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Events This Week

Containment and Diversion

Thomas Burkett(September 1-October 2)

Opening Reception

Thursday, September 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Catering provided by Windows Catering

Long View Gallery

1234 Ninth Street NW

Washington, DC 20001RSVP [email protected] August 30th

Long View Gallery is pleased to announce Containment and Diversion, featuring approximately 15 mixed media works on paper by

Washington-based artist Thomas Burkett. This marks the first solo show of Burketts young career. Thomas work explores topics

currently headlining news stories around the country. Wide spread water shortages in much of the south caused by the breakdown of

manmade containment and diversion equipment, exemplifies his belief in our inability to exact control over nature.

Growing up in the grandeur of the Western United States, Thomas Burkett gleaned an impression of invincibility and an air of

confidence that abundant land resources is a right of passage. Now, as an outside observer, he realizes his utopian West is both a

place of grandeur and illusion. An urban identity now confronts his notion of abundance with the reality of a water crisis and a

realization that we have settled in an environment that challenges our subversive tactics of control. Determined to examine our control

of water, the work in Containment and Diversion portrays the damming, diverting, and polluting of water - lifes most vital substance.
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New Work by Sabrina Cabada

Friday, September 2, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Fall Properties

212-A N. West Street

Falls Church, VA 22046

Greetings!

Please join me and Fall Properties in an exhibition of New Work. Enjoy wine and

light fare at an opening reception for the artist.

Fall Properties and this exhibit is part of a Falls Church monthly event, First Friday in

Falls Church. There are several other artsy happenings within walking distance.

I hope that you are able to attend.


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I would like to thank all of my friends, family, amazing clients and collectors, who

have supported me and my endeavors through the years.

10% of Sabrina Cabada art sales will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Sabrina

The Unexpected Patriot: How an Ordinary American Mother Is Bringing Terrorists to Justice


Lehrman Auditorium

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Avenue NE

Washington DC 20002-4999

RSVP:http://www.heritage.org/Events/2011/09/Unexpected-Patriot

Speaker

Shannen Rossmiller

Hosted by John Hilboldt, Director, Lectures & Seminars

After 9/11, when the nation was still in shock over the unprecedented attack on U.S. soil, Shannen Rossmiller a mother of three in rural Montana and municipal court judgewas formulating a plan. Soon she was devouringliterature on Islamic culture, teaching herself Arabic, and preparing to infiltrate the central nervous system ofglobal terror: online networks. Her efforts succeeded beyond imagination. Posing as an Islamic terrorist underdozens of screen aliases, she joined forces with the FBI and started trolling jihadist chat rooms, striking upconversations at 3 a.m. with men as far away as Pakistan, and amassing evidence against an array of suspectedterrorists both at home and abroad. Her work laid the foundation for the online searches so crucial to lawenforcements fight against terror today.

Rossmillers husband, Randy, uncovered her double life after a chat room terrorist wiped out the familycomputer and reports rolled in that the Rossmillers were being targeted for reprisal. Undeterred, she started

working with the FBI on sting operations, involving everything from jihadist cells to weapons caches to bombplots, and bringing many of her targets to justice, as well as pioneering the digital entrapment tactics that are atthe forefront of todays war on terror. Her work has led to the founding a new field of espionage known as

cyber-counterintelligence, and she continues to work closely with the FBI to find and prosecute terrorists.
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HearArts

Opening Show

An exciting evening of music and spoken word

Thursday, September 1, 7:00 p.m.

Gibbs Street Gallery

VisArts

155 Gibbs Street

Suite 300

Rockville,MD20850

Free Admission

Yahia Lababidi (Poetry, Aphorisms, Essays)

Yahia Lababidi is an internationally published aphorist, poet, and essayist,with work appearing in such publications as World Literature

Today, Cimarron Review, AGNI, Rain Taxi, and Philosophy Now.

For more information, see: http://www.pw.org/content/yahia_lababidi

Insijam (Music - Egyptian Music Ensemble)

Insijam is a collaborative music ensemble focusing on classical Egyptianmusic with traditional instruments. Egyptian born Adel Ibrahim (D.C.)

provides rich, enchanting melodies on oud while Jonathan Fell (Baltimore)holds deep rhythmical patterns on tabla. Insijam performs at festivals,

universities, studios, and restaurants (often with Middle Eastern dancers) inthe Mid-Atlantic region.
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Join us Thursday for a Toast to the Long Weekend. While you'rethere pick up a bottle of D&N Primitivo on sale for $8.99 or AdamiGiardino Vintage, Single Vineyard Prosecco for $19.99.

Salute!

COMPLIMENTARY WINETASTING

Potenza Wine15th & H Streets NW

Join us at Potenza for a weekly tasting and enjoy avariety of amazing new wines, paired with our artisanalcheeses.

Thursday, September 1, 5:00-7:00 p.m.A Toast to the Long Weekend with Max of Downey Selections

Adami Giardino Prosecco Bila-Haut Roussillon Blanc D&N Primitivo Bila-Haut Roussillon Rouge

WINE SPECIAL

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Friday, September 16 at 6:00 p.m.

Gallery Opening

Artwork by Astri Kleivdal, Laurie Siegel & Mary Curtin

Free Event

The Corner Store

900 South Carolina Avenue SE

Washington DC 20003


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(202) 544-5807

Please join Transformer for the launch of our 10th Exhibition Season

with transformers at the Corcoran's Gallery 31

transformers

(August 31 - October 2)

Opening Reception


Gallery 31 at the Corcoran College of Art + Design

500 17th Street NW

Washington, DC 20006

Transformer is honored to launch our 10th Exhibition Season with transformers and transformers: the next generation - two expansive group exhibitions highlighting the current

work of Corcoran College of Art + Design alumni who have helped to define Transformer'sexhibition program aesthetic since our inception, and a new generation of artists emerging intheir careers.


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transformers, which will be presented at the Corcoran's Gallery 31, features new works byartists: Reuben Breslar, Breck Brunson, Jessica Cebra, Natalie W. Cheung, CynthiaConnolly, Jennifer De Palma, Nilay Lawson, Hatnim Lee, Marissa Long, Maki Maruyama,

Solomon Sanchez, Mica Scalin, Zach Storm, Tang, and Jason Zimmerman. This exhibitioncelebrates Transformer's mission as a catalyst & advocate for emerging expression in the visual

arts and the many Corcoran College alumni we have worked with over the past ten years. As partof transformers at the Corcoran's Gallery 31, we are pleased to present Poesy/Poetry/Poeticswith Casey Smith on Thursday, September 15,

6 - 8 pm.

In tandem with transformers on view at the Corcoran, Transformer will present transformers: thenext generation in our 1404 P Street NW project space, featuring new works by five recentgraduates of the Corcoran College of Art + Design's class of 2011: Forest Allread, PavlosKaralis, Sarah Robbins, Aris Slater, and Victoria Shaheen.

