Thursday:

• No events, since you should be attending the TNG party tonight at Solly’s. See you there!

Friday:

• The Newseum opens today. I went to a preview this week, and it’s a nice space, with a deck overlooking Pennsylvania Ave. There are lots of interactive activities, interesting documentaries (the one I saw on sports writing was great), part of the Berlin Wall, and way more information than you can ingest in one visit. But with the $20 admission fee, you better plan to spend quite a bit of time there.

• The Artwalk murals are unveiled at noon today at 10th Street between New York and H. The 12 24′x6′ murals depict artists’ interpretations of the theme “emerge.”

• The End of Nature opens at the Warehouse Gallery tonight. Artists explore what they will miss most after global warming destroys the environment. Meet the artists reception is from 6-9 p.m. and the show runs through May 4.

Paul Rhymer’s Golden Eye Mount is part of The End of Nature

Saturday:

• Art Whino hosts Yuri’s Night, an artistic celebration of outer space. I don’t know what to say about it, other than it might be just the sort of ridiculous night that’s really fun.

• There’s a lecture at the Hirshhorn at 2 p.m. on illuminated buildings. Architectural historian Dietrich Neumann speaks on the blurring of illusion and reality in architecture and film.

Sunday:

• The National Portrait Gallery opened two photography shows this weekend, one by Edward Steichen and the other by Zaida Ben-Yusuf. Both were based in New York in the early 20th century and their work is a compelling look at the cultural icons of their time. I saw it yesterday and I love Ben-Yusuf’s photo of retired president Grover Cleveland fishing and Steichen’s portraits of Charlie Chaplin.

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