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Panel Discussion: The Impact of Black Music During the Great Migration

 Montpelier Arts Center

Renaud Capuçon, violin & Guillaume Bellom, piano

 Library of Congress

The Conservatory Project

 Terrace Theatre
Thru Feb. 20

Black History Month Film Series: Colored Frames, and In Motion

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Wed. Feb 20

Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Feb 20

Mudbound

 Montpelier Arts Center
Wed. Feb 20

The Swords of George Washington

 Anderson House – The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati
Wed. Feb 20

African American Passages: Black Lives in 19th Century America

 Library of Congress
Thu. Feb 21

Atlas Intersections Festival: Launch Party sponsored by the Washington Post

Atlas Performing Arts Center
Thu. Feb 21

El Niño y la Verdad

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Thu. Feb 21

Free Parking: Michael B. Platt + Carol A. Beane

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Thu. Feb 21

Mother Tongue Film Festival: SGAAWAAY K’UUNA Edge of the Knife

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thu. Feb 21

Mother Tongue Film Festival: TǪǪ OOZHRII ZHIT TSYAA TSAL DHIDII/ Boy in the Moon

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thu. Feb 21

Third Thursday Poetry Reading

 Takoma Park Community Center
Thu. Feb 21

Traditional Arts and Resilience in Later Life

 Library of Congress
Thu. Feb 21

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Benjamin Gates

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Feb 22

FMMC Composers Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Feb 22

Mother Tongue Film Festival: Leitis In Waiting

 Abramson Auditorium NYU
Fri. Feb 22

Mother Tongue Film Festival: Leitis In Waiting

 Abramson Auditorium NYU
Fri. Feb 22

Opening Reception: Painted in Light: Digital Media Artist HyeGyung Kim Exhibits a Virtual Canvas in The Culture of Time and Space

 Korean Cultural Center DC
Fri. Feb 22

The Youth Jazz Orchestra of North Rhine Westphalia (YJO NRW)

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Fri. Feb 22

#DECLASSIFIED: In Search of Korngold

 Library of Congress
Sat. Feb 23

Aniki-Bóbó preceded by Douro, Faina Fluvial

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Feb 23

Artist Talk: Muriel Hasbun's Documented: The Community Blackboard

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Family Fun Days Free Cafe Concert: Culture Queen

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Capital City Symphony presents Double the Viola

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Bright Star Theatre: Meet Dr. King

 National Theatre
Sat. Feb 23

Captain Blood & The Goonies

 Library of Congress
Sat. Feb 23

Chamber Music Concert

 Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
Sat. Feb 23

Documented: The Community Blackboard Interactive Artist Talk

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Sat. Feb 23

Donvonte McCoy & CP Time

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sat. Feb 23

Double-Feature: Captain Blood and The Goonies

 Library of Congress
Sat. Feb 23

Jubilee Voices presented by Darnall's Chance

 Trinity Episcopal Church
Sat. Feb 23

Mother Tongue Film Festival: Tiempo de Lluvia/In Times of Rain

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Sat. Feb 23

Os Verdes Anos (The Green Years)

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Feb 23

The Apollo Orchestra with WNO's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists

 Church of the Epiphany
Sat. Feb 23

The Sandlot

 Old Greenbelt Theatre
Sat. Feb 23

Academy Award-Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects Showcase

 National Archives
Feb. 23 – 24

A Revolução de Maio (Revolution in May)

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Feb 24

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Flo Anito

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Feb 24

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Hannah Jaye and the Hideaways

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Feb 24

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Workshop: Reading & Roundtable for RIOT BRRRAIN

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Feb 24

Curtis Opera Theatre Vocal Quartet

National Gallery of Art
Sun. Feb 24

Juggling the Middle Ages Concert - Eya and Niccolo Seligmann

 Dumbarton Oaks
Sun. Feb 24

Lena Hertzog: Last Whispers

 Terrace Theatre
Sun. Feb 24

The Art of Light: A Conversation with Charles Ross and James Meyer

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Feb 24

Jasna Popovic

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Mon. Feb 25

Revealed: Humayun’s Tomb

 District Architecture Center
Mon. Feb 25

Storytime on Screen

 Old Greenbelt Theatre
Mon. Feb 25

Indian Ragas on Piano by Utsav Lal

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tue. Feb 26

Behind The Magic of ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ – An Interactive Class

