Wrap Up of results from December 29, 2008 - January 4, 2009
12/30 @ Sabres Won 4-2
1/1 vs. Lightning Won 7-4
1/3 vs. Rangers Won 2-1
12/29 @ Houston Won 89-87
12/30 @ New Orleans Lost 85-97
1/2 @ Boston Lost 83-108
1/4 vs. Cleveland Won 80-77
Upcoming
1/6 vs. Flyers
1/9 vs. Blue Jackets
1/10 @ Canadiens
1/6 @ Orlando
1/7 vs. Toronto
1/9 @ Chicago
1/10 vs. Charlotte
Wrap Up of results from December 22-28, 2008
12/23 @ Rangers Won 5-4
12/26 vs. Sabres Won 3-2
12/28 vs. Maple Leafs Won 4-1
12/28 @ 49ers Lost 24-27
12/23 @ Charlotte Lost 72-80
12/25 @ Cleveland Lost 89-93
12/27 vs. Oklahoma City Won 104-95
Upcoming
12/30 @ Sabres
1/1 vs. Lightning
1/3 vs. Rangers
12/29 @ Houston
12/30 @ New Orleans
1/2 @ Boston
1/4 vs. Cleveland
Wrap Up of results from December 15-21, 2008
12/16 @ Islanders Won 5-4
12/18 vs. Blues Won 4-2
12/20 @ Flyers Lost 1-7
12/21 vs. Eagles Won 10-3
12/15 vs. Indiana Lost 98-118
12/17 @ Detroit Lost 74-88
12/19 vs. Philadelphia Lost 103-109
12/21 vs. Dallas Lost 86-97
Upcoming
12/23 @ Rangers
12/26 vs. Sabres
12/28 vs. Maple Leafs
12/28 @ 49ers
12/23 @ Charlotte
12/25 @ Cleveland
12/27 vs. Oklahoma City
The National Museum of American History has been reopened for about a month, but one key exhibit did not reopen as part of the Grand Reopening. This exhibit is called the “First Ladies at the Smithsonian” and it reopens tomorrow, December 19, 2008. The website calls it a new permanent exhibit, but I am pretty sure it is mostly just a reopening of the same exhibit that was on display before the renovations. They probably have changed the exhibit to some extent and it always has been one of the most interesting, but I just do not think it has been changed enough to warrant it being called new.
The exhibit includes gowns worn by Martha Washington, Dolley Madison, Sarah Polk, Mary Todd Lincoln, Lucy Hayes, Frances Cleveland, Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy, Rosalyn Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Laura Bush. Other artifacts on display include White House china, portraits, and Jacqueline Kennedy’s pearl necklace.
Wrap Up of results from December 8-14, 2008
12/10 vs. Bruins Won 3-1
12/12 vs. Senators Won 5-1
12/13 @ Canadiens Won 2-1
12/14 @ Bengals Lost 13-20
12/9 vs. Detroit Won 107-94
12/11 vs. Boston Lost 88-122
12/13 @ Philadelphia Lost 89-104
Upcoming
12/16 @ Islanders
12/18 vs. Blues
12/20 @ Flyers
12/21 vs. Eagles
12/15 vs. Indiana
12/17 @ Detroit
12/19 vs. Philadelphia
12/21 vs. Dallas
Fifth Year Anniversary of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Family Day - This event is on Saturday, December 13, 2008, at the Udvar-Hazy Center location of the National Air & Space Museum from 10am to 3pm. This special event includes a special passport activity that if you complete you can get a small prize. Other events include Ask a Pilot featuring a pilot of the SR-71; Discovery Stations that teach about things like Principles of Flight, Inventing Flight, Air Transportation, and the Space Suite; book signings; activities such as identifying parts of a plane, things invented for space that are now part of everyday life, and space mission patch art activity; and a story time.
Second Saturday Arts and the Ocean: Dive In & Pop-Up - This event is on Saturday, December 13, 2008, from 1pm to 4pm in the Sant Ocean Hall at the National Museum of Natural History. This event includes book signings of The Pocket Paper Engineer, Volumes 1 and 2 and an activity teaching how to make your own underwater pop up.
Check out weekend sports playing in D.C. on the Sports Events Coming Up This Week post.
The newest temporary exhibit opens at the Hirshhorn Museum tomorrow, December 11, 2008. The new exhibit is called “Strange Bodies: Figurative Works from the Hirshhorn Collection.” The Strange Bodies exhibit is expected to remain on display until November 8, 2009.
This new exhibit is described by the Smithsonian website as follows: “This exhibition brings together some of the most praised and popular examples of figuration, such as Untitled (Big Man) by Ron Mueck, from the Hirshhorn collection to show how expressionistic and surrealistic impulses toward human representation have evolved from the early and mid-20th century to recent decades. Also included is a small gallery devoted to a survey of works on paper and paintings by George Grosz — works that demonstrate a socially charged use of the figure.”
Wrap Up of results from December 1-7, 2008
12/2 @ Panthers Lost 3-5
12/4 @ Islanders Won 5-2
12/6 vs. Maple Leafs Won 2-1
12/7 vs. Hurricanes Lost 1-3
12/7 @ Ravens Lost 10-24
12/2 @ New Jersey Won 108-88
12/3 vs. Portland Lost 92-98
12/5 vs. LA Lakers Lost 104-106
12/6 @ Chicago Lost 110-117
Upcoming
12/10 vs. Bruins
12/12 vs. Senators
12/13 @ Canadiens
12/14 @ Bengals
12/9 vs. Detroit
12/11 vs. Boston
12/13 @ Philadelphia
Tomorrow, December 7, 2008, Monday, December 8, 2008, and Tuesday, December 9, 2008 new exhibits open at Smithsonian museums. The first opens tomorrow at the Anacostia Community Museum. The new exhibit is called “Jubilee: African American Celebrations.” This exhibit focuses on the history, music, and folklore related to African American holidays and celebrations. The exhibit looks at the history of African American celebrations from the 18th century through to present day. This exhibit is expected to remain on display until September 20, 2009.
