Monday, February 11, 2011

4:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Woodrow Wilson Center,
4:00-5:15 p.m. Forum and Concert: 6th Floor, Joseph H. and Claire Flom Auditorium
5:30-6:30 p.m. Art Opening Exhibition, 4th floor Atrium

The Woodrow Wilson Center,

the Emma Mae Gallery, Mark Nelson Preston, & the
DC Arts District
Present:

The Gregory Gaskins Experience and the

History of Rhythm & Blues:
An Afternoon of Conversation, Music, and Art

Speakers and Musicians include:

Blair A. Ruble—Director, KI and Author, Washington’s U Street: A Biography

Mark Nelson Preston (moderator)—Producer/Music Director
Gregory L. Gaskins—Lead Guitarist, Composer & Conductor
Jerome “Stump” Monroe—Percussionist
Emory Joseph—Vocalist/Guitarist
Gary Van Scyoc—Bassist
Rev. Sandra Butler-Truesdale, curator, Emma Mae Gallery
Jimi Smooth, vocalist

To RSVP acceptance or to receive further information, send an email to Maria-Stella Gatzoulis at

Revsandra2001@yahoo.com or Maria-stella.gatzoulis@wilsoncenter.org . Please provide your name and email

address.

Please allow time on arrival at the building for routine security procedures. A photo ID is
required.

Individuals attending Woodrow Wilson Center events may be audiotaped, videotaped,

or photographed during the course of a meeting, and by attending grant permission for
their likenesses and the content of their comments, if any, to be broadcast, webcast,
published, or otherwise reported or recorded.

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THE WOODROW WILSON CENTER AT THE RONALD REAGAN BUILDING

By Metro, at Federal Triangle Station: Go

to the top of the escalator at street level,
cross Woodrow Wilson Plaza. Enter the
Center’s Lobby at the left (southeast)
corner of the Ronald Reagan Building.

From Pennsylvania Avenue at 13th

Street: Walk down Woodrow Wilson Plaza,
the north-south extension of 13th Street
beside the Ronald Reagan Building. Enter
the Center’s lobby at the far end of the
plaza—the southeast corner of the building.

From 14th Street: Go through the Ronald

Reagan Building along the right (south)
side of the atrium and continue past it. At
the hall’s end, turn left and enter the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial. Go through the
Memorial. At its far end, turn right into the
Center’s lobby.

Public parking in the Ronald Reagan Building is on Pennsylvania Avenue at 13 1/2 Street.

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