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Events This Week

Contemporary DanceExpositionCorps

The Austrian Cultural Forum is pleased to announce the upcoming performance Exposition Corps byoutstanding Austrian choreographer and dancer Saskia Hlbling at the Austrian Embassy. With this solo she ispursuing the analysis of the subjectivity of the body itself. The body exhibition investigates dermal layers, cells

of memory, while reflecting on physical identity. A short introduction will be provided by American dance

critic George Jackson who will also moderate a discussion with Saskia after the show.

Saskia Hlbling created more than 20 pieces with her ensemble DANS.KIAS since its foundation in 1995. She is

proud holder of the Prix dAuteur du Conseil Gnral de la Seine-Saint Denis/Bagnoletfor Do Your Desires Still Burn

and the Austrian Dance Production Prize for Other Feature. Besides her own choreographies, she has worked

repeatedly with other prominent artists such as Benot Lachambre or Laurent Goldring.

Wednesday February 1, 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Embassy of Austria

3524 International Court NW

Washington, DC 20008

Free of charge, RSVP requested underwww.acfdc.org/events-registrationor(202) 895-6776

gute aussichten: new german photography 2011/2012 exhibition(February 2- April 27)

Opening Reception

Thursday, February 2, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Goethe Institut

812 Seventh Street NW


RSVP:(202) 289-1200, ext. [email protected]

Germanys most renowned competition for young photographers Spiegel

Works by seven winners ofgute aussichten 2011/2012, the eighth annual German competition for graduate

photography students, come to Washington on the exhibitions worldwide tour. Featuring Sebastian Lang, Sara-

Lena Maierhofer, Johannes Post, Luise Schrder, Miriam Schwedt, Julia Unkel and Franziska Zacharias.

gute aussichten presents a unique and far-ranging synopsis in terms of both the content and style of the works

created by young photographers in Germany during the past 12 months. Individual image series aredistinguished by their highly diverse aesthetic, formal and conceptual approaches, providing an insight into themultifaceted themes that form the focus of young artists interests today.
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In this years selection of winners, edits proves to be a unifying link. According to curator Josefine Raab, lastyears trend for treating the medium of photography both experimentally and playfully and lacking coercion

also continued this year. The photographic legacy of schools influenced by the image has led youngphotographers to an imaginative exploration and expansion of their instrument repertoire. The construction of

images, as ever, remains a major theme, with the total staging of image worlds moving into the foreground by

using various means. The analysis of the political, societal, social and cultural themes of our time continues to

be virulent and has pushed the topics of narrative self determination and self-positioning into the

background.

The Georgetown Center on

National Security and the Law

Cordially invites you to a critical discussion of a newly-published book

by the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice:

"The Law of Counterterrorism"

Authors

John Altenburg, Jr.

former Fellow, International Assessment and Security Center

Author of "Military Commissions

Jeffrey Breinholt

National Security Division, Department of Justice

Author of "The Revolution of Substantive Criminal Counterterrorism Law: "Material Support" and its

Philosophical Underpinnings"

W. George Jameson

former Director, Office of Policy & Coordination, CIA

Author of "Intelligence and the Law: Introduction to the Legal and Policy Framework Governing IntelligenceCommunity Counterterrorism Efforts"

Commentators

Jennifer Daskal

Fellow, Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law


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Stephen Vladeck

Professor, American University Washington College of Law

Moderated by

Marty Lederman

Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Thursday, February 2, 3:15 p.m.

Hart Auditorium

Georgetown University Law Center

600 New Jersey Avenue NW


Reception to Follow

RSVP [email protected]

Artemis G. Kirk, University Librarian, Georgetown University,

Thomas B. Wall, University Librarian, Boston College

and the Georgetown University Library Associates
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cordially invite you to the

Annual Casey-McIlvane Lecture

JESUIT FOOT SOLDIERS OF SCIENCE

featuring

Professor Kathryn M. Olesko

Georgetown Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in German and East

European Studies

Highlighting the Special Collections of Georgetown University and Boston College

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Reception 6:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.; Program 6:30 p.m.

Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall

Georgetown University

RSVP by January 30 tolibrary.georgetown.edu/rsvpor202-687-7446

Kathryn M. Olesko was educated in physics and mathematics as an undergraduate and then turned to history

of science, European intellectual history and German history for her doctorate. Before coming to Georgetown,

she taught at Clarkson University. She has held visiting positions at Cornell and Princeton, and was a visitingscholar at the Max Planck Institute for History of Science in Berlin. She is Past Editor of Osiris and Past

Associate Editor ofIsis, the two major American journals for the history of science. Her awards include

fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the GermanAcademic Exchange Service, The Huntington Library, and Georgetown University. Her main research interestis the history of science and technology in western civilization since the seventeenth century, especially science

and technology in Germany, science pedagogy, rationality in daily life, and quantification and measurement in

science and daily life.

The Casey-McIlvane Endowed Library Lecture Fund was established in memory of Francis L. Casey, Jr.,

C50, L53, and in honor of the Reverend Donald W. McIlvane, F46 through the generous joint gift of Nancy

McIlvane Del Genio, F82 and the late Roseanne McIlvane Casey, S79.
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The Georgetown University Library Associates are a group of Georgetown alumni, parents and friendsdedicated to helping the Library shape the creation of knowledge, conserve culture for posterity and transform

learning and research.

Illustration: Photograph of Francis Tondorf, S.J. at the Observatory. From the Georgetown University

Librarys Special Collections Research Center.

Constellation Theatre presents Federico Garca Lorca's "Blood Wedding," directed by Shirley Serotsky

90 Captivating Minutes of Passion & Violence; Music & Ceremony!

February 2 March 4

PWYC Tix Available for Thursday and Friday, February 2 & 3. Show begins at 8:00 p.m. 1/2 of the tickets are

available for purchase for $10 online at ConstellationTheatre.org; 1/2 of the tickets will be sold at the door as

Pay-What-You-Can. Box office opens at 7:00 p.m.

Lovers are torn apart as two families in rural Spain are intricately bound in an unbreakable cycle of murder and

revenge. Experience passion and violence mixed with song and ceremony. Federico Garca Lorca illuminates our

deepest desires with gorgeous poetic imagery and the haunting appearance of a human Moon. Translation by

Tanya Ronder.

Source Theatre

1835 14th Street NW

Washington DC 20009

Constellation Theatre Company: Visionary Design. Heightened Physicality. Epic, Ensemble Theatre.

IN SEARCH OF

ACCOUNTABILITY:

JUSTICE AFTER NUREMBERG

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 7:00 p.m.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW


This event is free and open to the public but

reservations are required. RSVP by January 30

atwww.ushmm.org/events/feb2.

PanelistsHarold Koh

Legal Adviser, US Department of State

Artifacts in the Museum's collection from theInternational Military Tribunal in Nuremberg.Donated by Elizabeth Durkee, IBM Corporation, Sheila

C. Johnson, Peter Klappert, Edward Vebell, and Mira

Wallerstein. United States Holocaust Memorial

Museum, photo by Lisa Masson.

Co-presented by
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relations have become key to understanding the future of the Eurasian continent. But so far India has not been able

to achieve the objectives that it defined in its "Look North" policy, caught in a dilemma between its would-be

cultural capital and very concrete geopolitical disadvantages.

Sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies'

Faculty Forum Series

CONFERENCE

"Diego Rivera in New York" conference

February 2, 6:30 p.m.

