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The Second City

The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA, United States

Full of the live and in-your-face entertainment Netflix can’t provide, this must-attend show features improvised comedy, audience interaction, and of-the-moment sketches and songs from The Second City made famous by superstars like Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bill Murray, and more.

$32 – $37

The Second City

The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA, United States

Full of the live and in-your-face entertainment Netflix can’t provide, this must-attend show features improvised comedy, audience interaction, and of-the-moment sketches and songs from The Second City made famous by superstars like Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bill Murray, and more.

$32 – $37

Raw Hope of Humanity Rising ::: Online Public Dialogues for 2021 at the AU Museum

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

presented by the Third Space Network & Coalition partners Raw Hope of Humanity Rising responds to the extreme challenges of the moment, using online civic participation as a platform for advocacy and critical dialogue: connecting artists, activists, and changemakers to share perspectives and overcome constraints. Learn more: https://thirdspacenetwork.com/raw-hope/ The Social Impact of Mural Art, Wednesday, February 17, […]

Clifford Owens: AU Department of Art Visiting Artist Series at the AU Museum

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

Thursday, February 18, 6PM ET Join artist Clifford Owens for a virtual lecture presented by American University's Department of Art and the AU Museum. Clifford Owens is an artist who makes photographs, performance art, works on paper, videos, installations, and texts. His art has appeared in many solo and group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. […]

GW Museum & Textile Museum Contemporary Voices Program: Diedrick Brackens

GW Museum & Textile Museum 701 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052

This spring, we are teaming up with the Textile Society of America to bring you a series of virtual talks with artists who are breaking ground in textile art. The inaugural season of Contemporary Voices features innovative creators joining us from Brooklyn and Los Angeles — each with a unique practice and perspective. Born in the American […]

GW Museum & Textile Museum Contemporary Voices: Guillermo Bert

Los Angeles-based multimedia artist Guillermo Bert was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1959. His bi-cultural experience provides him with a lived perspective from which his artistic expression is cultivated. Bert combines his decades-long practice of working with cultural symbols of urbanism, consumerism and displacement. In this talk, Bert will focus on recent artistic projects, including […]

GW Museum & Textile Museum Contemporary Voices: Ai Kijima

This spring, we are teaming up with the Textile Society of America to bring you a series of virtual talks with artists who are breaking ground in textile art. The inaugural season of Contemporary Voices features innovative creators joining us from Brooklyn and Los Angeles — each with a unique practice and perspective. Ai Kijima is an […]

DC Strings Celebrates Black History Month

DC Strings Workshop 1100 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC, United States

Saturday, February 20, 2021 2:00 PM  3:30 PM DC Strings Workshop (map) Google Calendar  ICS Join DC Strings Orchestra in its 4th concert of the season featuring works from diverse composers including Florence Price, CPE Bach, and others.

National Chamber Ensemble’s “A Russian Valentine”

National Chamber Ensemble presents a very special virtual Valentine's Concert featuring the best of the Russian Romantic composers, Tchaikovsky and Borodin. We are proud to keep the music going during a challenging time with our virtual season. As a bonus, each concert is paired with a Zoom Virtual Wine and Cheese reception and live conversation with the artists one […]

$18 – $36

Dave Navarro Benefit for O Museum

The Mansion on O St.

Presented By SHC Music Tribe Dan Navarro Benefit For O Museum THIS SUNDAY | 6PM  | Live Stream Free To Stream On Facebook YouTube Join us after the show for a special meet & greet with the artist

Gallery 2021 with AU’s Dance Program at the AU Museum

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

Gallery 2021 February 26 & 27, 7:30PM ET AU Dance Program’s graduating Dance Majors present an evening of creative research projects that tour the galleries of the AU Museum, live-streamed directly to you. Presentations include talks, performances and films surrounding embodied approaches towards agency, colorism, temporality, and space. Audiences will be able to ask questions […]

$5

James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Artist Series at the AU Museum

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

Free Virtual Lecture: February 28, 2-3:30PM Kasten began her career in ceramics in 2000, apprenticing with British ceramist Rupert Spira. After a year in England gaining a foundation in functional studio pottery, Kasten traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal, where she spent four years as head of a project for developing a stoneware ceramic facility for artisan […]

Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival

Smithsonian American Art Museum F Street and 8th Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

A virtual film festival highlighting groundbreaking women filmmakers and issues of climate change, political activism, global pandemics, and more. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is presenting its third annual Women Filmmakers Festival exclusively online. The festival runs from March 1-21, in honor of Women’s History Month, and is supported by the Smithsonian American Women’s History […]

