Museums
Spy ESP: Mentalism and Magic at Spy Museum on Saturday
08/05/11 13:10
The ESP in Espionage: An Evening with Alain Nu, The Man Who Knows
Saturday, August 06, 2011
7:00pm $25.00
When the U.S. Government began their Star Gate program in the 1970s, they were focused on the possibility of using psychic channels to gather intelligence. Psychics, in a clinically controlled setting, were asked to perform “remote viewing”—attempting to sense targeted information about people, places and events. Reports of the program’s success run from the eerie to the off-base, but the intelligence world’s pursuit of the mind’s power has captured the imagination of DC homeboy Alain Nu. The Man Who Knows™, who has long been obsessed with the strange, the unknown, and unexplained. His exploration of the unusual has led him to the field of mentalism and developing his untold powers. Nu’s uncanny demonstrations blur the line between science and the mysteries of unexplained phenomena and have been featured in his own TLC Network television specials The Mysterious World of Alain Nu and his book Picture Your ESP! And now he is turning his ESPecially entertaining powers to the world of ESPionage. Join us for an evening with Nu inspired by Star Gate, the trickery of spies, and other top secret projects.
The International Spy Museum
800 F Street, NW — one block from the Gallery Place/China Town Metrorail Station
http://www.spymuseum.org/
Saturday, August 06, 2011
7:00pm $25.00
When the U.S. Government began their Star Gate program in the 1970s, they were focused on the possibility of using psychic channels to gather intelligence. Psychics, in a clinically controlled setting, were asked to perform “remote viewing”—attempting to sense targeted information about people, places and events. Reports of the program’s success run from the eerie to the off-base, but the intelligence world’s pursuit of the mind’s power has captured the imagination of DC homeboy Alain Nu. The Man Who Knows™, who has long been obsessed with the strange, the unknown, and unexplained. His exploration of the unusual has led him to the field of mentalism and developing his untold powers. Nu’s uncanny demonstrations blur the line between science and the mysteries of unexplained phenomena and have been featured in his own TLC Network television specials The Mysterious World of Alain Nu and his book Picture Your ESP! And now he is turning his ESPecially entertaining powers to the world of ESPionage. Join us for an evening with Nu inspired by Star Gate, the trickery of spies, and other top secret projects.
The International Spy Museum
800 F Street, NW — one block from the Gallery Place/China Town Metrorail Station
http://www.spymuseum.org/
African American Civil War Museum Reopens This Weekend!
07/15/11 20:55
The African American Civil War Museum reopens this weekend with a Grand Opening Celebration lasting three days, from Saturday, July 16-Monday, July 18. The museum tells the stories of the slavesÂ’ and freed blacksÂ’ who participatied in that conflict. The museum, originally opened in 1999 with about 700 square feet, but recently moved across Vermont Avenue to 5,000 square feet in a former school building renovated with funds from the DC government.
The museum, at 1925 Vermont Ave. NW, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. The African American Civil War Memorial and “The Spirit of Freedom,” a sculpture by Ed Hamilton that honors African American soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, can be visited 24 hours a day. The memorial, across Vermont Avenue from the museum, is at the U Street/African American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro stop.
