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The Folger Consort

Saint Mark's on Capitol Hill 301 A Street SE, Washington

Folger Consort Early Music Seminar: Henry Purcell and Music of 17th-century London Sept 29, 2021 6:00pm Virtual $10 Folger Consort Henry Purcell and Music of 17th-century London Oct 1-3, 2021 […]

$10 – $50

O.B. Hardison Poetry Series

Virtual Event

O.B. Hardison Poetry Series Diane Seuss Writing Workshop Monday, Oct 4, 2021 7:30pm Virtual $75 Diane Seuss will offer a special virtual writing workshop entitled Sonnets Son-nots on Monday, October […]

Free – $250

Folger Shakespeare Library Book Club

Virtual Event

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS Book Club Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen Oct 7, 2021 6:30pm Virtual Free The Porpoise by Mark Haddon Nov 4, 2021 6:30pm […]

Free
Ongoing

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 […]

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 […]

National Museum of Women in the Arts Exhibitions

National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Avenue NW

Exhibitions Positive Fragmentation: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation January 29–May 22, 2022 at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center Organized by the National Museum of Women in the Arts and on view at the American University Museum, Positive Fragmentation features more than 150 prints by 21 artists from […]

Block by Block: Naming Washington

National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW, Washington

Wherever we may be, whenever we provide an address, and find our place on Washington, D.C.’s streets, we spell out and utter street numbers, state names, and in many cases, the names of individuals who dot the city’s landscape, including Farragut, Howard and Barton, among others. How often do we stop to consider who these […]

“Upending 1620: Where Do We Begin?”

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

Opens Aug. 6; Closes July 2022 Second Floor, Center “Upending 1620: Where Do We Begin?” is a display that examines the early encounters between Wampanoag peoples and English colonists, and […]

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands”

National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW, Washington

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced “Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands,” the first retrospective of the artist’s portraiture and the first major presentation of her work on the […]

Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands

National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW, Washington

  Aug. 27, 2021–May 30, 2022 Credit information: “Resident Alien” by Hung Liu, oil on canvas, 1988. Collection of the San Jose Museum of Art; gift of the Lipman Family Foundation. © Hung Liu The National Portrait Gallery will present the first retrospective of portraiture by the internationally acclaimed artist Hung Liu (b. 1948 in Changchun, […]

Exhibitions at the AU Museum

AU Museum

Exhibitions open from Aug. 28 through Dec. 12: Successions: Traversing U.S. Colonialism is a solo exhibition by Amber Robles-Gordon, a conceptual juxtaposition celebrating abstraction as an art form. Robles-Gordon interrogates past and […]

National Museum of Women in the Arts Art Talks

National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Avenue NW

Art Talks Collection Highlights Talks Sunday, September 5, 2–3 p.m.; Monday, October 4, 10–11 a.m.; Thursday, October 21, 5:30–6:30 p.m.; Sunday, November 7, 2–3 p.m.; Monday, December 6, 10–11 a.m. Do you miss visiting […]

Breonna Taylor Portrait Featured in New Exhibit “Reckoning”

National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opens its latest exhibition, “Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.,” in its newly redesigned Visual Art and the American Experience gallery Sept. 10. The Black Lives Matter movement, violence against African Americans and the role of art in depicting social protest movements are front and center in […]

Washington Performing Arts Fall 2021 Shows

Washington Performing Arts

Free Pre-Season Event: A Tribute to the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Members of the Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs Michele Fowlin & Theodore Thorpe III, artistic directors Saturday, September 11, 8:30am […]

Fall Exhibits at the AU Museum

AU Museum

Exhibitions open from Aug. 28 through Dec. 12: Successions: Traversing U.S. Colonialism is a solo exhibition by Amber Robles-Gordon, a conceptual juxtaposition celebrating abstraction as an art form. Robles-Gordon interrogates past and […]

Anil Revri: Into the Light

AU Museum

Exhibition open from Oct. 16 through Dec.12: Anil Revri: Into the Light is presented by the AU Museum Project Space. Anil Revri creates dazzling geometric abstractions that embody the cross pollination […]

Escaramuza Dress New Perspectives case in Girlhood (It’s complicated)

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

Opens Sept. 17; Closes Winter 2021 Second Floor, East  A new case outside of “Girlhood (It’s complicated)” will showcase additional collections. An escaramuza charra dress worn by Veronica Davila is on […]

