Events This Week

Juan Pablo Horcasitas

Piano Concert
Playing works by Gluck, Sgambati,
Beethoven, Zyman, Prokofiev, Gershwin and
Wild

Friday, January 28, 6:30 p.m.

Mexican Cultural Institute
2829 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

Blocks from Columbia Metro Station Street

parking available after 6:30 pm

Admission is free and open to the public.

RSVP to cdiaz@instituteofmexicodc.org

Mexican pianist Juan Pablo Horcasitas played

his debut recital at the age of 9 in Mexico
City´s Sala Chopin. Since then, he has
astounded listeners with a superb stylistic
tone and an extensive repertoire that spans
Baroque to Contemporary Latin-American
music.

He has played in major international venues

including Carnegie Hall and the Steinway Hall
in New York City, the Palacio de Bellas Artes
in Mexico City, the Mexican Fine Arts
Museum Center in Chicago and the Banesco
Auditorium in Caracas, and has performed in
 festivals including the Suolahti International
Music Festival in Finland.

Join us for a delightful evening of piano music at

the Mexican Cultural Institute.

"Because When God is Too Busy: Haiti, Me, and the World"

Friday, January 28, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

George Washington University

Lindner Family Commons

Room 602

1957 E Street NW

RSVP: http://bit.ly/fjlJP7

Gina Athena Ulysse, Associate Professor of African-American Studies, Anthropology and Feminist Gender and Sexuality
Studies, Wesleyan University

How did Haiti - the enfant terrible of the Americas - become the bête noire of the region? This dramatic monologue
considers the ways the past occupies the present. Professor Ulysse weaves history, personal narrative, theory and
statistics in spoken word with Vodou chants to reflect and deconstruct childhood memories, social (in)justice, spirituality,
and the incessant dehumanization of Haitians. She also offers critical musings on geopolitics along with dispatches from
individuals in post-quake Haiti.

Sponsored by the Institute for Global and International Studies and the Culture in Global Affairs Program

SUSAN CALLOWAY FINE ARTS

Matthew Langley
Atmospheres and Imaginary Soundtracks

Opening Reception
Friday, January 28, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Susan Calloway Fine Arts

1643 Wisconsin Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20007

(202) 965-4601
 Perfect Afternoon

oil on canvas, 50 x 50

Matthew Langley was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1963 and studied art at Virginia
Commonwealth University and The Corcoran School of Art. While earning his BFA at the
Corcoran, he worked closely with Gene Davis, Robert Stackhouse, and other members of the
Washington Color School.

Langley's gridded paintings focus on the intricate processes of applying and removing paint to
and from his canvases. Beginning with a gessoed canvas, he builds several layers of oil paint
mixed with a wax-based medium, adding paint with a brush and then selectively taking it away
with a palette knife. The layers of texture and color in these paintings demonstrate Langley's
mastery as a colorist and reveal a higher sense of order and harmony. Combining poetic titles
and nonlinear visual narratives, with each work Langley creates a contemplative space that
encourages the viewer to observe, consider, and reflect.

Now based in Brooklyn, New York, Langley's work continues to garner local and national
attention, recently appearing in publications including Art in America, The Washington Post, The
Washington City Paper, Elan Magazine, DCist, and The Bowie Star. He is also part of major national
collections including: Ernst and Young, DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities,
MacAndrews & Forbes, and The Doris Patz Collection (University of Maryland).

Susan Calloway Fine Arts specializes in contemporary art by local, regional, and international artists,
antique American and European oil paintings, and a carefully chosen selection of 17th-19th century
prints. The gallery also specializes in conservation framing using archival-quality materials and
techniques, and in traditional French mat decoration. The gallery provides extensive art consulting
services for business and residential clients and collaborates with architecture and design trades.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10-5, Sunday and Monday by appointment
 Peaceful Demonstration in Solidarity with our family in Egypt!

Saturday, January 29, 1:00-4:00 p.m.

The Egyptian Embassy

3521 International Court NW

Another Demo on Saturday, the 29th at 1:00 pm at the Egyptian Embassy--and march to the White House.

Be sure to bring your signs and flags! Let's all stand together as EGYPTIANS with a united voice!

Let's show solidarity with our brothers and sisters who are so brave to let their voices be heard! Let
freedom ring!
...
More details to come...SPREAD THE WORD please!

Also...Please bring your cameras with you and take pictures to post on this page! We want to show Egypt and the
world that we are united and won't rest until Egyptians are allowed their rights!

Egyptians are uniting all over the world, see below--let everyone know everywhere to participate:

AUSTRIA:
- VIENNA: 28th january ("Stock-am-Eisen-Platz" nähe Stephansplatz 15:30-18:30)

UK:
- LONDON: 28th january, 29th january (embassy)
.........
BELGIUM:
- BRUSSELS: 29th january (embassy)

GERMANY:
- FRANKFURT: 28th January (consulate)
- BERLIN: 28th january (15:00 - 18:00 Sigismundstraße Ecke Stauffenbergstraße), 29th january (embassy)
- MÜNCHEN: 29th January (Marienplatz)

SWITZERLAND:
- GENEVA: 28th january (UN - human rights building 12:00-14:00)

FRANCE:
- PARIS: 29th january (embassy)

SPAIN:
- MADRID: 26th january (Atocha 19:00h)
- BARCELONA, 26th january (17:30 Jardinets de Gràcia)

ITALY:
- ROME: 31 january (embassy)

DENMARK:
- COPENHAGEN: 29th january (embassy)

