Featured Events in Washington D.C. in June 2025 (June Updated)

CLASS DESCRIPTION: Create your own mini (2.5x3) and standard (5x7) notebooks with unique abstract painted covers in this fun DIY workshop. Kristin of D. Prince Designs will demonstrate several techniques for painting abstract covers and assembling each notebook. First, participants will select a color palette, inspired by a favorite photo or nostalgia! Then, we'll assemble and bind each notebook with your choice of spiral binding, and finish each notebook with a beautiful ribbon bookmark. Take your notebooks home to use and enjoy! (This class is also great for kids 10+ accompanied by an adult). About the Instructor: Kristin Taddei of D. Prince Designs is a Capitol Hill, DC- based artist and maker. She offers delightful, bright, and colorful hand-illustrated pen-and-ink prints and decor, inspired by nature and the uniqueness of places. In addition to recycled paper prints, D. Prince Designs sells stickers, bookmarks, notebooks, garland, ornaments, tote bags, and canvas pouches featuring these illustrations. Kristin also makes upcycled plastic earrings, a variety of suncatchers and hand-painted wrapping paper, and loves to work with clients to create commissioned artwork, including pet portraits, house portraits, bouquet portraits, and paper goods for events. Kristin is also an arborist, and when she's not creating, teaching workshops, or selling her products at Eastern Market, she can be found on daily "tree walks," going to concerts, and visiting new places with her husband. Information Source: Shop Made in DC | eventbrite

Join CCW in our annual self-produced Spring Concert featuring our CC, YME, ABC, BBC, and Treble Choruses. Performance will run approximately 105 minutes with no intermission. If you're interested in volunteers at this concert, please sign-up using this link . Information Source: Children's Chorus of Washington | eventbrite

Join CCW in our annual self-produced Spring Concert featuring our CC, YME, ABC, BBC, and Treble Choruses. Performance will run approximately 105 minutes with no intermission. If you're interested in volunteers at this concert, please sign-up using this link . Information Source: Children's Chorus of Washington | eventbrite

Would you like to experience the finest expression of Scotch whisky produced today? Would you like to expand your knowledge of Scotch and the many styles and flavours that make up quality whisky? Join The Scotch Malt Whisky Society for a rare single malt Scotch whisky tasting experience at Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C.! Attendees will be among the first to taste six (6) unique single malts from our upcoming June Outturn in a seated, guided tasting format designed to expand your knowledge and appreciation for Scotch whisky. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is the world’s largest whisky club of whisky lovers. More than just a club, the Society is known for offering the finest expression of Scotch whisky produced today. It acquires exceptional whisky casks from distilleries across Scotland and beyond. Each cask is then bottled and offered exclusively to its community of members through the Society’s online shop smwsa.com . While Society whisky is available for purchase by members only, this event is open to anyone eager to taste and learn in the company of fellow whisky lovers. Members enjoy a reduced price for admission and all attendees who order tickets before 5pm ET on May 15th will get the early bird special pricing . Slàinte Mhath! Information Source: Mike Seibert | Member Ambassador for SMWSA | eventbrite

