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 20001 RSVP to info@longviewgallery.com by 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.

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.

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 Thursday, September 1, 12:00-1:00 p.m. 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 judge was formulating a plan. Soon she was devouring literature on Islamic culture, teaching herself Arabic, and preparing to infiltrate the central nervous system of global terror: online networks. Her efforts succeeded beyond imagination. Posing as an Islamic terrorist under dozens of screen aliases, she joined forces with the FBI and started trolling jihadist chat rooms, striking up conversations at 3 a.m. with men as far away as Pakistan, and amassing evidence against an array of suspected terrorists both at home and abroad. Her work laid the foundation for the online searches so crucial to law enforcements fight against terror today. Rossmillers husband, Randy, uncovered her double life after a chat room terrorist wiped out the family computer 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 bomb plots, and bringing many of her targets to justice, as well as pioneering the digital entrapment tactics that are at the 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.

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, MD 20850 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 Egyptian music 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) in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Join us Thursday for a Toast to the Long Weekend. While you're there pick up a bottle of D&N Primitivo on sale for $8.99 or Adami Giardino Vintage, Single Vineyard Prosecco for $19.99. Salute!

COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING

Potenza Wine 15th & H Streets NW

Join us at Potenza for a weekly tasting and enjoy a variety of amazing new wines, paired with our artisanal cheeses.

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
D&N Primitivo on sale for $8.99 Adami Giardino Vintage, Single Vineyard Prosecco on sale for $19.99 (91 points, Wine Advocate)

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

(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 Thursday, September 1, 6:00-9:00 p.m. 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's exhibition program aesthetic since our inception, and a new generation of artists emerging in their careers.

transformers, which will be presented at the Corcoran's Gallery 31, features new works by artists: Reuben Breslar, Breck Brunson, Jessica Cebra, Natalie W. Cheung, Cynthia Connolly, Jennifer De Palma, Nilay Lawson, Hatnim Lee, Marissa Long, Maki Maruyama, Solomon Sanchez, Mica Scalin, Zach Storm, Tang, and Jason Zimmerman. This exhibition celebrates 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 part of transformers at the Corcoran's Gallery 31, we are pleased to present Poesy/Poetry/Poetics with Casey Smith on Thursday, September 15, 6 - 8 pm. In tandem with transformers on view at the Corcoran, Transformer will present transformers: the next generation in our 1404 P Street NW project space, featuring new works by five recent graduates of the Corcoran College of Art + Design's class of 2011: Forest Allread, Pavlos Karalis, Sarah Robbins, Aris Slater, and Victoria Shaheen. On the relationship between the Corcoran and Transformer, Casey Smith, Corcoran Professor and Transformer Advisory Council Member, states: "Why is it that the students, faculty, and alumni of the Corcoran have shared such a close relationship to Transformer over these years? I would argue that it's not a matter of proximity, but rather a shared set of ideas about the role of art in contemporary life. I don't mean 'contemporary life' in the abstract sense, but this contemporary 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 fire celadon, dimensions variable, 2011.

transformer is a Washington, DC based 501 (c) 3 artist-centered, non-profit, visual arts organization providing a consistent, supportive, and professional platform for emerging artists to explore and present experimental artistic concepts, build audiences for their work, and advance their careers. A catalyst and advocate for emerging contemporary artists and emergent expression in the visual arts, Transformer connects and promotes emerging visual artists based locally, nationally, and internationally through exhibitions and programs partnerships with artists, curators, commercial galleries, 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 Cafritz Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Access to Artistic Excellence Award, and The Visionary Friends of Transformer - which includes our Auction Host Committee & Sponsors, Collector's View Hosts, and additional individual donors. Thank you!

Hillyer Art Space September Exhibitions First Friday Exhibition Opening

Friday, September 2, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Hillyer Art Space 9 Hillyer Court NW Washington, DC 20008 First Friday Openings are 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 openings and 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 people as "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 collected from skin-color swatches representing the multi-coloredness of individuals and people.

