January 3

• museum after-hours: Planet Word (free)

January 4

• museum/after-hours: New Years, New You ($20) 

• bluegrass: Free Bluegrass & $3 Beer (free)

• themed trivia: Game of Thrones Trivia (free) 

• museum after-hours: Live! at the Library (free) 

January 5

• art opening: Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project ($10 museum entry)

• bluegrass: Free Bluegrass & $3 Beer (free)

January 6

• art: Weekend Workshops (free) 

• art: Drop-In Artmaking (free)

• art talk: Introduction: Rothko Paintings (free)

• art/meditation: Guided Meditation: Mark Rothko (free)

• last weekend: The Body and Infinite Excess (free)

• last weekend: As Far As One Can See (free)

• art tour: Still Something Singing Outdoor Sculpture Tour (free)

January 7

• enviro justice: To Live and Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice Closing Reception (free) 

• three kings: Fiesta de los Reyes Magos (free)

• museum/community day: National Museum of Women in the Arts (free)

• abortion/rock climbing: Movement for Choice (donation) 

• plants: DC Plant Swap (free)

• hard conversations: Stop the Killing; How to End the Mass Shooting Crisis  (free)

• last weekend: Light Yards (free)

• last weekend: Georgetown Glow (free)

January 8

• mlk: Historically Speaking: King: A Life (free) 

• nye southeast asia: Flavors of Southeast Asia New Year ($88)

• cocktails: Coquito Wars Vol. 3 ($25)

January 9

• plants/workshop: Grow Your Own Mushroom Workshop ($38)

• pirates: When Pirates Prowled the Chesapeake ($15)

January 10

• natural wines: Aperitivo Hour with Plant Wines ($10) 

January 11

• korean: Elevating Korean Flavors: A Conversation with Award-Winning Chefs (free) 

• dance: Performed Places (free) 

• mlk: Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III (free)

• knitting: Knits n' Yarns (free) 

• museum after-hours: Live! at the Library (free) 

January 12

• iran/film: Imagine (free) 

• tarot/sake: New Years Tarot and Sake ($70)

• queer: Mid-Atlantic Leather Week

• book talk: Cry, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter (free)

• book talk: The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics (free)

January 13

• museum: Family Day at the DAR Museum (free)

• queer: Mid-Atlantic Leather Week

• volunteer: Invasive Plant Removal at Trail 9 (free)

• last weekend: Apricity (free)

• seeds: Native seed winter sowing workshop ($5-15)

• plants/cocktails: Mounted Orchids ($69)

• podcast: And That's Why We Drink: On The Rocks Tour ($40+) 

• reggae: Reggae Fest D.C. ($20+)

January 14

• iran/film: Roxana (free) 

• drag brunch: Ke$sha vs. Katy Perry Brunch ($)

• clothing swap: Happy Daze Clothing Swap ($5)

• queer: Mid-Atlantic Leather Week

• ice skating/hockey: Rock the Rink at The Wharf ($)

January 15

• virtual/mlk: Meditation Monday (free) 

• queer: Mid-Atlantic Leather Week

• film/local/dc: Howard University Disney Storytellers (free)

• restaurant: DC Restaurant Week ($25+)

• history: Fighting Fascism, Fighting Jim Crow ($15) 

January 16

• writing/workshop: Writing Workshop Inspired by Portraits of Poets & Writers (free) 

• restaurant: DC Restaurant Week ($25+)

• art talk: Art Talk Tuesday (free) 

• sri lanka: Crisis in Sri Lanka (free)

January 17

• museum after-hours: NMWA Nights ($22+) 

• france/wwii: D-DAY and the Liberation of France (free)

• art/workshop: Hands-On Mural Making (free) 

• restaurant: DC Restaurant Week ($25+)

• judaism/dry January: Jews and Booze ($18)

January 18

• enviro/cocktails: D.C. Trees and Climate Change (free) 

• museum/after-hours: Phillips Collection (free) 

• book talk/workplace: "Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work (free)

• environment/jewish/dinner: Conversations about Environmental Justice ($36)

• restaurant: DC Restaurant Week ($25+)

• d&d: Not Another D&D Podcast: Dungeon Court ($64+)

• palestine/food: Food & Folklore: The Gaza Kitchen ($40) 

• museum after-hours: Live! at the Library (free)

January 19

• iran/film: Terrestrial Verses (free)

• restaurant: DC Restaurant Week ($25+)

• concert/film: Batman in Concert ($45+)

• film/iran: Terrestrial Verses (free)

• drag: Mean Girls (bring cash) 

• music/r&b: The Set: A R&B Experience ($20)

January 20

art/workshop: Hybridization: Combining Abstraction and Representation in Art ($25)

• dc/book talk: Hidden Alleyways of Washington, DC: A History (free)

• plants: Carnivorous Plant Basics and DIY Bog Gardens ($20)

• last weekend: Her (free)

• art/workshop: Shoetopia (free) 

• pop-up market: Local Vendors & Makers Market (free) 

• market: Fantastic Indoor Winter Market (free)

• desi/dance party: Bollywood Night: Bollywood Hits – Desi Beats ($10+)

• restaurant: DC Restaurant Week ($25+)

January 21

• craft/workshop: Basic Screen Printing ($15) 

• opening: Building Stories ($10 museum entry)

• palestine/poems: Poems for Palestine Open Mic (free) 

• restaurant: DC Restaurant Week ($25+)

• fossils: The Tusks of Extinction (free)

January 22

• spies/AI: AI and Emerging Technologies: Intelligence Opportunities & Challenges (free) 

• literature/trivia: Kramers Literary Trivia (free)

• lecture/history: The Vikings of Legend ($15)

• food/book: OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HUNGER ($5)

January 23

• carjacking: Juvenile Carjacking Motivation & Accountability (free) 

• broadway: Annie ($)

• basketball/france: “Rudy Gobert N°27” ($5)

• politics: Filibustered!: How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America (free)

• palestine: Angela Davis (free

January 24

• social justice: How Organizers and Artists are Creating a Better World (free) 

• wardrobe: A PURPOSEFUL CLOSET: PERSONAL STYLING & CAPSULE WARDROBES (free)

• wine: Cape Crusaders: The Wines of South Africa ($45)

• storytelling/queer: Aspec & Queer Storytelling (free)

• palestine/spoken word: Gaza Monologues: Voices of Young Palestinians (free) 

• curling: Curling & Cocktails (free but register by Jan 18)

• art/opening: Hill Center Galleries 2024 Regional Juried Exhibition Opening Reception (free) 

• broadway: Annie ($)

• book talk: Ibram Kendi (free)

January 25

• reconstruction: Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction (free)

• food/book/religion: Holy Food ($5) 

• craft/workshop: Laser Cut Monogram Keychains (free)

• broadway: Annie ($)

• book talk/travel: Trekking Around Manaslu in the Nepalese Himalaya (free)

• museum after-hours: Live! at the Library (free)

January 26

• iran/film: Winners (free) 

• taylor swift: Taylor Rave ($10+)

• broadway: Annie ($)

• ice skating: Community Skate Night (free ice skate rental for first 100 attendees)

• film/iran: Winners (free) 

• art/opening/italy: Confluences: Intersectional Visions of Italy (free) 

• volunteer: Elesavetgrad Cemetery (free)

January 27

• social justice: Museums and Cultural Heritage Protection: A Case Study of Repatriations to Yemen (free) 

• mlk/art talk: To the East (free)

• theater: The 1440 Play Festival (?)

• wine: Sparkling Wines of the Southern Hemisphere ($45)

• film/military: Masters of the Air (free)

• last weekend/art: Raymond Lewis: Hall of Saints (free) 

• k-pop: K-Pop Mixtape ($20)

• floral arranging: Flower Arranging Basics with Winter Flowers ($95) 

• broadway: Annie ($)

• fatphobia: Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia (free)

January 28

• enviro justice: “Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism” Tour (free)

• vintage/market: Memories Museum (free)

• french/film/animation: Animation First DC Film Festival (free)

• opera: Maryland Opera Studio (free)

• broadway: Annie ($)

January 29

• royalty: Cousin vs. Cousin, Queen vs. Queen ($15)

• astronomy: Astronomy on Tap (free)

• austria/holocaust: Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert (free)

• racism/mental health: Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum (free)

January 30

• plants/workshop: Soil 101 (free) 

• france/colonialism: Decolonizing Perspectives (free)

January 31

• film/syria: Lamya’s Poem (free)

• bhm/poetry: A Great Day in Poetry (free)

• bhm: Black History Month Kick-off (free)

• korean/dinner: Itaewon Night ($)

• bingo: Block Party Bingo Nights at District E (free)

• poem: Golden Haiku Workshop 2024 Edition (free)

• health/book talk: Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation (free)

• curling: Curling & Cocktails (free but register by Jan 25)

February 1

• film/environment: 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour ($25+)

• art/after hours: Love Is In The Air ($20) 

• film/black: Invisible Beauty (free)

• bhm: Justice Denied:  The Roots of the Reparations Movement (free)

February 2

• film/environment: 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour ($25+)

• museum after hours: Spy Fest (free) 

• mormons/book talk: American Zion: A New History of Mormonism (free)

• restaurants: National Tater Tots ($)

• art: Where Islands Converge (free) 

• fundraiser/abortion/karaoke: Punk Rock Karaoke ($10)

• art opening: Welcome to the Jungle (free)

• film/love: Groundhog Day ($8)

• art: ArtWalk Dupont (free)

• embassy/spain: Winter Open Doors (II) (free)

• comedy: Ronny Chieng ($)

February 3

• lny: Lunar New Year Family Festival (free) 

  france/crepes: Crêpe Days: Celebrate La Chandeleur! ($18)

• clean-up: Suitland Parkway Volunteer Day (free)

• festival: Chinese Lunar New Year Kickoff (free)

• craft: Intro to Natural Dyes Workshop ($40)

• asian/museum: Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year) (free)

• dance/queer: Flower Factory ($15)

• film/children; The Incredibles ($)

• film/environment: 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour ($25+)

• art opening: Bucolia (free)

• art: Where Islands Converge (free) 

• beer/release party: The Precious One Apricot IPA ($36) 

February 4

• france/crepes: Crêpe Days: Celebrate La Chandeleur! ($18)

• community day/museum: Free Community Day at NMWA (free)

• plants: February Plant & Cutting Swap (free) 

• mardi gras: Mardi Gras Party (free)

• queer: Vroom Vroom... A DC Dyke Night Tea Party (free)

• cooking: Make Your Own Spice Blends ($55)

• market: DC Flea Market (free)

• cooking: Bake & Take: King Cake Edition (free)

• politics/republicans: The Grift (free)

February 6

• gardening/book: American Roots with Nick McCullough ($22)

• austria/music: Entering Zero Gravity (free)

• film: Bonnie & Clyde ($5)

• french/film: Sibel ($5)

• arts/market: Artists & Ales (free)

• film/bhm: Selma ($8)

• lecture/health: The Orgasm Gap ($15)

• comedy/book talk: Moshe Kasher ($20)

February 7

• local authors/book talks: Voices of DC (free)

• food/film: MSG Documentary Screening ($50) -canceled

• queer/books: Queer Reading Night Club (free)

• film/love: The Princess Bride ($8)

• dc/history: Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap (free)

• cheese: Winter Blues Cheese Class ($40)

• dating/singles: Block Party Singles Night at District E (free)

• curling: Curling & Cocktails (free but register by Jan 31)

February 8

• poetry: 1898 Revisions Poetry Night (free) 

• film/black: Soul (free)

• lny: Lion Dance (free)

• film/black: The House on Jonathan Street  (free)

• bhm: The Underground Railroad in the DMV (free)

• valentines/film: Magic Mike (free)

• valentines/late night museum: A Valentine's Date with Rebecca Ross (free)

• queer femme/music/abortion: GIRLGENIUS SHOWCASE ($15)

• bhm: The Stolen Wealth of Slavery: A Case for Reparations (free)

• bhm/trivia: Historically Black Phrases Live! (free)

• japan/film: 3ft Ball and Souls (free)

• art/dc: DC Artists in Conversation (free)

• baldwin: James Baldwin's Fire: The Public and Private Man (free)

• whiskey: Spying Launched a Nation Whiskey Tasting Celebration ($150)

• knitting: Knits n' Yarns (free)

February 9

• dinner/self-care: A Seat at the Table: Art: A Tool for Promoting Equity, Fulfillment, and Self-Care ($40) 

• clothing/mid-day: Clothing Swap (free)

• pizza: National Pizza Day on 8th Street SE ($)

• pizza/jazz: Jazz Night (free)

• film/love: Mystic Pizza ($8)

• storytelling/sex: Awkward Sex and the City ($20) 

• bhm/film: DC Black History Film Festival 2024 (free)

• valentines/flowers: Build Your Own Bouquet + Floral Arranging with a Cocktail ($85)

• dance party: The Music Of 2004 (free)

February 10

• lny: Lunar New Year Family Celebration (free) 

• valentines/zine: Valenzines (free)

• cake: All You Need is Cake and Friends ($)

• lny: Poster Making Workshop: Vietnamese Lunar New Year Edition ($15)

• valentines party: Transformer’s 8th Annual Heartbreaker’s Ball (free/ticketed)

• lny: Dim Sum Omakase ($$$)

• mardi gras: Mardi Gras at the Wharf (free)

• family history/book talk: The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration (free)

• desserts: Chocolate Truffle Making Class ($45) - sold out

• crafting: Make a Mini Magazine (free)

• bhm: Black History Month Crafting (free)

• tennis/book talk: Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice (free)

• lny/market: Lunar New Year Sweets Pop-Up (free)

• volunteer: Community Conservation at Langdon Park (free)

• volunteer: Shepherd Parkway Community Clean-Up (free)

• plants: Plant your own succulent arrangement ($40)

• valentines/storytelling: Sucker for Love ($20+)

• navy/bhm: Currents of Emancipation (free)

• american indian/story telling: According to Coyote (free)

• book sale: Friends of the Southwest Neighborhood Library Book Sale ($)

• small business/crafting: Running a Crochet Business (free)

• valentines/flower arranging: Flower Arranging Basics ($115)

• bluegrass: Free Bluegrass & $3 Beer Day Party (free) 

February 11

• valentines/market: A Whole Lotta Love: A Valentine’s Market (free)

• film/bhm: Hidden Figures ($8)

• valentines/crafting: Galentine's Day at J Studio ($45)

• book sale: Friends of the Southwest Neighborhood Library (free)

• zines: PIX (workshop) 001 (free)

• flowers/crafting: Pressed Flower Frame Workshop ($55)

• art/opening: The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy (free)

February 12

• valentines/lecture: The Love Lecture ($15)

• comedy: Free Late Night Comedy (free)

• dc history/podcast: The Atlantic's Holy Week Podcast LIVE! (free)

• lunar new year: Lunar New Year Celebration ($49)

February 13

• valentines/vintage: Valentine’s Day Vintage Market (free)

• self-help/friendship: Asking for a Friend ($15)

• galentines: Bravo Trivia Night (free)

• galentines/dance party: Raise Your Glass, A Galentine’s Experience (free)

• valentines/trivia: Trivia Night: Crazy in Love (free)

February 14

• valentines/tattoo: Valentine’s Flash Tattoo ($)

• karaoke: All Sad Karaoke (free)

• bikes/valentines: DC Bike Party (free)

• coffee: Love is in the Air in SW (free)

• embassy/art opening: El Chamán, Tú y Yo (free)

• ballet: Jazz Icons: A Fine Romance ($30+)

• lgbtq/dating: LGBTQ Singles Mixer at The Dirty Goose ($25)

• film/love: An Affair to Remember ($8)

• hollywood: Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood (free)

• wine/cheese/valentines: Valentine's Day Perfect Pairings Class ($60)

• presidents/valentines/books: Letters of Love and Lust from the White House (free)

• flowers/wine: Bottles & Bouqs Charity Flower Bar ($55)

February 15

• film/love/bhm: Loving ($8)

• fashion/film: Cicely Tyson and Me: A Relationship Forged in Fashion (free)

• art opening: "40 ACRES: Camp Barker" (free)

• language: An Evening with Dr. Antonio Fierro (free)

• gardens/book: Du Pont Gardens of the Brandywine Valley ($22)

• ballet: Jazz Icons: A Fine Romance ($30+)

• storytelling/listening: Beyonce's "Renaissance"(free)

• bhm/hollywood: What Have We Here? with Billy Dee Williams (free)

• austria/music: Denkwechsel Concert (free)

• journaling: An Octogenarian's Journal ($25)

• theater reading/quilts: Gee’s Bend (free)

• japan/film: Photograph of Memories (free)

• valentines/film: Bride & Prejudice (free)

• late night museum: Third Thursday (free)

• bhm/books: Major Jackson with Ron Charles (free)

• prison/film: The First Step ($10)

• orcas/lecture: Orcas vs. Yachts ($15) - sold out

February 16

• film/iran: See You Friday, Robinson (free)

• jazz: Jazz Night Jam (free)

• film: 2024 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS ($)

