La Chandeleur Saturday, February 4, 2017, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Celebrate La Chandeleur, also known as Crêpe Day, in festive French fashion. Enjoy crêpes, storytelling, art projects and more amidst Hillwood’s spectacular gardens, magnificent mansion, and exquisite French treasures. $18, $15 senior, $12 Hillwood member, $10… Read More
Kykuit: The Rockefeller Estate Thursday, February 16, 2017, 5:30-8 p.m. Cynthia Bronson Altman, curator of the collections at Kykuit, will discuss Kykuit the Beaux-Art oasis of the Rockefeller family. $5 simulcast www.HillwoodMuseum.org 4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
On Thursday, February 16, 2017 from 6:30-8:30 pm, the Heurich House Museum welcomes Atlas Brew Works of Washington, DC to their monthly History & Hops event. Atlas Brew Works is a neighborhood production brewery located in Northeast Washington, DC. They produce hand crafted artisanal beer… Read More
Gardens of Secret Delight: French Gardens Before and After Hausmann’s Paris Thursday, February 23, 2017, 5:30-8 p.m. Architecture and design editor and writer Zahid Sardar, will discuss how the melding of classical French symmetry with asymmetrical British landscape notions led to modern Parisian park forms… Read More
On Monday, February 27, the Edlavitch DCJCC will screen Get In The Way, The Journey of John Lewis, a biographical film about the revered civil rights leader and U.S. Congressman. The movie focuses on Lewis’ leadership in the peaceful protest movement that sought voting rights… Read More
