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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.

  • Culture Series: The Other Significant Others

    Busboys and Poets 450 K St NW 450 K St NW, Washington, DC, United States

    Event Details: Our need for stronger social ties could hardly be clearer at a time when so many Americans are feeling the effects of the loneliness epidemic and a decline […]

    Free
  • ALL STORIES MATTER: Building Community Through The Arts

    Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 545 7th St. SE, Washington, DC, United States

    Through interviews with prominent thought leaders in the arts, and footage of creative pursuits inartistic expression, teaching and community- based arts programming across the Washington DC Metropolitan region, common threads […]

    Free
  • Planning Oral History Projects

    Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

    Event Details: Running an oral history project is a lot of work! But the skills and best practices in this third core workshop in the DC Oral History Collaborative’s Training […]

    Free
  • Children’s Book and Learning Festival

    Wilson Plaza at The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, United States

    Capital Book Fest hosts its annual Children's Book and Learning Festival presented by the nonprofit organization Turning the Page. The family-friendly festival will offer a full day of engaging and […]

    Free
  • Stories in Motion

    Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, Washington, United States

    Event Details: The DC Oral History Collaborative will be at this year’s Anacostia Community Museum Juneteenth Festival to help festival goers learn about oral history and record informal interviews with […]

    Free
  • Arts & Humanities Community Meeting

    Artists, teachers, leaders, humanities, museum, and gallery professionals all in one room? Not just looking toward the future, but creating it? That's our annual community meeting; where DC arts and […]

    Free
  • We De Ya IV: The Caribbean American Takeover

    The President Woodrow Wilson Building 2340 S St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

    Join us for an evening of talks, visual art and performance art honoring and celebrating the spirit of Caribbean Americans contribution to the cultural and civic tapestry of Washington D.C. […]

    Free
  • Film Screening and Discussion: Kindred Spirits

    Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, Washington, United States

    Join filmmaker Cintia Cabib for a screening and discussion of her documentary, "Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell." The film explores the lives and work of […]

    Free
  • Ladies In The Day, The Musical

    Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United States

    Experience a captivating soul and jazz musical production with Ladies In The Day. This fantastic stage performance will take you back to some of the greatest singers and entertainers, including […]

    $63
  • DC Museum of Sidewalk Stuff: Mutual Aid Stories

    Gallery Y 1325 W St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

    The DC Museum of Sidewalk Stuff is about the stories behind the free stuff we leave for each other on the street. Learn from local organizers who took to the […]

    Free

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