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From Sun to Solar Wind: The Perplexing Solar Corona

 Library of Congress
Thu. Nov 7

Space Lasers and Satellite Measurements

 Library of Congress
Thu. Dec 5

Lunchtime with the Arts at Mason - Autumn Jazz with Mason Music Productions

 Reston Town Center
Thu. Oct 24

Landmark Lecture: Bound by Fortune and Fortitude

 Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
Tue. Nov 19

Architecture Tour

 Dumbarton Oaks
Oct. 26 & Nov. 9

Engineering 101

 College Park Aviation Museum
Nov. 16, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020

Warrior Women

 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Thu. Nov 14

The Apollo Orchestra with Carter Brey, Cellist

 Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
Sun. Nov 17

Pottery on the Hill Show & Sale

 Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Nov. 2 & 3

Priced Out

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Fri. Nov 8

A Right To The City Author Talk Series: Susanna Schaller

Mt Pleasant Library
Sat. Nov 16

My Brooklyn

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Fri. Dec 13

Southwest Remembered: A Story of Urban Renewal

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Sat. Jan 11, 2020

A Right To The City Author Talk Series: Theodore Greene

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Sat. Jan 18, 2020

Portrait Discovery Kits

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Oct. 26 – Nov. 30

Art AfterWords: A Book Discussion

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Tue. Nov 19

Curator Tour – The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sun. Oct 27

Día de los Muertos

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sat. Nov 2

In Focus: Chief Joseph

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thu. Nov 7

Morning with the Girl Scouts

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sat. Nov 23

Portrait InSight

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sat. Nov 16

Portrait Signs

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Oct. 24 – Nov. 23

Portraiture 101

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Tue. Nov 5

Young Portrait Explorers: Frida Kahlo

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mon. Oct 28

Young Portrait Explorers: American Indian Heritage Month

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Nov. 18 & 25

See Me at the Portrait Gallery

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Tue. Nov 12

Women of Color: The Power of Protest Ain’t I A Woman: Activism, Legacy and Our Quest for Justice

 Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium
Thu. Nov 14

Cultural Capital: Mujeres de Cine—Journey to a Mother’s Room

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Nov 6

Free Community Day: November

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sun. Nov 3

Free Community Day: December

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sun. Dec 1

Gallery Talk: Judy Chicago—The End

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Oct 23

Gallery Talk: Live Dangerously

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Oct 30

Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Nov 6

Gallery Talk: Judy Chicago—The End

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Nov 13

Gallery Talk: Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Nov 20

Gallery Talk: Live Dangerously

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Nov 27

Gallery Talk: Judy Chicago—The End

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Dec 4

Gallery Talk: Live Dangerously

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Dec 11

Gallery Talk: Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Dec 18

Gallery Talk: Live Dangerously

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Jan 8, 2020

Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Jan 15, 2020

Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Jan 22, 2020

Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Jan 29, 2020

Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Feb 19, 2020

Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Feb 26, 2020

Gallery Talk: Collection Sampler

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Feb 12, 2020

Tour: Fierce Women 2.0

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sun. Nov 3

Tour: Fierce Women 2.0

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sun. Dec 1

Young Learners Program: Read for the Record 2019

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Thu. Nov 7

Young Learners Tour: Spotting Shapes and Looking for Lines

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sat. Dec 14

Young Learners Tour: Color-Full Fun

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sat. Feb 15, 2020

Diversity and the Birth of Broadway: Early Female Authors of the American Musical

 Library of Congress
Wed. Oct 23

Tank & the Bangas

 Library of Congress
Fri. Oct 25

As Ever, Oscar: Letters and Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II

Library of Congress
Mon. Oct 28

Art Kane: Harlem 1958 Concerts from the Library of Congress, 2019-2020

 Library of Congress
Tue. Oct 29

Quicksilver - Founder's Day Concert

Library of Congress
Wed. Oct 30

Midori, violin & Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano

 Library of Congress
Sat. Nov 2

Reminiscing in Tempo: Some Highlights from Nine Decades with Jazz

 Library of Congress
Thu. Nov 7

Recovering the History of the U.S. Immigrant Musical Theater at the Library of Congress

