This page includes links to general guides, cultural events calendars, calendars of talks and discussions, professional sports team calendars, and dining guides. (Please scroll down.)
General Guides
Cultural Tourism DC
www.culturaltourismdc.org
Cultural Tourism DC publishes a weekly e-mail newsletter of activities in Washington, D.C.
Downtown DC
downtowndc.org
About.com – Washington DC Travel
godc.about.com
About.com – A Guide to Washington, DC; Maryland and Virginia
dc.about.com
The New York Times – Washington, DC Travel Guide
travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/washington-dc
The Washington Post – Going Out Guide
www.washingtonpost.com/gog
District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities
dcarts.dc.gov/DC/DCARTS/Events/Event+Calendar
Things To Do DC
thingstododc.com
We Love DC
www.welovedc.com
DC By Foot (Free walking tours)
dcbyfoot.com
Cultural Events
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/?fuseaction=showalpha
National Symphony Orchestra
www.kennedy-center.org/nso/schedule_11.cfm
Washington National Opera
www.dc-opera.org/calendar.html
Wolf Trap
www.wolftrap.org/Find_Performances_and_Events.htmlx
Shakespeare Theatre Company
www.shakespearetheatre.org/calendar/
National Gallery of Art
nga.gov/ginfo/calendar.shtm
Corcoran Gallery of Art
getinvolved.corcoran.org/calendar
The Phillips Collection
www.phillipscollection.org/calendar/
Folger Shakespeare Library
folger.edu/whatson.cfm
Goethe Institut Washington
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/enindex.htm
Alliance Française de Washington DC
www.francedc.org/en/CulturalEvents.htmlx
Talks and Discussions
Smithsonian Institution
si.edu/events
National Archives
www.archives.gov/dc-metro/events/
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/loc/events
Newseum
newseum.org/plan-your-visit/calendar-of-events
National Geographic Society
events.nationalgeographic.com/events
National Building Museum
www.nbm.org/programs-lectures/
International Spy Museum
spymuseum.org/calendar
Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse – Guest Speakers
politics-prose.com/event
The National Press Club
www.press.org/events
The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.welcome
World Affairs Council
www.worldaffairsdc.org
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
csis.org/events/
Brookings Institution
www.brookings.edu/events.htmlx
Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
www.sais-jhu.edu/calendar
The Heritage Foundation
www.heritage.org/events
Cato Institute
www.cato.org/events/calendar.html
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
www.aei.org/events?uc=1
Center for American Progress
www.americanprogress.org/events
New America Foundation
newamerica.net/events
United States Institute of Peace
www.usip.org/events
National Endowment for Democracy
ned.org/events
Asia Society
asiasociety.org/events-calendar
Atlantic Council
www.acus.org/events
The Middle East Institute
www.mei.edu/Events.htmlx
Bipartisan Policy Center
www.bipartisanpolicy.org/events
Economic Policy Institute
www.epi.org/pages/calendar/
Center for Global Development
www.cgdev.org/section/events
Institute of World Politics
www.iwp.edu/events/
Institute for Policy Studies
www.ips-dc.org/events
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
www.potomacinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=66&Itemid=91
Urban Institute
www.urban.org/events/
Resources for the Future
www.rff.org/Events/Pages/EventsList.htmlx
National Economists Club
national-economists.org/calendar.html
American Institute For Contemporary German Studies
www.aicgs.org/eventlist/
Philosophical Society of Washington
philsoc.org
Sports
Washington Nationals
mlb.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=WAS
Washington Redskins
www.redskins.com/gen/games/schedule.jsp
Washington Wizards
www.nba.com/wizards/schedule
Washington Capitals
capitals.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm
D.C. United
www.dcunited.com/schedule
Dining Guides
DCFoodies.com
www.dcfoodies.com
Tyler Cowen’s Ethnic Dining Guide
tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com
The Washington Post’s Restaurant Guide
www.washingtonpost.com/gog/dc-restaurants.html
Washingtonian Magazine’s Food and Dining Guide
www.washingtonian.com/sections/restaurants
WETA Guide to Neighborhood Eats
www.weta.org/tv/local/wetaguide/neighborhoodeats
WETA Guide to Fine Dining
www.weta.org/tv/local/wetaguide/finedining
Urban Spoon
www.urbanspoon.com/c/7/Washington-DC-restaurants.html
Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” Recommendations
www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/anthony-bourdain/episodes/washington-dc