On the relationship between the Corcoran and Transformer, Casey Smith, Corcoran Professorand Transformer Advisory Council Member, states: "Why is it that the students, faculty, andalumni of the Corcoran have shared such a close relationship to Transformer over these years? Iwould argue that it's not a matter of proximity, but rather a shared set of ideas about the role ofart in contemporary life. I don't mean 'contemporary life' in the abstract sense, but thiscontemporary life that unfolds during this particular time in this particular place. Transformer,like the Corcoran College of Art + Design, chooses possibility over predictability."

Image Credits: Marissa Long, Fake Food, c-print, 16 X 20 inches, 2011; Victoria Shaheen, YEAH RIGHT!, stoneware, underglaze, high fireceladon, dimensions variable, 2011.

transformer is a Washington, DC based 501 (c) 3 artist-centered, non-profit, visual arts organization providing aconsistent, supportive, and professional platform for emerging artists to explore and present experimental artisticconcepts, build audiences for their work, and advance their careers. A catalyst and advocate for emerging contemporaryartists and emergent expression in the visual arts, Transformer connects and promotes emerging visual artists basedlocally, nationally, and internationally through exhibitions and programs partnerships with artists, curators, commercialgalleries, museums and other cultural institutions.

Transformer's 2010/11 exhibition series and programs are supported by: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,The CrossCurrents Foundation, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities/NEA, the Morris & Gwendolyn CafritzFoundation, The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Access to Artistic Excellence Award, and The Visionary Friendsof Transformer - which includes our Auction Host Committee & Sponsors, Collector's View Hosts, and additional individualdonors. Thank you!


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Hillyer Art Space September Exhibitions

First Friday Exhibition OpeningFriday, September 2, 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Hillyer Art Space

9 Hillyer Court NW


First Friday Openingsare a collaborative effort to strengthen arts and culture in the

beautiful, multi-cultural neighborhood that is Dupont Circle. On the First Friday of every

month galleries in our community open their doors to multitudes of art enthusiasts from

all walks of life for simultaneous openings. We encourage all to join us for our openingsand to circulate between our neighboring galleries, which host an ever-changing array of

styles and media.

Solomon Wondimu: SKIN: America in Black & White

(September 2-30)

Born and raised in Ethiopia, Solomon Wondimu has been working on Human Skin Color

Project for the past five years. Wondimu questions the distinct classifications of peopleas "Black" or "White" which describes an opposition that does not actually exist in nature.In creating his works Wondimu uses a palette of 3,000 different colors he has collectedfrom skin-color swatches representing the multi-coloredness of individuals and people.


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Going beyond the physical attributes of SKIN, Wonidmu's work is also about the conflictbetween the eye and the perceiving mind over the color of human skin. The eye sees itsworld without bias; however, the mind takes that information from the eye andtranslates it into social, political and religious master signifiers in order to further

agendas, particularly subjugation of the Other. Wondimu's work describes and exposesthis conflict as it exists in both the micro and macro levels.

Alison Sigethy: Sanctuary

(September 2-30)

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Alison Sigethy's Sanctuary attempts to

bring the viewer closer to achieving inner peace by taking them on a journey inside the

human body. Sigethy's belief in the power of the inner self, a place where one can truly

find peace, healing and forgiveness, has been the foundation in creating this work.

In Sanctuary, the body is represented by two multi-piece sculptures,each portraying a

different internal system. Breath, six large glass panels with undulating fabric and

shadows, represents the respiratory system. Life, four bubble tubes filled with intricate

glass components, represents the cardiovascular system. Both sculptures incorporate

sound and movement as an essential part of the experience.

International Arts & Artists

9 Hillyer Court NW


(202) 338-0680

Gallery Hours:

Monday,12:00-5:00 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday, 12:00-6:00 p.m.

Saturday, 12:00-5:00 p.m.


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Otherwise by appointment

International Arts & Artists (IA&A) is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts

internationally. IA&A's services include a Traveling Exhibition Service, the Hillyer Art Space gallery, the Design Studio, the Cultural Exchange

Program, and Membership Services for artists and the arts-interested public.

Newsletter | Austrian Cultural Forum Washington

Lohninger, Fischbacher and Band concert

Friday, September 2,7:30 p.m.

Embassy of Austria

3524 International Court NW


Admission free. RSVP required:www.acfdc.org/events-

registrationor(202) 895-6776

Nothing seems to come between Elisabeth Lohninger and a

song. Her clear, warm alto voice gets directly at the heart of

the words with little embellishment, but a great deal of

sincerity and subtlety. The Austrian vocalist studied classical

music and jazz at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and

finished her studies with a masters degree in music and

English language and literature at the Mozarteum University

Salzburg. In a career that has taken her from the slopes of

the Austrian alps, where she sang folk songs as a young girl,

to jazz clubs, concert halls and the stages of international jazz

festivals, vocalist Elisabeth Lohninger has proven herself to be

a powerful and elusive talent.

In 1994, Lohninger relocated to New York and has releasedseven albums since then. On her CD Songs of Love and
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Destruction (September 1st, 2010 Lofish Music) she yet

again charms listeners with her intimate delivery and insight

into a songs lyrics. Drawing on her love of pop music, as well

as jazz and her own originals, she has crafted an understated,

but deeply emotional album that looks at love, as one of her

favorite singer-songwriters puts it, "from both sides now."

Together with pianist Walter Fischbacher, bassist Gary Wang

and drummer Yutaka Uchida the Austrian Jazz Musician

Lohninger will showcase her wide range of form and feeling.

Elisabeth Lohninger - voice

Walter Fischbacher - piano

Gary Wang - bass

Yutaka Uchida - drums

Yours sincerely,

Andrea Schrammel,

Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington

Embassy of Austria

3524 International Court, NW


Copyright (C) 2011 Embassy of Austria All rights reserved

Austrian Cultural Forum Washington 3524 International Court, NW Washington, DC

20008


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Special announcement...

Love + Guts30 Years of Thrasher Magazine

Friday, September 2,

6:00-10:00 p.m.

!

This year's Love + Guts Art Show is a travelling exhibitioncelebrating the 30th anniversary of Thrasher Magazine. Ithas been making stops along the Maloof Money Cup's tourand for one night only is coming to DC. Do not miss thisopportunity to see many of the iconic images ThrasherMagazine has presented over the past 30 yearsdocumenting the history, culture, and evolution ofskateboarding.

Click here to view the Facebook event page.

Ben Tolmana few more drawings...Saturday, September 10, 7:00-11:00 p.m.Live performance by Bellflur

"These drawings are the detritus of my personalexperience within this absurdly complex machine of

existence."
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The Fridge is proud to launch our fall season with all newwork by DC-based artist Ben Tolman. This show willconsist of illustrations and paintings of various sizes andmixed media.

Click here to read Ben's full artist's statement.

Check out the Facebook event for moreinformation.

The Fridge

Rear Alley, 516 1/2 8th Street SE

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Book Launch:

Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with ItselfSeptember 7, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

5th Floor

Woodrow Wilson Center

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

One Woodrow Wilson Plaza

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20004-3027

No RSVP listed

Speaker: Pamela Constable

From the book publisher: In Playing with Fire, acclaimed journalist Pamela Constable peels back layers of

contradiction and confusion to reveal the true face of modern Pakistan. . . . Constable takes us on a panoramic tour

of contemporary Pakistan, exploring the fears and frustrations, dreams and beliefs, that animate the lives of

ordinary citizens . . . From the opulent, insular salons of the elite to the brick quarries where soot-covered workers

sell their kidneys to get out of debt, this is a haunting portrait of a society riven by inequality and corruption, andincreasingly divided by competing versions of Islam.

