bmichael events this week 8 april 2011

8/7/2019 bMichael Events This Week 8 April 2011

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bmichael-events-this-week-8-april-2011 1/48

Events This Week

The ICAP Mid Year Reunion and Conference begins this evening with a reception at the US Botanic Gardens!

Registration ends at 12 noon and is available at: https://sites.google.com/site/icap2011myr/ . Due to our venue's regulations, pre-registration is required.

ICAP Reception

When: Friday, April 8, 2011, 6:30-9pm

Where: U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20001

Registration: https://sites.google.com/site/icap2011myr/

If you have trouble viewing the invitation, please visit the event website:

https://sites.google.com/site/icap2011myr/ or contact the Mid-Year Reunion & Conference co-chairs,

Beth Flores ([email protected]) and Eric Ham ([email protected]). For sponsorships and donations,

contact Malaika Jeter ([email protected]).

https://sites.google.com/site/icap2011myr/








mailto:[email protected]

















Creative State: Forty Years of Migration and Development Policy in Morocco and Mexico

Friday, April 8, 12:30-2:00 p.m. Light lunch will be served

Auditorium J1-050

World Bank J Building

18th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue NW

RSVP: [email protected]

PRESENTER

Natasha Iskander

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, New York University Wagner

Ms. Iskander conducts research on labor migration and its relationship to economic development, labor mobilization and

its relationship to workforce development, and processes of institutional innovation and organizational learning.

Additionally, Ms. Iskander is launching an initiative on water, climate change, and service delivery in cities around theworld. She worked for several years in non-profits in Egypt and the United States on issues of urban development, micro

credit and community health planning. She has also worked as a community activist and migrant labor organizer.







Presented by Authentic Contemporary Art & The Center for Green

Urbanism

Exhibition Dates: April 8 - May 6, 2011

The Tubman-Mahan Art GalleryCenter for Green Urbanism 3938 Benning Road NE Washington, DC 20019

Opening Reception Friday, April 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Featuring music by Alex Martin

Curated by Stephanie Shapiro,

Curatorial Assistant

Authentic Contemporary Art/Center for Green Urbanism

Mama Earth is a visual celebration of the beauty of the planetEarth. The show encompasses feng shui (literally meaning wind



and water) - the Chinese art of placement to bring balance andharmony to a physical space (e.g. bedroom). Feng Shui is basedon having good energy - called chi, and its positive flow.

Throughout the exhibition, viewers will be able to enjoy the piecesfrom not only an aesthetic perspective, but also of chi and FengShui.

Mama Earth will allow give viewers a chance to see our worldmacroscopically - in the big picture where Earth is part of the solarsystem, as well as microscopically on an elemental level whereatoms are the building blocks of earth and what makes up notonly us, but everything else.

Artists Participating:

Maria Byrk Kimberly Gaines Amy Kincaid

Tina Lassiter Caitlin Masters Russ McIntosh Otis Motley Christin Nicoll Parson Heather Schmaedeke Sydnei SmithJordan Nancy Wallace

Sakura Matsuri DC 2011 Japanese Street Festival

Event Date:

Saturday, April 9, 2011 - 11:00am - 6:00pm

RSVP Recommended

Price:

$5.00

Pennsylvania Avenue

Venue Address:

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20005

United States

See map: Google Maps



The Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival is the largest one-day exhibition of Japanese culturein the United States.

Now in its 51st year, Sakura Matsuri stretches for six blocks through downtown Washington DC. It

takes place on Saturday, April 9, 2011 from 11am to 6pm, right after the Cherry Blossom FestivalParade.

Sakura Matsuri features:

20 hours of Japanese traditional and pop entertainment on 3 stages A martial arts stage 30 Japanese, Asian, and Western restaurants Over 20 interactive exhibits of Japanese arts and culture A 4,000 square-foot Children's Corner Two Kirin Ichiban Beer Gardens The Hakutsuru Sake Tasting Pavilion 20 Vendors of Japanese products

Sponsored by the Japan-America Society of Washington DC, Sakura Matsuri is centered at 12thStreet and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, with easy access to five entrances from the Metro FederalTriangle and Metro Center stations.*

We look forward to seeing you on April 9 at one of Washington's greatest springtime events!

Avoid the lines: Purchase tickets online. Adults (13+) $5; Children 12 and under free:http://sakuramatsuri.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn

* Entrances are located on the north side (Metro Center station) at 13th and E Streets NW and at11th and E Streets NW. Entrances are located on thesouth side (Federal Triangle, Smithsonian, andArchives/Chinatown stations) at 13th and Pennsylvania Ave., 12th and Constitution, and 10th andConstitution.

Come to the Raffle at our 30th Birthday Party & OpenHouse

Come & Try Your Luck

Saturday, April 9. 2:00to 5:00 p.m. Pyramid Atlantic 8230 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910

Free & Open To The Public

Pyramid is celebrating 30 years with a raffle that will have something for you:

* Ski and Snowboard Packages

* Tickets to Theatre & Music venues

http://sakuramatsuri.org/



http://sakuramatsuri.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn






*Gift Certificates to restaurants & shops

*Limited Edition Prints

AND so much more...

BUT if that was still not enough to get you to come, the first 100 to arrive receive a goody bag courtesy of

Plaza Artist Materials. How about that!

So, come and celebrate. Enjoy artist demonstrations, studio tours, our annual members exhibition, live

music, hands on arts activities, door prizes, art raffles, cake & ice cream and so much more!

It's going to be a special day and we want you there. So mark your calendars and bring a friend. We will

save you the corner piece!

Image Credit: Elizabeth Graeber

Sponsor

Generous support for the Pyramid AtlanticOpen House & 30th Birthday Party is beingprovided by Plaza Artist Materials

.

Jazz Program with Larry Redhouse Trio

Saturday, April 9, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Potomac Atrium

National Museum of the American Indian

4th Street and Independence Avenue SW

(202) 633-1000

Metro: L’Enfant Plaza, Maryland Avenue/Smithsonian Museums exit

The Larry Redhouse Trio is led by Navajo pianist Larry Redhouse. Based in Tucson, Ariz., Redhouse has been

playing piano for more than 35 years. He has performed regionally and nationally alongside such jazz legends as

Chick Corea, Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison. Joined by Lenny Redhouse on drums, and Kirk Kuykendall

on acoustic bass, the Redhouse Trio will perform originals from its Spirit Progression CD, as well as classic jazz

standards by Miles Davis, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston and Sammy Cahn



Watergate Gallery

2552 Virginia Avenue NW


Presents

AHLIN and CAROL TEFFT RADIN

(April 9-May 7)

Opening Reception

Saturday, April 9, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

AHLIN is a Zen painter with a philosophy that her paintings are like Japanese Haiku – a

statement of feeling that suggests a wholeness of mood, time and imagery. AHLIN is

artist-in-residence at the Art + History Museums in Maitland, Florida. She conducts

creative watermedia painting workshops in Florida, on the C&O Canal in

Washington DC, Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico and Monhegan Island, Maine.

