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It may be known for big museums. But the D.C. region is also home to a vibrant visual arts scene. From small galleries to up-and-coming local artists, get an idea of the diverse offerings on view this winter.
Lenny Campello, art critic, artist, and gallery owner
Jeffry Cudlin, Artist; Art critic, Washington City Paper; Lecturer, University of Maryland
Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator, American University Museum at the Katzen
In the last three years of his life, Martin Luther King's nonviolent struggle for civil rights brought him to the height of his moral authority, even as his immediate political power waned. Pulitzer-prize winning author Taylor Branch discusses the last pivotal years of King's life and their legacy.
Taylor Branch, Historian; and author of "At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968" (Simon & Schuster)
It's a common refrain that we live in an era of clashing civilizations. But in a global village, is it possible for six billion strangers to get along? Drawing his own trans-continental experience, philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah shares his moral manifesto on global ethics.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University; author of "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers" (Norton)
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