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RELATED EVENTS All programs are free with museum admission unless noted otherwise (+). DAYTIME PROGRAMS Performance: Voices: Pilot Poets and Painters August 7 at 12:00 Fullerton Hall Lecture: Exhibition Overview August 27, September 24, October 22, November 26, December 17 at 12:00 Gallery 227 Performance: Voices: O’Keeffe—Sage and Sky September 18 at 12:00 Fullerton Hall (+) Study Day: Aerospace Design in Chicago October 1, 9:30–4:00 Please use Columbus Drive entrance. Call (312) 575-8000 for more information on this ticketed program. (after September 1) Lecture: Why Airplanes Look the Way They Do December 5 at 12:00 Price Auditorium Tom Crouch, National Air and Space Museum EVENING PROGRAMS Lecture: Modernism Takes Flight: The Impact of the Airplane on Art in the First Half of the 20th Century August 19 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Anne Collins Goodyear, National Portrait Gallery Lecture: The Future of Architecture, Design, and Aviation October 14 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Jeanne Gang, exhibition designer, and Anthony F. Springer, NASA Lecture: Women in Aviation October 28 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Marta Bohn Meyer, NASA Cosponsored with Women in Aviation, Windy City chapter Lecture: Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation December 16 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Dominick Pisano, National Air and Space Museum *The 6:00 lecture is followed at 7:00 by discussion between Pisano and Chicago "DODO" chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen. Lecture: Aerospace Design in the Heartland: Recent Aviation Experiences at the Art Institute January 6 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall John Zukowsky, exhibition curator Lecture: Forging Colossus: Aviation Construction and Political Legitimacy in Stalinist Russia January 13 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Scott Palmer, Western Illinois University WEEKEND PROGRAMS Lecture: Innovative NASA Aircraft Concepts for the 21st Century August 2 at 12:00 Fullerton Hall John Frassanito, NASA Performance: Voices: O’Keeffe—Sage and Sky September 13 at 12:30 Fullerton Hall FAMILY PROGRAMS All family programs meet in the Kraft Education Center. Click here or call (312) 857-7161 for further information. Kaleidoscope: A Family Day August 16 Drop in between 10:30 and 3:30 Kite-Flying Sessions: 12:00 and 2:00 All Ages Express your own flight of fancy by making and decorating your own kite. Join artist Julio Flores for a unique demonstration of his artful kites and experience the Windy City in an exciting kite flying-session in Grant Park. Kaleidoscope is a museum-wide annual event for families that includes artmaking, a gallery hunt, performances, and tours. The Artist’s Studio September 13 Drop in between 10:30 and 3:30 All Ages Work with a NASA Research Center representative to make a model paper airplane and fly it in a wind tunnel! TEACHER PROGRAMS (+)Workshop: A Study in Design and Function: Toys, Kites, and the History of Flight December 6, 9:30–3:30 Fee: $40; 5 CPDUs This workshop for science or art teachers explores the impact of play and toys, such as kites, on aeronautic innovation and the birth of flight. The day features a presentation by Tom Crouch, noted author and senior curator from the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., a demonstration of the aerodynamics of kite flying, viewing of the exhibition, and hands-on activities about the aesthetics of kite design. Teachers receive educational materials that include activities and curriculum strategies. Call (312) 443-3575 for more information or to register. Call (312) 443-3575 for more information or to register. THE GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER (+)Flying Legends: Movie Myths and Reality Three programs celebrate flight in the movies. On August 14, two Russian test pilots discuss clips of films, including "Top Gun," at "Flying Legends: Night of the Aces." On August 16 and 21, watch John Wayne and Janet Leigh in the 1957 Cold War comedy thriller "Jet Pilot." On August 27 and 30, view Russian director Larisa Shepitko's controversial 1966 portrait of the life of a woman pilot in "Wings." For more details, visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org or call (312) 846-2600. Above: Mars airplane concept, c. 2002. Computer-generated rendering by Garry Qualls. NASA photograph

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