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.
Ladies In The Day, The Musical
Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United StatesExperience 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 […]
$63DC Museum of Sidewalk Stuff: Mutual Aid Stories
Gallery Y 1325 W St. NW, Washington, DC, United StatesThe 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 […]
FreeThe Theatre Lab: Titanic: The Musical
Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: Titanic: The Musical Directed by Deb Gottesman and Lucia LaNave Choreographer Sarah Frances Williams Story and Book by Peter Stone Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston Winner of […]
$10 – $15City Cast DC and DC Office of Planning Live Podcast Taping
Metrobar 640 Rhode Island Ave, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: Join us for a live taping of the City Cast DC podcast at metrobar on July 13th! Host Bridget Todd will be joined by DC Office of Planning […]
FreeOral History Interviewing Workshop
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: This core workshop in the DC Oral History Collaborative workshop series will provide participants strategies to make the interview experience rewarding for the interviewer and the narrator. […]
FreeCulture 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 […]
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