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Events
DC Oral History Collaborative: What comes after the interview?
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesOral History does not end once the mics are off. This core DC Oral History Collaborative workshop will help participants understand what oral historians do when the interviews are complete. […]
Free – $30Forging a More Perfect Union: American Jews and Democracy with Professor Lauren Strauss
Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesJourney through the history of American Jewish political activism in the 20th and 21st centuries. In this 250th year since American independence, Professor Lauren Strauss goes beyond theoretical discussions about […]
$5 – $10Audience Talkback: Meet the Artists (HUNDRED DAYS)
Keegan Theatre 1742 Church St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesHUNDRED DAYS is a folk, pop-punk musical following the lives of a couple who love as if they have 100 days to live. Audience Talkback: Meet the Artists October 18, […]
$55 – $65DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival
Founded in 2011, the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival champions the work of Palestinian artists and filmmakers in Palestine and in diaspora, showcasing the range and complexity of Palestinian […]
A Match Made in DC
St. Francis Hall 1340 Quincy St NE, Washington, DCFood · Drinks · Celebration · Connection Join DC History Center and HumanitiesDC for an evening celebrating a match made for DC! After years of bringing people together around history, […]
$50Double Exposure Film Festival
The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, United StatesDouble Exposure combines four days of film screenings and a public forum including panel discussions, workshops, and special events. This year’s Double Exposure turns on a single question: what happens […]
$50 – $200Panel Discussion: Your City Your Story (Double Exposure Film Festival)
The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, United StatesWhat happens when a community stops waiting on institutions and does accountability’s work itself? In Los Angeles, the gay community banded together to investigate a cold case murder and push […]
$25 – $200Post-Show Discussion & Button-Making with Girls Rock! DC (HUNDRED DAYS)
Keegan Theatre 1742 Church St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesHUNDRED DAYS is a folk, pop-punk musical following the lives of a couple who love as if they have 100 days to live. November 8, 2026 | Following the matinee […]
$55 – $65Supreme Court Justice Arthur and Dorothy Goldberg’s Legendary Passover Seders
Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesIn 1960s Washington, the Goldbergs hosted annual seders famous for weaving the Haggadah together with the songs and history of the labor movement. As Arthur Goldberg's career carried him from […]
$5 – $10The Promise and Perils of Public Art: Ben Shahn’s Murals on Social Security
Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin Professor Laura Katzman as she discusses the public art of Ben Shahn (1898-1969), focusing on his most prominent New Deal fresco murals, The Meaning of Social Security, which were […]
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