DC Commission for Arts & Humanities Focus Group

DC Commission for Arts & Humanities

The D.C. Commission for Arts and Humanities (CAH) has embarked on an update of its 2009 Public Art Master Plan. The purpose of the update is to take a broad, fresh and inclusive look at public art in the District of Columbia, with a focus on the unique nature of CAH and how it can best serve […]

National Museum of Women in the Arts Opening Day: Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, and Mend

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

Textile and social practice artist Sonya Clark (b. 1967) is renowned for her mixed-media works that address race and visibility, explore Blackness, and redress history. This exhibition—the first survey of Clark’s 25-year career—includes the artist’s well-known sculptures made from black pocket combs, human hair, and thread as well as works created from flags, currency, beads, […]

Peace Corps at 60 at the American University Museum

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

Peace Corps at 60: Inside the Volunteer Experience brings the world home through the stories and objects of 30 individuals, representing a sampling of the 240,000 people who have volunteered their service. The exhibition, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps, spotlights cross-cultural understanding as nations and people around the world are undergoing major economic, social and migratory […]

A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem

Virtual

Introduced by Mark Gaston Pearce, Visiting Professor and Executive Director, Georgetown Law’s Workers’ Rights Institute A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem sheds light on the continued fight to end the gender pay gap prevalent throughout the National Football League. For over 50 years, the NFL has employed cheerleaders—women who are lifelong athletes expected to both […]

National Museum of African American History & Culture Virtual Symposium: Making African America

Virtual

More Than 40 Panelists Include Haitian American Novelist Edwidge Danticat, Multimedia Journalist Felice León, Dominican American Poet and Bestselling Author Elizabeth Acevedo and Award-winning Filmmaker Julie Dash From "Dreamers" and the Muslim ban to the Harlem Renaissance and the transatlantic Slave trade, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture's first virtual symposium […]

Reset at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Virtual Event

(Washington, D.C.) This March, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company launches RESET, a new, free digital collection featuring historical resources, excerpts, and video performances curated by Nicole M. Brewer, Faedra Chatard Carpenter, Jordan Ealey, Kristen Jackson, Leticia Ridley, and Nikkole Salter. The collection is available now at www.woollyreset.net from March 4 - 31, 2021. In August 2020, the curators—six Black cisgender women theatre artists, activists, and scholars—were invited to […]

The Tea: Black Alley with the National Museum of Women in the Arts

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

The Tea: Black Alley Friday, March 5, 12–1 p.m. In this online series, women musicians perform original work via livestream on the first Friday of the month. In March, Black Alley joins NMWA for an exclusive performance, pushing the art of music to its rhythmic limits. Determined to create a unique musical elixir, the band takes the […]

Art Chats @ 5 with the National Museum of Women in the Arts

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

Art Chats @ 5 Fridays, March 5–26, 5–5:45 p.m. Jump-start your weekend with art! Join NMWA educators online every Friday for informal 45-minute art chats about selected artworks in the collection. Discuss a new sampling of art each week. You can even enjoy your favorite happy hour drink or snack during the sessions. Free. Registration […]

2021 NHD at NMAAHC E-Review Clinic  

Virtual Event

2021 NHD at NMAAHC E-Review Clinic  Wednesday, March 3–Wednesday, March 17 The museum offers a support session for students working on a National History Day project. The project review sessions will help students determine topic ideas, improve their thesis, research advice, and answer any other questions related to their project. Students can submit a project on any historical subject. Submissions will be accepted from […]

Wikipedia Art+Feminism Virtual Edit-a-thon with the National Museum of Women in the Arts

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

Wikipedia Art+Feminism Virtual Edit-a-thon Saturday, March 6, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. To mark Wikipedia's 20th anniversary, NMWA partners with Wikimedia DC for the museum's eighth Art+Feminism edit-a-thon, focused on improving Wikipedia entries related to notable women artists and art world figures. Participants will work to enrich the representation of women artists of color, with an emphasis on women of […]

Kennedy Center Arts Across America Series Premiere

Virtual Event

SERIES PREMIERE: Sat., Mar. 6, 2021 at 6 p.m. Special guest @INFINITYSONG Topics will include racial sensitivity, economic equality, and the ways art can facilitate reconciliation and healing within communities.