• dance party: Bad Bunny (free)

• ballet: Jazz Icons: A Fine Romance ($30+)

February 17

• market/bhm: Taste N Shop (free)

• presidents day: President’s Day Family Fun Day (free)

• volunteer: Love is Trash (free)

• voting/book: A Real Right to Vote (free)

• comedy: Hasan Minhaj: Off With His Head ($52+)

• exhibit opening: Marjorie Merriweather Post's Paris ($18)

• bhm/cookbook: Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks (free)

• american indian/valentines/food: Blossom to Beverage: The Story of Chocolate (free)

• open mic: Love Thy Self (free)

• lectures: Nerd Nite ($10+)

• burlesque: DC Braulesque: Geek Classique II ($25)

• ballet: Jazz Icons: A Fine Romance ($30+)

February 18

• ballet: Jazz Icons: A Fine Romance ($30+)

• vintage: Lvrs & Friends Vintage Market ($10)

• coffee: Planet Oat Barista Lovers Coffeehouse Pop-Up (free)

• sweden/bake sale: House of Sweden Bake Sale ($)

February 19

• run club: NOMA Singles Run (free)

• trivia: Literary Trivia (free)

February 20

• drag/trivia: Drag Trivia (free)

• body: Decolonizing Body Image (free)

• czech/film: Czech Heroines / Daisies (free)

• russia: Are We Teachable? Lessons to Learn About Ourselves in Dealing with Russia (free)

• ukraine: Two Years of War in Ukraine ($15)

February 21

• ballet: Swan Lake ($)

• film/forests: Mãri Hi - The Tree of Dream (free)

• craft: Open Crocheting (free)

• bhm/trivia: Black History Month Trivia Night (free)

• film festival: Mother Tongue Film Festival: Frybread Face and Me (free)

• space: (OSIRIS-REx) Mission Accomplished: Unlocking Earth’s Mysteries From Asteroid Bennu (free)

• cookbook club: ROAST FIGS, SUGAR SNOW ($15+)

• latinx/book: LatinoLand: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority (free)

• indie/film: DC independent Film Festival ($)

• party/market: Witches Party (free)

February 22

• ballet: Swan Lake ($)

• film festival: Mother Tongue Film Festival: Regeneration (free)

• crafting: Creative Seedlings (free)

• bhm/cocktails: Vines & Vibes: A Toast to Black Excellence! ($55)

• bhm/decor: AphroChic ($22)

• opera: Opera on Tap DC 10th Birthday Celebration (free)

• late night/museum: Live! at the Library (free)

• japan/film: The Town of Headcounts (free)

• mint/bhm: Reverend Doctor Pauli Murray (free)

• indie/film: DC independent Film Festival ($)

• art: Art Enables After Hours Art Talk (free)

• art opening: Art of the Americas re-opening (free)

February 23

• pizza/jazz: Jazz Night (free)

• ballet: Swan Lake ($, sold out)

• dance party: Tinderbox ($10)

• dating/abortion: Singles Tracking Dating Event + DC Abortion Fund Fundraiser ($5)

• dance party: Y2k Dance Party (free)

• film festival: Mother Tongue Film Festival: Memory and Renewal (free)

• film festival: Mother Tongue Film Festival: Bridging Worlds (free)

• indie/film: DC independent Film Festival ($)

• uber/city planning: Book Talk: The Rise of Uber (free)

February 24

• ballet: Swan Lake ($)

• prisons/book talk: Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the Failures of the American Prison (free)

• abortion/social: Movement for Choice x City Girls Who Walk (free)

• indie/film: DC independent Film Festival ($)

• wine/party: Mini-Danza: A Late Night Natural Wine Party ($75)

• nature: Tree Walk at Kingman Island (free)

• dance party: CRYFEST:
  THE CURE vs. THE SMITHS DANCE PARTY ($20)

• dance party: Old School Dance Party ($15)

• beer/bhm: Cheers and Beers: Black Brewers Tasting Party ($25)

• art/workshop: Weekend Workshops (free)

• film festival: Mother Tongue Film Festival : The Wind & the Reckoning (free)

• film festival: Mother Tongue Film Festival : We Are Still Here (free)

• film festival: Mother Tongue Film Festival: Hidden Letters (free)

• film festival: Mother Tongue Film Festival: Sustenance (Shorts Program) (free)

• bhm/market: Black Makers at The Roost (free)

• trees: Tree Walk at Kingman Island (free)

February 25

• art/closing: The Sky’s the Limit ($16)

• ballet: Swan Lake ($)

• bhm/market: Annual Black Her-Story Market (free)

• open mic/african art: Africa Out Loud (free)

• filipino: Morris Filipino Event ($)

• pizza/wine: u up? ;) A Natural Wine + Pizza Date with Softshell ($10)

• cake: Cake Decorating ($150)

• art exhibit closing: Closing Day: The Sky’s the Limit ($)

February 26

• politics/lecture: Pre-Election Polls and Presidents ($15)

• politics: The World of Lobbying and Current State of Politics on Capitol Hill (free)

February 27

• book talk/bhm: Billie Holiday Biography (free)

• drag/bingo: Drag Bingo (free but bring cash!)

• architecture: Architect Julia Morgan: Her Inspiring Story ($22)

• space/lecture: The Webb Telescope and NASA's Next Big Thing ($15)

February 28

• spain/film: "Four's a Crowd" (free)

• emo/anniversary: Emo Anniversary Party (free)

• archaeology/film: "Ocean One K - Archaeologist of the Abyss" (free)

• sweden/art opening: ICONS – An Exhibition About the Right to Exist (free)

• reading: Silent Book Club (free)

• sushi: Sushi Preparation Class ($65)

February 29

•  book party: Lost City Book First Birthday Party ($10)

• dating: Leap Day Singles Mixer (free)

• late night/museum: CJM After Sunset: Summer Camp ($25)

• immigrant/storytelling: Mixed Signals (free)

• late night/museum: Live! at the Library (free)

• dc history: "When the Smoke Cleared" (free)

March 1

history/beer/after hours museum: History & Hops: 90th Anniversary of Prohibition Ending in DC ($35)

• art exhibits: ArtWalk Dupont (free)

• art opening: Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age (free)

• art closing: Legacy: Civil Rights at 60 (free)

• movie: Casablanca ($8)

• drag: 2024 SLAY THEM PAGEANT (free but bring cash)

• open exhibit/museum: Bond in Motion ($)

• dance party: tumblrcore. – the indie sleaze and tumblr era party ($15)

March 2

• volunteer: Suitland Parkway Volunteer Day (free)

• tiki/pop-up bar: Lost Island Vibes (free)

• showcase: WHO RUN THE WORLD?
  WOMEN ROCK FLASHBAND SHOWCASE ($20)

• volunteer: Garden Volunteering (free)

• k-pop/dance party: K-WAVE: A Kpop Dance Party ($20)

• art/film: Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning (free)

• art exhibit/closing: Celebrating 45 Years of Robert Brown Gallery (free)

• japan/art opening: Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork (free)

March 3

• cooking: Spice Blending Workshop ($55)

• wine/tacos: CRUSH ::: Wine Tasting & Taco Party ($55)

• beer/cookies: Girl Scout x Beer Tasting ($)

March 4

• first ladies: Remember the First Ladies (free)

• trivia: Literary Trivia (free)

• austria/photography: From Vienna to White House: Yoichi Okamoto and the American Century (free)

• film/tunisia: "A Son" (free)

March 5

• broadway: The Book of Mormon (opens, $)

• queer/book talk/muslim: Hijab Butch Blues (free)

March 6

• politics: Super Tuesday and the Road to 2024 (canceled)

• womens history/pop culture: Spice Party (free)

• tunisia/concert: Tunisian Concert: Echoes of Hope (free)

• cider: Anxo Free Tasting (free)

• market: Vintage Market (free)

• museum/after hours: Word Play Wednesday (free)

• ussr/history/film: Black and White: The Remarkable Story of African Americans During the Soviet Experiment ($22)

March 7

• museum/art opening/cocktails: Born to Rum: A Look at Cocktail Culture ($25)

• food/festival: Embassy Chef Challenge ($150 but use code JADE10 for a discount)

• japan/film: One Day, You Will Reach the Sea (free)

• queer/reading: Queer Reading Night (free)

• happy hour/bi: Bisexual Happy Hour (free)

• museum/after hours/art: Bonjour Bonnard ($20)

• happy hour/queer: Bisexual Happy Hour (free)

• movie: The Princess Bride (free)

March 8

• art opening: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Opening Reception (free)

• cocktail/iceland: ICELANDIC COCKTAIL CLASS WITH REYKA VODKA (free)

• mortician/navy: HMCS Jessica Zugzda (free)

• art: Artomatic Opening Party (free)

• movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show ($)

• tastings: "Women in Distilling" Tastings with Local Distilleries (free)

• k-pop/dance: K-Pop Fridays feat. KISS OF LIFE (free)

• women: International Women’s Day Party (free)

• austria/music: MUSIKAKADEMIE IN LIECHTEINSTEIN (free)

• dance party: DANG! – A Soulful Electronic Dance Night ($20)

March 9

• womens history: Women’s History Month Festival (free)

• art talk: Labor of Fire (free)

• market: 2nd Saturday Pop-Up (free)

• market: SHE:DC MINI MARKETS (free)

• market: Happy Daze Vintage Market (free)

• volunteer: Trash Pick-Up (free)

• makers market: WHATS HAPPENING DMV? MAKERS MIX MART (free)

• tree/volunteer: Community Tree Planting (free)

• movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show ($)

• womens history/run: HERSTORY 5K (free)

• iceland/sound bath: ELEMENTAL SOUND BATH AND BREAKFAST BAR (free)

• iceland/cooking: TASTE OF ICELAND COOKING CLASS (free)

• iceland/virtual reality: ICELANDIA PRESENTS: GEOLOGY WITH HELGA (free)

• iceland/concert: ICELAND AIRWAVES OFF-VENUE (free)

• whiskey: DC Whiskey Walk 2024 ($55)

• urban gardening: Rooting DC (free)

March 10

• bread: Bake & Take: Focaccia Edition ($85)

• oscars: Oscars Watch Party (free)

• nowruz: Nowruz Family Festival (free)

March 11

• japan/after hours: JICC Extended Gallery Hours (free)

• book talk: Ghost Pains (free)

March 12

• monuments/dc: Commemorative Spaces: The National Mall (free)

• anime/film: Lonely Castle in the Mirror (free)

• girl scouts/cheese: Girl Scout Cookies Cheese Pairing Class! ($50)

• filipino/cookbook: SUGARCANE: SWEET RECIPES FROM MY HALF-FILIPINO KITCHEN ($8+)

• wine/community: Spontaneous Conversation ($30)

March 13

• women’s history/small business: Cocktails & Conversation ($30)

• craft: Pressed Flower Natural Soapmaking ($85)

• bike: DC Bike Party (free)

March 14

• paris/fashion: The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion ($22) 

• art/spain: Portrait of Ramón y Cajal by Brais Rodríguez (free)

• art/after hours: Color Theory (free)

• local: Government Agency Resources Fair (free)

• movie: A Bug’s Life (free)

• art/opening: SYDNEY VERNON: INTERIOR LIVES (free)

• poetry: Didn't She Say! A Poetic Response to the Bullshit! ($8+)

• cinema/book talk: Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World (free)

• cookbook: COOKING IN REAL LIFE ($35)

• concert: Requiem for the Enslaved ($15+)

March 15

• art: Tibetan Lima Bronze Casting (free)

• play: Little Shop of Horrors (opens, $) 

• flowers: Art in Bloom ($15+) 

• tastings: "Women in Distilling" Tastings with Local Distilleries (free)

March 16

• art closing: Bucolia (free) 

• art closing: Closing Reception: Curatorial Initiative - Labor of Fire (free) 

• craft/workshop: Talking Head Puppets (free)

• soundbath: A Sound Bath Series to Welcome Spring ($35)

• palestine: Mutual Aid for Gaza ($)

• market: Vintage Flower Market (free)

• cake: Cake Decorating Workshop ($150)

• lectures: Nerd Nite ($10)

• flowers: FLOWER ARRANGING BASICS WITH SPRING FLOWERS ($95)

• dance party: Doja Dance ($20) 

• market: Norooz Market (free)

• birding: Meet the Birds of Tregaron (free) 

• walk: City Girls Who Walk (free)

• st patricks day: Ireland at the Wharf (free)

• flowers: Art in Bloom ($15+) 

• volunteer/tree: Community Tree Planting: National United Methodist Church (free)

March 17

• japan/film: Love Letter (free)

• filipino/dance: Traditional Filipino Dance Masterclass ($20) 

• market: Sunday Funday (free)

• sushi: DIY Sushi and Sake ($85)

• flowers: Art in Bloom ($15+) 

March 18

• rei/beer/trivia: REI + Red Bear Beer Launch and Trivia Night (free)

• mezcal: Mexico in a Bottle Washington, DC (March 18, $70+)

• trivia: Literary Trivia (free)

March 19

• austria/concert: ELISABETH PLANK (free)

• cookbook: ISLAS: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking ($8+)

• queer: Dyke Party (free)

• book talk/egypt: Egyptian Made (free)

• bingo: Bingo Night (free)

March 20

• museum/late night/art: NMWA Nights ($25) 

• astronomy: Astronomy on Tap (free)

• film/italy: "Un Coach Come Padre" (free)

• zine/workshop: PIX (workshop) 002 (free)

• wine: Free Wine Tasting (free)

March 21

• coal/portraits: American Coal: Russell Lee Portraits (free)

• art/opening: Third Thursday (free)

• fundraiser/abortion: Female Rage ($)

• music: A Conversation with 2024 Gershwin Honoree Bernie Taupin (free)

• cookbook/jose andres: José Andrés & Friends: The Zaytinya Cookbook of Mezze Madness ($45+)

• enviornment/film: DC Environmental Film Festival (free, $) 

March 22

• enviornment/film: DC Environmental Film Festival (free, $) 

• market: Union Station Market (free)

• tastings: "Women in Distilling" Tastings with Local Distilleries (free)

• art/panel: SHE:DC :: An Evening with Artists (free)

March 23

• cherry blossom: Cherry Blossom Family Celebration (free) 

• games: A Dabble of Scrabble (free)

• cherry blossom: festival: Japanese Fashion (free)

• market: Union Station Market (free)

• opening/art: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, D.C., 1900-2000 (free)

• japan: Japanese Culture Day (free)

• market: Plants Market (free)

• art: Georgetown Art Walk (free)

• women/market: Women’s History Month Market (free)

• burlesque: DC Braulesque: Blazing Tassels ($25+)

• concert: Classical Music Performance with NSO In Your Neighborhood (free)

• garden: Growing Community: Soil: The Black Gold of Any Garden (free) 

• chamber music: Chamber Music Performance (free)

• coal/film: King Coal (free)

• plant/festival: Native Plant Sale (free) 

• flowers: FLOWER ARRANGING BASICS WITH SPRING FLOWERS ($95) 

• rei/running: REI Every Mile Together Festival (free)

• dance party: Cry About It: Taylor Swift vs Olivia Rodrigo DJ Night ($20) 

• flowers: DC Flower Potluck (free) 

• enviornment/film: DC Environmental Film Festival (free, $) 

• art/opening: Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, DC, 1900–2000 (free) 

• film/asl: "Barbie" in ASL Screening (free)

• hip-hop/women: Women Behind The Mic: A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop - Panel Discussion and Musical Performance (free) 

• market: Shop the Square (free) 

• market: Get Flee Market (free) 

March 24

• whale/film/nature: One with the Whale (free) 

• games: A Dabble of Scrabble (free)

• market: Union Station Market (free)

• vinyl: Crate Collection (free)

• japan/film: The Moon Has Risen (free) 

• 5k/flowers: Flowering 5K Run/Walk ($50)

• cherry trees: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees ($10) 

• enviornment/film: DC Environmental Film Festival (free, $) 

• market: Spring Equinox Market (free)

March 25

• holi: Holi in the District (free)

• television: Bachelor Watch Party (free) 

March 26

• women/trivia: Trivia Night: Women’s History Month (free)

• enviornment/film: DC Environmental Film Festival (free, $) 

March 27

• fashion/paris: A Passport to Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Paris: Secrets and Stories from the City of Light ($22)

• enviornment/film: DC Environmental Film Festival (free, $) 

• whiskey: Japanese Whiskey Tasting ($20)

• model/art/networking: Kingsley Connects

• music/italy: How I Met Puccini (free)

• music: NoMa In Bloom Live! Acoustic Performances

March 28

• douglass/art: A Conversation: The Enduring Legacy of Frederick Douglass (free) 

• art/opening: Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women (free)

• opera: March Melange (free)

• architecture: The Aesthetics of Being (free)

• enviornment/film: DC Environmental Film Festival (free, $) 

• documentary/ocean: "Ocean Seen from the Heart" ($5)

• cocktails: "Toast to the Blossoms" Cocktail Tasting ($40)

