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Jessica Diamond: Wheel Of Life

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC, United States

For nearly a year, American conceptual artist Jessica Diamond's exhibit will dominate the Hirshhorn’s second-floor inner-circle galleries with 15 text-and-image-based artworks. Diamond, an artist who sprung from New York’s downtown art scene in the 1980s, she's a language artist who critiques contemporary American life, particularly commercialism, corporate culture and media. Literature plays a large role […]

Singular Views: 25 Artists

Rubell Museum 65 I Street SW, Washington, DC

One of two current exhibits at D.C.'s contemporary art gallery, taken entirely from the Rubell's collection, features more than 120 artworks across various forms of media. Artists include Jenny Holzer, Mickalene Thomas, Tesfaye Urgessa, John Waters, Patricia Ayres, Amoako Boafo, and more. The main gallery exhibit features Alexandre Diop's large scale exhibit Jooba Jubba, l’Art […]

Children’s Book Art by Japanese American Illustrators

1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson, MD 21204 1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson

Delight in the imaginative worlds of award-winning children’s book illustrators, Melissa Iwai and Katie Yamasaki, while learning about courage, love and adaptation by an incarcerated Japanese American family; intercultural sharing among immigrant families; and multicultural Zen-inspired stories. Become energized to support the welfare of children, intercultural understanding, healing, and peace. Dates: February 7 – May […]

Free

The Princess and the Pea

Creative Cauldron 410 South Maple Ave., Falls Church, VA, United States

A Learning Theater Production Adapted from the Classic Story by Hans Christian Anderson The King and Queen have decided that it’s high time for their son Prince Dillon to find a wife. They task the Court Jester with finding a suitable bride, but what he unleashes is a never-ending line of young women with serious […]

$18 – $20

Hair

Signature Theatre 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, VA, United States

The avant-garde rock musical erupts with the joy, disobedience, and surreal hues of the 1960s when a group of free-spirited hippies face an uncertain amid the draft and the Vietnam War. Tickets: $40 - $87

Marjorie Prime

Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H St. NE, Washington, DC, United States

Prologue Theatre's latest production deals with the topics of dementia, grief, and suicide as octogenarian Marjorie battles dementia while her daughter and son-in-law hopes a  new technology can make the aging process less difficult...but on who? Directed by Prologue’s Artistic Director Jason Tamborini.

Love Letters to Baltimore + the DMV

16 W. North Ave

APIMEDA (Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and Desi American) artists based in Maryland, DC and Virginia creatively express their ideas of love and home, including the meaning of home, how they respond to the question, “Where are you from?” and more. Through research from AA&CC’s Greater Baltimore Asian Community History Project, this exhibit honors the […]

Metamorphoses

Folger Shakespeare Library 201 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC, United States

Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of gods and mortals undergoing transformation, love and loss brings life to Ovid's classic tale. Nominated for three Tony Awards in 2002, Metamorphoses shows us the beauty and heartbreak in being human, though the mythical tales of Cupid, Aphrodite, Midas, Orpheus, and many others. Tickets: $20-$72

May 2024 in the Galleries with three Exhibits and Open Studios

Artists & Makers Studios 11810 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD, United States

Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Hosts “Creative Convergence: Artists who met at HorseSpirit Arts Gallery” and a Book Signing of “Art From Your Core” by Artist Kate Kretz (Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is thrilled to host a dynamic creative group for the Month of May. The […]

Fairytales on Stage – Compass Rose Theater

Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts 801 Chase St, Annapolis

We will create an ensemble of actors working together to dramatize classic and contemporary fantasy stories on stage! Students will explore their physicality, voice, mind, and imaginations to develop characters, transport themselves to magical worlds, and experiment with various methods to tell a story. This program combines movement, dance, song, visual arts, and drama as […]

$185

Chianti Lomax — Evolving While Black: The Ultimate Guide to Happiness and Transformation on Your Own Terms with Glory Edim

Politics and Prose at Union Market (new location) 1324 4th Street NE, Wasington, DC

In Evolving While Black, Lomax--renowned life coach and "Chief Happiness Curator"--shares a guide to help Black women achieve authentic happiness and liberation on their own terms. By shifting the culturally constrained language and perspective from which mindfulness and self-care practices are normally presented, she breaks down barriers and invites us to bring the power of […]

Free

Monica Hesse – The Brightwood Code – with Dan Kois

Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, DC, United States

About the Book: After serving as a switchboard operator only a few miles from the trenches during the Great War, Edda St. James returns home broken in spirit. Then she receives a mysterious call with a code word that triggers the old wounds. As Edda tries to bring comfort to people traumatized by her mistake, […]

Free

Emily Oster — The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications – with Abby Phillips

Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, DC, United States

In Expecting Better, Emily Oster revolutionized the pregnancy landscape with her data-driven approach. In the years since, she kept hearing questions from readers on how to approach a second pregnancy when the first has not gone as planned. While The Unexpected is a book that Oster hopes no one needs, the reality is that 50 […]

Free

Adult Acting – Compass Rose Theater Classes

Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts 801 Chase St, Annapolis

For adults with some acting background whether with a community group, local community theater, or background acting, and want to improve auditioning, perform, monologues, and move to the next step on the acting ladder. Perhaps go pro? A combination of scripted and non-scripted work will stretch your imagination and challenge your creativity. Classes are taught […]

$345

Tuesday Night Trivia at Atlas Brew Works Navy Yard

Atlas Brew Works Navy Yard 1201 Half Street SE, Washington

It's Tuesday Night Trivia at Atlas Brew Works Navy Yard! We bring our high-flying, knowledge-dropping trivia action to Atlas Brew Works Navy Yard, located at 1201 Half Street SE, Washington DC 20003, EVERY Tuesday night at 7:00pm (except for Nationals home games)! Your host is the always fantastic Brent McDonnell! The winning team receives a $50 Atlas gift card! 2nd […]

Free

Amicus Live: How Originalism Captured The Court

Sixth & I 600 I St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

Slate’s “Amicus” podcast is a show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America. At this live taping, Dahlia Lithwick, Mark Joseph Stern, and special guests will discuss how the court is using originalism—a controversial approach to interpreting the Constitution—to radically reshape the law. Just in […]

$40 – $80

somesurprises / TALsounds / John Karvonen

Rhizome DC 6950 Maple St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

Tuesday May 14 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS somesurprises is a dynamic four-piece live band lead by Seattle-based songwriter and guitarist Natasha El-Sergany. Motorik beats, reverb-drenched vocals, washes of fingerpicked guitars, and hazy synths expand El-Sergany’s delicate and blissful songwriting. Their stage presence is otherworldly, meditative, and spectral, exuding a transcendent calm "highly unusual […]

$15 – $25

Capital Harvest on the Plaza (CHoP)

Woodrow Wilson Plaza at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Capital Harvest Market (CHoP), a weekly downtown market, opens for a 16th season on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Explore a vibrant array of specialty foods, take a culinary tour around the world, and indulge in locally produced, small-batch and handcrafted products along with seasonal offerings from over 25 vendors. Visitors can also indulge in artistic […]

Free

Together We Rise: United at Gallery Underground May 2024

Gallery Underground 2120 Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA, United States

This May, Gallery Underground and Arlington Artists Alliance present "Together We Rise: United", a group show featuring military veteran and family member artists from nonprofit group Uniting US. This will be a celebration of the benefits of individual choice, freedom of speech, and the right to vote with a universal allegiance to our nation. Upholding […]

Free