Free Community Days at the National Museum of Women in the Arts

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

Free Community Days Sundays, March 7 and March 21, 12–5 p.m.  The first and third Sundays of every month are free Community Days for the public. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore current exhibitions as well as the museum’s collection. Free. Advance reservation of timed tickets required. Reserve at nmwa.org/tickets.

Darden Smith: Livestream

Virtual Event

Darden Smith - Live Stream Reserve: omuseum.org/smith Tickets: FREE (donations appreciated) Where: O Museum in The Mansion, 2020 O Street NW When: 3/7/21 Concert Starts: 6:00pm PRESENTED BY SHC Music Tribe FREE to stream - Donations appreciated. (Donations support the artist-in-residence, heroes, and other programs at O Museum in The Mansion) omuseum.org/donate Stream on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/47281272346/posts/10158778321367347/-OR- YouTube: […]

National Museum of American History Colloquium: Mary Jane Appel, “Russell Lee: A Photographer’s Life and Legacy”

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

March 9; 4 pm. Zoom Link: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/j/87174916962?pwd=VCtyZkpHdnJkT1ZDTjRzcHk1R01Odz09 Join curators and historians for a presentation and discussion on historical topics. Audience questions are encouraged and will be addressed in the moderated dialogue.

N Street Village (Virtual) Annual Gala & Auction

N Street Village

N Street Village will be hosting our Annual Gala and Auction virtually on Tuesday, March 9. As we navigate the virtual landscape, this year’s event will be a chance for our community to come together in a new way and expand our reach further than ever before. On March 9th, we will honor three Village clients […]

Innovative Lives: My Inventor Dad

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

March 10; 4-5:30 p.m. Registration is free but required: https://myinventordad.eventbrite.com Two independent filmmakers discover their own inventiveness while documenting the lives of their inventor fathers. For more information, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovative-lives-my-inventor-dad-tickets-140337456109.

Collection Highlights Talks with the National Museum of Women in the Arts

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

Collection Highlights Talks Wednesday, March 10, 5:30–6:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 27, 1–2 p.m. Unable to visit the museum in person? Check out one of our drop-in virtual “tours.” During each interactive, docent-led presentation, participants will look closely at and discuss artworks from the museum’s collection. Join in as often as you like—docents select the artworks, so tour […]

Art Signs Online: Artful Conversations in ASL with the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum F Street and 8th Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

Curious about American art? Join us for a 30-minute virtual conversation about selected works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection. This program is presented in American Sign Language (ASL) with voice interpretation for participants who are deaf or partially deaf. Zoom link to be provided via email upon registration. Location: Online Tickets: Free | Registration Required […]

Living Earth Virtual Festival: The Business of Agriculture in Indian Country

Virtual Event

April 22 – 25; on demand In celebration of Earth Day, the National Museum of the American Indian’s annual Living Earth Festival will be available on demand over four days. The festival will open with a message from Notah Begay III (Navajo/Isleta Pueblo), four-time PGA Tour champion, sportscaster and founder of the Notah Begay III […]

NMAAHC Kids: Joyful Fridays 

Virtual Event

NMAAHC Kids: Joyful Fridays Fridays in March; 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.  Joyful Fridays welcome children every Friday in March to create art that celebrates black joy, history and culture. This special program is inspired by the museum’s Joyful ABC’s activity book series, which features activities, museum objects and new words based on characteristics featured in the book, A is for […]

Cellphones + Point & Shoot: Digitizing with What You Have With Leah Jones 

Virtual Event

Cellphones + Point & Shoot: Digitizing with What You Have With Leah Jones Saturday, March 13; 12 p.m.–1 p.m.  Leah Jones, photographer at the NMAAHC, will teach participants how to digitize family papers and other personal collections using cellphones, compact cameras and everyday essentials from home. Jones will discuss different techniques and varying levels of the digitization process and to help […]

O.B. Hardison Poetry Series: Fly Between Worlds Reading

Folger Shakespeare Library

(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Monday, March 15 at 6:30 pm ET, Folger’s O.B. Hardison Poetry Series, in collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland, welcomes Irish poet and writer Doireann Ní Ghríofa to read from her work—in both Irish and English—in a live virtual reading. Her prose debut A Ghost in the Throat was awarded Book […]

National Museum of American History Colloquium: Catherine Stewart: “Race and Domestic Service”

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

March 16; 4 pm. Zoom Link: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/j/87307811475?pwd=Y3ppUnZqSkFMRmhMSWhXazM5SXpkQT09 Join curators and historians for a presentation and discussion on historical topics. Audience questions are encouraged and will be addressed in the moderated dialogue.