USA:
- LOS ANGELES: 29th january (Egyptian Consulate at 4929 WILSHIRE BLVD)
- SAN FRANSISCO: 26th january (Market St & Montgomery St)
- NEW YORK: 29th january (at the UN)
- Washington DC: January 29th (1:00 pm at the Egyptian Embassy, then march to the White House)
 AUSTRALIA:
- SYDNEY: (Sydney Town Hall 483 George Street 12:00-15:00)

"BIOMORPHIC" The Solo Show of Gigi Bio

Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Art Whino Gallery

Venue Address:

122 Waterfront St.

National Harbor, MD 20745

United States

Phone: 301-567-8210

See map: Google Maps

www.artwhino.com

The word "Biomorphic" is a term commonly referred as organic, abstract shapes derived from biology or
living organisms. The word, "bio", means life; and "morphic", meaning transformation. In an art sense, it
is a focus on the power of natural life and use of organic shapes & line work. As a person and artist, it was
only natural for me to be inspired by life, with great emphasis on transition. Living in New York, I see life
in an urban state of mind capturing the world in 360 degree hyper views. Everyday, I am surrounded by
culture, bustling streets, speeding traffic to buildings being torn & built back up in an instant.

My view of the world is a product of the past colliding with the present. I aim to expose the emotional
side of the city streets pushing the final image to abstraction & constructing a new view of the world.
Each piece represents a world full of ambition, energy and movement. I aim to recreate the world
through multiple perspectives captured in various time frames. My artwork is greatly inspired by the
world, but hidden between the layers is a narrative of life. My art is a prism of life, beauty and
transformation.

I expose the beautiful complexities of being human.

Life is Art.
Show end date: February 16th
About the Artist

Gigi Bio was born on July 9, 1978 in Oakland, California. Ever since childhood, she was an creative being
with aspirations for art, photography & design. In 2000, she graduated with an AA in Fine Art & Fashion
Design from Florida Community College at Jacksonville. In 2003, Gigi graduated with a BFA in Fashion
Design at Savannah College of Art & Design. She is a creative designer who specializes in fashion
illustration, women's wear, accessory and embroidery design. In addition to her fashion career, she is an
artist specializing in digital photo collages mainly inspired by the city streets, architecture, graffiti and life.
Currently, she is a freelance fashion designer, art & fashion director and visual artist.

Her work was featured in exhibits and publications for "Street or Studio - The History of Urban
Photography" at Tate Modern in London, UK and "Click - The Changing Faces of Brooklyn" at
Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, NY. In 2010, her work was published in Slice Magazine Spring /
Summer 2010 Issue 6: Metropolis. Most recently, she had her first solo show presented by White
Train called "Utopia" at DIS Micro Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. She is affiliated with Galerie Geraldine
Zberro in Paris, France, Art Whino Gallery in Washington DC and White Train in NYC.

She lives, breathes & creates in Brooklyn, New York.

http://gigibio.com/home.html
 "BIOMORPHIC"
The Solo Show of Gigi Bio
Opening Reception
Saturday, January 29, 7:00-11:00 p.m.

Art Whino Gallery

122 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745
Free and open to the public

The word "Biomorphic" is a term commonly referred as organic, abstract shapes derived from
biology or living organisms. The word, "bio", means life; and "morphic", meaning transformation.
In an art sense, it is a focus on the power of natural life and use of organic shapes & line work. As
a person and artist, it was only natural for me to be inspired by life, with great emphasis on
transition. Living in New York, I see life in an urban state of mind capturing the world in 360
degree hyper views. Everyday, I am surrounded by culture, bustling streets, speeding traffic to
buildings being torn & built back up in an instant.

My view of the world is a product of the past colliding with the present. I aim to expose the
emotional side of the city streets pushing the final image to abstraction & constructing a new view
of the world. Each piece represents a world full of ambition, energy and movement. I aim to
recreate the world through multiple perspectives captured in various time frames. My artwork is
greatly inspired by the world, but hidden between the layers is a narrative of life. My art is a prism
of life, beauty and transformation.

I expose the beautiful complexities of being human.

Life is Art.

Show end date: February 16

About the Artist

Gigi Bio was born on July 9, 1978 in Oakland, California. Ever since childhood, she was an creative
being with aspirations for art, photography & design. In 2000, she graduated with an AA in Fine Art
& Fashion Design from Florida Community College at Jacksonville. In 2003, Gigi graduated with a
BFA in Fashion Design at Savannah College of Art & Design. She is a creative designer who
specializes in fashion illustration, women's wear, accessory and embroidery design. In addition to
her fashion career, she is an artist specializing in digital photo collages mainly inspired by the city
streets, architecture, graffiti and life. Currently, she is a freelance fashion designer, art & fashion
director and visual artist.

Her work was featured in exhibits and publications for "Street or Studio - The History of Urban
Photography" at Tate Modern in London, UK and "Click - The Changing Faces of Brooklyn" at
Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, NY. In 2010, her work was published in Slice Magazine Spring /
Summer 2010 Issue 6: Metropolis. Most recently, she had her first solo show presented by White
Train called "Utopia" at DIS Micro Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. She is affiliated with Galerie Geraldine
Zberro in Paris, France, Art Whino Gallery in Washington DC and White Train in NYC.

She lives, breathes & creates in Brooklyn, New York.

 French wines from winemakers we know.
1828 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 506-4215

Mon-Thu 4-9pm | Fri 2-10pm | Sat noon-10pm

Saturday Tasting: Single Varietals

FREE

Saturday January 29, 3:00-6:00 p.m.

