poetry

Name: The Arctic Refuge Experience: Step in. Step up.
Start: 2019-11-8T12-12-00-00
End: 2019-11-11T19-19-00-00
Location: AutoShop

Spoken Words with Split This Rock’s Joseph Green

Diana MetzgerMarch 27, 2018

"Art is one of the best ways of telling a story. It's super important. It is the food for our intellectual discourse."...

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How much do you know about vermouth? ...

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michaelyoungJune 15, 2015

Party while you network (or read "Ulysses")...

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michaelyoungJune 9, 2015

Slam poetry, comic book censorship, and Florence and the Machine...

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Kaylee DuganJune 2, 2015

Thieves, Woggles, and Dreamers....

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connorJune 1, 2015

Free Mynabirds show, free Entourage preview screening, free Vice preview, free other stuff and a little bit of Tom Cruise...

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Haiku The News

byt_old_contentMarch 5, 2015

was it their fault that / your face received their sizzling / fajita blessing?...

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Haiku The News #27: #kingabdulluh #orrinhatch #japanesehostages #kingtut @billgates

byt_old_contentJanuary 23, 2015

if by accident / you break off the pharaoh's beard / please don't use elmers...

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Haiku The News #26: @andylocal @yosemitenps @barackobama @philharmonie @leodicaprio @chipotletweets

byt_old_contentJanuary 15, 2015

we built this city / for politicians to choose / how i google things...

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Haiku The News 25: Satire, Amy Poehler, Kirby Delauter, John Boehner, and Drunkards

byt_old_contentJanuary 8, 2015

thirty-eight million / people in the u.s.a. / are probably drunk...

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2015 Haiku Predictions

byt_old_contentDecember 31, 2014

The future is bright, or at least covered in bio-luminescent algae....

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Haiku The News 24: Tis the Season

byt_old_contentDecember 24, 2014

maybe we humans / are just looking for a chance / to love and be loved...

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Haiku The News 23: Normalization?

byt_old_contentDecember 18, 2014

but nobody is watching...

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Haiku The News 22: #absurdity

byt_old_contentDecember 3, 2014

reaching for the sky...

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Haiku The News 16: Is It Like Tofu?

byt_old_contentOctober 16, 2014

just put it in the freezer and / It tastes more like meat...

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Haiku The News 14: Will it help me find my keys?

byt_old_contentOctober 2, 2014

will it help me find my keys? / cure my hangover?...

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08nov(nov 8)12:00 pm117:00 pmThe Arctic Refuge Experience: Step in. Step up.Presented by The Wilderness Society and the Gwich"in Steering Committee, in conjunction with the Arctic Refuge Defense Coalition.12:00 pm (8) - 7:00 pm (11) AutoShop

11nov10:00 am10:00 pmImmersive Multimedia Exhibition: Lucid Motion by Rhizomatiksat ARTECHOUSE10:00 am - 10:00 pm ARTECHOUSE

11nov11:00 am5:00 pmArty QueersDC's LGBTQ Indoor Art Market11:00 am - 5:00 pm The DC Center

11nov7:00 pmSinéad Harnett7:00 pm U Street Music Hall

12nov10:00 am10:00 pmImmersive Multimedia Exhibition: Lucid Motion by Rhizomatiksat ARTECHOUSE10:00 am - 10:00 pm ARTECHOUSE

12nov6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: CSI—Then and Now6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Church Hall

Event Details

Profs and Pints presents: “CSI—Then and Now,” with Dr. Victor Weedn, forensic pathologist, attorney, and professor in the George Washington University Department of Forensic Sciences.

Murder has been a crime throughout history and in all civilizations, and where there’s a crime, there’s a need to investigate the scene. Come let Victor Weedn, a leading expert on forensic science, walk you through the fascinating history of that field and teach you about its basic methods, current controversies, and future.

You’ll learn about the development of forensic medicine, of forensic toxicology, and the first crime labs. You’ll come to know the key figures who helped professionalize the field, and how the field has been changed by fingerprint examination, chemistry instrumentation, DNA instrumentation, computerized databases, and the attention drawn to it by the wildly popular CSI crime-show franchise.

Then you’ll get brought up to speed on the key controversies and debates in the field today, dealing with forensic fraud, hair analysis errors, bite-mark analysis, and misleading statements by forensic expert witnesses. Although there is much that the field is doing right, it continues to evolve, improve, and become more powerful, giving plenty of cause to end the talk on a hopeful note.

Dr. Weedn has a fascinating background that leaves him distinctly suited to deliver such a talk. He has worked as a medical examiner, crime laboratory director, and academic. He founded the military’s DNA identification program and oversaw the Armed Forces Identification Laboratory which identified Czar Nicholas II of Russia, the Branch Davidian victims, and later Michael Blassie, the Vietnam unknown in the National Cemetery in Arlington. He also has worked on mass graves in Iraq to develop evidence against Saddam Hussein, has been a leading advocate of the need for forensic science reform, and is deeply involved in the federal response to the current opioid crisis. Whether you’re a crime-show buff or just interested in the sciences or our own mortality, you’ll be glad to be alive to hear his presentation. (Advance tickets: $12. Doors: $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself time to place any orders and get seated and settled in.)