Mexican Cultural Institute

2829 16th Street NW

Washington, DC, 20009

Free

RSVP:[email protected]

Join us for this fascinating conference by Leah Dickerman, Curator in the Department of

Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art and the organizer of the Museums

current exhibition Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition features pieces that Rivera made in

the winter of 19311932 when The Museum of Modern Art inaugurated a major exhibition his work. Rivera, a forty five

year old, openly Communist, Mexican artist, may have seemed an unlikely choice for the young Museum's second only

retrospective, but the show was wildly popular. Rivera's international celebrity was based on his fame as a muralist.

But murals, by definition fixed on site, were impossible to transport. In order to solve this problem, the Museum

brought Rivera to New York from Mexico six weeks before the opening, and installed him in a makeshift studio space in

an empty gallery. There he produced eight "portable" murals (freestanding fresco panels) which were featured in the

show. Five of these monumental works are now on view at the MoMAs exhibition, along with working drawings and

related material. This eye-opening discussion will focus on Rivera's extraordinary commission for MoMA, as well as his

ill-fated mural for Rockefeller Center. Together these projects provide a compelling perspective on the intersection of

art making and radical politics in the 1930s.


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COMPLIMENTARY WINETASTING

Join us at Potenza for a weekly tasting and enjoy avariety of amazing new wines, paired with our artisanalcheeses.

Potenza Wine15th & H Streets NW

Thursday, February 2, 5:00-7:00 p.m.Italy vs. France vs. California

Chateau de Boussargues Cotes du Rhone Bibbiani Poggio Vignoso Chianti Vina Robles Red 4

WINE SPECIAL

Bibbiani Chianti on sale for $12.99Boussargues Cotes du Rhone on sale for $13.99


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What is Social Justice Philanthropy?

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

Lunch will be served.

Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center

Hudson Institute

1015 15th Street NW

Suite 600


RSVP:http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_registration&event_id=910

"Social justice grantmakers aim to go one step beyond teaching a man to fish, to borrow an old saying. They ask

why so few people in this mans community can afford to own a fishing pole; why the county incinerator is

being sited in his neighbourhood, befouling his pond rather than that of his wealthier to wnsmen; and why hes

being taught to fish when hes more likely to earn a living wage as an accountant or engineer. So wrote AlbertRuesga, President and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, in an effort to answer the question: what is

social justice philanthropy? He notes that it draws on a number of traditions: the effort to combat structuralinjustice, to enforce universal human rights, to insure equal distribution of resources, to empower

disenfranchised individuals and communities, and several others.

We have asked a panel of experts to tackle this question, taking their bearings from Ruesgas reflections on the

question in the articles below. The panel will include Albert Ruesga of the Greater New Orleans Foundation;Christine Doby of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation; Thomasina H. Williams, formerly of the FordFoundation; and University of Texas Professor Peter Frumkin. Hudson Institute Senior Fellow William

Schambrawill moderate the discussion.

Program and Panel

11:30 a.m. - Registration, lunch buffet

12:00 p.m. - Welcome by Hudson Institute Senior Fellow William Schambra

12:10 p.m. - Panel discussion

Christine Doby, Program Officer at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Peter Frumkin, Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas

Albert Ruesga, President and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation

Thomasina Williams, Former Program Officer at the Ford Foundation

1:10 p.m. - Question-and-answer session

2:00 p.m. - Adjournment
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GFI Group

presents the

Quarterly Economic Roundtable Series

- 4th Quarter -

with

Martin Regalia, Ph.D.,

Senior Vice President and Chief Economist,

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

February 2, 2011Registration & Breakfast: 8:30-9:00 a.m.

Program: 9:00-10:30 a.m.

U.S. Chamber of CommerceWashington, DC 20006

Register today!

GFI Group and The National Chamber Foundation (NCF) are hosting the fourth event of a seriesof quarterly economic briefings led by Martin Regalia, Ph.D., Chief Economist and Senior Vice

President for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Regalia will deliver a keynote address based

on GDP data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce from the previous quarter, before

leading a panel of chief economists representing crucial sectors of the economy. The goal of

these briefings will be to offer the business community better insight into the impact of policies on

their industries as well as to offer solutions to potentially negative effects.

Other confirmed speakers include:

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D.,President, American Action Forum David Crowe, Ph.D., Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, National Association of
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Home Builders Michael Gooch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GFI Group, Inc.

Legislative employees should consult with the House and Senate ethics office, as appropriate, to

determine whether there would be any prohibition on their attendance at this event.

Executive branch employees should obtain written permission to attend this event from their

designated agency ethics office and should fax or email a copy of the permission to Caroline Paik

[email protected] by fax at(202) 463-3129prior to the event.

Thank you to our Leading Sponsor:

Thank you to our Media Sponsor:

This e-mail was sent by:

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

1615 H Street, NW

Washington, DC 20062-2000

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are registered trademarks of the Chamber of Commerce of

the United States of America.


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February Exhibitions

February 3-24, 2012

Opening Reception

Friday February 3, 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Hillyer Art Space

9 Hillyer Court NW


(202) 338-0680

Elizabeth Holtry:Toile de Jouy

Holtry's paintings depict animals that few people appreciate, such as hyenas,insects, and rats. Often wondering why is it that people advocate equality

between humans, yet so freely discriminate in our opinions of animals her workaddresses our prejudicial attitudes toward these animals. Holtry's inspiration also

comes from an ongoing interest in the decorative arts and textiles.


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David Myers: Confined:Visual Synonyms

Photography is a tool for Myers, that he uses to explore surroundings and betterunderstand observations made along the way. Confined: Visual Synonyms, is an

example of a portfolio of images materializing after working on a theme,unknowingly, for almost a year. The images are more than mere documentation;

they have a clear sense of showing a perspective of what Myers saw in thecamera's viewfinder. The work is therefore documenting underlying and not yet,well-understood preconceptions of zoos and aquariums, and our interaction with

the animals housed within their confines.

Brian Kirk: Natural Reaction

Kirk is intrigued with the forces of nature. He considers himself a naturalist and acurious spectator of natural phenomena. The natural actions of wind, water, fireon the ever-changing earth hold a fascination for the artist. The cyclical forcesplay a role in his work; the ebb and flow of the tides, the changing stages of the

moon, the emblazoned autumn leaves.

First Friday Openings are a collaborative effort to strengthen arts and culture in thebeautiful, 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


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and to circulate between our neighboring galleries, which host an ever-changing array of

styles and media.

International Arts & Artists

Gallery Hours: 12pm - 5pm Monday, 12pm - 6pm Tuesday - Friday, 12pm - 5pm 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.

1314 18th Street NW


(202) 463-0203

Foundry Feb Four

New Member Show

(February 1-26)

presenting work by

Linda Button, drawings and oil

Lesley Clarke, acrylics

Peter Loge, assemblage

Edward Bear Miller, oil

Opening Reception

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


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Paintings byLinda Buttonexplore the visual eloquence of Window Dressingthrough drawings and oil paintings that feature the multiple realities ofmannequins and the reflections of pedestrians, architecture, sky, and bits of

flora

Painter Lesley Clarkeuses acrylics and found objects in complex abstractworks focusing on emotion and conflict. Born and raised in Scotland, Lesleyswork invites the viewer into the larger experience of both the work and itsconstruction.