On Saturday we'll be pouring 5 red wines from the Alsace, the Loire Valley, the
Languedoc, and Chianti - each made from a single type of grape:

Pinot Noir: MURE (Alsace)

Gamay: MARIONNET (Loire)

Grenache: FOULAQUIER (Languedoc)

 Syrah: CONSOLATION (Languedoc)

Sangiovese: POGGERINO (Chianti)

_______________

Starting February 1st

valentine's day sale

galateo
COUME DEL MAS | $27 | Red dessert wine from Banyuls.

chataignier
ALBERT SOUNIT | $19 | A sparkling rosé from Burgundy.

garnacho
DOMAINE DE CABASSE | $21 | A rich, red blend from the Rhône.

10% OFF
when you buy two or more

Rag and Bone Designs rickey cocktail reception

Saturday, January 29, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Lost Boys
1033 31st Street NW
Lost Boys will host an event featuring exclusive designs from Rag and Bone and the
classic highball cocktail The Rickey. One-of-a-kind Rag and Bone dress shirts
and suit jackets, handmade by Brooklyn-based tailor Duke Gambert will
be available in limited quantities. Celebrate the arrival of these GQ-
coveted pieces, see what all the buzz is about, and grab an old fashioned
Rickey to toast these expertly tailored fits.

The Corner Store

 Connecting Neighbors Through The Arts

Gallery Opening

"Binding Threads"
Saturday January 29, 5:00-
8:00 p.m.

The Corner Store

900 South Carolina Avenue

SE Washington DC
20003(202) 544-5807

7 African American artists find common

ground through painting, metal, and
light. Thomas Allen, Photographer;
Gwendolyn Aqui-Brooks, Mixed Media
Folk Artist; Helen Elliott, Enamel Artist;
Sandy Gobar, Painter; Nicole Glaude,
Painter; Lewis Green, Painter and
Charles Sessions, Photographer.

View by appointment through Monday

February 21st

Gallery Event
Yoko K.: Open Electronic Music Laboratory

Saturday, January 29, 6:00 p.m.

Irvine Contemporary

1412 14th Street NW

Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 332-8767

Electronic musician, Yoko K. will present an open laboratory performance of her new work spir at Irvine
Contemporary on January 29. The performance combines sensory rewiring listening experiments and direct
audience participation.

In her last gallery appearance for accompanying the live painting with Alexa Meade, Yoko K set up an
electronic music input device designed for the audience members to play. With her new experimental piece,
spir, she will continue to explore the interactive relationship between the performer and the audience. You
are cordially invited to attend the live performance and participate in creating the musical environment.

Program:

6:00pm seating
6:15pm sensory rewire experiment 1
6:25pm live performance spir
6:30pm Q&A / discussion
6:50pm sensory rewire experiment 2
7:00pm program concludes

Yoko K, performing in New York, October, 2010.

Photo: Irvine.

About the artist

Yoko K is an electronic music composer and performer based in Washington, DC. Born in Japan, she began
classical piano at the age of 3, and also learned saxophone and clarinet and began vocal training for jazz in
high school. After following the music innovations in underground club culture, she began working with
electronic composition and digital production, both as a solo performer and with her ensemble, Aphrodizia.
Most significantly, she is one of the few contemporary female musicians who not only composes her own
music, but has also learned all the software tools to compose, mix, produce, and engineer her own recordings
and performances. She recently gave a presentation on the hybrid form of music that she terms "Organic
Electronica" at TEDxPotomac (May 2010) (video link). Yoko K has recently finished the compositions for a new
album which will soon be released (musician's info).
 Intersection, 2010, painted wood sculpture, 66 x 38 x 6 inches

DICKSON CARROLL
NEW WORK
January 29 - March 5, 2011

Please join us for an opening reception

Saturday, January 29, 5:00-7:00 p.m

Addison/Ripley Fine Art

1670 Wisconsin Avenue NW

 Washington, DC 20007

There is no one who makes more distinctive three dimensional forms than Dickson Carroll. Addison/Ripley
is pleased and proud to have represented this visionary artist for more than two decades. This new exhibition,
which celebrates form, color and function in all the overlapping complexity of carved and manipulated wood and
in the readily identifiable palette which is solely Carroll's, is as pleasing to look at as it is accomplished in its
execution.

This exhibit, featuring a series of abstract wall pieces, incorporating mirrors, brings together the architect
and artist, the craftsman and dreamer. These bright fantasies are concrete, engaging and provide food for
thought. Carroll, in whichever scale he works, provides us, the viewers, with a Through the Looking Glass
glimpse at the possibilities of his world.

Marine, 2008, painted wood sculpture, 12 x 15 x 5 inches

First Sample Day of 2011
Sample day is back after a holiday hiatus. You know the routine by now- simply
show up for a fine selection of chocolate and a superb selection of Spanish
wines, courtesy of Tradewinds Specialty Imports. Come check out their
recommendations for Valentine's Day.

Saturday, January 29, 3:00-6:00 p.m.

Biagio Chocolate
1904 18th Street NW
Washington,DC 20009
(202) 328-1506
Complimentary - no RSVP needed

What is Sample Day? It is a monthly event that has been wildly successful with our customers. We will have
over a dozen varieties of some of the world's best chocolate available for tasting throughout the afternoon.
Sample day is held in Studio B, the tasting room/gallery behind Biagio Fine Chocolate.

Currently on display in Studio B - Photographs by Preston Z. Adams

January 19 - February 6, 2011

The Kennedy Legacy

Saturday, January 29, 2:00 p.m.

Atrium
 Kennedy Center

Believe the Kennedy legacy is timeless? Sit in on a panel of journalists and policy makers to discuss the enduring
impact of President Kennedy's office. Also, view a screening of the film "John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightening, Day
of Drums."

Dockside Open House

Sunday, January 30, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Southwest Waterfront
6th & Water Streets SW
(three blocks from Waterfront Metro Green line station)
Call (866) 302-2469 or reserve online.

