| |  | | |  New and Renewed Affiliates Recent new and renewed Cultural Tourism DC Affiliates include: We encourage you to learn about the programs and projects of these organizations. They are an integral part of the fabric of this community. Whether you are a tourist or resident, get to know them and enjoy all that they offer. | |  | |  Interfaith Picnic This Saturday, September 9, at 5:00 pm, bring a meal to this interfaith, intergenerational picnic on the Washington National Cathedral's west lawn. Get to know neighbors from the community and share a meal together. Activities include the Unity Project, an interactive public art project that helps weave a web of connectedness among our different identities, and People Bingo (with prizes!). Reserve your space to dine and to see the Washington Revels, a multigenerational performing arts community that celebrates music, dance, stories, and drama from around the world and across the centuries. The evening ends with Havdalah, the Jewish ritual that marks the end of Shabbat. | |  Sommerfest Join this year's awesome Sommerfest on Friday, September 8 at the Goethe-Institut! Learn about the work of the Goethe-Institut, participate in cool activities, and end the day with some of DC's rad punk bands. Explore the Goethe-Institut, play a language game, discover the Germany Unwrapped (Deutschland im Koffer) exhibition and talk to staff. Old Europe Restaurant will be on site selling German food and drinks. Entrance is on 20th Street midway between I and K Streets, NW. | |  WalkingTown DC 2017 Cultural Tourism DC invites you to grab your walking shoes and join us for DC's best public tour program featuring more than 50 guided walking tours throughout the city. WalkingTown DC is a nine-day festival of 'bite-size' lunchtime tours, after-work 'happy hour' tours, and longer weekend tours of DC's neighborhoods. The program runs from Saturday, September 16 through Sunday, September 24. You'll see and learn about the history, culture, environment, and art of Washington, DC. Licensed, professional tour guides, community and government leaders, and neighborhood historians lead the tours. The tours are free, but you must register. Please click here to ensure you get the tour(s) you want. Volunteer opportunities with WalkingTown also are available here. Let's have fun together! | |  Friday, September 8 Event - French Wine & Cheese Happy Hour
Alliance Française de Washington, DC Event - Brewmaster Tours
Heurich House Museum Lecture - Maya Peoples: A Day of Academic Thought
Mexican Cultural Institute Lecture - Robert Smalls: From Slave to American Hero
National Museum of the United States Navy Saturday, September 9 Event - Family Program: Urban Gardening Project
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Tour - First Amendment Highlights
Newseum Event - 202 Arts & Music Festival
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Exhibit - National Geographic: Exploration Starts Here
National Geographic Museum Sunday, September 10 Exhibit - Architecture of an Asylum: St. Elizabeths 1852-2017
National Building Museum Exhibit - Spectacular Gems and Jewelry
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens Exhibit - Artistic Soldiers: Artistic Expression in the First World War
National Air and Space Museum Exhibit - Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks
National Postal Museum Monday, September 11 Exhibit - From Sinbad to the Shabab Oman: A Seafaring Legacy
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Event - Cake Explosion
Hill Center Exhibit - Inhotim: At the Crossroads of Glocal Change
IDB Cultural Center Exhibit - Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse
George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum Tuesday, September 12 Event - Collection Storage Tips
DAR Museum Exhibit - Baseball's Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National Game
Library of Congress Event - Book Talk and Signing with Donna Lucey
Smithsonian American Art Museum Exhibit - Unfolding the Universe
Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC) Wednesday, September 13 Film - Cine-Club: A Nos Amours
Alliance Française de Washington, DC Exhibit - Black Magic: AfroPasts/AfroFutures
Honfleur Gallery Event - 5777: A Year In Review
DCJCC Exhibit - Women in Art: 1850-1910
Dumbarton Oaks Thursday, September 14 Lecture - Three Millennia of Jewish Art
DCJCC Exhibit - Before the 45th Action/Reaction in Chicano and Latino Art
Mexican Cultural Institute Exhibit - Equilibrium: Fanny Sanín
National Museum of Women in the Arts Tour - Common Ground: Our American Garden
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