Stavridis and Ackerman are the bestselling authors or 2034: A Novel of the Next World War. Their new thriller 2054 opens twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United…
This event is part of Hill Center’s annual Benjamin Drummond series of cultural and scholarly programming. Virginia Ali is a remarkable woman. She was born in rural Virginia in 1933, moved…
The Capitol Hill Restoration Society will present their annual Home & Garden Tour on Saturday, May 11th and Sunday, May 12th. While this sought-after event is happening, Hill Center’s building…
The Capitol Hill Restoration Society will present their annual Home & Garden Tour on Saturday, May 11th and Sunday, May 12th. While this sought-after event is happening, Hill Center’s building…
Thomas Smallwood has been a “lost” hero of the U.S. abolition movement for over 100 years. Born into slavery in 1801, Smallwood bought his freedom, educated himself and became a shoemaker…
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Shores of Tripoli,” on a famous early overseas test of the U.S. Navy, with Abby Mullen, assistant professor of history at the United States Naval Academy and…
This event is part of Hill Center’s annual Benjamin Drummond series of cultural and scholarly programming. 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…
Profs and Pints DC presents: “America's Illiberal History,” an unflinching look at the trampling of individual rights as a driving force in our nation’s past, with Steven Hahn, professor of history at New…
Established in 2013, The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of in-depth literary conversations. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Readings from that work are interspersed throughout the conversation. Originally moderated by Washington Post book critic Ron…
“My work with Alan Hantman came at a pivotal point in the management of the United States Capitol. The murders of two Capitol Police Officers...in 1998 changed the freedom of movement in and around the Capitol forever…The result was approval...to construct a safe, secure entrance to the Capitol...the Capitol Visitor Center...Under the Dome is an exemplary display of…
Elizabeth Acevedo was born and raised in New York City, the only daughter of Dominican immigrants. Her poetry is infused with Dominican bolero and her beloved city’s tough grit. She is the author of Family Lore, which was longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s 2023 First Novel Prize; Inheritance: A Visual Poem; Clap When You Land;…