Introducing…

Virtual Event

Wednesdays, 11 a.m. YouTube @smithsoniannpg March 17: Abigail Adams March 24: Lady Bird Johnson March 31: Maya Lin Introducing… a new kind of story time. Each week in March, a Portrait Gallery educator will shine a light on some of this country’s lesser-known history makers and their portraits. Children will learn more about art, hear […]

Artful Observations 

Virtual Event

Artful Observations Wednesday, March 17; 4 p.m.–5 p.m. The “Artful Observations” program encourages critical thinking, careful observation and perspective taking through guided close-looking exercises. Each session will focus on one work of art from NMAAHC’s visual arts or photography collection. Guided by an NMAAHC educator, participants will spend an hour examining the work in detail. Participants in the program will have […]

Youth in Action: Native Women Making Change

Thursday, March 18; on demand. What roles do Indigenous women uphold that serve both their communities and our society at large? Watch a conversation between two young Native women who work at local and state levels to make change: Aidan Graybill, who serves on the executive council of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas and Representative […]

BMA x NMWA: In Relation

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

BMA x NMWA: In Relation Tuesday, March 9, 12–12:45 p.m. Join us for BMA x NMWA, a livestreamed monthly talk show co-presented by The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and […]

33rd Annual Evening of Comedy

The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA, United States

The Barns transforms into a comedy club for three performances of hilarious stand-up entertainment.

$27 – $30

Community Day: Telling Tales of the Diaspora 

Virtual Event

Community Day: Telling Tales of the Diaspora Saturday, March 20; 1 p.m.–2:30 p.m. This community day, presented in partnership with The Making African America Symposium, will engage visitors in exploring what diaspora is […]

33rd Annual Evening of Comedy

The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA, United States

The Barns transforms into a comedy club for three performances of hilarious stand-up entertainment.

$27 – $30

A Boy & His Soul at the Round House Theatre

Round House Theatre 4545 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD, United States

By Colman Domingo Directed by Craig Wallace                                                                                       MARCH 22 – APRIL 18​, 2021  “Keep a song in your heart, and you will always find your way”—that’s what JJ’s mom always […]

Pandemic Perspectives: How the National Museum of American History is Collecting COVID-19

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

March 23; 4-5 p.m. Zoom Registration Link: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1CC-6lICQR-mlo4j_X8tTg Join curators and historians for a series of panel discussions offering perspectives on the current pandemic. Panelists will virtually share objects from […]

(At Home) On Art and Exploration: Artist Talk With Michelle Stuart

Virtual Event

Wednesday, March 24; 7 p.m. ET Free, registration required for Zoom. Live stream also available on YouTube and Facebook Live. Michelle Stuart will join Hirshhorn assistant curator Betsy Johnson to discuss her extensive practice exploring the […]

(At Home) Artist Talk With Deana Lawson

Virtual Event

Wednesday, May 26; 7 p.m. ET Free, registration required for Zoom. Live stream also available on YouTube and Facebook Live. More information to come.

The Avenue Live: Living Room Series – Inaugural Event

Virtual Event

The Avenue Live: Living Room Series - Inaugural Event TheAvenue.Live March 26th 7-9 PM Free Of Charge Tipping Is Optional but Encouraged (Tips will benefit Baltimore Restaurant Relief) Live Performance by Cat […]

Where There Is a Woman, There Is Magic: Women’s History Month Virtual Festival

Virtual Event

Saturday, March 27, 11 a.m. Zoom, registration required Join the Portrait Gallery in a virtual celebration of women making history. We will explore the online exhibition “Where There Is a Woman, There Is Magic,” which highlights leaders in sports, arts, science and activism. It is part of a day-long lineup featuring events and activities for […]

Hungarian Delicacies with the National Chamber Ensemble

National Chamber Ensemble

The National Chamber Ensemble continues it's successful virtual season with Hungarian Delicacies on March 27. We have been keeping our followers and artists safe all season without losing contact. The […]

Will Kimbrough – Live Stream – PRESENTED BY SHC Music Tribe

Virtual Event

Will Kimbrough - Live Stream - PRESENTED BY SHC Music Tribe Reserve: omuseum.org/Kimbrough Tickets: FREE (donations appreciated) Where: O Museum in The Mansion, 2020 O Street NW When: 3/28/21 Concert Starts: 6:00pm […]

