Lifelong Learners: A Place to Perch

Fri · Oct 2·Peirce Barn is located adjacent to Peirce Mill at 2401 Tilden St NW · Washington

Join Rock Creek Park's rangers for Stitching Stories, a community-powered knitting circle inspired by Freedom 250. Enjoy informal conversations about colonial-era fiber arts and how women used handmade textiles in daily life in support of the American Revolution. This is not a class—just a relaxed space for knitters of…

Fri · Oct 2·3 PM – 5 PM·Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library · Washington

Looking for a relaxing and creative way to spend your time? Whether you're a seasoned stitcher or just getting started, our Stitching Group is the perfect place to connect, create, and unwind. 🗓 When: Lamond Riggs Library 📍 Where: Meeting Room #1 🎟 Who: Open to all residents – beginners welcome! Bring along your kni…

Fri · Oct 2·Fresno, California, Courthouse Park, 1100 Van Ness Ave, Fresno, CA 93721 · Washington

The Great Valley Gathering is a free, three-day public event celebrating the living traditions, music, dance, storytelling, craft, and foodways that shape California’s Central Valley. Produced by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts and rooted in the region’s rich agricultural history, the festival highlights a…

Fri · Oct 2·The Nature Center and Planetarium is located at 5200 Glover Rd NW Washington, D.C. 20015. Meet the ranger on the front porch.

Do you want to connect with nature but you’re not sure how to get started? Do you want to be more present outside and escape the distractions of the modern era? Take a junior naturalist hike with a ranger and learn how to observe and study the natural world around you as you hike between ½ - 1 ½ miles through the Rock…

Thu · Oct 1·5 PM – 6 PM·Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library · Washington

Have a knitting or crocheting project you'd like to share? Want company while you work up your next skein of yarn? Curious about knitting or crocheting but don't know where to start? Join us at Marianne's Cafe at MLK for our crafting circle. Come to knit, crochet, chat it up, learn a new skill or all of the above. Chec…

Thu · Oct 1·5 PM – 6:30 PM·Hill Center DC, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC

If you have a grasp of basic knitting techniques and always wanted to make the jump to knitting a sweater, this is your class. We will be knitting a sweater in the round with raglan shoulders, either in worsted or bulky weight. The pattern will be provided by the instructor, but you will need to decide on yarn and need…

Thu · Oct 1·4:30 PM – 5:30 PM·Shepherd Park (Juanita E. Thornton) Neighborhood Library · Washington

Want to make some marks, learn how paint works, and have some fun? Come get messy with us, and help collaborate on recycled cardboard panels! We'll spread out a drop cloth in meeting room #2, then give everyone access to tempra paint and brushes. Kids can learn how to wield a brush to make the marks they want, while wo…

Fri · Sep 25·7 PM – 8 PM·Heritage Hall, African American History and Culture Museum · Washington

Join Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III for the final edition of Understanding America, moderated by award-winning journalist Laura Coates, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. As the museum marks a decade of transforming how millions of…

Sat · Sep 26·Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chinatown, Philadelphia, PA · Washington

The Mid-Autumn Festival dates back thousands of years as a seasonal celebration in several Asian cultures, focused on families and communities gathering to celebrate abundance under the Harvest Moon. In the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Asian Americans United hosts an annual street festival with programming t…

Sat · Sep 26·Detroit, Michigan, 474 Peterboro St, Detroit, MI 48201 · Washington

2–4:30 pm ET Through collaborations with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and community-based organizations across Metro Detroit, the Concert of Colors will host a series of free neighborhood events celebrating the cultural traditions that have helped shape our nation. Together, these programs remind us that the journ…