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, […]
DC Oral History Collaborative Meetup
DC Oral History Collaborative Meetup
Calling all local oral historians: HumanitiesDC and the DC History Center are joining forces to offer an oral history meetup in Washington, DC! Join us at the DC History Center on Monday, February 26 at 6 pm to meet other oral historians and grow a community of practice together focused on: sharing ideas, talking through […]
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DC/DOX Film Submission Deadline
DC/DOX Film Festival HumanitiesDC has partnered with DC/DOX once again for their annual film festival. DC/Frame features films made by documentary filmmakers from the Washington metropolitan area, telling stories that demonstrate a deep resonance with the city: its people and places, arts and culture, politics and policy. The DC/DOX Film Festival is current accepting films for […]
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The H Street Oral History Project Festival
The multi-year arc of Mosaic Theater Company?s H Street Oral History Project, spearheaded by the Andrew W. Mellon Playwright-in-Residence Psalmayene 24, culminates with the H Street Oral History Project Festival. Using Washington, DC?s H Street corridor as a source of inspiration and preservation, local playwrights Dane Figueroa Edidi, Gethsemane Herron-Coward, and James J. Johnson have […]
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The Inner Loop March Reading
The Inner Loop March Reading
Mark your calendar, grab your friends, and head to Shaw's Tavern on March 19th at 7:30pm to hear the amazing Helena Andrews with Author's Corner Spotlight Len Kruger and eight more writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Whether you're a bookworm, an inspiring writer, or just enjoy listening to stories, The Inner Loop readings have […]
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Black Women on the Move: JOURNEY(S): addis to dc Screening & Discussion
Black Women on the Move: JOURNEY(S): addis to dc Screening & Discussion
Join Eaton DC for an evening of storytelling and conversation centering the diverse origins and migration experiences of Black women. We're screening JOURNEY(S): addis to dc, an experimental "docupoem" anthology, made possible with grant funding from HumanitiesDC. Director/producer Saaret E. Yoseph will be in-person for a post-screening discussion, following presentations of relevant performances and visual […]
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