Will Kimbrough Benefit for O Museum

Virtual Event

Will Kimbrough is an award winning instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer. His credits include a Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year Award, 12 songs on four recent Jimmy Buffett albums, […]

Spotlight on the American Scene: Trailblazing Women Who Have Shaped the Entertainment Industry

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

March 31; 2 p.m. Free with registration: http://bit.ly/NMAH331 The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History celebrates Women’s History Month and its forthcoming exhibition Entertainment Nation by convening a conversation with trailblazing women who have […]

(At Home) In and Around America: Artist Talk With Catherine Opie

Virtual Event

Wednesday, March 31; 7 p.m. ET Free, registration required for Zoom. Live stream also available on YouTube and Facebook Live. On the heels of America’s most recent transfer of presidential power, Catherine Opie will join Hirshhorn […]

Poetry Workshop: Ode Poetry + Harriet Tubman 

Wednesday, April 7; 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.  In this workshop, participants will look at examples of odes and spend time composing an individual work based on Harriet Tubman. An ode is a […]

Photography from A to Z – Online Class with VisArts

Virtual Event

Learn about photography terminology, camera controls, and technique while having a ton of fun- 180 minutes, 26 topics, from A (apertures) to Z (zebra stripes)! Have your DSLR or mirrorless […]

(At Home) On Art and Representation: Artist Talk With Riva Lehrer

Virtual Event

Wednesday, April 7; 7 p.m. ET Free, registration required for Zoom. Live stream also available on YouTube and Facebook Live. Riva Lehrer will join Hirshhorn assistant curator Sandy Guttman to explore the intersection of art and […]

In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice

Virtual Event

Thursday, April 8; 5 p.m. EST Free, registration required What is the connection between a desire for recognition of one’s culture and activism for equity? Join educators from the National […]

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA, United States

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) present Chamber Music Society’s “Front Row” streaming concert series.

Free

Dupont Circle Pop-Up

Dupont Circle BID

Spring is here, and the trees are budding.  Dupont Circle is preparing for a special shopping pop-up on Saturday, April 10th from 12:00-5:00 p.m. At the shopping pop-up, you will find fresh and unique items from 50 artists, jewelers, potters, candle dippers, soap renderers, and other makers who will sell their wares outside around Dupont Circle. […]

Baltimore Craft Week

Virtual Event

Since the American Craft Council (ACC) was not able to host its annual American Craft Show in Baltimore this February, the ACC will host its first-ever virtual Baltimore Craft Week, […]

Free

(At Home) Artist Talk With Danh Vō

Virtual Event

Wednesday, April 14; 12 p.m. ET Free, registration required for Zoom. Live stream also available on YouTube and Facebook Live. Danh Vō will join Hirshhorn curator-at-large Gianni Jetzer to discuss the role that objects can play […]

Poetry Workshop: Persona Poetry + Benjamin Banneker 

National Museum of African American History and Culture

  Wednesday, April 14; 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.  In this workshop, participants will look at examples of persona poems and spend time composing an individual work based on Benjamin Banneker. A persona […]

Artful Observations  

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Wednesday, April 14 and 28; 4 p.m.–5 p.m. Through guided exercises that look closely at paintings and photographs, the Artful Observations program encourages critical thinking and careful observation. Each session will focus on one work from NMAAHC’s visual-art collections. Guided by a NMAAHC educator, participants will spend an […]

Handi-hour Online

Virtual Event

Wednesday, April 14, 7:00 p.m. ET Grab some colorful duct tape and register now for the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s popular crafting happy hour! Join us for a live crafting […]

John McCuthcheon

The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA, United States

A master instrumentalist, powerful singer/songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author, John McCutcheon is folk music’s Renaissance man. “His storytelling has the richness of fine literature” (The Washington Post).

$27 – $30

A Night with Larnell Lewis

Embassy of Canada

Back by popular demand, DC Jazz Festival is proud to present a re-broadcast of world-renowned drummer Larnell Lewis' breathtaking live performance from earlier this year in celebration of #JazzAppreciationMonth, co-presented by the Embassy of Canada and the TD […]

Floral Design How-To | Enduring Spring

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington, DC, United States

Floral Design How-To | Enduring Spring Friday, April 16, 2021, 1:30-2:15 p.m. Join Ami Wilber, floral and event décor designer, and she shares how to create a floral arrangement that […]

Cotson Textile Traces Student Colloquium

George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum 701 21st Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

On April 17, we hope you will join us for our first Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium, featuring university students in D.C., Los Angeles and Neuchâtel, Switzerland. In a series of […]

