These are the classic Washington walks. Pick the one that best suits your interest and schedule. Each will take you up close to the city’s famous memorials located on the National Mall. There’s...
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Walking Tour: Memorials by Moonlight - Around the Tidal Basin
May 31, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
June 2, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
June 7, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
June 9, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
June 14, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
June 16, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
June 21, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
June 23, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
June 28, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
June 30, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
$15
Vision by Pierre Megos
Through the Vision of Pierre Megos, audiences will discover the magie du cinéma by venturing into the fantastical, poetic world of Mr. John. The artist incorporates allusions to a variety of inspirational...
April 5, 2013 - 12:00pm - 8:00pm
$20. $15 AFDC members
Passport DC
Passport DC is our annual journey around the world coinciding with the Mayor of the District of Columbia's proclamation of May as International...
New Zealand Chef Wins Cultural Tourism DC’s Embassy Chef Challenge 2013
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NEW ZEALAND CHEF WINS TRIFECTA AT CULTURAL TOURISM DC’S EMBASSY CHEF CHALLENGE 2013
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WJMF Presents: The Maccabeats
The Maccabeats
Thursday, May 2, 7:00 pm, Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital
6045 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011...
May 2, 2013 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
WJMF Presents: Mika Karni & Kol Dodi
Mika Karni & Kol Dodi
Wednesday, May 1, 8:00 pm, Sixth & I
600 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door...
May 1, 2013 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
WJMF Presents Opening Night: Noa
April 28, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
$38; $32 Member/Student with ID/Senior
14th Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival
Whether you’re into bluegrass, jazz,...
April 28, 2013 - 7:30pm - May 11, 2013 - 4:00pm
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Arts Education Book Launch Celebration at Busboys and Poets
This free Author Event hosted by Teaching for Change launches Young Playwrights' Theater’s first nationally-published book, Write to Dream, providing a platform to discuss arts integration with experts and students who have benefitted from...
March 27, 2013 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
FREE
Walking Tour - U.S. Capitol and Houses of Congress
Walk around democracy’s best-known symbol, the U.S. Capitol, and past the buildings housing America’s legislative and judicial branches of government. You will discover that “Capitol Hill” does indeed describe a rise...
June 1, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
June 8, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
June 15, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
June 22, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
June 29, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
July 6, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
July 13, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
July 20, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
July 27, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
August 3, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
August 10, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
August 17, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
August 24, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
August 31, 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
$15
Asian-Pacific Heritage Celebration
The Aquarium's Cultural Series celebrates Asian-Pacific American Heritage at the DC aquarium with special programming to highlight traditions in art, music, dance and literature.
April 6, 2013 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
The Many Meanings of the Cyrus Cylinder
This lecture has as its starting-point the Cyrus Cylinder, one of the most iconic objects in the British Museum. It was buried in 539 BC under the walls of Babylon after the Persian king Cyrus had captured the city. The story is told in the...
March 7, 2013 - 6:00pm
Free Admission
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, explorer, and founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, trained...
February 7, 2013 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
February 8, 2013 - 12:30pm - 6:00pm
February 9, 2013 - 10:00am - 6:30pm
February 10, 2013 - 10:00am - 6:30pm
February 13, 2013 - 10:00am - 6:30pm
Free
Journey With Paper by Sandra D. Davis Opening Reception
Sandra D. Davis works with recycled paper and items that can be used as painting surfaces that we as consumers throw away. Davis states “The common theme of my work is generally female oriented, afro centric portraits with specific themes....
January 12, 2013 - 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Cloud Traces: Texts from the Codices of Memory
The Mexican Cultural Institute is proud to welcome Zapotec...
December 11, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
FREE!
DREAMer Kites
A conversation about art, activism and immigrant rights featuring artists, activists and allies from the undocumented community. With pro-migrant voters of color having a major impact on recent elections, conversations about humane immigration...
December 6, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Heavenly Jade of the Maya
Presented on the occasion of the thirteenth B'Aktun in the Maya calendar, and in celebration of the year of the Maya.Objects in this exhibition are highly representative of this marvelous civilization’s use of jade in an array of objects....
December 12, 2012 - 6:15pm
Book Talk About Modern Poetry: T. S. Eliot and Octavio Paz
Pedro Serrano, poet and professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, reads from his work and discusses the relationship between the Modernist poets T. S. Eliot and Octavio Paz. The event...
December 7, 2012 - 12:00pm
International Literature: Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas, novelist and Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Girona in Spain, reads from his work and discusses the state of contemporary Spanish literature. The event is free and open to the public. Book sales and a signing...
December 6, 2012 - 2:00pm
FOCUS! On video art and short film
FOCUS! delves into the disciplinary overlaps of video art and short film. The two-day series of screenings and discussions will examine the ways in which cinematographers and short film makers are increasingly distorting the...
December 7, 2012 - 6:30pm - December 8, 2012 - 11:59pm
$5-$10
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