DC-based artists performing original music and discussing art’s role in the campaign for racial justice? Get excited for these sounds of the summer. CapitalBop, a DC-based grassroots presenting organization, this month launched its Freedom Summer Sessions, a summer-long streaming series addressing the role of music… Read More
Ford’s Theatre commemorates the 155th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and death on April 14/15th, and throughout the month of April with digital programming. On April 14 at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., the theatre and museum will offer guided virtual tours where those… Read More
“What connects us the most is the love of paper and the love of working with our hands,” says Stina Wirsén, an illustrator who met paper couturier Bea Szenfeld while working for a Swedish newspaper and “fell in love” with her work. In their third… Read More
Currently on view at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum is the first major thematic exhibition ever to explore the artistic contributions of Native women. Eighty-two artworks dating from ancient times to one finished mere months ago, “Hearts of Our People: Native… Read More
A new exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art is taking guests to the devastated sites of Mosul, Aleppo and Palmyra — highlighting the destruction, but also offering hope for reconstruction and rehabilitation. Age Old Cities: A Virtual Journey from Palmyra to Mosul… Read More
La Cosecha is Union Market’s contemporary marketplace celebrating all things Latin. It’s like a community center meets food hall meets contemporary retail space. When you head to La Cosecha, you never quite know what you’ll happen upon — a concert, art, a fashion show, a… Read More
From January 22–February 2, 2020, the Kennedy Center presents its fifth annual Lunar New Year Celebration, honoring the traditional holiday that is observed in countries and territories around the world. This coming year’s festivities include the debut of a Winter Lanterns display in the recently-opened REACH campus,… Read More
Blagden Alley’s Hong Kong-inspired eatery, Tiger Fork, will host a week-long celebration to ring in the Chinese New Year from January 20-26. To bring good luck in the New Year, the convivial night market — plus all-day party on Saturday, January 25th — will feature… Read More
Want to experience a festive German-style holiday market? For the seventh year, Dupont Circle holiday shoppers can shop craft makers from around the region at the Heurich House Museum’s Christkindlmarkt, on Friday, December 6th through Sunday, December 8th, 2019. Christkindlmarkt is Dupont’s only holiday market… Read More
Put on your dancing shoes and ¡bailamos! at La Cosecha (1280 4th Street NE), the Union Market District’s new Latin marketplace, for Baila Thursdays, a weekly, all-levels salsa experience. Luz Rodriguez-Mercier, an internationally acclaimed instructor/performer and co-founder/director of the city’s largest salsa school, DC Style Salsa Academy, will teach lessons for beginners from 7 to 8pm for $15 (salsa class + social ticket) each… Read More
