Year | Key | Imgs | Short Description | |
 | 1865 |
| 64 | | |
| 2 |  |  |
 | 1941 |
| 1 | | |
| 1 |  |  |
 | 1950 |
| 1 | | |
| 2 |  |  |
 | 1952 |
| 8 | | |
| 5 |  |  |
 | 1954 |
| 2 | | |
| 53 |  |  |
 | 1956 |
| 102 | | |
| 181 |  |  |
 | 1958 |
| 186 | | |
| 131 |  |  |
 | 1960 |
| 255 | | |
| 203 |  |  |
 | 1962 |
| 196 | | |
| 216 |  |  |
 | 1964 |
| 140 | | |
| 188 |  |  |
 | 1966 |
| 94 | | |
| 74 |  |  |
 | 1968 |
| 281 | | |
| 116 |  |  |
 | 1970 |
| 192 | | |
| 197 |  |  |
 | 1972 |
| 191 | | |
| 128 |  |  |
 | 1974 |
| 88 | | |
| 381 |  |  |
 | 1976 |
| 129 | | |
| 14 |  |  |
 | 1978 |
| 32 | | |
| 149 |  |  |
 | 1980 |
| 203 | | |
| 417 |  |  |
 | 1982 |
| 301 | | |
| 87 |  |  |
 | 1984 |
| 139 | | |
| 270 |  |  |
 | 1986 |
| 28 | | |
| 126 |  |  |
 | 1988 |
| 35 | | |
| 469 |  |  |
 | 1990 |
| 143 | | |
| 115 |  |  |
 | 1992 |
| 131 | | |
| 388 |  |  |
 | 1994 |
| 276 | | |
| 67 |  |  |
 | 1996 |
| 575 | | |
| 7,189 |  |  |
 | 1998 |
| 13,461 | | |
| 9,904 |  |  |
 | 2000 |
| 10,410 | | |
| 8,143 |  |  |
 | 2002 |
| 8,856 | | |
| 8,607 |  |  |
 | 2004 |
| 10,909 | | |
| 15,156 |  |  |
 | 2006 |
| 24,259 | | |
| 37,608 |  |  |
 | 2008 |
| 44,949 | | |
| 53,188 |  |  |
 | 2010 |
| 53,549 | | |
| 59,656 |  |  |
 | 2012 |
| 58,777 | | |
| 67,399 |  |  |
 | 2014 |
| 66,956 | | |
| 83,700 |  |  |
 | 2016 |
| 92,537 | | |
| 86,058 |  |  |
 | 2018 |
| 83,844 | | |
| 92,756 |  |  |
 | 2020 |
| 47,239 | | |
| 46,928 |  |  |
 | 2022 |
| 73,389 | | |
| 70,015 |  |  |
| 2023_06_01A1_NY_Pres | 7 | DC -- Downtown -- New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (1313 New York Ave, NW) |  |
 | 2023_06_01A2_Signs | 1 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
| 2023_06_01A3_Penn_Qtr | 2 | DC -- Penn Quarter neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_06_01B_Pinball | 65 | Cato Institute -- "Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game" (w/Austin and Meredith Bragg) Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
Please join us at the Cato Institute’s newly renovated, state-of-the-art F. A. Hayek Auditorium for a reception and screening of the award-winning feature film Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game followed by a Q&A session with the film’s directors, Austin and... |  |
| 2023_06_02A1_Dupont_Circle | 6 | DC -- Dupont Circle neighborhood (but not the fountain) |  |
 | 2023_06_02A2_Dupont_Underground | 31 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Dupont Underground |  |
| 2023_06_02A3_DupontC_Hotel | 7 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Dupont Circle Hotel (1500 New Hampshire NW) Artwalk Dupont Description:
Drawing inspiration from Dupont Circle, painter Maggie O’Neill shows her “Dreaming in Color” on the café of the Doyle’s Dupont Circle Hotel. The show is an immersive oasis of creativity and lush floral design by Brightly Ever After. Linger on the terrace at the Doyle and be... |  |
 | 2023_06_02A4_ADAWDC | 27 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Washington Center of ADA University (1627 21st Street NW) |  |
| 2023_06_02A5_ADAWDC_Sinel | 27 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Washington Center of ADA University -- Exhibit: Ellen Sinel Washington Center of ADA University, ADA Art Gallery is an extension of ADA University’s Art Program. This Friday, the Art Gallery will feature works by Ellen Sinel. Her paintings are influenced by the places she's been and events in her life – growing naturally through progressive change, passing... |  |
 | 2023_06_02A6_Slow_Down | 20 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Slow Down Market (1710 Connecticut Ave NW) -- Martina Sestakova The Slow Down Market is hosting an exhibit with artist Martina Sestakova and invites you to discover her abstract paintings inspired by words and their role in our lives. Born in the Czech Republic and residing in Kensington, MD, Martina is fascinated by how the meaning of words may be captured in... |  |
| 2023_06_02B1_StudioG | 6 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery (2108 R St NW) |  |
 | 2023_06_02B2_StudioG_Freda | 24 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery -- Exhibit: Freda Lee-McCann: After Tradition After Tradition
Freda Lee-McCann
Curated by Adah Rose Bitterbaum
May 24 - June 17, 2023
I have always painted Chinese landscapes. Sometimes I have introduced new elements into the classical paintings - stronger colors, adding collages of my own calligraphy and my paintings, or less traditional... |  |
| 2023_06_02B3_StudioG_Bearss | 14 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery -- Exhibit: Cheryl Ann Bearss: Society of Solitude Society of Solitude
Cheryl Ann Bearss
Curated by Mira Hecht
May 24 - June 17, 2023
My search for solitude - seeking time alone with thoughts and away from everyday demands - is found walking in nature among trees or on a secluded beach at sunrise.
The society I seek is the company of trees, birds,... |  |
 | 2023_06_02B4_StudioG_Coburn | 18 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery -- Exhibit: Deborah Addison Coburn: Mishpocha (Family) Mishpocha (Family)
Deborah Addison Coburn
Curated by Adah Rose Bitterbaum
May 24 - June 17, 2023
I've been fortunate to recently inherit my parents’ albums of old family photos. While I can't identify many of the folks pictured, their faces are vibrant and full of personality. Some had been in this... |  |
| 2023_06_02B5_StudioG_Paige | 9 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery -- Exhibit: Wayne Paige: Around the Edge Around the Edge
Wayne Paige
Curated by Deborah Addison Coburn and Miriam Keeler
May 24 - June 17, 2023
Since 1997 I have retreated to a life inside an imaginary inkwell- a black and white world of duality sprinkled with social commentary and Dreamscape imagery. In the current exhibition “Around the... |  |
 | 2023_06_02C1_IAA | 3 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- IA&A at Hillyer (9 Hillyer Court NW) |  |
| 2023_06_02C2_IAA_Rindone | 14 | IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: Walter Rindone: Tales from the Deep Dark Web Walter Rindone
Tales from the Deep Dark Web
The paradoxical implications of human activities and their impact on the planet. Actions to organize cultural and religious systems and society. Consumerism as the new ritual dimension of man. These are just some of the topics that form the background of the... |  |
 | 2023_06_02C3_IAA_Erne | 25 | IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: Elaine M. Erne: They See All Elaine M. Erne
They See All
The Lives and Traumas of Stuffed Animals is a continuing series of prints and large graphite drawings of Lanie Doll and her friends that represent individuals and their emotional relationships with themselves and others. In recurring stressful situations, people often... |  |
| 2023_06_02C4_IAA_Hladky | 22 | IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: Andrew Hladky: Memories fade, soil deepens Andrew Hladky
Memories fade, soil deepens
Memories fade, soil deepens presents paintings made of oil paint and bamboo sticks that are built into high sculptural relief, growing out towards the viewer like living organisms. They play between flat image and sculptural form, exploring the point at which... |  |
 | 2023_06_04A1_Emb_Sweden | 3 | DC -- Embassy of Sweden (House of Sweden) |  |
| 2023_06_04A2_Sweden_Natl | 64 | DC -- House of Sweden -- Event: Sweden's National Day 2023 Celebrate Sweden's National Day 2023 together with us at House of Sweden!
2023 is a year of celebration for Sweden as we're turning 500! Ahead of Sweden’s National Day on June 6, join us to celebrate in House of Sweden.
Come have strawberry cake and coffee, walk through our current exhibitions, enjoy... |  |
 | 2023_06_04B1_Wash_Harbor | 18 | DC -- Georgetown -- Washington Harbor |  |
| 2023_06_04B2_GeorgetownV | 1 | DC -- Georgetown view of the Potomac River and Rosslyn |  |
 | 2023_06_04B3_Georgetown | 3 | DC -- Georgetown neighborhood |  |
| 2023_06_04B4_Murals_HGlass | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Hamilton Glass (HamGlass) |  |
 | 2023_06_04C1_DumbartonO | 21 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW) |  |
| 2023_06_04C2_DumbartonO_T | 15 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Textile Gallery: Clothing for the Afterlife Textile Gallery
The Textile Gallery features changing exhibitions of Andean and Byzantine textiles. Garments, hangings, and other light-sensitive objects illustrate weaving styles, iconographic elements, and the use and function of cloth in early societies. The Gallery’s floor bears a Byzantine mosaic... |  |
 | 2023_06_04C3_DumbartonO_MR | 49 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Music Room Music Room
European paintings, sculptures, tapestries, and antique furnishings from the House Collection are displayed in the Music Room. Framed by two sixteenth-century Italian Verona marble arches and a sixteenth-century French chimneypiece, the room is essentially Renaissance in character. Artworks... |  |
| 2023_06_04C4_DumbartonO_C | 21 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Exhibit: Contemporaries: Twentieth-Century Painting at Dumbarton Oaks Contemporaries: Twentieth-Century Painting at Dumbarton Oaks
May 9–December 3, 2023 | The exhibition provides a cross-sectional view of the House Collection through a chronological lens, in order to illustrate how objects from across the collection relate to one another, how the narratives of... |  |
 | 2023_06_04C5_DumbartonO_BO | 30 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Bliss and Orientation Galleries Bliss and Orientation Galleries
A small space located immediately to the right of the Museum lobby, the Bliss Gallery is used for small-scale, rotating exhibitions related to the founders of Dumbarton Oaks, Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. Selected artworks highlight themes relevant to the collections... |  |
| 2023_06_04C6_DumbartonO_L | 32 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Library Exhibit: Garden and Nature in the Medieval World Garden and Nature in the Medieval World
February 13–July 2023 | Snapshots of medieval gardens in a global comparative framework and medieval peoples’ relationship to gardens and nature through their art.
This exhibition presents snapshots of medieval gardens in a global comparative framework,... |  |
 | 2023_06_04C7_DumbartonO_BC | 180 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Byzantine Collection Byzantine Collection
The Byzantine Collection, which encompasses the imperial, ecclesiastical, and secular realms, is one of the finest collections of portable, sumptuous objects in the world. Selected objects are on display in the Byzantine Gallery and Courtyard Gallery.
The Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine... |  |
| 2023_06_04C8_DumbartonO_PC | 194 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Pre-Columbian Gallery Pre-Columbian Gallery
Objects from the Pre-Columbian Collection are on display in the Pre-Columbian Gallery, which opened to the public in 1963. This building is comprised of eight circular domed galleries, with an open-air fountain at the center, all set within a perfect square. Composed of curving... |  |
 | 2023_06_04D_DumbartonH | 94 | DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton House (2715 Q St NW) |  |
| 2023_06_04E_Georgetown_ZionC | 64 | DC -- Georgetown -- Mount Zion Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) |  |
 | 2023_06_06A_SS_Res | 7 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |  |
| 2023_06_06B1_JAWilson | 4 | DC -- John A. Wilson Building |  |
 | 2023_06_06B2_DOC | 4 | DC -- Dept of Commerce Building (Herbert C. Hoover Bldg) |  |
| 2023_06_06B3_Signs | 1 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
 | 2023_06_06C_PrayerD | 201 | DC -- World War II Memorial -- Event: Dedication Of FDR D-Day Prayer Plaque Former Sen. Rob Portman, Roosevelt Family, And Special Guests To Join Dedication Of FDR D-Day Prayer Plaque And Restoration Of Circle Of Remembrance At D-Day Ceremony At The National World War II Memorial
SUMMARY:
On June 6 at 10:00 a.m., former Sen. Rob Portman, Elliott “Toby” Roosevelt III, the... |  |
| 2023_06_06D_Smoke | 1 | Nature -- Smoke Cloudy skies due to smoke from Quebec, western Canada, etc. |  |
 | 2023_06_07A1_Edgewood | 1 | DC -- Edgewood neighborhood (incl Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center) |  |
| 2023_06_07A2_Eckington | 2 | DC -- Eckington neighborhood (incl Metro Yards) |  |
 | 2023_06_07A3_NoMA | 2 | DC -- North of Massachusetts Avenue (NoMa) neighborhood |  |
| 2023_06_07A4_Brookland | 7 | DC -- Brookland neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_06_07B1_Politico_Health | 133 | DC -- POLITICO @ Waldorf Astoria -- Health Care Summit (1 of 2) POLITICO Health Care Summit
Checking the Pulse of America's Health Care System
Join POLITICO to explore how tech and innovation are transforming care and the challenges ahead for access and delivery in the United States.
The Covid-19 pandemic helped spur innovation in health care, from the wide... |  |
| 2023_06_07B3_Politico_Health3 | 160 | DC -- POLITICO @ Waldorf Astoria -- Health Care Summit (2 of 2) [3] Executive Conversation
* Robert C. Garrett, CEO, Hackensack Meridian Health (virtual)
* Heidi Sommer, Vice President, Client Partnerships, POLITICO
Tackling Racial Disparities in Health Outcomes
* Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
* Sol Flores, Deputy Governor of Illinois (virtual)
* Jamila... |  |
 | 2023_06_07C1_Signs | 1 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
| 2023_06_07C2_Penn | 2 | DC -- Pennsylvania Avenue area |  |
 | 2023_06_07D1_Metro_SSVw | 7 | Metro Station -- Silver Spring -- View from platform |  |
| 2023_06_07D2_Metro_SS | 4 | Metro Station -- Silver Spring |  |
 | 2023_06_07D3_Masks | 9 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Mask distribution near Silver Spring Metro The two folks said they were from the Blair apartment complex. |  |
| 2023_06_07D4_Purple_Metro | 17 | MD -- Purple Line -- Silver Spring Metro stop |  |
 | 2023_06_07D5_SS_Res | 3 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |  |
| 2023_06_07E_Hatching | 136 | AFI -- "Hatching" (w/Hanna Bergholm) HATCHING
Wine reception - sponsored by the Embassy of Finland
Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Hanna Bergholm
Twelve-year-old gymnast Tinja (Siiri Solalinna) is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog Lovely Everyday Life presents their family's idyllic existence as... |  |
 | 2023_06_08A1_SS_Res | 1 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section Haze due to fires in Canada |  |
| 2023_06_08A2_I495 | 1 | MD -- I-495 @ Colesville Rd -- Overpass on Colesville Rd Smoke along the beltway. |  |
 | 2023_06_08A4_4CornersMD | 8 | MD -- Four Corners area |  |
| 2023_06_10A1_NMHM_Bugs | 104 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Forest Glen Annex) -- Event: Bugapalooza 2023 2023 Bugapalooza
Kick off the Military Health System's 2023 Bug Week and join NMHM staff and DoD presenters to discover which bugs are bizarre, beneficial, or downright deadly. Learn how to battle the bugs or use them to your advantage. This program is free and open to the public for all ages. Bug... |  |
 | 2023_06_10A2_NMHM_Malaria | 19 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Forest Glen Annex) -- Exhibit: The Battle Against Malaria |  |
| 2023_06_10A3_NMHM | 6 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Forest Glen Annex) |  |
 | 2023_06_10B1_Pageant_1Other | 133 | 2023 Miss District of Columbia Competition (1 of 9) -- Other |  |
| 2023_06_10B2_Pageant_2Welcome | 83 | 2023 Miss District of Columbia Competition (2 of 9) -- Welcome and In-Between Presentations |  |
 | 2023_06_10B3_Pageant_3Inter | 69 | 2023 Miss District of Columbia Competition (3 of 9) -- Interviews |  |
| 2023_06_10B4_Pageant_4Athletic | 87 | 2023 Miss District of Columbia Competition (4 of 9) -- Athletic Wear |  |
 | 2023_06_10B5_Pageant_5ARoberts | 50 | 2023 Miss District of Columbia Competition (5 of 9) -- Goodbye -- Alivia Roberts stage appearances |  |
| 2023_06_10B6_Pageant_6Talent | 217 | 2023 Miss District of Columbia Competition (6 of 9) -- Talent |  |
 | 2023_06_10C2_Pageant_7Evening | 117 | 2023 Miss District of Columbia Competition (7 of 9) -- Evening Wear |  |
| 2023_06_10C3_Pageant_8Top5 | 55 | 2023 Miss District of Columbia Competition (8 of 9) -- Determing the Top 5 |  |
 | 2023_06_10C4_Pageant_9Crown | 215 | 2023 Miss District of Columbia Competition (9 of 9) -- Crowning (Jude Maboné) and Afterward Miss District of Columbia Class of 2023
* JUDE MABONÉ -- 2023 Miss District of Columbia
* Hannah Cartwright
* Maloreigh Todd
* Nicole Linder
* Anna Ross
* Tatenda Rameau
* Monica Waldau
* Tiera Williams
* Emma Grimes
* Anna Kelly
* Ashley Hollis
* Brelynn Hunt
* Georgia... |  |
| 2023_06_11A1_Judiciary | 5 | DC -- Judiciary Square neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_06_11A2_Darlington | 2 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Darlington Memorial Fountain |  |
| 2023_06_11A3_Law | 3 | DC -- Natl Law Enforcement Officers Memorial |  |
 | 2023_06_11A4_WMATA_Hq | 2 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- (Old) WMATA headquarters (600 5th St NW) |  |
| 2023_06_11A5_Murals_MasPaz | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Mas Paz (Federico Frum) |  |
 | 2023_06_11B1_LA_Small | 17 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum |  |
| 2023_06_11B2_LA_Small_Sanc | 9 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum -- Exhibit: The Sanctuary The Sanctuary
Ongoing
Enter one of the Museum’s most treasured artifacts – a synagogue opened in 1876, in time for the US centennial. Since then, the building has been relocated several times to accommodate construction in a changing city. Today, it provides a space for visitors to imagine the... |  |
 | 2023_06_11B3_LA_Small_CRA | 232 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum -- Exhibit: Connect. Reflect. Act. Connect. Reflect. Act.
Ongoing
Welcome to the heart of the Capital Jewish Museum! Here you can read, listen, talk, and engage with interactives throughout this colorful, lively space. Dig deep into local Jewish history, discover Jewish perspectives on social justice issues facing the world today, and... |  |
| 2023_06_11B4_LA_Small_WJW | 208 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum -- Exhibit: What Is Jewish Washington? What is Jewish Washington?
Ongoing
Step into history -- a 19th-century synagogue -- as you explore local Jewish stories in DC and the Maryland and Virginia suburbs. This exhibition uses photographs, artifacts, and an interactive model to introduce visitors to the people and organizations that built... |  |
 | 2023_06_11C1_Pride | 97 | DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2023) |  |
| 2023_06_11C2_NGAEW_RT_Pride | 29 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Roof Terrace and View from... -- of PRIDE |  |
 | 2023_06_11D1_Building_Look | 8 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Great Hall Installation: Look Here Look Here
Opening Saturday, July 1
This summer, artist and architect Suchi Reddy, founder and principal of Reddymade Design Studio in New York, has been selected to transform the Museum’s Great Hall with an elegant and provocative new installation titled Look Here. Best known for her large-scale... |  |
| 2023_06_11D2_Building_BrickC | 138 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Brick City Brick City
On view through spring 2025
Brick City celebrates iconic architecture from cities around the world through carefully recreated constructions made from LEGO® bricks by U.K.-based artist Warren Elsmore. Visitors will take a world tour discovering new destinations across all seven continents... |  |
 | 2023_06_12_Purple_Route | 3 | MD -- Purple Line -- Route (except Silver Spring Metro station) |  |
| 2023_06_13A1_SignsMD | 2 | MD -- Temporary Signs |  |
 | 2023_06_13A2_Asphalt_ArtMD | 3 | MD -- Public Art: Asphalt Art (art painted on sidewalks, intersections, and storm drains) |  |
| 2023_06_13A3_Lyttonsville | 51 | MD -- Lyttonsville |  |
 | 2023_06_13A4_SS_Gene_Lynch | 24 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Gene Lynch Park (Colesville and Wayne Avenues) I missed the ribbon cutting ceremony which had been on June 10. |  |
| 2023_06_13A5_Metro_SS | 4 | Metro Station -- Silver Spring |  |
 | 2023_06_13B1_Signs | 2 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
| 2023_06_13B2_OEOB | 6 | DC -- Downtown -- Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Old Executive Office Building) (1650 Penn Ave NW) |  |
 | 2023_06_13B3_Penn_Qtr | 8 | DC -- Penn Quarter neighborhood |  |
| 2023_06_13B4_City_CenterC | 14 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Canopy |  |
 | 2023_06_13B5_City_Center_Grove | 12 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Installation: The Grove |  |
| 2023_06_13C1_SIRG_Bldg | 6 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Bldg |  |
 | 2023_06_13C2_SIRG_Sharing | 137 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023 Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023
May 26, 2023 – March 31, 2024
The Renwick Invitational 2023 features artists Joe Feddersen (Arrow Lakes/Okanagan), Lily Hope (Tlingit), Ursala Hudson (Tlingit), Erica Lord (Athabaskan/Iñupiat), Geo Neptune (Passamaquoddy), and Maggie Thompson (Fond... |  |
| 2023_06_13C3_SIRG_Janet18 | 8 | DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Janet Echelman's 1.8 Renwick Janet Echelman’s 1.8 Renwick
Ongoing
"What drew me to want to be an artist was, I have always been interested in how the space I’m in changes the way I feel and therefore who I am at any given moment."
-- Janet Echelman
Janet Echelman’s colorful fiber and lighting installation examines the complex... |  |
 | 2023_06_13D_LP_TPS | 124 | DC -- Rally: TPS @ Lafayette Park This was a rally for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) at Lafayette Park after several children had met with President Biden at the White House. Afterward, Biden announced they would extend legal status by 18 months for more than 300,000 people from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaraqua, and Nepal. The... |  |
| 2023_06_13E1_NGA_Bldg | 3 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Building |  |
 | 2023_06_13E2_NGA_Renovate | 67 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Temporary Gallery Shifting During Renovation |  |
| 2023_06_13E3_NGA_Canova | 145 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Canova: Sketching in Clay Canova: Sketching in Clay
June 11 – October 9, 2023
How does a sculptor turn an initial idea into a finished work of marble? For Antonio Canova (1757–1822), the most famous artist of Europe’s revolutionary period, the answer was with clay.
