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• Dec 6th

  10am

  Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mysteries All-Day Seminar

  S. Dillon Ripley Center

  Today, George Scheper (faculty associate, advanced academic programs, Johns Hopkins University) begins by giving a geographic and historic overview of the Andean world and then explores Machu Picchu by giving participants an armchair expedition of the main structures, focusing on the stone work and layout of the royal residences and sacred ceremonial space.

  $120, general; $

  Resident Associate Program

  901 New York Avenue NW (Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro)
  Washington, DC
• Dec 6th

  10am

  Whistler, Cassatt, and Sargent: At Home in Europe All-Day Seminar

  S. Dillon Ripley Center

  Today, Eric Denker (senior lecturer, National Gallery of Art) explores the work of Whistler, Cassatt, and Sargent, who lived and worked in Europe during the second half of the 19th century. Note: Seminar includes a field trip the the National Gallery on Saturday, December 13; meeting time to be finalized in class.

  $130, general; $95, members; call 202-633-3030

  Resident Associate Program

  901 New York Avenue NW (Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro)
  Washington, DC
• Dec 6th

  10am

  Ready Set Design

  Join in and volunteer to help middle school girls complete an engineering project. The Ready Set Design program provides introductory engineering experiences for middle school girls in the Baltimore area, through half-day weekend programs on the Johns Hopkins University campus. The program is organized by the Johns Hopkins student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

  Locat

  Johns Hopkins University

  Shriver Hall
  Baltimore, MD 21218
• Dec 6th

  2pm

  Animating the Ocean Lecture, with film clips

  Natural History Museum Baird Auditorium

  In this family-friendly program featuring clips from the film Finding Nemo, production designers from Disney and Pixar discuss how Hollywood studios adapt ocean stories to bring underwater animation to life.

  Free

  Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall

  Baird Auditorium of the National Museum of Natural History

  Tenth and Constitution Avenue NW
  Washington, DC
• Dec 6th

  2pm

  Storytelling Sessions at Mount Vernon

  This event occurs: Weekly on Sunday, Saturday.

  Children enter a world of fantasy and fables when costumed interpreters weave three tales together during Mount Vernon's storytelling session, "Once Upon a Time at Mount Vernon", held every Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. through December at the Hands-On History room in the Donald W. Reynolds Education Center.

  "Celebrating family and friends" is the

  Mount Vernon

  3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
  Mount Vernon, VA 22121
• Dec 6th

  5:30pm to 8:30pm

  ZooLights 2nd Annual Winter Lights Celebration

  The Zoo and Rosenthal Jaguar/Land Rover introduce a Date Night event during ZooLights. Bring your date to ZooLights for a fun and romantic evening.

  Your evening starts at 5:30 p.m., half an hour before the event opens to other guests.

  Your tickets include two passes to ZooLights, delicious treats including hot chocolate and gingerbread men, and a cuddly plush animal gift. Plus, you can enter to wi

  National Zoo

  3001 Connecticut Avenue NW
  Washington, DC 20008
• Dec 6th

  7:30pm

  Peaoby Wind Ensemble

  Saturday, December 6, 2008 7:30pm

  Peabody Wind Ensemble

  Woodwinds & Brass

  Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall

   

  Harlan D. Parker, Conductor

  Aaron Copland: Outdoor Overture

  Percy Aldridge Grainger: Colonial Song

  Cindy McTee: Soundings

  John Philip Sousa: The Gallant Seventh

  Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite

  Joseph Schwantner: ...and the mountains rising nowhere

  $15 Adults

  $10 Seniors

  Johns Hopkins University

  Shriver Hall
  Baltimore, MD 21218
• Dec 6th

  8pm

  Johns Hopkins University Theatre presents Fuddy Meers,

  Johns Hopkins University Theatre presents Fuddy Meers, by David Lindsay-Abaire, a farce about an abducted amnesiac.

  Location Information:  

  Homewood - Merrick Barn

  Johns Hopkins University

  Shriver Hall
  Baltimore, MD 21218
• Dec 6th

  8pm

  Allnighters a cappella group

  The Allnighters, a JHU a cappella group, performs their fall cocnert.

  Location Information:  

  Homewood - Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy

  Room: Schafler Auditorium

  Johns Hopkins University

  Shriver Hall
  Baltimore, MD 21218
• Dec 6th

  8pm

  Throat Culture

  Throat Culture, a JHU theater comedy and film-making group, performs.

  Location Information:  

  Arellano Theater (Levering Hall) Homewood Campus

  Phone: 410-955-7548

  Johns Hopkins University

  Shriver Hall
  Baltimore, MD 21218