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Family Day 2023!
Family Day 2023!
Hill Center's annual Family Day returns again for 2023! Come enjoy a completely FREE day of crafts, shows, carriage rides, balloon animals, and more! Reserve your tickets now! Tickets need…
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Mister Mike’s Music Together® Sing Shalom
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Sing Shalom
Music Together Sing Shalom is a program developed in collaboration between The Jewish Education Project and local Music Together centers through a grant from the UJA. The weekly parent-child music classes are uniquely designed for Jewish families with young children using the internationally recognized Music Together early childhood music education program, enriched with songs from throughout…
Super Soccer Stars (Ages 1-5)
Super Soccer Stars (Ages 1-5)
At Super Soccer Stars, dynamic coaches work with every student to develop skills, self-confidence, and teamwork in a fun, non-competitive environment. Positive reinforcement and low child-to-coach ratios ensure that each child will improve his or her soccer skills through engaging warm-ups, activities, and games—all while having endless fun! All Super Soccer Stars classes are based…
7 events,
Spanish Language Course: Beginner (Fall 2023)
Spanish Language Course: Beginner (Fall 2023)
Hill Center has partnered with Go Spanish Now to provide this Spanish course. The purpose of this course is not simply to teach you about Spanish, but rather to develop your language skills so that you can communicate successfully in the language. For that reason, the course includes a variety of components designed to allow…
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$199.00 – $325.00
Contemporary Watercolors Course
Contemporary Watercolors Course
Join us for a contemporary approach to painting with watercolors with Christine Vineyard. Students will learn how to use several different types of watercolor paints (tube, liquid and pencils) and approach them in a contemporary way over the course of three classes. This course will give students the skills to create paintings on their own…
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$126.00
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Mixed Ages – Indoors
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Mixed Ages – Indoors
Each week in Music Together® Mixed-Age Classes at While They're Little, babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and the grownups who love them gather for 45 minutes of fun-filled family music time. Your teacher will lead you and the other families in music activities ranging from lullabies to full-on jam sessions (with child-friendly instruments, of course). It’s so much…
7 events,
Basic Drawing Techniques: Drawing From an Image
Basic Drawing Techniques: Drawing From an Image
This course is designed for adults who wish to start drawing, but aren't sure where to begin! We will be working on basic drawing skills and techniques over the course of four classes. Our first class will serve as an introduction - trying out techniques and becoming familiar with materials. In the second class, students…
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$132.00
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Longtime Capitol Hill Resident (30+ years), Gordon Tenney, is an accomplished player and teacher of piano music in all styles. Classical, jazz, rock/pop, blues, you name it! He has 10+ years of teaching experience with children and adults. Gordon uses the principles of Taoism (balance and harmony) to enable students to reach the essence of…
Tippi Toes: Baby Ballet (Ages 2.5-3.5)
Tippi Toes: Baby Ballet (Ages 2.5-3.5)
This class is a wonderful transition between Toddler & Me and Ballet, Tap & Jazz class. Music, movement, balance and the basic dance steps are introduced in a fun, friendly and positive manner. The dancers do not have mom, dad or another loved one by their side during the class, so this class is great…
10 events,
Yoga for Seniors with District Flow Yoga
Yoga for Seniors with District Flow Yoga
Join District Flow Yoga and Hill Center for a yoga class catered to older students! A yoga practice can contribute to your overall sense of well-being, contentment, ability to relax, sense of balance, strength, and body awareness. This class series, taught by experienced yoga teacher Anne Harrison, will allow older students to access the physical…
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$128.00 – $210.00
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Mixed Ages – Indoors
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Mixed Ages – Indoors
Each week in Music Together® Mixed-Age Classes at While They're Little, babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and the grownups who love them gather for 45 minutes of fun-filled family music time. Your teacher will lead you and the other families in music activities ranging from lullabies to full-on jam sessions (with child-friendly instruments, of course). It’s so much…
Tippi Toes: Toddler and Me (Ages 18 months – 3 years)
Tippi Toes: Toddler and Me (Ages 18 months – 3 years)
Toddler & Me dance classes are for children 18 months up to the age of 3 years. Music, movement, balance and the basic steps are introduced in a fun, friendly, and positive manner. This type of class includes mom or dad or another loved one participating in the class along with the little dancer. Our…
4 events,
French Language Course: Intermediate II/III+ (Fall 2023)
French Language Course: Intermediate II/III+ (Fall 2023)
