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The Lifespan of a Fact

The Keegan Theatre 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC, DC, United States

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 teenage boy — an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check D’Agata’s essay, the two come head […]

$45 – $55

Winter Blast: A Weekend of Indigenous Games

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

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 […]

Free

Profs & Pints DC: The Science of “Spiritual” Experiences

metrobar dc 640 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Science of ‘Spiritual’ Experiences,” with David Bryce Yaden, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research and co-author of The […]

$13.50 – $17

D.C. Mondays: The Lost History of Frederick Douglass and D.C. Higher Education

Virtual

International abolitionist, suffragist, human rights activist, orator and presidential appointee, Frederick Douglass has been studied and profiled within academic circles and popular culture for decades. However, his connections to individual educators and institutions of higher education has evaded scholastic attention. From Bates College in Maine to Tuskegee University in Alabama, Douglass was a frequent presence […]

Free

Profs & Pints DC: Ukraine and Russia on the Brink

Little Penn Coffeehouse 801 E Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Ukraine and Russia on the Brink,” a look at the future of two warring nations in the midst of an unforgiving winter, with Michael Kimmage, […]

$13.50 – $17

Free film screening of Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty

Sidney Yates Auditorium, Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Join us for a free public screening of the new biography film, STEWART UDALL: THE POLITICS OF BEAUTY. This film captures the inspiring story of former Interior Secretary Udall (1920-2010) and his legacy as an advocate of social and environmental justice, international cooperation, art, poetry and music, and the protection of our shared environment and […]

Free

Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

Kennedy Center Concert Hall

The wait is over! Celebrate the silver anniversary of the Sphinx Organization with the Washington, D.C. debut of their phenomenal namesake orchestra and special guests. In this monumental gathering of artistic forces, the 55-member Sphinx Orchestra and vocal ensemble EXIGENCE, an all-Black-and-Latinx ensemble of top professionals from around the country, are joined by D.C.-based Grammy Award-winning The Washington […]

$20 – $60

Profs & Pints DC: Dolphins of the Potomac

Little Penn Coffeehouse 801 E Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Dolphins of the Potomac,” with Janet Mann, professor of biology and psychology at Georgetown University and author of Deep Thinkers: Inside the Minds of Whales, […]

$13.50 – $17

Maija Sofia – Imbolc

St. Thomas' Parish 1517 18th Street, Dupont Circle, Washington

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 Day (Imbolc), for this unique event, Maija Sofia will perform this new piece live for the first time in the intimate, modernist setting of St. […]

$25

Fashion on Film: After Migration: Calabria

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

Join us for the Washington, D.C., premiere of the short film “After Migration: Calabria,” followed by a discussion with co-director and producer Walé Oyéjidé.

$15 – $30

The Ordering of Moses

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church 900 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, DC, United States

IN Series and Heritage Signature Chorale join forces in a first ever staging of Nathaniel Dett's epic masterpiece, in which music and theater, chorus and soloists, surround and immerse audiences […]

$35 – $55

The Ordering of Moses

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist

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 Chorale join forces in a first ever staging of this epic masterpiece, in which music and theater, chorus and soloists, surround and immerse audiences in […]

$35 – $55

The Ordering of Moses

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist

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 […]

$35 – $55

Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

When Forbes Magazine declares Kylie Jenner a “self-made” billionaire, Cleo takes to Twitter to call out white women who co-opt and profit from Black culture. Soon online discourse spills into reality, blurring the tenuous lines between internet personas and who we are IRL. On the internet, actions don’t always speak louder than words.

$20 – $67

Laceupsneakershow

Laceupsneakershow Laceupsneakershow is back!! Bringing you the hottest sneakers and apparel from all over the world to our home city San Antonio Tx Our mission at Laceupsneakershow is to bring the fashion community together by providing vendors and attendees to Buy,Sell and Trade the most sought after street wear and sneakers in the culture!  for […]

$15 – $25

Magic Shop or Hocus Pocus Quackery? My Grandfather’s Metaphysical Pursuits in 1930s Vienna

Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington, Online

After World War I, Helen Goldsmith’s Turkish-Jewish grandfather became fascinated by metaphysics and hand reading. In the 1930s, he set up an office at the back of his wife’s stationery shop on the Stubenring in Vienna, where he advised thousands of clients using hand analysis and other metaphysical methods. At first, newspaper articles praised her grandfather’s work, but after the […]

$5.

