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Panel Discussion - Sustainable Schoolyards to Green Communities: How Greening Your Schoolyard Can Help Create a More Active, Livable, and Environmentally-friendly Community
Friday, July 25, 2008
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: U.S. Botanic Garden
Sustainable schoolyards are emerging as an important educational and recreational component of schools and communities. Come learn how greening your local schoolyard can help create a more active, livable, and green community!
Bus Tour - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy: At Home in Washington
Saturday, July 26, 2008
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Citywide
This tour views some of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's favorite places and details the many examples of how important she considered the idea of home and how she influenced the American home of the 60s - and American society for all time.
Film and Discussion - The Great Dames: English Actresses of the Silver Screen: Iris
Sunday, July 27, 2008
10:00 AM
Location: Avalon Theatre
Whether they’re performing on stage, in a miniseries about a powerful queen, or even playing in a minor role in a Harry Potter movie, they hypnotize us with an amazing combination of technique, instinct, and presence. Today's film: Iris.
Walking Tour - Wake Island: America's First Victory
Monday, July 28, 2008
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Downtown
Join National Park Service rangers to learn about the now forgotten triumph of the tiny American garrison on Wake Island that won the first U.S. victory of World War II.
Columbia Heights
Come and be a witness to change in Columbia Heights, where the charmingly traditional meets the latest in urban planning. Rich in history, Columbia Heights stands today as a dynamically evolving neighborhood dotted with new venues for performing arts and zesty Latin eateries.
Southwest
Located on the Potomac waterfront, historic Southwest is alive with river-view restaurants, a colorful Fish Wharf and plenty of boating activity. Neighborhood landmarks, featuring Washington's earliest row houses and notable Federal-homes, add a touch of Old Southwest to today's unique street layout and housing arrangements, the vision of post-World War II urban planners.
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Washington Photo Safari™
Learn to shoot monuments at night on Friday, July 25! Washington Photo Safari teaches the techniques of travel photography by taking visitors and local residents on photo shoots around the attractions of the nation’s capital and other cities. A professional photographer provides tips on composition, camera use, and more. |
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