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.

Literary Conversations: Memoir

PEN/Faulkner Foundation 6218 Georgia Ave NW, Unit #1062, Washington, DC, United States

Memoir opens windows into lives, granting readers access to deeply personal narratives. Whether they reflect our own experiences or challenge us to engage with new ones, the best memoirs enhance […]

$50

A Rethinking Theater Criticism Conference

Join critics, editors, producers, actors, directors, funders, and the theater community for a conference, Rethinking Theater Criticism, Saturday, February 18 and Saturday, February 25, 2023 to understand and envision the […]

Free

Playwrights of the Black Arts Movement

Studio Acting Conservatory 3423 Holmead Place NW, Washington, DC, United States

Arena Stage dramaturg and Yale lecturer Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zöe leads this one-day master class exploring the playwrights of the Black Arts Movement and their impact on today’s writers. The day […]

$125

Culture Series: Intergenerational Oral Histories of DC’s Ethiopian Community

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

In this inaugural event in HumanitiesDC’s Culture Series, writer, producer and cultural worker Saaret E. Yoseph presents her multi-faceted, intergenerational oral history project JOURNEY(S): Addis to DC. Combining documentary interviews […]

Free

Campaign 72 The Chisholm Effect

THEARC: Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus 1901 Mississippi Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

A limited two-day performance panel and discussion on the life of Shirley Chisholm for Black History Month. All tickets are free for the 24th, limited free tickets for the performance […]

Free

Campaign 72 The Chisholm Effect

THEARC: Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus 1901 Mississippi Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

A limited two-day performance panel and discussion on the life of Shirley Chisholm for Black History Month. All tickets are free for the 24th, limited free tickets for the performance […]

Free

A Rethinking Theater Criticism Conference

Join critics, editors, producers, actors, directors, funders, and the theater community for a conference, Rethinking Theater Criticism, Saturday, February 18 and Saturday, February 25, 2023 to understand and envision the […]

Free

Breaking Ground: Mayfair/Paradise Community History Celebration

The Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy 3701 Hayes St NE, Washington, DC, United States

Celebrate and honor Black Washington, DC residents driving affordable housing development in the 1940’s, including trailblazing architect Albert Irvin Cassell (1895–1969). Display the pride of being part of the legacy […]

Free

DC Environmental Film Festival

The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital (DCEFF) returns for its 31st year with in-person and virtual programming March 16-26. The 2023 event will highlight over 100 films and […]

Free

Culture Series: Sisters with Clippers: True Stories from Black Women Barbers

Congress Heights Arts & Culture Center 3200 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

For one night, the Dap Project asks DC’s Black women barbers to lay down their clippers, pick up a mic, and tell their story. The barbershop: the Black man’s country […]

Free

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