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Music: Scots-Gaelic Songs
Monday, September 8, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: The Library of Congress
James Graham and Jean MacKay, Scottish Gold Medalists from the 2005 Royal National Mod, perform traditional Scots-Gaelic songs.
Lecture: The Elephants of Samburu
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
6:30 PM
Location: National Geographic Live!
An article in the September 2008 National Geographic profiles Iain Douglas-Hamilton, founder of Save the Elephants. Photographer Michael “Nick” Nichols and writer David Quammen will join Douglas-Hamilton to discuss future prospects of Africa’s elephants.
Book Talk - Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
6:30 PM
Location: Italian Cultural Institute
Pulitzer-Prize winning author and Washington Post associate editor David Maraniss will discuss his new best-selling book, Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed The World.
Foggy Bottom
Situated between Lafayette Square and Georgetown, Foggy Bottom is home of the world-famous J. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the George Washington University. In this historic neighborhood you'll find rides on the Potomac River and biking/walking paths in beautiful Rock Creek Park.
Mount Pleasant
With its main streets and town square, Mount Pleasant still feels like the village it once was. But it has also seen lives as a fashionable streetcar suburb, a solid working-class neighborhood, and an enclave of counterculture politics.
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The Kreeger Museum
This “jewel of a museum” showcases the modern art collection of philanthropists Carmen and David Lloyd Kreeger. A magnificent contemporary structure provides the perfect setting for works by Monet, van Gogh, Rodin, Picasso, and Miró, and local artists. |
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