Cost: Free, RSVP is required by January 20

Entertainment Cruises is hosting a complimentary dockside open house to showcase their wedding options
available on the Spirit of Washington, the Odyssey, or the Capital Elite. The event will give couples the opportunity
to tour the three vessels and meet with Entertainment Cruises’ preferred vendors and Wedding Specialists. Guests
will be able to sample cuisine from the Odyssey and the Capital Elite while enjoying complimentary champagne
and entertainment.

69th SEASON OF CONCERTS

Victor Goldberg, pianist

Sunday, January 30, 6:30 p.m.

National Gallery of Art
4th Street & Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565
Music by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Scriabin

For the convenience of concertgoers, the Garden Cafe remains open

until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Concerts at the National Gallery of Art are
free and open to the public on a first-come, first-seated basis.

For evening performances held in the West Building, seating begins at

6:00 p.m. and concerts start promptly at 6:30 p.m. The entrance to the
West Building at Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW remains open
until 6:30 p.m.
 Designers, Vendors & Artist Sale

Event Date:
Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 5:30pm - 8:00pm

THEARC Theatre

Venue Address:

1901 Mississippi Ave SE

Washington, DC 20020

United States

See map: Google Maps

Emore'J Couture is hosting a Designers, Vendors & Artist Sale. This Expo will provide reasonably low
prices of various fashions of Clothing, Jewelry, Custom Made Jewelry, Artwork (Paintings), Etc. Its
Very Simple.. You Love It.. You Buy It!
...
!!!SUPER LOW PRICES!!!!

Date Of Event: Jan 30, 2011 Sunday

Time Of Event: 5:30pm-8pm

Location Of Event: Thearc Theater

1901 Mississippi Ave, S.E
Washington, D.C 20020

*Vintage Dresses, Vintage Accessories & Bedazzled Jewelry

*Mens Apparel Sizes (XL, XXL )
* Winter Coats, Jeans, Hats & Shoes Starting At $5.00 & Up

*EVERYTHING MUST GO, COME OUT & SUPPORT THE VENDORS*

Cash For Everything.. Reasonable Prices.. Everything Must Go. Holiday Sale.

This always had a reception afterwards in the past, but no mention this year....

"The Communist War Against the Catholic Church: New Evidence from the Past, Lessons for the
Future"
The Tenth Annual William E. Simon Lecture

Monday, January 31, 2011 6:30-9:00 p.m.

The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

In the course of writing the second and final volume of his magisterial biography of Pope John Paul II, EPPC
Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel had unprecedented access to many Soviet-era documents that
helped him chronicle John Paul's struggle against the dark forces of communism.
In his tenth annual William E. Simon Lecture, using this research as a departure point, Mr. Weigel will reflect
on a dramatic -- and too little understood -- chapter in 20th century history: the decades-long war waged by the
KGB, the Polish secret police, and the East German Stasi against the Church and the Vatican itself.

More than just a Cold War retrospective, Mr. Weigel's lecture gleans lessons from the past in order to bring
clarity to a new century with new challenges in which there is no less at stake.

This event is open only to registered guests. If you would like more information about the lecture, or to
request to be added to the registration list, please contact Mr. Stephen White at swhite@eppc.org or by
phone at (202) 715-3512.

In Observance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

"A Pause in the Holocaust" & "The Tree of Life"

Monday, January 31, 6:30 p.m.
Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
RSVP: http://www.iicwashington.esteri.it/IIC_Washington/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=298

A PAUSE IN THE HOLOCAUST

France/Italy, 2010, video, documentary
52 minutes
English, French and Italian with English subtitles
Director: André Waksman

In the summer of 1943, thousands of Jewish refugees in Italian-occupied southern France enjoyed a rare respite from
persecution.

Their unusual protector, the occupying Italian Army, temporarily shielded local and foreign Jews despite pressure from the
Germans and the French Vichy administration. In the Alpine village of Saint Martin Vesubie, life was briefly renewed as
Jews went to synagogues, schools and cafes, and Yiddish was heard as often as French.

With the invasion of Nazi troops in September, the lull was broken as Jews fled with the retreating Italian Army over the
mountains to find shelter. Waksman, whose family survived the Holocaust in southern France, lovingly reconstructs this
little-known and fascinating piece of history.

THE TREE OF LIFE

USA, 2008, video, documentary
76 minutes
English and Italian with English subtitles
Director: Hava Volterra

A woman from Los Angeles tries to come to terms with her father's death by
traveling to Italy, the land of his birth, to trace the roots of his family tree.

With the help of her feisty 82 year old aunt, her father’s sister, she travels
relentlessly from city to city, digging through ancient manuscripts and
interviewing a wide range of quirky scholars, to piece together the fascinating
story of her Italian Jewish ancestors.

As the woman continues her journey, her aunt begins to come to terms with her own past, and plans a journey to find and
thank the family who hid her and the woman's father during WWII.
 "What Policymakers, The Public, The Press, and Parents Need to Know about Economics... in 90 Minutes or
Less"

Tuesday, February 1, 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Lunch will be provided at 11:45 a.m. The forum begins promptly at noon.

Urban Institute
2100 M Street NW

5th Floor

http://www.urban.org/events/FirstTuesdays/rsvp.cfm

Panelists:

Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor, The Economist; author, The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the
Real World
Donald Marron, director, Tax Policy Center; former member, White House Council of Economic Advisers; editor, 30-
Second Economics: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Economic Theories, Each Explained in Half a Minute
Robert Reischauer, president, Urban Institute; former director, Congressional Budget Office (moderator)
Diane Lim Rogers, chief economist, Concord Coalition; former chief economist, House Budget Committee; blogger,
EconomistMom.com
Eugene Steuerle, Institute fellow, Urban Institute; former deputy assistant secretary of the treasury for tax analysis;
author, Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy

Everybody has something to say about economics - and a lot of it is outdated, out of bounds, even outrageous.

