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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.

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  • Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida: Ya no son pilares

    VisArts 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, MD

    Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida's exhibition, Ya no son pilares, is opening Friday, January 30th from 7-9pm. Experience this fusion of material, ethnographic research, and visual art surrounding the infrastructure of the […]

    Free

  • The Light Looks Like Me Book Event

    Frederick Book Arts Center 127 S Carroll St., Frederick, MD

    Join Shout Mouse Press youth authors to discuss their new book - The Light Looks Like Me. Learn more here.

  • DC Oral History Collaborative Meetup

    DC History Center 801 K St NW, Washington, United States

    Calling all local oral historians: HumanitiesDC and the DC History Center are offering their next oral history meetup in Washington, DC! Join us at the DC History Center on Monday, […]

    Free

  • Silence is Violence: The Podcast – Episode 4 Release

    Led by Artistic Director Farah Lawal Harris and Production Manager Keta Newborn, Silence is Violence is Young Playwrights' Theater's playwriting, performance, and community dialogue series exploring areas of injustice experienced […]

  • Writing and Wellness Workshop: Love Letter to You!

    Watha T. Daniel Shaw Library 1630 7th St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

    Attend a Free Writing Workshop to Wake up your inner wisdom and Reflect on the many ways to LOVE YOU! Workshop includes: SOAR's Poetry Training Wheels, Interactive writing prompts and […]

  • Pride Poetry Workshop: Erasure Poems

    Arts Club of Washington 2017 I St. NW, Washington DC, MD, United States

    2026 PRIDE POETRY WORKSHOPS AT THE ARTS CLUB The Arts Club of Washington announces a slate of free community writing workshops for 2026, led by five Pride Poets-in-Residence. Workshops are […]

  • Culture Series: Comedy Across the River

    Busboys and Poets Anacostia 2004 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

    In this special Culture Series, we ask who gets to laugh together, and what is lost when communities east of the Anacostia are left out?   HumanitiesDCPresents Culture Series: Comedy Across […]

    Free – $20

  • The Open Door: Skill-Building Day at the Library of Congress

    Library of Congress; Thomas Jefferson Building; Room LJ119 10 1st Street, SE, Washington, DC, United States

    We are happy to participate in the Library of Congress' skill-building day. The DC Oral History Collaborative will present two oral history workshops at this day-long event. More info and […]

    Free

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