• art: Rediscovering Your Visual Voice

• art/network: Swrk x Femme Fatale 

• film: The Floating World & Okiku and the World (free)

• movie: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (free)

• language: Says Who ($5)

• opera: Boheme in the Heights, An animated version of Puccini’s classical opera (free)

March 29

• comedy: A Conversation with Larry David ($400+)

• film/farming: Farming While Black

• environment/film: DC Environmental Film Festival (free, $)  

• film/farming: Farming While Black (free)

• film/late night: Big Shark ($)

• trans: Lilac Peril Anthology Reading (free)

March 30

• film/nature: Here (free)

• volunteer/tree: Community Tree Planting: Kelly Miller Recreation Center (free)

• women’s history/costume: Women's History Costume Party ($45)

• film/late night: Big Shark ($)

• books: Spring Sidewalk Sale ($)

• beer: Big Cats Tiny Tats ($)

• craft/plants: Magical Painted Pots ($35+)

• market: Friends of AYA (free)

• festival: Bloomaroo at The Wharf (free)

• easter: Spring Arts & Crafts and Egg Hunt (free)

• flowers: FLOWER ARRANGING BASICS WITH SPRING FLOWERS ($95) 

• flowers/easter: EASTER TABLE CENTERPIECE DESIGN ($189) 

• market: SHE:DC MINI MARKETS (free)

• dance party: Live While We’re Young: The One Direction Dance Party ($30) 

• cherry blossoms: DC Kite Festival (free, National Mall) 

• enviornment/film: DC Environmental Film Festival (free, $)

• March 31

• film/japan: Forever a Woman (free)

• art/closing: Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper (free) 

• books: Spring Sidewalk Sale ($)

• art/closing: Dorothea Lange: Seeing People (free) 

• cookie: Spring Cookie Decorating ($80)  

April 1

• concert: Nicki Minaj ($)

April 3

• music/france: Flame of Resistance and Thirst for Liberation ($10)

• vintage: Vintage Market (free)

• books: Silent Book Club (free)

• reoccuring: Boozy Board Game Night (free)

• journalism: Foreign Correspondent: Dream or Nightmare? Freedom in the US and Germany (free)

• late museum: Word Wednesday (free)

• reoccurring: Weekly Bingo (free)

• wine: Aperitivo Hour with Plant Wines ($10)

April 4

• spain/film: The Girls Are Alright (free)

• movie: Fast & Furious (free)

• music: NoMa In Bloom Live! Acoustic Performances (free)

• museum after hours: Garden Party ($20)

• music: Live at the SOAK (free)

• dc: DC History Conference (free) (schedule)

• racoons: Racoons Unmasked ($15) 

• mahjong: Mahjong 101 ($65)

• dance party:  Elton John and Bernie Taupin Dance Party (free) 

• dogs: Yappy Hour (free)

• central america/book: Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here (free) 

• ballet/comedy: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo ($29) 

April 5

• art/dance/closing reception: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Closing Dance Party ($8+)

• dc: DC History Conference (free) (schedule)

• baseball: Pups in the Park ($)

• solar eclipse: Celebrate the Solar Eclipse at the Shaw Library! (free)

• art: Dupont Art Walk (free)

• ballet/comedy: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo ($29)

April 6

• pop-up market: Dupont Circle Cherry Blossom Pop Up Market (free) 

• celebration:Tivoli’s 100 (free) 

• family/art: Weekend Workshops (free) 

• dance party: Glow in the Dark Latin Dance Party (free) 

• market: Get Flea Market (free)

• market: Cleveland Park Promenade (free)

• volunteer: FONA Volunteer Open House (free) 

• volunteer: Dirt Diggers (free) 

• flowers: Designing with Blooming Branches ($275)

• craft: Blossom Bookmarks (free) 

• dc: DC History Conference (free) (schedule)

• crafting: Adult Crafternoon (free)

• healthcare: Sex Cells: The Fight to Overcome Bias and Discrimination in Women's Healthcare (free) 

• ballet/comedy: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo ($29) 

• market: Unique Markets ($12+) 

• pop-up market: Ìpàdé Cherry Blossom Makers Market (free) 

• pop-up market: Coffee & Canvas LIVE Art & Vendor Market (free)

April 7

• pop-up market: Dupont Circle Cherry Blossom Pop Up Market (free) 

• festival/music: Jazz & Blossoms (free)

• pop-up market: DC Flea (free) 

• volunteer: Women’s History Month Day of Service (free)

April 8

• spain/art: A (Brave) New World for Women in the Arts? with NMWA (free) 

• ai: Authenticity in the Age of AI (free) 

• eclipse: Library Eclipse (free)

• eclipse: Solar Eclipse Festival (free)

April 9

• concert: Bad Bunny ($) 

• book/internet: Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet ($20) 

April 10

• celebration: 10th Anniversary Party (free)

• reoccurring: Weekly Bingo (free)

• reoccuring: Boozy Board Game Night (free)

• basque/cookbook: THE BOOK OF PINTXOS ($22)

April 11

• film/space: An Evening With Cady Coleman and Ido Mizrahy (free) 

• tiki: Tiny Tiki x Cotton & Reed (free)

• movie: Napoleon Dynamite (free)

• party/museum: Flowers After Hours (free) 

• language: The Fight for Endangered Languages ($5)

April 12

• dance party: Taylor Swift-Themed Dance Party ($20) 

• history: When Washington Burned ($15)

• basketball: Wizards vs. Bulls ($20+)

April 13

plants: Blossoming at the Library Plant Swap (free) 

• volunteer: Plogging the Trails (free)

• books: Carpe Librum Book Sale ($)

• japan/tea: Chado: Japanese Way of Tea Ceremony Demonstration (free) 

• flowers: Georgetown Flower Tour

• ($45) 

• japan/market: Sakura Matsuri Market ($10+)

• craft: Cherry Blossom Resin Jewelry Making ($35)

• emancipation day: Reading of the Names (free)

• clothing swap: Happy Daze (free) 

• architecture: International African American Museum ($15)

• workshops: Flower Arranging Basics with Spring Flowers ($95) 

• books: Northeast Neighborhood Library Book Sale ($) 

• golf: MASTERS Costume and Cocktail Party (free) 

• celebration: National Library Month (free)

April 14

• 5k:  Going The Distance Together Community 5k (free) 

• japan/market: Sakura Matsuri Market ($10+)

• wine: Au Jus (a natural wine festival) ($35)

• emancipation day: Emancipation Day Celebration (free)

• books: Carpe Librum Book Sale ($)

• dance/queer: Flower Factory ($5)

• reading: Pages in the Park (free) 

April 15

• french/cookbook: NIÇOISE (free)

• asl: Signing Black in America (free)

• film/movie: Selena (free) 

April 16

• space: Cosmic Blasts ($15)

• trivia: Emancipation Day Trivia (free)  

April 17

• aviation: Charting New Horizons in Aviation History for the Next Generation (free) 

• reoccurring: Weekly Bingo (free)

• reoccuring: Boozy Board Game Night (free)

• cookies: Swiftie Cookie Deocorating ($75)

• museum after hours: NMWA After Hours (sold out but walkup available, $25)

• cheese/class: French Wine and Cheese ($75) 

• film: Animal House ($13) 

• cheese/class: Earth Day French wine and cheese pairings ($75) 

• sushi: Sashimi+ Nigiri + Rolls + Fish Cutting Demo ($65) 

• museums: NAGPRA Compliance, Meaningful Collaboration, and Transparency in Exhibitions (free) 

• workshop: HANDS-ON: DRAWING WITH LIGHT (I) (free) 

• food: An Evening With Phil Rosenthal Of "Somebody Feed Phil" ($) 

• flowers: Flower Arranging Basics with Spring Flowers ($95)

April 18

• jazz: Jazz at SAAM (free)

• museum after hours: Third Thursday (free)

• art/book: JENNIFER BARTLETT & PIERRE BONNARD: IN AND OUT OF THE GARDEN (free)

• passover: Passover Movie Night: The Prince of Egypt ($18)

• museum/after hours: A Night at the Adams: 85th Anniversary Celebration (free) 

• taylor swift: Tortured Poets Society (free)

• art/opening: 2024 SENIOR ART MAJORS EXHIBITION (free) 

• language/dc: Decoding DC Language (free) 

April 19

• deaf history: ASL Jubilee (free)

• cocktail: Cocktail Class ($60)

• indie/dance: ALL MY FRIENDS (INDIE DANCE PARTY) FEAT. WISHY ($7+)

April 20

clothing swap: Plush DMV (free)

• jazz: Jazz at The Kreeger ($35)

• closing/art: A PIECE OF MAGIC (free) 

• market: WHATS HAPPENING DMV? MAKERS MIX MART (free) 

• dance party: DEPECHE MODE DANCE PARTY ($20) 

• architecture: The Big Draw (free)

• crafting: UnFinished Objects (UFO) Craft Circle (free) 

• art/closing: Model Mutiny Artist Talk (free) 

• art/talk: Sip n See with Artist Greta Chapin-McGill (free) 

• volunteer: Earth Day Cleanup (free)  

• books: Southwest Neighborhood Library Book Sale ($) 

• formula one: Red Bull Showrun DC (free)

• soccer: Washington Spirit vs NJ/NY Gotham FC ($14+)

• gardening: Spring Seed Collection (free)

• queer: Country Western Dancing (free)

• earth day: Earth Day Family Day (free)

• earth day: Earth Day Celebration (free)

• pop-up market: Shop the Square (free) 

• pop-up market: Come and Play Mix Market (free)

April 21

gardening: Community Composting ($20+) 

• dogs: Love Your Pup: Dog Treat Decorating ($35)

• closing reception: Maher's Mark (free) 

• television/podcast: Every Outfit ($40) 

• market: Makers Market (free) 

• donut/earth day: Donut Decorating ($15)

• books: Southwest Neighborhood Library Book Sale ($) 

April 22

• dc/history: Archaeology of a Possible Enslaved Home Space

• yoga: Earth Day Yoga (free)

• architecture: Humanitarian Shelters and Settlements (free) 

• dune: Good, Evil and "Dune" ($15)

• poetry: Kramers Poetry Reading (free) 

April 23

• trivia: The Great Outdoors (free)

April 24

• white house/book: Historically Speaking: Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble (free)

• film: HIGH NOON ($13) 

• french gardens: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché ($22)

• workshop/art: Collage Night (donation) 

• reoccurring: Weekly Bingo (free)

• reoccuring: Boozy Board Game Night (free)

• beer/birthday party: HEURICH HOUSE & 1921 BIRTHDAY PARTY (free)

• conflict: Protecting Cultural Heritage under Siege (free)

April 25

• spy: Covert City

• craft: Handi-Hour ($25)

• movie: Monsters Inc. (free)

• opera: Opera on Tap (free)

• opera/recital: Washington National Opera Cafritz Young Artists Recital ($40) 

• art/talk: A Conversation with Anthony Akinbola and Murjoni Merriweather (free) 

• chinese/fashion: Ms. Hangyu Gong (free)

• games: Backgammon Night ($20)

• immigrant: KAMA DC Storytelling Night ($5) 

April 26

paris/photography: Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939 (free)

• market: Georgetown French Market (free)

• party: Halfway to Halloween Party (free)

• dance party: Emo Night Tour ($20) 

• korean bbq: LATE-NIGHT BACKYARD KOREAN BBQ ($80)

• outdoor movie: Elemental (free)

• dance party: Emo Night Brooklyn ($28)

• sex: HUMP! Film Festival ($25) 

April 27

film: Lord of the Rings (free)

• games: Dungeon and Dragons ($15)

• zine: Zine Swap (free)

• craft/workshop: Bath Bomb Making Class ($55) 

• plants/workshop: Kokedama Workshop ($35) 

• plants/cocktails: Onsite Cocktail Container Workshop ($55) 

• literacy: Eyes on Reading ($10)

  crafting: UnFinished Objects (UFO) Craft Circle (free) 

• opening/art:  "PRIMO" (free) 

• market: Georgetown French Market (free)

• neighborhood: Endangered Animals Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (free) 

• sweden/bake sale: Swedish Fika ($) 

• broadway: Broadway Rave ($20) 

• sex: HUMP! Film Festival ($25)   

• bookstore: Independent Bookstore Day (free) 

• plants: Garden and Plant Sale (free)

• music: Petworth Porchfest (free)

• chocolate/france: The 7th DC Chocolate Festival ($25) 

• soccer: Washington Spirit Superhero Night ($)

April 28

• wine/tacos: Wine Tasting & Taco Party ($55)

• market: Georgetown French Market (free)

• market/crafting: Spring Arts and Crafts Market  (free)

• themed trivia: Harry Potter (Free)

• ballet: Glacier: A Climate Change Ballet (free)

• art lecture: The Bigger Picture ($25) 

• closing/exhibit: The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration (free) 

• comic/workshop: Comic Paneling Workshop ($15) 

• art/workshop: Cyanotype Patch Making Workshop ($20+) 

May 1

• art: Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice Gallery Talk (free)

• viet/film: Book to Screen: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Adapting The Sympathizer (free) 

• innovation: Doug DeAngelis (free) 

• museum/after hours: Wordplay Wednesday (free) 

• aapi: Perspectives on History: AAPI Voices in the American Story (free) 

• natural wine: Aperitivo Hour Tasting with Plant Wines ($10) 

May 2

• textile/inca: Royal Inca Tunic: A Biography of an Ancient Andean Masterpiece (free) 

• military: Up in Arms: A Family’s Service ($25) 

• themed trivia: Star Wars (free) 

• movie: Bring it On (free)

• amazon: The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power  (free) 

May 3

• art/aapi month: Good Fortunes: Opening Reception (free) 

• outdoor: Strawberry Fest and Open Mic (free)

• food: International Food Festival (free)

• flower/festival: Flower Mart 2024 (free) 

• drag: BEARDED EMPRESS ROYAL SENDOFF (free, but bring cash) 

May 4

• plants: Onsite Native Plant Container Workshop ($65) 

• derby: Derby Watch Party ($15)

• festival: Spring Time in Anacostia (free)

• navy: Curator Talk and Tour: The Future is now! The Navy's Lighter than Airships (free) 

• art/opening: Look Around Now’s Yesterday (free)

• star wars: May the Fourth be with You at Mott’s Market (free)

• food: International Food Festival (free)

• chinatown: Envisioning a Future for DC Chinatown (free)  

• craft/museum: First Saturday: May (free) 

• textiles/film: Woven Histories (free)

• closing/exhibit: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (free) 

• festival: Adams Morgan Porchfest (free) 

• embassy/festival: Around the World Embassy Tour (free) 

• pottery: Pottery on P St. (free)

• flower/festival: Flower Mart 2024 (free) 

• workshop/craft: Candles & Charcuterie ($55) 

• derby: Kentucky Derby Pig Roast ($30+) 

• comic: Free Comic Book Day (free) 

• party: SW Duck Pond Party (free) 

May 5

• free admission/museum: National Museum of Women in the Arts Free Community Day (free) 

• plants: May Plant & Cutting Swap (free)

May 6

• dc/lecture: Unbuilt Washington—The City That Never Was ($15) 

• mental health: Igniting Conversations: Fireside Chats for Mental Health Awareness Month (free)

• book: Like a Sky Inside (free)

• holocaust: Holocaust Remembrance Day: Voices of History, Lessons for Today (free) 

May 7

• aapi/food: CHOP FRY WATCH LEARN: Fu-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food ($5) 

• food/lecture: Trademarks and Tippling ($15) 

May 8

• history/preservation: Behind the Scenes Experience ($10)

• free admission/museum: National Museum of Women in the Arts Free Community Day (free) 

• environment/dc: Clearing the Air: an overview of DC's Air Quality Initiatives (free)

• science lecture: The Purpose of Pain (free)

• outdoor movie: National Treasure (free) 

• lecture/austria: Palais Stoclet, a Masterpiece of Josef Hoffmann, Gustav Klimt, and the Wiener Werkstätte (free)

May 9

• architecture: Spotlight on Design: Thom Mayne ($15)

• women/flight attendant/film: Fly With Me (free) 

• film/japan: Equinox Flower (free)

• audrey/film: Roman Holiday ($8)

• museum/after hours: Art Prom (free) 

• aapi/beer: AAPI Beer Launch (free)

• politics/book: Jen Psaki ($22) 

May 10

film/history: Through the African American Lens: The Riot Report (free) 

• art/aapi: Good Fortunes: Open House (free) 

• after hours/museum: Asia After Dark (free)

• floral/workshop: Flower Arranging Basics ($95) 

• cookbook/happy hour: DIASPORICAN ($14+)

• anime/dance: Animania – The Anime Club Night ($17+) 

• outdoor movie: Grease (free) 

May 11

homebuyer fair: First Time Homebuyer Fair (free) 

• star wars: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ($8)

• volunteer: Community Tree Planting (free)

• beer: Spring Fest at Dacha ($50)

• film/art: Black Echoes and Imperatives (free) 

• music/performance: An Evening with Madame Gandhi (free)

• extended hours: National Arboretum (free)

• friends: Intergenerational Friend Lab (free)

