"The Art of Video Games" is one of the first major exhibitions to explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus on striking graphics, creative storytelling and player interactivity. The exhibition...
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Your Mission: Celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Washington, DC – This year, celebrate DC’s famous blooms with the International Spy Museum (SPY). In honor of the 100th anniversary of the gift of trees from Tokyo to Washington, DC, SPY is offering special Blossom-themed programming...
April 13, 2012 - 6:00pm - 11:00pm
FREE
The 6th Annual International Children's Festival
Highlights
· 25+ Educational booths hosted by foreign embassy representatives
·...
May 6, 2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
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)
Arts Management Spring Colloquium presents The Future of the Arts featuring Jamie Bennett
In an era of dramatic and rapidly accelerating change, where everything from the way tickets are sold to the definition of “art” is under reconsideration and transformation, it's time for a public discussion of the Future of the Arts...
February 17, 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Free
African-American Life and Labor in the White House Neighborhood
In 2010, the White House Historical Association assumed management of the historic Decatur House on Lafayette Square. Plans call for the property to be reestablished as...
February 27, 2012 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Free
What Is The Truth About Islam and Muslims in America?
In recent months, anti-mosque protests, anti-Sharia legislation, and related controversies have left many Americans confused about Islam and Muslims in America. A panel of experts will have a civil dialogue separating fact from fiction in the...
January 18, 2012 - 7:30pm
Free
The Music of Carlos Chavez
This special presentation, co-organized with the Latin American Center for Graduate Studies in Music of Catholic University, will include a lecture and concert in honor of Dr. Robert L. Parker, a distinguished scholar of Mexican music. The...
January 29, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Korean Cinema Series: The Man from Nowhere (Jan. 12 & 27, 2012)
Amid the darkness of drugs, gangs, and human exploitation, young and bubbly So-mi (Sae-ron Kim) is a ray of light. Her single mother warns So-mi to stay away from their quiet, reclusive neighbor, Tae-sik (Won Bin),...
January 12, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
January 27, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
FREE
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
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!
The Silence of a Tiger by Im Taek Jun
Join us for the opening reception of The Silence of a Tiger by Im Taek Jun, an exhibition that reimagines one of the most recognizable images in popular Korean folk paintings: the tiger. Korean folk paintings, known collectively...
December 15, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
December 15, 2011 - January 6, 2012
Neighborhood Walking Tour
Trace the development of Columbia Heights from rural hinterland to upscale suburb, middle and working-class neighborhood, and now an ethnically and economically diverse residential area with many commercial, entertainment, and cultural amenities...
December 26, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
$15.00
A Song for the Horse Nation
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., presents a major exhibition that explores one of the greatest sagas of human contact with the animal world—American Indians and horses. The exhibition...
October 29, 2011 - January 7, 2013
Free
Holiday Candlelight Tours at the Heurich House Museum
The Heurich House Museum invites you to a Candlelight Tour and winter celebration at one of the most intact Victorian houes in the country. Wander throughout the mansion and experience the...
December 9, 2011 - 7:00pm - December 10, 2011 - 9:00pm
$15 for Adults, $5 for Children
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
Day of the Dead Altar / Altar de Muertos opening
Join us for the opening of the traditional Day of the Dead Altar, a quintessentially Mexican tradition and one of our most colorful displays of the year. The Day of the Dead is the result of the fusion of indigenous and Spanish...
October 30, 2011 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Free
Beautiful East Sea: Dokdo
Join us for the opening reception of Beautiful East Sea – Dokdo, an art exhibition and gallery talk that explores one of Korea’s most impassioned and personal issues, both at home and internationally: the...
October 20, 2011 - 6:30pm - November 18, 2011 - 6:30pm
National Gallery of Art Symposium on In the Tower: Nam June Paik
The Korean Cultural Center is proud to support a symposium discussion of the father of contemporary video art, Nam June Paik, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC in celebration of a landmark exhibit of Paik...
September 23, 2011 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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