Live Events Exhibitions and Much More!

LIVE EVENTS EXHIBITIONS AND MUCH MORE!

FALL | WINTER 2019 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C.

NATGEO.ORG/EVENTS FALL 2019 WINTER 2020

5 TALKS & SPECIAL PROGRAMS

NAT GEO YOUR 12 NIGHTS FRONT-ROW SEAT TO EXPLORATION

14 EXHIBITIONS 9 VIRTUAL REALITY EXPLORATIONS

FRONT COVER: RONAN DONOVAN THIS SPREAD, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: FILIPE DEANDRADE/COMFORT THEORY, TAYLOR MICKAL (TOP AND UPPER RIGHT), MICHAEL NICHOLS, TAYLOR MICKAL, FILIPE DEANDRADE MEET TALKS & SPECIAL PROGRAMS SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS! AMAZING PEOPLE, INSPIRING IDEAS PHOTO BY RONAN DONOVAN RONAN BY PHOTO

THROUGH THE LENS: SECRET JOEL SARTORE joelsartore LIVES OF WOLVES EVGENIA ARBUGAEVA OCT 10 | 7:30 PM | TALK | $25 Wildlife Conservation Photographer Arctic Storyteller Find Joel on page 5 A field biologist turned photographer, National Geographic Explorer Ronan Find Evgenia on page 6 Donovan has explored the intimate social structures of mammals, particularly wolves, throughout his impactful career. Learn from Ronan about the extraordinary and surprisingly diverse behaviors of wolves living in the iconic landscapes of Yellowstone and the Arctic.

DAN BUETTNER danbuettner JODI COBB The Happiness Expert jodicobbphoto Find Dan on page 7 Trailblazing Photojournalist Find Jodi on page 8 PHOTO BY JOEL SARTORE BY PHOTO

PHOTO BY JODI COBB BY PHOTO VANISHING: PHOTO ARK OCT 24 | 7:30 PM | TALK | $25

Celebrated National Geographic photojournalist Joel Sartore continues his Photo FILIPE DEANDRADE Ark quest to photograph all species in the world’s zoos and wildlife sanctuaries. filipe_deandrade JAMAL GALVES He’ll share indelible images and stories from the vivid pages of his new National Intrepid Wildlife Cinematographer therealmanateeman Geographic book, Vanishing, inviting us to learn about species at risk and how we Find Filipe on page 11 Manatee Conservation Scientist can help protect them. Find Jamal on page 12 Joel Sartore’s new book, Vanishing: The World’s Most Vulnerable Animals, will be available for purchase. Get your copy signed after the event.

NOV 5 | 7:30 PM | TALK | $25 How can historic photographs of Bethlehem be used to offer new perspectives on the ancient city’s past, present, and future? Oral historian A 2018 National Geographic Media Innovation Fellow, photographer and National Geographic Explorer Yazan Kopty and National Geographic Evgenia Arbugaeva helps shine a light on the shared human experience archivist Sara Manco will share how connecting community elders, cultural through her visionary storytelling. See and hear about her fellowship project heritage experts, and field researchers can reveal new layers of knowledge. documenting how people living along the Northern Sea Route in the Russian Arctic are coping with current political, economic, and climatic changes. PHOTO BY TAYLOR MICKAL TAYLOR BY PHOTO PHOTO BY DAVID MCLAIN DAVID BY PHOTO SECRETS OF THE BLUE ZONES KITCHEN DEC 3 | 6 PM | TALK & RECEPTION | $60

Building on decades of research, longevity expert and best-selling author EXPLORER TRIVIA NIGHT Dan Buettner debuts his first cookbook—a blend of National Geographic photography, 100 recipes inspired by the Blue Zones, and the science that NOV 8 | 5:30 PM | TRIVIA | $10 explains why certain foods make you healthy. Learn from Dan what makes these We’re partnering with District Trivia for a mind-bending night of National Blue Zones communities special before sampling some of the book’s innovative, Geographic–inspired questions. Test your world knowledge, hear from life-affirming recipes after the talk. National Geographic Explorers, and play for prizes. Prove your geo-smarts by Ticket includes wine. Dan Buettner’s new cookbook, The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to competing against other teams and our explorers in five rounds of play. Live to 100, will be available for purchase. Get your copy signed at the event.

