When traveling the world, sometimes the best meals are found in the streets – from food trucks, carts and stalls. Chef Mark Haskell will take you on a tour of the back alleys and busy streets of faraway countries. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to balance flavors and use the fabulous products and cooking techniques of Southeast…
Chinese-American cookbook author Buwei Yang Chao invented the term "stir-fry" in the English language in the 1940s, and since then it's permeated its way into all aspects of the American kitchen. Author, cooking instructor, and culinary consultant Jen Lin-Liu -- who is in the midst of writing a biography about Mrs. Chao -- will teach you how to…
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 uses for certain knives? Join Chef Wendi James in Hill Center’s kitchen as she teaches the essentials of knife skills for beginners! Learn the techniques…
While fluency is developed over years, confidence is built in the classroom. In this blended Beginner level class, the instructor will introduce the alphabet and the basic tenets of the French language. You will learn numbers, days of the week, and months of the year and dive into a crossword puzzle to learn basic vocabulary.…
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…
Kat Chow is a reporter, teacher, writer and the author of Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir (Grand Central Publishing), named a Notable Book by The New York Times. She is The George Washington University’s 2024-2025 Jenny McKean Moore Writer-In-Washington, where she teaches Creative Nonfiction. She was a reporter at NPR, where she was a founding member…
In this interactive cooking class, Marianne Tshihamba serves up dishes inspired by her travels. Travel to Brazil with this hearty fish stew. The flavor goes well with any savory dish, but especially fish, other seafood, and all vegetables! Lastly, the hearty dish will be accompanied with cheesy appetizers and Caipirinhas, the national cocktail, to top it all…
Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson “With new album “Entre Tus Flores,” Miramar gives listeners countless reasons to love the bolero. Richmond-based bolero group Miramar is as closely knit as any trio you’ll find. Vocalists Rei Álvarez and Laura Ann Singh harmonize with so much precision and grace that it’s…
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. This class will give students the skills to create paintings on their own with a variety of materials, many…
A Chef’s Table is typically located in the kitchen of a restaurant and allows Chefs to show off their culinary skills and prepare dinner for a small group in an intimate setting. Chef Peter Chang is arguably the most celebrated Chinese chef in the United States. The recipient of numerous awards and accolades, Chang has long…
Volunteer Capitol Hill - established in 2013 by the Old Naval Hospital Foundation to celebrate the extraordinary contributions made by Nicky and Steve Cymrot to the Capitol Hill community over more than forty years - is an annual event designed to showcase a wide variety of opportunities for volunteer service. Local organizations will be present…
Learn a new technique and create your very own print in this workshop with Christine Vineyard! Students will walk away with basic knowledge and instructions for how to create a linoleum block print from start to finish. By the end of class, students will have a carved block and at least one final print to…
Learn a new technique and create your very own print in this workshop with Christine Vineyard! Students will walk away with basic knowledge and instructions for how to create a linoleum block print from start to finish. By the end of class, students will have a carved block and at least one final print to…
Albert Carry and Clement Didden were two pioneering entrepreneurs who left their mark on their local community and the city at large. On March 31, the Overbeck Capitol Hill History lecture by Amanda Didden Edwards will focus on their contributions. Both immigrants, they honed their skills, brewing and architecture respectively, here in America, building an…
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 uses for certain knives? Join Chef Wendi James in Hill Center’s kitchen as she teaches the essentials of knife skills for beginners! Learn the techniques…
Bring the family out to enjoy a Friday evening filled with live music perfect for all ages! This concert will be outdoors (weather permitting, indoors if not), perfect for little ones to run, dance, laugh, and play to the beat of their favorite songs! KING BULLFROG is a kindie rock trio that plays high-energy tunes that…
