The Embassy Cherry Blossom Chronicle of DC

Events List

Check out the following international embassy and cultural events happening from Monday, March 18^th - Sunday, March 24^th . 

Monday, March 18^th, 2024

1. Chocolates for Mary Julia Book Talk (6PM - 8PM) (FREE!) 📕 

   • Book Description: In Chocolates for Mary Julia, Mudd-Krijgelmans writes about her decadeslong career as a U.S. Foreign Service officer, which took her to countries around the world as an official representative of the United States.

   • Host Organization: Busboys and Poets 

2. The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump Book Talk (6PM - 7PM) (FREE!) 📕 

   • Book Description: The inside story of Biden’s foreign policy team and their struggle to restore America’s global influence in the aftermath of Trump.

   • Host Organization: People’s Book

3. Film Screening of "Les Gentils", a Belgian social comedy (7PM - 10PM) (FREE!) 📽️ 

   • Description: As part of the DC Francophonie Cultural Festival, the Embassy of Belgium invites you to a screening of "Les Gentils" a Belgian social comedy.

   • Host Organization: Embassy of France

4. Hybrid Event: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Where Sleeping Girls Lie (7PM - 8PM) (FREE!) 📕 

   • Book Description: In Where Sleeping Girls Lie — a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Times-bestselling author of Ace of Spades — a girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.

   • Host Organization: East City Bookshop

Tuesday, March 19^th, 2024

1. Shaping a Boundary in Four Hundred Years: The Ottoman-Iranian Borderland Lecture (2PM - 3:30PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: Sabri Ates, Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University, will give at talk at American University on The Ottoman-Iranian Borderland.

   • Host Organization: School of International Service

2. Spirits & Spice D.C. Tequila Tuesdays (5:30PM - 6:30PM) ($18.92) 🥂 

   • Description: Learn about the regions and traditional distilling methods, and enjoy small samples of exquisite Tequila.

   • Host Organization: Spirits and Spice

3. Soirée Francophone Film Screening (7PM - 11PM) (General admission is $11.54, student admission with student ID is $6.27) 📽️ 

   • Description: We are thrilled to host the screening of "Nocturno" with Isabel Rivero-Vilá and "Ativio" by Juliette Boucheny, along with a cello interlude

   • Host Organization: Villa Albertine Washington DC

4. Leslie T. Chang in conversation on Egyptian Made Book Talk (7PM - 8:30PM) (FREE! with general admission) 📕 

   • Book Description: An incisive exploration of women and work, showing how globalization's promise of liberation instead set the stage for repression—from the acclaimed author of Factory Girls.

   • Host Organization: Solid State Books

Wednesday, March 20^th, 2024 

1. US-Japan Alliance: Peace & Prosperity in Indo-Pacific to Global Partnership Lecture (10:30AM - 12PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: A discussion on the evolution of the U.S.-Japan alliance and its expanding partnerships in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

   • Host Organization: The Stimson Center

2. PIAF! THE SHOW (7:30PM - 9:30PM) ($69.20) 🎵 

   • Description: With more than 600 performances in over 50 countries, and a million tickets sold, Piaf! The Show is the biggest French success in the world since 2015!

   • Host Organization: The French Embassy

3. Max Raabe and Palast Orchester Performance (8PM - 10PM) ($35+ - $50+) 🎵 

   • Description: Join us for an amazing theatre at the Lincoln Theatre.

   • Host Organization: Lincoln Theatre

4. Piazzolla Strings Performance (8PM - 10PM) ($45) 🎵 

   • Description: PASO string musicians and new concertmaster, Holly Nelson, perform some of Astor Piazzolla's best works.

   • Host Organization: Embassy of Argentina

5. Profs & Pints DC: When the Pacific Became America’s New Frontier (6PM - 8:30PM) ($16.89)

   • Description: Learn the fascinating story of how our nation reached out across the Pacific with Dr. Chris Costello, who has extensively researched this subject as a scholar of American and maritime history.

   • Host Organization: Profs & Pints DC

Thursday, March 21^st, 2024

1. Addressing the Developing World’s Debt Crisis Lecture with Former World Bank President David Malpass (12PM - 1PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: The developing world is mired in its worst debt crisis in a generation, with 60 percent of countries facing debt distress according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the post-COVID world, the United States and its traditional allies have not been able to muster the political capital to institute long-term solutions for these developing nations as their debt-ridden economies deteriorate.

