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Arts in Foggy Bottom Biennial Outdoor Arts and Sculpture Exhibition

Historic Foggy Bottom 842 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington

Arts in Foggy Bottom, an award winning free biennial sculpture exhibit, invites all to attend the launch of its seventh installment examining the theme of the natural environment and our […]

Free

1455 Literary Arts Summer Festival

online

1455 Literary Arts, an organization committed to advancing the art and craft of storytelling, presents the most expansive, diverse storytelling event in the country, taking place virtually from July 15-17. […]

Free
Ongoing

The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky at Hillwood

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington

The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky Through September 5, 2021 “There is everything in flowers—history, drama, structure, beauty, and fragrance,” contemporary artist Vladimir Kanevsky has said. Kanevsky’s remarkable porcelain sculptures […]

The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington

The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky Opening April 6, 2021 “There is everything in flowers—history, drama, structure, beauty, and fragrance,” contemporary artist Vladimir Kanevsky has said. Kanevsky’s remarkable porcelain sculptures […]

Snowshoe Mountain Summer Plans

Snowshoe Mountain

NOWSHOE MOUNTAIN ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR SUMMER OPERATIONS SNOWSHOE, W. Va. – (April 19, 2021) – With winter officially in the rear-view, Snowshoe Mountain is preparing for the summer season in […]

Strathmore Live Shows at the Patio Stage

Strathmore

On Sale Now! General and Premium Tables available, Premium Tables are closer to the stage. Sun, May 30: Opening Night! (SOLD OUT) Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet Thu, […]

The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington

Through September 5, 2021 “There is everything in flowers—history, drama, structure, beauty, and fragrance,” contemporary artist Vladimir Kanevsky has said. Kanevsky’s remarkable porcelain sculptures spring to life throughout Hillwood’s mansion, […]

Roaring Twenties: The Life and Style of Marjorie Merriweather Post

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington

Opening June 12, 2021 Explore the Jazz Age through the lens of an icon. Hillwood founder Marjorie Merriweather Post was a prominent tastemaker during the era known as the Roaring […]

DC LINES at Amy Kaslow Gallery

Amy Kaslow Gallery 4300 Fordham Rd. NW, Washington

DC LINES There is something so appealing about the simple line. Originating in nature, it’s everywhere we turn. Humankind walks it, wears it, draws it, and crosses it. Here we […]

One Life: Will Rogers

National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW, Washington

Credit information: “Will Rogers at the mike of Radio KHJ in Hollywood” by an unidentified photographer, gelatin silver print, c. 1930. Will Rogers Memorial Museum, OHS, Claremore, OK. “One Life: Will […]

“Warranted to Give Satisfaction”: Daguerreotypes by Jeremiah Gurney

National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW, Washington

June 25, 2021–February 6, 2022 Credit information: “Two Girls” by Jeremiah Gurney, quarter-plate daguerreotype with applied color, c. 1852. Collection of Wm. B. Becker. In 1840, Jeremiah Gurney (1812–1895) abandoned his […]

Kristine Mays: Rich Soil

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington

Opening June 26, 2021 Contemporary American artist Kristine Mays’s life-size, three-dimensional dancing wire sculptures will emerge throughout Hillwood’s gardens for the second ever installation of art in the gardens. Mays […]

Kristine Mays: Rich Soil at the Hillwood Museum

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington

Kristine Mays: Rich Soil On view June 26, 2021 to January 9, 2022 Life-size wire sculptures transform the grounds of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens for the second ever installation […]

Sunset Cinema at the Wharf

Transit Pier at the Wharf 970 Wharf St. SE, WASHINGTON

Schedule: 7/1 Apollo 13 Last year marked the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 13 voyage. Watch this epic moment in American history unfold as we head into Fourth of July weekend. […]

Phillips Crab House

Phillips Crab House 2004 Philadelphia Avenue, Ocean City

Ocean City Maryland’s most beloved crab house is back and open for another season! We are open with our traditional a la carte menu that includes all of your Eastern […]

Free

Phillips Crab House Happy Hour

Phillips Crab House 2004 Philadelphia Avenue, Ocean City

Join us at Phillips Crab House for Happy Hour during the first hour of business on Thursdays & Fridays. Wind down with specially-priced happy hour drinks. Our bartenders will be […]

Free

Irene Pantelis: When Our Edges Grow Soft

Stone Tower Gallery Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo

The Stone Tower Gallery presents When Our Edges Grow Soft, an exhibition of ink portraits by local artist Irene Pantelis. Meticulously crafted by balancing the natural movement of ink and […]

Free

Jane Franklin Dance Presents Forty+ Summer 2021

Jane Franklin Dance 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington

Forty+ Projects celebrate the collective creativity of people past the age of 40 resulting in unique collaboration. Projects explore movement and performance technique within a creative premise. Forty+ will meet […]

$120

Fit Series: F45 Bootcamp or Color Burst Flow by Yoga6

Color Burst Park 6000 Merriweather Dr., Columbia

Fit Series: F45 Bootcamp When: July 13, July 27, August 10, August 24, September 7 6:45pm What: Heart-pumping classes with a live DJ! Free to all - RSVP in advance […]

Wednesday at the Wharf Concerts

Transit Pier at the Wharf 970 Wharf St. SE, WASHINGTON

The Wharf will be hosting free concerts on Transit Pier every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Music will include R&B, Americana, Motown, Jazz, Reggae, and pop covers. July 7: Jarreau Williams Experience (Rock, R&B) July 14: Dupont Brass (Brass […]

Good Kid-izen Series

Color Burst Park 6000 Merriweather Dr., Columbia

When: June 26, July 10, July 24, August 7 10am-12pm What: A summer-long series of fun and learning celebrating inclusion, diversity and education. June 26: Global Passport July 10: Celebrate LGBTQIA+ July 24: Christmas in July August 7: Soulful Music Class Free to all - RSVP in advance here!

Amped in the Park

Color Burst Park 6000 Merriweather Dr., Columbia

When: July 14, July 28 6pm What: Live music is back and our dance-worthy summer line up will have you jamming the night away! July 14: Jah Works (Reggae) July 28: Shelby Blondell Band (Original Pop Rock) Free to all - RSVP in advance here!

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra 2019 International “Jazz Beyond Borders Tour” re-broadcast of Tokyo Performance

national Museum of American History 1300 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC, Washington D.C.

July 15 Tickets available here: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/calendar/2021/7/15 The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra closes out its 2020-2021 concert season on July 15 with a rebroadcast of its November 2019 performance at the International […]

Summer Concerts: Capitol Hillbillies

Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 7300 MacArthur BLVD, Glen Echo

Enjoy an evening of live Cajun and swing music with the Capitol Hillbillies. The spirit of New Orleans in the heart of DC. The Capitol Hillbillies perform in configurations of […]

Free

Summer Film Series at the MLK Memorial: The Princess & the Frog

MLK Memorial 1964 Independence Ave. SW, Washington

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG – Thursday, July 15 at 8:00 p.m. Walt Disney Studios’ classic, “The Princess and the Frog,” gives a Jazz Age-era New Orleans twist on a classic tale. It features a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them […]