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.
CJM After Sunset: The Notorious RBG
Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesDiscover the exhibition Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg after hours at the Capital Jewish Museum. Dig deeper into exhibit stories with Spotlight Talks with CJM […]
$25 – $36AARON BURR, SIR: The Duel for Democracy
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesThis Theater and Policy Salon tells a story of parallel turning points in America's troubled journey to a more perfect democracy - the 1804 Hamilton-Burr duel and the January 6 […]
FreeThe Camouflage Kippa: 40th Anniversary of the 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing
National Museum of American Jewish Military History 1811 R St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History as we remember the 40th anniversary of the tragic 1983 Beirut barracks bombing with Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff. On October […]
FreeFamily Spooky Disco
Dance Place 3225 8th St NE, Washington, DC, United StatesDance Place's Family Spooky Disco is a celebration of dance, costumes and families. This intergenerational dance party is for both the young and the young at heart. This event will […]
$15Culture Series: Kindred Spirits Film Showing
Busboys and Poets 450 K St NW 450 K St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesKindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell Join us at the intersection of art and local history as we screen and discuss filmmaker Cintia Cabib’s documentary, “Kindred […]
FreeISM II by Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA)
Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United StatesISM II, conceived and directed by Michelle Banks, is another episode of the original ISM created by the VOCA Ensemble. The new VOCA Ensemble of Deaf and Hard of Hearing […]
$25 – $35Culture Series: DC Poetry Scene in the 90s
Busboys and Poets Monroe 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC, United StatesThis event will consist of a reading of poems by Kenny Carroll, Quique Aviles, Patrick Washington and Sami Miranda. Following the reading we will show clips from oral histories that […]
FreeAtlas Presents: Keng Siong Sim – Peace for Ukraine
Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, United StatesWhy are we not able to name any Ukrainian composers despite the existence of high-quality music? Pianist Keng Siong Sim tells stories and plays works of Mykola Lysenko, Sergei Bortkiewicz, […]
$22DC Oral History Collaborative 101+ Workshop
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesThis course, led by oral historian Anna Kaplan, Ph.D, will introduce Washingtonians interested in becoming oral historians to the best practices of doing oral history, to empower them with the […]
FreeFresh Beginnings: January Reading
Sonny's Pizza 3120 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesStart 2024 off on the right foot with a local literary reading featuring the amazing E.A. Aymar along with nine other local fiction, nonfiction & poetry writers. Grab a slice […]
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