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Join the National Capital PRISM and Rock Creek Conservancy on Saturday September 25th, 2021 for its first Weed Wrangle®, a one-day, area-wide, volunteer effort to help rescue our public parks and green spaces from non-native invasive species. Neighborhood Weed Wrangle events will be held at: Broad Branch Stream from 9 a.m. to noon Rock Creek […]
Art All Night celebrates the visual and performing arts, showcasing the diverse talents of our city’s creative community. Public and private spaces throughout the Tenleytown business district transform into pop-up galleries and performance stages for an evening of art in all its forms. Details: https://tenleytownmainstreet.org/event/art-all-night/
A virtual lecture presented by Hillwood. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/livestream-lecture-harlem-renaissance-yesterday-and-today
Join Van Ness Main Street and Master Gardener Kathy Sykes for planting events in Van Ness and Forest Hills. All supplies will be provided. Please bring gardening gloves and your […]
A virtual evening of vocal performance showcasing Spain’s musical tradition of Zarzuela, presented by Levine Music. Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/event/voice-of-change-the-world-of-zarzuela-from-spain-to-latin-america/
A virtual lecture presented by Hillwood. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/livestream-lecture-jazz-age-american-style-1920s
Hattie Sewell was an African American woman who ran the teahouse at Peirce Mill exactly 100 years ago. But a prominent neighbor, E.S. Newman, complained that Peirce Mill had become “a rendezvous for colored people, soon developing into a nuisance.” Her contract was terminated in October 1921. A 30-minute documentary about Sewell will premiere at […]
The Van Ness Commercial Corridor Project team is hosting a public meeting to present the progress of the conceptual plans and collect community feedback and comments. The project will continue […]
Have fun and raise money for Murch Elementary at the Fall Fair! Games and Prizes • The Famous Used Book Sale • Snacks • Potomac Pizza • Ice Cream • Arts & Crafts • Ridiculously Fun Oversized Activities • Mini Putt-Putt • Photo Booth Information: https://murchschool.org/hsa/fall-fair-2021/
Join Rock Creek Conservancy and National Park Service for a socially-distant planting event at Melvin Hazen West. They will be planting native herbaceous and woody species. Native plants provide critical […]
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-0
Forest Hills neighbor and DC-local historian Scott Seligman presents his new book, A SECOND RECKONING, during a virtual book launch hosted by Politics and Prose. Learn more and register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pp-live-scott-seligman-a-second-reckoning-tickets-170352543042
A virtual lecture presented by Hillwood. Learn more at https://hillwoodmuseum.org/livestream-lecture-paris-fashion-1920s
Carnegie Institution's Earth and Planets Laboratory on Broad Branch Road has long hosted a neighborhood lecture series. Those lectures are currently held on Zoom and its YouTube channel. The October […]
Learn from Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory astronomer Dr. Alycia Weinberger about an exciting new instrument in development for the telescopes of Carnegie's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Learn more […]