Downtown Holiday Market
November 30th, 2012 at 12:00 PM | Event Website
Downtown Holiday Market will create a cozy, winter wonderland in front of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Wear your walking shoes. There will be lots of art work, crafts, and goodies to satisfy everyone on your shopping list. Catch the celebratory, outdoor spirit when the Market returns for 24 glorious days, Friday, November 30th to Sunday, December 23rd, noon to 8:00 pm.
Address
American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
Glen Echo Potters 25th Annual Show and Sale
December 1st, 2012 at 09:00 AM | Free | glenechopottery@verizon.net | Tel: 301-229-5585 | Event Website
Show and sale by more than 50 local potters, including several featured in local and national juried shows. Saturday, December 1, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, December 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free parking
Address
The Lab School of Washington; 4759 Reservoir Road, N. W.
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Holiday Bazaar & Art Show
December 1st, 2012 at 10:00 AM | FREE | shade4desa@gmail.com | Event Website
Holiday Shopping doesn’t have to be hard. Find something for everyone at Duke Ellington’s Annual Holiday Gift Bazaar & Art Show at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC!
This year’s Bazaar hosts fine art and artists ? silver & gold jewelry ? unique home decor ? natural bath and body products ? local food vendors ? books and authors – and so much more!
Vending Opportunities are still available at EllingtonHolidayBazaar.wordpress.com or email shade4desa@gmail.com.
Address
Duke Ellington School of the Arts; 3500 R Street, NW
Jewelry Holiday Shopping Event to Benefit Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
December 1st, 2012 at 12:00 PM | info@sheilacahilldesign.com | Tel: 202-656-2415 | Event Website
Sheila Cahill Design will generously donate 25% of the profits to Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, the only stand alone cancer support organization in DC. Shop Sheila’s unique, one of a kind jewelry pieces – better known as “adornment for confident women.” Find holiday gifts that range from one of a kind jewelry pieces to fun and playful bejeweled objects. The event will take place at Sheila’s Jewelry Studio, close to the Cathedral. Open from 12 noon to 5 pm on both 12/1 and 12/2.
Address
4000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 1630, Washington DC 20016
Winter on the Water
December 1st, 2012 at 04:00 PM | Free Admission | info@thewashingtonharbour.com | Tel: 202-295-5007 | Event Website
Come celebrate the inauguration of Washington DC’s newest, largest, outdoor ice skating venue, the Washington Harbour Ice Rink, with a fete of continuous strolling entertainers, ice skating performances, choral singers, a St. Lucia parade, and artistic lighting effects, with food and beverages served outdoors by the restaurants of the Washington Harbour. Free admission.
Fees for ice skating and skate rental: Adults – $9.00; Children/Seniors/Military – $7.00; Skate Rental – $5.00
Address
The Washington Harbour; 3050 K Street NW
Washington Bach Consort presents “Great Glad Tidings”
December 1st, 2012 at 05:00 PM | Tickets $23-$65, Students 18 and younger $10, Pay Your Age 18-38 | contact@bachconsort.org | Tel: 202.429.2121 | Event Website
An all-Bach program contains cantatas composed for Advent and the Christmas season, including one of the six that make up the Christmas Oratorio. J. Reilly Lewis performs the Canonic Variations on Von Himmel hoch, one of Bach’s most famous compositions published towards the end of his life.
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Address
National Presbyterian Church; 4101 Nebraska Avenue, NW
Jackson Art Center Winter Open Studios
December 2nd, 2012 at 12:00 PM | Free | Event Website
Join The Jackson Art Center and 44 Georgetown Artist for when the art studios will be open to the public for free with music by Robert Hanson.
Address
3050 R Street NW (on R between 30th & 31st Streets)
Football 101 Open Bar, BBQ, Seminar and Game Watch
December 2nd, 2012 at 06:30 PM | 25.00 | contactmlgf@gmail.com. | Event Website
Bobby Johnson will kick off the event by taking you through the fundamentals of the game, followed by Warren Powers who will share his insights on the NFL from his perspective as a former player.
Then watch the Philadelphia Eagles take on longtime rivals the Dallas Cowboys on the big screen at 8:20PM EST while enjoying a BBQ dinner and OPEN BAR throughout the game.
Tickets are $25 and all proceeds go to Septima Clark, a public all-boys charter school in Southeast DC. Purchase your tickets
Address
Fisher Colloquium, Rafik B. Hariri Building
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Embassy of Sweden Presents Norrbotten NEO
December 2nd, 2012 at 05:00 PM | Free | Event Website
Embassy of Sweden presents Norrbotten NEO; Sweden’s newest voice on the contemporary music scene. Formed in January 2007, NEO has a core ensemble of seven musicians: Flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, and cello.
Address
Embassy of Sweden; 2900 K ST NW
Santa Claus at Volta Park
December 2nd, 2012 at 10:00 AM | Event Website](http://voltapark.org/)
Join Santa Claus, your neighbors and friends on Sunday, Dec. 2, 10 a.m. to noon at the Volta Park Playground on 34th Street for a morning of Yuletide fun.
Trim the Volta Park Christmas Tree and Playground with ornaments made at the craft table.
Santa will listen to all children’s Christmas gift requests and pose with them for photos(Pictures with Santa are $10.)
Brought to you by the Friends of Volta Park with generous support from Nancy Taylor Bubes.
Address
Volta Park Playground on 34th Street NW
