Here are some more great free arts and culture events from CultureCapital.com! This site is a fantastic resource for events provided by CultureCapital (formerly known as the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington) a wonderful organization that supports and highlights the DC metro area's vibrant and diverse arts community!
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Wednesday, April 9th
Lunchtime - Gallery Talk at the NMWA - Metro Center
Gallery Talk: Textiles in Art
12:00pm - 12:30pm
This week, Associate Educator Addie L. Gayoso discusses crazy quilts featured in Workt by Hand: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts. This talk will explore the organized chaos - myriad fabrics, stitches, and colors - that compose these intricate works of art.
Note: Talk is free, if you want to tour the museum before or after, admission applies. If you want to come back to see the art, admission is free on the first Sunday of the month.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Meet at Information Desk
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Metro: Metro Center or take any number of buses that go to 13th & H St NW
Evening - Special Event at the Goethe - Chinatown
Hear Now: An evening with Bilal Qureshi (NPR, All Things Considered)7:00pm
Hear Now, an informal group of local producers and radiophiles, presents cutting-edge listening experiences and discussions as well as a chance to hear what’s going on in public radio across the country and around the world. Bilal Qureshi shares excerpts of his recent reporting and personal travels through Pakistan. Bilal Qureshi is a multimedia journalist interested in the intersection of international politics and culture. He's a producer with NPR's All Things Considered and a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Columbia School of Journalism.
Goethe-Institut
812 Seventh Street, NW
Metro: Gallery Pl - Chinatown or take the Circulator bus to 7th & Mass and walk south on 7th
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Thursday, April 10th 
Evening - Improv and Open Mic - McLean, VA
Code 20: Proceeed to Improv
7:00pm
Presented by The Alden. This free coffeehouse-style night of improv and open mic performances is hosted by The Alden's Studio Rep, the only professional teen repertory company in the Greater McLean area. Always free and always the second Thursday of the month, this interactive show encourages audiences to join in the improv or jam out during open mic. The best of the DMV's improv teams headline each show. Come for the laughs or come to play along, Code 20 has something for everyone.
Old Firehouse Teen Center
1440 Chain Bridge Rd - McLean, VA
Metro: Ballston and take the 23A bus towards Tysons Corner - Westpark, 16 minutes, to Chain Bridge Rd & McLean Shopping Center, see metro trip-planner for best bus access.
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Friday, April 11th
Evening - Documentary Film Screening at the Embassy of Argentina - Dupont Circle
Astor Piazzolla in Portrait
6:30pm
Presented by Pan American Symphony Orchestra
Exploring Piazzolla’s vibrant musical influence around the world, this documentary charts the events of his turbulent, complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazzolla himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him.
Embassy of Argentina
1600 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Metro: Dupont Circle
Evening - Film Screening and Live Musical Performance - Archives
Umi Yama Ahida: In Between Mountains and Oceans (Film)
7:00pm
Masaaki Miyazawa’s new film Umi Yama Ahida: In Between Mountains and Oceans uses breathtaking imagery to explain Japanese methods of environmental sustainability and protection of forests. The screening will be followed by a live performance by the AUN-J-Classic Orchestra, who provided music for the film.National Archives
between 7th & 9th on Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
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Saturday, April 12th
Afternoon - Family-Friendly Event - Brentwood, MD
Easter Egg Decorating
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Come out and decorate some eggs for Easter at this free, family-friendly workshop! Yes, there will be glitter. Kids get their first two eggs for free. Additional eggs available to purchase 2 for $1.
Brentwood Arts Exchange
At the Gateway Arts Center
3901 RI Ave - Brentwood, MD
Metro: See metro trip-planner for best bus access from metro
Afternoon - Art Talk - Upper Georgetown
Gallery Talk on Oleg Kudryashov by Christopher With
2:15pm
Free gallery talk on Oleg Kudryashov given by Christopher With, a distinguished lecturer for many years at the National Gallery of Art and a long time collector of and expert on the work of the artist.
Robert Brown Gallery
1662 33rd St, NW
near Reservoir Rd, south of R St
Metro: See metro trip-planner for best bus access from metro, or take the Circulator, Union-Station, Georgetown route, to the stop closest to Reservoir Rd, near the end of the line
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Sunday, April 13th
Afternoon - Art Reception - Old Town Alexandria, VA
Newly Juried Artists of the Torpedo Factory Artists' Association: Reception
3:00pm - 5:00pm
(note: was listed as Thursday originally, new date and time)
Target Gallery welcomes the new artists of the Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association (TFAA). These artists are selected through the TFAA’s Annual Jury process, where an outside panel of art experts selects new 2D and 3D artists each year.
Target Gallery in the Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 North Union St
Old Town, Alexandria, VA near the Waterfront
Metro: King St and take the free trolley down to the Waterfront or catch any bus from the metro that runs down King St or gets you close to the Waterfront
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