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.
Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap
In this presentation, Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza will explain how a century of redlining, disinvestment, and the War on Drugs wreaked devastation on Black people and paved the way for gentrification […]
Grants General Information Session (Virtual)
HumanitiesDC Lydia on H, 1427 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002, Washington, DC, MD, United StatesThis session will provide an overview of all open grant opportunities to help you decide which is right for you. Bring all questions and concerns and a HumanitiesDC staff member […]
The Sacred Imagined: Portraits of Afrodescendant Spirituality on Screen
Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library 5401 South Dakota Ave NE, Washington, DC, United StatesThis interactive screening and panel discussion featuring short works and film selects from Haiti, Brazil, Jamaica, and the US will explore the imaginative representation of Afro-descendant spiritual practices and the […]
Grants General Information Session (In-Person)
Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library 3935 Benning Rd NE, Washington, DC, United StatesThis session will provide an overview of all open grant opportunities to help you decide which is right for you. Bring all questions and concerns and a HumanitiesDC staff member […]
Grants General Information Session (In-Person)
Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library 5401 South Dakota Ave NE, Washington, DC, United StatesThis session will provide an overview of all open grant opportunities to help you decide which is right for you. Bring all questions and concerns and a HumanitiesDC staff member […]
Grants General Information Session (In-Person)
Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library 3935 Benning Rd NE, Washington, DC, United StatesThis session will provide an overview of all open grant opportunities to help you decide which is right for you. Bring all questions and concerns and a HumanitiesDC staff member […]
Creativists In Dialogue Podcast
Creativists in Dialogue is a podcast embracing the creative life, with hosts Elizabeth Bruce and Michael Oliver. In this weekly podcast, the hosts interview people from all walks of life […]
Barry Farm: Community, Land, and Justice
Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library 3160 16th St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesCome see an engaging story of DC residents who fought against racial segregation and resisted the plans of society to displace their families and communities during the 1860s through the […]
Dear Mr. Duncan
Keegan Theatre 1742 Church St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesDear Mr. Duncan is a program of music and poetry highlighting the life and contributions of Black baritone vocalist Todd Duncan. Todd Duncan was a DC-based vocalist who was the […]
Dear Mr. Duncan
Keegan Theatre 1742 Church St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesDear Mr. Duncan is a program of music and poetry highlighting the life and contributions of Black baritone vocalist Todd Duncan. Todd Duncan was a DC-based vocalist who was the […]
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