Date: 04/01/2009 - 03/31/2010

The United States Navy Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) is a unique U.S. Navy officer Corps with no exact counterpart in any other service or any other Navy in the world.

The primary mission of the CEC is to support the Fleet and U.S. Marine Corps shore establishment by providing professional facilities engineering services and management at all Navy and Marine Corps facilities worldwide.

Location: U.S. Navy Memorial & Naval Heritage Center
Phone: 202- 737-2300

Address: 701 Pennsylvania Ave., #123
Washington,DC, 20004

Date: 09/01/2009 - 01/10/2010

More than 120 paintings, prints, personal artifacts, and manuscripts associated with the generals of the Continental and French armies co-sponsored by Historic Mount Vernon and The Society of the Cincinnati.


Location: Mount Vernon: George Washington`s Estate & Gardens
Phone: 703-780-2000

Address: South end of GW Pkwy., 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy
Mount Vernon,VA, 22121

Date: 09/01/2009 - 11/29/2009

Armor from the renowned Spanish Royal Armory in Madrid is paired for the first time with portraits by masters such as Peter Paul Rubens, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Anthony van Dyck, and Diego Velázquez depicting emperors and kings wearing the same armor in The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, June 28 through late November, the sole venue worldwide.

* Exhibit will be extended past its original November 1st closing date through November 29.


Location: National Gallery of Art
Phone: 202-737-4215

Address: 6th St. & Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington,DC, 20565

Date: 09/17/2009 - 01/02/2010

Exhibition displays the first book written in Chinese by a European, Matteo Ricci, founder of the Jesuit China mission, and other fascinating treasures.
Admission is free.

Location: Folger Shakespeare Library
Phone: (202) 544-7077

Address: 201 East Capitol St. ,
Washington,DC,

Date: 09/28/2009 - 02/02/2010

Dedicated to young audiences, this exhibition explores how African artists create striking works of art using images from an array of domestic and untamed animals. It also reveals how both Africans and Americans assign human-like characteristics to animals. On view are approximately 125 works including a six-foot tall Senufo bird from Cote d`Ivoire, teddy bears made of mohair and masks in the share of crocodiles, elephants, hippos, sawfish and pangolins. From rock art to contemporary painting, animals are used as symbols of royal arts and in masquerades for the ancestors. Many of the elements of design are derived through direct observation of the animals in their natural habitat. It is the animal`s conduct and distinct behaviors that carry the messages in performances, stories, and proverbs. Themes include notions of nurturing, power, wisdom, transformation, beauty, and aggression.


Admission: Free Admission
Location: National Museum of African Art
Phone: (202)633-4600

Address: 950 Independence Ave. SW,
Washington,DC,

Date: 10/01/2009 - 01/30/2010

Items from drawings and prototypes to final products, as well as little-known stories motivating the inventors, trace the development of sports inventions and highlight aspects of universal design in sports technology development.

Admission: Free
Location: Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Phone: (202) 357-1300

Address: 14 Constitution Ave NE,
Washington,DC,

Date: 10/01/2009 - 03/01/2010

Enjoy Chinese rolls with prawns, ginger, mint and sweet soy; satay skewers with hot chili sauce; and the "Ancient Warrior" cocktail - a refreshing blend of domain canton ginger liquor, firefly raspberry tea vodka, Chambord and Sprite.

Location: The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC

Address: 1150 22nd St. NW,
Washington,DC, 20037

Date: 10/03/2009 - 12/30/2009

The Kreeger set to display 40 to 50 works of two of the world`s most significant printmakers. One of them, William Kentridge, was born in South Africa to an affluent anti-apartheid family, studied politics and African studies, and later took art classes and drama workshops at the Johannesburg Art Foundation. His poignant works are often expressions of a brutalized society left in the wake of an oppressive political regime. They will be on display alongside the work of another renowned printmaker - Oleg Kudryashov.