Join Magpie and the Tiger Chefs Caleb Jang and Roren Choi as they guide you through the essentials of a Korean BBQ feast. Learn how to marinate succulent meats, craft three authentic banchan (Korean side dishes), and prepare other indispensable components of a complete KBBQ table. Weather permitting, we'll fire up the grill and savor…
We are currently on a waitlist for this workshop, but please sign up in the event that a family cancels and we can fit you in. Join us for a fun and creative kids’ art workshop where we’ll turn ordinary portraits into playful, imaginative masterpieces! Inspired by mixed-media collage, kids will transform old images with…
Calling all carnivores! Many of us have forgotten that the meat we buy comes from animals. To reconnect with the meat’s source (hint: it’s not a cellophane-wrapped package), local chefs have turned to whole animal butchery. The Whole Beast series will highlight the processes involved in butchering and preparing prime cuts, as well as some…
Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson "Whether floating on the undulating melodic surface or diving into the rhythmic crosscurrents, this is music that takes you somewhere." -Peter McElhinney, Style Weekly Music Writer Afro-Zen Allstars is a 9 piece little big band featuring blazing horns, a driving rhythm section and inspired instrumental jams,…
Providencia is a love letter to the immigrant experience. Tucked away just off H Street’s buzzing trolley-lined street, this 22-seat bar offers more than food and drinks—it offers a whimsical journey. Pedro will guide you through the essentials of concocting three creative and exquisite cocktails. Born from the dreams of immigrants and their children, Providencia…
Award-winning Chef Scott Drewno leads a class inspired by the menu at CHIKO which pairs modern cooking techniques with traditional Chinese and Korean flavors. Washington Post critic Tom Sietsema describes CHIKO’s cooking as “a little Chinese, a little Korean, and wholly delectable.” Chef Scott Drewno was raised in the heart of New York’s Finger Lakes…
What is Zen meditation? Zen meditation, or Zazen, is one of the most powerful methods of Zen Buddhist practice developed in the past 2,500 years in Asia and brought to America in the 60’s and 70’s. Zazen is a practice-oriented tradition that is very simple, you “just sit,” as a Japanese master would say. We…
Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson Las Guaracheras is a powerful Latin Music sextet from Cali, Colombia that performs Afro-Caribbean rhythms such as salsa, as well as music from the Pacific region of Colombia. Their compositions and lyrics revolve around the revindication and recognition of the role of women in the music…
Hill Center will launch a new public affairs discussion series that will examine the many critical issues we are faced with today. We’re honored to begin with a conversation with Zeke Miller who has been the Chief White House Correspondent for The Associated Press since August 2022 where he leads coverage of the president and…
Join us to master this classic Italian dish - Chicken Involtini. Chef Mark Haskell will dish out the tips to make this recipe fun and easy. Polish up your skills at Hill Center and impress your partner for your next date night! Italian food and complimentary wine? Say no more…. Menu for the evening consist…
The Paper Architect: 101 Create Iconic Structures from Scratch Why wait decades to build a masterpiece? Learn to craft famous architectural wonders from simple sheets of paper in just a few hours! With basic tools like a craft knife and precision folds, you’ll bring iconic landmarks to life—think the White House, the Taj Mahal, or…
Join us in the kitchen for a sausage making workshop! In this interactive cooking class, Chef Mark Haskell will walk you through how to make sausages! Learn a variety of types and techniques – spicy moroccan lamb merguez, fragrant Thai sao ou from Chaing Mai, Italian sweet fennel pork sausage, & Chinese shrimp mousse sausage,…
Atlantic journalist Yoni Appelbaum’s STUCK: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity shows us that the decrease in affordable housing, rising inequality, and political polarization are all symptoms of a little remarked upon problem in American life: people aren’t moving--actually changing where they live--as much as they used to. Both…
Tell Her This is an inspiring blend of podcasting, visual art, and live music that celebrates the voices and wisdom of women This event is part of Hill Center’s annual Benjamin Drummond series of cultural and scholarly programming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H__SOZTolQ As a singer and songwriter, Rochelle Rice creates introspective and deeply profound live music experiences. Her…