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Adult Dance Technique- Jane Franklin Dance

Theatre on the Run 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, VA, United States

Join us for an ongoing Saturday morning movement class for adults. Improve balance, range of motion, strength, coordination and interact with friendly people. Drop-in for a class or enroll for […]

$3 – $110

George Washington and His World

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

Curated by GW students, this display of letters, prints, and artifacts from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection presents a nuanced look at Washington through the places that shaped him.

Free

VIRTUAL Glen Echo Park Online Gallery Experience – Frontline Arts: Transforming Voices

Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 7300 MacArthur BLVD, Glen Echo, MD, United States

Explore our NEW Online Gallery Experience, Frontline Arts: Transforming Voices, opening Friday, May 22. In collaboration with Frontline Arts, Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries presents "Transforming Voices," featuring the work […]

Free

Glen Echo Park Virtual STEAM Video Series

STEM + Art = STEAM! Glen Echo Park brings you a series of short and fun experiments at home, using simple ingredients. Join us on our virtual journey as we […]

Free

Virtual Field Trip Fridays: New Beginnings

Virtual

Wolf Trap Field Trip Fridays are performed and recorded by Wolf Trap Teaching Artists to provide children and their parents/caregivers the opportunity to experience stimulating live arts experiences from the […]

Free

Virtual Field Trip Fridays:

Virtual

Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner, Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artists, perform two original songs, “Deep Earth” and “Deep Oceans,” that are a study of contrasts in nature. One is a […]

Free

Virtual Field Trip Fridays: Billy’s Bridge

Virtual

Performed by Penny Russell, Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist, Billy’s Bridge is a short puppetry piece about Bill, Nan, and The Kid – three young goats. On this particular afternoon, […]

Free

Virtual Field Trip Fridays: Sights and Sounds of African Music

Virtual

Kofi Dennis, Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist, performs several songs, including the “Birthday Song” and “Agoo Amee.” Kofi’s interactive songs encourage the use of musical instruments such as triangles, bells, […]

Free

TEDxPearlStreet

Online

TEDxPearlStreet is organized by passionate individuals who seek to uncover new ideas and the latest research, innovation, creativity, and inspiration within Washington DC and beyond. We look forward to meeting […]

Learning to Meditate

Kadampa Meditation Center Online 1200 Canal Street SW, Washington, DC

https://meditation-dc.org/learning-to-meditate-2/ Please register with the above link Do you keep hearing about all the benefits of meditation, but don’t know where to start? Or maybe you just want some pointers […]

$6.00 – $12.

Virtual Aria Jukebox

Virtual

An evening of opera highlights curated by you and sung by Wolf Trap Opera artists.

Free

Pressenda Chamber Players Virtual Summer Concerts

Facebook Live

Pressenda Chamber Players, the Washington Conservatory Ensemble in Residence, will be performing three free summer Facebook Live Concerts at 8pm on June 20th, July 18th, and August 15th. Concerts will […]

Free

Sunday Serenity Yoga

online

Yoga instructors Alia Peera and Audrey Roxas are back to host our 6th annual summer yoga series with Dumbarton House - this year, brought directly to your home thanks to […]

Elegy for Young Lovers

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

In Henze’s intense opera, a famous poet manipulates the people around him to invigorate his creativity. When his muse no longer inspires, he engineers a tragedy to provoke his latest […]

$38 – $94

Master Class with Denyce Graves

Virtual

Each season’s Filene Artist in Residence holds a public master class, offering Wolf Trap Opera’s singers guidance on style, performance enhancement, language, stagecraft, and more. Attendance at this class is […]

FREE

Elegy for Young Lovers

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

In Henze’s intense opera, a famous poet manipulates the people around him to invigorate his creativity. When his muse no longer inspires, he engineers a tragedy to provoke his latest […]

$38 – $94

Wolf Trap Park Pop-Ups: Palmyra

Virtual

Tune in for a Park Pop-Up on July 11 with a streaming performance and Wolf Trap debut of Palmyra. Plan to watch this dynamic young duo perform in your own […]

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Wolf Trap Park Pop-Ups: Cantaré

Virtual

Based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Cantaré’s mission is to offer high-quality musical performances that also inform audiences about Latin American geography, history, and culture.

Free

Wolf Trap Park Pop-Ups: t.l.a.o.o.

