Living Earth Festival: Protecting the Elements
• April 9, 2025

Living Earth Festival: Protecting the Elements Saturday and Sunday, April 26–27, 10 AM–5 PM Oversight of protecting the earth’s natural resources and expansive habitats and ecosystems are taken seriously by […]

Milonga del Festival
• February 19, 2025

Join the Pan American Symphony Orchestra’s Tango Ensemble for an evening of live tango music and tango dancing at the elegant ballroom of the Embassy of Argentina. Bring your dancing […]

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
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Join instructor Jeneen Piccuirro for a one hour all-levels yoga practice in our serene outdoor Sculpture Garden. Please bring your own yoga mat, water, and any other yoga props you […]

Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture 2024: Mira Nair
• October 23, 2024

The 2024 Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture is presented by filmmaker Mira Nair, followed by a special screening of her 1988 award-winning Salaam Bombay! India and the World: East, West, and […]

Gordon Parks: Early Documentaries
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Delve deeper into the work of Gordon Parks. Widely known for his work as a photographer, Parks was also a documentary filmmaker. Programmed in conjunction with the exhibition Gordon Parks: […]

New Restorations: The ’80s Rewind
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These three recent restorations of feature films from the 1980s highlight the work of iconic and seasoned filmmakers Miloš Forman, Wim Wenders, and Robert Frank. With their own disparate yet […]

Early Max Fleischer Animations: Koko the Clown
• October 18, 2024

Live accompaniment by Ben Model, piano. Join us for a special screening of Max Fleischer’s landmark Out of the Inkwell, a program of silent, animated short films with Koko the […]

International Shorts: Best of the Thomas Edison Film Festival 2024
• August 2, 2024

The annual tour of award winners from the Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) returns to the National Gallery. Since 1981, the mission of TEFF has been to promote innovation in […]

Ada Limón and Peter Sís: In Praise of Mystery
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Join U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís for a reading and discussion of their transcendent new children’s book. The book features Limón’s poem “In Praise of […]

Celebrating the Year of Czech Music
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Celebrate the Year of Czech Music with pianist Matyáš Novák. This brilliant young musician has won a range of national and international competitions and performed throughout Europe, the United States, […]