About the speaker: Pamela Constable, a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2010, serves as a

South Asia correspondent for the Washington Post. She has been covering South Asia since 1999, and spent four

years as the Posts bureau chief for the region, stationed in New Delhi and Kabul. Earlier, she spent nine years as

the Latin America correspondent for the Boston Globe, and served as journalist-in-residence at the Pew

International Journalism Program at Johns Hopkins Universitys School of Advanced International Studies.

Constable is the author of the 2004 bookFragments of Grace: My Search for Meaning in the Strife of South Asia ,

which reflects on her experiences covering South Asia.

The Austtrian Cultural Forum in cooperation

with the Office of Science and Technology


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present:

"Austria. Past, Present and Future"

by Hannes Androsch

book presentation and signing

Wednesday, September 7,6:30 p.m.

Embassy of Austria

3524 International Court NW


Admission free. RSVP required:www.acfdc.org/events-

registrationor(202) 895-6776

Dr. Androsch will be available to sign copies of the

book, cost for one book is USD $70, cash only please.

Austria is no longer an "island of the blessed". It is time to re-

examine the myths and opinions about this country. In this

book, a team of noted scholars, experts and journalists take

on the task of correcting the image of Austria and the

Austrians. In the process they examine this countrys past and

present, but also its future. This multifaceted book provides

ample evidence that a love for Austria does not exclude

criticism of it, that patriotism must not automatically mean

glossing over the facts, and that it is essential to regularly

survey how Austria sees itself as well as how it is assessed by

outsiders.

With insightful essays and a wealth of carefully selected

pictures, this deluxe edition provides an authoritative and

comprehensive view of Austria.

Hannes Androsch, born in Vienna in 1938, was minister of

finance and vice-chancellor under Bruno Kreisky, director-

general of the Creditanstalt-Bankverein, and today is an

industrialist. He is involved in many areas of public life and

founded the non-profit "Hannes Androsch Foundation at the

Austrian Academy of Sciences". Androsch is much in demand

as commentator on current affairs as well as the publisher and

author of numerous publications.
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The Evolving Terrorist Threat and the Importance of Intelligence to Protect the Homeland

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

7:00 am to 5:15 pm

Amphitheater

Ronald Reagan Building1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington DC, 20004

RSVP [email protected].

Agenda

7:00AM Registration, Continental Breakfast

8:00AM Welcome

Fran Townsend, INSA Chairwoman

Dr. John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS

8:05AM Opening Keynote: The Importance of Intelligence to Protect the Homeland

The HonorableJanet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security

8:35AM Introduction of CSIS Research paper - Confronting an Uncertain Threat: The Future of al Qaeda and

Associated Movements

Rick Ozzie Nelson, CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program

Thomas M. Sanderson, CSIS Transnational Threats Project

moderated by the HonorableJuan Zarate, Senior Advisor, CSIS

9:15AM Panel: The Evolving Terrorist Threat

Ambassador John Negroponte

His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal,

moderated byArnaud de Borchgrave, Director, CSIS Transnational Threats Project

10:15AM A View from the Hill

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)

moderated by Kim Dozier, Associated Press

11:00AM Panel: Intelligence to Protect the Homeland and the Way Ahead

John Brennan, Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism


12:15PM Lunch: Evolving Threats to the Homeland and the Role of Intelligence

General Michael Hayden (Ret.), Principal, Chertoff Group

Dr. John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS

1:30PM Panel: Privacy and Security

The Honorable Matthew Olsen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center

The Honorable John Pistole, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration

Cathy Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police DepartmentSuzanne Spaulding, Principal, Bingham Consulting Group

moderated by Jeanne Meserve, CNN
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3:00PM Panel: Homeland Security Intelligence Analytic Tradecraft

The Honorable Caryn Wagner, Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of

Homeland Security

Eric Velez-Villar, Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate of Intelligence, FBI

Phil Mudd, Senior Global Advisor, Oxford Analytica

Dr. Mark Lowenthal, President and CEO, Intelligence & Security Academymoderated by Shane Harris, Washingtonian

4:15PM Concluding Remarks

The Honorable James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence

5:15PM Wrap Up and Summary


Nordic-Baltic Security in the 21st Century: Continued Transformation Toward a Larger Role in the World?"

Wednesday September 7, 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

Atlantic Council

1101 15th Street NW, 11th Floor


RSVP:[email protected](202) 778-4968

The Atlantic Council is pleased to invite you to an all-day conference on Nordic-Baltic security, which will examine key

strategic challenges for the countries of the Nordic-Baltic region, how to further strengthen regional cooperation, and how

the region can play a larger role in transatlantic and global security.

The Nordic-Baltic region has undergone a remarkable transformation since the end of the Cold War and the restoration of

the Baltic states' independence twenty years ago. Today, the region is characterized by economic dynamism, deep Euro-

Atlantic integration, and robust stability. As we look to the next twenty years, increasing regional cooperation and

integration offers the prospect of the region playing a much larger role in transatlantic and global security.

This conference is the capstone event of the Council's Transatlantic Initiative on Nordic-Baltic Security, a year-long effortsupported by Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Initiative seeks to raise the level of debate on Nordic-Baltic

security issues in Washington, as well as to provide actionable and policy relevant advice on how to further strengthen

Nordic-Baltic cooperation on security and defense issues in a transatlantic and global context. A compendium of issue

briefs on Nordic-Baltic security, covering a wide range of topics, will be released at the conference and several of the

compendium authors will serve as conference panelists.

Program

8:30 | Registration and coffee

9:00 | Welcome and Introduction

9:15 | The Regional Security Agenda: US Perspectives

10:00 | In Concert or Competition? NATO, the EU, and the Regional Security Agenda

Panel Discussion moderated by Ian Brzezinski, Atlantic Council

11:15 | Coffee break

11:30 | Pillars of Security? Economics and Energy in the Nordic-Baltic Region

Panel Discussion moderated by Fran Burwell, Atlantic Council


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12:45 | Lunch

1:15 | Lunch Keynote Speech

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Former President of Latvia

2:00 | The Nordic-Baltic Region Meets the World: Should There Be a Global Agenda?

Panel Discussion moderated by Robert Nurick, Atlantic Council

3:15 | Final keynote

3:45 | Farewell

Featuring

Vaira Vike-Freiberga

Former President of Latvia

Jim Townsend

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO

US Department of Defense

Jonas Hafstrom

Ambassador to the United States

Embassy of Sweden

Frederick Kempe

President and CEO

Atlantic CouncilPer Augustsson

Senior Fellow and Diplomat-in-Residence

SAIS

Ann-Sofie Dahl

Associate

Center for Political Studies

Steve Flanagan

Senior Vice President

CSIS

Imants Liegis

Former Latvian Minister of Defense

Tomas Malmlof

Policy Analyst

Swedish Defense Research Agency

Andris Spruds

Lecturer

Riga Stradins University

Pekka Sutela

Principal Advisor

Bank of Finland

Kurt Volker

Senior Advisor

Atlantic CouncilDamon Wilson

Executive Vice President

Atlantic Council

(202) 778-4968.

