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In this lecture series, Saul Lilienstein traces the development of the most popular opera composer in the genre’s 400+ year history, Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/event/lilienstein-2022-02-09/ February 9: Rigoletto, Il trovatore February 23: La traviata, Les vêpres siciliennes March 9: Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera April 6: La forza del destino, Don […]
As part of the Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory's Neighborhood Lecture Series, speaker Dr. Peter Gao will present the virtual lecture "Hot Jupiters, Super Puffs, and Lava Planets, Oh My!" Learn more at https://epl.carnegiescience.edu/news/neighborhood-lecture-series.
In this lecture series, Saul Lilienstein traces the development of the most popular opera composer in the genre’s 400+ year history, Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/event/lilienstein-2022-02-09/ February 9: Rigoletto, Il trovatore February 23: La traviata, Les vêpres siciliennes March 9: Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera April 6: La forza del destino, Don […]
As part of the Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory's Neighborhood Lecture Series, speaker Dr. Michael L. Wong will present "The Science of Star Trek" Learn more at https://epl.carnegiescience.edu/news/neighborhood-lecture-series.
Learn about the Giant Magellan Telescope from the project's Chief Scientist, Carnegie astronomer Rebecca Bernstein. Get more details at https://carnegiescience.edu/events/lectures/pursuit-light-building-giant-magellan-telescope
In the tenth annual lecture honoring the legacy of Hillwood's former executive director, Frederick J. Fisher, hear from Sarah Schleuning, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Dallas Museum of Art, and co-curator of the dynamic exhibition Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/events/frederick-j-fisher-lecture-cartier-and-islamic-art-curatorial-perspective
Author Kurt Bednar discusses his book Transatlantic Relations and the Great War, which explores the relations between the Danube Monarchy of Austria-Hungary and the modern US democracy and how that relationship developed over decades until it ended in a final rupture. Learn more at https://www.austria.org/events/kurt-bednar-transatlantic-relations-and-the-great-war
The Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory (EPL) invites you to join astrobiologist, mineralogist, and author Dr. Robert M. Hazen, for a special presentation entitled, “Minerals: Earth’s Ultimate Time Capsules.” The free public lecture will take place on December 8, 2022, at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Broad Branch Road Campus in NW Washington, DC and […]
UDC's music program celebrates Women’s History Month with a lecture-recital on the piano music by Black women composers. Dr. Leah Claiborne, coordinator of UDC Keyboard Studies and Music of the […]
Join the Carnegie Science Earth and Planets Laboratory for a talk with Staff Scientist Dr. Conel Alexander titled "A new golden age for sample return missions." During the talk, attendees […]
On June 29, at 6:30pm, the Earth and Planets Laboratory will host a special Neighborhood Lecture honoring the late Carnegie astronomer Vera Rubin, the "Mother of Dark Matter." Guest speaker […]
Tom Teasley and John Wubbenhorst present a lecture-performance focusing on the intersection of jazz and classical Indian music. John Wubberhorst is among the foremost experts in explaining Indian musical concepts to Western musicians having lived in India for several years. He is a disciple of the famed Bansuri flutist, Hariprasad Chaurasia. Tom Teasley is well […]
The Northwest Neighbors Village virtual speaker series presents Kevin Blackistone, Washington Post sports columnist, panelist on ESPN’s “Around the Horn,” professor of journalism at the University of Maryland, and an occasional contributor to NPR and PBS. He co-produced and co-wrote (with Forest Hills neighbor Aviva Kempner) Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting, […]
The Northwest Neighbors Village virtual speaker series presents Ariel Levinson- Waldman, founding president and director-counsel of Tzedek DC, and Stephen Jefferson, Sr., community outreach coordinator at Tzedek DC. They will […]
The Northwest Neighbors Village virtual speaker series presents Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a former State Department Middle East analyst and […]