Blessed Sunday BBQ Tour & Take-Out Reserve: omuseum.org/bbq Tickets: $50/person O Museum partnered with The District Pit BBQ for this special summer BBQ Tour. This great new experience includes: a secret door tour through The O Museum In The Mansion and delicious BBQ take-out from The District Pit. |
Traverse through the labyrinth Mansion, while you explore legendary themed rooms and exhibits and search for secret doors. After you tour, take home some delicious District Pit BBQ to enjoy. Select from: pork, beef, chicken, vegetarian, comes with 2 sides (chef’s choice). Hours: Tour appointments (based on availability) Sundays through September 6, 2020 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. — Close 5 p.m. (minimum time needed 45 minutes). Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids). FOR YOUR SAFETY & OURS • masks available and required Proceeds from museum tours, events and exhibits go to support museum programs. Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop! |
The Tea: Tamika Love Jones
In this new online series, women musicians perform original work 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 series kicks off with Tamika Love Jones, a versatile vocalist, actress, mother of two and a sought after Teaching Artist in Washington, D.C. She has released three albums of original music incorporating soul, hip-hop, jazz, funk, blues and classical influences. Jones’s dramatic stage presence, acrobatic vocals and fluidity between genres has put her in a class of her own.
WHERE
Online, streaming on Facebook and nmwa.org
WHEN
Friday, September 4, 12–1 p.m.
PRICE
Free. No reservations required. Add to your calendar here.
Art Chats @ 5
Fridays, July 3–September 25, 5–5:30 p.m.
Jump start your weekend with art! Every Friday join NMWA educators for informal 30-minute art chats about selected artworks in the collection. Discuss a new sampling of artworks each week. You can even enjoy your favorite happy hour drink or snack during the sessions. Free; registration required and limited to 20 participants each week. Register online for July dates and check back in mid-July for August and September registration.
Join in the excitement of the 12th Annual National Wine and Food Festival at National Harbor; bringing together world-renowned chefs, artisanal craftsmen, and culinary pioneers with thousands of Metro DC’s foodies.
General Admission includes a souvenir wine glass, unlimited samples, cooking demos & entertainment.
VIP Sessions include a souvenir VIP wine glass, unlimited samples of all beverages, one extra hour of sampling, access to the Champagne Lounge, access to VIP which has a Bottomless bloody mary and mimosa bars plus a souvenir pairing pack with cheese, bread, and other surprises and access to the VIP washrooms.
*VIP Area will close at 4pm*.
Blessed Sunday BBQ Tour & Take-Out Reserve: omuseum.org/bbq Tickets: $50/person O Museum partnered with The District Pit BBQ for this special summer BBQ Tour. This great new experience includes: a secret door tour through The O Museum In The Mansion and delicious BBQ take-out from The District Pit. |
Traverse through the labyrinth Mansion, while you explore legendary themed rooms and exhibits and search for secret doors. After you tour, take home some delicious District Pit BBQ to enjoy. Select from: pork, beef, chicken, vegetarian, comes with 2 sides (chef’s choice). Hours: Tour appointments (based on availability) Sundays through September 6, 2020 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. — Close 5 p.m. (minimum time needed 45 minutes). Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids). FOR YOUR SAFETY & OURS • masks available and required Proceeds from museum tours, events and exhibits go to support museum programs. Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop! |
In celebration of Labor Day, more than 30 musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) will perform a safe, physically distant concert on the Kennedy Center Concert Hall stage to be livestreamed at Event’s DC’s Park Up DC, a pop-up drive-in movie and entertainment experience at the RFK Campus. The performance, which is in place of the NSO’s annual Labor Day Capital Concerts performance, is FREE to attend and is open up to 350 cars. Each car will need to be registered via the Park Up DC site in order to attend. This event also marks the first concert simulcast at Park Up DC.
The full program, featuring all American composers, is located below. The performance will also be recorded and broadcast on Labor Day (September 7) via the Kennedy Center’s Social Media channels at 12 noon.
WHO: Members of the National Symphony Orchestra
WHEN: Sunday, September 6 at 7:00 p.m. at Park Up DC located at the historic RFK Campus Lot 5 (2400 East Capitol St NE, Washington, D.C. 20003)
Full Program (with Composers)
Strum…………………………………………………………………
Lyric for Strings……………………………………………………..…
Danzas de Panama, “Tamborito”…………………………………………………
Mother and Child………..……………………………………………..…
Danzas de Panama, “Cumbia y Congo”…………………….………………………
“Coquetos” from An Andean Walkabout ………………………………………….Gabriela Lena Frank
Appalachian Spring ………………………………………………………………Aaron Copland
“America the Beautiful”……………………………………………………
Labor Day BBQ Tour & Take-Out Reserve: omuseum.org/laborday Tickets: $50 per person Where: O Museum in The Mansion, 2020 O Street NW Labor Day only
We’ve partnered with The District Pit BBQ for this special BBQ Tour.
Find your way through secret doors and covert passages to a world never experienced. You’ll be walking in the footsteps of presidents and freedom fighters, historians and fiction writers. |
After you tour, take home some delicious District Pit BBQ to enjoy. Select from: pork, beef, chicken, vegetarian, comes with 2 sides (chef’s choice).
INCLUDES
Over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!) to explore. We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky to find — if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.
FOR YOUR SAFETY & OURS • masks available and required
Proceeds from museum tours, events and exhibits go to support museum programs. Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop! |
Cost: Free for STC members, season subscribers, and package holders; $10 for non-members
Shakespeare Hour LIVE!
September Episodes
Shakespeare & The Law
Wednesday, September 9, 7:30pm
In this special partnership with STC’s Bard Association, join some of the sharpest legal minds of the Washington legal community (including some recent stars of STC’s ever-popular Virtual Mock Trial) as they discuss Shakespeare’s own theatrical connection to the Inns of Court and the outlines of his legal imagination.
GUESTS: Kate Burton, Jessie Liu, Abbe Lowell
Art Chats @ 5
Fridays, July 3–September 25, 5–5:30 p.m.
Jump start your weekend with art! Every Friday join NMWA educators for informal 30-minute art chats about selected artworks in the collection. Discuss a new sampling of artworks each week. You can even enjoy your favorite happy hour drink or snack during the sessions. Free; registration required and limited to 20 participants each week. Register online for July dates and check back in mid-July for August and September registration.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 @ 3 pm
Join us for a virtual exploration of all things mezcal!
Registration includes a Zoom link and a package of goodies to enjoy and taste along with as we learn all about this wonderful spirit, including a set of Del Maguey Copitas, one 100ml bottle each of San Luis del Rio Espadin, Chichicapa, and Minero, and one Columbia Room Vida Mezcal Mangonada w/Chamoy & Tajin Lime Salt cocktail (2 servings).