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This week: A festival features film shorts; Phylicia Rashad hosts a choral premiere; the Sackler opens a new exhibit; Ky-Mani Marley headlines a reggae fest; Fort Myer celebrates aviation history.
(Photos, From Left: Die Kola Helden; Kennedy Center; Cao Fei And Ou Ning; Ky-mani Marley; National Archives)
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ALSO IN REMEMBERANCE OF 9/11, the new Pentagon Memorial will open to the public Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. The Navy Band and the Sea Chanters chorus will perform. On the western side of the Pentagon (Metro: Pentagon). http:/
ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT MAY HAVE made their famous first flight in North Carolina, but Fort Myer is just as important in aviation history. It has been 100 years since the Army entered into a contract with the Wright brothers to test their flyer at Fort Myer. Celebrate the centennial at the fort on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a flyover, a reproduction of the 1908 flyer, demonstrations, displays, music and family activities. Off-site parking only at the Pentagon North Parking Lot (Boundary Channel Drive at Washington Boulevard) and at the Navy Annex (Columbia Pike and South Joyce Street), with shuttles to the fort. 703-696-3283 or 703-696-2976. http:/
-- Compiled by Amy Orndorff