 Library of Congress
Tue. Nov 12

A Cabaret Evening with Norm Lewis

Library of Congress
Thu. Nov 14

Chopin: the Raphael of the Piano

 Library of Congress
Sat. Nov 16

Irish Chamber Orchestra

 Library of Congress
Wed. Nov 20

Leila Josefowicz, violin & John Novacek, piano

 Library of Congress
Sat. Nov 23

Twin Spirits

 Library of Congress
Thu. Dec 5

Clara Schumann at 200

 Library of Congress
Fri. Dec 6

#Declassified: Clara Schumann in the Library’s Collection

Library of Congress
Sat. Dec 7

Miró Quartet | Antonio Stradivari Memorial Concert

 Library of Congress
Wed. Dec 18

A Band Called Death

 Library of Congress
Thu. Jan 23, 2020

Dunedin Consort

 Library of Congress
Thu. Jan 30, 2020

Asko|Schönberg

 Library of Congress
Jan. 31 & Feb. 1, 2020

Skride Piano Quartet

 Library of Congress
Wed. Feb 5, 2020

A Year of Change: Best Picture Nominees of 1968: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

 Library of Congress
Thu. Feb 6, 2020

A Year of Change: Best Picture Nominees of 1968: BONNIE AND CLYDE

 Library of Congress
Thu. Feb 13, 2020

A Year of Change: Best Picture Nominees of 1968: DOCTOR DOLITTLE

 Library of Congress
Sat. Feb 15, 2020

A Year of Change: Best Picture Nominees of 1968: GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNNER

 Library of Congress
Thu. Feb 20, 2020

A Year of Change: Best Picture Nominees of 1968: THE GRADUATE

 Library of Congress
Thu. Feb 27, 2020

Phaeton Trio

 Library of Congress
Fri. Feb 7, 2020

Perfection: The Laurent Crystal Flute, 1807-1848

 Library of Congress
Sat. Feb 15, 2020

Diversity and the Birth of Broadway: Early Black Authors of the American Musical

 Library of Congress
Wed. Feb 19, 2020

Miranda Cuckson & Friends

 Library of Congress
Fri. Feb 21, 2020

A Power Stronger than Itself: the AACM and American Experimental Music

 Library of Congress
Wed. Feb 26, 2020

Sphinx Virtuosi

 Library of Congress
Fri. Feb 28, 2020

Concerto Köln

 Library of Congress
Sat. Feb 29, 2020

#Declassified: Rare & Rediscovered: Unearthing 300 Years of Musical Treasures

 Library of Congress
Sat. Mar 7, 2020

Bartók Ballet: a New Life Onstage for a Landmark Coolidge Commission

 Library of Congress
Thu. Mar 12, 2020

Arabesque Marouan Benabdallah

 Library of Congress
Sat. Mar 14, 2020

Takács Quartet

 Library of Congress
Tue. Mar 17, 2020

Tabea Zimmermann, viola | Javier Perianes, piano

 Library of Congress
Wed. Mar 18, 2020

The Creative Spark Book Club

 Del Ray Artisans
Sat. Nov 9

Fiesta de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day)

 GALA Hispanic Theatre
Sun. Jan 5, 2020

Flamenco en Familia

 GALA Hispanic Theatre
Sat. Nov 9

#Declassified: Manuscript Music for Men’s Chorus

Library of Congress
Sat. Mar 28, 2020

The Uncommon ‘Gift to be Simple:’ Japanese American Influence in Appalachian Spring

