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The BIG APPLE CIRCUS is coming to National Harbor March 8 – April 1, 2018. The critically acclaimed program features the famous seven-person pyramid on the high wire with 10-time […]
Kick off Easter celebrations with activities for the whole family! Kids will go egg-static for three on-site Easter egg hunts - featuring a technological GPS hunt and a glow-in-the-dark option. […]
Would you like to see some amazing new art glass? Wild Things! is a juried glass art exhibition at Glen Echo Park's Popcorn Gallery March 31 through April 29, Saturdays […]
The Glen Echo Park Partnership is pleased to present The World in Infrared: Landscapes by Sheila Galagan. Local photographer Sheila Galagan offers a selection of photographs shot using infrared capture, […]
The Glen Echo Park Partnership and the National Capital Art Glass Guild are pleased to present Wild Things. These are turbulent times! Simply put, we are surrounded by change. This […]
Profs and Pints presents: "Ethnic Gangster Cinema," with Kris Mecholsky, English instructor and scholar of crime fiction and film at Louisiana State University. Profs and Pints is making you an […]
Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor. Doors to the auditorium open at 10:45 a.m. Due to security precautions, please allow extra […]
In honor of Earth Day, April 22, “Missa Gaia/Earth Mass” by Paul Winter will be performed by Dumbarton Chorus plus soloists and instrumentalists led by A.J. Welch, Dumbarton music director. Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW. Dumbartonpastor@yahoo.com. Free.
A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year. Amy Siskind in conversation with PBS’ Bonnie Erbé
Whittle School & Studios welcomes you to learn more about the opportunities this global school will provide your children and the greater Washington area. This event will inform parents on the modern approach Whittle School & Studios takes to education including language immersion, cross-cultural education, and off-campus opportunities in the world’s most influential cities. The […]
This dance group will be making its Kennedy Center debut.
A collaborator of both The Rolling Stones and Prince, this Portuguese fadista’s “melancholic intimacy dominates the moment it sashays out of the speakers…setting a mood of mesmerizing sorrow” (BBC).
The USA Science & Engineering Festival kicks off with some of the greatest visionaries at X-STEM – presented by PwC and NCR—an Extreme STEM symposium for students. Meet climate change experts, astrophysicists, and inventors. Learn about Hollywood stunts, robotics, and microbiology. Select from a variety of mind-blowing talks on the hottest science topics. Space is […]
Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor. Doors to the auditorium open at 10:45 a.m. Due to security precautions, please allow extra […]
Looking for some fresh, unique clothing and jewelry to wear this Spring and Summer while helping your community? Stop by during lunch (11:30 am-2:30 pm) or dinner (5-8 pm) to check out the India Hicks collection for sale to benefit GrantED. This great local charity provides DC teachers, primarily in Wards 7 and 8, with […]
DESCRIPTION You're invited to the 20th Annual MANNA 5K Race for Affordable Housing! On Saturday, April 28th at 9:30 AM, we will be celebrating our 20th Annual MANNA 5K Race for Affordable Housing at the C&O Towpath in Georgetown (address is 3630 Water St NW). Our goal is to raise money and awareness for affordable […]
Don’t miss the FREE 5th USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo–presented by Lockheed Martin! Find out where “STEM Can Take You” with more than 3000 hands-on activities exploring space, robotics, genomics, conservation, cryogenics, and medicine. Highlights include incredible stage shows and science stars such as Explosive Science with Dr. Kate Biberdorf, World Champion of Magic […]
A riveting songwriter, singer, pianist, arranger, producer, session player, and performer of “swampy rock & roll,” Leon Russell’s vast impact on American music lasted for over five decades before he passed away in November 2016. Russell went on to write, sing, and top the charts with iconic hits such as “A Song For You,” “Tightrope,” […]
Nicholas Hersh, guest conductor C.P.E. BACH: Symphony in E-flat Major PIAZZOLLA: Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 Tickets: $20-$80 adult, $5 youth, $10 student www.alexsym.org or 703-548-0885 Three centuries collide when the ASO and Maestro Nicholas Hersh present the 2017-2018 Season finale. Bearing the name of his home for three decades, the […]
In his six-part lecture series Positive Barbarism: Brutal Aesthetics in the Postwar Period, Hal Foster asks how artists began again after the mass deaths of World War II, the Holocaust, and the Bomb. Lectures will focus on the early work of Jean Dubuffet, Asger Jorn, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Claes Oldenburg, among others. April 8: Walter […]
Venue - National Sporting Library & Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg, VA 20117 Join us for a free sketching session in the Museum! Artists of all ages are invited to sketch alongside local artist Barbara Sharp. Materials are provided. Please contact Anne Marie Barnes, the Clarice & Robert H. Smith Educator, to register for […]
On Sunday April 8, the film “Roadmap to Apartheid” will be shown at 2:30 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I Street SW, in Washington, DC. This documentary examines the apartheid analogy commonly used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Narrated by Alice Walker (author of “The Color Purple”), the film reviews the rise and fall […]