Peter Logeworks in assemblage, bringing together found objects and imagesto represent an idea of an object or emotion, rather than the object or emotionitself. Peters work shows reflection of the world as we imagine it to be.

Edward Bear Milleris an emerging artist whose recent oil paintings explore arange of subjects: mudes, portraits, cityscapes, the mountainous Adirondacks,and the parks and waterways of his native Washignton, DC. Miller applies hispaint rapidly and generously, producing bold, clear images that break downinto gracefully abstract brushwork as the viewer steps forward.

Dancing in the Dark Rust Belt

by Linda Button by Lesley Clarke

10:15 Saturday Night Rock Creek in March

by Peter Loge by Edward Bear Miller


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February Members' Show

In addition to the Feb Fourshow in the main gallery, Foundry'sGallery 2 features member artists work that has not been shownbefore at the Foundry. For an exciting array of work that changesmonthly exhibited by a group of talented artists, please be sure tovisit Foundry Gallery regularly. All work is for sale.

HOURS:

Wed-Sun 12 - 6 pm

February 1 - 26, 2012

Opening Reception



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Touchstone Gallery

901 New York Avenue NW

Washington DC 20001

Coast to Coast

by Carol Lopatin

Coast to Coast is not about capturing amoment, but studying and soaking up some

of the differences in our expansive nation.Lopatin's large plein air paintings show theland in its natural state or its rural best.

Last Two Years

by Dina Volkova

Three themes can be clearly distinguished inDina Volkova's "Last Two Years": roads,figurative works and associative abstractions.

and

Touchstone All Member Show

Love and other Cravings

50 Member Artists

Steve Alderton, David Alfuth, Chris Monette Appleton, Linda Bankerd, Gary Bergel,Harmon Biddle, Roberto Carvalho, Marcia Coppel, Charlie Dale, Mari DeMaris, Anthony

Dortch Jr., Susan Feller, Betsy Forster, Lou Gagnon, Denise Graveline, TimothyJohnson, Leslie A. Johnston, Ai-Wen Wu Kratz, Harvey Kupferberg, Michael Lang, PaulaLantz, Emery J. Lewis, Carol Lopatin, Shelley Lowenstein, Rosemary Luckett, Mary H.Lynch, Kate McConnell, Pete McCutchen, JoAnn McInnis, Newton S. More, Bill Mould,

Aina Nergaard -Nammack, Leslie M. Nolan, Nancy Novick, Mary D. Ott, Cheryl Parsons,Harriet Rosenbaum, Colleen Sabo, Rhona LK Shonwald, Rima Schulkind, Janathel Shaw,

Charles St. Charles, Fred Tarr, Elena Tchernomazova, Tre, Mary Trent Scott, Dina


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Volkova, Gale Wallar, Janet Wheeler, Cynthia Young

Fifty artists whose work will be on exhibit use varied materials - oil, water media,photography, sculpture, clay, wood and metals - and color palettes that are as varied as

their definitions of Love.GALLERY HOURS: Wed-Fri 11-6, Sat-Sun 12-5

INVITATION

Margaret Newton Bronzes Elizabeth Sampson Paintings

Rafael Gallardo Paintings Guillermo Perdomo Sculptures

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

Barbara Bennett

Q Street Fine Art

2015 Q Street NW


(202) 255-2893


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Contemporary Middle East and Arab American ArtistsThe Jerusalem Fund Gallery invites you toSuwarna

An Exhibition of Photography

(February 3- March 2)

Opening Reception


Jerusalem Fund Gallery

2425 Virginia Ave NW


(202) 338-1958

Open to the Public - Free - No RSVP Needed

Metro: Foggy BottomGallery Hours: M-F 9am-5pm, or by appointment

Looking Through by Walaa Abu Saed (12), from New Askar Refugee

Camp, West Bank, Palestine

The Jerusalem Fundfor

Education and

Community Development

is a 501(c)(3) non-profit

organization based in

Washington, DC that does

educational and

humanitarian work onbehalf of Palestinians,

particularly those living

in the Occupied Territory

and surrounding refugee

camps.

The Gallery is The

Jerusalem Fund's cultural

program. It promotes the

work of artists from

Palestine as well as fromthe Arab and Islamic

worlds through art

exhibits, book signings,

film screenings, musical

performances and

workshops.


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Suwarna, meaning our pictures in Arabic, is an exhibition of

photography taken by the participants in Triple Exposure, apublic art project at Tomorrows Youth Organization (TYO) inNablus in the northern West Bank, in which Palestinian boys andgirls, ages 10 to 16, use their cameras to capture their homes,neighborhoods, schools, friends, hobbies and daily moments of

beauty.

Tomorrow's Youth Organization (TYO) is an American, non-governmental organization that works in disadvantaged areas ofthe Middle East, enabling children, youth and parents to realizetheir potential as healthy, active and responsible family andcommunity members.

Exhibition Dates(February 1-25)

First Friday Reception: February 3, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Artist's Reception: February 18, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Closing Reception: February 25, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Studio Gallery

2108 R Street NW

solo show:

LA BELLISSIMA

Elizabeth Grusin-Howe

"La Bellissima" features some of

Elizabeth Grusin-Howe's beautiful

screenprints of Italy. From the quaint

streets of Florence to the dramatic

piazzas of Venice, the screenprints are

richly colored and stunningly alive.

Grusin-Howe utilizes a mix of traditional

screenprinting, metallic ink, and wax to

create a dreamy landscape.


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duo show:

GLIMPSES OF SOLITUDE

Sally Levie

"Glimpses of Solitude" is a series of rich

paintings by Sally Levie featuring winter

forests, summers in France, and

contemplative figures. Her winter

paintings are pauses in silent forests;

her summer paintings are warm breezes

from lavender fields; her peaceful

figures reside in dreamy spaces.

duo show:

MOMENTS: TAKING SHAPE

Trish Palasik

Trish Palasik explores the language of

single moments in her new series of

sculptures. Her gorgeously rendered

figures capture fleeting moments,

complete with emotion and narrative.

550 Challenge:World Borderless by February 3, 2018

Friday, February 3, 2012

3:30-5:00 p.m.

New America Foundation

1899 L Street NW

Suite 400


Book-signing event to follow.


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The 550 Challenge - the world borderless byFebruary 3, 2018 - promotes the expansion ofInternet access to include everyone on earthby the 550th anniversary of JohannesGuttenberg's death. Gutenberg, who inventedmodern book printing, died on February 3,1468 before the printing press got credit for

ending the Dark Age and setting in motion 200years of accelerated progress in art, literature, and learning known as the Renaissance.

The 550 Challenge seeks to realize the promise of the Internet as the basis for aCommunication Renaissance. It will promote efforts to bridge the gap betweengovernment institutions designed in the context of a physical geography and the virtual,borderless nature of the Internet.

The challenge of connecting everyone on earth to the Internet requires overcoming along list of issues already engaging public and private sector initiatives. While there is noshortage of obstacles, it is not impossible.

Join us for a panel discussion, hosted by the New America Foundation's OpenTechnology Initiative, which formulates policy and regulatory reforms to support openarchitectures and open source innovations in addition to facilitating the development andimplementation of open technologies and communications networks.

After the panel, we invite you to an hour-long book signing event for leading Internetand human rights activist Rebecca MacKinnon's new book Consent of the Networked:The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom.

Meet us via Twitter (@550Updates) and get the conversation started with #550.