"The Path to 9/11" documentary

Wednesday, September 7, 1:00-6:00 p.m.

Allison Auditorium

Heritage Foundation



Register:

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THE YEARS THAT LED UP TO IT.

EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED IT.

Written and produced by Cyrus Nowrasteh, THE PATH TO 9/11a docudrama sprawling across eight and ahalf years, four continents, and multiple terrorist attacksgenerated great controversy when it originally aired

in 2006. Yet, it achieved phenomenal rating numbers, drawing 28 million viewers.

Join us for a special screening of THE PATH TO 9/11 and examine once more the courage and cowardice, theinsight and oversight, the politics and players, and the heroes and the terrorists as they all collided on their pathsto 9/11.

The docudrama in its entirety runs four hours and thirty-six minutes.

1:00 p.m. Episode 1 (161 minutes) ~ Intermission ~ 4:00 p.m. Episode 2 (115 minutes)

Hosted by:

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D. , Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, and Director, The Kathryn and Shelby

Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies

TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11(August 23-September 30)

Opening Reception

September 8, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Pepco Edison Place Gallery

702 8th Street NW

(202) 872-3396

Michael B Platt The Journey

"Ten Years After 9/11"is an exhibition featuring the work of thirty-nine international artists

commemorating the tenth anniversary of the event of September 11, 2001.

Co-curators Helen Frederick and William Dunlap were determined to create a venue for artists to

show work made in response to and in the wake of the cataclysmic events of 9/11. "It's not that

artists were any more or less effected by the events of 9/11 than anyone else," says WilliamDunlap. "The difference is that they respond by making concrete objects that want to be seen."

As Frederick and Dunlap explain, they curated the artists not specific artworks. In that light,


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"Ten Years After 9/11"gives voice to artists from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Russia, Ireland, Germany

and the United States, each bringing their personal perspectives and unique viewpoints to the

cultural conversation. According to Frederick the exhibition explores how a rupture has been

recorded, filtered, transformed and translated into powerful works of art over the past ten

years.

"Ten Years After 9/11"opens to the public on August 23rd with a reception Thursday September8, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery, 702 Eighth Street, NW. On September 11

at 4 p.m. Kurt Steger's Burden Boat Projectwill engage the public in a water-cleansing

ceremony in the Kogod Courtyard between the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian

American Art Museum, 750 9th Street, NW. Recording /Responding to Loss and Recovery, a

special panel discussion with participating artists moderated by Helen Frederick, takes place at

The Pepco Edison Place Gallery on Tuesday September 13, 6-8 p.m.

Kurt Steger Burden Boat WDC

The artists invited to exhibit are: Saadi Al Kaabi, Ahmed Alkarkhi, Shahla Arbabi, Ken Ashton,

Billy Colbert, Combat Papermakers/Drew Cameron, Brian Counihan, Frank Hallam Day, Joan

Danziger, Alexander Djikia, Bill Dunlap, William Dunlap, Michael D. Fay, Helen Frederick, Chawky

Frenn, Ann Glover, Alison Hall, Pinkney Herbert, Victor Juhasz, Jeffrey Kent, Bridget Sue

Lambert, Adam Lister, Despina Meimaroglou, Michael Pestel, Matt Pinney, Michael B. Platt,

Phyllis Plattner, Annette Polan, Raoul Middleman, David Richardson, Patrick Sargent, Brian

Sentman, Peter Sowiski, Kurt Steger, Erwin Thamm, Leonid Tishkov, Sean Watkins, Sue

Wrbican, Workingman's Collective.

Edison Place Gallery is Pepco Holdings, Inc. space dedicated to non-profit arts organizations. Our mission is to sponsor diverse, high quality

exhibitions on behalf of the community we serve.


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&

Discussion with ISPU Fellow Zahra Jamal

Please join the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and the Charity and Security Network for aroundtable featuring ISPU Fellow Zahra Jamal discussing her latest publication, "Charitable Giving amongMuslim Americans: Ten Years after 9/11." Since 2001, Muslim nonprofits and individuals have come under

increasing scrutiny as the American government bolsters its national security measures on transparent andaccountable giving. The results are producing major shifts in the giving practices of American Muslims.

When: September 8, 9:00-10:30 a.m.

Where: 1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 307 (the big conference room)

Other Speakers:

Suhail A. Khan, Chairman of the Conservative Inclusion Coalition and Member of the Board of the

American Conservative Union

Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative

Office

Kay Guinane, Director of the Charity and Security Network

Coffee and light breakfast will be served.Register Now!

Contact:

Siwar Bizri

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

[email protected](202) 741-6395
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"The Great Recession and Import Protection: The Role of Temporary Trade Barriers"


Light refreshments will be served

Auditorium J1-050

World Bank J Building

18th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW


[email protected]

For more information, see attached announcement or visithttp://worldbank.org/infoshop/events
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TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11:

THE CHANGING TERRORIST THREAT

American University Washington College of Law

4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW


Ten years after the tragic events of September 11, the United

States' national security landscape continues to evolve. To counter

the rapidly changing domestic, international, and non-state actor

threats faced by the nation, the national security law community

must be constantly looking forward to what the country might face

next.

Please join the Program on Law & Government and the American

University National Security Law Brief for what is sure to be a

thought-provoking discussion.

12:00pm-1:00pm: Keynote Speaker

MICHAEL LEITER, Former Director of the National

Counterterrorism Center (from 2007-2011)

1:00pm-2:30pm: Combating the Ever-Changing Terrorist

Threat: Legal & Policy Issues

Panelists:

LISA MONACO, Assistant Attorney General for the National

Security Division, Department of Justice

IVAN FONG, General Counsel of the Department of Homeland

Security

PROFESSOR KENNETH ANDERSON, American University

Washington College of Law

PROFESSOR STEPHEN VLADECK, American University


Moderator:

PROFESSOR DANIEL MARCUS, American University


Buffet lunch to be served.

September 2011

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The Honor of Your Presence is Requested

by

The Federation of Friends of the DC Public LibraryandBooks Plus Bookstore

at A Special Preview of the Annual Citywide Fall Book Sale


The Great HallMartin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library901 G Street NW

Music, complimentary libations and hors doeuvres

Remarks by special guest Council Member Tommy WellsNew Chair of the DC Council Committee on Libraries

This Preview Event is open only to Friends of the DC Public Libraryand their friends.(Friends may join or renew at the door.)

RSVP appreciated by Tuesday, September 6

(202) [email protected]

Fashion's Night Out


Saks Fifth AvenueTysons Galleria

McLean VA 22102

RSVP:(703) 269-1206

Once a year, the entire fashion world goes out for a nationwide late night of style, makeovers, music and more.

