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Name: ART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadol
Start: 2019-7-24T10-10-00-00
End: 2019-7-24T22-22-30-00
Location: ARTECHOUSE

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24jul10:00 am10:30 pmART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadolat ARTECHOUSE10:00 am - 10:30 pm ARTECHOUSE

24jul3:00 pm5:00 pmMovies at SAAM: In the Year of the Pig3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Smithsonian American Art Museum

24jul5:30 pm8:00 pmHandi-hour5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Renwick Gallery

24jul6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: Britain Beneath the Frosting6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern

Event Details

Profs and Pints presents: “Britain Beneath the Frosting,” a look at Brexit, baking shows, and other ingredients of a troubled empire, with Sam Wetherell, lecturer on British and World History at the University of York.

Through TV shows, tourist attractions, children’s books, and royal marriages, Britain has done a clever job of rebranding itself and making its history and character more palatable to other nations. For most Americans, references to its past conjure up visions of steam trains and drafty country where deferential servants looked after dim-witted aristocrats. The Great British Baking Show, with its verdant settings, prominent flags, and carefully cultivated niceness, represents the epitome of how today’s Britain has been idealized.

Could it be, though, that almost everything Americans understand about Britain, its history, and its place in the world is wrong? Is a nation what created the world’s most gigantic empire, and spent centuries violently remaking the world in its own image, maintaining a positive reputation through sleight of hand?

With the sunset of its industry and empire, and with its attempted imminent departure from Europe, Britain is a country unsure of what to do with itself. The purpose of its large cities, which sprang up during the industrial revolution, is increasingly unclear. Its economic prospects are uncertain, its place in the world in doubt. It turns to baking as spectator sport to keep its mind of its growing irrelevance. Its own relationship with its history is distorted by nostalgia and amnesia, with its imperialism celebrated, its past racism forgotten.

How did we get here? And what does any of this have to do with biscuits, crumble, and tarts? Hear such questions tackled by Sam Wetherell, the author of a forthcoming book on how Britain’s urban landscape and culture were reimagined throughout the twentieth century. If you find yourself craving dessert, the Bier Baron serves up delicious fried Oreos. (Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself plenty of time to place any orders and get settled into place.)

Time

(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Bier Baron Tavern

1523 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037

Cost

Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with student ID.

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25jul7:00 pm8:00 pmBytes & Beats: Shing02, EyeQ, Substantial, Marcus DSummer Concerts on the Lawn7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Event Details

Washington Performing Arts and The Library of Congress present “Summer Concerts on the Lawn,” Thursday evenings at 7pm from July 11 through August 15.

Enjoy an evening on the North Lawn of the Thomas Jefferson Building (10 First Street SE, adjacent to the Supreme Court and U.S. Capitol Building) with live music and a screening of an iconic film from the Library’s National Film Registry. Bring a friend and a picnic blanket or lawn chair!

Thursday, July 25, 2019 – 7pm
BYTES & BEATS: SHING02 AND FAT JON
Samurai Champloo 15th Anniversary Event

Shing02, EyeQ, Substantial, and Marcus D headline a unique concert celebrating the best of Japanese and African-American traditions, combining Eastern and Western cultures. The lineup pairs some of the most exciting and relevant influencers in the animé-inspired and lo-fi hip-hop universes, with emcees who worked directly with groundbreaking composer/producer Nujabes on the hit television show Samurai Champloo. Show creator Shinichiro Watanabe and key collaborators such as Nujabes and Fat Jon brilliantly merged the worlds of animé and hip-hop fans like never before, earning a worldwide following and providing a springboard for the now-massive lo-fi, chill-hop, and underground hip-hop movements.

Following this performance, enjoy a screening of:
“A League of Their Own” (Columbia Pictures, 1992) 128 min.
Film begins at sundown

Summer Concerts on the Lawn Schedule
July 11 – Brent Birckhead Quartet – Summer Concerts on the Lawn
July 18 – Elena & Los Fulanos – Summer Concerts on the Lawn
July 25 – Bytes & Beats: Shing02, EyeQ, Substantial, Marcus D – Summer Concerts on the Lawn
August 1 – Entaty Music Go-Go Dancing – Summer Concerts on the Lawn
August 8 – KanKouran West African Dance Co. – Summer Concerts on the Lawn
August 15 – Verny Varela Combo Salsa Dancing – Summer Concerts on the Lawn

Free, registration encouraged: https://locsummerbytesandbeats.eventbrite.com

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or [email protected]

The July 18 and August 15 performances are funded in part by a grant from the DC Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs (MOLA).

Co-presented by the Library of Congress and Mars Arts D.C., a partnership of Mars, Incorporated and Washington Performing Arts, with support from Jacqueline Badger Mars.

Time

(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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