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Wed. Feb 27

Gallery Talk: Ambreen Butt

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Feb 27

Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery

 National Archives
Wed. Feb 27

Cub Corner: Dogs

 College Park Aviation Museum
Thu. Feb 28

El Desconocido (Retribution)

 Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain
Thu. Feb 28

Exhibition Opening Reception: Flora/Fauna; Surfacing

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Thu. Feb 28

Hometown Sounds

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Thu. Feb 28

Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French

 National Archives
Thu. Feb 28

The Sea Wolf

 Library of Congress
Thu. Feb 28

Thursdays at Noon: Curator's Choice

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Feb 28

What Happened 2 Chocolate City?

 Old Greenbelt Theatre
Thu. Feb 28

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Clara Delfina

Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Mar 1

Bitter Dose Combo - First Fridays: Groovin' On the Pike

 Columbia Pike Branch Library
Fri. Mar 1

FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Mar 1

Free Folger Friday: The Country Gentleman

 Folger Theatre
Fri. Mar 1

Hitchcock’s Dopplegängers: Niagara (1953)

 Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Fri. Mar 1

Opening Reception: For The Artist Art Exhibit

 Del Ray Artisans
Fri. Mar 1

Saba Abraha

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Fri. Mar 1

Atlas Intersections Festival: Family Fun Days: Artspace Activation at Creation Station

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Feb. 23 & Mar. 2

#DECLASSIFIED: The Viola Sonata at 100

 Library of Congress
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Family Fun Days Free Concert: Mr. Skip

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Belarmino

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 2

Bright Star Theatre: George Washington Carver

National Theatre
Sat. Mar 2

Gaby Moreno

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sat. Mar 2

Nancy at Ninety Gallery Talk

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Ossos

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 2

Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Alexandria

 King St. in Old Town Alexandria
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Capital City Symphony presents The Lady Quartet

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Mar 3

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Workshop: Devising Puppetry with Pointless Theatre

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Mar 3

Breaking the Frame preceded by Carolee, Barbara, and Gunvor

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 3

Free Community Day: March

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sun. Mar 3

Noah Getz and Friends Absolute Art and Jazz between the Wars

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 3

Recyclable Print Art with Stacy Lee

 Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Sun. Mar 3

The Boulanger Initiative

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sun. Mar 3

Tour: Fierce Women 2.0

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sun. Mar 3

USCO: Films, Performance and Conversation with 1960s Multimedia Pioneers

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 3

Monday Matinees: Of Human Bondage (1934)

Old Greenbelt Theatre
Mon. Mar 4

Noreum Machi

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Mon. Mar 4

Swamp Romp

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tue. Mar 5

Gallery Talk: #5WomenArtists

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Mar 6

Washington National Opera: Faust / Eugene Onegin preview

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Wed. Mar 6

FMMC: Strathmore Mansion Concert Series

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Thu. Mar 7

Inside Signature: Felicia Curry

 Signature Theatre
Thu. Mar 7

Interference Concert

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Thu. Mar 7

Thursdays at Noon

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Mar 7

Avanti Orchestra Concert

 Church of the Epiphany
Fri. Mar 8

BLACK GIRLS ROCK! FEST™: Free Welcome Party featuring DJs Beverly Bond and MC Lyte

The Kennedy Center
Fri. Mar 8

Coldness & Lightness

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Fri. Mar 8

FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Mar 8

Hitchcock’s Dopplegängers: Mirage (1965)

 Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Fri. Mar 8

Opening Reception: Unstuck in Space and Time: An Annotated Exhibit by Jeffrey Human

 Waverly Street Gallery
Fri. Mar 8

Paul Lewis

 Library of Congress
Fri. Mar 8

A Singular Vision of Outer Cape Cod: Catherine Hess Opening Reception

 Park View Gallery at Glen Echo Park
Sat. Mar 9

Alex Katz

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 9

DCIFF: High School Competition

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sat. Mar 9

Jean Rondeau, harpsichord

 Library of Congress
Sat. Mar 9

Landscape and Memory, An Elemental Journey: Robert Devers Opening Reception

 Popcorn Gallery at Glen Echo Park
Sat. Mar 9

Marta Pereira da Costa

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sat. Mar 9

Morning with the Girl Scouts

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sat. Mar 9

Seventh Annual Artists on the Rise: Juried Teen Exhibition. Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sat. Mar 9

