Metro calendar

Monday, Feb. 9
Book event: Jason Emerson
Noon
WHERE: National Archives and Records Administration, Constitution Avenue and Seventh Street N.W.
METRO: Archives/Navy Memorial/ Penn Quarter (yellow and green lines)
INFO: The author of the book “Lincoln the Inventor” discusses Abraham Lincoln, who was the only president to hold a patent.
COST: Free
CONTACT: Call 202-357-5000 for more information.

Tuesday, Feb. 10
Gallery talk: the Shaw Memorial
Noon every day until Feb. 22
WHERE: National Gallery of Art, 600 Constitution Ave. N.W.
METRO: Judiciary Square (red line)
INFO: Attend a discussion of this Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpture.
COST: Free
CONTACT: Call 202-737-4215 for more information.

Wednesday, Feb. 11
Detour: The Landscape of Travel on Film series
6:30-9 p.m.
WHERE: The National Building Museum, 401 F St. N.W.
METRO: Judiciary Square (red line)
INFO: Get some movie insight from The Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday before watching the screenings of three different films.
COST: $5
CONTACT: Visit http://www.nbm.org for more information.

Thursday, Feb. 12
Emancipation Proclamation
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Feb. 12-16
WHERE: National Archives and Records Administration
METRO: Archives-Navy Memorial (yellow and green lines)
INFO: President Lincoln’s original Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the Southern states will be on display to celebrate the Lincoln bicentennial.
COST: Free
CONTACT: Call 202-375-5000 for more information.

Friday, Feb. 13
“The Incredibles on Ice”
7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Verizon Center, 601 F St. N.W.
METRO: Gallery Place-Chinatown (red, green and yellow lines)
INFO: Enjoy a wintry skating spectacular that continues the story of Disney’s “The Incredibles.”
COST: $15-$75
CONTACT: Call 202-397-7328 for more information and for additional show times.

Saturday, Feb. 14
Presidential Family Fun Day
11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
WHERE: Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Eighth and F streets N.W.
METRO: Metro Center (red, orange and blue lines)
INFO: See portraits of presidents Lincoln and Obama made from 5,000 cupcakes, and then help eat them.
COST: Free
CONTACT: Call 202-633-1000 for more information.