Working with his hands and small tools, Canova produced... |  |
 | 2023_06_13F1_Folklife | 1 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2023) This year's Folklife Festival opens on June 29 and they've set up one of the signs for it.
This year's themes:
The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region
The Ozarks’ name has its historic origins in how Native Illini peoples referred to their southern neighbors who dwelled in the lands where the... |  |
| 2023_06_13F2_IHS | 14 | DC -- Innovative Housing Showcase (2023) @ Mall Innovative Housing Showcase
June 9 - 11, 9 AM to 6 PM
The Innovative Housing Showcase is a three-day event featuring new building technologies and housing solutions that are making housing more innovative, resilient, and affordable for American families. More than 2,500 people, including... |  |
 | 2023_06_13F3_SIAIR_Bldg | 2 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |  |
| 2023_06_13F4_Metro_Trains | 7 | DC -- Metro -- Trains PRIDE train |  |
 | 2023_06_13G1_Forest_Glen_PedBr | 58 | MD -- Forest Glen Pedestrian Bridge |  |
| 2023_06_13G2_SS_Georgia | 5 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Georgia Avenue |  |
 | 2023_06_13G3_Free_LibraryMD | 8 | MD -- Little Free Library |  |
| 2023_06_14A1_Free_LibraryMD | 2 | MD -- Little Free Library |  |
 | 2023_06_14A2_SS_Res | 2 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |  |
| 2023_06_14B1_Monica | 174 | AFI -- "Monica" (w/Andrea Pallaoro and Patricia Clarkson) Silver Cinema Club Members at the Star level and above are invited to a special screening of MONICA w/ director Andrea Pallaoro and actress Patricia Clarkson
A woman returns home to care for her ailing mother who she hasn't seen in years in this tender portrait of family, forgiveness, and acceptance.... |  |
 | 2023_06_15A1_SS_Res | 6 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |  |
| 2023_06_15A2_Metro_SS | 3 | Metro Station -- Silver Spring |  |
 | 2023_06_15B1_SIPG_Douglass | 60 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Frederick Douglass One Life: Frederick Douglass
June 16, 2023 – April 21, 2024
One Life: Frederick Douglass illuminates the legacy of one of the 19th century’s most influential writers, speakers and intellectuals through prints, photographs, and ephemera. After escaping slavery in 1838, Douglass published three... |  |
| 2023_06_15B2_SIPG_DouglassPP | 46 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Press Preview: One Life: Frederick Douglass Press preview for “One Life: Frederick Douglass” at the National Portrait Gallery
WHO:
* John Stauffer, Sumner R. and Marshall S. Kates Professor of English and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
* Ann Shumard, consulting curator and senior curator of photographs, National... |  |
 | 2023_06_15C1_WMATA_Hq | 7 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- (Old) WMATA headquarters (600 5th St NW) |  |
| 2023_06_15C2_NGASG | 16 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Sculpture Garden They were doing maintenance on some of the pieces. |  |
 | 2023_06_15C3_Folklife | 20 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2023) This year's Folklife Festival opens on June 29 and they've set up one of the signs for it.
This year's themes:
The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region
The Ozarks’ name has its historic origins in how Native Illini peoples referred to their southern neighbors who dwelled in the lands where the... |  |
| 2023_06_15C5_GoGoT | 10 | DC -- Go Go Truck |  |
 | 2023_06_15C6_City_CenterC | 13 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Canopy |  |
| 2023_06_15C7_City_Center | 5 | DC -- CityCenterDC complex |  |
 | 2023_06_15D1_Building_Reflect | 38 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Outdoor Exhibit: Reflections: Embracing the Culture and Community of Our Schools Reflections: Embracing the Culture and Community of our Schools Transform DC is a project where DC public school high schoolers work collaboratively to create large scale mural panels that are brought together as a part of a city-wide culminating public installation. The murals are a part of the... |  |
| 2023_06_15D2_Building_Look | 22 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Great Hall Installation: Look Here Look Here
Opening Saturday, July 1
This summer, artist and architect Suchi Reddy, founder and principal of Reddymade Design Studio in New York, has been selected to transform the Museum’s Great Hall with an elegant and provocative new installation titled Look Here. Best known for her large-scale... |  |
 | 2023_06_15D3_Building_BrickC | 60 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Brick City Brick City
On view through spring 2025
Brick City celebrates iconic architecture from cities around the world through carefully recreated constructions made from LEGO® bricks by U.K.-based artist Warren Elsmore. Visitors will take a world tour discovering new destinations across all seven continents... |  |
| 2023_06_15E1_Conrad_Hotel | 37 | DC -- Chinatown -- Conrad Hotel (960 New York Ave, NW) |  |
 | 2023_06_15E2_Conrad_HotelVw | 14 | DC -- Chinatown -- Conrad Hotel -- View from... |  |
| 2023_06_15E3_Reimagine | 142 | Office of the Mayor Event: Reimagine Downtown DC Action Plan Kick-Off @ Conrad Hotel Reimagine Downtown DC Action Plan Kick-Off
Join the critical, once-in-a-century, collaborative process for reimagining a new and vibrant future for Washington, D.C.’s downtown.
By Golden Triangle and DowntownDC BIDs
On June 15, we will kick off an unprecedented cross-sector partnership to create the... |  |
 | 2023_06_15F1_Takoma_CC | 19 | MD -- Takoma Park Community Center |  |
| 2023_06_15F2_TCC_Sligo | 34 | MD -- Takoma Park Community Center -- Exhibit: Celebrating Sligo Creek Celebrating Sligo Creek
Sligo Creek is a lifeblood for wildlife in Takoma Park, an important tributary in our watershed, and a source of creativity and inspiration for local artists.
Two photographers and a mixed-media artist will share their work inspired by the creek and its environs in the... |  |
 | 2023_06_15F3_TCC_SligoO | 48 | MD -- Takoma Park Community Center -- Exhibit Opening: Celebrating Sligo Creek Celebrating Sligo Creek
Free Art Opening Reception
Sligo Creek is a lifeblood for wildlife in Takoma Park, an important tributary in our watershed, and a source of creativity and inspiration for local artists.
Two photographers and a mixed-media artist will share their work inspired by the creek and... |  |
| 2023_06_16A1_Burtt | 118 | AFI and Library of Congress Festival of Film -- Histories of Motion Picture Sound Effects (w/Ben Burtt) Histories of Motion Picture Sound Effects with Oscar®-Winning Sound Designer Ben Burtt
Where do motion picture sound effects come from? Many sound effects such as thunder, the ricochet of a rifle bullet or a scream have become iconic. In the classic age, film studios had libraries of sound effects, so... |  |
 | 2023_06_16B_SS_Art_SSprung | 4 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Public Art: Silver Sprung pieces (but not fountain) |  |
| 2023_06_17A1_AwesomeM | 118 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Miscellaneous (Saturday) |  |
 | 2023_06_17A2_AwesomeA | 28 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Artists (Saturday) Artists shown here include:
John Gallagher, Chris Mariano, Mark Mariano, Arsia Rozegar ("Shahnameh for Kids"), David Finch, Katie Cook, Simon Bisley, Sean Murphy, Harold Buchholz, Dawn Griffin, Dan Parent, and Aaron Reynolds ("Effin' Birds"). |  |
| 2023_06_17A3_Awesome_PB | 39 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Panel: Take Over the World with Maurice LaMarche & Rob Paulsen Take Over the World with Maurice LaMarche & Rob Paulsen
Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen are well known for their beloved roles on Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. Did you know that Maurice has voiced characters from Hey Arnold!, Inspector Gadget, and Futurama? Or that Rob has voice characters from... |  |
 | 2023_06_17A4_Awesome_LOTR | 36 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Panel: Lord of the Rings Cast Spotlight: Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, & Andy Serkis Lord of the Rings Cast Spotlight: Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, & Andy Serkis
My precious... Lord of the Rings stars Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, and Andy Serkis take the Main Stage! Sean Astin has portrayed such iconic roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, Samwise Gamgee in the Lord... |  |
| 2023_06_17A5_AwesomeJr_CB | 4 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Awesome Con Jr. Workshops -- Emoji Comics with Carolyn Belefski Emoji Comics with Carolyn Belefski
We’ve used them in texts and social media, now cartoonist Carolyn Belefski shows you how to use emojis in comics. From designing these easy-to-draw icons to using them to tell a story, this workshop will surely play with your emotions. |  |
 | 2023_06_17A6_AwesomeJr_DG | 5 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Awesome Con Jr. Workshops -- Art Celebration: Alien Invasion with Dawn Griffin Art Celebration: Alien Invasion with Dawn Griffin
Watch out! The Aliens are invading! Artists of all ages are welcome to join cartoonist, Dawn Griffin for this cosmically fun workshop. Using simple shapes and inspiration from animals, artists will create their own awesome aliens. |  |
| 2023_06_17A7_AwesomeJr_JG | 15 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Awesome Con Jr. Workshops -- Making Max Meow with John Gallagher Making Max Meow with John Gallagher
Where do story ideas come from? How do you draw Max Meow? Cartoonist John Gallagher shares insight on writing and drawing comics stories of inspiration for his Max Meow book series. |  |
 | 2023_06_17B1_KatzenXT_Albar | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Gallery Talk: Pilar Albarracín Gallery Talk: Pilar Albarracín, Take a Knife and Open My Heart
Curator and Artist, Pia Ogea and Pilar Albarracín present on the exhibition "Pilar Albarracín: Take a Knife and Open My Heart"
This discussion will be held in-person by the artist and curator to highlight the exhibition "Pilar Albarracín:... |  |
| 2023_06_17B2_KatzenO | 134 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Opening Reception (Public) Exhibition artists shown here during the reception included: Rhoda Baer, Kebedech Tekleab, E. Ethelbert Miller, Leigh Wen, and Pilar Albarracín.
Others include: Glenn Marcus, Jack Rasmussen, Eden Raskin (Jamie Raskin's sister), Thora Colot, Margaret Otto (Politics and Prose), and Chawky Frenn. |  |
 | 2023_06_17B3_KatzenX_View | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: View from Within View from Within
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art*
Rhoda Baer, Artist
June 17 – August 13, 2023
“In truth, I still think it’s all magic.”
-- Rhoda Baer
Exhibition Overview:
Laminating clear optical glass with colored minerals to make glass sculptures is a complicated and... |  |
| 2023_06_17B4_KatzenX_Chicano | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: Rupert Garcia and the Chicano Art Movement: Rupert Garcia and the Chicano Art Movement:
Prints and Posters from the Corcoran Legacy Collection
June 17 – August 13, 2023
“Rupert Garcia has a profoundly sophisticated understanding of color, form, negative space, and the power of restraint. Garcia’s work is a masterclass in efficiency because it... |  |
 | 2023_06_17B5_KatzenX_Lost | 72 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories
June 17–August 13, 2023
September 9–December 10, 2023
Folks:
* Karel Cudlin, Photographer
* Jan Dobrovský, Photographer
* Martin Wágner, Photographer
* Milena Kalinovska, Curator
“Through these photographs, you’ll step into a country with a dramatic... |  |
| 2023_06_17B6_KatzenX_Blue | 14 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: Blue and Gray: This Era of Exile Blue and Gray: This Era of Exile
A Project Space* Exhibition
June 17 – August 13, 2023
Artwork by Kebedech Tekleab
Poetry by E. Ethelbert Miller
Curated by David Keplinger
Exhibition Overview
The recent fratricidal war in Ethiopia; the constant turmoil in Somalia; the current wars between... |  |
 | 2023_06_17B7_KatzenX_Elements | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: At One with the Elements At One with the Elements
Leigh Wen, Artist
Sarah Tanguy, Curator
June 17 – August 13, 2023
Internationally recognized artist Leigh Wen explores the power of nature while nurturing a sense of connectivity and stewardship for our endangered planet.
Exhibition Overview
Discover how artist Leigh... |  |
| 2023_06_17B8_KatzenX_Pilar | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: Pilar Albarracín: Take a Knife and Open My Heart Pilar Albarracín: Take a Knife and Open My Heart
Pilar Albarracín, Artist
Pia Ogea, Curator
June 17 – August 13, 2023
“My work delves into the most internationalized stereotypes of Spanish culture and its evolution over the last 30 years and focuses on (among other concepts) the violence of... |  |
 | 2023_06_17C_Katzen | 2 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center |  |
| 2023_06_18A1_AwesomeM | 28 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Miscellaneous (Sunday) |  |
 | 2023_06_18A2_AwesomeA | 41 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Artists (Sunday) Artists shown here include:
Alexandra Bowman, Dan Parent, Ray Thunder (Studio Brie Graphix), Simon Bisley, John Gallagher, Dawn Griffin, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, and Harold Buchholz. |  |
| 2023_06_18A3_Awesome_Who | 35 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Panel: Doctor Who Cast Spotlight: Jodie Whitaker and Mandip Gill Doctor Who Cast Spotlight: Jodie Whitaker and Mandip Gill
Join the Doctor Who "fam" for this Q&A on the Main Stage! Jodie Whittaker shattered the TARDIS' glass ceiling when she become the first female to play the role of The Doctor on Doctor Who. She is joined on the Main Stage alongside Mandip Gill,... |  |
 | 2023_06_18A4_Awesome_Clone | 17 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Panel: Clone Wars 15th Anniversary Panel with Ashley Eckstein, Matt Lanter, & James Arnold Taylor Clone Wars 15th Anniversary Panel with Ashley Eckstein, Matt Lanter, & James Arnold Taylor
These Jedi Knights may have led the Grand Army of the Republic against the droid army... but they did have time to stop at Awesome Con for a quick Spotlight Panel. Hear from Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano), Matt... |  |
| 2023_06_18A5_Awesome_Burton | 15 | Awesome Con DC (2023) -- Panel: Boldly Go with LeVar Burton Boldly Go with LeVar Burton
Don't take our word for it: From Roots, to Reading Rainbow, to Star Trek: The Next Generation, LeVar has been captivating audiences around the world with his authentic charm and passion for storytelling, for over forty years. He is an accomplished producer, director and... |  |
 | 2023_06_18B_WRAMC | 71 | DC -- Walter Reed Army Medical Center |  |
| 2023_06_19A1_CC | 20 | VA -- Arlington -- Crystal City |  |
 | 2023_06_19A2_Costco_PCity | 9 | VA -- Costco @ Pentagon City County plans back in 2015 called for demolishing the Pentagon City Costco as part of a redo of the whole Pentagon Centre complex. It took awhile but the redevelopment plan was submitted by Kimco Realty Corporation in December, 2022. |  |
| 2023_06_19A3_AmazonHQ2_MetroPk | 71 | VA -- Arlington -- Amazon HQ2 -- Metropolitan Park |  |
 | 2023_06_19A4_AmazonHQ2 | 64 | VA -- Arlington -- Amazon HQ2 -- Buildings |  |
| 2023_06_19B_Long_Bridge_Pk | 73 | VA -- Arlington -- Long Bridge Park |  |
 | 2023_06_19C1_Truxton_Circle | 1 | DC -- Truxton Circle neighborhood |  |
| 2023_06_19C2_Takoma | 4 | DC -- Takoma neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_06_19D1_SSV | 21 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Views from ... Some images from:
* Town Square Garage (City Place) |  |
| 2023_06_19D2_SS_BDE | 11 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Business Section (East of Metro Line) |  |
 | 2023_06_20A1_KatzenXT_LostE | 169 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Gallery Talk: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories Gallery Talk - Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories
By Embassy of the Czech Republic
Join us for a gallery talk followed by a special reception with photographers Jan Dobrovský and Martin Wágner in connection to the exhibition Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories curated by Milena Kalinovska.
The... |  |
| 2023_06_20B1_KatzenX_Chicano | 2 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: Rupert Garcia and the Chicano Art Movement: Rupert Garcia and the Chicano Art Movement:
Prints and Posters from the Corcoran Legacy Collection
June 17 – August 13, 2023
“Rupert Garcia has a profoundly sophisticated understanding of color, form, negative space, and the power of restraint. Garcia’s work is a masterclass in efficiency because it... |  |
 | 2023_06_20B2_KatzenX_Pilar | 22 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: Pilar Albarracín: Take a Knife and Open My Heart Pilar Albarracín: Take a Knife and Open My Heart
Pilar Albarracín, Artist
Pia Ogea, Curator
June 17 – August 13, 2023
“My work delves into the most internationalized stereotypes of Spanish culture and its evolution over the last 30 years and focuses on (among other concepts) the violence of... |  |
| 2023_06_21A1_Brookings | 5 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Brookings Institution (1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW) I noticed the Shelter In Place Kit underneath the sink during a previous event and wanted to photograph the bucket. |  |
 | 2023_06_21A2_Gonzalez | 49 | Brookings Institution -- Online speech after Gonzalez v. Google Online speech after Gonzalez v. Google
In spring 2023, with the U.S. Supreme Court set to rule on Gonzales v. Google, it seemed possible that the Court might upend the future of internet law by significantly narrowing the scope of Section 230, the law that protects online platforms from liability for... |  |
| 2023_06_21B_JICC_Superlative | 61 | DC -- Embassy of Japan -- JICC -- Exhibit: The Superlative Artistry of Japan Exhibition (Part 2) The Superlative Artistry of Japan Exhibition
Presented by JICC, Embassy of Japan and The Japan Foundation
Part I: May 17 - Jun 9, 2023 Part Ii: Jun 16 - Jul 12, 2023 Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm JICC
We are proud to bring a new audience the opportunity to experience the meticulousness and devotion of Japan's... |  |
 | 2023_06_21C1_BID_Annual | 176 | 2023 DowntownDC BID Annual Meeting @ Planet Word 2023 DowntownDC BID Annual Meeting
Come and discover the Unparalleled Opportunity that is DowntownDC.
By DowntownDC Business Improvement District
Planet Word 925 13th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20005
You're invited to join us for the DowntownDC BID's 2023 Annual Meeting and Networking event.... |  |
| 2023_06_21D1_Planet_Word | 1 | DC -- Downtown -- Planet Word (925 13th St. NW in Franklin School) |  |
 | 2023_06_21D2_Planet_Word_Lib | 22 | DC -- Downtown -- Planet Word -- Exhibit: The Library The Library
Enter a magical library where books come to life before your eyes. Find the hidden door to a serene poetry nook, and discover other secrets hidden in the stacks.
Books Featured in Planet Word’s Library
* Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
* All of a Kind Family, Sydney... |  |
| 2023_06_21E_NMWA | 12 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Natl Museum of Women in the Arts (1250 New York Ave NW) I have no idea if these sport jackets bolted to the sidewalk are part of an exhibit during the shut-down or some weird tie-in to the Nike Swoosh |  |
 | 2023_06_21F_Takoma | 3 | DC -- Takoma neighborhood |  |
| 2023_06_22A_SS_Res | 3 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |  |
 | 2023_06_22B_Frost | 118 | Natl Archives -- Maxwell Frost ("Gen Z and Civic Engagement") w/Soledad O’Brien Gen Z and Civic Engagement: A Conversation with U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost
Join award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien in conversation with Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL), the only Gen Z member of Congress. The program will focus on the roles young people can play in civic life and how... |  |
| 2023_06_24A1_Union_Station | 1 | DC -- Union Station (exterior) |  |
 | 2023_06_24A2_Union_Columbus | 2 | DC -- Union Station -- Columbus Fountain |  |
| 2023_06_24A3_WMATA_HQ | 7 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- (Old) WMATA headquarters (600 5th St NW) |  |
 | 2023_06_24A4_Metro_Buses | 4 | DC -- Metro -- Buses |  |
| 2023_06_24B1_Abortion_Rally | 235 | DC -- Rally: We Won't Go Back Abortion Rights rally @ Columbus Circle On Saturday, one year after the Supreme Court overturned our right to abortion care in the disastrous Dobbs decision, we’re rallying and marching in Washington, D.C. – and we need you with us, Bruce!
We won’t go back! Day of Action 6.24.23 D.C. 12pm Columbus Circle & Nationwide
In the past year,... |  |
 | 2023_06_24B3_Abortion_March | 80 | DC -- Rally: We Won't Go Back Abortion Rights march to Supreme Court On Saturday, one year after the Supreme Court overturned our right to abortion care in the disastrous Dobbs decision, we’re rallying and marching in Washington, D.C. – and we need you with us, Bruce!
We won’t go back! Day of Action 6.24.23 D.C. 12pm Columbus Circle & Nationwide
In the past year,... |  |
| 2023_06_24C1_SIPG_Staff_Picks | 69 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Staff Picks: Our Favorite Things from the Collection Our newest exhibition, Staff Picks: Our Favorite Things from the Collection, is now open! View our staff members’ favorite items and learn about why these letters, scrapbooks, objects, and more are important to them. Staff Picks is located in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds... |  |
 | 2023_06_24C2_SIPG_Honor | 15 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers
June 23, 2023 – June 9, 2024
In the years leading up to the Civil War, the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, emerged as a vital training ground for men who built the nation’s infrastructure, played decisive roles in its... |  |
| 2023_06_24C3_SIPG_Douglass | 26 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Frederick Douglass One Life: Frederick Douglass
June 16, 2023 – April 21, 2024
One Life: Frederick Douglass illuminates the legacy of one of the 19th century’s most influential writers, speakers and intellectuals through prints, photographs, and ephemera. After escaping slavery in 1838, Douglass published three... |  |
 | 2023_06_24C4_SIPG_Musical | 37 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies
June 23, 2023 – January 29, 2024
Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies explores the powerful resonances between recent video art and popular music. The exhibition focuses on video art that employs the strategies of musical creation --... |  |
| 2023_06_24D1_MLKLib_Leo_Else | 5 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius They had cut off the line before I got there so I haven't seen the exhibit yet.
Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours,... |  |
 | 2023_06_24D2_MLKLib_Mingering | 47 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Checkin' Out Mingering Mike: D.C.'s Imaginary Soul Superstar Checkin' Out Mingering Mike: D.C.'s Imaginary Soul Superstar
Exhibit Dates: June 7-August 28, 2023
Presented in collaboration with Hemphill Artworks, Checkin' Out Mingering Mike: D.C.'s Imaginary Soul Superstar features hand-drawn album covers, drawings, and song lyrics by self-taught Washington, D.C.... |  |
| 2023_06_25A_I495_Overpass | 1 | MD -- I-495 @ Railroad overpass before Mormon Temple The "Hunter Hiden" graffiti was there for about a year. In June, 2023 it had been sloppily painted over. |  |
 | 2023_06_25B1_Bethesda | 38 | MD -- Bethesda |  |
| 2023_06_25B2_Bethesda_Hampden | 11 | MD -- Bethesda -- Hampden Square (art by Raymond Kaskey) |  |
 | 2023_06_25B3_Metro_Beth | 9 | Metro Station -- Bethesda (and Bethesda Metro Fountain Court) |  |
| 2023_06_25B4_Bethesda_Tunnel | 22 | MD -- Bethesda -- Metro Tunnel |  |
 | 2023_06_25B5_Bethesda_Art | 32 | MD -- Bethesda -- Public Art |  |
| 2023_06_25B6_Bethesda_Art_SculpB | 1 | MD -- Bethesda -- Public Art: Sculpture B (various locations) |  |
 | 2023_06_25B7_Bethesda_Madonna | 5 | MD -- Bethesda -- Madonna of the Trail memorial |  |
| 2023_06_25C1_MuralsMD_ACobb | 5 | MD -- Public Art: Murals by Andrea Cobb |  |
 | 2023_06_25C2_MuralsMD_BroCoLoco | 6 | MD -- Public Art: Murals by BroCoLoco |  |
| 2023_06_25C3_MuralsMD_JPineda | 6 | MD -- Public Art: Murals by Juan Pineda (CRI) |  |
 | 2023_06_25C4_MuralsMD_RRough | 14 | MD -- Public Art: Murals by Remi Rough and Nawer |  |
| 2023_06_25C5_MuralsMD_Lisa_Marie | 7 | MD -- Public Art: Murals by Lisa Marie Thalhammer |  |
 | 2023_06_25D_Pride_In_Plaza | 86 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Event: Pride in the Plaza @ Veterans Plaza Welcome to Pride In The Plaza — Montgomery County's annual celebration of diverse LGBTQIA+ communities! Join us on Sunday, June 25th, 2023, 12 PM at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring for a day filled with fun and festivities. Pride In The Plaza is a space where everyone can come together to celebrate love... |  |
| 2023_06_25E1_SS_Art_SSprung | 7 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Public Art: Silver Sprung pieces (but not fountain) |  |
 | 2023_06_25E2_SS_Twin_Towers | 2 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Twin Towers block (Georgia and Colesville) |  |
| 2023_06_27_Signs | 1 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
 | 2023_06_28A1_SS_Res | 6 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |  |
| 2023_06_28A2_SS_BDE | 2 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Business Section (East of Metro Line) |  |
 | 2023_06_28B1_Emb_Lithuania_Vil | 8 | DC -- Embassy of Lithuania -- Fence Exhibit: Vilnius: 700 Years of Youthful Exuberance |  |
| 2023_06_28B2_Columbia_Heights | 16 | DC -- Columbia Heights neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_06_28B3_Signs | 1 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
| 2023_06_28B4_Meridian | 13 | DC -- Columbia Heights -- Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park) |  |
 | 2023_06_28B5_CrittersDC | 13 | DC -- Critters -- Squirrel Squirrel at Meridian Hill Park |  |
| 2023_06_28B6_All_Souls | 2 | DC -- Columbia Heights -- All Souls Church, Unitarian (1500 Harvard St NW) |  |
 | 2023_06_28C1_Emb_MexicoCI | 20 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institute |  |
| 2023_06_28C2_Emb_MexCIX_Talavera | 40 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institution -- Exhibit: Talavera: Puebla's Heritage World Heritage |  |
 | 2023_06_28C3_Emb_MexCIX_Dialogue | 64 | DC -- Embassy of Mexico -- Mexican Cultural Institution -- Exhibit: Dialogue and Creation in the Americas Exhibit | Diálogo y Creación en las Américas (Dialogue and Creation in the Americas )
Welcome to Dialogue and Creation in the Americas, an exhibit that features a diverse selection of 52 pieces from 28 Member States, presented in collaboration with the Permanent Missions to the OAS, the Art of the... |  |
| 2023_06_28D1_Emb_Spain_Arts | 5 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture |  |
 | 2023_06_28D2_Emb_Spain_Ode | 9 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Exhibit: Ode to Dune Plants by Lula Goce Ode to Dune Plants by Lula Goce
The Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain hosts the fifth edition of “Not Your Regular Wall” with Spanish muralist Lula Goce as a guest of honor for the hall intervention.
Not Your Regular Wall was born in 2018 with the purpose of giving Spanish artists the... |  |
| 2023_06_28D3_Emb_Spain_Dialogues | 32 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Exhibit: Dialogues between art and science Dialogues between art and science
CNIO Arte presents the exhibition “Dialogues between art and science,” the culmination of the fourth edition of the Spanish National Cancer Research Center’s initiative connecting two fields often regarded as unrelated or even as opposite.
CNIO Arte establishes... |  |
 | 2023_06_28D4_Emb_Spain_Store | 16 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Exhibit: Washington Store by Jesús Madriñán Washington Store by Jesús Madriñán
Jesús Madriñán is the third guest of DC.es, a project where five Spanish photographers from the Spanish Academy in Rome share their gazes of Washington through their lenses — gazes as personal, singular and unique as the city itself.
The third work within DC.es... |  |
| 2023_06_28D5_Emb_Spain_Falla | 14 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Exhibit: 100th anniversary of Manuel de Falla's seminal opera |  |
 | 2023_06_28D6_Emb_Spain_Pollin | 11 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Lawn Exhibit: Around Pollinators by Lucía Loren Around Pollinators by Lucía Loren
In “Around Pollinators,” environmental Spanish artist Lucía Loren raises a reflection on the fundamental role of native biotopes in generating resilience in the face of the serious threat of climate change.
With this purpose in mind, Lucía Loren proposes the creation... |  |
| 2023_06_28D7_Emb_Spain_Mujer | 6 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Exhibit: La mujer del alféizar by Carmen Segovia La mujer del alféizar by Carmen Segovia
Spanish illustrator Carmen Segovia explores the idea of returning to the outside world in this third intervention on the windows of the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, D.C.
It was certainly a very appealing invitation: the chance to... |  |
 | 2023_06_28D8_Emb_Spain_Not_Only | 1 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Lawn Exhibit: Not Only What, But Also How Not Only What, But Also How
Signed in September 2015 at the 70th United Nations General Assembly, the 2030 Agenda outlines 17 Sustainable Development Goals agreed to by 193 Heads of State or Government from all over the world. This plan provides a new road map for the fight against poverty and... |  |
| 2023_06_28D9_Emb_Spain_Circo | 3 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Exhibit: Pan y Circo by Axel Void Pan y Circo by Axel Void
The third edition of Not Your Regular Wall hosts Spanish muralist Axel Void as a guest of honor and showcases his work titled Pan y Circo. |  |
 | 2023_06_28E1_Emb_Spain_Baton | 142 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Event: Passing the Baton |  |
| 2023_06_28E2_Emb_Spain_Terraza | 155 | DC -- Embassy of Spain -- Spain Arts & Culture -- Event: La Terraza 2023 LA TERRAZA 2023: SKETCHING THE FUTURE
The 3rd edition of “La Terraza,” the Cultural Office’s Summer Party, is back with live music, an exhibition opening, Mahou beer, and more.
Celebrated at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, a D.C. historic architectural landmark, La Terraza is a... |  |
 | 2023_06_30A_SS_Res | 7 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |  |
| 2023_06_30B1_MLKLib_Leo_Else | 41 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- All Else Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |  |
 | 2023_06_30B2_MLKLib_Doo_Wop | 46 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Doo-Wop in D.C.: From the Street Corner to the Stage Doo-Wop in D.C.
Doo-Wop in D.C.: From the Street Corner to the Stage
Exhibit Dates: June 1 - July 23, 2023
In a powerful tribute to the original pioneers of early Rhythm and Blues of the late 1940s through the early 1960s, The African American Music Association in partnership with the Atlanta Doo-Wop... |  |
| 2023_06_30B3_MLKLib_Leo_Codex | 37 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- Codexes Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |  |
 | 2023_06_30B4_MLKLib_Leo_Conf | 37 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- Confindustria Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |  |
| 2023_06_30C2_Mall | 1 | DC -- Natl Mall area |  |
 | 2023_06_30C3_SIHIRO_SG | 14 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum (Outside) -- Sculpture Garden |  |
| 2023_06_30C4_SIAIR_Bldg | 9 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |  |
 | 2023_06_30C5_SupremeP | 9 | DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Event: Affirmative Action and Anti-Death Penalty groups |  |
| 2023_06_30C6_United_Methodist | 2 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE) |  |
 | 2023_06_30D1_SIAH_Trouble | 42 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Treasures and Trouble: Looking Inside a Legendary Blues Archive Treasures and Trouble: Looking Inside a Legendary Blues Archive
June 23, 2023 – TBD
This exhibit explores the many treasures and troubles found within a recently acquired, one-of-a-kind music archive compiled by Robert “Mack” McCormick. McCormick (1930-2015), who worked during the 1960s and early... |  |
| 2023_06_30D2_SIAH_Entertainment | 18 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Entertainment Nation |  |
 | 2023_06_30E1_Folklife_Living | 42 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2023) -- Creative Encounters: Living Religions in the U.S. Creative Encounters: Living Religions in the U.S.
Religion, faith, spirituality and ethical humanism are important sources of creativity and meaning for many Americans. The crafts, food, music, dance and stories they animate can foster deep understanding and engagement. Conversely, they can also fuel... |  |
| 2023_06_30E2_Folklife_Ozark | 57 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2023) -- The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region
The Ozarks’ name has its historic origins in how Native Illini peoples referred to their southern neighbors who dwelled in the lands where the Arkansas River empties into the Mississippi River. Today, it is generally recognized as a geographic expanse stretching... |  |
 | 2023_06_30F1_SINH_Cellphone | 249 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Cellphone: Unseen Connections Cellphone: Unseen Connections
June 23, 2023 – TBA
Cell phones are the most iconic technology of our age. For the first time in history, telecommunications connect people at a truly global level, rapidly transforming not only human culture but also humans themselves. Despite their ubiquity, and the... |  |
| 2023_06_30F2_SINH_Ocean | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Sant Ocean Hall |  |
 | 2023_06_30F3_SINH_Rotunda | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Rotunda |  |
| 2023_06_30F4_SINH_Bldg | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History |  |
 | 2023_06_30G1_SIAfri_The_Deep | 43 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Exhibit: From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson
April 29, 2023 – January 29, 2024
For her first monographic exhibition, acclaimed photographer Ayana V. Jackson was inspired by the Detroit-based 1990s techno band Drexciya (musicians James Stinson and Gerald Donald) whose albums imagined a... |  |
| 2023_06_30G2_SIAfri | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Not Covered Elsewhere |  |
 | 2023_06_30G3_SIAfri_Ideal | 29 | DC -- Natl Museum of African Art -- Exhibit: Before Nollywood … The Ideal Photo Studio Before Nollywood … The Ideal Photo Studio
Before Nollywood . . . The Ideal Photo Studio is a living exhibition and an ongoing research and photography project that explores the lives of patrons from the Ideal Photo Studio and a history of Benin City and its community through the photographs of Solomon... |  |
| 2023_06_30H1_LOC_MemberT | 39 | Library of Congress -- Event: Friends of the Library dome tour (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_06_30H2_LOCVw_Dome | 81 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from Dome (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_06_30H3_LOC_GH | 1 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall |  |
 | 2023_06_30H4_LOC_Ceremonial | 6 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Librarian's Ceremonial Office (1st Floor) |  |
| 2023_06_30H5_LOC_MRR | 38 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) |  |
 | 2023_07_02B1_Georgetown | 11 | DC -- Georgetown neighborhood |  |
| 2023_07_02B2_GeorgetownC | 46 | DC -- Georgetown -- C&O Canal NHP |  |
 | 2023_07_02B3_Wash_Harbor | 2 | DC -- Georgetown -- Washington Harbor |  |
| 2023_07_02B4_Kennedy_CrossingB | 33 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Exhibit: Crossing Borders Crossing Borders
2nd year Social Practice Resident, Helen Zughaib, opens her new exhibit Crossing Borders in the Hall of Nations on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2023. Helen's new installation exhibits wooden tiles with patterns and colors inspired by many different countries and memorializes the people... |  |
 | 2023_07_02B5_Georgetown_WFPk | 5 | DC -- Georgetown Waterfront Park (and Views from...) |  |
| 2023_07_02B6_1201Wisc | 3 | DC -- Georgetown -- PNC Bank (1201 Wisconsin Ave NW) |  |
 | 2023_07_02C_Gavankar | 97 | DC -- Georgetown -- Gavankar 50th Anniversary Excursion |  |
| 2023_07_03A1_Gavankar | 205 | VA -- Alexandria -- Gavankar 50th anniversary party (1 of 2) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_07_03A2_Gavankar2 | 213 | VA -- Alexandria -- Gavankar 50th anniversary party (2 of 2) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_04A1_Lincoln_4th | 54 | Fireworks -- Waiting @ Lincoln Memorial for 4th of July Fireworks (2023) |  |
 | 2023_07_04A2_4th_Fireworks | 99 | Fireworks -- 4th of July Fireworks (2023) from the Lincoln Memorial |  |
| 2023_07_04A3_Lincoln_Mem | 10 | DC -- Lincoln Memorial |  |
 | 2023_07_05A1_Goodyear | 134 | Politics & Prose -- C.W. Goodyear ("President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier") w/Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal C.W. Goodyear -- President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier - with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal -- at Conn Ave
In this magisterial biography, C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser;... |  |
| 2023_07_07_SBF_Studio | 75 | MD -- Bethesda -- Suzanne's studio |  |
 | 2023_07_08A1_Rock_Creek | 4 | MD -- Rock Creek Park |  |
| 2023_07_08A2_Linden_Oak | 42 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Linden Oak There was an article in the Washington Post that morning about how the Linden Oak was going to be taken down because it had been dead for a year. Personally, I had driven by the tree but had never noticed it before so I thought I'd photograph it while it was still there. They said a chainsaw carving... |  |
 | 2023_07_08A3_Kensington | 3 | MD -- Kensington |  |
| 2023_07_08B1_Free_LibraryMD | 4 | MD -- Little Free Library |  |
 | 2023_07_08B2_SS_Res | 9 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |  |
| 2023_07_08B3_Purple_Route | 10 | MD -- Purple Line -- Route (except Silver Spring Metro station) |  |
 | 2023_07_08B4_SS_BDE | 1 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Business Section (East of Metro Line) |  |
| 2023_07_09A_Barbara | 155 | Personal -- Get-together and tour @ Barbara Dale's Folks here include Barbara Dale, Nell Minow, David Apatoff, Teresa Roberts Logan, Joe Carabeo, Carolyn Belefski, and Doris Dale (the dog). (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_07_09B1_Baltimore_ZLutheran | 7 | MD -- Baltimore -- Zion Lutheran Church |  |
| 2023_07_09B2_Peale_Museum | 11 | MD -- Baltimore -- Peale Museum |  |
 | 2023_07_09B3_PealeX_Dale | 211 | MD -- Baltimore -- Peale Museum -- Exhibit: Barbara Dale Retrospective Exhibition Barbara Dale Retrospective Exhibition
Stepping into Baltimore-based cartoonist Barbara Dale’s studio, Peale chief curator Jeffrey Kent was truly awed by the experience as he witnessed Barbara’s effortless utilization of various mediums in her creative practice, including pastel chalk, lithographs,... |  |
| 2023_07_09B4_PealeT_Dale | 36 | MD -- Baltimore -- Peale Museum -- Tour: Barbara Dale Retrospective Exhibition w/Barbara Dale Folks shown here include Barbara Dale, Nell Minow, David Apatoff, Teresa Roberts Logan, Joe Carabeo, and Carolyn Belefski
Barbara Dale Retrospective Exhibition
Stepping into Baltimore-based cartoonist Barbara Dale’s studio, Peale chief curator Jeffrey Kent was truly awed by the experience as he... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_07_09C1_Vanderbes | 155 | Politics & Prose -- Jennifer Vanderbes ("Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims") Jennifer Vanderbes - Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims — at Conn Ave
In 1959, a Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm, the William S. Merrell Company, quietly began distributing samples of an exciting new wonder drug already popular around the world. Touted as a... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_11B_Linden_Oak | 13 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Linden Oak |  |
 | 2023_07_12A1_Kenya60 | 126 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- H.E. Ambassador Lazarus Amayo (Forum on Kenya's 60 Years of Independence) You are invited to join us on Wednesday, July 12, for a forum on Kenya's 60 years of independence (rescheduled from June 14), featuring H.E. Ambassador Lazarus Amayo, Kenya's Ambassador to the U.S.; his bio: https://kenyaembassydc.org/ambassador/
Among those in the audience were Monsieur Frédéric Edem... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_12A2_1771N | 6 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- 1771 N St. NW (National Assn of Broadcasters until 2023, USC afterward) |  |
 | 2023_07_12A3_1771NVw | 39 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- 1771 N St. NW (USC) -- View from... |  |
| 2023_07_12A4_Golden_Parklets | 3 | DC -- Golden Triangle Arts -- Parklets |  |
 | 2023_07_12B1_SS_Res | 4 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |  |
| 2023_07_12B2_MuralsMD_RJones | 3 | MD -- Public Art: Murals by Rachel Jones (@ryjo.o) |  |
 | 2023_07_12B3_SS_BDE | 1 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Business Section (East of Metro Line) |  |
| 2023_07_12B4_SS_Fairfield_Res | 21 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Fairfield Residential (block: Mayor Ln., Thayer Ave., Fenton St., Silver Spring Ave.) |  |
 | 2023_07_12B5_SS_Fenton | 2 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Fenton Street structures |  |
| 2023_07_12B6_SS_Thayer | 10 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Thayer Ave structures |  |
 | 2023_07_12B7_Free_LibraryMD | 8 | MD -- Little Free Library |  |
| 2023_07_12C1_Purple_Metro | 20 | MD -- Purple Line -- Silver Spring Metro stop |  |
 | 2023_07_12C2_Metro_SS | 19 | Metro Station -- Silver Spring |  |
| 2023_07_12C3_SS_115x_Ripley | 9 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Solaire Silver Spring (1150 Ripley St.) and Eleven55 (1155 Ripley St.) |  |
 | 2023_07_12C4_Carson_2Roads | 25 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Two Roads (Rachel Carson Tribute) (1155 Ripley St.) |  |
| 2023_07_12C5_MBTMD | 8 | MD -- Metropolitan Branch Trail (MD portion) |  |
 | 2023_07_13A1_Bernhardt | 39 | Hudson Institute -- How to Balance Economic and Energy Security While Preserving Public Lands (w/David Bernhardt) How to Balance Economic and Energy Security While Preserving Public Lands
Join Hudson senior fellow Brigham McCown for a discussion with former Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt about how the United States can maintain economic prosperity and energy security while preserving public lands for... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_13A2_1201Penn | 8 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Heurich Bldg (1201 Penn Ave NW) |  |
 | 2023_07_13B1_SIAH_Weatherbreak | 17 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Reconstructing ‘Weatherbreak’ in an Age of Extreme Weather Reconstructing ‘Weatherbreak’ in an Age of Extreme Weather
July 5, 2023 – July 28, 2023
This month-long exhibition will display the reconstruction of Weatherbreak—the first large-span geodesic dome to be erected in North America. The Dome is a 25 ft high, 49 ft wide spherical structure, that has... |  |
| 2023_07_13B2_SIAH_Gunboat | 91 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Gunboat Philadelphia |  |
 | 2023_07_13C1_Folklife | 11 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2023) As it gets taken down...
This year's themes:
The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region
The Ozarks’ name has its historic origins in how Native Illini peoples referred to their southern neighbors who dwelled in the lands where the Arkansas River empties into the Mississippi River. Today, it is... |  |
| 2023_07_13C2_Folklife_Ozark | 9 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2023) -- The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region I hadn't seen the finished mural so I was glad the truck was still there.
The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region
The Ozarks’ name has its historic origins in how Native Illini peoples referred to their southern neighbors who dwelled in the lands where the Arkansas River empties into the... |  |
 | 2023_07_13C3_Old_Post_Museum | 25 | DC -- Old Post Office -- Exhibit: Museum It had been updated since the former child president sold the venture to the Waldorf Astoria. |  |
| 2023_07_13C4_Old_PostI | 13 | DC -- Old Post Office -- Inside (Pavilion / Hotel) |  |
 | 2023_07_13C5_Old_PostV | 26 | DC -- Old Post Office -- Views from tower |  |
| 2023_07_13D_Purple_Route | 2 | MD -- Purple Line -- Route (except Silver Spring Metro station) |  |
 | 2023_07_13E_Weinman | 39 | Politics & Prose -- Sarah Weinman ("Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of Reckoning") w/Jonquilyn Hill Sarah Weinman — Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of Reckoning - with Jonquilyn Hill — at Conn Ave
True crime, as an entertainment genre, has always prioritized clear narrative arcs: victims wronged, police detectives in pursuit, suspects apprehended, justice delivered. But what stories... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_15A1_SIPM | 10 | DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |  |
 | 2023_07_15A2_SIPM_Spanish | 128 | Natl Postal Museum -- Event: "Spanish is the Language of My Family" Book Festival "Spanish is the Language of My Family" Book Festival
Come by the National Postal Museum for a day of fun-filled activities for the whole family that celebrates the release of the new book Spanish is the Language of My Family. Written by Michael Genhart and illustrated by NPM's Guest Artist, John Parra,... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_15B1_KatzenXT_Wen | 130 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Gallery Talk: At One with the Elements w/Leigh Wen Gallery Talk: At One with the Elements
Curator, Sarah Tanguy & the artist, Leigh Wen, will discuss the exhibition "At One with the Elements" in a gallery talk.
Discover how artist Leigh Wen weaves personal and cultural histories into her practice. At One with the Elements explores her intimate bond... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_07_15B2_KatzenX_Elements | 59 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: At One with the Elements At One with the Elements
Leigh Wen, Artist
Sarah Tanguy, Curator
June 17 – August 13, 2023
Internationally recognized artist Leigh Wen explores the power of nature while nurturing a sense of connectivity and stewardship for our endangered planet.
Exhibition Overview
Discover how artist Leigh... |  |
| 2023_07_15B3_KatzenX_Lost | 1 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B/C Exhibit: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories
June 17–August 13, 2023
September 9–December 10, 2023
Folks:
* Karel Cudlin, Photographer
* Jan Dobrovský, Photographer
* Martin Wágner, Photographer
* Milena Kalinovska, Curator
“Through these photographs, you’ll step into a country with a dramatic... |  |
 | 2023_07_16A1_FriendshipDC_Mazza | 43 | DC -- Friendship Heights (DC) -- Mazza Gallerie site |  |
| 2023_07_16A2_FriendshipDC | 2 | DC -- Friendship Heights (DC) neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_07_16A3_CChase_Circle | 18 | DC -- Chevy Chase Circle |  |
| 2023_07_16B_Getaway_Driver | 84 | AFI -- "The Accidental Getaway Driver" (w/Sing J. Lee) DCAPAFF Closing: THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER
Special Features: Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Sing J. Lee and dessert reception
Long (Hiệp Trần Nghĩa), an elderly Vietnamese cab driver in southern California, answers a late-night call for a ride. Already in his pajamas, he reluctantly accepts,... |  |
 | 2023_07_17A1_Freedman | 134 | Politics & Prose -- Samuel G. Freedman ("Into the Bright Sunshine") w/Julia Sweig Samuel G. Freedman — Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights - with Julia Sweig -- at Conn Ave
As Samuel G. Freedman points out, Hubert Humphrey's public life began and ended in disgrace. Humphrey started out as an outlier in the post-war Democratic Party and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_18A1_Linden_Oak | 148 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Linden Oak -- The tree comes down They cut down the tree today. |  |
 | 2023_07_19A_Metro_SS | 2 | Metro Station -- Silver Spring |  |
| 2023_07_19B_Korea70th | 48 | Cato Institute -- "Thawing a Frozen Conflict: The Korean War Armistice at 70 Years" Thawing a Frozen Conflict: The Korean War Armistice at 70 Years
Policy Forum
On July 27, 1953, an armistice took effect, pausing the Korean War. Although much has changed over the last 70 years—North Korea becoming a nuclear state, South Korea becoming a democracy and major economic power, and China... |  |
 | 2023_07_19C1_GBrown | 197 | Politics & Prose -- George Brown ("Too Hot: Kool & the Gang & Me") w/DJ Lance Reynolds George Brown -- Too Hot: Kool & the Gang & Me -- with DJ Lance Reynolds
He soon joined forces with his friends to form a group called the Jazziacs which then evolved into Kool & The Gang, a band that began playing clubs and charting hits while its members were still teenagers. By evolving their sound... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_20A1_Brookside | 92 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens |  |
 | 2023_07_20A2_Brookside_FF | 10 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Flamingo Flamboyance Flamingo Flamboyance Exhibit at Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens celebrates garden art this summer with its outdoor installation Flamboyance of Flamingos. Dozens of whimsical flamingos dot the gardens in different poses and are adorned with containers of varying annuals.
We’re taking the iconic... |  |
| 2023_07_20A3_Brookside_WAP | 89 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 at Brookside Gardens
June 12 - August 28, 2023
The Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) Pyramids Art Exhibition is back by popular demand!
Thanks to support from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, five new tetrahedrons with... |  |
 | 2023_07_20B_Rock_Creek_CB | 14 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) Colin Vale is scheduled to do his chainsaw magic on this tree stump at some point. |  |
| 2023_07_20C1_Taylor | 197 | Politics & Prose -- Nikki M. Taylor ("Brooding Over Bloody Revenge") Nikki M. Taylor -- Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women's Lethal Resistance -- at Conn Ave
From the colonial through the antebellum era, enslaved women in the US used lethal force as the ultimate form of resistance. By amplifying their voices and experiences, Brooding over Bloody Revenge... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_07_21A1_Building_Look | 34 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Great Hall Installation: Look Here Look Here
Opening Saturday, July 1
This summer, artist and architect Suchi Reddy, founder and principal of Reddymade Design Studio in New York, has been selected to transform the Museum’s Great Hall with an elegant and provocative new installation titled Look Here. Best known for her large-scale... |  |
| 2023_07_21A2_Building | 10 | DC -- Natl Building Museum |  |
 | 2023_07_21A3_Building_Meigs | 46 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Montgomery Meigs |  |
| 2023_07_21B1_WMATA_HQ | 15 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- (Old) WMATA headquarters (600 5th St NW) |  |
 | 2023_07_21B2_SIPG_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building Brent Glass came by and asked about the use of 9,000 denim jeans in the courtyard canopy. |  |
| 2023_07_21B3_Techworld | 4 | DC -- Chinatown -- TechWorld |  |
 | 2023_07_21B4_Chinatown | 7 | DC -- Chinatown neighborhood |  |
| 2023_07_21B5_Mt_Vernon | 2 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_07_21C2_Should_Care | 154 | Hist Society of Wash DC -- Event: Why You Should Care About DC Statehood (w/Nolan Williams Jr., Derek Musgrove, Senator Paul Strauss, and Kelsye Adams) Why You Should Care About DC Statehood
Join us for a screening of "Becoming Douglass Commonwealth" followed by a conversation about DC statehood and why you should care.
If you’re paying attention in DC, signs of the statehood movement are all around you. Driving through town, you see license plates... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_21C3_HSW | 7 | Hist Society of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library |  |
 | 2023_07_21C4_HSW_HH | 44 | Hist Soc of Wash DC @ Carnegie Library -- Exhibit: DC Hall of History |  |
| 2023_07_21C5_Carnegie_Lib | 12 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Carnegie Library of Washington, DC (Exterior) |  |
 | 2023_07_21D_Metro_FT | 6 | Metro Station -- Fort Totten |  |
| 2023_07_22A1_MOOseum | 208 | MD -- Boyds -- South Germantown Recreational Park - King Barn Dairy MOOseum |  |
 | 2023_07_22A2_MOOseum_CC | 42 | MD -- Boyds -- South Germantown Recreational Park - King Barn Dairy MOOseum -- Cows and Climate Change Talk on Cows and Climate Change by Robert R. Peters, Ph.D. |  |
| 2023_07_22B_Seneca_BRockMill | 25 | MD -- Seneca Creek State Park -- Black Rock Mill |  |
 | 2023_07_22C1_Taylor | 20 | Politics & Prose -- Miles Taylor ("Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump") Miles Taylor -- Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump
The author behind the “eye-popping” (CNN) #1 New York Times bestseller A Warning presents an urgent look at how our deeply divided nation is setting the stage for “The Next Trump."
With the 2024 election approaching, the... |  |
| 2023_07_22C2_PProse | 6 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW) |  |
 | 2023_07_22D1_Kalb | 169 | Politics & Prose -- Deborah Kalb ("Off to Join the Circus") w/Susan Coll Deborah Kalb -- Off to Join the Circus - with Susan Coll -- at Conn Ave
Off to Join the Circus focuses on an overly enmeshed, neurotic Jewish family in the Washington, D.C., area, and what happens when a relative returns after 64 years.
Adele Pinsky ran away as a teenager back in 1954, perhaps to join... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_23A1_Grossinger | 206 | Politics & Prose -- Ken Grossinger ("Art Works") w/Reverend Lennox Yearwood Ken Grossinger - Art Works: How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together - with Reverend Lennox Yearwood - at Conn Ave
An artist's mural of George Floyd becomes an emblem of a renewed movement for racial equality. A documentary film injects fuel into a popular mobilization to oust a... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_07_25A_LessonsWWII | 54 | Hudson Institute -- Lessons from the World War II Arsenal of Democracy Lessons from the World War II Arsenal of Democracy
To defend Ukraine against Russia and deter China from invading Taiwan, the United States needs to rapidly increase weapons production and enhance its arms. Tapping American innovation and rebuilding the US defense industrial base will be crucial. The... |  |
| 2023_07_25B1_Signs | 6 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
 | 2023_07_25B2_Penn_Qtr | 4 | DC -- Penn Quarter neighborhood |  |
| 2023_07_25B3_Verizon | 5 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Verizon Center |  |
 | 2023_07_25B4_Toynbee | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Toynbee tiles |  |
| 2023_07_25B5_USWWI_Taps | 25 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Evening Taps Event |  |
 | 2023_07_25B6_Golden_Streets | 4 | DC -- Golden Streets (Golden Triangle Tree Box Garden Contest) |  |
| 2023_07_25B7_Golden_Marker | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Marker (by Rania Hassan) @ Connecticut & K St NW Monument & Marker
Installed in October 2020, Monument & Marker is a collaboration between Golden Triangle Arts and the Smithsonian that extends the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative – Because of Her Story beyond the walls of the Smithsonian and into the streets of Washington, DC. Launched... |  |
 | 2023_07_25C1_SIPG_Honor | 17 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers
June 23, 2023 – June 9, 2024
In the years leading up to the Civil War, the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, emerged as a vital training ground for men who built the nation’s infrastructure, played decisive roles in its... |  |
| 2023_07_25C2_SIPG_CW | 12 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |  |
 | 2023_07_25D1_MLKLib_Leo_Else | 2 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- All Else Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |  |
| 2023_07_25D2_MLKLib_Leo_Codex | 97 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- Codexes Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |  |
 | 2023_07_25D3_MLKLib_Leo_Conf | 9 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- Confidustria Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |  |
| 2023_07_25D4_MLKLib_Leo_Lab | 22 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius -- Lab Leonardo da Vinci
Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the mind of an Italian genius
Exhibition: June 21 - Aug. 20, 2023
Note: This special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition is open during regular library hours, seven days a week. Capacity in the exhibit is limited for the protection of the... |  |
 | 2023_07_25E1_2000PennVw | 38 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- 2000 Penn Ave NW -- View from... |  |
| 2023_07_25E2_Fighting_Food | 59 | DC -- Talks @ Pulitzer --Fighting Food Insecurity in the Southeastern U.S. Talks @ Pulitzer: Fighting Food Insecurity in the Southeastern U.S.
Join the Pulitzer Center for a discussion on food insecurity in the southeastern United States.
More than 30 million people in the United States are food insecure, according to the USDA. Please join the Pulitzer Center Reporting... |  |
 | 2023_07_26A_SS_Art | 4 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Public Art |  |
| 2023_07_26B1_United_Methodist | 2 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE) |  |
 | 2023_07_26B2_Signs | 2 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
| 2023_07_26B3_CapHill | 16 | DC -- Capitol Hill neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_07_26B4_St_MarksDC | 7 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- St. Mark's Capitol Hill (301 A St SE) |  |
| 2023_07_26C1_Energy_Economy | 111 | DC -- POLITICO @ Samsung DC Office -- The New Energy Economy To accelerate America’s transition to a cleaner energy economy and develop domestic manufacturing, Washington is placing big bets on the power of individual consumers. From tax credits to direct regulations, policymakers are looking to nudge Americans to adopt new behaviors and grow nascent... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_07_26C2_700PennAveVw | 43 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- 700 Pennsylvania Avenue SW -- View from... This was the view from:
Samsung D.C. Office
700 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, 6th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20003 |  |
| 2023_07_26C3_700PennAve | 10 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- 700 Pennsylvania Avenue SW |  |
 | 2023_07_26D1_Folger | 24 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Folger Shakespeare Library (201 E Capitol St SE) The Folger will reopen in September 2023. |  |
| 2023_07_26D2_LOC_Ext | 4 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images |  |
 | 2023_07_26D3_Capitol | 20 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) |  |
| 2023_07_26D4_Mall | 3 | DC -- Natl Mall area |  |
 | 2023_07_26D5_Capitol_SenatePk | 16 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool) |  |
| 2023_07_27A1_OAS_About_WomanR | 23 | OAS -- Event: "About a Woman" opening reception Sobre una mujer / About a Woman opening reception
Curated by Elda Harrington and Silvia Mangialardi |  |
 | 2023_07_27A2_OAS_About_Woman | 43 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Sobre una mujer / About a Woman Sobre una mujer / About a Woman
On view July 27-October 8, 2023
Curated by Elda Harrington and Silvia Mangialardi
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas and the FLA-Fundación Luz Austral, with the support of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Sobre una mujer (About a Woman), an exhibition... |  |
| 2023_07_27A3_OAS_Petrona | 20 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Petrona Viera: Endless creation Petrona Viera: creación sin fin" (Petrona Viera: Endless creation)
On view June 15-September 27, 2023
The exhibition "Petrona Viera: creación sin fin" (Petrona Viera: Endless creation), at the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA), represents for Uruguay and for us, at the National Museum of Visual Arts... |  |
 | 2023_07_27A4_OAS_Picasso | 11 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Picasso: A Dialog with the Americas Picasso: A Dialog with the Americas
June 6 - September 20, 2023
Six days after the death of Pablo Ruiz Picasso (b. 1881, d. 1973) at the age of 91, the OAS General Assembly adopted the Tribute to Pablo Picasso resolution, recognizing his "enormous influence on the contemporary art of the Americas,"... |  |
| 2023_07_27A5_OAS_Museum | 3 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Art Museum of the Americas (201 18th St NW) -- Museum Bldg Interior |  |
 | 2023_07_27B_USWWI_Taps | 89 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Evening Taps Event The regular daily bugler (Kevin Paul) was joined by Gregory Lutton from the Irish Guards for the 5pm event. Afterward, I joined Kevin, Gregory, and Sylvia Lutton at the Willard Hotel for drinks. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_27C_SS_Station_Square | 2 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Station Square (1100 Wayne Ave) |  |
 | 2023_07_29A1_Metro_TP | 9 | Metro Station -- Takoma Park |  |
| 2023_07_29A2_Takoma | 6 | DC -- Takoma neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_07_29A3_Signs | 1 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
| 2023_07_29B1_Pole_ArtMD | 1 | MD -- Public Art: Pole Art |  |
 | 2023_07_29B2_Peoples_BookO | 74 | MD -- Takoma Park -- People's Book -- Ribbon cutting We'll be open 9am-8pm today to celebrate with you! You can expect fun activities throughout the day! Join us!
Face Painting (10:30-1:30)
An Author Reading of Spellbinders (11:00-11:30)
Ribbon Cutting with the Mayor (4:00)
Live Jazz Music!
Drinks and more!
Folks there that day included Eugene... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_29B3_MotorkatO | 8 | MD -- Takoma Park -- Motorkat ribbon cutting Folks there that day included Kate Stewart (Takoma Park's former mayor) and Talisha Searcy (Takoma Park's current mayor). |  |
 | 2023_07_29C_ISS | 1 | International Space Station flyover |  |
| 2023_07_30A1_Building_BrickW | 43 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Event: Build-a-Brick Weekend Build-a-Brick Weekend
Assist artist Rocco Buttliere in the construction of a 6-foot-tall LEGO® brick that will be on display in our new exhibition, Brick City! The gigantic brick requires 610 lbs of LEGO® bricks and lots of helping hands, so join us on Saturday, July 29 or Sunday, July 30. |  |
 | 2023_07_30A2_Building_Look | 4 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Great Hall Installation: Look Here Look Here
Opening Saturday, July 1
This summer, artist and architect Suchi Reddy, founder and principal of Reddymade Design Studio in New York, has been selected to transform the Museum’s Great Hall with an elegant and provocative new installation titled Look Here. Best known for her large-scale... |  |
| 2023_07_30B1_Penn_Qtr | 3 | DC -- Penn Quarter neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_07_30B2_WMATA_Hq | 7 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- (Old) WMATA headquarters (600 5th St NW) |  |
| 2023_07_30B3_Gallery_Place_OBA | 11 | DC -- Gallery Place areas -- Oriental Bldg Assn (600 F St NW) |  |
 | 2023_07_30B4_Engine02 | 14 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Engine Company 02 (500 F St NW) |  |
| 2023_07_30B5_Judiciary | 1 | DC -- Judiciary Square neighborhood |  |
 | 2023_07_30B6_CourthousePk | 4 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Courthouse Park (John Marshall Park and the one north of it) |  |
| 2023_07_30B7_Capitol | 3 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) |  |
 | 2023_07_30B8_USDC | 6 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- US District Court for DC Bldg (E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse) They were preparing for the arrival of the former child president for his arraignment later. |  |
| 2023_07_30C1_SIPG_Wests | 146 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea
July 28, 2023 – January 14, 2024
Ideas about the American West, both in popular culture and in commonly accepted historical narratives, are often based on a past that never was, and fail to take into account important events that actually occurred. The... |  |
 | 2023_07_30C2_AmerInd | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |  |
| 2023_07_30C3_AmerInd_Int | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |  |
 | 2023_07_30C4_AmerInd_Houle | 101 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful
May 25, 2023 – June 2, 2024
Red is beautiful. For Robert Houle (b. 1947, Saulteaux Anishinaabe, Sandy Bay First Nation), color is powerful, expressive, and lies at the foundation of his artistic practice. Throughout his career, his work has embodied and expressed what he... |  |
| 2023_07_30C5_SIAIR_Bldg | 13 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General |  |
 | 2023_07_30C6_Mall | 4 | DC -- Natl Mall area |  |
| 2023_07_30D1_SIHIRO | 37 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum (Outside) |  |
 | 2023_07_30D2_SIHIR_Diamond | 25 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Jessica Diamond: Wheel Of Life Jessica Diamond: Wheel Of Life
July 14, 2023 – June 2, 2024
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will present the largest museum installation to date by American conceptual artist Jessica Diamond. Wheel Of Life will fill the Hirshhorn’s second-floor inner-circle galleries with 15... |  |
| 2023_07_30D3_SISG_Connecting | 36 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art
April 29, 2023 – Ongoing
The National Museum of Asian Art opened in 1923, becoming the first art museum on the National Mall. At the museum, we continually renew our commitment to the communities represented by the works in our collections and to... |  |
 | 2023_07_30D4_SISG_Shrine | 8 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
March 5, 2022 – Indefinitely
The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room includes more than two hundred bronzes, paintings, silk hangings, and carpets that were created in Tibet, China, and Mongolia between the thirteenth and early twentieth centuries. Arranged to reflect Tibetan... |  |
| 2023_07_30D5_SISG_Unfolds | 65 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Palace Life Unfolds: Conserving a Chinese Lacquer Screen Palace Life Unfolds: Conserving a Chinese Lacquer Screen
July 15, 2023 – January 28, 2024
On display for the first time after a major conservation project, this Chinese lacquer screen dated to 1672 is a delight, featuring newly revealed intricate details that had been obscured by centuries of wear and... |  |
 | 2023_07_30D6_SISG | 1 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |  |
| 2023_07_30D7_SIAIB | 14 | DC -- Arts and Industries Bldg |  |
 | 2023_07_30E_USWWI_Taps | 9 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Evening Taps Event |  |
| 2023_07_30F1_Ellsberg | 400 | NPC -- Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg (Committee for the Republic) COMMITTEE FOR THE REPUBLIC
Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg
National Whistleblowers Day
Not live-streamed, but filmed for later release. Tickets for the Pillar Awards and a screening of "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and The Pentagon Papers" are available to purchase... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_07_31A1_Africas_Future | 153 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Africa's Future Series: Global Powers and Multilateralism Africa's Future Series: Global Powers and Multilateralism
You are invited to join us, in person or on line, on Monday, July 31, at 9 a.m. EDT, for "Africa's Future: Global Powers and Multilateralism," with speakers by video from around Africa and, in person.
Africa-US forums are presented each month... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_07_31A2_1771NVw | 34 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- 1771 N St. NW (USC) -- View from... |  |
 | 2023_07_31B1_Purple_Metro | 13 | MD -- Purple Line -- Silver Spring Metro stop |  |
| 2023_07_31B2_Purple_Route | 2 | MD -- Purple Line -- Route (except Silver Spring Metro station) |  |
 | 2023_08_01A1_Rock_Creek_KG | 39 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Ken-Gar Palisades Local Park |  |
| 2023_08_01A2_Rock_Creek_CB | 44 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |  |
 | 2023_08_02A1_Rock_Creek_MNC | 59 | MD -- Rock Creek Regional Park -- Meadowside Nature Center I hadn't been back here in 13 years. Unfortunately, the nature center was closed for renovations this summer. |  |
| 2023_08_02A2_Rock_Creek_LN | 29 | MD -- Rock Creek Regional Park -- Lake Needwood |  |
 | 2023_08_02B_Rock_Creek_CB | 19 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |  |
| 2023_08_03A_Losers_Arraign | 117 | DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- Crowd outside the federal courthouse before Trump lies about being innocent (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_03B2_Mall | 8 | DC -- Natl Mall area |  |
| 2023_08_03B3_PETA_Speciesism | 15 | DC -- Exhibit: Scuptures by Quill Hyde against Speciesism @ Mall |  |
 | 2023_08_03B4_Metro_EN | 4 | Metro Station -- L'Enfant Plaza |  |
| 2023_08_03B5_TCB | 7 | DC -- Public Art: Traffic Control Boxes |  |
 | 2023_08_03C_Stables | 29 | DC -- Mall -- U.S. Park Police Horse Stables and Education Center |  |
| 2023_08_03D1_Ellipse | 6 | DC -- Ellipse (President's Park South) |  |
 | 2023_08_03D2_BSM | 12 | DC -- Ellipse -- Boy Scout Memorial |  |
| 2023_08_03D3_Sherman | 39 | DC -- Sherman Memorial |  |
 | 2023_08_03D4_USWWI_Taps | 9 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Evening Taps Event |  |
| 2023_08_03D5_Golden_Streets | 5 | DC -- Golden Streets (Golden Triangle Tree Box Garden Contest) |  |
 | 2023_08_03D6_Golden_Parklets | 4 | DC -- Golden Triangle Arts -- Parklets |  |
| 2023_08_03D7_Signs | 1 | DC -- Temporary Signs |  |
 | 2023_08_03E1_JICC_Chanoyu | 37 | DC -- Embassy of Japan -- JICC -- Exhibit: Chanoyu Culture: Invitation to Tea Exhibition Chanoyu Culture: Invitation to Tea Exhibition
Presented by JICC, Embassy of Japan in collaboration with Omotesenke Domonkai Eastern Region, USA.
Jul 25 - Sept 8, 2023
The Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan is proud to present our latest summer exhibition Chanoyu Culture: Invitation... |  |
| 2023_08_03E2_JICC_Kaidan | 68 | DC -- Embassy of Japan -- JICC -- Event: From Kaidan to J-Horror | Rewriting the Ghost for Stage & Film From Kaidan to J-Horror | Rewriting the Ghost for Stage & Film
Lecture
Presented by JICC, Embassy of Japan
The Japan Information & Culture Center is proud to welcome Dr. Jennifer Yoo as we delve into the adaptation of traditional Japanese ghost stories for stage and film.