Profs & Pints DC: The Rise of Distant Doctors

metrobar dc 640 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC, United States

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 […]

$13.50 – $17

Living the Dream…Singing the Dream | Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs

Kennedy Center Concert Hall

A must-see-and-hear annual highlight in tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When the power of the human voice meets the spirit of community and the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the result is guaranteed to be joyous and inspiring—as thousands of Living the Dream attendees over the years can attest. Join us […]

$25 – $75

D.C. Mondays: AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C.

Virtual

The latest edition of the American Institute of Architects’ guide offers tourists, residents and architecture aficionados insights into hundreds of Washington, D.C.’s most noteworthy buildings and monuments. Join us for a virtual conversation with author G. Martin Moeller, Jr., for AIA’s perspective on the best architecture D.C. has to offer.

Free

Profs & Pints DC: How Terrorist Groups Are Led

Little Penn Coffeehouse 801 E Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “How Terrorist Groups Are Led,” with professors Elizabeth Grimm of Georgetown University and Tricia L. Bacon of American University, co-authors of Terror in Transition: Leadership […]

$13.50 – $17

Profs & Pints DC: The Women’s Uprisings in Iran

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

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Women’s Uprisings in Iran,” with Narges Bajoghli, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, co-director of the school’s Rethinking Iran […]

$13.50 – $17

Joshua Bell, Violin

Kennedy Center Concert Hall

With a career spanning almost four decades, Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of our era—and a perennial Washington Performing Arts favorite. Having performed with the world’s great orchestras and collaborated with a “who’s who” of fellow artists across a great range of genres, Bell continues to maintain an […]

$30 – $130

Art Signs Virtual Tour: Artful Conversations in ASL

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

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) with voice interpretation for hearing participants. A Zoom link will be provided via email upon registration. Image credit(s): Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum; […]

Free

Profs & Pints DC: The Tale of Sea Shanties

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

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 and spend an evening enjoying a rollicking look at the songs that sailors sang while working at sea. You’ll gain a newfound understanding of the […]

$13.50 – $17

Ride the Cyclone-Extended run at Arena Stage!

Arena Stage

In Ride the Cyclone the lives of six teen chamber choir singers are cut short in a freak roller coaster accident. Stuck in the afterlife, a mechanical fortuneteller gives them a chance to sing their way back to earth. This quirky, edgy cult musical is part comedy, part tragedy, wholly enchanting, and will make you […]

$66 – $115

Make a Soft Cover Sketchbook

Washington Print Makers Gallery 1641 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, DC, United States

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 will be bound with blank watercolor pages the same process can be applied to pre-printed pages as well. Take a bone folder and roll of […]

$130

Our Song, Our Story

The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Operatic rising stars honor Marian Anderson and Jessye Norman Created and directed by composer, conductor, and multi-genre musician Damien Sneed, along with co-presenter Coalition of African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA), Our Song, Our Story presents an ensemble of leading African American performing artists paying tribute to two of the most revered, ground-breaking, and ceiling-shattering African […]

$30 – $75

Rug and Textile Appreciation Morning: Swedish Textiles From 1680-1850

Virtual

Collector Gunnar Nilsson will explore Swedish textiles, starting with better-known types such as “röllakan,” embroideries and Flemish weaves. He will also introduce some of the lesser-known types that never come up in foreign auctions or major Swedish sales. While many in this group are of middling or low quality, there are a few outstanding examples […]

Free

From the Archives with Love

Tudor Place

Sending a card is often the simplest way to show someone you care. How long has this tradition existed and how etiquette around St. Valentine’s Day evolved? In this hour […]

$25 – $30

Native Cinema Showcase Screening: Encanto

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

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 […]

Free

In-Person Cafritz Young Artists Performance

Renwick Gallery

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 from classic operatic masterworks like La Bohème and more recent pieces like Blue. Image credit: Caitlin Oldham Free | Registration encouraged via Eventbrite Renwick Gallery, […]

Free

Broadway, Spirituals & More: A Valentine’s Concert Featuring Soprano Aundi Marie Moore

Gunston Arts Center (Theater One) 2700 South Lang St, Arlington, VA, United States

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. A perfect program to make your heartstrings sing. Share it with a loved one. This is a Valentine special that will make you feel and […]

HAYDN, MOZART & BARBER ADAGIO – BANNER

Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center 4915 East Campus Drive, Alexandria, VA, United States

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 Washington Masonic Memorial Samuel Barber’s beloved Adagio for Strings expresses tragedy and pain, resolving in peaceful rest. Haydn’s last and greatest symphony and Montgomery’s Banner […]

