 Spring has gotten off to an early start this year temperature-wise, but springtime blossoms and events are in full bloom this month 🌸🌸🌸 You won't want to miss all the National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrations, the sound of music as National Symphony plays in locations across the city, National Women's History Month events galore, exciting and inspiring film festivals, an unique, immersive theatre experience, a daring high wire act, get a taste of Iceland, and more! We've curated 100+ (our biggest list yet!) awesome and unexpected things to do this month that will make you see why spring in DC is simply the best! Legend:
Hurry, Ending Soon Ride the Cyclone. In this quirky, edgy cult musical, the lives of six teen chamber choir singers are cut short in a freak roller coaster accident. Stuck in the afterlife, a mechanical fortuneteller gives them a chance to sing their way back to earth. 💲Ends March 5 NGA ice skating rink. Strap on your ice skates and take a spin on the ice surrounded by the grand architecture of national museums and monuments. Enjoy splendid views of large-scale sculptures from artists in our renowned collection, including Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois, and Roy Lichtenstein. Group and individual skating lessons available. 💲🎟 Ends March 5 Memories. Artist Nyugen E. Smith presents Bundlehouse: Ancient Future Memory, a mobile art gallery which uses found-objects, collage and assemblage, to represent the layered identities of Black African diasporic descendants and the forced migration or rehousing (physical & spiritual) of the African diaspora. 🆓 Ends March 12 Georgetown skating rink. Enjoy views of the Potomac River and historic Georgetown as you glide along the ice at the Washington Harbour Ice Rink. 💲🎟 Ends March 12 Opening This Month Edible Arrangement. Learn how to create an artistically designed bouquet featuring florals, charcuterie meats, and cheeses for a unique twist on floral arrangements and charcuterie boards. 👤💲March 1 DC Independent Film Festival. DCIFF 2023 is back! This local indie-film favorite offers a lineup of documentaries, shorts (such as My Grumpy Grandpa, above), web-series pilots, and narrative films, along with post-screening discussions and other events. One of this year’s most intriguing offerings is an animated short about a monster and a cashier, with a run time of just 56 seconds. 👤💲March 1 - 5 Aunties of Reservation Dogs. Join the National Museum of the American Indian and the Indigenous women of FX's hit television series Reservation Dogs for an insightful discussion about representation of Indigenous women in the media, the importance of their stories being told in their own voices, and the power of storytelling. 🆓💻 👸🏽March 1 - 31 You Should Know Her Name. City Tavern Preservation Foundation presents: You Should Know Her Name – Reverend Doctor Pauli Murray (1910 – 1985), a trailblazing feminist, civil rights activist, lawyer, legal scholar, author poet, priest, nonbinary who influenced RBG and left an extraordinary legacy. Registration required. 🆓 👤👸🏽March 2 Light Painting. Young artists will be inspired by Diana Thater’s Oo Fifi, Five Days in Claude Monetʼs Garden and explore their creative side and the magic of mixing color and light at the Art Cart at Hirshhorn. 🆓 March 2 Girl Scout Cookie & Spirits Pairing. What a genius idea! Public Restoratives hosts a guided experience with four different Girl Scout cookies paired with a boozy beverage. 👤💲March 2 Downtown KC Cabaret. Get ready to LOL at Kennedy Center's Downtown at the KC Cabaret, a night of bespoke cabarets featuring hilarious original songs each night with a different cast of comics belting their hearts out and hitting all the laugh lines. 👤💲March 2 - 4 Blind Wine Tasting Like a Pro. Find out the basics of tasting wine and how to taste blind like a sommelier. Learn while tasting wines from different grapes, and from different classic regions in the world. Start your date night, friends dinner, or kick off your weekend solo with wine and a little challenge. 👤💲March 3 Embassy of Latvia Dinner. Travel abroad without leaving the city for an evening at the Embassy of Latvia featuring Latvian culture, and a dinner buffet feast of Latvian delicacies, while meeting the Ambassador, distinguished diplomats and staff at the embassy. 👤💲March 3 Coffee Connection. Get your coffee fix as Counter Culture Coffee opens their Training Centers for a tasting and stories behind their favorite coffees as you commune over beautifully brewed cups. 🆓 👤March 3 Cost of Living Exhibit. Dupont Underground hosts, The Cost of Living: An Observation of the Resistance, Resilience, and Joy of the Black Woman exhibit which focuses on elevating black women and femme artists and transforming their struggles into triumph. 