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Harmony, a Textile Art Exhibition

Broadway Gallery 5641 B General Washington Dr., Alexandria

In a time when our world feels chaotic, we look for Harmony in our lives. Broadway Galleries, Alexandria purveyor of Fine Art, Art Installation, and Framing, invites you. Curated by […]

Free
Ongoing

National Portrait Gallery: Watergate—Portraiture & Intrigue

National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW, Washington

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present “Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue,” an exhibition exploring the 50th anniversary of the watershed moment through portraiture of the era. The exhibition will display […]

National Museum of American History March Events

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

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “Great Americans” Medal Posthumous Presentation March 30; 6:30 p.m. ET Virtual Event, Free with Registration:  https://smithsoniannmah.swoogo.com/RBG  The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, recognized for her groundbreaking commitment to gender equity and human rights, will posthumously receive the National Museum […]

NMWA Lookout: MISS CHELOVE Mural Tour

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

WHATLookout: MISS CHELOVE Mural TourIn conjunction with Lookout: MISS CHELOVE, the first iteration of a series of public art installations presented while the museum is temporarily closed for a major renovation, the […]

All Aboard Our Heritage: Celebrating the Return of the Canal Boat

C&O Canal 3630 Water St NW, Washington

All Aboard Our Heritage: CELEBRATING THE RETURN OF THE CANAL BOAT! Thursday, April 28, 6:00-8:00 pm The Georgetown Heritage Board of Directors, and co-chairs Heather Muir Johnson and Brooke Stroud, […]

Movies on the Potomac

National Harbor Intersection of Waterfront St. & St. George Blvd, National Harbor, MD, National Harbor

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., March 30, 2022—National Harbor brings back its popular Movies on the Potomac series from May 1 through September 30. Every Thursday (“date night”) at 7 p.m. and Sunday […]

Capital Harvest on the Plaza (CHoP)

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington

Capital Harvest on the Plaza (CHoP) farmer’s market reopens Friday, May 6 for its 14th season. The market will offer fresh and seasonal fruits, vegetables, plants, and animal proteins along […]

Free

Washington Nationals Summer 2022 Pups in the Park Days

Nationals Park 1500 South Capitol St. SE, Washington, D.C.

Saturday, May 28 – 4:05 p.m. vs. Colorado Rockies ·       *  Monday, June 13 – 7:05 p.m. vs. Atlanta Braves ·        Friday, Aug. 12 – 7:05 p.m. vs. San […]

Capital Arts Collective

Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington

Capital Arts Collective will be taking over Wilson Plaza on the second Thursday of every month from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Locals and passersby can shop and explore a […]

Free

DIETER RAMS: A LOOK BACK AND AHEAD

Goethe-Institut Washington 1377 R Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington

The traveling exhibition Dieter Rams: A Look Back and Ahead provides an overview of Dieter Rams’s design work and explores the urgent question of how our world should be designed […]

Free

SAVOR THE FLAVOR – FIVE RECIPES FOR CANNING AND PRESERVING

Goethe-Institut Washington 1377 R Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington

Savor the Flavor is a photo exhibition that is open through September 16 at the Goethe-Institut Washington. There is a lot of downtime in the kitchen: waiting for meat to […]

Free

Merriweather District’s Color Burst Park Summer Series

Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods 10431 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia

WHERE: All events will take place at Color Burst Park (6000 Merriweather Dr, Columbia, MD 21044) Symphony Woods Garage provides ample parking for Summer Series, with the first four hours […]

Profs & Pints DC: The Fertility Industry through a Microscope

The Bier Baron Tavern 1523 22nd Street Northwest, Washington

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Fertility Industry through a Microscope,” a look at how new means of human reproduction have given birth to big questions, with Sonia Suter, professor […]

$12. – $13

Dog Days of Summer Happy Hour Events

The Commentary Social House

In partnership with A Forever Home, the “Dog Days of Summer” adoption happy hour events at The Commentary will be held on Friday, June 24th, Friday, July 29th, and, in […]

Galaxy by Kimiaki Kageyama at JEWELERS’WERK GALERIE

Jewelers'werk Gallerie 3319 Cady's Alley, NW, Washingtgon

Jewelers'Werk Galerie presents Galaxy, an exhibition of new work by Japanese artist-jeweler Kimiaki Kageyama. The show opens on Saturday, June 25th and will remain on view through July 15th. This […]

Synetic Theater’s Midsummer Night’s Dream

Synetic Theater

Arlington, Va. (May 18, 2022) - Synetic Theater, the home of American Physical Theater and movement-based storytelling, announces the return of its acclaimed adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed and […]

The National Building Museum and the Folger Shakespeare Library, in association with the University of South Carolina, present The Playhouse.