With a rich and flourishing... |  |
 | 2023_08_04A1_Cabin_John_SP | 51 | MD -- Cabin John Regional Park -- Shirley Povich Field section |  |
| 2023_08_04A2_Rock_Creek_CB | 5 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |  |
 | 2023_08_04B1_MEI_River | 52 | Middle East Institute -- Exhibit: A River Flows Downstream Join the Middle East Institute for their new exhibition “A River Flows Downstream.” The exhibition explores the theme of water and rivers in the Middle East and the impact of floods and droughts on communities, landscapes, and ecosystems. A River Flows Downstream takes viewers on a journey along rivers... |  |
| 2023_08_04B2_CAMDC_Bruce_Lee | 78 | Chinese American Museum DC -- Exhibit: Bruce Lee: American Son and International Icon Bruce Lee: American Son and International Icon
Open July 20, 2023
A new exhibit commemorates the cultural superstar on the 50th anniversary of his passing revealing both his Hollywood qualities and his sensitivities as an artist, philosopher and family man. On display are rarely seen images, personal... |  |
 | 2023_08_04B3_CAMDC_Qipao | 54 | Chinese American Museum DC -- Exhibit: Fashioning Identity in Qipao: The Image of Modern Women Fashioning Identity in Qipao: The Image of Modern Women
June 17, 2023
Qipao 旗袍 was the quintessential dress for Chinese women in the Republic Era (1912-1949). Its origin and history are closely intertwined with women’s quest for equality and independence during China’s rapid modernization and... |  |
| 2023_08_04B4_CAMDC_Corky | 79 | Chinese American Museum DC -- Exhibit: Thank You, Corky Lee Thank You, Corky Lee: The Unofficial Photographer Laureate of Asian Americans
Open July 20, 2023 - January 26, 2024
Many people knew the late activist-photographer, Corky Lee, as someone who took candid photographs of Asian communities. Look deeper to see that he created an authentic space for Asian... |  |
 | 2023_08_04B5_CAMDC | 2 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Chinese American Museum DC (1218 16th St NW) |  |
| 2023_08_04C1_Emb_Australia | 4 | DC -- Embassy of Australia |  |
 | 2023_08_04C2_Emb_Argentina | 19 | DC -- Embassy of Argentina |  |
| 2023_08_04C3_Emb_Argentina_Think | 15 | DC -- Embassy of Argentina -- Exhibit: Own Thinking The Embassy of Argentina presents Lorena Cabrera’s exhibition, “Own Thinking,” an exhibition of textiles and mixed technics using ink, pastel, and drawings. The show is an expression that seeks to convey a work process that the artist calls "visual thinking," – the act of putting ideas or thoughts into... |  |
 | 2023_08_04C4_Dupont_Circle | 25 | DC -- Dupont Circle neighborhood (but not the fountain) |  |
| 2023_08_04C5_Emb_Moldova | 3 | DC -- Embassy of Moldova |  |
 | 2023_08_04C6_Free_LibraryDC | 3 | DC -- Little Free Library |  |
| 2023_08_04D1_MPP | 37 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Museum of the Palestinian People (1900 18th Street NW) The Museum of the Palestinian People is pleased to invite visitors to explore our new permanent exhibit, which tells the story of the Palestinian people, highlighting parts of Palestinian history that are often overlooked. Now on exhibit are a series of paintings that capture traditional Palestinian... |  |
 | 2023_08_04D2_WSS | 15 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama -- Washington Studio School The Washington Studio School is thrilled to invite you to “See-and-be-Seen,” our summer-long community exhibition that includes YOU!!! A single self-portrait is a powerful statement of identity, gender, representation, history, family, and self-reflection. A room full of self-portraits in dialog with... |  |
| 2023_08_04D3_IAA_Shadow | 13 | IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: In the Shadow of Time (w/Magdolene Dykstra) Magdolene Dykstra’s “In the Shadow of Time” investigates a key component of the architectural language of empire. Columns convey the hierarchical nature of the socio-political structure they represent. Their long shadows are a nod to the question posed by Grace Lee Boggs & Jimmy Boggs: “What time is it... |  |
 | 2023_08_04D4_IAA_Quietly | 27 | IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: Slip Quietly into My Arms (w/Katherine Burling) Katherine Burling’s “Slip Quietly into My Arms” presents a selection of multimedia works on paper which imagine a world in which humankind, rather than nature, plays master engineer. In this colorful reverie, nature is no longer capable of sustaining itself, and humans intervene with mechanical,... |  |
| 2023_08_05A1_Cabin_John_NC | 132 | MD -- Cabin John Regional Park -- Locust Grove Nature Center section (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_05A2_Cabin_John_RR | 27 | MD -- Cabin John Regional Park -- Cabin John Miniature Train section |  |
| 2023_08_05B_Magruders_Honesty | 9 | MD -- Bethesda -- Magruder's Honesty |  |
 | 2023_08_06A1_Falls_Church_CH | 33 | VA -- Falls Church -- City Hall complex |  |
| 2023_08_06A2_FC_Cherry_Hill_Pk | 41 | VA -- Falls Church -- Cherry Hill Park (including chainsaw carving art) |  |
 | 2023_08_06A3_FC_Styles_Lib | 9 | VA -- Falls Church -- Mary Riley Styles Public Library |  |
| 2023_08_06A4_FC_Cherry_Hill_Farm | 9 | VA -- Falls Church -- Cherry Hill Farm |  |
 | 2023_08_06A5_Falls_Church_Art | 47 | VA -- Falls Church -- Public Art |  |
| 2023_08_06A6_FC_Episcopal | 13 | VA -- Falls Church Episcopal |  |
 | 2023_08_06A7_Falls_Church_Hist | 53 | VA -- Falls Church -- History Trail |  |
| 2023_08_06B1_Free_LibraryVA | 2 | VA -- Little Free Library At the city hall building in Falls Church, VA. |  |
 | 2023_08_06B2_TCBVA | 6 | VA -- Public Art: Traffic Control Boxes |  |
| 2023_08_06B3_Party_AnimalsVA | 10 | VA -- Public Art: Party Animals (in Falls Church, VA) There are at least three of them in Falls Church, VA. |  |
 | 2023_08_06B4_Asphalt_ArtVA | 5 | VA -- Public Art: Asphalt Art (art painted on sidewalks, intersections, and storm drains) |  |
| 2023_08_06B5_BikeshareVA | 3 | VA -- Bike Sharing / Racks Bike rack in Falls Church, VA. |  |
 | 2023_08_06B6_Pole_ArtVA | 1 | VA -- Public Art: Pole Art |  |
| 2023_08_06C1_Falls_Church | 22 | VA -- Falls Church |  |
 | 2023_08_06C2_FC_Tinner_Hill | 48 | VA -- Falls Church -- Tinner Hill and Monument |  |
| 2023_08_06C3_FC_Big_Chimneys | 25 | VA -- Falls Church -- Big Chimneys Park |  |
 | 2023_08_06C4_FC_Howard_Herman | 13 | VA -- Falls Church -- Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park
The Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park is one of only two parks of its kind in the City of Falls Church. Crossman Park and the Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park both offer a wide array of natural features. Heavily wooded with a stream running through it, the... |  |
| 2023_08_06D1_MuralsVA_BKing | 6 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Bryan King |  |
 | 2023_08_06D2_MuralsVA_JCEnglish | 5 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Joseph Craig English |  |
| 2023_08_06D3_MuralsVA_JWood | 3 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by J. Wood |  |
 | 2023_08_06D4_MuralsVA_SBavin | 3 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Shelby Bavin |  |
| 2023_08_08A1_Attitudes | 75 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- New Data on International Attitudes Towards the U.S. Roundtable with Richard Wike of the Pew Research Center, who will present and discuss new data on international attitudes towards the U.S. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_08A2_1771N | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- 1771 N St. NW (National Assn of Broadcasters until 2023, USC afterward) |  |
| 2023_08_08B_Rock_Creek_CB | 19 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |  |
 | 2023_08_09A1_Brookside | 108 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_09A2_Brookside_WAP | 21 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 at Brookside Gardens
June 12 - August 28, 2023
The Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) Pyramids Art Exhibition is back by popular demand!
Thanks to support from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, five new tetrahedrons with... |  |
 | 2023_08_09A3_Brookside_FF | 5 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Flamingo Flamboyance |  |
| 2023_08_09A4_Free_LibraryMD | 12 | MD -- Little Free Library |  |
 | 2023_08_09B_Cabin_John_RR | 35 | MD -- Cabin John Regional Park -- Cabin John Miniature Train section I had to go back to look for a chainsaw carving that was there that I had missed before. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_09C_Rock_Creek_CB | 24 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |  |
 | 2023_08_10_Costco_Wheaton | 1 | MD -- Costco @ Wheaton Plaza The printed book section is down to just one section now. |  |
| 2023_08_11_Rock_Creek_CB | 10 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |  |
 | 2023_08_12A1_Metro_FT | 4 | Metro Station -- Fort Totten |  |
| 2023_08_12A2_WCC | 12 | DC -- Washington Convention Center |  |
 | 2023_08_12A3_NBF_Misc | 166 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Miscelleanous Folks here include the Library Friends group, a guy who was trying to hawk his own book against the Chinese Communist Party, the US Capital Historical Society folks, Kate Michael, Carla Hayden, Amy Joyce and Helena Andrews-Dyer (Washington Post stage), Jane Campbell, Daniela Galarza and Ann Maloney... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12A4_NBF_PP | 31 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Politics and Prose Area |  |
 | 2023_08_12A5_NBF_CSpan | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Book TV on C-Span2 Peter Slen (C-SPAN) interviewing ???, Charles Stimson, and Douglas Brinkley |  |
| 2023_08_12B1_NBF_Towles | 16 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- On "The Lincoln Highway": Historical Fiction with Amor Towles On "The Lincoln Highway": Historical Fiction with Amor Towles
Amor Towles’ latest novel, “The Lincoln Highway,” is a classic American road novel but within that narrative framework, it continually surprises. It’s about 18-year-old Emmett Watson, who has to get to nowhere in particular, fast, after his... |  |
 | 2023_08_12B2_NBF_Hauntings | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Hauntings Aren't Just for Houses: Horror Fiction with Tananarive Due and Grady Hendrix Hauntings Aren't Just for Houses: Horror Fiction with Tananarive Due and Grady Hendrix
Horror can take countless forms: monsters, strangers, our inner demons. In Tananarive Due’s “The Wishing Pool and Other Stories,” supernatural horror intersects with chillingly real themes of trauma, racism and... |  |
| 2023_08_12B3_NBF_Buttigieg | 40 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Chasten Buttigieg Has Something To Tell You (Hint: It's About Finding Yourself) Chasten Buttigieg Has Something To Tell You (Hint: It's About Finding Yourself)
Growing up isn’t easy. Finding your voice takes courage. And, being true to yourself can take time. In “I Have Something to Tell You -- For Young Adults,” Chasten Buttigieg recounts stories and experiences he encountered... |  |
 | 2023_08_12B4_NBF_NPoetry | 15 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- The World Offers Itself to Your Imagination: Nature Poetry with Camille T. Dungy and Joy Harjo The World Offers Itself to Your Imagination: Nature Poetry with Camille T. Dungy and Joy Harjo
Throughout time, readers have turned to poetry to connect to the beauty and mystery of the natural world. Join former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (“Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light”) and Camille T. Dungy... |  |
| 2023_08_12B5_NBF_Family | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- The Family You Need, the Family You Create: Literary Fiction with Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea The Family You Need, the Family You Create: Literary Fiction with Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea
What makes someone family? Join Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea as they discuss their new novels, “Las Madres” (Santiago) and “Good Night, Irene” (Urrea). Santiago’s novel follows... |  |
 | 2023_08_12B6_NBF_Mukherjee | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Medicine and the New Human with Siddhartha Mukherjee Medicine and the New Human with Siddhartha Mukherjee
In his new book “The Song of the Cell,” physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee, also the author of “The Emperor of All Maladies,” takes the reader back to the discovery of cells, the ways that discovery revolutionized medicine and the remarkable... |  |
| 2023_08_12B7_NBF_Saunders | 35 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- 2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner George Saunders 2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner George Saunders
2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner George Saunders discusses his writing life during this event, from his beloved novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” to his story collections such as “Tenth of December” and... |  |
 | 2023_08_12C1_NBF_White_Bird | 28 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "White Bird": Deep in the Wonder Universe with R.J. Palacio and Erica S. Perl "White Bird": Deep in the Wonder Universe with R.J. Palacio and Erica S. Perl
Join R.J. Palacio and Erica S. Perl as they discuss their new novel adaptation of “White Bird.” Set within the Wonder universe, this story reflects the power of kindness. Due to a change in the release date of the “White... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12C2_NBF_Grann | 33 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: An Hour with David Grann Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: An Hour with David Grann
In January 1742, the H.M.S. Wager washed up on the coast of Brazil with 29 emaciated men. Via suspenseful storytelling, David Grann recreates in “The Wager” the ship’s rough voyage and its gruesome aftermath. The lessons here aren’t just about the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12C3_NBF_Klune | 23 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- AI: They Just Want To Be Our Friends with TJ Klune AI: They Just Want To Be Our Friends with TJ Klune
Recent media coverage of AI has focused on the worrisome aspects of technology going rogue. But what if we asked another question: What possibilities are there for humans to build relationships, friendships, with AI? TJ Klune’s “In the Lives of... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12C4_NBF_CSecrets | 22 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Capital Secrets: J. Edgar Hoover's Shadowy Reign with Beverly Gage and James Kirchick Capital Secrets: J. Edgar Hoover's Shadowy Reign with Beverly Gage and James Kirchick
J. Edgar Hoover is perceived nowadays as a dark figure in American politics. But he wasn’t always thought of that way. In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book “G-Man,” Beverly Gage fairly and thoroughly investigates... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12C5_NBF_Page | 27 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Elliot Page on His New Memoir "Pageboy" Elliot Page on His New Memoir "Pageboy"
Oscar-nominated star and trans advocate, Elliot Page explores the searing and intimate experiences of being human in his new memoir, “Pageboy.” From his experiences as a young actor in Hollywood to struggles over body image and discovering himself as a queer and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12C6_NBF_Kelly | 45 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- My Life, Considered: Memoir with Mary Louise Kelly My Life, Considered: Memoir with Mary Louise Kelly
Join Mary Louise Kelly, a co-host of the culture-savvy NPR podcast “All Things Considered” in a discussion of her memoir, “It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs.” Kelly grapples with the death of her father and the realization that her children... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12D1_NBF_Injustices | 7 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- How Can We Deal with the World's Injustices? Ask a Teen! with Lesa Cline-Ransome and Jennifer De Leon How Can We Deal with the World's Injustices? Ask a Teen! with Lesa Cline-Ransome and Jennifer De Leon
Teens aren’t immune to the world’s injustices; they might have ideas about some solutions. Join Lesa Cline-Ransome and Jennifer De Leon as they discuss their newest releases. Lesa Cline-Ransome’s “For... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12D2_NBF_Jane20 | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Will and Jane 2.0: Classics Updated with Sayantani DasGupta and Brittany N. Williams Who says classics can’t be revamped? A modern retelling of Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” Sayantani DasGupta’s “Rosewood: A Midsummer Meet Cute” follows teenage drama at a regency-themed summer camp. Sprinkled with Shakespearean references, Brittany N. Williams’ “That Self-Same Metal” follows... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12D3_NBF_Lie | 28 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Lie, Fight, Gatekeep: Girls vs. the Power with Angeline Boulley and Amélie Wen Zhao Lie, Fight, Gatekeep: Girls vs. the Power with Angeline Boulley and Amélie Wen Zhao
Youth are some of society’s strongest fighters (and innovators) and these protagonists are no exception. Angeline Boulley (“Warrior Girl Unearthed”) and Amélie Wen Zhao (“Song of Silver, Flame Like Night”) write about... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12D4_NBF_Tran | 8 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "Take a Trip," They Said. "You'll Have a Great Time!" They Said. with Trang Thanh Tran "Take a Trip," They Said. "You'll Have a Great Time!" They Said. with Trang Thanh Tran
We don’t take a vacation just to worry about surviving the vacation. But in Trang Thanh Tran’s “She Is a Haunting,” a girl encounters a haunting while visiting family in Vietnam. Maybe let’s not take a vacation to... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12D5_NBF_Acevedo | 22 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Elizabeth Acevedo on Her New Novel "Family Lore" Elizabeth Acevedo on Her New Novel "Family Lore"
What happens when someone who can predict the exact day of someone’s death hosts their own wake? Join Elizabeth Acevedo as she discusses her debut adult novel, “Family Lore,” in conversation with former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12D6_NBF_Hendrickson | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "Life on Delay: Making Peace With a Stutter" with John Hendrickson "Life on Delay: Making Peace With a Stutter" with John Hendrickson
John Hendrickson, a staff writer at The Atlantic, published an article in 2019 about Joe Biden’s stuttering and his own. “Life on Delay” is the memoir born from that article; in it, Hendrickson writes openly about the isolation,... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12D7_NBF_L2Life | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Literature to Life Presents a Performance From F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Literature to Life Presents a Performance From F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"
Join us for a performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” presented by the literary nonprofit Literature to Life, whose actors and teaching artists immerse an audience in a book and vividly bring it to... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12E1_NBF_Shepard | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend
Fifth grade is full of surprises: good, bad, silly, weird—you name it. The first installment of a new middle grade series, Sara Shepard’s “Penny Draws a Best Friend” follows young Penny Lowry as she navigates changing friendships, a family secret and her feelings of... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12E2_NBF_Story | 5 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Me, My Story, My Pictures with Jarrett J. Krosoczka and Pedro Martín Me, My Story, My Pictures with Jarrett J. Krosoczka and Pedro Martín
What’s it like to not only divulge the details of your life but also draw them for everyone to see?! Jarret J. Krosoczka’s “Sunshine” follows his experience working at a camp for terminally ill children. “Mexikid” tracks Pedro... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12E3_NBF_What_If | 35 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- What If?: Time Travel, Supervillains and Other Everyday Things with Jamar Nicholas and Nisi Shawl What If?: Time Travel, Supervillains and Other Everyday Things with Jamar Nicholas and Nisi Shawl
What happens when magic becomes your everyday? Set in a world where superheroes and ordinary people coexist, Jamar Nicholas’ graphic novel “Leon the Extraordinary” follows superpower-less Leon’s mission to... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12E4_NBF_Gratz | 52 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Captain America and Alan Gratz: What More Do You Need? Captain America and Alan Gratz: What More Do You Need?
A human, a sidekick and a captain. What more do you need to become a superhero? Alan Gratz brings us a World War II adventure featuring Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes up against an army of undead ghosts in “Captain America: The Ghost Army.” Hear... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12E5_NBF_YDelgado | 18 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Drawing Yaqui Delgado with Meg Medina and Mel Valentine Vargas Drawing Yaqui Delgado with Meg Medina and Mel Valentine Vargas
How do you add faces to characters you’ve never seen? Is it hard to draw a beloved novel? In this program artist Mel Valentine Vargas is joined by National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina. Together they will share how... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12E6_NBF_When_Lies | 19 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- When Lies and Secrets Come Into the Light with Linda Kao and Mark Oshiro When Lies and Secrets Come Into the Light with Linda Kao and Mark Oshiro
What if those you love the most keep you in the dark? In Mark Oshiro’s “Into the Light,” Manny questions his memories while searching for his sister; in Linda Kao’s “A Crooked Mark,” Matt hunts for those marked by the devil –... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12E7_NBF_Sepetys | 38 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "You: The Story" with Ruta Sepetys "You: The Story" with Ruta Sepetys
The most powerful aspect of a story is your voice—without it there is no story. In her new book “You: The Story: A Writer’s Guide to Craft Through Memory,” Ruta Sepetys teaches aspiring writers how to dig deep into their memories and masterfully explore them on the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12F1_NBF_Heating | 29 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- History Is Heating Up: Environmental Awakening vs. Climate Change Denial with Douglas Brinkley and David Lipsky History Is Heating Up: Environmental Awakening vs. Climate Change Denial with Douglas Brinkley and David Lipsky
Join Douglas Brinkley and David Lipsky as they discuss the nuances and history of how we’ve wrestled with a pervasive issue: climate change. Brinkley’s “Silent Spring Revolution” pays tribute... |  |
| 2023_08_12F2_NBF_Russell | 34 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Yards Between Us: Sports and American Culture with R.K. Russell Yards Between Us: Sports and American Culture with R.K. Russell
R.K. Russell’s sports life and personal life collided when he publicly identified as bisexual during his time in the NFL. In “The Yards Between Us,” he aims to shorten the distance between LGBTQ+ professional athletes and American... |  |
 | 2023_08_12F3_NBF_Myths | 23 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Myths and Promises: Decoding "Latino" in America with José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar Myths and Promises: Decoding "Latino" in America with José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar
What does it mean to be Latino in the U.S.? Join José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar as they discuss how their books explore this question. Tobar’s “Our Migrant Souls” examines the 21st century Latino experience and the... |  |
| 2023_08_12F4_NBF_BScenes | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Behind the Scenes With Black Writers with Jericho Brown, Camille T. Dungy and Tiphanie Yanique Behind the Scenes With Black Writers with Jericho Brown, Camille T. Dungy and Tiphanie Yanique
Black culture and identity have greatly influenced how Black creatives interpret the world. “How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice and Skill,” edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown, is... |  |
 | 2023_08_12F5_NBF_Dig_In | 21 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Dig In: What Food Says About Us with Cheuk Kwan and Anya von Bremzen Dig In: What Food Says About Us with Cheuk Kwan and Anya von Bremzen
Food: it’s stuff on a plate but also something that tells others about what’s in our hearts and our minds. In “Have You Eaten Yet?,” Cheuk Kwan interviews Chinese restaurant owners and workers, showcasing their resilience and... |  |
| 2023_08_12F6_NBF_AphroChic | 7 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "AphroChic": Celebrating the Black Family Home with Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason "AphroChic": Celebrating the Black Family Home with Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason
If there’s one place to find rich generational history besides a museum, it’s a house. Follow Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason as they explore the intimate spaces of Black family homes from their smart new design book,... |  |
 | 2023_08_12G1_NBF_Stressed | 17 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- I'm Already Stressed About Homework. You Need Me to Solve a Mystery Too? with Nick Brooks and Karen M. McManus. I'm Already Stressed About Homework. You Need Me to Solve a Mystery Too? with Nick Brooks and Karen M. McManus.
