Things To Do

The largest U.S. exhibit of pioneering artist Charline von Heyl’s "Snake Eyes" featuring over 30 large-scale paintings that showcase her influence on contemporary art will be on display at Hirshhorn Museum through April 21.

Washington Auto Show featuring almost 600 new models from over 30 automakers has been taking place at D.C.'s Walter E. Washington Convention Center from April 5 through April 14.

The second edition of the annual stand-up show D.C. Comedy Festival will start on April 9 and end on April 14.

The Seventh Annual D.C. Web Fest, an event combining entertainment and technology, will be held at the AT&T Forum for Technology, Entertainment and Policy on New Jersey Avenue NW, on April 12 and 13.

Tony Award–winning icon Idina Menzel is scheduled to perform in a specially curated concert to celebrate the recipients of the 2019 Kennedy Center Award for the Human Spirit at the Kennedy Center on April 3.

The Washington Ballet presents "Three World Premieres" of three never before seen works featuring choreography by former San Francisco Ballet soloist Dana Genshaft, American Ballet Theatre star Ethan Stiefel and world renowned ballet choreographer Trey McIntyre at the Shakespeare Theatre’s Sidney Harman Hall from April 3 through April 7.

"Junk", a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar about a fictionalized version of 1980s financier Michael Milken who was imprisoned for securities fraud, will be performed at the Arena Stage from April 5 through May 5.

The first-ever in-depth exhibition, "Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, 1644–1912", which honors the 260-year Qing dynasty empresses, is on display at the Freer/Sackler Galleries from March 30 through June 23.