Celebrate the final weeks of hometown DC! In mid-September, neighborhood installations from across the District will be brought together at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library.
Experience the complete exhibit celebrating Washington, DC as our hometown from September 15 through October 5.
Join us on September 16 in the MLK Library Auditorium for a special closing performance by the Verbal Gymnastics Theater Company. This interactive event will celebrate and highlight oral histories from the project and stories shared by audience members. This event is free and open to all ages.
hometown DC is a joint project of HumanitiesDC, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the DC History Center, and DC Public Library. Learn more about this project on the hometown DC page.
This project is sponsored by Washington Gas, and in connection with the Government of the District of Columbia, Mayor Muriel Bowser, and the National Endowment for the Arts. It is part of the DC 250 and By the People: Conversations Beyond 250 initiatives.
By the People: Conversations Beyond 250 is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils across the United States, its territories, and the District of Columbia in collaboration with local partners. Together, these programs explore 250 years of the nation’s cultural life and imagine its shared future. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage as a complement to the 2026 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
