National Gallery Nights: Back to School
• September 15, 2025

The seasons are changing, and National Gallery Nights is back! Lace up your sneakers, zip up your backpack, sharpen your pencils, and tap into your inner child on their first […]

Sawasdee DC: A Taste of Thailand in the Heart of D.C.
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By Mia Pech The annual Sawasdee DC Thai Festival on the National Mall returned to Washington, D.C. this weekend, bringing cultural performances, culinary experiences and community celebration to the heart […]

Weekend Roundup: D.C. Lights Up with Art All Night
• September 11, 2025

Now that we’re well into September, lots of events are happening all around the city. Art All Night is this weekend, and WalkingTown DC starts Saturday, just to name a […]

Milonga del Festival
• February 19, 2025

Join the Pan American Symphony Orchestra’s Tango Ensemble for an evening of live tango music and tango dancing at the elegant ballroom of the Embassy of Argentina. Bring your dancing […]

October 2024 Downtowner
• October 15, 2024

The Pandas are Coming! They’re baaack! If you’ve missed having pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo, you’re in luck. Three-year-old pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao were set to arrive […]

Social Scene: Ball for the Mall 2024
• May 15, 2024

The 2024 Ball for the Mall featured History, Heroes & Hope Awardees musician Dave Grohl, the Mellon Foundation, and playwright and director George C. Wolfe. It also celebrated a mission with […]

Huge March for Israel on National Mall
• November 16, 2023

Getting press passes and instructions for entry and access to attendees and speakers proved to be unusually difficult several days before a minimally advertised “March for Israel” on Nov. 14 […]

Dorothea Lange: Seeing People
• October 10, 2023

Join us for an introductory presentation on Dorothea Lange: Seeing People by exhibition curator Philip Brookman. Brookman is consulting curator in the National Gallery’s department of photographs, and former chief […]

Magino Village – A Tale/ The Sundial Carved with a Thousand Years of Notches
• September 20, 2023

Shinsuke Ogawa (1935-1992) was one of Japan’s leading documentarians who inspired generations of non-fiction filmmakers to practice and participate in the power of dedicated, collective filmmaking. Ogawa lived and worked […]

2023 DC/MD/NoVA Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes
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This month, the American Diabetes Association’s National Capital Area chapter is hosting its flagship fundraising event of the year, the Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes, where the ADA will […]