Virtual

t.l.a.o.o (this little abomination of ours) was founded in 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan inspired by the work of the University of Michigan’s Creative Arts Orchestra. With collaborative exploration at […]

Free

Opera UNTRAPPED Online: The Touchstone

Virtual

This Wolf Trap Opera premiere and new production was presented at The Barns at Wolf Trap in June and July 2017. Special thanks to Dan and Gayle D’Aniello, 2017 Wolf […]

Free

Opera UNTRAPPED Online: The Juniper Tree

Virtual

This Wolf Trap Opera premiere and new production was presented at The Barns at Wolf Trap in August 2017. The Juniper Tree was part of Glass@80, the worldwide celebrations of […]

Free

Opera UNTRAPPED Online: Roméo et Juliette

Virtual

This Wolf Trap Opera new production of Roméo et Juliette was presented at The Barns at Wolf Trap in July 2018. Special thanks to Dan and Gayle D’Aniello, 2018 Wolf […]

Free

Opera UNTRAPPED Online: Bastianello

Virtual

This Wolf Trap Opera premiere and new production was presented at The Barns at Wolf Trap in August 2017. Special thanks to Dan and Gayle D’Aniello, 2017 Wolf Trap Opera […]

Free

Elegy for Young Lovers

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

In Henze’s intense opera, a famous poet manipulates the people around him to invigorate his creativity. When his muse no longer inspires, he engineers a tragedy to provoke his latest […]

$38 – $94

Sunday Serenity Yoga

online

Yoga instructors Alia Peera and Audrey Roxas are back to host our 6th annual summer yoga series with Dumbarton House - this year, brought directly to your home thanks to […]

Fantasia

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia

Grammy-winning R&B superstar, actress, and author Fantasia broke on to the scene in 2004 as the season three winner of Fox’s American Idol. She was the first artist in the […]

$37 – $87

The History of Chocolate with David Borghesani

Online

Join the National Archives Foundation and chocolate historian David Borghesani of AMERICAN HERITAGE® Chocolate on July 30 at 5:00 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation on the history of the […]

Greensky Bluegrass + The Wood Brothers

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia

The members of Greensky Bluegrass have created their own version of bluegrass music, mixing the acoustic stomp of a stringband with the rule-breaking spirit of rock ’n’ roll. “The members […]

$37 – $57

Wolf Trap Park Pop-Ups: Eddie From Ohio

Virtual

Tune in for a Park Pop-Up on August 1 with a streaming performance from Eddie from Ohio. Plan to spend some time with stellar music in your own living room! […]

Free

Sunday Serenity Yoga

online

Yoga instructors Alia Peera and Audrey Roxas are back to host our 6th annual summer yoga series with Dumbarton House - this year, brought directly to your home thanks to […]

Opera UNTRAPPED Online: Merlin’s Island

Virtual

Two Parisians are shipwrecked on an island paradise where the rich marry the poor, lawyers are always honest, spouses are always faithful, and artists are wealthier than businessmen. Heaven? Not […]

Free

ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020

ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020 Designer Show House 952 Mackall Farms Lane, McLean, VA, United States

ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020 will open on Friday, August 21, 2020 with a Virtual Preview Party and remain open until Sunday, September 14, 2020. Limited numbers of guests will be […]

$45.00 – $50.00

Wolf Trap Drive-In: This Is Spinal Tap

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virgina

Bring out the popcorn! We’re transforming the parking lot at Wolf Trap National Park into a drive-in movie theater and bringing family-friendly summer fun to the community.

$40

Wolf Trap Drive-In: Mamma Mia!

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virgina

Bring out the popcorn! We’re transforming the parking lot at Wolf Trap National Park into a drive-in movie theater and bringing family-friendly summer fun to the community.

$40

Wolf Trap Drive-In: Sing

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virgina

Bring out the popcorn! We’re transforming the parking lot at Wolf Trap National Park into a drive-in movie theater and bringing family-friendly summer fun to the community.