• clothing swap: Clothing Swap at Right Proper (free)

• embassy/festival: EU Open House (free) 

• chocolate/workshop: Chocolate Workshop: Hand Truffles ($110) 

• workshop/florals: Mounted Orchids ($69) 

• 90s/karaoke: ’90s R&B KARAOKE CONCERT ($35)

• cookbook: Salvisoul (free) 

• market: The Great Brookland Yard Sale ($)

May 12

• floral/workshop: Flower Arranging Basics Mother Days Edition ($125) 

• books/puzzles: Book & Puzzle Swap at Ivy City (free) 

• beer: Spring Fest at Dacha ($50)

• art: Weekend Workshops (free)

• mother’s day: Mother's Day @ NMAA (free)

• dance: Flower Factory ($5)

May 13

• presidents: The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President (free) 

• mental health: Fireside Chats for Mental Health Awareness Month (free)

May 14

• george washington: Commemorating George Washington with 18th Century Wax Miniatures (free) 

• workshop/plants: Flower Smudge Stick Lab ($50) 

• cookbook: KISMET ($5+)  

• supreme court/podcast: Amicus Live: How Originalism Captured The Court

• And What Can Be Done About It ($40) 

May 15

• jazz: Parisian Jazz Night | Hot Club of Baltimore ($30) 

• crafting: Good Fortunes: Get Crafty (free) 

• museum/party: NMWA Nights ($25) 

• birds: An Evening with Elizabeth Hargrave and Scott Edwards: Birds! (free)

• books/local: Lost City Books Salon (free)

• books/local: Completing the Arc: Local Author Panel (free)

• art/workshop: Hands-On: Drawing with Light (II) (free)  

• outdoor movie: The Lost City (free) 

May 16

• jazz: Take 5: Jazz at SAAM (free) 

• japan/textiles: Kasuri (free)

• language/aave: Meet the Researchers (free) 

• history: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, 70 Years Later (free) 

• art museum/after hours: Third Thursday (free) 

• outdoor movie: Shrek (free)

• craft/workshop: Make Your Own Suncatcher ($65) 

• lecture: The Shores of Tripoli ($15) 

• president/book: George Stephanopoulos ($25) 

May 17

• korea/film: Right Now, Wrong Then (free) 

• book: Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life (free) 

• japan/lecture: Simplicity & Balance (free)

• audrey/film: Charade ($8)

• outdoor music: Music in the Meadow: Cumbia Heights (free)

• bike: Bike to Work Day (free)

May 18

aapi/lion dance: Good Fortunes: Lion Dance Celebration (free) 

• bluegrass/bourbon: Bourbon and Bluegrass ($50+) 

• star wars/film: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi ($8)

• collaging/workshop: Collaging: Healing, Identity and Freedom through the Arts (free)

• workshop/calligraphy: Calligraphy with Bertrand Mao (free)

• festival: Africa on the Avenue (free)

• frida kahlo: Archive Transcribe-a-thon: Frida Kahlo Papers (free) 

• art/film:  Epochal Cultures – Chicago and New Orleans (free)

• art/closing: A GOOD RECLUSE IS HARD TO FIND (free) 

• floral/workshop: Press Flower Bouquets ($75) 

• art/workshop: Drawing with Oil Pastels ($50) 

• volunteer: Volunteer Event at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (free)

May 19

bluegrass/bourbon: Bourbon and Bluegrass ($50+) 

• workshop/calligraphy: Calligraphy with Bertrand Mao (free)

• cocktail: Bartender Competition ($35)

• craft/workshop: Hand Built Mug Workshop ($80) 

• plants: Plants 101 with Cultivate The City ($15) 

• dogs: Dog Treat Decorating ($35)

• records: DC Record Fair (free)

• foraging: Foraging for Seasonal Berries and Strawberry Cultivation ($25+)

• festival: Running of the Chihuahuas (free)

May 21

• outdoor movies: Bring It On (free) 

• spain/faith: The Uniqueness of Medieval Spain (free) 

May 22

• space: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission – Revealing Secrets from the Dawn of our Solar System (free, but waitlist) 

• garden party: Spring Garden Party 2024 ($300) 

• outdoor movie: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (free) 

• spain/film: "Journey to Somewhere" (free)

• poltiics/books: The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government  (free) 

May 23

• quilts: Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women Lecture with Janneken Smucker (free) 

• cookbook club: SIMPLY WEST AFRICAN ($5+)

• opera: Conductor Speranza Scappucci on Puccini and "Turandot" (free)

• lecture/textile: Three Centuries of Europe’s “Clouded” Ikat Textiles (free) 

May 24

• pool: Jump In, DC (free)

• audrey/film: Sabrina ($8)

May 25

• art/textiles: Laura Huertas Millán and Zoe Leonard (free) 

• art/collaging: Collaging: Healing, Identity and Freedom through the Arts (free)

• market: The 5th Original Post Punk Flea (free) 

May 26

• vintage/market: LVRS & FRNDS ($10) 

• art/craft: Weekend Workshops (free)

• party/aapi: AAPI Cocktail Week 2024: Encore Party (free)

May 31

• art/closing: Good Fortunes: Closing Night (free) 

• lgbtq/art opening: Proud (free)

• outdoor movie: Jurassic Park (free)

• jazz: Jazz in the Garden (free) 

• textile/opening: Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women (free) 

• desi/musical: Umrao Jaan Ada ($80+)

June 1

festival: Fiesta Asia (free) 

• art: Live Art Series: The Earth Still Shakes (free)

• opera/outdoors: Opera Italiana (free)

• art/opening: E21: A DIFFERENT HORIZON ATLAS: COLLABORATIVELY MAPPING QUEER UTOPIAS (free) 

• jazz: "Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One" (free) 

• archeology: Archeology in the Community Day (free) 

• craft: UnFinished Objects (UFO) Craft Circle (free) 

• volunteer/garden: Dirt Diggers (free)

• museum/art: First Saturday (free) 

• market: Friends of the Cleveland Park Library Book Sale ($)

• dance party/book talk: Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years (free) 

• pride: Pride at Bryant St (free) 

• museum/festival: Washingtonians at Work and Play in the 19th Century (free) 

• craft: Indigo & Shibori 101 ($15)

• flowers/craft: FLOWER ARRANGING BASICS WITH SPRING FLOWERS ($95)

• food: New Kitchens On The Block ($99+)

• market: WHATS HAPPENING DMV? LOVE BUZZ MAKERS MART (free) 

June 2

• afrofuturism/music: The Music of Janelle Monae with the US Army Band (free) 

• asian/film: Our Sunhi (free) 

• museum/free: National Museum of Women in the Arts (free) 

• extended hours/museum: Extended Evening Hours (free) 

• plants: June Plant & Cutting Swap (free)

• drawing: Figure Drawing @ The Labs (free) 

• festival: Cleveland Park Day (free) 

June 3

• cocktails: Thrasher's Rum Royale ($10) 

• cocktails: Sounds Gay, I’m In ($) 

June 4

• art: Jeffrey Gibson (free) 

• craft: Dried Floral Wreath Class ($65)

• book talk/wrestling: THE SIX PACK: On the Open Road in Search of WrestleMania ($5) 

• queer: Horror as Queer ($15) 

• outdoor movie: Bend It Like Beckham (free) 

June 5

• mars: Bringing Mars Samples Back to Earth (free) 

• museum after hours: Wordplay Wednesday (free) 

• wine: Aperitivo Hour with Plant Wines ($10) 

• black music month: My Black Country with Alice Randall (free) 

June 6

• identity/latinx: Touchstones of Identity: Safeguarding Our Cultural DNA (free) 

• jazz: Jazz in the Park (free) 

• judaism/film:Conversation and Film Screening with Rabbi Sally Priesand and Joan Roth (free) 

• nbm: Gala 2024 After Party ($75)

• museum/party: PARTY WITH PRIDE ($20) 

• disney: Disney Themed Trivia (free) 

• book/lecture: An Evening with Kevin Kwan (free) 

• movie: Rent (free) 

• outdoor movie: Love & Basketball (free)

June 7

• black/book: Alice Randall: My Black Country (free) 

• queer/book: Out in the World: An LGBTQIA+ Guide to More than 100 Travel Destinations (free)

• asian/film: Like You Know It All (free) 

• museums/art: Artwalk Dupont (free) 

• art/closing: Taming Abstraction (free) 

• festival/outdoors: 2024 June A Night on the Farm ($50+) 

• jazz in the garden: Delbert Anderson Quartet (free but lottery required) 

• pride/dance party: BOOTY REX QUEER PRIDE PARTY ($20) 

• jewish/pride: Pride Shabbat ($36) 

June 8

• family: Mixed-media doll making workshop (free) 

• craft: UnFinished Objects (UFO) Craft Circle (free) 

• music/outdoor: Music in the Meadow: Wylder (pay what you wish) 

• picnic: The 'Grow the Garden' Party! (free) 

• pride: Pride Parade (free) 

• market: Second Saturday Georgetown (free) 

• pride: CAPITAL PRIDE 17TH STREET BLOCK PARTY (free) 

• pride: Washington Blade Pride on the Pier and Fireworks Show (free)

• wine: Abbondanza: Natural Wine Party ($65)

• market: Used Book Sale Northeast Library ($) 

  writing: Find Your Story Writers Festival (free) 

June 9

• asian/film: Oki's Movie (film) 

• art talk: UP CLOSE WITH PAUL CEZANNE ($20) 

• forest bathing: Forest Bathing Meditation Session (free) 

• pride: CAPITAL PRIDE FESTIVAL (free) 

• pride: PRIDE DIVAS DRAG BRUNCH! ($25) 

• dance party: Swiftie Night ($20) 

• dance/pride: Flower Factory ($15)

June 10

• cocktails: Sounds Gay, I’m In ($) 

June 11

• documentary: That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles (free) 

• cooking: Sustainable Cooking Class ($60+) 

• outdoor movie:  Battle of the Sexes (free) 

June 12

• theatre/outdoor: The Campaign (A Parody) ($20) 

• museum/free: National Museum of Women in the Arts (free)

• cheese: The Best of Spain ($75)  

• books: Lost City Books Summer Salon (free)

June 13

• sports: Innovative Lives: Dawn Scott (free) 

• outdoor screening: Mamma Mia! (2008) ($20) 

• theatre/outdoor: The Campaign (A Parody) ($20) 

• flowers/craft: FLOWER ARRANGING BASICS WITH SPRING FLOWERS ($95)

• music/book: Black Punk Now (free) 

• opening: Live! at the Library: Treasures Gallery Opening (free) 

• outdoor movie: Mean Girls (2004) (free) 

• music/festival: Juernes (free) 

June 14

• art/film: The Power of Kangwon Province (free)

• theatre/outdoor: The Campaign (A Parody) ($20) 

• dancing: Country Line Dance (free)

June 17

• cocktails: Sounds Gay, I’m In ($) 

June 18

• film/soccer: History Film Forum presents: COPA 71 (free)

• baldwin: Giovanni's Room (free) 

• baldwin: James Baldwin Celebration "Love Takes Off the Mask" (free) 

• outdoor movie: Race (free) 

June 19

• lincoln/emancipation: Lincoln's Toughest Decisions: Complexities of Emancipation ($15)

• juneteenth: Juneteenth at Eaton ($/free)

• juneteenth: Juneteenth (free)

June 20

• jazz: Jazz at SAAM (free) 

• free admission/museums: Third Thursday (free) 

• plants: Propagation Workshop ($40) 

• outdoor movie: Avengers Infinity War (free)

• outdoor movie: Turning Red (free)

• extended hours: USBG (free)

• queer/kink: Why Are People Into That?! (free)

• museum: A True-Life "National Treasure," on Film and at the Library (free) 

• outdoor movie: Captain Philips(free) 

June 21

• jazz/party/museum: Sinatra under the Stars ($40) 

• music: Fete de La Musique (free)

• craft: Stitch and Sip ($45)

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

• music/festival:HOME RULE MUSIC FESTIVAL ($40) 

June 22

music/latinx: Fenómeno Latino: Latin Music’s Global Rise: Evening Festival (free)

• craft: UnFinished Objects (UFO) Craft Circle (free) 

• craft/japan/famiy: Japanese Influence on Frank Lloyd Wright ($15) 

• market: IM/MIGRANT-OWNED MINI MARKT (free) 

• 30 and under: Eat Pizza and Explore Ancestral Spaces (free) 

• swap: Happy Daze x Plush DMV Clothing Swap (free) 

• festival: Home Rule Festival (free) 

• museums: Smithsonian Solstice Saturday (free) 

June 23

• plants: Carnivorous Plant Basics and DIY Bog Gardens ($20)

• vintage: Disco Loft/Unni’s closet pop-up (free entry)

June 24

• trivia/music: SONGBYRD MUSIC TRIVIA NIGHT (free) 

• cocktails: Sounds Gay, I’m In ($) 

June 25

• trivia/pride: Celebrating Pride (free)

• lecture: The History Behind Bridgerton ($15) 

• outdoor movie: Space Jam (free)

June 26

• folklife/indigenous: Indigenous Voices of the Americas: Celebrating the National Museum of the American Indian (free) 

• crafts: Hands-On Collaging (free) 

• outdoor movie: Barbie (free) 

June 27

• sexuality: Josephine Baker: Sexuality and Subterfuge (free)

• craft/flowers: Handi-hour (free)

• folklife/indigenous: Indigenous Voices of the Americas: Celebrating the National Museum of the American Indian (free) 

• japan: The Japanese Star Festival ($20) 

• art: Dumbarton at Dusk (tbd)

• blues radio: The House of Blues Moves into the Library of Congress (free) 

• outdoor movie: 50 First Dates (free) 

• extended hours: US National Arboretum (free)

• market: Cleveland Park Night Market (free) 

June 28

• asian/film: Hahaha (free)

• small business: Relume 1 Year Anniversary

• folklife/indigenous: Indigenous Voices of the Americas: Celebrating the National Museum of the American Indian (free) 

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

June 29

• folklife/indigenous: Indigenous Voices of the Americas: Celebrating the National Museum of the American Indian (free) 

• art/closing: Look Around Now’s Yesterday: A Photography Exhibition (free) 

• sneakers: New Balance Appreciation Day (free)

• small business: Relume 1 Year Anniversary

• congo: Fete Nationale (free)

• art talk: Luis Del Valle, Levi Robinson, & David “Dez” Zambrano (free)

• dance party: No Scrubs: '90s Dance Party ($20) 

June 30

• folklife/indigenous: Indigenous Voices of the Americas: Celebrating the National Museum of the American Indian (free) 

• film/asian: In Water (free) 

• small business: Relume 1 Year Anniversary

July 1

• film: Baby Assassins (free) 

• art/workshop: Life Drawing ($15) 

July 2

• outdoor dancing: Mainstream Line Dancing (free) 

• outdoor concert: Tavair Dominque (free)

July 3

• museum/extended hours: Planet Word (free) 

• film: National Treasure Film Screening (free) 

• craft: Brilliant Fireworks Beginner Embroidery ($50)

• history/book: Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents (free) 

• Fourth of July: Celebrate America: A Tribute to our Veterans ($20+)

July 4

• Fourth of July: National Independence Day Parade (free)

• outdoor music: A Capital Fourth Concert (free)

• Fourth of July: Fireworks on the National Mall (free)

• outdoor music: Country Music Concert (free)

July 5

• outdoor movies: In the Heights (free)

• dance party: RED, HOT & CHAPPELL ($10)

• jazz: Jazz & Pizza (free entry)

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

July 6

• garden/volunteer: Dirt Diggers (free) 

• museum/craft: First Saturday (free)

• art/tour: Motown DC and Gen Z (free)

• craft: Beginners Polymer Clay Earrings ($55)

• soccer: Washington Spirit Watch Party (free)

• swap: Swap DC (free)

• dance party: Britpop and Indie Dance Night ($10) 

July 7

• free/museum: National Museum of Women in the Arts (free) 

• walk: All Gender Sunset Walk (free)

• nature: Kenilworth Nature Walk (Free)

July 8

• trivia: Literary Trivia (free) 

• bocce: Weekly Bocce (free)

July 9

• lecture/sex: Medieval Sex ($16)

• outdoor dancing: Latin and African Dance Night (free) 

• film/workshop: Five Minute Horror Filmmaking Workshop (free) 

• book talk: Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV (free)

July 10

• craft: Community Crochet Circle (free) 

• ballet: Korean National Ballet Gala Performance (free) 

• author talk: Gabrielle Zevin ($18)

July 11

• dance/museum: Dance on the Lunar Lawn | Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (pay what you wish) 

• museum/happy hour: Destination Domino Sip and Build Happy Hour ($25) 

• market: Juernes (free) 

• dancing: Bachata Class and Social (free)

• indoor movie: Barbie (free)

• museum/extended hours: Live! at the Library (free)

• outdoor movie: The Wizard of Oz (free)

• outdoor movie: Angels in the Outfield (free)

• art opening: ZSUDAYKA NZINGA (free) 

• puzzles: Puzzle Swap (free)

