Snowball Diplomacy in a Winter Wonderland

Last week was crazy! We had two snow events that shut down the city.

We went to the Embassy of Colombia for the first time for a tango class and even met the cultural attaché!

You are going to love the international and cultural events that we have for you this week. Read along!

Events List

Check out the following international embassy and cultural events happening from Monday, January 22^nd - Sunday, January 28^th .

Monday, January 22^nd, 2024

1. Recentering Pacific Asia: Regional China and World Order Book Talk (2PM - 3PM) (FREE!) 📕 

   • Book Description: The Pacific Rim of Asia – Pacific Asia – is now the world's largest and most cohesive economic region, and China has returned to its center. China's global outlook is shaped by its regional experience, first as a pre-modern Asian center, then displaced by Western-oriented modernization, and now returning as a central producer and market in a globalized region.

   • Host Organization: East-West Center in Washington

2. A Conversation with Ambassador Paula Dobriansky in National Security Affairs (6PM - 8PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: The International Student House of Washington, DC is pleased to invite you to a conversation with Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, foreign policy expert and diplomat specializing in national security affairs.

   • Host Organization: International Student House of DC

3. Profs & Pints DC: The Vikings of Legend (6PM - 8:30PM) ($16.89)

   • Description: Learn surprising things about the medieval world and the Vikings who lived and moved in it with the help of Dr. Jill Fitzgerald, who teaches courses on medieval languages and literature at the U.S. Naval Academy.

   • Host Organization: Profs & Pints DC

Tuesday, January 23^rd, 2024

1. Omani Treasures: A Modern Handicraft Exhibition (10AM - 5PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: This exhibition comes as a platform to showcase and honor Oman's diverse and rich cultural heritage in handicrafts. This showcase is meant to inspire the visiting public with new avenues of cultural exchange and enhance interaction and communication between Omani creators and the public.

   • Host Organization: Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC)

2. Amazonia: A BioCreativity Hub Exhibition Opening (4PM - 6:30PM) (FREE!) 🖼️ 

   • Description: Discover a constellation of works that includes installation, photography, video art, painting and sound art, expressing the Amazon’s lushness through a diverse and inclusive approach.

   • Host Organization: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

3. Book Launch and Commemoration: The North American Research Initiative (4PM - 5:30PM) (FREE!) 📕 

   • Book Description: Join us for a book launch and a commemoration of the ten-year anniversary since the passing of Robert Pastor.

   • Host Organization: Center for Latin American & Latino Studies at American University

4. Wonderfully Made: Women in STEM (5:30PM - 8:45PM) ($20+)

   • Description: Imago Dei, being made in the “image of God,” has raised a question asked throughout history: “What does it mean to be human?” To discuss this complex question, we invite you to an evening of conversation with women in STEM fields and to explore historical answers to it in our online exhibit Scripture and Science: Our Universe, Ourselves, Our Place.

   • Host Organization: Museum of the Bible

Wednesday, January 24^th, 2024 

1. Omani Treasures: A Modern Handicraft Exhibition (10AM - 5PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: This exhibition comes as a platform to showcase and honor Oman's diverse and rich cultural heritage in handicrafts. This showcase is meant to inspire the visiting public with new avenues of cultural exchange and enhance interaction and communication between Omani creators and the public.

   • Host Organization: Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC)

2. Taiwan in 2024 Lecture (12PM - 1:30PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: The Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) is very excited to invite you to a public seminar on "Taiwan in 2024." For many countries around the world, 2024 promises to be an eventful year.

   • Host Organization: Global Taiwan Institute

3. The Myth, Magic, and Mystery of Ancient Greece Lecture: Destiny, Tradition, Choice (6PM - 7PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: This talk will examine the themes of heroic greatness, destiny and wisdom in the Homeric poems and other works of ancient Greek literature.

   • Host Organization: Embassy of Greece and Georgetown University

4. Coro Carlos Chávez DC Auditions (7PM - 9PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: The Carlos Chávez Choir is created to promote choral music from Mexico and Latin America in all musical styles. We invite you to audition to be part of the " Carlos Chávez Choir of the ICM in DC " under the direction of maestro Antonio Espinal.