Virtual Family Fun: Miniature Garden Workshop

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington, DC, United States

Virtual Family Fun: Miniature Garden Workshop Saturday, April 17, 2021, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Celebrate Earth Day and connect with nature as you build a magical, miniature world, inspired by Hillwood’s Japanese-style […]

A BandHouse Gigs Tribute to Linda Ronstadt

The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA, United States

A BandHouse Gigs Tribute to Linda Ronstadt features performances by Patty Reese, The 19th Street Band, Caz Gardiner, Ruthie and The Wranglers, Margot MacDonald, Holly Montgomery, and Jon Carroll—the writer […]

$27 – $32

A BandHouse Gigs Tribute to Linda Ronstadt

The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA, United States

A BandHouse Gigs Tribute to Linda Ronstadt features performances by Patty Reese, The 19th Street Band, Caz Gardiner, Ruthie and The Wranglers, Margot MacDonald, Holly Montgomery, and Jon Carroll—the writer […]

$27 – $32

Washington National Opera Musical Feast

Washington National Opera

The Washington National Opera Orchestra invites you to a MUSICAL FEAST  in partnership with Takoma Bev. Co. Tue., Apr. 20 at 6 p.m. Enjoy an evening of musical performances from the Washington National Opera Orchestra, […]

Historically Speaking: Art in the Time of a Pandemic 

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Tuesday, April 20; 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. In this moderated discussion, the museum brings together a group of artists to discuss the impact of the past year’s twin pandemics on their […]

At Home) On Art and Everyday Life: Artist Talk With Rachel Harrison

Virtual Event

Wednesday, April 21; 12 p.m. ET Free, registration required for Zoom. Live stream also available on YouTube and Facebook Live. Rachel Harrison will be joined in conversation by art history professor Darby English, author of the […]

Poetry Workshop: Pastoral Poetry + The Highwaymen 

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Wednesday, April 21; 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.  In this workshop, participants will look at examples of pastoral poems and spend time composing an individual work based on The Highwaymen’s artwork. Pastoral […]

(At Home) On Art and Eco-Trauma: Artist Talk With Teresita Fernández

Wednesday, April 21; 7 p.m. ET Free, registration required for Zoom. Live stream also available on YouTube and Facebook Live. Teresita Fernández will join Hirshhorn associate curator Marina Isgro to discuss how she brings together concepts, […]

Virtual Earth Day Event

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington, DC, United States

Virtual Earth Day Event Thursday, April 22, 2021, 1:30-2 p.m. Celebrate Earth Day and join Jessica Bonilla, director of horticulture, for a virtual tour of Hillwood’s conservation efforts. www.HillwoodMuseum.org  4155 […]

Reconnect with the Sacred Landscapes We Call Home

Dumbarton United Methodist Church 3133 Dumbarton St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

"Our First Way of Knowing God" Adult Study Begins Thursday April 22, 7-8:15 pm This seven-week study, led by staff from Dumbarton Methodist Church is meant to encourage us to […]

Free

Midnight in the Garden

Hillwood Museum 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington, DC, United States

  Midnight in the Garden Thursday, April 22, 2021, 7-8 p.m. Join Hillwood for a virtual benefit celebration. Learn about the special exhibition The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky, explore the […]

Gay is Good: Frank Kameny and the Fight for LGBTQ Rights

DC History Center

Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 pm Frank Kameny spent five decades in DC as a civil rights activist and politician, including serving on Mayor Walter Washington’s inaugural Commission on Human […]

Podcast Release: Luce Listening Party with Jenna Camille

Virtual Event

Friday, April 23 Luce Unplugged has gone digital! Tune in for a podcast episode featuring singer-songwriter Jenna Camille in conversation with Paul Vodra and Anthony Porreco of Hometown Sounds. Jenna Camille’s background in improvisational jazz brings […]

Amy Kaslow Gallery Light the Night Event

Amy Kaslow Gallery 4300 Fordham Rd. NW, Washington, DC, United States

Washington, D.C. Release: April 15. 2021. For immediate release. Amy Kaslow Gallery’s Light the Night event brings sculptor Noah James Saunders and his mesmerizing collection of rotating torsos, busts, and […]

Sir András Schiff

Online

Home Delivery Plus travels to Europe, where a living legend of classical piano, Sir András Schiff, will record a program for our viewers, brilliantly uniting performance and pedagogy. Focusing as […]

$25