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The Smithsonian celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 with more than twenty events—films, performances, talks, tours, demonstrations and family programs.
 

  WASHINGTON D.C.
Ongoing Exhibition
Location: National Museum of American History, Second Floor West
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Ongoing Exhibition, 10 am - 5:30 pm
Description: Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964
This examination of the experiences of bracero workers and their families offers insight into Mexican American history and a historical background for today's debates on guest worker programs. The exhibition is a collaboration between the National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Following its showing at American History, it will go on a nationwide tour, opening February 20, 2010, at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose, California.
 
Ongoing Exhibition
Location: National Museum of American History, Second Floor West
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Ongoing Exhibition, 10 am - 5:30 pm
Description: Producing for the American Table
This artifact case tells stories of Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals who have played a role in shaping the U.S. economy through agriculture and food production.
 
September 5
Location: National Museum of the American Indian
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 5, 11 am
Description: Saturday Morning Cartoons
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the museum presents family-friendly cartoons from Latin America in the Mitsitam Cafe. Educational activities and family tours follow the screenings. The cartoons are in Spanish and Portuguese with English subtitles.
 
September 12
Location: National Museum of the American Indian
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 12, 11 am
Description: Saturday Morning Cartoons
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the museum presents family-friendly cartoons from Latin America in the Mitsitam Cafe. Educational activities and family tours follow the screenings. The cartoons are in Spanish and Portuguese with English subtitles.
 
September 12
Location: National Museum of Natural History, Evans Gallery
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1 - 4 pm
Description: Create Your Own Nature Bio-Journal!
Guided by local artist and author Edwin Fontanez, children create journals to record their observations of nature, decorating them with pictures of their favorite animals, flowers, and birds. Recommended for ages 4 and up.
 
September 12
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Kogod Courtyard
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1 - 5 pm
Description: Hispanic Heritage Month Family Day
The whole family is invited to this kick-off of the Smithsonian's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The day includes craft-making and art activities, music and dance performances, storytelling, and bilingual tours.

This is the fourth feature event in the 2009 Smithsonian Heritage Month family-day series, sponsored by Target. The theme is "Living in Many Worlds," which explores the dynamic intersection of family, history, and cultural identity. This event is also part of the Panama at the Smithsonian program series and the Fiesta de las Americas series.
 
September 18 - September 20
Location: National Museum of American History, Price of Freedom Exhibition
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Friday, September 18 - Sunday, September 20
Description: Damn the Torpedoes, Full Steam Ahead!
In a brief theater piece, actor Manolo Santalla portrays Spanish American Admiral David Farragut, hero of the Battle of Mobile Bay in the Civil War.
 
September 19
Location: National Air and Space Museum
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 10 am - 3 pm
Description: The Airplane Comes of Age: The World Starts to Fly
This family day celebrates early flight with a focus on pilots from South and Central America. Activities for all ages and bilingual presentations are included. This event held in partnership with the Smithsonian Latino Center and made possible by support from the Northrop Grumman Corporation.
 
September 19
Location: National Museum of Natural History, Evans Gallery and Baird Auditorium
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 11 am - 4 pm
Description: Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at Natural History
Explore the coastal cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean through performances and hands-on activities.
 
September 19
Location: National Museum of the American Indian
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 11 am
Description: Saturday Morning Cartoons
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the museum presents family-friendly cartoons from Latin America in the Mitsitam Cafe. Educational activities and family tours follow the screenings. The cartoons are in Spanish and Portuguese with English subtitles.
 
September 20
Location: National Zoological Park
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Sunday, September 20, 11 am - 5 pm
Description: Fiesta Musical
The annual festival includes animal demonstrations, Latin food and music, costumed dancers, and traditional crafts. Zoo scientists will be on hand to discuss field research in Latin American countries. Rain or shine.
 
September 21
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Monday, September 21, 12 noon
Description: Renwick Gallery Bilingual Highlights Tour
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Renwick Gallery offers four bilingual walk-in tours of the permanent collection. Highlights include Game Fish, a whimisical sculpture by Larry Fuente. Meet in the lobby.
 
September 21
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Monday, September 21, 12:30 pm
Description: Latino Art and Culture
This bilingual gallery tour traces the work of Hispanic American artists from the nineteenth century to the present, highlighting ways in which the Latino experience is reflected in American art. Meet in the F Street Lobby.
 
September 25 - September 27
Location: National Museum of American History, Price of Freedom Exhibition
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Friday, September 25 - Sunday, September 27, 11 am and 1, 2:30, and 4 pm
Description: Damn the Torpedoes, Full Steam Ahead!
In a brief theater piece, actor Manolo Santalla portrays Spanish American Admiral David Farragut, hero of the Battle of Mobile Bay in the Civil War.
 
September 26
Location: National Postal Museum
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 26, 11 am - 2 pm
Description: Latin Jazz Celebration
Enjoy the tropical rhythms, colors, and sounds of Latin jazz. The day includes jazzy activities, recorded music, and a story time.
 
September 26
Location: National Museum of American History, Second Floor West
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 26, 11 am and 2 pm
Description: Poetics of Labor: A Reading Series
Inspired by stories of migrant labor, poets read from their works amid the artifacts in the exhibition Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942–1964. (See Exhibitions.) Presented in collaboration with Letras Latinas, a literary program at the University of Notre Dame.
 
