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Pride celebrations, outdoor concerts, gallery gatherings and major theater openings will crowd the Northern Virginia and Washington area from Thursday, June 4, through Sunday, June 7. The weekend also brings Vietnamese Heritage Day to Falls Church, a summer kickoff at West Falls and several free museum events.
Pride Month begins across the region
Fairfax Pride will open the month with a free, family-friendly celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at the Sherwood Center, 3740 Blenheim Blvd. in Fairfax. The event, sponsored by Bond Vet, will feature community vendors, music, face painting, caricatures and children’s activities.
The City of Fairfax Regional Library will continue the celebration with Pride Storytime from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. June 22. The all-ages program will feature “Worm Loves Worm,” “Peanut Goes for the Gold,” songs, rhymes and a rainbow craft.
Children ages 10 to 14 can make rainbow sheep from air-dry clay during a Pride craft session from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. June 28. Both library programs will be held in meeting rooms 101-A and 101-B.
National Landing’s Water Park, 1601 Crystal Drive, will host an LGBTQ+ Pride Month Party from 6 to 9 p.m. June 6, with music, dancing, drag performances and a signature cocktail.
In Washington, Grassroots Comedy will present a benefit show for the DC LGBTQ+ Community Center from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 5, at the Festival Center. Happy hour begins at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8.
The lineup includes Anthony Oakes, Violet Gray, Joe Yuke and additional performers, with Laura Arago hosting and cocktails from Hustle Hut. Tickets start at $15.18, and a portion of the proceeds will support the center.
Shop Made in DC, 1304 Wisconsin Ave. NW, will open “PROUD 2026” with a free reception from 5 to 8 p.m. June 5. The exhibition showcases LGBTQIA+ artists working in multiple mediums and remains open through July 6.
Capital Pride’s annual celebration will follow with events scheduled from June 12 through June 19 at varying times.
Vietnamese culture takes over Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill Farmhouse, 312 Park Ave. in Falls Church, will host Vietnamese Heritage Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 6.
Presented in partnership with the Vietnamese Literary and Artistic Club, the free event will explore the local Vietnamese community’s culture through antiques, food, music, dance and fashion. Registration is not required.
Live music moves outdoors
Wilbur’s Redemption, described as a neighborhood front-porch band, will perform at 5:30 p.m. June 6 at Clare & Don’s Beach Shack, 130 N. Washington St. in Falls Church.
The Salsa Room, 8453 Tyco Road in Tysons, lists Latin Dance Saturday programming for June 6 and 7 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. DJ AC will mix reggaeton, salsa, bachata, merengue and cumbia, while Oriana will lead salsa classes from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Admission is free for women. The event is limited to guests 21 and older, and free parking is available.
Carly Harvey will launch the 2026 Lubber Run Concert Series with a free performance at 8 p.m. June 6 at Lubber Run Amphitheater, 200 N. Columbus St. in Arlington.
The series continues through Aug. 2, with concerts generally scheduled for 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. Sundays. The lineup spans blues, soul, big band, orchestral music and cabaret.
Gary Clark Jr. will return to Wolf Trap’s Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road in Vienna, at 7:30 p.m. June 6. Gates open at 6:30 p.m., and Mississippi blues guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram will open. Tickets begin at $58, including fees and parking.
Jazz singer Ekep Nkwelle will perform from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4, at the Library of Congress’ Coolidge Auditorium. The concert was rescheduled from Nov. 6, 2025.
Nkwelle attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Howard University, earned a master’s degree in 2023 and received the Juilliard Career Advancement Grant at age 24 after a nomination by Wynton Marsalis. Her collaborators have included Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves and Dee Dee Bridgewater. Admission is free, but tickets are required.
The Wharf’s Grooves in the Grove series also returns June 4. DeJay Sax will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. near bartaco at 760 Maine Ave. SW.
