Multi-Cultural Events
1 special feature · 102 performances · 11 ongoing events
Feature
Performances
Kwanzaa Celebration
Dance Place
Jouons! French Game Night
Alliance Française of Washington, D.C.Mon. Dec 17
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
StrathmoreDec. 18 & 19
Cinema J Presents: The Wedding Plan
Bender JCC of Greater WashingtonThu. Dec 20
WJFF: The Mossad
Landmark's Bethesda Row CinemaThu. Dec 20
Celebrate Kwanzaa with Harambee
THEARCFri. Dec 28
Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
Atlas Performing Arts CenterThru Dec. 30
Kings
Studio TheatreThru Jan. 6, 2019
Fiesta de los Reyes Magos (en español)
GALA Hispanic TheatreSun. Jan 6, 2019
Fiesta de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day)
GALA Hispanic TheatreSun. Jan 6, 2019
Razzia (film screening)
Landmark Theatres E Street CinemaMon. Jan 7, 2019
Revels After-School Workshops (Grades 2-3)
Washington RevelsMon. Jan 7, 2019
Revels After-School Workshops (Grades 4-6)
Washington RevelsThu. Jan 10, 2019
Revels After-School Workshops (Grades PreK-1)
Washington RevelsFri. Jan 11, 2019
Air Force Strings: The Latin American Spirit
National Gallery of ArtSun. Jan 13, 2019
Paris Noir, The African American History of Paris, talk by Tristan Cabello
Alliance Française of Washington, D.C.Thu. Jan 17, 2019
Bobby Sanabria MultiVerse Big Band: West Side Story Reimagined
The Kennedy CenterFri. Jan 18, 2019
KanKouran West African Dance Company
Dance PlaceJan. 19 & 20, 2019
Step Afrika! 25th Anniversary Celebration
StrathmoreSun. Jan 20, 2019
Cinema J Presents 1945
Bender JCC of Greater WashingtonWed. Jan 23, 2019
Maryland Lyric Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
The ClariceJan. 24 – 26, 2019
Virtuosic Violin with Alessandra Cuffaro & Simeone Tartaglione
Arts BarnSat. Jan 26, 2019
Lessans Family Literary Series Presents: Rebecca Erbelding- Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
Bender JCC of Greater WashingtonSun. Jan 27, 2019
Rebecca Erbelding Rescue Board
Bender JCC of Greater WashingtonSun. Jan 27, 2019
International Guitar Night
The Barns at Wolf TrapJan. 30 & 31, 2019
Bassem Youssef
The Kennedy CenterFri. Feb 1, 2019
National Philharmonic: Chopin: Recollections of Home
StrathmoreSat. Feb 2, 2019
Israel’s Theatrical Scene - Welcome to Theaterland with Roy Horovitz
Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (JCCNV)Tue. Feb 5, 2019
Lessans Family Literary Series Presents: LIllian Li, Number One Chinese Restaurant
Bender JCC of Greater WashingtonTue. Feb 5, 2019
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
StrathmoreFri. Feb 8, 2019
Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar
George Mason University's Center for the ArtsFri. Feb 8, 2019
Enter the Haggis
AMP by StrathmoreSat. Feb 9, 2019
Havana Cuba All-Stars
George Mason University's Center for the ArtsSat. Feb 9, 2019
Cinema J Present: Freedom to Marry
Bender JCC of Greater WashingtonWed. Feb 13, 2019
Yumi Kurosawa with guest Anugrata Chatterjee
CenterStage at RCCWed. Feb 13, 2019
Latin Passion
BlackRock Center for the ArtsFri. Feb 15, 2019
National Ballet of China: Raise the Red Lantern
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 13 – 16, 2019
WORLD STAGES: NeoArctic
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 13 – 16, 2019
KC Jazz Club: Pedrito Martinez and Alfredo Rodríguez
The Kennedy CenterSat. Feb 16, 2019
Voices From the Past: Sissieretta Jones
Montpelier Arts CenterSun. Feb 17, 2019
Farruquito
StrathmoreThu. Feb 21, 2019
Lessans Family Literary Series Presents: Ariel Burger-Witness: Lessons form Elie Wiesel's Classroom
Bender JCC of Greater WashingtonThu. Feb 21, 2019
Transit (film screening)
Landmark's Bethesda Row CinemaThu. Feb 21, 2019
Kalanidhi Dance
Dance PlaceFeb. 23 & 24, 2019
Téada
BlackRock Center for the ArtsSat. Mar 2, 2019
El viejo, el joven y el mar (en español)
GALA Hispanic TheatreFeb. 7 – Mar. 3, 2019
El viejo, el joven y el mar (The Old Man, the Youth, and the Sea)
GALA Hispanic TheatreFeb. 7 – Mar. 3, 2019
Doubtful (film screening)
Landmark's Bethesda Row CinemaWed. Mar 6, 2019
The Montrose Trio - Vienna to Prague: Chamber Music at The Barns
The Barns at Wolf TrapFri. Mar 8, 2019
WORLD STAGES: Cirkus Cirkör: Limits
The Kennedy CenterMar. 6 – 9, 2019
Contra-Tiempo presents joyUS justUS
CenterStage at RCCThu. Mar 14, 2019
Elham Fanoos, piano
Embassy of AfghanistanFri. Mar 15, 2019
Nicholas Payton: Afro-Caribbean Mixtape
The Kennedy CenterFri. Mar 15, 2019
WORLD STAGES: The Last Supper
The Kennedy CenterMar. 14 – 16, 2019
Poetic Chicle - Otra One-Man Loquera
GALA Hispanic TheatreMar. 15 & 16, 2019
Poetic Chicle - Otra One-Man Loquera (en español)
