Program Partners – Hill Center DC

Hill Center is grateful to partner with and host many wonderful groups and organizations throughout our community.

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American Roots Concert Series Presented by Quicksilver Productions Foundation

The Quicksilver Productions Foundation is proud to present our 12th season of American Roots music in partnership with Hill Center and with the generous support from our sponsors The Jeanne Phil…

Amy Brandwein

Amy Brandwein

“I take Italian food and keep it in its raw state but elevate it presentation-wise without complicating it or losing flavor,” Brandwein explains. “There is something inherently captivating about Italian flavors with an artistic and…

Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP)

Our mission every day is to spark creativity and connection. We do this through the restorative power of comedy, storytelling and artistic expression. More than 650 veterans return home from…

Benjamin Drummond Emancipation Day Celebration

Benjamin Drummond Emancipation Day Celebration

On April 16, 2015, Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital inaugurated its first annual Benjamin Drummond Emancipation Day Celebration. In commemorating the end of slavery in the nation’s capital,…

Bonnie Benwick

Bonnie Benwick

Bonnie Benwick is a freelance editor, writer, recipe developer and food stylist. She worked for 39 years as a journalist, spending the majority of her career at “The Washington Post.”…

Breathing Space Yoga

Breathing Space Yoga

The mission of Breathing Space is to provide wellness services and education for children and families, offering classes for all ages from newborn to adult in Washington, DC. Breathing Space Family Yoga…

Britt Fox

Britt Fox

Britt fox one of Hill Centers creative mixologist. She specializes in delicate flavors to pair with a great deliverance of fine cocktails. Britt allows people to learn to enjoy deviously,…

Busy Bees

Busy Bees

Busy Bees Music & Art Playgroup is designed to introduce a formal group educational setting to toddlers and preschoolers. Such a playgroup will help kids learn to separate smoothly from…

Capitol Hill Art League

Capitol Hill Art League

Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL), a visual arts program of Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW), produces and promotes juried and non-juried exhibits throughout the year. Artists/members are 18 years- 80+ from the…

Chabad DC

Chess Wizards

Danny Lee

Danny Lee

In 2006, Danny Lee and his mother, Yesoon, decided to open their own restaurant, one that played to their strengths and represented their culinary traditions and culture. They opened Mandu,…

District Flow Yoga

District Flow Yoga

Our mission at District Flow Yoga is to promote individual growth amidst the community through yoga education and practice. We value inclusivity, diversity and equity through our practices and strive…

Doron Petersan

Doron Petersan

Petersan’s Sticky Fingers Bakery (and now H Street’s Sticky Fingers Diner) has been a beloved DC institution for over twenty years. Doron is the author of Sticky Fingers’ Vegan Sweets, packed with 100 of…

Eastern Market Art Series & Teachings (EAST)

Eastern Market Art Series & Teachings (EAST)

Hill Center is pleased to host the Eastern Market Art Series & Teachings – EAST – an ongoing series that brings artists and children (between 6 and 10 years old)…

Elevated Tea Co.

Erik Bruner-Yang

Erik Bruner-Yang

Erik Bruner-Yang knows about community-building. And in arguably the worst moment for the restaurant industry, Erik did not focus on simply surviving the pandemic with his restaurants intact; he chose to…

FIT4MOM®

FIT4MOM®

FIT4MOM is the country’s largest fitness program for moms offering pre- and post-natal fitness classes for every stage of motherhood. FIT4MOM Capitol Hill classes give you a total body workout…

Folger Shakespeare Library

French Language Courses with Liliane Weinrob

French Language Courses with Liliane Weinrob

Liliane Weinrob is a native French speaker who moved to Washington, DC in the early 1980s from Paris, France. Due to her French roots, she has enjoyed teaching French culture…

Fresh Pear Jewelry

Frontlines CPR

Laura Punaro, owner of Frontlines CPR, became motivated to start this company when her own daughter choked when she was only ten months old. She knew what to do because she…

Gérard Pangaud

Gérard Pangaud

Chef Gérard Pangaud is best known in the DC area for his innovative, yet elegant French cuisine at his acclaimed restaurant, Gérard’s Place. The Washington Post restaurant critic Phyllis Richman wrote,…

Gerdan

Gerdan

Gerdan – Kaleidoscope of World Music is a professional music ensemble based in Washington DC metropolitan area. Founded by Ukrainian professional duo Solomia Gorokhivska and Andrei Pidkivka, musicians of Gerdan bring the fire…

Global Sounds on the Hill

Global Sounds on the Hill

This series of singular concerts, curated and hosted by Jim Thomson, features musicians at the forefront of the global music scene. Jim Thomson owns and operates the Brooklyn/Washington, DC-based boutique…

