UC Washington Center - Capital Connection: October 2008

Monday, October 13, 2008

Islam: Empire of Faith on UCDC-TV

Islam: Empire of Faith

Sponsor: UCDC Center Forums

Where: UCDC-TV (Channel 6)

When: Monday, October 13th - Wednesday, October 15th, 9AM

From the birth of the prophet Muhammad to the rise of the caliphs and the glories of the Ottomans, Islam: Empire of Faith illuminates the first thousand years of an often neglected and misunderstood civilization. Historical re-enactments, a remarkable exposition of Islamic art, artifacts and architecture, and interviews with scholars recount the rise of early Islamic civilization and its profound impact on Western culture and world history.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Charlie Wilson's War on UCDC-TV

Charlie Wilson's War
Sponsor: Prof. Yoshinaka
Where: UCDC-TV (Channel 6)
When: Friday, October 10th - Monday, October 13th

In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people are suffering in the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support to defeat the Soviet Union. However, Charlie Wilson eventually learns that while military victory can had, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyone's sorrow.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Free Jazz Concert

Alex Han and Beyond the Construct perform a fusion of rhythm and blues, funk and hip-hop at 6:00PM at the Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage. For more information call 202-467-4600.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

This Week on UCDC-TV

Bulworth
Sponsor: Prof. Yoshinaka
Where: UCDC-TV (Channel 6)
When: Friday, October 3rd - Monday, October 6th at 8AM

"Bulworth"
A political comedy that features a funny and magnetic Warren Beatty as the discouraged politician Bulworth, who has organized his own assassination but, after a three day bender of not sleeping, decides that he wants to live after all. He begins to tell the complete truth at all times, not caring about the potential repercussions of his offensive, yet honest, remarks.

Programming on Channel 6 repeats continuously during its scheduled airtime.

Crime Report

These listings are taken from the Washington Post, Weekly Section. We have reprinted them here to make you aware of trends in areas you might frequent. Use caution and good judgment when you are out and about.

Northwest, DC

R Street

9 a.m. March 1 to 3 p.m. March 3. A man allegedly sexually assaulted a female in a residence.

Connecticut Avenue, 1200 block

3 to 3:05 a.m. April 2. A man approached a female from behind and demanded a cellphone. When she turned, he snatched her cellphone and purse and fled.

Connecticut Avenue, 2600 block

6:15 to 6:20 p.m. April 3. Several males picked up a bucket containing a musician's tips. The musician saw one take cash from the bucket, which was then returned to the musician. When the musician confronted them, he was assaulted. The males fled.

Prospect Street, 3000 block

4:45 to 4:50 p.m. April 5. A male grabbed propertyy from a female at a restaurant and fled.

Q Street, 1700 block

2:11 a.m. April 5. A male pedestrian was robbed by a male at gunpoint.

Wisconsin Aveneu, 2300 block

4:30 to 5 p.m. April 5. Property was stolen from a female's handbag at a grocery store.

14th and P Streets

3 to 3:02 a.m. April 3. Two pedestrians were crossing a street when a male approached from behind and knocked a cellphone from a female pedestrian's hand. He picked it up and fled.

Connecticut Avenue, 1700 block

6:30 to 6:35 a.m. April 5. A bookstore was entered by throwing a rock through a front glass door. Money was taken from a cash register, and the store was ransacked.

Woodley Road, 2600 block

4:30 to 4:31 p.m. April 2. A man knocked on a door of a hotel room and forcibly entered the room when a female opened the door. He showed a knife and sexually assaulted her, then fled.

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