Chamber Music at The Barns Debut Artist Quickly being hailed as one of Canada’s leading young cellists, he has been praised for his versatility, musical expressivity, and remarkable technique. Playing a ca. 1696 “Bonjour” Stradivarius cello and ca. 1830 “Shaw” Adam cello bow, he has been called a “mature artist with a profound musical imagination.” […]
Nicholas Hersh, guest conductor C.P.E. BACH: Symphony in E-flat Major PIAZZOLLA: Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 Tickets: $20-$80 adult, $5 youth, $10 student www.alexsym.org or 703-548-0885 Three centuries collide when the ASO and Maestro Nicholas Hersh present the 2017-2018 Season finale. Bearing the name of his home for three decades, the […]
Reflect upon Hate Speech & the Holocaust with remarks by published Holocaust survivor Susan Warsinger and readings from internationally renowned Holocaust survivors from our region – Charlene Schiff and Herman Taube. ADL’s Doron Ezickson & Dr. Marc Gopin will present thoughts on the rise in anti-Semitism and intolerance today and actions to address it. With […]
Profs and Pints presents: "When Washington Burned," with Denver Brunsman, associate professor of history at George Washington University, lecturer at Mount Vernon, and scholar of the War of 1812. You've probably toured several of Washington's landmarks, but have you considered those that went up in smoke more than 200 years ago? Join Denver Brunsman, a […]
An early way to be in the know on the Kennedy Center's upcoming season. RSVP to Brendan Padgett <bepadgett@kennedy-center.org> by April 4.
Whittle School & Studios welcomes you to learn more about the opportunities this global school will provide your children and the greater Washington area. This event will inform parents on the modern approach Whittle School & Studios takes to education including language immersion, cross-cultural education, and off-campus opportunities in the world’s most influential cities. The […]
Canadian musician Miranda Mulholland will speak at the event. Room 2203.
A homecoming.
Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor. Doors to the auditorium open at 10:45 a.m. Due to security precautions, please allow extra […]
This business and networking etiquette course teaches participants how to walk into any social or networking situation and strike up a conversation with anyone! Learn secrets on how to effortlessly talk to anyone! This seminar is perfect for anyone who regularly attends conferences, networking events and parties. After this course, you'll have NO FEAR walking […]
“Soon” features a reclusive 20-something woman and her goldfish, Herschel, confronting the imminent end of the world due to the evaporation of all the planet’s water. Despite its seemingly gloomy premise, the show is as uplifting as it is engaging, thanks in part to Caplin’s directorial deftness--and to the considerable talents of both the professional […]
Venue - National Sporting Library & Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg, VA 20117 April 13 – July 22, 2018 Wednesday-Sunday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm This traveling exhibition organized […]
An event commemorating Gunther Stern's 27 years at GMC.
Individuals describe barriers experienced through career, racial, gender or ethnic prejudice. People speak of real-life experiences: a woman working in a male dominated career, an HIV positive young adult, a black woman negotiating cultural assumptions, a latino man delayed by police, disability and employment, biracial marriage, same-sex parenthood, legal immigration and the walls framed by […]
The K-12 STEM Symposium is a free, exciting and all-day forum that equally engages children, parents, and teachers, coupled with corporate, government, academia and non-profit executives alike from the STEM fields. Linking science and mathematics taught in the classroom to impactful careers is an ongoing national challenge. This year’s Symposium will help children discover new […]
Venue - National Sporting Library & Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg, VA 20117 Join us for an informal coffee reception to celebrate NSLM's newest exhibition, A Sporting Vision: From the Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art from the VMFA. Colleen Yarger, VMFA's Curatorial Assistant for the Mellon Collections, will greet guests and lead […]
ESTHER PRODUCTIONS, INC presents THE FATHERLESS DAUGHTERS SPEAK OUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU If you are a girl age 13 to 17 and you are growing up without your biological father in your home or your father is not actively involved in your life , then this event may be for you. Some […]
On Saturday April 14, at 2:30 PM, the film “Jews Step Forward” will be shown at Perry Auditorium, in the Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC. The showing is sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace as part of the 4th Annual Voices from The Holy Land 2018 Film Series. Admission is […]
Join Jane Franklin Dance for a performance of The Big Meow, the story of an ever-hopeful fluff ball who desperately wants to belong to the band of neighborhood cats. The Big Meow is a story of hope, disappointment, courage and the need for belonging. These simple themes are part of every neighborhood, but in this […]
Join the traveling choral and dance ensembles of the DMV’s premier gay men’s chorus for performances filled with lively harmonies and selections ranging from traditional choral music to Broadway.
