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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

Event Series Celebrate Mom

Celebrate Mom

O Museum in The Mansion 2020 O Street, NW, Washington

Celebrate mom with a glass of champagne (21+) and chocolates as you explore our unique immersive exhibits and search for secret doors. We have over 100 rooms and 80+ secret doors (yes 80!) to explore. We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky […]

$52.50

Compass Rose Theater: Summer camp Registration Open – Play Production

Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts 801 Chase St, Annapolis

Your kids take the stage with Compass Rose Theater, Maryland’s best theater summer camp this summer. Ages 5-14. Weeks include: Welcome to Theater, Improvisation, Fairytales Onstage, Theater Boot Camp, Play Production, and Create a Play. Highly qualified teaching artists lead our camps to provide the opportunity to experience the joy of storytelling through the art […]

$475

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 […]

The Art of Women

Freer Gallery of Art Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW

Sometimes a tour is where it's at. This docent-led tour at the NMAA highlights women’s untold stories in the art world.

The Dundunba Experience For Women*

Joe’s Movement Emporium 3309 Bunker Hill Rd., Mount Rainier, MD, United States

This class will focus on West African Dundunba Drumming for women*, instructed by seasoned drummer Malari Moore - he will teach primarily dundun, sangba and possibly kenkene drums. This series is part of our Women's History Month celebration at Joe's. Class is geared towards adults but youth 16 years of age and older can participate.

$18

Edward F. O’Keefe — The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President – with Susan Page

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

Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his senior thesis for Harvard in 1880 that women ought to be paid equal to men and have the option of keeping their maiden names upon marriage. It's little surprise he'd be a feminist, given the women he grew up with. His mother, Mittie, was witty and decisive, a Southern belle […]

Free

Your Body’s Story: Theatre for Survivors

The Theatre Lab 900 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

Mondays, Apr 1 - May 28, 7-9:30PM A workshop for people who have survived physical, emotional, or medical trauma, taught by a professor of theatre at George Washington University trained in drama therapy. Trauma can change how a body looks, feels, and moves. This class is a place for participants to explore their relationship with […]

Free – $300

Resumer/Uniter // Battalion of Cloudships // Tangent Universes // rrrunningdoggg

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

Monday May 13 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS Battalion of Cloudships (Madison, WI) https://battalionofcloudships.bandcamp.com Battalion of Cloudships (Madison, WI) uses samples and stomp boxes to create a deep listening experience, layers of drones revealing what’s hidden beneath. Alternately, they also have one hell of a stand-up tight five. Resumer/Uniter (Chicago, IL) https://resumeruniter.bandcamp.com Resumer/Uniter is […]

$10 – $20

DC Moth StorySLAM: Snooping

Miracle Theatre 535 8th St. SE, Washington, DC, United States

Storytellers start your engines: This month, locals will share five-minute stories on all things eavesdropping, meddling, snooping, and sneaking around. From internet stalking to looking at your partner's texts (gross), share your nosy deeds.

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