GALA Hispanic TheatreMar. 15 & 16, 2019
Kodo
George Mason University's Center for the ArtsSat. Mar 16, 2019
Danú
George Mason University's Center for the ArtsSun. Mar 17, 2019
St. Patrick's Day Celebration
The Kennedy CenterSun. Mar 17, 2019
Akiko Kitamura's Cross Transit
The Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 19, 2019
Sundance Institute—Theater from the Middle East and North Africa: Love, Bombs & Apples
The Kennedy CenterMar. 20 & 21, 2019
Picasso
GALA Hispanic TheatreMar. 9 – 23, 2019
Picasso (en español)
GALA Hispanic TheatreMar. 9 – 23, 2019
Anoushka Shankar
Sixth & ISat. Mar 23, 2019
Direct Current: TU Dance + Bon Iver's Come Through
The Kennedy CenterMon. Mar 25, 2019
Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]
CenterStage at RCCWed. Mar 27, 2019
Wild West Film & Brew Party: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Arts BarnFri. Mar 29, 2019
Direct Current: KC Jazz Club: Amir ElSaffar, Two Rivers Ensemble
The Kennedy CenterSat. Mar 30, 2019
World Dance Showcase
Publick PlayhouseSat. Mar 30, 2019
Oil
Olney Theatre CenterFeb. 27 – Mar. 31, 2019
Ananya Dance Theatre
Dance PlaceMar. 30 & 31, 2019
Madeline and the Bad Hat
Olney Theatre CenterMar. 30 – 31, 2019
Direct Current: Renée Fleming VOICES: Theo Bleckmann
The Kennedy CenterThu. Apr 4, 2019
Direct Current: Phantom Limb Company: Falling Out
The Kennedy CenterApr. 4 & 5, 2019
Russian National Ballet: Swan Lake
Hylton Performing Arts CenterFri. Apr 5, 2019
Chucho Valdés
Sixth & ISat. Apr 6, 2019
Direct Current: Vijay Iyer Sextet
The Kennedy CenterSat. Apr 6, 2019
Russian National Ballet: Giselle
George Mason University's Center for the ArtsSat. Apr 6, 2019
The Jewish Queen Lear
Davis Performing Arts Center, Georgetown UniversityMar. 13 – Apr. 7, 2019
Farafina Kan
Dance PlaceApr. 6 & 7, 2019
Direct Current: Brooklyn Rider and Magos Herrera
The Kennedy CenterSun. Apr 7, 2019
Gina Chavez
AMP by StrathmoreSun. Apr 7, 2019
Noshin' With The Cantors
BlackRock Center for the ArtsSun. Apr 7, 2019
Russian National Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
George Mason University's Center for the ArtsSun. Apr 7, 2019
Dreamers’ Circus
Sixth & IWed. Apr 10, 2019
Pablo Sáinz Villegas
George Mason University's Center for the ArtsFri. Apr 12, 2019
Carmen Giménez Smith: Soy Isla (I Am an Island)
The Phillips CollectionThu. Apr 18, 2019
Soul in Motion: 35th Anniversary Celebration
BlackRock Center for the ArtsSat. Apr 20, 2019
Chavela (Film)
BlackRock Center for the ArtsSat. Apr 27, 2019
VeVe & tha Rebels and DuPont Brass
Sixth & ISat. Apr 27, 2019
Lessans Family Literary Series Presents: Yvette Corporon-Someting Beautiful Happened
Bender JCC of Greater WashingtonThu. May 2, 2019
Still Standing: A Musical Survival Guide to Life's Catastrophes, Anita Hollander
CenterStage at RCCWed. May 8, 2019
Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors
Olney Theatre CenterApr. 10 – May. 12, 2019
Platinum Series: Celebrating Al Green
Publick PlayhouseFri. May 17, 2019
Teatro Regio Torino: I vespri Siciliani, in Concert
The Kennedy CenterTue. May 21, 2019
Fortas Chamber Music: Russian Renaissance
The Kennedy CenterThu. May 23, 2019
ETHEL with guest artist Robert Mirabal present The River
CenterStage at RCCSun. May 26, 2019
Carlos Henriquez Octet
Sixth & ISat. Jun 1, 2019
FAME, el Musical (en español)
GALA Hispanic TheatreApr. 25 – Jun. 2, 2019
FAME, The Musical, US Premiere in Spanish
GALA Hispanic TheatreApr. 25 – Jun. 2, 2019
Capitol Hill Chorale: Return to Paliashvili
Capitol Hill Presbyterian ChurchJun. 1 & 2, 2019
Tiger Style
Olney Theatre CenterJul. 17 – Aug. 18, 2019
Ongoing Events
Asian Identity: three contemporary Artists reflect on adaptation in an intercultural dialogue
Korean Cultural Center DCThru Jan. 4, 2019
Your Community, Your Story: Celebrating Five Decades Of The Anacostia Community Museum, 1967-2017
Smithsonian Anacostia Community MuseumThru Jan. 6, 2019
Listen to Her
Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (JCCNV)Jan. 4 – Feb. 21, 2019
The Norman and Jane Rosenthal Collection
Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (JCCNV)Feb. 22 – Mar. 27, 2019
Ambreen Butt—Mark My Words
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Apr. 14, 2019
DanceAfrica, DC
Dance PlaceMay. 28 – Jun. 2, 2019
Portraits of the World: Korea Exhibition
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Nov. 17, 2019
A Right to the City
Smithsonian Anacostia Community MuseumThru Apr. 20, 2020
The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Jun. 1, 2020
Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Sep. 30, 2020
Americans
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianThru Dec. 31, 2022