 Library of Congress
Wed. Apr 1, 2020

Conrad Tao, piano | Caleb Teicher, tap dance

 Library of Congress
Sat. Apr 4, 2020

Miles Davis: The Birth of the Cool

 Library of Congress
Thu. Apr 9, 2020

The Ballad of Fred Hersch

 Library of Congress
Thu. Apr 16, 2020

The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith

 Library of Congress
Thu. Apr 23, 2020

Fly Higher: Charlie Parker @ 100

 Library of Congress
Sat. Apr 11, 2020

Bang on a Can All Stars | Field Recordings

 Library of Congress
Fri. Apr 17, 2020

#Declassified: The Beethoven Complex

 Library of Congress
Sat. Apr 25, 2020

Evil and the Anti-Hero Film Series: Kontrol (2003)

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Fri. Oct 25

Evil and the Anti-Hero Film Series: Brother From Another Planet (1984)

 Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Fri. Dec 6

Washington in the 2000’s

 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Thu. Nov 7

A Right To The City Author Talk Series: Stephen Danley

 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Sat. Feb 22, 2020

A Right To The City Author Talk Series: Brandi T. Summers

 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Sat. Mar 21, 2020

Flux Quartet with Oliver Lake and Donal Fox

 Library of Congress
May. 1 & 2, 2020

International Contemporary Ensemble

 Library of Congress
Fri. May 8, 2020

Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata: Two Visions

 Library of Congress
Fri. May 15, 2020

#Declassified: Fly Space 3: Attack of the Stacks

 Library of Congress
Sat. May 16, 2020

Big Band Evening: Strayhorn Known and Unknown

 Library of Congress
Thu. May 28, 2020

Paris Blues

 Library of Congress
Fri. May 29, 2020

Anatomy of a Murder

 Library of Congress
Sat. May 30, 2020

Billy Strayhorn Symposium

 Library of Congress
Sat. May 30, 2020

The Bill Charlap Trio with Jon Faddis

 Library of Congress
Sat. May 30, 2020

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

 Library of Congress
Fri. Jul 24, 2020

The Apollo Orchestra with Roberto Diaz, viola

 Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
Sun. Jan 12, 2020

The Apollo Orchestra with Peter Orth, piano

 The Kennedy Center
Thu. Mar 5, 2020

The Apollo Orchestra with Michelle Kim, violin

 Church of the Epiphany
Sun. May 17, 2020

The Apollo Orchestra presents Rossini’s Stabat Mater

 Church of the Little Flower
Sun. Jun 14, 2020

Opening Reception: The Migrant Quilt Project

 Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW)
Sat. Nov 9

Opening Reception: 2019 Artful Weekend at Fort C.F. Smith Park

Fort C.F. Smith Park
Fri. Nov 22

The Warrior Tradition

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Tue. Oct 29

Artists reception: Road Trip Solo Show by Pattee Hipschen

 Gallery Underground
Fri. Nov 1

Artists reception: Scenes of Scotland Solo Show by Shelley Micali

 Gallery Clarendon
Fri. Nov 8

Closing Reception/Artist Talk: Nano Sculptures

 DC Arts Center (DCAC)
Sun. Nov 17

ChorSymphonica: Leipzig’s 1st Taste

 St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church
Fri. Jun 26, 2020

Romantic Masterworks

 DC Concert Orchestra Society (DCCOS)
Sun. Nov 17

Artists reception: A Taste of Winter

 Gallery Underground
Fri. Dec 6

Veterans Day: Generations of Service Tours

 Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
Sun. Nov 10

ACM Kwanzaa Celebration

 THEARC
Fri. Dec 27

Reflections of Self: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sat. Nov 9

African American Journey through Fiber Arts: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sat. Feb 8, 2020

51st Annual Laurel Art Guild: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Mar 8, 2020

Guest Curator, Tim Davis: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Apr 5, 2020

39th Annual Invitational Sculpture Exhibition: Talk/Luncheon

 Montpelier Arts Center
Fri. Jun 12, 2020

Guest Curator, Tim Davis

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sat. May 2, 2020

Tinam Valk: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sat. Nov 9

Andrew Flanders: Bygones: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sat. Feb 8, 2020

