Events Calendar

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 […]

Event Details: HumanitiesDC, in partnership with the DC Public Library and the DC History Center, is proud to present the 50th Anniversary of the DC History Conference held April 4-6, 2024, at the MLK Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. This free event is an annual interdisciplinary, community conference considering the District’s past, present, and […]

Event Details: Explore frontline perspectives on the escalating anti-trans legislation in the US in this compelling paneled event, slated from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, Thursday, April 11, at Busboys and Poets, 625 Monroe Street NE, Washington, DC, 20017. Hear firsthand accounts from resilient trans individuals, including impassioned activists, dedicated community organizers, and those working […]

Event Details:   Alice McDermott returns to The Inner Loop to read from the new novel Absolution, after which Inner Loop board, staff, and veteran readers read flash pieces of 2 minutes or less in rapid succession. We'll have tarot readings, interactive sculpture tables, Inner Loop merch, and plenty of time to party at this […]

Event Details: Theater and Policy Salon presents, “The Struggle to Realize Enlightenment Ideals: From the Early Days of the American Republic to the Present” Last fall's HumanitiesDC supported event featured teasers for Jamie Stiehm's theatrical work "Across The River." Now join us for a free reading of the entire play, followed by a dialogue about […]