Tabu

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 9

The Vampire Bat preceded by Hearst Metrotone News and Jack Frost

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 9

Voyages: Travel Photography by Michael Horan Opening Reception

 Glen Echo Park
Sat. Mar 9

50th Annual Laurel Art Guild Juried Exhibition: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Mar 10

Concert: Peter Vinograde J. S. Bach’s Seven Keyboard Toccatas

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 10

Curator Tour: Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sun. Mar 10

FMMC: Lyceum Concert Series

 The Lyceum
Sun. Mar 10

Introduction to the Exhibition—Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 10

JRA Distinguished Artist Lecture with Tim Harding

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Sun. Mar 10

The Apollo Orchestra with Cellist, Amit Peled

 Terrace Theatre
Sun. Mar 10

The Sin of Nora Moran preceded by Hearst Metrotone News and Balloon Land

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 10

What Happened 2 Chocolate City?

 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Sun. Mar 10

Redhot & Blue

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Mon. Mar 11

FMMC: Dumbarton Concert Series

 Dumbarton House
Tue. Mar 12

NSO Youth Fellows

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tue. Mar 12

Cecily

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Wed. Mar 13

FMMC: Steinway Concert Series

 Steinway Piano Gallery
Wed. Mar 13

Gallery Talk: #5WomenArtists

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Mar 13

After Hours: Evenings at the Edge

 National Gallery of Art
Thu. Mar 14

Brent Birckhead

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Thu. Mar 14

FMMC: Old Town Hall Concert Series

 Old Town Hall
Thu. Mar 14

In the Executioner's Shadow Documentary Screening

 Takoma Park Community Center
Thu. Mar 14

Makena Onjerika

 Library of Congress
Thu. Mar 14

Thursdays at Noon: 3 in 30

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Mar 14

Ensemble Signal with Rachel Calloway, soprano

Library of Congress
Fri. Mar 15

FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Mar 15

Hitchcock’s Dopplegängers: Wait Until Dark (1967)

 Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Fri. Mar 15

Open Studio Pop-Up: Botanical Art

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Fri. Mar 15

Platinum Movie: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

 Publick Playhouse
Fri. Mar 15

Spacetime Dance

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Fri. Mar 15

10th Annual Move Me Festival

 Kenmore Middle School
Sat. Mar 16

Damaged Lives preceded by Hearst Metrotone News and Dancing on the Moon

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 16

False Faces preceded by Hearst Metrotone News and Snow White

National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 16

Reston Links - Youth Arts Showcase EXPLOSION

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sat. Mar 16

Shakespeare for The Young: Midsummer Magic

National Theatre
Sat. Mar 16

Parthenia with Ryland Angel, countertenor Tomb Sonnets

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 17

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 17

The Living Legacy National Speaking Tour: David C. Driskell and Curlee R. Holton in Conversation

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 17

Washington Women in Jazz Festival

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Mon. Mar 18

Art AfterWords: A Book Discussion

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Tue. Mar 19

Duke Ellington School of the Arts: From the Requiem to the Passion

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tue. Mar 19

The Migrant by Richard C. Washer

 Arts Club of Washington
Tue. Mar 19

Gallery Talk: #5WomenArtists

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Mar 20

Lubana

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Wed. Mar 20

The Migrant by Richard C. Washer

 1st Stage Theatre
Wed. Mar 20

La Francophone: Horizons

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Thu. Mar 21

Martha Rosler

National Gallery of Art
Thu. Mar 21

Symposium—Safety for Our Sisters: Ending Violence Against Native Women

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thu. Mar 21

Thursdays at Noon: Overlooked

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Mar 21

Vishten-French Canadian music from Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands

 Library of Congress
Thu. Mar 21

B.B. King Tribute featuring Memphis Gold & Ms. Zeno

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Fri. Mar 22

Borodin Quartet

 Library of Congress
Fri. Mar 22

FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Mar 22

Drawn to Figures

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 6 – 23

Aaron Diehl

 Library of Congress
Sat. Mar 23

Black Dreams at Sea: The Sardine Fisherman’s Funeral and An Opera of the World

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 23

Blacks in Wax

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sat. Mar 23

Collecting Red Sox History

 Library of Congress
Sat. Mar 23

Greenspring Concert Series

 Greenspring Retirement Community
Sat. Mar 23

Mamba preceded by Hearst Metrotone News and Me and the Boys

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 23

National Cherry Blossom Festival: Opening Ceremony

 Warner Theatre
Sat. Mar 23

VA Rep: Jack and the Beanstalk

National Theatre
Sat. Mar 23

Acid Forest

National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 24

Artist's Talk: Unstuck in Space and Time: An Annotated Exhibit by Jeffrey Human

 Waverly Street Gallery
Sun. Mar 24

Conversations with Artists: Oliver Lee Jackson

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 24

Hugar

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sun. Mar 24

Natalie Clein, cello

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 24

Young Portrait Explorers: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 11 & 25

Elder Ones

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Mon. Mar 25

FMMC: Chevy Chase Woman's Club Series

 Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
Tue. Mar 26

Free Landmark Lecture: The Power of Family

 Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
Tue. Mar 26

Tashera

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tue. Mar 26

Revels World Story Time

 Washington Revels
Feb. 27 – Mar. 27

Alash Ensemble

 Library of Congress
Wed. Mar 27

Gallery Talk: #5WomenArtists

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Mar 27

Liberated Muse

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Wed. Mar 27

La Plaga (The Plague)

 Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain
Thu. Mar 28

Roscoe Mitchell with Moor Mother

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Thu. Mar 28

Thursdays at Noon: Curator’s Choice

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Mar 28

FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Mar 29

sjDANCEco

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Fri. Mar 29

Still Life To Portraiture: Reception

 Publick Playhouse
Fri. Mar 29

(IN)Justice Systems: Reception

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Sat. Mar 30

Contemplating Our Waters: Nicole Salimbene: Reception

 Harmony Hall Regional Center
Sat. Mar 30

Film and Director Q&A with Dr. Sonya Grier: DogParks and CoffeeShops: Diversity Seeking in Changing Neighborhoods

 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Sat. Mar 30

Hypercube Ensemble

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sat. Mar 30

Little Miss Ann

 National Theatre
Sat. Mar 30

More Art Upstairs

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 30

National Cherry Blossom Festival: Kite Festival

 Washington Monument
Sat. Mar 30

Opening Reception: Roman Holiday

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Sat. Mar 30

Strange Illusion preceded by News of the Day and Grampy’s Indoor Outing

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Mar 30

Fauré Quartett

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 31

Hollow Triumph

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Mar 31

Yuka C Honda: Revert to Sea

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sun. Mar 31

As One

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Mon. Apr 1

Correggio’s Study for the Madonna della Scodella

 National Gallery of Art
Mon. Apr 1

Monday Matinees: The Women (1939)