“A Nation Grieves” 

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

A Display of COVID-19 Memorial Flags Opens Sept. 17; Closes December 2021 Second Floor, East The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History collected 24 of the white plastic flags from […]

THE TOWERS OF THE WTC: 51 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAMILO JOSÉ VERGARA

National Building Museum Washington DC

Few urban districts in modern history have been more discussed than Lower Manhattan, and the World Trade Center (WTC) has held a prominent place in accounts of the area since it was completed in 1973. Radio Row, a viable neighborhood, had to make way for the Twin Towers, which were widely criticized on both aesthetic […]

Dance Place Fall 2021 Performances

Dance Place

District Choreography (D.C.) Dance Festival Part of National Dance Day 2021 September 18 Free outdoor performance at The National Sylvan Theater As we EMBARK on Dance Place’s 41st season, we […]

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 2021-2022 Season

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

ABOUT THE 2021-2022 SEASON TEENAGE DICK In Association with Huntington Theatre Company and Pasadena Playhouse By Mike Lew Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel   Sept 20 - Oct 17, 2021 […]

National Museum of Women in the Arts Virtual Happy Hours

National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Avenue NW

Special Events Virtual Happy Hours Join NMWA staff and special guests to celebrate the lives of women artists. Make specialty cocktails (or mocktails) in their honor as we share artworks […]

Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel

Barnes Foundation

The Barnes Foundation presents Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel, the first exhibition dedicated to the French artist and model Suzanne Valadon at a major US arts institution. The first self-taught woman to […]

National Museum of Women in the Arts Virtual Events

National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Avenue NW

Fourth Annual MakeHER Summit Workshops (Virtual) Monday, September 27, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Join us for a day of meaningful connection and in-depth workshops that offer practical tips and resource sharing […]

“Flying Merkel Motorcycle,” 1913 

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

Opens Oct. 1; Closes TBD First Floor, East within “America on the Move”  The Flying Merkel brand of motorcycles was produced in Philadelphia and Ohio from around 1910 to 1916. The motorcycles, with […]

Filipino American History Month: “Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan and Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora” 

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

A double album of Philippine kulintang music Virtual Release: Oct. 1  Kulintang Kultura pays homage to the late Danongan “Danny” Kalanduyan, a talented musician and generous teacher who championed traditional Filipino kulintang gong music in the United […]

Jane Franklin Dance Presents Forty+ Project

Jane Franklin Dance 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington

*Explore movement and performance in a creative project Choreographer Lauren DeVera, Certified Life Coach, Movement Artist and Educator brings her special creativity to Forty+ Forty+ celebrates the collective creativity of […]

$8 – $160

Anil Revri: Into the Light at the Katzen Arts Museum

American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington

Exhibition open from Oct. 16 through Dec.12: Anil Revri: Into the Light is presented by the AU Museum Project Space. Anil Revri creates dazzling geometric abstractions that embody the cross pollination of […]

Brews and Views at the National Museum of Women in the Arts

National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Avenue NW

Thursdays, October 21, November 18, December 16; 5:30–6:30 p.m. Celeste Beatty, founder of the Harlem Brewing Company, hosts a monthly happy hour to highlight topics in beer making, the restaurant industry, art, politics, culture and more. During this virtual conversation series, premiering in the fall, Beatty will be joined each month by an expert in the field and […]

Washington Ballet 2021-2022 Season

The Washington Ballet

Season Opening Performance | Oct. 21–22 | National Building Museum The Nutcracker | Nov. 27–Dec. 26 | The Warner Theatre Swan Lake | Feb. 10–20 | The Kennedy Center  Giselle | April 28–May 1 […]

Día de los Muertos celebration (Day of the Dead)

National Museum of the American Indian, Online 4th St SW, Washington D.C.

In recorded presentations by two renowned Mexican families, the museum showcases two traditions central to Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos): the art of making figures from sugar and papier-mâché. These two presentations will take place in Spanish. Closed captioning in Spanish and English will be available. “The Sweet Story of Alfeñique” follows […]

Free

November at Hillwood

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington

November On View  Roaring Twenties: The Life and Style of Marjorie Merriweather Post Through January 9, 2022 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 Twenties. One hundred years later, Hillwood celebrates Post’s effect on the period—her […]

Jane Franklin Dance Presents November Day Camps

Arlington County Cultural Affairs Building 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington VA 22206, Arlington

Explore movement, theater elements and visual art projects in these nifty day camps directed by the education staff at Jane Franklin Dance. Be inspired by the movement and sounds of animals at Fantastic Animals Day Camp on Nov 2. On Nov 4, explore the dynamic elements of change in Transformer Day Camp.