👤💲March 3 - 26 Women of Freer. Celebrate Women’s History Month at the National Museum of Asian Art with docent-led tours that introduce you female artists in their collection. Daily. 🆓 👤👸🏽March 3 - 31 Sound Patterns. The relationship between martial arts and the African diaspora will be explored through the original works of seven artists and their respective mediums at Anacostia's Honfleur Gallery in partnership with Shaolin Jazz. Featured artists include: Terence Nicholson. Aniekan Udofia, Imani K. Brown, Maurice James Jr., Asad “Ultra” Walker, Kojo Boateng and Christopher Everett. 🆓👤 March 4 - April 8 NGA First Saturday. National Gallery of Art is rolling out First Saturdays. Think of the new events as similar to Gallery Nights, but during the day and geared to all ages. The event features a kid-friendly movie, drop-in art making, a guided tour of the "Called to Create" exhibit, and a pop-up library. Some events require registration 🆓👤 March 4 Book Sale. Pick up a copy of your favorite book at Georgetown Library's used book sale. 🆓👤 March 4 Heurich House Museum Tour. Explore the historic home of brewer and immigrant Christian Heurich. Step back in time to the year 1894, and see things from the eyes of household staff, Afterwards, grab a Senate Beer - the historically accurate revival of the brand that ruled DC for 100 years - at the museum’s backyard biergarten. 👤💲March 4 Women at the White House. Did you know that suffragists were the first to organize a picket and protest a sitting president in front of the White House? Join Ranger Lauren to discover the tactics used in the fight for women's right to vote. This never-before-seen activism drew widespread attention to the cause and would pave the way for future civil rights demonstrations. Every Sunday thru March 26 🆓👤👸🏽 March 5 Taps. Capitol Tap and District Tap explore the definition of tap dance through the use of various mediums, including sand, leather, and metal. 👤💲March 5 Women’s History Month Concerts. Enjoy live music composed by women and performed by gifted female artists on Sundays at the National Gallery’s West Garden Court. Registration required. Tickets become available 10 days before the event. 🆓👤👸🏽 March 5 - 26 Washington Women in Jazz Concerts. Founded to showcase talented local female musicians, Washington Women in Jazz kicks off its annual month of performances at venues across DC to uplifting the image of the jazz community. 💲👤👸🏽March 5 - 27 NPS Bird Walk. Grab your binoculars and come out to the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens for a bird walk with the National Park Service. Experienced birders and beginners are encouraged to participate. 🆓👤March 7 Freda Film Screening. Join the Embassy of Haïti and Embassy of France for the opening of the DC Francophonie Festival with a screening of the Haitian movie "Freda," followed by a Q&A with the film's director. Movie in Haitian Creole and French, with English subtitles. Registration required 🆓👤👸🏽March 7 JEDI Podcast. Be a part of the audience at Tudor House for a live broadcast of the Museum J.E.D.I. (Justice. Equity. Diversity. Inclusion) podcast, with pod host Omar Eaton-Martinez, who will discuss his work bringing diversity and inclusion to museums and cultural institutions 🆓👤March 7 NSO In Your Neighborhood: Boundary Stone. Gather at neighborhood pub Boundary Stone for drinks, good food and a bass quartet performance. 🆓 👤 March 7 R&B Yoga. Breathe deep and enjoy a playful movement experience in a group yoga session guided by Sydnea and her dynamic R&B playlists. 👤💲March 8 NSO In Your Neighborhood: 11: Eleven Gallery. specializing in UK contemporary and urban art, art space 111:Eleven Gallery is the colorful backdrop for violin duo Natasha and Zino Bogachek as they perform original compositions that center around different types of stylized dances. 🆓👤March 8 Beginners Hip Hop. Come and drop it like it's hot at Dance Loft's Beginner Hip Hop Class. Perfect for first timers or anyone who loves to dance and have fun. 👤💲March 8 NMWA International Women's Day Celebration. Join the National Museum of Women in the Arts for a virtual festival featuring women artists in the visual arts and beyond. Enjoy a conversation with artists, a cocktail-making class, a musical performance, and much more. 🆓💻 👸🏽March 8 Taste of Iceland. Experience the best of what Iceland has to offer at the four-day Taste of Iceland Festival. Transport yourself to the land of fire and ice through a series of events in n celebration of Icelandic culture including food, beverages, music, literature, more. 👤🆓💲March 8 - 11 Woman King. Rosedale library screens "The Woman King," a historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries. 