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Journey of the Universe

Join Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, directors of the Yale Forum on Religion & Ecology, to explore the dynamic intersection of wisdom, science, and the monastic way. The morning program screens the film "Journey of the...

February 25, 2012 - 10:15am
(separate registrations for morning screening and afternoon workshop)
King in our Midst

Come to your National Cathedral for "King in our Midst," celebrating the legacy of Dr. King where he delivered his final Sunday sermon.

Featured performers for 2012 include the Malcolm X Dancers & Drummers, managed by...

January 16, 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:45pm
canned goods OR one new children's book
Music: Organ Recital

Guest artist Federico Andreoni (Montreal, Quebec) performs works by Schumann, Messiaen, Alain, and Vierne--as well as "Flowers of Jamaica," his own composition--on the Cathedral’s great organ.

All are welcome: the Cathedral...

February 19, 2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
free-will offerings accepted ($10 suggested donation)
Music: Organ Recital

Guest artist Anthony Hammond, visiting from Cirencester in England, performs a recital including his own virtuoso improvisations on the Cathedral’s great organ.

All are welcome: the Cathedral's ongoing organ recital series is free...

February 12, 2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
free-will offerings accepted ($10 suggested donation)
Music: Organ Recital

Guest artist John Lowe from Gainesville, Florida, plays a virtuoso recital--featuring a sonata by Josef Rheinberger and Charles-Marie Widor's grand "Symphonie Gothique"--on the Cathedral’s great organ.

All are welcome: the...

February 5, 2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
free-will offerings accepted ($10 suggested donation)
Music: Organ Recital

Dr. Jeremy Filsell, artist-in-residence, performs a recital on the Cathedral's great organ.

All are welcome: the Cathedral's ongoing organ recital series is free and open to the public.

For more information about the series, please...

January 29, 2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
free-will offerings accepted ($10 suggested donation)
Music: Organ Recital

Guest organist Chelsea Vaught from Lawrence, Kansas plays a recital on the Cathedral's organ.

All are welcome: the Cathedral's ongoing organ recital series is free and open to the public.

To learn more, please visit our website:...

January 22, 2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
free-will offerings accepted ($10 suggested donation)
Music: Organ Recital

Guest organist John Cannon from Fort Collins, Colorado, plays a virtuoso recital ending with Max Reger's variations and fugue on "America."

All are welcome: the Cathedral's ongoing organ recital series is free and open to the...

January 15, 2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
free-will offerings accepted ($10 suggested donation)
Music: Organ Recital

Dr. Jeremy Filsell, artist-in-residence, performs a recital featuring Christmas music by Bach--and his own transcription for organ of Sergei Rachmaninov's op. 45 Symphonic Dances.

All are welcome: the Cathedral's ongoing organ recital...

January 8, 2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
free-will offerings accepted ($10 suggested contribution)
Music: Organ Recital

Stefano Bertuletti (Bergamo, Italy) plays a recital on the Cathedral's great organ. All are welcome.

January 1, 2011 - 5:15pm
free-will offering accepted ($10 suggested)
Music for Christmas Day: Organ Recital

Cathedral Organist Scott Dettra and Artist-in-Residence Jeremy Filsell play a Christmas-day recital on the Cathedral's great organ.

December 25, 2011 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
free-will offering accepted
Music: Organ Recital

Cathedral organist Jeremy Filsell plays Olivier Messiaen’s complete Nativité du Seigneur, one of the great cycles in organ literature. All are welcome!

December 18, 2011 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
free-will offering accepted ($10 suggested donation)
Muslim Youth Program

Muslim Youth program and Halaqa on Halal Hookup and Modesty featuring guests Brother Muhafiz and Sister DeLaine.

November 10, 2011 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
St. Albans/National Cathedral School Students - Music for Reopening Week

As the National Cathedral reopens after more than two months of closure following the August 23 earthquake, more than 400 students from two affiliated schools on its grounds--St. Albans School for Boys and National Cathedral School for Girls--...

November 18, 2011 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm
free-will offerings accepted
InterFaith Conference Concert - Music for Reopening Week

Celebrate a cultural crossroads, the National Cathedral, as it opens to the public after more than two months of closure following the August 23 earthquake. At this annual concert sponsored by the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington...

November 15, 2011 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
tickets $15-$30
All Souls Requiem - Music for Reopening Week

The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, singing Gabriel Faure's luminous Requiem, opens the National Cathedral's first full week of events after the August 23 earthquake. Join us to celebrate the Cathedral's reopening to the public, and mark an...

November 14, 2011 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
free-will offerings accepted
Earthquake Damage Sustained at National Cathedral

(August 23, 2011)--The highest tower Washington National Cathedral, sustained significant damage in the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck...

Friday Morning Music Club Relocates

(August 16, 2011)--The Friday Morning Music Club is moving out of its long-time home at the Charles Sumner School Museum, and will start on October 7 at their new home, Calvary Baptist Church in Penn Quarter.

It all started in 1886, when a...

Franciscan Monastery

Situated on a verdant hillside in Northeast Washington, the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land contains replicas of Holy Land shrines, as well as Roman catacombs. Built in 1899 as a place to visit the shrines without actually traveling there...

A Civil Union: Marrying the Historic and Modern

In 1970 St. Thomas Episcopal Church was destroyed by arson, leaving only the Altar and parish hall as remnants of the 1894 Gothic structure. Following the fire, the congregation renovated what remained of the parish hall, and converted the space...

July 14, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
$15 DCPL members, $25 non-members

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