Join Saks Fifth Avenue Tysons Galleria, DCmagazine, March of Dimes, the Office of Minority Health andA Healthy

Baby Begins with You celebrity spokeswomen Tonya Lewis Lee to celebrate the beauty of healthy living.

Shop the newest fall collections and bid on unique experiences and rare items. Saks Fifth Avenue is proud to

donate 10% of the evening sales and all auction proceeds to March of Dimes.

Sample gourmet goodies as top chefs prepare folate-filled food live.
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Celebrate Labor: Where Art and Politics Meet

(August 30-September 20)VisArts at Rockville presents the work of Maine artist Judy Taylor,whose 11-panel labor mural in a Maine state office building wasremoved under protest. A large-scale reproduction of the mural,

preliminary drawings, labor paintings and supporting work will be ondisplay in the Kaplan Gallery.

Opening Reception


VisArts

155 Gibbs Street

Suite 300

Rockville,MD20850


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Liberty and Tolerance in an Age of Religious ConflictFriday,September 9, 9:15 a.m.-5:00 p.m.Georgetown University

Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs

3307 M Street NW

Suite 200

RSVP:http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/rsvp?id=liberty-and-tolerance-in-an-age-of-religious-

conflict

Religious liberty and tolerance are among the most central global issues facing us today. Too often scholars have

approached them solely as philosophical questions or abstract universal imperatives, obscuring their meaning and

significance within specific religious traditions. Any effort to deepen appreciation for religious liberty and

tolerance while excluding religious voices is bound to fail. In conjunction with Calvin College, the Berkley Center is

convening scholars and practitioners from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim backgrounds to examine and compare

resources supportive of religious freedom and tolerance within their own traditions. The participants are among

the contributors to a forthcoming book,Abrahams Children: Liberty and Tolerance in an Age of Religious Conflict.

The conference, made possible through the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation, will conclude

with an interfaith service in commemoration of September 11, 2001.

Each of the panels will address the following questions:

1. Historically, how has your tradition been exploited by opponents of religious liberty and tolerance? Does such

exploitation persist, and why?

2. What are the major resources within your tradition supportive of religious liberty and tolerance? What do they

add to dominant secular human rights discourse?

3. How can interfaith dialogue and activism advance the liberty and tolerance agenda? What dangers and pitfalls do

you see along the way?

Schedule

Friday, September 9

9:15-10:45 a.m. Muslim Perspectives

Zainab Al-Suwaij, Rana Husseini, Hedieh Mirahmadi, Aziz Abu Sarah

11:00am-12:30pm Jewish Perspectives

Arik Ascherman, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Leah Shakdiel

12:45-2:00 Lunch and Keynote AddressHedieh Mirahmadi

2:30pm-4:00pm Christian Perspectives
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Ziya Meral, Kelly James Clark, Hanna Siniora, Nicholas Wotterstorf

4:00pm-5:00pm Keynote Address

Nurit Peled-Elhanan

5:00pm Reception

Saturday, September 10

Interfaith Dinner and Discussion, 6 PM: Fairfax, Virginia

Please direct all questions regarding this event [email protected]

Sunday, September 11

National Cathedral, 9 AM

Please direct all questions regarding this event [email protected]
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Project 4 Presents:

Ellington Robinson: In Quest of The Sun

(September 9-October 15)

Opening Reception

Friday, September 9, 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Project 4 Gallery

1353 U Street NW, 3rd floor


(202) 232-4340

Project 4 Gallery is proud to present In Quest of The Sun, a solo exhibition of new work

by DC artist Ellington Robinson.

To Ellington Robinson, painting is a physical, psychological, and spiritual experience,

which includes a formal process and a narrative approach. By contorting and layering

collected materials such as travel documents, vinyl, record sleeves, and cassette tapes,

Robinsons works evolve and embody his quest.

In his new work Robinson explores the ways by which people reach their physical and

socioeconomic location. He asks: How do we arrive at our longitude, latitude, andaltitude? What determines our height, width, and depth within time zones. Robinson

recognizes that planes, trains and cars, religion, education, and labels are agents in our

migration, while also acknowledging a celestial agent where the ancestors dwell in

eternity and parallel universes. He employs interoffice envelopes where the names of

ancestors, musicians, freedom fighters, and literati are inscribed as a way of stating a

common thread; or cassette tapes in which the voices are there but cannot be seen or

heard. Further, Robinson draws from the study of his own location and travels. Railroad

tracks and floorboards of inner city row-homes are distinctive from the horizon of the

ocean in the Virgin Islands, visually representing the contrast between the two places

Robinson has called home.

Ellington Robinson earned his M.F.A. in painting and mix media at the University of

Maryland, College Park and his B.A. in English from Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. His

work is in public and private collections including The David C. Driskell Center and the

Jean and Robert Steele Collection. Robinson currently lives and works in Washington DC.

Please join us for the opening reception of Ellington Robinson: In Quest of The Sun, with

the artist in attendance. Music by DJ I'Wah.

Image credit: Hametic, 2011 acrylic, collage, ink, and oil, 60" x 48"
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Washington Printmakers Gallery

Two new exhibitions on view starting next week:

Drawn to Print

Drawings and prints by gallery artists

9/11 Tenth Anniversary: Artists' Reactions

A selection of prints by WPG artists that were created in response to thisworld-changing event. This exhibition is held in conjunction with the

9/11 Arts Project.Exhibitions run August 31-September 25Opening Reception for both Exhibitions:

Saturday, September 10, 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Washington Printmakers Gallery

Pyramid Atlantic Art Center

8230 Georgia Avenue, 2nd Floor

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Directions:

By metro: Take the Red line to the Silver Spring stop. From the station, follow Wayne Ave to Georgia Ave. From Wayne Ave and

Georgia, the red Pyramid Atlantic building is 2 blocks to the right, on the right-hand side of Georgia at Ripley Street.

Driving: The red Pyramid Atlantic building is on the South Bound (West) side of Georgia Avenue at Ripley Street, 2 blocks south of

Wayne Avenue. A small parking lot in front of Pyramid Atlantic offers free parking, and there are several public garages within walking

distance.


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Join us as we debut our new art space and first


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exhibition featuring paintings by Baltimore artist

Randi Reiss-McCormack in the solo space and an

installation by DC-based artist Matt Hollis in the

project space.

harmon art lab (HAL) is a creative collaboration that ties art curator, artist and viewer into

an interactive dialogue of ideas and engagement. HAL will exhibit the work of two risk-

taking artists per month working in a variety of media that will help to redefine

contemporary art in the DC area, one as a solo exhibition, the other as a site-specific

installation influenced by the space and the content of the artist's own work. This will offer

prospects for transformation as each artist creates something temporal and unique to thespace.

Along with the gallery, harmon art lab will publish a monthly online art paper inviting a

menagerie of guest writers to articulate refreshing and thoughtful perspectives about the

world of art as they see it. Unlike a traditional gallery website, the online art paper will also

include fascinating interviews with area artists, collectors, curators and critics, as well as

exhibition and installation images every month.

