Film Festival To Include Appearances by Award-Winning Actresses Crisel Consunji and Jennifer Yu and director Sunny Chan The 24th annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival, cosponsored by the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, features some of the most talked-about recent…
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Kennedy Center Celebrates Summer with Rooftop Happy Hours
The Kennedy Center brings the fun outdoors this summer with four free rooftop happy hours, taking place on Thursdays July 11, July 18, and August 1 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The series is offered in partnership with local and national partners, who will curate each event. Frank Brown & DC Millennials, Ritmos Raros,…
Annual DC Art Book Fair July 7
This curated, kid-friendly event in the National Museum of Women in the Arts‘ Great Hall brings together small presses, artists and more to sell their independently published (largely paper-based) works. More than 40 artists will be selling creations from zines to books, from comics to prints, and plenty in between. This event is organized by the…
District Music Project Presents: Eighties Dream Night
Love music? Love parties? Party with a cause and come support one of the District’s newest non-profits, the DMP, and their mission to provide affordable music education to adults! Come as you are or dressed to the nines, but be ready for a night of all things ’80s! Themed drinks and snacks, karaoke, live music, ’80s…
Karen Silve Exhibit Opens at Susan Calloway Fine Art
Transitions is Karen Silve’s fifth solo exhibition at Calloway Fine Art, following her enormously successful Beijing Trees series from 2017. It incorporates two bodies of work created between 2018 and 2019 and shows the shift in her compositions. On view: May 4th – June 15th Reception: May 4th 5:00 – 7:00 PM Spring Art Walk: May 18th…
Alexandria’s Poet Laureate Leads A Friendly Game of Slam April 26
The City of Alexandria appointed KaNikki Jakarta as the new Poet Laureate. The first African-American to hold the title, she replaced Wendi Kaplan, whose term ended in March 2019. Jakarta is an award-winning performance poet who has toured the U.S. and United Kingdom. She has been writing for more than 26 years and active in the…
ARTECHOUSE celebrates spring and women in the arts and tech with the annual cherry blossom inspired seasonal exhibition in the nation’s capital. In Peak Bloom features interactive and immersive digital art installations inspired by the fragile beauty and ephemeral nature of the cherry blossom, reminding us of how precious and fleeting life is. Open to…
The Open Gallery Closes Soapbox Series with#ViewsfromDAPL
The Open Gallery presents #ViewsFromDAPL, featuring the work of Meghan Kirkwood from March 11th–April 26th, 2019. This exhibition explores the evolution of a production landscape: the Bakken region of western North Dakota. In response to new developments in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies, this remote area made up of large ranches and national parks experienced one…
Porchfest DC Comes to Hillcrest May 19
The Southeast Porchfest will be held in Hillcrest, Sunday, May 19, 2019, 12pm-6pm, in collaboration with the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Hillcrest community. Porchfest is a day of mini-concerts held on front porches and lawns. This year’s Southeast Porchfest will be the largest free outdoor music festival held East of the Anacostia River, in…
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