Center for Inquiry - Washington D.C.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, June 21: “Faces of Science”

CFI is organizing a group visit to the National Academy of Sciences for Faces of Science, a photo exhibit of great scientists by renown photographer Mariana Cook. Each portrait is paired with an autobiographical essay explaining how each became intrigued by science and the influences that guided them to a particular field. National Portrait Gallery Assistant Curator of Photography Frank Goodyear will lead an informal discussion. Cook is a protégé of Ansel Adams, and her works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, in addition to the National Portrait Gallery.

Time: 5-7 p.m., National Academy of Sciences, Keck Center
500 Fifth St NW, First Floor Gallery. Photo ID Required.
We will gather at 4:45 p.m. in the lobby. RSVP by June 19th.

Sunday, June 24: Summer Solstice Picnic

You are invited to a Summer Sun Celebration! The CFI-DC Branch and Office of Public Policy are hosting a summer picnic to kick off the summer with like-minded folks.

Date: Sunday, June 24th
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Place: Home of Bruce and Susan Holmquist
17501 White Ground Road
Boyds, MD 20841

Free to Friends of the Center. $5 for public.

Past Events

Flock of Dodos Event

DC Cable viewers will soon be able to see
a weekly humanist television program

"The Humanist Perspective" is a half-hour weekly television program produced by the Council for Secular Humanism at the Center for Inquiry-Transnational in Amherst, New York. The program features interviews with leading humanists discussing often controversial topics.

DC public access television will carry the series called “The Humanist Perspective” beginning in January and running for 13 episodes. The program will be broadcast on both cable venders in DC, Comcast and RCN. Tune in every Monday at 8 PM beginning January 8, 2007 on channel 96 for Comcast customers or channel 11 for RCN cable customers.

Mondays at 8 PM
Channel 96 on Comcast cable in DC only
Channel 11 on RCN cable in DC only

Program Schedule for Spring 2007

DATE TOPIC GUEST SPEAKER

April 9 Humanism, Islam, Cultures and Values Norm Allen

April 16 Faith Healer Turned Freethinker #1 Hector Avalos

April 23 Faith Healer Turned Freethinker #2 Hector Avalos

April 30 Memes and Religion Susan Blackmore

May 7 Humanism and the Crisis in Catholicism Tom Flynn

May 14 Secular Sobriety Eric Cinchon

May 21 Civil Liberties and the Nonreligious Jeanne-Noel Mahoney

May 28 Toward a World Safe for Humanism Bill Cooke

June 4 Military Atheists #3 Howard Johnson

June 11 Exposing Creationist Strategies Barbara Forrest

June 18 America Needs a New Enlightenment Paul Kurtz

June 25 Campus Outreach in a Faith Saturated Era Sarah Jordan

July 2 Fighting for Reason on Campus Sarah Jordan & Thomas Donnelly

November 14, 2006 - Center for Inquiry, Washington DC's Grand Opening & Press Conference
[VIEW PHOTO ALBUM FOR THIS EVENT]

Directions to the Center for Inquiry DC: (in PDF format)

The Center is located at the Eastern Market metro station on the Blue and Orange Line.
Transfers from the Red Line can be made at Metro Center.
Transfers from the Yellow and Green Lines can be made at L'Enfant Plaza.