HSW BIOGRAPHY SERIES MAY Albert Small Celebrating Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month
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SPRING EVENTS CALENDAR 2009 HSW BIOGRAPHY SERIES MAY Albert Small Celebrating ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN Heritage MONTH A Washington native, Albert H. Small began collecting rare prints and DON’T MISS! maps of Washington, D.C. in the late 1940s. An amateur historian, Mr. Saturday, May 2 Small owns perhaps the most comprehensive collection of memorabilia 2, 9 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. When the Word is Written Series related to the Declaration of Independence and one of the largest Saturday, May collections of rare prints and maps of Washington, D.C. Mr. Small 11:00 a.m. - 4 p.m. Family Event TWO WOMEN, TWO BOOKS, ONE MAN: has been a generous contributor to the Jewish Society of Greater Remembering Lily: An examination of memoirs and family Washington’s - Lillian and Albert Small Museum and the National E. Ethelbert Miller Museum of American History’s Albert H. Small Documents Gallery. Painting Urbanscapes E. Ethelbert Miller discusses President of Southern Engineering Corporation, Mr. Small has been his two memoirs--Fathering active in the building industry throughout the Mid-Atlantic region for Words and his new book, more than 50 years. He serves on the boards of the National Symphony The 5th Inning. Mr. Miller Orchestra, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Tudor Place Foundation, sits down to discuss his and The Manuscript Society. He is a member of the James Madison life and work with two Council of the Library of Congress and of the Life Guard of Mount Vernon, people who know him well—Dr. Denise King-Miller a trustee of the National Archives Foundation, and treasurer for the U.S. and Michelle Blandburg, his first and second wives. Department of State Diplomatic Reception Rooms Endowment Fund. This discussion is an opportunity to talk about love, divorce, marriage, and family life. Are all the stories true? Come and find out. The author writes Photo: Barr Weissman in his new book, “This book is a riff on middle-age, In celebration of Lily Spandorf’s Washington Never marriage, fatherhood, and failure. In baseball the fifth More Collection on view at the Historical Society of inning can represent a complete game. The structure Washington, D.C., visual artists are invited to come of this book consists of balls and strikes. As a writer to the grounds of HSW to paint scenes of everyday I might now and then throw the reader a curve.” life at our historic location at Mt. Vernon Square. (Ages 12 to Adults) [email protected] or 202-383-1828. FREE Lily Spandorf’s watercolor images capture many of the streetscapes she first admired when she came to Washington in 1960. Fifty years later, artists will Sunday, May 3 have the same opportunity to document scenes from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. HSW Author & Lecture Series our beloved city through the medium of watercolors, acrylic, or pencil. The Quander Quality: Nellie Quander, An Alpha Kappa Alpha Pearl Begin the day by visiting the Spandorf exhibition. By Rohulamin Quander Next, walk the grounds. After you have chosen the scene you want to paint, set up your easel and On the occasion of the centennial supplies. HSW will provide you with a chair. celebration of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, we present a book Artists who want to submit images of their paintings about the life of Nellie M. Quander, to be considered for an exhibition in our community the sorority’s first national president. gallery should fill out an application form that can Written by Rohulamin Quander, be found at the reception desk on the first floor. Our a senior administrative judge for the District of director of exhibitions will make the final selections Columbia, the book was published by the Quander to be exhibited. (Ages 12 to Adults) RSVP@historydc. Historical Society in cooperation with Three D Publishing. org or 202-383-1828. FREE Continued on page 20 160 DC LIVE! MAGAZINE DC LIVE! MAGAZINE 17 FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. SPRING EVENTS CALENDAR 2009 - MAY SPRING EVENTS CALENDAR 2009 - MAY Rohulamin Quander’s ancestors came to the Americas three centuries ago and originated Saturday, May 9 Thursday, May 14 in what is now Ghana, West Africa. Several 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Education Program 1:00 & 3 p.m. Family Film Series Quander ancestors were in service to George Washington at his Mount Vernon plantation. A native Family Workshop A Century of Quilts: America in Cloth Washingtonian, Quander is a cousin of Nellie M. Oral History Workshop Laurie Gorman, 77 mins., PBS Home Video Quander. Having been repeatedly asked through the years about Nellie Quander by sorority and This rich