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Events
Calendar of Events
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| 1 event, -  January 26, 2026 | Location TBD A panel conversation led by Washington Post theater critic Naveen Kumar highlighting local theater companies producing new musicals. Produced in partnership with Olney Theatre Company and Signature Theatre Company, the event will feature performances from Young John Lewis and upcoming productions at the peer theaters. Learn more here. | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, -  Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida's exhibition, Ya no son pilares, is opening Friday, January 30th from 7-9pm. Experience this fusion of material, ethnographic research, and visual art surrounding the infrastructure of the Chilean dictatorship at VisArts in Rockville, MD. About the artist Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida is an experimental ethnographic researcher and textile artist based between Los Angeles […] Free | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, -  Join Shout Mouse Press youth authors to discuss their new book - The Light Looks Like Me. Learn more here. | 0 events, |
| 1 event, -  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, February 9 at 6 pm to be in community with other oral historians. During the meetup we’ll share ideas, talk through challenges and obstacles, and […] Free | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, -  Led by Artistic Director Farah Lawal Harris and Production Manager Keta Newborn, Silence is Violence is Young Playwrights' Theater's playwriting, performance, and community dialogue series exploring areas of injustice experienced by our city's young people. Through a mixture of scripted performances, interviews, poetry readings, and music, Silence is Violence: The Podcast is a four-episode series […] | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 2 events, -  Attend a Free Writing Workshop to Wake up your inner wisdom and Reflect on the many ways to LOVE YOU! Workshop includes: SOAR's Poetry Training Wheels, Interactive writing prompts and a FREE book for the first 5 people who Register and attend the workshop. Kindly RSVP by emailing your name at goldenfernpress gmail com by […] -  2026 PRIDE POETRY WORKSHOPS AT THE ARTS CLUB The Arts Club of Washington announces a slate of free community writing workshops for 2026, led by five Pride Poets-in-Residence. Workshops are designed to be generative, so participants will leave each session with a new poem-in-progress, and are open to writers of all levels of experience and […] | 0 events, | 1 event, -  In this special Culture Series, we ask who gets to laugh together, and what is lost when communities east of the Anacostia are left out? HumanitiesDCPresents Culture Series: Comedy Across the River explores the stand-up scene east of the Anacostia and the lack of performance spaces in Wards 7 and 8. Comedians have long brought people […] Free – $20 | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, -  February 26, 2026 | Ward 1 | Howard University A moving panel highlighting DC's long history of being a hub for Black theater featuring present-day local Black women artistic leaders in conversation with trailblazers who built the legacy. Programmed in partnership with Howard University and State of DC Black Theatre. Learn more here. | 0 events, | 2 events, -  We are happy to participate in the Library of Congress' skill-building day. The DC Oral History Collaborative will present two oral history workshops at this day-long event. More info and registration: https://www.loc.gov/item/event-419839/the-open-door-skill-building-day-at-the-library-of-congress/2026-02-28/ 10am-12pm: Defining Oral History - Learn essential and fundamental oral history skills to help you document life events at a two hour workshop […] Free -  An interactive "tour stop" exploring the impact of Go-Go music on fashion and cultural expression in Washington, DC. Through visual media, archival material, and community storytelling, attendees will explore how rhythm, movement, and sound shape personal style and creative identity. The event highlights Go-Go as a living cultural force that influences fashion, community connection, and […] | 0 events, |
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