• outdoor movie: John Wick Chapter Four (free) 

• book talk: Democracy in Retrograde (free) 

July 12

• dance/museum: Dance on the Lunar Lawn | Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (pay what you wish) 

• film: Enter the Clones of Bruce (free) 

• outdoor concert: US Air Force Band’s Airmen of Note (free, but register by July 1)

• jazz: Jazz & Pizza (free entry)

• outdoor movie: Ratatouille (free)

• outdoor movie: The Peanut Butter Falcon (free)

• outdoor concert:  The Sharon Thomas Experience  (free) 

• festival: Romanian Weekend at the Wharf (free) 

• concert: Janet Jackson ($) 

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

• drama: Capital Fringe Fest (various) 

July 13

dance/museum: Dance on the Lunar Lawn | Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (pay what you wish) 

• bastille: Bastille Day at the Park (free)

• museum/extended hours: Bruce Lee and Asia After Dark (free)

• drama: Capital Fringe Fest (various) 

• arts: The Body Show ($15) 

• craft/cheese: Candles & Charcuterie ($55)

• dance party: 2000s Indie Dance-Indie Rock-Indie Sleaze Party ($10+) 

• book/market: Used Book Sale (free) 

• queer/music: Celebrating the Life of James Baldwin (free) 

• tree/volunteer: Takoma Recreation Center (free) 

• yoga: Garden Yoga (donation)

• community gardening: Summer Plantings (free)

• festival: Romanian Weekend at the Wharf (free) 

July 14

• festival: Romanian Weekend at the Wharf (free) 

• dancing: Dancing at Lincoln Memorial (free) 

• drama: Capital Fringe Fest (various) 

• market: Doubles Vintage Market (free)  

July 15:

• bocce: Weekly Bocce (free)

July 16

• lecture: When Fish Walk ($16)

• outdoor dancing: Country Line Dancing (free) 

• drama: Capital Fringe Fest (various) 

July 17

• flowers/craft: FLOWER ARRANGING BASICS WITH SUMMER FLOWERS ($95)

• cheese/wine: Cheese Class: Pairing Summer's Bounty ($75)

• art: Hands-On with Micro-painting (free) 

• drama: Capital Fringe Fest (various) 

July 18

museum/extended hours: US Botanic Gardens (free)

• gala: Covert Cocktails at Spy Museum ($225) 

• indoor movie: JAWS (free)

• museum/extended hours: Phillips Collection (free) 

• art talk: Deborah Roberts (free) 

• trivia/olympics: Olympics Trivia (free)

• drama: Capital Fringe Fest (various) 

• museum/extended hours: Live! at the Library (free)

• outdoor movie: An American in Paris (free)

• outdoor movie: Dreamgirls (free)

• outdoor movie: Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (free) 

• jazz: Take 5: Jazz at SAAM with Luke Brandon (free) 

• outdoor movie: Under the Cherry Moon (free) 

• author talk/disability: To Be A Problem: A Black Woman’s Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement (free) 

• trivia: Bravo Trivia (free)  

July 19

outdoor concert: Jake Blount (free but lottery required) 

• entrepreneurship: Market Masterminds: Market(ing) (free)

• jazz: Jazz & Pizza (free entry)

• outdoor concert: The Breakaways (free) 

• outdoor movie: A River Runs Through It (free)

• film: Chungking Express (free) 

• festival: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free) 

• baseball/concert: Carly Rae Jepsen ($)

• drama: Capital Fringe Fest (various) 

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free)  

July 20

flowers/craft: Flower Crown ($75) 

• disability: Edit-a-thon: Disability Activism (free) 

• flowers: She Loves Me Summer Flower Market (free)

• museum/jazz: Eric Byrd Trio ($35)

• flowers/craft: FLOWER ARRANGING BASICS WITH SUMMER FLOWERS ($95)

• outdoor movie: Movie in the Meadow: The Hidden Life of Trees (free)

• drama: Capital Fringe Fest (various) 

• craft: Resin Trinket Tray Workshop ($60)

• festival: The Olympic Games (free)

• showcase: Girls Rock! DC's Summer Camp ($30) 

• festival: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free) 

• concert: Olivia Rodrigo ($) 

• burlesque: DC Braulesque: FantaTease II ($25+)

July 21

• film: July Rhapsody (free) 

• festival: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free) 

  awards: Rammy’s ($325) 

• drama: Capital Fringe Fest (various) 

July 22

• bocce: Weekly Bocce (free)

• spy/korea: An Insider’s Perspective on South Korean Counterintelligence (free)

July 23

• folklife/lecture: Folktales of Summer Forests ($17)

• outdoor dancing: Latin and African Dance Night (free) 

• politics/book talk: The War Within, what I witnessed from inside the Capitol on January 6 (free) 

• ipad/drawing: tips and tricks for drawing on ipad ($15)

• poetry: Poetry Reading: Summer Edition (free) 

• musical: Back to the Future: The Musical (starts July 23, $49+)

July 24

• film/architecture: Brutal Utopias - Documentary Film Screening and Talk (tbd)

• outdoor film: Pride and Prejudice ($10 sold out, but has same day tickets)

July 25

• outdoor movie: Casino Royale (free)

• indoor movie: Blue Crush (free)

• author: Celebrating James Baldwin’s 100th Birthday: His Legacy and Influence on Modern Writers (free)

• house music/party: Francophonica Ball (free)

• outdoor movie: Love and Basketball (free)

• workshop: Patches & Printing (free)

• outdoor movie: King Richard (free)

• games: Backgammon Night ($20) 

• night market: Cleveland Park Night Market (free) 

• museum/after hours: Bold & Beautiful: After Dark (free) 

July 26

• outdoor concert: Brent Bickhead (free but lottery required) 

• outdoor movie: School of Rock (free)

• outdoor concert: Broad Sound (free) 

• extended hours: National Arboretum (free) 

• olympics: Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Watch Party at the Embassy (free)

• jazz: Jazz & Pizza (free entry)

• poetry: Skip Tracer (free)

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

July 27

• craft: Painting Floral Patterns ($100)

• arcade: SAAM Arcade (free) 

• concert: blink-182 ($) 

• closing/art: Do Something You Love Every Day (free)

• volunteer/trees: Highland Dwellings (free)

July 28

• craft: Seashells by the Seashore Beginner Embroidery Class ($50)

July 29

• bocce: Weekly Bocce (free)

• opening/art exhibit Quintana Roo: Roots of Water (starts, free)

July 30

• lecture: Harold and the Purple Crayon with Zachary Levi and Zooey Deschanel (free)

• blues/music: Women and the Blues (free)

• outdoor dancing: Square Dancing (free) 

• outdoor concert: Jovanni Cardenas (free)

July 31

• outdoor movie: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (free)

• outdoor film: Emma ($10 sold out, but has same day tickets)

• witches: Witches Night Party (free)

August 1

•  baldwin: James Baldwin’s 100th Birthday Slam (free) 

• military/book: An Evening with General David H. Petraeus (free)

• museum/party: Summer Vibes ($20)

• flowers/workshop: Dried Floral Bouquet Workshop ($50)

• outdoor movie: Clueless (free) 

• trivia/theme: Star Trek themed trivia (free) 

• outdoor movie: Rocky (free) 

• museum/late night: Live! at the Library (free) 

• outdoor movie: Top Gun: Maverick (free)

• weekly/games: Board Game Night (free)

August 2

 fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

• film/romance: Past Lives (free) 

• art: Artwalk Dupont (free) 

• jazz in the garden: Plena Libre (free, lottery July 22) 

• dance/anime: Akibanoise Dance Party ($20) 

• convention/anime: Otakon ($) 

• outdoor movie: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax + Armenian Community Tree Planting Short Film (free)

August 3

dance: Joy of African Movement (free) 

• volunteer: Dirt Diggers (free) 

• workshops: First Saturday (free)

• short films: International Shorts: Best of the Thomas Edison Film Festival 2024 (free)

• workshop: DIY Clothing Mends ($45)

• karaoke: Punk Rock Karaoke ($20) 

• dance party: The Taylor Party: The TS Dance Party ($25)

• sightseeing: Tower Climb: Bell Tower ($50) 

• convention/anime: Otakon ($) 

• garden: Growing Community: Planting Mid to Late Summer Veggies (free)

• gaming: Celebration of Gaming Week 

August 4

film/anime: The Boy and the Heron (free) 

• art: Weekend Workshops (free) 

• museum/free: Free Community Day at National Museum of Women in the Arts (free)

• workshop/art: COLLAGING WITH … M. FLORINE DÉMOSTHÈNE ($20) 

• korea/film: Night and Day (free)

• vintage/pop-up: Sip & Shop (free) 

• plants: Plants & Cutting Swap (free) 

• pop-up/market: DC Flea (free) 

• convention/anime: Otakon ($) 

• cookies: DIY Pressed Flower Shortbread Cookies ($70)

• gaming: Celebration of Gaming Week 

• gaming/boozy: Boozy Board Game Night ($10)

August 5

• bocce: Weekly Bocce (free)

• gaming: Celebration of Gaming Week 

August 6

• workshop: DIY Bucket Hat (free) 

• crafts/plants: Mushroom Bonsai ($60) 

• gaming: Celebration of Gaming Week 

August 7

• museum/late night: Wordplay Wednesday (free) 

• outdoor music: Justin Trawick and The Common Good (free)

• volunteer: Homemade Sandwiches for Good ($12)

• gaming: Celebration of Gaming Week 

• politics/book: Nancy Pelosi: The Art of Power ($55)

• dinosaurs: Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World (free) 

August 8

• film/ocean/museum: She is the Ocean (2018) ($22)

• outdoor movie: Lady and the Tramp (free) 

• museum/late night: Live! at the Library (free) 

• outdoor movie: Boys in the Boat (free)

• orchestra: The Afghan Youth Orchestra (free)

• gaming: Celebration of Gaming Week 

• weekly/games: Board Game Night (free)

• pop-up market: Juernes (free) 

• movie: Parent Trap (free)

• concert: Missy Elliott ($) 

August 9

•  fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

• beer/museum/party: Maerzen Release Party ($50) 

• dance party: Emo Night Brooklyn ($28) 

• outdoor movie: Hook (free) 

• outdoor music: Salsa Dancing (free) 

• outdoor movie: Rear Window (free)

• gaming: Celebration of Gaming Week 

August 10

• art/conservation: Conservation Workshop: Caring for Quilts (free) 

• art: Weekend Workshops (free) 

• art: Family Arts & Crafts (free) 

• workshop: Firsthand Experience: Pop-Up Books ($25) 

• pop-up market: Get Flee Market (free)

• korea/film: In Another Country followed by Claire’s Camera (free)

• closing/art: Look Around Now’s Yesterday: A Photography Exhibition (free) 

• outdoor music: Too Much Talent Band (free) 

• books: Fifth Annual Books and Blocks Party (free)

• community: Girls Rock! DC's Summer Camp Showcase ($30)

• books: Used Book Sale (free)

• jazz: Jazz in the Parks (free)

• gaming: Celebration of Gaming Week 

• thrift: Get Flee Market (free)

August 11

• art museum/closing: Women to Watch ($16)

• filipino: Filipino Heritage Day at Nationals Park ($)

• vintage/pop-up: Disco Loft x Hazel Vintage (free)

• games: Uno Tournament (free)

• art/workshop: COLLAGING WITH … DEVIN N. MORRIS ($20)

• art museum/closing: WallMountables 2024 (free) 

• gaming: Celebration of Gaming Week 

August 12

bocce: Weekly Bocce (free)

• restaurant week: Summer Restaurant Week 

• lecture/politics: Women as Heads of State ($15) 

August 13

restaurant week: Summer Restaurant Week 

• medicine: "Healing a Divided Nation: How the American Civil War Revolutionized Western Medicine” ($10) 

• lecture/sex: Medieval Sex ($15) 

August 14

cheese/wine: French Wine and Cheese ($75)

• outdoor music: The Experience Band & Show (free)

• restaurant week: Summer Restaurant Week 

• outdoor music: DC Punk Archive Rooftop Shows (free)

August 15

• museum/late night: US Botanic Gardens (free)

• museum/late night: Phillips Collection (free)

• movie: Wet Hot American Summer (free)

• party: 2024 Tomato Party (free) 

• cookbook: Caroline Chambers in Conversation with Carla Hall ($35)

• museum/late night: Live! at the Library (free) 

• book/politics: Nate Silver (free)

• sightseeing: Tower Climb: Bell Tower ($50) 

• outdoor movie: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again(free)

• restaurant week: Summer Restaurant Week 

• dogs: YAPPY HOURS (free)

• weekly/games: Board Game Night (free)

August 16

 fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

• sapphic/dance: AFTER MIDNIGHT – A SAPPHIC CHAPPELL ROAN DANCE PARTY ($5+)

• dance party: Gimme Gimme Disco ($35) 

• outdoor movie: Free Solo (free)

• restaurant week: Summer Restaurant Week 

August 17

• film/korea: Introduction followed by In Front of Your Face (free) 

• art/closing: RSVP (free) 

• flowers/workshop: Summer Floral Arranging Basics ($95)

• book sale: Lost City Books Summer Sale (free)

• flowers/workshop: Sips and Stems - Mounted Orchids ($69)

• dance party: Broadway Rave ($20) 

• beer: Barrel Aged Blending ($60) 

• dance party: FOAM Dance Party (free) 

• games: Break My Game (free) 

• convention: Sneakercon ($30) 

• restaurant week: Summer Restaurant Week 

• gardens: Growing Community: Tasks for a Great Harvest (free)

August 18

• workshop: COLLAGING WITH … HELINA METAFERIA ($20) 

• convention: Sneakercon ($30) 

• restaurant week: Summer Restaurant Week 

• book sale: Lost City Books Summer Sale (free)

• india/dance: Mayurbhanj Chhau by Rajesh Sai Babu and Group (free)

August 19

• bocce: Weekly Bocce (free)

• drawing: Life Drawing at Fantom Comics ($10)

• outdoor movie: Mean Girls (free)

August 20

• lecture/politics: Elections and Wars ($16)

• concert: Usher ($)

August 21

• craft: Saving Summer Memories: Picture Frames (free)

• museum/late hours: Summer Late Hours ($16) 

• workshop: HANDS-ON WITH PORTRAITURE (free) 

• flowers/workshop: Summer Floral Arranging Basics ($95)

• dc plant week: Propagation Workshop at PLNTR (free)

• outdoor music: Driven to Clarity (free) 

• comedy/plus/swap: Adipose ($20)

• book: Jodi Picoult ($45)

• concert: Usher ($) 

August 22

• trivia/ocean: Art of the Ocean ($40 per table—4 ppl per table) 

• outdoor movie: Footloose (free) 

• movie: Friday the 13th (free)

• museum/late night: Live! at the Library (free) 

• outdoor movie: Wonka (free)

• outdoor movie: The Princess Bride (free)

• games/weekly: Board Game Night (free)

August 23

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

• museum/late hours: National Arboretum (free) 

• apia/film/festival: Autumn Lantern Making and Movie Night (free)

• outdoor movie: Lincoln (free)

• book/crypto: Cryptomania: Hype, Hope, and the Fall of FTX's Billion-Dollar Fintech Empire (free)

August 24

• war of 1812: Washington at War: The Conflagration of 1814 (free) 

• flowers/workshop: Summer Floral Arranging Basics ($95)

• dc plant week: Soil 101 Workshop (free)

• dance party: End of Summer 80s Dance Party ($20)

• cooking class: Burrata Making Cooking Class ($120)

• books: National Book Festival (free) 

• tour: Walking Tour of the Historic Washington Navy Yard (free)

• volunteer: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (free)

• market: Pop-Up on P Street (free)

• opera: Opera in the Outfield: Turandot (free)

• books: Back to School Book Festival (free)

August 25

• art/workshop: COLLAGING WITH … SHAUNTÉ GATES ($20) 

• festival/indonesia: WOW Indonesia Festival (free)

• foraging: Paw Paw Hunting! ($30)

August 26

bocce: Weekly Bocce (free)

• outdoor movie: 10 Things I Hate About You (free)

August 27

space: The Webb Telescope and NASA's Next Big Thing ($15)

• shopping: Each Peach After Hours: A Summer Soiree (free)

August 28

outdoor music: Perfect Blend (free) 

• wine: Accounting for Taste: Wine and Food Pairing Basics ($45)

August 29

•  outdoor movie: The Breakfast Club (free) 

• museum/late night: Live! at the Library (free) 

• outdoor movie: SOUL (free)

• weekly/game: Board Game Night (free)

• movie: Moonrise Kingdom (free)

• market: Dupont Circle Twilight Vintage Market (free) 

August 30

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free) 

• outdoor movie: Chocolat (free)

• wine: Sparkling Wines ($45)

August 31

closing/art: Closing of The New Negro/Manifest Destiny (free)

• jazz: 20th Annual DC JazzFest at The Wharf (starts) 

• festival: 2024 DC Afro Latino Fest (free)

• craft: Bookbinding Workshop ($)

• foraging: Paw Paw Hunting! ($10+)