September 26
Location: National Museum of the American Indian
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 26, 11 am
Description: Saturday Morning Cartoons
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the museum presents family-friendly cartoons from Latin America in the Mitsitam Cafe. Educational activities and family tours follow the screenings. The cartoons are in Spanish and Portuguese with English subtitles.
 
September 26
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum, McEvoy Auditorium
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Saturday, September 26, 3 pm
Description: Production and Propaganda—Colonial Art from the Spanish Caribbean, Panama and Peru
Art historian Orlando Hernández Ying explores the meaning and context of religious imagery.
 
September 27
Location: National Museum of American History, Second Floor West
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Sunday, September 27, 12 noon and 3 pm
Description: Poetics of Labor: A Reading Series
Inspired by stories of migrant labor, poets read from their works amid the artifacts in the exhibition Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942–1964. (See Exhibitions.) Presented in collaboration with Letras Latinas, a literary program at the University of Notre Dame.
 
September 28
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Monday, September 28, 12 noon
Description: Renwick Gallery Bilingual Highlights Tour
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Renwick Gallery offers four bilingual walk-in tours of the permanent collection. Highlights include Game Fish, a whimisical sculpture by Larry Fuente. Meet in the lobby.
 
September 28
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Monday, September 28, 12:30 pm
Description: Latino Art and Culture
This bilingual gallery tour traces the work of Hispanic American artists from the nineteenth century to the present, highlighting ways in which the Latino experience is reflected in American art. Meet in the F Street Lobby.
 
October 2 - October 4
Location: National Museum of American History, Price of Freedom Exhibition
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Friday, October 2 - Sunday, October 4, 11 am and 1, 2:30, and 4 pm
Description: Damn the Torpedoes, Full Steam Ahead!
In a brief theater piece, actor Manolo Santalla portrays Spanish American Admiral David Farragut, hero of the Battle of Mobile Bay in the Civil War.
 
October 5
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Monday, October 5, 12 noon
Description: Renwick Gallery Bilingual Highlights Tour
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Renwick Gallery offers four bilingual walk-in tours of the permanent collection. Highlights include Game Fish, a whimisical sculpture by Larry Fuente. Meet in the lobby.
 
October 5
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Monday, October 5, 12:30 pm
Description: Latino Art and Culture
This bilingual gallery tour traces the work of Hispanic American artists from the nineteenth century to the present, highlighting ways in which the Latino experience is reflected in American art. Meet in the F Street Lobby.
 
October 9
Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Mitsitam Cafe and Rasmuson Theatre
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Friday, October 9, 5 pm (dinner) and 7 pm (movie)
Description: Dinner and a Movie: La Mission
Emmy-nominated Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order, Love in the Time of Cholera) stars in brother Peter Bratt's story of family, community, and classic cars in San Francisco's Mission District. The film premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival. A discussion with Peter and Benjamin Bratt follows the screening. The screening is free, but http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/170825/dinner-and-a-movie-october-9-2009 online reservations required. The link goes live September 15. Recommended for mature audiences. (2009, 117 minutes)
 
October 9
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum, McEvoy Auditorium
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Friday, October 9, 7 pm
Description: Latino Art in Transition
Renowned artist Pepón Osorio and emerging artist Miguel Luciano discuss ways in which Latino art is changing.
 
October 9 - October 11
Location: National Museum of American History, Price of Freedom Exhibition
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Friday, October 9 - Sunday, October 11, 11 am and 1, 2:30, and 4 pm
Description: Damn the Torpedoes, Full Steam Ahead!
In a brief theater piece, actor Manolo Santalla portrays Spanish American Admiral David Farragut, hero of the Battle of Mobile Bay in the Civil War.
 
October 12
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Monday, October 12, 12 noon
Description: Renwick Gallery Bilingual Highlights Tour
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Renwick Gallery offers four bilingual walk-in tours of the permanent collection. Highlights include Game Fish, a whimisical sculpture by Larry Fuente. Meet in the lobby.
 
October 12
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Monday, October 12, 12:30 pm
Description: Latino Art and Culture
This bilingual gallery tour traces the work of Hispanic American artists from the nineteenth century to the present, highlighting ways in which the Latino experience is reflected in American art. Meet in the F Street Lobby.
 
October 16 - October 18
Location: National Museum of American History, Price of Freedom Exhibition
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Friday, October 16 - Sunday, October 18, 11 am and 1, 2:30, and 4 pm
Description: Damn the Torpedoes, Full Steam Ahead!
In a brief theater piece, actor Manolo Santalla portrays Spanish American Admiral David Farragut, hero of the Battle of Mobile Bay in the Civil War.
 
October 23 - October 25
Location: National Museum of American History, Price of Freedom Exhibition
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Friday, October 23 - Sunday, October 25, 11 am and 1, 2:30, and 4 pm
Description: Damn the Torpedoes, Full Steam Ahead!
In a brief theater piece, actor Manolo Santalla portrays Spanish American Admiral David Farragut, hero of the Battle of Mobile Bay in the Civil War.
 
October 30 - November 1
Location: National Museum of American History, Price of Freedom Exhibition
City: Washington D.C.
Date: Friday, October 30 - Sunday, November 1, 11 am and 1, 2:30, and 4 pm
Description: Damn the Torpedoes, Full Steam Ahead!
In a brief theater piece, actor Manolo Santalla portrays Spanish American Admiral David Farragut, hero of the Battle of Mobile Bay in the Civil War.

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