Later dates feature Tre4rmDC on June 18 and 25, Alisha Glover on June 25, and recurring performances by DeJay Sax, Sterling Anderson, Tre4rmDC and Glover through Sept. 3.
At Metropolitan Park, the Eric Byrd Trio will open the free Jazz at Metropolitan Park series from 5 to 7 p.m. June 4. The trio—Eric Byrd, Alphonso Young Jr. and Will Hazel—draws from swing, bebop, gospel and blues.
The event at 1330 S. Fair St. will include food vendors, Mocktail Club samples and an artist-led Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington studio session. Resident artist Lauren Crawford will guide participants in stitching paths through a home onto burlap squares for a collective quilt.
The concert series is presented by the DC Jazz Festival and National Landing BID, with sponsorship from Amazon and additional support from the Galena-Yorktown Foundation and the Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation.
Dancing returns to The Wharf
The Wharf will begin its Friday Night Dancing series at 7 p.m. June 5 on Transit Pier, 970 Wharf St. SW.
The opening event features swing instruction from Gottaswing and live swing and Americana music by The Thrills. Country line dancing with DC Rawhides and Shawn Parsons & The Secret Service follows July 3, and Salsa with Silvia and Cubano Groove are scheduled for Aug. 7.
The free events are open to all ages, although alcohol is restricted to guests 21 and older. Dancing begins with instruction before the floor opens to everyone.
New films and outdoor screenings
“Backrooms,” a 105-minute R-rated horror and science-fiction film directed by Kane Parsons, is showing at Paragon Theaters Founders Row, 112 Founders Ave. in Falls Church. Listed showtimes are 4, 6:45, 9 and 9:30 p.m.
The story begins when a strange doorway appears in a furniture showroom basement. The cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Avan Jogia and Lukita Maxwell.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will screen “Sun Ra: Do the Impossible” from 7 to 10 p.m. June 5 at 641 D St. NW. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
The documentary examines Sun Ra’s life, music and influence on Afrofuturism and artistic expression. A panel discussion and reception will follow. The all-ages event is organized by the Home Rule Music and Film Preservation Foundation, with tickets priced at $10.
Sunset Cinema at The Wharf begins its Wednesday schedule June 10 with “Hairspray.” Movies start at 7:30 p.m. on Transit Pier, with limited Adirondack chairs available at 7 p.m. Visitors may bring blankets or folding chairs.
The remaining schedule includes:
- June 17: “Sinners”
- July 1: “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”
- July 8: “Hamilton”
- July 15: “A League of Their Own”
- July 22: “Catch Me If You Can”
- July 29: “Apollo 13”
- Aug. 5: “Roman Holiday”
- Aug. 12: “10 Things I Hate About You”
- Aug. 19: “F1”
- Aug. 26: “Project Hail Mary”
- Sept. 2: “When Harry Met Sally” and “First Wives Club”
The screenings are family-friendly, and leashed dogs are welcome. Closed captions are available upon request.
The National Gallery of Art will screen “Museum of the Night” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7, in the East Building’s Large Auditorium.
Fermín Eloy Acosta’s 2023 documentary explores avant-garde theater and cinema in early-1970s New York through photographer Leandro Katz’s experiences. The 90-minute film is in English and Spanish with English subtitles.
The Library of Congress will present “The Disappearance of Miss Scott” from 5 to 7 p.m. June 4 in the James Madison Building’s Mumford Room. Admission is free with registration.
Directed by Nicole London, the documentary follows pianist, singer and actor Hazel Scott from her success on Broadway, in Hollywood and as the first African American to host her own television show through her civil-rights activism and blacklisting during the Red Scare.
Sheryl Lee Ralph voices excerpts from Scott’s unpublished autobiography. The film also includes interviews with musicians Camille Thurman and Jason Moran, Scott’s son Adam Clayton Powell III and biographer Karen Chilton. It was runner-up for the 2023 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
Theater stages fill with premieres and final performances
“Little Women: The Musical” concludes its run June 7 at Creative Cauldron, 127 E. Broad St. in Falls Church. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
Laura Connors Hull directs the adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel, with music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and a book by Allen Knee. Tickets range from $25 for students to $50 for tier-one seating.