 Old Greenbelt Theatre
Mon. Apr 1

Gato Preto

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tue. Apr 2

Sister Nancy Live with DollarVan

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Wed. Apr 3

FMMC: Strathmore Mansion Concert Series

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Thu. Apr 4

Inside Signature: 30th Anniversary Season Preview

 Signature Theatre
Thu. Apr 4

J Hoard

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Thu. Apr 4

Reformat the Planet

 Library of Congress
Thu. Apr 4

Thursdays at Noon

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Apr 4

Copyrighting a Cartridge: An Inside Look at Copyright and Video Games

 Library of Congress
Fri. Apr 5

FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Apr 5

Hi Score! Introducing a Game to its Music

 Library of Congress
Fri. Apr 5

Los Gallos Negros - First Fridays: Groovin' On the Pike

 Columbia Pike Branch Library
Fri. Apr 5

Tanya Tagaq

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Fri. Apr 5

FMMC Chorale

 Lutheran Church of the Reformation
Apr. 4 & 6

#DECLASSIFIED: Processing & Preserving Video Games

 Library of Congress
Sat. Apr 6

Laraaji

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sat. Apr 6

National Cherry Blossom Festival: Petalpalooza

 District Waterfront
Sat. Apr 6

Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Family Day

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sat. Apr 6

The Interface Between Composition, Sound and Video Game Design

 Library of Congress
Sat. Apr 6

Brownout - The Keepers Of Latin Funk

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sun. Apr 7

Chamber Music Concert

 Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
Sun. Apr 7

Closing Reception: Lush: Reinvention

 DC Arts Center (DCAC)
Sun. Apr 7

Curator Tour: Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sun. Apr 7

Free Community Day: April

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sun. Apr 7

Haimovitz–Iyer Duo

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Apr 7

Incommunicado

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Apr 7

Jill Tanenbaum and Cathy Abramson - Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Apr 7

Patricia Bowden: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Apr 7

Peter Moskowitz: How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood

 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Sun. Apr 7

The Apollo Orchestra, featuring concert pianist, Peter Orth

 Church of the Epiphany
Sun. Apr 7

SigWorks: Torgus & Snow

 Signature Theatre
Mon. Apr 8

FMMC: Jordan Kitt's Music Series

 Jordan Kitt’s Music
Wed. Apr 10

After Hours: Evenings at the Edge

 National Gallery of Art
Thu. Apr 11

Eva Salina and Peter Stan: Serbian and Roma music

Library of Congress
Thu. Apr 11

Thursdays at Noon: 3 in 30

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Apr 11

Jerusalem Quartet

 Library of Congress
Fri. Apr 12

Opening Reception: Kristina Penhoet : Indeterminate Identities

 Waverly Street Gallery
Fri. Apr 12

Platinum Movie: Barry (2016)

 Publick Playhouse
Fri. Apr 12

Shared Exploration: Music and the Visual Arts

 National Gallery of Art
Fri. Apr 12

Contemplating Our Waters: Nicole Salimbene (Public Reception)

 Harmony Hall Regional Center
Sat. Apr 13

Morning with the Girl Scouts

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sat. Apr 13

Curator Tour: Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sun. Apr 14

East Coast Chamber Orchestra

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Apr 14

Exhibition Opening Reception: Lis Zadravic

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Sun. Apr 14

Introduction to the Exhibition—The American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Apr 14

Shakespeare's Birthday

 Folger Theatre
Sun. Apr 14

From the Cathedral to the Billiard Room: Tracing the History of a Medieval Stained Glass Window from the William A. Clark Collection

 National Gallery of Art
Mon. Apr 15

Mokoomba

 Library of Congress
Mon. Apr 15

Americans’ Forgotten Love Affair with Opera

 Library of Congress
Tue. Apr 16

Identify: Performance Art as Portraiture—Jeffrey Gibson: To Name An Other

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Wed. Apr 17

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

 Library of Congress
Thu. Apr 18

Public Keynote Lecture: Lisa Tetrault

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Apr 18

Thursdays at Noon: Overlooked

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Apr 18

See Me at the Portrait Gallery

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 12 & Apr. 19

The Legacy of the New Dance Group

 Library of Congress
Fri. Apr 19

Portrait InSight

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 21 – Apr. 20

Jazzmeia Horn Quintet

 Library of Congress
Sat. Apr 20

Open Rehearsal: Living Art Collective Ensemble (LACE) with Elisa Monte Dance, and DJ Twelve45 The Lunar Effect

 National Gallery of Art
Sat. Apr 20

Living Art Collective Ensemble (LACE) with Elisa Monte Dance, and DJ Twelve45 The Lunar Effect

National Gallery of Art
Sun. Apr 21

Young Portrait Explorers: Rachel Carson

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Apr. 8 & 22

Free Landmark Lecture: A Remarkable Friendship

 Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
Tue. Apr 23

Women Making Waves: Julie Packard and Marcia McNutt

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Tue. Apr 23

Street Folk: Hip Hop, Car Culture, and Black Life in Houston, Texas

 Library of Congress
Wed. Apr 24

REMIX: Can You Dig It?