Eighth Annual Artists on the Rise: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sat. Mar 7, 2020

Julie Wills: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Apr 5, 2020

Giulia Piera Livi: Opening Reception

Montpelier Arts Center
Fri. Jun 5, 2020

Sahomi Naka: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sat. Nov 9

David Brosch: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Dec 8

Linda Bernard and Roslyn Logsdon: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. May 3, 2020

Melissa Burley: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Fri. Jun 5, 2020

Barry Goldstein: Opening Reception

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Jul 12, 2020

Champagne and Tchaikovsky

 Montpelier Arts Center
Sun. Dec 15

De Sanguashington - Groovin On the Pike

 Columbia Pike Branch Library
Fri. Nov 1

The Grandsons - Groovin On the Pike

 Columbia Pike Branch Library
Fri. Dec 6

16th Sundman Lecture -World War II Postal History and its Social Impact

 Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Wed. Nov 6

Washington Performing Arts: The United States Air Force Band

 The Anthem
Sat. May 30, 2020

FMMC: Arioso Chorale

 Lutheran Church of the Reformation
Nov. 1 & 2

FMMC: Avanti Orchestra

 Cultural Arts Center at Montgomery College
Sun. Nov 10

FMMC: Friday Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Nov 1

FMMC: Friday Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Nov 8

FMMC: Greenspring Concert Series

 Greenspring Retirement Community
Sat. Nov 2

BlackRock SpringFest

 BlackRock Center for the Arts
Sun. May 3, 2020

Leadership Lessons from Lincoln and Grant

 Library of Congress
Wed. Oct 30

Dynamics of Presidential Primaries

 Library of Congress
Thu. Nov 7

A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality

 Library of Congress
Tue. Nov 12

100 Years of Women Voting

 Library of Congress
Thu. Nov 21

The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols

 Folger Shakespeare Library
Sat. Oct 26

Filming Spain’s Exile in Our Hearts: Beltenebros

 Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain
Tue. Oct 29

Filming Spain’s Exile in Our Hearts: Refuge, un peuple attend

 Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain
Wed. Oct 23

Filming Spain’s Exile in Our Hearts: Soldiers of Salamina

 Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain
Thu. Nov 7

Artist's Talk: The Allure of Color - Recent work by Grace E. Peterson

 Waverly Street Gallery
Sun. Nov 17

Opening Reception: The Allure of Color - Recent Paintings by Grace E. Peterson

 Waverly Street Gallery
Fri. Nov 8

Main Street Chamber Players

 Potter Violins
Sun. Nov 3

NVJFF: Hava Nagila

 Reston Community Center
Sun. Nov 17

Free Community Day: January

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed. Jan 1, 2020

Tour: Fierce Women 2.0

 National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sun. Jan 5, 2020

The Credibility of the Fourth Estate, Past and Present

 National Archives
Wed. Oct 23

Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare

 National Archives
Sat. Oct 26

Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back

 National Archives
Tue. Oct 29

Women in Leadership: The Impact of Women on the U.S. Congress

 National Archives
Wed. Oct 30

The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Tue. Nov 5

Contemporary Ensemble

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Sun. Nov 10

Holiday Vocals

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Sun. Dec 8

DIY: Light Up Postcards

 Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain
Sat. Nov 2

Gallery Talk - Roman, Coptic, Byzantine, Islamic: Defining Community in Medieval Egypt

 Dumbarton Oaks
Sat. Nov 2

French Marquis, Yorktown Victor, Spanish Grandee: Claude-Anne de Rouvoy, marquis de Saint-Simon

