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.
Events
The Fox & the Panther Play Reading – Mosaic Theater’s Young John Lewis Reflection Series
Busboys and Poets Takoma 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DCJanuary 22, 2026 | 7:30 pm | Ward 4 | Busboys and Poets Takoma The Fox & the Panther by Tariq Hamami takes us to the 1960s when Algeria established itself as the anti-colonial capital of the world and hosted multiple revolutionaries including the Black Panther Party. Presented in collaboration with California?s Golden Thread Productions, […]
DC: A Home for New Musicals – Mosaic Theater’s Young John Lewis Reflection Series
January 26, 2026 | Location TBD A panel conversation led by Washington Post theater critic Naveen Kumar highlighting local theater companies producing new musicals. Produced in partnership with Olney Theatre Company and Signature Theatre Company, the event will feature performances from Young John Lewis and upcoming productions at the peer theaters. Learn more here.
Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida: Ya no son pilares
VisArts 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, MDDiego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida's exhibition, Ya no son pilares, is opening Friday, January 30th from 7-9pm. Experience this fusion of material, ethnographic research, and visual art surrounding the infrastructure of the Chilean dictatorship at VisArts in Rockville, MD. About the artist Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida is an experimental ethnographic researcher and textile artist based between Los Angeles […]
FreeThe Light Looks Like Me Book Event
Frederick Book Arts Center 127 S Carroll St., Frederick, MDJoin Shout Mouse Press youth authors to discuss their new book - The Light Looks Like Me. Learn more here.
DC Oral History Collaborative Meetup
DC History Center 801 K St NW, Washington, United StatesCalling all local oral historians: HumanitiesDC and the DC History Center are offering their next oral history meetup in Washington, DC! Join us at the DC History Center on Monday, February 9 at 6 pm to be in community with other oral historians. During the meetup we’ll share ideas, talk through challenges and obstacles, and […]
FreeSilence is Violence: The Podcast – Episode 4 Release
Led by Artistic Director Farah Lawal Harris and Production Manager Keta Newborn, Silence is Violence is Young Playwrights' Theater's playwriting, performance, and community dialogue series exploring areas of injustice experienced by our city's young people. Through a mixture of scripted performances, interviews, poetry readings, and music, Silence is Violence: The Podcast is a four-episode series […]
Writing and Wellness Workshop: Love Letter to You!
Watha T. Daniel Shaw Library 1630 7th St. NW, Washington, DC, United StatesAttend a Free Writing Workshop to Wake up your inner wisdom and Reflect on the many ways to LOVE YOU! Workshop includes: SOAR's Poetry Training Wheels, Interactive writing prompts and a FREE book for the first 5 people who Register and attend the workshop. Kindly RSVP by emailing your name at goldenfernpress gmail com by […]
Pride Poetry Workshop: Erasure Poems
Arts Club of Washington 2017 I St. NW, Washington DC, MD, United States2026 PRIDE POETRY WORKSHOPS AT THE ARTS CLUB The Arts Club of Washington announces a slate of free community writing workshops for 2026, led by five Pride Poets-in-Residence. Workshops are designed to be generative, so participants will leave each session with a new poem-in-progress, and are open to writers of all levels of experience and […]
Culture Series: Comedy Across the River
Busboys and Poets Anacostia 2004 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC, United StatesIn this special Culture Series, we ask who gets to laugh together, and what is lost when communities east of the Anacostia are left out? HumanitiesDCPresents Culture Series: Comedy Across the River explores the stand-up scene east of the Anacostia and the lack of performance spaces in Wards 7 and 8. Comedians have long brought people […]
Free – $20Celebration of DC Black Theater – Mosaic Theater’s Young John Lewis Reflection Series
Howard University: Mordecai Johnson Administration Bldg 2400 6th St NW, Washington, DCFebruary 26, 2026 | Ward 1 | Howard University A moving panel highlighting DC's long history of being a hub for Black theater featuring present-day local Black women artistic leaders in conversation with trailblazers who built the legacy. Programmed in partnership with Howard University and State of DC Black Theatre. Learn more here.
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