Events Calendar

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.

DC Oral History Collaborative 101+ Workshop

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

This course, led by oral historian Benji de la Piedra, will introduce Washingtonians interested in becoming oral historians to the best practices of doing oral history, to empower them with the basic tools for developing their style and approach to preserving DC’s rich past through oral history interviews. This course is structured to follow the […]

Free

Immigrant Comedy Night

1701 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, United States

Join KamaDC for night of laughter featuring comedians who are immigrants, refugees, and 1st-generation Americans. The event will take place outside the restaurant, Immigrant Food, with check-in at 6:30, and the show starting at 7pm. Food and drink will be available for purchase from the restaurant. Event Details Host: KAMADC Date: September 7, 2023 • […]

$15 – $20

Turning the Page: September Reading

Sonny's Pizza 3120 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

Join the Inner Loop as we turn the page into a new season with our September reading feat. Eric Weiner & our September Author's Corner spotlight Alyson Gold Weinberg. You'll also hear work from The Inner Loop's 2023 Woodlawn-Arcadia Summer Writers-in-Residence! Enjoy the last weeks of warm weather with incredible local writing, a slice of […]

Free

Culture Series: Discovering Medieval DC

Busboys and Poets 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC, DC, United States

Walking Tour: 6:30PM, meet at the Joan of Arc Statue in Meridian Hill Event: 7:00PM at Busboys The Middle Ages may seem far distant in time and space, and far removed from contemporary concerns for those of us who live in twenty-first century DC. Yet, the medieval surrounds us, in objects held in DC-area collections, […]

Free

Theatre Week Kickoff Fest

Arena Stage 1101 6th St SW, Washington, District of Columbia

Explore everything #DCTheatre has to offer at the 2023 Theatre Week Kickoff Fest. Mix and mingle with leaders from your favorite theatres, explore their upcoming seasons, sample their programming, and have great conversations about theatre in the DC-area. With interactive exhibits and happenings, performances, panel discussions, and more, you can immerse yourself in what's happening […]

Free

A Forum on The History of Adams Morgan

Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library 3160 16th St NW, Washington, DC, United States

The History of the Adams Morgan Plaza is a forum and photo exhibit about the long community life of the corner of 18th St and Columbia Rd NW. The forum will cover the time of the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster in 1922 to 2022, when Truist Bank put a fence around the plaza. The presence of […]

Free

Neighborhood Power: an Adams Morgan Story Film Preview Screening

Walter Pierce Park 2634 Adams Mill Rd NW, Washington, DC, United States

Adams Morgan is home to generations of organizing to build a liberated and inclusive community. Work in this neighborhood reshaped the social terrain and had wide-ranging implications. Neighborhood Power is an interactive multimedia installation and short documentary film that weaves the stories of community leaders, activists, and residents who came together and changed the world. […]

Free

A Stage of Their Own

1377 R St NW 1377 R St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Opening Reception is Free with Registration: Thursday, October 5, 5-7pm Exhibit will be open Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7. This immersive, multimedia exhibit, curated by Emmy-winning producer Shellée Haynesworth of the Black Broadway on U Project, celebrates DC's early Black women performers and playwrights. "Black Broadway" was the moniker given to the U […]

Free

The Great Persons Series Community Experience Days

The Nicholson Project 2310 Nicholson St, Washington, DC

Learn about history and social justice through the eyes of GREAT PEOPLE from our past! The Nicholson Project and local artist and educator, Chitra Subramanian will be curating The Great Persons Series Community Experience Days every Saturday in October from 12-4pm! Each Saturday will offer a hands-on, experiential exhibit series focused on the following luminaries: […]

Free

Fiesta del Barrio w/ José and Kristy

Mount Pleasant 3166 Mount Pleasant St NW, Washington, DC, United States

¿Alguna vez has pensado sobre cómo puedes preservar todas esas historias tan maravillosas en tu familia y comunidad? ¿Has pensado sobre qué uno debe hacer para grabar entrevistas con personas interesantes 🎙️? Visitanos en nuestro kiosko este sábado, 14 de Octobre en el festival del Barrio - donde puedes grabar mini-entrevistas con tus seres queridos […]

Free

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