A Busboys and Poets in-house series! Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under. Mr. Gabe is the not terribly imaginative stage name of Gabe Hutter, a stay-at-home dad who lives in Takoma...
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Life Pieces to Masterpieces Color Me Community Workshop
The public is invited to experience of LPTM via music, verbal introduction and 8-minute video. Drumming, dance, movement, and art are fused into this workshop. Attendees will have a chance to work collaboratively on some artwork.
July 21, 2012 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Free
The L. Ron Hubbard House Museum
The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the original landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer...
July 13, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
July 14, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
July 15, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
July 16, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
July 18, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
Free
Family Festival
Come celebrate summer, Frederick Douglass, family, and fun! We will have live music, crafts, historic house tours, bike rides, free ice cream and popcorn, Massachusetts 54th reenactors, and more!!!
This year’s event has an...
August 5, 2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
FREE!
ARTS FOR FAMILIES Dragon Tales with D.C. Public Librarians
Join The TM and D.C. Public Library librarians to hear stories about the many dragons on view in Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep, then write and illustrate your own dragon tale. Free; no reservations...
July 21, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Film Series American Originals Now: Mark Street
Over the past 25 years, Mark Street has developed a peripatetic filmography of experimental and genre-bending films and videos - some abstract and some that combine scripted and improvised...
July 21, 2012
Just 4 Kidz Age 6-13 !
Yes, you CAN learn to take better pictures than your parents! Bring your camera and join us on this fun-filled Safari to some of the best historic picture-taking spots in Washington: the climb-on...
July 8, 2012 - 8:30am - 10:30am
$59
Bastille Day French Festival
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens and the Alliance Française de Washington celebrate France’s national holiday, Bastille Day, with a French Festival on Saturday, July 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the estate remaining open...
July 14, 2012 - 10:00am - 7:00pm
$0-$18
Youth Arts Program Registration
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) opens registration for its popular after school Youth Arts Program on Monday, July 16, 2012. This innovative arts program, which runs in the fall from August 27 to December 21, 2012, provides students...
July 16, 2012
Art at Mr. Henry's
Join the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop at Mr. Henry’s Restaurant’s Family Night on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at 6th and Pennsylvania Ave, SE. Kids of all ages can join a CHAW teaching artists for arts projects...
July 10, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
“Visualizing the Lungs,” an NMHM Organ of the Month Club activity
Your body is an amazing work of art! Each month, the National Museum of Health and Medicine will focus on a different organ. In June, learn about basic lung function and diseases that affect the lungs. Explore anatomy, medical imaging...
June 22, 2012 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Free
Nationals Baseball Family Day
The Washington Nationals baseball club teams up for the sixth straight year with the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery to pay tribute to America’s favorite pastime! Enjoy baseball-inspired craft...
July 21, 2012 - 11:30am - 2:00pm
KidSpy Spies on Screen Stormbreaker (2006)
“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it’s never good news.”—Stormbreaker
Alex Rider, the...
July 11, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Tickets: $7 per person** Members of The Inner Circle: $6 **Includes screening, special spy debrief, and popcorn
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition
Anyone who has been to the National Building Museum, when asked to describe the building, will likely think of "bricks." Approximately 15,500,000 were used to construct the Museum's historic home.
Now, begin to think smaller...
July 3, 2010 - September 3, 2012
Arts for Families: Create a Japanese Painting
Japanese ink painting emphasizes suggestion, simplicity, and harmony with nature by capturing the essence of an object with the fewest, quickest brushstrokes. Create your own nature-inspired ink painting with sumi ink and bamboo...
July 7, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Free
Juneteenth Family Day
Join the American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, and Anacostia Community Museum to commemorate the abolition of slavery in the United States. Events include historical re-enactors, a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, storytelling...
June 16, 2012 - 11:30am - 3:00pm
Camp Invention ® at Hill Center (1st-6th grades)
In partnership with Invent Now, The Hill Center is pleased to offer the nationally-acclaimed Camp Invention program to children entering grades one through six this summer. This exciting, weeklong adventure in creativity immerses children in...
July 16, 2012 - 9:00am - July 20, 2012 - 3:30pm
Youth Green Roof Tours, Ages 10-14
Green roofs in Washington, DC are sprouting up all over the place. Green roofs help reduce heating and cooling costs, energy usage, and storm water runoff; they add insulation to buildings, a place for animals and people to enjoy, and increase...
August 4, 2012
American Indian Architecture, Ages 6-12
Washington Architectural Foundation is working with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian to create research based workshops for grades 2-6 using Primary Sources. American History Teachers have few Primary Sources for accuracy...
July 7, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
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