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WETA Special Events

Welcome to WETA Special Events.

We invite you to join us throughout the year for a variety of exciting special appearances, get-togethers, and activities throughout the Washington area.

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Upcoming Events

The Classical WETA promotions team at the Music Center at Strathmore.

An Evening with the National Philharmonic

March 20, 2010

Join Classical WETA on March 20 for a performance by the National Philharmonic titled All Brahms. As media partner, Classical WETA afternoon host John Chester will introduce the concert and a Classical WETA promotions team will distribute giveaways and station information.

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Reading: A Family Affair

March 20, 2010

Join Clifford The Big Red Dog, two-time Grammy award winning musicians Cathy Fink and March Marxer, and The Great Zucchini among other performers and authors for a family fun-filled day celebrating reading and literacy.

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Classical WETA promotions team at Strathmore for the WPAS presentation of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Lang Lang with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra

April 3, 2010

Join Classical WETA at George Mason’s Center for the Arts for a performance titled Lang Lang with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. Classical WETA evening host Nicole Lacroix will host a pre-performance discussion at 7:15 and will introduce the concert at 8:00. A WETA promotions team will be on site with giveaways and station information.

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Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. turns again to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 11 renowned Americans. Looking to the wider immigrant experience, Professor Gates unravels the American tapestry, following the threads of his guests’ lives back to their origins around the globe. Professor Gates’ guests include actress Meryl Streep.

"Faces of America" Teacher Training

April 10, 2010

Educators are invited to join WETA TV 26, Thirteen (New York public broadcasting), and the National Museum of American History on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm at the museum for a free teacher training workshop.

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