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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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CARTOONIST'S WORKS, scholar Katherine Roeder discusses "Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy and Mass Culture in the Work of Windsor McCay," about works created in the late 1800s and early 1900s by the cartoonist. Noon, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Dining Room A, 101 Independence Ave. SE. Free. 202-707-5836.
EDWARD P. JONES BOOK, a librarian leads a discussion of Jones's "Lost in the City," including 14 stories about African Americans in Washington in the 1960s and '70s. Noon, West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW. Free. 202-724-8707.
SOPRANO RECITAL, by Kate Vetter Cain. 12:10 p.m., Church of the Epiphany, 13th and G streets NW. Free. 202-347-2635, Ext. 18.
ART GALLERY SKETCHING, a museum staff member discusses sketches by artists whose works hang in the gallery; bring pencils and a sketchbook for sketching in the gallery. 3-4:30 p.m., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW. Free; reservations required. 202-633-5435.
SHAKESPEARE ERA MUSIC, lutist Howard Bass and mezzo-soprano Barbara Hollinshead perform music associated with Shakespeare's plays. 6 p.m., Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, class for all abilities, an instructor engages students in conversation and helps them write a résumé. 7 p.m., Southeast Neighborhood Library, 403 Seventh St. SE. Free. 202-698-3375.
AN EVENING WITH ANDREA MITCHELL, the NBC foreign correspondent and author of "Talking Back. . .to Presidents, Dictators and Assorted Scoundrels," discusses television news and politicians. 7:30 p.m., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. $20. 202-639-1774.
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SENIORS COMPUTER CLASS, for beginners, a librarian discusses the Internet and computers. 11 a.m., Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Room 315, 901 G St. NW. Free. 202-727-1335.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR MAPS, Pam van Ee of the Library of Congress's Geography and Maps Division discusses the Lenfest Collection of American Revolutionary War maps on display. Noon, the library's Jefferson Building, Southwest Gallery, 10 First St. SE. Free. 202-707-9203.
CORCORAN JAZZ CONCERT, the David Kane Trio. 12:30 p.m., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. Free. 202-639-1774.
ASPIRING WRITERS' WORKSHOP, author Beverly East teaches the art of writing and the marketing of first books. 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Juanita E. Thornton-Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. Free. 202-541-6100.
ARCHITECTURE OF CITIES, museum officials present the Vincent J. Scully Prize and endowment to architect Witold Rybczynski; the critic and essayist discusses "Demand-Side Urbanism," about how the design of cities has been affected by market demand. 6:30 p.m., National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. $20; reservations required. 202-272-2448.
