National Museum of Woman in the Arts: After Hours Nights

Start the year on a high note with an uplifting night of music, creativity, and community care. Move to the smooth, feel-good beats of Les The DJ, and spark your creativity with a vision board collage activity, where you can cut, layer, and design intentions for the year ahead. Join a guided spotlight tour of Ruth Orkin: Women on the Move and learn more about the 20th-century photographer who helped capture the evolution of women working in postwar America. January 21st 5:30 - 8:00 PM

Postal Museum: Get the USA 250th Party Started!

Join us for a day of hands-on fun, including our “Mailbox to the Future” where folks can share their wishes for our nation, special Story Time sessions, a “Future Inventors” Tinker Station, trivia challenges, and more. Discover, create, and explore as we look ahead to the next chapter of the American story. January 24th 11 AM - 3 PM

The Philips Collection: Sunday Concerts

One of the featured composers from Phillips Music’s Centennial Commissions in 2021 in celebration of The Phillips Collection’s Centennial, Paul Wiancko returns to Phillips Music as a the third composer on the Leading International Composers series. In addition to a full composition schedule, Mr. Wiancko is the cellist of the internationally renowned Kronos Quartet and Director of Chamber Music at Spoleto Festival USA. Joined by his colleagues and frequent collaborators—violinist Alexi Kenney, violist Ayane Kozasa, cellist Gabriel Cabezas and pianist Silvie Cheng—the program will showcase his original compositions for various chamber music formations. January 25th 4-6 PM

Live! At the Library: Tambuco Percussion Ensemble

The celebrated Grammy-nominated Mexican contemporary classical percussion ensemble Tambuco returns to the Library of Congress for the annual Founder’s Day concert with a dynamic repertoire by Latin American composers, featuring music that ranges from delicately intricate to powerfully expansive. January 29th 8-10 PM

Sixth & I Synagogue: Talks & Entertainment 

“Two singer-songwriters sit on the edge of a cliff…” With these words, we are drawn into the world of Both Sides Now, a theatrical concert that explores the music and lives of long-time friends and one-time lovers, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. Created by and starring Robbie Schaefer and Danielle Wertz, the cabaret-style performance traverses decades alongside songs such as “A Case of You,” “Hallelujah,” “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Suzanne,” and many more. Both Sides Now is at once a piece of the 60s and 70s, and of right now—offering us a story about the messiness of being human, of lives persistently lived at the edge of growth, and of finding the courage to turn toward one another, again and again.  January 31st 7:30 PM