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Announcing an exciting new season of lectures, concerts, and films! Purchase tickets by phone at 202-857-7700, at the ticket office, or online at nglive.org Join us for what promises to be a thrilling season of events featuring top musical acts, award-winning authors, and leading explorers. Click here to view the full season of events. A few highlights: BIG KENNY: BEARING LIGHT Saturday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m. BIG KENNY of the Grammy®-nominated country duo Big & Rich takes the stage to screen excerpts of his film about his humanitarian mission to Sudan and to perform a short set of live music. POP FLY Saturday, September 27 at Noon and 3 p.m. Musician and entertainer JUSTIN ROBERTS and his NOT READY FOR NAPTIME PLAYERS return for a rockin' children's concert. TRIBES OF THE GREEN SAHARA Wednesday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m. Paleontologist PAUL SERENO, National Geographic's own Indiana Jones, presents evidence from his recent expedition that demonstrates humans once flourished in the Sahara. CAMP LISA Saturday, November 15 at 1 p.m. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter LISA LOEB performs songs from her recently released CD of children's music at a special family concert. REZA: WAR + PEACE Tuesday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. Renowned photographer REZA presents his latest book, Reza: War + Peace, and will be joined on stage by Perfect Storm author SEBASTIAN JUNGER, who wrote the introduction to Reza: War + Peace. Tickets on sale now! Click here to purchase. Tuesday, September 9 at 6:30 p.m. THE ELEPHANTS OF SAMBURU Lecture and panel discussion with Save the Elephants founder IAIN DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Photographer MICHAEL "NICK" NICHOLS, and Writer DAVID QUAMMEN A September 2008 National Geographic magazine article profiles Iain Douglas-Hamilton, one of the foremost experts on the African elephant, and one of his greatest career successes: the flourishing elephants in and around the Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya. MEMBERS: $20 / NONMEMBERS: $25 Reception to follow presentation. Tuesday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m. JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND: BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN IDEAL Lecture and discussion with ANDREW COCKBURN, KENNETH GARRETT, and others Journey with author Andrew Cockburn and photographer Kenneth Garrett along the 175-mile stretch from Charlottesville to Gettysburg, a backdrop to key events in America's history. MEMBERS: $15 / NONMEMBERS: $18 Location for All Events and Box Office Grosvenor Auditorium at National Geographic 16th and M Streets N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Farragut North/Farragut West Metro stations Questions? Call us at 202-857-7700 M–F, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Photographs by Ken Geiger (Stonehenge), Joe Hardwick (Kenny Alphin), Mike Hettwer (Paul Sereno), Andrew Eccles (Lisa Loeb), Courtesy of Reza (Reza), Michael Nichols (elephants), Kenneth Garrett (trees), Luis Marden (girl) Subscribe to National Geographic magazine. Go >> Copyright © 2008 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved. To ensure that you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ngs@newsletters.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now.