   • Host Organization: Mexican Cultural Institute (MCI)

5. ECUSA Seminar with Seminar Emerging Viral Diseases: Transmission, Challenges, and Vaccines (6:30PM - 9PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: This Second Edition Seminar series by ECUSA Washington, DC, in collaboration with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US, will address the challenges and threats that emerging viral pathogens currently pose for the human species and how vaccines are the answer to these threats.

   • Host Organization: SPAIN Arts and Culture

Thursday, January 25^th, 2024

1. Countering China’s International Objectives (1:30PM - 3PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: Join Hudson’s China Center for a conversation with leading experts and diplomats on how the US can forge this new coalition

   • Host Organization: The Hudson Institute

2. "1000 Hues Revisited" by Hernán Murno (6PM - 8PM) (FREE!) 🖼️ 

   • Description: The natural beauty of Argentina and ever-changing scenes, both in urban and rural areas, inspired Hernán Murno to create this series of paintings. The artworks aren't intended to be precise replicas of what he has seen. Instead, he prioritize colors, textures, shapes, and reflections over achieving a hyper-realistic portrayal of the subject.

   • Host Organization: Embassy of Argentina

3. Coro Carlos Chávez DC Auditions (7PM - 9PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: The Carlos Chávez Choir is created to promote choral music from Mexico and Latin America in all musical styles. We invite you to audition to be part of the " Carlos Chávez Choir of the ICM in DC " under the direction of maestro Antonio Espinal.

   • Host Organization: Mexican Cultural Institute (MCI)

4. Threads of Time (6:30PM - 8PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: Fulbright Scholar Pampa Panwar presents her research and practice.

   • Host Organization: Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

5. Renaissance Art Show (6PM - 9PM) (FREE!) 🖼️ 

   • Description: With the world constantly changing, we are forced to continuously adapt or get left behind. But what if you had the opportunity to be the change? What does a rebirth of the world look like from your perspective? 

   • Host Organization: Women Building Wealth Collective

Friday, January 26^th, 2024

1. Smaller South Asian Countries and the US Indo-Pacific Strategy in 2024 (9AM - 10:30AM) (FREE!)

   • Description: India and Pakistan have traditionally dominated policy attention toward South Asia. However, China’s increased economic, diplomatic, and military activities in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Maldives have raised questions about the strategic orientations of these Smaller South Asian countries.

   • Host Organization: East-West Center in Washington

2. International Sous Vide Day (12PM - 3PM) ($79.50)

   • Description: Celebrate International Sous Vide Day along with the birthday of the sous vide pioneer himself, Dr. Bruno Goussault. Indulge in culinary artistry, and enjoy interactive tasting stations featuring inspiring cuisine from around the world.

   • Host Organization: Cuisine Solutions

3. Friday Music Series: Michael Noble Piano Performance (12:30PM - 1:45PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: Michael Noble, DMA, is a pianist, composer, and festival director renowned for his commitment to engaging and inspiring audiences through innovative projects and insightful programming.

   • Host Organization: Georgetown University Dept. of Performing Arts

4. French Embassy La Galette des Rois: Les Voeux 2024 - A French Celebration (6:30PM - 10PM) ($104+)

   • Description: Travel to French soil and celebrate with us two of the most important French traditions. No plane ticket required!

   • Host Organization: Embassy of France and International Club of DC

5. Dance Music of South America (7PM - 8PM) ($10)

   • Description: Come enjoy a night of fun with the WMC as we dance the night away to South American music on January 26, at 7 pm!

   • Host Organization: World Music Collective (WMC)

Saturday, January 27^th, 2024

1. Spies and U.S. Imperialism: Walking Tour (1PM - 3PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: A tour of 3 sites connected to how imperialism and spycraft have shaped the landscape and architecture of the region over the past century.

   • Host Organization: Metro DC USA

2. Swedish Fika (12PM - 5PM) (Various pastries and coffee for sale!)

   • Description: House of Sweden is bringing you a taste of Swedish fika this spring! Come visit House of Sweden on Saturday, January 27, for delicious pastries and coffee from Kristina’s Swede Treats. The café will be open from 12pm-5pm or until treats last.