Clickhereto read more about the 550 Challenge.

Featured Speakers

Shalini Venturelli

Professor, American University

Rebecca MacKinnon(@rmack)

Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation

John Perry Barlow (@jpbarlow)

Co-founder, EFF

Moderator

Daniel Berninger

Founder, 550 Challenge

To RSVP for the event, click on the red button or go to the event page:

http://newamerica.net/events/2012/550_challenge

For questions, contact Stephanie Gunter at New America at (202) 596-3367or

[email protected].
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Exhibition

In cooperation with Conner Contemporary Art

Die Vettern: Wir packen in unseren Koffer / Packing our suitcase...

The art quartetDIE VETTERN(engl.: the cousins) was founded in 2009 by the visual artists Lina Vargas De

La Hoz, Iris Christine Aue, Evi Leuchtgelb, and Christina Aistleitner. The four women were former

classmates at the University of Performing Arts in Linz and friends with a curiosity for each others

techniques. All of them are winners of various scholarships and/or prices.

At the moment, the art quartet is working on a joint project entitled Packing our suitcase (Wir packen in

unseren Koffer). This project is dedicated to the analysis of the everyday cultures that are prevalent in the

cities of Linz, Vienna, and Washington, D.C.

Christa Aistleitnerwas born in 1971 in Freistadt/Austria and lives and works in Tragwein. She defines the

goal of her work as the offering of a new perspective on existing structures and phenomena.

Iris Christine Aue was born in Vienna in 1983 and still lives and works there. She studied Art in Linz and

Oslo.

Evi Leuchtgelb was born in St. Plten/Austria; she lives and works in Dunkelsteinerwald, Austria. Her work

can be described as a mixture of photography, installation of art objects, (inter)action, and video material.

Lina P. Vargas de la Hozwas born in Cartagena, Columbia and pursued her studies in Washington, DC and

Linz, Austria. The main motif of her work is the concept of space located somewhere between our

perception and our subjective interpretation of it.

Opening Reception

Saturday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Conner Contemporary Art

1358 Florida Avenue NE

Washington DC 20002

Admission free, no RSVP required


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The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the U.S.

In honor of the commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Rebellion of February 4th,

1992, Day of Dignity.

Invites you to a presentation:

THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION AND THE SUCCESS OF SOCIAL POLICIES IN

VENEZUELA

Opening remarks: Ambassador Jorge Valero

Vice Minister of Peoples Power for Foreign Relations for North

America and Permanent Representative to the United Nations

President of the UN Economic and Social Council

Presentation: Dr. Elas Eljuri

President of the National Institute of Statistics of the Bolivarian

Republic of Venezuela

Saturday, February 4, 5:00 p.m.

Embassy of Venezuela

Bolivarian Hall

2443 Massachusetts Avenue NW


The presentaion will be given in Spanish with simultaneous translation to English.

Please join us for a reception afterwards.

RSVP [email protected]


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WashingtonPrintmakersGallery

2nd AnnualExcellence in Printmaking Exhibition

juried by Joann Moser, Senior Curator, SAAM

"Matoaka French Tool Press" by Catherine Cole

40 prints by BFA and MFA candidates from the greater Mid-Atlantic.Exhibition runs February 1-26

Opening Reception and Awards Announcement:Saturday, February 4, 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Washington Printmakers GalleryPyramid Atlantic Art Center

8230 Georgia Avenuew, 2nd FloorSilver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 273-3660

Hours: Wed - Thurs 12-6 pm | Fri 12-7 pm | Sat 10-5 pm | Sun 12-5 pm


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Terry Taylor

Education Programs Coordinator

Reginald F. Lewis Museum

830 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Phone:443-263-1829


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Bill Dorsey: A Retrospective

(1961-2011)

Closing Reception & Artist Talk:


The exhibit will run from :

January 14 - February 11, 2012

*Please note date of Closing Reception has been

changed.

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International Visions Gallery

2629 Connecticut Avenue NW


[GALLERY HOURS] Wednesday - Saturday, 11am-6pm or by appointment

.

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NOVA, Alexandria Campus

3001 North Beauregard Street

Alexandria VA 22311

703.845.6156


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Nancy McNamara printmaking/collograph Leslie Nolan

acrylics on canvas

Exhibit Dates: February 5-28, 2012

Meet the Artists & Opening

Reception

Sunday, February 5, 2012

1:30-3:30 p.m.

Sunday Afternoon Concert Featuring: Sunday, February 5, 2012

2:00 p.m.

Featuring musical

performance by

Washington's Camerata

Cost: Free

GLENVIEW MANSION ART

GALLERYGlenview Mansion at

Rockville Civic Center Park

603 Edmonston Drive

Rockville, Maryland 20851

N A T I O N A L L Y A C C R E D I T E D C O M M U N I T Y M U S I C SC H O O L


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Washington ConservatoryFaculty Spotlight Concert

A Celebration of Music

Sunday, February 5,3:00 p.m.

Westmoreland UCC ChurchOne Westmoreland Circle

Bethesda, MD

More information:301-320-2770orwww.washingtonconservatory.org

No tickets - Donations at the door will support scholarships fordeserving young students.

A yearly audience favorite, this concert will feature a potpourri ofwinds, strings, piano, and voice, music by composers of manymusical eras, and solo and ensemble performances. TheWashington Conservatory is noted for its artist-faculty members

who include winners of major competitions and who have

performed with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic,Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony,

Royal Philharmonic of London, Pan American Symphony.

Performers include pianists Audrey Andrist, Bradford Gowen,Maribeth Gowen, Dionne Laufman, Jaewon Lee, Ilya Sinaisky,Haskell Small; Marty Nau, saxophone, Wayne Wilentz, jazz piano,violinist Kevin Jang, cellist Drew Owen, clarinetist Suzanne

Gekker, French hornist Doug Quinzi, flutists David Lonkevich,

Virginia Nanzetta, soprano Nancy Almquist, baritone Aurelius

Gori; Irish musicians Keith Carr, bouzouki, Tina Eck, flute, MitchFanning, fiddle, Jesse Winch, bodhran.

About the Washington ConservatoryPay-As-You-Can Policy

It is very simple: we believe that everyone, regardless of

financial situation, deserves to hear outstanding live music. And

we believe in the honesty of our audiences. Some can pay $40 to$100, as they do in major area venues. Some can pay much less.Everyone hears the same world-class concert. Seating forconcerts is on a first-come basis.

Washington Conservatory of MusicOne Westmoreland Circle

Bethesda, Maryland 20816

Washington Conservatory of Music | One Westmoreland Circle | Bethesda | MD | 20816
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Salon Contra: Jacqueline Levine

Creative Culture: Art Promoting Youth Empowerment

February 6, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Artist Jacqueline Levine will kick off this Kickstarter campaign at Salon Contra.A successful campaign will fund her effort to help youth create art

that promotes individuality and confidence through bold color and character.

RSVP [email protected]. We will send the venue address to all who RSVP.