$7 – $75

Historically Speaking Series at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Historically Speaking: The Political Legacy of Reconstruction in the Maryland State House  Nov. 4; 7 p.m.  This discussion focuses on the history of Maryland state politics through the lens of Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford. He was elected to office with Gov. Larry Hogan in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. Rutherford is the first Republican lieutenant governor to ever […]

The Great Leap

Round House Theatre 4545 East West Highway, Bethesda

SOCIO-POLITICAL FABLE The Great Leap By Lauren Yee Directed by Jennifer Chang NOV 10 – DEC 5, 2021 | Regional Premiere It’s 1989, the San Francisco University basketball team is headed to China for a “friendship” game, and plucky high school star Manfred pesters aging coach Saul enough to talk his way onto the team. […]

In Memoriam: Colin Powell

National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW, Washington

WHAT: In Memoriam: Colin L. Powell WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 20 - Ongoing WHERE: National Portrait Gallery, 8th & G streets NW, Washington, D.C., 20001 The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents a portrait of the late Colin L. Powell (1937–2021), marking the death of the effectual diplomat, statesman, and military officer. A 2007 photograph by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders […]

The Wharf Holiday Events

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

Holiday Cheer Comes to The Wharf Starting in November and Running Into The New Year, The Wharf Will Offer a Series of Festive, Waterfront Holiday Activities Including Signature Event, The […]

Imagination Stage Announces 2021-2022 Season of In-Person and Virtual Productions

Imagination Stage 4908 Auburn Avenue, Bethesda

The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Theatre 2021-2022 Season includes: Corduroy Based on the “Corduroy” and “A Pocket for Corduroy” books by Don Freeman Licensed by CBS Consumer Products Adapted for the Stage by Barry Kornhauser Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer December 11, 2021 - January 23, 2022 Best for ages 3+ We […]

17th Annual Downtown Holiday Market

National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW, Washington

17th ANNUAL DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY MARKET RETURNS NOVEMBER 19 Your One-Stop Shop for Local Craft Goods, Artisan Makers and #SoMuchMore  WHAT: Operated by the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) and Diverse […]

Holiday Art Show & Sale

Popcorn and Stone Tower Gallery at Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo

Browse and buy fine artworks for everyone on your holiday shopping list at the annual Holiday Art Show & Sale, presented by the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture. The exhibition features works by resident artists, instructors, and invited artists and includes glass, ceramics, jewelry, photography, painting, crafts, holiday ornaments and more. Galleries […]

Free

“The Electric Dr. Franklin” at The National Museum of American History

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

"The Electric Dr. Franklin" Opens Nov. 22, 2021 Artifact Walls Second Floor, Center West "The Electric Dr. Franklin" showcase explores the founding father's pioneering electrical work and will feature objects showing the electrical science of Franklin’s era as well as later devices he influenced. The display will allow visitors understand Franklin’s contributions to electrical science […]

DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL at the National Theatre

The National Theatre 1 Freedom Plaza, Washingtonq

DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 5, 2021 DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL is the record-setting Broadway holiday sensation which features the hit songs “You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas” from the original animated special. Max the Dog narrates as the […]

Set Sail With City Cruises This Holiday Season With 2021 Seasonal Offerings

City Cruises Pier 4 at The Wharf, 580 Water St SW, Washington

The most wonderful time of year is quickly approaching and Washington DC’s iconic buildings and monuments will soon begin to sparkle with lights and decorations, bringing some much-needed holiday cheer […]

Profs & Pints DC: Living with Marine Mammals

Church Hall

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Living with Marine Mammals,” with Chris Parsons, veteran marine mammal researcher in the Division of Ocean Sciences of the National Science Foundation and former director of the undergraduate environmental science program at George Mason University. Profs and Pints is bringing Georgetown’s Church Hall bar a whale of a talk. We’ll […]

$2 – $12.