Summer Saturdays: Outdoor Art
Tudor PlaceThis summer, families with children of all ages are invited to explore all that the garden at Tudor Place has to offer in a special weekly program. Each week will […]
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This summer, families with children of all ages are invited to explore all that the garden at Tudor Place has to offer in a special weekly program. Each week will […]
DHH Dance Collaborative continues to merge into a casual, but committed, performance-based dance company, for adult dancers of varying levels. The DHH dancers are back for a seventh season, and […]
See Dumbarton House in a whole new light by joining us for a party the likes of which Washington hasn’t seen in 200 years! During her husband’s presidency, Dolley Madison […]
October and November 2022 Full Concert Schedule: Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at AMP by Strathmore A Very Silly VaudevilleLuke Frazier, conductor A Very Silly Vaudeville, an original […]
Ned Newley doesn’t even want to be governor. He’s terrified of public speaking, and his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of Staff, Ned seems destined to […]
The 51st Annual Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo Park will be held in the historic Spanish Ballroom from Saturday, September 3 through Monday, September 5, 2022 from 12pm […]
The 51st Annual Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo Park will be held in the historic Spanish Ballroom from Saturday, September 3 through Monday, September 5, 2022 from 12pm […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Putin’s Endgame,” a look at the Russian president’s long-term foreign policy objectives, with Michael Kimmage, professor of history at Catholic University, fellow at the German […]
DC BIKE RIDE ANNOUNCES RETURN OF FALL EVENT DC’s Biggest Celebration of Cycling Returns To The Roads This September WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 7, 2022 - The DC Bike Ride, […]
DC BIKE RIDE ANNOUNCES RETURN OF FALL EVENT DC’s Biggest Celebration of Cycling Returns To The Roads This September WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 7, 2022 - The DC Bike Ride, […]
The Citizens Association of Georgetown is hosting their annual 2022 Garden Party at the home of Tom Anderson and Marc Schappell.
Washington, D.C. (July 27, 2022)–Synetic Theater opens its 2022–2023 season with Host and Guest, September 12 through October 2 at Synetic’s home theater in National Landing. The heartbreakingly beautiful tale of warring factions garner international […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Six Wives of Henry VIII,” with Amy Leonard, associate professor of history at Georgetown University and scholar of women during the early modern period. […]
Join Tudor Place Curator Rob DeHart, who considers the contributions of Black craftsman and how enslavers profited from their labors.
Join us for our first Tudor Tots program of the fall season. Young learners aged 18 months to 4 years and their caregivers learn about changing leaves and other clues […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Prosecuting the Former President,” a look at the criminal-law case against Donald Trump with constitutional law expert and ABC legal contributor Professor Kim Wehle of […]
The Friends of Lombardi 4th Annual Lombardi Live is returning this fall to The Bullpen! Please join us on September 15, 2022 for our concert to end cancer featuring White […]
Meet your fellow BellRinger Riders, Virtual Riders, and volunteers at Lombardi Live, a concert benefitting Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center presented by Friends of Lombardi. We'll be hanging out at the […]
Discover how ideas of cleanliness have changed over the last 200 years and see what items the Peter family left behind.
Uncover the rich history of Georgetown’s African-American communities, starting in Herring Hill, which was an 18th century community to both enslaved and freed blacks. See the churches and schools established […]
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 with virtual programs and an in-person festival highlighting Hispanic history, culture, traditions and stories. […]
Weekend Workshops Select Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 11, 17, 18 & 25 Saturdays and Sundays Oct. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 & 30 Select Saturdays and Sundays, […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Predicting Election Results,” a look at the tools of political prognostication and what they tell us about what will happen in November, with Matthew Green, […]
Please join us in helping to build a global culture of peace.Join us and share this info. Attendance is free at our virtual conference on Sept. 20.
Profs and Pints DC presents: “An Inside Look at the Webb Telescope,” with Ori Fox, who has been involved in the telescope’s launch, commissioning, and ongoing research as an instrument […]
Glenstone Museum’s Fall 2022 Exhibitions to Include Presentations by R.H. Quaytman and Wade Guyton Glenstone Museum’s Fall 2022 Exhibitions to Include Presentations by R.H. Quaytman and Wade Guyton POTOMAC, MD, July 14, 2022 – Glenstone Museum announced today that its fall 2022 exhibition schedule will feature a presentation by R.H. Quaytman (American/Irish, b. 1961) and an installation […]
Tudor Place is joining forces with Rock Creek Conservancy to protect local green spaces from non-native plant species. Learn how to identify and remove invasive weeds that affect the DC […]
National Presbyterian Church invites you to participate in our nonperishable Food Drive to benefit Central Union Mission and the UDC Student Food Pantry. Drive-through drop-off will take place 9:30-11:30 am […]
Discover the important role of architects and inventors while exploring Tudor Place and earn your Inventor Badge.
