May
4
Tue
National Orange Juice Day @ Florida House
May 4 all-day
May
5
Wed
Rufus Wainwright joins Shakespeare Hour LIVE! @ Online
May 5 @ 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Up next on Shakespeare Hour LIVE! is a discussion of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, featuring Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright (“Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets”). From the Beautiful Youth to the Dark Lady, this episode will seek to dispel long-held myths (and perhaps celebrate a few) about one of the most studied and most mysterious bodies of poetry in the world: Shakespeare’s love sonnets. Why were they written? When? And to whom and what for? If ye seek answers to those questions (and more!), seek ye here.

Future episodes will focus on Training for Shakespeare, Falstaff: Hero or Villain?, and Shakespeare’s Last Act with guests Alec Wild, Senior Director of STC’s Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University, and Prof. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, Ronni Lacroute Chair in Shakespeare Studies at Linfield University. More special guests will be announced soon.

May
7
Fri
The Tea: MovaKween @ Online
May 7 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

The Tea: MovaKween
In this online series, women musicians perform original work via livestream on the first Friday of the month. Each session includes a short interview, conducted over a cup of tea, which explores the artist’s creative process. The Tea proudly welcomes MovaKween.

MovaKween hails from Baltimore, Maryland, and sings about her “inner-standing” of consciousness and expressions of love. With a life dedicated to healing and spiritual work, her music reflects her survival stories and journey as a new goddess on Earth. She is currently working on her debut album, titled Anu Kween, coming in spring 2021.

WHERE
Online, streaming on Facebook and nmwa.org

WHEN
Friday, May 7, 12–1 p.m.

PRICE
Free. No reservations required.

Floral Design How-To | Celebrate Beauty @ Online
May 7 @ 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Friday, May 7, 2021, 1:30-2:15 p.m.

Ami Wilber, floral and event décor designer, shares how to create a stunning pink arrangement featuring garden roses, ranunculus, and hydrangeas, just in time for Mother’s Day.

www.HillwoodMuseum.org 

4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008

May
10
Mon
Poetry Reading with Billy Collins @ Online
May 10 @ 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

On Monday, May 10 at 7:30 pm ET, the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series at the Folger Shakespeare Library, in collaboration with The National Gallery of Art, welcomes poet Billy Collins.

This final reading of the 2020/21 virtual season, the 52nd season of this distinguished Series,
highlights this popular poet. Each year, the Folger Poetry Board, supporters of the O.B Hardison Poetry
Series, selects a distinguished poet to share their favorite poems from other poets and to read from their
own work.

This year’s Folger Poetry Board reader, Billy Collins, has been named “the most popular poet in
America” by The New York Times and is a former United States Poet Laureate. He is the author of several volumes of poetry, most recently Whale Day. His many honors and awards include the Poetry Foundation’s Mark Twain Award for Humor in Poetry.

Collins follows in the steps of noted poets Seamus Heaney, Rita Dove, Octavio Paz, Gwendolyn
Brooks, former British Poet Laureates Sir Andrew Motion, and Carol Ann Duffy, all former Folger
Poetry Board Readers, a designation which began in 1991 with Mr. Heaney.

This reading is free, but reservations are required. Register at www.folger.edu/poetry.

May
11
Tue
Enduring Images: Enslaved People and Photography in the Antebellum South @ Online
May 11 @ 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Enduring Images: Enslaved People and Photography in the Antebellum South

Tuesday, May 11, 5 p.m.

Online via Zoom

Closed captioning provided

Presented by Matthew Fox-Amato, Assistant Professor of History, University of Idaho

From the 1840s to the end of the Civil War, some enslaved people paid to have their photographs taken and then used these portraits to shape their identities and social ties. Slave narratives, newspapers and studio records reveal that some enslaved individuals bought images from local photographers, stowed images of sold family members in their cabins and carried images of family on their persons. Considering enslaved people as active agents of early photography, this talk examines what their photographic practices meant, especially in relation to the violent disruptions of the domestic slave trade. It also reflects upon possibilities for writing the history of portraiture when the relevant images are not available. Free—Registration required.

 

Kate Clarke Lemay, Portrait Gallery acting senior historian, will moderate the Q&A. This program is a part of the Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture and is hosted by PORTAL, the Portrait Gallery’s Scholarly Center.

Art AfterWords: A Book Discussion @ Online
May 11 @ 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Art AfterWords: A Book Discussion

Tuesday, May 11, 5:30-7 p.m.

Online via Zoom

 

The National Portrait Gallery and the DC Public Library would like to invite you to a virtual conversation about power, gender and collective memory. Join us as we analyze portraits from the exhibition “Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States” and discuss the related book “Rodham” by Curtis Sittenfeld. Participants are encouraged to visit the exhibition before the event. DCPL cardholders can access “Rodham” here.

May
13
Thu
In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice @ Online
May 13 @ 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice

Thursday, May 13, 5 p.m.

Online via Zoom

 

Heighten your civic awareness through conversations about art, history and material culture. Each month, educators from the National Portrait Gallery will partner with colleagues from across the Smithsonian to discuss how historical objects from their respective collections speak to today’s social justice issues. Why is it important to have agency in how we are portrayed?  Together with our co-hosts from the Freer and Sackler, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, we will explore this key question about representation in relationship to a 1937 photograph of actress Anna May Wong and an early 21st century photo-performance by Pushpamala N. Free—Registration required.

Livestream Lecture | Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion @ Online
May 13 @ 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Livestream Lecture | Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion

Thursday, May 13, 2021, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Colleen Hill, curator of costume and accessories at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT), explores the significant inspiration roses have provided to fashion designers and shares a look at the upcoming exhibition Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion, opening at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in spring 2021.

www.HillwoodMuseum.org 

4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008

May
16
Sun
La Famosa x Other Half Brewing Pop Up @ Other Half Brewing
May 16 @ 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Nay Yard based Puerto Rican restaurant La Famosa will host a pop-up in partnership with Other Half Brewing in Ivy City on Sunday, May 16th from 12 – 6 p.m. Chef Joancarlo Parkhurst and team will serve a lineup of Puerto Rican snacks such as Alcapurrias de Carne (plantain and yuca fritters stuffed with a savory beef picadillo OR impossible meat filling) and Bacalaito (salt cod fritter served with crema verde) on the brewery’s outdoor covered deck.

 

The brewery currently does not accept reservations and all outdoor seating will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Other Half Brewing is located at 1401 Okie Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20002.