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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Creativists In Dialogue Podcast
Creativists in Dialogue is a podcast embracing the creative life, with hosts Elizabeth Bruce and Michael Oliver. In this weekly podcast, the hosts interview people from all walks of life about the role that creativity plays in shaping who they are. They explore creativity at both the practical level, and the process level. On occasion, […]
3 events,
Heart Stuck Bernie: Many Extra Only More
Many Extra Only More is a massive-scale, big-cast, site specific dance project for 40 dancers, framed by 40 windows, in the four-story storefront of Brookland's Extra Space Storage facility. It is a communal holler, shout, and shake it all about that will fill an open glass facade with quirky-luscious, exuberant dance. But it is also […]
Caregiver + Child – Fun in the Sun – Cookie Decorating Class
Caregiver + Child – Fun in the Sun – Cookie Decorating Class
Ever wonder how bakeries get the icing to look just right? Join Paige as she leads a hands-on decorating class! At the end of this class, you will have decorated five beautiful Summer sugar cookies to take home. You will learn the basics of royal icing, tips to make decorating easier, and various techniques to […]
2 events,
Culture Series: Porchtales Listening Party
Culture Series: Porchtales Listening Party
Next in the summer Culture Series line up is the HumanitiesDC premier podcast, Porchtales, listening party. Through its compelling narratives and engaging storytelling, Porchtales amplifies the voices of those who make up the fabric of our nation's capital. Join us as we celebrate the Porchtales season 2 release with this season’s host and producer Katie […]
2 events,
DC Oral History Collaborative Advanced Topics Workshop: How Do I Ask This?
DC Oral History Collaborative Advanced Topics Workshop: How Do I Ask This?
This workshop offers advanced training in asking questions and navigating different situations during an oral history interview. Attendees are expected to have already taken an intro to oral history training, either with the DC Oral History Collaborative or elsewhere, prior to this session. Facilitated by local oral historian and DC Oral History Collaborative trainer, Dr. […]
2 events,
Monsters of the American Cinema
When his husband dies, Remy Washington, a Black man, finds himself both the owner of a drive-in movie theater and a caregiver to his late husband?s straight, white teenage son, Pup. United by their love of classic American monster movies, the two have developed a warm and caring familial chemistry ? but their relationship is […]
4 events,
Making Our Place: A Celebration of Albert I. Cassell and the Mayfair/Parkside Neighborhood
Making Our Place: A Celebration of Albert I. Cassell and the Mayfair/Parkside Neighborhood
Making Our Place celebrates the historical and living legacy of African American architect Albert Irvin Cassell. The event will bring the history of Mayfair Mansions, which Cassell designed, into the present by tracing the redevelopment of Mayfair and neighboring Paradise at Parkside, with an emphasis on community voice and leadership. With the coordination of programming […]
City Dance Festival: 2023 Washington International Dance Festival
City Dance Festival: 2023 Washington International Dance Festival
A remarkable evening dance showcase of the 2023 Washington International Dance Festival Choreography Award finalists, the Washington International Festival is hosted by Xing Dance Theater and City Dance Festival. It celebrates the art of dance in contemporary form. It is a gathering of dancers, choreographers, and enthusiasts from all over the world who come together […]
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