This weekend the DMV is packed with fun-filled and holistic events that center entertainment, healing and mental wellness and preparation for the new year.
Check out some of the local opportunities to start the new year off in good spirits, and remember: there鈥檚 always something happening in the DMV to keep your spirit 鈥 and social life 鈥 lit.
To keep up with all the fun, don鈥檛 forget to check out the 番茄社区app Calendar.
Thursday, Jan. 2
5 p.m. |
The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St NW, Washington, D.C., 20009
Start off 2025 with art, live music, specialty cocktails and mocktails, fun crafts, and more.
In the art workshop, set the intention to start fresh for the new year by creating a vision board and customize your own gratitude journal to document this year’s moments of growth, joy, and realization.
Features include D.C.-based band Everyday Everybody’s and explorations with鈥淏reaking It Down: Conversations from the Vault鈥 and 鈥淲illiam Gropper: Artist of the People.鈥 There will also be a soothing crystal bowl sound bath with Mel BeyondYoga, promoting clearing, cleansing, balancing, and healing鈥揳 great way to renew the body and mind in the new year.
Friday, Jan. 3
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Free
Glen Echo Park, 7300 Macarthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD 20812
With so many unique gifts, the Holiday Art Show & Sale is a great place to shop for holiday gifts or things to enjoy all year. The show features the Park’s resident artists and instructors, as well as other invited guests with works in: glass, ceramics, photography, painting, jewelry, holiday ornaments and more.
Also, The Park’s major resident visual arts organizations are represented, including the Art Glass Center, Glen Echo Glassworks, Glen Echo Pottery, SilverWorks, Photoworks, the Sculpture Studio, the Stone Tower Studio, and the Yellow Barn Studio.
7 p.m., 9 p.m. |
DC Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, D.C., 20036
Check out 鈥淭he Mix & Mingle Tour 2025,鈥 starring Sheryl Underwood, Kyle Erby and Mike Washington.
One of the hardest-working women in show business, Underwood made her first appearance at the DC Improv in the 1990s. Since that time, she has built a media empire鈥揷o-hosted 鈥淭he Talk,鈥 a daily panel show on CBS; been a regular on the Steve Harvey Morning Show; and currently hosts Sheryl Underwood Radio, in addition to serving as the CEO of Pack Rat Productions.聽
Her show is a no-holds-barred look at relationships, politics, current events and culture.
Saturday, Jan. 4
Black Mental Wellness Presents Elevate: A Vision Board Experience
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza, 1 Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Elevate is more than creating a vision board鈥搃t’s about creating a space to honor stories, reclaim power, and set bold intentions.
At Elevate, participants will:
- Learn how to turn your dreams into actionable goals and align your vision with clear, achievable steps toward success.
- Create goals to prioritize self-care, manage stress, and cultivate a mindset of wellness.
- Break free from limitations and imagine a future that is as extraordinary as your potential.
- Release what no longer serves you and embrace renewal. This is your moment to elevate and focus on growth, resilience, and peace.
The hope is that this event will help guests to envision their future, explore goals, and create a vision board that will set a powerful vision moving forward, while prioritizing mental health.
Emotional Healing: A Journey to Emotional Freedom
1 p.m. |
Meditation Museum, 9525 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Join the Meditation Museum for an upbeat, hands-on workshop designed to make emotional healing approachable and even enjoyable.
Experience creative exercises 鈥 including journaling, visualization, and group activities 鈥 as well as mindfulness magic and the chance to leave with practical everyday tools to continue nurturing emotional well-being and joy.
Together, attendees will dive into a refreshing process to release old emotions and bring a sense of ease and joy to the present moment.
Sunday, Jan. 5
Visual Humor at Del Ray Artisans Gallery
Noon – 6 p.m. | Free
Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Colesanto Park, 2704 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301
The joy found in comedy delights all. Visual Humor, a lighthearted exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery, offered artists the opportunity to provoke their own creativity in search of a chuckle. Visual Humor explores not only how ideas or objects are comical, but also what properties of a joke give it wings.
The Visual Humor art exhibit runs from Jan. 3 鈥 Feb. 1.
Cine-Concert: The Adventures of Prince Achmed
2 p.m. |
National Gallery of Art, Constitution Ave + 6th St, Washington, D.C., 20565
Considered the first feature-length animation and inspired by the tales known as the Arabian Nights, 鈥淭he Adventures of Prince Achmed鈥 tells the story of a young prince tricked by a wicked sorcerer into mounting a magical, flying horse steered on a course to their own demise.聽
Soaring headlong into a series of wondrous adventures and joining forces with the likes of Aladdin and a fabled witch, the prince evades his fate by saving a beautiful princess and battling with the sorcerer’s army of monsters.