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
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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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Rembrandt: Close-up on a Master

The 17th-century Dutch painter and printmaker Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the great innovators in Western art. Using web-based, high-resolution images that provide a look at Rembrandt’s practice from an uncommonly close point of view, art historian Aneta Georgievska-Shine explores some of the most unique aspects of his artistic language. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)

Tuesday, September 27, 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

Meet Astronaut Mike Massimino—No Ordinary Spaceman
	Former astronaut Mike Massimino is the veteran of NASA space flights aboard space shuttles Columbia and Atlantis. His final mission was to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009. He tells a compelling story about following a dream and what having the “right stuff” really means—at NASA, in space, and in life. Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 6:45 PM

The Pulse on Modern Medicine: Insights from NIH Experts

In a five-part series, listen to National Institutes of Health directors and scientific and medical experts discuss what is currently “hot” in biomedical research—and what it all means for our health and medical treatment today and in the future. This session features William Gahl, Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute and Director, NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program.

Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 6:45 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