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Van Ness Main Street's Art All Night 2022 will be an evening filled with local music, dance, film, art and community all along Connecticut Ave in Van Ness, Forest Hills and Wakefield. Learn more about being a performer, exhibitor or volunteer at vannessmainstreet.org/art-all-night-2022
Tune in from home to feast your eyes on Hillwood’s elaborate Christmas trees and immerse yourself in the layered details with the designers behind the décor. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/events/virtual-holiday-decor-tour-0
Explore Hillwood's twenty-five acres of landscaped gardens and lush natural woodlands with your pup, and enjoy the annual costume competition. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/events/spooky-pooch-howl-o-ween-celebration-1
In the tenth annual lecture honoring the legacy of Hillwood's former executive director, Frederick J. Fisher, hear from Sarah Schleuning, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Dallas Museum of Art, and co-curator of the dynamic exhibition Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/events/frederick-j-fisher-lecture-cartier-and-islamic-art-curatorial-perspective
Events DC and Cultural Tourism DC's Around the World Embassy Tour will take place Saturday, May 6 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. Traverse the globe with unique food, art, dance, fashion, music, innovation and retail from nearly 50 embassies located in Van Ness and Dupont Circle. Learn more about this year’s line-up of events […]
On Saturday, May 13th, the European Union and its Embassies open their doors to the public for a day of culture, food, music, and more. Visit the EU Open House website for details, and find the Van Ness embassies on the event's locations map.
Save the date for the third Create by the Creek event from Friends of Peirce Mill. Watch this space for details on activities.
Van Ness Main Street's Art All Night 2023 will be an evening filled with local music, dance, film, art and community all along Connecticut Avenue in Van Ness, Forest Hills and Wakefield. Art All Night is free, metro accessible and everyone's invited! RSVP to the Eventbrite page (AAN2023.eventbrite.com) to be the first to see the […]
Friends of Peirce Mill is hosting a free candle-making and silhouette portraits workshop. Find details here: https://www.friendsofpeircemill.org/event/december-winter-workshop/
February Winter Workshop February 3, 2024 @ 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Chapuchi Bobbo Ahiagble will demonstrate Kente cloth weaving and show families how to wind a bobbin and use […]
Saturday, May 4th is Passport DC's Around the World tour of local embassies (10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). The neighborhood embassies hosting open houses on May 4th include Bangladesh, China and Pakistan. The embassies of Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia will be hosting events at UDC. And, you might want to make the […]
Embassies for European Union members open to the public for tours during the May 11th EU Open House (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.). The closest European Union open houses are at the embassies of Austria, Slovakia, the Netherlands (which is sharing its space with Belgium), Hungary and Czechia. This tour will also have an information […]