HAL will be open on Saturday and Sunday during the first week of exhibition, with events

such as artist talks, panel discussions and private functions throughout the month, and by

appointment after that.

harmon art lab is the creation of artists Peter e Harper and Thomas Drymon.

Randi Reiss-McCormack's work has been shown on both

coasts as well as in Europe. A prolific artist, an educator, awife and mother of three, her work involves themes of

domesticity mixed with patterns of pop culture and

impressionistic vibrancy resulting in a subtle social

commentary that embraces

the viewer, incites nostalgia,

and stirs thought.

Matt Hollis's work evokes a deep sense of nature,

transforming and enlarging it into an artificial realm that gives the viewer a new

perspective on how life interacts with itself.

Peter e Harper
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Thomas Drymon

1716 14th Street NW, 2nd floor

Washington DC 20009

(202) 368-7150

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INDUSTRY21st Century Design Gallery

presents

MELTDOWNnew work by

TOM PRICE(September 10 - October 22)

Opening ReceptionSeptember 10, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Industry Gallery1358 Florida Avenue NE

Suite 200Washington DC 20002

(202) 399-1730

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 30, 2011) INDUSTRY will be launching its Fall 2011 design season with

the first U.S. solo exhibition of work by innovative British artist and designer, Tom Price. Specializing in

modern furniture products, sculpture and lighting design, process plays a key role in Prices work which has

been bought by international museums, galleries and private collectors. Much of Prices work is made using

unconventional materials. In fact, he often finds it necessary to invent new tools and techniques in order toget the required results from certain fabrications. But Price sees this as an intrinsic part of the overall

designand narrative.

"I like to think of myself as working in collaboration with materials, processes and phenomena and that the

final physical outcome is a product of mutual consent."

About Tom Price

A London native, Price attended several renowned schools

including the Royal College of Art. That background in FineArt informs his approach to design, which is typically very

sculptural in both appearance and concept. The vast majority

of Tom Prices furniture and collections are anything but

conventional. Represented in collections around the world,

recently two of Prices pieces were acquired by the Museum

of Modern Art in San Francisco.

Meltdown Chair-PP Stripe

Photo Courtesy of INDUSTRY

Included in this exhibition will be Prices coveted Meltdown Chairsa series of unique furniture pieces

made by melting a seat shape into a sculpted assembly of commonplace plastic products using a specially

designed heated former. Original to this exhibit is an homage to DC. When he visited last spring, Price fell

in love with the areas iconic cherry trees. Inspired by them, he has constructed a series of sweepi ng

sculptures out of plastic tubing, referencing the shapes of the trees and their blossoms. They will combine

to create a unique immersive and site-specific installation, taking over an entire room of the gallery.

Prices public commissions include a large-scale sculpture for a new square in the centre of Gloucester

(UK) and a sculptural installation for a restored Victorian grotto at the foot of the Royal Terrace Gardens, in

Torquay (UK). As an enduring tribute, Prices talent and techniques are referenced in many respected

design books including Desireby Elizabeth Honerla; Contemporary Furnitureby Martin Wellner and Andrea

Mehlhose; New TalentsThe State of the Arts by Hans Maier-Aichen and Second Lives: Remixing the

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About

INDUSTRY21st Century Design Gallery

INDUSTRY is the premiere gallery in the US devoted to exhibiting the work of 21st Century design. Their

focus is on designers who create functional art from industrial materials. Offering single-artist exhibitions,

INDUSTRY represents a broad spectrum of international design trends through imaginative and limited

edition works that blur the boundary between art and design and redefine the relationship between

designer and gallery.

INDUSTRY MISSION is to introduce and promote designers and their work to US collectors, curators and

critics, to stimulate the conversation about the role design can play in theirs lives, and to inform the viewer

about the importance of contemporary design in this time and place.

INDUSTRY DIRECTOR Craig Appelbaum has been a collector and private dealer. He opened

INDUSTRY in 2010 to exhibit individual artists work within the frame of an installation, allowing each artist

to tell his or her own story through site-specific works designed to transform the perception of space.

"Many of the artists I show are producing pieces that are highly sought after by museums and collectors in

the rapidly expanding area of contemporary design. In the past decade the field has grown considerably as

measured by the increasing number of museum exhibitions, international art fairs such as Design Miami

and S.O.F.A., and attention by major international auctions houses including Christies, Phillips and

Sothebys."

INDUSTRY MENTORING PROGRAM In addition to showcasing established artists the gallery also has

developed an initiative to introduce the work of emerging designers and design students, offering them the

opportunity to exhibit in a professional environment and affording them a realistic gallery experience. And

while introducing new talent, at the same time gallery visitors will have a rare opportunity to view the work

of tomorrows designers showcasing innovative products from a new generation.

Washington

Los Angeles

Opening 9.22.11

INDUSTRY occupies 4,300 square feet in their Washington location in the Atlas/H

Street historic district of Washington, DC.

INDUSTRY is excited to announce the opening of a second gallery in the renowned

Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles with FOSSILIZED 2.0an exhibit by Belgian

designer Jens PraetSeptember 22nd-November 11, 2011.

INDUSTRY HOURS The Gallery is open Wednesday Saturday, 11 am 5 pm, and by appointment.


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The Ambassador of the Czech Republic and Mrs. Petr Gandalovic, in remembrance of the 10th Anniversary of the Victims

of September 11th, invite you to a special concert of Tre Mezzi, featuring mezzo sopranos Shawnee Bell, Kehembe

Eichelberger, and Sylvia Twine, accompanied by pianist Everett P. Williams, performing works by Antonin Dvorak, Henry

Burleigh, and Duke Ellington.

The event is also a part of the Mutual Inspirations Festival 2011 - Antonin Dvorak. For additional information about the

festival and Tre Mezzi, please visitwww.mutualinspirations.org/events/tre-mezzi/.

Sunday, September 11, 5:00 p.m.

Embassy of the Czech Republic

3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW


RSVP:(202) [email protected].

Business Attire

Admission is free.

Steinway Series:

Smithsonian Chamber Players: "Celebration of Life"

September 11, 3:00 p.m.

McEvoy Auditorium

Smithsonian American Art Museum

8th & F Streets NW

The Smithsonian Chamber Players present an all-Schubert concert featuring the "Arpeggione" Sonata for cello and

piano, the Sonatina in G Minor for violin and piano, and the "Trout" Quintet.
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Fall Exhibitions(September 9-October 23)

Charlie Risselada, Main Gallery

Large poured paintings by Maryland artist are based on topographical imagery of the Chesapeake Bay

watershed.