The Intermediate II/III+ class is for intermediate and advanced French language speakers who have the skills of the language and wish to focus more on conversations. Topics may include the economy, literature, journalism, politics, events, news, art, etc. Intermediate II/III+ students should have some control of the language. In the class, students will explore French…
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$199.00 – $325.00
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Longtime Capitol Hill Resident (30+ years), Gordon Tenney, is an accomplished player and teacher of piano music in all styles. Classical, jazz, rock/pop, blues, you name it! He has 10+ years of teaching experience with children and adults. Gordon uses the principles of Taoism (balance and harmony) to enable students to reach the essence of…
Warrior Fusion
Warrior Fusion
Warrior Fusion is a health and fitness collaborative that helps people of all ages and abilities train for life through martial arts, personal training, and self-defense instruction. Based in Washington, D.C. Warrior Fusion was founded in 2010. With a variety of offerings and locations to choose from, we’re sure you’ll be happy working with us to meet…
0 events,
10 events,
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Master Chef: Essential Fall Baking Featuring Award-Winning Pastry Chef Lisa Ruland
Master Chef: Essential Fall Baking Featuring Award-Winning Pastry Chef Lisa Ruland
Hill Center is delighted to welcome Chef Lisa Ruland to our roster of Master Chefs. Lisa is the editor of the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Award-winning food and…
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$100.00
Warrior Fusion
Warrior Fusion
Warrior Fusion is a health and fitness collaborative that helps people of all ages and abilities train for life through martial arts, personal training, and self-defense instruction. Based in Washington, D.C. Warrior Fusion was founded in 2010. With a variety of offerings and locations to choose from, we’re sure you’ll be happy working with us to meet…
Tai Chi Chuan
Tai Chi Chuan
Tai Chi Chuan is a formulated set of movements designed for body and mind. This discipline for health and serenity is also a complete system of self-defense and a martial art that emphasizes sensitivity, serenity and flexibility. Our classes are conducted in a relaxed, go-at-your-own-pace, collegial spirit infused with the seriousness that the study of…
9 events,
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American Roots Concert Series: Shamarr Allen
American Roots Concert Series: Shamarr Allen
The Quicksilver Productions Foundation and Hill Center are thrilled to welcome Shamarr Allen as part of our free outdoor American Roots Music Series made possible with the generous support of our…
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Free
Super Soccer Stars (Ages 1-5)
Super Soccer Stars (Ages 1-5)
At Super Soccer Stars, dynamic coaches work with every student to develop skills, self-confidence, and teamwork in a fun, non-competitive environment. Positive reinforcement and low child-to-coach ratios ensure that each child will improve his or her soccer skills through engaging warm-ups, activities, and games—all while having endless fun! All Super Soccer Stars classes are based…
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Sing Shalom
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Sing Shalom
Music Together Sing Shalom is a program developed in collaboration between The Jewish Education Project and local Music Together centers through a grant from the UJA. The weekly parent-child music classes are uniquely designed for Jewish families with young children using the internationally recognized Music Together early childhood music education program, enriched with songs from throughout…
0 events,
7 events,
Basic Drawing Techniques: Drawing From an Image
Basic Drawing Techniques: Drawing From an Image
This course is designed for adults who wish to start drawing, but aren't sure where to begin! We will be working on basic drawing skills and techniques over the course of four classes. Our first class will serve as an introduction - trying out techniques and becoming familiar with materials. In the second class, students…
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$132.00
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Longtime Capitol Hill Resident (30+ years), Gordon Tenney, is an accomplished player and teacher of piano music in all styles. Classical, jazz, rock/pop, blues, you name it! He has 10+ years of teaching experience with children and adults. Gordon uses the principles of Taoism (balance and harmony) to enable students to reach the essence of…
Tippi Toes: Baby Ballet (Ages 2.5-3.5)
Tippi Toes: Baby Ballet (Ages 2.5-3.5)
This class is a wonderful transition between Toddler & Me and Ballet, Tap & Jazz class. Music, movement, balance and the basic dance steps are introduced in a fun, friendly and positive manner. The dancers do not have mom, dad or another loved one by their side during the class, so this class is great…
10 events,
Yoga for Seniors with District Flow Yoga
Yoga for Seniors with District Flow Yoga
Join District Flow Yoga and Hill Center for a yoga class catered to older students! A yoga practice can contribute to your overall sense of well-being, contentment, ability to relax, sense of balance, strength, and body awareness. This class series, taught by experienced yoga teacher Anne Harrison, will allow older students to access the physical…
Get Tickets
$128.00 – $210.00
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Mixed Ages – Indoors
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Mixed Ages – Indoors
Each week in Music Together® Mixed-Age Classes at While They're Little, babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and the grownups who love them gather for 45 minutes of fun-filled family music time. Your teacher will lead you and the other families in music activities ranging from lullabies to full-on jam sessions (with child-friendly instruments, of course). It’s so much…