Individuals describe barriers experienced through career, racial, gender or ethnic prejudice. People speak of real-life experiences: a woman working in a male dominated career, an HIV positive young adult, a black woman negotiating cultural assumptions, a latino man delayed by police, disability and employment, biracial marriage, same-sex parenthood, legal immigration and the walls framed by […]
Join the traveling choral and dance ensembles of the DMV’s premier gay men’s chorus for performances filled with lively harmonies and selections ranging from traditional choral music to Broadway.
In his six-part lecture series Positive Barbarism: Brutal Aesthetics in the Postwar Period, Hal Foster asks how artists began again after the mass deaths of World War II, the Holocaust, and the Bomb. Lectures will focus on the early work of Jean Dubuffet, Asger Jorn, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Claes Oldenburg, among others. April 8: Walter […]
On Sunday April 15 at 2:30 p.m., “The Field” will be shown at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I Street SW, in Washington, DC 20024. This film documents Palestinians and Israeli settlers together working towards coexistence and peace not through politics, but rather through a peoples’ movement developing from the grass roots. Ali -- a charismatic […]
Illusions Salon is celebrating its 25th birthday.
Join us for an open house block party on Thursday, April 26th from 5:30-8:30 p.m. as we welcome spring and mark the one year anniversary of Home On Cameron. Enjoy light fare from local restaurants and shop Home on Cameron’s curated collection of upholstered furniture including new private label sofas and chairs, custom dining pieces, Nepal felt flowers, console and coffee tables […]
A store that focuses on Italian kitchen design.
Profs and Pints presents: "Founding Fathers in the 'Friend Zone,'" with Cassandra Good, assistant professor of history at Marymount University and author of Founding Friendships: Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early American Republic. The iconic film "When Harry Met Sally" suggested it's impossible for men and women to be friends, but the lives […]
Uncover the rich history of Georgetown’s African-American communities with Dwane Starlin, member of the Guild of Professional Tour Guides. Starting in Herring Hill, learn about the eighteenth-century community to both enslaved and freed blacks. Continue exploring Georgetown and see the churches and schools established by African-American Georgetowners during the nineteenth century.
Join us for a morning of FREE fun on Wednesdays this summer! Enjoy live music, magicians, puppet shows, petting zoos and more. Locations vary. June 20: Super-sized Kick Off Petting Zoo and vehicles of the Loudoun Police Department. Hosted outside on Tupper Way. June 27: Everyone’s favorite — Rocknocerous — performs. Hosted in the Village […]
Everyone's buzzing about the D.C. debut of the hit musical, Hamilton, in June. Whether or not you have tickets, get your Alexander Hamilton fix early at this cocktail party and mini-exhibit devoted to the man, the memory, and the family he left behind. Enjoy drinks, appetizers and sweets, and a close-up look at artifacts Hamilton […]
Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor. "It's important for people to hear eyewitness stories, because there are still people who deny […]
Whittle School & Studios welcomes you to learn more about the opportunities this global school will provide your children and the greater Washington area. This event will inform parents on the modern approach Whittle School & Studios takes to education including language immersion, cross-cultural education, and off-campus opportunities in the world’s most influential cities. The […]
Profs and Pints presents: "Is Religion Obsolete?" with Michael J. Sigrist, lecturer in philosophy at George Washington University, co-editor of Time and the Philosophy of Action, and scholar of the early existentialists. Why do people turn to religion? What's its purpose? In today’s America, public debate about religion centers on questions like whether religious beliefs […]
80 films from 45 countries will be showcased.
Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor. Doors to the auditorium open at 10:45 a.m. Due to security precautions, please allow extra […]
Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) partners with DC area institutions to bring a world class medical symposium “Take Action Against Breast Cancer.” The panel, consisting of leading experts in the field, will discuss new discoveries and technology that can play a significant role in improving risk assessment, prevention and early detection for breast cancer. The morning […]
Wishing upon a star for the perfect evening out? Then join us to gaze up at the stars while enjoying live music, food and fun! Come experience Dumbarton House in a whole new light! Dumbarton at Dusk is a new evening program the third Thursday of every month. Tour the museum after hours and experience […]
Called “one of the best musicians in the USA” by the late Pete Seeger, the master storyteller who has 38 releases to date, returns to The Barns with his timeless and traditional folk music.
