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, […]
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A Forum on The History of Adams Morgan
A Forum on The History of Adams Morgan
The History of the Adams Morgan Plaza is a forum and photo exhibit about the long community life of the corner of 18th St and Columbia Rd NW. The forum will cover the time of the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster in 1922 to 2022, when Truist Bank put a fence around the plaza. The presence of […]
Neighborhood Power: an Adams Morgan Story Film Preview Screening
Neighborhood Power: an Adams Morgan Story Film Preview Screening
Adams Morgan is home to generations of organizing to build a liberated and inclusive community. Work in this neighborhood reshaped the social terrain and had wide-ranging implications. Neighborhood Power is an interactive multimedia installation and short documentary film that weaves the stories of community leaders, activists, and residents who came together and changed the world. […]
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A Stage of Their Own
Opening Reception is Free with Registration: Thursday, October 5, 5-7pm Exhibit will be open Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7. This immersive, multimedia exhibit, curated by Emmy-winning producer Shellée Haynesworth of the Black Broadway on U Project, celebrates DC's early Black women performers and playwrights. "Black Broadway" was the moniker given to the U […]
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The Great Persons Series Community Experience Days
The Great Persons Series Community Experience Days
Learn about history and social justice through the eyes of GREAT PEOPLE from our past! The Nicholson Project and local artist and educator, Chitra Subramanian will be curating The Great Persons Series Community Experience Days every Saturday in October from 12-4pm! Each Saturday will offer a hands-on, experiential exhibit series focused on the following luminaries: […]
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Fiesta del Barrio w/ José and Kristy
Fiesta del Barrio w/ José and Kristy
¿Alguna vez has pensado sobre cómo puedes preservar todas esas historias tan maravillosas en tu familia y comunidad? ¿Has pensado sobre qué uno debe hacer para grabar entrevistas con personas interesantes 🎙️? Visitanos en nuestro kiosko este sábado, 14 de Octobre en el festival del Barrio - donde puedes grabar mini-entrevistas con tus seres queridos […]
Gilded Lily Burlesque: Return to Glamour
Gilded Lily Burlesque: Return to Glamour
The sparkle of a rhinestone in the spotlight. The hypnotic shimmy of fringe across the hips. The caress of a silk stocking along the leg. This year's Return to Glamour is a celebration of returns: the return of live burlesque, the return of glitz and glamour, and the return of Gilded Lily to DC! Gilded […]
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Rhizome Is Home: Documentary Screening + Musical Performance
Rhizome Is Home: Documentary Screening + Musical Performance
Join LA-based filmmaker Tatev Sargsyan for a screening of the 40-min. documentary on the Takoma Park fixture for experimental arts programming. Plus Q&A and an appearance form the band Drawn. Ages 13+. Event Details Host: Mr. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, 3160 16th St NW Date: October 18, 2023 • 6-7:30PM Location: Mr. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, 3160 […]
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CJM After Sunset: The Notorious RBG
CJM After Sunset: The Notorious RBG
Discover 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 curators and Clare Cushman from the Supreme Court Historical Society, delve into why the Court matters to all of us, and craft your own dissent […]
AARON BURR, SIR: The Duel for Democracy
AARON BURR, SIR: The Duel for Democracy
This 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 riot - then digs into the issues facing our democracy today. This free event (no rsvp required) kicks off with an exclusive sneak peak at […]
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The Camouflage Kippa: 40th Anniversary of the 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing
The Camouflage Kippa: 40th Anniversary of the 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing
Join 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 23, 1983, a suicide driver detonated two bombs at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members. 241 U.S. military personnel were killed. […]
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Family Spooky Disco
Family Spooky Disco
Dance 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 feature a live DJ, snacks, and party games. Get your costume on and come get spooky with us! Event Details Host: Dance Place Date: October 28, […]
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