Tippi Toes: Toddler and Me (Ages 18 months – 3 years)
Tippi Toes: Toddler and Me (Ages 18 months – 3 years)
Toddler & Me dance classes are for children 18 months up to the age of 3 years. Music, movement, balance and the basic steps are introduced in a fun, friendly, and positive manner. This type of class includes mom or dad or another loved one participating in the class along with the little dancer. Our…
5 events,
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Global Sounds on the Hill: Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band in Concert
Global Sounds on the Hill: Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band in Concert
Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson. This engagement is made possible through the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. …
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$20.00
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Congo Cravings: Chicken Mwamba, Sweet Plantains, & Fufu
Congo Cravings: Chicken Mwamba, Sweet Plantains, & Fufu
In this interactive cooking class, Marianne Tshihamba serves up dishes inspired by her travels. Take a trip to Chef Tshihamba's home country, the Congo! Chicken Mwamba is a savory dish native…
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$69.00
French Language Course: Intermediate II/III+ (Fall 2023)
French Language Course: Intermediate II/III+ (Fall 2023)
The Intermediate II/III+ class is for intermediate and advanced French language speakers who have the skills of the language and wish to focus more on conversations. Topics may include the economy, literature, journalism, politics, events, news, art, etc. Intermediate II/III+ students should have some control of the language. In the class, students will explore French…
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$199.00 – $325.00
0 events,
13 events,
Mapping Segregation: A Walking Tour of DC
Mapping Segregation: A Walking Tour of DC
Sponsored by National Capital Bank Historian Sarah Jane Shoenfeld, co-director of the public history project Mapping Segregation in Washington DC, will lead a walking tour of DC’s Bloomingdale neighborhood. This tour highlights key sites in the legal campaign against racially restrictive deed covenants, which kept much of this neighborhood off-limits to African Americans when it was first developed around the turn of the 20th century. Discover…
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$15.00
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Pera Eats: Live Fire Grilling – Authentic Kurdish Kebabs
Pera Eats: Live Fire Grilling – Authentic Kurdish Kebabs
With a Kurdish chef and food expert, you'll learn the craft of grilling methods and take-home techniques that will take your kebabs to a gourmet level. Fikri will also share…
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$79.00
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Family Style: Cheb ou Jen, the National Dish of Senegal, with Marianne Tshihamba
Family Style: Cheb ou Jen, the National Dish of Senegal, with Marianne Tshihamba
In this interactive cooking class, Marianne Tshihamba serves up dishes inspired by her travels. Thiebou Dienn (pronounced CHEB-oo jen) or Cheb, is Senegal’s national dish, whose cuisine is finally being recognized as…
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$69.00
10 events,
Frontlines: Infant and Child CPR
Frontlines: Infant and Child CPR
It takes two hours of your time to learn the skills that could save your child’s life. During this class you will learn Infant and Child CPR, AED and what to do if your child or infant is choking. The class applies to infants and up to age 12. These are skills everyone caring for an…
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Australian Literary Legend Helen Garner Discusses her Life & Work in Conversation with Publishing Giant Lisa Lucas
Australian Literary Legend Helen Garner Discusses her Life & Work in Conversation with Publishing Giant Lisa Lucas
Presented in partnership with East City Bookshop Considered a literary institution in Australia, Helen Garner’s incisive writing evokes the keen eye of the New Journalists. Garner writes novels, stories, screenplays, and works of non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for…
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$10.00
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Sing Shalom
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Sing Shalom
Music Together Sing Shalom is a program developed in collaboration between The Jewish Education Project and local Music Together centers through a grant from the UJA. The weekly parent-child music classes are uniquely designed for Jewish families with young children using the internationally recognized Music Together early childhood music education program, enriched with songs from throughout…
9 events,
Spanish Language Course: Beginner (Fall 2023)
Spanish Language Course: Beginner (Fall 2023)
Hill Center has partnered with Go Spanish Now to provide this Spanish course. The purpose of this course is not simply to teach you about Spanish, but rather to develop your language skills so that you can communicate successfully in the language. For that reason, the course includes a variety of components designed to allow…
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$199.00 – $325.00
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Kitchen 101: Knife Skills
Kitchen 101: Knife Skills
Learning how to properly yield a knife is key to cooking great meals safely. Do you want to learn how to chop vegetables like a pro or learn the proper…