National Building Museum Washington DC

WASHINGTON, D.C.—April 27, 2022—The National Building Museum and the Folger Shakespeare Library, in association with the University of South Carolina, are partnering this summer to present The Playhouse. Starting on Friday, July 1–and running through September […]

“Speakeasy at the Sunset Room” at the National Harbor

National Harbor Intersection of Waterfront St. & St. George Blvd, National Harbor, MD, National Harbor

NEW YORK CITY’S HOTTEST UNDERGROUND CIRQUE-BURLESQUE-MIXOLOGY EXPERIENCE COMES TO NATIONAL HARBOR THIS SUMMER FOLLOWING A SOLD OUT RUN OFF BROADWAY AT BOND 45   NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (June 9, 2022)— The National Harbor’s Waterfront […]

Camp Arena Stage

Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School 1524 35th Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007

Join us this summer at Camp Arena Stage — where community and art make magic. It's a place to explore, discover and create, with a myriad of arts activities to […]

H2 Oh! – The Flow of Life

1641 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, Dc, 20007 1641 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington

Members of the Washington Printmakers Gallery are proud to present: H2 Oh! - The Flow of Life. In this exhibition, the artists of the WPG through their printmaking, photography and […]

Charma Le Edmonds: Untold Stories

7300 MacArthur Blvd / Glen Echo, MD 20812 7300 MacArthur Blvd / Glen Echo, MD 20812, Glen Echo

Curated by Jack Rasmussen Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center As a native Choctaw, storytelling was a part of Charma Le Edmonds’s heritage. And, like the Surrealists before her, she relied on automatic drawing as the basis of her imagery. Her drawings form a layered story within the […]

Free

THE SPACE WE OCCUPY: An Exhibition of Work by Contemporary Irish Artists Presented by Solas Nua

Whittle School & Studios D.C. Campus 3007 Tilden St NW, Washington

The Space We Occupy An exhibition of work by Irish visual artists Neil Carroll, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Colin Crotty, Katie Holten, Fiona Kelly and George Bolster Curated by Miranda Driscoll At the Whittle School and Studios, Washington DC, July 9-31, 2022   Solas Nua, Washington, DC’s premier contemporary Irish arts organization, will present an exhibition […]

Caitlin Gill: All Natural | June 10 – July 23, 2022

7300 MacArthur Blvd / Glen Echo, MD 20812 7300 MacArthur Blvd / Glen Echo, MD 20812, Glen Echo

The Park View Gallery presents All Natural, featuring the artwork of Caitlin Gill, an emerging mixed media artist. The show explores femininity and its relationship to nature, western culture and women. Women continuously are linked to nature historically and culturally yet are refused the most natural basic animal instincts and acts (territory, aggression, fitness) as […]

Free

Live! Concert Series on the Plaza

Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington

Live! Concert Series on the Plaza returns for its 21st season! Get ready for daily, live performances featuring salsa, blues, jazz, Go-Go and more. Join us at Wilson Plaza for […]

Free

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DR WONDERFUL (AND HER DOG!)

The Keegan Theatre 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC

Dr. Wonderful and her dog, Newton, want to know why the moon changes shape in the sky every night. But how can they study the moon when it’s so far away? By blasting off into space, of course! On their amazing journey, this detective duo gathers clues to solve their lunar mystery using the powers […]

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Capital Fringe Festival

3270 M St NW

The Capital Fringe Festival is back after a two-year hiatus! For the first time in its 17-year history, Fringe will be in Georgetown. With over 250 theatre artists are performing sketch comedy, stand-up, documentary theatre, musical theatre, and cabaret with themes reflecting on what is happening in our world today -such as the climate crisis, […]

$15

Shakespeare In Love

The Keegan Theatre 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC

Young Will Shakespeare has writer’s block… the deadline for his new play is fast approaching but he’s in desperate need of inspiration. That is, until he finds his muse – […]

$3 – $60