Explore our city’s upcoming humanities events from performances and lectures to celebrations and multi-media experiences. These public events are created and hosted by either HumanitiesDC, our grantees or local partners. To submit an event for consideration, please complete this form.
Culture Series: Fighting For Home
Busboys and Poets 450 K St NW 450 K St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: The 1970s was a period of intense gentrification in DC — but the decade was also marked by the most effective and creative tenant organizing in DC’s history to date. Join Amanda Huron, an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and Political Science at the UDC, and a panel of three people who organized […]
DHH Dance Collaborative: “that’s how the light gets in”
Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: The DHH dancers are back for a ninth season and are inspired to bring more excitement, cutting-edge choreography, and heartfelt passion to the Lang Theater stage. Witness the creativity come alive in their production of "that's how the light gets in," a showcase of all new works choreographed, staged, and performed by the […]
In Zora’s Footsteps: Narratives of DC
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEVENT AT CAPACITY. Join a FREE 4-week writing workshop series: "In Zora's Footsteps: Narratives of DC" led by Tracy Chiles McGhee. Whether you're a budding writer or a seasoned scribe, this series promises to enrich your narrative skills and deepen your cultural connections. Special Guests: Dr. Minnie Quartey Annan, Marita Golden, Kimberly A. Collins, and […]
Alliance for New Music-Theatre: The Man Ray Project: Caesar & The Mannequin
Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United StatesInspired by the Man Ray painting "Shakespearean Equation: Julius Caesar," in the Phillips collection, Composer Andrew E. Simpson and Librettist Susan Galbraith have concocted a Dadaist fantastical story of a "Caesar," a character who is determined to cling to power at whatever cost and sings, "You can?t stick me in a closet; I will not […]
Culture Series: District of Cats
Busboys and Poets Monroe 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: Every year, dozens of cyclists periodically meet up for “alleycats”: unsanctioned scavenger hunts-turned-races sprung by daring local bike couriers onto DC streets. They make for an eclectic, if temporary, community: male, female, nonbinary, queer; old and young; a jumble of races and ethnicities; athletes in spandex and those riding in street clothes. Careening […]
The Inner Loop September Reading
Sonny's Pizza 3120 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesCelebrate the written word with us featuring Sarah McCammon and 9 local writers incl. September Author's Corner Spotlight, Mai Sennaar! Mark your calendar, grab your friends, and head to the back patio of Sonny's Pizza for our reading on September 17th at 7:30pm. Whether you're a bookworm, an inspiring writer, or just enjoy listening to […]
Book Launch: What Jewish Looks Like with authors Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard
Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us for the launch of new book (released on the same day), What Jewish Looks Like with local authors, Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard, in conversation with Joshua Maxey, Executive Director of Bet Mishpachah. What Jewish Looks Like is a powerful intersectional anthology celebrating thirty-six Jewish heroes? this book disrupts the narrative of […]
Barkaeology Parade
Rock Creek Park, Picnic Grove #10 Beach Dr. NW, Washington, DC, United StatesIt's the 20,000th anniversary of humans' domestication of the dog (give or take 5,000 years). Join Archaeology in the Community for a celebration of that historic event with a Barkaeology Parade on Saturday, October 5, 2024. Enjoy the beauty of Rock Creek Park in DC, learn more about the archaeology and history of dog domestication, […]
We, Native Deaf People, Are Still Here! Exhibition
Gallaudet University 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, DC, United StatesWhether you are Indigenous or not, it is important to decolonize your knowledge about Native Deaf American History. Led by community curators, the "We, Native Deaf People, Are Still Here!" exhibition presents the multiplicity of Indigenous Deaf experiences through art, photography, videos, storytelling, and cultural belongings. Event Details Host: Gallaudet University Date: October 17, 2024 […]
Culture Series: Ghosts of Georgetown
Busboys and Poets 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC, DC, United StatesEvent Details: Ghost stories are real! It says so right there on the label! Wherever you fall on the spectrum of belief about ghosts themselves, their stories tell us much about how we view the afterlife and even the living world around us. Why are we so fascinated with telling stories of the dead and […]
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