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Thu. Oct 24

Lunch Bite - A Pensioner of the Revolution

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Fri. Nov 15

Lunch Bite - Nisbet Balfour’s Letter Book of 1781

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Fri. Dec 13

American Veterans through Two Centuries

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Mon. Nov 11

The Insular Worlds of Byzantium

 Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship House
Fri. Nov 15

Opening Reception: Fine Art in Miniature

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Sun. Nov 17

Opening Reception: Shades of Pastel

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Sun. Nov 17

Opening Reception: The 29th Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition: Home

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Thu. Jan 16, 2020

Fall Frolic

 Glen Echo Park
Sat. Oct 26

Opening Reception: $100 & Under Art Exhibit

 Del Ray Artisans
Fri. Nov 1

Holiday Book Fair & TWC Birthday Bash

 The Writer's Center
Sun. Dec 15

Open Mic

 The Writer's Center
Nov. 2 & Dec. 7

Strong Female Protagonists panel discussion

 The Writer's Center
Sun. Dec 8

The Writer’s Center Live! A Literary Variety Show

 The Writer's Center
Thu. Nov 7

Women Writing Crime Fiction: Motherhood, sisterhood and the pursuit of justice

 The Writer's Center
Sun. Nov 17

Giovanni Seneca

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Wed. Oct 23

Robert Woofter: Electric Idols

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Oct. 24 & 25

The Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival: Catherine Cohen

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sat. Oct 26

Mark Twain Prize: Dave Chappelle - Duke Ellington School

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Sun. Oct 27

Kids Euro Festival: Popolvar

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Mon. Oct 28

Kids Euro Festival: Are we all the same? No, we are not!

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tue. Oct 29

Lokvar Puppets: Daddy is a Hero

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Wed. Oct 30

Monday Matinee: The Apartment (1960)

 Greenbelt Community Center
Mon. Nov 4

Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare

 Old Greenbelt Theatre
Sun. Oct 27

New Trial

 Korean Cultural Center DC
Thu. Oct 24

Wandering Melodic Road by the Tune

 Korean Cultural Center DC
Wed. Nov 6

1,000 years of Sound and Movement

 The Kennedy Center
Tue. Nov 19

Reggae Meets Korean Pansori

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Wed. Nov 20

Dark World

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Sat. Nov 16

Fair is foul & foul is fair

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Sat. Nov 9

Late Fall Opening Reception

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Sat. Nov 9

Green Book (2018)

 Publick Playhouse
Fri. Dec 6

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

 Publick Playhouse
Fri. Feb 7, 2020

The Sapphires (2012)

 Publick Playhouse
Fri. May 8, 2020

DC Concert Orchestra Society: Chamber Music Concert

 Trinity Presbyterian Church
Sat. Nov 23

Chamber Music Master Classes

 Trinity Presbyterian Church
Wed. Nov 20

Revels Play Space

 Washington Revels
Oct. 29 & Nov. 12

Sound Meditation

 Publick Playhouse
Mar. 10 – Jun. 2, 2020

Kids Euro Festival: Blazing a Trail, An Irish Reading Workshop (Ages 8-12)

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Sun. Oct 27

Kids Euro Festival: Frog Pond, A Finnish Dance Performance (Ages 4-12)