Careers in International Anti-Money Laundering

A Free Program presented byABA Section of International Law

International Anti-Money Laundering Committee

Monday, February 6, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Center for Strategic & International Studies

1800 K Street NW

Room B1B


Register:

http://www.wfls.org/2012/02/06/careers-in-international-anti-money-

laundering/

A panel representing a broad spectrum of practitioners who are focused on anti-moneylaundering issues will present to law students, new grads and those just interested inlearning more about careers in AML. Panelists will share how they arrived at their presentpositions, what helped to get them there, the type of work they do and what they wishthey'd known in law school related to AML careers.
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Panelists

Truman Butler, Wells Fargo Senior Counsel, BSA Section & AML Compliance Bruce Zagaris, Partner, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP

Stephanie Brooker, Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, UnitedStates Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia

Danielle Camner Lindholm, BAE Systems Mikhail Reider-Gordon, Navigant CI

Michael Buffardi, Special Advisor for Non-Bank Financial Institutions, RegulatoryPolicy & Programs Division, FinCEN

In Cooperation with

Washington Foreign Law Society; Young Professionals in Foreign Policy; George Washington

University; Georgetown University Law - Asia; American University Washington College of

Law Business Law Program and International Legal Studies Program; ABA Law Student

Division; ABA Law Student, LLM & New Lawyer Outreach Committee (SIL); ABA

International Anti-Corruption Committee (SIL)

IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard on the Global Economy in 2012


Carnegie Endowment for International Peace



RSVP:http://carnegieendowment.org/events/forms/?fa=registration&event=3526

2012 has the markings of a difficult year. The future of the euro is inscrutable and Europe is likely already in

recession. Growth is slowing in the major emerging economies, and the recovery in the United States remains slow
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and fragile. Should the euro crisis deteriorate further and the global economy slow to a crawl, numerous countries,

including some of the worlds largest, may resort to asking for help from the International Monetary Fund.

Olivier Blanchard will participate in a conversation with the Institute for International Finances Philip Suttle and

Carnegies Uri Dadush on the issues raised by the IMFs latest economic forecasts. Carnegies Vikram Nehru will

moderate.

Obsolete Law: Does Government Need a Spring Cleaning?

Common Good and the Bipartisan Policy Center invite you to attend a morning forum onthe problem of obsolete law on Tuesday, February 7 in Washington, DC.

The forum will include a moderated discussion with:

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)

Followed by a discussion with experts, including:

E. Donald Elliott, Yale Law School

Richard R. Buery, Jr., The Childrens Aid Society

William A. Galston, The Brookings Institution

Philip K. Howard, Common Good

Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

James R. Maxeiner, University of Baltimore School of Law

Ryan McConaghy, Third Way

Alan B. Morrison, The George Washington University Law School

As government officials and candidates in the 2012 election talk about ways to cut

government spending, trim deficits, create jobs, control healthcare costs, and improve

education and infrastructure, the role played by obsolete law needs to be addressed.

Forum participants will discuss how laws, regulations, and mandates from years past

prevent officials and everyday Americans from making choices for today. Panelists will

also consider proposals for reform, including sunset provisions.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

8:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Discussion begins promptly at 9:00 AM.

A continental breakfast will be provided.


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To RSVP, please e-mail your name, position, affiliation, and contact information to

[email protected].

This event is the first in a Common Good series titled:

Start Over 2012: A Bipartisan Forum Series

The State of the European Union

Tuesday, February 7, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Lehrman Auditorium

The Heritage Foundation214 Massachusetts Avenue NE

Washington DC 20002-4999

RSVP:http://www.heritage.org/events/2012/02/state-of-the-european-union

As Europe faces its biggest financial crisis since the 1930s, the European Union is in a state of turmoil. The

European single currency, the euro, is threatening to unravel as several of its members struggle to deal with

massive debts, huge budget deficits, high unemployment, low growth and declining investor confidence. Thefuture of the entire "European Project" itselfis now in question, as the grand vision of the EUs architects

begins to crumble. As Lady Thatcher remarked in her bookStatecraft, "that such an unnecessary and irrationalproject as building a European superstate was ever embarked upon will seem in future years to be perhaps the

greatest folly of the modern era.

Please join our distinguished group of Members of the European Parliament, who will address the momentouschanges now taking place across the Atlantic as well as the implications for the future of Europe and the

transatlantic alliance with the United States.

More About the Speakers

Derk Jan Eppink MEP (Belgium)

Vice-Chairman, European Conservatives & Reformists Group (ECR)

Geoffrey Van Orden MEP (United Kingdom)

Vice-Chairman, European Conservatives & Reformists Group (ECR)

Jan Zahradil MEP (Czech Republic)

President, Alliance of European Conservatives & Reformists (AECR)

Hosted By

Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
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Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom

Singapore Conference

Wednesday, February 8, 9:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Center for Strategic and International Studies

1800 K Street NW


RSVP:

https://econnect.csis.org/imispublic/Core/Events/eventdetails.aspx?iKey=2011_205&TemplateType=A

The CSIS Southeast Asia program is pleased to invite you to participate in a Singapore Conference on February 8,2012, with a select and high level group of experts and senior policy officials at the Center for Strategic and

International Studies (CSIS). The conference will bring together several ministers from Singapores new cabinet

and other Singaporean and U.S. Officials, thought leaders, business executives, and journalists to discuss a range of

issues from the political changes taking place in Singapore to cooperation between our countries on regional and

global priorities. The Singapore Conference will focus on five key themes:

1. Assessing Singapores politics and foreign policy

2. Strengthening trade partnerships and constructing a framework for growth in the Asia-Pacific

3. Bolstering security cooperation in Asia

4. Educational partnerships and preparing students for the 21st Century economy

5. Defining a strategic cooperation for the 21st century

The conference is organized at a vital moment for both the United States and Singapore. The center of gravity

for American foreign policy, national security, and economic interests are being realigned and shifting towardsAsia. The United States is thinking more strategically about the Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia in particular.

Singapore has been a vital partner of the United States with extensive linkages from trade and investment,

sustainable environmental policy, to security and political ties. American officials, business leaders, and civilsociety leaders and the new Singaporean leadership value this opportunity to discuss these issues, and the

conference has been designed to meet that need.

I hope that you will be able to join us and provide you insights and input to enrich this important and timely

discussion.

Please note that all of the keynote speeches will be on the record. However, the panel discussions that follow

will adhere to Chatham House Rule.

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. - Registration of Participants

9:00 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks

Ernest Bower, Senior Adviser & Director for Southeast Asia, CSIS

The Hon. Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador, Embassy of Singapore

9:15 a.m. - New Directions: Singapore Politics and Foreign Policy

Moderator: Ernest Bower, Senior Advisor & Director for Southeast Asia
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Keynote Speech: Minister K. Shanmugam, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Speakers:Ashok Mirpuri Singapore, Ambassador to Indonesia

Janadas Devan, Director of Institute of Policy Studies

Stanley Roth, Vice-President, International Government Relations, Boeing

Stapleton Roy, Former US Ambassador to Singapore & Director of Kissinger Institute for Chinese-US studies,

Woodrow Wilson International Center

11:00 a.m. - Strengthening the Trade Partnership: Recovery through Growth in the Asia-Pacific

Moderator: Carla Hills, CEO, Hills and Co

Introductory Comments:

Minister S. Iswaran, 2nd Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore


Speakers:

The Hon. Charlene Barshefsky, Chair, International Trade, Investment and Market Access Practice, WilmerCutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Jeffrey J. Schott, Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics

Ng How Yue, Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore

Ong Ye Kung, Deputy Secretary-General, National Trade Union Congress, Singapore

12:30 p.m. - Luncheon: Building Security Partnerships in Asia

Moderator:

Dr. Michael Green, Japan Chair, CSIS

Keynote speech: Chee Wee Kiong, Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore


Speakers:The Hon. Richard Armitage, Former Deputy Secretary of State

Dennis Blair, Former Director of National Intelligence and former Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Command

BG Gary Ang, Deputy Secretary (Policy), Ministry of Defence, Singapore

Barry Desker, Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University

Major-General (NS) Ng Chee Khern, Director of the Security and Intelligence Division (SID), Singapore

2:00 p.m. - Partnerships in Education: Preparing Students for a 21st Century EconomyIntroductory Comments:

Minister Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Education, Singapore

Joanne Weiss (invited), Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Education


Speakers:

Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford UniversityJessica Kehayes (invited), Director of Education and Chief of Staff Education Department, Asia Society


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Susan Fuhrman (invited), President of Teachers College, Columbia University and President of the National

Academy of Education

Tan Ching Yee, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Singapore

3:30 p.m. - Coffee Break

4:00 p.m. - Defining a 21st Century Strategic Partnership

Moderator: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor of Politics and International AffairsWoodrow Wilson School ofPublic and International Affairs Princeton University

Peter Ho, Senior Advisor, Centre for Strategic Futures & Senior Fellow, Civil Service College

Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant Secretary for East Asian & Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State

Discussion and Q & A

5:30p.m. - Reception

Power, Inc. The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government and the Reckoning that Lies Ahead

Wednesday, February 8, 5:00-6:30 p.m.



Washington, DC 20036-2103

RSVP:http://carnegieendowment.org/events/forms/?fa=registration&event=3513

Foreign Policymagazine and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will host the

launch of David Rothkopfs newest book, Power, Inc. The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Governmentand

the Reckoning that Lies Ahead. Rothkopf will present his book, which traces the changing relationship between

public and private power and looks at the implications of the rise of great private actors and the weakening of

many states.

A panel discussion will follow with Robert Hormats, undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, andthe environment; and Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofThe Quest(Penguin Press, 2011) and TheCommanding Heights (Free Press, 2002). Ed Luce, Washington columnist and commentator for the Financial

Times, will moderate.

Lecture & Book signing,

"LOST Washington, DC" by Author John DeFerrari
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Thursday, February 9, 6:00 p.m.

Dumbarton House

2715 Q Street NW

Free

Come listen to author John DeFerrari discuss his recently published book LOST Washington, D.C. based on his blog,

the Streets of Washington. Mr. DeFerrari will also talk specifically about one of the stories in his book - the Key

Mansion in Georgetown, home of Francis Scott Key. LOST Washington, D.C. was published by The History Press in

Fall 2011. The Washington Post review noted that "books such as DeFerrari's push us to look up from our devices

and enter a past that is not virtual, but part of a living city." DeFerrari's talk will be followed by a question and

answer session and book signing. For assurance of having your own book that evening, advance purchase is

available. Books will be available for purchase during the evening if not pre-sold out. Reservations and book sales

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, or202-337-2288

Intercepting Democracy: Colombias Intelligence Service vs. Civil Liberties


(Lunch served 12:00-12:15 p.m.)

National Endowment for Democracy

1025 F. Street NW

Suite 800

Washington, D.C. 20004

RSVP:http://interceptingdemocracy.eventbrite.com/

Despite a longstanding commitment to elections and civilian rule, Colombias democracy continues to be

challenged by widespread violence from a decades-old civil war that has claimed thousands of lives and has

forcibly displaced millions of people. Upon assuming power, President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) implemented a

democratic security policy that aimed to weaken illegal armed groups and bring peace to the country; the

downside of these policies was widespread violations of human rights.

President Uribes government repeatedly accused human rights organizations, NGOs, and journalists of beingadvocates of terrorism, and many were subjected to smear campaigns, threats, and persecution from the state.

One government agency that persistently breached the rule of law was Colombias intelligence service, the

Department of Administrative Security (DAS), which engaged in illegal surveillance of human rights activists,journalists, opposition politicians, judges, and even government officials and has now been disbanded by the

government of President Juan Manuel Santos.

In his presentation, journalist and human rights activist Hollman Morris will recount the illegal actions

undertaken by the DAS and discuss issues of political responsibility and the consequences for individual

victims, civil society, and the state of democracy in Colombia. Mr. Morris will propose recommendations foraddressing past abuses and reinforcing respect for the fundamental rights of citizens. Brandon Yoder will

provide comments.

About the Speakers:

Hollman Morris is a highly acclaimed investigative journalist from Colombia. In his coverage of Colombiasinternal armed conflict, Mr. Morris has documented numerous cases of human rights abuses and helped hold

accountable those responsible for these crimes. From 2003 to 2010, Mr. Morris directed Contravia, a weeklytelevision program that seeks to provide a voice to victims of human rights violations and bring to light new

information about the Colombian conflict. Mr. Morris is co-director (along with Juan Jos Lozano) of the

documentary film Impunity (2010). He has also been featured in the 2008 documentary Temoin Indesirable

(Unwanted Witness), which exposes the dangers faced by investigative journalists amidst the ongoingviolence in Colombia.

Mr. Morris has won widespread international recognition for his work. He is the recipient of the prestigiousHuman Rights Watch 2007 Human Rights Defender Award, as well as a 2005 Hellman/Hammett grant for his

courageous journalism in the face of political persecution. More recently, Mr. Morris received the 2010
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Chavkin Journalism Prize and the 2011 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award. Prior to his Reagan-

Fascell Democracy Fellowship at NED, Mr. Morris was a Nieman Fellow (2010) at Harvard University.

Brandon Yoder is a program officer for Latin America and Caribbean at the National Endowment for

Democracy.

"Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil"

A Conversation with Timothy Mitchell

Wednesday, February 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602

George Washington University

The Elliott School of International Affairs

1957 E Street NW


There will be a reception following the event.

RSVP at:http://bit.ly/wnlhWC

Timothy Mitchell, Professor and Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies,

Columbia University

Timothy Mitchell will discuss his new book, Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil, in which he

describes a complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependenceon oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely on revenues from oil

production, and in the places that have the greatest demand for energy.

A limited number of books will be available at no cost to GW students.

Sponsored by The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

INVITATION:

The Embassy of the Czech Republic invites you to the screening of the documentary film Cuba's Hope, followed by

a discussion with Jordan Allott, executive producer, and Simon Panek, founder and executive director of the Czech

non-governmental organization People in Need, on February 7, 2012, at 6:30 pm.

The event is part of the Embassy's project: Freedom of Expression in the Contemporary World, dedicated to Milos

Forman and Vaclav Havel, running from February-May 2012.

Embassy of the Czech Republic

3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW


RSVP [email protected], or202/274-9102by February 6, 2012

Light refreshments and mojitos will be served after the discussion.
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About the film:

In 2008, Fidel Castro handed over control of Cuba to his younger brother, Raul. Since then, people around the world have predicted

significant changes in the lives of the Cuban people especially in the lives of young Cubans. While hope springs eternal, the Cuban

government's continued use of laws that violate basic standards of international human rights makes it almost impossible for citizens to

openly voice their desires for change. Despite the obstacles, many young people in Cuba risk their lives to work for a better, more justfuture. In the spring of 2011, Livio, an independent librarian and Cuban youth leader, visited five people: a blogger, a student, a

professor, a journalist and a musician; the film depicts their stories.