To help those making economic decisions - all of us, really - five outstanding scholars and scribes will distill the essence
of their field in less time than it takes to watch Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. They’ll cover what you need to know now
-- from the theories that explain economic fundamentals to the taxes that fuel government programs, from the hum and
hiccups of the American economic engine to the bottom line on how government uses your dollars.

"Latin America's Changing Political Landscape"

featuring

Michael Shifter, Javier Corrales, Christopher Sabatini, and Miriam Kornblith

Moderated by

Diego Abente-Brun

Wednesday, February 2, 12:00-2:00 p.m.

lunch served from 12:00-12:15 p.m.

National Endowment for Democracy

1025 F Street NW

Suite 800

Washington, DC 20004
RSVP: forum@ned.org

Based on a cluster of articles that appeared in the January 2011 Journal of Democracy, this event will feature
presentations by the authors of two pieces in the cluster: “Latin America: A Surge to the Center,” by Michael Shifter, and
“A Setback for Chavez,” by Javier Corrales. The first piece will serve as the basis for an exploration of the new political
trends in the region and the consequences for inter-American relations. The second will offer an opportunity to revisit
debate about authoritarianism and democracy in Venezuela. Miriam Kornblith and Chris Sabatini will offer comments.

Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 6:30 PM

The IDB Cultural Center

presents the DC debut
of the young Costa Rican pianist

Pablo Esquivel
Thursday, January 27, 6:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public. Inter-American Development Bank

Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center Auditorium

1330 New York Avenue NW

(202) 623-3558

One block from Metro Center, 13 th Street exit. Photo ID required. Attire is business casual.

Young people 8 years and older are welcome. Seating is unreserved general admission, 350 seats.

Program: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, The Little Shepherd and Golliwogg´s Cakewalk by Claude Debussy;
Nocturne #20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth. and Waltz #10, Op. 69 posth.by Frédéric Chopin; Sonata #5, Op.
10, Movements I-III by Ludwig van Beethoven, and La pena negra by Costa Rican composer Benjamin
Gutiérrez.

Pianist Pablo Esquivel was born in Costa Rica in 1999, and began his musical studies at age 7 in San José at
the Instituto Superior de Artes where he won a “New Genius” award in 2008. In 2009 he won Second Prize at
the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, resulting in a concert at New York´s Kosciusko
Center. In February 2010 he was named a winner at the American Protégé Competition and performed at Weill
Recital Hall. In San José he has performed at the National Theater, and the Salon Dorado of the Museum of
Costa Rican Art, and was invited by former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to give a recital and share his
talent at TED. In May last year he received an award from the Costa Rican Institute of Hispanic Culture, and in
September he was admitted to the highly competitive Pre-College Program at the Juilliard School in New York
City, where he studies with Victoria Mushkatkol.
 This event is presented in honor of Costa Rica, a member nation of the IDB, and in alignment with the IDB’s
work in youth development and culture. There are 200 million people under the age of 30 in Latin America and
the Caribbean, and the IDB is making great effort to provide them a better future.

Artists from around the world...

Artist Opening Reception

Thursday, February 3, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Poppy

3235 P Street NW
Adriana Radulescu

Meet three amazingly talented artists. Adriana

Radulescu, a Romanian born creator of sculpture,
small and large. Irene Weinz, originated from
Colombia and has traveled the world as we know it and
the world we don't know. Vasiliki Pavli, a Greek artist,
explores movement from the blue sea, river water so
white, and dark volcanic rock.
Irene Weinz

Artists' Bios:
Born in Bucharest, Romania, Adriana Radulescu has spent her years
studying and practicing architecture. However, she has now turned her
attention to jewelry design. "Many architects are compelled to create jewelry
as in both crafts the transformation of materials is exciting and beautiful. I find
in creating a piece of jewelry the perfect symbiosis of mind, brain, eye and
hand. My jewelry reflects curiosity and amazement for natural shapes and
materials, and the love for creating complex connections."

Vasiliki Pavli
Irene Weinz, born in Bogota, Colombia, lived in the Caribbean, Africa, the
Middle East and Papua New Guinea, and spent most of her life along coastal
areas where she taught scuba diving. "Sketching and taking photographs
created a habit of meticulous observation of the ocean, people and places.
Long beach walks, and collecting art and every day objects wherever I go
has developed a love for forms, and patinas that only hands and time can
master."

Vasiliki Pavli, originated from Athens, Greece. "I spent my childhood in

Methana a volcanic peninsula. From my grandfather and my parents, I
learned how to care for plants, flowers and appreciate Nature in my daily life.
At the University of Athens, I studied Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology"
"Bringing Human Rights Home: The Application of the European Convention in Russian Courts"
Featuring

Dr. Anton Burkov, Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow

With comments by

Dr. William Pomeranz, Deputy Director, Kennan Institute Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Thursday, February 3, 12:00–2:00 p.m.

Lunch served 12:00–12:30 p.m.