$40

Wolf Trap Park Pop-Ups: Uncle Devin

Virtual

Tune in for a Park Pop-Up on August 8 with a streaming performance of Uncle Devin. Plan to spend some time with stellar music in your own living room! Wolf […]

Free

Book Discussion: Bind Us Apart

Join Dumbarton House staff and George Washington University history professor Dr. David Silverman for a discussion of Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation by Nicholas Guyatt. Guyatt’s […]

$15 – $17

Grace Potter + The Marcus King Band

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia

Described as “one of the greatest living voices in rock today” (Spin), Grace Potter returns to Wolf Trap in support of her emotionally revealing second solo album, Daylight (2019). Taking […]

$37 – $57

Wolf Trap Drive-In: Dreamgirls

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virgina

Bring out the popcorn! We’re transforming the parking lot at Wolf Trap National Park into a drive-in movie theater and bringing family-friendly summer fun to the community.

$40

Sunday Serenity Yoga

online

Yoga instructors Alia Peera and Audrey Roxas are back to host our 6th annual summer yoga series with Dumbarton House - this year, brought directly to your home thanks to […]

Wolf Trap Drive-In: Dirty Dancing

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virgina

Bring out the popcorn! We’re transforming the parking lot at Wolf Trap National Park into a drive-in movie theater and bringing family-friendly summer fun to the community.

$40

Pick Your Poison: Curator Talk and Cocktails

Dumbarton House 2715 Q Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Join guest curator Kelly Bresnowitz and Dumbarton House staff for an evening of virtual, historic fun! First, Kelly will talk about our current exhibition, Pick Your Poison, which explores drinking […]

$15 – $20

Marty Nau Trio: Virtual Concert

Facebook Live

The Marty Nau Trio will perform Music from the Great American Songbook during an online Facebook Live Concert on Friday, August 14, at 7:30 pm. Performers are Marty Nau, saxophone, […]

Free

Wolf Trap Park Pop-Ups: Skribe

Virtual

Tune in for a Park Pop-Up on August 15 with a streaming performance of Skribe. Plan to spend some time with moving music in your own living room! Wolf Trap’s […]

Free

Overcoming Anxiety, Saturday Morning Meditation

Kadampa Meditation Center Online 1200 Canal Street SW, Washington, DC

https://meditation-dc.org/overcoming-anxiety-aug-15/ Our worries, fears, and anxieties poison our happiness and sense of wellbeing. They are often the source of stress, anger and discouragement. In this Saturday morning meditation we will […]

$6.00 – $12.

Pressenda Chamber Players Virtual Summer Concerts

Facebook LIve

Pressenda Chamber Players, the Washington Conservatory Ensemble in Residence, will be performing three free summer Facebook Live Concerts at 8pm on June 20th, July 18th, and August 15th. Concerts will […]

Sunday Serenity Yoga

online

Yoga instructors Alia Peera and Audrey Roxas are back to host our 6th annual summer yoga series with Dumbarton House - this year, brought directly to your home thanks to […]

Tea Party in the Pandemic

Dumbarton House 2715 Q Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Join Dumbarton House staff for a virtual tea party! During this two hour program, we will bake a federal period tea time snack, make tea sandwiches and learn about proper […]

$15 – $18

Opera UNTRAPPED Online: Idomeneo

Virtual

After ten long years of battle, Idomeneo is finally returning home from the Trojan War. During the perilous journey, he pledges to sacrifice the first living thing he sees in […]

Free

Suffrage Celebration at Dumbarton House

Dumbarton House 2715 Q Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Join Dumbarton House to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment! In support of the Forward Into Light campaign from the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission (WSCC), […]

$8 – $10

ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020

ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020 Designer Show House 952 Mackall Farms Lane, McLean, VA, United States

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine announced that ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020, located at 952 Mackall Farms Lane, McLean, Virginia, 22101, is rescheduled for Friday, August 21st to Sunday September 14th, […]

ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020

ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020 Designer Show House 952 Mackall Farms Lane, McLean, VA, United States

ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020 will open on Friday, August 21, 2020 with a Virtual Preview Party and remain open until Sunday, September 14, 2020. Limited numbers of guests will be […]

$45.00 – $50.00

Dolley Days

Dumbarton House 2715 Q Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Join us as we celebrate the anniversary of Dolley Madison’s flight from the White House to Dumbarton House in 1814. During the War of 1812, the British burned the White […]

Free

Sunday Serenity Yoga

online

Yoga instructors Alia Peera and Audrey Roxas are back to host our 6th annual summer yoga series with Dumbarton House - this year, brought directly to your home thanks to […]