Going beyond the physical attributes of SKIN, Wonidmu's work is also about the conflict between the eye and the perceiving mind over the color of human skin. The eye sees its world without bias; however, the mind takes that information from the eye and translates it into social, political and religious master signifiers in order to further agendas, particularly subjugation of the Other. Wondimu's work describes and exposes this 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 Washington, DC 20008 (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.

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 Washington, DC 20008 Admission free. RSVP required: www.acfdc.org/eventsregistration or (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 released seven albums since then. On her CD Songs of Love and

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 Washington, DC 20008

Copyright (C) 2011 Embassy of Austria All rights reserved

Austrian Cultural Forum Washington 3524 International Court, NW Washington, DC 20008

Special announcement...

Love + Guts 30 Years of Thrasher Magazine Friday, September 2, 6:00-10:00 p.m. !

This year's Love + Guts Art Show is a travelling exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of Thrasher Magazine. It has been making stops along the Maloof Money Cup's tour and for one night only is coming to DC. Do not miss this opportunity to see many of the iconic images Thrasher Magazine has presented over the past 30 years documenting the history, culture, and evolution of skateboarding. Click here to view the Facebook event page.

Ben Tolman a few more drawings... Saturday, September 10, 7:00-11:00 p.m. Live performance by Bellflur
"These drawings are the detritus of my personal experience within this absurdly complex machine of existence."

The Fridge is proud to launch our fall season with all new work by DC-based artist Ben Tolman. This show will consist of illustrations and paintings of various sizes and mixed media. Click here to read Ben's full artist's statement. Check out the Facebook event for more information.

The Fridge Rear Alley, 516 1/2 8th Street SE Washington, DC 20003

Book Launch: Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself September 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, and increasingly 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 book Fragments 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

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 Washington, DC 20008 Admission free. RSVP required: www.acfdc.org/eventsregistration or (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 reexamine 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, directorgeneral 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.

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 Building 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC, 20004 RSVP email HS-CT@CSIS.org.

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 Honorable Janet 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 Honorable Juan Zarate, Senior Advisor, CSIS 9:15AM Panel: The Evolving Terrorist Threat Ambassador John Negroponte His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal, moderated by Arnaud 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 Fran Townsend, INSA Chairwoman 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 Department Suzanne Spaulding, Principal, Bingham Consulting Group moderated by Jeanne Meserve, CNN

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 Academy moderated by Shane Harris, Washingtonian 4:15PM Concluding Remarks The Honorable James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence 5:15PM Wrap Up and Summary Fran Townsend, INSA Chairwoman

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 Washington, DC 20005 RSVP: isp@acus.org or (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 EuroAtlantic 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 effort supported 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

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 Council Per 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 Council Damon 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 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE Washington DC 20002-4999 Register: http://www.heritage.org/Events/2011/09/Path-to-9-11

THE YEARS THAT LED UP TO IT. EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED IT.

Written and produced by Cyrus Nowrasteh, THE PATH TO 9/11 a docudrama sprawling across eight and a half years, four continents, and multiple terrorist attacks generated 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, the insight and oversight, the politics and players, and the heroes and the terrorists as they all collided on their paths to 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 William Dunlap. "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,

"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 September 8, 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 Project will 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 a roundtable featuring ISPU Fellow Zahra Jamal discussing her latest publication, "Charitable Giving among Muslim 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 and accountable 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 sbizri@ispu.org (202) 741-6395

"The Great Recession and Import Protection: The Role of Temporary Trade Barriers" Thursday, September 8, 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served Auditorium J1-050 World Bank J Building 18th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20006 RSVP infoshopevents@worldbank.org

For more information, see attached announcement or visit http://worldbank.org/infoshop/events

TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11:

THE CHANGING TERRORIST THREAT

American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016

September 2011

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.

