May 3 



Event: Warren Furutani of the Los Angeles Board of Education delivered the keynote 

 address opening the Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration. Charu 

 Narasimhan performed a classical Indian dance and the Khmer Mohori Ensemble 

 presented traditional Cambodian music. 



May 9 



Exhibition: "Information Age: People, Information & Technology" opened at the 

 National Museum of American History. The 14,000-square-foot exhibition traces the 

 evolution of information-processing and communications technologies from the 1830s to 

 the present. In the use of sophisticated, state-of-the-art technology for the exhibition 

 installation, "Information Age" is the most ambitious interactive show the Smithsonian 

 has ever done and a revolutionary approach to alternative learning in museum 

 exhibitions. 



May 15 



Meeting: His Excellency Abou Diouf, president of the Republic of Senegal, participated 

 in meetings with Smithsonian officials arranged by the Office of International Relations. 

 While at the Smithsonian, Diouf was given a briefing on the Festival of American 

 Folklife's Senegal program. 



May 16 



Exhibition: "Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought," an exhibition of 100 

 Yoruba objects organized by the Center for African Art in New York, went on view at 

 the National Museum of African Art until August 26. 



May 17 



Special Event: "ZooFari~A Celebration of the Rainforest," a gala evening event 

 sponsored by the Friends of the National Zoo, attracted hundreds of participants. 

 "ZooFari" raises funds for the Theodore H. Reed Animal Acquisition Fund, which 

 supports the acquisition, exhibition, and propagation of rare and endangered species at 

 the Zoo, as well as public education about these species. 



May 17 



Lecture: Former Federal Aviation Administrator Najeeb E. Halaby presented the annual 

 Charles A. Lindbergh Lecture at the National Air and Space Museum. Halaby, an 

 aviation executive and former chief executive officer of Pan American World Airways, 

 presented his views on how commercial aviation could be made safer and more efficient. 



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