The Smithsonian Associates – Educating and Entertaining Audiences for 50 Years

Contemporary Mosaics: The Cosmos in Glass

Creating Poetry From Your Family History: A Writing Workshop

Medical History in Philadelphia: Including America's Oldest Hospital
All-Day Tour

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Road Closures and Traffic Advisories!

If you are attending Smithsonian Associates programs on September 23 - 25, please be advised that there will be some traffic delays due to the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Please refer to the full list of street closures for more details and view a map here. We strongly recommend that you use Metro as your mode of transportation. Please check WMATA Metro Advisories for alerts.

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The Change-Makers and Social Justice
	Ideas that can change the world—and lives—all share the same source: a motivated person who dares to ask, “Why not?" Tonight’s program features individuals who used their platforms to highlight issues as diverse as xenophobia, bigotry, sexism, and other social issues which then allows further discussions on these topics. Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 6:45 PM

DC’s Historic Sites: Welcome to Georgetown
	Our D.C. lunchtime lecture series continues with a focus on Georgetown. Founded in 1751, it predates the establishment of the federal district and Washington City by 40 years. Each week, expert lecturers focus on one of the extraordinary historic places that make Georgetown the unique neighborhood it is. This lecture features the Oak Hill Cemetery. Tuesday, October 4, 2016 - 12:00 PM

Medical History in Philadelphia: Including America's Oldest Hospital All-Day Tour
	Join museum education consultant Sheila Pinsker for a close-up look at the rich and fascinating of Philadelphia as a center of American medicine. Explore the home of pioneering surgeon Philip Syng Physick, the Pennsylvania Hospital, and the Mutter Museum. Friday, October 7, 2016 - 7:00 AM

Taraji P. Henson: This Cookie Doesn’t Crumble

At the center of Fox’s wildly popular hip-hop drama, Empire, is the captivating Cookie Lyon. The force behind Cookie is D.C. native Taraji P. Henson, an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner. Henson talks about her new memoir, Around the Way Girl, about making a life and building career—and what really happens behind the scenes on Empire.

Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 1:00 PM

Novelist Jodi Picoult: On Tackling Tough Topics
	In a conversation with NPR’s Lynn Neary, best-selling author Jodi Picoult discusses her career, inspirations, writing process, and why the issues she takes on in her latest book Small Great Things spoke to her as a novelist. Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 6:45 PM