Horticulture How-To | Orchid Repotting
Thursday, March 25, 2021, 1:30-2 p.m.
Horticulturist Drew Asbury demonstrates how to repot the most common types of orchids. Learn to help plants’ leaves and root systems, identify the proper potting media, and ask the expert your questions.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Put on your “finest pink” apparel and mingle with your pod and online partygoers from all over the world for an unforgettable evening of incredible entertainment, delectable food and drink, fun giveaways, and a spirited online auction.
All Pink Tie Party tickets include three-course carryout dinners from your choice of popular D.C., Maryland and Virginia restaurants, a Party Kit filled with goodies to enhance your celebration, and a chance to win great prizes provided by Kendra Scott Jewelry.
Tommy McFly and Kelly Collis of Real.Fun.DC will serve as your virtual hosts through the event where you’ll be treated to top-notch entertainment and interactive fun! They will share a “New Way of Partying in Pink!”
A special highlight of the evening includes a fun and energetic session featuring three Sake experts who will present on the nuances of Japan’s national drink and the culture of Hanami Sake. Timothy Sullivan, Monica Samuels, and Chris Johnson will discuss Rihaku “Wandering Poet”, Dewazakura Oka “Cherry Bouquet” Ginjo and Hakkaisan Junmai Ginjo. To make your evening that much “extra,” make sure to select the “Dinner with Sake Tasting Experience” during registration, and 300mL bottles of each of the sakes being discussed will accompany your dinner pick-up order (restaurant options may be limited).
A portion of ticket sales is used to procure food for your evening, sourced from local restaurants.
Fit for a Queen: Perkins Harnly, Victorian Style and Queer Identity in Midcentury America
Tuesday, April 6, 5 p.m.
Online via Zoom
Closed captioning provided
Presented by Sarah Burns, Ruth N. Halls Professor Emerita, Art History, Indiana University
Born on a hardscrabble Nebraska farm, artist Perkins Harnly crossed paths with legendary celebrities and colorful characters while visiting famous graveyards, winning prizes at drag balls and toiling in an upscale Los Angeles cafeteria. From the 1930s on, Harnly produced paintings of exuberantly overstuffed Victorian rooms embedded with sly jokes alluding to his own queer selfhood. Looking through the lenses of Harnly’s life and art, this talk considers the role of the Victorian interior as metaphorical closet that served as a refuge from the judgment and dangers of the outside world. Free—Registration required.
Kate Clarke Lemay, Portrait Gallery acting senior historian, will moderate the Q&A. This program is a part of the Tommie L. Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia Conversation Series in LGBTQ+ Portraiture and is hosted by PORTAL, the Portrait Gallery’s Scholarly Center.
WHAT BMA x NMWA: Counterstory Join us for BMA x NMWA, a livestreamed monthly talk show co-presented by The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA). In this episode, educators from both museums welcome Filipino-American artist Stephanie Syjuco and Hannah Shambroom, co-curator of the special exhibition Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, and Mend, on view at NMWA through May 31, 2021. Syjuco discusses her three-part installation Stephanie Syjuco: Vanishing Point (Overlay), on view at the BMA through May 16, 2021, which examines how images construct and fortify white supremacy and exclusionary narratives of history and citizenship. Shambroom shares mixed-media sculptures by artist Sonya Clark that address race and visibility, explore Blackness and redress history. Clark’s work manifests ancestral bonds and reasserts the Black presence in histories from which it has been pointedly omitted. WHERE WHEN PRICE |
Virtual Family Fun: Miniature Garden Workshop
Saturday, April 17, 2021, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Celebrate Earth Day and connect with nature as you build a magical, miniature world, inspired by Hillwood’s Japanese-style garden, in the first gardening workshop for families.
Midnight in the Garden
Thursday, April 22, 2021, 7-8 p.m.
Join Hillwood for a virtual benefit celebration. Learn about the special exhibition The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky, explore the magic of Hillwood, and bid on choice items in the online auction.
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.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
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.
Horticulture How-To | Pollinator-Friendly Container
Friday, May 21, 2021, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Join Jessica Bonilla, head of horticulture, via Zoom to create your own beautiful container of flowering plants that attract butterflies, birds, bees, and other pollinators.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Tune in for a very special talent show hosted by Miss District of Columbia, Katelynne Cox! You’ll be able to see the 2021 contestants for Miss District of Columbia perform their talents and entertain audiences. One of these lucky ladies will go on to compete at Miss America later this year. Can you predict which one you’ll see on TV?
This ticket grants access to one (1) virtual attendee of the Miss District of Columbia virtual talent show. You will be emailed more information on how to virtually on the day of the talent show, June 2nd. Your entry fee will be donated to the American Childhood Cancer Organization to help them serve childhood cancer warriors in the DC area and beyond!
Tickets to this all virtual event are $5. Proceeds will go to American Childhood Cancer Organization.