The Spy Museum invites the local community to join us for Community Nights, our monthly FREE event. In addition to FREE admission to the museum, guests have the opportunity to test their spy skills with our fun filled spy activities.
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Community Nights: Holiday Soiree
December 14, 2011 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Free
"Let the Winter Games Begin!"
Let the American Ladies, Jackie Geschickter and Pat Sowers, serve you a warm drink and cookies at Dumbarton House. Join in the fun as they introduce you to some of the games that fascinated Washington, D.C.'s Founders. Try a hand of...
December 28, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Members $8/child; Nonmembers $10/child; Adults $5.
Young Architects Series: Tools of the Trade
Drawings are used to express/translate real world concepts and ideas onto an easily transportable medium using a common language: plan, section, elevation, scale. Explore the relationship of models and drawings – they are nearly...
December 10, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
$5 per child
Holiday Ornament-Making Workshop
Fashion historic holiday ornaments for yourself or as gifts. Participants learn to make three different Victorian ornaments using gold leaf, fresh fruit and period-inspired papers.
December 3, 2011 - 10:30am
Members: $12 (per 3 ornaments), Non-members: $15 (per 3 ornaments)
Holiday Wreath-Making Workshop
Create a holiday wreath from a variety of plant materials grown here at Tudor Place. Cedar boughs, magnolia leaves, berry-laden holly, pinecones, and boxwood all make distinctive wreaths. Wreaths are medium-sized, and all materials are provided...
December 2, 2011 - 10:00am
December 2, 2011 - 1:00pm
December 3, 2011 - 10:00am
December 3, 2011 - 1:00pm
December 9, 2011 - 10:00am
December 9, 2011 - 1:00pm
Members: $30 per wreath, Non-members: $40 per wreath
Up, Up and Away!
Get ready for an art adventure that covers a lot of territory—from under the sea to way out in deep space—during the Corcoran’s Family Day: Up, Up, and Away! This FREE epic journey includes gravity-defying performances, organic...
March 3, 2012 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Free
Fun Family Saturdays! Christmas Crafts
Get inspired for the holiday season as you create your own Christmas crackers, scrap ornaments and fancy cones filled with candy.
December 17, 2011 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
Free
Family Day
Get into the holiday spirit for a day of special events and activities inspired by the classic New York Sun editorial "Is There a Santa Claus?"
FREE ADMISSION for every child who brings a new, unwrapped toy to donate to...
November 26, 2011 - 11:00am
Camp Kwanzaa
Attend this family friendly program that celebrates the seven days of Kwanzaa through a variety of performances, hands-on activities, and crafts. Join Culture Kingdom Kids for fun and educational activities that include interactive music, drama,...
December 28, 2011 - 10:30am
Free
Holiday Arts and Crafts
Join us for a morning of arts and crafts where participants design and make holiday objects. All materials will be provided.
December 20, 2011 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
Free
Linoleum Block Printing
Artist Katharine Watson teaches you how to carve your design into a soft linoleum block and print the design onto paper and fabric!
December 17, 2011 - 10:30am - 1:00pm
Da’Originalz featuring Beat Ya Feet: Part 4
Based on an original D.C. dance form Beat Ya Feet, this third workshop provides demonstrations and group practice supervised by Da’Originalz. If self-expression through movement is your preference, then Beat Ya Feet is for you.
December 3, 2011 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Free
Russian Winter Festival
December 10, 2011 - 10:00am - 7:00pm
$18, $15 Senior, $10 Member, $10 Student, $5 children (ages 6-18), free for children under age 6.
Entries for 12th Annual Student 10-Minute Play Competition
The 2011/12 Arena Stage Student Playwrights Project invites all students in fifth through 12th grades in the District of Columbia and its neighboring counties to enter into competition an original 10-minute play. Entries must be delivered to...
November 11, 2011 - 12:00am - December 2, 2011 - 5:00pm
George Washington Carver Nature Trail Tour
Walk the museum's Dr. George Washington Carver Nature Trail and learn about the benefits of natural recycling, the insect community, medicinal plants, and other outdoor offerings.
November 16, 2011 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
Free
Henna Body Art
For over 5,000 years, the people of Africa, the Middle East, and India have practiced the art of painting on the body with preparations derived from the henna plant. Henna specialist Samirah Ali, a Trinidadian by birth, presents the history of...
November 13, 2011 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Free
Da’Originalz featuring Beat Ya Feet: Part 3
Based on an original D.C. dance form Beat Ya Feet, this third workshop provides demonstrations and group practice supervised by Da’Originalz. If self-expression through movement is your preference, then Beat Ya Feet is for you.
November 12, 2011 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Kids@Katzen
Join museum staff, volunteers and docents, for an art project related to the current exhibitions. Children will take a tour of the exhibition and then create their own art inspired by what they observed. For more information and registration,...
November 13, 2011 - 1:00pm
Cash only $7 materials fee
Playful Patterns
The contemporary artists in the 30 Americans exhibition have a sneaky way of including intricate patterns all over their work. Families explore the galleries and draw the patterns they spot. Afterwards, in the studio, everyone creates their own...
November 12, 2011 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
$8 members per child/ $10 public per child
Homeschool Day
Explore the built environment by becoming a city planner, architect, designer, or engineer. Individual students are invited to participate in these fun, educational, and interactive programs that complement curricula in art, social studies...
November 16, 2011 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
$10 per program per child and no charge for adults
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