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

Jan
28
Sat
Winter Blast: A Weekend of Indigenous Games @ National Museum of the American Indian
Jan 28 @ 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Winter Blast: A Weekend of Indigenous Games

Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28–29, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Games can be fun as well as teach important life skills. Jeremy Red Eagle (Sisseton Wahpeton) from the International Traditional Games Society, Julia Garcia (Aymara), and members of the Native Hawaiian school Hālau O‘Aulani, share Indigenous games from the Great Plains, Bolivia, and Hawai’i.

Tysons Corner Center’s Lunar New Year Celebration @ Tysons Corner Center Center
Jan 28 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Tysons Corner Center Announces Lunar New Year Celebration
Asian American Chamber of Commerce to Hosts Line-Up of Activities at Center
Saturday, January 28, 2023
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

1961 Chain Bridge Road, Tysons Corner, VA

www.TysonsCornerCenter.com
Tysons Corner Center in partnership with the Asian American Chamber of Commerce brings in another year of hosting the Lunar New Year. Located in the Fashion Court on the Lower-Level Nordstrom Wing at the center, this free event will include an array of artists and performances to celebrate the year of the rabbit including:

  • Vietnamese Song by CDVNDMV
  • Chinese Musical Instrument – Guzheng, Alice Gu-Zheng Ensemble
  • Chinese Dance by Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe
  • Magic Show by Sun Magic
  • Korean Dance by Korean Culture and Art of MD
  • Indonesia Dance by Santi Budaya Performing Arts, LLC
  • Mongolia Fashion Show, MONDO TRIP TODAY
  • Dragon Dance, by Chinese Culture Institute

 

As part of the tradition, Tysons Corner Center will provide fortune cookies and offer giveaways and prizes during the event. This event is free and open to the public and sponsored by
Sunrise McLean Village Retirement Home.

Jan
29
Sun
Winter Blast: A Weekend of Indigenous Games @ National Museum of the American Indian
Jan 29 @ 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Winter Blast: A Weekend of Indigenous Games

Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28–29, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Games can be fun as well as teach important life skills. Jeremy Red Eagle (Sisseton Wahpeton) from the International Traditional Games Society, Julia Garcia (Aymara), and members of the Native Hawaiian school Hālau O‘Aulani, share Indigenous games from the Great Plains, Bolivia, and Hawai’i.

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
11
Sat
Native Cinema Showcase Screening: Encanto @ Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Feb 11 @ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Native Cinema Showcase Screening: Encanto

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2 p.m.

(USA, 2021, 120 mins.) Directors: Byron Howard, Jared Bush, and Charise Castro Smith

 

Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in a magical house in a vibrant town in the mountains of Colombia. The magic of this wondrous, charmed Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift, from super strength to the power to heal—every child that is except one, Mirabel (voice of Stephanie Beatriz). But when she discovers that the magic surrounding Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she might just be her exceptional family’s last hope.

Special support for Native Cinema Showcase provided by the Walt Disney Company.

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.

Mar
18
Sat
Chopin. The Space Concert #3 @ National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Mar 18 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Live audiovisual event
Past, present, and future of the space exploration with the timeless soundtrack of Chopin’s music

Raising awareness and funds for establishing the Center of Excellence for Polish and Ukrainian specialists for Polytrauma in Poland

Tickets on sale are available at www.thespaceconcert.com

This spring, The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center known as the home to the Space Shuttle Discovery (among other incredible exhibits), will witness an unforgettable event – “Chopin. The Space Concert”. Chopin’s timeless music, the unique NASA Space footage taken during the 2010 STS-130 space mission, and the fascinating panel discussion, at the venue that embodies the past, the present, and the future of space exploration – a match made in… Space.

Chopin. The Space Concert features the music of Frédéric Chopin that reached Space thanks to an American astronaut of Polish origin – Col. George D. Zamka who was the commander of the STS-130 mission. In February 2010 he took a CD with the music of the great Polish composer on board of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Chopin’s compositions were played during the installation of the seven-window dome, from which the astronauts had a view into Space for the first time. The observation dome, called the Cupola, is a seven-window observation portal making it the largest space window launched into orbit! And it has been a real game-changer. The footage of Chopin. The Space Concert is so breathtaking, thanks to the very existence of that Cupola.

The event will also give a unique opportunity to look into the history of space exploration by visiting the amazing exhibition at the center that includes, among others: the spacesuit worn by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969 and a model of the Mars Rover Curiosity. The past, the present, and the future of space exploration during one exciting evening.