Admission: Admission: $10. Seniors & students $7. Times: Tues-Fri reservations required for 10:30 or 1:30 tour. Call (202)338-3552. Sat 10am - 4pm.
Location: The Kreeger Museum

Address: 2401 Foxhall Road, NW ,
Washington ,DC, 20007

Date: 10/10/2009 - 01/10/2010

May Ray is well-known for revolutionizing the art of photography, and starting in October, his work will be on display at the Phillips Collection. This exhibition explores the pivotal role photographs played in changing the perception of African objects from artifacts to fine art. More than 60 photographs, many never before exhibited, along with 40 photographs by his contemporaries, will appear side-by-side with 20 of the African artifacts featured in the images. The exhibition is organized into four sections, and it unravels the various levels on which photographs of African art were created and circulated in the early decades of the 20th century.

Admission: Admission: $12. Seniors & students $10.
Location: The Phillips Collection
Phone: (202)387-2151

Address: 1600 21st St. NW,
Washington,DC, 20009

Date: 10/11/2009 - 10/11/2010

The Asian Collections are some of the Arboretum`s most dramatic. The terrain slopes steeply from the heights of Hickey Hill to the placid Anacostia River, and a dazzling array of plants adorns the slopes; in this collection, something is blooming in every month of the year. The south facing slopes also impart one of the warmest microclimates available at the Arboretum; Taiwania, Daphniphyllum, and other plants that are tender north of Washington, DC are grown here.

Admission: Free
Location: U.S. National Arboretum

Address: 3501 New York Ave. NE,
Washington,DC, 20002

Date: 10/15/2009 - 01/03/2010

In this video projection with sound, a man and horse move through a stormy landscape, suggesting an inner journey. The piece is displayed near Jacob Lawrenceâs Migration Series, and in conversation with landscapes by Paul Cézanne.

Location: The Phillips Collection
Phone: (202) 387-2151

Address: 1600 P St. NW,
Washington ,DC, 20009

Date: 10/16/2009 - 10/16/2010

The National Bonsai; Penjing Museum has one of the largest collections of these timeless trees in North
America.

Admission: Free
Location: U.S. National Arboretum
Phone: 202 245-2726

Address: 3501 New York Ave. NE,
Washington,DC, 20002

Date: 10/16/2009 - 10/16/2010

The Asia Trail is an ongoing zoo exhibit, home to fascinating Asian species including sloth bears, fishing cats, red pandas, clouded leopards, Asian small-clawed otters and giant pandas

Admission: Free
Location: National Zoological Park

Address: 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW,
Washington,DC, 20008

Date: 10/16/2009 - 10/16/2010

A large group of Chinese porcelains spanning the Ming and Qing Dynasties, from the early 1400s to the late 1800s.

Admission: Free
Location: National Gallery of Art

Address: 6th St. & Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington,DC, 20565

Date: 10/16/2009 - 10/16/2010

A museum actor tells the life story and little-known accomplishments of David Glasgow Farragutâthe first Hispanic American United States Navy admiral.

Admission: Free
Location: National Museum of American History
Phone: 202 633-3129

Address: 14th St. & Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington,DC, 20013

Date: 10/16/2009 - 10/16/2010

During the Revolutionary War, one of the American vessels, the âPhiladelphia,â sank during the battle and rested on the bottom of the lake until 1935.

Admission: Free
Location: National Museum of American History

Address: 14th St. & Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington,DC, 20013

Date: 10/16/2009 - 05/31/2010

New permanent exhibition designed builds on the Smithsonianâs unparalleled National Watercraft Collection to tell the story of the influence of maritime culture on American history.

Admission: Free
Location: National Museum of American History
Phone: 202-633-1000

Address: 14th St. & Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington ,DC,

Date: 10/16/2009 - 10/16/2010

Surveys the history of the U.S. military from the Colonial era to the present.