The second exhibit opens on Monday at the National Museum of Natural History. This exhibit is called “Coastal America Ocean Art Contest.” This exhibit shows the winners in seven Essential Principles of Ocean Literacy categories. The contest was open to kindergarteners through college students in the United States and Mexico. It is expected to remain open until March 29, 2009.
The third exhibit opens on Tuesday at the National Museum of Natural History. The exhibit is called “Cases: The Art of African Exploration.” The exhibit is described by the Smithsonian website as “African exploration enthralled the public in 19th-century Europe and America. But, unlike scientists today, who are armed with digital cameras to discover and record new species, early explorations before photography included an artist to create a visual record of the journey. In these cases are books, periodicals, sketchbooks, and journals featuring artists’s vivid illustrations of the astonishing landscapes, exotic animals, and unfamiliar peoples of 19th-century Africa. Highlights include the cover of Henry Morgan Stanley’s In Darkest Africa, on-the-spot sketch of the Victoria Falls by Thomas Baines, John Cary’s New Universal Atlas, drawing instruments by Griswald, and book by Samuel Daniell of African scenery and animals.” This exhibit is expected to remain open until August 2009.
The newest temporary exhibit opens on Saturday, December, 6, 2008, at the Sackler Gallery. It is called “Moving Perspectives: Lida Abdul and Dinh Q Le.” The exhibit features video art from Asia. The work featured is by the two different artists Lida Abdul adn Dink Q Le. Lida Abdul is from Afghanistan and lived in India and the West during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The videos of Lida Abdul in this exhibit include Bricksellers of Kabul and In Transit. Dink Q Le is from the United States, but her works focus on Vietnam. One of her videos that is part of this exhibit is The Farmers and the Helicopters. The video art of both artists appear to be related to the aftermath of war and the context of war and contemporary society in the country’s they focus on.
Art a la Cart - This event is at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on Sunday from 1pm to 4pm.
Holiday Card Workshop - This event is at the National Postal Museum on Saturday from noon to 1:30pm and 2pm to 3:30pm. It is a free event, but registration is required.
Kwanzaa Family Festival - This event is at the National Museum of African Art this Saturday from 11am to 4pm. This Kwanzaa festival includes arts and crafts, storytelling, and film.
National Museum of the American Indian Art Market - This is an indoor market at the National Museum of American Indian on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5:30pm. The market features Native American art including jewelry, ceramics, baskets, dolls, and sculpture.
SAAM I Am - Celebrate Lino Tagliapietra - This event is at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on Saturday from 1pm to 4pm. This family event is glass themed including a reading of the book called Glassigator and a glass ornament craft.
Check out weekend sports playing in D.C. on the Sports Events Coming Up This Week post.
Wrap Up of results from November 24-30, 2008
11/24 @ Minnesota Wild Lost 3-4
11/26 vs. Atlanta Thrashers Won 5-3
11/28 vs. Montreal Canadiens Won 3-0
11/29 @ Columbus Blue Jackets Lost 0-3
11/30 vs. New York Giants Lost 7-23
11/25 vs. Golden State Warriors Won 124-100
11/27 vs. Orlando Magic Lost 90-105
11/29 vs. Atlanta Hawks Lost 98-102
Upcoming
12/2 @ Panthers
12/4 @ Islanders
12/6 vs. Maple Leafs
12/7 vs. Hurricanes
12/7 @ Ravens
12/2 @ New Jersey
12/3 vs. Portland
12/5 vs. LA Lakers
12/6 @ Chicago
Zoolights at the National Zoo - Zoolights is back again this holiday season. It starts tomorrow, November 28, 2008 and continues Friday through Sunday until December 14 and then daily between December 16 through 30. Each night Zoolights is going on the event is from 6pm to 8:30pm. The event includes animal light displays, keeper talks, live entertainment, and dancing trees.
Check out weekend sports playing in D.C. on the Sports Events Coming Up This Week post.
This year’s holiday exhibit at the National Botanic Gardens is called “Windows to Wonderland.” This exhibit opens tomorrow, November 27, 2008. The exhibit is supposed to entertain visitors when the gardens are open and when the gardens are closed. The exhibit includes a train display with the trains going through Fairy Tail Trails, Santa’s Village, Secret Mountain, Castle Mountain, Caterpillar Garden, and Gremlin Corner. The trains are an outside display (at least they were last year) and this is the part I think is available to view until 11pm each evening. In the Conservatory’s Garden Court they have the miniature D.C. landmark buildings made out of plant materials on display. On Tuesday and Thursday evenings the National Botanic Gardens are open late until 8pm with live performances featuring holiday music. “Windows to Wonderland” is expected to remain on display until January 4, 2008.
The latest temporary exhibit opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum tomorrow, November 27, 2008. This new exhibit is called “Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.” This exhibit is expected to remain on display until May 25, 2009. Below is the quoted description of the exhibit from the Smithsonian’s website.
“On view are watercolors, pastels, and drawings from the early 19th century through the 1930s to celebrate the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists’ works on paper. The works on view reveal the central importance of works on paper for American artists, both as studies for creations in other media and as finished works of art. Artists represented include such masters as John James Audubon, Romaine Brooks, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, John La Farge, Man Ray, John Marin, and Georgia O’Keeffe.”
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