Join Washington Adventist University at the kick off to the Anna H. Wang Presidential Concert Series, featuring classical music performances to commemorate Wang's life of service, music and education. Latonia […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Cosmic Imagination,” a look at thinkers who have changed our conception of reality, with William Egginton, professor of humanities and director of the Alexander […]
Celebrate the seventeenth season of free opera broadcasts by joining Washington National Opera on the field for Carmen on Sunday, September 25 at 4 p.m. Gates open at 2 p.m. for pre-opera […]
5 days to $10K is a fun, free, live challenge to spark your creativity and genius, and motivate and inspire you. But not only that — you’ll be doing real […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Doomsday Lecture,” a look at bunker fantasies, apocalyptic fears, and other visions of life after the world ends, with David L. Pike, professor of […]
In discovering more of God’s universally loving nature, we naturally give more of ourselves. This unexpected way forward lifts everyone.
Come explore the different types of plants that bloom in the fall. Young learners aged 18 months to 4 years and their caregivers will learn about the tradition of the […]
Welcome Back to School! Join representatives from Tudor Place, Ford’s Theatre, the National Park Service and President Lincoln’s Cottage to learn about each site’s teacher resources. Network over drinks and […]
Acclaimed harpsichordist and recording artist Naoko Akutagawa performs delightful works by German composers active ca. 1700. Naoko's silvery virtuosic style brings out the vitality and vibrance of music by Handel, Georg & Gottlieb Muffat, Mattheson, and Buxtehude. This music continues to sparkle more than 300 years after it was composed.
September 30 – October 9 for the 2022 Chesapeake Film Festival Easton, Maryland, April 11, 2022--Celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Chesapeake Film Festival with a weekend of provocative, insightful, and […]
The Plaza's annual SummerFest activities will keep visitors entertained all summer with a variety of programs for everyone. The SummerFest lineup includes: ● Ping Pong, Bingo, and Cornhole Happy Hour […]
October On View Grace of Monaco: Princess in DiorThrough January 8, 2023 Fashion and mementos from the legendary life of Princess Grace of Monaco are on view in […]
October and November 2022 Full Concert Schedule: Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at AMP by Strathmore A Very Silly VaudevilleLuke Frazier, conductor A Very Silly Vaudeville, an original […]
Revel in the auditory richness of Adriaan Willaert's beautiful ricercar music performed on harpsichord and ottavino and the visual sumptuousness of Titian's paintings. Celebrated Early Music keyboardist and historian Glen […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Russia’s War for Minds,” a look at Vladimir Putin’s propaganda apparatus and the Russian media landscape, with Ksenia Turkova, linguist, former news anchor in Russia […]
A rousing opening to the season celebrating aspects of America. Copland’s El Salón México is a postcard impression of Mexico through its dance hall melodies. Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Understanding China’s Leader,” a look at the background and rule of President Xi Jinping, with Joseph Torigian, assistant professor in American University’s School of International […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Photos of Ghosts,” a look at the history of purported photographs of apparitions and the controversies surrounding them, with Beth Saunders, art historian and curator […]
Discover the history of the garden at Tudor Place in this exclusive event. Join fellow members on a guided tour focusing on the garden decor. Afterwards, enjoy light refreshments and […]
Women, Arts, and Social Change ProgramsThe Tea: Like WaterFriday, October 7, 12–1 p.m.OnlineBaltimore-based musician Like Water is featured in this monthly online series where women musicians perform original work via […]
Something tasty is heading to your hometown! America’s favorite cooking show is now on tour with MasterChef Junior Live! This high-energy, interactive, stage production brings the culinary hit TV show, […]
Dance Theatre of Harlem Virginia Johnson, artistic director Fri, Oct 7, 8pm Sat, Oct 8, 2pm & 8pm Sidney Harman Hall The illustrious DTH opens our 2022/23 Season with the […]
An up-and-coming Wall Street lawyer from a working-class family aspires to quit his job and enjoy life once he’s made enough money to do so. The prospect doesn’t thrill his […]
WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS 2022/23 SEASONCHRONOLOGICAL SCHEDULE Hazel Scott 101st Birthday Celebration DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM Virginia Johnson, artistic director FRI, OCT 7, 8 PM SAT, OCT 8, 2 PM & 8 PM SIDNEY HARMAN HALL The illustrious DTH opens the 2022/23 Season with the world premiere performances of a new ballet honoring forgotten American music icon […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Vampires Revamped,” a look at how vampires got transformed into pop-culture icons, with Stanley Joseph Stepanic, who teaches a course on Dracula and vampire folklore […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—August 31, 2022—The National Building Museum will bring leading Black voices in design, art, and architecture to the Museum for INTERSECTIONS: Where Diversity, Equity and Design Meet, dynamic discussions about […]
Festival Events 14th AnnualEvents DC Embassy Chef Challenge Thursday, October 13 | 7pmSmithsonian American Art Museum I 8th and G Streets, NWWashington, DC Events DC Embassy Chef Challenge is a longstanding, friendly […]
SkinSpirit, the #1 provider of BOTOX Cosmetic and dermal fillers in the U.S., is now open in Georgetown! Join us at an exclusive Open House Celebration this October. Enjoy sips […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Werewolves Among Us,” a look at lycanthropy and other psychological conditions that make people think they can transform into animals, with Brian A. Sharpless, licensed […]
**MEDIA ADVISORY** Dianne Smith, Another Sunday Outing, from the series “Between Harlem and Me”, 2021; Archival digital pigment print, 20 x 20 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, […]
SkinSpirit, the #1 provider of BOTOX Cosmetic and dermal fillers in the U.S., is now open in Georgetown! Join us at an exclusive Open House Celebration this October. Enjoy sips […]
Join artist Jovencio de la Paz for a discussion on weaving the digital. The weaving loom is considered by many historians to be the precursor to the modern computer. In […]
All in-person events: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/in-person/ Author Reza Aslan will discuss An American Martyr in Iran: Howard Baskerville on Oct. 12. Authors Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finley Boylan will join us in person […]
Indigenous people called Washington DC home long before anyone else did. Join us as we celebrate and acknowledge the indigenous people whose ancestral homelands are in Washington DC. Young learners […]
This year's roundtable explores the rich traditions of lacemaking through examples from the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection. International scholars, artists and designers will present multiple dimensions of the global […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Is the Planet Full?” an eye-opening look at world population trends, with Jennifer Sciubba, associate professor of international studies at Rhodes College and author of […]
John Yau is an art critic, poet, fiction writer, and freelance curator. His talk will feature two artists, Frederic Church and Thomas Nozkowski, who both spent significant time in the […]
PROGRAM INFORMATION The Washington Ballet’s NEXTsteps Sidney Harman Hall | 610 F Street, NW Washington, DC Wednesday, October 12 at 7:30 p.m. - Designated press night Thursday, October 13 at 7:30 p.m. - […]
Productions to include: NEXTsteps/NEW WORKS THE NUTCRACKER BALANCHINE! AURORA’S WEDDING + BALANCHINE THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Pre-season activities include The Washington Ballet’s first summer residency at the Chautauqua Institute and a […]
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) […]
Food History WeekendOct. 13 and 14For more information: https://americanhistory.si.edu/events/food-history-weekend The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will host its eighth annual Food History Weekend Oct. 13-14, a multifaceted festival that consist of […]
"Nation of Speed"National Air and Space MuseumOpens Oct. 14, 2022For more information: https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/nation-speed%3Aevent-exhib-6030The new gallery "Nation of Speed" explores the deep-rooted connection between people and machines through the history they made together. This […]
Rosslyn Cinema is back this fall at Gateway Park with a fun lineup of free movie screenings every Friday evening in October! Beer and wine sales at the pop-up bar […]
Rosslyn Cinema is back this fall at Gateway Park with a fun lineup of free movie screenings every Friday evening in October! Beer and wine sales at the pop-up bar […]
Our annual twilight lantern tours are the perfect fun, thematic, and educational Fall activity. All proceeds support preserving our historical burial ground. Washington, DC – Around the dawn of the […]
Dumbarton is hosting a breakfast pop-up for our housed and unhoused neighbors Saturdays October 15, 22, 29,, 8 am - noon. We hope to provide a welcoming place for people […]
Imagination Stage Announces Six Shows for 2022-2023 BETHESDA, MD (June 14, 2022). Imagination Stage™, the metro DC region’s largest professional theatre for young audiences, announces its six shows for […]
