District Community Events Feb. 8-15, 2007
District Community Events Feb. 8-15, 2007
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Thursday 8
DOG PORTRAITS, an exhibition of portraits by students of a nonprofit organization that trains children with special needs; bring a photo of your pet to put on notecards, postcards or business cards. Reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m. today; exhibition continues, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, through March 28, WVSA ARTiculate Gallery, 1100 16th St. NW. Free. 202-261-0204.
LOVE POETRY READINGS, Greg McBride, Mary Ann Larkin and Patric Pepper read their poems about love and others by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes and Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Noon, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Mary Pickford Theater, 101 Independence Ave. SE. Free. 202-707-5394.
CHESS FOR TEENAGERS, for ages 12-19, instructor Vaughn Bennett teaches the basics and advanced strategies. 4 p.m. Thursdays through Feb. 22, Washington Highlands Neighborhood Library, 115 Atlantic St. SW. 202-645-5880.
BLUEGRASS PERFORMANCE, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Frank Solivan II plays bluegrass and American roots music. 6 p.m., Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600.
DAGUERREOTYPE TALK, curator Ann Shumard discusses the direct-positive photography process used to create an image of
Frederick Douglass. 6 p.m., National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F NW. Free. 202-633-1000.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE TELEGRAPH, archivist Allen Weinstein, historian and biographer Richard Norton Smith and author Tom Wheeler discuss Wheeler's book "Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War." 7 p.m., National Archives, Constitution Avenue NW entrance near Seventh Street. Free; reservations required. 202-357-5000.
THE BIOLOGY OF LOVE, C. Sue Carter, co-director of the Brain and Body Center at the University of Illinois, and Phillip R. Shaver, psychology professor at the University of California, discuss the biology and psychology of love and attachment in humans and other mammals, followed by a reception. 7 p.m., National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. Free; reservations required. 202-633-4085.
Friday 9
"BLUES JOURNEY," for ages 7 and older, Jerome Hairston's musical adaptation of Walter Dean Myers's children's book about an aging blues guitarist. 7:30 p.m. Friday, 1:30, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 17, 1:30 and 4 p.m. Feb. 18, Kennedy Center Family Theater, 2700 F St. NW. $15. 202-467-4600.
AFRICAN TALES AND TREASURE HUNT, for ages 3-8, "Treasures From Grandmother Africa," storyteller Diane Macklin tells African folk tales and leads a hunt through galleries to find a "treasure"; a treasure map and learning guide provided. Sponsored by Discovery Theater. 10:15, 11 and 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, African Art Museum, 950 Independence Ave. SW. $6; ages 2-16, $5; 1 and younger, free. 202-357-1500.
CHESS FOR TEENAGERS, Vaughn Bennett teaches the basics and advanced strategies. 4 p.m. Fridays, through Feb. 23, Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library, 3660 Alabama Ave. SE. Free. 202-645-4297.
MOZART OPERA, the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists, accompanied by an ensemble from the Washington National Opera Orchestra, perform "Cosi Fan Tutte," a comedy about the fickle nature of love, set in the present day and sung in Italian with English subtitles, followed by a reception, 7:30 p.m.; discussion, 6:30 p.m., Washington National Opera Studio, 6925 Willow St. NW. $20. 202-295-2400, Ext. 5349.
