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Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden Opening Celebration Saturday!

By Prince Of Petworth

Huzzah!

“Opening Celebration:
Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
October 31, 2026 | 10:00 am–4:00 pm

Join us as we celebrate the reopening of the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden with a full weekend of art, creativity, and conversation. Be among the first to experience Hiroshi Sugimoto’s revitalized Garden, with 60 artworks on view throughout the reimagined space, as well as the inaugural West Lawn exhibition Yoshitomo Nara: Sentinels of Stillness!

Throughout the day, visitors of all ages can enjoy art-making activities inspired by the Sculpture Garden, including creating mini–sculpture gardens, air-dry clay sculptures, button making, sidewalk chalk art, and adding wishes for the future of the Garden to the Art School Wishing Tree. Visitors can also explore on their own with a Sculpture Garden scavenger hunt, relax in a reading and sketching corner, strike a pose at our photo station, and hear pop-up talks from select artists whose work is featured in the Garden.

Whether you’re revisiting this favorite space or discovering it for the first time, this free community celebration offers something for everyone while honoring the Sculpture Garden’s legacy as a place for creativity and community.

Free. All ages welcome.

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Announcement

Artful Evenings: Water’s Edge with Artist Sky Hopinka

By Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian

Reserve your spot for an after-hour event with multi-disciplinary artist Sky Hopinka, Thursday, Nov. 5, 6–9 PM. Experience monumental nature-inspired artworks in the Water’s Edge exhibition, make your own artwork to take home at the National Museum of the American Indian.

Sky Hopinka’s photo and video art—including This is a mnemonic for Truman Lowe in the museum’s collection—shares Truman Lowe’s interest in Indigenous homelands, cultural knowledge, and traditional practices. Hopinka contributed to the exhibition catalog for Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe, writing on Lowe’s lasting impact on his work. Hopinka joins the museum for this special after hours event featuring a screening of three of his short video works followed by a discussion with Rebecca Head Trautmann, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and exhibition curator, along with art-making activities, and time to enjoy Lowe’s work currently on view.   Sky Hopinka has been widely recognized for his experimental short films and photo-based works. A MacArthur Fellow, Guggenheim Fellow, and Forge Project Fellow, his work has been shown in major film festivals, museums, and international exhibitions and is in numerous prominent museum collections. Hopinka is currently an assistant professor in the department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University. 

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Event

DC Concert Orchestra: American Discoveries

Event location

Church of the Epiphany

1317 G St NW

Washington, District Of Columbia 20005

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Hear the DC Concert Orchestra in its season opener, “American Discoveries,” a collection of symphonic perspectives on American identity animated by folk music and anthems. The concert is 90 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

On the program:
Jessie Montgomery: Banner
Aaron Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Amy Beach: Symphony in E Minor (“Gaelic”), Op. 32

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What the Helen of Troy is This

“More ‘shipping to DC’ woes – a little different from the usual excuses…”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I saw your post about GameStop shipping, and wanted to share my recent experience ordering from a small craft supply website. They didn’t have DC in their dropdown menu, so I listed my address as Washington, MD, and I immediately followed up with an email to their help desk. They got back to me pretty quickly, and their reason for excluding DC was … a little different from the usual excuses…”

SW Waterfront

Mi Vida on the Wharf “closed for repairs” – “plan to reopen Mi Vida District Wharf in Q1 of 2027!”

By Prince Of Petworth

98 District Square, SW

Update: “Our location at the Wharf closed on September 17th due to a water leak from the restaurant tenant located above us. This issue caused significant damage throughout the 3-floor restaurant and we are using this time to not only repair the water damage but perform the location’s first renovation since opening in February 2018.

We plan to reopen Mi Vida District Wharf in Q1 of 2027!”

Yesterday when we spoke about Officina at The Wharf, the guy on Mintwood Place tells us: “And mi vida is closed until January according to their website.” (more…)

Holiday

Last* Christmas Tree in Town – Happy (almost) Halloween!!

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to Frank for sending from Capitol Hill/H Street, NE: “Happy Halloween. It’s just a little early for Christmas…”

***Last Christmas Tree in Town (definitely not the last) is brought to you by the Friends of Mizuta Masahide Society. Should we be blessed with any, please send your NOVEMBER tree sightings to [email protected] and let me know where you saw it. Thanks!

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