Things To Do

D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (DC HSEMA) in partnership with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT) will be hosting an "Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings Training" for D.C. businesses and security personnel on January 30, at 2720 Martin Luther King Junior Avenue, Southeast D.C. 

A 2017 feature film "Woodshock", a debut of visionary fashion designers and founders of Rodarte, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, will be screened at the National Museum of Women in the Arts on January 6.

Critically acclaimed musical "Miss Saigon" from the creators of "Les Misérables" will be performed at the Kennedy Center through January 13.

From U Street to the Cotton Club, a musical journey of songs from gospel to jazz age by playwright Sybil Williams, will enthrall the audience at Source Theatre on January 5.

A Foster Parent Recruitment Brunch will be hosted on January 5 by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) at Ivy City Smokehouse. The brunch will provide an overview of the foster parent process for residents of the D.C. Metro Area.

The Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP), a non-profit organization, is planning to open in the historic Dupont Circle neighborhood in Washington, D.C. in early 2019. The museum will celebrate the Palestinian identity and culture in the capital.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will be officially sworn in as mayor on January 2 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Bowser will become the first female mayor to be sworn in for two terms.

“Exquisitely Evil: 50 Years of Bond Villains”, an exhibition of James Bond’s villains and their weapons which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the film series, is on display at the International Spy Museum in D.C. through January 1.