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September 10 



■ Student workshop In conjunction with the exhibition and 

 in collaboration with the Museum Studies department and 

 students of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, D.C. 

 Public Schools, the National Portrait Gallery offered "Paul 

 Robeson: Arrist and Citizen" an interactive, fun workshop 

 for students that combined art activities and learning about 

 the life and career of Paul Robeson. 



September 12 



■ Exhibition The National Museum of African Art opened 

 a major exhibition "Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and 

 African American Identity," a unique collaboration between 

 the National Museum of African Art and the Anacostia Mu- 

 seum and Center for African American Hisrory and Culture. 

 The two-sited exhibition offered visitors not only a glimpse 

 into the history and meaning of the colorful African textile, 

 but provided both programming and interactive activities 

 that engaged diverse audiences. School groups and teachers 

 from hundreds of schools took advantage of related program- 

 ming including exhibition tours, weaving demonstrations by 

 master weavers from Ghana, and teacher workshops. 



September 12 



■ Print advertising The Office of Public Affairs bought two 

 half-page ads in the Washington Post's autumn preview sec- 

 tion to advertise exhibitions and programs available to 

 Smithsonian museum visitors. 



plant species at tisk. To date, assessments have been published 

 in 1990 and 1999. These assessments encourage the survey, 

 conservation, and management of the dwindling and degrad- 

 ing natural habitat throughout the state. 



September 1 5-October 1 5 



■ Outreach As part of the Smithsonian's Hispanic Heritage 

 Month activities, the Archives of American Art presents a 

 special Web site location to announce the recent acquisition 

 of the papers of curator and art historian Giulio V. Blanc and 

 other Archives' Latino initiatives. 



September 1 6-30 



■ Public program The National Portrait Gallery parricipared 

 in the Hispanic Heritage Month with the Latino Festival of 

 a series of feature films, shorts, and documentaries presented 

 in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Included were a 

 mix of U.S. -made films currently on the independent film 

 festival circuit and classics such as Salt of the Earth. Latin 

 Festival activities were made possible by the Smithsonian 

 Center for Latino Initiatives. 



September 1 7-1 8 



■ Public program The Smithsonian Associates celebrated the 

 224th year of the U.S. Marine Corps in a weekend seminar 

 that presented active and former Marines, including Com- 

 mandant James L.Jones, Art Buchwald, Mark Russell, Jim 

 Lehrer, and William Styron. 



September 1 3 



■ Appointment The Tropical Research Insritute appointed I. 

 Fang Sun, professor at Tunghai University in Taichung, Tai- 

 wan, as Asia Program Coordinator for the Center for Tropical 

 Forest Science. 



September 18 



■ Family day The Narional Museum of African Art hosted 

 a family day on the arts and culture of Ghana wirh food, mu- 

 sic, song, a dance procession, games, demonstrarions, and 

 storytelling. 



September 1 3 



■ Press announcement The Office of Public Affairs handled 

 rhe public announcement and publicity when the Board of 

 Regents named Lawrence M. Small as the new Smithsonian 

 Secretary. The Secretary-designate 's biography and other ma- 

 terials were available ro sraff, the public, and the press at the 

 event in the Enid A. Haupt Garden. 



September 15 



■ Publication Hawai'i has more endangered and threatened 

 plants than any other srate in the United States (263/699 taxa 

 or 38 percent U.S. lisred vascular plants). Because of the mag- 

 nitude of the conservation problems in the Hawaiian Islands, 

 it is vital that biologists, conservationists, and land managers 

 have the most up-to-date information possible. To meet this 

 need the Pacific Islands Program in the Department of Botany 

 at the National Museum of Natural History, led by Warren L. 

 Wagner, produces periodic assessmenrs of Hawaiian vascular 



September 18 



■ Public program The National Museum of American His- 

 tory celebrates "Star-Spangled Family Day" as part of its 

 OurStory program. Children's author Steven Kroll read from 

 his book, By the Dawn's Early Light: The Story of the Star- 

 Spangled Banner. The Fort McHenry Color Guard raised a 

 smaller reproduction of the Star-Spangled Banner. Visitors 

 met museum historians and conservators, and activities 

 throughour rhe museum included living history presenta- 

 tions, arrs and crafts, and musical performers. 



September 20 



■ Public program The National Portrair Gallery participated 

 in the Hispanic Heritage Month with the Latino Festival 

 presentation of "The Afro-Latino Presence in American Lit- 

 erature." This panel of three critically acclaimed Afro-Latino 

 authors examined rhe Afro-Latino experience. Panelisrs in- 

 cluded Pin Thomas, author of Down These Mean Streets: Junot 