Admission: Free
Location: National Museum of American History

Address: 14th St. & Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington,DC, 20013

Date: 10/21/2009 - 11/29/2009

Reluctant lovers Beatrice and Benedick conceal their attraction behind a merry war of wit in Shakespeare`s romantic, clever comedy. The play`s musical language resonates with Afro-Caribbean rhythm in this colorful production.

Nov. 4
Pre-show talk with Gail Paster: 6:30pm, $15

Nov. 12
Post-show talk with cast: following 7:30pm performance


Admission: Tickets: $30-$60.
Location: Folger Theatre

Address: 201 E. Capitol St. SE,
Washington ,DC,

Date: 10/24/2009 - 11/28/2009

A variety of materials, techniques, and motifs, which span almost six thousand years, are explored in this exhibition of 228 objects highlighting the Sackler Gallery`s permanent holdings of Chinese art--a pre-concert gallery tour

Location: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Phone: (202) 633-1000

Address: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW
Washington,DC, 20024

Date: 11/02/2009 - 03/31/2010

Each week, starting November 2, TenPenh`s Chef de Cuisine Cliff Wharton will offer a Terra Cotta Pot lunch special and the Emperor`s Choice three-course prix fixe dinner that will showcase a different spice prominent in Chinese cuisine. Dishes including the Sichuanese Braised Fish in Spicy Sauce, will feature spices such as chives, Chinese pepper, cinnamon and coriander that date back to the era of the Warriors` creation as early as 200 B.C.

Admission: $18 lunch; $38 dinner
Location: TenPenh Restaurant
Phone: 202-393-4500

Address: 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington,DC, 20004

Date: 11/04/2009 - 03/07/2010

Mie N Yu will offer a four-course tasting menu of regional Chinese flavors. Each guest purchasing the menu will receive a complimentary VIP ticket to the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibition.

Admission: $49/person, reservations recommended
Location: Mie N Yu

Address: 3125 M St. NW,
Washington,DC, 20007

Date: 11/08/2009 - 07/04/2010

The exhibition brings focus to the overlooked history of African contributions to Mexican culture from 1519 to the present day. It tells the little-known story of Afro-descendants in Mexico during the past 500 years, including the story of Yanga, an enslaved African who escaped to found the first free town in the Americas, near Veracruz, Mexico, in 1610. Highlights of the exhibition include "casta" paintings (paintings used to delineate racial categories and the ever-increasing complexity of racial mixture); discussions of African slavery in Mexico and the hero/slave rebel Yanga; and artifacts related to the traditions and popular culture of the Afro-Mexicans.

Admission: FREE
Location: Anacostia Community Museum
Phone: 202-633-4820

Address: 1901 Fort Pl. SE,
Washington,DC, 20013

Date: 11/10/2009 - 05/30/2010

This 20-panel banner exhibition focuses on the interactions between African American and Native American people, especially those of blended heritage. It also sheds light on the dynamics of race, community, culture, and creativity, and addresses the human desires of being and belonging. IndiVisible includes accounts of cultural integration and diffusion as well as the struggle to define and preserve identity. Stories are set within the context of a larger society that, for centuries, has viewed people through the prism of race brought to the Western Hemisphere by European settlers. By combining the voices of the living with those of their ancestors, IndiVisible provides an extraordinary opportunity to understand the history and contemporary perspectives of people of African and Native American descent.

Admission: FREE
Location: National Museum of the American Indian
Phone: (202) 633-1000

Address: 4th St. & Independence Ave. SW,
Washington,DC, 20013

Date: 11/13/2009 - 02/25/2010

"Holidays on Display" examines the art, industry and history of the commercial holiday displays that enchanted the public from the 1920s to the 1960s. A pertinent theme in the exhibition is the evocation of the holiday spirit and the opportunities for self-expression such projects allowed. The exhibition focuses on the craftsmanship and creative effort involved in holiday displays and the memories they created. "Holidays on Display" examines the subject from the viewpoints of artists, producers and the public for whom the displays were made. For many Americans, department store displays stand out as an enjoyable memory and an integral component of civic, social life.

