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Contemporary artist Anne Lindberg’s immersive installation transforms light and thread into a site for contemplation and reflection on connections with ourselves, communities and individual conceptions of the divine. A series […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Black soldier stands his ground atop Tulsa’s Standpipe Hill, bearing witness to the destruction and desecration of Tulsa’s Greenwood District—but other forces, both friendly and hostile, conspire to remove him. A play in conversation with Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 1921 race massacre,The High Ground offers a complex portrait of what it means to root, to resist […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
In the Muslim faith, carpets create physically and spiritually “clean” spaces during the daily ritual of prayer. Drawn from five collections, this exhibition introduces the purpose and iconography of classical […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wednesdays in March at 6:00 pm Please join us this Lent as we delve into C.S. Lewis’s classic The Great Divorce, his imaginative exploration of possible responses to Christ’s invitation […]
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.
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 […]
Arlington, VA (Dec. 16, 2022)–Synetic Theater will present a magical, darkly Gothic production of Beauty and the Beast, March 3–April 2, 2023. Originally performed in 2014 to critical and popular acclaim, Beauty and the Beast replaces War of the Worlds, which will now receive its world premiere in Fall 2023. Tickets are on sale now at www.synetictheater.org.
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
Join Omar Eaton-Martinez, host of the Museum J.E.D.I. (Justice. Equity. Diversity. Inclusion) podcast who will discuss his work bringing diversity and inclusion to museums and cultural institutions. Museum J.E.D.I podcasts […]
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, […]
In celebration of Women’s History Month, discover an assortment of artworks created by women from the Tudor Place Collection & Archive. The event will feature works by nationally acclaimed artists […]
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 […]
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 […]
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”, […]
We are pleased to welcome you to participate in the “22nd International Conference on Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry” which is going to be held during, March 15-16, 2023 Vancouver, Canada.
Downtown DC’s Outdoor, Pop-Up Bookstore Returns to Wilson Plaza Starting March 16! Join us on Woodrow Wilson Plaza (located on the external grounds of the Ronald Reagan Building and International […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
(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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning drama Angels in America is one of the great epic American plays of this past century. We meet Louis and Prior and Harper and Joe, two couples whose relationships are on the rocks; the former because of Prior’s AIDS diagnosis and Louis’ inability to cope with illness, and the latter […]
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 […]
In a town beset by the sordid shenanigans of a prank-prone Villain, justice finally seems to be served when the celebrated Hero accuses Villain of the worst crime of all: Pushing the Button. But when the dutiful Journalist starts asking the right questions, will convicting the Villain prove to be the wrong answer? This playful […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome to the Jungle: a camp of stateless citizens outside Calais, France, the temporary home for thousands of people searching for refuge, forced to build a new society from nothing, at the crossroads of cultures and countries. Residents from Syria, Afghanistan, Sudan, and a host of other countries share their stories of loss, fear, community, […]
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: […]
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 […]
Visit the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and enjoy the three-day festival featuring storytelling, traditional flute music, traditional games, demonstrations, music, dance performances, and hands-on activities in the […]
Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of our parents? Through a series of absurd autobiographical vignettes, Aya Ogawa’s THE NOSEBLEED delves into the sh*t show of parenthood, as both a parent and a child – and what it takes to forgive. A trip to their home country of Japan, a child’s nosebleed, and the hit […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