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Apr 25

Thursdays at Noon: Curator’s Choice

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Apr 25

Todos están muertos (They are all dead)

 Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain
Thu. Apr 25

Conversation Circles

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 1 – Apr. 26

Open Studio Fridays

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 1 – Apr. 26

Duo Sonidos Fourth Friday Sound Sketch

 National Gallery of Art
Fri. Apr 26

If I Survive: Frederick Douglass and Family in the Walter O. Evans Collection

 National Gallery of Art
Fri. Apr 26

Dead Letter Office: Gallery Experience

 Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Feb. 21 – Apr. 27

Portrait Signs

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 28 – Apr. 27

Artist Talk: Kristina Penhoet : Indeterminate Identities

 Waverly Street Gallery
Sat. Apr 27

Franz Liszt’s Sardanapalo

 Library of Congress
Sat. Apr 27

Portrait Discovery Kits

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 2 – Apr. 28

Portrait Story Days

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 2 – Apr. 28

Concert: The Brandee Younger Trio

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Apr 28

Fourth Annual Earth Day Plant Sale & Picnic

 Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
Sun. Apr 28

Ken Burns

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Apr 28

Inside Signature: Kevin McAllister

 Signature Theatre
Thu. May 2

Family Mural Art Workshop with Luis Peralta del Valle (2 Days)

 Sat. May 4

Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio

 Library of Congress
Sat. May 4

DC Concert Orchestra - Postcards

 Church of the Epiphany
Sun. May 5

Introduction to the Exhibition—The Life of Animals in Japanese Art

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. May 5

Julie Polt: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. May 5

Poulenc Trio From Nature, Truth: Whitman, Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphelites

National Gallery of Art
Sun. May 5

Monday Matinees: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

 Old Greenbelt Theatre
Mon. May 6

After Hours: Evenings at the Edge

 National Gallery of Art
Thu. May 9

Throw Like a Girl Rough-Cut Documentary Screening

 Takoma Park Community Center
Thu. May 9

Cristian Ianculescu - Diaglogues

 Waverly Street Gallery
Fri. May 10

Concert: The Canales Project Hear Her Voice, Part II: A Mother’s Day Celebration

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. May 12

Jessye Norman

 Library of Congress
Thu. May 16

Polaris Piano Trio

 Potter Violins
Fri. May 17

Yumi Kurosawa, koto

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. May 19

Curator's Tour for Adults

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Mar. 9 – May. 26

National Memorial Day Choral Festival

 The Kennedy Center
Sun. May 26

Honor vets at the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally

 National Mall
Mon. May 27

National Memorial Day Concert

 West Lawn US Capitol
Mon. May 27

National Memorial Day Parade

 Constitution Avenue between 7th and 17th Streets
Tue. May 28

Paco de Lucía: La búsqueda (The Journey)

 Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain
Wed. May 29

Cristian Ianculescu - Diaglogues

 Waverly Street Gallery
Sat. Jun 1

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

 Library of Congress
Sat. Jun 1

Cristian Ianculescu - Diaglogues - Artist Talk

 Waverly Street Gallery
Sun. Jun 2

The Moon in the Age of Photography

 National Gallery of Art
Sun. Jun 2

SigWorks: Soldiers of the Cross

 Signature Theatre
Mon. Jun 3

Exhibition Opening Reception: Creative Crafts Council biennial

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Thu. Jun 6

Inside Signature with the Cast of Spunk

 Signature Theatre
Thu. Jun 6

Lori Ulmer-Hanson - Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Fri. Jun 7

Marcia Wolfson Ray: archiTERRA

 Montpelier Arts Center
Fri. Jun 7

Sculpture Exhibition: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Fri. Jun 7

The Role and Representations of Animals in Japanese Art and Culture

 National Gallery of Art
Fri. Jun 7

Opening Reception: Mechanical Reproduction

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Sat. Jun 8

Chamber Music Concert

 Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
Sun. Jun 9

Color-Full: Reception

 Publick Playhouse
Thu. Jun 13

Gallery Talk: Women Abstractionists

 National Gallery of Art
Mon. Jun 17

AIR Workshop: Secrets for Success with Trey Sorrells

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Wed. Jun 19

Author Talk with Dr. Ashante Reese: Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C.