Background As Washington continues to assess Taiwan’s self-defense capacity largely through the lens of defense budgets and conventional military readiness, this event invites a broader conversation: What truly defines a nation’s ability to endure and respond to conflict? Drawing on over three years of Ukraine’s wartime experience, we explore how resilience is not built by state institutions and armed forces alone, but also through the mobilization of civil society and the adaptability of its technology ecosystem. From rapid drone innovation to decentralized, civilian-driven supply chains, Ukraine has demonstrated how democratic societies can shape defense outcomes in unconventional and powerful ways. In this context, Taiwan stands at the forefront of a pressing global challenge. As a technologically advanced democracy facing sustained coercion from the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan is actively exploring new modes of defense that combine formal military capabilities with civilian technological innovation and whole-of-society resilience strategies. Objectives This discussion aims to broaden how Taiwan’s defense resilience is understood within the Washington policy community. By highlighting lessons from Ukraine — including civil-military collaboration, open-source innovation, and responses to gray-zone tactics — the event offers alternative frameworks for evaluating preparedness beyond traditional metrics. It will also explore how Taiwan’s technological capacity and civic engagement could serve as key pillars of defense in a future crisis, demonstrating how democratic societies can respond creatively to authoritarian threats. Featuring speakers with expertise in civilian-led drone innovation, wartime supply chains, and China’s military modernization, the discussion offers U.S. policymakers and defense analysts timely insights into how Taiwan’s evolving experience can inform more adaptive and democratic approaches to security. Partner Organization Democratic Progressive Party Mission in the United States Speakers and Moderator Bio Iris Shaw Iris Shaw serves as the Director of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Mission in the United States, where she leads the Party’s outreach to the U.S. government, Congress, and policy community in Washington, DC. She was the first staff member appointed when the Mission was reassumed in 2013, and has played a key role in building and sustaining DPP’s ties with Washington’s Taiwan policy community. Over the past decade, she has helped coordinate high-level visits by senior DPP leaders, including President Lai Ching-te (then Mayor of Tainan), as well as former Chair Su Tseng-chang and President Tsai Ing-wen. She also contributed to major party initiatives, including the English translation of President Tsai’s 2016 inaugural address and the drafting of the DPP’s National Defense Policy Blue Paper. Before taking on her current role, Iris worked in the political and congressional affairs divisions of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Washington, DC, where she developed and maintained trusted relationships across the U.S. government, Capitol Hill, and leading think tanks. Her professional journey bridges government, civil society, and media. She previously served as a foreign policy advisor in Taiwan’s Presidential Office, Program Director at the California-based Formosa Foundation, and journalist for CommonWealth Magazine. Iris holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Georgetown University, a Master’s in Journalism, and a B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University. She brings to her work a deep understanding of Taiwan’s evolving role in international affairs and a long-standing commitment to ensuring Taiwan’s voice is heard in Washington. Jason Liu Jason Liu is a journalist with 14 years of experience specializing in international news and human rights reporting. He has worked for regional and international news organizations, including the Financial Times in Taipei and The Reporter Foundation, where he served as deputy editor-in-chief. His coverage of global events—including conflicts in Palestine-Israel, Syria, and Ukraine, as well as investigations into Xinjiang camps and European refugee crises—has earned him over 20 awards. Currently, he covers Russia's invasion of Ukraine. For the past three years, Jason has dedicated himself to reporting on the war in Ukraine. He has conducted over 100 interviews exploring issues connecting Taiwan and Ukraine. Additionally, he travels throughout Taiwan screening war documentaries and facilitating public discussions. Jason reaches diverse audiences through various media platforms. His 2020 podcast "The Real Story" became Taiwan's most popular podcast and garnered multiple awards. His 2021 book "Making Truth: Inside the Global Fake News Industry," examining fake news operations across eight countries, earned several accolades, including the top non-fiction prize at the Taipei International Book Fair. Sunny Cheung Sunny Cheung is a Fellow for China Studies at the Jamestown Foundation, where he employs open-source intelligence to analyze Chinese politics, cross-strait relations, dual-use and emerging technologies, and security issues. He is also a Global Fellow at the Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology (DSET), where he focuses on the global supply chain and semiconductor industry, and an International Strategic Forum (ISF) Fellow at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP). Prior to joining the Jamestown Foundation, Cheung conducted research for Janes Information Services, Project 2049, Academia Sinica, and the U.S. Department of State, with his work often addressing China’s techno-authoritarianism, strategic policies, and geopolitical ambitions. Cheung was named a Global Leader by the McCain Institute. He has held visiting fellowships at Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, and National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, where he explored the intersection of democracy, geopolitics, and emerging technologies. Cheung has testified before the U.S. Congress, the UK Parliament, and the Taiwan Legislative Yuan on topics ranging from China’s technological ambitions and state policies to cross-strait security concerns. Chieh-Ting Yeh Chieh-Ting Yeh is a partner at the geoeconomics wealth and advisory firm Farron, Augustine & Alexander and a director of US Taiwan Watch, an international think tank focusing on US-Taiwan relations. He graduated with a JD from Harvard Law School, and was a corporate attorney specializing in corporate finance, M&A, and tech startup investments and exits. His clients included Goldman Sachs and Mitsubishi UFJ Group. He is the co-founder of the media brand Ketagalan Media and the Global Taiwan Institute, a DC based think tank, having served as its Vice Chairman and an advisor. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA). He is also an advisor for National Taiwan Normal University’s International Taiwan Studies Center. He has written for National Bureau of Asian Research, Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, Apple Daily, Commonwealth Magazine and British fashion magazine Glass. He is fluent in Taiwanese, English, Chinese, and Japanese. Information Source: US Taiwan Watch美國台灣觀測站 | eventbrite