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...
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Journey of the Universe
February 25, 2012 - 10:15am
(separate registrations for morning screening and afternoon workshop)
The Michael Jackson Experience
The attraction hosts the first-of-its-kind exhibition, featuring three Michael Jackson figures from various stages of his career; The Jackson 5 Years, The Bad Era, and the "This Is It" Michael.
Madame Tussauds Washington DC...
January 5, 2012 - March 13, 2012
Textile Museum - Mid-Winter Family Fest: Celebrate Africa!
In the cold of January, things will be warm at The Textile Museum as we celebrate the many arts and cultures of Africa at the third annual TM Mid-Winter Family Festival...
January 21, 2012 - 10:00am
FREE!
Kirov Academy of Ballet Winter 2011 Performance Series, featuring: La Bayadère – Kingdom of the Shades
December 15, 16, 17th (Thursday, Friday & Saturday)
Matinee Performance: 2:30 pm / Evening Performance 7:00 pm (each day)
Seating begins...
December 15, 2011 - December 17, 2011
Ranger Talk:Leaders of Mass Movements
Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr. were three leaders who made great strides in struggles for civil rights at times of great social crisis in America. Come to learn more about these leaders and their...
November 3, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Free
Ranger Talk:The Jeffersons and Peales: A Friendship Between Families
Charles Wilson Peale's family included 17 children; among them explorers, natural scientists, and portrait painters. Several Peales painted Thomas Jefferson and Lewis and Clark. Jefferson's grandson lived with the Peales. Would a...
November 2, 2011 - 10:00am - 10:30am
Free
Annual Membership Meeting & Reception
Join the DC Preservation League for its Annual Membership Meeting and Reception at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital. Built between 1864 and 1866, the structure was the first purpose built naval hospital in Washington, DC. Vacant since...
November 3, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
$50 Non-members (includes one-year membership)
Willard InterContinental Celebrates 25th Re-Opening Anniversary with 1986-Themed Specials
(September 20, 2011)--This month, the Willard InterContinental celebrates the 25th anniversary of its re-opening. An American landmark, D.C.’s Willard Hotel was closed and nearly demolished in 1968. Instead, due to the foresight of the...
Hello Etsy DC
A satellite event for Etsy's Berlin summit, Hello Etsy: A Summit on Small Business and Sustainability, Hello Etsy DC offers participants the opportunity to view recordings of keynote sessions of the official summit, participate in workshops and...
September 18, 2011 - 10:30am - 5:00pm
Ranger-led Walking Tour:Four Score and Four Years: From Civil War to World War II
On this walking tour we will visit sites marking three deadly conflicts. We will compare Lincoln and Roosevelt’s wars, and discover how the conflict from 1861-1865 impacted World War I. Meet at the Lincoln...
September 10, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Free
The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
The Price of Freedom: Americans at War surveys the history of America’s military from the French and Indian Wars to the present...
July 1, 2011 - July 1, 2014
Civil War to Civil Rights
Cultural Tourism DC Commemorates Civil War 150th Anniversary: Civil War to Civil Rights
This year, our country marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and naturally DC will...
The Pink Line Project
The Pink Line Project is a "symbolic new Metro line that would connect diverse social groups with D.C.'s art scene, and a contrarian color emblematic of D.C.'s storied punk music history and its unexpectedness." Philippa P.B. Hughes,...
National Museum of Civil War Medicine To Visit Madame Tussauds Washington DC
Docents clothed in Mid-Victorian attire from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine will share their stories of Victorian ladies and their role in medicine and nursing; before, during and after the American Civil War as well as the...
July 1, 2011 - 11:00am - 3:00pm
Urban Picnic: PM at the TM
Dress fit for a summer picnic and join in the fun: play a round of horseshoes or bocce ball on the lawn; enjoy summer drinks and picnic treats from our mini farmers' market with barbecue, cheese and bread, frozen yogurt, and cookies; win prizes...
June 9, 2011 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
$10
DC Events Calendar
Dynamic, stimulating, inviting
Our active events calendar offers a variety of cultural opportunities to explore and ways to become intimate with Washington, DC. Daily, weekly, seasonally, and annually, event choices are at your...
Everyday Spirituality the Jesuit Way
Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd III welcomes The Rev. James Martin, S.J. to Washington National Cathedral's Sunday Forum. Martin is a priest and author whose most recent book is The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for...
April 3, 2011 - 10:10am - 11:00am
free-will donations accepted
A Conversation with Former Secretaries of State
See and hear three former Secretaries of State--Albright, Baker, and Powell--in lively dialogue at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, April 7.
"Values and Diplomacy: a Conversation with Former Secretaries of State,"...
April 7, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
$10 regular; students $5
National Parks: This is America
Through the prism of our nation’s diverse population, this film tells the story of the national park idea and how it evolved over the course of 150 years. It weaves together stories of extraordinary people from a wide variety of backgrounds...
March 16, 2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Free
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