PV House Tour is Back with Artful Gems! Come view artfully renovated and recently built homes in the Kent and Palisades neighborhoods. The tour showcases a variety of architectural styles […]
VIDART 03 Benefit Art Auction is being held during Hispanic Heritage Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Hispanic women. The […]
The company will debut a second new work titled “A Tribute to Maya Lin” Oct. 16, 23 and 30 in response to the museum’s exhibition, “One Life: Maya Lin,” dedicated […]
Please join Dumbarton Church in celebrating 250 years of worship in Georgetown for a special Homecoming Worship service and a potluck. Especially welcome are all former Dumbarton members and staff. […]
Join the DCDD Jazz Band for one final glimpse of summer in their concert titled “The Oasis”. This 20-person big band will be playing jazz pieces in a variety of […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Kings from Queens,” a look at the men who succeeded women on Britain’s throne and how King Charles III might stake up against them, with […]
Foggy Bottom Historic District’s modest but distinctively ornamented brick row houses date back to the 1870s. Minutes from the George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus, the district celebrates the former […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Spirits Around the Place,” a look at East Slavic beliefs in supernatural creatures and haunted spaces, with folklorist Philippa Rappoport of George Washington University. Traditional […]
NEW YORK (September 19, 2022)— The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) will host two days of free, in-person educational programming for Washington, DC-area residents on October 18 & 19. Tuesday, October […]
Celebrate Halloween Regency style with this scary spin on a Jane Austen classic. Bring a picnic dinner and your best Halloween costume to take in this spooky movie on the […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Medieval Monsters,” with Lilla Kopár a professor of medieval literature and culture at Catholic University who teaches courses on medieval monster lore and Norse mythology. […]
Professor Emeritus from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Greg Smith, will explain the challenges of capturing the sounds of the capital city during the Civil War for Spielberg's […]
The Most Beautiful Auto Race in the World Announces U.S. Dates 1000 Miglia Warm Up USA Returns to Middleburg, Virginia region October 19-22 with entries now open MIDDLEBURG, Va., July […]
Considering international examples, Kit Matthew invites you to explore ways to more proactively and explicitly demonstrate and communicate the benefits of museums to communities. This discussion is grounded in Matthew’s […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Japanese Ghosts and Goblins,” a spooky evening of spirit introduction, with Michele M. Mason, associate professor of Japanese cultural studies at the University of Maryland, […]
Medicinal chemistry2022 summit invites Biochemists, Scientists, Natural chemists, Researchers, Scholars, Professors, Industrialists across the world to discuss the various aspects and future trends Medicinal chemistry and Biochemistry at the International […]
Thu, Oct 20, 7:30pm Kennedy Center Terrace Theater Witness the long-awaited return of the celebrated Igor Levit—an artist “like no other pianist” (New Yorker)—in an inspired program of Robert Schumann, […]
What does bodily autonomy mean? In June 2022, reproductive rights took a giant leap backwards when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In the United States, we can drive […]
Rosslyn Cinema is back this fall at Gateway Park with a fun lineup of free movie screenings every Friday evening in October! Beer and wine sales at the pop-up bar […]
What does bodily autonomy mean? In June 2022, reproductive rights took a giant leap backwards when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In the United States, we can drive […]
Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok brings us the powerful story of two young DREAMers who fight to establish a place for themselves in America, the only country they know as […]
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, music director Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Fri, Oct 21, 8pm Strathmore Britain’s award-winning CBSO and their acclaimed music director, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, perform a D.C. premiere by Thomas Adès, Debussy’s […]
OCTOBER 22, 2022 The Vault at Capital One Hall One of the original legends! We open our season with a cabaret saluting the great Judy Garland. Select soloists from the […]
Dumbarton is hosting a breakfast pop-up for our housed and unhoused neighbors Saturdays October 15, 22, 29,, 8 am - noon. We hope to provide a welcoming place for people […]