2010 free summer events

Free summer events in Washington abound. The Hill has compiled a list of a few of activities available to readers who want to take full advantage of the season.

Screen on the Green 2010

View film classics under the stars on the National Mall between Fourth and Seventh streets. Screenings run Mondays at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are not required. Call 1-877-262-5866 to inquire about cancellations in instances of extreme weather.

July 12 – “Goldfinger.” Sean Connery stars as secret agent 007 in this installment of the James Bond Series. (1964) 110 minutes.

{mosads}July 19 – “The Goodbye Girl.” Richard Dreyfuss won an Oscar for his role in this romantic comedy. By an odd turn of events, Elliot (Dreyfuss), a struggling New York actor, finds himself living with a recently dumped former Broadway dancer and her charming 8-year-old daughter. (1977) 111 minutes.

July 26 – “12 Angry Men.” Henry Fonda is the only juror unconvinced that a young Hispanic boy murdered his father and deserves the death sentence. Can he sway his fellow jurors to reconsider their positions? (1957) 95 minutes.

Aug. 2 – “Bonnie and Clyde.” Clyde Barrow and his lady friend Bonnie Parker sweep through the Midwest robbing banks and capturing headlines in this crime drama set during the Depression era. (1967) 111 minutes.

The American Folklife Concert Series

A series of free folk concerts sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the Music Division at the Library of Congress. All concerts start at noon in the Coolidge Auditorium, located on the ground floor of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building. Tickets and reservations are not required.

July 14 – Amuma Says No performs transitional and contemporary Basque music.

Aug. 24 – Steve Meisner and Friends plays its unique Milwaukee/Slovenian-style Polka.

Lectures and book talks at the Library of Congress

July 7 – M.L. Malcolm discusses and signs her new book, Heart of Lies. The talk will be held from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the Pickford Theater on the James Madison Building’s third floor.

July 12 – Nadine Cohodas discusses and signs her new book, Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone. The talk will be held from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the James Madison Building’s sixth-floor Mumford Room. 

July 15 ­— Martin A. Gardner discusses and signs his new book, The Marx Brothers as Social Critics: Satire and Comic Nihilism in Their Films. The talk will be held from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Mumford Room.

July 22 — Bau Graves of Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago presents “Cultural Democracy in a Time of Diminished Resources.” The program will run from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Pickford Theater.

Aug. 12 – Debra Lattanzi Shutika of George Mason University presents “Place and the Politics of Belonging.” The lecture will go from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Pickford Theater.