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December 1, 2016
Ticketed Assessing the Georgetown-Rosslyn Gondola Proposal

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December 1, 2016 6:00 PM
Ticketed Gingerbread Design Challenge
Emerging professionals: it's time for the annual tradition of building your own edible dream house
December 1, 2016 6:00 PM
December 3, 2016
Ticketed Family Gingerbread Workshop (Morning)

Gingerbread House Workshop

SOLD OUT
Saturday, December 3
10 am - 12 pm.



Get in the holiday spirit and construct your own gingerbread house with
your family and friends! Turn gingerbread walls and royal icing into a
delicious masterpiece. One hou...
December 3, 2016 10:00 AM
Open DISTRICT II Walking Tour
Join the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., and photographer and architectural history raconteur Chris Earnshaw for a stroll and discover the people, places and scenes of bygone downtown D.C.

December 3, 2016 1:00 PM
RSVP The Quartermaster

The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, M

Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union
Army

Robert O'Harrow, Jr, an award-winning investigative reporter for The
Washington Post discusses his new book, The Qu...
December 3, 2016 1:00 PM
Ticketed Family Gingerbread Workshop (Afternoon)

Gingerbread House Workshop

SOLD OUT
Saturday, December 3rd
2 pm–4 pm



Get in the holiday spirit and construct your own gingerbread house with
your family and friends! Turn gingerbread walls and royal icing into a
delicious ma
December 3, 2016 2:00 PM
December 4, 2016
Ticketed Family Gingerbread Workshop

Gingerbread House Workshop

SOLD OUT
Sunday, December 4
1 pm - 3 pm



Get in the holiday spirit and construct your own gingerbread house with
your family and friends! Turn gingerbread walls and royal icing into a
delicious masterpiece. One house is...
December 4, 2016 1:00 PM
December 5, 2016
Ticketed Dr. Ruth's Dollhouses
A one-of-a-kind evening with Dr. Ruth Westheimer. While most people are aware of her decades-long career as an influential sex therapist, they may not realize that Dr. Ruth is also a passionate collector of dollhouses.
December 5, 2016 6:30 PM
December 6, 2016
Open Little Builders Storytime
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.
Readings at 10:30 and 11:30 am. Free with admission to the Building Zone. Recommended for ages 3 to 5.
December 6, 2016 10:30 AM
December 7, 2016
Open Fall 2016 CityVision Design Showcase
Auditorium and Classroom 231

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Through research and hands-on prototyping, students from Takoma
Education Campus and School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens explored
the role of commemorative spaces in the city. They will present the
m...
December 7, 2016 6:00 PM
December 12, 2016
Ticketed Material Driven Expressions in Architecture: Timber
Susan Jones, founding principal of atelierjones, illustrates how architects choose materials to provoke emotional responses.
December 12, 2016 6:30 PM
December 13, 2016
Open Building Zone Closure

The Building Zone will be closed Tuesday, December 13, 2016.

December 13, 2016 10:00 AM
RSVP Teacher Workshop: Capturing the Art in Landscape Architecture
National Building Museum : Room 221

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Free for teachers. Registration required.

This workshop introduces the principles of landscape
architecture and explores how they are correspondent to the elements of
vis...
December 13, 2016 4:30 PM
December 15, 2016
Open "F Street, the Place on the Ridge" Film Screening
This video portrait of downtown D.C.'s historic Main Street looks at the history of F Street, NW, from Third to 15th Street.
December 15, 2016 6:30 PM

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