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Mon. Nov 4

José André Trio

 Library of Congress
Thu. Nov 7

Receptions: enDANGERd

 Zenith Gallery
Sat. Nov 16

Hall-O-Screen Party: The Nightmare Before Christmas

 The Reach @The Kennedy Center
Thu. Oct 31

All Politics is Local with Tom Sherwood & Mark Segraves: Kojo Nnamdi

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Thu. Nov 7

The Life of a Poet: A Conversation with Ron Charles + Reginald Dwayne Betts

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Wed. Nov 20

National Book Festival Presents Alexander McCall Smith

 Library of Congress
Thu. Oct 24

National Philharmonic: A Fantasia on Christmas Carols

 Christ Episcopal Church
Sat. Dec 7

ARCADIA Closing Party

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Sat. Dec 14

Citizen Lane Film Screening

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Wed. Dec 11

Free Parking: Christine Neill

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Thu. Dec 5

JRA Distinguished Artist Series: Rebecca Hutchinson

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Sun. Nov 17

National Book Festival Presents Karen Armstrong

Library of Congress
Wed. Nov 6

National Book Festival Presents Brad Meltzer

 Library of Congress
Fri. Nov 8

National Book Festival Presents André Aciman

 Library of Congress
Wed. Nov 13

NSO: Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage

 Howard University-Cramton Auditorium
Fri. Oct 25

FMMC: Dumbarton Concert Series

 Dumbarton House
Tue. Nov 19

FMMC: Friday Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Dec 6

FMMC: Friday Concert Series

 Calvary Baptist Church
Fri. Nov 15

FMMC: Jordan Kitt's Series

 Jordan Kitt’s Music
Sat. Nov 16

FMMC: Lyceum Concert Series

 The Lyceum
Sun. Nov 17

FMMC: Old Town Hall Concert Series

 Old Town Hall
Thu. Nov 21

FMMC: Strathmore Concert Series

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Thu. Nov 14

FMMC: Woman's Club Concert Series

 Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
Tue. Nov 12

Remembered By the Wind

 Old Greenbelt Theatre
Thu. Nov 14

OGT kids: Storytime on Screen

 Greenbelt Community Center
Mon. Oct 28

Free Folger Friday: Mozart vs. Salieri

 Folger Theatre
Fri. Nov 22

Closing Reception/Artist Talk: ReVisions by Ellyn Weiss

DC Arts Center (DCAC)
Sun. Dec 1

Opening Reception: Resonance

 Korean Cultural Center DC
Fri. Nov 1

Les Violons tziganes de Cannes

 Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Thu. Oct 31

The New Art Examiner Forum: Speaker Don Kimes

 DC Arts Center (DCAC)
Wed. Oct 23

Arlington Philharmonic

 Washington-Liberty High School auditorium
Sun. Nov 3

Community Sing

 Seekers Church
Thu. Nov 21

Jubilee Voices at Button Farm

 Button Farm Living History Center
Sat. Nov 2

Dia De Los Muertos Projection by Robin Bell and Claudia Olivos

 Arlington Arts Center
Nov. 1 & 2

Shake Up Your Saturday: Courtly Greetings and Country Meetings

 Folger Theatre
Sat. Nov 2

Shake Up Your Saturday: I Take My Leave

 Folger Theatre
Sat. Dec 7

Revelations Celebration Workshop with Ailey Arts in Education Teaching Artists
 

 The Kennedy Center
Sat. Feb 8, 2020

Conversation Circles

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Nov. 1 – 29

Conversation Circles

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Oct. 25 – Nov. 29

Drawn to Figures: How to Draw Feet

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Nov. 13 & 16

Drawn to Figures: How to Draw Hands

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Nov. 6 & 9

Open Studio

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Nov. 1 – 29

Portrait Story Days: American Indian Heritage Month - Pocahontas

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Nov. 2 & 3

Portrait Story Days: American Indian Heritage Month - Sequoyah

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Nov. 9 & 10

Portrait Story Days: American Indian Heritage Month - Sitting Bull

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Nov. 23 & 24

Portrait Story Days: American Indian Heritage Month - Zitkala-Ša

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Sat. Nov 30

Strike a Prose: Write from Your Soul (cross-genre)

