 | |  Embassy of Ghana The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Ghana to the United States. It is located at 3512 International Drive, NW, in the Cleveland Park neighborhood. The embassy joined other nations participating in Passport DC 2018, opening its doors to the public during Around the World Embassy Tour (AWET). During the AWET, the embassy held an interactive cultural display, art exhibitions and a food tasting. The embassy also participated in the 2018 Embassy Chef Challenge. Chef Francis Otoo won the second place People's Choice and the Judge's Choice awards for his lamb jollof rice. | |  |  By The People and Solstice Saturday From June 21 to June 24, experience the international arts festival By The People, with performances, art installations, conversations, an augmented reality art hunt and more. In addition to the festivals activities in hubs and locations throughout DC, do not miss the Smithsonian's Solstice Saturday extended evening hours on June 23 in selected museums. The museums will stay open late, hosting parties, programs, and performances. The Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building will be the central location for the By The People festival. |  Film Screening and Discussion: The Catcher Was a Spy Join the International Spy Museum at the Old Greenbelt Theatre for a special screening and discussion of The Catcher Was a Spy. Based on a true story, the film follows Major League Baseball player and Ivy League graduate Morris "Moe" Berg, who is recruited into the Office of Strategic Services (or OSS). His mission was to help the U.S. defeat Nazi Germany before they can build an atomic bomb. Don't miss a post-screening discussion with historian/curator, Dr. Vince Houghton, to talk about spies, baseball, and U.S. military history. This ticketed event is Friday, June 22. |  Baltic Centennial Summer Enjoy the Baltic Centennial Midsummer on Saturday, June 23 from 11 am to 3 pm at Dupont Circle. Celebrate the Centennials of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with folk songs, dances, traditional Midsummer games and workshops, foods and drinks and more! Sing along with Lithuanian multi-part songs, and make Midsummer decorations and wreaths the Latvian way. This free event is a collaboration of Dupont Festival and the embassies of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All ages are welcome. |  Pair-ings The exhibit Pair-ings at Touchstone Gallery focuses on the chemistry between works of art. Individual works (in this case, paintings from both new and earlier series), when combined, can highlight new elements in each other, expand on each other's narrative, or excite the senses perhaps because of an artful pairing of opposites. The exhibit is an exploration of art-based synergy and is on display through July 1. Meet artist Steve Alderton at Touchstone Gallery on Saturday, June 23, from 1 pm to 3 pm. | | Friday, June 22 Exhibit - Diggers Doughboys: The Art of Allies 100 Years On Embassy of Australia Theater - One Destiny Ford's Theatre Event - Event - Jana Kubánková & Wuilly Arteaga Dupont Underground Exhibit - Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen Smithsonian American Art Museum Event - Family Learning Lab Programs: Constitution In Action National Archives Concert - Jazz in the Garden National Gallery of Art Exhibit - Form & Function: The Genius of the Book Folger Shakespeare Library Tour - National Mall DC by Foot Saturday, June 23 Event - Summer Solstice: Cinema at ACM! Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Exhibit - Cézanne Portraits National Gallery of Art Event - Bolivian Music and Dance Traditions Smithsonian American Indian Museum Event - The Stuff of Thought: A Talk on Arshile Gorkys Image in Khorkom Kreeger Museum Event - Portrait Story Days: Arthur Ashe Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Tour - Embassy Row & Historic Dupont Circle DC by Foot Sunday, June 24 Event - Wall Flowers: Botanical Murals U.S. Botanic Gardens Theater - Trayf Theater J Exhibit - Titanic: The Untold Story National Geographic Museum Film - Heat and Dust Freer|Sackler Tour - Capitol Hill Ghost DC by Foot Monday, June 25 Exhibit - Constructing MEXICO68 Mexican Cultural Institute Exhibit - Hung Liu In Print National Museum of Women in the Arts Exhibit - Vanishing Traditions: Textiles and Treasures from Southwest China The George Washington University Museum & The Textile Museum Exhibit - Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project National Building Museum Tuesday, June 26 Event - Al. Spendiaryan Qanon Ensemble Library of Congress Event - 1968: Civil Rights at 50 Newseum Exhibit - Artistic Records Korean Culture Center Exhibit - Your Community, Your Story Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Exhibit - Playball National Museum of the U.S. Navy Exhibit - The Plane of Tomorrow, Today! College Park Aviation Museum Wednesday, June 27 Tour - Investigation: Detective McDevitt Ford's Theatre Event - Sailor in a Box National Museum of the U.S. Navy Event - Against the Day Kreeger Museum Exhibit - 1968: A Time of Uproar in Europe and the US Goethe-Institut Washington Exhibit - A New League: Shared Pastimes and the Story of U.S. - Japan Baseball Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) Thursday, June 28 Exhibit - Visionary Viewpoints on Africa's Arts Smithsonian National Museum of African Art Exhibit - Transformers: New Contemporary Sculpture Art Museum of the Americas (OAS) Concert - Lucy Kalantari and the Jazz Cats Theatre-in-the-Woods at Wolf Trap Exhibit - Zenith Comes of Age: 24 Years on Seventh Street Zenith Gallery at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Film - A Visit to China's Miao Country George Washington University Museum & The Textile Museum Exhibit - 50 Years After Whitney M. Young Jr. Octagon Museum Concert - Davis Bradley Appalachia Americana U.S. Botanic Garden |
 WalkingTown DC is Cultural Tourism DC's longest running program. It is a nine-day festival of lunchtime, happy hour, and extended tours of DC's neighborhoods. The 2018 edition will run from Saturday, September 15 through Sunday, September 23 and will include more than 50 top quality tours. Do you want to be part of WalkingTown DC? Do you want to give a free, special tour of some segment of Washington, DC? If you provide your time and talent, we will provide promotion, participant registration, and post-tour evaluations. To submit a tour, complete the WalkingTown DC 2018 Tour Guide Application Form by Thursday, June 28. |  | Vintage DC Wines | Enjoy these Chilean wines with your family, friends, and co-workers. Artist Dana Ellyn created the beautiful labels, which represent selected DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails. Click to purchase a bottle or the collection. | |  | Autographed Posters by Dana Ellyn | Cultural Tourism DC is pleased to offer selected paintings from Dana Ellyn's Heritage Trail project as autographed prints. The posters are 11'' x 17'' on glossy poster paper and sell for $30 each. Order your posters today! | | | You are currently signed up to receive the Culture Communiqué. To unsubscribe click here. See last week's newsletter here. | Cultural Tourism DC 700 12th Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 info@culturaltourismdc.org www.culturaltourismdc.org © 2018 Cultural Tourism DC, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | | |