Sunday, January 1

• tour: Emancipation Proclamation Act at 160 (free, 🦕)

• games: Boozy Board Game Night ($10 cover, 🐼)

Wednesday, January 4

• planner: All Board! New Year's Resolution and 2023 Planner Party (free, 🦕)

Thursday, January 5

• poetry: Origami (free, 🐼)

• art museum: Ringing in the New Year ($20, 🐼)

• games: Board Game Night (free, 🐼)

• bluegrass: Bluegrass & $2 Beers Night (free, 🐼)

• after hours: Live! at the Library (free, 🐼)

• craft: Yarnworks Meetup (free, 🐼)

Friday, January 6

• french/film: C'est la vie! (Le Sens de la Fête) ($10, 🐼)

• dance party: Gasolina: Reggaeton Party ($20, 🐼)

• dance party: "PUT ON YOUR RED SHOES AND DANCE" A DAVID BOWIE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION & DANCE PARTY! ($10, 🐼)

Saturday, January 7

• volunteer: Fort Stanton Park Volunteer Day (donation, 🦕)

• art: Drop-in Art Making (free, 🐼)

• art: Puppet Lab (free, 🐼)

• art exhibit opening: "Art Therapy" (free, 🐼)

• cocktails/tea: Cocktails for Tea Lovers ($45, 🐼)

• plants: Kokedama Workshop ($35, 🐼)

Sunday, January 8

• movies: Family Movie Night (free, 🦕)

• dance party: BACK TO THE 80’S-90’S NEW JACK SWING PARTY ($20+, 🐼)

Monday, January 9

• politics: RBG Before She Was “Notorious” ($13, 🐼)

Tuesday, January 10

• floral: Dried Floral Wreath Making ($50, 🐼)

• film: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY ($7, 🐼)

• drag/bingo: Drag Bingo (bring cash, 🐼)

Wednesday, January 11

• politics/iran: The Women’s Uprisings in Iran ($13, 🐼)

• wine: An Introduction to Wine ($45, 🐼)

• games: DC Game Night (free, 🐼)

• body positivity: You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths about Fat People (free, virtual)

• wine Natural Plant Wine Tastings ($10, 🦕)

• bike party: Sad Boi BIke Party (free, 🦕)

• ice rink: Rock the Rink at The Wharf ($, 🦕)

Thursday, January 12

• baking: Challah ($75, 🐼)

• france/art: Giuseppe De Nittis: A Master between Italy and France (SOLD OUT, free, 🐼)

• after hours: Live! at the Library (free, 🐼)

• cocktails: Punch.Book.Love ($25, 🐼)

• lincoln: Lincoln’s Love of Science ($10, 🐼)

• crypto: Reckoning with the Crypto Implosion ($13, 🐼)

• ukraine: Contemporary Writing From Ukraine ($5+, 🐼)

• mushrooms: Grow Your Own Mushrooms Class ($38, 🐼)

• mlk jr: Creativity and Action: Martin Luther King Day Jr. Day Program (free, 🐼)

Friday, January 13

• trivia: Trivia Night (free, 🐼)

• lgbtq/self-defense: Empowerment Boxing (free, 🐼)

• mlk: MLK Shabbat: Visions of Freedom and Justice ($8, 🐼)

• france/violin: Violin Concert With David McCarroll ($25, 🐼)

• lgbtq: RuPaul Drag Race Watch Party (free, 🐼)

Saturday, January 14

• floral: Flower Arranging Class ($45, 🐼)

• volunteer: Shepherd Parkway Community Clean-Up (donation, 🦕)

• art opening: “PORSCHE por-shuh PORSCHA” (free, 🐼)

• art: Phylicia Ghee (free, 🐼)

• nps: Park After Dark: Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (free, 🦕)

• dance party: Beyoncé – Renaissance Night ($15, 🐼)

• cooking: Crystal Dumplings Workshop ($65+, 🐼)

• knit: No Fear Knitting with Allie Genia (free, 🐼)

Sunday, January 15

• market: Winter Artisan Market (free, 🦕)

• drag; Dinner N Drag (free entry, 🐼)

• book swap: Book Swap (free, 🐼)

Monday, January 16

• volunteer: Clean Waterways Cleanup (free, 🦕)

• craft: Queer Cross Stitching Circle ($5+, 🐼)

• mlk: Walk with Mayor Bowser in the MLK Holiday Parade (free, 🦕)

• refugee: Understanding Refugee Law ($13, 🐼)

• mlk day: Community Event: The People’s Holiday (free, 🐼)

• climate: Climate Cafe (free, 🐼)

Tuesday, January 17

• france/film: Queen to Play (Joueuse) ($10, 🐼)

• broadway: Cats (starts today, $, 🐼)

• neighborhood: An Architectural History Connecticut Avenue in Cleveland Park (free, 🐼)

• book talk: Hell Bent (free, 🐼)

• film: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE ($7, free, 🐼)

• branding: Create Your Own Personal Brand with Maureen ($5+, 🐼)

• cocktails: Intro to Classic Cocktails ($85+, 🐼)

Wednesday, January 18

• drag/bingo: Drag Bingo (free, 🐼)

• politics: Understanding the Trump Investigations ($13, 🐼)

• wine: Mad About Malbec ($45, 🐼)

• politics/china: Foreign Leaders Analysis: A Profile of Xi Jinping (free, 🐼)

• poetry: Golden Haiku Workshop (free, 🐼)

• asl: Learn Basic American Sign Language (sold out)

• spirit-free: Spirit Free Cocktails Basics ($30, 🐼)

• black history: Biography of Shirley Chisholm (free, 🐼)

Thursday, January 19

• tuna: Whole Tuna Cutting + Tuna Dinner Included ($200-250, 🐼)

• dogs: Yappy Hour (free, 🐼/🦕)

• dogs: Yappy Hour (free, 🦕)

• art/women: Behaving Boldly: Women Leading 21st Century Museums (free, 🐼)

• art: “Palace of Power!” (free, 🐼)

• art museum: Art Walk (free, 🐼)

• film/art: Film from the Phillips Archives (free, 🐼)

• after hours: Live! at the Library: Artists Approach the Book (free, 🐼)

• politics: Thinking about Ukraine: Four Options (free, 🐼)

• film: “The Art of the Frame: American Frames, 1820-1920,” (free, 🐼)

• cheese: Alpine Apres Ski Adventure (virtual, $50)

• craft: A Vision Board Workshop ($60, 🐼)

• renting: Renter's Rights 101 (free, virtual)

Friday, January 20

• poetry: Grocery Shopping with My Mother ($10, 🐼)

• asian: Dear Asian Makers Market (free entry, 🐼)

• sexuality: Pleasure Portal: An Exploration into Sacred Sensuality ($15, 🐼)

• art: TEN X TEN :: Opening Reception (free, 🐼)

• film/iran: The Apple Day (free, 🐼)

• dating/fundraiser: Singles Tracking Dating Event + Fundraiser for HIPS ($5, 🐼)

Saturday, January 21

• cheese: DIY Cheeseboard Class ($90-115, 🐼)

• craft: Pressed Flower Frame Workshop ($55, 🐼)

• tea: Tea Blending (donation, 🐼)

• immigrants: Lost & Found: KAMA DC’s Best Immigrant Stories ($, 🐼)

• art/film: 8½ (free, 🐼)

• wine: Winter Wine Festival ($40, 🐼)

• lunar new year: Lunar New Year 2023 Celebration (free, 🐼)

• lunar new year: Lunar New Year Pop-Up (free, 🦕)

• lunar new year: Lunar New Year Lion Dance (free, 🦕)

• ice/festival: Fire & Ice (free, 🦕)

Sunday, January 22

• lunar new year: Lunar New Year Parade (free, 🦕)

• lunar new year: Lunar New Year Celebration with Washington Samulnori (free, 🐼)

• social justice: Our Struggle for Justice: A Day of Action (free, 🐼)

• space: Aboard the Webb Space Telescope (SOLD OUT, $13, 🦕)

• running club: Joggers Club (free, 🦕)

Monday, January 23

• cooking: Knife Skills 101 ($125, 🐼)

• astronomy: Astronomy on Tap DC (free, 🐼)

• cocktail: Coquito Wars (free, 🐼)

• lgbtq: LGBTQIA Meet & Greet (free, 🐼)

• running: So ... you want to run a marathon (free, 🦕)

Tuesday, January 24

• trivia: Trivia Under the Stars ($15, 🦕)

• thailand/hip-hop: Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (free, 🐼)

• social justice: Beyond the Voting Rights Act (free, 🐼)

Wednesday, January 25

• film/politics: Reds ($0-20, 🐼)

• food: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being ($5, 🐼)

Thursday, January 26

• candles: Winter Terrarium Candle Class ($45, 🐼)

• after hours: Live! at the Library (free, 🐼)

• open mic: Understatedc - Open Mic Night (free, 🐼)

• after hours: Utopia After Dark: An Evening East of the River (free, 🐼)

• architecture/film: Architecture & Design Film Festival:DC 2023 ($50 opening night, 🐼)

Friday, January 27

• wine: Oak's Influence On Wine ($45, 🐼)

• architecture/film: Architecture & Design Film Festival:DC 2023 ($35 opening night, 🐼)

• theatre/dance party: Broadway Rave: The Music Theatre Dance Party ($17+, 🐼)

• lgbtq/self-defense: Empowerment Boxing (free, 🐼)

• art: Sound of Fire (free, 🐼)

• art: A SKY OF SHATTERED GLASS REFLECTED BY THE SHINING SUN (free, 🐼)

• concert/holocaust remembrance: Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert (free, 🐼)

• lecture: Radical Nonviolence, Interracial Utopias, and the Long Civil Rights Movement (free, 🐼)

• dance: Girls & Boys: A 90s Alt Dance Party ($15, 🐼)

• art/craft: Creative Seedlings (free, 🐼)

Saturday, January 28

• craft: Collaborative Screen Printing Workshop ($40, 🐼)

• games: Hungry Human Hippos (free, 🦕)

• volunteer: District Clean-Ups (free, 🦕)

• indigeneous: A Weekend of Indigenous Games (free, 🐼)

• dance party/queer: Flower Factory (free, 🐼)

• dance party: Road to 2025 – A BTS ARMY Celebration ($20, 🐼)

• asian: Lunar New Year Family Celebration (free, 🐼)

• art therapy: Art Therapy Workshop (free, 🐼)

• asian: Lunar New Year Festival (free, 🐼)

• architecture/film: Architecture & Design Film Festival:DC 2023 ($35 opening night, 🐼)

Sunday, January 29

• architecture/film: Architecture & Design Film Festival:DC 2023 ($50 opening night, 🐼)

• craft: Embroider Your Photo ($85, 🐼)

• indigeneous: A Weekend of Indigenous Games (free, 🐼)

• mental health: Hot Girls Go To Therapy ($5+, 🐼)

• records: The Crate Convention (free, 🐼)

Monday, January 30

• politics: Ukraine and Russia on the Brink ($13, 🐼)

• cooking: Chef Martel Stone ($, 🐼)

• art/china: Imagining China in the 17th Century (free, 🐼)

• pandas: A Panda Story: Celebrating Giant Pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ($25, 🐼)

• film/nature: Banff Film Festival ($35, 🐼)

Tuesday, January 31

• france/film: The Intouchables (Intouchables)($10, 🐼)

• film: Full Metal Jacket ($7, free, 🐼)

• spain/science: Aging, Longevity and Cancer (free, 🐼)

• black history: The Women of the Black Panther Party – An Evening with Stephen Shames and Ericka Huggins (free, 🐼)

• film/nature: Banff Film Festival ($35, 🐼)

Wednesday, February 1

• film/nature: Banff Film Festival ($35, 🐼)

• cider: Cider & Pommeau ($39+, virtual)

• bhm: His Name is George Floyd (free, 🐼)

• food: A Conversation Behind the Kitchen Doors (free, 🐼)

• italy/art: Celebrating Vittore Carpaccio (sold out, free, 🐼)

• curling: Curling and Cocktails (free, 🦕)

Thursday, February 2

• film/textile: "After Migration: Calabria" ( $30, 🐼)

• ice skating: Capitol Riverfront Community Skate Night (free to first 100 skaterss, 🦕)

• film/fundraiser: Film Screening & Fundraiser for Defend the Atlanta Forest (free sliding scale, 🐼)

• film/prisons: “Time” Film Screening (free, 🐼)

• navy: Arming a New Navy: The Naval Gun Factory and Its Local Workforce (free, 🐼)

• lincoln/afrofuturism: Lincoln and Black Futures ($10, 🐼)

• film/spy: Argo ($20, 🐼)

• art: I Heart Art ($20, 🐼)

• dogs: Houndsdog Day (free, 🦕)

• craft: A Vision Board Workshop ($60, 🐼)

• trivia/90s: Friends (free, 🐼)

Friday, February 3

• film/iran: No Bears (free, 🐼)

• justice: Pursuing Justice Worldwide (free, 🐼)

• orchestra: A Night at the Symphony with Mozart & Dvorak ($25+, 🐼)

• austria: They Clasp My Hand (free, 🐼)

• dance party: All Out 90's Dance Party (free, 🦕)

Saturday, February 4

• crepes: Crêpe Day: Celebrate La Chandeleur! ($18, 🐼)

• volunteer: Fort Stanton Park Volunteer Day (free, 🦕)

• black: Black Homesteaders of the South (free, 🐼)

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

• spoken words: Poets Off the Rails (free, 🦕)

• art/film: Maya Deren: Choreographed for Camera (free, 🐼)

• art: Drop-in Art Making (free, 🐼)

• dance party: Rosalía Dance Party ($15, 🐼)

• dance party: Drunk in Love Beyoncé Dance Party (free, 🦕)

Sunday, February 5

• craft/galentines: Galentine’s Day Love Letters ($39,🐼)

• cookies/valentines: Cookie Decorating 101 ($80, 🐼)

• grammys: Songbyrd x Tipsy60 Present: Grammy Awards Watch Party! (free, 🐼)

Tuesday, February 7

• writing: A Reflective Writing Workshop ($15, 🐼)

• bhm/film: James Baldwin: The Price of a Ticket (free, 🐼)

• bhm/film: Emancipation (free, 🐼)

Wednesday, February 8

• afrofuturism: Afrofuturism: The Origin Story (free, 🐼)

• craft: Collage and Chill (donation, 🐼)

• music/workshop: 3024 Work in Progress Session (free, 🐼)

• craft/galentines: Galentine’s Day Love Letters ($39,🐼)

• black history: Reading Black Beyond February (free, 🐼)

• curling: Curling and Cocktails (free, 🦕)

• clemency/dc govt: Clemency and Other Remedies: Options for Incarcerated Persons and Returning Citizens (free, 🐼)

• nature: Squid Pro Quo: Living with our microbial partners (free, 🐼)

• national security: The Coming Hypersonic Revolution and its Impact on International Security (free, 🐼)

• spies: Spies Who Changed History (free, 🐼)

• cheese: Charcuterie Bouquets 101 ($50, 🐼)

Thursday, February 9

• craft: In-Person Handi Hour (sold out, $25, 🐼)

• haiti/film: Toussaint L’Ouverture (free, 🐼)

• art: “We See Each Other” (free, 🐼)

• bluegrass: Free Bluegrass and $2 Beer Night (free, 🐼)

• cats/film; Cat Daddies ($10, 🐼)

• network/govt: LGBTQIA+ in Government (free, 🐼)

• craft: Paint Alebrije from Oaxaca Mexico ($48, 🐼)

• wellness: Galentine’s Day Party ($, 🐼)

• movie: How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days (free, 🐼)

• deaf: Black Deaf Book Festival (free, 🐼)

• mushrooms: Grow Your Own Mushrooms Class ($38, 🐼)

• national security: Ulysses S. Grant Military Realism & Foreign Policy (free, 🐼)

• nature: America's Eden: Newport Landscapes through the Ages with John Tschirch ($22, 🐼)

Friday, February 10

• dance: The Ultimate TayTay Party ($25, 🐼)

• flowers: Valentine's Day Build Your Own Bouquet ($85, 🐼)

• haiti/film: Jean-Michel Basquiat, L’Afrique au Coeur (free, 🐼)

• art/opening: “DEEP/CLEAN” (free, 🐼)

• art/opening: “Upbringing” (free, 🐼)

• art/opening: “Thought Bubbles” (free, 🐼)

• coffee: Coffee Tasting ($60, 🐼)

• palestine: Speed Sisters (free, virtual)

Saturday, February 11

• film: Encanto (free, 🐼)

• plants/workshop: Macramé Plant Hanger (free, 🐼)

• cupid/fundraiser: Cupid's Undie Run ($24, 🐼)

• trees: Wangari Gardens (free, 🦕)

• bhm: Frederick Douglass Birthday Celebration (free, 🦕)

• market/art: Love Bazaar (free, 🐼)

• haiti/film: Rattlesnakes (free, 🐼)

• market: Valentine Artisan Market (free entry, 🐼)

• dog: Valentine’s Day Doggy Event (free, 🐼)

• fermentation: Fermentation for beginners: Pickles, Sauerkraut, and Kimchi ($20, 🐼)

• cooking: Truffle Making Class ($45, 🐼)

• craft: Beginner's Cross Stitch ($45, 🐼)

• flowers: Flower Arranging Basics ($105, 🐼)

• emo/dance: Emo Night Brooklyn ($25, 🐼)

• baking: "Simply the Zest" Baking Class! (donation)

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

Sunday, February 12

• film/iran: Manuscripts Don't Burn (free, 🐼)

• galentine’s: Galentine's at PLNTR ($95, 🐼)

• drag: Lady Gaga Brunch (?, 🐼)

• plants: Drinking Pints and Painting Pots ($30, 🐼)

• truffles: Truffle Making Class ($45, 🐼)

Monday, February 13

• flowers: Valentine's Day Build Your Own Bouquet ($85, 🐼)

• energy: Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy ($10, 🐼)

Tuesday, February 14

• gala: Her Art's Desire ($175, 🐼)

• jazz: Jazz at The Kreeger ($30, 🐼/🦕)

• dance party: VALENTINE'S DAY
  ROCK & ROLL DANCE PARTY (free, 🐼)

• wine/cheese: A Perfect Pair Wine and Cheese ($75, 🐼)

• craft: A Valentines Day Collage Night (donation, 🐼)

• bhm/film: Lemonade (free, 🐼)

• bhm/film: The Woman King (free, 🐼)

• bhm/film: Strange Fruit(free, 🐼)

• qatar: The Art of Athletics Festival (free, 🐼)

• valentine’s day: “Axe Your Ex” Valentine's Day Event ($, 🐼)

• trivia: Valentine’s Day Trivia (free, 🐼)

• books: Lost City Books Date Night (sold out, $75, 🐼)

• pop-up/floral: Valentine's Day with PLNTR x Cafe Cino (free, 🐼)

• candles: Valentine's Day Candle Making Workshop ($80+, 🐼)

• france/film: Mozart's Sister (Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart) ($5, 🐼)

• dance: Beyoncé vs Rihanna Valentine's Dance Party ($15, 🐼)

Wednesday, February 15

• black/military: Currents of Emancipation: Black Americans, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War (free, 🐼)

• opera/italy: "Nabucco" (free, 🐼)

• music/new orleans: What It Means to Hear New Orleans ($14, 🐼)

• border: Music of the U.S./Mexico Borderlands (free, 🐼)

• race: Changing Narratives to Build Racial Equity (free, 🐼)

• dance: Single Out - Dance Party for Singles (free, 🐼)

• dating: Cruise Your Own Adventure (free, 🐼)

• housing: Office of the Tenant Advocate Eviction Prevention Class (free, virtual)

• florists: Black Flora: Profiles of Inspiring Black Flower Farmers + Florists ($22, 🐼)

• spain/film: Alcarràs (free, 🐼)

• valentines: Sleepless in Seattle ($15, 🐼)

• curling: Curling and Cocktails (free, 🦕)

• trivia: Trivia Night to Benefit the Endangered Animal Public Art Project ($15, 🐼)

Thursday, February 16

• relationships: Breaking Up is Hard to Do ($10, 🐼)

• cheese/chocolate: Cheese + Chocolate (virtual, $50)

• tour: Heurich House Tour ($10, 🐼)

• national security: The North Korean Threat and Allied Policy Options (free, 🐼)

• president: Jill Biden Biography (free, 🐼)

• plants: Mounted Staghorn Fern Class ($65, 🐼)

• craft: Pressed Flower Frame Workshop ($55, 🐼)

• trans: National Day of Reading: A Celebration of Stories Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Youth  (free, 🐼)

• self-care: Because I Love You: A Refreshing Tasting ($20, 🐼)

• cooking/presidents: Dinner with the President ($, 🐼)

• library/presidents: An Evening with Calvin Coolidge (free, 🐼)

• art: Anacostia Arts Open House (free, 🐼)

• movie: The Tallest Tree in Our Forest ($0+, 🐼)

• art: Art Walk Dupont (free, 🐼)

• latinx: Movements + Moments: Latinx Youth Organizing (free, 🐼)

• bike/underground railroad: On Freedom Road (free, 🐼)

Friday, February 17

• sex: Awkward Sex & The City ($20, 🐼)

• mardi gras: Mardi Gras Weekend on Barracks Row 8th Street (free, 🦕)

• dance party: No Sex In The Champagne Room: FREE R&B Video Party (free, 🐼)

• flowers: Discover the World of Orchids (free, 🐼)

• japan/art: Blossoming Flowers in Japanese Art and Poetry (free, 🐼)

• ethiopia: Evening at the Embassy of Ethiopia ($69,

• dance party: Dale: A Pitbull Dance Party ($10+, 🐼)

Saturday, February 18

• exhibit opening: Prayer and Transcendence (free, 🐼)

• bhm/pop-up market: Afro House: Spirit Fest (free, 🐼/🦕)

• volunteer: District Clean-Ups (free, 🦕)

• presidents: Family Day at the DAR Museum (free, 🐼)

• cherry blossoms: Japanese Flowering Cherries in America ($20, 🐼)

• dance party: Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party ($18, 🐼)

• mardi gras: Mardi Gras Weekend on Barracks Row 8th Street (free, 🦕)

• birds: Winter Bird Walk (free, 🦕)

• bhm/tour: Walk with Woodson (free, 🦕)

• clothing: Clothing Swap (free, 🐼)

• mardi gras: Mardi Gras at The Wharf (free, 🦕)

• dance: Boy Band Bash ($15+, 🐼)

Sunday, February 19

• mardi gras: Mardi Gras at Dauphine’s ($, 🐼)

• mardi gras: Bake & Take: King Cake Edition ($85+, 🐼)

• winter/holidays: The Pagan Roots of Late Winter Holidays ($14, 🐼)

• day of remembrance: Day of Remembrance 2023 (free, 🐼)

• art/social justice: Art and Calls to Action, with Yetunde Sapp (free, 🐼)

Monday, February 20

• craft: Smudge Stick Lab ($60, 🐼)

Tuesday, February 21

• bhm/film: Miles of Smiles (free, 🐼)

• mardi gras: Fat Tuesday (free, 🐼)

• hunger: Addressing Hunger in DC (free, 🐼)

• mardi gras: Mardi Gras at Dacha ($65, 🐼)

• interior design: More is More is More: Today's Maximalist Interiors ($22, 🐼)

• mardi gras: Mardi Gras Event (free, 🐼/🦕)

• bhm/film: Years of Struggle: The First African American Trade Union (free, 🐼)

• bhm/film: I am not Your Negro (free, 🐼)

• bhm/film: 13th (free, 🐼)

Wednesday, February 22

• sewing: Sewing Circle (free, 🐼)

• cocktails: Hot Cider Cocktails ($39+, virtual)

• bar/vendor/bhm: Black History Month Vendor Market (free, 🐼/🦕)

• hardware: Ladies’ NIght (free, 🐼)

Thursday, February 23

• science: Next Generation of Black Leaders in Genetic Science (free, 🐼)

• dancing: Bachata Basics ($10+, 🐼)

• history/friendship: Friendship in the Federal Period Panel (donation, virtual)

• movie: Never Been Kissed (free, 🐼)

• knitting: Yarnworks Meetup (free, 🐼)

• language/film: Mother Tongue Film Festival (free, 🐼)

• art: Space and Gold in Late Medieval Painting (free, 🐼)

• mental health: Mental Health and Wellness Workshop for Black Men (free, 🐼)

• knit: Knits n' Yarns (free, 🐼)

• theatre: SHADOW. Eurydice says (free, 🐼)

• prayer: Interfaith Reflection and Dialogue (free, 🐼)

• flowers/cocktails: Flower Arranging Basics ($115, 🐼)

• howard: CELEBRATION OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND ALBERT CASSELL ($15, 🐼)

• bhm: African American Folk Music (free, 🐼)

• art: Joel Martinez Garcia exhibition opening (free,🐼)

Friday, February 24

• dc/art: District Postcard Views (free, 🐼)

• bhm: Commemoration of Black History Month (free, 🐼)

• dance party: Back to the 90s: Live Music (free, 🦕)

• ukraine/documentary: "Kordon" (free, 🐼)

• art: The Opposite of Nostalgia (free, 🐼)

• language/film: Mother Tongue Film Festival (free, 🐼)

• indigenous/language: Nomokhtookh sir – Legend and Landscape (free, 🐼)

Saturday, February 25

• fundraiser: DC Polar Plunge ($100,

• craft: Crochet 101 (free, 🐼)

• beer/burlesque: DC Braulesque: Geek Classique ($25, 🐼)

• black: Thematic Tour: African American Voices ($30, 🐼)

• bhm/food: Taste N Shop: Celebrating Black Women in Culinary Arts (free, 🐼)

• plants: Planning and starting your garden from seeds! ($15, 🐼)

• puzzles: DC Puzzle Swap (free, 🐼)

• volunteer: Burnt Mills (free, 🦕)

• cocktails: "Washington Black" ($55, 🐼)

• dance party: Cure/Smiths Dance party ($15+, 🐼)

• language/film: Mother Tongue Film Festival (free, 🐼)

• ukraine/art: Diaspora Voices for Ukraine: A Night of Art Beyond Empire (free, 🐼)

• ice: Ice Yards ($15, 🦕)

• design: Role of design and Black liberation ($35, 🐼)

• activism/craft: Lover As A Revolutionary Art (free, 🐼)

• bhm: The NCNW and Local Leadership in Depression-Era and Wartime Washington, D.C. (free, 🐼)

• flowers: Pressed Floral Workshop ($45, 🐼)

Sunday, February 26

• social justice: How to Teach Abolition and the Radical Tradition (free, 🐼)

• language/film: Mother Tongue Film Festival (free, 🐼)

• dog: Frenchies of the DMV Pawty in the Park ($15, 🦕)

• movie: Extraordinary Cinema: Everything Everywhere All At Once (free, 🐼)

• dog: Great Dane Pawty in the Park ($15, 🦕)

• black/beer: Cheers and Beers: Black Brewers Tasting Event ($20, 🦕)

• jazz/poetry: Live Jazz & Poetry with the American Poetry Museum (free, 🐼)

• dinosaur: What Was T Rex Thinking? ($15, 🦕)

Monday, February 27

• jews/hollywood: Group Text ($18 per class, $108 for all sessions, virtual)

• concert: SZA ($, 🐼)

Tuesday, February 28

• slavery: Grace Duckett: Woman, Mother, Enslaved Worker Research Update (free, virtual)

• france/film: The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson) ($5+, 🐼)

• black history: Songs of Freedom: Journeying the Underground Railroad ($40, 🐼)

• german/film: Becoming Black (free, 🐼)

• black/beer: Black Brew Movement ($35, 🐼)

• drag/bingo: Drag Bingo (free, 🐼)

Wednesday, March 1

• capitalism: Senator Bernie Sanders – It’s Okay to Be Angry About Capitalism ($35+, 🐼)

• podcast: City Cast DC Live Podcast Taping (free, 🐼)

• imperialism: Museums and the American Imperial Project (free, virtual)

• film: DC Independent Forum ($, 🐼)

• plants/wine: APERITIVO HOUR W/ PLANT WINES ($10, 🐼)

• nazi: A Family's Story in Nazi Europe (free, 🐼)

• cheese: Charcuterie Bouquets 101 ($50, 🐼)

• concert: Journey & Toto ($, 🐼)

Thursday, March 2

• interior design: Rooms that Welcome and Inspire ($22, 🐼)

• music: A Conversation with Joni Mitchell (free, 🐼)

• film: DC Independent Forum ($, 🐼)

• comedy: Super Spectacular Women's History Month Comedy Show! ($13+, 🐼)

• artist: Rebecca Rutstein (free, 🐼)

• china/russia: No Limits Partnership: The China-Russia Information Nexus (free, 🐼)

• abortion: Ejaculate Responsibly: A New Way to Think About Abortion ($10,🐼)

• girl scout cookies: Girl Scout Cookie & Spirits Pairing ($3.50, 🐼)

• whiskey: The History of Whiskey Makers in Washington DC (free, 🐼)

• brazil/peru: Crisis in Brazil and Peru ($14, 🐼)

• beer: 4TH FEST HAZY IPA RELEASE! (free, 🐼)

• social media: The Facebook Narcissist Book Discussion (free, 🐼)

Friday, March 3

• art: The Cost of Living: Opening Reception ($15, 🐼)

• drag: SLAY THEM SEASON 2 PAGEANT! (free, 🐼)

• film: DC Independent Forum ($, 🐼)

• spy: SPY Community Night: Ward 006 (free, 🐼)

• silicon valley: Palo Alto (free, 🐼)

• country/dance: THE DOLLY PARTY: The Dolly Parton Inspired Country Western Diva Dance Party ($20, 🐼)

Saturday, March 4

• dc history: Mrs. Henderson's Washington ($20, 🦕)

• running: Her Story 5k (free, 🦕)

• beer: MONKISH-MANIA: POP-UP CAN RELEASE & TAP TAKEOVER! ($, 🐼)

• gardening: Urban Gardening: Back to Basic

  (free, 🐼/🦕)

• beer: Ponzi Day ($41, 🐼)

• black history/women: The Women of Black Broadway ($35, 🐼)

• fundraiser/concerts: "Let It Bleed" Kickstarter Launch Party + Gallery Show Opening (free, 🐼)

• dance party: Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Dance Party (free, 🦕)

• herbs: Herb Gardening Basics ($15, 🐼)

• film: DC Independent Forum ($, 🐼)

• books: Georgetown Library Friends Book Sale ($, 🐼)

• walking: Walkers Club (free, 🦕)

• suffragist: The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World (free, 🐼)

• dance: Indie Dance Party ($5+, 🐼)

• embassy: Evening at the Embassy of Uzbekistan ($64, 🐼)

• art: Drop-in Art Making (free, 🐼)

• plants: Basketball Planter Workshop ($55, 🐼)

Sunday, March 5

• floral: Forever Bouquets ($60, 🐼)

• books: Georgetown Library Friends Book Sale ($, 🐼)

• plants: Plant & Cutting Swap (free, 🐼)

• book: Black Women Will Save the World (free, 🐼)

• crafting: From the Block: Stationary Printing Workshop ($35, 🐼)

• film/anna may wong: Piccadilly (free, 🐼)

• film: DC Independent Forum ($, 🐼)

• dc: Don't Mute Moe: Vision of an Urban Scholar (free, 🐼)

• vikings: The Vikings of Legend ($14, 🐼)

• art lecture: Philip Guston Now (free, 🐼)

• dogs: Golden Hour: Golden Retriever Pawty ($15, 🦕)

Monday, March 6

• writing: Shut Up and Write (free, 🐼)

• purim: The Esties: A Purim Party ($18 includes two drinks, 🐼)

• hbo: A Scholarly Tour of House of the Dragon ($16, 🐼)

Tuesday, March 7

• art:An Arts Happy Hour & Panel (free, 🐼)

• museums: The Intersection of Museums & Social Justice (free, 🐼)

• ukraine: The War in Ukraine: A Belgian Perspective (free, 🐼)

• french/haiti: "Freda" (free, 🐼)

• purim: Purim Party in Lincoln Park (free, 🦕)

• orchids: "Discover the World of Orchids" Reception ($50, 🐼)

Wednesday, March 8

• ww2: “Give us our husbands back” - Civil Resistance in Nazi-Germany (free, 🐼)

• art: The Cost of Living:Artist Talk (free, 🐼)

• italy/art: Donne & Arte Oggi (free, 🐼)

• spain: Exhibition Opening: Uproot&Lideresas (free, 🐼)

• women’s history: International Women's Day Walking Tour of Logan Circle ($30, 🐼)

• sip/shop/women: WOMEN'S DAY SIP + SHOP ($30, 🐼)

• invention: Beverly Wood (free, virtual)

• cookbook: On The Curry Tail ($10+, 🐼)

• friendship: The Science of Making Friends ($14, 🐼)

• craft/art: Hands-on quilt-making workshop (free, 🐼)

• holi: Celebrate the Colors of Holi at Union Market (free, 🦕)

Thursday, March 9

• museum/women: Celebrating Works of Art Created by Women ($25, 🐼)

• turkey: Intl Women's Day Event in Support of Earthquake Survivor Girls' Education ($109, 🐼)

• lgbtq: Pink Triangle Legacies (free, 🐼)

• museum/art: (S)heroes (free, 🐼)

• embassy: Embassy of Portugal: Evening at the Residence of the Ambassador ($109, 🐼)

• craft: Women in Power: Photo Embroidery ($90, 🐼)

• candle:Spring Terrarium Candle Class ($50, 🐼)

• orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra at President Lincoln's Cottage (donation, 🐼)

• philippines: The US-Philippines Alliance (free, 🐼)

• geneology: Postal Genealogy: Using the Mail to Uncover Family Histories (virtual, 🐼)

• transit: CENTERING EQUITY IN TRANSPORTATION (free, 🐼)

Friday, March 10

• cocktail: The Unofficial Big Lebowski Cocktail Book (free, 🐼)

• abortion/dating: Singles Tracking Dating Event + Fundraiser ($5, 🦕)

• art/women: SHE:DC ART SHOW OPENING PARTY ($15, 🐼)

• comedy: Margaret Cho ($40+, 🐼)

• memoir: I am Debra Lee (free, 🐼)

• art opening: REPETITION STUDIES: Thread on Canvas (free, 🐼)

Saturday, March 11

• gay chorus: Whitney ($25+, 🐼)

• movie: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ($14, 🐼)

• markets: SHE:DC MINI MARKETS (free, 🐼)

• craft: Hacia la Vida / Toward Life: an Embroidery Workshop ($20, 🐼)

• music: Roots to Pop: Rhiannon Giddens and Natalie Merchant (free, 🐼)

• norooz: Norooz Market (free, 🦕)

• books: Friends of Southeast Library Book Sale ($, 🐼)

• volunteering: Shepherd Parkway Community Clean-Up (free, 🦕)

• art opening: Golden Looking Hour (free, 🐼)

• mexico: Indigenous Women Weavers of Chiapas (free, 🐼)

• craft: Yarn-Wrapped Lampshade Workshop ($135, 🐼)

• gardening: Raised bed construction 101 ($20, 🐼)

• urban gardening: Rooting DC: A Conference for Urban Gardeners (free, 🦕)

• landscape architecture: Maya Lin Festival Festival (free, 🐼)

Sunday, March 12

• gay chorus: Whitney ($25+, 🐼)

• cooking: Fresh and Flavorful for Passover ($89, 🐼)

• art:  Bundlehouse: Ancient Future Memory  (closes, free, 🐼)

• art: Keith Haring’s 'Against All Odds' (closes, free for DC residents, 🐼)

• dogs: Husky Huddle ($7, 🐼)

• jazz: Jazz@Goethe ($15, 🐼)

• dogs: Spaniel Soiree ($7, 🐼)

• books/puzzles: Book & Puzzle Swap (free, 🐼)

• movie: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ($14, 🐼)

• art/workshop: Top Ten Business Strategies for Artists ($10, 🐼)

• hardware: 20th Anniversary Hardware Block Party (free, 🦕)

• norwuz: Nowruz Family Day (free, 🐼)

• craft: Macrame Heart Bunting ($50, 🐼)

• cherry blossom/pop-up market: Cherry Blossom Artisan Market (free, 🐼)

Monday, March 13

• cooking: Bake & Take: Pi Day Edition ($95, 🐼)

• black/medicine: Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century (free, 🐼)

• black creatives/theatre: Psalm's Salons at Studio (free, 🐼)

• zoo: Bird House Opens (free, 🐼)

Tuesday, March 14

• sexual violence: “The Art of the Un-Speakable and the ‘Me Too’ Movement” (free, 🐼)

• pasta: Spring Pasta Class ($114, 🐼)

• medicine/film: ‘Medicating Normal’ ($15, 🐼)

• artists talk: SHE:DC :: Artist Talk ($14, 🐼)

• cheese: Women of Irish Cheese ($75, 🐼)

• volunteer: Crispus Attucks Park Volunteer Kick-Off (virtual, free)

• italy: Italian Design Day (free, 🐼)

• quebec/film: "Pas d'chicane dans ma cabane" & Maple tasting! (free, 🐼)

• addiction: Stash (free, 🐼)

• cooking: Kitchen 101: Knife Skills ($45, 🐼)

Wednesday, March 15

• ireland: Ireland's Fight for Freedom ($14, 🐼)

• rbg: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Birthday (free, 🐼)

• body/anti-fat: FAT OFF, FAT ON ($22, 🐼)

• drag: Drag Bingo (free, 🐼)

• rental rights: Office of the Tenant Advocate Eviction Prevention Class (free, virtual)

Thursday, March 16

• african american/art: Portraiture at the Intersection of Art and History (free, 🐼)

• abortions: Fund-a-thon ($, 🐼)

• book talk: The Public Square with Michelle Miller on "Belonging" (free, 🐼)

• wine: Vitis' Annual Women in Wine Celebration ($25, 🐼)

• film festival: Wild and Scenic Film Festival ($, 🐼)

• music/austria: LGT Young Soloists (free, 🐼)

• german: Closing Exhibition Tour & Screening of Margarethe von Trotta’s ROSENSTRASSE (free, 🐼)

• women’s history/asl: An ASL Celebration of Women's History & the Arts (free, 🐼)

• craft: DIY Room + Linen Spray Workshop ($55, 🐼)

• mushrooms: Grow Your Own Mushrooms Class ($38, 🐼)

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

Friday, March 17

• st patrick’s day: St. Patrick's Day (free, 🦕)

• film/china: Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (free, 🐼)

• drag: FreeForm - Womens Herstory Month (free, 🐼)

• art: 'Displacement' (free, 🐼)

• bake sale: Book and Bake Sale (🐼, $/🦕)

• movie: IN BRUGES ($14, 🐼)

• emo: BIPOC Emo Night ($10-20 sliding scale, 🐼)

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

• fashion/film: Fashion Reimagined (free, 🐼)

Saturday, March 18

• women/collage: The Future is Female: Collage Workshop ($65, 🐼)

• vintage: The Get Flee Market (free, 🐼)

• flowers: Mounted Orchids and Mimosas ($65, 🐼)

• artist talk: Golden Looking Hour (free, 🐼)

• art: Be(Longing) (free, 🐼)

• aya: Jungle in the City: The Path of Aya ($25, 🐼)

• volunteer: Pass out water to Rock N Roll runners with Surfrider DC (free, 🦕)

• bake sale: Book and Bake Sale (🐼, $/🦕)

• latin music: Bámbula: The Legacy of Tata Cepeda (free, 🐼)

• movie: IN BRUGES ($14, 🐼)

• art: “Home Sweet Home” Art Exhibtion ($15, 🐼)

• dogs: St. Pawty's Day Dog-Friendly Bar Crawl ($15+, 🐼)

• norooz: Norooz Market (free entry, 🐼)

• immigration/variety: KAMA DC Variety Show ($10, 🐼)

• st patty’s day: Ireland at the Wharf (free, 🦕)

• herbs: Start Growing Medicinal Herbs in Small Spaces ($40, 🐼)

• film/indigenous: Prey (free, 🐼)

• architecture/tour: Tower Climb: Angels & Monsters ($60, 🐼)

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

Sunday, March 19

• record: DC Record Fair "Spring Edition" (free, 🐼)

• film: Herbaria (free, 🐼)

• open mic: Sessions at Art of Noize ($20, 🐼)

• globetrotters: Family Day at the Archives, Featuring the World-Famous Harlem Globetrotters (free, 🐼)

• bake sale: Book and Bake Sale ($, 🐼/🦕)

• hbcu: HBCU Kickback Day Party (free, 🦕)

• comedy: Mark Twain Prize ($600+, 🐼)

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

• enviro: Meet and Greet with Black Girl Environmentalist (free, 🐼)

Monday, March 20

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

• women/brewing: Meet & Greet - Women in Craft Beverage ($30, 🐼)

• norwuz: Nowrooz Concert (donation, 🐼)

• vintage: Vintage Pop-Up (free, 🦕)

• sexual harassement training: MONC Presents: Sexual Harassment Training (free, 🐼)

Tuesday, March 21

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

• disability: World Down Syndrome Day ($, 🐼)

• norooz: Turan (free, 🐼)

• tarot: Tarot as a Feminist Practice ($5-15, 🐼)

• book: Elizabeth Taylor (Free, 🐼)

• italy/film: Tell It Like A Woman (free, 🐼)

• art/film: "This World is Not My Own" (free, 🐼)

• film/chinatown:"Legacy" (free, 🐼)

• senegal/film: "Xalé"(free, 🐼)

• czech/enviro: DCEFF Screening: Wilder Than Wilderness (free, 🐼)

Wednesday, March 22

• irish: An Intro to the Irish Language ($15, 🐼)

• environment/austria: Alpenland (free, 🐼)

• puppy: National Puppy Day Puppy Palooza ($15, 🦕)

• environment: Ask your Riverkeeper (free, 🐼)

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

• hh/witches: Witchy Spring Equinox Party (free, 🐼)

Thursday, March 23

• sufism: Sufism Through Textiles (free, 🐼)

• women: Great Women Writers (free, 🐼)

• space: “See You in Orbit?”: A History of Space Tourism ($30, 🐼)

• museums: Trash to Treasure (free, 🐼)

• film: Bend It Like Beckham (free, 🐼)

• kimchi: Kimchi Making Class ($95, 🐼)

• film/nature: Path of the Panther (free, 🐼)

• gala: WONDER ON THE WIRE: HIGH WIRE ARTIST ($300, 🐼)

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

Friday, March 24

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

• wizards/cherry blossom: Cherry Blossom Night ($13+, 🐼)

• dance: FRONTIN’ | A Pharrell inspired Dance Party ($7, 🐼)

• afrofuturism: Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures (begins, 🐼)

Saturday, March 25

• clean-up: Anacostia Park (free, 🦕)

• craft: Women's History is Now (free, 🐼)

• architecture/tour: Tower Climb: Bell Tower ($50, 🐼)

• books: Friends of the Southwest Neighborhood Library Book Sale ($, 🐼)

• distillery: We're Back! Let's Party. ($20, 🐼)

• market: Spring Cleaning Mini Market (free, 🦕) space/dance: SAFE SPACE 3 ($20, 🐼)

• dance: Miley Night ($15, 🐼)

• reggae/afrobeats: Energy (free, 🐼)

• british/film: Nightcleaners (free, 🐼)

• burlesque/beer: DC Braulesque: Kingz Gambit ($29, 🐼)

• tour: Live Tour: HERstory on the National Mall ($40, 🦕)

• gardening: Urban Gardening: Setting up the Garden, Plants for a Great Growing Season (free, 🦕)

• art: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (opens, 🐼)

• gardening: Balcony and Patio Vegetable Gardening for New Growers ($20, 🐼)

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

• film: The Woman King (free, 🐼)

• craft: Crochet 101 (free, 🐼)

• history: DC History Conference (free, 🐼)

• clean-up: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (free, 🦕)

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

• plants: FONA Native Plant Sale (free, 🦕)

Sunday, March 26

• baldwin/film: Pressure preceded by Baldwin’s N****r (free, 🐼)

• asian american/film: “Bad Axe” (free, 🐼)

• art: The Cost of Living: Closing Reception ($9, 🐼)

• picnic/swap: Soul Blossoms (free, 🦕)

• art: Art Therapy ($5-8, 🐼)

• run: Women’s History Run (free, 🦕)

• enviro/film: DC Environmental Film Festival ($, 🐼)

Monday, March 27

• navy/dc: The Washington Navy Yard During the Civil War (free, 🐼)

• iran: Women for Iran: Nowrouz Party ($, 🐼)

• flowers: Art in Bloom (free, 🐼)

• belgian/film: "Playground" (free, 🐼)

Tuesday, March 28

• poetry: Clint Smith (free, 🐼)

• cooking: Sushi Rolling ($69, 🐼)

• garden: Propagation Workshop ($35, 🐼)

• class: Cheese & Charcuterie ($75, 🐼)

• sweden/music: "In my Ancestors’ Footsteps" ($10, 🐼)

• civil rights: Struggle for Rights and Respect (free, 🦕)

• flowers: Art in Bloom (free, 🐼)

Wednesday, March 29

• holocaust: Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (free, 🐼)

• decorative arts: Four Determined Women in Hillwood's Collection ($22, 🐼)

• seeds: Seed Giveaway (free, 🦕)

• native/songs: Cultural Performance and Conversation (free, 🐼)

• flowers: Art in Bloom (free, 🐼)

Thursday, March 30

• space: Earth-Based Analogs In Support of Space Missions (free, 🐼)

• cocktails: 5th Column Absinthe Night ($, 🐼)

• art talk: Heather Ackroyd (free, 🐼)

• movie: Grease (free, 🐼)

• flowers: Art in Bloom (free, 🐼)

• craft/women’s: Beginner's Cross Stitch ($50, 🐼)

• women/art: We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC (free, 🐼)

• dessert: Alison Roman ($22, 🐼)

• sweden/music: "In my Ancestors’ Footsteps” ($10, 🐼)

• dogs: Yappy Hour (free, 🐼)

March 31

• indigenous: Cherokee Days Festival (free, 🐼)

• women/entrepreneur: SHE DC MICRO-GRANT HAPPY HOUR ($15, 🐼)

• open mic/africa: Africa Out Loud (free, 🐼)

• cooking: Vegan Dumpling Class ($110, 🐼)

• palestine/embroidery: TATREEZ INHERITANCE Opening Night ($13, 🐼)

• self-help: Glow in the F*cking Dark (free, 🐼)

April 1

• indigenous: Cherokee Days Festival (free, 🐼)

• craft: Making Paper Clay ($15+, 🐼)

• art/books: Capital Art Book Fair ($, 🐼/🦕)

• cupcakes: Cupcake Decorating & Cider ($49, 🐼)

• asl/drag: ASL-ICIOUS ($10, 🐼)

• words: Utopic Words with Clifford Cartel (free, 🐼)

• garden: White House Spring Garden Tour (free, 🦕)

• art: You Don't Love Me, Yet! ($8, 🐼)

• plants: Hilton Carter, Living Wild (free, 🐼)

• words/games: Weekend of Wordplay (free, 🐼)

• vintage: April Fool’s Vintage Market (free, 🦕)

• craft: First Saturday (free, 🐼)

April 2

• indigenous: Cherokee Days Festival (free, 🐼)

• cheese: DIY Cheeseboard Class ($90, 🐼)

• cherry blossom/market: Cherry Blossom Market (free, 🐼)

• abortion/concert: My Body My Fest: A Benefit Concert for DCAF ($25, 🐼)

• art/books: Capital Art Book Fair ($, 🐼/🦕)

• book: The Ballad of Buttery Cake Ass (free, 🐼)

• dogs: Hound Hootenanny ($5-15, 🐼)

• garden: White House Spring Garden Tour (free, 🦕)

• dogs: Bulldog Bash ($5-15, 🐼)

• dogs: Pug Palooza ($5-15, 🐼)

• tour: Deanwood Neighborhood Spring Tree Walk (free, 🦕)

April 4

• dc/native: Indigenous DC (free, 🐼)

April 5

• olympics: US Launching Ceremony : On the road to PARIS 2024 ($5, 🐼)

April 6

• sake: Spring Sake Festival ($, 🐼)

• dogs: District Dogs Yappy Hour ($, 🦕)

• art: THE ARTIST’S MATERIALS ($20, 🐼)

• embassy: Ambassador Insider Series: Georgia ($65, 🐼)

• trans: "A Transgender Tale" ($15+, 🐼)

• egypt: In the Catacomb of Metempsychosis (free, 🐼)

April 7

• dc/exhibit: Exhibit Opening: “DC Home Rule 50” (free, 🐼)

• artist: The Black Utopia Museum (free, 🐼)

• art: The Story that Never Ends ($, 🐼)

• outdoor movie: Wall-E (free, 🦕)

April 8

• dog: Spring Party (free, 🦕)

• environment: How to Be an Urban Naturalist: Observing with Citizen Science (free, 🦕)

• dogs: Barkfit Puppy Yoga ($15, 🦕)

• sexual assault/drag: MONC Presents: The Real Teal Drag Show (free, 🐼)

• gardening: Cut Flower Gardening ($20, 🐼)

• gardening: Urban Gardening: Reap What You Sow (free, 🐼)

• volunteer: Community Tree Planting: Mount Olivet Cemetery (free, 🦕)

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

• book sale: Friends of Southeast Library Book Sale (free, 🐼)

• volunteer: FONA Volunteer Open House (free, 🦕)

• market: Spring Artisan Market (free, 🦕)

• dogs: Doggy Easter Egg Hunt ($25, 🦕)

• workshop: MONOTYPE PRINTING (free, 🐼)

April 9

• trans/books: DC Trans Book Swap (free, 🦕)

• vintage: Vintage & Vinyl POP UP! (free, 🐼)

April 10

• book/chicken: Under the Henfluence (free, 🐼)

• earth day: Earth Day Giveaway (free, 🐼)

• earth day/hockey: Capitals Game ($49, 🐼)

• thrift: Pop! Thrift Pop-Up Market (free, 🐼)

April 11

• space: Life Support: What the International Space Station Teaches Us About Our Changing Earth (free, 🐼)

• craft: Spring Terrarium Candle Class ($50, 🐼)

• ukraine/sports: "Olga" ($5, 🐼)

• concert: Outdoor Concert Series (free, 🦕)

• bingo/beer: Bingo ($15, 🐼)

• cheese: Sherry and Cheese ($, 🐼)

• mexico/cooking: La Frontera with Pati Jinich ($30, 🐼)

• navy: Race, Identity, and the Struggle Against Discrimination in the U.S. Navy (free, 🐼)

April 12

• ballet/film: A Ballerina's Tale ($22, 🐼)

• cocktails: Zero Proof Soiree ($100, 🐼)

• sake: Cherry Blossom Sake X Tenugui Workshop ($120, 🐼)

• weather/climate: Cloudy with a Chance of Science (free, 🐼)

• art/workshop: HANDS-ON WITH PHOTOGRAPHY (free, 🐼)

• aapi: Community Altar Building (free, 🐼)

April 13

• plants: Plant Care Basics ($28, 🐼)

• dance: Salsa (free, 🦕)

• movie: Devil Wears Prada (free, 🐼)

• museum/party: Garden Party (free, 🐼)

• haiti: Evening at the Embassy of Haiti ($64, 🐼)

• craft: Color the Past: Historic Photo Embroidery ($35, 🐼)

• enviornment: Bookmarked: Jeff VanderMeer’s "Annihilation"(free, 🐼)

April 14

• art: Vinyl Vandals Project (free, 🐼)

• disability/drag: Disabled Delight (free, 🐼)

• vintage: Atlas Brew Works Vintage Market (free, 🐼)

• art: Art Brew Swap (free, 🐼)

• jazz/austria: Birds Against Hurricanes | Jazz Concert (free, 🐼)

April 15

• india: Cotton in India: History, Modern Uses, and Beyond (free, virtual)

• garden: Rooftop Garden Party (free, 🦕)

• clothing swap: Plush DMV Clothing Swap (free, 🐼)

• earth day: Spring Planting Day (free, 🦕)

• art: The Local Art Market (free, 🐼/🦕)

• concert: Emancipation DC Concert (free, 🦕)

• emancipation day/market: Emancipation Day Mini Market (free, 🐼)

April 16

• plants: Living Wild: Designing a Living Home (free, 🐼)

• clothing: Clothing Swap (free, 🦕)

• film/india: Shiraz: A Romance of India (free, 🐼)

April 17

• theatre: Spanish Theater: La Ternura (free, 🐼)

April 19

• fashion/film/museum: Yellow is Forbidden ($22, 🐼)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

• eid: Henna Night ($30, 🐼)

• politics: Rep. Katie Porter ($12+, 🐼)

April 20

• baseball: Before 42 (free, 🐼)

• art: Aquatic Chaos: Images of Cosmic Disorder in Medieval Art (free, 🐼)

• trans: Transgender Histories (free, 🐼)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

• cooking: Plant-Based No-Waste Cooking Class ($75, 🐼)

• burlesque: DishAbille ($, 🐼)

• china/balkans: Tinderbox & Belt Road: China in the Balkans (free, 🐼)

• art: Artwalk Dupont (free, 🐼)

April 21

• outdoor movie: A League of Their Own (free, 🦕)

• book/self-help: Life in Five Senses ($40, 🐼)

• art opening: Spotlight (free, 🐼)

• art: A Shared Sense of Time (free, 🐼)

• art: Mircodose (free, 🐼)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

• speed dating: More Than Friends/More Than Strangers Speed Dating (donations, 🐼)

April 22

• immigration/dance: THE WALL/EL MURO DANCE AND DISCUSSION ($15, 🐼)

• plants: Garden Party ($, 🐼)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

• cocktails: Sir Gawain & the Green Knight ($55, 🐼)

• earth day/film: Film: 2040 (free, 🐼)

• volunteer: Earth Day Cleanup at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (free, 🦕)

• plants: Vegetable Gardening in Small Urban Settings ($20, 🐼)

• dogs: Doodle Day ($5, 🦕)

• urban farm: Earth Day Spring Kick-off (free, 🦕)

• volunteer: Clean Waterways Cleanup: Earth Day (free, 🦕)

• earth day: A Celebration of Earth Day (free, 🦕)

• records: Record Store Day 2023 ($10, 🐼)

• volunteer: Spring Landscape Beautification Day 2023 (free, 🦕)

April 23

• tour: Georgetown Walking Tour: Off the Beaten Path ($25, 🦕)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

• climate change: Native Nations Confronting Climate Change (free, 🐼)

• swap: Temperance Alley Clothing Swap (free, 🦕)

• plants: Garden Party ($, 🐼)

• tour: Ward 8 Woods Spring Hike ($10, 🦕)

• tour: Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Spring Tree Walk (free, 🦕)

• market: Earth Day Artisan Market (free, 🐼)

• black-owned: The Farmer’s Market (free, 🦕)

April 24

• craft: Sewing Workshop ($5+, 🐼)

• hockey: Hockey Mobile Museum (free, 🦕)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

April 25

• science/ethics: Examining the Ethics of DNA Research within the African American Community (free, 🐼)

• eid: Celebrate Eid with QAIC and the NMAA (free, 🐼)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

• drag: Punk the Fundraiser (free entry, 🐼)

• french/comedy: "Le Grand Bain": A Swimmers' Comedy ($5, 🐼)

April 26

• fashion/film/museum: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict ($22, 🐼)

• lgbtq: Lesbian Visibility Day Intergenerational Discussion at The Hill Center (free, 🐼)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

• cuba: The War on Cuba Film Screening + Discussion with CJS (sliding scale $0-20, 🐼)

April 27

• art: Philip Guston and the Mural Impulse (free, 🐼)

• art workshop: JOYCE WELLMAN ($16, 🐼)

• trans: DC Trans Co-Writing Meetup (free, 🐼)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

• library/music: Sounds of the Globe (free, 🐼)

• art: The Abstract Dialogue (free, 🐼)

• film: Clue (free, 🐼)

• terrarium: Make Your Own Terrarium ($25, 🐼)

• books: Against Amazon and Other Essays (free, 🐼)

• historical/museum: Preservation Pop-Up! (free, 🦕)

• embassy: Evening at the Embassy of Costa Rica ($64, 🐼)

• craft: Handi-hour ($25, 🐼)

April 28

• disney: Mirror, Mirror for Us All: Disney Parks and the American Narrative (opens, 🐼)

• mexico: “Vámonos a la Estufa” ($15, 🐼)

• market/french: Georgetown French Market (free, 🦕)

• comedy: 10 Year / 1 Year Anniversary Mini-Fest ($25, 🐼)

• craft: Plant and Sip ($10, 🦕)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

April 29

• tour/navy: Walking Tour of the Washington Navy Yard (free, 🦕)

• neighborhood/party: Van Ness Main Street Celebrates Community (free, 🐼)

• market/french: Georgetown French Market (free, 🦕)

• porchfest: Petworth Porchfest (free, 🦕)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

• el salvador: El Salvador at La Cosecha (free, 🐼)

• tea: Tea Blending ($30, 🐼)

• latinx/poetry: Latinx Poetics: An Evening of Poetry and Jazz (free, 🐼)

• plants: FONA Garden Fair & Plant Sale (free, 🦕)

• plants: Plant Swap (raffle, 🐼)

• art workshop: JOYCE WELLMAN ($16, 🐼)

April 30

• cooking: Cookie Decorating ($85, 🐼)

• art/murals: Work on the Walls with Women Muralists and Graffiti Artists ($25, 🐼)

• spring/festival: Spring Festival (free, 🐼/🦕)

• craft: Smudge Stick Lab ($65, 🐼)

• market/french: Georgetown French Market (free, 🦕)

• bingo: Booze Free Bingo (free, 🦕)

• orchids: Wonderful World of Orchids (closes, 🐼)

• football: D.C. Defenders Playoffs ($, 🦕)

• international/film: Filmfest ($, 🐼)

May 1

• industry night/night market: DC Industry Night Market (free, 🦕)

• hangout: Boobs and Briefs (free, 🦕)

• self-help: You Are A Badass ($30, 🐼)

May 2

• workout: Tri-Fit (free, 🦕)

• spies/women: Women Spies of WWII (free, 🐼) ‘

May 3

• film: The Devil Wears Prada (free, 🦕)

• energy: Affordable and Mass-Producible Nuclear Safeguards for Homeland Security (free, 🐼)

• music: Performance: Omar Offendum and Oud Virtuoso Ronnie Malley (free, 🐼)

• art: SPOTLIGHT: ARTIST TALK (free, 🐼)

• beer/aapi: Tiger Spirit (free, 🐼)

• arabic: SAHRA: Arabic Grooves & Mixology Moves (free entry, 🐼)

• chinatown: Chinatown Futures (free, 🐼)

May 4

• craft: Smithsonian Craft Show ($20, 🐼)

• star wars: Star Wars Themed Cocktails and Movies ($, 🐼)

• plants: Plant Care Basics ($28, 🐼)

• trivia: Star Wars Trivia (free, 🐼)

• small business: The (Re)Connect (free, 🐼)

• ballet: The Sleeping Beauty ($25, 🐼)

• women/sports: Girl Power: Inspiring the Next Generation of Women Athletes (free, 🐼)

• art/argentina: WE ALL CONTAIN MULTITUDES (free, 🐼)

• plants: Spring Wreath Making ($50, 🐼)

May 5

• craft: Smithsonian Craft Show ($20, 🐼)

• gala: After Party ($200, 🐼)

• art opening: Do You See Me! Opening Reception (free, 🐼)

• music: Music in the Garden (free, 🦕)

• plants: Plant & Sip ($10, 🦕)

• islam: International Diplomacy and Islam in DC (free, 🐼)

• ballet: The Sleeping Beauty ($25, 🐼)

• flower/mart: Flower Mart (free, 🐼/🦕)

• art/asian/market: NMAA × SAMASAMA Art Market (free, 🦕)

• film: A Page of Madness (free, 🐼)

• salsa: Cinco de Mayo & Salsa Night! (free, 🦕)

May 6

• derby: Kentucky Derby Pig Roast ($, 🐼)

• art/opening reception: Mourning Stutter (free, 🐼)

• block party: Block Party Vending (free, 🦕)

• craft: Smithsonian Craft Show ($20, 🐼)

• ballet: The Sleeping Beauty ($25, 🐼)

• flower/mart: Flower Mart (free, 🐼/🦕)

• embassy: Around the World Embassy Tour (free, 🐼/🦕)

• garden/bar: Drink the Garden: Mint and Strawberry edition ($20, 🐼)

• dogs: Running of the Chihuahuas (free, 🦕)

• vintage: Vintage Market Pop-Up (free, 🦕)

• flowers/opening: Your Uptown Florist (free, 🐼)

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

• craft: First Saturday (free, 🐼)

• influencer/asian: Identity and Culture in the Digital Age (free, 🐼)

• indian/dance: Exploring Space through Indian Classical Dance & Music (free, 🦕)

May 7

• craft: Smithsonian Craft Show ($20, 🐼)

• dance/class: WELLderness with The Washington Ballet (free, 🦕)

• dog show: Muttminster Dog Show (free, 🦕)

• zoo/pride: INTERNATIONAL FAMILY EQUALITY DAY (free, 🦕)

• plants: Monthly Plant & Cutting Swap (free, 🐼)

• film: 38 At the Garden (free, 🐼)

May 8

• plants: DC Plant Week ($, 🐼)

• aapi: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration (free, 🐼)

May 9

• plants: DC Plant Week ($, 🐼)

• french/film: "La Grande Boucle" ($5, 🐼)

• jfk/italy: 2JFK by Sergio Lombardo (free, 🐼)

• aapi: Japanese Calligraphy Workshop (free, 🐼)

• aapi: Making History - Celebrating AAPI Women in the MLK Labs (free, 🐼)

• bugs: Beneficial Insect Basics with DMV Beneficials ($25, 🐼)

• holocaust: History Unfolded Research Sprint (free, 🐼)

• music: NMAA's Birthday Bash with Chromic Duo (free, 🦕)

May 10

• plants: DC Plant Week ($, 🐼)

• outdoor movie: Black Panther (free, 🦕)

• pilot: Jacqueline Cochran: Pilot, Leader, Myth (free, 🐼)

• aapi: Fireside Chat with Angela Killoren and Jerry Won (free, 🐼)

• bike: DC Bike Party (free, 🦕)

• sweden/film: The Emigrants ($8, 🦕)

• spain/film: Piggy (free, 🐼)

• cookbooks: Cookbooks & Cocktails from the Library of Congress (free, 🐼)

• craft: HANDS-ON WITH COLLAGE-MAKING (free, 🐼)

May 11

• plants: DC Plant Week ($, 🐼)

• wine/flowers: Mounted Orchids and Wine ($69, 🐼)

• movie: Love and Basketball (Free, 🐼)

• plastic: Dear Plastic - a toxic love story (free, 🐼)

• kayak: Introduction to White Water Kayaking with Soul Trak (free, 🐼)

• music/mexico: Canciones de mi Corazón ($10, 🐼)

• latin american/indigenous: Latin America's Indigenous Movements ($14, 🐼)

• yiddish: Writers, Radicals and Rugelach: Yiddish Culture in America (free, 🐼)

• naacp/film: The Right to Read (free, 🐼)

• palestine: "Our Palestine" Lecture (free, 🐼)

• party: Homegrown (free, 🐼)

May 12

• plants: DC Plant Week ($, 🐼)

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

• art/india: You always step into the same river: Presentation (free, 🐼)

• palestine/embroidery: Introductory Palestinian Embroidery Class ($55, 🐼)

May 13

• plants: DC Plant Week ($, 🐼)

• charcuterie: Build your own Charcuterie board ($80, 🐼)

• crystal bowl: Crystal Bowl Sound Bath ($10, 🐼)

• arboretum/music: Music in the Meadow ($25, 🦕)

• environment/race/book: Soil (free, 🦕)

• mother’s day: Mother's Day Artisan Market (free, 🐼)

• self-defense: Trauma-Informed Self Defense Class (free, 🐼)

• flea:Get Flee Market (free, 🦕)

• hike: Women’s Aquatic Network (free, 🐼)

• paraguay/concert: Paraguay nendive (Paraguay with you) at La Cosecha (free, 🐼)

• flea market: Takoma Flea (free, 🦕)

• navy/tour: Walking Tour of the Washington Navy Yard (free, 🦕)

• aapi/music: Celebration of the Century (free, 🦕)

• soundbath: Crystal Bowl Sound Bath ($10, 🐼)

• eu/embassy: EU Open House (free, 🐼/🦕)

• art/workshop: Fabric Painting (free, 🐼)

• mother’s day/flowers: Georgetown Flower Tour ($40, 🦕)

• urban gardening: The Air We Breathe (free, 🦕)

May 14

• plants: DC Plant Week ($, 🐼)

• hawaii: Hawaiian Voyaging and Dance (free, 🐼)

May 15

• vikings: Traversing the Baltic Sea (free, 🐼)

• meeting: Mayor's Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Affairs (free, 🐼)

May 16

• mao/china: Maoist Revolutionary War Outside China (free, 🐼)

• book talk: Chasten Buttigieg ($12+, 🐼)

• film/nature: Paving Tundra (free, 🐼)

May 17

• outdoor movie: Hook (free, 🦕)

• spain/dance: Contemporary Dance from Spain (free, 🐼)

• natural history/birders: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: A Spotlight on Black Women Birders (free, 🐼)

• food/book: Egg (free, 🐼)

May 18

• art: Born-digital art (free, 🐼)

• film/aapi: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (free, 🐼)

• art: Opening Night of the Art Room (free, 🐼)

• candles: Spring Terrarium Candle Class ($50, 🐼)

• sustainability/arts: Sustainability & the Arts Exhibition Opening (free, 🐼)

• germany: An Evening of Art Song, Uniting Cultures: Robert Schumann & Margaret Bonds (free, 🐼)

• jazz: Jazz at SAAM with Max Light (free, 🐼)

• fundraiser: Cocktails + Crafts Fundraiser ($50, 🐼)

• ai: The Role of Multilateral Cooperation in Shaping AI Governance (free, 🐼)

• bingo: Bingo on H (free, 🐼)

• birthday: Dumbarton at Dusk: Happy 91st Birthday! (donation $5, 🐼)

• film: Legally Blonde (free, 🐼)

• wine/portugal: Porto Pianofest in Washington D.C. ($30, 🐼)

• cookbooks: American Feast: A Culinary Celebration (free, 🐼)

May 19

• environmental justice: To Live and Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice in Washington, DC Exhibition Opening (free, 🐼)

May 20

• bourbon/bluegrass: Bourbon & Bluegrass ($86, 🦕)

• party: SW Duck Pond Party (free, 🦕)

• flea market: Takoma Flea (free, 🦕)

• anacostia river/crafts: Flower Power: Anacostia River Festival (free, 🐼)

• clean-up: Anacostia River Festival Cleanup: Anacostia Park (free, 🐼)

• birds: Urban Birdfest (free, 🐼/🦕)

• books: Rare Book Fair (free, 🐼)

• museum/brunch: DAR Museum Paint Brunch ($25, 🐼)

• pride: Queer Prom (free, 🐼)

• dragon boat: Washington Dragon Boat Festival (free, 🐼)

• food: Taste of Bloomingdale ($, 🦕)

• aapi: Fiesta Asia Street Fair (free, 🦕)

May 21

• bourbon/bluegrass: Bourbon & Bluegrass ($86, 🦕)

• mlk jr: King: A Life w/ Eleanor Holmes Norton (free, 🐼)

• state fair/fundraiser: DC State Fair on Tap Fundraiser (free, 🦕)

• foraging: Foraging for Seasonal Berries and Strawberry Cultivation 101 ($25+, 🦕)

• poetry: Opening Reception \ Poetry Exhibition (free, 🐼)

• film/art: Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art (free, 🐼)

May 22

• lord of the rings: Tolkien's Untold Tales ($14, 🐼)

• astronomy: Astronomy on Tap (free, 🐼)

• cartoon: Draw Your Life Workshop (free, 🐼)

• palestine: Bayti Pop-Up ($, 🐼)

• literary trivia: Kramers Literary Trivia (free, 🐼)

• national parks: Landscapes of Exclusion: State Parks and Jim Crow in the American South  (free, 🐼)

May 23

• farm: A Night on the Farm ($45, 🦕)

• cartoon: The Fight for Free Expression: Defending Cartoonists Around the World (free, 🐼)

• palestine: Bayti Pop-Up ($, 🐼)

• poetry: Poetry Reading (free, 🐼)

• paint and sip: Peonies ($35, 🐼)

• politics: Stacey Abrams ($36, 🐼)

• dc: Washington History Magazine Release Party (free, 🐼)

• music/gospel: The Blind Boys of Alabama, Ruthie Foster, and the Legacy of Gospel Music (free, 🐼)

• war/women/book: A book with a hole in it (free, 🐼)

• jazz/france: Sélène Saint-Aimé & Band - Jazz Concert ($15+, 🐼)

May 24

• ballet: In Conversation with Misty Copeland and Melonie D. Parker (free, 🐼)

• broadway: How Do You Measure a Year? Jonathan Larson and the Creation of the Musical Rent, 1995–1996 (free, 🐼)

• sober/drinks: GOOD DRINKS (Alcohol-Free Recipes for When You're Not Drinking for Whatever Reason) ($20+, 🐼)

• ai: A Tour of the Multiverse ($14, 🐼)

• swiss/novel: Out of the Sugar Factory (free, 🐼)

• space: Exploring the Moon and Mars: Learning to Work and Live in Space (free, 🐼)

May 25

• film: "The Artist" (Free, 🦕)

• film: Life Aquatic (free, 🐼)

• art talk: Baseera Khan (free, 🐼)

• climate: Facing the Climate Emergency Book Launch (free, 🐼)

• zero-waste: PERFECTLY GOOD FOOD: ZERO WASTE HOME COOKING ($8, 🐼)

• italy/book: An American Manzoni: The New Translation of I Promessi Sposi (free, 🐼)

May 26

• judaism: Shavuot Ice Cream Party and 10 commandments! (free, 🦕)

• outdoor movie: Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (free, 🦕)

• art: Do You See Me! Closing Reception (free, 🐼)

• karaoke: Punk Rock Karaoke ($10, 🐼)

• clothing swap: Spring Clothing Swap with Remake + The Outrage (free, 🐼)

May 27

• veteran/native/film: Corridor Four (free, 🐼)

• zine: Zine Workshop (free, 🐼)

• exhibit: Brick City (opens, $10, 🐼)

• craft: Planning or Craftivist Group Project (free, 🐼)

• aapi/deaf: In the Eyes of a Deaf Child (free, 🐼)

• market/aapi: AANHPI Heritage Month Pop-Up Market (free, 🐼)

• cookbook: TENDERHEART: A COOKBOOK ABOUT VEGETABLES AND UNBREAKABLE FAMILY BONDS ($25, 🐼)

• clean-up: Anacostia Clean Up (free, 🦕)

• tiktok: TikTok Masterclass: The Creators Academy for Entrepreneurs (free, 🐼)

• mermaid: The Little Mermaid: Black is Beautiful Art Market (free, 🦕)

May 28

• memorial day: National Memorial Day Concert (free, 🦕)

May 29

• memorial day: Memorial Day Tours of the Soldiers' Home National Cemetery (free, 🦕)* note there’s a wreath ceremony too

May 30

• history: Built from the Fire by Victor Luckerson: A Chronicle of the Tulsa Uprising (free, 🐼)

• cookbook/tin fish: Tin-Thusiasts and A-Fish-Ionados ($12, 🐼)

• pride/art/soccer: Creative Connections - Collaborative Drawing w/ the Washington Spirit (free, 🐼)

May 31

• poetry/open word: Poets Off the Rails: Summer Edition (free, 🐼)

• outdoor movie: Cruella (free, 🦕)

June 1

• adoptee: Sharing intercountry adoptee voices through poetry and song ($10, 🐼)

• art/pride: Celebrate Pride ($20, 🐼)

• pride/beer: DC Brau Pride Pils Launch Party (free, 🐼)

• pride/book talk: An Evening with Chasten Buttigieg (free, 🐼)

• pride: DC Latinx Pride ($, 🐼)

• space/poetry: NASA and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Unveil Her Poem for Europa (free, 🐼)

• book talk/dc history: When the Smoke Cleared (free, 🐼)

• outdoor movie: "On the Beat" (free, 🦕)

Friday, June 2

• film/korea: Hunt (free, 🐼)

• 80s/happy hour: 80s Night on the Plaza (free, 🦕)

• art: Above Below Water (free, 🐼)

• pride/beer: COME OUT AND SLAAAAAAAAY Release Party (free, 🐼)

• cocktails/fundraiser: Cocktails & Spirit Free Cocktails For a Cause ($100, 🐼)

• art: ArtWalk Dupont (free, 🐼)

• art/pride: PROUD Opening Reception (free, 🐼)

• outdoor concerts: Concerts on the Lawn at City Ridge (free, 🐼)

• singles/lgbtq: LGBTQ+ Singles Tracking Dating Event ($5, 🐼)

Saturday, June 3

• queer/navy/art/film: Paul Cadmus: Enfant Terrible at 80 (free, 🐼)

• chorus: Dolly ($25, 🐼)

• art: First Saturday (free, 🐼)

• pride/dance: Flower Factory ($5, 🐼)

• pride/festival: Pride Carnival (free, 🦕)

• drag/pride: SPECTRUM Pride Kickoff Party ($50+, 🐼)

• drag/bingo: Bingo and A Show  ($10, 🐼)

• journaling: Journal for Wellness Workshop ($15+, 🐼)

• festival: Chinatown Community Festival (free, 🦕)

• dogs: District Dogs Mutt Maddness ($5+, 🦕)

• pride/art:  Pride Family Day (free, 🐼)

• art: Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman (free, 🐼)

• journaling: Inside Working Title: Journal for Wellness Workshop ($15+, 🦕)

• clean-up: Invasive Ivy Removal: Mount Olivet Cemetery (donation, 🦕)

Sunday, June 4

• craft: Rainbow Pressed Flower Frame Workshop ($65, 🐼)

• pride/dogs:  District Dogs Annual Pride Pawty (free, 🦕)

• beer/block party: Right Proper Block Party (free, 🦕)

• books/pride: Pride Sip and Shop (free, 🐼)

• open streets: 12th Street NE (free, 🦕)

• hip-hop: I Am Woman: A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop 2023 ($39, 🐼)

• chorus: Dolly ($25, 🐼)

• queer/hip-hop: The Queer Roots of Hip Hop: Lecture and Sound Salon (free, 🐼)

• art: Through the Gates of Hell: Dante and Auguste Rodin (free, 🐼)

Tuesday, June 6

• music: Musical Crossroads: Stories Behind the Objects of African American Music (free, 🐼)

• racism: Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law (free, 🐼)

• nature: Connecting to Nature through Writing and Literature (free, 🐼)

• thailand: Ambassador Insider Series: Thailand ($65, 🐼)

Wednesday, June 7

• outdoor theatre: Picnic Theater Company: Network ($18, 🦕)

• pride/craft: Love Out Loud: Tie-Dye Party (free, 🐼

• pride: Revolution! The Work of Pride: A Discussion on Drag, Queer Culture, + Labor at The Outrage (donation, 🐼)

• wine: Apervito Hour with Plant Wines ($10, 🦕)

• dance party; A Prince Birthday Celebration (free, 🦕)

• comics: Queer Comics and Activism (free, 🐼)

• music: Rock the Dock (free, 🦕)

• trans/film: We See Each Other: A Black Trans Journey Through TV and Film (free, 🐼)

Thursday, June 8

• art/fish: After-Hours Sip & Create: Fish Rubbing ($30, 🐼)

• queer/outdoor movie: "Three Nights a Week" (free, 🦕)

• spy: An Interview with Kim, Hyung Woo, Former DPRK Agent (free, 🐼)

• jazz: Jazz in the Park (free, 🦕)

• japan/art: The Artistry of Kōgei (free, 🐼)

• community: Community Meeting: DC Anacostia River Corridor Restoration Plan (free, 🐼)

• ballet: Ballet on the Plaza (free, 🦕)

• outdoor theatre: Picnic Theater Company: Network ($18, 🦕)

• art: Visionary, Not Reactionary at Meridian International Center (free, 🐼)

• food/ice: An Evening to Celebrate ICE ($5+, 🐼)

• english: The People’s Tongue: Americans and the English Language (free, 🐼)

June 9

• outdoor theatre: Picnic Theater Company: Network ($18, 🦕)

• pride: Booty Rex Queer Pride Party ($20, 🐼)

• museum parties: Afterhours @ NMAA (free, 🐼/🦕)

• ballet: Ballet on the Plaza (free, 🦕)

June 10

• jazz: Jazz in the Parks (free, 🦕)

• pride: Capital Pride Parade (free, 🦕)

• ballet: Ballet on the Plaza (free, 🦕)

• film: Suns Cinema celebrates 10 years ($10, 🐼)

• pride: Leather Dykes ($15, 🐼)

• salad: Making fresh Salad with local produce ($15, 🐼)

• gardening: The Pride and Joy of Working the Earth (free, 🐼)

• pride: Pride on the Pier (free, 🦕)

• pride: Capital Pride Block Party (free, 🦕)

• craft: Wax Crayon Art (free, 🐼)

• art: Creative Meet + Greet: Palette (free, 🐼)

• brunch: June Brunch on the Farm ($45+, 🦕)

• pride: Candyland with Betty Who ($65+, 🐼)

• pride/dance: Electric Disco ($85+, 🐼)

• dance party: 90’s ($7, 🦕)

• book sale: Friends of Southeast Library Book Sale (free, 🐼)

• queer: Memory-Making: Sharing and Preserving Queer History (free, 🐼)

• walking tour: Walking Tour of the Washington Navy Yard (free, 🦕)

• pride: Pride in our HIPS Party ($20, 🐼)

June 11

• jazz: Music in the Meadow: U.S. Navy Band (free, 🦕)

• pride: Takoma Pride (free, 🦕)

• peony: Fresh and Paper Peonies Demo ($150, 🐼)

• vintage: Happy Daze Vintage Market (free, 🐼)

• restaurant: Habibi Sofra Club: Rob Rubba ($150, 🐼)

• pride: Pride Festival (free, 🦕)

• poetry: Poetry Reading (free, 🐼)

June 12

• sewing: Mending Monday! Sewing Workshop ($5+, 🐼)

June 13

• france: Celebration "De Gaulle - Eisenhower" ($5, 🐼)

• t-rex: T. rex Rises ($30, 🐼)

• syrian/palestine: Poetry with Ghayath Almadhoun (free, 🐼)

• flower arranging: Floral Arranging ($95, 🐼)

• romania: ZMEI3: "A VERY ROMANIAN AFFAIR" (free, 🐼)

• spain/wine/cheese: Spanish Cheese, Wine and Cured Meats ($75, 🐼)

• dc history: Research and Scholarship at the DC History Center (free, 🐼)

• pride: “Out/Spoken”  ($20, 🐼)

June 14

• science/europe: Representing Science in Early Modern Spain (free, 🐼)

• music: Rock the Dock (free, 🦕)

• voting: Best of DC Voting Party (free, 🦕)

• lithuania: Commemoration of the Day of Mourning and Hope& screening of "Mariupolis 2" (free, 🐼)

• bike/pride: DC Bike Party Pride Ride (free, 🦕)

• pride: Are Bisexuals Just Greedy? (free, 🐼)

• trans: Elliot Page ($12+, 🐼)

• jewish/dc history: A talk on the Jewish history of the Capitol Hill neighborhood (free, 🐼)

• art: PROUD :: Artist Talk (free, 🐼)

• immigration: Citizenship Ceremony (daytime, free, 🐼)

June 15

• photography: Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life (free, 🐼)

• nordic/jazz: Nordic Jazz ($25, 🦕)

• book/black women: The Inherent Power of Black Women (free, 🐼)

• film: I AM A NOISE (free, 🐼)

• film: The Sandlot (free, 🐼)

• cocktails/book: THE BOOK OF COCKTAIL RATIOS ($15+, 🐼)

June 16

• comedy/pride: Awkward Sex and the City: Pride Edition ($20, 🐼)

• concert: Home Rule Festival ($20, 🦕)

• wine/queer: Sapphic Wine Pop-Up (free entry, 🐼)

• plants: Plant and Sip ($10, 🦕)

• embassy/dance: Queer Tango (free, 🐼)

• film: The Novelist's Film (free, 🐼)

June 17

• juneteenth/dinner: A Seat at the Table: Heritage Rooted in the Earth ($40, 🐼)

• juneteenth: Juneteenth Family Day (free, 🐼)

• black/queer: Queer Black Broadway Walking Tour ($25, 🦕)

• bar crawl: Cleveland Park Bar Crawl ($20, 🐼)

• soul/funk: Soul/Funk Night (free, 🐼)

• craft: D-I-Y Eucalyptus Shower Bunch Lab ($60, 🐼)

• clean up: District Cleanups (free, 🦕)

• queer: Queer Bike Ride (free, 🦕)

• flea market: Get Flee Market (free, 🦕)

• juneteenth/market: Chocolate City Juneteenth Art Market (free, 🦕)

• pride/poetry: Pride Poetry Slam ($10, 🐼)

• pride/market: Pride Pop-Up Market (free, 🐼)

• nature: Forest Bathing (donation, 🦕)

• concert: Home Rule Festival (free, 🦕)

June 18

• poetry/space/afrofuturism: Through the African American Lens: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (free, 🐼)

• aging/film: I Cannot Tell You How I Feel followed by Today (free, 🐼)

• juneteenth: Celebrate Juneteenth Festival (free, 🦕)

• craft: Intro to Punch Needling: Floral Wall Hanging ($48, 🐼)

• pride: Dragathon Extrava-GAY-za (free, 🐼/🦕)

June 19

• juneteenth: Juneteenth Freedom Celebration: Unity. Freedom. Acknowledgment (free, 🐼)

• opening reception: God Hates Us: Death of Chocolate City (free, 🐼)

• walking tour: Black Georgetown Juneteenth (free, 🦕)

• literary/trivia: Kramers Literary Trivia (free, 🐼)

• juneteenth: Juneteenth Music Festival (free, 🦕)

June 20

• pride: NoH8 Photoshoot ($25+, 🐼)

• queer/history: Making LGBTQ+ Collections Accessible (free, 🐼)

• immigrant/cookbook: AMERICAN IMMIGRANT COOKING IN A TIME OF CRISIS ($5+, 🐼)

• flowers/craft: SIP + PAINT: Peonies ($35+, 🐼)

• nature/craft/art: Big Book of Nature Art (free, 🐼)

• france: Flute and Piano Concert ($15, 🐼)

June 21

• music: Rock the Dock (free, 🦕)

• sewing: How to Measure Yourself for Sewing (free, virtual)

• craft: Collage N’ Chill (free, 🐼)

• transgender/art: Yield+Yearn (donation, 🐼)

June 22

• jazz: Jazz at SAAM with Sarah Elizabeth Charles (free, 🐼)

• palestine/food: BAYTI: An Evening of Palestinian Hospitality ($30, 🐼)

• gen-z/congress: Gen Z and Civic Engagement: A Conversation with U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost (free, 🐼)

• art/lecture: Art Is Life: Jerry Saltz (free, 🐼)

• film/wine tasting: Bridesmaids (free, 🐼)

• outdoor film: Moonstruck (1987) ($20, 🦕)

• outdoor film: "Dancing the Twist in Bamako" (free, 🦕)

June 23

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free, 🦕)

• drag: Free Form Drag Show (free, 🐼)

• pride/poetry: Pride Poetry Night (free, 🐼)

• film: Broker (free, 🐼)

• comedy: A Family Feud ($10, 🐼)

• france: Fête de la Musique - Make Music Day ($7, 🐼)

• k-pop: K-Pop Club Night ($20, 🐼)

June 24

• maps: Maps of Washington (free, 🐼)

• rollerskating: Late Skate Night (free, 🦕)

• art talk: Robert Longo: The Whale (United States Capitol) (free, 🐼)

• arcade: Glow Night Arcade Party (free, 🐼)

• market: Y2K Flea Market (free, 🐼)

• festival: 15th Annual Columbia Heights Day (free, 🦕)

• jazz: Petworth Jazz Project (free, 🦕)

• festival: Home Rule Festival Closing Night ($20, 🐼)

• grand opening: Because Science (free, 🐼)

• pickles: Pickle Party! Canning and Fermentation Basics ($25, 🐼)

• queer/disco: Queer Disco: Closing Celebration ($15, 🐼)

• podcast: Betches U Up? ($35+, 🐼)

• festival: One Journey Festival (free, 🦕)

• space: DC Braulesque: Celestial Bawdies ($25, 🐼)

• soccer: DC Community Soccer Tournament (free, 🦕)

• walking tour: Walking Tour of the Washington Navy Yard (free, 🦕)

June 25

• space/film: Unidentified (free, 🐼)

• korea/film: Night walk (free, 🐼)

• pride: Pleasure and Efficacy: Of Pen Names, Cover Versions, and Other Trans Techniques  (free, 🐼)

• vinyl: Crate Convention (free, 🐼)

• el salvador: El Salvador Festival (free, 🦕)

• grand opening: Because Science (free, 🐼)

June 26

• abortion: The Faith of Abortion Activists ($10+, 🐼)

• germany/pride/music: Sing Loud! Sing Proud! (free, 🐼)

• lesbian: Lesbian Speed Dating ($15, 🐼)

June 27

• queer/film/opera: Swann Opera premiere and screening (free, 🐼)

June 28

• salads: A Celebration of SALAD SEASONS ($8+, 🐼)

• art: Palette: Reception and Artist Talk (free, 🐼)

• film/el salvador: First, the Rain (free, 🐼)

• craft: Natural Dye On Silk Workshop ($35, 🐼)

• stamps: ¡Delicioso!: Designing Latino Food Stamps (free, virtual)

June 29

• food/mexican/cookbook: MI COCINA ($5+, 🐼)

• music: An Evening with Ozarks Women ($29, 🐼)

• pride: District of PRIDE Showcase (free, 🐼)

• drinks: 5th Thursday Absinthe Night ($, 🐼)

• museum: Live! at the Library (free, 🐼)

• indigenous: Indigenous Washington, D.C. (free, 🐼)

• flowers: Flower Potluck (sliding scale, 🐼)

• cider: DRY-HOPPED LIBERTY APPLE PARTY (free, 🐼)

• magazine/party: How D.C. Moves: District Fray's Summer Party ($10, 🦕)

• brasil/film: Emicida: Amar-Elo - é tudo pra ontem (free, 🐼)

• drc: Democratic Republic of Congo Independence Day Celebration (free, 🐼)

June 30

• asian/film: Decision to Leave (free, 🐼)

• argentina/film: Los Andes No Creen En Dios (free, 🐼)

• art: Rhizome is Home Documentary Screening (free, 🐼)

July 1

• pop-up: Sounds of the City: Black Owned Pop-Up Shop (free, 🐼)

• memorials/architecture: The Halprin Factor (free, 🦕)

• queer/dance: Summer Camp (free, 🦕)

• apothecary: DC Mutual Aid Apothecary Pop-Up (free, 🦕)

• african/movement: The Joy of African Movement (free, 🦕)

• dance: Community Square Dance (free, 🦕)

July 2

• plants: PLNTR's 1 Year Birthday Party (free, 🐼)

• thai: "Sawasdee DC" Thai Festival (free, 🦕)

July 3

• july 4/navy/music: Free Holiday Concert with the Commodores (U. S. Navy Jazz Band) (free, 🦕)

• july 4/music: July 3rd Jam (free, 🦕)

July 4

• folklife/music: An Evening with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils (free, 🦕)

• july 4: The Palisades 57th Annual Fourth of July Parade (free, 🦕)

• july 4: Capitol Hill Community 4th of July Parade (free, 🦕)

July 5

• film/colombia: Holy Beasts (free, 🐼)

• walking tour: DC History Center Walks: District of Punk ($25+, 🦕)

• wine: Taste Fundamentals: An Introduction to Wine ($45, 🐼)

July 6

• clothing swap: Summer Clothing Swap (free, 🐼)

• film/portugal: Florbela (free, 🐼)

• disability: From Dr. Strange to Bridgerton Unexpected Disability Narratives in Popular Culture (free, 🐼)

• whiskey: Unveiling DC's Forgotten Whiskey-Making Secrets (free, 🐼)

• film/paraguay: La Redención (free, 🐼)

• museum: Live! at the Library (free, 🐼)

• art: PHILLIPS AFTER 5: SUMMER SNAPSHOTS ($20, 🐼)

• coffee: Introduction to Pour-Overs ($60, 🐼)

July 7

• dance: Memorias de agua: An Evening of Film, Dance, and Music (free, 🦕)

• sikh: Raj Academy (free, 🐼)

• wine: Bella Bianca! Italian White Wines ($45, 🐼)

• lion dance: The Spirit of Lion Dancing in Chinatowns (free, 🐼)

• romania: Romanian Weekend (free, 🦕)

• dance: Friday Night Dancing: Country Line Dance (free, 🦕)

• japan: Tanabata | The Japanese Star Festival ($20, 🐼)

• portugal/film: Machuca (free, 🐼)

• art/chocolate: ArtWalk Dupont: Exhibition Tours & National Chocolate Day Celebration (free, 🐼/🦕)

July 8

• dance: Community Square Dance (free, 🦕)

• swimming: Splash in the Anacostia River (free, 🦕)

• market: Friends of Southeast Library Book Sale ($1+, 🐼)

• bar: metrobar's Railcar Bar Soft Opening (lottery, 🐼/ 🦕)

• romania: Romanian Weekend (free, 🦕)

• art: E20: PRINTMAKING (free, 🐼)

• sneakers: Sneaker Con ($30+, 🐼)

• palestine: "THOBNA" book launch ($20, 🐼)

• charcuterie: Cocktails + Charcuterie ($130, 🐼)

• volunteer: Invasive Ivy Removal: Missions of Charity (free, 🦕)

• persian/pop-up: Tirgan Market (free, 🦕)

• jazz: Jazz in the Parks (free, 🦕)

• gardening: The Summer Doldrums (free, 🦕)

• table reading: THE KTCHN (free, 🦕)

July 9

• k-pop: K-Pop Dance Series (free, 🦕)

• flowers: Build Your Own Floral Arrangement ($75, 🐼)

• movie: Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle (free, 🐼)

• sneakers: Sneaker Con ($30+, 🐼)

• queer: OVER EASY: QUEER DANCE PARTY ($2-5, 🐼)

• gala/restaurants: The Rammy’s ($325, 🐼)

• romania: Romanian Weekend (free, 🦕)

• clean-up: District Clean Up (free, 🦕)

July 10

• night market: Electric Cool-Aid Night Market (free, 🦕)

July 11

• fashion show/central asia: The Soul of Tengri Fashion Show (free, 🐼)

• boundaries/self-help: The New Black Woman (free, 🐼)

• trivia: Trivia Night: Totally 90’s (free, 🐼)

• music: Concerts on the Avenue: Country Current (free, 🦕)

• tattoos: A World Heritage of Tattooing ($15, 🐼)

• colombia/film: Window boy would also like to have a submarine (free, 🐼)

• argentina/film: Donaire y Esplendor (free, 🐼)

• music: Tuesday Concert Series (free, 🦕)

July 12

• writing workshop: Writing Workshop Inspired by One Life: Frederick Douglass (free, 🐼)

• wine: Aperitivo Hour ($10, 🐼)

• pies/immigration: 50 PIES, 50 STATES ($10+, 🐼)

• colombia/film: Hold Me Like Before (free, 🐼)

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

July 13

• music: Chuck Berry: An American Life (free, 🐼)

• asian/film: Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (free, 🐼)

• germany/film: "Photo: OSTKREUZ" (free, 🐼)

• movie: Jaws (free, 🐼)

• portugal/film: Con Mi Corazón En El Yambo (free, 🐼)

• politics: Jake Tapper ($12+, 🐼)

• craft: Polymer Clay for Beginners ($55, 🐼)

• drawing: Still Life Sessions at Cafe Cino ($20, 🐼)

• panel discussion: Imagining Environmental Justice (free, 🐼)

• plants: Kokedama Moss Balls ($48, 🐼)

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

• museum/party: SUMMER BLOCK PARTY LATE NIGHT: Disco ($20, 🐼)

• dc/wildlife: District of Coyotes ($15, 🐼)

• dc history: When the Smoke Cleared (free, 🐼)

• empanadas: Handmade Empanadas ($50, 🐼)

July 14

• museum: Pinoy Disko @ National Asian Art Museum (free, 🐼)

• barbie/drag: BARBIE'S WORLD! (free, 🐼)

• book/south asia: The Centre (free, 🐼)

• music: Fridays at Fort Totten (free, 🐼)

• asian/film: DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival ($, 🐼)

• art opening: Little Gems (free, 🐼)

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

• wine: The Wines of Provence ($45, 🐼)

• dance party: GIRLS & BOYS:
  A 90s ALT DANCE PARTY! ($10, 🐼)

• asian/film: Leonor Will Never Die (free, 🐼)

July 15

• world cup: MLS All-Star Soccer Celebration (free, 🦕)

• cocktail/90s: Saved by the Bellini - A 90s Cocktail Book Event ($20, 🐼)

• art/opening: TRILOGY: Art Enables at Rhizome (free, 🐼)

• art/closing: Riffs & Responses (free, 🐼)

• lily/lotus: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free, 🦕)

• clean-up: Plastic Free July Clean Waterways Cleanup (free, 🦕)

• pop-up market: Sounds of the City: Black Owned Pop-Up Shop (free, 🦕)

• coffee: Coffee Brew Methods: Hario vs French Press ($45, 🐼)

• parties/dance: The Barbie Parties (free, 🦕)

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

• asian/film: DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival ($, 🐼)

July 16

• music trivia: Songbyrd Music Trivia (free, 🐼)

• iranian/market: Koocheh Summer Market (free, 🦕)

• disability/market: Disability Pride Maker's Market Pop Up (free, 🦕)

• lily/lotus: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free, 🦕)

• craft/collage: CUT-ARRANGE-GLUE (free, 🐼)

• craft: Embroider Your Photo ($85, 🐼)

• craft/sip and paint:Chill Still Lives ($47, 🐼)

• parties/dance: The Barbie Parties (free, 🦕)

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

• asian/film: DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival ($, 🐼)

July 17

• trivia: Kramers Literary Trivia (free, 🐼)

• sound bath: SPOTLIGHT ON DESIGN: SUCHI REDDY ($15, 🐼)

• herbs: How to Dry and Process Herbs (sliding scale, 🦕)

• lily/lotus: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free, 🦕)

• parties/dance: The Barbie Parties (free, 🦕)

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

July 18

• fermenting: Fermenting Veggies ($0-40, 🦕)

• palestine: Beautiful Resistance in Palestine (free, 🐼)

• dc history: Unbuilt Washington—The City That Never Was ($15, 🐼)

• parties/dance: The Barbie Parties (free, 🦕)

• space: A Space Shanty Singalong Spectacular! ($18+, 🐼)

• film/colombia: Gol de Plata (free, 🐼)

• lily/lotus: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free, 🦕)

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

July 19

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

• cake: Heart Cake Decorating ($110, 🐼)

• punk/film: Dope, Hookers and Pavement ($10, 🐼)

• soccer: MLS All-Star Game ($$$, 🦕)

• craft: GET CRAFTY! (free, 🦕)

• parties/dance: The Barbie Parties (free, 🦕)

• lily/lotus: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free, 🦕)

July 20

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

• parties/dance: The Barbie Parties (free, 🦕)

• lily/lotus: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free, 🦕)

• trivia/simpsons: THE SIMPSONS - Summer Series Trivia (free, 🐼)

• mexican/cooking: Mocktails, Margaritas, and Mexican Ceviche ($70, 🐼)

• america: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again (free, 🐼)

• climate change/book: ALTAR TO AN ERUPTING SUN (free, 🐼)

• jazz: In-Person Take 5: Jazz at SAAM with Keith Butler, Jr. (free, 🐼)

• dance: Coyaba Dance Theater ($2-20, 🦕)

• opening: The Parks Marketplace Ribbon Cutting (free, 🦕)

• free admission: Third Thursdays (free, 🐼)

• free admission: LOOK HERE: WARD DAY for Wards 1, 4, 5, 6 (free, 🐼)

• catholicism: The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church (free, 🐼)

July 21

• world cup: USWNT watch parties (free, 🐼/🦕)'

• korea/art: Landscape of the Mind: A Duo Exhibition of Works Opens (free, 🐼)

• lily/lotus: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free, 🦕)

• statehood: Why You Should Care About DC Statehood (free, 🐼)

• dance: Coyaba Dance Theater ($2-20, 🦕)

• parties/dance: The Barbie Parties (free, 🦕)

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

July 22

• swaps/fish: Aquatic Plant & Fish Swap & Sales (free, 🐼)

• beer/market: (D)rafts and (C)rafts ($20+, 🐼)

• shopping: The Exercise Dress: Birthday Party (free, 🐼)

• deaf/theater: Deaf Playwright Willy Conley (free, 🐼)

• dance: Flower Factory ($15, 🐼)

• market: Get Flee Market (free, 🦕)

• lily/lotus: Lotus and Water Lily Festival (free, 🦕)

• jazz: Summer Jazz Celebration ($35, 🦕)

• craft/candle: Make Your Own Massage Candle ($35, 🐼)

• craft/soap: Natural Soap Making ($85, 🐼)

• dance/hip-hop: Sounds of Africa (free, 🦕)

• dance: Coyaba Dance Theater ($2-20, 🦕)

• arcade: In-Person SAAM Arcade (free, 🐼)

• zine: Zine Reading (free, 🐼)

• clean-up: Mandela Day of Service Community Clean Up (free, 🦕)

• parties/dance: The Barbie Parties (free, 🦕)

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

• jazz: Petworth Jazz Project (free, 🦕)

July 23

• drama: Capital Fringe Festival ($15+, 🐼)

• comics: Spider-Sona (free, 🐼)

• craft: Paper Flower Summer Daze (free, 🐼/🦕)

• puzzle: DC Puzzle Swap (free, 🐼)

July 24

• baking: B. Dylan Hollis ($12, 🐼)

• events: The Basics of Big-Event Safety ($14, 🐼)

July 25

• jam: Making Jam ($0-40, 🦕)

• urban planning: Uber and Urban Politics ($15, 🐼)

• game night: Game Night With Landmade Beer ($15, 🐼)

• politics: RULES FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS (free, 🐼)

July 26

• world cup: USWNT watch parties (free, 🐼/🦕)

• pasta/food: DANNY LOVES PASTA! (free, 🐼)

July 27

• movie: Moonrise Kingdom (free, 🐼)

• japan/tea: Tea & Tranquility (free, 🐼)

• street sense: No Place to Call Home: A Street Sense Media Production (free, 🐼)

• flowers/craft: Shell Bouquets ($75, 🐼)

• american history/trivia: DAR Museum Trivia Night ($25+, 🐼)

• plants: Build your Terrarium! ($50, 🐼)

• museum/party: SUMMER BLOCK PARTY LATE NIGHT: 90’s ($20, 🐼)

July 28

• film: Plan 75 (free, 🐼)

• cosplay: Otakon ($$, 🐼)

• craft: Introductory Perfumery Workshop ($65, 🐼)

July 29

• immigrant market: IMMIGRANT-OWNED MINI MARKT (free, 🦕)

• cosplay: Otakon ($$, 🐼)

• ice cream: Rooftop Ice Cream Making Party! ($15, 🦕)

• orchids: Mounted Orchids and Mimosas ($69, 🐼)

• local authors: The Daydreams & Pride and Protest Author Talk (free, 🐼)

• tennis: Mubadala Citi DC Open ($, 🦕)

• dance: The Washington Ballet: Indian Dance Workshop (free, 🦕)

• cake: Heart Cake Decorating ($110, 🐼)

• lipstick: National Lipstick Day (free, 🐼)

• art talk: Doing The Work (free, 🐼)

• walking tour: Walking Tour of the Washington Navy Yard (free, 🦕)

July 30

• cosplay: Otakon ($$, 🐼)

• tennis: Mubadala Citi DC Open ($, 🦕)

• vinyl: The Crate Convention (free, 🐼)

July 31

• palestine: ERASING PALESTINE (free, 🐼)

• tennis: Mubadala Citi DC Open ($, 🦕)

• literary trivia: Kramers Literary Trivia (free, 🐼)

• bridgerton: The History Behind Bridgerton ($15, 🐼)

August 1

tennis: Mubadala Citi DC Open ($, 🦕)’

August 2

• workshop: Use Your Words: Hand Lettering ($75, 🐼)

• tennis: Mubadala Citi DC Open ($, 🦕)

• punk rock: DC Punk Archive Library Rooftop Show (free, 🦕)

• james baldwin: James Baldwin's Centennial Celebration (free, 🐼)

August 3

• museum/admission: LOOK HERE: WARD DAY for Wards 3 & 8 (free, 🐼)

• japan/ghost: From Kaidan to J-Horror (free, 🐼)

• plants: Plant Care Basics ($28, 🐼)

• concert: Sam Smith ($45+, 🐼)

• mushrooms: Grow Your Own Mushrooms Class ($38, 🐼)

• tennis: Mubadala Citi DC Open ($, 🦕)

• trivia: STRANGER THINGS - Themed Trivia (free, 🐼)

• museum/art: PHILLIPS AFTER 5: ALL THAT JAZZ ($20, 🐼)

August 4

• hong kong/film: Infernal Affairs (free, 🐼)

• mini market/art: MINI MARKT - ARTWALK DUPONT (free, 🦕)

• dance party: Queens of Country Party ($22, 🐼)

• music: Play It Forward DC Edition (free, 🐼)

• tennis: Mubadala Citi DC Open ($, 🦕)

August 5

• museum/art: First Saturday (free, 🐼)

• punk/karaoke: PUNK ROCK KARAOKE ($5, 🐼)

• puzzles: DC Puzzlers Puzzle Swap (free, 🐼)

• dance: K-WAVE: A KPOP Dance Party ($20, 🐼)

• pop-up market: Sounds of the City: Black Owned Pop-Up Shop (free, 🐼)

• poetry: Poetry Slam in the Garden (free, 🦕)

• art talk: Maurice James Jr. (free, 🐼)

• tennis: Mubadala Citi DC Open ($, 🦕)

• sale: Dog Days of Summer (free, 🦕)

• cake: Heart Cake Decorating ($110, 🐼)

August 6

• canto/film: Rouge (free, 🐼)

• art/closing: WallMountables 2023: Closing Reception (free, 🐼)

• craft: Paper Flower Summer Daze (free, 🐼/🦕)

• south asian/comedy: Kutti Gang ($25, 🐼)

• lgbtq: Vroom Vroom... A DC Dyke Night Tea Party (free, 🐼)

• plants: Plant & Cutting Swap (free, 🐼)

August 7

• night market: Night Market (free, 🦕)

• textiles: Flower Pounding on Textiles ($40, 🐼)

August 8

• lord of the rings: Tolkien's Untold Tales ($15, 🐼)

• poetry: Kramers Poetry Reading: Summer Edition (free, 🐼)

• queer: Conversation with Red, White and Royal Blue author (free, 🐼)

August 9

• japan/film: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (free, 🐼)

• book talk: None But The Righteous with Chantal James (free, 🐼)

• craft: D-I-Y Eucalyptus Shower Bunch ($60, 🐼)

• book talk: James McBride ($12, 🐼)

• book talk: Still Born (free, 🐼)

• craft/ sip and paint: Chill Still Lives ($47, 🐼

August 10

• humanitarian: From the Challenger Disaster to the Oxfam Scandal: Mitigating Exploitation (free, 🐼)

• legal: THE IMPACT SERIES (free, 🐼)

• football/sports: The Rise of the Black Quarterback (free, 🐼)

• museum: SUMMER BLOCK PARTY LATE NIGHT ($20, 🐼

August 11

• comedy: Planet Word JokeFest! ($15, 🐼)

• dance party: So Fetch: All the Best Music from the '00s ($20, 🐼)

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (free, 🦕)

• film/performance: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ($15, 🐼)

• conservator: In-Person Converse with a Conservator: James Hampton’s Throne (free, 🐼)

August 12

gardening: Plants That Attract Beneficial Bees and Animals (free, 🦕)

• beer: LAMBICS FROM THE VINE! (free, 🐼)

• film/performance: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ($15, 🐼)

• africa/dance: The Joy of African Movement (free, 🦕)

• book sale: Friends of Southeast Library Book Sale (free, 🐼)

• books: 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival (free, 🐼)

• volunteer: Community Tree Care: Turkey Thicket Recreation Center (free, 🦕)

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

• craft/art: Creating the Moment Workshop Series (sold out, free, 🐼)

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

• music/jazz: Jazz in the Parks (free, 🦕)

• film/art: International Shorts: Best of the Thomas Edison Film Festival 2023 (free, 🐼)

August 13

• hong kong/film: Boat People (free, 🐼)

• film: Portraiture and Short Visual Diaries (free, 🐼)

• drag/brunch: Brewed Up Drag Brunch ($25, 🐼)

• craft: Cyanotypes and Solar Printing Techniques (donation, 🐼)

• birds: Birds of War: The US Pigeon Service in World War I (free, 🦕)

• clean-up: District Clean-ups (free, 🦕)

• yarn/swap:Yarn & Fiber Swap (free, 🐼)

August 14

• lecture: How Therapy Changes Brains (Mon, $15, 🐼, Penn Quarter)

August 15

• plants: Make Your Own Moss Art (Tues, $69, 🐼)

• trivia: Trivia Under the Stars (Tues, $15, 🦕, NOMA)

• history: Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power (free, 🐼)

August 16

• crafts: GET CRAFTY! (Wed, free, 🦕, Dupont Circle)

• sex: sexual wellness and exploring intimacy (Wed, $30, 🐼, Downtown).

• music: Rock The Dock (Wed, free, 🦕, The Wharf)

• astrology/judaism: Group Chat (Wed, $18, 🐼, Chinatown)

August 17

• jazz: In-Person Take 5: Jazz at SAAM (Thurs, free, 🐼, Chinatown)

• craft: Upcycle Crochet and Chill (Thurs, $12, 🐼, Capitol Hill)

• museum: Third Thursday (Thurs, free, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

• music: U.S. Marine Band Concert (Thurs, free, 🦕, Navy Yard)

• open mic: Understatedc (Thurs, free, 🐼, H St.)

• essays: “Where the Pieces Come Together” (Thurs, free, 🐼, Petworth)

• social justice: Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration (Thurs, free, 🐼, Van Ness)

August 18

• dance party: The Ultimate 2000's and Beyond Dance Party (Fri, free, 🐼, NOMA)

• cards: Big Euchre (Fri, free, 🐼/🦕, Park View)

• wine: Lado a Lado (Fri, $5, 🦕, various locations)

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (Fri, free, 🦕, Navy Yard)

• drag: THAT'S ENTER{TAINT}MENT W/ THEA TRICKALITY! (Fri, bring cash, 🐼, NOMA)

• dance party: Disney DJ Night (Fri, $20, 🐼, Shaw)

• concert: Lionel Richie And Earth, Wind & Fire - Sing A Song All Night Long (Fri, $26+, 🐼, Chinatown)

August 19

• art: Weekend Workshop: Kinship (Sat, free, 🐼, Chinatown)

• dance party: 2000s INDIE DANCE PARTY (Sat, $10, 🐼, Logan Circle)

• history: Dolley Day (Sat, free, 🐼/🦕, Georgetown)

• pests: Pest Prevention with P.F. Harris - Rats, Ant, and Cockroach control (Sat, free, 🐼, Bladensburg Rd.)

August 20

• closing: Ice Cream & Pops (Sun, free, 🐼, Navy Yard)

• bingo: music bingo (Sun, free, 🦕, Navy Yard). 

• soccer: D.C. United Game Watch Party (Sat, free, 🦕, The Wharf)

August 22

• plants: Desert Terrariums (Tues, $50, 🐼, Shaw)

• public transit: Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City (Tues, free, 🐼, Van Ness)

• art: Art Talk (Tues, free, 🐼, Brookland)

• drag/bingo: Drag Bingo (Tues, free but bring cash, 🐼, NOMA)

August 23

• pets/plants: Pet Friendly Plants and Plant Care Basics (Wed, $28, 🐼, Capitol Hill)

• music: Rock The Dock (Wed, free, 🦕, The Wharf)

• argentina: "The Signal" (Wed, free, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

August 24

• festival: 9th Annual Women's Equality Day (Thurs, free, 🦕, Congress Heights)

• craft: Vintage Pressed Flower Frames (Thurs, $38, 🐼, Capitol Hill)

• outdoor movie: School of Rock (Sun, free, 🦕,The Wharf)

August 25

• history: 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington Film Screening (Fri, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• hawaii: Fundraiser for Hawaii (Fri, donation, 🦕, Edgewood)

• disco: Silent Disco (Fri, free, 🦕, Eastern Market)

• outdoor movie: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Mon, free, 🦕,The Kennedy Center)

• weekend club: Weekend Club Finale (Fri, $1, 🐼, Navy Yard)

• fishing: Friday Night Fishing (Fri, free, 🦕, Navy Yard)

• dance party: GIRLS & BOYS: A 90s ALT DANCE PARTY! (Fri, $15, 🐼, Logan Circle)

August 26

• walking tour: Walking Tour of the Washington Navy Yard (Sat, free, 🦕, Navy Yard)

• dance party: Sounds of Africa (Sat, free, 🦕, National Mall)

• flowers: Garden-Inspired Bouquets (Sat, $100, 🐼, Union Market)

• indian/muslim: Indian Muslims and their Contemporary Challenges (Sat, $20, 🐼, Mt Vernon Square)

• craft/activism: Josephine Butler: Service as Activism (Sat, free, 🐼, Anacostia)

• drag/pool: Drag Me to the Penthouse! (Sat, $20+, 🦕, Navy Yard)

• tour: Architecture and Identity on the Mall (Sat, free, 🦕, National Mall)

• vintage: That's So Vintage Market (Sat, free, 🐼, Union Market)

• dance: EIGHTIES MAYHEM
  End of Summer 80's Dance Party (Sat, $20, 🐼, Logan Circle)

• birds: Connecting Land, River, and Sky Birding Boat Tour (Sat, free, 🦕, from Navy Yard)

August 27

• foraging: Paw Paw Hunting! (Sun, $10, 🦕, to be determined)

• film: High Noon (Sun, free, 🐼, Cleveland Park)

• swap: August Clothing Swap (Sun, free, 🦕, Malcom X Park)

• music: American Roots Concert Series: The Wildmans (Sun, free, 🦕, Capitol Hill)

• watch party: RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE Watch Party (Sun, free, 🦕, Takoma)

August 28

• podcast: CITY CAST DC 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY LIVE TAPING (Mon, free, 🐼, Park View)

• lecture/1990s: Making Sense of the 1990s (Mon, $15, 🐼, Penn Quarter)

• restaurant week: Restaurant Week ($25+, 🐼, various locations)

August 29

• restaurant week: Restaurant Week ($25+, 🐼, various locations)

August 30

• restaurant week: Restaurant Week ($25+, 🐼, various locations)

August 31

• restaurant week: Restaurant Week ($25+, 🐼)

• music: U.S. Navy Band – Contemporary (Thurs, free, 🦕, Navy Yard)

• internet: How to Make Money in An Economy That Hates You (Thurs, free, 🐼, Van Ness)

September 1

• dance: Gimme Gimme Disco: A Dance Party Inspired by ABBA (Fri, $35, 🐼, Shaw)

• restaurant week: Restaurant Week ($25+, 🐼, various locations)

• art: Artwalk Dupont (Fri, free, 🦕, Dupont Circle)

September 2

• art: Drop-In Artmaking (Sat, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• restaurant week: Restaurant Week ($25+, 🐼, various locations)

• flowers: Flower Arranging Class (Sat, $45, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

• tour: Walking Tour of the Washington Navy Yard (Sat, free, 🦕, Navy Yard)

September 3

• foraging: Paw Paw Hunting! (Sun, $10, 🦕, to be determined)

• restaurant week: Restaurant Week ($25+, 🐼, various locations)

• plants: Plant Cutting & Swap (Sun, free, 🐼, Ivy City)

September 5

• book talk: Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap (Tues, free, 🐼, Union Market)

• oral: DC Oral History Collaborative: Oral History 101+ (Tues, free, 🐼, Penn Quarter

September 6

• space: John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History (Wed, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• craft/books: Painting and Paperbacks (Wed, $50, 🐼, Union Market)

• jazz: Jazz in the Gardens (Wed, $25, 🦕, The Parks)

• jazz: A Tribute to Burt Bacharach & Dionne Warwick (Wed, $25, 🐼/🦕, Van Ness)

September 7

• germany: TV Series and the Public Memory of Colonia Dignidad (Thurs, free, 🐼, Logan Circle)

• cookbook/shabbat: Adeena Sussman (Thurs, $12+, 🐼, Chinatown)

• outdoor movie: Jurassic World Domination (Thurs, free, 🦕, Audi Field)

• dancing: Salsa on the Farm (Thurs, $0+, 🦕, Le Droit Park)

• television: The Office Trivia (Thurs, free, 🐼, Ivy City)

• museum/party: Back to School (Thurs, $20, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

• oral: DC Oral History Collaborative: Oral History 101+ (Thurs, free, 🐼, Penn Quarter)

September 8

• dc/musical: GREASE WITH A SIDE OF MUMBO SAUCE (Fri, $60+, 🐼, U St.)

• dance party: All MY FRIENDS -AN INDIE DANCE PARTY (Fri, $7, 🐼, NOMA)

• art: Creative Seedlings (Fri, free, 🐼, Anacostia)

• art: CONTOURS OF COLOR (Fri, free, 🐼, Georgetown)

September 9

azz: Jazz in the Parks (Sat, free, 🦕)

• dance party: Emo Night Brooklyn (Sat, $28, 🐼, Shaw)

• comedy: Funny Arabs Show (Sat, free, 🐼, Kennedy Center)

• seeds/gardening: Share a Seed Cover Crop Workshop (Sat, $5+, 🦕, Petworth)

• art:"Outside Forces" (Sat, free, 🐼, Rhode Island Ave.)

• flowers: DESIGNING WITH DAHLIAS (Sat, $125, 🐼, Eckington)

• craft: Macramé Leaves & Feathers (Sat, free, 🐼, Rhode Island Ave.)

• guatemala: Sounds of Guatemalan Marimba (Sat, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• plants: Mounted Orchids and Mimosas (Sat, $69, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

• murals: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (Sat, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• kick-off party/murals: NoMa in Color Kick Off Party (Sat, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• monument: The Emancipation Memorial: Contested Memory, Historical Responsibility, and Their Convergence with Art (Sat, $10, 🦕, Capitol Hill)

• quilts: Quilting DC (Sat, free, 🐼, Foggy Bottom)

• dc/musical: GREASE WITH A SIDE OF MUMBO SAUCE (Sat, $60+, 🐼, U St.)

• tour: Walking Tour of the Washington Navy Yard (Sat, free, 🦕, Navy Yard)

September 10

• state fair: DC State Fair 2023 (Sun, free, 🦕, Downtown)

• swap: Yarn & Fiber Swap (Sun, free, 🐼, Ivy City)

• festival: Adams Morgan Day (Sun, free, 🦕, Adams Morgan)

• art exhibit: The Pleasure of Wasted Time & Nourish (Sun, free, 🐼, Fairlawn)

• film: Blue Island (Sun, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• jewish: Capital Jewish Museum's Block Party (Sun, free, 🐼, Judiciary Square)

• drag/goth: Goth Brunch (Sun, bring cash, 🐼, NOMA)

• dc/musical: GREASE WITH A SIDE OF MUMBO SAUCE (Sun, $60+, 🐼, U St.)

• murals: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (Sun, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• swap: Book and Puzzle Swap (Sun, free, 🐼, Ivy City)

September 11

• murals: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (Mon, free, 🦕, NOMA)

September 12

• artist: Shaping the Invisible (Tues, $22, 🐼, Van Ness)

• presidency: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism (Tues, free, 🐼, Van Ness)

• poetry: Poets Reading Poetry Podcast (Tues, free, 🐼, H St)

• pleasure: The Orgasm Gap (Tues, $15, 🐼, Penn Quarter)

• slavery: Inclusivity and Interpreting Enslaved Individuals at Tudor Place (Tues, free, 🐼, Georgetown)

• murals: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (Tues, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• art: Art Talk (Tues, free, 🐼, Brookland)

September 13

• plants: Kokedama Moss Balls (Wed, $48, 🐼, Shaw)

• murals: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (Wed, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• outdoor movie: In The Heights (Wed, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• latinas/news: ¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking News Opening Panel (Wed, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• planes: The Desegregation of Commercial Air Transportation (Wed, free, 🐼, National Mall)

September 14

• pasta: PASTA EVERY DAY (Thurs, $8+, 🐼, Mount Pleasant)

• art/party: Block Party (Thurs, free, 🐼/🦕, National Mall)

• murals: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (Thurs, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• outdoor movie: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Thurs, free, 🦕, Audi Field)

• austria/art: Victor Gruen Exhibit Opening (Thurs, free, 🐼, Van Ness)

• library: Literary Costume Ball (Thurs, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• book talk: Cody Rigsby (Thurs, $12, virtual)

September 15

journalism/latino: ¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking News (opens Fri, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• oktoberfest: Wunder Garten's 9th Annual Oktoberfest Festival (starts Fri, 🦕, Union Market)

• oktoberfest: Midlands Oktoberfest (starts Fri, 🦕, Park View)

• party/museum: Harvest Party (Fri, $75, 🐼/🦕, National Mall)

• art: Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas (Fri, opens, free, 🐼, Chinatown)

• murals: NoMa in Color Mural Festival (Fri, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• film/asia: Writing with Fire (Fri, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• museum/party: A Night at the Museum: Celebrating 56 Years of Community Stories (Fri, free, 🐼, Anacostia)

• oktoberfest: Polka Dancing (Fri, free, 🦕, The Wharf)

• dance party: 22 & good 4 u (Fri, $20, 🐼, The Wharf)

September 16

SATURDAY, 9/16

• history: Homecoming at President Lincoln's Cottage 2023 (Sat, free, 🐼/🦕, Lincoln’s Cottage)

• dance: National Dance Day (Sat, free, 🐼, Kennedy Center)

• film: 100 Ways to Cross the Border (Sat, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• boat: Anacostia River Explorers Public Tour (Sat, free, 🐼, from Navy Yard)

• sweden/exhibit opening: I Am Not Blonde (Sat, free, 🐼, Georgetown)

• meditation: Meditation at the Museum (Sat, free, 🐼, Foggy Bottom)

• book sale: Friends of Southeast Library Book Sale (Sat, free, 🐼, Southeast)

• dance party: Harry Styles Night (Sat, $17, 🐼, The Wharf)

• brunch: September Brunch on the Farm (Sat, $80, 🦕, LeDroit Park)

• oktoberfest: Weiner 500 Dachshund Dash (Sat, free, 🦕, The Wharf)

• festival: H St. Festival (Sat, free, 🦕, H St.)

• forest bathing: Guided Forest Bathing Walks ($30, 🦕)

September 17

• vegan: Viola Vegan (Sun, free, 🐼, Mount Pleasant)

• craft: Clayfest (Sun, free, 🦕, Brookland)

• film: Aurora's Sunrise (Sun, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• yoga: Yoga + Sound Bath at the SPY Museum (Sun, $30, 🐼, L’Enfant Plaza)

• oktoberfest: Stein Hoisting Competition (Sun, free, 🦕, The Wharf)

September 18

• vegetarian: NO MEAT REQUIRED (Mon, $10+, 🐼, Mount Pleasant)

• politics: How Politics Got So Nasty (Mon, $15, 🐼, Penn Quarter)

• plants: Terrarium Building Workshop ($56, 🐼)

September 19

• arboretum: 27TH ANNUAL DINNER UNDER THE STARS (Tues, $350, 🦕, Arboretum)

• music: Macklemore: The BEN Tour (Tues, $40+, 🐼, The Wharf)

September 20

• jazz: A Toast to the End of Summer (Wed, $25, 🦕, Van Ness)

• bourbon: Bourbon Month Master Class (Wed, $40, 🦕, Edgewood)

• outdoor movie: Pitch Perfect (Wed, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• design: Design Matters (Wed, $35, 🐼, The Wharf)

• workshop/hispanic: Writing Workshop Inspired by Hispanic Heritage Month (Wed, free, 🐼, The National Mall)

• beer/craft: Get Crafty! (Wed, free, 🦕, Dupont Circle)

• book talk: Leslie Jones (Wed, $40, 🐼, Chinatown)

September 21

• plants: Make Your Own Terrarium Class (Thurs, $60, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

• music: Ben Schwartz & Friends (Thurs, $50, 🐼, The Wharf)

• lgbtq/archive: Archive Activism (Thurs, free, 🐼, Mount Vernon Triangle)

• art: A Farewell to Charms (Thurs, free, 🐼, Columbia Heights)

• art/film: FILM FROM THE PHILLIPS ARCHIVES (Thurs, free, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

• art/opening: KARA WALKER EXHIBITIONS OPENING RECEPTION (Thurs, free, 🐼, Georgetown)

• judaism/austria: Chase Away the Fears (Thurs, free, 🐼, Van Ness)

• spain/dance: Paula Saiz (Thurs, free, 🐼, Columbia Heights)

• museums/art: Third Thursday (Thurs, free, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

• ward 5/outdoor movie: Lion King (Thurs, free, 🦕, Union Market)

September 22

goth: SPOOKIEST GHOUL PAGEANT: ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS (Fri, bring cash, 🐼, Union Market)

September 23

• brunch: DAR Museum Paint Brunch (Sat, $40, 🐼, National Mall)

• art: BAY SICK: AN EXCURSION OF PERVERSION (opens Sat, free, 🐼, Logan Circle)

• salsa: Homemade Salsa and Hot Sauce Class (Sat, $20, 🦕, Bladensburg Rd.)

• pop-up market/thrift: PRE-LOVED BAZAAR (Sat, sliding scale, 🐼, Logan Circle)

• palestine: "We are Palestinian" (Sat, 🐼, free, Dupont Circle)

• pandas: Panda Palooza: A Giant Farewell (starts Sat, 🐼/🦕, Woodley Park)

• art/lecture: Armenian household pottery and ornaments (Sat, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• anime: Howl’s Moving Castle (starts screening in Theaters, $, 🐼, various locations)

• poetry: Community Celebration (Sat, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• festival/hispanic: Fotos y Recuerdos Festival (Sat, free, 🐼, Chinatown)

September 24

• lgbtq: Family Picnic in Partnership with Rainbow Families (Sun, $5, 🦕, Van Ness)

• film: Descended (Sun, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• climate/sari: Sari Climate Workshop (Sun, free, 🐼, Anacostia)

• black history/dc: Herring Hill and Georgetown’s African American Community (Sun, $, 🦕, Georgetown)

• film: 1898 Film Series (Sun, free, 🐼, National Mall)

September 25

trivia: Literary Trivia (Mon, free, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

• film: Why the West Could Not Hear Beale Street (Mon, free, 🐼, Georgetown)

• abortion: Abortion's New Legal Landscape (Mon, $14, 🐼, Penn Quarter)

September 26

• lecture: 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities (Tues, free, 🐼, National Mall)

• atomic bomb: The Real Oppenheimer (Tues, $14, 🐼, Penn Quarter)

• austria: Johannes Fleischmann & Christoph Ulrich Meier (Tues, free, 🐼, Van Ness)

• plants: Feeding Your Plants 101 (Tues, $30, 🐼, Dupont Circle)

• sports: A Celebration of Sports: An Evening with Bob Costas and Michael Wilbon (Tues, free, 🐼, National Mall)

September 27

• outdoor movie: School of Rock (Wed, free, 🦕, NOMA)

• candles: Candle Making (Wed, $35, 🐼, Georgetown)

• cookie/barbies: BARBIEMANIA: Cookie Decorating + Mocktails (Wed, $80, 🐼, The Wharf)

  September 28

  • books: Banned Books: Reading Between the Lines (Thurs, $15, 🐼, Chinatown)

  • festival: The Atlantic Festival (Thurs, $200 in-person/free virtual, The Wharf)

  • greece/film: Agora: Six Stories of Resilience in Athens (Thurs, free, 🐼, Logan Circle)

  • spain/art: The Meadows Museum (Thurs, free, 🐼, Columbia Heights)

  • navy/film: In Harm’s Way (Thurs, free, 🦕, Archives)