$5 – $20

HAYDN, MOZART & BARBER ADAGIO – BANNER

George Washington Masonic Memorial 101 Callahan Dr, Alexandria, VA

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 Washington Masonic Memorial Samuel Barber’s beloved Adagio for Strings expresses tragedy and pain, resolving in peaceful rest. Haydn’s last and greatest symphony and Montgomery’s Banner […]

$5 – $20

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with “Love Hour” at Flight Deck at The Capital Wheel

Capital Wheel 141 American Way, Forest Heights, MD

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with drinks around a cozy firepit during LOVE HOUR, 5-9 pm, exclusively at Flight Deck waterfront lounge next to The Capital Wheel. Snuggle with your lover while taking a spin in a private, climate-controlled gondola and then cuddle up around our warm and cozy firepits while taking in the spectacular views. Draft […]

Africa, With Love

National Museum of African Art 950 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C., United States

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 vibe with DJ Kweku. Get a chance to see how we're renovating to bring more community into our museum. The new Research Gallery will be […]

Free

A Broadway Valentine

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

“There are times when Jessica Vosk sings that you find yourself wondering how a sound so beautiful, so perfect, so pure could exist in real life.”
—Broadway World 
Renowned for her star turn as Elphaba in Wicked, both on Broadway and in the hit musical’s national touring company, singer Jessica Vosk brings a taste of the “Great White […]

$45,

Profs & Pints DC: What It Means to Hear New Orleans

Little Penn Coffeehouse 801 E Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

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, who teaches courses in American music and ethnomusicology at George Washington University. In celebration of the upcoming Mardi Gras, Profs and Pints is bringing you […]

$13.50 – $17

Virtual Studio Tour with Artist David Harper Clemons

Online

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 art that explores identity and gives meaning to objects that extend beyond their expected uses. Prior to his relocation to North Carolina, Clemons taught in […]

Free

Virtual Studio Tour with Artist David Harper Clemons

Online

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 art that explores identity and gives meaning to objects that extend beyond their expected uses. Prior to his relocation to North Carolina, Clemons taught in […]

Free

Profs & Pints DC: The Pagan Roots of Late Winter Holidays

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

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 […]

$13.50 – $17

Profs & Pints DC: “Kink” or “Disorder”?

metrobar dc 640 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “‘Kink’ or ‘Disorder’?” an entertaining look at how psychology approaches unusual sexual behaviors, with Brian A. Sharpless, licensed clinical psychologist, visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, […]

$13.50 – $17

Profs & Pints DC: George Washington Reconsidered

Little Penn Coffeehouse 801 E Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “George Washington Reconsidered,” on where the legacy of our first president fits into current American life, with Denver Brunsman, associate professor of history at George […]

$13.50 – $17

In-Person Lecture: Winslow Homer: The Man Behind the Art

Smithsonian American Art Museum F Street and 8th Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

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 probing insight. His tale is one of America in all its complexity and contradiction, as he evolved and adapted to the restless spirit of invention […]

Art Bites Gallery Talk

Smithsonian American Art Museum F Street and 8th Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

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 tells us about America’s ever-changing culture. Fellow Madeleine Harrison discusses Loïs Mailou Jones’s Les Fétiches (1938) Photo: Loïs Mailou Jones, Les Fétiches, 1938, oil on […]

Free

Jane Franklin Dance at Mason Exhibitions Arlington

Mason Exhibitions Arlington 3601 Fairfax Dr, Arlington, VA 22201, Arlington VA, VA, United States

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 choreographers Lauren DeVera, Jane Franklin, Robert J. Priore and Kevin White and is directed by Jane Franklin. Poetry, written and performed by Bennie Herron, is […]

Free

Which Came First?

Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United States

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 […]

$32

Third Coast Percussion + Flutronix

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland 8270 Alumni Dr, College Park, MD, United States

Two ensembles that are redefining classical music for the 21st century join forces for a special double bill performance. Flutronix (critically acclaimed flutists and composers Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hull) and the GRAMMY Award-winning Third Coast Percussion (Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore) collaboratively composed a new work called Rubix, inspired by musical games that tie […]

$5 – $100

Profs & Pints DC: What Was T Rex Thinking?

metrobar dc 640 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC, United States

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, assistant research professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins University and scholar of brain evolution. The term “bird brain” typically is used as a pejorative, […]

