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Come see the Bay Jazz Project perform at the American Art Museum

Events Oct. 17-20: YouTube Mania, Worms From Hell, Women in Hong Kong and Bay Jazz Project

This week, come to an interactive art event, discuss life on meteorites, learn about Women in Hong Kong and take in some live jazz

"Soul Reader," an oil on canvas (36" by 28"), is on display in "Momentum," at the S. Dillon Ripley Center through January 22.

An Artist with “Momentum”

A recently opened show, on view in the S. Dillon Ripley Center, honors the work of young artists with disabilities

Big Bird and the gang star in "One World, One Sky" at the planetarium

Weekend Events August 26-28: One World, One Sky; American Sabor; Glory Days

West Coast East Side Revue, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, Sunday February 21, 1965

American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music

“American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music,” invites visitors to explore the Latino music, a sound that is at once distinctive, and all-American

Humpback whale female with cooperating males around her. She just slapped her pectoral on the surface which caused the bubbles.

Flip Nicklin, Whale Photographer Extraordinaire, Tells Tales at the Ripley Center

Flip Nicklin, one of the world’s leading whale photographers, shares stories from his career at the Ripley Center for a Smithsonian Associates event

Star-Spangled Banner demonstration

Events June 13-17: Star-Spangled Banner, Sketch Time, Honeybees, Laundry and Balloons

During the week of June 13, spend an afternoon drawing, get some old school laundry tips, recreate a piece of American history and much more

ILL-abilities crew

Events for the Week of 5/16-5/21: Zoo Feedings, ILL-Abilities Crew, Celebrate Hawai’i

Events for the week of 5/16/11 - 5/21/11

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This Thursday Make it a Movie Night at the Film Forward Festival

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Events for May 9-May 13: Harry Potter, Cultural Dialogue, “Cosmic Collisions”

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Events: Peacock Room Reopens, Earth Day Celebrations

Monday, April 18 Peacock Room Comes to America: A new view of Whistler’s Peacock Room

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Events: “Born to be Wild 3D,” Smithsonian Craft Show, Disco at the Postal Museum

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The Smithsonian Museums and The National Zoo Are Open

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Events: FONZ Photo Club, Mad Science, Mars and More

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Events: West African Dance, an Online Poetry Workshop, Learn About Juliette Gordon Low and More

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Events: Holiday Fun, American Indian Artists, Fossil Forensics and More

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Events: Seasonal Celebrations, Norman Rockwell, Public Art and More

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Events: Hirshhorn After Hours, Volcanoes, the Sounds of Swing and More

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“Revealing Culture,” Showing Work by Disabled Artists, Open at Ripley Center

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Events: Puppets, Astronauts, the Vietnamese-American Experience, Christo and More

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Events: Children’s Day, Digital Art, Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and More!

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