   • Host Organization: The Hudson Institute

2. Space Nuclear Technology Research & Development for Evolving Space Missions Symposium (1PM - 5:30PM) (FREE!)

   • Description: How can space nuclear technology contribute to science, exploration, and the future security environment?

   • Host Organization: USRA & SPI Symposium

3. Wales v. Finland UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifier Watch Party (3:45PM - 6:45PM) (FREE! for general admission) ⚽️ 

   • Description: Join the Welsh Government in North America & The Embassy of Finland in Washington, DC to watch the Wales v Finland Euros 2024 Playoff match!

   • Host Organization: Across the Pond Pub

4. Night Gallery Opening at the Korean Cultural Center (6PM -- 8PM) (FREE!) 🎨 

   • Description: Join us for our inaugural exhibition of 2024, and get the chance to engage in dialogue with featured artists!

   • Host Organization: Korean Cultural Center Washington DC (KCCDC)

5. JOSÉ ANDRÉS & FRIENDS: THE ZAYTINYA COOKBOOK OF MEZZE MADNESS (8PM - 10PM) ($45+ - $95+)

   • Description: Chef José Andrés takes the stage like you’ve never seen him before, hosting an evening of interviews, cooking, and live music—all with his signature energy and enthusiasm!

   • Host Organization: Lincoln Theatre

Friday, March 22^nd, 2024

1. GWIKS: "Late Industrialization, Tradition, & Social Change in South Korea" Book Talk (12:30PM - 2PM) (FREE!) 📕 

   • Book Description: “Late Industrialization, Tradition, and Social Change in South Korea” is about the social consequences of late industrialization. While much has been written about the economic success stories of late industrialization, the analysis of changes in social relations engendered by late industrialization has been strikingly absent.

   • Host Organization: GW Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS)

2. Collisions: The Origins of War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability Book Talk (7PM - 8PM) (FREE!) 📕 

   • Book Description: An authoritative interpretation of possibly the most important geopolitical event of the post-Cold War era, Collisions is essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this epochal conflict and its ripple effects across the globe.

   • Host Organization: Politics and Prose

3. Women of the Baroque Performance (7PM - 8:30PM) ($10 for children to individuals younger than 18 years old, $40 for general admission) 🎵 

   • Description: Canoro pianto et affetti explores the musical world of 17th-century women through songs for solo voice. This program is inspired by the 1613 collection Canoro pianto di Maria Vergine sopra la faccia di Christo estinto (“The singing cries of the Virgin Mary over the face of the deceased Christ”).

   • Host Organization: First Congregational United Church of Christ

4. Rodrigo Amarante Performance (8PM - 10PM) ($39+) 🎵 

   • Description: You may remember Brazilian musician Rodrigo Amarante from when he opened for Marisa Monte at the Filene Center in 2023. Others might recognize his song “Tuyo,” which became the opening theme for Netflix’s Narcos and earned Amarante an Emmy nomination. But you definitely won’t forget him after his debut at The Barns when Amarante shares tracks from his most recent album Drama.

   • Host Organization: Wolf Trap

Saturday, March 23^rd, 2024

1. Japanese Culture Day (10AM - 3PM) (FREE!) 🌸 

   • Description: Children of all ages, families and teachers can learn about Japanese culture through reading, writing and craft-making with Japanese cultural and linguistic professionals during the Library’s Japanese Culture Day. Collection items related to cherry blossoms and Japanese culture will also be on display.

   • Host Organization: Library of Congress (LOC)

2. Georgetown Spring Art Walk (12PM - 5PM) (FREE!) 🎨 

   • Description: Come explore the galleries of Wisconsin Ave and experience the creativity of Georgetown!

   • Host Organization: Georgetown Main Street

3. TAP-DC Presents: Visit to the Chinese American Museum (1PM - 4PM) 🎨 

   • Description: Come take a tour of the Chinese American Museum with TAP DC! We will be meeting up at the Chinese American Museum at 1pm and meet with the Director of the Museum.

   • Host Organization: Taiwanese American Professionals - DC (TAP-DC)

4. Folklore Fantasy: Tales of the Caribbean-The 54th Annual HUCSA Pageant (7PM - 10PM) ($12.51 for Howard students with general admission, $17.85 for non-Howard students with general admission)

   • Description: The 54th Annual Mister & Miss Howard University Caribbean Students' Association Pageant is the prime programming event for HUCSA at Howard University, which celebrates the brilliance behind Caribbean history and heritage.