Admission: FREE.
Location: National Museum of American History

Address: 14th St. & Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington,DC, 20013

Date: 11/13/2009 - 11/30/2009

This special will feature a warrior-themed drink, appetizer, entree and dessert. Highlights include flounder sashimi served wtih Chinese soy, secret Chinese-inspired drink, steamed fillet snow fish, traditional Chinese stew and a Chinese pudding for dessert.

Admission: $7-$20
Location: Asia Nine Bar and Lounge
Phone: 202-629-4355

Address: 915 E Street NW,
Washington,DC, 20004

Date: 11/14/2009 - 02/25/2010

Children at play in fragrant gardens or at work in lush fields have been a recurring theme in Chinese art over the past two millennia. Objects and paintings dating from the first through the 20th century, complemented by ceramics and ivory carvings, depict children playing in urban and rural settings. Relationships among family members, from infants in mothers` arms to siblings splashing in a tub of water, are explored through various media. Common childhood delights of catching butterflies and skipping rope are juxtaposed with lively images of boys herding oxen and romping in fields, all lovingly depicted in engaging scenes throughout the centuries.


Admission: FREE.
Location: Freer Gallery of Art
Phone: 202.633.1000

Address: Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 707
Washington,DC, 20013

Date: 11/17/2009 - 12/20/2009

As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
directed by Maria Aitken
Sidney Harman Hall

"All the world`s a stage!"
In the Forest of Arden, exiles from a tyrannical kingdom search for freedom. The irrepressible Rosalind, Shakespeare`s most fully realized female character, finds freedom of a different kind as she pursues love in disguise. "As You Like It" is filled with the elements that make Shakespeare`s comedies so much fun: a wise fool, beautiful poetry, a magical land, young lovers and wrestling! Maria Aitken will bring her signature directorial style that made her Tony Award winning production of "The 39 Steps" "the most entertaining show on Broadway." (The New York Post)


Admission: Starting at $23.50
Location: Shakespeare Theatre Company
Sidney Harman Hall
Phone: 202 608-6305

Address: Lansburgh Theatre: 450 7th St. NW, Sidney Harman Hall: 610 F St. NW
Washington,DC, 20004

Date: 11/20/2009 - 01/03/2010

The worldâs longest-running musical is playfully staged amid the thrills and chills of an amusement park in this new production by rising star director Amanda Dehnert.

Admission: Ticket prices vary.
Location: The Lincoln Theatre
Phone: (202) 488-3300

Address: 1215 U St. NW,
Washington,DC,

Date: 11/23/2009 - 01/03/2010

The holiday classic returns home to the newly renovated Fordâs Theatre. Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future as they lead the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey of transformation and redemption.


Location: Fordâs Theatre
Phone: (202) 347-4833

Address: 511 10th St. NW,
Washington,DC,

Date: 11/23/2009 - 01/08/2010

The Cathedral presents its annual international crèche exhibit featuring crèches from around the country and around the world.

Admission: Free
Location: Washington National Cathedral

Address: 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW,
Washington,DC, 20016

Date: 11/24/2009 - 01/10/2010

Mulan struggles to do as sheâs told. But when her war-wounded father is called up to fight the Huns, Mulan knows her true duty is to join the Chinese army in his place.

Admission: Tickets $10-21

Location: Imagination Stage


Phone: (301) 280-1660

Address: 4908 Auburn Avenue,
Bethesda ,MD,

Date: 11/26/2009 - 01/10/2010

The U.S. Botanic Garden`s National Mall and fanciful garden-train exhibits have become a beloved Washington tradition. This year, the exhibit of the National Mall landmarks has added Sasha and Malia`s swing set and the National Museum of the American Indian to the display.

Admission: Free
Location: United States Botanic Gardens

Address: 245 First Street, S.W.,
Washington,DC, 20024