Art historian John Daum transports you to a time when Venice, Italy, was a world superpower and artist like Bellini, Giorgione and Titian were revolutionizing art. It's free! Come early and enjoy amazing craft beverages and delicious dishes… Read More
Daniel Feliciano, project team fellow at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus, explores how the available resources surrounding cells within tissues are used as energy sources and building blocks to determine different cell functions. It's free! Come early to enjoy… Read More
Exploring Antarctica and the Subantarctic Islands National Geographic photography expert Jeff Mauritzen shares images, stories and photo tips from his many assignments to these unique geographical locations. It's free! Come early and enjoy tasty craft beverages--beer, wine, cider,… Read More
Musician and historian Ken Avis uses film clips and recordings to celebrate the rich African American popular music culture that took root with jazz, reverberated to the sound of rhythm and blues and pumped up the funk and… Read More
Art historian John Daum explores the art and myths that inspired Greek artists from the early Cycladic period through the height of the Hellenistic age. Come early and enjoy amazing craft beverages and delicious dishes from the Old Ox… Read More
Recent excavations at New Mexico's White Sands National Park revealed 23,000-year-old tracks of ancient human beings alongside extinct megafauna. Archaeologist Dan Odess discusses this remarkable discovery. Come early and enjoy craft beverages--beer, wine, cider, vodka soda cocktails--and delicious… Read More
Heather Stebbins, music composer and George Washington University professor, discusses how innovations in technology have transformed the ways we create, perform, consume and think about music. Come early and enjoy craft beverages--beer, wine, cider, vodka soda cocktails--and delicious… Read More
While names like Roberta Flack and Patsy Cline are still familiar, many of the female artists who were once recognized in jazz, blues and country music have been all but forgotten. Historian Ken Avis describes how these musicians… Read More
Virginia Tech wildlife ecologist and researcher Christopher Blume discusses how development affects bats, mammals that are indicators of ecosystem health. Blume is currently collecting data about bat species in Rock Creek National Park in Washington, D.C. Come early… Read More