Gordon Tenney

Gordon Tenney

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+…

Gottaswing

Gottaswing

Did you know that Gottaswing is one of the longest running swing dance schools in the world? Swinging since 1994, Gottaswing has over 25 years of experience setting the bar…

House Concerts at Hill Center

House Concerts at Hill Center

House Concerts at Hill Center (HC@HC) is a new concert series premiering in 2023 that features diverse and local DMV singer-songwriters. HC@HC aims to create a cozy, mellow, intimate setting…

Isabel Ross

Isabel Ross

Hill Centers program partners that is known to be one of the top best chefs in America as Foods and Wines of 2023 describes her to be. She creates delicious…

James Shellhammer

James Shellhammer

Dr. James Shellhammer is a brewer and the QA/QC Scientist at DC Brau Brewing Company, DC’s first production brewery since 1956. James began homebrewing in 2013 during graduate school where he…

Janet Cam

Janet Cam

Janet Cam is a Culinary Strategist and wine expert, best known as the co-founder/proprietor of the first nouvelle cuisine restaurant in America: Washington, DC’s LePavillon, which was honored with Wine…

Jarrad Silver + Silver and Sons Barbecue

Jarrad Silver + Silver and Sons Barbecue

Silver and Sons Barbecue draws influences from Jarrad Silver’s Jewish heritage and long experience cooking with Mediterranean flavors for a unique take on traditional American barbecue. Beef, lamb and chicken…

Jen Lin-Liu

Jen Lin-Liu

Jen Lin-Liu was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. She is the author of Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China, On the Noodle Road: From Beijing to Rome…

Kadampa Meditation Center

Kadampa Meditation Center

Kadampa Meditation Center Washington DC is a non profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to sharing the practical wisdom of Buddha’s teachings with everyone in the DC area through teachings and meditation…

King Bullfrog

King Bullfrog

Featuring Mr. Jeremiah and Mr. Steve—both Capitol Hill-based dads and music teachers—the duo’s roots-and-blues tunes are carefully tailored to get children dancing while delighting grownups—an approach that successfully hooks audiences…

Local Makers Workshop Series

Local Makers Workshop Series

Join us for our new series focused on local businesses, makers, and creators! These are all one-off workshops that explore different crafts, hobbies, cuisine, fashion, and more. What do they…

Mad Science - Summer Camps

Mad Science – Summer Camps

Mad Science Camps offer hands-on discovery and exploration of scientific principles. Your child will be able to touch, see, hear, and smell what science is really all about! Campers create…

Magpie and the Tiger

Magpie and the Tiger

Roren Choi began her professional cooking career slinging ramen at Momofuku DC. After a year of working there, she moved on to become a cook at Tail Up Goat, where…

Mapping Segregation in Washington, DC

Marianne Tshihamba - Hill Center

Marianne Tshihamba

Marianne Tshihamba has traveled the world pursing new flavors and demystifying unfamiliar ingredients. Here in the Washington area, she has scouted the countless international grocery stores that stock their shelves…

Mark Haskell

Chef Mark Haskell’s career has taken him to kitchens in Europe, Asia, South America and the US. A native of the South Carolina Lowcountry, he has an affection for Southern…

Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs

Michael Scaffidi

Michael Scaffidi

Michael Scaffidi is an Advanced Sommelier who has had a long career as a Sommelier and Wine Director. He has has worked with many prestigious teams including those of The…

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Mr. Mike's Music Together

Mr. Mike’s Music Together

Music-making is a joyful and communal act. At Music Together we strive to give families the opportunities to form a music-making habit early. This is not a class strictly for…

National Museum of the United States Navy

Opera Starts with Oh! - Opera Lafayette

Opera Starts with Oh! – Opera Lafayette

Opera Starts with Oh! is a series of engaging lessons created by Opera Lafayette to introduce young audiences to the magic of opera! Led by teaching artists and joined by…

Our City. Our Music. Our Writers.

Our City. Our Music. Our Writers

Our City. Our Music. Our Writers, is a series of unique in-person events that bring together local writers of noteworthy books across music genres.

