DC learning

The Washington Studies Conference started yesterday. It features 29 different events and for free!
Register here…http://www.historydc.org/2007Conference/form.asp

There are some pretty cool looking sessions tomorrow:

Film Room: DC Screenings
* This is Duckpin Country
* Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
* From Here to Obscurity: The “Best” of Travesty Films
* George Merriken Home Movies
* Theatre Dark
* DC Treasures from the National Archives: 1968-1970 Local Newscasts thanks to Richard Nixon
Jeff Krulik, Coordinator

Civil Rights, Home Rule, and the Struggle for Political Automy in D.C.
Presenters:
Sam Smith, Progressive Review
Rebecca Kingsley, Filmmaker
Michael Fauntroy, Assistant Professor, George Mason University
MODERATOR: Courtland Milloy, Washington Post

C Style: A Salute to the Reporters Who Chronicled Real Washington Society and Fashion
Moderator:
Rosemary Reed

34th Annual Washington Studies Conference
November 1 - 3, 2007
Hosted by The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
The Carnegie at Mount Vernon Square, 801 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001