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Baseball: America’s Home Run

Smithsonian National Postal Museum 2 Massachusetts Ave. N.E., Washington, DC, United States

America’s national pastime is the star of this exhibit, which showcases how baseball has been depicted in stamps and other memorabilia throughout history.

Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures

National Museum of African American History and Culture 1400 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC

A fantastical exhibition that takes up 4,000 square feet to  "immerses visitors in a conversation that reimagines, reinterprets, and reclaims the past and present for a more empowering future for African Americans." With more than 100 objects spanning music, television, comics and more, visitors can see Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther costume, Octavia Butler’s typewriter, and […]

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 […]

Sylvia Snowden

Rubell Museum 65 I Street SW, Washington, DC

The Rubell's latest exhibit: From the expressionist painter herself: SHELL SNOWDEN BUTLER SHELL IS MY DAUGHTER AND THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE SERIES "SHELL; GLIMPSES". THIS SERIES SHOWS AN EXPERIENCE WHICH IS DEEPER THAN APPEARANCE. THE SURFACE IS RICH WITH TACTILE AND VISUAL TEXTURE. THE BRUSHWORK IS SENSUAL AND VIGOROUS WHICH AIDS IN THE PORTRAYAL […]

The Winter’s Tale

Folger Theatre 201 East Capitol St SE, Washington DC

Folger Theatre's contribution to the city's Shakespeare Everywhere Festival (running Oct. 7-Dec. 31) is this “problem play” from the Bard's collection. Considered a  rule breaker, The Winter’s Tale moves "quickly from tragedy to romance to reconciliation and, eventually, redemption," according to Folger's Karen Ann Daniels, director of programming and artistic director. Expect magic and fairy […]

Public Obscenities

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 641 D St. NW, United States

Follow boyfriends Choton and Raheem as they visit Choton's family Kolkata during a research trip that includes interviewing queer locals. A bilingual play from visionary writer-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury about the things we see, the things we miss, and the things that turn us on.

The Promised End

CulturalDC's Source Theatre 1835 14th St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

InSeries' contribution to the city's Shakespeare Everywhere Festival (running Oct. 7-Dec. 31), Timothy Nelson directs this operatic collaging of William Shakespeare’s King Lear set to the towering score of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem in a one-woman performance. Catch it at Source: Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m.; Nov. 29, Dec. 1 and 2 […]

$35 – $55

Will Butler& Sister Squares

DC9 Nightclub 1940 9th St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

The band Sister Squares has toured with former Arcade Fire member Will Butler since 2015, though the two entities became full-on collaborators this year. The singles they have released have characteristics of synthy rock. Tickets: $18-$20

Level Up

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW, Washington, DC

The Seance Tour is for the dancers. DJs and dubstep producers Level Up, Automhate, and Beastboi make the beats. Tickets: $25

Little Women Brunch

Alamo Drafthouse Bryant Street 630 Rhode Island Ave. NE, Washington, DC, United States

Barbie reminded us all that it's Greta Gerwig's world and we are just lucky enough to live in it. But we've known that since at least 2019 when she released her rendition of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, starring Saoirse Ronan as Jo, Emma Watson as Meg, Florence Pugh as Amy, and Eliza Scanlen as […]

SUSTO

The Atlantis 2047 9th St NW, Washington, D.C.

SUSTO is an indie rock band from Charleston, South Carolina. They released their most recent album, My Entire Life, this year. Tickets: $22

Gus Dapperton

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW, Washington, DC

Gus Dapperton is an alternative pop singer. He released his most recent album, Henge, earlier this year. The event will also feature emo alternative rockers Junior Varsity. Tickets: $25