Jordan Allott

Jordan Allott is founder and executive producer for In Altum Productions, a Washington, DC, based film and video production company.

Through In Altum Productions, Mr. Allott has produced and distributed documentary projects with themes ranging from Catholic

spirituality and mountain climbing to Cuban and American politics. In 2010, Mr. Allott and In Altum Productions released Oscar's Cuba,

a 60-minute documentary about imprisoned Cuban human rights advocate and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize finalist Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet.

The acclaimed documentary has been screened across Europe, the United States, and South America, including during a 20-stop

university tour. Members of Congress, ambassadors and mayors of the U.S. and European cities hosted additional screenings. Mr.

Allott's work has been seen globally on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), CNN International, Telemundo, and Univisionand has been featured by media outlets globally, including the G. Gordon Liddy Radio Show. Mr. Allott has also written opinion pieces

for the Washington Times, the American Spectatorand Catholic World Report. Additionally, Mr. Allott's work has screened at several

film festivals across the United States and Canada, including the Washington, DC Independent Film Festival. Mr. Allott is a 2012

National Review Institute Washington DC Fellow. Mr. Allott was born in Reading, England, received a B.A. in Political Science,

Philosophy and Film from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and resides in McLean, Virgina.

Simon Panek

Simon Panek was a prominent student leader of the 1989 Velvet Revolution in former Czechoslovakia, and he worked for Presiden t

Vaclav Havel in the 1990s. Currently, he is the director and one of the founders of People in Need (PIN), a Czech non-governmental

organization. PIN focuses on relief aid and development cooperation, as well as human rights and democracy promotion abroad. The

organization also administers social integration programs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and provides informative and educationalactivities. PIN is one of the largest organizations of its kind in post-communist Europe, and has administered projects in thirty-seven

countries over the past 20 years. Panek has worked in Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chechnya, Kosovo, Burma, Afghanistan, Sri

Lanka, Pakistan, Haiti and another 20 countries in which People In Need is involved.

Freedom of Expression in the Contemporary World

The Embassy of the Czech Republic presents the project Freedom of Expression in the Contemporary World, which is dedicated to

lifelong friends and symbols of the fight for democracy and freedom: the renowned Czech film director Milos Forman and former Czech

and Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel. Running from February-May 2012, the project incorporates documentary screenings, panel

discussions, exhibitions, and lectures focusing on freedom of expression particularly in Burma, Belarus, and Cuba.


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Mutual Inspirations Festival 2012-Milos Forman

The project is a prelude to the Mutual Inspirations Festival 2012-Milos Formanwhich will take place September-October 2012. Thefestival will celebrate Oscar-winning, Czech director Milos Forman's 80th birthday, the best of Czech cinematography, and the

accomplishments of the transatlantic film industry, featuring over 30 films and events in prestigious venues throughout the Washington

area. In addition, the festival will incorporate concerts, lectures, exhibitions, and theatrical performances related to film, photography,

and/or the multimedia realm.

Remembering Refugees: Stories from the 1947 Partition of India from Mumbai, and Beyond





1957 E Street NW


RSVP at:http://go.gwu.edu/DaiyaFeb9

Kavita Daiya, Associate Professor of English; Director, M.A. Program in English, GW

As many scholars from Hannah Arendt to Zygmunt Bauman have noted, migration is the defining feature of our era,and the refugee is an extreme instance of this. The Partition migrations of India in 1947 are part of this remarkable

history of the 20th century, turning twelve million people into refugees within nine months. How did these

refugees narrate their voluntary or forced migration? How did they rebuild their lives, remember their past, and

re-imagine their identities in the new Indian nation? What are the cultural and political legacies of the 1947

Partition experience for ideas about citizenship, ethnic nationalism, and secularism in postcolonial India? Drawing

on the accounts of refugees and their descendants settled mostly in and around Mumbai, this talk explores the

impact of the Partition on the cultural negotiation of citizenship, rights, and secularism in contemporary India.

Sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

OCCASIONS, INC. SOCIAL HOUR BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENTTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

5:00-8:00 p.m.

901 Restaurant & Bar

901 9th Street NW

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Join the Occasions, Inc. & OI Travel Collection team on February 9, 2012 for an evening ofnetworking with some of the DC area's top business professionals.

Bring plenty of business cards!

RSVPHERE

Jacqueline Levine's The Temptation

(February 10-March 16)

Opening Reception


Flashpoint Gallery

916 G Street NW(202) 315-1310
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Artist Jacqueline Levine's work ranges from the imagery of Hieronymous Bosch's Garden ofEarthly Delightsto the distorted scale and perspective in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. The exhibition,

The Temptation, will transform Flashpoint Gallery into an immersive installation. A cast of

characters takes the form of large-scale, figurative sculptures that derive their stylistic influences

from primitivism to pop and surrealism to low-brow.

Flashpoint Gallery is generously supported by The Washington Post Company. Hotel Helix isFlashpoints 2011-12 Hotel Partner. Marvin is CuDCs 2011-12 Wine Partner. American Airlines isthe official airline of CuDC.

POSE II and Catherine Koch

Opening ReceptionSaturday, February 11, 7:00-11:00 p.m.

The Fridge


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Rear Alley

516 1/2 Eighth Street SE


Free and open to the public.

This exhibit will consist of new paintings on canvas by legendary "concrete-alchemist" and world-renowned muralist POSE II (aka Maxx Moses), as well as a

select collection of gicl prints of photographs of Mr. Moses' murals by world-

renowned photographer Catherine Koch. Artist workshop and artist talk to be

announced soon.

Exhibit on view through Thursday, February 23, 2012

Waverly Street Gallery4600 East-West Highway

Bethesda, MD 20814

(301) 951-9441

Entrance and parking on Waverly Street.

One block from Bethesda Metro station.

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Waverly Street Gallerys 4th Annual

Invitational Show


Gallery Hours:

Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00-6:00 p.m.

Opening Reception


Waverly Street Gallery presents its February 2012 invitational show. The annual invitational show has proved to b

exciting and popular events offering a bounty of artistic expression. For the fourth year, the 23 member artists of

invite 23 other artists to exhibit their work alongside the Gallery artists. 23 + 23 will feature nationally and locally

in almost every medium - painting, sculpture, photography, jewelry, fiber and ceramics. With 46 artists' works on

media and styles will be available for the public to enjoy.


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For the quilt lovers among you, a show of thirty-nine quilts by Washington area

masters of the craft inspired by theJoanna S. Rose Red and White Exhibit at

the American Folk Art Museum in New York.


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Artist Reception and Gallery Talk -


Off Rhode Studio

downstairs at

Art Enables

2204 Rhode Island Avenue NE



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Distinguished Women in International Affairs: Laura Holgate





1957 E Street NW


RSVP at:http://bit.ly/AcFPwx

Laura Holgate, Senior Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Threat Reduction, National Security

Council

Sponsored by the Nuclear Policy Talks and the Distinguished Women in International Affairs series, which is

presented with the generous support of Jack and Pam Cumming

Catalin Florescu, Inka Parei & Erwin Uhrmann lecture and discussion

Tuesday, February 14 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Embassy of Austria

3524 International Court NW

Washington DC 20008

Admission free, RSVP required:www.acfdc.org/events-registrationor(202) 895-6776

Presented as part of the Zeitgeist Series - a Contemporary German-Language Literature Series:

Erwin Uhrmann (Austria), Inka Parei (Germany), and Catalin Dorian Florescu (Switzerland) will read and discuss

their work on an evening dedicated to emerging authors in contemporary German literature.

