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Learn how to create an elegant hand-tied bouquet of fall blooms from the floral and event décor designer at Hillwood. Register and learn more at https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/events/hand-tied-bouquets
Join Rock Creek Conservancy for a special celebration and stewardship activity in Broad Branch, the site of our 2017 restoration effort to introduce more native plant species to the area. This past summer, Rock Creek Conservancy and ANC 3F supported a Restoration Maintenance Intern who worked in Broad Branch to water trees and remove invasive […]
Step back in time for the Heritage Day festival at historic Peirce Mill in Rock Creek Park. A blacksmith, carpenter, bluegrass music, cider press, and corn sheller will round out the demonstrations for Heritage Day. And we’ll have hands-on children’s crafts. A food truck will provide lunch options for hungry millers. The waterwheel will be […]
The Murch Elementary Fall Fair is part carnival, part fundraiser. Proceeds go to the Murch Home and School Association. Saturday, October 13 from 12–4 Rain Date: Saturday, October 20 More […]
Celebrate our canine friends at Van Ness Main Street's 2nd annual Barks & Brews fest. Enjoy unlimited unlimited craft beer, giveaways for your dog, live music and local food trucks. […]
The Ward 3 - Wilson Education Network presents a Candidate Forum for the Ward 3 Representative for the State Board of Education. Candidates Dora Currea and Ruth Wattenberg have both agreed to attend. Please send an RSVP to [email protected] if you think you will attend. Learn more at https://www.w3ednet.com/
World percussionist, composer and educator Tom Teasley presents a program describing, combining and demonstrating a variety of rhythmic concepts from different cultures on his unique “hybrid kit,” which is a […]
DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC by editors Maurice Jackson and Blair A. Ruble presents a collection of original and fascinating stories about the DC Jazz scene […]
Free yourselves of obsolete electronics and more at Hearst Elementary’s annual e-cycle. Details at hearstes.org. – Drop off your unused or broken electronics or metal objects for recycling – Document […]
Levine School of Music presents a performance with violinist Brendan Shea, as part of the Loeffler Family Alumni Series. Learn more at http://www.levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/1706
Brazilian guitar virtuoso Fabio Zanon, one of the world's most prominent scholars on the music of Brazil, will present a lecture and demonstration on the guitar music of Heitor Villa-Lobos. […]
Explore Hillwood's twenty-five acres of landscaped gardens and lush natural woodlands with your four-legged friend and enjoy activities on the Lunar Lawn. $13 Adult (with 1-2 dogs) / $8 Member (with 1-2 dogs) / $5 child (ages 6-18) / Free for children under 6 Learn more and purchase tickets at https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/events/spooky-pooch-howl-o-ween-celebration
“Justice!” is the theme of the 2nd Annual UDC Firebird Film Festival beginning October 29 through November 4, 2018 at the University of the District of Columbia. This year’s line-up includes a remarkable collection of both fiction and documentary films, which tackle some of the most compelling human and civil rights concerns of our times. […]
The annual D.C. History Conference is a collaboration between the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., George Washington University, DC Public Library, and DC Office of Public Records. Since 1973, the mission of the conference has been to provide a friendly and rigorous forum for discussing and promoting original research about the history of the Washington, […]
As part of its Brown Bag Lecture Series, UDC's College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) will host a discussion with one of the nation's earliest proponents of vertical farming, Dr. Dickson Despommier, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. This casual lunch discussion will highlight the benefits of growing food […]