September 1

• museum/art: Free Community Day (free)

• harry potter: The Sorcerer’s Stone ($6) 

• foraging: Paw Paw Hunting! ($30+)

September 2

• music: Labor Day Concert (free)

• race: Electric Coney Third Annual Labor Day 0.5K ($50)

September 3

• book talk/politics: Facing the Fracture (free)

• cookbook/scotland: THE HEBRIDIAN BAKER AT HOME: Flavors & Folklore from the Scottish Islands ($35) 

• dating/lecture: The Single Lesson ($17) 

September 4

• art talk: Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice Gallery Talk (free) 

• museum after hours: Wordplay Wednesday (free) 

• poetry: The Carrying (free) 

September 5

• art/museum/party: Homecoming ($20) 

• art/exhibit opening: Legally Blindish: Paintings + Translations (free) 

• book talk: America's Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History (free) 

• themed/trivia: The Office Trivia (free) 

September 6

family/africa/festival: Teaching Africa Day (free)

• museum/after hours: Heurich (Open) House: Back to School Children's Hobbies (free) 

• movie: Men in Black ($8) 

• outdoor concert: Music in the Meadow ($25 donation or pay what you wish) 

• movie/africa: Queen of Katwe (free)

• art talk: Jennifer Hudnell (free)

• movie/korean: Korean Movie Night (free) 

• festival/family: Back to the Yards (free) 

• wine: Introduction to the Wines of Spain ($45) 

• dance party: DJ Night For Swifties ($20)

September 7

chinatown/festival: Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond Opening Festival (free) 

• film/dc: Duke Ellington’s Washington: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of a Neighborhood (free) 

• brutalism: BrutalistDC Walking Tour ($15) 

• festival: DC State Fair (free) 

• table tennis: Annual Table Tennis Showdown ($0-50)

• dog/adoption: Garden Paws (free)

• volunteer: Dirt Diggers (free) 

• art/opening: Scorched Petals to Pages (free) 

• festival/silk road: Celebration of Textiles: Colors of the Silk Road (free) 

• art/festival: First Saturday: September (free) 

• cats/movies: CatVideo Fest ($6) 

• art/festival/disability/market: Sayonara Summer Market (free) 

• art/exhibition opening: Reflections on Color and Light (free)

• food: Fall Oyster Fest (free)

• sex/film: HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL ($20) 

• book sale: Friends of the Cleveland Park Library (free) 

• book sale: Friends Book Sale at Palisades Library (free) 

September 8

• art exhibit/opening: Paris 1874 Exhibition Opening Day (free)

• art/film: 1874, The Birth of Impressionism (free) 

• queer/dance: Flower Factory ($10)

• harry potter: The Chamber of Secrets ($6) 

• festival: Adams Morgan Day (free) 

• drag: American Idol Drag Show ($35)

• swap: Book and Puzzle Swap (free)  

September 9

• concert: Nicki Minaj ($) 

• book talk: Colored Television (free)

September 10

• john addams: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic (free)

• lafayette/france/dc: Remembering Lafayette in the Nation’s Capital (free) 

• alpaca: Alpaca Happy Hour (free) 

• mental health: Mental Wellness App Launch (free)

• politics: Your Prep for the Harris-Trump Debate ($17) 

September 11

• politics: Pardon Power (free) 

September 12

•  flowers/book/craft: Crafting Paper Flowers: A Visual Guide to Breathtaking Botanicals with Emily Paluska (free)

• museum/party: A Night in Paris (free) 

• zine: Zine & Jam social mixer (free)

• cookbook: AFRICALI: Recipes from My Jikoni ($10)

• festival: Juernes (free) 

September 13

•  film: Big Big World (free) 

• language/political rhetoric: The Dignity Index ($15) 

• coffee: Doubles Home Brewing Class ($45)

• art/exhibit opening: El Rebozo Exhibit Opening Night (free)

• market/tattoo: Friday the 13th at Relume (free)

• dance party/abortion: GIRL, SO CONFUSING: A POP GIRL SUMMER DANCE PARTY ($5+) 

• outdoor movie: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (free) 

• dance party: club xcx ($20) 

September 14

• film: Times and Winds (free) 

• mexico/festival: Hecho en México (Made in Mexico) (free) 

• salsa: Salsa at the Farm (free)

• swift/dance: Taylor Swift Dance Party (free)

• flowers: Flower Potluck (free)

• craft: Portrait Gallery Art Studio (free) 

• harry potter: Prisoner of Azkaban ($6) 

• art talk/tai chi: Artist Talk and Tai Chi Workshop ($15) 

• book sale: Northeast Library Book Sale (free) 

• book sale: Palisades Library Book Sale (free) 

• book talk: Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story (free) 

September 15

• czech/concert: Celebrating the Year of Czech Music (free)

• festival: Clayfest DC (free)

• market: September Market (free)

• clean up: District Clean Up NOMA (free)

• graphic novel/book talk: French Girl (free) 

• el salvador/festival: Mi Pequeño El Salvador Festival (free) 

September 16

• art/festival: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (free)

• politics/lecture: Watergate and Its Legacy ($17) 

• book talk: Yuval Noah Harari ($55) 

• trivia/literary: Kramers Literary Trivia (free)

• politics: Can Democracy Survive Disinformation? (free)

September 17

• art/festival: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (free)

• gala: Dinner Under the Stars ($350) 

• austrian/music: Ives & Schönberg 150 Years (free)

• mid autumn: Mid Autumn festival (free)

• podcast: Foreign Policy’s “Ones and Tooze” Podcast ($30+) 

• drinks: An Evening Celebrating YERBA MATE ($5+)

September 18

• jazz: Tribute to Women Jazz Legends ($30) 

• digital literacy: Eyes on Reading: Maryanne Wolf with Emily Hanford ($15) 

• architecture: Accessory Dwelling Units: Supporting a Changing Demographic ($15+) 

• museum/party: NMWA Nights ($25) 

• workshop/craft: Photographic Threads (free) 

• outdoor movie: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (free)

• art/festival: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (free)

• art/exhibition closes: Queer Altars (free) 

• china/africa/politics: Africa's Central Role in the Chinese Communist Party's Global Ambitions (free) 

• cookbook: Monique Volz ($35)

• singles/plants: Plants and Pints: Singles Night ($65)

• food: Cheeseburger Crawl ($30) 

• reporter: Connie Chung ($25+) 

• salon/panel: Changemakers In Conversation (free) 

September 19

• dinosaurs/film/museum: Natural History on the Big Screen: TREX (free)

• museum/party: A Night at the Museum: Celebrating 57 years of ACM! (free) 

• art lecture: Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris (free)

• aviation/lecture: The Path to Equality for Women Military Aviators (free) 

• jazz: Jazz at SAAM (free)

• art talk: Rashaad Newsome (free)

• asian: Asian Night Market (free)

• movie: Cruel Intentions (free)

• art/festival: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (free)

• museum: Third Thursday at the Phillips Collection (free) 

• festival: The Atlantic Festival ($225) 

• outdoor movie: Wonka (free) 

• go-karts: Go-Karts at Union Market (free) 

• cooking: Spice Blending Workshop ($55) 

September 20

• celia cruz/dance party: An Evening Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Celia Cruz (free) 

• art exhibit/opening: Suchitra Mattai ($) 

• art/festival: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (free)

• festival: The Atlantic Festival ($225) 

• go-karts: Go-Karts at Union Market (free) 

• wine: From the Alps to the Adriatic: Exploring Italy’s Tre-Venezia ($45) 

September 21

• history/salons: Brilliant Exiles: Salons (free) 

• fiber art/lecture: DY Begay with Fiber Artists Velma Kee Craig and Helena Hernmarck (free) 

• south korea/festival/chuseok: Chuseok Family Festival (free) 

• gardening: The Challenges of Animal Friends (free) 

• festival: Homecoming at President Lincoln’s Cottage (free) 

• lectures: Nerd Nite ($10+) 

• burlesque: DC Braulesque: 8-Bit Revue ($25) 

• running/beer: NOMA Beer Run ($25+) 

• art/festival: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (free)

• festival: H St. Festival (free) 

• festival: Black Cat Anniversary Party ($5+) 

• volunteer: Lower Georgia Avenue Clean-Up (free) 

• go-karts: Go-Karts at Union Market (free) 

• concert: Jelly Roll ($) 

• book sale: Palisades Library Book Sale (free) 

• book sale: Southwest Library Book Sale (free) 

September 22

• art/workshop: Portrait Gallery Art Studio (free) 

• cosplay: DC Cosplay Photo Shoot ($25) 

• art/festival: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (free)

• bingo: Sunday Night Bingo at Calico (free)

• volunteer: Volunteer at Nationals Park (free)

• concert: Afro-Cuban Rhythms with Raíces Negras (free) 

• harry potter: The Goblet of Fire ($6) 

• festival: Paltoberest (free)

• go-karts: Go-Karts at Union Market (free) 

• book sale: Southwest Library Book Sale (free) 

September 23

• art/festival: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (free)

• white house/immersive: The People’s House (free)

• space: Astronomy on Tap (free) 

  September 24

• book talk: A Conversation with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (free) 

• alpaca: Alpaca Happy Hour (free) 

• fungi/board game: An Evening With Elizabeth Hargrave: Undergrove Board Game Night at NMNH (free)

  
  September 25

• ai/chatbots: Spies, Lies, and Robots (free) 

• market: Mid-Autumn Festival (free)

• outdoor movie: When Harry Met Sally... (free) 

• politics: The World Goes to the Polls: The Economist on Elections in 2024 ($12)

• musician/book talk: Kenny G ($55+) 

• politics: The Most Important Election of Your Life -- Again ($25)

  
  September 26

• craft/pets: Sculpt and Sip: Pet Sculpture Making ($45) 

• books: Lost City Books Fall Salon (free) 

• movie: Twilight (free)

• market: Mid-Autumn Festival (free)

• cooking: Sí Chef: Empanadas Class ($40) 

• judaism/cooking: The Jewish Holiday Table ($10+) 

• words: Wiki-Chat: Insights from Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia ($15) 

  
  September 27

• comedy: Because They’re Funny Festival ($40+) 

  concert: The Fray ($40)

• design: DC Design Week (starts)

• spain/embassy: Fall Open Doors 2024 (free) 

• fashion/africa/extended hours: Community Day Fashion Show (free)

• museum/after hours: Africa Day Fashion Show (free) 

• opening reception/art: De la Cruz & Spagnuolo Art Galleries (free) 

• mardi gras: Halfway to Mardi Gras (free)

  
  September 28

• nature: Guided Forest Bathing Walks ($35)

• literature: PEN/Faulkner's Literary Garden Party ($59)

• cooking: Pass the Plate ($35) 

• puerto rico/art talk: In Conversation with Miguel Luciano and Sylvia Méndez (free) 

• hispanic: Fotos y Recuerdos: Hispanic Heritage Month Festival (free) 

• festival: Lansburgh Block Party (free)

• board games: Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair (free)

• concert/taiwan: A Moving Sound ($6) 

• puerto rico/art: In Conversation with Miguel Luciano and Sylvia Méndez (free) 

• festival/hispanic heritage: Fotos y Recuerdos: Hispanic Heritage Month Festival (free) 

• art all night: Art All Night Mini Markt + Live Art + Craft Station (free) 

• art/exhibition opening: Around the Table (free) 

• festival: Fiesta DC (free) 

• africa/concert: Sounds of Africa Concert Series (free) 

• dance party: Pink Pony Club (free) 

• volunteer: Nat'l Public Lands Day Volunteer Event (free) 

• comedy: Because They’re Funny Festival ($40+) 

• book sale: Palisades Book Sale (free) 

• bike: Community Bike Ride (free) 

• cats: Caturday DYI Cat Toy Workshop ($35) 

• beer: Atlas Brew Works Ivy City Brewery Tour ($20) 

• art opening: SQ FT. (free) 

• performance: “All Rivers Have a Beginning” (free) 

  
  September 29

• queer/family: Family Picnic in Partnership with Rainbow Families ($5+) 

• workshop/art: Portrait Gallery Art Studio (free) 

• pop-up/palestine: 3rd Annual Olive Harvest Pop-up ($70)

• bingo: Sunday Night Bingo at Calico (free)

• volunteer: Volunteer at Nationals Park (free)

• art exhibit/opens: Jean-Michel Basquiat x Banksy (free)

• drawing: Life Drawing ($15)

• film/silent: Cœur fidèle (free) 

• harry potter: The Order of the Phoenix ($6) 

• yemeni/coffee: Yemeni Coffee Social ($30) 

• art opening: SQ FT. (free) 

• beer crawl: Beer Crawl (free)

• film/asian american: The Dragon Painter (free) 

• festival: Fiesta DC (free) 

• comedy: Because They’re Funny Festival ($40+) 

• craft: Tie Dye Party (free)

  
  September 30

• pirates: How Pirates Changed the World ($17) 

• cookbook: Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook ($12+) 

  
  October 1

• lecture/politics: Your Prep for the Vance-Walz Debate ($17) 

• film: The Watchers (free)

  
  October 2

• museum/late at night: Wordplay Wednesday (donation)

• craft: Crochet Circle (free) 

• wine: Aperitivo Hour with Plant Wines ($10) 

• women/healthcare: Grown Women Talking (free) 

• reality tv: Love is Blind: Season 7 Watch Party (free) 

• bingo: Rooftop Bingo (free) 

• craft: Fall Wreath Making ($45)

  
  October 3

• film screening: Exhibiting Forgiveness (free)

• film: "Exhibiting Forgiveness" Film Screening (free) 

• Halloween/party/extended hours: Spooky Soirée (free)

• themed trivia: The Simpsons (free) 

• reality tv: Love is Blind Watch Party (free) 

• german/film: Goodbye, Lenin! (free) 

• book: Malcom Gladwell ($45) 

• religion: Martin Luther and Women ($17) 

• museum/extended hours: Live! At The Library (free) 

• museum/after hours: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: History of Hair As Mementos ($25) 

  
  October 4

• extended hours/vietnam: An Evening with Vietnam Society (free) 

• trans/dancing: Girl So Confusing: a very Trans Charli xcx dance party ($6+)

• outdoor movie: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (free) 

• dog/halloween: Howl-o-ween Pet Costume Contest (free)

• art: Artwalk Dupont (free) 

• supreme court: Center Court: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Supreme Court (free)

  
  October 5

• halloween/cooking: Halloween Cookie Decorating Class ( $75) 

• art/workshops: First Saturday (free) 

• public art: For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here? (free) 

• art talk: Spirit & Strength: Modern Art from Haiti (free) 

• upcycle: Secondhand Jam ($5)

• food festival: BBQ & Barrels ($75+)

• dog: Wiener 500 Dachshund Dash (free)

• festival: Open Streets 7th St NW (free)

• festival: Oktoberfest at the Wharf (free) 

• dance party: Taylor Swift Dance Party  (free) 

• beer: Atlas Brew Works 11th Anniversary Celebration ($20) 

• politics/book talk: Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy (free) 

• book sale: Friends Book Sale (free) 

• vietnamese/book talks: Rebellion and Aesthetic Expressions (free)

  
  October 6

• volunteer: Nationals Park (free) 

• bingo: Calico (free)

• film/paris: Obsessed with Light (free)

• craft: Pressed Flower Pumpkins ($30)

• plants: Plant and Cutting Swap (free) 

• festival: Takoma Park Street Festival (free) 

• art discussion/paris: Paris 1874 Drop-In Discussion (free) 

• cooking/baking: Small Batch Cookies ($8+) 

• mexico/clothing/exhibit: El Rebozo ($10) 

• columnist/politics: Van Jones in Conversation with Tom Friedman ($15) 

• film/history: James Baldwin—Born With The Thunder (free) 

• museum/community day: Free Community Day (free)

• wine/harvest: "Harvest Wine Party” ($66) 

• craft: Beaded Bracelets ($10) 

• festival: Fall Harvest Festival (free)

• animals/catholic: Blessing of the Animals (free) 

• clothing swap: Happy Daze Clothing Swap (free) 

  
  October 7

• monsters/lecture: Medieval Monsters ($17) 

• swedish/film: Intermezzo (free) 

• crafting/hall: Yarn Pumpkins ($35)

  
  October 8

• france/music: Djoukil Swingtet Concert ($15)

• vietnamese/book talk: An Evening with Nini Nguyen and Kevin Tien ($20) 

• film/book talk: The Crow: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Classic Film (free) 

• industry night: The People's People: Industry Night (free) 

• crafting: Craft Club (free) 

• politics: Predicting Election Results ($17)

• bingo/drag: Drag Bingo (free, but bring cash)

  
  October 9

• outdoor movie: Sleepless in Seattle (free) 

• book talk: The Rich People Have Gone Away (free) 

• bingo: Rooftop Bingo (free) 

• art: With Drawn Arms Film Screening and Panel Discussion (free) 

• documentary/salvadoran: Las Muertes Mas Bellas del Mundo ($10) 

• craft: Create Your Own Spooky Earrings ($55) 

