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: Fighting For Home
Busboys and Poets 450 K St NW 450 K St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: The 1970s was a period of intense gentrification in DC — but the decade was also marked by the most effective and creative tenant organizing in DC’s history […]
FreeDHH Dance Collaborative: “that’s how the light gets in”
Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: The DHH dancers are back for a ninth season and are inspired to bring more excitement, cutting-edge choreography, and heartfelt passion to the Lang Theater stage. Witness the […]
$20 – $24In Zora’s Footsteps: Narratives of DC
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEVENT AT CAPACITY. Join a FREE 4-week writing workshop series: "In Zora's Footsteps: Narratives of DC" led by Tracy Chiles McGhee. Whether you're a budding writer or a seasoned scribe, […]
FreeAlliance for New Music-Theatre: The Man Ray Project: Caesar & The Mannequin
Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United StatesInspired by the Man Ray painting "Shakespearean Equation: Julius Caesar," in the Phillips collection, Composer Andrew E. Simpson and Librettist Susan Galbraith have concocted a Dadaist fantastical story of a […]
FreeCulture Series: District of Cats
Busboys and Poets Monroe 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: Every year, dozens of cyclists periodically meet up for “alleycats”: unsanctioned scavenger hunts-turned-races sprung by daring local bike couriers onto DC streets. They make for an eclectic, if […]
FreeThe Inner Loop September Reading
Sonny's Pizza 3120 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesCelebrate the written word with us featuring Sarah McCammon and 9 local writers incl. September Author's Corner Spotlight, Mai Sennaar! Mark your calendar, grab your friends, and head to the […]
FreeBook Launch: What Jewish Looks Like with authors Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard
Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us for the launch of new book (released on the same day), What Jewish Looks Like with local authors, Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard, in conversation with Joshua […]
Free – $12LGBTQ History Walking Tour of East DuPont and 17th St
Dupont Circle Fountain Dupont Circle, Washington, DC, United StatesRHP's Director of Archiving has created a walking tour of the east side of DuPont neighborhood and the 17th Street corridor. Do you know about the Gay Liberation Front in […]
FreeBarkaeology Parade
Rock Creek Park, Picnic Grove #10 Beach Dr. NW, Washington, DC, United StatesIt's the 20,000th anniversary of humans' domestication of the dog (give or take 5,000 years). Join Archaeology in the Community for a celebration of that historic event with a Barkaeology […]
FreeNights at the Round Table: Ending Homelessness
Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesInspired by the themes of Sukkot, hear from expert panelists on the issue of homelessness in the DC area. Learn about the roots of the problem, misconceptions about people experiencing […]
$27 – $39
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