2022 ArtsFairfax Awards
Capital One Hall Tysons Corner, VirginiaArtsFairfax Announces the 2022 Arts Awards Honorees ArtsFairfax to Recognize Capital One Hall, Gary and Tina Mather, Mark Brutsché, and Fall for the Book on October 28 […]
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ArtsFairfax Announces the 2022 Arts Awards Honorees ArtsFairfax to Recognize Capital One Hall, Gary and Tina Mather, Mark Brutsché, and Fall for the Book on October 28 […]
Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum in celebrating Día de los Muertos! Bring the whole family to see exciting live performances from Ballet Folklorico Mi Herencia Mexicana, Mariachi Aguila DC, […]
November On View Grace of Monaco: Princess in DiorThrough January 8, 2023 Fashion and mementos from the legendary life of Princess Grace of Monaco are on view in […]
Washington’s premiere contemporary ballet company presents an immersive experience of dance on film that brings you closer than ever to the art. The event features premiere screenings of three of […]
COOKING UP HISTORY "Cooking Up History""Nourish Your Body, Nourish Your Spirit with Ancestral Food" Guest chefs: Elena Terry and Zoe FessNov. 4; NoonWallace H. Coulter PlazaFirst Floor, WestRegister for free here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/399656151307Guest chefs […]
The past two and a half years have taken a definite toll on all of our lives, and we can all be proud of the perseverance that we have all […]
The awards, presented by ASRC Federal, recognize professional women in the D.C. area for their extraordinary dedication and leadership in community service initiatives and volunteerism. All proceeds from the event […]
Join Artist-in-Residence Peter Waddell as he shares his meticulous process for creating paintings about American history at this in-person and virtual event. Peter will showcase some of his current projects […]
National Museum of the American Indian To Dedicate National Native American Veterans Memorial Nov. 11 Ceremony Will Be Part of Weekend-long Event To Honor Native Veterans The Smithsonian’s National Museum of […]
Maryland Lyric Opera’s Season of Verdi continues! Combining political intrigue, a dangerous love triangle, and a fortune teller’s mysterious prophecy, Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) shows Verdi at […]
This two-day dedication of the National Native American Veterans Memorial includes performances by musical artists, presentation of colors by the Native American Women Warriors, hands-on activities, films, and a veterans […]
Jewelers'Werk Galerie is pleased to present Leaf People and Chandeliers, an exhibition of new work by artist Carolanne Patterson. The show opens on Saturday, November 12th with a reception to […]
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the host and lineup of presenters for the 2022 Portrait of a Nation Awards, which will be presented at a celebratory gala Saturday, […]
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has just announced the honorees for the 2022 Portrait of a Nation Award, which recognizes contemporary icons across many fields in recognition of their transformative contributions to America […]
Join the Chamber Singers for a program centering the music of outstanding underrepresented choral creators of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With a focus on Black, Latinx, and women composers, […]
Superb harmonies are informed by a unique virtuosity on the guitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, and more. From the luscious trio vocals of the Boswell Sisters to genre bending Western Swing […]
Join the Congressional Chorus for its first concert of the 2022-2023 season, Homesong, on Saturday, November 12th at 7:30 p.m. The Chorus’ mission is to perform American music, and this […]
SCHEHERAZADE – AFGHAN DAYS, ARABIAN NIGHTS James Ross, Music Director Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Sunday, November 13, 2022 at […]
Miss Richfield 1981 will not be cancelled, and you won’t either when you see her new show, “Cancel Cultured Pearls”. This all-new extravaganza will explore ways to live in our […]
The Writer’s Center and Day Eight have teamed up to present an event with the editors and some contributors to Diaspora Cafe: D.C., a new anthology of poetry featuring writing […]
Maryland Lyric Opera’s Season of Verdi continues! Combining political intrigue, a dangerous love triangle, and a fortune teller’s mysterious prophecy, Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) shows Verdi at […]
Join the Chamber Singers for a program centering the music of outstanding underrepresented choral creators of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With a focus on Black, Latinx, and women composers, […]
SCHEHERAZADE – AFGHAN DAYS, ARABIAN NIGHTS James Ross, Music Director Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Sunday, November 13, 2022 at […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “A Portrait of Picasso,” a look at the art and life of one of the twentieth century’s most important and prolific artists, with Lisa Lipinski, […]