and beautifully crafted The Veterans History PBS documentary celebrates community members, he elected to publish this book Project of the Library of to coincide with Alpha Kappa Alpha’s centennial the art of quilting by featuring Congress’s American selections from the best 100 observance in 2008. Sharing Nellie’s philosophy Folklife Center collects about giving back to others, Rohulamin is donating American quilts of the 20th and preserves the 9, 16, 30 century, the stories behind their a portion of the book’s proceeds to the Nellie M. remembrances of American war veterans. This free Saturday, May Quander Memorial Scholarship Fund, located at 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Family Tai Chi Classes creation, and the quilters as oral history workshop will give you a chance to work they work. Howard University. with experts from the Veterans History Project and Celebrating Asian Pacific Islander learn methods and techniques for collecting and The program visits the 1999 Rohulamin’s last book was The Quander Quality: The preserving the stories of veterans from your family American Heritage Month True Story of a Black Trailblazing Diabetic (the life of International Quilt Festival in and community. See a sample interview and learn Houston, where many of these James W. Quander, his late father). Currently he is Bring the entire family out to learn tai chi on the experts’ top tips, from the kind of equipment you’ll quilts were featured together for the first time. The working on a third book, The Quanders: Since 1684, grounds of the Historical Society of Washington, need to the right questions to ask. This workshop film also travels across America to capture the artists An Enduring African American Legacy. (Ages 12 to D.C. The ancient art of tai chi is a style of kung fu is great for families, groups, and Scout troops that at work in their studios and homes telling the stories Adults) [email protected] or 202-383-1828. FREE that emphasizes internal energy. The movements are want to capture their own stories or for teachers behind the creation of these magnificent treasures. slow and easy and able to be performed by anyone looking to bring oral history into the classroom. No Their stories are tales of a creative spirit inspired regardless of physical condition or age. The Chinese RSVP required. (Suitable for all ages) FREE by love, sorrow, joy, fond memories, proud cultural term taijiquan literally means “supreme ultimate fist.” ties, love of nature, religious beliefs, and a need for 5, 12, 19, 26 artistic expression. Their quilts tell stories through a Tuesday, May At the height of its development around 1644 C.E., Saturday, May 9 myriad of colors, textures, and fabrics that reflect the Tours, Talks, and Tea tai chi was a fast martial art that also valued slow 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. diversity of American life and the continuing tradition 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Education Program movements meant to expand the mind and focus the of quilting in new and different ways. (All Ages) Treat yourself by body’s energy. When the Qing Dynasty Manchurian Second Saturday Scavenger Hunt [email protected] or 202-383-1828. FREE TOURS, TALKS & TEA joining us for a guided emperor saw the health and vitality of tai chi tour of our exhibitions Lily Spandorf’s Washington masters, he demanded he be taught tai chi. Refusal on view, stimulating to teach the emperor would mean death, so the tai talks, art-related films, Lily Spandorf chi masters decided to teach him the slow, flowing Saturday, May 16 and complimentary was a D.C. artist movements rather than the fast martial art aspect of 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Education Program tea or coffee at the who captured tai chi. The Manchus, now believing that they had elegant Historical scenes of learned tai chi, began to practice it on a large scale. Girl Scouts Program Society of Washington, Washington The Chinese, on the whole not knowing tai chi, saw My Heritage D.C., located in the through her their new leaders practicing tai chi and began to Carnegie Building at watercolor practice it themselves. This is how the slow flowing The Historical Society of Washington, Mt. Vernon Square. paintings. In movements that are internationally recognized as tai D.C. is the perfect place to explore Exhibitions currently this month’s chi came into practice. your past and the stories within your on view are: Lily scavenger hunt community! During this program we will Spandorf’s Washington Never More Collection; we’ll explore her Free lessons are provided by the Wong People explore our own heritages by creating a Portraying Lincoln: A Man of Many Faces; and exhibit and artistic style. Get your family, friends, Kung Fu Association, which is directed by Raymond family tree and trying to discover where our names Quilts for Obama.