Rachel Rotenberg, Library Gallery

Sculpture

Linda Bernard and Roslyn Logsdon, Resident Artist Gallery

Windows, Fiber and Ceramics

Opening Reception

September 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Montpelier Arts Center

9652 Muirkirk Road

Laurel, MD 20708

(301) 377-7800


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Art @ Paolo's

"Lucky 13 - II" ( detail ) by Fabiano Amin

(September 4-October 9)

Meet the Artists Reception

Tuesday, September 13, 6:00- 8:00 p.m

Paolo's

1303 Wisconsin Avenue NW



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I have never been there, but everybody says they serve lunch at these noon talks

Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security

Tuesday, September 13, 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Lehrman Auditorium

The Heritage Foundation



RSVP:http://www.heritage.org/Events/2011/09/Confronting-Terror

Speakers

John Yoo, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and former Deputy Assistant AttorneyGeneral, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice

Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, New York Law School, and former President, American Civil Liberties Union

Hosted by Edwin Meese, III Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman of the Center for

Legal and Judicial Studies

The 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is an appropriate time for reflection, both as to

what the nation endured as a result of the attacks as well as whether the response has been appropriate. In

addition to providing their reflections on the 9/11 tragedy and its aftermath, distinguished legal scholars John Yoo,

Nadine Strossen, and Ed Meese will discuss their own and others contributions to Confronting Terror, a unique

collection of essays from principled supporters and critics of the law and policy of the war on terrorism.

Edited by Dean Reuter and John Yoo, Confronting Terrorsets the stage for a reasoned and robust discussion of the

future with a collection of provocative essays examining the meaning of 9/11. Other authors include former

Attorneys General John Ashcroft and Michael Mukasey, federal Circuit Judges Laurence Silberman and Raymond

Randolph, Richard Epstein, Alan Dershowitz, Johnathan Turley, and Bob Barr. The contributors present stark

differences of opinion on issues such as the Presidents authority to detain, the assertion of state secrets, the limits

of surveillance, the use of unmanned drones and targeted killing, the treatment and interrogation of detainees, the

Patriot Act, and the peculiar nature of our foe. More surprising, perhaps, are the areas of agreement, particularlythe fact that the policies of two very different Presidents are remarkably the same. In presenting these contrasting

views, the editors and contributors hope to clarify the debate, both for our society and for those responsible for

waging the war.

Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art

Meryle Secrest, award-winning biographer, presents "Worlds Apart: Romaine Brooks and Amedeo Modigliani."

September 14, 7:00 p.m.

McEvoy Auditorium
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The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and Switzerland Trade and InvestmentPromotion cordially invite you to the Trans-Atlantic Symposium on Cleantech Innovation and FederalContracting. With the participation of at least five Swiss and five American companies, this platform willgive you an opportunity to learn more about innovative energy efficiency and sustainable transportation

projects from the Geneva and Montgomery County regions and network with some of the industrys

leading businesses.

One of the many projects that we will present to you that day is PlanetSolar, which is supported byThinkSwissBrainstorm the Future, a U.S.-wide official program of the Swiss Confederation thatpromotes the exchange of ideas and know-how between the United States of America and Switzerland.Seeking to test the boundaries of solar technology by its attempt to make the first exclusively solar-powered circumnavigation of the globe, the TRANOR PlanetSolar (pictured above) literally carries themessage of solar energys potential for our planet.

When: Thursday, September 15, 20118:00 a.m.2:00 p.m.

Where:

JohnsHopkinsUniversity -Montgomer

y CountyCampus9601MedicalCenterDriveRockville,MD 208509605Building,Room 121Directions

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Program:

8:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Registration, coffee and light refreshments

Opening Remarks by

Elaine Amir, Executive Director, JohnsHopkins University Montgomery CountyCampus

Steven A. Silverman, Director,Montgomery County Department ofEconomic Development

Markus Walther, Representative,Cleantech Switzerland and Franois

Schmidt, Trade Counselor, Embassy ofSwitzerland in Washington, D.C.

Pierre-Franois Unger, Geneva StateCouncilor, Head of Department of RegionalAffairs, Economy and Health

Presentations by

Andr Schneider, Conference Director,European Future Energy Forum

Pascal Goulpi, Cofounder andExecutive Director, PlanetSolar

Cathy Snyder, Vice President,Homeland Security & Energy Programs,Washington Operations, Lockheed Martin

Company presentations by

George McKarris, CEO, CleanFIZZ,Geneva, Switzerland

Joel Vauchel, Director, Marketing,ABB Transformers, Geneva, Switzerland

Piero Abbate, CEO, TVP Solar,Geneva, Switzerland

Peter Kazimirski, CEO, CityWindmills, Geneva, Switzerland

Kimbel A. Nap, Regional GeneralManager, LEM USA Inc., Milwaukee, WI

Maryland companies TBA

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12:40 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

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By Wednesday, September 7, 2011 to

[email protected].

Please state clearly whether you wouldlike to participate in the networking

lunch.

"Day into Night"

(September 16-November 12)

Opening ReceptionFriday, September 16, 5:00-8:00 p.m

The Old Print Gallery

1220 31st Street NW

(202) 965-1818

A new show of linocuts and woodblocks by NY artist Emily Trueblood. . This collection of prints, , is

inspired by the bold, graphic lines of city architecture, juxtaposed by the flux of time and nature. The

prints chosen for Day into Nightare inspired by the bold, graphic lines of city architecture, and their

strong enduring presence.

"Deciphering the Art of the Ancient Maya and the Year 2012"

Friday, September 16, 7:00 p.m.

Library of Congress

Coolidge Auditorium

Thomas Jefferson Building

10 First Street SE

Free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required.

Art historian and archaeologist David Stuart, the foremost expert on Mayan hieroglyphs, will deliver the fifth Jay I.

Kislak Lecture.

Sponsored by the Librarys John W. Kluge Center, the Hispanic Division and the Rare Books and Special Collections

Division, In his lecture, Stuartwill explore the Mayas prediction of "the end of the world in 2012" and discuss his

most recent book on that subject: "The Order of Days: The Maya World and the Truth about 2012."
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Stuart received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989 for his work on Mayan writing. He holds the Linda and David

Schele Professor of Mesoamerican Art and Writing at the University of Texas in Austin and is also the director of

the universitys multi-disciplinary Mesoamerican Center. He has conducted major excavation projects in Mexico

and Central America. His book "Ten Phonetic Syllables" (1987) became the basis for the deciphering of Mayan

hieroglyphs. Among his other works, he published a volume in 2003 in the Peabody Museums series titled "Corpus

of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions."

The fifth Kislak lecture is a component of the Kislak American Studies Program established at the Library of

Congress in 2004 by the Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Previous lecturers were Jared Diamond, Felipe Fernandez-

Armesto, Michael Coe and Jonathan Spence.

In addition to lecture series, the Kislak gift includes an important collection of books, manuscripts, historical

documents, maps, and art of the Americas. A permanent rotating exhibition of materials from the Kislak Collection,

"Exploring the Early Americas," opened in December 2007; it can found at

myLOC.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/. The Kislak gift also provides for fellowships to study its materials.

Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nations oldest federal cultural institution. The Library seeks to

spark imagination and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by providing access to

knowledge through its magnificent collections, programs and exhibitions.

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Site/Schemasolo exhibition by Nikki Painter(September 17 - October 22)

Opening Reception

Saturday, September 17, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Civilian Art Projects1019 7th Street NW

Second FloorWashington DC 20001

(202) 607-3804

Civilian Art Projects presents Site/Schema, new drawings and site-specificinstallation by Nikki Painter. In her second solo exhibition, Painter's workscontinue to develop and expand a set of images, bright colors and patterns toinvestigate the ways in which chaos and order interact and coexist. She willexhibit new works on paper and two site-specific installations, one in theproject space and one in "The Entrance," our new foyer space made availablefor experiments and other awesomeness.

