An EXPLOSIVE Beginning of International Events 🎆

📆 Events List 📆 

Check out the following international embassy and cultural events happening from Monday, July 1 - Sunday, July 7:

Ocean Stories ~ The Italian Navy exhibition, Monday 07/01 🛶 A multimedia and immersive exhibition on the Italian Navy and its contributions to the world at the Embassy of Italy. (FREE!)

World Famous Chorus: Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, Monday 07/01 🎵 Join us in a special performance by the children's chorus: Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, under the artistic direction of Andrew Gray! (FREE for children under 12 years old, $23.18 for general admission).

“Two Novembers: A Memoir of Love ‘n’ Sex in Sonnets” Book Talk, Monday 07/01 📕 Two Novembers is a sonnet sequence that carries the beauty and drama of an ancient poetic style into the twenty-first century. (FREE!)

Copa America 2024 Watch Party: USA vs Uruguay, Monday 07/01 ⚽️ Join us at Wunder Garten for the Monday, July 1, 9pm: USA vs Uruguay Copa America watch party. (FREE!)

Diplomacy and Psychiatry, "The Human Factor is the Basis of Crises. The Individual is the Source of Solutions", Tuesday 07/02 🏫 Dr. Enrico Suardi will provide a tribute for an extraordinary Italian diplomat who passed away this year. Giandomenico Picco, as a special assistant to the UN Secretary General Perez De Cuellar, negotiated the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the end of the Iran-Iraq war, and freed hostages in Lebanon, including seven Americans. (FREE!)

Ocean Stories ~ The Italian Navy exhibition, Tuesday 07/02 🛶 A multimedia and immersive exhibition on the Italian Navy and its contributions to the world at the Embassy of Italy. (FREE!)

Euro Cup 2024 Watch Party: Austria vs Turkey, Tuesday 07/02 ⚽️ Join us at Wunder Garten for the Tuesday, July 2, 3pm: Austria vs Turkey Euro Cup watch party. (FREE!)

Copa America 2024 Watch Party: Brazil vs Colombia, Tuesday 07/02 ⚽️ Join us at Wunder Garten for the Tuesday, July 2, 9pm: Brazil vs Colombia Copa America watch party. (FREE!)

Ocean Stories ~ The Italian Navy exhibition, Wednesday 07/03 🛶 A multimedia and immersive exhibition on the Italian Navy and its contributions to the world at the Embassy of Italy. (FREE!)

Unspoken Book Talk, Wednesday 07/03 📕 Join us to learn the unspoken rules of the corporate world and how to navigate them for success. (FREE!)

Carly Harvey Performance, Wednesday 07/03 🎵 Carly Harvey is the 2021 Wammie Winner for Best Blues Artist, and currently holds the title for D.C.’s Queen of the Blues. According to Nina Goodman of DC Music Review, “Carly is grace, confidence, originality, and the right amount of sexy swagger all at once.” (FREE!)

Independence Day Federal Holiday, Thursday 07/04 🎆 The Thomas Jefferson Building, including the Great Hall and exhibition spaces, will be open to visitors with timed-entry passes on the federal Independence Day holiday. (FREE!)

Walking Tour: Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Capitol Hill, Thursday 07/04 🚶 Learn about Frederick Douglass as a resident of the Historic Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington and his activism as a Washingtonian. ($21.26 for students and veterans, $22.85 for adults)

Willard Ardbeg BBQ Classic | 4th of July Summer Soirée Block Party, Thursday 07/04 🎆 Join us for the Willard Ardbeg Annual Independence Day BBQ and Block Party - Summer Soirée Edition on the Scenic Café du Parc Terrace! (FREE!)

Stars, Stripes, & Sushi The Democracy of Omakase, Thursday 07/04 🍣 Join us for a Sky-High Spectacle of breathtaking views of the Washington D.C. fireworks display from our stunning skydeck. ($58.51)

Red, White, & Jazz: Independence Day Celebration, Thursday 07/04 🎆 Join us for a festive Independence Day celebration featuring live jazz music by Marcus Johnson and delicious Flo Wine in red and white! ($52.86)

Ocean Stories ~ The Italian Navy exhibition, Friday 07/05 🛶 A multimedia and immersive exhibition on the Italian Navy and its contributions to the world at the Embassy of Italy. (FREE!)