CAROL TEFFT RADIN, a fiber artist, is exhibiting a series of calabash shell masks. The



masks incorporate collage and a variety of objects from her collection of natural and

man-made materials. She has been involved with visual arts for many years as a

student, teacher and practioneer and has worked with a variety of materials. She has

exhibited in one-person and group shows in the United Stated and abroad.

Opening Reception


Foxhall Gallery

3301 New Mexico Avenue NW

(202) 966-7144

Exhibit of landscape paintings by David Bottini. The show will continue through May 6.

Chor Boogie

This Aint No Place For No Hero

Opening Reception


The Fridge Gallery

516 8th Street SE (rear alley)



Who exactly is Chor Boogie?

Chor Boogie is an artist, a conceptual genius, a street romantic, a master of illusion and technique, Chor Boogie isan original. His works can be described as having healing effects by his unique and unmatched use of color, which

brings greater meaning and understanding to his works. Every vibrant piece has a story attached to it. ChorBoogie‟s colorful paintings are attracting A-list celebrities, art galleries and museums. Originally from San Diego, the

artist known as Chor Boogie currently resides in San Francisco but is an internationally known artist and hastraveled extensively to exhibit his work around the world.

The intentions behind his art work are to create timeless dynamic moments of Imagination, Creativity, Originality,Meaning, Style, Self Expression, Audience, Taste, and the Visual Elements of Line, Light, Composition, Form,

Space, and Color. It is derived from the colors of his soul. It is a therapeutic flow of colors, shapes, and movementscombined in to one. A movement of images that has adapted to space giving it the significance of belonging to itssurface, coming together as one and forming images of creation. Expressing realms of colors that give a healing

sense and encourages you to wake up.

Seasons in the City on Sherman Ave and Barry Pl NW. Photo by Daquella Manera

Solo Exhibit by Chor Boogie



Collaboration with Pose 2 during Concrete Alchemy Tour on the facade of Benning Park Recreation Center.

What people have been know to say about Chor Boogie...

”With his innovative techniques and spiritual color philosophies, Chor Boogie is the king”… SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN

“If you ever visited or live in the Bay Area, you’ve seen at least one of Chor Boogie’s striking murals. Boogie’s work ends uplooking more like fine art, which is pretty impressive considering he paints solely in aerosol”…

JUXTAPOZ

“Internationally acclaimed virtuoso of spray -paint Chor Boogie presents his solo show: Romanticism, where imagination and emotion meet the healing power of color therapy. Having emerged, in part, from the world of “Graffiti Art” Chor profoundly

expounds on the genre in style, technique, form, composition, and conceptual underpinnings, as he can no longer be simply categorized as such. Viewers often find it nearly unbelievable that his masterful works are created almost solely from spray paint”…

NBC

“Chor Boogie (born Jason Lamar Hailey) is taking spray painting to new heights in the art world”… DUB Magazine

Chor Boogie is one of the premier American spray paint artists and muralists working today”… ART is SPECTRUM

The Fridge

Rear Alley

516 8th Street SE




You are invited...

...to the opening of our new exhibit "The Art of Naval

Aviation" and the 20th annual "Blessing of the Fleets"

ceremony. Join us on Saturday, April 9 for the exhibit

ribbon cutting at 11:00 a.m., followed by the Blessing

ceremony at 1:00 p.m. Navy bean soup will be served by

the White House Mess and the Navy Band will perform ceremonial music.

United States Navy Memorial

701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW




William Newman: Ouroboros April 2 - May 4, 2011 Opening Reception for the Artist Saturday, April 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Adamson Gallery

1515 14th Street NW


(202) 232-0707

Adamson Gallery is pleased to present "Ouroboros," an exhibition of new sculpture by Washington, D.C.-based artist William

Newman. An exhibition catalog, featuring poetry by Casey Smith and an essay by Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowska is

available. Portions of the essay are excerpted here:

Newman's work has always revealed an interest in themes of cyclicality and development in nature. The inspiration for the

artist's latest series came from Newman's farm outside of Washington D.C., where Newman has gathered fruit, vegetables

and other objects that are part of the surrounding ecosystem. While some objects - wood, stone, and the skull of an animal,

have been left as found, others that have a shorter lifespan - primarily fruits and vegetables, as well as one memorable

snake, were first sculpted in clay, and then cast in collaboration with craftsmen in Beijing as metal forms. The result is a new

ecosystem; one that is housed in an exhibition space, and which raises questions of collaboration and connectivity, material,

representation, and of life itself.

Newman's new body of work consists of natural object rendered in different sizes and using sundry materials. The majority

of pieces are cast metal - their smooth, reflective surfaces are in stark contrast to the colors and textures found in organic

matter and instead call attention to their simple and beautiful shapes. While some are slightly larger than life, objects like

an outsized pear are both familiar and unfamiliar to viewers, causing one to rethink their places, and one's own place, within

the unified environment. Other objects resemble the curves and shapes of fruit and vegetables but are unidentifiable - only a

suggestion of the possibilities of nature.

The artist describes the pieces as "intermediate objects" that signal the continuous cycle of natural life, which has many

stages of generations and destruction, but no beginning and no end; a theme that is perhaps most evident in the piece

entitled "Ouroboros," referencing the ancient symbol of the snake eating its own tail, a symbol that stands for eternity, and

regeneration from destruction. The Ouroboros has appeared in many different civilizations and religions; it is a symbol that

transcends its own context.



IMAGES, from top: Oracalch 2 (2011), welded polished stainless steel, Edition of 5; Sampo 1 (2011), welded polished stainless steel,

Edition of 5.

Photography by Chris Cunningham

Re-Grand Opening

Meet and Greet (all-day),

April 9

5:00-8:00 p.m. - Evening portion includes fashion show, music, and sweets

Carbon DC

2643 Connecticut Avenue NW


(After-party at Petit Plats (French restaurant four doors down), 8:00 p.m. RSVP for after-party,[email protected]






Two Fabulous Exhibits In The Gallery Event: Opening Reception

Date: Saturday, April 9Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Place: Washington Printmakers Gallery

@ Pyramid Atlantic8230 Georgia Avenue

Celebrate the talent of our many artist members at the Pyramid

Atlantic Annual Member's Show. Juror Alec Simpson has put

together a great show highlighting the work of a diverse array of artists from around the country.

Join Washington Printmakers Gallery member artists for theopening reception of the group show Impressions from the

Press Room in the newly renovated Press Room.

These two exhibitions are part of the art & the fun of PyramidAtlantic's 30th Anniversary Open House on Saturday, April 9th

from 2 pm - 5 pm

The exhibits run from April 5 to 30. We hope you will join us.

Image Credit: Carolyn Pomponio

Come to the Raffle at our 30th Birthday Party & OpenHouse

Come & Try Your Luck

Saturday, April 9. 2:00to 5:00 p.m. Pyramid Atlantic 8230 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910Free & Open To The Public

Pyramid is celebrating 30 years with a raffle that will have

something for you:

* Ski and Snowboard Packages

* Tickets to Theatre & Music venues

*Gift Certificates to restaurants & shops

*Limited Edition Prints

AND so much more...

BUT if that was still not enough to get you to come, the first 100 to arrive receive a goody bag courtesy of

Plaza Artist Materials. How about that!

So, come and celebrate. Enjoy artist demonstrations, studio tours, our annual members exhibition, live

music, hands on arts activities, door prizes, art raffles, cake & ice cream and so much more!

It's going to be a special day and we want you there. So mark your calendars and bring a friend. We will

save you the corner piece!

Image Credit: Elizabeth Graeber



Sponsor

Generous support for the Pyramid Atlantic Open House & 30th Birthday Party isbeing provided by Plaza Artist Materials

.

The Polaroid Retrospective II

Don’t miss the second installment of the Polaroid Retrospective, an exhibit dedicated tothe world of Polaroid and instant film

Opening Reception


Lamont Bishop Gallery

1314 9th Street NW

"The Polaroid Retrospective" is an on-going exhibit dedicated to the world of Polaroid and

instant film photography that utilizes both traditional and non-traditional gallery spaces. All

images used in our exhibits were taken with retro instant-film cameras of different styles.

Current artists included in the exhibit are:

Kim Oberski, Angela Kleis, Ryan Kibler, Joshua Yospyn, Dan Murano, Guiseppe Molinario,

Justin Violini, Ada Rose Bitterbaum, Sarah Stierch, Konstantinos Kissas, Duncan Ris,Ramune Rastonis, Jodi McKee, Azuree Wiitala, Aya Sato, Maria Bryck, Justin John, Lisa

McCarty, Eric Wayne, Rachel Carrier, Gail Vollrath, Candice Welsh, ALam Campbell,Sergio Herrera, Jati, and Glennan & Eric Godden.

Curated by Victoria Milko



Shades of Pain and Hope: Art and Photography by Victims of Terror & Rocket Attacks in Israel

(April 1 - 10)

Reception

Sunday, April 10, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - Rockville

6125 Montrose Road

Rockville, MD, 20852

(301) 881-0100

The art in this exhibit reflects work done by children and mothers from Sderot who are suffering

physical/emotional trauma from the fall of Kassam rockets; the photography reflects the work of victims of suicide

bombings and the Second Lebanon War in the Haifa area who have learned to use the camera lens as a means of

soulful expression of the trauma that endures. Both projects, photography from the North and the artwork from

the South, represent the different shades of trauma and of the ensuing hope that prevails. Operation Embrace, a

non-profit organization based in Potomac, MD that assists injured victims of terror attacks in Israel, has provided

funding for creative therapeutic interventions such as art and photography to help victims of terror attacks move

forward in their lives.



69th SEASON OF CONCERTS

Venice Baroque Orchestra

Sunday, April 10, 2011

6:30 p.m.

National Gallery of Art 6th Street & Constitution Avenue NWWashington, DC 20565

Music by Vivaldi and other Composers

Presented in honor of Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals

For the convenience of concertgoers, the Garden Cafe remains openuntil 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Concerts at the National Gallery of Art arefree and open to the public on a first-come, first-seated basis.

For evening performances held in the West Building, seating begins at6:00 p.m. and concerts start promptly at 6:30 p.m. The entrance to theWest Building at Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW remains openuntil 6:30 p.m. There is no entry or reentry to the building after 6:30p.m.

Join Us For The Green Bird Design Presentation

on Sunday, April 10 at 5:00 p.m. at Source Theatre, 1835 14th Street NW.



Engage in the world of the play with an introduction by Director Allison Arkell Stockman.

See the model and renderings by Scenic and Costume Designers A.J. Guban & Kendra Rai.

Hear Helen Hayes Award Recipient Tom Teasley's sensational live music.

Meet the ensemble of characters as portions of the script are performed.

Enjoy this 45 minute presentation with a wine & cheese reception to follow.

Mingle with artists and fellow supporters of Constellation Theatre Company.

Join us upstairs in the rehearsal room at Source at 5:00 pm.

Please RSVP for this exciting event to [email protected] by Friday, April 8.

Space is limited to 50 patrons and it fills up fast!

http://us.mc356.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]





Center for Global Development presentsThe Sixth Annual Richard H. Sabot Lecture

Policies and Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight against Poverty?

Featuring

Professor Esther Duflo Massachussets Institute of Technology

April 11, 2011

5:00-6:30 p.m.

Reception to Follow

at

Center for Global Development

First Floor Conference Room

1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

*Please bring photo identification*

Click to RSVP

Esther Duflo is a leading development economist known for her work applying impact evaluation, randomized

controlled trials and other field experiments to identify which development interventions actually work. Duflo is

the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute

of Technology and co-founder of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Her lecture will draw upon a

new book by Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, a J-PAL co-founder, titled Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the

Way to Fight Global Poverty. Duflo and Banerjee’s research has led them to identify wholly new aspects of the

behavior of poor people, their needs, and the way that aid or financial investment can affect their lives.

Development scholar-practitioner Duflo is featured speaker of CGD’s sixth annual Richard H. Sabot Lecture

honoring the life and work of Richard “Dick” Sabot, a friend, co-author, and founding member of CGD's board of

directors. CGD president Nancy Birdsall will host and serve as moderator for a discussion following the talk.

A limited number of seats are currently available for this invitation-only event. Reservations will be accepted until

we reach capacity.

Celebration for NPR's 40th Anniversary

Event Date:

Monday, April 11, 2011 - 6:15pm - 9:00pm

The George Washington University School of Media and Public AffairsVenue Address:

805 21st Street NW Jack Morton Auditorium,


United States


http://actevarsvp.com/event/a0I5000000AcVqe





The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) and the GW GlobalMedia Institute invite you to join us Monday, April 11 at seven o'clock in the evening in the JackMorton Auditorium to honor the career of retiring Professor of Media and Public AffairsChristopherH. Sterling (a member of the faculty since 1982), and tocelebrate the 40th anniversary of NPR.

A reception preceding the event will take place on the second level of the GW Media and PublicAffairs Building (805 21st Street, NW) from 6:15pm-7pm.

NPR's Audie Cornish, Cokie Roberts and Susan Stamberg will join Professor Sterling, SMPADirectorFrank Sesno, and NPR's Acting Senior Vice President of News, Margaret Low Smith, for alively look at the history and future of public radio and its impact on our society.

Sterling, a leading expert on the history of broadcasting and journalism, has authored, co-authoredand/or edited more than 25 books, including the definitive six volumeEncyclopedia of Journalism (2009); Sounds of Change: A History of FM Broadcasting in America (2008); Military Communications: From Ancient Times to the Present (2007); the six volume set The Rise of American Radio (2007);The Encyclopedia of Radio (2003); and Stay Tuned: A History of American Broadcasting (2001). Sterling will retire at the end of this calendar year.

RSVP:http://nprsterling.eventbrite.com

OAS Film Series: "The 10 Conditions of Love"

Monday, April 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Sigur Center The Chung-wen Shih Conference Room, Suite 503

George Washington University

Elliott School of International Affairs

1957 E Street NW

Pizza and soda will be provided.