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REGISTER NOW

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 Washington College of Law

Moderator: PROFESSOR DANIEL MARCUS, American University Washington College of Law

Buffet lunch to be served.

The Honor of Your Presence is Requested

by The Federation of Friends of the DC Public Library and Books Plus Bookstore at A Special Preview of the Annual Citywide Fall Book Sale Thursday, September 8, 6:00-8:00 p.m. The Great Hall Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 901 G Street NW Music, complimentary libations and hors doeuvres Remarks by special guest Council Member Tommy Wells New Chair of the DC Council Committee on Libraries This Preview Event is open only to Friends of the DC Public Library and their friends. (Friends may join or renew at the door.)
RSVP appreciated by Tuesday, September 6 (202) 431-9254 or robinsdiener@gmail.com

Fashion's Night Out September 8, 4:00-7:00 p.m. Saks Fifth Avenue Tysons 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, DC magazine, March of Dimes, the Office of Minority Health and A 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.

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 was removed under protest. A large-scale reproduction of the mural, preliminary drawings, labor paintings and supporting work will be on display in the Kaplan Gallery.

Opening Reception September 8, 7:00-9:30 p.m. VisArts 155 Gibbs Street Suite 300 Rockville, MD 20850

Liberty and Tolerance in an Age of Religious Conflict Friday,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-religiousconflict

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 Address Hedieh Mirahmadi 2:30pm-4:00pm Christian Perspectives

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 to lrm9@calvin.edu Sunday, September 11 National Cathedral, 9 AM Please direct all questions regarding this event to lrm9@calvin.edu

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 Washington, DC 20009 (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, and altitude? 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"

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 this world-changing event. This exhibition is held in conjunction with the 9/11 Arts Project.Exhibitions run August 31-September 25
Opening 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.

KABAKOV (September 10October 29) Opening Reception Saturday, September 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Hemphill Fine Arts 1515 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 Included in the exhibition are drawings and a scale model of The Large House of Humanity, 1998, an unrealized project designed for the bank of the Potomac River in Washington DC. The proposed monument has a perimeter of 70 x 50 meters and a height commensurate with the Washington Monument. The white metal construction forms the contours of a traditional American home with a mansard roof. From a distance this gigantic house appears like a white mirage against the blue sky. Suspended from the ceiling inside the house are wire letters that read: Since home we have but one, this earth we live upon. With our home in constant motion we are striving toward the stars. Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and by appointment.
Image: Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, The Large House Of Humanity, colored pencil on paper, 37 x 45

Join us as we debut our new art space and first

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 risktaking 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 the space.

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, a wife 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

Thomas Drymon 1716 14th Street NW, 2nd floor Washington DC 20009 (202) 368-7150 Copyright 2011 harmon art lab, All rights reserved.

INDUSTRY
21st Century Design Gallery presents

MELTDOWN
new work by

TOM PRICE
(September 10 - October 22) Opening Reception September 10, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Industry Gallery 1358 Florida Avenue NE Suite 200 Washington 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 to get 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 Fine Art 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 sweeping 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 Desire by Elizabeth Honerla; Contemporary Furniture by Martin Wellner and Andrea Mehlhose; New Talents The State of the Arts by Hans Maier-Aichen and Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary by the Museum of Arts and Design, New York.

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About

INDUSTRY
21st 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

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.

Los Angeles Opening 9.22.11

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

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 visit www.mutualinspirations.org/events/tre-mezzi/.

Sunday, September 11, 5:00 p.m. Embassy of the Czech Republic 3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW Washington, DC 20008 RSVP: (202) 274-9101 or amb_washington@embassy.mzv.cz. 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.

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 Montpelier Arts Center 9652 Laurel, MD 20708 (301) 377-7800 11, Muirkirk 2:00-4:00 p.m. Road

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 Washington, DC 20007

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 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE Washington DC 20002-4999 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 Attorney General, 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 Terror sets 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, particularly the 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

Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & F Streets NW Reception follows. Free tickets are required and available in the G Street Lobby at 6:30 p.m. (limit two tickets per person).