ArtWalk Dupont, Friday 07/05 🖼️ Join the Dupont Circle Business Improvement District on the first Friday of every month from 6-8 PM for ArtWalk Dupont! (FREE!)

Waikil Performance, Friday 07/05 🎵 Jaime Cuyanao Venegas is a Mapuche artist who, under the name of Waikil, makes rap music in Spanish and Mapuzungun (Mapuche language). He is currently working on an acoustic LP and videos with his band, and fusing genres of Latin American music, Mapuche music (ayekawe), and rap. (FREE!)

Spy Tour of Georgetown, Friday 07/05 🕵️ Explore the hidden history of this iconic neighborhood alongside a former intelligence officer. ($43.34)

Screening of Talks by Woven Histories Artists Ann Hamilton and Zoe Leonard, Saturday 07/06 🖼️ In conjunction with the Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction exhibition, we will be sharing two recorded talks by exhibition artists Ann Hamilton (2011) and Zoe Leonard (2018). (FREE!)

Dupont Circle BID presents: Music in the Circle, Saturday 07/06 🎵 Captivating live music in Dupont Circle Park for you to enjoy, every Saturday in July. (FREE!)

Exhibition Tour: Woven Histories, Saturday 07/06 🖼️ This tour of Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction reveals the myriad ways textiles intersect with and influence modern artists and movements, exploring the overlap between abstract art, fashion, design, and craft. (FREE!)

AfroAmp 2024 | Afrobeats & Amapiano Festival, Saturday 07/06 🎵 Grab some friends and celebrate the holiday with us at #AfroAmpFest at Culture DC. ($43.83 for general admission, $55.10 for VIP and stage pass)

Spy Tour of Georgetown, Sunday 07/07 🕵️ Explore the hidden history of this iconic neighborhood alongside a former intelligence officer. ($43.34)

Contempt Art Gallery, Sunday 07/07 📽️ Based on Alberto Moravia’s 1954 novel, Contempt (Le Mépris) follows screenwriter Michel Piccoli. As he attempts to doctor the script for a new film version of Homer’s The Odyssey, he is torn between the demands of a proud European director (played by legendary director Fritz Lang), a crude and arrogant American producer (Jack Palance), and his disillusioned and trapped wife, Camille (Brigitte Bardot). (FREE!)

👀 Looking Ahead! 👀 

The U.S. and NATO in a Changing World, Tuesday 07/09 🏫 Join us for a discussion on how the U.S. and NATO are adapting to a rapidly changing global landscape! (FREE!)

A Conversation with Hostage Negotiator Mickey Bergman, Thursday 07/11 🏫 Hostage negotiator, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, CEO, and author Mickey Bergman joins the Stimson Center to discuss his recently released book. (FREE!)

Europe’s Security After the Washington Summit: A Conversation with Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski, Friday 07/12 🇪🇺 NATO’s 75th anniversary is a cause for celebration, especially in the capitals of its Eastern European member states. Yet this year’s NATO summit is happening against the background of a protracted war waged by Russia against Ukraine, instability along the alliance’s eastern flank, and the Kremlin’s constant stream of threats directed at the West. Has the Washington summit lived up to expectations, and is a more stable, peaceful Europe within reach? (FREE!)

Shiri Achu 10th Anniversary 'InPrint' Exhibition - 45inPrint:DMV, Friday 07/12 🎨 From 35inPrint:LONDON to 45inPrint:DMV, you are cordially invited to the 10th Anniversary of Shiri Achu Art InPrint Art Exhibition. (FREE!)

Concert of Trio Chimera, Sunday 07/14 🎵 Founded in 2021 and based in Milan, the musicians studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern with Patrick Juedt and at the Stauffer Center for Strings in Cremona with the Quartetto di Cremona until 2023. (FREE!)

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