People are all different. Our bodies, families, beliefs, abilities, and experiences vary, sometimes making communication difficult. Artwork can often communicate what we do not have the words for across cultures […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “CSI Then and Now,” with Dr. Victor Weedn, forensic pathologist, attorney, lecturer at George Washington University and the University of Maryland-Baltimore, and deputy medical examiner […]
Scholar Julia Bryan-Wilson considers how women of color artists like Pacita Abad and Rosie Lee Tompkins have used embellishment as a strategy to blur the lines between function and decor. […]
BETHESDA, MD (October 13, 2022). Imagination Stage™, the metro DC region’s largest professional theatre for children, welcomes audiences celebrating Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and New Years to the omni-festive musical […]
Washington Association of Black Journalists to Host "Special Honors Gala" Event to Recognize the Achievements of Notable Journalists and Communications Professionals The Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ) today announced […]
American University's Studio Art MFA program presents visiting artist Erika Ranee. Ranee has exhibited her multilayered abstract paintings nationally and internationally. She says, "Like pages from a journal, each artwork […]
Join SAAM's research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one […]
From vibrant neighborhoods and peaceful parks to enlightening museums and lasting monuments to our Nation’s history, Washington, DC is brimming with harmony and life. O! What a Beautiful City is […]
Formed in Israel as teenagers over two decades ago, Ariel Quartet is distinguished by its virtuosity, probing musical insight, and impassioned, fiery performances. Program includes Haydn, Bartok and Schubert.
The AU Symphonic Band presents an eclectic variety of selections spanning the Band literature, ranging from century-old classics to relatively unknown contemporary works by living composers. A large ensemble of […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Peopling of Polynesia,” a look at how ancient voyagers discovered and settled the islands of the Pacific, with Justin M. Jacobs, professor of history […]
Join us at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Crystal City on November 21, 2022, at 7:00 PM for a special screening of BLOOD RELATIVES and a live Q&A with writer/director/actor Noah […]
The two-month seasonal celebration expands for its eighth edition, with public light art installations throughout the commercial district. Washington, D.C. (September 29, 2022) – GLOW - the popular holiday celebration in Georgetown […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Let’s Talk about Kanye,” a scholarly look at celebrity and race in America, with Joshua K. Wright, associate professor of history at Trinity Washington University […]
November 30 – December 4, 2022 Washington, D.C. – GALA continues its 47th season with its 11th annual Film Festival celebrating innovation by Latin American filmmakers. The festival gives voice […]
December On View Grace of Monaco: Princess in DiorThrough January 8, 2023 Fashion and mementos from the legendary life of Princess Grace of Monaco are on view in […]
Weekend Workshops Select Saturdays, Dec. 3, 10 & 17, Jan. 7, 14, 21 & 28, Feb. 4, 11 & 25 11:30 a.m.–noon Select Sundays, Dec. 4, 11 & 18, Jan. […]
The Washington, DC premiere of Being and Belonging, a program of seven short videos from VisualAIDS highlighting under-told stories of HIV and AIDS from the perspective of artists living with […]
PLAYING BURTON is a fascinating one-man play about the storied life of international star of stage and screen, Richard Burton. It offers a penetrating look at the notorious actor’s life—from […]
WHATThe Tea: B-FLYJoin the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) for The Tea, a series of virtual live performances by women musicians. Hailing from the West Coast, B-FLY […]
DECEMBER 3, 9, & 11, 2022 Lincoln Theatre Our popular holiday extravaganza returns with an all-new edition. Sparkly snow, dancers, over-the-top costumes, and more are in store from GMCW — […]
Winter sweetness and surprise are in the air as our holiday season officially gets underway with A Celtic Christmas, a happy homecoming of old friends bringing together the evocative sounds […]
Mark G. Meadows is a man on a mission. The acclaimed jazz composer, pianist, music director, vocalist, jazz instructor, and actor creates a unifying sound that breaks through social barriers. […]
Once upon a time - more then magic was about to happen the night before Christmas. This show presents themes of human compassion, love, and friendships while spinning a well-known […]
Premier and recent works by five choreographers Jane Franklin Dance returns to Theatre on the Run with More Than I Should exploring themes of vulnerability, balance and control, progression, self-awareness […]