Experience the Earth’s most extraordinary places like never before on virtual reality explorations hosted and led by world-renowned National Geographic Explorers. PHOTO BY JODI COBB BY PHOTO THROUGH THE LENS: HIDDEN WORLDS DEC 4 | 7:30 PM | TALK | $25

As one of the first woman field photographers to join National Geographic magazine, Jodi Cobb has developed an international following for her powerful work. She will present a retrospective of her distinguished career as a photojournalist known for revealing hidden societies, from the world of human trafficking to the lives of geisha in Japan. PHOTO BY RAN PENG RAN BY PHOTO

OVERHEARD: A LIVE LUCHANSKY KOSTADIN BY PHOTO PODCAST RECORDING DEC 5 | 7:30 PM | TALK | $25 INTO THE OKAVANGO OCT 15 | 7:30 PM | TALK & VR EXPLORATION Join us for a special live recording event that brings National Geographic’s new Get up close to elephants, lions, hippos, and zebras and glide in a traditional podcast Overheard out from the studio and onto the stage. National Geographic canoe through the wetlands of Botswana. Join National Geographic 2017 Senior Editor and Podcast Host Peter Gwin invites audiences to tune in to the Emerging Explorer Adjany Costa on a transportive 3D tour of the largest fascinating conversations overheard at Nat Geo headquarters. Don’t miss the freshwater wetland in southern Africa and learn what is being done to protect it. chance to go behind-the-scenes with an explorer on a mission to reveal the mysteries behind our big, bizarre and beautiful world. This is a Films Across Borders presentation.

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PHOTO BY MAX SALOMON BY PHOTO FILIPE DEANDRADE BY PHOTO SHARKS EXPEDITION EARTH NOV 19 | 7:30 PM | TALK & VR EXPLORATION OCT 29 | 7:30 PM | TALK & VR EXPLORATION Take an awe-inspiring 3D journey to the world’s shark hot spots in Costa Rica, Mexico, and the Bahamas with National Geographic Explorer and filmmaker Award-winning filmmakers Max Salomon and Malvina Martin Filipe DeAndrade. Get daringly close to these important apex predators—and will guide you on a sweeping virtual reality expedition around the experience the unnerving contrast between flourishing habitats where they’re world—and beyond—taking you under the sea with leopard seals, present and unhealthy ecosystems where they’re not. to the tops of giant sequoia trees, through the sky with eagles, and even into space. This is a Films Across Borders presentation.

WHERE SOCIAL MEETS SMART

Join us for these special monthly happy hours with engaging stories from National Geographic Explorers. PHOTO COURTESY HEATHER J. LYNCH J. HEATHER COURTESY PHOTO

EARTH INNOVATION

PHOTO BY KATIE ORLINSKY KATIE BY PHOTO NOV 21 | HAPPY HOUR 5:30 PM | TALK 6:30 PM TALES FROM THE ARCTIC SEPT 19 | HAPPY HOUR 5:30 PM | TALK 6:30 PM Hear from Microsoft and National Geographic AI for Earth Innovation grantees Lisa Mandle, Africa Flores, and Heather J. Lynch about how they are harnessing Explore the extreme and rapidly shifting environment of the Arctic with big data, advanced computing, and machine learning to help create a more photographer Katie Orlinsky, journalist Jennifer Kingsley, and wildlife ecologist sustainable future for us all. and photographer Jeff Kerby—National Geographic Explorers who are working on the front lines of climate change in one of the planet’s last great wildernesses. PHOTO BY JOEL SARTORE BY PHOTO PHOTO BY JONAS VAN DE VOORDE JONAS VAN BY PHOTO

EDGE OF EXISTENCE OCT 17 | HAPPY HOUR 5:30 PM | TALK 6:30 PM AFRICA’S LAST WILD PLACES FEB 20 | HAPPY HOUR 5:30 PM | TALK 6:30 PM National Geographic Photo Ark EDGE Fellows Jamal Galves, Marina Rivero, Jonathan Phu, and Moumita Chakraborty are working across the globe to Learn about how African Parks’ approach to revitalizing this important ecosystem protect some of their regions’ most at-risk animals that are featured in the is benefiting local communities and critical species, including lions and elephants, National Geographic Photo Ark. Learn how they’re working to bring manatees, and discover how this approach can be replicated to help protect Africa’s other tapirs, green turtles, and red pandas back from the edge of existence. last wild places.

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FASCINATING & ILLUMINATING

Dr. Jane Goodall braved the unknown to give the world a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives: chimpanzees.

NOV 2019–SUMMER 2020

In this hands-on, transportive multimedia exhibition celebrating her extraordinary life and work, you’ll explore Dr. Jane Goodall’s early years through iconic images and a multiscreen experience, venture on a 3D exploration of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park where she did her famous behavioral research on chimps, and learn about her current role as a leader in community-centered conservation and youth empowerment.

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Discount on museum admission for guests WOMEN Free admission to National Geographic 3D films Insider discount on any National Geographic magazine subscription of OCT 2019–SPRING 2020 your choice As we approach the 100th anniversary of the U.S. 10% off purchases to the museum store constitutional amendment establishing women’s 10% off all National Geographic live events right to vote, this powerful exhibition highlights Access to event presales (Family Day, Banff Mountain Film Festival, etc.) women from around the globe through iconic images selected from our 130-year-old Image

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