Learn about history in a whole new way! Enjoy sipping tea while viewing tea equipage from Dumbarton House’s collections and learning about the health benefits and historic importance of tea. Tickets include light refreshments and tasting of 6 different teas. This event is planned in partnership with the Spice and Tea Exchange of Alexandria!
Artistic Director Scott Tucker and the Choral Arts Chamber Singers present a program of music inspired by nature. Featured pieces from Benjamin Britten, Peter Schickele, R. Murray Schafer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and many more evoke serenity through melodies and lyrics referencing nature and the natural world. This evening of light celebrates spring renewal, as well […]
Individuals describe barriers experienced through career, racial, gender or ethnic prejudice. People speak of real-life experiences: a woman working in a male dominated career, an HIV positive young adult, a black woman negotiating cultural assumptions, a latino man delayed by police, disability and employment, biracial marriage, same-sex parenthood, legal immigration and the walls framed by […]
Venue - National Sporting Library & Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg, VA 20117 This Spring, Paul Mellon’s British Sporting Art collection comes home to Middleburg in A Sporting Vision, NSLM’s feature exhibition. It is only fitting that during Garden Week we also pay homage to his wife, Bunny Mellon, whose legacy lives on at […]
Steeplechasing all day, browse 'Saddler's Row- vendor village or participate in the children's stick pony races Gates open at 10:30 $25 general admission BlueRidgeRaces.org
In his six-part lecture series Positive Barbarism: Brutal Aesthetics in the Postwar Period, Hal Foster asks how artists began again after the mass deaths of World War II, the Holocaust, and the Bomb. Lectures will focus on the early work of Jean Dubuffet, Asger Jorn, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Claes Oldenburg, among others. April 8: Walter […]
10 Local Talented Artists to show their work at the coop: 3900A & B Watson Place, NW. Washington DC 20016 Photography, oil, acrylic, jewelry, silk, & yarn. Residents open their homes to local artists for show. Food and drinks are offered with a warm welcoming!!! Questions: Liz Jessup 202-965-4369 ehjessup@comcast.net
On Sunday April 22 at 2:30 p.m., “Censored Voices” will be shown at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I Street SW, in Washington, DC. One week after the 1967 Six Day War, a group of young Israeli soldiers, led by renowned Israeli author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with their comrades returning from the battlefield. In […]
Chamber Music at The Barns Join us for an all-star birthday spectacular to honor one of our finest living American composers, John Corigliano, on the occasion of his 80th birthday year. Violinist Lara St. John, pianist Martin Kennedy, cellist Sterling Elliott, soprano Melinda Whittington, and the PUBLIQuartet perform touchstones from his oeuvre. PROGRAM Sonata for […]
Crescent Moon Nights with Gift of the Pen Entertainment and My Voice Speaks LLC present The Muslim Women of Spoken Word. Seven... Seven Women of the Mic will converge on the stage to captivate and poetically enthrall you with the truths that they know as life. Though their cultural and geographic origins may differ, their […]
Whittle School & Studios welcomes you to learn more about the opportunities this global school will provide your children and the greater Washington area. This event will inform parents on the modern approach Whittle School & Studios takes to education including language immersion, cross-cultural education, and off-campus opportunities in the world’s most influential cities. The […]
Profs and Pints presents: "Speaking of Speakeasies," a discussion of prohibition and its boozy effects, with Allen Pietrobon, adjunct professor of modern American history at American University and visiting professor at Trinity Washington University. The 1920 Constitutional amendment prohibiting the consumption of alcohol was supposed to solve some of the nation's most pressing social issues, […]
Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor. Doors to the auditorium open at 10:45 a.m. Due to security precautions, please allow extra […]
A talk about international media freedom.
The Smithsonian Women’s Committee presents the 36th annual Smithsonian Craft Show, featuring 120 premier American artists chosen from a pool of approximately 1,000 applicants. For the first time, the show will highlight Asian cultural influence on American crafts. Many of today’s top U.S. artists creating cutting-edge art are reconnecting American modernism to its roots in […]
Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor. Doors to the auditorium open at 10:45 a.m. Due to security precautions, please allow extra […]
Join Honorary Chair Jessye Norman as we pay tribute to chorus members then and now, celebrate the work of our High School Choir Festival teacher leaders, and introduce our new Music Director, Steven Fox. Our gala evening will include a sponsor reception, silent auction, performances (including tenor Issachah Savage with pianist Joy Schreier, and Washington […]
Alyssa Milano will be at the event.