Please RSVP at: http://bit.ly/dVZyHr

The 10 Conditions of Love is the story of Rebiya Kadeer, China's nightmare, the woman it accuses of inciting terrorism. It

is also the story of the other Tibet, the Muslim Tibet, the country its people call East Turkestan, but which the Chinese call

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

It is a big story: a story of the ruthless oppression of millions of people; of the geopolitics of energy; of Super Power

politicking over the War on Terror; and of the pain of a deeply loving family torn violently apart. Exiled in the US, Rebiya

Kadeer is fighting for the human rights of her people, the Uyghur (pron. wee-ger), China's oppressed Muslim Turkish

minority. But Rebiya Kadeer's campaign condemns her sons to on-going solitary confinement in a Chinese prison. Having

done six years of solitary confinement herself, she understands the appalling consequences for them of her actions, but

she will not relent. Twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and once the richest businessperson in China, Rebiya

Kadeer is a remarkable woman who pays daily a terrible price for patriotism.

Sponsored by the Organization for Asian Studies and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Vocaldente concert

April 11, 8:00 p.m.

The United Church

1920 G Street NW


Admission free

Vocaldente, Germany’s most successful a capella export (FAZ German Press), is coming to DC with the new program

http://smpa.gwu.edu/


http://www.gwu.edu/~gwgmi/




http://smpa.gwu.edu/faculty/people/23



http://www.npr.org/people/4986687/audie-cornish



http://www.npr.org/people/2101090/cokie-roberts



http://www.npr.org/people/2101242/susan-stamberg






http://www.npr.org/people/2101482/margaret-low-smith



http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=xen8jsdab&et=1105054827046&s=876&e=001i5tAPHaJaTesLbr5N7MSanE8iMhNDMgY4Fy6LHZxrZucKj8e0nKIxfne5kKIsHhasEmyPACiAVCzCPFHDz9Q8WBPNZWxidYHMqq4RaxWvvsVnLnCA6AeySUYRgSvXPJ7


http://bit.ly/dVZyHr

















"startin' something", which was borrowed from Michael Jackson's hit "Wanna be startin' something". The five

singers from Hannover promise a spectacular hommage to the "King of Pop". The rest of the program takes the

ensemble on a fascinating and surprising journey through the last 100 years of popular music.

There will be laughter, flirtation, and applause – and the new choreography will have you at the edge of your seats!

www.vocaldente.org

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

"Religious Identity in an Emergent Second Axial Age"

A lecture by Joseph Prabhu

Monday, April 11, 12:00 p.m.

Mortara Center

3600 N Street NW

Lunch will be provided

RSVP Here

It has become almost a cliché to say that we live in a time of globalization, but the

spiritual dimensions of contemporary globalization are less well understood. We

are living in a time where religions and religious practitioners are meeting one

another and being transformed in the process. Some scholars suggest that we are

witnessing the dawn of the Second Axial Age. Professor Prabhu will first explore

the possibility that a Second Axial Age is dawning, both similar to and different

http://www.vocaldente.org/

http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dfcac1bf9a4ccb7126f3d2bc8&id=2fcbe3315c&e=5aa09a35eb

http://georgetown.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dfcac1bf9a4ccb7126f3d2bc8&id=3361ed1cae&e=5aa09a35eb



http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dfcac1bf9a4ccb7126f3d2bc8&id=2fcbe3315c&e=5aa09a35eb

http://www.vocaldente.org/



from the First Axial Age (800-200 BCE). Second, he will suggest that dialogue and

depth-encounter are keynotes of this age with profound implications for social,

political and personal life. Third, he will explore one of these implications, the

character of religious identity at both denominational and personal levels.

Joseph Prabhu is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) and

member of the Executive Committee of the Parliament of the World's Religions.

This event is co-sponsored by Georgetown College and the Graduate Program of the Department of Theology.

For additional information, please visit the event website at:

http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/joseph-prabhu-religious-identity-in-an-emergent-second-axial-age

Berkley Center

3307 M St NW

Suite 200


"The Portrayal of America through Austrian Literature" lecture

by Dr. Wolfgang Müller-Funk

Tuesday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.

Embassy of Austria

3524 International Court NW

Washington DC 20008

Admission free

RSVP required: www.acfdc.org/events-registration or (202) 895-6776

Dr. Müller-Funk is a learned Austrian Literature and Cultural Scientist, who studied German, History, Philosophy

and Spanish at the University of Munich. Since 1993, Dr. Müller-Funk has been teaching at the Universities of

Vienna and Klagenfurt. From 1998- 2002 he was Professor for German Studies at the University of Birmingham

and at the moment he is Professor for Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna. Wolfgang Müller-Funk will hold

a lecture on The Portrayal of America through Austrian Literature. This event is part of the Zeitgeist series, a

contemporary German-Language Literature circle initiated by Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

Please join the Center for American Progress for a special resentation:

http://georgetown.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dfcac1bf9a4ccb7126f3d2bc8&id=ba80dd7c64&e=5aa09a35eb


http://www.acfdc.org/events-registration







Choosing Our Words Carefully

The Consequences of Heated Rhetoric

April 12, 2011, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

light lunch will be served at 11:30 am.

Center for American Progress1333 H Street NW, 10th FloorWashington, DC 20005

dmission is free. Space is extremely limited. RSVP required. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basisand not guaranteed.

RSVP to attend this event

Featured panelists:Jim Kolbe, Former Arizona CongressmanJames Zogby , President, Arab American InstituteRobert P. Jones, CEO and Founder, Public Religion ResearchInstituteAndrea Nill, Immigration Researcher-Blogger,ThinkProgress.org

Moderator :Angela Kelley , Vice President for Immigration Policy andAdvocacy, Center for American Progress

Too often, immigrants, Muslim Americans, gays and lesbians,African Americans, Arab Americans, and others are portrayed asalien and dangerous to our democracy and society. Suchbombasts inflame a toxic political environment and thwartpragmatic policy solutions. The assassination attempt againstArizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords jarred the country, forcing publicofficials to commit to more comity across political party lines. Yeta return to their legislative arenas reminded them that pastattempts at civility failed because compromising on contentiousissues is seen as political weakness rather than a statesmanly reach for solutions. Notwithstanding calls for more civilizedpublic discourse, Kansas state Rep. Virgil Peck suggested thathunters could control illegal immigration as they control wildswine – by shooting them from helicopters. In Orange County,CA, councilwoman Deborah Pauly called a fundraiser of theIslamic Circle of North America “pure, unadulterated evil,”adding, “I know quite a few Marines who will be willing to helpthese terrorists to an early meeting in Paradise.”

On Tuesday, April 12, 2011, the Center for American Progress willhost a discussion that explores politicians’ broken promises torestore civility to policy debates, and delves into the harm causedby heated rhetoric on Capitol Hill and across the United States.

Panelists will challenge the stereotypes against whole groups of

people, provide historical perspectives of current attempts torestore civility, and suggest how to move forward on unresolvedissues.

Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or RedLine to Metro Center

"Rebalancing China’s Political Economy"

Asia Pacific Political Economy Seminar

http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=83868&elq=97ad29f9cf754a849cb1a7f1865e60f8





Tuesday, April 12, 12:00-1:15 p.m.

Lunch will be served.

East-West Center in Washington

1819 L Street NW

Suite 600


This event is free and open to the public.

To RSVP, please click here: www.eastwestcenter.org/go/157.

Kindly send your reply by April 11. Please note that seating is limited.

Featuring:

Dr. Christopher A. McNally, Director of the China-US Relations Program, University of Hawaii-Hilo; Non-resident Fellow,

East-West Center

For more than thirty years, China's development model has relied on the extensive use of production factors which have

been relatively abundant in China, especially labor, land, certain natural resources, and in the 2000s, increasing amounts

of capital. However, this strategy, which created an export and investment-driven pattern of development and a

consequential pattern of industrialization, must inevitably come to end. Dr. Christopher A. McNally posits that Chinese

efforts to undertake a transition from export and investment-driven growth towards consumption-driven growth are likely to

rely on continued state guidance. In this seminar, he will also discuss how the Chinese government may attempt to steer

the economy towards a new growth path and highlight the effects policy changes might have on the global free market

system.

The NATO-EU-Russia Triangle: Different Perceptions and Approaches to International Security

Cosponsored by the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the European Studies Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

April 12, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

6th floor Flom Auditorium

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

One Woodrow Wilson Plaza


Washington, DC 20004-3027

Seating for this event is available on a first come, first served basis - no reservations required

Photo ID required for entry to building

Franz Cede, former Ambassador of Austria to the Russian Federation (1999-2003)

Don't miss

Free State Foundation Lunch Seminar!

http://www.eastwestcenter.org/go/157






Regulatory Reform at the FCC

Tuesday, April 12,

11:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Capitol Visitors Center

Washington, D.C.

Keynote Address by

Rep. Cliff Stearns, Chairman, House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Outstanding speakers!

Complimentary lunch, but space is limited! Registration required.

RSVP now!

[email protected]

The Embassy of the Czech Republic invites you to the lecture Cuban Transformation–International

Perspective with Martin Palouš, former Czech Ambassador to the US and the UN.

Participants will also have the opportunity to view photographs from the book Cuba in Details by Michal Cihlá? and

Veronika Richterová. The book received the Best Photographic Publication Award in 2006.

The event is part of the project Democracy and Human Rights: Lessons from the Past for the Current Czech ForeignPolicy, organized by the Embassy of the Czech Republic from January through June 2011.

April 13, 6:30 p.m.

The Embassy of the Czech Republic

3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW


RSVP: [email protected] or (202) 274-9101 by April 11.

Please put “Cuban Transformation” in the subject line.



http://us.mc356.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]&subject=Cuban+Transformation







*Photo credit: Michal Cihlá? and Veronika Richterová from the book Cuba in Details.

Martin Palouš served as t he Czech Ambassador to the United Nations from 2006-2011. Prior to taking office at the

UN, he presided as the Czech Ambassador to the United States from 2001-2005. He was also a founding member of

the Civic Forum and one of the first signers of Charter 77.

He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an adviser to Minister Dienstbier and was Deputy Minister of Foreign

Affairs from October 1990 to October 1992. In October 1998, he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of theCzech Republic. He has lectured extensively in the United States. Palouš has held a number of teaching positions at

Charles University since 1990. He became a member of the Faculty of Social Sciences (Foreign Relations Division)

in 1994, and served for some time as the Faculty's Vice-Dean. In 1993, he joined the Centre for Theoretical Studies

(a research center run jointly by Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences, headed by Ivan M. Havel).

Palouš is the author of numerous publications and translated the works of Hannah Arendt.

Current Situation in the Republic of Moldova

Wednesday, April 13, 12:00-2:30 p.m.

lunch will be served from 12:00-12:30 p.m.

National Endowment for Democracy

1025 F Street NW

Suite 800



Panel 1: The First 100 Days of the New Moldovan Government

Moderator:







Ambassador John Todd Stewart

Panelists:

Arcadie Barbarosie, Executive Director, Institute of Public Policy (Moldova)

Viorel Girbu, Adviser to President, Academy of Sciences of Moldova

Panel 2: Human Rights Violations in Transnistria

Moderator:

Rodger Potocki, Senior Director for Europe, NED

Panelists:

Ion Manole, Executive Director, Promo-Lex Association (Moldova)

Natalia Mozer, Founder, Civic Movement “Mothers for Human Rights” (Moldova)

Political Systems and Political Identities in Post-Communist Eurasia, 1992-2010

April 13, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

6th floor Flom Auditorium

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

One Woodrow Wilson Plaza


Washington, DC 20004-3027

Seating for this event is available on a first come, first served basis - no reservations required

Photo ID required for entry to building

Christian W. Haerpfer, Full Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, UK, and former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson CenterAlexander Chvorostov, Director, Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, Institute for Advanced

Studies, Vienna and Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Austria

Natalia Waechter, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, Institute forAdvanced Studies, Vienna, Austria and Visiting Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Soirée autour du cinéma sénégalais - Evening on Senegalese Film

Wednesday April 13, 6:30 p.m.

La Maison Française

Embassy of France

4101 Reservoir Road NW




Free event, but reservation required; make reservations at: http://www.francophoniedc.org

IDs will be checked at the door. Parking available at the Embassy.

Dr. Françoise Pfaff, professor of French and Francophone Studies, Howard University, author of four books on African

cinema, will present her latest work, A L‟ECOUTE DU CINEMA SENEGALAIS (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2010), on Senegalese

cinema 50 years after its emergence, explored in the voices and productions of filmmakers representing various

generations and diverse cinematic trends.

What does the new wave of directors have to say?

The book presentation (in English) will be followed by the screening of Mère-Bi (Mother , Senegal, 50 minutes, 2009,

French and Wolof, English subtitles) by Ousmane William Mbaye.

This sensitive portrait by a son of his 82-year-old mother, Annette Mbaye d‟Erneville, illustrates the life of Senegal‟s first

ournalist and indefatigable defender of women‟s rights.

An innovative supporter of arts and culture, Mbaye d‟Erneville founded the Musée de la Femme Henriette Bathily on

Gorée Island and organized multiple symposia and film festivals, including RECIDAK (Rencontres Cinématographiques

de Dakar).

Her life and career are intertwined with events in the history of Senegal

A reception follows the film, and Professor Pfaff will sign her new book, which will be available for purchase.