National Archives 19th Amendment Commemoration

Online

The National Archives Foundation and National Archives will host a virtual commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, in which many women won the right […]

2020 Around The World Cultural Food Festival

Freedom Plaza 13th Street NW & Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, United States

Welcome to the 2020 Around The World Cultural Food Festival!! :) On Saturday, August 29, 2020 from 11am to 7pm, we are taking over Freedom Plaza and Pennsylvania Avenue between […]

Free

Sunday Serenity Yoga

online

Yoga instructors Alia Peera and Audrey Roxas are back to host our 6th annual summer yoga series with Dumbarton House - this year, brought directly to your home thanks to […]

Opera UNTRAPPED Online: The Emperor of Atlantis

Virtual

A mad emperor declares universal war against everyone and offends Death. The result is a chaotic world in which the living no longer laugh, the dying no longer die, and […]

Free

Reckoning the Legacy of Race and Racism in Georgetown

Join a panel of thought leaders, academics, and descendants, for a conversation about race and racism in Georgetown. Much of residential and commercial Georgetown was built by free and enslaved […]

Free

Glass Visions and Voices 2020

Glen Echo Art Glass Center artists explore the many facets of glass in this exhibition of fine art glass. The exhibit Glass Visions and Voices 2020 reflects the endless possibilities […]

Free

Outdoor Marketplace at Glen Echo Park

Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd Glen Echo, MD 20812 7300 MacArthur BLVD, Glen Echo, MD, United States

The marketplace will take place throughout the park outside several of our resident artist's studios. Presented by the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, this outdoor sale features […]

Free

Kadampa Meditation Center Online classes

Kadampa Meditation Center Online 1200 Canal Street SW, Washington, DC

https://meditation-dc.org/online-live-streamed-classe/ Suitable for everyone, these meditation classes offer practical methods to improve the quality of our lives through meditation and Buddhist teachings. You can join in to either the entire […]

$6.00 – $12.

The Australian Pink Floyd Show

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virgina

The Australian Pink Floyd Show is frequently hailed as the best Pink Floyd tribute band touring today and has been deemed “The Gold Standard” (London’s The Times). Performing for over […]

$37 – $87

The Magic of Music Returns – Musico the Magnificent

1 Westmoreland Circle 1 Westmoreland Circle Northwest, Bethesda, MD, United States

Enjoy a delightful magical musical morning for kids, teens, and adults. Washington Conservatory of Music faculty member, cellist Drew Owen, brings together two loves - music and magic - through […]

Embracing Adversity, Saturday Morning Meditation

Kadampa Meditation Center Online 1200 Canal Street SW, Washington, DC

Sign up at: https://meditation-dc.org/embracing-adversity-sat-morning-meditation-sept-12/ This class will give practical and uplifting explanations of how we can transform our day-to-day lives – including even the most demanding and difficult situations – […]

$6.50 – $12

Unity Walk

Virtual

This is a free, virtual event hosted by the Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington. This event is an opportunity to visit houses of worship and faith centers in the DC […]

Free

Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) Medical Symposium is VIRTUAL

Virtual

Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) presents a virtual world-class medical symposium hosted by Judy Woodruff. The panelists will discuss challenges presented by COVID-1, advances in treatment, diet, stress, lifestyle management and […]

$50

Confronting Racism In and Through the Arts

Virtual

Women's National Democratic Club announces a continuation of our recurring series Social Role of the Arts. This fall, our theme is Confronting Racism In and Through the Arts. In honor […]

Free

Making Life Meaningful, Friday Night Lecture

Kadampa Meditation Center Online 1200 Canal Street SW, Washington, DC

Register here: https://meditation-dc.org/making-life-meaningful-friday-night-lecture/ There is nothing more precious than our human life. Having been born as a human being we have immense freedom to accomplish almost anything we want. But […]

$6.00 – $12.

The Avett Brothers

Wolf Trap 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virgina

“Americana stalwarts” (Rolling Stone) and Wolf Trap favorites, The Avett Brothers return for their third straight year to perform folk-tinged songs filled with unbridled energy and honest, heartfelt lyrics.

