Event Calendar: Mid-Atlantic Area
Whenever you cannot visit Germany in person, rest assured that there are often events in your area that will bring you closer to Germany. Browse our regional calendar below to find out which events are scheduled in the Mid-Atlantic Area, or use the search tool to the right to search events throughout the United States. You can fine-tune your search by selecting an event category, location and/or date range.
Grand Opening: German-American Heritage Museum of the USA
Mar 21, 2010 12:00 PM - Mar 21, 2010 5:00 PM | Washington, DC
The German-American Heritage Museum of the USA, featuring permanent exhibits on German immigration and migration across the Unites States and famous German-Americans, among other topics, opens its doors to the public on March 21.
Film: Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Mar 21, 2010 3:00 PM | Washington, DC
**SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW** Join this young loggerhead turtle as she follows the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. The trip takes 25 years, and just one in ten thousand will survive.
Film: The Saltmen of Tibet
Mar 21, 2010 3:00 PM | Washington, DC
Observing age-old taboos and paying steadfast homage to the deities of the land and elements, four men meticulously plan and embark upon a grueling three-month yak caravan to fetch “the tears of Tara,” the precious salt from the holy lakes of northern Tibet.
Film: Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer
Mar 23, 2010 7:00 PM | Washington, DC
The origins of cinema and its most famed forefather, Muybridge, are spotlighted in this innovative film through animations of Muybridge’s photographic studies of human and animal gesture and movement.
Film: Altiplano
Mar 23, 2010 7:15 PM | Washington, DC
DC PREMIERE - Set in the breathtaking Peruvian high Andes, this deeply affecting film is both a meditation on the power of the image and a song of protest against the ravages of mercury spills. The film parallels and intertwines the destinies of two strong women.