Mère-Bi (Mother), produced by Films Mame Yandé (Dakar), Autoproduction (Paris), and INA (Institut National de

l‟Audiovisuel, Paris), can be obtained through [email protected], [email protected]

Mère-Bi has received awards at film festivals:

Mention spéciale : Prix du personnage, Compétition Documentaire long métrage Journées cinématographiques de

http://www.francophoniedc.org/














Carthage 2008

Prix DGCD du Meilleur Documentaire 5ème Festival des Cinémas Africains de Bruxelles, Afrique Taille XL 2009

Mention Spéciale au Festival des ECRANS NOIRS de Yaoundé 2009

Grand Prix du Documentaire au festival « IMAGE et VIE » Dakar 2009

FEMI d'OR 2010 du Documentaire au Festival International du Cinéma de Guadeloupe

Prix du Meilleur Documentaire au FESTICAB (Burundi) 2010, and was featured at the opening night of the Festival du

cinéma africain de Khouribga

Dreams Come True!

Event Date:

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 7:00pm - 11:59pm

Cost

$10.00

L2 Lounge

Venue Address:

3315 Cady's Alley, NW


United States


www.l2lounge.com(L2 is located in Cady's Alley. The entrance is on M street, between 33rd and 34th streets. Walk down

the steps to Leopolds Cafe; the entrance to L2 is on the right).

Please join Gaston and Team Matrix at L2 Lounge for half priced cocktails all night and the chance towin a night‟s stay at Hotel Palomar!

This event is part of Gaston's 10-week fund-raising drive to raise $100,000 to fight blood cancers.During this time we will ask you, our friends, and neighbors, and colleagues to Dare to Dream of a

world without blood cancers, to dream of a world where loved ones lost to these cancers are still withus today, and finally to dream of a world where these dreams will be a reality!

Minimum donation: $10.

This is going to be a fun networking event to benefit a great cause!

http://www.l2lounge.com/

http://www.l2lounge.com/



Race and Racism in America: Are We Now a Color Blind Society?April 15, 11:45-2:00 p.m.

Hudson Institute

Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center

1015 15th Street NW

Suite 600Washington, DC 20005

Registration and a buffet lunch will open at 11:45 a.m.RSVP: http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_registration&event_id=836

A year ago, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced its "America Healing" initiative, a five-year, $75 million program of

grants focusing “on bringing healing to divided communities and bridging racial gaps in the areas of education, health,

uvenile justice, economic success, the media, and other areas.”

Writing in NCRP‟s Responsive Philanthropy , Dr. Gail Christopher, Kellogg‟s vice president for program strategy, noted

that the initiative reflects a belief that “our racialized social and opportunity structures have generated and continue to

generate two consistent outcomes: privilege for some, and obstacles, pain and suffering for others.” Acknowledging this

fact, however painful, is the “beginning of the healing process.” “In mandating that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation become

an effective anti-racist organization,” she wrote, “the foundation‟s board of trustees acknowledged both the implicit

benefits of white privilege and the foundation‟s obligation to be responsive to the needs produced by centuries of

structural racism.”

Kellogg‟s announcement was viewed skeptically by Stephan Thernstrom, Winthrop Research Professor of History at

Harvard University. Writing for the Wall Street Journal , he asked “What evidence convinced Kellogg that racism is such a

clear-and-present danger to the children of America today? Foundation officials point to racial and ethnic disparities. . . .

But is it self-evident that these economic and educational differences are simply or even largely „the consequences of

racism?‟”

Join us for a discussion of the “America Healing” initiative and its intellectual underpinnings, featuring Sterling Speirn,

President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Kellogg Vice President Dr. Gail Christopher; Harvard Professor

Stephan Thernstrom; and Ron Christie, political strategist and author of Acting White: The Curious History of a Racial

Slur . Bradley Center Director William Schambra will moderate the discussion.

11:45 a.m. - Registration, lunch buffet

12:00 p.m. - Welcome by Hudson Institute Senior Fellow William Schambra

12:10 p.m. - Panel discussion

Ron Christie, CEO of Christie Strategies and author

Dr. Gail Christopher, Vice President of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Sterling Speirn, President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Stephan Thernstrom, Winthrop Research Professor of History at Harvard University

1:10 p.m. - Question-and-answer session

2:00 p.m. - Adjournment

http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_registration&event_id=836






The Asia Foundation

A Breakfast Discussion on Women's Access to Justice in Afghanistan

Friday, April 15, 2011, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Shotwell Room, 2nd Floor

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW



Speaker :

Ms. Palwasha Kakar, Manager, Women's Access to Justice Program in Afghanistan , The Asia Foundation

Palwasha Kakar, Manager of the Women's Access for Justice Program at the Asia Foundation's Afghanistan

Office, will discuss the current situation for women in Afghanistan and how to engage men in working

towards social justice and equal legal rights for women.

Prior to joining The Asia Foundation, Ms. Kakar worked with United Nation's Afghanistan Sub National

Governance Program and served as the Program Manager for the Gender Studies Instituteat Kabul University. She has a Master's Degree in gender, politics and religion from Harvard University .

Parallels to

Terminus:

New Work

by Fiona

Ross

Emerson

Gallery April 14 - June 4

Opening

Reception and

Talk

Thursday, April

14, 7:00 - 9:00

pm







free and open to

the public Richmondartist Fiona

Ross creates

compleximages

throughintricate line

work, focusingprimarily on

stylized

depictions of landscape andfigure. These

drawings,

often createdfrom a single,

uninterruptedmeandering

line, possess adirectness of

purpose that

translates to asense of

sureness and

serenity. Likea journey

completed on

foot, eyefollows line,pausing and

turning, as the

path builds animage only

revealed

through a step

back and adifferent

perspective..

A specialthank you to

Barefoot Wine

and Bubbly forproviding wine

for our

opening

reception.

Unseen

Extracts:

McLeanProject

Photograph

s by Bill

Prosser

Atrium Gallery

April 14 - June 4

Opening

ReceptionThursday, April

14, 7:00 - 9:00

pm

free and open to



the public McLean basedphotographer

Bill Prosser

will exhibit a

series of finelycomposed

black andwhite images.Taken

primarily in

and aroundMcLean,

Virginia, these

works

highlight

Prosser’s

discerning eye

as they focuson landscapeand interior

fragments

otherwiseeasily

overlooked.

Highly graphicin nature, the

images depict

both stillness

and motion,darkness aswell as light

Point of

Origin:

New Works

by

Kristin

ReiberHarris

Ramp Gallery

Opening

Reception

Thursday, April

14, 7:00 - 9:00

pm

free and open to

the public Virginia artist

Kristin ReiberHarris will

exhibit large-scale

kaleidoscopic

drawings andwoodcut

prints. Taking

her inspiration

from nature,Harris creates

images that

describebalance,

harmony and

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?McLeanProjectfortheA/9a9960ea9b/8cf27eca61/8ebe107dfa

















universalwholeness

through the use

of geometry,

layering andtransparency.

She is also

influenced bythe Asian

aesthetic and

by Islamic and

Buddhist artand

philosophy.

These arecomplex

images, yet

they radiate

with peace,tranquility and

stability.

