National Gallery of Art

Release Date: January 9, 2004

POPULAR JAZZ BRUNCH CONTINUES
AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

Washington, DC-- Due to its popularity, the National Gallery of Art’s weekend jazz brunch in celebration of the exhibition The Art of Romare Bearden, which closed on January 4, will continue on Sundays only from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors can continue to hear live jazz while enjoying a new traditional American buffet in the Terrace Café, located on the mezzanine level of the East Building overlooking the atrium and the National Mall, at 4th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW. Current installations and exhibitions on view in the East Building include The East Building: Celebrating 25 Years, Mark Rothko: The Mural Projects, and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1783-1853.

The jazz brunch menu includes eggs with chives; orange-flavored French toast; winter seafood stew; peppercorn crusted roast beef; maple cured cornmeal bacon; stewed plum tomatoes; baked macaroni and Vermont cheddar cheese; creamed spinach; chicken salad with hearts of celery, walnuts, and grapes in a tarragon dressing; mixed field greens with buttermilk dressing; sweet breads; assorted rolls; seasonal selection of jams, jellies, and apple butter; chocolate raspberry torte; tiramisu; and seasonal fruit salad.

The cost of the buffet is $19.95 per person; $8.95 for children 10 and under. Reservations for ten or more can be made by calling (202) 216-5966. Admission to the Gallery is free of charge.

Jazz Musicians
Musicians scheduled to perform through April 25 include:

January 11 Joshua Bayer
January 18 Rick Parker
January 25 Jerry Gordon
February 1 Geoff Reecer
February 8 Joshua Bayer
February 15 Thad Wilson
February 22 Chris Cuzme
February 29 Jerry Gordon
March 21 Thad Wilson
March 28 Jerry Gordon
April 4 Thad Wilson
April 10 Dan Young
April 11 Alejandro Lucini
April 17 Thad Wilson
April 18 Dan Young
April 24 Alejandro Lucini
April 24 Chris Cuzme

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General Information

The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden are at all times free to the public. They are located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, and are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1. For information call (202) 737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176, or visit the Gallery's Web site at www.nga.gov. Follow the Gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NationalGalleryofArt and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ngadc.

Visitors will be asked to present all carried items for inspection upon entering. Checkrooms are free of charge and located at each entrance. Luggage and other oversized bags must be presented at the 4th Street entrances to the East or West Building to permit x-ray screening and must be deposited in the checkrooms at those entrances. For the safety of visitors and the works of art, nothing may be carried into the Gallery on a visitor's back. Any bag or other items that cannot be carried reasonably and safely in some other manner must be left in the checkrooms. Items larger than 17 by 26 inches cannot be accepted by the Gallery or its checkrooms.

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Press Office
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, MD 20785
phone: (202) 842-6353 e-mail: pressinfo@nga.gov

Deborah Ziska
Chief of Press and Public Information
(202) 842-6353
ds-ziska@nga.gov

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