🆓 👤March 9 We Could be (S)heroes. National Gallery Nights returns with a salute to women, featuring a DJ, pop-up performances, chance to explore works by female artists, sneak preview of the future Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, crafts and snacks. Registration required. 🆓 👤👸🏽 March 9 Women in Power. Choose between Sandra Day O’Connor, RGB, Sonya Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson as you create iconic women of the Supreme Court in this beginners embroidery class. 👤💲👸🏽March 9 Black Girls Bond Opening Party. Join the premiere party celebrating the launch of Black Girls Bond, an online digital media destination for all things fashion, beauty, business, tech, and wellness for Black women, featuring Maimouna Youssef, aka Mumu Fresh; Washington, DC’s, own Be’la Dona Band; DJ Ty Alexander. 👤💲👸🏽 March 9 NSO In Your Neighborhood: Lincoln's Cottage. Enjoy chamber music from the National Symphony Orchestra that evokes the Lincolns' personal experience inside Lincoln's beloved home. 🆓 👤 March 9 K-Culture Night. GW Institute for Korean Studies screens a two-part documentary and discussion exploring Korean Hip-Hop and its influences. Dinner will be provided and the evening will end with a drawing for two free tickets to see the popular Korean hip hop group, EPIK High.🆓 👤 March 9 NSO In Your Neighborhood: Woodbridge Library. String duo Mahoko Eguchi, NSO viola, and Rachel Young, NSO cello, will perform in collaboration with a local author for Women’s History Month at Woodbridge Public Library. 🆓 👤 March 9 In Conversation with Debra Lee. Debra Lee, former CEO of BET Networks, sits down with NPR's Michel Martin to talk about her recent memoir and her experiences as a high-powered Black woman executive in the entertainment industry. Registration required 🆓💻👤March 10 NSO In Your Neighborhood: Basilica of the National Shrine. Join the National Symphony Orchestra at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for a performance featuring works by Respighi, Mozart, George Walker, Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon, and more. 🆓 👤 March 10 Word Dance Theater: MOVE! Word Dance Theater takes you on a journey through dance and time to explore the historic women’s rights movement as they weave Isadora Duncan’s historical dances from the early suffragist period, to today with contemporary dances. 👤💲March 10 GRIDLOCK Dance: Veritas. Experience Veritas, a multimedia dance performance about how truth can be silenced, distorted, or erased entirely by American mass media. Featuring original music and projections, Veritas calls into question for each audience member how willing they are to defend the truth in their own lives. 👤💲March 10 Lost Boy Cider Cherry Blossom Party. Celebrate spring with Lost Boy Cider's cherry blossom release, DIY branches, Japanese performance and inspired vendors. Space is limited; registration encouraged 🆓👤🌸 March 10 NSO In Your Neighborhood: Turkey Thicket. Join the National Symphony Orchestra at Turkey Thicket Recreation Center for a performance featuring works by George Walker, Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon, with special guests The String Queens. 🆓 👤 March 11 Indigenous Women Weavers. Master weavers and embroiderers of Los Altos de Chiapas, Mexico demonstrate the backstrap weaving technique and discuss their community-based work weaving products by Indigenous women’s cooperatives. 🆓👤👸🏽 March 11 Lizzo Dance Party. Get ready to twerk it out at Wuntergarden's It's About Damn Time DJ dance party! Speciality cocktails, rave gear, fog machines, games, and more. 🆓 👤 March 11 NSO In Your Neighborhood: American Poetry Museum. NSO brass quintet collaborate with two local poets and perform at the American Poetry Museum. 🆓👤March 11 Norooz Spring Festival. Celebrate the spring equinox at Brookland Art Walk with local artists and makers, delicious food, and live music. 🆓 👤March 11 Pixelbloom: Timeless Butterflies. Step into a virtual world of cherry blossoms and butterflies as pixels burst into full bloom as ARTECHOUSE reimagines spring in immersive digital design. 💲👤🌸 March 11 - June 11 I Wanna Dance with Somebody. Get ready to sing and dance as Gay Men's Chorus celebrate's the pop and R&B icon in a tribute to Whitney with songs including “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “How Will I Know,” “I Will Always Love You,” and “The Greatest Love of All.” 👤💲 March 11 - 12 Paintings from Royal Udaipur. Take a unique, one-hour tour of the new A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur at The National Museum of Asian Art. Ongoing. 