$13.50 – $17

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Lock-step precision and stunning virtuosity unite in a 21st-century take on the timeless big-band sound. Treat yourself to an evening of large-ensemble jazz at its pinnacle in this latest presentation of the sensational Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by artistic director, trumpeter extraordinaire, and nine-time Grammy Award-winner Wynton Marsalis. Champions of the works of jazz immortals […]

$30 – $110

COTTON

The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Outstanding artists of many disciplines unite to explore African American stories touched by the ‘soft, dangerous beauty’ of cotton This first annual Washington Performing Arts Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital offers a powerful song cycle drawing on premier talents in both the performing and visual arts—including the legendary mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, Washington Performing Arts’s 2016 Ambassador […]

$30 – $75

The D.C. Independent Film Forum

Landmark's E Street Cinema 555 11th Street NW, Washington, DC, DC, United States

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 […]

$35 – $95

Capital Irish Film Festival – CIFF

AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD, United States

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 audiences in the D.C. metropolitan area.

$130

Capital Irish Film Festival – CIFF

AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD, United States

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 audiences in the D.C. metropolitan area.

$130

In-Person and Virtual Crafting a Better Future: The Renwick 50th Anniversary Symposium

Smithsonian American Art Museum F Street and 8th Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

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 play in our world to spark essential conversations, stories of resilience, and methods of activism—showing us a more relational and empathetic world. Led by SAAM […]

Free

Present Moment BASK

Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United States

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. Priore, Lauren DeVera, Sarah Ewing, Jane Franklin, Ryan Carlough traverse political fault lines, resonate with vestiges of the past, and comfort with moments of intimacy […]

$27

Present Moment BASK

Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United States

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. Priore, Lauren DeVera, Sarah Ewing, Jane Franklin, Ryan Carlough traverse political fault lines, resonate with vestiges of the past, and comfort with moments of intimacy […]

$27

Tudor Tots: Who’s Feeling Lucky?

Tudor Place

Join us as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with songs, crafts, and a storytime, perfect for young learners aged 18 months to 4 years and their caregivers. During this program, […]

$6.50

MOVE! Women’s Rights from Isadora Duncan to NOW

Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United States

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 seek greater civic engagement and equity for all people and particularly women. We will weave Isadora Duncan’s historical dances from the early suffragist period, with […]

$32

Women’s History Month Tea & Tour

Tudor Place

Indulge in tea service with scones, sweets and sandwiches, then tour the historic house in this special program that examines women of the Peter family, as well as, women who […]

$40.00 – $45.00

In-Person Charles C. Eldredge Prize Lecture

Smithsonian American Art Museum F Street and 8th Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

Join art historian Vivien Green Fryd for the Eldredge Prize lecture, “The Art of the Un-Speakable and the ‘Me Too’ Movement.” Fryd is a professor emerita in the history of art and architecture department at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of “Art and Empire: The Politics of Ethnicity in the United States Capitol, 1815–1865”, […]

Free

Virtual Art & Me Preservation Family Workshop: Blossom Buds

Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum G Street NW &, 8th St. NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

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. Learn how Smithsonian art conservators preserve these beautiful yet fragile artworks. Then get creative and make your own cherry blossom–inspired artwork. This hands-on preservation workshop […]

Free

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 […]

$10

Georgetown Walking Tour: Public Art and Murals Walking Tour

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

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, end your tour with a sweet treat from Georgetown Cupcake. What you need to know: Tour begins at the corner of Wisconsin Ave and Reservoir […]

$23 – $27.25

Film Screening: Prey

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

(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 […]

Free

L’Enfant Gallery Presents “RESONATE”: A Show of 30 Recent Works by DC Artist, Robin Sutliff

LEnfant Gallery of Georgetown 1442 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

“Resonate” is a collection of 30 recent works in resin and acrylic on canvas by local DC artist Robin Sutliff. Robin has been producing art for the majority of her life. Using acrylic and resin on multiple mediums that include metal, canvas, glass and paper, she puts forth her emotional perspective as it manifests at […]

L’Enfant Gallery Presents “RESONATE”: A Show of 30 Recent Works by DC Artist, Robin Sutliff

L'Enfant Gallery of Georgetown 1442 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

“Resonate” is a collection of 30 recent works in resin and acrylic on canvas by local DC artist Robin Sutliff. Robin has been producing art for the majority of her life. Using acrylic and resin on multiple mediums that include metal, canvas, glass and paper, she puts forth her emotional perspective as it manifests at […]

