District Community Events Feb. 14-21, 2008
District Community Events Feb. 14-21, 2008
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Thursday 14
"THE COUNTERFEITERS," a 2007 Austrian film about a group of concentration camp prisoners, with skills that include finance and forgery, who are forced to work for a counterfeiter to help the Nazis manufacture replicas of foreign bank notes; in German with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m., National Geographic, Grosvenor Auditorium, 1600 M St. NW. $7. 202-857-7700 or http:/
"HOW FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT GOT ELECTED," discussed by Senate historian Donald A. Ritchie, author of "Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932." 1 p.m., Library of Congress, Madison Building, Mary Pickford Theater, 101 Independence Ave. SE. Free. 202-707-5221.
STARGAZING, for all ages, a National Park Service ranger shows visitors how to identify constellations and to make a Big Dipper craft. 4 p.m., Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Rd. NW. Free. 202-895-6070.
TUDOR HOUSE TASTE OF ROMANCE, performance by fiddler Andrea Hoag, plus wine and chocolate, historic mansion tours, and an exhibition of black-tie costumes, jewelry and antique valentines. 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tudor Place, 1644 31st St. NW. $20 per couple. 202-965-0400, Ext. 109.
JOHN F. KENNEDY PORTRAIT TALK, researcher E. Warren Perry Jr. discusses the Andy Warhol work. 6 p.m., National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F streets NW. Free. 202-633-1000.
JAPANESE POETRY, Fukushima Yasuki performs his tanka poems, similar to haiku but with 31 syllables, with piano accompaniment. 6 p.m., Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Free. 202-467-4600.
VOCAL RECITAL, by songwriter and guitarist Luca Mendoca. 6:30 p.m., Inter-American Development Bank, 1330 New York Ave. NW. Free. 202-623-3774.
"MACHINAL," American University students perform Sophie Treadwell's work, based on the 1927 trial of Ruth Snyder, a New York woman accused of killing her husband with the help of her lover. 8 p.m. today-tomorrow, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, American University, Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW. $15; seniors, $10; students, $5. 202-885-2787 or http:/
Friday 15
AFRICAN DRUMMING PROGRAM, Kofi Dennis leads the audience in drumming; bring drums or use the museum's. Co-sponsored by Discovery Theater. 10:15, 11 and 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Ave. SW. $6; ages 2-16, $5; 1 and younger, free; reservations required. 202-633-4640 or 202-633-8700.
"EYES ON THE PRIZE: A NATION OF LAW? (1968-1971)," documentary about the violent response by local and federal law enforcement officials to black civil rights activists. Noon, National Archives, Constitution Avenue NW, entrance near Seventh Street. Free. 202-357-5000.
BENJAMIN BANNEKER DISCUSSION, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and actor Clayton LeBouef moderate a panel discussion by Kevin Marvel, Michael Eric Dyson, Tina Allen and poet Ty Gray-El on the 18th-century mathematician, astronomer, clockmaker and publisher. 7 p.m., National Archives, Constitution Avenue NW, entrance near Seventh Street. Free. 202-357-5000.
"RED ROBIN," film about a boy whose prank causes his schoolmate to fall to his death in a mountain ravine; in Persian with English subtitles. 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Freer Gallery, Meyer Auditorium, Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW. Free. 202-633-1000.