🆓 👤March 12 Jazz@Goethe. Goethe-Instit hosts their fourth concert featuring saxophonist Ralf Böcker. in a program of music from the early recordings of the legendary Blue Note record label. Blue Note, founded in 1939 by German immigrants Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff, is best known for modern jazz recordings by such iconic figures as Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. A glass of wine included with your ticket.👤💲 March 12 Oscar Party. And the Oscar goes to ... Join Film Fest DC and the Washington DC Film Society for their annual Oscars viewing party, complete with prizes/trivia, Predict the Winners contest, Silent auction featuring film/theatre passes and and select signed items including an Everything Everywhere All At Once poster signed by Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu. 👤💲 March 12 NGA Violin Concert. In celebration of Women's History Month, spend an afternoon concert with violin virtuoso Lara St. John as she performs solo violin works written by women. Registration required. 🆓 👤 March 12 John Philip Sousa Band Festival. Enjoy a musical tribute to DC's own legendary bandmaster and composer, John Philip Sousa, “The March King” featuring award winning Wind Bands from throughout the United States! 🆓👤 March 12 Fresh and Flavorful Passover. Join noted Jewish Chef Susan Barocas and veteran food writer Bonnie Benwick and make Passover dishes from Sephardic and Ashkenazic cuisines that take advantage of local seasonal produce. 💲👤 March 12 Cherry Blossom Artisan Market. Bring your shopping bags and get ready for some retail therapy, and plenty of cider, as Capitol Cider House hosts the Cherry Blossom Artisan Market.🆓👤🌸 March 12 She Comes First. Story District hosts its annual “She Comes First” showcase with first-person tales by female storytellers. The stories this year include Alexandra Khouri’s experience as a witness to a traffic accident, Whitney Ellenby’s romantic trip to New Orleans and Jasmine Jones’s remembrance of her grandmother’s battle with breast cancer. 💲👤👸🏽March 14 Writing Workshop. Explore the theme of family using works in the "Kinship" exhibit as inspiration in this creative writing workshop at the National Portrait Gallery. Open to writers of all levels who are 18+. 🆓👤March 15 Quilting Heritage. March is National Quilting Month (who knew!?). Celebrate this rich heritage at the National Museum of African American History & Culture with a presentation by fiber artist, Torreah "Cookie" Washington, and guided museum tours highlighting the rich legacy of quilts and quilting in the African American community. Registration required 🆓👤👸🏽 March 15 Shout Sister. Inspired by Gayle F. Wald’s book, the Shout, Sister, Shout!, musical tells the story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe — one of America’s most influential rock, R&B, and gospel crossover singers and guitarists who became a pioneer of the women’s movement for racial and sexual equality and a musical legend who redefined the national and international music scene in the 1930s, ’40s, and beyond. 💲👤March 15 - May 13 ASL celebration of women's history. Visionaries of the Creative Arts ensemble shares ASL poetry, storytelling, and dance to chronicle Black women's history, as well as Black Deaf Women. 🆓👤👸🏽 March 16 Dupont Artwalk. Explore Dupont Circle's artistic side as the Dupont Circle arts community, as well as BID businesses join together to celebrate on a neighborhood gallery walk with live music, food and retail offers. 🆓👤 March 16 Portraits, Art + History. National Museum of African American History & Culture hosts a discussion about portraiture, African American women, and social justice with artists Amy Sherald (known for the Official Portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama) and Bisa Butler , known for her "portrait quilts" of African American history, and their moving works recently on view in the NMAAHC exhibition entitled Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. Registration required. 🆓💻👤👸🏽 March 16 Pink Tie Party. Put on your finest pink attire and celebrate spring cherry blossoms for a reception-style night of style, food and entertainment at the 2023 Pink Tie Party. 💲👤🌸 March 16 LOC: Women in Photography. Photojournalist Sharon Farmer, the first woman and the first African American to be Director of the White House Photography office, and Anne Tucker, curator emerita at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, share stories about women photographers and their own work with the Library of Congress' exhibition “Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library.” Registration required🆓👤 👸🏽 March 16 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Enjoy a day-long film festival featuring 11 award-winning movies about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, Native American, and indigenous cultures, beer and wine, and a chance to win raffle items. 