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#MeToo & Beyond: An Evening With Ashley Judd, Diane Rosenfeld, Fatima Goss Graves, and Amanda Nguyen

Sixth & I Synagogue 600 I St NW, Washington, D.C., United States

Tuesday, October 24 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET RSVP: https://events.womenshistory.org/events/the-bonobo-sisterhood/  Tickets: Free for students, $35 general, $150 VIP (w/ private reception) Event Graphic: Linked here   Description: As much as this summer, we all wanted to live in Barbie Land – where sexual violence isn’t in the dictionary – we definitely don’t want to live in a […]

Fall Festival on Woodrow Wilson Plaza

Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., United States

Join us at Woodrow Wilson Plaza at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center for a spooktacular Halloween celebration! Gather your loved ones, friends, and colleagues to revel in […]

Free

Trick or Treat at Tudor Place

Tudor Place

Celebrate the fall season with games and crafts at Tudor Place. Wear your Halloween best to explore the garden’s meandering paths and find festive activities, fun and sugary treats. All ages are welcome; this program is best enjoyed by children ages three to eight. This outdoor event will take place rain or shine.

$5 – $15

Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos

National Museum of the American Indian Fourth Street & Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC, United States

Saturday and Sunday, October 28–29, 10 AM – 5 PM Free | National Mall Bring the whole family to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to participate in activities including dance performances, papel picado artist demonstrations, the unique art of sawdust carpets, and paper marigold and mask making. Visitors are also invited to […]

Free

Honoring Native Veterans

National Museum of the American Indian Fourth Street & Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC, United States

This Veterans Day, honor the military service of Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Veterans at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. A presentation of the Colors by the Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society will precede a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Native American Veterans Memorial. During the day, enjoy a conversation […]

Free

Profs & Pints DC: It Came from Within

Penn Social 801 E St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “It Came from Within,” a look at the real-life psychological disorders behind some of your favorite movie frights, with Brian A. Sharpless, visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, editor of Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders, and author of the forthcoming book Monsters on the Couch. Celebrate Halloween with […]

$13.50 – $17.00

Tudor Tots: Who Says Boo?

Tudor Place

Learn about the spooky creatures who go bump in the night and how Halloween has been celebrated across time and cultures. Young learners aged 18 months to 4 years and their caregivers will enjoy a Halloween story, create a creepy craft and sing along to Halloween songs. All children must be accompanied by an adult. […]

$6.50

Girl Scouts-Brownies: Roaring Twenties

Tudor Place

What was it like to be a girl in the 1920s? Discover what life was like for the women and girls who lived and worked at Tudor Place through an interactive house tour. Then, learn the Charleston and have your own historic dance party to show off your moves. This program fulfills all requirements for […]

$10

Artist Raven Chacon in Concert and Conversation

National Museum of the American Indian Fourth Street & Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC, United States

Artist Raven Chacon (Diné) is joined by Joy Harjo, Candice Hopkins, Ange Loft, Laura Ortman, and Olivia Shortt to present selections from his work, For Zitkála-Šá (2020). A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Chacon dedicated this portfolio of scores to contemporary Native American and First Nations women to celebrate their contributions to music. Following this piece, a […]

Free

Landmark Lecture: Laborious Histories: Critical Fabulation & the Practice of Black Public History

Tudor Place

Dr. Crystal Moten, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Obama Foundation in Chicago, will discuss her work focusing on the intersection of race, class and gender to uncover the hidden histories of Black people in the Midwest. Critical fabulation is the combining of historical and archival research with critical theory and fictional narrative to […]

Free

ICE! Returns This Season at Gaylord National

Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbod, MD, United States

Christmas at Gaylord National is back Nov. 19 through Dec. 31, 2023! ICE! return with the holiday classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"! Walk through scenes from this classic tale and […]

Profs & Pints DC: The Foundations of Housing Inequality

Penn Social 801 E St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Foundations of Housing Inequality” with Richard D. Kahlenberg, a professorial lecturer of public policy and administration at George Washington University, senior fellow at the […]

$13.50 – $17.

Thanksgiving Worship and Food Collection at National Presbyterian Church

National Presbyterian Church 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW, Washington, DC, United States

You are warmly invited to join us for a peaceful worship service full of thanksgiving! To help the hungry, please bring donations of nonperishable food for our collection. After Thanksgiving, […]

Profs & Pints DC: When All Diets Were Paleo

Penn Social 801 E St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “When All Diets Were Paleo,” on how and what our prehistoric ancestors ate, with Briana Pobiner, Smithsonian paleoanthropologist and associate research professor in the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology at George Washington University. You’ve probably heard of the “paleo” diet and perhaps seen food labelled “paleo.” You […]

$13.50 – $17.

The Art of Indian Spices with Rani – Dinner Served

Washington Printmakers Gallery 1675 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Spicez is excited to share our intimate knowledge of these aromatic ground-up seasonings that tickle your taste buds, elevate your cuisine, and dazzle your guests...if you get it right! The […]

$28

Photos with Santa Paws at The Capital Wheel National Harbor

The Capital Wheel 141 American Way, Oxon Hill, MD, United States

The Capital Wheel is celebrating man’s best friend Friday, December 1 from 6-8 p.m. for their first ever Photos with Santa Paws. Guests can bring their pooches dressed in their […]

Native Art Market

National Museum of the American Indian Fourth Street & Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC, United States

Make your holiday shopping special and support more than 30 award-winning Indigenous artists. Visit the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., and enjoy the museum’s annual Native Art Market. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2–3, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. This weekend event invites lovers of art and craftsmanship to meet Indigenous artists and […]

Free

Holiday Tea & Tour

Tudor Place

Tea and its rituals have been part of Tudor Place for 200 years. Continue the tradition with a Victorian tea party in the 1867 Dower House, festive theme and seasonal tea, sandwiches and desserts. The afternoon will also include an informative historic house tour to learn about how the Peter family enjoyed the holiday season […]

$50 – $60

Profs & Pints DC: Life at Earth’s Poles

Penn Social 801 E St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Life at Earth’s Poles,” a chance to become more familiar with whales, penguins, polar bears, and other denizens of our planet’s coldest climates, with Chris […]

$13.50 – $17.

Season of Hope

DAR Constitution Hall 1776 D St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Washington Performing Arts’s Children of the Gospel Choir joins the acclaimed United States Air Force Band as special guests in a series of joy-filled holiday performances at DAR Constitution Hall. […]

Free

Profs & Pints DC: Nightmares Before Christmas

Penn Social 801 E St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Nightmares Before Christmas,” a discussion of Krampus and other dark holiday lore, with William Egginton, professor of humanities and director of the Alexander Grass Humanities […]

$13.50 – $17.

Holiday Cheer with renowned violinist Dylana Jenson – National Chamber Ensemble

Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington 4444 Arlington Blvd. Arlington, VA 22204, Arlington, VA, United States

Celebrate Holiday Cheer with an evening of classical and popular holiday favorites the entire family will enjoy, opening with Leroy Anderson's popular Sleighride. Violinist Dylana Jenson, the first American woman, […]

$20 – $40