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Fri. Oct 25

Screen Printing for Social Change

 Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Sat. Dec 7

11th Annual Move Me Festival

 Kenmore Middle School
Sat. Feb 29, 2020

Mini Voyageurs

 Washington Revels
Oct. 31 & Nov. 14

District Queer Comedy Festival: Improv Workshop

 Source Theatre
Sat. Nov 16

Ongoing Events

Tour: Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Building

 Library of Congress
Thru Feb. 1, 2020

Anderson House

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Thru Dec. 31

New York Ave Sculpture Project

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

Portraits of the World: Korea Exhibition

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru Nov. 17

Americans

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

Nation to Nation

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

Our Universes

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

Return to a Native Place

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

The Great Inka Road

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

Gallery Tours

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thru Dec. 31

The Architecture of the Folger Shakespeare Library

 Folger Shakespeare Library
Thru Jan. 5, 2020

Story Time in our Explore! Family Space

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri

Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru Jan. 5, 2020

In Mid-Sentence

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru Mar. 29, 2020

One Life: Marian Anderson

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru May. 17, 2020

Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote

 National Archives
Thru Jan. 3, 2021

Revolutionary Reflections: French Memories of the War for America

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Thru Oct. 27

Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote

Library of Congress
Thru Sep. 1, 2020

Section 14: The Other Palm Springs

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

Right to the City @Shaw Neighborhood Library

 Shaw Neighborhood Library
Thru Apr. 20, 2020

Right to the City @Mt Pleasant Library

 Mt Pleasant Library
Thru Apr. 20, 2020

Right to the City @Anacostia Neighborhood Library

 Anacostia Neighborhood Library
Thru Apr. 20, 2020

Right to the City @Woodridge Neighborhood Library

 Woodridge Neighborhood Library
Thru Apr. 20, 2020

Miniature Shakespeare Books from the Harner Collection

Folger Shakespeare Library
Thru Dec. 31

Earthly Elements Earth, air, fire, water - and spirit

 Waverly Street Gallery
Thru Nov. 2

Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Thru Dec. 15

Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Thru Dec. 15

America’s First Veterans

 Anderson House & The American Revolution Institute
Nov. 8, 2019 – Apr. 5, 2020

Say it With Flowers - A fiber art exhibit by Anne Smyers

 Reston Community Center
Thru Oct. 31

6@35 - Fabricating Culture

 Zenith Sculpture Space
Thru Jan. 4, 2020

Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru May. 31, 2020

Storied Women of the Civil War Era

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru May. 8, 2022

Recent Acquisitions

 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Thru Nov. 3

Migrant Quilt Project

 Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW)
Oct. 28 – Dec. 9

October Open Exhibit juried by Debbie Millman

 The Art League
Thru Nov. 3

2019 Artful Weekend at Fort C.F. Smith Park

 Fort C.F. Smith Park
Nov. 22 – 24

Chaos Art Exhibition

 Gallery Underground
Thru Oct. 25

Day of the Dead Festival

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Nov. 1 – 3

Installation of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thru Apr. 15, 2020

