23 results
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    A Portable Life

    Fri, Feb 10 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Multicultural Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events 

    Travel writer Pico Iyer brings a unique perspective to the issues of cultural globalization. His essays appear in National Geographic Traveler, Time, and Harper's, and he has authored a dozen books, including The Open... culturecapital.com

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    Conquering The 14

    Mon, Feb 13 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events,  Multicultural Events 

    A decade ago, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner worked as a nurse saving money for cherished climbing trips. In August 2011, she became the first woman to summit the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen... culturecapital.com

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    Our Explosive Sun: The Source Of The Northern Lights. Evening...

    Wed, Feb 22 @ 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events 

    Our sun is a variable star that hurls billions of tons of gas towards Earth and creates the Northern Lights. Solar physicist Paal Brekke explains this phenomenon as well as solar storms that can be a hazard for techno... culturecapital.com

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    The Ledge

    Wed, Feb 29 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events,  Multicultural Events 

    Descending from the summit of Mount Rainier one day in June 1992, Jim Davidson fell through a snow bridge, dragging his climbing partner with him into a hidden 80-foot deep crevasse. Davidson's new book "The Ledge", n... culturecapital.com

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    Delaware Coastal Birding. All-day Tour

    Sat, Mar 3 @ Holiday Inn Capitol, Washington, DC    
    Science and Nature Events,  Events 

    Explore some of Delaware's top birding locations with birding experts Andy Sprenger and Mikey Lutmerding. Birding at the Indian River Inlet, Cape Henlopen, and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge promises great opport... culturecapital.com

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    An Amazonian Odyssey. Evening Seminar

    Tue, Mar 6 @ Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley…, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events 

    Ed Smith, Smithsonian staff biologist within the National Zoo's Amazonia Department, leads a virtual tour of the vast Amazon basis where our planet's most diverse species and enormous biomass live and are obscured by ... culturecapital.com

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    Traveling The World

    Tue, Mar 6 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Science and Nature Events,  Educational Events,  Multicultural Events 

    For 40 years, the late Tom Abercrombie traveled for National Geographic magazine, pushing global boundaries. Tom's wife Lynn Abercrombie, herself an accomplished photojournalist, often joined him on assignment. To cel... culturecapital.com

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    Wangari Maathai Tribute

    Tue, Mar 13 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Multicultural Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events,  Film Events 

    The late environmental, social, and political activist Wangari Maathai earned a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the Green Belt Movement. She founded this Kenyan organization in 1977 to encourage the planting of tr... culturecapital.com

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    Celestial Navigation: Finding Your Way In The Sky. 2-session...

    Wed, Mar 14 @ Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley…, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events 

    This class meets every Wednesday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, from 3/14 to 3/21. How did Christopher Columbus "sail the ocean blue in 1492" without GPS? Learn how seafarers guided their way around the world by celestial... culturecapital.com

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    Elephants Gone Wild

    Wed, Mar 14 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Multicultural Events,  Film Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events 

    In Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, elephants are in crisis: Years of civil war and ivory poaching have left them frightened and hostile toward humans. In a new National Geographic Television film, the world's fo... culturecapital.com

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    The Treasure Below: Excavating At The Ancient Port Of...

    Thu, Mar 15 @ Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley…, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events 

    A tunnel being constructed under the Marmara Sea has revealed the ancient port of Constantinople with shipwrecks and cargoes from the 5th century B.C. The latest dig uncovered 8,500 year-old skeletons. Project directo... culturecapital.com

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    An Animated Retrospective

    Sat, Mar 17 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Science and Nature Events,  Family and Kids Events,  Multicultural Events,  Film Events 

    Enjoy some of the most popular animated films screened during our 20 years of participating in the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital. Bring the whole family for a stunning retrospective of the favori... culturecapital.com

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    Bones Of Turkana

    Mon, Mar 19 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Science and Nature Events,  Film Events,  Educational Events,  Multicultural Events 

    For over 40 years, Richard Leakey has scoured the badlands around Kenya's Lake Turkana, searching for fossil clues that might reveal how we became human. This new documentary, featuring music by Paul Simon and the Ken... culturecapital.com

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    An Eye On The Universe: The Hubble Space Telescope. All-day...

    Sat, Mar 24 @ 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, DC    
    Science and Nature Events,  Educational Events 

    Astrophysicist Mario Livio shows and describes the greatest achievements of the Hubble Space Telescope, including stellar birth and death, extrasolar planets, dark energy, dark matter, and ordinary matter, and what qu... culturecapital.com

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    Gadgets, Gizmos, And Gee-whiz!

    Sat, Mar 24 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Family and Kids Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events,  Multicultural Events 

    Prepare yourself to be wowed! From high in the sky to deep in the ocean, National Geographic's clever Tech Team members Eric Berkenpas and Alan Turchik, in their experimental think tank deep in the heart of Nat Geo he... culturecapital.com

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    An Astronomers View Of Chile: The Country That Teaches The...

    Tue, Mar 27 @ Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley…, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events 

    With astronomer Ryan Foley, explore the findings of Smithsonian-Harvard Center for Astrophysics astronomers working in Chile. Learn about the biosphere where they live, new astronomical research, plans for future tele... culturecapital.com

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    Food Thats Out Of This World. Evening Seminar

    Thu, Mar 29 @ Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley…, Washington, DC    
    Science and Nature Events,  Educational Events 

    This evening, explore the transformation of food in orbit from the popularization of Tang to the 180 different types of food on the menu and the science and technology that keep it edible. Vickie Kloeris, manager of N... culturecapital.com

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    The Changing Face Of Marseille

    Wed, Apr 4 @ National Geographic Museum…, Washington, DC    
    Events,  Educational Events,  Science and Nature Events,  Multicultural Events 

    For the March 2012 issue of National Geographic, photographer Ed Kashi traveled to Marseille, France's second largest city and a magnet for North African immigrants. Known for his insightful coverage of the Muslim wor... culturecapital.com