Dominion Stage’s “Dead Air” continues through June 13 at Theatre on the Run, 3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive in Arlington. Written by Greg Jones Ellis and directed by Eleanore Tapscott, the play follows television host Reggie as her public advice-giving career grows while her marriage and relationship with her reclusive son deteriorate.
Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” opens June 4 at 1st Stage, 1524 Spring Hill Road in Tysons, and runs through June 21. Alex Levy directs the play, which traces the controversy surrounding the 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s “God of Vengeance” and the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it.
Open-captioned performances are scheduled for June 11, 12, 13 and 14. The June 14 matinee will be audio-described, and masks will be required for the June 13 evening performance.
Post-show conversations will feature the design team June 6, Levy on June 7 and the cast on June 13.
Mosaic Theater Company’s world premiere of “Precarious” also opens June 4 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE, and continues through June 28. Written by Steph Del Rosso and directed by Jaki Bradley, the comedy follows recently retired Violet as she confronts a new phase of life, her daughter Tilly, a heat wave, climate change and generational divisions.
Justin Weaks’ “A Fine Madness” begins a local tour June 5. The work combines poetry, games, music, science and storytelling while drawing from Weaks’ experience as a Black gay man in Washington who has been newly diagnosed with HIV.
Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and choreographed by Tony Thomas, the production plays Dupont Underground June 5-7, Hamiltonian Artists June 11-14 and the Nicholson Project June 25-28.
Accessibility offerings include audio description June 7, a masks-required performance June 11, open captions June 13 and ASL interpretation June 27.
Theater J will present a staged reading of Kendell Pinkney’s “I Know of Plagues” at 7:30 p.m. June 6, following a 6 p.m. cocktail reception and artist conversation.
Directed by Reginald L. Douglas, the play follows the Shapiro-Rosenblatt-Cunningham family’s Passover gathering in White Plains, New York. The return of an estranged daughter with an unexpected guest forces the family to confront disputes involving race, politics, religion and long-held grudges.
Carla Hall’s world-premiere solo show, “Please Underestimate Me,” continues through July 12 at Olney Theatre Center. Hall, Lori Kaye and Leslie Thomas wrote the production, which Lili-Anne Brown directs.
The show follows Hall from Tennessee and Howard University to the Paris fashion world and television fame, while examining authenticity, sexism, expectations surrounding Black excellence and efforts to suppress her individuality. Tickets range from $52 to $116, including fees, and the show carries PG-13 guidance for language and mature themes.
Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Sally & Tom” runs through June 28 at Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway in Bethesda. Timothy Douglas directs the regional premiere about a theater group staging a play centered on Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson.
The production runs about two hours and 50 minutes with an intermission and is recommended for ages 13 and older. It contains profanity, racial slurs, sexual content and references to enslavement, rape and suicide.
An audio-described matinee is scheduled June 6. Open-captioned performances are planned for June 7, 13 and 20, with Pride Night June 12, HBCU Night June 17, a relaxed performance June 20 and a masks-required matinee June 27.
“Othello,” starring Wendell Pierce in the title role and Ben Turner as Iago, has been extended through June 28 at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Harman Hall. Simon Godwin directs the approximately three-hour production.
Signature Theatre’s “Pippin” continues through July 26 at 4200 Campbell Ave. in Arlington. Matthew Gardiner directs the Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson musical about Charlemagne’s restless heir and his pursuit of an extraordinary life.
The production runs approximately two hours and 15 minutes. It uses strobe lighting, loud noises, haze and fire and includes adult language, sexual content, drug use, violence, war, death and discussion of suicide. It is recommended for mature teenagers and adults.