National Endowment for Democracy

1025 F Street NW

Suite 800

Washington, DC 20004

RSVP: fellowsrsvp@ned.org

The recent conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky underscores serious weaknesses in Russia’s rule of law, a problem
President Dmitry Medvedev has characterized as “legal nihilism” and put at the forefront of the public agenda upon
coming to power in 2008. Despite this discouraging development, there are indications that limited progress is being
made within the Russian Federation’s vast legal system. These include ratification of the European Convention for the
Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and participation in the European Court of Human Rights.
Though Russian courts still do not consistently and competently apply the Convention in their judgments, Russian
lawyers, particularly staff attorneys at NGOs, have begun successfully using the Convention when advocating for their
clients—in doing so, they seek to bring human rights home and to transform the Russian legal system. What are the key
obstacles to legal protection of human rights in Russia and how might the Convention be used as a force for the rule of
law? What can be done to strengthen the efforts of lawyers and NGOs working to bring human rights home? Russian
lawyer Dr. Anton Burkov, who has brought numerous cases before Russian courts based on the Convention and
European court case law, will explore these questions and discuss the future of human rights-oriented law in Russia. Dr.
William Pomeranz will provide comments.

Biographies

Dr. Anton Burkov is a lawyer based in Yekaterinburg, Russia. An advocate of human rights, he has litigated cases in
Russian courts, including the Supreme and Constitutional courts, and currently serves as a legal representative in a
number of cases before the European Court of Human Rights. In 2001, he received the highest legal prize in Russia, the
FEMIDA Award, “for contributions toward the creation of a democratic society and the development of state legal
institutions.” An expert on the Russian legal system, he has authored numerous publications, including Convention for the
Protection of Human Rights in Russian Courts (2010). He is a graduate of the University of Essex, where he was a
Chevening Scholar, and the University of Cambridge, where he was a TNK-BP Kapitza Scholar. During his fellowship, Dr.
Burkov is investigating the principles that the European Convention can contribute to Russian legislation and legal
practice.

Dr. William E. Pomeranz is the deputy director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars.
 Here Be Dragons

Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future

Maps in the old days often included depictions of sea dragons or lions to
connote unknown or dangerous terrain. Unfortunately, when it comes to a
future that will be altered in unimaginable ways by emerging technologies,
society and government cannot simply lay down a "Here Be Dragons"
marker with a fanciful illustration to signal that most of us have no clue.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

How does a democratic society both nurture and regulate -- and find the Friday, February 4, 2011
right balance between those two imperatives -- fast-evolving technologies
9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
poised to radically alter life?

Google DC
1101 New York Avenue NW
Synthetic biology, with its potential to engineer and manipulate living Washington, DC 20005
organisms, and the Internet, which continues to alter how we live and
relate to each other, offer two compelling cases in point.

Future Tense is convening at Google DC a number of leading scientists,

Internet thinkers, governance experts and science fiction writers to
grapple with the challenge of governing an unchartered future.

Agenda: Thursday, February 3

8:30 am - Registration and Breakfast

9:00 am - Welcome
Andrés Martinez
Co-Director, Future Tense Initiative
Director, Schwartz Fellows Program, New America Foundation

9:05 am - Synthetic Biology 101: Can't we make the Dragons?

Andrew Hessel
Co-Chair, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Singularity University
Founding Director, Pink Army Cooperative

9:35 am - The Promise and Perils of Synthetic Biology Today

George Church
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Computational Genetics

Dan Sarewitz
Associate Director, Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University
Co-Director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes

Robert Sawyer
Author, Flashforward, Mindscan, and Factoring Humanity

Moderator
Robert Wright
Future Tense Fellow, New America Foundation
Author, Nonzero, The Moral Animal, and The Evolution of God

10:50 am - Groping for the Online Master Switch: The Elusive Quest to Govern the Internet
Bruce Gottlieb
General Counsel, Atlantic Media Company
Former Chief Counsel to the Chairman, FCC
11:20 am - Connecting the Genes and the Bytes
Bruce Gottlieb
General Counsel, Atlantic Media Company
Former Chief Counsel to the Chairman, FCC

Andrew Hessel
Co-Chair, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Singularity University
Founding Director, Pink Army Cooperative

Moderator
Jacob Weisberg
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Slate Group

12:00 pm - Break

12:15 pm - Lunch: Can Technology Policy be Democratic?

George Church
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Computational Genetics

Michael Crow
President, Arizona State University

Neal Stephenson
Author, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac

Moderator
Jacob Weisberg
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Slate Group

1:30 pm - Bio, the Hollywood Treatment

Brian Malow
Science Comedian
Video Correspondent, Time.com

Robert Sawyer
Author, Flashforward, Mindscan, and Factoring Humanity

2:00 pm - Can Washington Keep Up With the Next Big Thing?

Larry Downes
Fellow, Center for Internet & Society, Stanford Law School
Author, The Laws of Disruption: Harnessing the New Forces that Govern Business and Life in the Digital Age

Gary Marchant
Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies, Law and Ethics, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State
University
Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability

Jim Thomas
Research Program Manager and Writer, ETC Group

Moderator
Brink Lindsey
Senior Scholar in Research and Policy, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

3:15 pm - Coffee Break

3:30 pm - The Curious Case of Wikileaks

Don E. Kash
Professor Emeritus, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

Rebecca MacKinnon
Senior Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation
Co-Founder, Global Voices Online

Bruce Sterling
Author, Schismatrix, Distraction, and The Caryatids
Professor, Internet Studies and Science Fiction, European Graduate School

Moderator
Robert Wright
Future Tense Fellow, New America Foundation
Author, Nonzero, The Moral Animal, and The Evolution of God
4:45 pm - Brian Malow's Footnotes

5:00 pm - Adjourn for the Day

Agenda: Friday, February 4th

9:00 am - Stranger than Fiction: Technology's Challenge for Storytellers

Sascha Meinrath
Director, Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation

Neal Stephenson
Author, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac

10:00 am - The Dragons Online: The Internet's Coming Surprises

Alan Davidson
Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, Google

Tim Wu
Future Tense Fellow, New America Foundation
Professor, Columbia Law School
Author, The Master Switch: the Rise and Fall of Information Empires

Moderator
Andrés Martinez
Co-Director, Future Tense Initiative
Director, Schwartz Fellows Program, New America Foundation

11:00 am - Will Synthetic Biology End Human History?

