July 15 



Special Event: The Embassy of Egypt and WETA hosted a special screening of "Islam," 

 the fifth and final special of the third season of "Smithsonian World." The program, 

 which was telecast in the United States on July 22, received wide acclaim in the 

 international Islamic community. 



July 15 



Premiere: The half-hour film The Movie Palaces, produced by the Office of 

 Telecommunications, premiered nationwide on the Public Broadcasting Service network. 



July 15 



Awards: Blue Pencil awards, from the National Association of Government 

 Communicators, were given to The Torch, the Department of Botany brochure, and two 

 Smithsonian News Service feature stories— all produced by the Office of Public 

 Affairs. 



July 16 



Special Event: The National Zoological Park offered the first concert in its annual 

 series, Sunset Serenades. Between four hundred and seven hundred people attended each 

 of the six Thursday evening concerts in 1987. 



July 29 



New Advisory Council: The first meeting of the new Smithsonian Film, Television, and 

 Radio Council was held. Smithsonian Secretary Adams appointed Adrian Malone as 

 chairman of the council. 



July 30 



Acquisition: The Office of Folklife Programs began its custodianship of the Folkways 

 Archives. Received were about six hundred boxes of sound tapes, original glass disks, 

 as well as ethnographic files, correspondence, and other documentation associated with 

 Folkways Records over the past half century. 



July 30 



Lecture: Author and lawyer Archibald Cox reflected on the role of the Supreme Court 

 in a Resident Associate Program offering to mark the bicentennial of the 

 Constitution. 



July 31 



Retirement: John E. Reinhardt retired as director of the Directorate of International 

 Activities, concluding his more than seven years of service to the Smithsonian. 



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