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Civilian Art Projects is a gallery in Washington, DC representing emerging and established artists. Civiliansupports artists working in a broad range of media including painting, photography, sculpture, works on paper,and other emerging forms. Founded by a curator and arts leader and supported by a growing network ofcollectors, artists, and patrons, Civilian brokers the connection between the public audience and the artist'sprivate practice through a challenging exhibition series, public talks, off site exhibitions, workshops, art fairs,and other unique events and opportunities. Civilian is located in the Mt. Vernon/Shaw neighborhood ofWashington, D.C. Hours: Open by appointment until September 15, 2011.


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"Derailed 2"

The Solo Show of Tim Conlon(September 17-October 16)

Opening ReceptionSaturday, September 17, 8:00-11:00 p.m.

Art Whino Gallery

120 American Way

National Harbor, MD 20745

The event is FREE and open to the public.

Derailed 2, a solo exhibition featuring aerosol artist Tim Conlon. Derailed 2 pays homage

to the artists almost twenty-year love affair with freight train graffiti art. In this new

exhibition, Conlon will showcase a series of new works including life-size aerosol

paintings of aged freight cars; weathered model trains featuring scaled-to-size graffiti in

the bright colors and iconic characters for which Conlon is best known; and contemporary

photographs of trains and their environs.

About Derailed 2 Conlon says, I discovered freight train graffiti as a college kid in

Baltimore just as the scene was emerging. As one of the biggest port cities on the East

Coast, commercial cargo regularly arrived on large ships in Baltimore Harbor and was

transferred to freight trains headed toward big cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and Los

Angeles. Train cars were everywhere and as an art student with in interest in graffiti, it

was easy to get hooked on this revolving art gallery.

Conlon is best known for his large-scale murals and canvases. He was one of two aerosol

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RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture and recently was featured and had a

small curatorial role in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Arts Art in the Streets

exhibit. Works by Conlon have also been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in

Washington, D.C., Art Basel in Miami, Strychnin Gallery in Berlin, and numerous other

galleries. He has been featured in dozens of publications, websites, and other media

outlets including Smithsonian Magazine, Washingtonian Magazine, The Washington Post,

Washington City Paper, NPR, DC Modern Luxury, American Observer, Paste Magazine, theDCist blog, and The Examiner. Conlon posts regular missives about art and culture both

local and global on his website and blog,www.conoperative.com.
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Public Surveillance Cameras: A Clear-Eyed Look at Their Implementation and Impact

Monday, September 19, 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch will be provided at 11:45 a.m. The forum begins promptly at noon.

The Urban Institute2100 M Street NW

5th Floor


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Panelists:

Sharon Bradford Franklin, senior counsel, Constitution Project

Nancy La Vigne, director, Justice Policy Center, Urban Institute

Jonathan Lewin, managing deputy director, City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management

and Communications Mike Semel, deputy local editor, news and investigations, Washington Post(moderator)

Cities are increasingly turning to surveillance cameras to reduce crime, but do they stop

wrongdoing in its tracks or simply push it into other neighborhoods? If the cameras perform as

intended, what are their costs to police budgets and citizen rights?

To fill the knowledge gap, the Urban Institutes Justice Policy Center studied surveillance

systems in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. The results of that three-year study --

Evaluating the Use of Public Surveillance Cameras for Crime Control and Prevention-- will be

detailed, discussed, and debated at this special Urban Institute forum.

In theory, surveillance cameras deter potential offenders, alert police to dangerous situations,

generate evidence to help identify suspects and witnesses, and make people feel safer. Join us

to find out how well theory works in real life.

You are cordially invited to a book lecture for

Soulmates: Resurrecting Eve

with authorDr. Juliana Geran PilonIWP ProfessorDirector, Center for Culture and Security at IWP

Friday, September 23, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

The Institute of World Politics1521 16th Street NWWashington, DC 20036

Please RSVP [email protected]

In Soulmates: Resurrecting Eve, Juliana Geran Pilon argues for a return to an egalitarian view of men and women, found

in the original Genesis narrative, as reflected through Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In each of these Abrahamic

traditions, it was understood that man and woman were created to be soulmates in God's image -equal despite their

different functions within society. Pilon writes that this original message has gradually been distorted, with disastrous

effect. Any hope for an ennobling human community begins by resurrecting Eve as an equal partner to Adam.

The work examines the Biblical creation narrative, comparing it to Greek and other ancient mythologies. Pilon explains

how the disturbing association of woman with sin and death led to Eve's demise as Adam's equal. The final section of the
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work deals with the Goddess myth, love and marriage in early religious narratives, and modern man's search for his soul

no less than for a soulmate.

The book, at its core, is a meditation on the relationship between men and women but also among human beings. The

resurrection of Eve is indispensable to attaining a true appreciation of love and faith. Pilon uses religious texts, expert

commentary, and various works of fiction, poetry, and psychology to make her argument come alive. The work is

strengthened by the writing style, alternately poetic and humorous, and a clear and illuminating progression of ideas. Itsemphasis on reconciliation and understanding, and its post-feminist outlook will find a receptive audience.

Juliana Geran Pilon (Author)

Juliana Geran Pilonis the director of the Center for Culture and Security at the Institute of World Politics. Her areas of

expertise include international affairs, philosophy, public diplomacy, and foreign culture. She is the author of numerous

titles, including Notes from the Other Side of Night; Why America Is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice;and

The Bloody Flag: Post-Communist Nationalism in Eastern Europe(available from Transaction).

Visit us throughout the day for an open house with:

free sample programs and classes

cooking demos

music and entertainment

refreshments

giveaways

and an opportunity to tour our new space-complete with a rooftop terrace, state-of-the-artteaching kitchen, courtyard, and increased program and gallery space.


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Saturday, September 24

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts

1632 U Street NW


(202) 483-8600

Event Details

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We hope to see you September 24th and invite you to join us throughout the year for an

expanded selection of programs for the cancer community and the general public, including:

Healthy cooking and nutrition classes

Arts and creativity classes

Living Well with Cancer workshops and retreats

Therapeutic yoga & stress reduction

and more classes for health and wholeness

You are cordially invited to a special lecture with

Ambassador Akbar AhmedIbn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of International Relations, American University

Advisory Board member, IWP's Center for Culture and Security

on the topic ofPoetry in Islamic Culture
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and his new book,Suspended Somewhere Between: A Book of Verse

Thusday, September 29, 4:30 -6:30 p.m.

The Institute of World Politics

1521 16th Street NW


Please RSVP [email protected]

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and professor of International Relationsat American University in Washington, D.C. From 1999 to 2000, Dr. Ahmed was the Pakistani High

Commissioner (Ambassador) to the United Kingdom. He has also held many other senior positions in Pakistan.His many award-winning books includeDiscovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society,

Postmodernism and Islam: Predicament and Promise, Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World,

Jinnah Quartet, Journey into Islam, and, most recently,Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam.

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