Johns Hopkins University Montgomer y County Campus 9601 Medical Center Drive Rockville, MD 20850 9605 Building, Room 121 Directions

The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and Switzerland Trade and Investment Promotion cordially invite you to the Trans-Atlantic Symposium on Cleantech Innovation and Federal Contracting. With the participation of at least five Swiss and five American companies, this platform will give 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 by ThinkSwiss Brainstorm the Future, a U.S.-wide official program of the Swiss Confederation that promotes 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 solarpowered circumnavigation of the globe, the TRANOR PlanetSolar (pictured above) literally carries the message of solar energys potential for our planet.

When:

Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

Where:

[TransAtlanticSymposium_DetailedProgram.pdf ]

Program: Registration, coffee and light refreshments

8:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks by

8:30 a.m.

Elaine Amir, Executive Director, Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus Steven A. Silverman, Director, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development Markus Walther, Representative, Cleantech Switzerland and Franois Schmidt, Trade Counselor, Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C. Pierre-Franois Unger, Geneva State Councilor, Head of Department of Regional Affairs, Economy and Health

Presentations by

9:00 a.m.

Andr Schneider, Conference Director, European Future Energy Forum Pascal Goulpi, Cofounder and Executive 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, City Windmills, Geneva, Switzerland Kimbel A. Nap, Regional General Manager, LEM USA Inc., Milwaukee, WI Maryland companies TBA

11:00 a.m.

Networking lunch

Program concludes

12:40 p.m. A more detailed program is attached to this invitation [TransAtlanticSymposium_DetailedProgram.pdf ] 2:00 p.m. By Wednesday, September 7, 2011 to was.events@eda.admin.ch. Please state clearly whether you would like to participate in the networking lunch.

RSVP:

"Day into Night" (September 16-November 12) Opening Reception Friday, 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 Night are 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, Stuart will 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."

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 FernandezArmesto, 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.

Coming Soon:

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

Opening Reception Saturday, September 17, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Civilian Art Projects 1019 7th Street NW Second Floor Washington DC 20001 (202) 607-3804
Civilian Art Projects presents Site/Schema, new drawings and site-specific installation by Nikki Painter. In her second solo exhibition, Painter's works continue to develop and expand a set of images, bright colors and patterns to investigate the ways in which chaos and order interact and coexist. She will exhibit new works on paper and two site-specific installations, one in the project space and one in "The Entrance," our new foyer space made available for experiments and other awesomeness.

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Civilian Art Projects is a gallery in Washington, DC representing emerging and established artists. Civilian supports 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 of collectors, artists, and patrons, Civilian brokers the connection between the public audience and the artist's private 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 of Washington, D.C. Hours: Open by appointment until September 15, 2011.

"Derailed 2"

The Solo Show of Tim Conlon

(September 17-October 16) Opening Reception Saturday, 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 artists featured in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallerys 2008 exhibition,

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, the DCist blog, and The Examiner. Conlon posts regular missives about art and culture both local and global on his website and blog, www.conoperative.com.

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 Institute 2100 M Street NW 5th Floor Washington, DC 20037 RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1867697333 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 author Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon IWP Professor Director, Center for Culture and Security at IWP Friday, September 23, 6:00-7:30 p.m. The Institute of World Politics 1521 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 Please RSVP to kbridges@iwp.edu

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

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. Its emphasis on reconciliation and understanding, and its post-feminist outlook will find a receptive audience.

Juliana Geran Pilon (Author) Juliana Geran Pilon is 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-art teaching kitchen, courtyard, and increased program and gallery space.

Saturday, September 24
11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts 1632 U Street NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 483-8600

Event Details RSVP on Facebook

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 Ahmed Ibn 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 of Poetry in Islamic Culture

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 Washington, DC 20036 Please RSVP to kbridges@iwp.edu

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and professor of International Relations at 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 include Discovering 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.