“The Drowsy Chaperone” closes June 6 at the Little Theatre of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe St. Performances begin at 8 p.m., with reserved tickets priced at $36.
The five-time Tony Award-winning musical follows a man whose recording of a fictional 1928 show comes to life. Krissy McGregor directs, Benjamin Simpson choreographs and Owen Posnett serves as music director.
Constellation Theatre Company’s “OR,” ends June 7 at 1835 14th St. NW. Liz Duffy Adams’ 90-minute comedy follows spy, poet and playwright Aphra Behn through one chaotic night of espionage, romance and deadline pressure in 1660s England.
Allison Arkell Stockman directs. The production is recommended for ages 13 and older and includes coarse language and references to sexual content, sexual assault, violence, grief, smoking and weapons.
“The Motion” continues through June 14 at Arena Stage. Written by Christopher Chen and directed by Hana S. Sharif, the play begins with four scholars testing a theory before their debate expands into questions of memory, identity, morality and belief.
The production runs approximately one hour and 45 minutes without an intermission. A post-show conversation is scheduled after the June 9 performance.
NextStop Theatre Company’s “Once” runs through June 21 at 269 Sunset Park Drive in Herndon. Heather Lanza directs the musical, written by Enda Walsh with music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.
The story follows an Irish musician and Czech immigrant whose shared love of music creates an intense friendship and collaboration over one week in Dublin.
A $30-under-40 happy hour and topical talkback are scheduled June 5. An artistic talkback will follow the June 14 matinee.
New exhibitions arrive in Northern Virginia
Falls Church Arts will open its Member Show A-L on June 6 with a meet-the-artists reception. The organization has also announced its 2026 Excellence in Art scholarship recipients.
John Gratz will unveil “The New Paintings” with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. June 6 at Idylwood Studios, 7617 Idylwood Road. The solo exhibition continues through July 7.
The Reston Art Gallery, 11400 Washington Plaza West, will open “A Collab Collage Group Show” with a reception at 2 p.m. June 6. Visitors can make a collaged postcard with the artists at 2 p.m. June 14, and a closing reception begins at 3 p.m. June 28.
The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Loida Velilla’s “Slices of Life” remains on view free of charge through Aug. 2 at Rare Bird Coffee Roasters, 230 W. Broad St. The Falls Church and Bayamón, Puerto Rico-based artist works in acrylic and pastel, combining abstraction, impressionism and bold color.
At George Mason University, “Kevin Jones: Reflections in Black and White” continues through June 20 in the Art and Design Building, 4400 University Drive in Fairfax.
Jones creates large, detailed drawings that reinterpret classical masterworks through science fiction, comics, anime and Afrofuturism while examining Black erasure. Admission is free.
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art, 12001 Market St. in Reston, is showing recent work by Janet Loren Hill and Andrew Casto through July 25. Hill’s shaped paintings examine coercion, labor and rupture, while Casto translates geological processes into ceramic and mixed-media vessels.
McLean Project for the Arts closes “Yasmine C. Iskander: Life Through the Power of Color” on June 7 at 1234 Ingleside Ave.
Iskander, who lived from 1998 to 2024, used vibrant abstract paintings to process joy, medical hardship and her experiences as a Deaf artist. Her layered shapes and color shifts reflect her belief that color offered a direct and powerful form of communication.
Museum programs invite visitors to look—and create
The National Gallery of Art will hold a free virtual discussion of Georges Braque’s “The Port of La Ciotat” from 1 to 2 p.m. June 5. The program is open to adults regardless of art-history experience.
Artist and visual storyteller Wendy MacNaughton will speak about “DrawTogether Strangers” at 11 a.m. June 6 in the National Gallery’s East Building auditorium. Participants can then join her in the atrium to draw portraits of people they have just met.
MacNaughton is the author and illustrator of “How to Say Goodbye” and “Meanwhile in San Francisco” and has illustrated books including Samin Nosrat’s “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.” Her DrawTogether programs provide art and social-emotional learning activities to children and adults.