   • Host Organization: House of Sweden

3. Get Me Carlucci: A Daughter Recounts Her Father's Legacy of Service Book Talk (5PM - 6PM) (FREE!) 📕 

   • Book Description: Once called "Washington's ultimate survivor" by The Washington Post, Frank C. Carlucci III served six presidents, traveled the world on behalf of his country, and ultimately rose to prominence as Secretary of Defense. Through every chapter of his extraordinary and varied career, American leaders had a common refrain: "Get me Carlucci!"

   • Host Organization: Politics and Prose

4. Museums and Cultural Heritage Protection: A Case Study of Repatriations to Yemen (10AM - 1PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: This public program will discuss the issues related to looting and the illegal selling of antiquities, highlighting the situation in Yemen.

   • Host Organization: National Museum of Asian Art

Sunday, January 28^th, 2024

1. A Day of Action (1PM - 4PM) (FREE!) 🖼️ 

   • Description: What issues do you care about? How do you feel empowered? Join the Portrait Gallery and our partners for A Day of Action.

   • Host Organization: National Portrait Gallery

2. Maryland Opera Studio (1PM - 2PM) (FREE!) 🖼️ 

   • Description: Meditate to the music of Mozart and the art of Rothko.  World-renowned artist Mark Rothko, an adamant admirer of Mozart, famously said “I became a painter because I wanted to raise painting to the level of poignancy of music and poetry.”  Through harmony and balance, Mozart’s music exemplifies Rothko’s ideal of the simple expression of the complex thought.

   • Host Organization: National Gallery of Art

3. Animation First DC Film Festival (2PM - 6PM) ($6.27 - $11.54)

   • Description: Villa Albertine DC is excited to celebrate the first edition of Animation First Festival in Washington on January 28.

   • Host Organization: Villa Albertine Washington DC

4. Imagination: Coleridge-Taylor, Hahn, Ysaÿe, Bloch Performance (3PM - 5PM) ($50+)

   • Description: The early years of the 20^th century witnessed the emergence of a remarkable new approach to composition. This program highlights works by four of the finest composers from this era.

   • Host Organization: Wolf Trap

Looking Ahead! 👀 

1. Music in Theresienstadt: Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert (Monday, January 29^th) (7PM - 9:30PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: Baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and pianist Olivier Godin in concert featuring works composed in Theresienstadt.

   • Host Organization: Embassy of Austria

2. Farewell Herr Schwarz Film Screening (Wednesday, January 31^st) (8PM - 10PM) ($10 - $15) 📽️ 

   • Description: Winner of the Best Documentary Prize at the Haifa International Film Festival, director Yael Reuveny’s FAREWELL HERR SCHWARZ is a cinematic journey about buried family secrets, the Holocaust (from a third generation perspective) and how it is never too late to reclaim your heritage.

   • Host Organization: Avalon Theatre

3. Spanish Young Music Talents: Raquel Areal Performance (Thursday, February 1^st) (6:30PM - 8PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: Spanish violinist Raquel Areal gives a recital in Washington, DC as part of the “Spanish Young Music Talents" program.

   • Host Organization: SPAIN Arts and Culture

4. Winter Open Door Sessions (Friday February 2^nd, 5:30PM - 8:30PM), (Saturday February 3^rd, 10:30AM - 1:30PM), (Sunday, February 4th, 10:30AM - 1:30PM) 🖼️ 

   • Description: Explore the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, and immerse yourself the current exhibitions!

   • Host Organization: SPAIN Arts and Culture

5. Valentine International Chocolate Tour of Embassy Row (Saturday February 3^rd, 12PM - 2PM) ($40)

   • Description: Today, we’ll explore one of the most culturally fascinating areas of Washington, D.C. – “Embassy Row”. In a single afternoon, you’ll stand at the borders of Ireland, Romania, Turkey, Vietnam, Indonesia, and more!

   • Host Organization: Things To Do DC

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