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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

PHOTOS: Transformer Auction and Afterparty 2019

BYT at largeOctober 28, 2019

The best art party of the year...

ArtFeaturedPhotos 057 min read

Start Your Art Collection at Transformer’s Auction

BYT at largeOctober 17, 2019

Your apartment is going to look so much cooler...

ArtStuff To Do In DC 03 min read

Best Art Party Of The Year: Transformer’s Annual Silent Auction

BYT at largeSeptember 16, 2019

It's the most wonderful time of the year......

ArtStuff To Do In DC 01 min read

BYT Interviews: Transceiver Radio

Kaylee DuganMay 31, 2019

"The aesthetic of this show is competent DIY."...

ArtInterviewsMusic 026 min read

Your Best May

BYT at largeMay 1, 2019

The following contains 31+ picks to have your best May....

ArtBooksChicagoCute StuffdogsEat & DrinkFeaturedFilm & TVFunny StuffGuidesLGBTQMusicNYCRestaurants & BarsSports(?) & FitnessStaying InStuff To Do In DCTravel 133 min read

Transformer’s Heartbreakers Ball @ The Line Hotel Photos

Jeff MartinFebruary 15, 2019

An excellent last minute gift ...

ArtCute StuffPhotos 04 min read

Get Ready for the Best Valentine’s Day Party in DC

BYT at largeFebruary 11, 2019

Art and music are much better gifts than chocolate and flowers....

Art 07 min read

Your Best February

BYT at largeFebruary 1, 2019

A Robin Bell exhibit and a new Rob Lowe show called "Mental Samurai." February is going to be great! ...

ArtBooksChicagodogsEat & DrinkFeaturedFilm & TVGuidesLGBTQMusicNYCStaying In 022 min read

Transformer Wants to Break Your Heart

Kaylee DuganJanuary 30, 2019

"Send your note and desires / Means of contact P.O. Box 8941"...

Art 01 min read

18 Best Photos of 2018

Kaylee DuganDecember 21, 2018

Our Flickr account is a buffet of amazing photography....

ArtCute StuffEvergreen GuidesFeaturedPhotos 95 min read

PHOTOS: 15TH ANNUAL TRANSFORMER AUCTION GALA (& AFTERPARTY)

Svetlana LegeticNovember 19, 2018

The (art) party we all needed. Long live Transformer!...

ArtFeaturedPhotos 146 min read

Get Ready for the Best Art Party of the Year

Kaylee DuganNovember 8, 2018

Your favorite cozy D.C. art space is gearing up for their 15th annual silent auction....

Art 01 min read

BYT Interviews: Aristeidis Lappas

Kaylee Dugan and Clarissa VillondoNovember 7, 2018

"It's about figuring out what you're saying and what you want to do."...

ArtFeaturedInterviews 010 min read

Preview: Transformer’s 15th Annual Silent Auction

BYT at largeOctober 17, 2018

Get ready for the best art party of the year....

ArtStuff To Do In DC 12 min read

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Transformer

Kaylee DuganFebruary 12, 2018

Get away from the fancy prix fixe dinners and shitty store bought candy....

Art 02 min read

PREVIEW: Transformer Annual Auction – 2017

BYT at largeNovember 15, 2017

The time to start (and continue) building your art collection is now...

Art 04 min read

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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.)