The nouveau-riche crowd has made many an eyeball roll reflexively skyward. Call them robber barons or captains of industry, dub their heyday industrial or gilded, today we can revel in the Beaux-Arts grandeur of Washington’s Massachusetts...
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Embassy Row Walking Tour (Every Saturday in May)
May 5, 2012 - 10:00am - May 26, 2012 - 10:00am
$15 per person (three and younger free)
Azalea Bonsai Exhibit: Putting on the Glitz
In Japan, it is said that the beauty of an azalea bonsai in bloom is like the beauty of a courtesan dressed in her finest brocade kimono. Breathtaking blossoms cover these late-blooming Satsuki azaleas, miniature in form, but covered with full-...
May 26, 2012 - 10:00am - June 10, 2012 - 4:00pm
FREE
The Textile Museum's Exhibition-Woven Treasures of Japan's Tawaraya Workshop
Japan has a remarkably refined textile tradition, and for centuries the Japanese have admired the silks produced in the Nishijin neighborhood of Kyoto as the epitome of beauty and opulence. Woven Treasures will feature some of the sumptuous...
March 23, 2012 - 10:00am - August 12, 2012 - 5:00pm
$8
National Mall Memorials: an Architect’s Perspective
A professional architect teams up with a veteran Washington Walks guide to present a fresh take on the classic tour of a selection of the capital city’s famous memorials. You’ll hear how controversy has always accompanied...
August 11, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
U Street
Explore the neighborhood that was shared by African American intellectuals, business leaders, and families of all economic levels. The businesses they owned and the houses they lived in are featured on this walk. U Street was...
August 4, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
Capitol Hill and Eastern Market
Although the outside world may associate the term Capitol Hill solely with the U.S. Congress, those who make Washington their home conjure up a very different image: a vibrant neighborhood spread across one of the largest historic districts...
July 28, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
Abraham Lincoln’s Washington
As a young man, Abraham Lincoln “feared of achieving nothing that would make men remember him.” A single gunshot ensured that he would never be forgotten. He served as U.S. president during the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict to...
July 21, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
This walk through far northeast D.C. travels through the quiet, settled 1950s neighborhood Eastland Gardens and past historic 1930s apartment buildings, following the eastern bank of the Anacostia River. A highlight is the Kenilworth...
July 14, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
Mount Pleasant
With its main street, town square, and distinct boundaries, Mount Pleasant still feels like the village it once was. As the city grew around it after the Civil War, Mount Pleasant evolved into a fashionable streetcar suburb, sprouting businesses...
June 30, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
Capitol Hill and Eastern Market
Although the outside world may associate the term Capitol Hill solely with the U.S. Congress, those who make Washington their home conjure up a very different image: a vibrant neighborhood spread across one of the largest historic districts...
June 23, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
U Street
Explore the neighborhood that was shared by African American intellectuals, business leaders, and families of all economic levels. The businesses they owned and the houses they lived in are featured on this walk. U Street was...
June 9, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
Abraham Lincoln’s Washington
As a young man, Abraham Lincoln “feared of achieving nothing that would make men remember him.” A single gunshot ensured that he would never be forgotten. He served as U.S. president during the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict to...
May 26, 2012 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
$15
11th Annual Washington, DC Dragon Boat Festival
The 11th Annual Dragon Boat Festival is sponsored by the Chinese Women’s League (CWL), DC Chapter. The two-day festival features competitive dragon boat races on the Potomac River, colorful cultural performances and hands-on activities. The...
May 19, 2012 - 8:30am - 5:00pm
May 20, 2012 - 8:30am - 5:00pm
Grandma's Cautionary Tales
Grandma Sally Kathryn Mims tells an entertaining mix of ghost, folk, and cautionary tales found in African, African American, and Caribbean literature. Grandma Mims tells ghost stories just for scary fun and the folk and cautionary tales that...
May 12, 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
International Mother’s Day Bazaar
The purpose of this cultural event is to make our countries better know, to demonstrate the variety and diversity of Muslim nationals throughout the world, and friendship of Muslim women worldwide.
May 12, 2012 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Kids World Cinema 2012: Korea & Spain
Join us for a free afternoon of film, fun, and festivities for kids! As part of Kids World Cinema 2012, the Korean Cultural Center is teaming up with the Embassy of Spain to present a collection of short Korean and Spanish films just for kids...
April 22, 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
K-Cinema Screening & Social: Leafie, A Hen into the Wild
Join us at the Korean Cultural Center Washington DC for two free K-Cinema screening & social events featuring the hit animated film Leafie, A Hen into the Wild, April 12 and 26. Both events include a Korean appetizer social...
April 12, 2012 - 5:30pm - 9:00pm
April 26, 2012 - 5:30pm - 9:00pm
Kirov Academy of Ballet - Summer Preparatory Program
Aspiring young dancers can recieve quality Russian style training in this 4 week summer session. Offerings include:
SUMMER EARLY PREP CLASSES (for ages 2-6)
Dance with Me (2-3yrs & Adult)...
June 18, 2012 - July 20, 2012
Dependent on Schedule
Celebrate Passport DC at The Presidents Gallery by Madame Tussauds
To help celebrate the fifth anniversary of Passport DC, The Presidents Gallery by Madame Tussauds is offering all visitors $5 off regular price admission throughout the month of May. Free internationally themed scavenger hunts are also...
May 1, 2012 - May 31, 2012
American University Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Workshop presents Then and Now
The history of jazz and popular music in this country is one of experimentation and reinvention. This program will explore this diversity of musical styles and instrumentation throughout the 20th century from the big band...
April 14, 2012 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
$10 regular admission, $5 AU community and seniors
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