A feast of Celtic dance rhythms in a sensually captivating fusion of seasonal Irish, Scottish, French Canadian, Appalachian, Bluegrass and other world music in a hypnotic, unforgettable mix. Mount Helicon, […]
Join DC’s Different Drummers in their first concert of the new season. Wear your holiday sweaters and enjoy some holiday music with performances from the Jazz Band, Symphonic Band and […]
Winter sweetness and surprise are in the air as our holiday season officially gets underway with A Celtic Christmas, a happy homecoming of old friends bringing together the evocative sounds […]
An original work by Keegan favorite Matthew J. Keenan, AN IRISH CAROL is an homage to Dickens’ classic – told as only the Irish can. This comic and touching play, […]
Bring the kids for an unforgettable holiday experience as the Choral Arts Chorus fills the concert hall with holiday classics just for them! We’ll take you on a merry tour […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Tale of Sea Shanties,” with Jessica M. Floyd, scholar of sea shanties during the Great Age of Sail. Climb aboard with Profs and Pints […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Aboard the Webb Space Telescope,” a NASA astrophysicist’s guide to the design, mission, and early discoveries of a pioneering space instrument, with Matthew Greenhouse, project […]
Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one […]
Games can be fun as well as teach important life skills. Visit the National Museum of the American Indian and join Jeremy Red Eagle (Sisseton Wahpeton) from the International Traditional […]
Ring in the Lunar New Year at SAAM! Join us for our annual celebration featuring Chinese and Korean traditions, including performances, crafts, food, and more. Learn about the importance of […]
Jim Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a […]
Games can be fun as well as teach important life skills. Visit the National Museum of the American Indian and join Jeremy Red Eagle (Sisseton Wahpeton) from the International Traditional […]
Solas Nua is delighted to present Imbolc, a new work written and performed by Irish folk singer-songwriter from County Galway, Maija Sofia. Commissioned by Solas Nua especially for St. Brigid’s […]
Nathaniel Dett's 1930's choral oratorio THE ORDERING OF MOSES weaves together classic spirituals into a musical feast that helped ignite America's civil rights movement. Now IN Series and Heritage Signature […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Rise of Distant Doctors,” on the emergence and evolution of remote healthcare, with Dr. Jeremy A. Greene, professor of medicine and director of the […]
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) […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Tale of Sea Shanties,” with Jessica M. Floyd, scholar of sea shanties during the Great Age of Sail. Climb aboard with Profs and Pints […]
Make your own sketchbook with mixed media pages and a marbled softcover. Learn to fold and bind a text block and attach a marbled sumi paper cover. Although this sketchbook […]
Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in a magical house in a vibrant town in the mountains of Colombia. The magic of this […]
SAAM and the Renwick Gallery are delighted to welcome back the Washington National Opera’s Cafritz Young Artists. Join these inspiring performers for an afternoon of music and drama, featuring scenes […]
For the February Valentine's Concert we are joined by Metropolitan Opera soprano Aundi Marie Moore for an extraordinary evening of selections by African American composers plus songs from Broadway Musicals and more. […]
James Ross, Music Director Thalea String Quartet Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. George […]
James Ross, Music Director Thalea String Quartet Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. George […]
Join the National Museum of African Art for the opening of our Research Gallery space. Drop in on Valentine's Day for a night out at the museum, with drinks and […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “What It Means to Hear New Orleans,” a feast of knowledge about the music traditions of the Crescent City, with Grammy-winning music writer Kip Lornell, […]
Join metalsmith David Harper Clemons for the final visit of SAAM’s Virtual Studio Tour series. Clemons takes the audience on a tour of his North Carolina-based studio, where he creates […]
Join metalsmith David Harper Clemons for the final visit of SAAM’s Virtual Studio Tour series. Clemons takes the audience on a tour of his North Carolina-based studio, where he creates […]
In the Muslim faith, carpets create physically and spiritually “clean” spaces during the daily ritual of prayer. Drawn from five collections, this exhibition introduces the purpose and iconography of classical […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Pagan Roots of Late Winter Holidays,” a look at how ancient fertility rituals, Roman myths, and early challenges to Christianity gave us Valentine’s Day […]