Catalin Dorian Florescu was born in Romania in 1967. Later, he and his parents escaped Romania and immigrated

to Switzerland where he now lives and works. For his first two novels, Florescu was awarded the Anna-Seghers-

Preis. His most recent novelJakob beschliesst zu lieben, of which he is going to read some excerpts, was published in

2011 and won theSwiss Book Prize.

Inka Parei was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1967. She studied sociology, political science, sinology and German

studies, and currently lives in Berlin. Parei has been awarded several prizes, including the Hans ErichNossack Prize

and the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. Inka Parei will present her latest workDie Kltezentrale.

Erwin Uhrmann, born in 1978, lives in Vienna. He studied political science and communication science in Vienna,

and founded the art-club Kunstwerft. He has published art commentaries for magazines and catalogues, and works

for the privately financed Essl Museum. Erwin Uhrmann will read a passage from his literary debut Der lange

Nachkrieg.
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The excerpts will be read in both German and English. The writers will introduce and discuss their work in English.

Norbert Brlocher, Counselor, Embassy of Switzerland, will guide through the evening. The event will be concluded

with a Valentines Day reception with Austrian, German and Swiss delicacies provided by the Goethe-Institut,

Embassy of Switzerland and the American-Austrian Cultural Society.

Middle East Policy Forum: Is Israeli-Palestinian Peace Still Possible?





1957 E Street NW


RSVP at:http://tinyurl.com/mepf2-16

Despite twenty years of peace negotiations, persistent obstacles on both sides continue to prevent an Israeli-Palestinian peace

agreement. In addition, the potential international intermediaries are preoccupied with domestic issues: the upcoming presidential

election in the U.S. and the struggle in Europe to aver financial collapse. Without a third-party involvement, can the two parties

(Israel and Palestine) achieve peace alone?

Gershon Baskin is the founder and chairman of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information. He will address these topics

and discuss the secret direct back channel of negotiations that he initiated and conducted between the Government of Israel and

Hamas for the release of the kidnapped Israeli soldier, Gilead Schalit, who was held in captivity in the Gaza strip for 5 years and 4

months.

TheMiddle East Policy Forum is presented with the generous support of ExxonMobil.

Sponsored by Institute for Middle East Studies

Opening Reception

February 16, 6:00 p.m.

OAS' Art Museum of the Americas

201 18th Street NW
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D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER)

February 16, 6:00-8:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)Keck Center

500 Fifth Street NW

Room 100

Registration and Photo IDs required

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Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) presents D.C. Art and Science Evening

Rendezvous (DASER), a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region.

DASERs provide the public with a snapshot of the cultural environment of the region and fosterinterdisciplinary networking. This series is organized in collaboration with Leonardo, the International Society

for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology.

Program

5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Check in

6:00 to 6:10 p.m. Welcoming remarks and community sharing time. Anyone in the

audience currently working within the intersections of art and

science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please

present your work as a teaser so that those who are

interested can seek you out during social time following the

event.

6:10 to 7:10 p.m. Panelists' presentations (15 minutes each)

Shih Chieh Huang, artist, New York City

Lynne Parenti, curator of fishes and research scientist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,

Washington, D.C.

Barbara Stauffer, chief of temporary exhibitions,

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Bertram Ulrich, liaison multimedia and curator, Art Program, NASA, Washington, D.C.

7:10 to 7:45 p.m. Discussion

7:45 to 8:30 p.m. Reception

Leonardo fosters collaborative explorations both nationally and internationally by facilitating interdisciplinary

projects and documenting and disseminating information about the intersection of art, science, and technology.

DASER's sister program, LASER, is based in San Francisco.
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CAG Georgetown ARTS Show 2012

The talent of Georgetown resident artists will be on view this year at the 3rd Annual Georgetown Art Show

at House of Sweden, 2900 K Street NW, for five days, spanning the President's Day Weekend, fromThursday, February 16 thru Monday, February 20. Sponsored by the House of Sweden and free to the

public, the show will launch with an opening reception onThursday, February 16, from 6:00 to 9:00

p.m. CAG's (Citizens Association of Georgetown) unique show of more than 30 Georgetown artists will

include painting, photography, prints, sculpture, 2D and 3D mixed media. While some works will be for

display only, many will be for sale. Show hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Ulysses Marshall: The Journey of Hope


Opening ReceptionFriday, February 17, 6:30-9:00 p.m.

International Visions Gallery

2629 Connecticut Avenue NW



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"The Journey of Hope", acrylic and paperdoll on canvas, 36x48

[GALLERY HOURS] Wednesday - Saturday, 11am-6pm or by appointment

The Miller Center at the University of Virginia invites you to a Presidents Day event in our Washington,

DC office. Three of our outstanding scholars will illuminate historical context for the 2012 election to kick

off our Lessons of 2012theme for the upcoming year. They will offer historical comparisons to issueslikely to be prominent in this year's race and provide an overview of the wealth of materials related to


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presidential history available in our archives.

Join us for fascinating dicussions and a reception:


Miller Center

801 17th Street NW

Suite 202


**Space is limited, so please reply to Shirley Burke [email protected] Thursday, February

16 if you plan to attend.**

AGENDA

4:00 pm 4:05 pm WELCOME

Governor Gerald L. Baliles, Director & CEO, Miller Center; Governor of Virginia (1986-1990)

4:05 pm 4:25 pm THE MODERN PRESIDENCY AND PARTISAN RANCOR

President Obamas political difficulties have not merely been due to poor leadership or the stubborn

rates of unemployment. In large part, they follow from structural dilemmas that would affect any

president. Modern presidents are caught between two competing responsibilities. First, they assume the

responsibility, rooted in the Progressive and New Deal eras, to transcend partisanship and meet the

profound challenges of managing the welfare and national security states. At the same time, they

confront a polarized climate arising from the cultural struggles of the 1960s that pits Democrats and

Republicans in a battle over what the objectives of government should be a raw and disruptive party

politics that requires presidents to pronounce party doctrine, raise campaign funds, mobilize grassroots

support, and campaign on behalf of their partisan brethren.

Sid Milkis, White Burkett Miller Professor of Politics and Director of Democracy and Governance Studies,

Miller Center

4:25 pm 4:45 pm PRESIDENTIAL RECORDINGS

Between 1940 and 1973, six American presidents from both political parties secretly recorded just under

5,000 hours of their meetings and telephone conversations.Using these once-secret presidential

recordings of Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, the presentation will reveal episodes in each of the

administrations that touched on the matters of foreign policy that have engaged presidents over the last

two administrations and will likely emerge as concerns during the upcoming presidential campaign.

Marc Selverstone, Associate Professor and Director of Presidential Studies, Miller Center

4:45pm 5:05 pm WILL THE SUPREMES DECIDE THE 2012 ELECTION? APPLYING HISTORY TO

CURRENT CASES

The US Supreme Court will decide the Obamacare case in the midst of the 2012 presidential race.

Presidential oral histories provide context for this crucial ruling and how the candidates might approach

it, and future Court appointments, in the campaign.

Barbara Perry, Senior Fellow and Associate Professor, Presidential Oral History Program, Miller Center

5:05 pm 5:20 pm MILLER CENTE

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