National Geographic Hosts Lectures, Live Concerts and More

National Geographic Live is back and this year will be filled with plenty of events to choose from.

Beginning Sept. 14 and running through December, National Geographic will host world-renowned photographers, travel writers, scholars, and Nobel Prize winners.

 

October events:

Event Date/Time Description Cost

BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR

Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Blitz The Ambassador is a Ghanaian-born rapper who brings a mix of Afrobeat and hip-hop.
$20

SKY CAVES OF NEPAL

Thursday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m.

Legendary climber Peter Athans is well-known for his exploration of the remote Nepalese region of Mustang in 2007.

NG Member: $18/2-pt series: $34

Public: $20/ 2-pt series: $38

CULTURES ON THE EDGE

Friday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Masters of Photography Series – Event 1 with Chris Rainer. He'll discuss his new book Cultures on the Edge. He documents the anthropological story of "indigenous cultures whose ways are under threat."

NG Member: $18/5-pt series: $85

Public: $20 /5-pt series: $95

BLUE HOLES & DARK ENERGY: MAPPING THE UNKNOWN

Wednesday Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.

2011 Physics Nobel Prize winner Adam Riess discusses discovering the accelerating expansion of the universe, a phenomenon widely attributed to dark energy. Reception follows. 

NG member: $20/3-pt series: $57

Public: $22 /3-pt series: $63

AN EVENING WITH RUMI: PERSIAN MYSTICAL POETRY AND MUSIC

Friday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Fatemeh Keshavarz, a Rumi scholar and Director of the Roshan Institute Center for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland, will read from his work.

$25 reading & concert/$30 event including exhibit

SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION @ 50

Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate 50 years of human exploration of the solar system with panelists who are leading in the discussion.

NG member: $18/3-pt series: $51

Public: $20/ 3-pt series: $57

ARABIAN SIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

Friday, Oct. 26 to Sunday, 28

Celebrating 17 years, Arabian Sights will feature films from Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates.

Purchase tickets on filmfestdc.org.  

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COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS

Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Award winning writer and National Geographic contributor Alexandra Fuller converted "her experience of growing up amidst war and revolution" into a powerful literary voice.

NG member: $18/3-pt series: $51

Public: $20/ 3-pt series: $57

Note: Tickets can be purchased online at www.nglive.org, by telephone at (202) 857-7700, or in person at the National Geographic ticket office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Free parking is available in the National Geographic underground garage for all programs that begin after 6 p.m.