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.
The Struggle to Realize Enlightenment Ideals
NYU Washington DC 1307 L Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United StatesEvent 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 […]
Culture Series: Decoding DC Language
Busboys and Poets 450 K St NW 450 K St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: HumanitiesDC invites you to an engaging interactive discussion on African American Language and its speakers in the DMV area. The event, which will include special appearances from local […]
William Beckett Project: Conversation and Reception
Picnic Grove #1 Picnic Grove #1, near the intersection of Shoemaker and Tilden Streets NW, Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, DC, United StatesEvent Details: Come learn about William Beckett, who was once the enslaved manager of Joshua Peirce's nursery business on Linnaean Hill, now Rock Creek Park headquarters. With funding from HumanitiesDC, […]
¿Qué es la historia oral y por qué es importante?
Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library 3160 16th St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details Este taller introductorio explorará qué es la historia oral, cómo esta herramienta se ha utilizado para la preservación de historias comunitarias y su relación con las entrevistas y […]
Art of Resilience: Celebrating DC’s Black Arts Community
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: Join us for this exciting opportunity to hear the stories of some of DC's most iconic Black visual artists. The speakers will talk about their lives and their […]
Free Concert: Musical Journey Around the Globe
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, MD, United StatesEvent Details: Summer is just around the corner! Join Washington Metro Oasis to kick off the new term with a bang! Join Seth Kibel and Friends for a whirlwind tour […]
Culture Series: Narratives of Black Resilience
Busboys and Poets, Brookland 625 Monroe Street NE, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: Join HumanitiesDC and guest curator Jermaine Jones to explore how Black literature produced from the 20th century up to today offers quasi essential history of a resilient […]
Keep the Mic Close – Audio Techniques for Oral History
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: This core workshop in the DC Oral History Collaborative Training Series will take an in-depth look at some of the techniques that oral historians use to get high-quality […]
Culture Series: The Other Significant Others
Busboys and Poets 450 K St NW 450 K St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesEvent Details: Our need for stronger social ties could hardly be clearer at a time when so many Americans are feeling the effects of the loneliness epidemic and a decline […]
ALL STORIES MATTER: Building Community Through The Arts
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 545 7th St. SE, Washington, DC, United StatesThrough interviews with prominent thought leaders in the arts, and footage of creative pursuits inartistic expression, teaching and community- based arts programming across the Washington DC Metropolitan region, common threads […]
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