Events Calendar

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.

DC Oral History Collaborative Community 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, […]

KICKOFF EVENT! Salon Redux: In the Spirit of Georgia Douglass Johnson

The Writer's Center at Howard University 2441 6th Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

You are invited to attend the launch of Salon Redux: In the Spirit of Georgia Douglas Johnson, a citywide public humanities project honoring DC's literary and cultural history on Tuesday, […]

The Poetry & Folklore of Sterling A. Brown

Trinity Washington University Main Hall 125 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC, United States

Sterling A. Brown's preeminence as a poet, author, literary critic and folklorist is unchallenged. He was also Washington, DC’s first poet laureate, a famed educator for 40 years at Howard […]

Photography 2025 Opening Reception

Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington

The annual Photography Gallery is back. Juried by Philip Kennicott. Philip Kennicott is the Pulitzer Prize-winning art and architecture critic of The Washington Post. He has been on staff at The […]

Immigration Film Festival: Local DMV Stories

The Festival Center 1640 Columbia Rd NW 2nd Floor, Washington, DC, United States

Connect with your DMV community at this special screening taking place at The Festival Center in Adams Morgan. Enjoy delicious, locally-made Ghanaian, Mexican, and Iraqi Kurdish food (included with ticket), […]

Immigration Film Festival

Regal Gallery Place 701 7th St NW, Washington, DC, United States

The Immigration Film Fest is hosted by KAMA DC, a volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to providing a platform for immigrants and refugees in the DMV to share their skills and stories. […]

$15

Culture Series: 9-Man

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

To what extent did 9-man volleyball help Chinese immigrants preserve their culture?  HumanitiesDC & Ted Gong Present Culture Series: 9-Man, a conversation with key members of the Chinese American community […]

Free

Fusion Festival 2025

Anacostia Arts Center 1231 Marion Barry Ave SE, Washington, DC, MD, United States

Anacostia Arts Center will host the second annual Fusion Festival 2025, powered by WACIF and sponsored by EventsDC, on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at the Anacostia Arts Center in Washington, […]

$30

Together We Stand: A Day of Palestinian Art & Culture

The Festival Center 1640 Columbia Rd NW 2nd Floor, Washington, DC, United States

A vibrant marketplace of vendors offering Palestinian crafts, literature, and food, Dabke workshops, and performances. An introductory class and circle where you?ll learn the art of tatreez. Poetry readings Featured […]

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