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On November 2, 2024, join the American Heart Association, Greater Washington Region for the annual Heart Walk, happening at the National Mall. Thousands of walkers, many of whom have survived a lifechanging heart event, live with a heart condition, or love someone who’s affected by cardiovascular disease, will convene to learn about how to protect […]
Join fellow garden lovers and the Tudor Place garden team and help eradicate invasive species. Learn to identify non-native, invasive species of plants and help the garden team on their mission to keep them out of the historic garden. Suggested attire includes long pants and sleeves, gloves and sturdy boots or sneakers. Tools will be […]
Live accompaniment by Ben Model, piano. Join us for a special screening of Max Fleischer’s landmark Out of the Inkwell, a program of silent, animated short films with Koko the Clown. Renowned early animator Max Fleischer and his studio were behind iconic cartoon characters like Betty Boop and Popeye. They also pioneered notable techniques that […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “A World Heritage of Tattooing,” with Lars Krutak, DC-based anthropologist, research associate at the Museum of International Folk Art, author or editor of several books on tattooing around the world, and former host of the Discovery Channel's Tattoo Hunter. Since time immemorial, astonishingly diverse forms of tattooing have been produced […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Your Prep for the 2024 Election Results,” a look at the power and limitations of political polls as voting results come in, with Michael Bailey, professor of American government at Georgetown University and author of Polling at a Crossroads: Rethinking Modern Survey Research. Profs and Pints is staging the perfect […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Dead Men Tell Tales,” an examination of what happens to our bodies after we die and the stories our corpses then tell, with Rhys Williams, forensic anthropologist and assistant professor in forensic science at Loyola University Maryland. Ever wondered what happens after an unidentified body has been found in the […]
Join us for a lively discussion as scholars and museum professionals address racist imagery in the collections of Georgetown University and Tudor Place. Artwork has played a role in constructing racism for centuries. Objects with racist imagery can range from white supremacist iconography to anti-Black caricatures. Museums can use this imagery to address historical injustices […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Poets of the First World War,” on the lives and legacies of writers whose accounts from the trenches changed how we put warfare into words, with Christopher Hamner, associate professor of history at George Mason University and author of Enduring Battle: American Soldiers in Three Wars, 1776-1945. The murderous realities […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Six Wives of Henry VIII,” with Amy Leonard, associate professor of history at Georgetown University and scholar of women during the early modern period. “Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived.” This six-word rhyme is often all anyone knows or remembers about the six wives of Henry the Eighth. It’s […]
DC native Cyanotype artist Ella Barnes is hosting a 7-day pop-up exhibition, titled "Painting with Sunlight," from November 24 - December 1, 2024, at Grace Street Collective. Ella’s work has garnered acclaim for its innovative approach to Cyanotype, blending natural light, shadow, and sculpture to create ethereal, dimensional artworks. This unique collection of 20 framed […]