💲💻👤March 15 Women in Wine. Walk around during the Women in Wine celebration at Union Market’s Vitis Fine Wines and Spirits and chat with a few of the family-owned shop’s favorite female movers and shakers in the industry, from winemakers to importers. Ten wines will be on hand to sample during this happy hour event. 💲👤👸🏽 March 16 Green Screen. The 31st annual Environmental Film Festival returns with an inspiring lineup of environmentally themed films screening at venues around downtown DC. 💲💻👤March 16 - 26 Fashionable Film Screening. National Museum of Natural History and Environmental Film Festival host a screening ofFashion Reimagined about fashion designer Amy Powney of cult label Mother of Pearl and her efforts to create a sustainable collection from field to finished garment. This film is part of the 2023 Environmental Film Festival. Registration required. 🆓👤March 17 Irish and Lincoln. Join a park ranger to hear the stories of President Lincoln and the Irish during the American Civil War. 🆓👤March 17 Blooming Flowers Art + Poetry. The Japan Information & Culture Center and Embassy of Japan showcase “Blossoming Flowers in Japanese Art and Poetry," an exhibit inspired by the symbolism of flowers in Japanese art and poetry from the Embassy’s private collection alongside the haiku and visual art of DC-area students. 🆓👤🌸 March 17 - May 5 FDR's Art Agenda. Discover the untold story of FDR’s personal support for a new inclusive American art agenda at his memorial. 🆓👤 March 18 Remote Marine Life Film Screening. National Museum of Natural History and Environmental Film Festival host a screening of Geographies of Solitude, which takes you to a remote island in the Northwest Atlantic and follows a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived there for over 40 years collecting, cleaning, and documenting marine litter. This film is part of the 2023 Environmental Film Festival. Registration required. 🆓👤March 18 Prey Film Screening. American Indian Museum hosts a screening of Prey, a movie about Naru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly evolved Predators to land on Earth. 🆓👤 March 18 Luck of the Irish. Celebrate the luck of the Irish at the Ireland at the Wharf festival with Guinness beer, whiskey, bands and bagpipers. 🆓👤March 18 Cherry Trees at the Arboretum. Learn about the history of Japanese cherry trees in America, ancient cherry trees and restorative practices in Japan, the flowering cherry research program at the US National Arboretum, and a tree-side presentation of the traditional Japanese support system that is being installed at two cherry trees near the National Herb Garden. 💲👤🌸 March 18 Georgetown Mural Walking Tour. Get your comfy shoes on for a walking tour with Georgetown resident Dwane Starlin to discover the neighborhood's murals and public art, ending with a sweet treat from Georgetown Cupcake. 💲👤 March 18 Sculpture Garden Yoga. Enjoy a one hour all-levels yoga session in Kreeger Museum's tranquil outdoor Sculpture Garden. 💲👤 March 18 Black Women in Fantasy. Mahogany Books hosts award-winning authors Veronica G. Henry, Leslye Penelope & Nicole Glover for a magical night celebrating black women in Fantasy. Leslye & Nicole will lead the conversation as they discuss Veronica's latest book, The Foreign Exchange. 💲👤👸🏽 March 18 Drag Brunch Story Time. Crazy Aunt Helen's brings together the best of both worlds: brunch and drag, with DC's ONLY Drag Story Time Brunch with fabulous songs, wonderful stories and delicious food. Fun for all ages. Portion of the proceeds go to support An Open Book Foundation, helping to connect authors and illustrators with qualiifying schools and purchasing books for classrooms! 💲👤March 18 Angels & Monsters Tower Climb. Climb National Cathedral’s two western towers for an unprecedented close-up view of the gargoyles and grotesques while navigating the open-air walkway wrapping around these two towers—about 125 feet above the ground. Not for those who are afraid of heights! 💲👤March 18 DC Diffrent Drummers Jazz Band Concert. Join DC's Different Drummers Jazz Band, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender music organization, to celebrate spring with a jazz concert titled “Birdland," featuring a variety of styles, from swing to jazz fusion and more. Also featuring a performance from the improvisational jazz combo, 2nd Independence. 🆓👤 March 19 Mexico in a Bottle. Mexican Cultural Institute celebrates the flavors and craft driving the Mexican spirits industry. with vendors specializing in Mexican rum, whiskey, gin, liqueur, bitters, wine and beer, book signing, art, food and special pop-ups. 