What we’re about
Come into the ArtHouse ! Meet with local film and arts lovers to watch indie, foreign and classic films! We'll also attend art gallery openings, theater performances, Embassy evenings, museums, author readings and interesting concerts. And more often than not, there will be a reception! The idea will be to keep the price down and participation and conversation up!
We'll go wherever art house films are screened in town--museums, cultural institutions, embassies, local film festivals, as well as arthouse film meccas like the Goethe Institute, AFI Silver Theater and Landmark Theaters. We'll attend galleries you may not know and museums on special days. We're also connected to the theater world so we'll be seeing some of those shows.
Please be sure to read the group's attendance policy on the message board or "About Us" section. Also, note that the Art House meetup is a group for ACTIVE members fully engaged and interested in attending outings. Inactive members who have not logged into the site for 6 months or more are automatically removed to ensure the integrity of the group.
Members are asked to donate $1 per meetup they attend to help cover the Meetup.com fees ($72 per 6 months). You can make this 'suggested donation' online via Paypal or in person to your organizer. Your contribution is much appreciated!
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Jazz at the Embassy of Austria - Must Reserve on EventbriteEmbassy of Austria, Washington, DC
These are always fun - they get great musicians.
Reserve tickets here. It will sell out.From their listing:
The Austrian Cultural Forum DC proudly presents HAEZZ, an Austrian trio that redefines the boundaries of contemporary jazz. With stunning virtuosity and remarkable musical synergy, Tobias Vedovelli (bass), Štěpán Flagar (saxophone) and Martin Eberle (trumpet) create a soundscape that is both intimate and electrifying.Would it be possible to speak of a new all-star trio of Austrian Jazz? The maturity and compactness of the compositions brought to life by HAEZZ (NASOM 2025/2026) evoke the image of seasoned, veteran musicians who know exactly what they are doing and are devoid of any demonstrative attitude. Their music blends polyphonic Cool-Jazz ideas with complex rhythmic finesse and allusions to Central European melody. The stupendous virtuosity shines through again and again, serving as a means for this purely acoustic, handmade jazz. Tobias Vedovelli, Štěpán Flagar and Martin Eberle create music that combines sensuosity with creativity. It is the kind of music that touches the heart and stimulates the mind. A wondrous pleasure to listen to.
2x Austrian Jazz Prize 2024 Nominee
1x German Jazz Prize 2025 NomineeThe concert will be followed by a wine reception.
Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
- Closing Night Film, Caribbean Filmfest at AFIAFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Initially, this film was supposed to have a cool reception after. They cancelled that. I got a refund because it's just too long a mid-week drive for me. But if you live nearby, could be fun.
From Variety: "An Intoxicating Reverie Reclaims an Elusive Legacy. Artist Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich's feature debut is a shimmering sidelong glance at the intellectual, philosophical and emotional imprint left by Martinican anti-colonialist writer and Afro-surrealist pioneer Suzanne Césaire."
Special Features: Closing Night | Post-screening reception hosted by renowned Embassy of France Chef Daniel Labonne, a native of the French Caribbean island of Martinique
Purchase the ticket here. $13
An actress and new mother (played by Zita Hanrot) is haunted by voices as she begins to inhabit the role of surrealist Martiniquais writer Suzanne Roussi-Césaire. In the sleepy palm groves of the tropics, a small group of filmmakers and actors confront the history of writer Suzanne Roussi-Césaire in her youth and then stage scenes from her life, challenging the “paradise” of historical memory. Moving between narrative filmmaking and abstraction — a night at a 1940s cafe and the garden where a film’s cast and crew discuss and bring to life the missing pieces of the writer’s legacy — this is a film that leaves room for the unknown. Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s first feature stars César-award-winning actress Zita Hanrot and actor Motell Foster, and features a soundtrack by singer Sabine McCalla. (Note courtesy of Cinema Guild.) DIR/SCR Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich; SCR Marina Magloire, from the essay “Surrealist Refugees in the Tropics” by Terese Svoboda; PROD Sophie Luo, Mike S. Ryan. U.S., 2024, color, 75 min. In English and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 75 Minutes
Genre: Drama
Opening Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025 - Stirring Documentary on Mount Everest with Director Talk - Must Buy TicketU.S. Navy Memorial's Burke Theater, washington, DC
DC/DOX '25 is a wonderful documentary film festival taking place in various venues in DC from this Thursday to Sunday. There are some amazing looking films, many with the director in attendance. See all the docs listed here.
This documentary - Everest Dark - stands out for the scenery and emotional story - and shown on a cool screen. It costs $15 and will sell out, I believe. To purchase a ticket, click here and find Everest Dark on Sunday at 11 am.
Post-screening discussion with director Jereme Watt. Perhaps we can get lunch after or attend a nearby art gallery reception at Touchstone Gallery at 3 pm.
A breathtaking and rare perspective on Mount Everest—told not through the eyes of Western adventurers, but from those who call the mountain home. This visually arresting documentary follows renowned Nepalese climber Mingma Tsiri Sherpa as he undertakes a perilous journey back to Everest to honor ancient beliefs and restore balance with the sacred mountain.
While climbers from around the world flock to Everest, chasing achievement and Instagram fame, the mountain has also become a chilling memorial, its slopes littered with the remains of those who underestimated its power. But beyond the headlines lies a deeper narrative: the spiritual connection that local communities maintain with the land, where gods dwell in the peaks and nature commands reverence.
In a bold and emotionally charged expedition, Mingma Tsiri confronts both physical danger and spiritual responsibility as he seeks to retrieve a body and offer a gesture of peace to the mountain deities. This is Everest as you've never seen it—a story not just of survival, but of respect, belief, and the invisible forces that shape the world above the clouds.