The Barns transforms into a comedy club for 3 performances of hilarious stand-up entertainment.
We need volunteers to help clean exhibits in the Visitor Center, paint, prune vegetation from historic structures, and remove invasive plant species and trash. Projects are suitable for ages 12 and up and SSL hours are available. Registration is required.
Join top stylists from Ian McCabe Studio, for a fun weekend of self-care, wellness and special treats for moms! The Ian McCabe team will be providing free haircare samples and complimentary consultations at Mama Mornings at fashion pop-up, Brief Assembly in Union Market. Stop by for pampering, a little shopping, light bites and fun.
Complete Dogness is a new family friendly performance about a delightful little doggy with bad habits. She can eat a delicious wool sweater or steal a whole block of cheese in no time. But there is hope as Barky learns new tricks and as the whole family adjusts. The performance incorporates spoken word, movement, music, […]
Arts in Foggy Bottom, Washington’s award-winning public art program, presents Absence & Presence, its sixth Arts in Foggy Bottom Outdoor Sculpture Biennial, from Saturday, April 28 through Saturday, October 27. The exhibition, co-curated by internationally recognized Washington area-based artists Helen Frederick and Peter Winant, will feature contemporary sculptures—many of which are site-responsive—by 15 emerging and […]
Venue - National Sporting Library & Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg, VA 20117 Offered in partnership with Front Royal 4H, this program explores the beginning, middle, and end of the Remount's human, equine, and canine stories. Purchased in 1911, the Remount was a staging station for the Army's war horse and canine training and […]
The Barns transforms into a comedy club for 3 performances of hilarious stand-up entertainment.
Individuals describe barriers experienced through career, racial, gender or ethnic prejudice. People speak of real-life experiences: a woman working in a male dominated career, an HIV positive young adult, a black woman negotiating cultural assumptions, a latino man delayed by police, disability and employment, biracial marriage, same-sex parenthood, legal immigration and the walls framed by […]
Possessed of a burnished, ringing baritone, an intensely focused stage presence, and an omnivorous musical appetite, Brian Mulligan has sung Verdi, Berlioz, Britten, Gounod, and Sondheim roles at the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Opernhaus Zürich and San Francisco Opera, performed works by Mahler and John Adams with the San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber […]
The Barns transforms into a comedy club for 3 performances of hilarious stand-up entertainment.
32 trees will be planted.
Join Sahasra Deepika Foundation for Education for Brunch & Conversation with Paige Kimble, Executive Director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, as part of our Leaders Light the Way series. Sunday, April 29, 2018 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Top of the Town 1400 14th Street N Arlington, VA 22209 Tickets available at http://LLTW.eventbrite.com Early Bird Tickets (through April […]
In his six-part lecture series Positive Barbarism: Brutal Aesthetics in the Postwar Period, Hal Foster asks how artists began again after the mass deaths of World War II, the Holocaust, and the Bomb. Lectures will focus on the early work of Jean Dubuffet, Asger Jorn, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Claes Oldenburg, among others. April 8: Walter […]
Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker magazine, and named Ensemble of the Year by Musical America in 2008, the GRAMMY® award winning ensemble Chanticleer is praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for their “tonal luxuriance and crisply etched clarity. ” Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” […]
Profs and Pints presents: "Pets of the Presidents," with Edward Lengel, special advisor to the White House Historical Association, former professor at the University of Virginia, and author of books such as General George Washington: A Military Life. A delightful, and sometimes strange, menagerie has inhabited the White House since its construction in 1800. Thomas […]
Performances of Don Quixote and Giselle. Last performance is on June 3.
An event that will mark a new space at Inova Children's Hospital on the 10th floor.
Free to attend, but requires RSVP.
Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor. Doors to the auditorium open at 10:45 a.m. Due to security precautions, please allow extra […]
Join Dumbarton House for the opening of multi-media artist, Curtis Woody’s A Sketch of Slavery in the District of Columbia. His exhibit opens in conjunction with two other exhibitions, 100 DOLLARS REWARD. and The Exchange 2018/2, that explore the history of slavery in Georgetown. The evening will also include performing artists, who explore issues of […]
Scott Tucker of the Choral Arts Society of Washington will speak. RSVP to Richard Selden, richard@georgetowner.com.
