PAST: Free Arts & Culture Events this Weekend from CultureCapital.com! FRI, Nov 4th - SUN, Nov 6th, Free

Here are some more great free arts and culture events happening this weekend (listed here in a separate post!) from CultureCapital.com. Please c

lick through for complete details about the event and location details!

Friday, November 4th

Art Opening

Tom Wolff's U Street Portrait Project

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Photographs of local business owners, residents, and artists along the U Street Corridor by nationally recognized photographer Tom Wolff. On view October 28th - December 17th.

Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center

Metro: U St, closest reached by any S bus along 16th St to U St

Saturday, November 5th

Art Opening

Haven and In The Vault

1:00pm

Openings for Haven, artist Pauline Jakobsberg's solo show, and In the Vault featuring works by Edward McCluney.

Washington Printmakers Gallery

Metro: Silver Spring

Youth Workshop

Culture Keepers’ Veterans Day Art Workshop

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Theme: Youth learn the stories of African-Americans who served in the Military through Prince George's history. Ages: 13 and up, registration requested.

North Brentwood Community Center (map from metro)

Metro: West Hyattsville and take a bus or taxi, it's less than 2 miles.

Artist Talk

Encaustic Demonstration with Jackie Hoysted

1:00pm

Hoysted will give a brief introduction to the history of encaustic painting - a process of painting with molten pigmented wax.The Art League

Metro: King Street and take the free trolley or a bus to the waterfront

Film Screening

For Florence

3:30pm - 4:30pm
A rare screening of famed Italian director Franco Zeffirelli's documentary containing the only known film footage of the Florence flood of November 1966.

National Gallery of Art

East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Metro: Judiciary Square, closest to the East Building

Sunday, November 6th

Workshop

Anglo-Saxon Culinary Expressions: A Cultural Odyssey

1:00pm

Though free, advance registration is required for this event.

Learn what foods Anglo-Saxons ate and how they prepared for daily meals or elaborate feasts. You'll even prepare and taste some samples yourself. Led by culinary expert Amy Riolo.

National Geographic

Metro: Farragut North or take the S2 or S4 bus along 16th St to M St

Dance - Open House

Greenbelt Dances! An Artful Afternoon

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Free dance workshops, performances, artists' studio open house and more
Greenbelt Community Center (map)

Metro: Greenbelt Metro and take a bus or taxi, under 2 miles

Free Admission to NMWA + In-Gallery Performance

Trove Trilogy

2:00pm

It's the first Sunday of the month - Free Community Day at NMWA!

Performance in gallery. Short character studies delve into the lives and works of 3 artists: 17th-Century artist Maria Sybilla Merian, photographer Berenice Abbott, and contemporary artist Alison Saar.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Metro: McPherson Sq

Film Screening

Le Cinéma Fantastique: Eyes Without a Face

4:00pm

Screening of film by Georges Franju, 1959, 35 mm, subtitles, 88 minutes.

National Gallery of Art

East Building, Concourse, Auditorium
Metro: Judiciary Square - closest to East Building

Culture Capital is a program of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, linking you to the Metro DC's vibrant arts community.

Want to see more upcoming free events and exhibitions on view in the DC metro area? Visit the customized Inside-Out page on their site designed especially for fans of Free in DC!