover that they are also co-workers; a viewing of Judy Garland stamps follows. 1 p.m., National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Free. 202-633-1000.
KING PANEL DISCUSSION, journalists Juan Williams and Clarence Page and activist Riley Temple discuss the challenges facing black leaders and new strategies for advancing civil rights; sponsored by the National Museum of American History. 2 p.m., National Archives, Constitution Avenue NW near Seventh Street. Free; reservations required. 202-357-5000.
FILM,"O," modern retelling of Shakespeare's "Othello," set in an American high school gymnasium, with Othello as a basketball player and the school's only African American. 2:30 p.m., National Gallery of Art, East Building, 600 Constitution Ave. NW. Free. 202-842-6799.
KIDS ARTS AND CRAFTS, for ages 4-10, led by a librarian. 3 p.m., Takoma Park Neighborhood Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. Free. 202-576-7252.
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK, the group performs a choral concert, with audience participation and dancing in the aisles; sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society. 6 p.m., Peoples Congregational Church, 4704 13th St. NW. $12. 202-785-9727.
JAZZ PERFORMANCE, Kush Abadey and Friends perform jazz standards and original works. 6 p.m., Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600.