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) has often been called America’s favorite painter. Like his contemporaries Mark Twain and Walt Whitman, Homer captured the landscape of a rapidly changing country with an artist’s […]
Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one […]
Jane Franklin Dance responds to art and poetry by Bennie Herron from the current exhibition at Mason Exhibitions Arlington, Bennie Herron: Origin Stories. The thirty minute performance features works by […]
Capital City Symphony and Assistant Conductor Ingrid Lestrud explore musical confluence where art imitates life, and sometimes life imitates art. From Beethoven’s sounds of a summer storm, to Hovhannes imitating nature, and the sounds of Paris from Gershwin, join us for an exploration of sound. Featuring Washington National Opera Cafritz Young Artist, Amber Monroe, singing […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “What Was T Rex Thinking?” a look at the brains of dinosaurs and how they might live on in our backyard birds, with Amy Balanoff, […]
The 24th annual film forum will showcase more than 50 independent feature films, documentaries, shorts, and animated films from filmmakers around the DMV and across the globe. In addition to […]
Solas Nua's annual Capital Irish Film Festival, now in its 17th year, presents the best of contemporary Irish cinema by filmmakers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to […]
The exhibition This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World showcases the dynamic landscape of American craft today. This symposium, organized in conjunction with the exhibition, highlights the role that artists […]
Jane Franklin Dance at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival 2023 BASK in the present moment. Physical storytelling merges with the immediate in dances about climate, agency and identity. Works by Robert J. […]
Jane Franklin Dance at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival 2023 BASK in the present moment. Physical storytelling merges with the immediate in dances about climate, agency and identity. Works by Robert J. […]
Join the dancers, singers, and actors of Word Dance Theater on a journey through time to explore the historic women’s rights movement and how it inspires us in 2023 to […]
Celebrate spring and DC’s beloved cherry blossoms with a festive virtual family workshop. The delicate sakura, or cherry blossoms, have been depicted in landscapes, figure paintings, and prints for centuries. […]
Join Dwane Starlin, Georgetown resident and certified tour guide, on this tour of Georgetown's murals and public art! After seeing all the most Instagram-able spots the neighborhood has to offer, […]
(USA, 2022, 100 mins.) Director: Dan Trachtenberg, (Rated: R) Naru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly evolved Predators […]
Arlington, VA February 9, 2023 - Join the National Chamber Ensemble (NCE) and world renowned pianist and composer, Lowell Liebermann for an evening of his original music, and one of Johannes Brahams most beloved […]
Sieze this opportunity to hear Justin Taylor, one of today's most lauded young harpsichordists, perform works by J.S. Bach at a Capriccio Baroque Season Highlight concert. On the program are works by Bach written in the Italian Style - Chromatic Fantasia in D minor, Italian Concerto, and Concerto after Vivaldi's Violin Concerto, amongst others.
Join filmmakers Ruchi Mital and Petter Ringbom with executive producer Marquise Stillwell for a screening of their biographical film about the artist Nellie Mae Rowe. Exploring the world created by […]
Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, 1041 Wisconsin, NW, Washington, DC, is hosting Austrian-born concert organist Michael Koenig on March 21st, 2023, at 7 pm, in an all-Bach Recital to celebrate the 338th Birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach. Michael Koenig currently holds the position of Graduate Organist at Exeter College, Oxford while also pursuing a doctorate in […]
Writing Workshop Inspired by Early 20th-Century Portraiture Friday, April 14, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. G Street Lobby In this creative writing workshop, participants will write stories inspired […]
WASHINGTON—The National Museum of Women in Arts (NMWA), the world’s first major museum solely dedicated to championing women artists, reopens its extensively renovated building on October 21, 2023. The transformed […]
WASHINGTON—There are plenty of opportunities to support women artists with NMWA this season, even while the museum prepares for the building reopening in fall 2023. Listen to live music, learn […]
“Mirror, Mirror: Reflections of America in Disney Parks” Albert H. Small Documents GalleryThird Floor, EastNote New Date: Opens April 28, 2023, Closes March 2024This exhibit explores how Disney theme parks serve as […]