Dec
3
Sat
Native Art Market @ Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Dec 3 @ 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Native Art Market

Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3–4, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Make your holiday shopping special! Meet more than 30 award-winning Indigenous artists offering handcrafted traditional and contemporary artworks. The museum’s annual Native Art Market features works by Indigenous artists from the Western Hemisphere. The weekend event offers visitors a unique opportunity to purchase traditional and contemporary handcrafted artworks—including beadwork, jewelry, paintings, photography, pottery, and sculpture. In its 15th year, the Native Art Market invites art lovers of art and craftsmanship to meet Native artists and learn about traditional Native arts and contemporary Native creativity.

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3hbte2g1nkubslb/Art%20Market%20Photo%20-%20Photo%20Credit%20NMAI%20Staff.jpg?dl=0

Dec
4
Sun
Native Art Market @ Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Dec 4 @ 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Native Art Market

Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3–4, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Make your holiday shopping special! Meet more than 30 award-winning Indigenous artists offering handcrafted traditional and contemporary artworks. The museum’s annual Native Art Market features works by Indigenous artists from the Western Hemisphere. The weekend event offers visitors a unique opportunity to purchase traditional and contemporary handcrafted artworks—including beadwork, jewelry, paintings, photography, pottery, and sculpture. In its 15th year, the Native Art Market invites art lovers of art and craftsmanship to meet Native artists and learn about traditional Native arts and contemporary Native creativity.

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3hbte2g1nkubslb/Art%20Market%20Photo%20-%20Photo%20Credit%20NMAI%20Staff.jpg?dl=0

Dec
9
Fri
Folger Consort Holiday Concerts @ St. Marks Church Capitol Hill
Dec 9 @ 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

The Folger Consort’s annual holiday concerts return this year with performances of A New World Christmas at St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill December 9-11. Shows will include music composed in the late 16-18th centuries.

West Side Story & Romeo + Juliet at Strathmore @ Music Center at Strathmore
Dec 9 @ 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore

West Side Story & Romeo + Juliet
Piotr Gajewski, conductor

Sarah Chang, violin

 

From ballet to Broadway, Shakespeare’s most romantic and tragic love story has been interpreted by some of the greatest composers in history. Experience the exquisite Fantasy Overture from Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a passion piece for National Philharmonic Music Director and Conductor Piotr Gajewski, followed by Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite, arranged by David Newman. Violinist Sarah Chang, a favorite of NatPhil audiences, lends her captivating tone and energizing spirit as the featured soloist for the Bernstein classic. Finally, Gajewski will conduct a performance from Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet ballet. Bring your loved one and make of your hands one hand while you listen to three distinct yet equally emotional musical interpretations of the bard’s most beloved tragedy.

 

Program:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture — Fantasy

Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story Suite (arr. Newman)

Sergei Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite

Dec
10
Sat
Folger Consort Holiday Concerts @ St. Marks Church Capitol Hill
Dec 10 @ 4:00 PM – 9:00 AM

The Folger Consort’s annual holiday concerts return this year with performances of A New World Christmas at St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill December 9-11. Shows will include music composed in the late 16-18th centuries.

Dec
11
Sun
Folger Consort Holiday Concerts @ St. Marks Church Capitol Hill
Dec 11 @ 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM

The Folger Consort’s annual holiday concerts return this year with performances of A New World Christmas at St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill December 9-11. Shows will include music composed in the late 16-18th centuries.

Dec
14
Wed
Fashion Group International DC Holiday Party @ Barkada Wine Bar
Dec 14 @ 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

What better way to celebrate a successful and fashionable year than to cheers with FGIDC!

Wednesday, December 14 | 5 – 8PM

Barkada Wine Bar
1939 12th St NW, Washington, DC 20009

Free for members and non-members

Cash bar

Feb
4
Sat
19th Annual Alexandria Warehouse Sale @ Old Town Alexandria
Feb 4 all-day

19th Annual Alexandria Warehouse Sale, presented by Old Town Business
Saturday & Sunday – February 4 & 5, 2023

Alexandria’s Popular Winter Weekend Continues in Walkable Format

www.AlexandriaWarehouseSale.com

The 19th Annual Alexandria Boutique Warehouse Sale returns in a walkable format for avid shoppers to score the best deals of the season – happening only once a year. The popular longest-running winter affair will take place over two days the weekend of February 4-5, 2023, throughout Old Town. The sale, which will be comprised of over 40 independent boutiques will take place in stores,
pop-up tents, and open retail spaces along King Street and select side streets. Kristen Jones Real Estate. Shoppers are sure to find the best deals from Alexandria and the region’s finest
retailers, indie brands, clothing, shoes, jewelry, home furnishings, and more. Attendees will get to shop from a wide variety of local brands at up to 80 percent off retail prices. The hours will
vary by store. Participating businesses will also have QR code stations and tents where shoppers can download the sale map and plot out their shopping plans or favorite spots to visit.

Get a jumpstart on the fun by participating in the giveaways being held leading up to the weekend event. Make sure to follow @alxwarehousesale and keep an eye on their Instagram for chances to win gift cards to a local restaurant or a chance to win early access to one of your favorite stores. This year’s event is presented by Old Town Business and sponsored by Kristen Jones Real Estate.

Feb
5
Sun
19th Annual Alexandria Warehouse Sale @ Old Town Alexandria
Feb 5 all-day

19th Annual Alexandria Warehouse Sale, presented by Old Town Business
Saturday & Sunday – February 4 & 5, 2023

Alexandria’s Popular Winter Weekend Continues in Walkable Format

www.AlexandriaWarehouseSale.com

The 19th Annual Alexandria Boutique Warehouse Sale returns in a walkable format for avid shoppers to score the best deals of the season – happening only once a year. The popular longest-running winter affair will take place over two days the weekend of February 4-5, 2023, throughout Old Town. The sale, which will be comprised of over 40 independent boutiques will take place in stores,
pop-up tents, and open retail spaces along King Street and select side streets. Kristen Jones Real Estate. Shoppers are sure to find the best deals from Alexandria and the region’s finest
retailers, indie brands, clothing, shoes, jewelry, home furnishings, and more. Attendees will get to shop from a wide variety of local brands at up to 80 percent off retail prices. The hours will
vary by store. Participating businesses will also have QR code stations and tents where shoppers can download the sale map and plot out their shopping plans or favorite spots to visit.

Get a jumpstart on the fun by participating in the giveaways being held leading up to the weekend event. Make sure to follow @alxwarehousesale and keep an eye on their Instagram for chances to win gift cards to a local restaurant or a chance to win early access to one of your favorite stores. This year’s event is presented by Old Town Business and sponsored by Kristen Jones Real Estate.

Feb
25
Sat
Concert Celebrating the Garifuna Language with James Lovell  @ Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Feb 25 @ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Concert Celebrating the Garifuna Language with James Lovell 

Saturday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m. 

Visit the National Museum of the American Indian and enjoy a concert by James Lovell, a passionate Garifuna artist whose mission is to preserve the Garifuna culture, language and arts through music. He composes and translates songs that uplift and encourage younger generations to stay connected to the endangered Garifuna language, an Arawakan language spoken mainly in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua.