District Community Events March 22-29, 2007

Thursday 22

"BIG LOVE," Charles Mee's version of Aeschylus's "The Suppliant Maidens," performed by students of Georgetown University's drama department. 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; and 8 p.m. Wednesday and March 29, 30 and 31, at the university's Davis Performing Arts Center, 37th and O streets NW. $15; students, $7. 202-687-6933.

"LAWS OF CONSTRUCTION," Catholic University drama students perform Deborah DeGeorge Harbin's play about doctors, construction workers, nurses and poets who interact at a hospital. 7:30 p.m. today-tomorrow, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Catholic University of America, Callan Theatre, 3801 Harewood Rd. NE. $12; seniors, $8. 202-319-4000.

CONTEMPORARY GLASS ART TALK, artist Tim Tate discusses pieces from the museum's collection. 3 p.m., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW. Free. 202-633-5435.

LIVING WITH MODERN FURNITURE, architect and designer Deborah Kalkstein discusses how to use modern art and furniture in a residence. 5:30 p.m., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. $20. 202-639-1774.

SHAKESPEARE PLAY EXCERPTS, John Hudson, from the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham in England, and the Dark Lady Players demonstrate how "A Midsummer Night's Dream" can be interpreted as a comic religious allegory. 5:30 p.m., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW. Free. 202-633-1000.

DAGUERREOTYPE TALK, Andrea Baer discusses a Clara Barton photo. 6 p.m., National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F streets NW. Free. 202-633-1000.

ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURE FILMS,"Building the Gherkin" (2005), about the design, planning and construction of London's Swiss Re office building; and "The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower" (2006), about the design and construction of the "Turning Torso" residential building in Malmo, Sweden. 6:30 p.m., National Building Museum, Fourth and F streets NW. $20; students, $5. 202-272-2448.

RACHEL CARSON VIDEO,"The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson," the 1963 CBS Reports TV program about the environmental activist who wrote about the dangers of pesticides. 7 p.m., National Archives, Constitution Avenue NW, entrance near Seventh Street. Free; reservations required. 202-357-5000.

BUFFALO DOCUMENTARY,"Thunderbeast" (2005), Bob Landis's work about the buffalo that inhabit Yellowstone National Park and their struggle with grizzly bears, wolves and winter weather; a discussion with producer Kathryn Pasternak follows. 7 p.m., National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. Free; reservations requested. 202-633-4085.

WEALTH AND CONTEMPORARY IRELAND, discussed by Irish Times reporter Frank McDonald. 7 p.m., Catholic University, Hannan Hall, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. Free. 202-319-5251.

CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL, the Great Noise Ensemble and the Snark Ensemble perform works by Catholic University music professor Andrew Simpson, a dessert reception follows. 8 p.m., the university's Ward Recital Hall, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. Free. 202-319-5414.

MUSEUM FILMS,"Safari" (2006), Catherine Chalmers's video of exotic insects and animals, and "Hamaca Paraguaya," about an aging poor couple who picnic in the woods as they await word of their soldier son who is in the Chaco war in 1935. In Guarani with English subtitles. 8 p.m., Hirshhorn Museum, Ring Auditorium, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. Free. 202-633-1000.