Things to do in Bowie

NOV21SatSaturday, November 2138 events · Arts & Culture · Morning

1. 5 a.m.

   Two Capitals in One Day: Washington and Philadelphia from New York

   The Washington Monument$170.10+

   Arts & Culture

2. 9 a.m.

   Secret Portal Hunt and Tour

   The Mansion on O & O Street Museum$45.95

   Arts & Culture

3. 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.

   Dinosaurs-Themed Play @ the National Children’s Museum

   National Children's MuseumFamily

   Arts & Culture

4. 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.

   Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice (at the National Children's Museum)

   National Children's Museum$18.95Family

   Arts & Culture

5. 9:30 a.m.

   Free arts drop-in

   Lakeland College Park Community CenterFree

   Arts & Culture

6. 9:30 a.m.10:30 a.m.

   Spritual Formation Book Club

   United Parish of Bowie

   Community

7. 10 a.m.4 p.m.

   B&O Unlocked: B&O No. 147

   The National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation$0+

   Arts & Culture

8. 10 a.m.11:30 a.m.

   Charting Your Creative Course - Writing Workshop (Online) (Hybrid)

   50+ Center at the East Columbia Library

   Arts & Culture

9. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

   Crafty Kids Take-and-Make at Columbia Pike

   Arlington Public Library - Columbia Pike LibraryFamily

   Family & Kids

10. 10 a.m.11:30 a.m.

    Discovering Alexandria Architecture Walking Tour

    Carlyle House Historic Park

    Arts & Culture

11. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

    Esther Bubley: Photographing the Homefront

    Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$0+

    Arts & Culture

12. 10 a.m.2:30 p.m.

    Genealogy Workshop: Black History Revealed

    Arlington Central Library: Quincy Room

    Classes & Talks

13. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

    General Admission November 2026

    Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

    Arts & Culture

14. 10 a.m.4:30 p.m.

    imagiNATIONS Activity Center at National Museum of the American Indian

    National Museum of the American Indian National MallFreeFamily

    Family & Kids

15. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

    Interwoven: A Tradition of Textiles

    Hillwood Estate, Museum and GardensFree

    Arts & Culture

16. 10 a.m.

    Marwan Chamaa: America 250 Immersive Art Installation

    Museum of Illusions Washington DC$23.95+

    Arts & Culture

17. 10 a.m.12 p.m.

    November Meetup: Score by Kennedy Ryan

    Urban Roast DC

    Arts & Culture

18. 10 a.m.4 p.m.

    November Theresa's Table: Slow Shopping at Open to Being letterpress studio

    Open to Being Studio and ShopFree

    Arts & Culture

19. 10 a.m.2 p.m.

    Open Studio at the Hirshhorn Museum

    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenFreeFamily

    Arts & Culture

20. 10 a.m.4 p.m.

    Out of Bounds

    The Kreeger Museum$0+

    Arts & Culture

21. 10 a.m.12 p.m.

    Radical Sewing Club-ALX 2026

    Del Ray Artisans Gallery

    Classes & Talks

22. 10 a.m.12 p.m.

    Wellness Market

    The Collective

    Health & Wellness

23. 10 a.m.

    Racquel Keller: Analyze This

    Montpelier Cultural Arts Center

    Arts & Culture

24. 10:30 a.m.11 a.m.

    Astronomy Program

    National Mall in front of Air & Space Museum

    Outdoors

25. 10:30 a.m.12 p.m.

    National Gallery of Art: Small-Group Tour for Curious People

    National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden$32.78

    Arts & Culture

26. 11 a.m.11:30 a.m.

    Art Walk

    National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian InstitutionFreeFamily

    Classes & Talks

27. 11 a.m.4 p.m.

    Baltimore Author Book Exhibition

    Inner HarborFree

    Arts & Culture

28. 11 a.m.12 p.m.

    Court of Fiction Book Club: "Mistress of the Art of Death"

    Arlington Public Library - Courthouse Library

    Community

29. 11 a.m.12 p.m.

    Court of Fiction Book Club: "The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel"

    Arlington Public Library - Courthouse Library

    Community

30. 11 a.m.

    Crafternoons @ Union Market with Shop Made in DC

    Shop Made In DC - Union MarketFreeFamily

    Family & Kids

31. 11 a.m.1 p.m.

    Friendsgiving Meetup (with a potluck after)

    Java Loco - Mt. Vernon

    Arts & Culture

32. 11 a.m.4 p.m.

    Local by Design at The Gallery

    Local by Design at The GalleryFree

    Arts & Culture

33. 11 a.m.3 p.m.

    Official Book Launch of Hearts Restored by Dominique Danquah, LCSW, CCTP

    2244 14th St NFree

    Arts & Culture

34. 11 a.m.12:30 p.m.

    Pratt Page-Turners Book Club

    Enoch Pratt Free Library - Central Library

    Arts & Culture

35. 11 a.m.12:15 p.m.

    Sound Baths at NCO Gallery | The Square

    1850 K St NW$47.19

    Arts & Culture

36. 11 a.m.6 p.m.

    To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare

    Folger Shakespeare LibraryFree

    Theater & Dance

37. 11:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.

    Rencontres Cinematographiques Du Dmv 2026

    Takoma Park Community CenterFree

    Arts & Culture