Modern Botanical Solo show by Anne Feldman

 Gallery Clarendon
Thru Oct. 31

Road Trip Solo Show by Pattee Hipschen

 Gallery Underground
Oct. 28 – Nov. 29

Scenes of Scotland Solo Show by Shelley Micali

 Gallery Clarendon
Nov. 3 – Dec. 7

Nano Sculptures

 DC Arts Center (DCAC)
Thru Nov. 17

Art Inspired by The Twilight Zone Exhibit

 Del Ray Artisans
Thru Oct. 27

A Taste of Winter

 Gallery Underground
Dec. 2 – 27

Color Solo Show by by Rebecca McNeely

 Gallery Clarendon
Dec. 7, 2019 – Jan. 4, 2020

The Annual Northern Virginia Jewish Book Fair

 Pozez JCC Northern VA
Dec. 8 – 11

Judy Wengrovitz — A Retrospective

 Pozez JCC Northern VA
Thru Dec. 2

Open Exhibition

 Pozez JCC Northern VA
Dec. 3, 2019 – Jan. 13, 2020

Arlington Exhibition: Emma Cregan and Johab Silva

 Marymount University - Ballston Center
Thru Nov. 2

Renè Treviño: Gran Fury

 Montpelier Arts Center
Thru Oct. 26

Reflections of Self

 Montpelier Arts Center
Nov. 2 – Dec. 31

Chronicles of the African American Journey through Fiber Arts

 Montpelier Arts Center
Jan. 11 – Mar. 1, 2020

51st Annual Laurel Art Guild Juried Exhibition

 Montpelier Arts Center
Mar. 7 – 29, 2020

Guest Curator: Tim Davis

 Montpelier Arts Center
Apr. 4 – May. 24, 2020

Cat Gunn

 Montpelier Arts Center
Thru Oct. 27

Tinam Valk

 Montpelier Arts Center
Nov. 2 – Dec. 31

Andrew Flanders: Bygones

 Montpelier Arts Center
Jan. 11 – Mar. 1, 2020

Julie Wills

 Montpelier Arts Center
Apr. 4 – May. 31, 2020

Giulia Piera Livi

Montpelier Arts Center
Jun. 5 – Aug. 2, 2020

Sushama Parikh

 Montpelier Arts Center
Thru Oct. 27

Sahomi Naka

 Montpelier Arts Center
Nov. 2 – 24

David Brosch

 Montpelier Arts Center
Dec. 1 – 31

Linda Bernard and Roslyn Logsdon

 Montpelier Arts Center
May. 2 – 31, 2020

Melissa Burley

 Montpelier Arts Center
Jun. 5 – 28, 2020

Barry Goldstein

 Montpelier Arts Center
Jul. 5 – Aug. 2, 2020

Tom Greaves: Middlemost Daft

 BlackRock Center for the Arts
Thru Nov. 2

Elizabeth Casqueiro: Ballyhoo

 BlackRock Center for the Arts
Thru Nov. 2

Hill Center Galleries

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Thru Dec. 1

None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of Diplomatic Couriers

Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Thru Jan. 26, 2020

Assembly 2019

 Arlington Arts Center
Thru Dec. 22

Marissa Long: Borrowed from Dust

 Arlington Arts Center
Thru Dec. 22

Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages

 Library of Congress
Thru Sep. 12, 2020

The Allure of Color - Recent Work by Grace E. Peterson

 Waverly Street Gallery
Nov. 3 – Dec. 7

Creature Comforts Art Exhibit

 VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital
Thru Jan. 26, 2020

Places in Paper - Guild of American Papercutters

 Studio 3700
Thru Dec. 8

Tour: Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Building

 Library of Congress
Thru Jun. 30, 2022

Ornament: Fragments of Byzantine Fashion

 Dumbarton Oaks
Thru Jan. 5, 2020

Laurie Breen

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Thru Nov. 3

Fine Art in Miniature

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Nov. 16, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020

Shades of Pastel

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Nov. 16, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020

David Scheirer

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Nov. 16, 2019 – Feb. 23, 2020

The 29th Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition: Home

 The Mansion at Strathmore
Jan. 11 – Feb. 23, 2020

$100 & Under Art Exhibit

 Del Ray Artisans
Nov. 1 – Dec. 1

ARCADIA: The Clyde’s Murals by William Woodward

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Nov. 9 – Dec. 15

Christine Neill: Observations from the Valley Floor

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Nov. 9 – Dec. 15

Dark World: Photographs by Frank Hallam Day

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Nov. 9 – Dec. 15

Michal Heiman's Radical Link: A New Community of Women, 1855-2020

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Nov. 9 – Dec. 15

Figuratively Speaking Gallery Exhibit

 Arts Barn
Thru Nov. 18

Latino Art League Gallery Exhibit

 Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm
Thru Oct. 28

Olney Art Association Gallery Exhibit

 Kentlands Mansion
Thru Nov. 11

enDANGERd

 Zenith Gallery
Thru Nov. 16

Fair is foul & foul is fair

 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Nov. 9 – Dec. 15

ReVisions by Ellyn Weiss

 DC Arts Center (DCAC)
Thru Dec. 1

Resonance

 Korean Cultural Center DC
Nov. 1 – 29

Iberoamerican Architecture and Urban Spaces

 Dupont Underground
Thru Oct. 27
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