“Stretching the Canvas: Ten Decades of Native Painting” remains on view at the National Museum of the American Indian. The ongoing exhibition includes more than 50 works by over 40 artists, tracing Native painting’s development after World War I.
Featured artists include Fred Kabotie, Tonita Peña, Stephen Mopope, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Kay WalkingStick, Fritz Scholder, James Lavadour, Jeffrey Gibson, Dyani White Hawk and Athena LaTocha.
The Kreeger Museum’s “Imar Lyman—Echo/Location: Exploring the Extra-Sensory” continues through July 11. The exhibition brings together collage, painting, sculpture and printmaking in conversation with work by Sam Gilliam and Frank Stella.
“Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art” remains at the National Museum of African Art through Aug. 23. Curated by Kevin D. Dumouchelle and Serubiri Moses, the exhibition includes nearly 60 works by LGBTQ+ artists from Africa and its global diaspora and explores identity, history, family, spirit, belonging and joy.
The National Gallery of Art’s Mary Cassatt exhibition continues through Aug. 30. Marking 100 years since the artist’s death, the show brings together about 40 paintings, drawings and prints across three galleries. Admission is free.
“Material Witness” occupies 23 galleries across the Rubell Museum Washington DC through fall 2026. The exhibition features 30 artists using unconventional materials such as squid ink, Coca-Cola, ostrich eggs, lipstick, animal hides, anointing oil and discarded metal.
At the National Museum of Asian Art, “Of the Hills: Pahari Paintings from India’s Himalayan Kingdoms” runs through July 26. Its 48 works, produced between the 1620s and 1830s, illuminate the artists, courts and religious traditions of India’s Pahari region.
The exhibition includes paintings acquired from art historian Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim, some of which have never previously been displayed publicly.
Nick Cave’s “Mammoth” continues through Jan. 3, 2027, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The immersive installation includes constructed mammoth hides and bones, video projections and transformed objects ranging from vintage tools to Cave’s grandmother’s thimble collection.
The work connects Cave’s family history in Chariton County, Missouri, with questions about landscape, memory, loss and imagination. Admission is free.
“Miró and the United States” remains at the Phillips Collection through July 5. The special exhibition examines Joan Miró’s influence on—and exchanges with—American artists including Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois, Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler and Adolph Gottlieb.
The show includes 75 works by more than 30 artists and traces Miró’s seven visits to the United States between 1947 and 1968.
The National Portrait Gallery’s 2025 Teen Portrait Competition exhibition continues through Aug. 30. Winners Matilda Myers of Maryland and Kate Stermer of California were selected from more than 1,100 entries submitted by students in 48 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and Washington.
Myers won the 13-to-15 category with “Rest,” depicting a ballerina holding a pickaxe. Stermer won the 16-to-17 group with “The Cost of Conformity,” a black-and-white image of a teenager manipulating cars with marionette strings. Work by all 19 finalists appears in a second-floor video presentation.
“Vishnu’s Cosmic Ocean” remains at the National Museum of Asian Art through Sept. 7. The exhibition reunites the conserved remnants of a Cambodian bronze depicting Vishnu reclining on a serpent.
Nearly 20 feet long, the sculpture is the largest bronze cast in Southeast Asia. Only its head and torso had been displayed since its discovery in 1936. The exhibition also examines its original temple, Angkor’s water systems and the engineering behind its creation.
The Rubell Museum’s “Basil Kincaid: Spirit in the Gift” continues through fall 2026. Kincaid’s first solo museum exhibition in Washington features four large quilts made during his 2023 residency at the Rubell Museum in Miami. The works explore identity, ancestry, place and community through traditions of quiltmaking, drawing and jazz improvisation.
“Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection” remains at the National Museum of Women in the Arts through July 26. The exhibition includes roughly 80 works by nearly 70 artists, among them Faith Ringgold, Jenny Holzer, Julie Mehretu, Joan Mitchell, Kara Walker, Lorna Simpson and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.