 Deanwood Library
Sat. Jul 6

Montpelier Instructors Showcase: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Jul 7

Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection

 National Gallery of Art
Thu. Jul 11

Artists in Fiction Book Club

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Feb. 27 – Jul. 17

Film and Director Q&A with Pam Sporn and Matthew Birkhold: Detroit 48202, Conversations Along a Postal Route

 Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Sat. Aug 3

Open Studio Fridays

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Feb. 22 – Aug. 9

Mother Tongue Film Festival: The Next Guardian

 Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Fri. Feb 23, 2029

Ongoing Events

Listen to Her

 Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (JCCNV)
Thru Feb. 21

Tradition Transformed: Bojagi, the Traditional Korean Wrapping Cloth

 Korean Cultural Center DC
Thru Feb. 22

Shades of Red Art Exhibit

 Gallery Underground
Thru Feb. 22

Persona Practice: Melanie Ruston

 Park View Gallery at Glen Echo Park
Thru Feb. 23

New Beginnings Art Exhibit

 Del Ray Artisans
Thru Feb. 24

Out of the Woods: Julia Purinton

 Glen Echo Park
Thru Feb. 24

What Words Can’t Say: Irene Clouthier

 Popcorn Gallery at Glen Echo Park
Thru Feb. 24

Juggling the Middle Ages

 Dumbarton Oaks
Thru Feb. 28

Black History Month Exhibition: Moving Out, Moving In, Moving Up

 Montpelier Arts Center
Thru Feb. 28

Places Real and Imagined Art Exhibit

 Gallery Clarendon
Thru Feb. 28

Hill Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition

 Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Thru Mar. 2

Waverly Street Gallery Invitational Exhibition

 Waverly Street Gallery
Thru Mar. 2

Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon

 Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Thru Mar. 3

Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks

 Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Thru Mar. 3

Atlas Intersections Festival: Art Activation: The Immersive Quilt

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Feb. 21 – Mar. 3

The Beauty of Decay Art Exhibition

 Takoma Park Community Center
Thru Mar. 6

Front Window Feature: Akemi Maegawa

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Thru Mar. 9

Live Sculpture Now 2019

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Thru Mar. 9

Muriel Hasbun's Documented: The Community Blackboard

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Thru Mar. 9

Jowita Wyszomirska: The Distance Of Blue

 gallery neptune & brown
Thru Mar. 9

Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru Mar. 10

Mixed Media Collage Quilt Paintings By Curtis Woody

 Publick Playhouse
Thru Mar. 16

Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project

 National Gallery of Art
Thru Mar. 17

Jiří Kolář (1912-2002): Forms of Visual Poetry - From the Collection of Museum Kampa, Prague

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Thru Mar. 17

Michael B. Platt + Carol A. Beane: Influences and Connections

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Thru Mar. 17

Nancy at Ninety: A Retrospective of Form and Color

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Thru Mar. 17

The Gifts of Tony Podesta

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Thru Mar. 17

Love in all Mediums

 Zenith Gallery
Thru Mar. 23

A Revolution in Arms: Weapons in the War for Independence

 Anderson House – The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati
Thru Mar. 24

The Norman and Jane Rosenthal Collection

 Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (JCCNV)
Feb. 22 – Mar. 27

Transforming Cities, Transforming Lives: The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme

 District Architecture Center
Thru Mar. 29

From Architect to Artist: Public Art by Charles Bergen, AIA

 District Architecture Center
Thru Mar. 29

Special Tour—Native Women Rising

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Mar. 1 – 29

A Singular Vision of Outer Cape Cod: Catherine Hess

 Glen Echo Park
Mar. 2 – 30

Spectacularly Solid

 Studio 3700
Thru Mar. 31

First Chefs: Fame and Foodways from Britain to the Americas

 Folger Shakespeare Library
Thru Mar. 31

For The Artist Art Exhibit

 Del Ray Artisans
Mar. 1 – 31

The REDress Project

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Mar. 1 – 31

Landscape and Memory, An Elemental Journey: Robert Devers

 Glen Echo Park
Mar. 2 – 31

Voyages: Travel Photography by Michael Horan

 Glen Echo Park
Mar. 2 – 31

Laurel Art Guild Juried Exhibition

 Montpelier Arts Center
Mar. 9 – 31

Seventh Annual Artists on the Rise: Juried Teen Exhibition

 Montpelier Arts Center
Mar. 9 – 31

Unstuck in Space and Time: An Annotated Exhibit by Jeffrey Human

 Waverly Street Gallery
Mar. 3 – Apr. 6

Lush: Reinvention Wayson R. Jones

 DC Arts Center (DCAC)
Thru Apr. 7

In the Library: The Evans-Tibbs Archive of African American Art

 National Gallery of Art
Thru Apr. 12

Women who Work, Care, and Create

 Zenith Sculpture Space
Thru Apr. 13

Painted in Light: Digital Media Artist HyeGyung Kim Exhibits a Virtual Canvas in The Culture of Time and Space

