Events

CHAW will be closed on Tuesday November 11th in observance of Veteran's Day. All classes and lessons are canceled. We will reopen on Wednesday , November 12th.

CHAW will be closed Wednesday November 26th through Saturday November 29th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. All classes and lessons are canceled. We will reopen on Monday, December 1st.

A key component of this program is SHORTidotes 3.0—an English–Spanish short film festival curated by documentary photographer, independent reporter, and film curator Salym Fayad. Scheduled for Monday, December 15, 2025, 5:30pm and hosted by CHAW, the third edition, titled Alternative Narratives, will feature several short films by local filmmaker Alberto Roblest, who will also participate in a panel discussion alongside Magdalena Mieri, director of the […]

The Capitol Hill Art League will open its 15th annual open call exhibit with a reception on Saturday, February 7th, from 5:30-7:00 pm, at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop located at 545 7th Street, SE, Washington, DC. The Capitol Hill Art League is a visual arts program of The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop: https://chaw.org/ Juror, Barbara Januszkiewicz will discuss […]

Taffety Punk brings you the story of Beowulf as it was meant to be told - in the mead hall. Like the bards of old, Marcus Kyd narrates this heroic saga in a pop-up bar. Directed by company member Chris Curtis, the evening's minimalism yields epic depth in this retelling of our oldest surviving English […]

There are times when a production takes you into the essence of a Shakespeare play and effects a transformation. The emotion beneath the well-known words becomes clear in an entirely new way. That is what happens in Faction of Fools’ Much Ado About Nothing. Director Natalie Cutcher and her merry band of artists bring us a Much Ado that is both passionate and comic. Shakespeare and Commedia dell’arte, like Beatrice and Benedick, turn out to be a match made in heaven.
Much Ado About Nothing plays through May 2, 2026, presented by Faction of Fools Theatre Company performing in the black box theater inside the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop at 545 7th Street SE, Washington, DC. Tickets are on a sliding scale ($27, market rate; $37, “pay it forward”; $17, lower income/child) and can be purchased at the door and online.

Family-friendly, contains some PG-13 humor.

Join us on May 8 and 9 for an evening of music and musings about magical evenings, memories, and the best of the worst of times. Music direction by Barbara Schelstrate. Directed by Tracy Simpson. The cast includes Guy Bosworth, Susan Dye, Heather Frank, Caroline Kenney, Tom Michalisko, Marianne Glass Miller, Dean Reichard, Tracy Simpson, Lonny Smith, and Kerri Wilson. This promises to be a fun evening on Capitol Hill! As always, proceeds benefit tuition assistance at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW), helping to ensure that no child is ever turned away from arts classes due a lack of funds.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling CHAW at (202) 547-6839 or going online and searching for CHAWbaret 20. Performances are Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9 at 8:00pm. Doors open at 7:30pm. CHAW is located at 545 7th Street SE Washington DC 20003, at the corner of 7th and G Streets SE, just two blocks from Eastern Market metro station on the blue and orange lines.

Cut It Out: A Dangerously Absurd Paper Collage Making Session In this workshop, participants are invited to reject logic and take imagery entirely out of context. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Artist in Residence Khadija […]