   • Host Organization: Howard University Caribbean Students' Association

5. David Wax Museum Performance (6PM - 7PM) (FREE!) 🎵 

   • Description: David Wax Museum blends the ancient and ever-relevant rhythms of traditional Mexican music with amber pop hues—their unabashed rock riffs emanating an air of AM radio circa 1975—all tethered together by seductive harmonies.

   • Host Organization: Kennedy Center for Performing Arts

Sunday, March 24^th, 2024

1. Bach's Passions and the Easter Story in Art (12PM - 1PM) (FREE!) 🎨 

   • Description: Senior lecturer, David Gariff, explores the powerful attraction of the story of the Passion of Christ for the composer and western artists. In Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passions, as well as in countless depictions in paintings and film, the drama of the Passion has served as an inspiration for profound musical and visual storytelling. 

   • Host Organization: National Gallery of Art

2. HOLI FESTIVAL: DUPONT CIRCLE AND THE VEN (1PM - 5PM) (FREE!) 🎉 

   • Description: The Holi Festival is a Hindu holiday that celebrates the end of winter and ushers in spring – celebrating color, love and spring. Dupont Circle is a unique neighborhood with 40 embassies, and the Dupont Circle BID are glad to partner with the Embassy of India for this event.

   • Host Organization: Dupont Circle BID/Embassy of India

3. The Moon Has Risen Film Screening (2PM - 3:45PM) 📽️ 

   • Description: This delightful romantic comedy is based on a screenplay cowritten by Yasujiro Ozu and, like Tokyo Story and other films he directed, is a touching portrait of family dynamics in postwar Japan. It is Kinuyo Tanaka’s second feature film as a director.

   • Host Organization: National Museum of Asian Art

4. Melodies of Georgetown Performance (4PM - 5:30PM) (FREE!) 🎵 

   • Description: The Washington International Young Artists Music Series offers a significant public service music event, for patrons of classical music.

   • Host Organization: Georgetown University Dept. of Performing Arts

5. Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees Book Talk (4:30PM - 5:30PM) ($10+) 📕 

   • Book Description: Celebrate Women’s History Month and DC’s beloved Cherry Blossoms as author and Capitol Hill resident Stephanie Deutsch moderates a conversation with Diana Parsell about her biography Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees.

   • Host Organization: Hill Center DC

Looking Ahead! 👀 

1. Phaeton Piano Trio Concert Performance (Monday, March 25^th, 7:30PM - 9:30PM) ($16.82 for student admission with student ID, $27.37 for general admission) 🎵 

   • Description: The Maison Française is thrilled to host a concert of the Phaeton Piano Trio, performing pieces of Saint-Saëns and van Beethoven.

   • Host Organization: Villa Albertine Washington DC

2. Citizen Diplomacy: The Role of the Individual in Foreign Affairs Film Screening  (Tuesday, March 26^th, 6:30PM - 8:30PM) (FREE!) 📽️ 

   • Description: The International Student House of Washington, DC, in partnership with the Public Diplomacy Council of America, invites you for this special event that will include a screening of the new PBS documentary Citizen Diplomacy. Following the film join us for an engaging discussion moderated by Sherry Mueller with comments from Paul Lachelier and Junlong Wang. 

   • Host Organization: International Student House (ISC)

3. Film Screening of "Billie Blue" (Wednesday, March 27^th, 6PM - 9PM) (FREE!) 📽️ 

   • Description: As part of Francophonie DC Cultural Festival 2024, The Québec Government Office of Washington sponsors the screening of "Billie Blue".

   • Host Organization: Embassy of France

4. Film Screening: "Ocean Seen from the Heart" (Thursday, March 28^th, 6:30PM - 9PM) ($6.27 for student admission with student ID, $11.54 for general admission) 📽️ 

   • Description: You are invited to a screening of "Ocean Seen from the Heart", and a Q&A with its directors, as part of DC Environment Film Festival.

   • Host Organization: Villa Albertine Washington DC

5. Blossom Kite Festival (Saturday, March 30^th, 10AM - 4PM) (FREE!) 🌸 

   • Description: The Blossom Kite Festival, formerly the Smithsonian Kite Festival, is an annual kite event usually held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the National Cherry Blossom Festival.

   • Host Organization: Washington DC History & Culture

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