👤💲March 20 Vision boarding. Celebrate the astrological new year and spring equinox by creating vision boards of your goals, dreams and aspirations. 🆓👤March 22 Chocolate & Wine Tasting. Chocolate lovers, indulge your addiction at DC's biggest chocolate event with exquisite chocolate and truffles masterfully paired with cava, red, and white wine from Spain for a match made in heaven. 👤💲March 22 RiverRun Festival. Kennedy Center hosts the RiverRun Festival, a dynamic festival spanning World Water Day (March 22) to Earth Day (April 22), celebrating the world’s rivers, the cultures they have spawned, with a series of art installations, musical performances, talks and workshops, more. 🆓💲👤 March 22 - April 22 Trash to treasure. Artists have unique ways of including their communities in their art. Discover art that incorporates everyday objects and inspires conversation. Get up close and personal with some of the museum's treasured artifacts in this program especially for older adults. Includes a short behind-the-scenes collections tour and free coffee, Registration required 🆓👤 March 23 High wire act. National Building Museum hosts, "Wonder on the Wire, a unique event featuring French high wire artist, Philippe Petit performing on a wire between the third-floor balconies of the majestic Great Hall. Plus, cocktails and an exhibit of some of Petit’s past performances at landmarks around the world. 👤💲 March 23 Live at the Library. The Library of Congress' Jefferson Building stays open late for happy hour with drinks and food or you to admire as you admire the building's beautiful architecture, exhibits, collections and programs. Registration required 🆓👤March 23 Cherry Blossom Festival Concert. Japanese Singer Anna Sato and drummer Toshiyuki Sasaki give traditional Japanese music a contemporary spin and share the history and characteristics of the instruments played. Registration required. 🆓👤🌸 March 24 Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures. From the enslaved looking to the cosmos for freedom to popular sci-fi stories inspiring Black astronauts, to the musical influence of Sun Ra, OutKast, Janelle Monae, P-Funk and more, the afrofuturistic exhibit at National Museum of African American History and Culture explores art, history, music, fashion, and activism, and stories of Black liberation and social justice. You'll also get to see Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther costume and other pop-culture artifacts. 🆓👤March 24 - March 31, 2024 Union Station In Bloom. Union Station hosts a Makers Market in the Main Hall as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. 🆓👤🌸March 24-26 History Alive: Tuskegee Airmen. The history and story of the Tuskegee Airmen, African American aviators who earned the right to fly combat during World War II, is told through an exhibit and performance at the National Museum of African American History & Culture. 🆓👤 March 25 Anacostia River Clean-up. Join Anacostia Riverkeepers for a cleanup at Anacostia Park and help stop trash from entering the river. 🆓👤March 25 Blossom Kite Festival. The annual Blossom Kite Festival lifts off at the Washington Monument grounds for people of all ages. Bring your own kite, purchase one onsite, or pick up a free kite kit that you can decorate onsite, 🆓👤🌸 March 25 Sounds of the DMV. Experience the dynamism and diversity of the DMV hip hop scene with Sounds of the DMV. 💲👤 March 25 SAAM Cherry Blossom Celebration. Enjoy the annual cherry blossom celebration at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, featuring a taiko drumming performance, traditional Japanese dance, a DJ spinning Japanese pop dance hits, and a special cherry blossom-inspired menu. Craft activities include making a cherry blossom tree , a koinobori kite and origami. enjoy festive treats from a special menu celebrating the cherry blossom. 🆓👤🌸 March 25 SheROCKS. SheROCKS celebrates its 10th year with a two-day weekend experience celebrating women in business and the arts, featuring a series of inspiring talks given by extraordinary women, VIP pampering party and networking opportunity, and live performances from showcased performing artists, art activations, a film screening, honoree awards, an unlimited sweet bar. 💲👤👸🏽 March 25 Cherry Blossom Opening Ceremony. The National Cherry Blossom Festival’s Opening Ceremony celebrates the 1912 gift of trees from Tokyo to DC with unique, performances featuring special performances from acclaimed artists with ties to both countries. Registration required 💲👤🌸March 25 Survival Food Cooking Demo. Tune in for a virtual cooking demo and discussion with Chef Jonny Rhodes and the African American History & Culture Museum about how African American’s can be better equipped to live a self-sustaining lifestyle. Meal kit provided. 