McLean Project for the Arts

1234 Ingleside Avenue

McLean, VA 22101 (703) 790-1953

Subscribe Forward this email Donate

DC's Lost Majority

What Gentrification Means for the Black

Community

and

http://www2.answercoalition.org/site/R?i=rq5uk30vFtHGBO8W97A0QQ..

http://www2.answercoalition.org/site/R?i=CCBMjrBDquZj3HGtHYIYbw..

http://www2.answercoalition.org/site/R?i=VoH25YCAtObrGMwlYy6AYw..

http://www2.answercoalition.org/site/R?i=VoH25YCAtObrGMwlYy6AYw..

http://www2.answercoalition.org/site/R?i=CCBMjrBDquZj3HGtHYIYbw..

http://www2.answercoalition.org/site/R?i=rq5uk30vFtHGBO8W97A0QQ..

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?McLeanProjectfortheA/9a9960ea9b/8cf27eca61/fdc4f452e8

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?McLeanProjectfortheA/9a9960ea9b/8cf27eca61/2f1f91bd69

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?McLeanProjectfortheA/9a9960ea9b/8cf27eca61/2f1f91bd69



Tax the Rich!

Friday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m.

Justice Center

617 Florida Avenue NW

Shaw/Howard University Metro (yellow/green line)

Featured Speaker:

Caneisha Mills Howard University graduate

and D.C. Public Schools worker

The Washington Post has reported that recent

census statistics show the Black population in

the place once affectionately known as the

Chocolate City has dropped by more than 39,000

over the last decade, going from 70 percent of

residents to less than 50 in the last few decades.

Public schools and social services are under

attack. Housing and rent prices have soared,

making city living almost impossible for

working-class families, laying bare the lines of

income, class and race.

At the same time, working-class people face constant threats to our jobs, homes and livelihoods,

while the police set up racist checkpoints in our neighborhoods and gun down our youth in the

street, driving us from our homes.

Join us for a discussion, including:

Why the D.C. government relentlessly pursues gentrification at the expense of District

workers

How gentrification is changing the face of Washington

Why do those who claim to represent us continue to attack us while pandering to the rich?

and

Tax the Rich!

Congress has again extended tax cuts to the most wealthy while workers are fighting for our jobs,

homes and basic needs. When polled, 61 percent of respondents have stated that the solution tothe budget crisis is to tax the rich.

Working people get it ... why won’t the government do it?

Sponsored by the Party for Socialism and Liberation

The Party for Socialism and Liberation is a member of the ANSWER Coalition Steering Committee.

A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition



The Gallery Contemporary Middle East and Arab American Artists

Cordially invites you to

Dreaming of Palestine

a solo exhibition of paintingsby Syrian artist Adib Fattal

Opening Reception

Friday, April 15, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Jerusalem Fund Gallery

2425 Virginia Avenue NW


Open to the Public - Free - No RSVP Needed

A solo exhibition of paintings by Syrian artist Adib Fattal

at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery

Gallery Hours: M-F 9am-5pm, or by appointment

The Jerusalem Fund for

Education and Community

Development is a 501(c)(3)

non-profit organization

based in Washington, DC

that does educational and

humanitarian work on

behalf of Palestinians,

particularly those living inthe Occupied Territory and

surrounding refugee

camps.

The Gallery is The

Jerusalem Fund's cultural

program. It promotes the

work of artists from

Palestine as well as from

the Arab and Islamic

worlds through art exhibits,

book signings, film

screenings, musicalperformances and

workshops. The cultural

activities at the Jerusalem

Fund Gallery, located in

Washington, DC.



Exhibition Dates: April 15-May 6

Exhibiting for the first time in the United States, Syrian artistAdib Fattal’s graphic works at the Jerusalem Fund Gallerycolorfully interpret his dreams of Palestine. People,architecture and nature are fitted together in an intricate

mosaic of color and form that creates an image of life andmovement greater than the sum of its parts. Hisinterpretations of life include city scenes, village festivals,goat and rabbit races—all painted with a vibrancy thatexposes the character and culture of Palestine as a vigorouspresence in the world. At present, Fattal lives on a farm inSyria with his new family, at the foot of Mount Hermon, alongwith a dog, cat and a clever parrot.

Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra concert

Friday, April 15, 7:00-8:30 p.m.

The Dumbarton House

2715 Q Street NW


(202) 337-2288


Please join Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president, and Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning

economist, for a presentation and discussion of Exiting from the Crisis, a volume of

essays by global trade union leaders and economists on a more just and sustainable model

of global economic growth.

Presentation and

discussion with

Richard Trumka,

Joseph Stiglitz and

selected authors of

Exiting from the

Crisis.







Please RSVP to Sherri Close at [email protected] or 202-637-

5216.

In the wake of the global economic crisis—with a record 217 million

workers still unemployed worldwide—Exiting from the Crisis

represents an emerging consensus among global union economistsand leaders on the economic policies needed—at national, regional

and global levels—to achieve stronger and more balanced, equitable

and sustainable growth for the global economy.

The perspective represented by this volume is the basis both for

global union leaders to engage other popular movements and governments but also for

global union economists to engage progressive economists worldwide.

Exiting from the Crisis is the product of the Global Unions Taskforce on a New Growth

Model, a joint project of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Trade

Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC), the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)and the Global Union Research Network (GURN). The task force involves more than 30

global trade union economists from a wide array of advanced, emerging and developing

countries.

The U.S. launch of Exiting from the Crisis on April 15 is hosted by the AFL-CIO in

cooperation with the Washington office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

April 15, 2011

11:00 a.m.-1:00

p.m.

AFL-CIO

Samuel Gompers

Room

815 16th Street

NW

Washington, DC

Civil Resistance and Revolution in the Arab World

POLICY FORUM

Monday, April 18, 4:00 p.m.

Reception To Follow

The Cato Institute

1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW


Featuring Peter Ackerman, Founding Chair, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Coauthor, A Force More

Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict ; and Jack Goldstone, Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason

University Editor, The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions; moderated by David Boaz, Executive Vice President,

Cato Institute.

What explains the swift collapse of what were considered some of the most stable regimes in the Arab world?Drawing on scholarship and his Center's experience in supporting pro-democracy activists in Egypt and around







Sip and Scan

April 21, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Bloomindales

5300 Western Avenue

Chevy Chase, MD 20815

(240) 744-3700

Institute for Middle East Studies Annual Conference: Iran in Transition

Thursday, April 21, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Conference: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Reception and Book Signing: 4:00-5:00 p.m.

Keynote: 5:00-6:00 p.m.


Elliott School of International Affairs

City View Room, 7th Floor

1957 E Street NW

RSVP by April 10:

Conference: http://bit.ly/fqPoFM

Keynote: http://bit.ly/gYMYzA

Keynote Speaker

Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Human Rights Lawyer

Conference Panelists

Kaveh Ehsani, Assistant Professor of International Studies, DePaul University

Nader Hashemi, Assistant Professor of International Studies, University of Denver

Elliot Hen-Tov, Princeton University

Arang Keshavarzian, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies; Director of Undergraduate Studies, New

York University

Azam Khatam, York University

Pardis Minuchehr, Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania

Misagh Parsa, Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Professor of Economic, Virginia Tech; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Naghmeh Sohrabi, Lecturer in History, Brandeis University

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Visiting Scholar, Institute for Middle East Studies, GW

Roxanne Varzi, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine

Leading academics go deep inside the politics, economy, culture, and society of a rapidly evolving Iran

Gender in Development Workgroup

http://bit.ly/fqPoFM



http://bit.ly/gYMYzA







The Hidden Role of Gender in Food Security & Value Chain Development

Friday, April 22, 12:00-2:00 p.m.