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$45.00
Contemporary Watercolors Course
Contemporary Watercolors Course
Join us for a contemporary approach to painting with watercolors with Christine Vineyard. Students will learn how to use several different types of watercolor paints (tube, liquid and pencils) and approach them in a contemporary way over the course of three classes. This course will give students the skills to create paintings on their own…
Get Tickets
$126.00
8 events,
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Talk of the Hill with Bill Press Featuring Heather Booth, Longtime Civil Rights Activist and Political Strategist
Talk of the Hill with Bill Press Featuring Heather Booth, Longtime Civil Rights Activist and Political Strategist
Veteran journalist Bill Press sits down for an in-depth conversation with progressive organizer, feminist, and political strategist Heather Booth. Heather Booth is one of the country's leading strategists about progressive issue campaigns and driving issues in elections. She started organizing in the civil rights, anti-Vietnam war and women's movements of the 1960s. She founded JANE,…
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$10.00
Basic Drawing Techniques: Drawing From an Image
Basic Drawing Techniques: Drawing From an Image
This course is designed for adults who wish to start drawing, but aren't sure where to begin! We will be working on basic drawing skills and techniques over the course of four classes. Our first class will serve as an introduction - trying out techniques and becoming familiar with materials. In the second class, students…
Get Tickets
$132.00
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Longtime Capitol Hill Resident (30+ years), Gordon Tenney, is an accomplished player and teacher of piano music in all styles. Classical, jazz, rock/pop, blues, you name it! He has 10+ years of teaching experience with children and adults. Gordon uses the principles of Taoism (balance and harmony) to enable students to reach the essence of…
10 events,
Yoga for Seniors with District Flow Yoga
Yoga for Seniors with District Flow Yoga
Join District Flow Yoga and Hill Center for a yoga class catered to older students! A yoga practice can contribute to your overall sense of well-being, contentment, ability to relax, sense of balance, strength, and body awareness. This class series, taught by experienced yoga teacher Anne Harrison, will allow older students to access the physical…
Get Tickets
$128.00 – $210.00
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Mixed Ages – Indoors
Mister Mike’s Music Together® Mixed Ages – Indoors
Each week in Music Together® Mixed-Age Classes at While They're Little, babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and the grownups who love them gather for 45 minutes of fun-filled family music time. Your teacher will lead you and the other families in music activities ranging from lullabies to full-on jam sessions (with child-friendly instruments, of course). It’s so much…
Tippi Toes: Toddler and Me (Ages 18 months – 3 years)
Tippi Toes: Toddler and Me (Ages 18 months – 3 years)
Toddler & Me dance classes are for children 18 months up to the age of 3 years. Music, movement, balance and the basic steps are introduced in a fun, friendly, and positive manner. This type of class includes mom or dad or another loved one participating in the class along with the little dancer. Our…
5 events,
French Language Course: Intermediate II/III+ (Fall 2023)
French Language Course: Intermediate II/III+ (Fall 2023)
The Intermediate II/III+ class is for intermediate and advanced French language speakers who have the skills of the language and wish to focus more on conversations. Topics may include the economy, literature, journalism, politics, events, news, art, etc. Intermediate II/III+ students should have some control of the language. In the class, students will explore French…
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$199.00 – $325.00
Busy Bees: Music & Art Day Off Camp (Ages 2 to 9)
Busy Bees: Music & Art Day Off Camp (Ages 2 to 9)
Busy Bees Music & Art Playgroup will be holding a Day Off camps for children ages 2-years-old to nine-years-old during the 2022-2023 DCPS school year. There will be 3 programs:…
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Piano Lessons With Gordon Tenney – Tues and Thurs 3:30pm-9:00pm
Longtime Capitol Hill Resident (30+ years), Gordon Tenney, is an accomplished player and teacher of piano music in all styles. Classical, jazz, rock/pop, blues, you name it! He has 10+ years of teaching experience with children and adults. Gordon uses the principles of Taoism (balance and harmony) to enable students to reach the essence of…
2 events,
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Los Day Trippers in Concert: Beatles Music Re-imagined with Afro-Cuban Beats
Los Day Trippers in Concert: Beatles Music Re-imagined with Afro-Cuban Beats
Something in the way they groove... Los Day Trippers presents their wildly popular fusion of the Beatles to Latin beats and fun arrangements: Cumbia, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Latin Rock, Bolero, Salsa and more! All you need is love and live music with Los Day Trippers! Los Day Trippers puts a delightfully rhythmic Latin twist…
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$15.00
Busy Bees: Music & Art Day Off Camp (Ages 2 to 9)
Busy Bees: Music & Art Day Off Camp (Ages 2 to 9)
Busy Bees Music & Art Playgroup will be holding a Day Off camps for children ages 2-years-old to nine-years-old during the 2022-2023 DCPS school year. There will be 3 programs: Busy Bees for ages 24-48 months, Buzzing Bees for ages 4-6 years, and Bumbling Bees for ages 6-9 years. Full and part-time days, weeks, and…