Imagine needing to solve a mystery while juggling a mountain of schoolwork—not fun (but maybe more fun than homework?). Nick Brooks’ “Promise Boys” follows three teens of color who... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12G2_NBF_Ward | 20 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Why Fiction Matters with Jesmyn Ward, 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner Why Fiction Matters with Jesmyn Ward, 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner
Join us in an exclusive event with 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner Jesmyn Ward and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. In this thought-provoking conversation, Ward discusses the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12G3_NBF_Redacting | 15 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Redacting and Retelling: New Ways of Confronting Systemic Racism with Shane McCrae and Nicole Sealey Redacting and Retelling: New Ways of Confronting Systemic Racism with Shane McCrae and Nicole Sealey
Poetry and poets confront racism in this panel. In his memoir “Pulling the Chariot of the Sun,” poet Shane McCrae pieces together the story of his childhood kidnapping by his white grandparents -- and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12G4_NBF_Secret | 17 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Alone with a Secret: Novels That Provoke and Reveal with Victor LaValle and Kevin Wilson Alone with a Secret: Novels That Provoke and Reveal with Victor LaValle and Kevin Wilson
Everyone has a dark secret…and then there are really dark secrets. Victor LaValle’s novel “Lone Women” follows a young woman who’s haunted by a secret sin that could burn many people. In Kevin Wilson’s “Now Is Not... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_12G5_NBF_Animals | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Animals Talk to Me: Narrators From the Wild with Henry Hoke and Shelby Van Pelt Animals Talk to Me: Narrators From the Wild with Henry Hoke and Shelby Van Pelt
For us to see ourselves clearly, sometimes we need to hear from outside observers—as in, outside our species. Shelby Van Pelt’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures” follows the unlikely connection between a grieving woman and a... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_12G6_NBF_Scalzi | 23 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- My Gig at the Godzilla Preserve with John Scalzi My Gig at the Godzilla Preserve with John Scalzi
Lions, tigers or…kaiju? I don’t think we’re on Earth anymore. So what should one do when they find themselves in an alternate, human-free universe? Well, in John Scalzi’s novel, “The Kaiju Preservation Society,” the KPS organization was created to... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_13A1_MOCAA | 33 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Misellaneous (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_13A2_MOCAA_Liberty | 16 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Zaq Landsberg: Reclining Liberty Zaq Landsberg: Reclining Liberty
On View: August 5, 2023 - July 28, 2024
MoCA Arlington and Arlington Public Art are thrilled to co-sponsor the installation of Zaq Landsberg’s celebrated Reclining Liberty on the Museum’s front lawn. An opening celebration and community picnic will be held on August 5,... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_13A3_MOCAA_CPike | 134 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: A World in a Zip Code: Columbia Pike Documentary Project A World in a Zip Code: Columbia Pike Documentary Project
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
Featured Photographers: Lara Ajami, Paula Endo, Moises Gomez, Aleksandra Lagkueva, Xang Mimi Ho, Dewey Tron, and Lloyd Wolf. With storytelling and interviews by Sushmita Mazumdar.
A World in a Zip Code includes... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_13A4_MOCAA_Jackson | 5 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Asa Jackson: Cut to the New Asa Jackson: Cut to the New
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
Asa Jackson: Cut to the New: A Columbia Hills convergence of textiles and stories is the culmination of Asa Jackson’s participation in the IMPACT Arts Residency. Through a partnership between Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_13A5_MOCAA_Hot_Goss | 44 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Hot Goss Hot Goss
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
Featured Artists: Negar Ahkami, Joey Enríquez, Emily Fussner, Sarah Hardesty, Stephanie Lane, Marissa Long, Lex Marie, Olivia Tripp Morrow, Ryan McCoy, Rebecca Rivas Rogers, Marisa Stratton and Bahar Yürükoğlu
Slang for “hot gossip,” Hot Goss features all... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_13A6_MOCAA_Day | 22 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Christina P. Day: Depth Cue Christina P. Day: Depth Cue
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
Christina P. Day uses form and found material as repositories for both time and lived experience. In her sculptural installations, Day uses space to evoke a sense of time, activating existing walls and surfaces in a way that physically... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_13A7_MOCAA_Wanna | 10 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Steve Wanna: A Vast Expanse Steve Wanna: A Vast Expanse
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
An interactive soundscape and light installation, Steve Wanna’s A Vast Expanse is inspired by the phenomenon known as the event horizon, the border between the singularity of the black hole and the surrounding universe.
Steve Wanna: A Vast... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_13B1_Free_LibraryDC | 5 | DC -- Little Free Library (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_13B2_Mansion_O | 11 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- The Mansion on O Street (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_13B3_Dupont_Circle | 2 | DC -- Dupont Circle neighborhood (but not the fountain) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_13C_Ettlinger | 80 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Fantom Comics -- Event: Emily Ettlinger Skeleanor The Decomposer Author Event With Emily Ettlinger!
Local creator Emily Ettlinger will be stopping by the store for an author event about the all-ages book SKELEANOR THE DECOMPOSER! Emily will be reading some of the book, as well as running a drawing workshop and signing copies!
Skeleanor... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_13D1_FriendshipDC_Mazza | 55 | DC -- Friendship Heights (DC) -- Mazza Gallerie site (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_13D2_FriendshipDC | 4 | DC -- Friendship Heights (DC) neighborhood (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_14B_Rock_Creek_CB | 10 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_15A1_MCAF_Misc | 85 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Miscellaneous (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_15A2_MCAF_LS | 81 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Livestock (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_15A3_MCAF_Cheese | 59 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Cheese Cutting Ceremony (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_15A4_MCAF_FD | 11 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Fire Department (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_15A5_MCAF_JStebbing | 126 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Joe Stebbing Chainsaw Carving Joe Stebbing – Chainsaw Carver
Joe Stebbing the Chainsaw Carver can quickly transform a three-foot tall log into a true work of art. Nearly every show will result with a carving being produced from start to finish, with as many as four carvings per day and shows lasting up to an hour. The best part –... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_15A6_MCAF_Bees | 45 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Bees (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_15A7_MCAF_Rides | 8 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Rides (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_15B_Wheaton_JS | 11 | MD -- Wheaton -- Joe Stebbing chainsaw carving @ 4209 Tulare Dr. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_16A_Rock_Creek_CB | 11 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_18A1_Golden_Streets | 5 | DC -- Golden Streets (Golden Triangle Tree Box Garden Contest) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_18A2_Signs | 6 | DC -- Temporary Signs (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_18A3_Lincoln_Mem | 13 | DC -- Lincoln Memorial (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_18A4_FRB | 7 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Federal Reserve Building (Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Bldg) (2051 Const Ave. NW and 300 21st St NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_18A5_OAS | 2 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Organization of American States -- Main Bldg + Museum Exterior (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_18B_Beyond_Granite | 95 | DC -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Beyond Granite: Pulling Together
The Future Of Commemoration Is Not Written In Stone
In Summer 2023, Beyond Granite will present a dynamic new series of installations designed to create a more inclusive, equitable, and representative commemorative landscape on the National Mall. The Beyond Granite... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_18C_Rock_Creek_CB | 23 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_19_Maier | 79 | MD -- Takoma Park -- People's Book -- Dana Maier (“Skip to the Fun Parts") w/Tim Kreider Dana Maier for “Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaints About the Creative Process”
The perfect companion for anyone struggling to keep their sense of humor while staring at a blank page, Skip to the Fun Parts offers next-to-zero creative advice, and is instead filled with cartoons,... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_20A1_FRB | 22 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Federal Reserve Building (Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Bldg) (2051 Const Ave. NW and 300 21st St NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_20A2_Lincoln_Mem | 13 | DC -- Lincoln Memorial (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_20A3_Lincoln_MemV | 1 | DC -- Lincoln Memorial -- View from... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_20A4_Const_Gardens | 4 | DC -- Mall -- Constitution Gardens (incl Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_20A5_WCCanal | 13 | DC -- Mall -- Lockkeepers House (Washington City Canal House) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_20B_Beyond_Granite | 79 | DC -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Beyond Granite: Pulling Together
The Future Of Commemoration Is Not Written In Stone
In Summer 2023, Beyond Granite will present a dynamic new series of installations designed to create a more inclusive, equitable, and representative commemorative landscape on the National Mall. The Beyond Granite... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_20C1_Mushroom_House | 15 | MD -- Bethesda -- Mushroom House of Bethesda Mushroom House of Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.
Located just across the border from Washington, D.C., the town of Bethesda, Maryland is a fairly well-to-do suburb and one of the last... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_20C2_Asphalt_ArtMD | 30 | MD -- Public Art: Asphalt Art (art painted on sidewalks, intersections, and storm drains) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_20C3_Free_LibraryMD | 2 | MD -- Little Free Library (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_21_Rock_Creek_CB | 10 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_22A1_Disrupting | 297 | Politics & Prose -- Katie J. Wells and Kafui Attoh ("Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City") w/Malcolm Harris Katie J. Wells and Kafui Attoh | Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City - with Malcolm Harris — at Conn Ave
The first city to fight back against Uber, Washington, D.C., was also the first city where such resistance was defeated. It was here that the company created a playbook for... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_22A4_PProse | 2 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_23A1_Brookside | 75 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_23A2_Brookside_FF | 11 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Flamingo Flamboyance Flamingo Flamboyance Exhibit at Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens celebrates garden art this summer with its outdoor installation Flamboyance of Flamingos. Dozens of whimsical flamingos dot the gardens in different poses and are adorned with containers of varying annuals.
We’re taking the iconic... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_23A3_Brookside_WAP | 2 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 at Brookside Gardens
June 12 - August 28, 2023
The Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) Pyramids Art Exhibition is back by popular demand!
Thanks to support from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, five new tetrahedrons with... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_24A1_United_Methodist | 2 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_24A2_VFW | 32 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Veterans of Foreign Wars-US (200 Maryland Ave NE) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_24B1_Watson | 111 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Robert Watson ("When Washington Burned") When Washington Burned: The British Invasion of the Capital and a Nation’s Rise from the Ashes
Join us on August 24 for a captivating hybrid event with author and Historian Dr. Robert Watson. Together, we’ll discuss his upcoming book, “When Washington Burned,” which tells the forgotten story of August... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_24C1_SS_Bonifant | 28 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Bonifant Street (not covered elsewhere) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_24C2_Purple_Route | 22 | MD -- Purple Line -- Route (except Silver Spring Metro station) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_24C3_SS_Iglesia | 1 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Iglesia De Restauracion AYP (880 Bonifant St) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_24C4_SS_Res | 2 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_24D_Rock_Creek_CB | 18 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_25A1_Purple_Metro | 1 | MD -- Purple Line -- Silver Spring Metro stop (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_25A2_Purple_Route | 9 | MD -- Purple Line -- Route (except Silver Spring Metro station) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_25A3_SS_Thayer | 14 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Thayer Ave structures (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_25B1_Beyond_Convening | 72 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 1 (of 6). Miscellaneous Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_25B2_Beyond_Convening2 | 42 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 2 (of 6). Welcoming Remarks Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_25B3_Beyond_Convening3 | 78 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 3 (of 6). Panel 1: The National Mall: Local, National, Transnational Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_25B4_Beyond_Convening4 | 119 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 4 (of 6). Panel 2: Envisioning Democracy: Artist Roundtable Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_25B5_Beyond_Convening5 | 58 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 5 (of 6). Artist Program: Wendy Red Star, Indigenous Archives Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_25B6_Beyond_Convening6 | 103 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 6 (of 6). Closing Keynote Conversation Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_25C_USIP | 29 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- United States Institute of Peace (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_26A_MOW60 | 66 | DC -- Rally: 2023 March on Washington The 2023 March on Washington will set the tone for 2024 exactly 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights Leaders organized the pivotal March on Washington in August 1963.
As the nation reckons with historic levels of violent hate crimes and threats to its democracy, we must... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_26B1_Signs | 4 | DC -- Temporary Signs (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_26B2_Beyond_Granite | 59 | DC -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Beyond Granite: Pulling Together
The Future Of Commemoration Is Not Written In Stone
In Summer 2023, Beyond Granite will present a dynamic new series of installations designed to create a more inclusive, equitable, and representative commemorative landscape on the National Mall. The Beyond Granite... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_26B3_Const_Gardens | 1 | DC -- Mall -- Constitution Gardens (incl Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_26C1_Jesup_Blair | 30 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Jesup Blair Park & Blair Mansion (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_26C2_TCB | 28 | DC -- Public Art: Traffic Control Boxes (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_26C3_ShepherdPk | 5 | DC -- Shepherd Park neighborhood (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_26C4_Takoma | 5 | DC -- Takoma neighborhood (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_26C5_Murals_Arismendi | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Arismendi Professional Services LLC WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, DC Mural
Mural by: Arismendi Professional Services LLC
Mural Date: August 26, 2023
For: Gregg Cardona Souadi
APS provided the client with different options for a mural on the corner of (addresses) To save costs, we worked with the wall's color and around the tags and proposed... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_27A1_CC | 38 | VA -- Arlington -- Crystal City (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_27A2_Metro_PotY | 33 | Metro Station -- Potomac Yard (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_27A3_Metro_PotYVw | 44 | Metro Station -- Potomac Yard -- View from station... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_27A4_PotY | 16 | VA -- Potomac Yards (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_27A5_CC_Underground | 9 | VA -- Arlington -- Crystal City Underground (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_27B1_MuralsVA | 14 | VA -- Public Art: Murals (not shown by artist) Several unknown artist murals in Crystal City (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_27B2_MuralsVA_Lisa_Marie | 5 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Lisa Marie Thalhammer (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_27B3_MuralsVA_BroCoLoco | 11 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by BroCoLoco This one was in Falls Church. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_27B4_MuralsVA_JShogo | 11 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Jay Shogo Over the summer, the Crystal City BID and Amazon’s landlord JBG Smith held a contest to find a muralist to makeover the facade of Synetic Theater. By September, they’d narrowed the 24 submissions down to five finalists. On Monday, they announced artist Jay Shogo as the winner.
Shogo’s design features... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_27B5_MuralsVA_Marchand | 6 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Anne Marchand (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_27B6_MuralsVA_Theberge | 11 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Valerie Theberge (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_27B7_MuralsVA_CHayman | 5 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Christine Hayman (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_27C1_Falls_Church | 13 | VA -- Falls Church (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_27C2_FC_WEPk | 34 | VA -- Falls Church -- West End Park (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_27C3_FC_Slopping | 14 | VA -- Falls Church -- Public Art: The Man Slopping Pigs (by Don Beyer) 'The Man Slopping Pigs'
Falls Church, Virginia
This eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.
Don Beyer began working at his father’s Volvo dealership after graduating college, before eventually teaming up with his... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_27C4_FC_Mr_Dixie | 4 | VA -- Falls Church -- Public Art: Mr Dixie 'Mr. Dixie'
Falls Church, Virginia
This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.
Mr. Dixie is the official guardian of Dixie Sheet Metal Works, which has been in business as metal workers and environmental specialists since 1945. The 12-foot-tall sculpture recently marked its... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_27D1_FC_NMP | 109 | VA -- Falls Church -- National Memorial Park (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_27D2_FC_NMP_FF | 48 | VA -- Falls Church -- National Memorial Park -- The Fountain of Faith The Fountain of Faith
National Funeral Home & National Memorial Park
The Fountain of Faith is one of two major works created by Swedish sculptor Carl Milles found in the National Memorial Cemetery in Falls Church, Virginia.
This massive, expansive fountain sits in a large courtyard, which contains... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_28A_CChange | 187 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Africa's Future Series: Climate Change Africa's Future Series: Climate Change
You are invited to join us for "Africa's Future: "Climate Change," with speakers by video from around Africa and, in person here in Washington, Ambassador Charles Ray, Chair of the Africa Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
The forum will take place... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_28B1_PProse | 3 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_28B2_Eichler | 166 | Politics & Prose -- Jeremy Eichler ("Time's Echo") w/Anne Midgett Jeremy Eichler -- Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance - with Anne Midgette -- at Conn Ave
In 1785, when the great German poet Friedrich Schiller penned his immortal "Ode to Joy," he crystallized the deepest hopes and dreams of the European Enlightenment for a... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_30A_Rock_Creek_CB | 14 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_30B1_Meckler | 265 | Politics & Prose -- Laura Meckler ("Dream Town") w/Jesse J. Holland Laura Meckler -- Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity - with Jesse J. Holland -- at Conn Ave
In this searing and intimate examination of the ideals and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler tells the story of a decades-long pursuit... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_31B1_Betancourt | 148 | MLK Memorial Library -- Event: David Betancourt ("Avengers Assembled") w/Helena Andrews-Dyer Avengers Assembled with David Betancourt
The Origin of the Earths Mightiest Heroes
Fans of the Marvel Universe and readers of all ages are invited to celebrate the release of "The Avengers Assembled: The Origin of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes" with author David Betancourt.
As a child, David... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_31C1_Murals_KClark | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Keiona Clark (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_08_31C2_Taffers_Tavern | 14 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Taffers Tavern (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_08_31C3_BetancourtD | 4 | Friends -- Drinks after David Betancourt event (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_01A1_ADAWDC | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Washington Center of ADA University (1627 21st Street NW) -- ADA Art Gallery (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_01A2_ADAWDC_3Body | 87 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Washington Center of ADA University -- Exhibit: The Three-Body Problem: Dale Appleman, Michal Hunter, Jack Rasmussen The Three-Body Problem:
Dale Appleman, Michal Hunter, Jack Rasmussen
The Three-Body Problem is a science fiction novel by Chinese writer Liu Cixin. Cixin observes that when two celestial objects get close to each other, their gravitational attraction influences the paths they take in a way that a... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_01B1_StudioG | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery (2108 R St NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_01B2_StudioG_7Sisters | 40 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery -- Exhibit: Carolee Jakes and Ellie Jakes: The Seven Sisters The Seven Sisters: An Exploration of Time and Place
By Carolee Jakes and Ellie Jakes
Curated by Gaby Mizes
August 30th - September 23rd, 2023
An Embarrassment of Riches by Carolee Jakes
The Seven Sisters, more formally called the Pleiades, is an open star cluster. Perhaps because of its relative... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_01B3_StudioG_FGround | 40 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery -- Exhibit: Chris Corson and Gary Anthes: Figure and Ground Figure and Ground
By Chris Corson and Gary Anthes
Curated by Gaby Mizes
August 30th - September 23rd, 2023
In Figure and Ground, the human form speaks through the eyes and hands of photographer Gary Anthes and sculptor Chris Corson. Their works find humanity in unexpected places and ways — in... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_01B4_StudioG_Duncan | 12 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery -- Exhibit: Jennifer Duncan: Jots and Tittles Jots and Tittles
By Jennifer Duncan
Curated by Deborah Addison Coburn and Miriam Keeler
August 30th - September 23rd, 2023
Using hand-painted and printed paper and cardboard, I have pieced together disjointed memories from my unusual upbringing to construct small assembled vignettes. Just a single... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_01B5_StudioG_Thomas | 11 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Studio Gallery -- Exhibit: Iza Thomas: Magpies and Mannequins Magpies and Mannequins
By Iza Thomas
Curated by Deborah Addison Coburn and Miriam Keeler
August 30th - September 23rd, 2023
I saw a lot of magpies when I was growing up in Leszno, Poland more than here in the US. The myth of magpies has always appealed to me, the glinting flash of precious jewelry... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_01C1_IAA | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- IA&A at Hillyer (9 Hillyer Court NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_01C2_IAA_Tan | 36 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: Mark Tan: Sight Unseen Mark Tan
Sight Unseen
September 2–October 1, 2023
Sight Unseen is a representation of displacement, belonging, and defeat through the Department of Homeland Security’s Arrival/Departure Record, known as Form I-94, which is issued to aliens admitted to the United States. This form shows the terms of... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_01C3_IAA_Wandera | 21 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: Nicole Wandera: We Meet Again Nicole Wandera
We Meet Again
September 2–October 1, 2023
We Meet Again is a visual narrative of personal growth, embracing the wisdom of the past and the aspirations for the future. This exhibition unites the past, present, and future, as the artist delves into themes of childhood, motherhood,... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_01C4_IAA_Odomore | 19 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: Adam Odomore: To Harvest a Dream Buried in Dust -- On Care and Blackness Adam Odomore
To Harvest a Dream Buried in Dust -- On Care and Blackness
September 2–October 1, 2023
In this group exhibition, curator, Adam Odomore, aims to center and provide space and opportunities for reimagination and interrogation of care as it relates to Black bodies in the built environment.... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03A_McMillan | 103 | DC -- McMillan Sand Filtration Site (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03B1_Building_VC | 104 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Visitor Center VISITOR CENTER
Ongoing
Tickets, information about upcoming programs, and a wall-size display of objects from our collection. In the rooms that follow, learn how we shape our world, and the large and small ways it shapes us. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03B2_Building_Look | 22 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Great Hall Installation: Look Here Look Here
Opening Saturday, July 1
This summer, artist and architect Suchi Reddy, founder and principal of Reddymade Design Studio in New York, has been selected to transform the Museum’s Great Hall with an elegant and provocative new installation titled Look Here. Best known for her large-scale... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03B3_Building_BrickC | 40 | DC -- Natl Building Museum -- Exhibit: Brick City Brick City
On view through spring 2025
Brick City celebrates iconic architecture from cities around the world through carefully recreated constructions made from LEGO® bricks by U.K.-based artist Warren Elsmore. Visitors will take a world tour discovering new destinations across all seven continents... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03C1_Murals_Herakut | 8 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Hera Herakut (Germany) CLIMATE ACTION
Because we are in this together!
The German Embassy in Washington and Street Art for Mankind are bringing to life a massive Climate Action mural by German artist Hera in Washington DC, to accelerate awareness on climate change and the essential role that women play in tackling the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03C2_Murals_JBergner | 10 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Joel Bergner (aka Joel Artista) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03C3_Murals_No_Kings | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by No Kings Collective (Brandon Hill, Peter Chang) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03C4_Murals_RJaffe | 11 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Rose Jaffe (sometimes with Kate DeCiccio) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03C5_Murals_Chelove | 12 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Miss Chelove (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03C6_Murals_Aniekan | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Aniekan Udofia (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03C7_Murals_Kaliq | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Kaliq Crosby (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03D1_Murals | 19 | DC -- Public Art: Murals (not shown by artist) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03D2_Murals_JahOne | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Nessar Jahanbin (Jah One) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03D3_Murals_Maspaz | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Mas Paz (Federico Frum) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03D4_Murals_Bode | 11 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Mark Bode (or Vaughn Bode) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03D5_Murals_Trasher | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Trasher (@trasheer) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03E1_Bikeshare | 3 | DC -- Bike Sharing / Racks (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03E2_Howard_Theatre | 13 | DC -- Shaw -- Howard Theatre (and Duke Ellington "Encore" Statue) (620 T St., NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03E3_Shaw | 18 | DC -- Shaw neighborhood (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_03E4_Signs | 4 | DC -- Temporary Signs (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_03E5_Asphalt_Art | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Asphalt Art (art painted on sidewalks, intersections, and storm drains) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_04A1_RenFest_Misc | 126 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Miscellaneous (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_04A2_RenFest_LesMoore | 12 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Acts: Les S. Moore Will Steal Your Stuff Les S. Moore Will Steal Your Stuff
Making the world a better place, 20 court-ordered minutes at a time. Reformed pickpocket, Les S. Moore reveals the insider tricks dippers use to steal your things, without you even knowing. Les is one of the world’s top stage pickpockets, can perfectly fold a fitted... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_04A3_RenFest_Wolgemut | 43 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Acts: Wolgemut - Pipes & Drums Wolgemut - Pipes & Drums
Wolgemut (sounds like “Volga-moot), an ancient Germanic word which simply means “to be in a good mood”, is both the name as well as the goal of this high-energy early music troupe. The band, under the leadership of artistic director Michael Gartner, delivers a joyful, raucous... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_04A4_RenFest_Topsy | 67 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Acts: Topsy Turvy Show Topsy Turvy Show
Lily Hufnagel and Amanda Renaud return with The Topsy Turvy Show - a performance of acrobatics, circus arts, people balancing and more! At the Fortune Stage! (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_04A5_RenFest_Dinty | 24 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Acts: Dinty the Moor Dinty the Moor
Brian Wendell Morton. Dinty, 'the most honest man in the village', will amuse and amaze you with daring feats of dishonesty, culminating in a two-man fight to the Death! Or, something very close to it! See Dinty at the Lyric Stage. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_04A6_RenFest_Skum | 22 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Acts: Shakespeare's Skum Shakespeare's Skum
“Absolute genius parodies of the Bard’s work” - City Paper. Taking the text from the Bard's greatest plays and adding their own special brand of humor, these thirty minutes adaptations are funny to those unfamiliar with Shakespeare and even funnier to those who know the plays.
This... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_04A7_RenFest_Death | 31 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Acts: Famous Death Scenes with Nobeard and Gwendolyn Famous Death Scenes with Nobeard and Gwendolyn
Matthew Pauli, Nicole Skelly. Festival regulars Captain Nobeard and Gwendolyn team up for an utterly ridiculous and randomly dynamic show featuring the ostentatious pretension of Shakespeare, the chaotic thrill of sword fighting, and the over-acted anguish... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_04B1_RenFest_Garbanzo | 106 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Acts: Paolo Garbanzo Paolo Garbanzo
Paul Hudert, also known as Paolo Garbanzo, has performed for crowds all over the US and Europe. He's been a member The Flying Karamazov Brothers, earned the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Juggling Association, and performs his shows in three languages. In 2007 he won the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_04B2_RenFest_Bardy | 29 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Acts: Bardy Pardy Bardy Pardy
NEW this season!
Traditional folk music, comedy, and stories told through song - all wrapped in beautiful 3-part harmony! The singing peasants of Bardy Pardy are sure to delight! Performing 9/2,3,4,9 & 10. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_04B3_RenFest_Stupid | 48 | Maryland Renaissance Festival (2023) -- Acts: Dash Rippington's Dangerously Stupid Show Dash Rippington's Dangerously Stupid Show
New this season! Join Dash as he performs a show filled with traditional sideshow tricks. Each more dangerous (and possibly more stupid) than the next! 5pm on the Globe. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_05A_Rock_Creek_CB | 12 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_05B1_Burch | 249 | Politics & Prose -- Ciera Burch ("Finch House") w/Kwame Alexander Ciera Burch - Finch House - in conversation with Kwame Alexander - at Conn Ave
When eleven-year-old Micah visits Finch House, she knows it’s officially off limits. Yet the formerly decrepit house is all fixed up and there’s a boy named Theo in the front yard. She knows that she is not meant to be... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_06A1_PProse | 12 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_06A2_Hatke | 97 | Politics & Prose -- Ben Hatke ("Things in the Basement") Ben Hatke - Things in the Basement - at Conn Ave in the Children and Teens Department
Chasing his little sister’s lost pink sock, Milo delves deeper and deeper into the basement through the layers of history, meeting scary creatures along the way. Milo must lead his new friends against the ultimate... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_06A3_DGFaust | 128 | Politics & Prose -- Drew Gilpin Faust ("Necessary Trouble") w/Lissa Muscatine Drew Gilpin Faust -- Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury - with Lissa Muscatine
To grow up in the 1950s was to enter a world of polarized national alliances, nuclear threat, and destabilized social hierarchies. Two world wars and the depression that connected them had unleashed a torrent of... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_07A_Rock_Creek_CB | 4 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_07B1_Reflect | 35 | MD -- Rockville -- Reflect (drug addiction) installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg and Brittany Register @ Rockville Town Center (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_07B2_Rockville_Gibbs | 7 | MD -- Rockville -- Public Art: William Gibbs (by Charlotte Lees) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_07B3_Rockville_SpiritR | 5 | MD -- Rockville -- Public Art: Spirit of Rockville (by Dan Davidson) + Logistique (by Deirdre Saunder) @ Courthouse Square Park (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_07C1_Rockville | 3 | MD -- Rockville -- Downtown (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_07C2_Rockville_Lib | 8 | MD -- Rockville -- Rockville Memorial Library (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_07C3_Rockville_Lib_Bambi | 9 | MD -- Rockville -- Rockville Memorial Library -- Exhibit: Bambiraptor (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_07C4_RockvilleTS | 13 | MD -- Rockville -- Rockville Town Square (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_07C5_SignsMD | 1 | MD -- Temporary Signs (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_07C6_Rockville_Court | 8 | MD -- Rockville -- Montgomery County Court House (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_07D1_PAHO | 3 | DC -- Pan American Health Organization (World Health Organization) Bldg (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_07D2_Beyond_Granite | 11 | DC -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Beyond Granite: Pulling Together
The Future Of Commemoration Is Not Written In Stone
In Summer 2023, Beyond Granite will present a dynamic new series of installations designed to create a more inclusive, equitable, and representative commemorative landscape on the National Mall. The Beyond Granite... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_07D3_Lincoln_Mem | 5 | DC -- Lincoln Memorial (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_07E1_NAS | 8 | DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_07E2_NAS_Great_Hall | 9 | DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg -- Great Hall (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_07E3_NAS_BDreams | 14 | DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg -- Exhibit: Blue Dreams Blue Dreams
Rebecca Rutstein and the Ocean Memory Project
March 15, 2023 - September 15, 2023
This immersive video installation is inspired by the intricate workings of microbial networks in the deep sea and beyond. From abstract imagery to stunning undersea video footage and computer modeling, it... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_07E4_NAS_Art | 13 | DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg -- Art Highlights (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_07F1_Daser | 233 | DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER) @ Natl Academy of Sciences -- Art/Science Collaborations and Ocean Research DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER)
Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences
Art/Science Collaborations and Ocean Research
In celebration of our exhibition Blue Dreams by Rebecca Rutstein and the Ocean Memory Project, join us for a conversation about art/science collaborations and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_08A1_Spotted_Lanternfly | 18 | Spotted Lanternfly Massive infestations in Baltimore. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_08A2_BCCenter | 26 | MD -- Baltimore Convention Center (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_08A3_MuralsMD_NoisyT | 1 | MD -- Public Art: Murals by Noisy Tenants The Baltimore community was in need of a new strategy to deepen the connection between its residents, so Noisy Tenants partnered with the students at CollegeBound Foundation to dedicate a 40-foot mural to the Northwood Baseball League (NBL). For over 60 years, the NBL has served the youth of the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_08B1_BCC | 41 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Miscellaneous (Friday) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_08B2_BCCA | 40 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Artists (Friday) Folks shown here include Dawn Griffin, Josh Geppi, Christy Blanch, Craig Rousseau, Todd DeZago, Franco, Art Baltazar, Bob Ingersoll, Richard Fairgray, Chris Flick, Kata Kane, Mark Mariano, Ron Randall, Mark Redfield, Ron Marz, Mark Irwin, Don Rosa, Kim Weston, and Alex Saviuk (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_08B3_BCC_KidsW | 16 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Kids Love Comics Workshop (Friday) The AAAAWOOOOOO Werewolf Workshop with Chris Flick
Have a howling good time as cartoonist Chris Flick shows you how to draw werewolves of all shapes and sizes. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_08B4_BCCP01 | 6 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: Finding the Funny: Creating Humor and Satire in Comics Finding the Funny: Creating Humor and Satire in Comics
Comics artists and cartoonists discuss the best practices for using humor and satire in comic strips and cartoons. Co-host/panelists Lisa Burdige (Background Noise) and John Hazard (Frankenstein Superstar, Background Noise) discuss what makes them... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_08B5_BCCP02 | 11 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: ElfQuest 45 and Evergreen ElfQuest 45 and Evergreen
ElfQuest has always been seen -- and rightly so -- as a pioneer in independent comics publishing. But back in 1978, Wendy and Richard Pini had no desire to be entrepreneurs; they simply wanted to produce the material, send it to a publisher, and enjoy the benefits of seeing... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_08B6_BCCP03 | 6 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: Samantha Alleyne Spotlight Samantha Alleyne Spotlight
The actress and model discusses her career from portraying the first female Stormtrooper to fighting as an Amazon alongside Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_08B7_BCCP04 | 2 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: The One and Only Artist’s Edition Panel! The One and Only Artist’s Edition Panel!
Join Scott Dunbier as he presents a slide show featuring recently released and upcoming Artist’s Editions -- and maybe spills some tea on a few coming along in the next few years! Plus, bring your suggestions for future editions of these award-winning... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_08B8_BCC_Mayor | 31 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- The mayor comes to visit! Baltimore's mayor Brandon Scott and his family came to visit the convention... in full costume! (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_08C1_Married | 244 | AFI -- "Married to Comics" (w/Carol Tyler, John Kinhart and Gary Groth) Small Press Expo is proud to announce the sponsorship of the World Premiere of Married To Comics, which will be held at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center on Friday, September 8, at 7PM.
Married to Comics, by veteran documentarian John Kinhart, is the story of graphic novelist Carol Tyler and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_09A1_BCC | 24 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Miscellaneous (Saturday) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_09A2_BCCA | 80 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Artists (Saturday) Folks here include Mike DeCarlo, Patrick McDonnel, Charlie Kochman, Wendy and Richard Pini, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Amy Chu, Sean Chen, Laura Martin, Mark Morales, Barry Kitson, Ron Marz, Mark Buckingham, Steve Rude, Mike Grell, Mark Wheatley, Mike Gold, Khoi Pham, Tom King, Abby Denson, Joe Staton,... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_09A3_BCC_KidsW | 10 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Kids Love Comics Workshop (Saturday) Sketchbook Dares with Laura Lee Gulledge
Calling all sketchbook lovers! In this interactive presentation, Laura Lee Gulledge will demonstrate DRAWING LIVE a couple of her favorite drawing activities that are featured in her book, Sketchbook Dares: 24 Ways to Draw Out Your Inner Artist. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_09B1_BCCP01 | 4 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: Howard Chaykin Unfettered and Unfiltered Howard Chaykin Unfettered and Unfiltered
“Some have Tourettes, I have Fourettes.”
An unfiltered session with Howard Victor Chaykin (Hey Kids, Comics!, American Flagg!, Power & Glory!, and many more). Those of you who don’t show up will be reminded by those who do that they have one more thing to... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_09B2_BCCP02 | 14 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: Bring on the Bad Guys Bring on the Bad Guys
A hero is only as compelling as his foe, right? But how do you keep your baddies from being one note? This helpful Q&A will help you create cutting-edge supervillains that never bore your readers! Join Panelists: Drew Edwards (HalloweenMan), Gene Selassie (The Ghoul Agency), Lisa... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_09B3_BCCP03 | 11 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: Art Auction – Baltimore Comic-Con 2023 Yearbook Art Auction – Baltimore Comic-Con 2023 Yearbook
Original art created for the 2023 Baltimore Comic-Con Yearbook will be auctioned at this special event. Don’t miss this opportunity to own a piece of history. Get there FIRST or it may all be gone! (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_09B4_BCCP04 | 6 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: From Cave Art To Superheroes: Comic Books and Social Commentary From Cave Art To Superheroes: Comic Books and Social Commentary
Mark S. Zaid, Esq. (Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Advisor; comic book historian) presents an educational and humorous interactive visual arts presentation tracing the historical creation and development of comic books and their... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_09B5_BCCP05 | 13 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: The Jack Kirby Original Art Celebration The Jack Kirby Original Art Celebration
After a five-year convention absence, the greatest Kirby slide show on Earth returns, featuring more than 1000 pieces of Kirby original art -- blink and you’ll miss one! It’s a rapid fire, Kracklin’ event, hosted by Greg Goldstein (IDW Publishing, Topps), Scott... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_09B6_BCCP06 | 17 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: It Ain’t Hard to Tell: Live! It Ain’t Hard to Tell: Live!
Since the pandemic, Mike Hawthorne (Batman) and Jamar Nicholas (LEON The Extraordinary) have collaborated on a podcast series where they answer questions from their Patreon supporters. You can be part of the show as the two friends talk about any and everything! (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_09B7_BCCP07 | 32 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: Hero Initiative Art Auction Hero Initiative Art Auction
Join the members of Hero Initiative for a charity auction featuring items supplied by a variety of artists and creators from around the industry.
Various folks shown here included: Walt Simonson, Scott Dunbier, David Petersen, and Sarah Shinji Myer. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_09B8_BCCP08 | 4 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: Juggling Chainsaws Juggling Chainsaws
Join some of the greats in the field of comic book editing to hear them talk about the rewards and challenges of one of the most unsung roles in creating comics. Hosted by Bob Harrison with participating editors: Mike Gold (Green Arrow, American Flagg!), Louise Simonson (New Mutants,... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_09B9_BCCP09 | 4 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: Acme Comics vs. Brian Michael Bendis Acme Comics vs. Brian Michael Bendis
Join Jermaine “Lord Retail” Exum (Manager of the Award-winning comic shop Acme Comics in Greensboro, NC) and Brian Michael Bendis (Jinxworld, Miles Morales, Avengers, Powers) for big time discussions on all things comic books while co-hosting an AcmeCast podcast and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_09C1_BCC_Ringo | 159 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Ringo Awards (1 of 3): Pre-Ceremony Reception and Dinner Folks here include Jose Villarrubia, Abby Denson, Charlie Kochman, Patrick McDonnell, Josh Geppi, Thom Zahler, Paul Storrie, Amy Chu, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Adam Wallenta, Makana Wallenta, Christy Blanch, Greg Hildebrandt, Mark Waid, Drew Edwards, Patrick McDonnell, Jamal Igle, Katie Cook, Walt... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_09C2_BCC_Ringo2 | 373 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Ringo Awards (2 of 3): Ceremony Pro and Fan Comic Book Awards come to "America's Greatest Comic Book Convention" and YOU GET A VOTE!
The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics. Nominations were determined by fans and pros alike.
Voting on the 2023 Final Ballot is... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_09C4_BCC_Ringo4 | 119 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Ringo Awards (3 of 3): Afterwards After the ceremony, folks shown here include: Abby Denson, Jose Villarrubia, Craig Rousseau, Klaus Janson, Paul Storrie, Thom Zahler, Dean Haspiel, Chris Miskiewics, Jamar Nicholas, Mark Waid, Bob Wiacek, Scott Snyder, Sarah Andersen, Steve Rude, Patrick McDonnell, Charlie Kochman, Todd Dezago, Al... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_10A1_BCC | 74 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Miscellaneous (Sunday) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_10A2_BCCA | 236 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Artists (Sunday) Folks here include Tom Mandrake, John Workman, Josh Geppi, Peter Tomasi, Tom King, Evan (Doc) Shaner, Walt Simonson, David Wong, Dean Haspiel, Howard Chaykin, Rob Greenberger, Terry Kavanagh, Howard Mackie, Bob Hall, Charlie McElvy, Dean Haspiel, Sean Von Gorman, Chris Miskiewicz, Bob McLeod, Ed Piskor,... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_10A3_BCC_KidsW | 23 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Kids Love Comics Workshop (Sunday) Sci-Tech Heroes with Alex Simmons
This amazing hands-on workshop demonstrates how to explore and create superheroes and villains using the boundless regions of science and the imaginative realm of comics. Kids will discuss the powers and abilities of popular comic book characters, and then create their... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_10B1_BCCP01 | 6 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: How to Take Your Idea from Concept to Creation How to Take Your Idea from Concept to Creation
For aspiring creators. “How do I start? For how long? And how do I take my idea from concept to creation (without selling my soul)!? “
Stranger Comics President Sebastian Jones will share writer tips plus offer insight on how he created his Niobe comic... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_10B2_BCCP02 | 3 | Baltimore Comic-Con (2023) -- Panel: E-Man’s 50th E-Man’s 50th
Charlton Comics was an afterthought, its best days behind it, when an atomic detonation arrived in the form of E-Man from Nicola Cuti and Joe Staton. Robert Greenberger hosts a fond look back at the electric man’s career with Joe Staton and editor Mike Gold. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_10C1_BCCenter | 12 | MD -- Baltimore Convention Center (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_10C2_MuralsMD_NoisyT | 5 | MD -- Public Art: Murals by Noisy Tenants The Baltimore community was in need of a new strategy to deepen the connection between its residents, so Noisy Tenants partnered with the students at CollegeBound Foundation to dedicate a 40-foot mural to the Northwood Baseball League (NBL). For over 60 years, the NBL has served the youth of the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_10C3_Baltimore | 3 | MD -- Baltimore (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_11A1_Bennett | 206 | DC -- USC/PDC/PDAA -- Amanda Bennett ("USAGM: Looking to the Future") USAGM: Looking to the Future
Please join PDCA's September First Monday Forum with Amanda Bennett, CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
By The Public Diplomacy Council of America
Amanda Bennett, the CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will discuss USAGM and its entities at a hybrid program on... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_11B1_Emb_Korea | 22 | DC -- Embassy of Korea (KORUS) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_11B2_Emb_Korea_KAnim | 39 | DC -- Embassy of Korea (KORUS) -- Exhibit: K-Animation with Literature K-Animation with Literature
Exhibition: March 24 - December 29, 2023
Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.
2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20008
The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (KCCDC) proudly presents a new special exhibition in collaboration with celebrated Korean... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_11B3_Jaisohn_Mem | 13 | DC -- Philip Jaisohn Memorial (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_11B4_Ataturk | 4 | DC -- Kemal Ataturk statue @ Sheridan Circle (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_11B5_Letelier_Mem | 5 | DC -- Letelier-Moffitt Memorial @ Sheridan Circle (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_11B6_Pershing | 12 | DC -- National World War I Memorial (Pershing Park) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_11C1_Shogan | 132 | National Archives -- Swearing-in Ceremony of Archivist Colleen Shogan Swearing-in Ceremony of Archivist Colleen Shogan
The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., Supreme Court Chief Justice of the United States, Presiding
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will offer opening remarks, and
Governor James J. Blanchard will serve as Master of Ceremonies
The ceremony will take place on... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_11C2_Archives_MCession | 8 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Case:Diseños: An Impact of Mexican Cession Featured Document Display: Diseños: An Impact of Mexican Cession
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - Wednesday, October 18, 2023
At the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States annexed more than half of Mexico’s territory under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Under its terms, the U.S. promised to... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_11C3_Archives_Rotunda | 58 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Rotunda (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_11D1_Penn | 4 | DC -- Pennsylvania Avenue area (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_11D3_Newseum | 5 | DC -- Newseum Johns Hopkins students are taking classes now. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_11D4_Mellon_Fountain | 23 | DC -- Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_11D6_Darlington | 4 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Darlington Memorial Fountain (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_11E_Purple_Metro | 16 | MD -- Purple Line -- Silver Spring Metro stop (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_12_Rock_Creek_CB | 11 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_13A1_United_Methodist | 1 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_13A2_Longworth_HOB | 23 | DC -- Longworth House Office Bulding (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_13A3_Capitol | 22 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_13A4_Capitol_SenatePk | 15 | DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_13B1_USCHS_Honor118 | 210 | USCHS -- Honoring the 118th Congress Honoring the 118th Congress
Join the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in the Ways & Means Committee Room as we celebrate the 118th Congress. Our program will feature a conversation with Senator Chuck Grassley and Representative Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving male and female Members of the 118th... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_14A_Purple_Metro | 9 | MD -- Purple Line -- Silver Spring Metro stop (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_14B_Kingdoms | 34 | Cato Institute -- "All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism" All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism
Published By Oxford University Press * 2023
In the past few years, a new intellectual trend has appeared among America’s Christian conservatives: “post-liberalism.” Its pioneers include a handful of Catholic scholars called... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_14C1_No23 | 4 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle -- Public Art: No. 25, 2023 (Digital artwork by Adrienne Gaither) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_14C2_Mt_Vernon | 8 | DC -- Mt Vernon Triangle neighborhood (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_14C3_Murals_KClark | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Keiona Clark (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_14C4_DThomas_Circle | 9 | DC -- Truxton Circle -- Dave Thomas Circle (Florida Ave, NY Ave, 1st Street triangle) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_14C5_Signs | 1 | DC -- Temporary Signs (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_14C6_Eckington | 5 | DC -- Eckington neighborhood (incl Metro Yards) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_14C7_Murals_No_Kings | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by No Kings Collective (Brandon Hill, Peter Chang) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_14C8_Murals | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals (not shown by artist) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_14D_NoMa_Color | 102 | DC -- Public Art: Murals -- Event: NoMa in Color Mural Festival NoMa in Color Mural Festival
Saturday, September 9 – Friday, September 15 at Alethia Tanner Park
From September 9 - September 15, watch new murals come to life in NoMa and along the Metropolitan Branch Trail! Visit NoMa for the kickoff party, and all week for special events, including NoMa Nights:... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_14E_Fremont | 183 | AFI -- "Fremont" (w/Anaita Wali Zada and Sudnya Shroff) FREMONT
Special Features: Advance Screening Sept. 14, 7:00 p.m. featuring Q&A with actress Anaita Wali Zada
Each morning, Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) leaves her tight-knit community of Afghan immigrants in Fremont, California, and crosses the Bay to work at a family-run fortune cookie factory in San... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_15A_NoMa_Color | 75 | DC -- Public Art: Murals -- Event: NoMa in Color Mural Festival NoMa in Color Mural Festival
Saturday, September 9 – Friday, September 15 at Alethia Tanner Park
From September 9 - September 15, watch new murals come to life in NoMa and along the Metropolitan Branch Trail! Visit NoMa for the kickoff party, and all week for special events, including NoMa Nights:... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_15B1_Tanner_Pk | 10 | DC -- Eckington -- Alethia Tanner Park (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_15B2_DThomas_Circle | 1 | DC -- Truxton Circle -- Dave Thomas Circle (Florida Ave, NY Ave, 1st Street triangle) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_15C1_HeraO | 186 | DC -- Public Art: Murals -- Event: Opening celebration: Women in Climate Action mural by German artist Hera Opening celebration: Women in Climate Action mural by German artist Hera
Join us for an opening ceremony featuring uplifting acoustic music by award-winning singer/songwriter Emma G, and light refreshments!
By German Embassy Washington, DC
The German Embassy Washington and Street Art for Mankind... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_15C2_Murals_Herakut | 18 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Hera Herakut (Germany) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_15C3_USRes072 | 5 | DC -- Chinatown -- US Reservation 72 (Massachusetts Ave and I St. NW) (Chinatown Park) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_15C4_Chinatown | 2 | DC -- Chinatown neighborhood (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_15C5_Sixth_I | 2 | DC -- Chinatown -- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I St NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_15D_Metro_SSVw | 5 | Metro Station -- Silver Spring -- View from platform (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_16A1_LC_Home | 113 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Homecoming at President Lincoln's Cottage 2023 Homecoming at President Lincoln's Cottage 2023
Join us for a full day of racing, music, and family fun at President Lincoln's Cottage!