💻💲March 25 Tunes from the Crypt. Enjoy live music among the dead ... Congressional Cemetery hosts an intimate concert featuring a few of D.C.'s best musicians in it historic 1903 Chapel. Limited seating; first come-first served. 🆓👤 March 25 Phillips Artist Talk. Join artist Dee Dwyer and Founder and Executive Director of Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center Keyonna Jones for a conversation about Dwyer’s exhibition Wild Seeds of the Soufside, which takes us on a visual journey into the heart of Southeast DC, on view at Phillips@THEARC. Registration required. 🆓👤💻 March 25 Drawing Workshop. Explore the fundamentals of drawing and the tools used Kreeger Museum's Drawing Workshop: Basic Tools and Composition workshop with teaching artist Susan Hostetler. March 25 Women in Jazz Concert. Goethe-Instit, in partnership with Washington Women in Jazz, hosts their fifth concert with bassist Zoë Jorgenson for an evening of jazz standards, and original compositions based on improvised music accompanied by her trio. A glass of wine is included with your ticket. 💲👤👸🏽 March 26 Garden Walk. Join Master Gardener and Master Naturalist Kathy Sykes for a neighborhood walk along Connecticut Avenue to view the pollinator corridor that features native plants including spring ephemerals. 💲👤March 26 Called to Create: Black Artists of the American South. National Gallery of Art exhibits 40 acquired works from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation – an Atlanta-based organisation, which derives its name from a poem of 1921 by Langston Hughes, set up to promotes and preserve the work of African American artists from the Southeastern United States. Despite racism and other forms of discrimination, all of these artists drew on deep cultural and spiritual traditions to create some of the finest art of our time. 🆓 Ends March 26 Welcome to the jungle. Shakespeare Theatre and Woolly Mammoth team up to bring you an immersive experience that takes you to refugee camp, The Jungle, which sprung up in the French city of Calais in early 2015 and was dismantled by the French police the following year. 💲👤 March 28 - April 16 Hidden History of the First Ladies. Join a Tour of Her Own and discover the often unexamined and unrecognized contributions of our First Ladies - from Dolley Madison and her vital role in preserving America’s early history to Jackie Kennedy and her preservation of the nation's capital, as well the stories of women whose names and contributions may not be as well known. 💲💻 👸🏽 March 29 Renwick 50th Anniversary Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Help Renwick Museum create or update Wikipedia articles for forty-four women of color featured in the Renwick Gallery exhibition This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. No experience needed, just an Internet connection. 🆓💻 👸🏽March 30 Whiskey and sake. Celebrate cherry blossom season with samples, stories and history of Japanese Whisky, Sake and other bevs. 💲👤🌸 March 30 House of Sweden Concert. House of Sweden hosts a quartet concert with Oskar Stenmark, exploring the traditional melodies he inherited from his ancestors in Sweden with the sounds of NYC. 💲👤March 30 Kimono Trunk Show. Browse a special collection of vintage Japanese kimono robes, haori jackets, obi sashes, and learn about the different styles. Selections available for purchase. 🆓👤🌸 March 31 Cherokee Days Festival. Three federally recognized Cherokee tribes showcase the shared history and culture of the Cherokee people through a variety of activities, including storytelling, music, woodcarving, beadwork, traditional games, basket weaving, pottery demonstrations, and music and dance performances. 🆓👤March 31 Library of Congress Jazz Concert. Saxophonist, composer and arranger, Blue Note artist and Downbeat Rising Star, Immanuel Wilkins, who says his sound is he intersection between spiritual practice and Black aesthetics, makes a stop at the Library of Congress with his longtime quartet: Registration required 🆓👤March 31 Cherry Night at Metrobar. Celebrate the Cherry Blossom Festival at metrobar by wearing pink, listening to local live music, and enjoying cherry blossom-inspired cocktails. Plus, enjoy our "Art in Bloom" Cherry Blossom chair-- great scenery for photos! 🆓👤🌸 March 31 Black Like Me. Zenith Gallery presents a group exhibit of African-American artists, Featuring Artists: Wesley Clark, Julee Dickerson Thompson, Bulsby “Buzz” Duncan, Francine Haskins, Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Carolyn Goodridge, Bernie Houston, Hubert Jackson, Chris Malone, Kristine Mays, Ibou N’Diaye, Curtis Woody. 🆓 Now thru April 15
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