Hill Center

01/08/2025

Sign up now for Susan Barocas' class on how to make easy, delicious, and healthy winter green meals! We also are offering a special sale: Purchase tickets to both Susan’s January 15th and March 19th classes and Save 10%, learn more:

Special Sale: Purchase tickets to both Susan’s January 15th and March 19th classes and Save 10%. Use Discount Code Barocas10 at Checkout. Cooking for One is back in January and March with Chef Susan Barocas! We know greens are so important to our health, but sometimes it can be harder in winter t

01/08/2025

American songwriters Liam Robinson and Jean Rohe came together over fifteen years ago to form Robinson & Rohe. With the release of their album, "Into the Night," they come to Hill Center to perform live!
Come see them for yourself: https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/stone-room-concerts-hill-center-featuring-acclaimed-singer-songwriters-robinson-rohe/

01/06/2025

Ever wanted to learn how to cook Belgian food? North African?
Prep a meal for one or two or the Luna Year?
We have all these cooking classes covered this month, sign up before they sell out: https://www.hillcenterdc.org/events/category/cooking-classes-tastings/

Cooking Classes & Tastings

01/06/2025

On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, Janine Joseph come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog

You can also buy tickets now:

The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexand...

01/06/2025

Please join us on Wednesday, January 15th for an Opening Reception showcasing our new exhibits from amazing local artists all across DC, Maryland and Virginia! During the Opening Reception prizes will be awarded, you wont want to miss it!
https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/hill-center-galleries-2025-regional-juried-show-opening-reception/
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01/05/2025

Join celebrated Executive Pastry Chef Padua “SugaChef” Player for a delightful afternoon on Feb 9th of baking and creativity in his Vintage Valentine Cake class! In this hands-on session, you will learn how to create a charming, 7 inch, heart-shaped cake adorned with luscious pink frosting and topped with playful maraschino cherries:

Making Life Sweeter, One Dessert at a Time Join celebrated Executive Pastry Chef Padua "SugaChef" Player for a delightful afternoon of baking and creativity in his Vintage Valentine Cake class! In this hands-on session, you will learn how to create a charming, 7 inch, heart-shaped cake adorned with

01/04/2025

Next week, American songwriters Liam Robinson and Jean Rohe are performing at Hill Center in honor of their album, "Into the Night," get your tickets now: https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/stone-room-concerts-hill-center-featuring-acclaimed-singer-songwriters-robinson-rohe/ Stone Room Concerts Robinson & Rohe

““…all the vibes I love about folk music — well-crafted songs written from the heart and played with the hands, harmonies that lift the spirit…”” — Ani DiFranco Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday American songwriters Liam Robinson (banjo, accordion, vocal...

01/03/2025

Gentle yoga is back starting January 7th, taught by experienced yoga teacher Jayanti Harrison of District Flow Yoga! Start the year right by prepping your body with a sense of balance, strength, and awareness, sign up now:
https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/gentle-yoga-of-district-flow-yoga-8-weeks-starts-november-19-2/2025-01-07/

Join District Flow Yoga and Hill Center for a yoga class catered to older students! A yoga practice can contribute to your overall sense of well-being, contentment, ability to relax, sense of balance, strength, and body awareness. This class series, taught by experienced yoga teacher Jayanti

01/02/2025

✨🎨Kickstart Your Creative Journey This New Year! ✨🎨
Sign up today and explore the endless possibilities that await you in our watercolor and linocut printing workshops with Christine Vineyard, starting Jan 25! Bring your imagination to life, and let's make this new year a canvas of creativity and joy. https://www.hillcenterdc.org/events/category/studio-arts/

Enroll now and start your artistic journey! Let's make 2025 a year of colorful creations and bold expressions!

Studio Arts

01/01/2025

🌟 Embrace the New Year with a New Skill! 🌟

Unleash the linguist within you in 2025 and take the first step toward fluency! 🗣️
French and Spanish classes at different levels begin on Jan 27

Don’t miss out on these incredible opportunities!

Sign up now and start your language journey today: https://www.hillcenterdc.org/events/category/languages-humanities/

Humanities & Performing Arts

12/31/2024

What a year 2024 was! Here is a video of some highlights we had: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHVk24pTUD4&t=17s

#2024

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital programs thrive because of support from wonderful friends, neighbors and businesses.

12/29/2024

Celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year with us and Janet L Cam by learning how to cook the celebratory dishes she prepares every year in honor of the year of the Snake!
https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/celebrate-chinese-lunar-new-year-of-the-snake-4723-with-janet-cam/

12/27/2024

American songwriters Liam Robinson and Jean Rohe came together over fifteen years ago to create Robinson & Rohe. With the release of their album, Into the Night, they come to Hill Center to perform live! About their debut album, musician DiFranco said, "(It) has all the vibes I love about folk music."
Come see them for yourself: https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/stone-room-concerts-hill-center-featuring-acclaimed-singer-songwriters-robinson-rohe/

And a fun fact for fans of Broadway: Liam is the music director/vocal arranger of the Tony Award-sweeping musical Hadestown!

12/25/2024

We are very thankful for all our patrons, here is a video we made recently about this year's activities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHVk24pTUD4&t=17s

#2024

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital programs thrive because of support from wonderful friends, neighbors and businesses.

12/23/2024

In January, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, Janine Joseph come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog

You can also buy tickets now:

The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexand...

12/22/2024

Need a last-minute gift idea? We've got you covered with our newly designed gift certificates! These work for anything at Hill Center: workshops, concerts, language courses, artwork, even renting space for a private event, it is perfect for your loved ones! https://www.hillcenterdc.org/product-category/gift-certificates/

12/19/2024

This Friday, Celebrate the warmth of the season as Vox Pulchra joins award-winning artist Tina Chancey for a concert of beautiful holiday music spanning centuries and continents! https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/holiday-music-spanning-the-centuries-featuring-vox-pulchra-and-celebrated-multi-instrumentalist-tina-chancey/
The Capitol Hill Chorale

Celebrate the warmth of the season as Vox Pulchra joins award-winning artist Tina Chancey for a concert of beautiful holiday music spanning centuries and continents. Vox Pulchra, all members of the Capitol Hill Chorale, have delighted audiences around the DMV with programs of music from Western and