Literary Art events in Washington

Check out happening literary art events all around Washington, DC

2025 Women of Courage Awards Gala

 Sun, 30 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm National Press Club USD 0 to 21,343

2025 Washington DC Travel & Adventure Show

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 10:00 am Walter E Washington Convention Center - HALL C USD 0 to 26

THE AUTHORS BALL & AWARDS DINNER 2025

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Hilton Washington DC National Mall The Wharf USD 135

2025 DC Poet Project - Ancestors and Descendants

 Sun, 30 Mar, 2025 at 02:00 pm Anacostia Neighborhood Library Free

William Dalrymple, The Golden Road: Book Talk and Signing

 Tue, 29 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Meyer Auditorium Free

Poetry Slam

 Fri, 11 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm The Mansion on O & O Street Museum USD 8 to 45

Springtime in Paris

 Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Embassy of France USD 107 to 215

Rhythm & Soul Open Mic

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 08:00 pm 1241 Marion Barry Ave SE USD 0 to 13

Charles Rahmat Woods

 Sat, 05 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Takoma Station Tavern USD 23

From Southside To Uptown: WBL Academy Student Gallery Show

 Sat, 05 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm Busboys and Poets Free

DC Book Launch: "The Art of Direction" (Pre-Order Now)

 Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Balcón (Second Floor Gallery Inside La Cosecha) Free

Surviving The Law Book Premiere

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm 4200 Connecticut Ave NW USD 0 to 87

Village Weavers by Myriam J.A. Chancy

 Fri, 02 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm Lost City Books Free

Hybrid Event: Flip the Tables, Alencia Johnson

 Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm East City Bookshop USD 0 to 39

Standup Comedy at Right Proper Brewing!

 Fri, 04 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm Right Proper Brewing Company USD 7 to 13

History Film Forum: Marcella

 Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 06:30 pm Smithsonian National Museum of American History USD 25

Stile Antico

 Sun, 30 Mar, 2025 at 05:00 pm St. John's Church Georgetown Parish USD 10 to 60

Kucheh Kollective: Book Klub

 Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm Kucheh Art Studio + Shop Free

Amani Kwa Congo: Poetry & Art Show for Peace

 Sat, 12 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm 5832 Georgia Ave NW USD 39

Revival DC

 Fri, 04 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm 12 Stories USD 39 to 47

WWBW-DC Presents: "Queens Recognizing Queens: From Nzinga to Now"

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 01:30 pm National Museum of African American History and Culture Free

REVIVAL DC "Reviving the Spirit of Excellence"

 Fri, 04 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm 12 Stories USD 37 to 45

DC Sketchfest: High Dramma / Erick Acuña / Jonathan Cohall

 Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 05:00 pm The DC Arts Center (DCAC) USD 5 to 143

5th Wednesdays Open Mic | 450 K | Hosted by: Simply Sherri

 Wed, 30 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm Busboys and Poets USD 8

Women in Leadership: Resistance and Resilience

 Tue, 25 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Intercultural Center (ICC) Free

Film Screening: Isolation | Connection

 Wed, 02 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Healey Family Student Center, Film Screening Room Free

Where the Axe is Buried by Ray Nayler

 Tue, 01 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Lost City Books Free

DC Sketchfest: Time to K*ll / Georgetown Sketch Comedy / Danielle She/Her

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 10:30 pm The DC Arts Center (DCAC) USD 5 to 143

MOTHER SAUCE: An Evening with Lucinda Scala Quinn

 Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Bold Fork Books USD 12 to 43

Fresh Fiction Book Club: The Garden by Nick Newman

 Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Kramers Free

MOWPI presents Moving Forward Together: Women's History Month Table Talk

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 12:00 pm Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library Free

Standup Comedy at City State Brewing!

 Sat, 10 May, 2025 at 08:00 pm City-State Brewing Co. USD 13

Unbought & Unbossed: The Power Hour

 Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Vital Voices Global Partnership USD 45

DG the Artist w/ FM Wu hosted by Lef?

 Thu, 08 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Pocket USD 18 to 20

Whodunit Book Club: I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell

 Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Kramers Free

Temple Sinai WRJ Authors' Roundtable-March 29, 2025

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 02:00 pm Temple Sinai USD 29

DC's Funniest Queer Stand-up Comedy Show

 Thu, 03 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm 2319 18th St NW USD 18

Root Rot by Saskia Nislow

 Wed, 16 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Lost City Books Free

Authors & Insights: A Conversation with Mary Louise Kelly

 Thu, 10 Apr, 2025 at 06:30 pm Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center Free

Earth to Space: Arts Breaking the Sky

 Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 10:00 am The Kennedy Center

#RareGroovesDC

 Tue, 25 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm Sid Gold's Request Room Free

Enduring Spirit of Vietnam - Washington, D.C.

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 02:00 pm Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, G Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA Free

Feel My Feelings: The Function feat. Akosua H & Friends

 Fri, 02 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Pocket USD 18 to 24

Pure Poetry Live ft. Theresa tha SONGBIRD

 Thu, 03 Apr, 2025 at 06:30 pm Karma DC Live Music Venue USD 18 to 215

Kramers Literary Trivia

 Mon, 31 Mar, 2025 at 07:30 pm Kramers Free

RatedXperience Up-Close

 Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Rendezvous USD 23 to 29

Poetic Health Justice: A Voice to Cancer Lore

 Wed, 09 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm True Reformer Building Free

Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes: FIGHT

 Tue, 01 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm The Dupont Circle Hotel Free

Legacy Series: Black Literary Institution Building Post-Black Arts Movement

 Sat, 05 Apr, 2025 at 02:00 pm The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University Free

Hybrid Event: Romance is Resistance Panel

 Thu, 10 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm East City Bookshop USD 0 to 31

Dante and Performance

 Tue, 25 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm Italian Cultural Institute of Washington Free

OUTSIDE WOMEN | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

 Wed, 09 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Busboys and Poets 14th & V Free

Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat

 Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 07:30 pm Meyer Auditorium USD 6

An Evening with Artists, Featuring Patricia Edwine-Poku and BUCK!

 Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 06:30 pm Anacostia Arts Center Free

Backstage with d.c. space

 Sun, 30 Mar, 2025 at 04:00 pm 5200 Cathedral Ave NW USD 0 to 17

Friday Music Series: David Grubbs

 Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 12:30 pm McNeir Hall, New North Building | Georgetown University Free

The American University Student Writing Spotlight

 Tue, 01 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Kramers Free

Magnitude and Bond in Washington D.C.

 Sat, 05 Apr, 2025 at 02:00 pm Washington D.C.

JAM Session: Deepening Partner Connection

 Sat, 12 Apr, 2025 at 02:30 pm Adose Wellness USD 39 to 49

The People's Party: A Night of Live Music, Arts + Activism

 Thu, 03 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm 540 Penn St NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA

An Evening Celebrating The World Atlas of Whisky with Dave Broom

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm Ellē USD 34 to 118

Eskor David Johnson - Pay as You Go

 Tue, 25 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Solid State Books USD 0 to 23

THE ORIGINS OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY | Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

 Sun, 13 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm Busboys and Poets 450K Free

Exploring Oman’s History, Culture, and Cuisine

 Wed, 26 Mar, 2025 at 04:00 pm 1150 18th St NW suite 600 Free

Writerly Happy Hour

 Wed, 09 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm No Kisses Bar Free

Lost City Books Spring Salon

 Wed, 07 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm 1770 Euclid St NW Free

From Traditional Chinese Opera to the World Stage

 Thu, 03 Apr, 2025 at 03:30 pm 1957 E St NW room 113 Free

Sacricide w/ Isenmor + Aphellion + The Unknown

 Sat, 17 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Pocket USD 18 to 22

March Bold Fork Book Club: BE MY GUEST by Priya Basil

 Mon, 31 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Bold Fork Books USD 7 to 23

Dinner with Tom Parker Bowles and Hugo Vickers

 Sat, 05 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm The Jefferson, Washington, DC USD 530

La Banda Chuska and Los Locos at Dew Drop Inn

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025 at 08:00 pm The Dew Drop Inn - D.C.

March Book Club

 Wed, 26 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm Blue Planet DC

Sureni Weerasekera: One Gorgeous Night Only

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 06:30 pm Sid Gold's Request Room USD 19 to 59

Three Poets at Kramers

 Tue, 29 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Kramers Free

Abolition? Everywhere! | Keynote by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

 Fri, 04 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm McKinley Building Free

BLISS Feedback Open Mic

 Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 at 05:30 pm 3222 11th St NW USD 0 to 7

The Womb: Joke Workshop

 Wed, 09 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Busboys and Poets TAKOMA USD 23 to 55

April Wonky China

 Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm 1200 19th St NW Free

Write On!

 Wed, 16 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm The Potter's House Café & Bookstore Free

Guided Mezcal Tasting

 Sun, 30 Mar, 2025 at 03:00 pm Taco Bamba City Ridge USD 47

The American University / George Mason MFA Spotlight

 Wed, 09 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Kramers Free

Poetic Checkmate Chess Tournament & Poetry Slam

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 01:00 pm 2004 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE USD 18

Tendrils Creative Healing Workshop

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 11:30 am Teaism Penn Quarter USD 23

each other’s harvest: an afternoon of poetry, community, and address

 Sun, 06 Apr, 2025 at 01:00 pm National Museum of African American History and Culture Free

WE THE PIZZA: An Evening with Muhammad Abdul-Hadi and Sam Collins

 Wed, 26 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Bold Fork Books USD 12 to 46

Brown Bag Lunch with Kristen Soltis Anderson

 Thu, 10 Apr, 2025 at 12:00 pm Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center Free

DMV Artistic Expression

 Sat, 12 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm Bulldog USD 15 to 23

Renegade Grief Roadshow: Washington, D.C.

 Mon, 31 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Giggle Water DC USD 7 to 33

Backstage with Chris Murray and Walter Egan

 Sun, 13 Apr, 2025 at 04:00 pm 5200 Cathedral Ave NW USD 0 to 17

Hybrid Event: Pushback, Mary Fissell

 Tue, 08 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm East City Bookshop USD 0 to 42

Make It Mt. Pleasant! Spring Art Market

 Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 11:00 am Lamont Plaza Free

Shafi Hossain Headlines Room 808

 Fri, 20 Jun, 2025 at 08:00 pm Room 808 USD 29

Library of Congress Guided Tour with Walking Tour from Union Station

 Sat, 03 May, 2025 at 01:00 pm Union Station USD 29

Amanda Hess - Second Life

 Thu, 08 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm Solid State Books USD 0 to 34

April Reading

 Tue, 22 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Sonny’s Pizza Free

Green Over Grey: Emilio Ambasz

 Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm Italian Cultural Institute @ Embassy of Italy Free

Houston I'm the Problem/ Houston yo soy el problema by Óscar García Sierra

 Wed, 23 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Lost City Books Free

April Cookbook Club: PERFECTLY GOOD FOOD

 Tue, 08 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Bold Fork Books USD 7 to 40

Hybrid Event: Book of Potions, Lauren K. Watel

 Mon, 14 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm East City Bookshop USD 0 to 29

Sketch Comedy Lab - A Writers Room For Sketch Comedians

 Mon, 07 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Studio Acting Conservatory USD 13