Interactive Breathe Workshop with Chad Lawson

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

Enhance your evening by joining Washington Performing Arts at 6 p.m. for a pre-performance Breathe workshop on site at Sixth & I. Lawson will use original live music, guided meditation, and focused breathing to demonstrate how to ease the mind and relax the nerves. Free with registration required. Trio performance with Chad Lawson, piano, Judy […]

Free

National Chamber Ensemble Welcomes Pianist, Composer Lowell Liebermann

Marymount University, Ballston Center 1000 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA, United States

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 works, Saturday, March 18, at 7:30 pm at Marymount University Ballston Auditorium in Arlington. The National Chamber Ensemble is excited to partner with Marymount University for this […]

Justin Taylor, renowned harpsichordist, performs J.S. Bach

First Congregational United Church of Christ 945 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

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.

Trio: Chad Lawson, piano, Judy Kang, violin, Seth Parker Woods, cello

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

Ethereal and meditative sounds from a trio of “beyond classical” innovators In his own words, North Carolinian pianist and composer Chad Lawson is dedicated to “modernizing piano for the Spotify generation.” He seems well on the way to his goal, with more than 48 million streams of his Nocturne in A Minor on the platform. Known for […]

$40

Birdland – A Jazz Concert

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 901 G St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Spring is coming, so the birds are singin’ and the band is swingin’! Join DC's Different Drummers Jazz Band on March 19th at 3pm for their free concert titled “Birdland”. This 20-person big band will be playing jazz pieces in a variety of styles, from swing to jazz fusion and more. Also featuring a performance […]

Free

Messiah: The Greatest of Oratorios

Strathmore

Although today Handel’s Messiah brings to mind the Christmas season, audiences at the first London performances heard it during Lent, which is when the Washington Bach Consort will perform this most popular of oratorios. Messiah has never lost its charm, and the Consort breathes life into this work in a way that proves its enduring […]

$25 – $89

To the Wild Sky: Rachmaninoff, Tennyson & Poe

Washington National Cathedral 301 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC, United States

“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky.” Poetry and music together paint vivid landscapes, evoking unearthly vignettes from the minds of Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, one of America’s greatest orchestras, joins Cathedral Choral Society at Washington National Cathedral for this stunning marriage of music and words. THE PROGRAM Sergei Rachmaninoff: Isle […]

$25 – $112

Profs & Pints DC: Buying Sustainable Seafood

Little Penn Coffeehouse 801 E Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Buying Sustainable Seafood,” or how to shop like a marine biologist, with David Shiffman, marine conservation biologist and faculty research associate at Arizona State University's […]

$13.50 – $17

In-Person Film Screening and Conversation: This World is Not My Own

Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum G Street NW &, 8th St. NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

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 Rowe, including intricate sets that recreate Rowe’s “Playhouse”, Mital and Ringbom bring her unique vision to life on film. Narrated by Emmy-award winner, Uzo Aduba, […]

Free

Grace Episcopal Church to Host Organist Michael Koenig for 338th Birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach

Grace Episcopal Church 1041 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

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 […]

National Portrait Gallery March and April Programs

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 by the National Portrait Gallery’s collection of early 20th-century portraiture, with a focus on the recently acquired portrait of the Osage leader Shonke Mon thi^. […]

National Museum of Women in the Arts Grand Reopening

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 museum will feature new exhibition spaces, re-envisioned public programming areas, improved amenities and increased accessibility for visitors at its historic home at 1250 New York […]

April to July 2023 programs and installations at Women’s Museum

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 about the work of women muralists, and, through the end of April, visit Katharina Cibulka’s “SOLANGE” installation on the building façade. The information below is […]

National Museum of American History April 2023 Events

“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 locations of public memory, their relationship to stories of American history, and how the parks and the public are both adapting to new understandings of […]

Tudor Tots: What’s Blooming?

Tudor Place

Let’s welcome another year of beautiful cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. Learn about how the cherry blossoms represent the gift of friendship and cultural exchange between Japan and America. Young […]

$6.50

DC Music Makers and Shakers Mixer

Busboys and Poets - 14th & V 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Welcome to the DC Music Makers and Shakers Mixer, hosted by The Washington Chorus! This free event will be a great way to mix and mingle with young professionals who make and promote music in the DMV.   The evening will feature some wonderful performances by Rachel Burns, Aria Austin, and Impitched A Cappella Group! All attendees will receive a […]

Free

Shouk Georgetown Grand Opening Celebration

Shouk Georgetown 1426 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC, United States

