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Light Is a Plastic Medium: The Photography of Carlotta Corpron

A survey of Carlotta Corpron’s abstract light photographs made in Texas from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.

To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare

Nearly 100 photographs, playbills, costumes and books trace how Black women have claimed Shakespeare on stage and on the page.

Adams Morgan Fall PorchFest

More than 100 bands play porches, patios and parks across Adams Morgan, plus a new pre-holiday vendor market.

Konshens the MC

Join us for a free performance in Studio K at The REACH. A Konshens State of Mind™: The Soundtrack of the Soul is an immersive evening of hip hop.

Remember Me: Picturing African Americans in Early Photography

About 70 early photographs of African Americans from the National Gallery's collection.

USAF Band: Air Force Strings

Join us for a free performance in Studio K at The REACH. The Air Force Strings consists of 17 active-duty musicians performing various musical styles, from classical symphonic selections and Broadway show tunes to classic rock, bluegrass, and patriotic compositions.

Cold Chocolate

Join us for a free performance in Studio K at The REACH. Cold Chocolate is a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk, and bluegrass to create a unique sound all their own.

AAMS Singers Concert

Join us for a free performance in Studio K at The REACH. The AAMS presents future opera and Broadway Singers selected from the 2026 AAMS Voice Competition for solos, duets, trios, and ensemble.

CityCenterDC Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration

The 13th annual lighting of CityCenterDC’s 78-foot tree, with music, balloon artists, face painters and a countdown hosted by NBC4’s Eun Yang.

DC Holiday Market at Dupont Circle

More than 35 local artists, crafters and small businesses fill a closed block of New Hampshire Avenue just north of Dupont Circle.

Frosted at Franklin Park

Thousands of lights, an icicle walkway, giant snowflakes and a glowing star turn Downtown DC’s largest park into a winter walk.

Phat Doug

Join us for a free performance in Studio K at The REACH. Douglas “Phat Doug” Harriott is a rapper, songwriter and producer whose work reaches back to the formative Uptown Records era of early-1990s hip hop and R&B.

Marcus Davon Clark

Join us for a free performance in Studio K at The REACH. Marcus Davon Clark, known as “G Money,” is a Washington, D.C.

Chi-Ali

Join us for a free performance in Studio K at The REACH. Bronx-born rapper Chi-Ali emerged as the youngest member of the legendary Native Tongues collective, the creative family associated with artists including A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Black Sheep and the Jungle Brothers.

Ukulele Family Sing Along, Jam Along

Join us for a free performance in Studio K at The REACH. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer will lead and all ages sing-along, strum-along ukulele jam session.

Miss Chief Rocka

Join us for a free performance in Studio K at The REACH. Angela Miracle Gladue aka Miss Chief Rocka, is a nehiyaw (Cree)/Greek interdisciplinary artist from the Treaty 6 Territory of amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta).

ZooLights

Animal lanterns light up the zoo's paths habitat by habitat, with hot cocoa, a winter maze and live music on select December nights. Buy tickets ahead; capacity is limited.