The National Press Club

Holeman Lounge

529 14th Street NW

RSVP:

https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=wdcsid&formId=98862

Please join the SID-Washington Gender in Development Workgroup for a panel discussion on "The Hidden

Role of Gender in Food Security & Value Chain Development."

Investing in agricultural development has long been recognized as one of the best ways to reduce poverty

in the long term, whether the goal is to feed individual families or to help economies grow. In addition,research has shown that women in developing countries carry out much of the work with agricultural crops

and production. Women are also more likely to use income from these activities for food, healthcare and

education for their children, helping lift entire communities out of poverty and achieve sustainableeconomic growth.

This panel will focus on successful value chain strategies, particularly those involving women, to boost

income and achieve food security. Specific interventions, success stories and private sector alliances will

be discussed in the context of capacity building, access to markets, quality standards and post-harvesthandling.

Presenters:

Florie Liser, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative, Executive Office of the President

Emmanuela Mashayo, Project Coordinator, Purchase for Progress (P4P), World Food Program,

Rwanda

Kathleen Vickland, Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, CARANA Corporation

Lindsey Jones, Specialist, Monitoring, Evaluation and Gender, ACDI/VOCA

Moderator:

Amanda Hilligas, Senior Manager, CARANA Corporation

*Light lunch will be provided by The QED Group, LLC. This event is also sponsored in part by CARANA

Corporation.

For more information about the Gender in Development Workgroup, please visit the Ning site.



http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dttos6bab&et=1105055852283&s=7403&e=001dPHH9_9pAiBq6QYUG6ItWL3WygivbR049buDFMloHdZ0NDkFqm_XiC-AA9xL1vEB6i9vd-D5VY6gJ1L-mA8P0zQG7EireTpQnE5kQU0ijxAg7mE1p09f1A==

http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dttos6bab&et=1105055852283&s=7403&e=001dPHH9_9pAiBq6QYUG6ItWL3WygivbR049buDFMloHdZ0NDkFqm_XiC-AA9xL1vEB6i9vd-D5VY6gJ1L-mA8P0zQG7EireTpQnE5kQU0ijxAg7mE1p09f1A==




Please RSVP by Monday, April 19th as capacity for this event is limited.

To RSVP


Balance: The GW Ballet Group presents:

Ramalama

A showcase of 20 original pieces choreographed by GW students. Styles range from classical ballet and pointe to

contemporary, jazz and lyrical. The show will run approximately two hours with one intermission.






Wednesday, April 27

8:00 p.m. (Doors open at 7:30)

Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater


800 21st Street NW

Pre-reserved tickets are available by emailing [email protected] or calling (202) 994-0211. Please include yourname and the number of tickets you would like. Tickets are also available at the door. As always, the show is

free!

Shenson Chamber Music Concert: Sofia Gülbadamova, Piano

Wednesday, April 27, 7:30-10:00 p.m.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

1250 New York Avenue NW


Free

Reservations required: [email protected] or (202) 783-7370

Commended for her technical perfection and dramatic performances, as well as her "highly personal

interpretation...and dreamy self-assurance" (Frankfurter Allgemeine), Russian-born pianist Sofja Gülbadamova isascending to new heights internationally. In 2008 she was the first prize winner at the International Piano

Competition in Aix-en-Provence, France, and the International Francis Poulenc Piano Competition (Limoges/Brive-

la-Gaillarde/Tulle, France). In 2010 she won the Grand Prix at the International Rosario Marciano Piano

Competition in Vienna.

NAACP Young Adults Meeting DC

Branch











NAACPYoung Adults Meeting

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

6:30pm

People for the American Way -- Conference

Room

2000 M Street, NW, Suite 400


(Walking distance from Farragut North and

Dupont Circle Metro Stations)

RSVP to [email protected]

The objectives of the Young Adults Committee are to develop a new generation of active, effective, leadership

within the NAACP through recruiting young professional members and encourage their active participation within the DC Branch.

The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the

political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and

racial discrimination.

Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the nation's oldest andlargest civil rights organization. Its more than half-million adult and youth members throughout the UnitedStates and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities and monitors of equal

opportunity in the public and private sectors.






© 2008 NAACP

THE STATE OF DOWNTOWN REPORT

Kicking Into High Gear

Presented by

The DowntownDC Business Improvement District

Thursday, April 28, 2011

8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Program

Newseum



The Art of Shaving Shave Swap (Upgrade Your Shave)

April 30, 2011

Bloomindales 5300 Western Avenue

Chevy Chase, MD 20815

(240) 744-3700

Bring in any full-size product that you currently use (empty or full) and swap it for a 2.5oz Shaving Cream Tube from The

Art of Shaving.* A $14.00 value. Exclusively at Bloomingdale's.

Receive a $25.00 gift card on a full-size kit purchase.

*One per customer; while supplies last.



The Nest Project

April 2 - May 15

Target Gallery addresses the question, "What does home mean to you?" with a four-part collaborative

project including:

• The juried exhibition, Nest, in Target Gallery.

• A scavenger hunt for in-studio nest creations by Torpedo Factory artists.

• Community Nest Installation: The public is invited to help build an indoor community nest insta llation

benefitting Habitat for Humanity.

• Outdoor Installations: From April 10-May 15, twelve outdoor nests created by local art groups will be

installed along the waterfront with a map to lead the public on a "nest-watching" tour.

In conjunction with this project, Habitat for Humanity will also present a free kids nest building activity on Sunday, April 10, 11am-1pm on

the docks outside the Torpedo Factory.

Click here for more information.

Target Gallery: Nest

April 2 - May 15

This juried exhibit examines the nest as a symbol for home and refuge, and is presented in

conjunction with The Nest Project.

Reception: 2nd Thursday Art Night, April 14, 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Juror Talk: Gretchen Schermerhorn, 7:00 pm, during reception


Click here to view the artwork online!

Second Thursday Art Night: Spring Awakening

Thursday, April 14

6:00-9:00 p.m.

FREE Event

The Torpedo Factory welcomes the season of renewal!

• Target Gallery reception for Nest

• The Art League Gallery reception for Remains, the All-Media Membership Show , and Food, Glorious Food

• Nest scavenger hunt

• Community nest installation benefitting Habitat for Humanity

• Outdoor nest installation along the Potomac River waterfront


Hide-Out by Emma Steinkraus

Gallery Shows and Other Events

Two Visitors: Italia 2010

April 5 - June 5

http://torpedofactory.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=QNkFzAAuABIAAAQtAATrzQ


http://torpedofactory.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=QNkFzAAuAAoAAAHjAATrzQ




http://torpedofactory.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=QNkFzAAuABEAAAJdAATrzQ







bmichael events this week 8 april 2011

Documents