Shouk is opening in Georgetown! Sh On Friday, March 24, between 11-2pm, we'll be celebrating our grand opening with $5 pitas, bowls, and buns, the chance to win free Shouk […]

Free

In-Person Cherry Blossom Family Celebration

Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum G Street NW &, 8th St. NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

Join us for our annual celebration of spring and the blooming trees of D.C. Enjoy a taiko drumming performance by Nen Daiko, traditional Japanese dance with Onoe Dance, and break out your best Japanese pop dance moves with Les the DJ. Craft your own cherry blossom tree to take home, make a koinobori kite to […]

Free

Chichester Psalms

Church of the Epiphany 1317 G St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Our spring concert features Leonard Bernstein’s dynamic Chichester Psalms, as well as settings by Bobby McFerrin, and Herb Mahelona, composer of the first Hawai’ian-language oratorio, Kinohi. Psalms tell stories of hope, anger, sadness, and joy, which you will hear across works from Gwyneth Walker’s Songs of Ecstasy to Bernstein’s raucous setting of “Why do the […]

$25 – $30

Legends, Heroes and Dreams

Lisner Auditorium 730 21st Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Celebrate the lively folkloric traditions of Latin America with music inspired by typical dances from Mexico, El Salvador and Argentina. With two new compositions by Salvadoran composers, El Juco, by Audiel Bejamin Avalos, based on a Salvadoran rhythm called Xuc, and Munamikitia, based on the Salvadoran dance, Los Chapetones de Panchimalco by Juan Guerra Gonzalez. […]

$45

Therese Gahl & Company presents: Reflections

Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United States

Therese Gahl & Company is back in DC! For one night only, the evening includes a medley of contemporary ballet work, storytelling, and live visual work being created onstage! Check out the latest trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFbMUVuD25s Program includes: HOME (NEW PREMIERE) inspired by the parable of the Prodigal Son. Includes visual artistic collaborations with multidisciplinary […]

$32

Profs & Pints DC: Cosmic Blasts

metrobar dc 640 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Cosmic Blasts,” a look at extreme events in our universe, with Alexander J. van der Horst, associate professor of astrophysics at George Washington University, teacher of a course on the origins of the cosmos, and researcher of gamma-ray bursts and other transient sources of 'transient sources of emission in space. […]

$13.50 – $17

Art in Bloom DC

American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati at Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC, United States

Art in Bloom DC returns for its third annual exhibition at Anderson House this spring, from March 27 to March 30, 2023. This prestigious exhibition celebrates both fine art and fine floral design through the display of flower arrangements as interpretations of artwork at historic Anderson House. Completed in 1905, Anderson House was the home […]

Free

Profs & Pints DC: When Washington Burned

Little Penn Coffeehouse 801 E Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “When Washington Burned,” a detailed look at the devastating 1814 British attack on the Capitol, with Denver Brunsman, associate professor of history at George Washington […]

$13.50 – $17

Virtual Renwick 50th Anniversary Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Online

During this edit-a-thon, any participant with computer and Internet access can create or improve Wikipedia articles for forty-four women of color featured in the Renwick Gallery’s exhibition This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Learn more about the artists and the exhibition with Mary Savig, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft. No Wikipedia editing experience […]

Free

Profs & Pints DC: Life on an Ocean’s Surface

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Life on an Ocean's Surface,” an in-depth look at a superficial yet mysterious ecosystem, with Rebecca Helm, an assistant professor of environmental science at Georgetown University and researcher of jellyfish. You don’t need to look deep into an ocean to see abundant evidence of life. In fact, right at the […]

$13.50 – $17

Eggstravaganza!

Tudor Place

Join us for Eggstravaganza!, a favorite spring tradition. Children of all ages can take part in a lively Easter egg hunt and egg roll on the South Lawn. Afterwards, make […]

$8 – $18

Eggstravaganza!

Tudor Place

Join us for Eggstravaganza!, a favorite spring tradition. Children of all ages can take part in a lively Easter egg hunt and egg roll on the South Lawn. Afterwards, make […]

$8 – $18

Noa Baum-Impossible to Translate but I’ll Try: True-Life Israeli Stories

Arts Barn 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United States

Recreation » Performing Arts » Theater Impossible to Translate but I’ll Try: True-Life Israeli Stories Storytelling Workshop and Performance Saturday, April 1, 2023 Born & raised in Israel, Noa Baum was an actress at Jerusalem Khan Theater, studied with Uta Hagen in NYC, & holds an M.A. from NYU. Noa offers a unique combination of performance art & practical […]