Padua Player

Padua Player

Padua Player another one of Hill Centers program partners. Most know him as SugaChef where he has his own pastry company named SugaChef desserts. Padua inspires others as well allowing…

Paige Sholar

Paige Sholar

Paige Sholar is a home cottage baker located in our Capitol Hill neighborhood. Since launching her business in September of 2021, she has made countless cookies for baby showers, weddings,…

Pedro Tobar

Pedro Tobar

Another one of Hill Centers elegant program partners who is also a Magnificent bartender not just an ordinary one but a seasoned bartender with a great amount of experience. He…

Pera Eats

Peter Chang

Peter Chang

Chef Peter Chang is arguably the most celebrated Chinese chef in the United States. The recipient of numerous awards and accolades, Chang has long been lionized for serving up some of…

Pichet Ong

Pichet Ong

Eating and cooking are Pichet Ong’s hobby and heartbeat. As a chef, Pichet combines fond flavors of his childhood and travels with classic techniques to create sweet and savory foods…

Pichet Ong & Simon Lam

Pottery on the Hill

Pottery on the Hill

FREE SHOW AND SALE – NOVEMBER 14-16, 2025 Pottery on the Hill returns again for another great year of ceramics! This year, we welcome ten new potters to our Pottery on…

Profs and Pints

Do you love to learn? Would you enjoy hearing scholars discuss fascinating topics in a setting where you can ask questions and be around people who share your interests? Profs and…

Rochelle Cooper

Rochelle Cooper

One of Hill Centers program partners is Rochelle Cooper. She loves cooking and Inspiring many others here at hill center to indulge in the love for cooking as well. Rochelle…

Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill History Project

Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill History Project

In keeping with its goal of building a stronger, kinder, more thoughtful community, the Capitol Hill Community Foundation established the Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill History Project to give our neighborhood…

Scott Drewno

Scott Drewno

Chef Drewno joined the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group in 1998. At Chinois, he learned to meld French cooking techniques with vibrant Asian flavors, and at Spago, he came to…

Shakespeare Theatre Company

Shakespeare Theatre Company

Education puts STC’s mission into action, producing a variety of school, community, training, and audience programming to create and preserve classic theatre and to connect the universality of classic works…

Spanish Language Courses with Go Spanish Now

Spanish Language Courses with Go Spanish Now

Enrique Soros, director of Go Spanish Now, is a native Spanish speaker from Argentina. One of his secrets as a teacher and educator is not to consider his institution as…

Spanish on the Hill

Stone Room Concerts

Stone Room Concerts

About David Holiday: David Holiday — a lifelong music aficionado who in his youth performed with the Grammy-winning Texas Boys Choir and numerous youth orchestras and ensembles, founded Stone Room Concerts together with his wife in…

Studio Arts Courses with Christine Vineyard

Studio Arts Courses with Christine Vineyard

Christine Vineyard is a local DC artist and art teacher, working with all mediums and a concentration in photography, drawing and painting. She has her BFA in Art Education and…

Studio Arts with Dr. Joanne Allen

studio one dance

Studio One Dance

Studio One Dance was founded in December 2016. The concept has blossomed from a series of small classes hosted at neighborhood venues into a thriving, director-owned studio. Our bespoke program…

Super Soccer Stars

At Super Soccer Stars, it is our goal to teach soccer skills in a fun, non-competitive, educational environment. Our philosophy is to use soccer to nurture, to build self-confidence, and…

Susan Barocas

Susan Barocas

Susan Barocas is passionate about family, friends, food and film. She helped launch the Jewish Food Experience® as its first project director following several years as director of the Washington…

Talk of the Hill with Bill Press

Talk of the Hill with Bill Press

Since 2012, Bill Press has proudly hosted Hill Center’s Talk of the Hill series, in which he sits down for one-on-one, thought-provoking conversations with newsmakers. Hill Center is honored by his…

The Alan Cheuse International Writers Center

The George Washington University

The Life of a Poet

The Life of a Poet

The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of in-depth literary conversations established in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore…

Tippi Toes

Since 1999, Tippi Toes Dance Company® has been bringing a unique program of dance and creative movement to community centers, childcare centers schools, play groups and various after school programs.…

Train Your Brain

Train Your Brain

Teach Our workshops are designed to extend student learning by providing exposure to STEAM rich experiences, led by specialized educators that combine action, reflection, and real-life application. Together this builds…

Varu Chilakamarri

Varu Chilakamarri

Varu Chilakamarri is a second-generation Indian American who learned to cook traditional South Indian cuisine from her mother. Varu is a writer and attorney who loves creating easy recipes that are…

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. The Young Warriors Karate program…

Washington Improv Theater

Washington Improv Theater

Washington Improv Theater is the District’s premier destination for longform improv. For 25 years, our mission has been to unleash the creative power of improv in Washington, DC. We engage…

Wendi James

Wendi James

Wendi James received a Cuisine and Pastry Diplome from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris in 1997 and has completed advanced courses in chocolate and sugar from The French Pastry in…

Writing Workshops with Michelle Lafrance

Writing Workshops with Michelle Lafrance

Hill Center is thrilled to host Dr. LaFrance for writing workshops year-round. Some of Dr. LaFrance’s workshops have focused on storytelling, autobiographical writing, nonfiction, and more! Michelle LaFrance (Ph.D., University…

Tai chi illustration

Wu Style Academy

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…