 Korean Cultural Center DC
Feb. 22 – Apr. 22

Orchids: Amazing Adaptations

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru Apr. 28

Patricia Bowden

 Montpelier Arts Center
Apr. 6 – 28

Kristina Penhoet : Indeterminate Identities

 Waverly Street Gallery
Apr. 7 – May. 4

Meaning Making Through Art Making

 Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (JCCNV)
Mar. 29 – May. 10

(IN)Justice Systems

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Mar. 25 – May. 18

Contemplating Our Waters: Nicole Salimbene

 Harmony Hall Regional Center
Mar. 25 – May. 18

Roman Holiday

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Mar. 25 – May. 18

Lincoln's Contemporaries

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru May. 19

Champions

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru May. 19

One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru May. 19

Drawing in Tintoretto’s Venice

 National Gallery of Art
Mar. 10 – May. 26

Venetian Prints in the Time of Tintoretto

 National Gallery of Art
Mar. 10 – May. 26

Incommunicado

 Montpelier Arts Center
Apr. 6 – May. 26

Jill Tanenbaum and Cathy Abramson

 Montpelier Arts Center
Apr. 7 – May. 26

Julie Polt

 Montpelier Arts Center
May. 5 – 26

Postmen of the Skies

 Smithsonian National Postal Museum
May. 1 – 27

Observe the Flag-In during Memorial Day Weekend

 Arlington National Cemetery
May. 24 – 27

Witness the majesty of the Iwo Jima Memorial

 Iwo Jima Memorial - Arlington National Cemetery
May. 24 – 27

Still Life To Portraiture

 Publick Playhouse
Mar. 21 – Jun. 1

Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru Jun. 2

Baseball Americana

 Library of Congress
Thru Jun. 29

Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice

National Gallery of Art
Mar. 10 – Jul. 9

Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps

 Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Thru Jul. 14

The American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists

 National Gallery of Art
Apr. 14 – Jul. 21

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art

National Gallery of Art
May. 5 – Jul. 28

Invitational Sculpture Exhibition

 Montpelier Arts Center
Jun. 7 – Jul. 28

Color-Full

 Publick Playhouse
Jun. 6 – Aug. 3

Mechanical Reproduction

 Brentwood Arts Exchange
Jun. 3 – Aug. 10

Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru Aug. 18

Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings

 National Gallery of Art
Apr. 14 – Sep. 15

Portraits of the World: Korea Exhibition

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru Nov. 17

Tour: Anderson House

 Anderson House – The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati
Thru Dec. 31

Gallery Tours

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thru Dec. 31

Story Time in our Explore! Family Space

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays

Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mar. 29, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020

A Monument to Shakespeare: The Architecture of the Folger Shakespeare Library

 Folger Shakespeare Library
Apr. 13, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020

By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs from the 1850s to Apollo 11

 National Gallery of Art
Jul. 14, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020

Andrea del Verrocchio: Sculptor-Painter of Renaissance Florence

 National Gallery of Art
Sep. 15, 2019 – Jan. 12, 2020

Tour: Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Building

 Library of Congress
Thru Feb. 1, 2020

Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain

 National Gallery of Art
Oct. 13, 2019 – Feb. 17, 2020

In Mid-Sentence

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
May. 3, 2019 – Mar. 29, 2020

A Right to the City

 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Thru Apr. 20, 2020

One Life: Marian Anderson

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Jun. 28, 2019 – May. 17, 2020

The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thru Jun. 1, 2020

New York Ave Sculpture Project

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Thru Sep. 20, 2020

Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thru Sep. 30, 2020

Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thru Dec. 31, 2021

Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of the Chesapeake

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thru Jan. 1, 2022

Americans

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thru Dec. 31, 2022
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