• dc/podcast: Live City Cast DC Recording (free) 

• wine: Meet Virginia ($45) 

  
  October 10

• queer/party: A Speakeasy Evening (free)

• fall/garden: Fall Garden Party ($150+) 

• architecture: Black Vessel: Theaster Gates ($15) 

• staged reading: WHITE BY JAMES IJAMES ($10) 

• art party: Día de los Muertos Celebration (free, but lottery required) 

• farm: October Night on the Farm ($65+) 

• museum/extended hours: Live! At The Library (free) 

• art: Candido Portinari's Murals (free) 

• film/germany: All Quiet on the Western Front (free)

  
  October 11

• wmata: Meet and Greet with Randy Clarke, WMATA's GM (free) 

• mexico/clothing/exhibit: El Rebozo ($10) 

• infusions: Infusions at the Farm (free) 

• cheese: Best of the Brits: Cheeses of the UK ($75) 

• fundraiser/adoption: Laila's Legacy Annual Gala ($20+) 

  
  October 12

• sip/paint: Sugar Skull Pour ($65) 

• tour: Walking Tour of the Historic Washington Navy Yard (free) 

• mexico/clothing/exhibit: El Rebozo ($10) 

• volunteer: Shepherd Parkway Community Clean-Up (free) 

• craft: Bookmaking ($25) 

• dance party: K-Pop Club Night ($25) 

• art/film: 1874, The Birth of Impressionism (free)

• book sale: Palisades Library Book Sale (free) 

• walking tour: Walking Tour of the Kalorama Neighborhood ($12)

• book sale: Northeast Library Book Sale (free) 

• book talk/trans: Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Frontlines of the Movement for Transgender Youth (free) 

  
  October 13

• volunteer: Nationals Park (free) 

• bingo: Calico (free)

• vintage: Happy Daze Vintage Market (free) 

• thanksgiving/craft: Create Your Own Thanksgiving Cards ($40) 

• oysters: Oyster Wars ($65+) 

• film/punk: Punk the Capital (free) 

• family/hike: Trees, Fungi, and Other Treasures of the Tregaron Woodlands (free) 

• craft/halloween: Ghost Collage: Painting with Paper Workshop ($44) 

• drag: Miley Cyrus vs. Hannah Montana Drag Brunch ($35) 

• swap: Book and Puzzle Swap (free) 

  
  October 14

• cooking/NYT: NYT Cooking: Easy Weeknight Dinners Cookbook ($12+) 

• politics: Countdown to 1960 ($50) 

• craft: Halloween Slime ($25)

• emancipation: Lincoln's Toughest Decisions: Tour & Interactive Program ($21) 

• themed trivia: Music Trivia (free)

• cocktails/flowers: Crafting Cocktails & Beautiful Bouquets ($55) 

  
  October 15

• Halloween/trivia: Spooky Season (free)

• taiwan/book talk: Where Every Ghost Has a Name (free) 

• architecture/lecture/burial: Designing for Hard Histories (free) 

• podcast/appalachia: Black in Appalachia (free) 

• architecture: President Lincoln’s Cottage Architecture Experience ($25)

• lafayette/party: The Night Lafayette Came to Tudor Place ($100) 

• bingo/drag: Drag Bingo (free, but bring cash) 

• monsters: Meet the Monster ($15) 

Oct 16

• mexico/book talk: Season of the Swamp (free) 

• film: Love & Basketball (free) 

• art: A Conversation with Morel Doucet and Myrtis Bedolla ($22) 

• museum/party: NMWA Nights ($25) 

• bingo: Rooftop Bingo (free) 

• book talk/local author: Ghost Train (free)

• wine/happy hour: Pour Decisions Wednesday (free)

• politics/book talk: Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy (free) 

Oct 17

• crafting/halloween: Handi Hour ($25)

• dinosaurs: An Evening With Paleoartist (free) 

• spies: Agent Link (free)

• art talk: William Gropper’s work (free) 

• mahjong: Mahjong Social ($65)

• art museum/extended hours: Third Thursday (free) 

• drawing: Life Drawing ($15) 

• comedy: Live! At The Library: Comedy Night (free)

Oct 18

 film: Only the River Flows (free) 

• market: Deaf Artisan Market (free) 

• latin america/book talk: Private Violence: Latin American Women and the Struggle for Asylum (free) 

• alsace: Soirée Alsace: Dinner & Culture ($65)

Oct 19

paris/women/ballet: Brilliant Exiles: Salons (free) 

• celebration: 4th Annual Planet Wordiversary and Community Day (free)

• festival: Georgetown Fall Market (free)

• cinema/france: Early Color Cinema and Impressionism (free) 

• gardens: Growing Community: Preparing for the Winter Garden (free) 

• crafting: Fall Arts & Crafts Drop-In Workshop (free) 

• book/food: Julia Child’s Kitchen: A New Book and Fresh Look at a Beloved Artifact (free) 

• cookbook/chinatown: Cooking and Community: Updates from Chinatowns (free) 

• halloween/dogs: Spooky Pooch Howl-o-ween Celebration ($13) 

• halloween: Trick or Treat! Guided Explorations of the DAR Museum Period Rooms (free) 

• craft/embroidery: Make your Own Storycloth ($25) 

• walking tour: Walking Tour of the Foggy Bottom Neighborhood (free) 

• craft/workshop: Natural Dye Workshop - Acorn and Iron ($50+) 

• closing/art exhibit: Mediations on Color and Light (free) 

• halloween/pumpkin: Pumpkin Carving ($75)

• market: Fall Post Punk Flea (free) 

• autumn things: Adams Morgan Apple Festival (free) 

• halloween/festival: Family Day: Halloween (free) 

• book sale: Palisades Library Book Sale (free) 

Oct 20

volunteer: Nationals Park (free) 

• bingo: Calico (free)

• festival: Georgetown Fall Market (free)

• film: Dust to Dust (free) 

• books/market: Books & Booze (free)

• festival: Turkish Festival (free)

• dog adoption: Garden Paws w/ Dress Up Contest (free)

Oct 21

• book talk: Blue Light Hours (free)  

• bread/competition: Best Baguette in Washington DC Competition ($30)

• nfl: Innovative Lives: Gary Brantley (free)

• germany/film: Elbow (free) 

Oct 22

• black/scuba/ocean: Into the Depths ($22) 

• drag: Swann Queen: Remembering DC’s First Drag Queen (free) 

• bingo/drag: Drag Bingo (free, but bring cash) 

• book: Katie Ledecky ($45) 

• craft: DIY Craft Night with the DC Punk Archive (free) 

Oct 23

art: Bridge Gallery Conversation (free) 

• politics: Russian Assassinations in the UK (free)

• bingo: Rooftop Bingo (free) 

• craft: Leatherworking 101 ($100)

• museums: Building Audiences for Sustainability (free) 

Oct 24

• music/lecture:  A Conversation between Bill Banfield and Ernie Isley (free) 

• halloween/party: Boos & Brews ($20) 

• art opening: Three Lines (free) 

• art/extended hours: After Hours with Art Enables (free) 

• museum: Live! At The Library (free) 

• music/opera: Opera on Tap: Scream Fest (free)

• spooky/dc/lecture: Washington's Spookiest Days ($17) 

• ballet: Washington Ballet’s When We Take Flight ($) 

• pumpkins: Pumpkinpalooza (free) 

• art/impressionism: Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism (free)

Oct 25

• film: The Wild Goose Lake (free) 

• cheese: Best of the Brits: Cheeses of the UK ($75) 

• ballet: Washington Ballet’s When We Take Flight ($) 

• aids/book talk: The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America (free) 

Oct 26

• day of the dead: Día de los Muertos Family Day (free) 

• halloween: 60’s Halloween-themed Party (free)

• halloween/market: Trick or Treat Party ($)

• volunteer: Ivy City Clean-Up (free)

• africa/music: Sounds of Africa Concert Series (free) 

• history/dc/art: Art Education for Black Students in DC from 1872-1980 (free) 

• art/family: Portrait Gallery Art Studio (free) 

• art talk: Courtney Mattison ($60) 

• halloween: Beetlejuice 80's Halloween Dance Party ($25) 

• craft: Paper Magic: Stuffed Paper Sculptures (free) 

• art/closing: Legally Blindish (free)

• halloween: Trick or Treat! Guided Explorations of the DAR Museum Period Rooms (free) 

• halloween: Trick or Treat at Tudor Place ($5+) 

• festival/plants: Bulb Sale & Garlic Planting Party (free) 

• museum: Kreeger Museum Open House (free) 

• natural wines: Abbondanza: A (Halloween)Natural Wine Party ($65+) 

• florals: Flower Arranging Basics with Fall Florals ($95) 

• halloween: Halloween Bar Crawl ($20)

• book sale: Palisades Library Book Sale (free) 

• book sale: Shepherd Park Library Book Sale (free) 

• festival/fall: Crispus Park Fall Festival (free)

• ballet: Washington Ballet’s When We Take Flight ($) 

Oct 27

• day of the dead: Día de los Muertos (free) 

• concert: Cyndi Lauper ($59+)

• ballet: Washington Ballet’s When We Take Flight ($) 

• fall: Fall-O-Ween (free)

• filipino: Liwanag Filipino Lit Fest DC (free)

• filipino: UMPUKAN: A Fil-Am History Month Celebration! (free)

• film/halloween: Young Frankenstein (free) 

• book sale: Shepherd Park Library Book Sale (free)

Oct 28

Oct 29

• bingo/drag: Drag Bingo (free, but bring cash) 

• halloween/lecture: A Summoning of Halloweens Past ($17) 

• film: Saw X (free) 

October 30

• wine/happy hour: Pour Decisions Wednesday (free)

October 31

• costumes/halloween: Terror Behind the Seams: Dissecting Historical Costumes in Film ($25) 

• halloween: La Pop Halloween (free)

• dog/halloween: Howl-O-Ween Pawty! (free0

• museum/party: Halloween Happy Hour (free)

• halloween: Lyman’s Tavern Halloween (donation)

• halloween/party: Monsters Ball: An Immersive Live-Music Halloween Party ($39)

• rocky horror: Rocky Horror Picture Show: The 49th Anniversary Spectacular Tour ($55+)

November 1

• diwali: Diwali Festival (free)

• herbs: Underground Medicine: Roots in Herbalism (free) 

• flowers: Flower Arranging basics with Fall Florals ($95) 

• book talk: Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks (free) 

• book talk: War by Bob Woodward ($42) 

November 2

• native: Mvskoke Etvlwv: The Muscogee People Festival (free)

• concert: Adams Morgan Porchfest (free)

• festival/day of the dead: Smithsonian Latino Museum Dia de los Muertos (free)

• festival/day of the dead: El Día de los Muertos (free) 

• music: An Evening of Kuumba: Danielle Ponder in Concert (free) 

• literacy: Supporting African American Children’s Reading Success ($15)

• volunteer: Dirt Diggers (free) 

• festival/workshop: First Saturday (free)

• film: Early Max Fleischer Animations: Koko the Clown (free) 

• art talk: Victoria "Sneakshot" Ford (free) 

• volunteer: Fall Community Workday (free) 

• flowers: November Flower Potluck (donations)

• festival: Celebración Día de los Muertos (free)

• beer: 2024 DC Beer Fest ($55) 

• art/craft: Leafy Monotypes ($50) 

• dance party/abba: Gimme Gimme Disco ($35)

• book/market: Friends Book Sale (free) 

• horror: Five Minute Horror Film Fest (free) 

• book talk/puerto rico: Women Surrounded by Water (free) 

November 3

• free/museum: Free Community Day at NMWA (free) 

• film: Her Wild Oat (free) 

• dessert: A Cake Party ($)

• market: DC Flea Market (free)

• craft/fall: Gel Plate Printing with Fall Leaves ($50)  

• film: Godzilla's 70th Birthday (free) 

• plants: November Plant & Cutting Swap (free) 

• grief: All Souls Requiem (free) 

• book talk/women: Firebrands: The Untold Story of Four Women Who Made and Unmade Prohibition (free) 
  

November 4

November 5

film: Catch the Fair One (free)

November 6

•  extended hours/museum: Wordplay Wednesday (free) 

• art/lecture: Behind the Canvas: A Vision Takes Form (free) 

• craft: Spinning a Yarn (free) 

• documentary: The Green Book - Guide to Freedom (free) 

• book talk/children: What Are Children For? (free)

• book talk/history: A Material History of American Slavery (free) 

November 7

• museum/party: Cozy, Crafty, Comfy ($20) 

• curator/ocean: Treasures of the Sea ($22)

• craft/plants: Modern Wreaths and Hot Cider ($32) 

• trivia/themed: Marvel Trivia (free) 

• film: The Big Sleep (free) 

• museum/party: Trivia Night (free) 

• whiskey: Whiskey, Wine, & Spirits Festival ($80)
  
  November 8

• film/chinese: Suzhou River (free)

• taylor swift/dance: Taylor Swift Night ($25) 

• film/music: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse ($85+)

• festival/family: Side Yards (free)

  
  November 9

• mural/tour: Sightlines Saturday: Gallery Talk and Activity (free) 

• workshop: Foil Sculpture Workshop (free) 

• art/craft: Portrait Gallery Art Studio (free) 

• food justice: Food for Thought, Food for Action Stories of Sustenance in Washington, D.C. (free)

• art/lecture: Brilliant Exiles: Salons (free) 

• holiday/czech: Czech Christmas Market (free)

• veterans day: Veterans Day Family Day (free) 

• dance party: Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party ($22) 

• cars: 18th Annual Parade of Trabants (free) 

• concert: Veterans Day Concert with the United States Navy Band (free) 

• plants/workshop/art: Plant Portraits ($25) 

• art exhibit closing: I’m Not Your Superwoman (free) 

• art talk:  linn meyers and Anne Reeve (free) 

• art talk: Scortched Petals to Pages (free)

• art reception/opening: “sudden spoon, a rosy charm,” (free) 

• market/celebration: Eastern Market November Fest (free) 

• cupcakes: Fall and Winter Floral Cupcakes ($80)

• craft: Ceramic Handbuilding Techniques ($65)

• vintage/market: That’s So Vintage ($15+)

• film/music: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse ($85+)

• book/market: Used Book Sale (free) 

• book/market: Friends Book Sale (free)

  
  November 10

• film: Fallen Angels (free)

• opera/social justice: “Creativity in the Face of Trauma” by the Denyce Graves Foundation (free) 

• 5k: Friends of the National Arboretum 5k ($55) 

• market/celebration: Eastern Market November Fest (free) 

• vintage/market: That’s So Vintage ($15+)

• cookbook/korean: Banchan ($5+)

  
  November 11

• veterans day: DC | Honoring Native Veterans (free)

• veterans day/concert: Veterans Day Concerts with the United States Navy Band (free) 

  
  November 12

• dc history: Freedom Was in Sight: Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C. Region (free) 

• museum/racism/lecture: Concealed to Revealed: Confronting Racist Imagery in Museum Collections (free) 

• musical: Six (begins, $74+) 

• film: Twisters (free) 

• lego: Brick Squad: Anacostia Adult Lego Club (free) 

• lecture: Dorothy Day (free) 

• science/lecture: Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life (free)

  November 13

• military history: 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge (free) 

• film: Once Upon a River (free) 

  
  November 14

• book talk: The Vision of Mary McCleod Bethune (free)

• design/danish: Danish Design in America ($15) 

• museum/party: To the District, with Love (free, but lottery required) 

• poetry/judaism: Salon Nights: Poetry Workshop ($12)

• italian/dinner: A Night in Sicily ($155) 

• film: The Lady from Shanghai (free) 

• zine: Zinemaking: Unfolding Poetry (free)

• documentary/refugees: Las Abogadas (free)  

  
  November 15

• craft: Candle Making ($48) 

• market/pop-up: Qami Jan (free) 

• art/festival: Umbrella Art Festival (free) 

• book/market: Boozy Book Fair ($15)

• pottery/festival: Pottery on the Hill (free)

  
  November 16

• africa/concert: Sounds of Africa Concert Series (free)

• abortion: Every Body for Bodily Autonomy: An all-levels WØRKout benefiting the DC Abortion Fund ($35)

• journaling: Journaling Workshop (free) 

• craft: Block Printing with Mordants (free) 

• haiti/film: Haiti: The Way to Freedom (free) 

• craft: Recycled Rhythms: A New Spin on Old Records (free)

• art reception/closing: Closing Reception of Photo Exhibition (free) 

• yoga/art: Yoga in the Sculpture Garden ($20) 

• music: Lupe Fiasco ($45) 

• art/festival: Umbrella Art Festival (free) 

• market: Queer Indie Author and Makers Market (free) 

• puzzle/swap: Holidays Puzzle Swap (free) 

• market/book: Friends Book Sale (free) 

• holiday/market: Holiday Market Celebration (free)

• pottery/festival: Pottery on the Hill (free)

  
  November 17

• art lecture: A Conversation on Lois Mailou Jones: Painting a Legacy (free)

• social justice: Social Justice Conversations: Intergenerational Reflections on Activism (free)