Drew Endy
Synthetic Biologist, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University

Francis Fukuyama
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Moderator
Michael Specter
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Author, Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

12:15 pm - Break

12:30 pm - Lunch: Public Beneficence in the Pursuit of Science

Steve Coll
President, New America Foundation

Amy Gutmann
President, University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

1:30 pm - Adjourn

To RSVP for the event, click on the red button or go to the event page:
http://www.newamerica.net/events/2011/here_be_dragons

For questions, contact Stephanie Gunter at (202) 596-3367 or gunter@newamerica.net.

Future Tense is a partnership of Arizona State University, the New America Foundation and Slate magazine.

"An Evening with Karel Hasler"

a special event featuring a performance of Karel Hasler’s songs, a documentary movie about his life: The
Immortal Balladeer of Prague, and a discussion with his son, Thomas Hasler

February 3, 7:00 p.m.

Embassy of the Czech Republic

3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW

Washington, DC 20008

Wine and light refreshments will be served after the screening.

RSVP: czech_events@yahoo.com by February 2, 2011

The embassy is presenting this event in cooperation with the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, Washington,
DC Chapter.

The event is part of the project Democracy and Human Rights: Lessons from the Past for the Current Czech Foreign
Policy, organized by the Embassy of the Czech Republic from January through June 2011

About the film The Immortal Balladeer of Prague

This 62-minute documentary captures the search of the Czech-American journalist, Thomas Hasler from Baltimore, for his
famous father Karel Hasler, the legend of Czech music, theatre and cinema. In 2006, Thomas visits the Czech Republic to
trace the life of the father he never met.

Story and production: Thomas Hasler, Josef Lustig, Arnost Lustig, Marek Jicha

Directors: Josef Lustig and Marek Jicha

About Karel Hasler

Karel Hasler was an artist of the highest order. For over ten years, he was a member of Prague’s National Theatre. He
also managed the Havel family-owned Lucerna Cabaret, wrote plays, operettas and acted in vaudevilles and a variety of
shows. His seditious songs incited the Czechs to rebel against Austria-Hungary’s imperial rule, and, after the birth of the
Czechoslovak Republic, Hasler’s songs targeted those who betrayed the democratic ideal. With the advent of the talkies,
Hasler became a prominent film music composer, director, screenwriter and actor. After the 1939 German occupation of
Bohemia and Moravia, Karel Hasler, a member of the underground movement, was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941, and
brutally murdered in the Mauthausen concentration camp. The SS poured ice-cold water over him and left him outside in
December frost to freeze into an ice statue. Through Hasler’s songs, archival footage and rare witnesses, the
documentary reveals Hasler to be a grand persona of 20th century Czech history. By murdering Karel Hasler, the German
Nazis killed Czech culture for the six years of the occupation. By filming Hasler’s life and work, the documentary attempts
to resurrect the immortal balladeer.

Czech Republic and Human Rights

Based on her own historic experience, the Czech Republic holds human rights and democracy very dear. Calling upon the
international community to follow suit, the Czech Republic is a staunch advocate of respect for human rights and
democracy in various places in the world where these are under threat. The numerous activities in this field, where the
Czech Republic is involved, are portrayed in the Embassy´s project “Democracy and Human Rights: Lessons from the
Past for the Current Czech Foreign Policy.” The various events put together within this project include exhibitions,
conferences, documentary and feature film screenings, and lectures focusing namely on the country’s totalitarian past, its
current human-rights-promotion priorities and, topically, on the rights of women and children.

Hillyer Art Space February Exhibitions

Jessika Tarr: Monstrous

February 4-25, 2011
 Emerging from the dark yet whimsical world of children's literature, Jessika Tarr's exhibition Monstrous features
works that are both narrative and theatrical. Just as German story books combine dark and provocative themes with
seemingly innocent illustrations, her works contain a tension between content and style. While overtly signifying fear
itself, much of her imagery alludes to the subconscious and collective fantastical, exploring the aesthetics of
surrealism and dreams.

Helen Glazer: Clouds InFormation

February 4-25, 2011

For the past five years, Glazer's work has been heavily influenced by chaos and complexity theories' perspectives on
the unpredictability of natural phenomena. As her latestClouds series (on view from February 4th 2011 to February
24th 2011 at Hillyer Art Space) demonstrates, the artistic process is analogous to the dynamical systems posited by
chaos and complexity theories - that is, an artwork takes shape within particular conditions of time, place, medium
and the artist's own hand, finally unfolding as these unpredictable forces interact. Under Helen Glazer's hand, clouds
reveal themselves as intricately textured three-dimensional forms arising from the complex rhythms of flowing
currents of air and from the artists' own consciousness. They gesture and take on a poetic resonance. They morph
into unexpected, almost otherworldly forms that would be difficult to invent. Cloudsjarringly reminds the viewer that
stability is an illusion, and that the reality we live in is being replaced moment by moment.

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First Friday Exhibition Opening

Friday, February 4, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Hillyer Art Space

9 Hillyer Court NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 338-0680

First Friday Openings are a collaborative effort to strengthen arts and culture in the beautiful, multi-cultural
neighborhood that is Dupont Circle. On the First Friday of every month galleries in our community open their doors to
multitudes of art enthusiasts from all walks of life for simultaneous openings. We encourage all to join us for our
openings and to circulate between our neighboring galleries, which host an ever-changing array of styles and media.

