Events Calendar

This February, we're transforming the top floor of Shaw's Tavern into a storytelling sanctuary! This month's reading will feature the incredible novelist, Nadeem Zaman, and nine local writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Mark your calendar, grab your friends, and head to Shaw's Tavern on February 20 at 7:30pm. Whether you're a bookworm, an inspiring […]

Get ready to immerse yourselves in an unforgettable celebration of bold ideas, big questions, and unique experiences! On February 22, 2024, at 6 PM, join us at the Anacostia Arts Center to honor and applaud the exceptional work of our 2023 grantees and independent practitioner fellows. Come together with fellow curious minds to witness the […]

Inspired by ancient Spring rituals and traditions of the Silk Road, this concert celebrates Nature's awakening with exuberant, colorful dances of Turkic and Persianate cultures. Although somewhat new to many Americans, the holiday of Nowruz – also Navruz and Nevruz – marks one of humanity's oldest celebrations, long a part of Central Asian and Persian […]

"YONI" is a dance/spoken word endeavor that explores the myriad shades of female energy to question our (mis)understanding of female existence today. "YONI" is a conversation to create an awareness about what female energy is as represented in various Indian traditional texts and to dispute what is seen with the colored lenses of sexuality, gender, […]

Semilla Cultural celebrates 10 years of sowing Puerto Rican bomba! Come celebrate with us and our community the impact of our programs! We will bring some of our favorite bomba songs, dancing and drumming, joined by the harvest: our students and community members with whom we have been building community.

Calling all local oral historians: HumanitiesDC and the DC History Center are joining forces to offer an oral history meetup in Washington, DC! Join us at the DC History Center on Monday, February 26 at 6 pm to meet other oral historians and grow a community of practice together focused on: sharing ideas, talking through […]

DC/DOX Film Festival HumanitiesDC has partnered with DC/DOX once again for their annual film festival. DC/Frame features films made by documentary filmmakers from the Washington metropolitan area, telling stories that demonstrate a deep resonance with the city: its people and places, arts and culture, politics and policy. The DC/DOX Film Festival is current accepting films for […]

The multi-year arc of Mosaic Theater Company?s H Street Oral History Project, spearheaded by the Andrew W. Mellon Playwright-in-Residence Psalmayene 24, culminates with the H Street Oral History Project Festival. Using Washington, DC?s H Street corridor as a source of inspiration and preservation, local playwrights Dane Figueroa Edidi, Gethsemane Herron-Coward, and James J. Johnson have […]

Mark your calendar, grab your friends, and head to Shaw's Tavern on March 19th at 7:30pm to hear the amazing Helena Andrews with Author's Corner Spotlight Len Kruger and eight more writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Whether you're a bookworm, an inspiring writer, or just enjoy listening to stories, The Inner Loop readings have […]

Join Eaton DC for an evening of storytelling and conversation centering the diverse origins and migration experiences of Black women. We're screening JOURNEY(S): addis to dc, an experimental "docupoem" anthology, made possible with grant funding from HumanitiesDC. Director/producer Saaret E. Yoseph will be in-person for a post-screening discussion, following presentations of relevant performances and visual […]