Seven thematic sections connect multiple generations of artists working in painting, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, installation and beadwork while challenging traditional divisions between fine art and craft.
“Best Laid Plans” continues through Oct. 18 at the Archives of American Art’s Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery. The exhibition presents unrealized artworks, publications, exhibitions and other creative proposals that survive primarily in archival records.
West Falls launches summer with a bash
Commons Park at West Falls, 201 W. Falls Station Blvd., will host a free Summer Bash from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 6.
Half Pint Harry will perform live, and the park will feature inflatable soccer darts, mini golf, face painting, a Lego table, children’s activities, beer, wine and food pop-ups.
Participating businesses include BurgerFi, Ice Cream Jubilee, Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls, Perspire Sauna Studio, Tierra Encantada, the Alder Apartments and the Oak Condominiums, which will hold an open house from noon to 3 p.m.
Weekly trivia continues at Commons Park from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through June 11. Barre3 will also hold all-level outdoor workouts from 9 to 10 a.m. every second Saturday. The classes cost $10, and participants should bring a mat and water.
Run, walk, picnic or join a museum-sized party
The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Washington Run/Walk will take place from 8 to 11:30 a.m. June 7 at Virginia Highlands Park, 1600 S. Hayes St. Registration was scheduled to close June 5.
The family-friendly event supports Parkinson’s disease research and provides community information and resources. Since its launch in 2017, the national series has raised more than $10.1 million and drawn more than 33,800 participants.
The National Gallery of Art will hold a campus-wide block party from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 6 in its East and West buildings and on the Fourth Street Plaza.
The free, rain-or-shine celebration of 250 years of American art and creativity will include gallery talks, art-making, sound baths, family yoga, face painting, food and performances by the Batalá Washington Drum Band, East of the River Steel Drum Band and Eastern High School Marching Band.
“American Aspirations” remains at the Smithsonian Castle through July 26. The exhibition gathers more than 30 Smithsonian objects to examine how the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence have been interpreted across nearly 250 years.
The Kreeger Museum will hold a free Picnic Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 6 in its Sculpture Garden. Visitors may bring food, drinks and blankets, while tours, scavenger hunts and refreshments will be available. Lawn chairs and glass containers are prohibited. Limited parking will be offered at the Field School, 2301 Foxhall Road NW.
Georgetown’s inaugural Summer Art Walk runs from noon to 5 p.m. June 6 along the Wisconsin Avenue corridor. More than a dozen venues will show paintings, photographs, sculpture and mixed-media work, with opportunities to visit studios and meet artists.
Participants include Addison/Ripley Fine Art, StudioLab RD, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Klagsbrun Studios, Calloway Fine Art & Consulting, Gallery Article 15, Gallery 16TEN, L’Enfant Gallery and Shop Made in DC.
The Northern Virginia Dulcimer Group will perform 19th-century music from 10 a.m. to noon June 6 at Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 142 W. Potomac St. in Williamsport, Maryland. The free Music on the Canal program will feature dulcimers, banjo and upright bass and may move indoors in poor weather.
Mount Vernon will hold a George Washington whiskey tasting from 2 to 5 p.m. June 6 at the estate’s distillery and gristmill, 2.7 miles from the main entrance.
Guests can sample whiskey and other spirits made at the distillery. Tickets include same-day general admission to Mount Vernon and a distillery and gristmill tour. General admission tickets cost $60, while member tickets are $50.
MoCA Arlington’s Innovation Studio and Store will offer a free “Chance and Control” workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. June 5 at 525 14th St. S.
Artist Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi will guide participants through pour-and-pattern painting techniques inspired by Persian art and Western abstraction. The drop-in program uses paint drips, stains and intricate patterns to explore the boundary between order and unpredictability. Participants should allow at least 30 minutes to create a piece.