Gallery Hours: 10am - 5pm Monday, 10am - 7pm Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 4pm Saturday.
Otherwise by appointment

International Arts & Artists (IA&A) is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally.
IA&A's services include a Traveling Exhibition Service, the Hillyer Art Space gallery, the Design Studio, the Cultural Exchange Program, and Membership
 Services for artists and the arts-interested public.

Upcoming Shows and Events at Studio Gallery

EXHIBITIONS: February 2 - February 26, 2011

First Friday Reception: February 4, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Artist Reception: Saturday February 5, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Studio Gallery
2108 R Street NW
(202) 232-8734

Solo Show: Impressions: Deserts and Landscapes

Steve Fleming

This show captures the sublime colors, rugged textures

and ancient profiles of the Kalahari desert and interprets
the power, movement and contrasts of the landscape.

Duo Show: Metafisica Duo Show: Threaded Seascapes

Trix Kuijper Elena Stamberg
 "DRIVE BY"

(February 5 - March 5)

Opening Reception

Saturday, February 5, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Artist talk at 8:15 p.m.

Project 4 Gallery

1353 U Street NW, 3rd Floor

 Washington, DC 20009

Conveniently located two blocks from the U Street/African-Amer Civil War

Memorial/Cardozo Metro Station on the Green Line

*Image Credit: Artist: Zlatko Cosic, Title: CCTV East, Year: 2010, Medium: Video

DRIVE BY

February 5 - March 5, 2011

The show Drive By at Project 4 Gallery features five artists, whose drawings,
paintings, collages, and video art offer unexpected insight into the common scenes
we observe while moving through the structures of an urban and suburban
landscape. People play a periphery role in the artwork and are frequently absent
altogether. The material objects that encapsulate our urban lifestyle take on subtle
psychological, emotional, and spiritual characteristics. Mundane landscapes and
ordinary object are transformed by the artist into quiet reflections of the intangible
structures that form the individual experience in a Western culture. The featured
artists Kim Beck, Martyn Blundell, Zlatko Cosic, Sarah McKenzie, Michael A.
Salter, and Gregory Thielker take different approaches to explore what we miss
when driving by seemly unimportant landscapes, too trivial for our conscious
recognition or attention.

Drive By will be on view at Project 4 Gallery, 1353 U Street NW, Suite 302,
Washington, DC 20009. The exhibition runs February 5 to March 5, 2011 with an
opening reception on Saturday, February 5, 6:30 pm - 9:30pm. Project 4 is open
Wednesday to Saturday 12 pm - 6 pm and by appointment.

About Us
Project 4 Gallery presents an international exhibition schedule of contemporary art
and design with a focus on one-person shows and thematic exhibitions by mid-
career and emerging artists. The gallery also invites guest curators to host
exhibitions that emphasize trends in contemporary art and design.

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Reception & Cultural Program

Saturday, February 5, 2:30-5:30 p.m.

UDC Auditorium
 4200 Connecticut Avenue NW

RSVP TODAY

carmelyne@slembassyusa.org / shama@slembassyusa.org

Crystal Couture
Tuesday, February 1-Saturday, February 5, 6:00-10:00 p.m.
1750 Crystal Drive
Arlinton, VA

free

This year we will be Exotic and Elegant to Everything Everyday. The event will feature a cash bar, body painting,
hair and makeup makeovers, henna, DJ entertainment, runway shows, and more. There will be 20 or more
boutiques featured every evening and many will be selling their clothes right off the runway at great event prices.

Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream

(Wiley, 2010)
BOOK FORUM

Tuesday, February 8, 12:00 p.m.

Luncheon to Follow
The Cato Institute
 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

Featuring the author Christopher Whalen, Institutional Risk Analytics; with comments by Dean Baker, Center for
Economic and Policy Research; and Alex Pollock, American Enterprise Institute; moderated by Mark Calabria, Cato
Institute.

Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery

hosts

Karabakh on My Mind

Paintings by Leyla Rzayeva and Yavar Rzayev

February 8-18

Opening Reception
Tuesday, February 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery

702 8th Street, NW
Washington, DC
(202) 872-3396

Edison Place Gallery is Pepco Holdings, Inc. space dedicated to non-profit arts organizations. Our mission is to sponsor diverse, high quality
exhibitions on behalf of the community we serve.
 Artemis G. Kirk, University Librarian
and the Georgetown University Library Associates
cordially invite you to

THE SCIENCE OF CHOCOLATE

featuring Peter W. Blommer (C’85), Stephen J. Blommer (C’89), and Rose
Potts of the Blommer Chocolate Company.
Thursday, February 10, 6:00 p.m.
Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall
Georgetown University
The Blommer Chocolate Company, founded in 1939, is the largest processor of ingredient chocolate and
cocoa-related products in North America, with five manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada.
Georgetown University’s Blommer Science Library, which opened in 1962, bears the name of Henry J.
Blommer (C’26).

Join us to hear about the science of chocolate from Blommer Chocolate Company President and Chief
Operating Officer Peter W. Blommer (C’85); Vice President of Operations Stephen J. Blommer (C’89); and
Corporate Manager of Sensory and Product Guidance Rose Potts.

RSVP by February 8 to www.library.georgetown.edu/rsvp or (202) 687-7446

Join FABULOUS Inc. & FORD COUTURE

for an evening of Fashion and complimentary

Champagne.

Thursday, February 10, 6:00 p.m.

Zen Bistro and Wine Bar
1301 South Joyce Street
Arlington, VA 22202

FABULOUS Inc. will present a line of Career Dresses

designed by Body Types.
 Free Seminar about Body Types

Free Gift and Fabulous time!

FORD COUTURE features women's swim suits

and women's and men's couture graphic T-shirts.