Sketchbook Club: Cecilia Beaux’s Sita and Sarita

Wed · Oct 28·7 PM – 7:30 PM·National Gallery of Art, Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20565

Sketchbook Club: Cecilia Beaux’s Sita and Sarita (National Gallery of Art) — Hands‑on activities exploring the artwork.

Tue · Oct 27·9 AM – 7 PM·Parklands-Turner Neighborhood Library · Washington

Pumpkin Decorating Contest (Parklands‑Turner Neighborhood Library) — participants receive pumpkins to paint and craft into favorite book characters, displayed for community voting, ages 5+.

Tue · Oct 27·10 AM – 11 AM·Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · Washington

Ghost hunt through Hirshhorn galleries solving the mystery of footprints in Annette Lemieux’s 1988 Nomad, followed by read‑aloud, felt play and art project, for ages 6 and under.

Tue · Oct 27·10:30 AM – 11:30 AM·Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library · Washington

Spooky-season storytime with Halloween costumes and a haunted craft at Lamond‑Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library, ages 5 and under.

Tue · Oct 27·6:30 PM – 8 PM·Hill Center DC, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC

Four‑session adult drawing course at Hill Center DC, guiding participants through basic techniques and completing a personal image‑based drawing, for ages 18 and up.

Tue · Oct 27·6 PM – 7 PM·Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library · Washington

Paint and decorate a pumpkin with supplied paints, decorations and snacks, pumpkins handed out first‑come, first‑served at Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library, for ages 5–12.

Tue · Oct 27·4 PM – 6 PM·Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Neighborhood Library · Washington

Make sock puppets with assorted materials at Benning Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library, ages 5 and up.

Wed · Oct 28·10 AM·Ronald Reagan Building & ITC Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20004

Fall Festival on Woodrow Wilson Plaza (Ronald Reagan Building) — pumpkin decorating, hay bale maze, face painting, balloon twisting, stilt walkers, live DJ music, complimentary cider, all ages, free.

Tue · Oct 27·12 PM – 1 PM·West Building, Main Floor, Rotunda, National Gallery of Art, Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20565

Guided tours explore Italian Renaissance works in the West Building’s Rotunda at the National Gallery of Art.

Tue · Oct 27·1 PM – 2 PM·West Building, Main Floor, Rotunda, National Gallery of Art, Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20565

Guided tours explore American Art in the West Building’s Rotunda at the National Gallery of Art.

Tue · Oct 27·2 PM – 3 PM·East Building, Ground Level, Atrium, National Gallery of Art, Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20565

Guided tours explore modern and contemporary art in the East Building atrium at the National Gallery of Art.