During the Civil War, the Lincoln family called the Cottage home. On September 16, 2023, we welcome everyone to enjoy the grounds as the Lincoln family did with a full... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_16A2_Lincoln_Cottage | 14 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage (at the Armed Forces Retirement Home) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_16A3_AFRH | 48 | DC -- Armed Forces Retirement Home (Old Soldiers Home) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_16A4_Lincoln_CVC_Reflex | 122 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Visitor Center -- Exhibit: Reflections on Grief and Child Loss Featured Exhibit: Reflections on Grief and Child Loss
Understanding History (and Ourselves) Through Empathy
When Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s son, Willie, died at 11 years old in February 1862, they once again experienced what is called “the greatest tragedy.” Willie was their second son to die from... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_16B1_KatzenX_Abensohn | 47 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: Lillian Klein Abensohn: Song of Songs: Fruitful Relationships Lillian Klein Abensohn
Song of Songs: Fruitful Relationships
Lillian Klein Abensohn, Artist
September 9–October 15, 2023
Lillian Klein Abensohn asks “What’s really important?” These playful still lifes offer a tongue-in-cheek take on fundamental and complex human relationships.
Initially, the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_16B2_KatzenX_FWhite | 52 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: (Alper) Franklin White: An American in Venezuela Franklin White: An American in Venezuela
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
Dr. Chantelle E. Bernard, Curator
September 9 – December 10, 2023
White invites you to examine the way mother-nature generously gifted Merida, Venezuela with a bounty of beautiful things… and taught him new... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_16B3_KatzenX_Rotenberg | 72 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: Rachel Rotenberg Rachel Rotenberg
Rachel Rotenberg, Artist
Jane Livingston, Curator
September 9–December 10, 2023
Using cedar planks and other materials, Rotenberg has managed to build works on a heroic scale without sacrificing intimacy, and to craft small sculptures that attain a kind of conceptual... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_16B4_KatzenX_Cushner | 65 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: Cushner CUSHNER
Steven Cushner, Artist
September 9–December 10, 2023
CUSHNER consists of 34 artworks by artist Steven Cushner, whose work is included in AU Museum’s holdings at the university where Cushner served as an adjunct faculty member from 1995 through 2000.
The exhibition refers to and builds upon a... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_16B5_KatzenX_Lost | 11 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B/C Exhibit: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories
June 17–August 13, 2023
September 9–December 10, 2023
Folks:
* Karel Cudlin, Photographer
* Jan Dobrovský, Photographer
* Martin Wágner, Photographer
* Milena Kalinovska, Curator
“Through these photographs, you’ll step into a country with a dramatic... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_16B6_KatzenX_NTapestry | 24 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: Nature’s Tapestry Nature’s Tapestry
A Project Space* Exhibition
Bernis von zur Muehlen, Artist
Ori Z. Soltes, Curator
September 9–December 10, 2023
“Bernis von zur Muehlen is a magician and an artist …who engages the realm of the spiritual and the everyday, creating by re-visioning reality again and again.”
--... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_16C1_DFaust | 84 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Gallery Talk: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories A Day in Kyiv Gallery Talk: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memorie: A Day in Kyiv
Photographer Daniel Faust, with guests present on the exhibition "Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories" in a talk titled "Day in Kyiv"
This talk will be moderated by Jack Rasmussen, Director of AU Museum, Daniel Faust, Photographer,... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_16C2_Katzen | 6 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_17A1_Free_LibraryDC | 5 | DC -- Little Free Library (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_17A2_Eastern_Market | 4 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Eastern Market (225 7th St SE) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_17B1_Literary_HillBF | 382 | Literary Hill BookFest (2023) @ Eastern Market Literary Hill BookFest
Celebrating Books and Authors on Capitol Hill
SEE US AT EASTERN MARKET ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
This year, the BookFest is moving to the fall. Come join us from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 17th, as we celebrate the vibrant literary culture of Capitol Hill at our “home”... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_17C1_Foer | 35 | Politics & Prose -- Franklin Foer ("The Last Politician") Franklin Foer — The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future
On January 20, 2021, standing where only two weeks earlier police officers had battled with right-wing paramilitaries, Joe Biden took his oath of office. The American people were still sick with... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_17C2_Goodheart | 113 | Politics & Prose -- Adam Goodheart ("The Last Island") w/Wil Haygood Adam Goodheart -- The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth - with Wil Haygood
A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated human community on earth. The Sentinelese people want to be left alone and will shoot deadly... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_17D1_SIHIR_Holzer | 41 | DC -- Hirshhorn Museum -- Exhibit: Jenny Holzer, THE PEOPLE Jenny Holzer, THE PEOPLE
Sept. 17-21, 7:15-11pm
Jenny Holzer is a celebrated American artist who uses language as her primary medium. In the late 1970s, she created her Truisms, a series of one-line aphorisms such as “Abuse of power comes as no surprise” and “Bad intentions can yield good results.”... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_17D2_SIAH_Holzer | 22 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Jenny Holzer, THE PEOPLE Jenny Holzer, THE PEOPLE
Sept. 17-21, 7:15-11pm
Jenny Holzer is a celebrated American artist who uses language as her primary medium. In the late 1970s, she created her Truisms, a series of one-line aphorisms such as “Abuse of power comes as no surprise” and “Bad intentions can yield good results.”... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_17D4_Capitol | 2 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_18B1_Isaacson | 160 | Politics & Prose @ Sidwell Friends -- Walter Isaacson ("Elon Musk") w/Michael Duffy Walter Isaacson - Elon Musk - with Michael Duffy — at Sidwell Friends School
When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week.... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_18C1_Sidwell_Gilliam | 37 | DC -- Cleveland Park -- Sidwell Friends School -- Exhibit: Sam Gilliam Selected Works Sam Gilliam Selected Works from the art collection of The Honorable Ann Brown '55 and Mr. Don Brown. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_18C2_Sidwell_GilliamT | 34 | DC -- Cleveland Park -- Sidwell Friends School -- Exhibit: Sam Gilliam Selected Works ... tour of Curator Aaron Brophy took several us through the Gilliam gallery. (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_19A1_DemocracyP1 | 89 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Democracy Day: Panel 1: Revolutionary Questions at 250 Revolutionary Questions at 250
How the ideals of the Declaration of Independence have spurred change
The U.S. has inspired the world with ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence. But how have the ideals of the Declaration spurred change, resistance, new definitions, and shifting directions... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_19A2_DemocracyP2A | 129 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Democracy Day: Panel 2A: Artist Advocates for Democracy: 1 Art Diplomacy for Equality Artist Advocates for Democracy: 1 Art Diplomacy for Equality
Art as an asset for diplomacy and cross-cultural connection
The U.S. Department of State's Office of Art in Embassies showcases how art is our best asset for diplomacy. United States Ambassador to Portugal Randi Charno Levine and artists... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_19A3_DemocracyP2B | 92 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Democracy Day: Panel 2B: Artist Advocates for Democracy: 2 Arts and Human Rights Artist Advocates for Democracy: 2 Arts and Human Rights
Art as an asset for diplomacy and cross-cultural connection
The U.S. Department of State's Office of Art in Embassies showcases how art is our best asset for diplomacy. United States Ambassador to Portugal Randi Charno Levine and artists Sanford... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_19A4_DemocracyP3 | 108 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Democracy Day: Panel 3: Storytelling and Connection Storytelling and Connection
The power of storytelling and art as methods of engagement and connection in democratic culture
Storytelling and art are powerful tools to encourage civic action and strengthen democratic culture. Actor Alfre Woodard, artist Hank Willis Thomas, independent filmmaker Paul... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_19A5_SIAH_More_Perfect | 134 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time
September 19, 2023 – October 1, 2023
In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Art in Embassies’ traveling exhibition, A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time, will be on view at the National Museum of... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_19B1_Beyond_Granite | 4 | DC -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together -- Deinstalling Beyond Granite: Pulling Together
The Future Of Commemoration Is Not Written In Stone
In Summer 2023, Beyond Granite will present a dynamic new series of installations designed to create a more inclusive, equitable, and representative commemorative landscape on the National Mall. The Beyond Granite... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_19B2_SI_Castle | 6 | DC -- Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_19B3_SIAIR_Bldg | 1 | DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_19B4_Mall | 4 | DC -- Natl Mall area Rat holes (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_19B5_WCF | 9 | DC -- Mall -- Event: World Culture Festival setup (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_19B6_Capitol | 9 | DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) Scaffolding around the liberty statue. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_19B7_Union_Station | 18 | DC -- Union Station (exterior) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_19B8_Takoma | 10 | DC -- Takoma neighborhood (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_19C1_Little_Amal | 177 | DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Little Amal visits the Capitol Little shoes, big journeys
Little Amal walks through a sea of emergency blankets. A river of shoes appears, evoking the stories of millions of children on the move who seek safety within and across borders. Amal brings them to the feet of U.S. Representatives.
In partnership with The Laboratory for... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_19D_Mother_Jones | 106 | Labor Heritage Foundation @ Busboys Takoma -- Mother Jones in Heaven Mother Jones in Heaven
Through story and song, Vivian Nesbitt (Breaking Bad, The Night Shift, Longmire, Law & Order SVU) portrays Mary Harris “Mother” Jones.
By Labor Heritage Foundation
Through story and song, Vivian Nesbitt (Breaking Bad, The Night Shift, Longmire, Law & Order SVU) portrays Mary... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_20A1_DOI_Murals_Tour | 30 | Cultural Tourism DC -- Walking Tour: U.S. Department of the Interior Murals The History, Art and Architecture of the Stewart Lee Udall DOI Building
Discover the art and architecture that made the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building a "symbol of a new day" during the Great Depression. Designed by local architect Waddy Butler Wood and completed in 1936, the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_20A2_DOI_Murals | 166 | DC -- Dept of Interior Building -- Murals (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_20A3_DOI_Museum | 215 | DC -- Dept of Interior Museum (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_20A4_DOIVw | 30 | DC -- Dept of Interior Building -- View from terrace We got to go out on the terrace to take pictures! (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_20A5_DOI | 27 | DC -- Dept of Interior Building (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_20B_Rock_Creek_CB | 46 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_21A1_POGP1 | 82 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: The Power of Giving: Social Justice & Philanthropy: 1 Philanthropy's Impact on Liberty & Equality Before & After the Civil War The Power of Giving: Social Justice & Philanthropy
You’re invited! Join us on September 21 for the 2023 Power of Giving symposium, featuring a distinguished panel of community organizers, activists, philanthropists, and historians discussing how philanthropy has advanced or impeded social justice, and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_21A2_POGP2 | 93 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: The Power of Giving: Social Justice & Philanthropy: 2 Break and Objects Out-of-Storage The Power of Giving: Social Justice & Philanthropy
You’re invited! Join us on September 21 for the 2023 Power of Giving symposium, featuring a distinguished panel of community organizers, activists, philanthropists, and historians discussing how philanthropy has advanced or impeded social justice, and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_21A3_POGP3 | 127 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: The Power of Giving: Social Justice & Philanthropy: 3 Equality & Family Philanthropy The Power of Giving: Social Justice & Philanthropy
You’re invited! Join us on September 21 for the 2023 Power of Giving symposium, featuring a distinguished panel of community organizers, activists, philanthropists, and historians discussing how philanthropy has advanced or impeded social justice, and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_21A4_POGP4 | 87 | Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: The Power of Giving: Social Justice & Philanthropy: 4 Community Perspectives on Social Justice Philanthropy + Reception The Power of Giving: Social Justice & Philanthropy
You’re invited! Join us on September 21 for the 2023 Power of Giving symposium, featuring a distinguished panel of community organizers, activists, philanthropists, and historians discussing how philanthropy has advanced or impeded social justice, and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_21B_SIAH_Int | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Miscellaneous Interior Shots (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_21C_Totem | 201 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2023) -- "Totem" (w/Mateo García Elizondo) plus reception TÓTEM (2023)
Special Features: Opening Night. Q&A with actor Mateo García Elizondo, plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Mexican Cultural Institute in DC
Lila Avilés follows up her acclaimed debut THE CHAMBERMAID with this warm, sensitively told drama about death, which is simultaneously... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_22A_United_Methodist | 3 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_22B1_LOC_Ext_Const | 15 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images -- Construction (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_22B2_LOC_Shaped | 5 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Books That Shaped America pop-up (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_22B3_LOC_Int | 2 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Miscellaneous interior areas (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_22B4_LOC_Creating | 31 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Creating the United States (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_22B5_LOC_Int_Const | 8 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Interior Images -- We're Building A Library For You (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_22B6_LOC_Waldseemuller | 12 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Waldseemuller's 1507 World Map (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_22B7_LOC_Herblock | 55 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2023) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_22B8_LOC_Hamlisch | 33 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Marvin Hamlisch PEGOT display (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_22C1_LOC_MemberT | 62 | Library of Congress -- Event: Friends of the Library dome tour (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_22C2_LOCVw_Dome | 87 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from Dome (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_22C3_LOC_MRR | 41 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_22C4_LOC_MRRCC | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room -- Card Catalog (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_22D_Purple_Metro | 3 | MD -- Purple Line -- Silver Spring Metro stop (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_23A1_NCath_RJustice | 274 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Event: Racial Justice Windows Dedication service We are excited to invite you to the unveiling and dedication of the Now and Forever windows by world-renowned artist and MacArthur Award winner Kerry James Marshall. In-person and online, the dedication will feature remarks from the artist on the new windows and a special reading by acclaimed poet... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_23B1_NCath_CSA | 33 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Stained Glass -- Confederate Windows --> Now and Forever Windows The new windows were finally exhibited. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_23B2_NCath_I | 34 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Interior Images (except stained glass) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_23B3_NCath_Glass | 3 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Stained glass (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_23B4_NCath_Disp | 22 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- History Displays (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_23B5_NCath_Views | 18 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Views from... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_23C1_NCath_Lego | 61 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Exhibit: Let there be LEGO! (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_23C2_NCath_Poetry | 59 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Exhibit: Poetry (Freedom Story and Dear Ukraine) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_23C3_NCath_NCSCWP | 42 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Exhibit: The NCS Cathedral Windows Project (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_24A1_Sordoni_Gallery | 2 | PA -- Wilkes-Barre -- Wilkes University -- Sordoni Art Gallery (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_24A2_Sordoni_50Years | 67 | PA -- Wilkes-Barre -- Wilkes University -- Sordoni Art Gallery -- Exhibit: 50 Years of the Sordoni Art Gallery 50 Years of the Sordoni Art Gallery
The Sordoni Art Gallery has been a constant in the ever-changing landscape of downtown Wilkes-Barre. After the devastating flood that impacted the Wyoming Valley in June 1972, Margaret “Barney” Sordoni (1915-1989) and her son, Andrew J. Sordoni III, worked alongside... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_24B1_Sordoni_Rose | 535 | PA -- Wilkes-Barre -- Wilkes University -- Sordoni Art Gallery -- Exhibit: The One Rose: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Rose O’Neill The One Rose: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Rose O’Neill
Sordoni Art Gallery 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Aug. 25 - Oct. 8, 2023
Rose O’Neill, an American illustrator of the early 20th century, was a woman of many accomplishments. She was the first woman illustrator for Puck magazine, the leading... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_24C_Wilkes_Barre | 6 | PA -- Wilkes-Barre (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_24D_I81_Grantville | 22 | PA -- I-81 @ Grantville (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_25A_Rock_Creek_CB | 11 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_25B1_Lincoln_Cottage | 3 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage (at the Armed Forces Retirement Home) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_25C1_Two_Faces | 197 | DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Event: Two Faces Comedy Series: Parenting Two Faces Comedy Series at President Lincoln's Cottage
"I leave it to my audience: If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one?” - Abraham Lincoln, 1858
Back by popular demand, and drawing inspiration from Abraham Lincoln's legendary humor and self-deprecation, President Lincoln's Cottage and The... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_26A1_City_CenterC | 3 | DC -- CityCenterDC -- Canopy (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_26A2_MLKLib | 2 | DC -- Penn Qtr -- Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_26B_Declassification | 62 | Cato Institute -- "Declassification Engine" (w/Matthew Connelly) The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets
The American national security state -- and its accumulated millions of pages of classified records -- has become a fixture of our political, social, and cultural life. Yet prior to World War I, the United States had no... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_26C1_SIAH_Latinas_Report | 85 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Latinas Report Breaking News ¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking News
September 15, 2023 – 2024
¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking News is an approximately 1,000 square foot, bilingual exhibition showcasing the work of seven Latinas on Spanish-language television, their eyewitness reporting on major stories, spanning... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_26C2_SIAH_More_Perfect | 23 | DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time
September 19, 2023 – October 1, 2023
In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Art in Embassies’ traveling exhibition, A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time, will be on view at the National Museum of... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_26D1_SIPG_Contemp | 283 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Galleries for Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries for Modern and Contemporary Art
September 22, 2023 – Ongoing
The Smithsonian American Art Museum reopens its modern and contemporary galleries with a new installation of its permanent collection that freshly examines the explosion of possibility in American art between the 1940s and today.... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_26D2_SIPG_Thomas | 56 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas
September 15, 2023 – June 2, 2024
Alma Thomas is a singular figure in the story of twentieth-century American art. She developed her exuberant form of abstract painting late in life, after retiring from a long career as a schoolteacher. Blossoming in the... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_26D3_SIPG_Weems | 31 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Carrie Mae Weems: Looking Forward, Looking Back Carrie Mae Weems: Looking Forward, Looking Back
September 22, 2023 – July 7, 2024
Legendary artist Carrie Mae Weems has been described as an icon, national treasure, and genius. She is a moral compass in the field, entwining art and activism to address racism, sexism, classism, colonialism, and... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_26D4_SIPG_Portrait | 109 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_26D5_SIPG_Luce | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Luce Foundation Center for American Art (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_26E1_Costas | 224 | National Archives -- An Evening with Bob Costas and Michael Wilbon A Celebration of Sports: An Evening with Bob Costas and Michael Wilbon
Join us for an evening with sports broadcasting icons Bob Costas and Michael Wilbon. This conversation will highlight iconic sports moments drawn from the exhibition All American: The Power of Sports and connect with the power of... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_26E3_Archives | 2 | DC -- Natl Archives -- Exterior (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_27A1_Rock_Creek_CB | 23 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_27A2_Rock_Creek_KG | 23 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Ken-Gar Palisades Local Park (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_28A1_4CornersMD | 5 | MD -- Four Corners area My regular Subway sub shop had closed, apparently permanently. (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_28A2_Rock_Creek_CB | 18 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_28A3_Pole_ArtDC | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Pole art (not sure what to call these) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_28B1_AU | 14 | DC -- American University (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_28B2_Edmundson | 73 | American University -- Event: Lincoln Scholars Lecture: Mark Edmundson You are invited to the Lincoln Scholars Lecture: Mark Edmundson!
Date: Thursday, September 28th, 5:30 PM-7:00 PM ET
Location: McDowell Formal Lounge
Why has American culture gotten so polarized and so judgmental? And is it any accident that, as we have gotten more judgmental, we have also gotten... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_29A1_Intl_Square | 8 | DC -- Downtown -- International Square (1875 I St NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_29A2_Signs | 2 | DC -- Temporary Signs (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_29B_ACofW | 139 | DC -- Downtown -- Arts Club of Washington (formerly James Monroe's house) (2017 I St NW) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_29C1_GWU_Seattle | 12 | DC -- GWU (George Washington University) -- Visit Seattle Pop-up (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_29C2_GWU_Art | 7 | DC -- GWU -- Public Art (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_29C3_GWU_Museum_HQuilts | 50 | DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts
Handstitced Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts
Through December 23, 2023
Quilts, like maps, trace the personal stories and experiences of makers and their communities, often illuminating larger historical events and cultural trends. Handstitched Worlds... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_29C4_GWU_LLC | 6 | DC -- GWU (George Washington University) -- Law Learning Center (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_29D_Mall_Pickleball | 69 | DC -- National Mall of Pickleball Welcome to the National Mall of Pickleball
For the first time ever, we’ll roll out pickleball courts on the National Mall for three days of exciting programming and activities, both on and off the courts. Whether you’re a pro pickler or a newbie, there will be something for all skill levels and all... (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_29E_WCF | 151 | DC -- Mall -- Event: World Culture Festival -- Kickoff (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_29F1_NGAP | 14 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Paintings (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_29F2_NGAS | 1 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- Sculpture (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_29F3_NGAA_Buffalo | 7 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Alcove: Last of the Buffalo? (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_29F4_NGA_Corcoran | 46 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing --The Corcoran Collection (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_29F5_NGAEW_Concourse | 8 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Concourse (incl Leo Villareal's Multiverse LED installation) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_29F6_NGAEW_Ancestors | 159 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Exhibit: The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans
September 22, 2023 – January 15, 2024
East Building, Upper Level, West Bridge
Curated by artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), this exhibition brings together works by an... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_29F7_NGA_Bldg | 7 | DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Building (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30A1_Murals | 12 | DC -- Public Art: Murals (not shown by artist) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30A2_Murals_Yi | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Yiqiao Wang (Yi) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30A3_Murals_EazyYoke | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Aundrae Williams (EazyYokeArt) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30A4_Murals_Crank | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Crank (ArtofCrank) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30A5_Murals_CoryB | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Cory Bernat (CoryB) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30A6_Murals_Shao | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Stevie Shao (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30A7_Murals_GPack | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Gentry Pack (_gpack) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30A8_Murals_Limauro | 5 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Andrea Limauro (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30B1_Murals_Akino | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Rae Akino (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30B2_Murals_NicoleB | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Nicole Bourgea (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30B3_Murals_Moran | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Craig Moran (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30B4_Murals_Grace | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Grace (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30B5_Murals_TrapXBob | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by TrapXBob (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30B6_Murals_MSwift | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Martin Swift (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30B7_Murals_McFly | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Marly McFly (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30B8_Murals_Tarika | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Tarika Campbell (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30C1_Murals_EDollar | 1 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by E$ (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30C2_Murals_EEHamilton | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Elliott Hamilton (eehamilton) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30C3_Murals_Huertas | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Katty Huertas (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30C4_Murals_BlueHue | 6 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Lea Craigie-Marshall (Blue Hue Studios) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30C5_Murals_ResoluteRose | 3 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Yewande Kotun Davis (@theresoluterose) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30C6_Murals_Try | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Try Cheatham (Try Unique) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30C7_Murals_AmandaP | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Amanda P... (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30D1_Murals_GBaker | 10 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Garin Baker (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30D2_Murals_Ledania | 19 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Ledania (Brazil) (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30D3_Murals_SergioV | 8 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Sergio Vasquez (Sergio Stuff) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30E1_Signs | 8 | DC -- Temporary Signs (Partially reviewed) |  |
| 2023_09_30E2_NYAve_Bridge | 2 | DC -- New York Avenue Bridge (Neighborhoods: Eckington, Brentwood, Gallaudet, and NoMa) (Partially reviewed) |  |
 | 2023_09_30E3_Tanner_Pk | 4 | DC -- Eckington -- Alethia Tanner Park (Partially reviewed) |  |