• art/festival: Umbrella Art Festival (free) 

• cookbook/turkey: Turkuaz Kitchen ($35)

• craft: Make your own body butter ($65) 

• mahjong: Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp ($20) 

• pottery/festival: Pottery on the Hill (free)

  
  November 18

• writing: Writing Workshop Inspired by Felix Gonzalez–Torres: Always to Return (free)

• lecture/news: Judy Woodruff on Media and Democracy ($15) 

• quilt: Make a Rag Quilt (free) 

  
  November 19

• film: Popeye (free)

• film: Deadpool vs. Wolverine (free) 

• faith/book: Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine (free) 

  
  November 20

•  design/panel: Making Design Panel Discussion (free)

• museum/party: NMWA Nights ($25) 

• tarot: SUNSOAKED Journaling with Crystals + Tarot ($60) 

• craft/holiday: Seasonal Wreath Making ($115) 

• cooking/native: SEED TO PLATE, SOIL TO SKY ($16+) 

• election: Panel Conversation: Post Election Round-Up ($10) 

• film/native: Winter in the Blood (free) 

  
  November 21

• concert: Sunny Jain's Wild Wild East ($6) 

• lecture/mayan: Classic Maya Crisis: New Evidence on an Extraordinary Social and Demographic Collapse (free) 

• beer/festival: Holiday & Hops ($35) 

• art talk: Kate Shepherd (free) 

• museum/party: Third Thursday (free) 

• market: Cleveland Park Night Market (free)

• politics/book: President Bill Clinton ($53+)  

• film: Devotion (free) 

• film: Double Indemnity (free) 

• geography/museum: Mapping Our World (free) 

  
  November 22

• festival/holiday: Zoolights (begins, $6) 

• craft: Beginner Crochet ($50) 

• holiday/market: Downtown Holiday Market (begins, free) 

  
  November 23

• haiti/film: Haitian Corner (free) 

• craft: Ceramic Handbuilding Techniques ($65) 

• book/market: Friends Book Sale (free)

• native/dc: The Native American History of Washington DC with Dr. Lione (free) 

• craft: Natural Dye Workshop - Acorn and Iron ($50+)

  
  November 24

• concert: Dvořák in America (free) 

• self-care/market/size inclusive: *Falling for Myself* Market (free) 

• craft: Candlemaking ($65) 

• pop-up/market: Maker Mall (free) 

• mahjong: Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp ($20) 

  
  November 25

• friendsgiving: Friendsgiving, Monday ($55) 

• politics/book: Congressman Hakeem Jeffries ($25) 

  
  November 26

•  friendsgiving: Friendsgiving, Monday ($55) 

• film: The Saver (free) 

  
  November 27

  
  November 28

•  exhibit/holiday: Seasons Greening (opens)

• thanksgiving: Thanksgiving Dinner ($97) 

  
  November 29

• native/performance:  Native American Heritage Day (free) 

• dance: 90s, Naughties, and Modern Alternative Dance Party ($10) 

November 30

• craft: Drop-in Winter Arts & Crafts (free)

• film: Fantasia of Color (free) 

• art closing: LOIS DODD & WOLF KAHN  (free) 

• dance party: The Charli Parti ($22) 

• party: Smash Record’s 40th Anniversary Party ($15+) 

• holiday: Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker (begins)

• market: Post Punk Flea Market Pop Up (free) 

• holiday/craft: Drawing with Oil Pastels ($50)

• market/book: Friends Book Sale (free) 

• holiday: City Center Tree Lighting Celebration (free) 

December 1

• kyoto: Kyoto Kimono Trunk Show (free)

• craft: CANstruction Drop-in Activity (free)

• museum/community/market: Free Community Day & Makers’ Market at NMWA (free) 

• bar party: Ugly Christmas Sweater Party (free) 

• plants: DC Plant Swap & Sale (free) 

• holiday/film/orchestra: “Elf” in Concert ($34+) 

• celebration: Thip Khao 10 Year Anniversary Party (all you can eat, $50) 

December 2

• spy lecture: Agent Zo (free)

• workshop: Life Drawing ($15) 

• cocktails: DC Cocktail Week Mezcal Tasting ($22) 

• in memory: A Service Honoring Matthew Shepard (free)

• germany/music: Music & Chocolate with Sequoia Snyder (free) 

December 3

• architecture: Jennifer Bonner ($15) 

• christmas tree: U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting (free) 

• embassy/olympics: "The heart of the Games" Paris 2024 Screening & Panel Discussion ($5) 

• holiday/lecture: The Gothic Ghosts of Christmas ($17)

• latte art: Latte Art Competition (free)

December 4

• museum/after hours/holiday: Wordplay Wednesday: Holiday Edition ($5+)

• craft: Spinning a Yarn (free) 

• holidays/dogs: Santa Paws at The Morrow (free) 

• chinatown: Voices of Chinatown (free) 

• film/argentina/chile: The Punishment/El Castigo ($10)

• fundraiser: Carolina Jam: A Benefit Concert for Helene Relief ($17+)

• cocktail/workshop/holiday:  Coquito for the Holidays ($42)

• wine: Aperitivo Hour with Plant Wines ($10) 

December 5

• holiday market: Red Bear Holiday Market (free) 

• skate/switzerland:  Skate with Switzerland (free)

• museum/after hours/party: Walking in a Winter Wonderland ($20) 

• christmas tree:  National Christmas Tree Lighting (free)

• holiday/trivia: Holiday Trivia at Atlas Brew Co  (free)

• film/argentina: About Thirty/ Arturo a Los 30 ($10)

• palestine/film: From Ground Zero ($12) 

• concert: Tiesto ($65+)

• book: Bobbitt Prize Event with Arthur Sze (free)

• japan/film: Tampopo (free)

December 6

• museum/after hours/holiday: Making Holiday Magic: Iconic Christmas Fashions ($25) 

• holiday/market: Big Bear Holiday Market (free) 

• holiday/market: Student Holiday Art Market (free)

• holiday/film: “Home Alone" ($6)

• sketching/workshop: Shameless Sip & Sketch Workshop ($45) 

• concert: Tiesto ($65+)

• art museums: Art Walk Dupont (free)

• film/mexico: Rain / Lluvia ($10)

• christmas tree: Cathedral Commons Holiday Tree Lighting & Celebration (free)

• christmas tree: Capital Riverfront Christmas Tree Lighting (free)

• christmas tree: Columbia Heights Tree Lighting Ceremony (free)

December 7

• kwanzaa/cookbook: A Taste of Kwanzaa: A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook: Celebrating the Holiday with Family, Community and Tradition (free) 

• kwanzaa: The Universal Message of Kwanzaa (free)

• exhibit/opening: “The Men Who Made the Arboretum” (free) 

• film/mexico: LOVE & MATHEMATICS / AMOR Y MATEMÁTICAS ($10)

• film/chile: ALIEN ISLAND / ISLA ALIEN ($10)

• holiday/festival: Holiday Boat Tour (free)

• holiday/lights: Illuminate Upshur (free) 

• navy/letters: Best Beloved: The Wartime Letters of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to his Wife, Catherine (free) 

• holiday/market:  Her-Story Holiday Market (free)

• holiday/market: Student Holiday Art Market (free)

• holiday/market: Janney Winter Market (free)

• holiday/market: Art Enables Holiday Market (free)

• holiday/market: Chevy Chase Winter Market (free)

• holiday/cookies: Christmas Cookie Decorating ($80)

• holiday/cookies: Cake and Cookie Decorating ($60)

• holiday/dogs: Dog Photos with Santa ($20 per dog) 

• holiday/festival: Georgetown Jingle (free) 

• art talk/museum: The DMV Speaks ($15) 

• museum/festival: First Saturday (free) 

• christmas tree: Rhode Island Row Holiday Tree Lighting (free)

• holiday/dance party: 80's Holiday Extravaganza Dance Party ($20)

• holiday/festival: La Noche De Las Velitas (free) 

• cocktails/ice cream: Mistletoe & Martinis Ice Cream Cocktail Class ($65) 

• book/market: Friends of the Cleveland Park Library ($) 

• book/market: Friends of the Palisades Library ($)

December 8

• holiday/festival/books: Beyond the Book Family Holiday Festival with DC Library (free) 

• holiday/market: Dacha Holiday Market (free)

• holiday/market: Brookland Art Walk’s Holi-Clay Festival (free) 

• holiday/dogs: Paws and Pints Holiday Party (free) 

• workshop/chocolate: Hand-Rolled Chocolate Truffles Class ($106) 

• winter/festival: Fourth Annual Winter Festival at Calico (free) 

• film/mexico: TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS / LLÉVAME EN TUS BRAZOS ($10)

• film/colombia: Malta ($10)

• holiday/film: “Elf” Movie Party ($17)

• holiday/film: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” Movie Party ($17)

• holiday/film: “Home Alone” ($6) 

• art/closing: Around the Table (free)

• dance party: Flower Factory ($10) 

• holiday/market: Rock'n'Shop (free)

• swap/craft: Yarn and Fiber Swap (free)

December 9

• holiday/market: Sip & Shop (free)

• lecture/slavic/holiday: Slavic Solstice Magic ($17)

December 10

• holiday/market: Holiday Market at the Square (free)

• climate/book talk: Core Samples (free)

• holiday/abortion: DC Abortion Fund Holiday Party: We Lived Through This ($35+)

• museum/after hours: Season’s Greetings Extended Hours (free) 

December 11

• holiday/festival:  DAR Holiday Open House (free)

• art talk: Suchitra Mattai and Aruna D’Souza ($25)

• holiday/market: Holiday Market at the Square (free)

• hanukkah/market: Chanukah Holiday Market ($7+)

• workshop/poetry: Poetic Drawing (free)

• holiday/wine: Holiday Bottles: Natural Wine Tasting ($15) 

December 12

• space: Air and Space After Hours: Innovating Galleries (free, but waitlist)

• health/latino: Salud Comunitaria: Stories of Latino DC Health Care Leaders (free)

• holiday/party: Disco Christmas at Tudor House ($50) 

• hanukah/museum: Light Up the Night at Capital Jewish Museum ($12+) 

• holiday/party: Library of Congress Holiday Celebration (free, passes required)

• holiday/market: Holiday Market at the Square (free)

• museum/after hours: Live! At The Library (free but passes required) 

• museum/after hours: Season’s Greetings Extended Hours (free)

December 13

• film/history: Unfinished Conversations – A Screening and Discussion (free) 

• holiday/market: Takoma Park Gift Market (free) 

• holiday/film:  “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” ($8) 

• holiday/film: “Black Christmas” ($12)

• holiday/film: “Dial Code Santa Claus” ($12)  

• dance party: Live While We’re Young: The One Direction Dance Party ($25) 

• dance party: Taylor Swift Dance Party (free)

December 14

• clay workshop: Hands-On Clay Workshop (free)

• sketching/workshop: Drawing Workshop: Sketching the Museum Collection ($20) 

• history: The Tea on Tea! A Boston Tea Party Discussion with Our Nation’s Founding Women (free)

• singles/meet people: Mistletoe Mingle (free)

• holiday/market:  Cleveland Park Winter Market (free)

• holiday/market: Holly Jolly Market (free)

• holiday/market: 2024 Procrastinator's Holiday Market (free)

• holiday/market: Sapphic Holiday Market (free)

• holiday/market: Umoja Holiday Market (free)

• holiday/market: Upshur Craft Fair (free)

• holiday/market: Van Ness Main Street Annual Pop-Up Market (free)

• holiday/market: Wunder Garten Krampusnacht & Yuletide Market (free)

• holiday/cookies: Gingerbread House Decorating ($65)

• holiday/cookies: Annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party ($60)

• holiday/film: “Elf” Movie Party ($17)

• holiday/film: “Miracle on 34th Street (1947)”  ($6)

• holiday/film: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” ($6) 

• art/opening reception:  "When The Creek Rises" (free) 

• cocktails: Literary Cocktails ($60) 

• cocktails/ice cream: Mistletoe & Martinis Ice Cream Cocktail Class ($65) 

• book/market: Friends of the Northeast Neighborhood Library Book Sale($) 

• book/market: Friends of the Palisades Library Book Sale ($)

• holiday: Sunset Holiday Light Walk (free)

• holiday/ice: Nutcracker Ice Installation at City Center (free)

December 15

• holiday/market: Dacha Holiday Market (free)

• cooking/workshop: Winter Wonderland Spice Blending ($55)  

• holiday/market: Little Grand Holiday Market (free) 

• drag: Sparkle & Sleigh Drag Brunch ($20)

• holiday/film: “Elf” Movie Party ($17)

• holiday/film: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” Movie Party ($17)

• holiday/film: “Elf” ($6) 

• volunteer: District Clean-Ups (free)

• hanukkah/craft: Menorah Workshop (free)

• dance party: Swiftie Night ($20)

• comedy/toy drive: 3RD ANNUAL GIVE N’ GIGGLE (donation) 

• drag/britney: It's Britney, Brunch! ($35) 

• book swap: New Fiction Book Club Holiday Party (free)

• holiday/ice: Nutcracker Ice Installation at City Center (free)

December 16

• music/trivia/holiday: Holiday Trivia (free)

• lecture/holiday: The Green Knight and Medieval Yule ($17) 

December 17

• holiday/market: Main Hall Holiday Market at Union Station (free)

• volunteer: Holiday Donation Drive ($18)

• television: Queer Eye: The Fab Five Live! ($60)

• history/lecture: "Breaking The Phalanx: Smashing Jim Crow in the Nation's Capital" (free)

• museum/after hours: Season’s Greetings Extended Hours (free) 

• holiday/lecture: You Better Watch Out ($17)

December 18

• mail/baseball: Baseball Memorabilia and Confronting the Curveball of Mail Fraud (free)

• art talk: The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture Gallery Talk (free)

• hanukkah/happy hour:  Chanukah Happy Hour: Fire and Ice (free)

December 19

• art talk: Renée Stout (free)

• museum/community: Third Thursday (free) 

• holiday: Holiday Fest (donation)

• holiday/bar crawl: "Toast to the Holidays" Cocktail Tasting ($24) 

• holiday/film: “Die Hard” ($12)

• holiday/lecture: How Dickens Reshaped Christmas ($17)

• museum/after hours: Season’s Greetings Extended Hours (free) 

December 20

• holiday/film: “It’s A Wonderful Life” ($8)

• hanukkah/skate: Hanukkah Skate Night (free skate rentals for first 100 attendees) 

• dance party: The Taylor Party: Taylor Swift Night ($25) 

• dance party: Chinatown Express: Asian City Pop Dance Party ($15+)

• market: Night Market at Eastern Market (free)

December 21

• craft: Soap Making Workshop (free)

• flowers/workshop: Holiday Centerpiece Workshop ($175)

• dim sum: All You Can Eat ($38)

• holiday/film: “The Polar Express” Pajama Party ($6)

• holiday/film: “Elf” ($6) 

• holiday/film: “A Christmas Story” ($6) 

• holiday/film: “It’s A Wonderful Life” ($8)

• holiday/skate: Winter Wonderland Holiday Skate (free)

• hanukkah/craft: Clay Flower Menorah Workshop ($35) 

• holiday: Holiday Jewelry Making with Kenilworth Gardens (suggested $10)

• dance party: No Scrubs 90s Dance Party Holiday Extravaganza ($22) 

• book/market: Friends of the Palisades Library Book Sale ($) 

• winter: Rooted in Nature: A Winter Solstice Gathering (free)

December 22

• women/art talk: Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800 ($22)

• holiday/film: “The Polar Express” ($6)

• holiday/film: “A Christmas Story” ($6)

• hanukkah: Celebrate Chanukah with Jews of Color and their Families (free)  

December 23

December 24

•  bar: Saddle Up Snappy’s (free)

December 25

• hanukkah: National Menorah Lighting (free)

• hanukkah: Family Day: Hanukkah Countdown (free)

• holiday: Holiday Fete (free, potluck)

December 26

•  museum/after hours: Live! At The Library (free but passes required) 

• museum/after hours: Season’s Greetings Extended Hours (free) 

December 27

• holiday/film: “The Polar Express” ($6) 

• holiday/film:  “Elf” ($6)

• dance party: Bollywood Night ($10+)

• dance party: Hot To Go - A Chappell Roan party ($22) 

December 28

• kwanzaa: Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility): Honoring Our Village with Verbal Gymnastics (free) 

• holiday/film: “Home Alone” ($6)  

• holiday/film: “Miracle on 34th Street (1947)” ($6) 

• holiday/film: “It’s A Wonderful Life” ($8) 

• hanukkah: Community Menorah Lighting (free) 

• winter/festival: Library of Congress Winter Holiday Celebration (free)

• book/market: Friends of the Palisades Library Book Sale ($) 

December 29

• craft/kwanzaa: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): Creating Family Memory Boxes (free)

• drag: Sparkle & Sleigh Drag Brunch ($20)

• holiday/film:  “A Christmas Story” ($6) 

• hanukkah: Chanukah Story Trail and Gelt Drop! (free) 

December 30