$50 – $97

The Preciousness of Tantra

Kadampa Meditation Center Online 1200 Canal Street SW, Washington, DC

Please use this link to register. https://meditation-dc.org/the-preciousness-of-tantra-sept-19/ In this special workshop we will be exploring Buddha’s teachings and meditations on Tantra. Tantric meditation gives us a clear vision of what […]

$12.50 – $25

Aoife O’Donovan with String Quartet and Taylor Ashton

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

Aoife O'Donovan is a co-founder of the bands Crooked Still and I’m With Her, as well as a featured singer in the house band on the radio variety show Live […]

$37 – $42

Musical Imagination Station

1 Westmoreland Circle 1 Westmoreland Circle Northwest, Bethesda, MD, United States

The Washington Conservatory presents an online class designed as a shared experience for children ages three to six and a parent or caregiver. Creative music, movement, and drama are blended […]

$105

ASPIRE HOUSE: McLean

ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020 Designer Show House 952 Mackall Farms Lane, McLean, VA, United States

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine just announced that ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020 is rescheduled for September 25 through October 25, 2020. During this unprecedented time, the move to the fall […]

$35.00

Byte Night: ZooFari

Help save animals as ZooFari goes virtual—and free—in 2020! Tune in Friday, September 25th, when Friends of the National Zoo’s annual gourmet fundraiser goes virtual. From Bite Night to Byte […]

Free

Family Game Night

Dumbarton House 2715 Q Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Join Dumbarton House staff for a virtual program on federal period card and dice games! We’ll learn some fun games and use math skills along the way. So virtually bring […]

$8 – $15

Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Annual Hats & Horses Event

Online

On September 25, 2020, Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) is hosting its popular derby-themed Hats & Horses event virtually. Guests are encouraged to dress in their derby-best or […]

Free

Arena Stage Virtual Fall Classes

Masterclasses Arena Stage’s popular masterclass series returns with eight virtual offerings for pre-professional and early-career adults in the fall. Each class will meet twice a week on Wednesdays and Fridays […]

Presidential Debate Watch Party

Woman's National Democratic Club 1526 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

Bring your friends and family to the Woman’s National Democratic Club in Dupont Circle to watch the first presidential debate with fellow Biden/Harris supporters. Democratic candidate for US Senate in […]

$20.20 – $45

Flower Power Hour: Lecture and Workshop

Dumbarton House 2715 Q Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Join Dumbarton House staff and DC based floral artist Sidra Forman for an hour long program on flowers! After a short lecture about the language of flowers during the Federal […]

$15 – $100

VoicesDMV: On the Table

Virtual

The Greater Washington Community Foundation presents VoicesDMV: On the Table, a powerful civic engagement initiative that will bring residents from across the region together on a single day to reimagine […]

Free

Monuments: Creative Forces

Strathmore

Monuments: Creative Forces is an outdoor installation by Australian artist Craig Walsh. The exhibition’s subjects will be artists whose work and artistic endeavors are changing the shape of our community […]

Pay what you can

Chamber Music at The Barns: Michael Brown, piano

Virtual

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

Yacht Rock Revue Livestream

Virtual

Yacht Rock Revue is bringing you their first full band livestream, You Make My Stream Come True. Experience their smooth-sailing soft rock anywhere and everywhere you stream shows! They can’t […]

$20

Blessing of the Animals

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

Bring your pet to our front steps to be blessed by our pastor, the Rev. Rachel Cornwell. Photos of pets also accepted. Social distancing observed.

Free

Historic Cemetery Gravestones, Memorials and Stonework Restoration Workshop

Mt. Zion - Female Union Band Society Cemeteries Grounds 2501 Mill Road NW, Washington

Restoration and Preservation of Historic Gravestones, Monuments, and Stonework Workshop. Please Join Us And Participate in a "48 States (and A District!) in 48 Days" Historic Cemeteries Gravestones Preservation & […]

Free

A Georgetown Life: Book Talk & Q+A

oin Executive Director Mark Hudson and former Curator Grant Quertermous in conversation about the new book from Georgetown University Press. Hear compelling stories recorded by Britannia’s grandchildren and relive the […]

Members Only: Free

Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Washington, D.C.

National Mall 12th Street and Madison Drive, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Join the fight for Alzheimer's first survivor at Walk to End Alzheimer’s, the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Learn about Alzheimer’s disease, advocacy opportunities, clinical studies enrollment, and support programs and services from the Alzheimer’s Association and join in a meaningful tribute ceremony to honor those […]

Free