The Washington Forum
Where Art, Science, and Policy Meet
About
The Washington Forum was created by John Hanshaw to encourage the exchange of ideas and promote education in the fields of art, science, and public policy. Through our event programs and expert-led discussions, we hope to create community and facilitate lifelong learning.
How to become a member? Sign up free to be kept in the loop on Forum, DC Alumni Society, and Washington Film Institute Events (our sister organizations):
1817: A Holiday Fête
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Wednesday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o’Clock in the Evening
2017 I Street, Northwest
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
The Washington Forum was created by John Hanshaw to encourage the exchange of ideas and promote education in the fields of art, science, and public policy. Through our event programs and expert-led discussions, we hope to create community and facilitate lifelong learning.
How to become a member? Sign up free to be kept in the loop on Forum, DC Alumni Society, and Washington Film Institute Events (our sister organizations):
1817: A Holiday Fête
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Wednesday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o’Clock in the Evening
2017 I Street, Northwest
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
The Washington Forum was created by John Hanshaw to encourage the exchange of ideas and promote education in the fields of art, science, and public policy. Through our event programs and expert-led discussions, we hope to create community and facilitate lifelong learning.
How to become a member? Sign up free to be kept in the loop on Forum, DC Alumni Society, and Washington Film Institute Events (our sister organizations):
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company
at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Wednesday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o'Clock in the Evening
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
1817: A Holiday Fête
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Wednesday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o’Clock in the Evening
2017 I Street, Northwest
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company
at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Wednesday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o'Clock in the Evening
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
1817: A Holiday Fête
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Wednesday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o’Clock in the Evening
2017 I Street, Northwest
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Wednesday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o’Clock in the Evening
2017 I Street, Northwest
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Wednesday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o’Clock in the Evening
2017 I Street, Northwest
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Wednesday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o'Clock in the Evening
2017 I Street, Northwest
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête at their Home.
Thursday, the Eighteenth of December
Six o'Clock in the Evening
Washington City, District of Columbia
We hope that you will join us for an evening of Holiday Merriment in the spirit of the Season.
“Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.”
— Cicero
Events
1817: A Holiday Fête
1817: A Holiday Fête
1817: A Holiday Fête
The Washington Forum was created by John Hanshaw to encourage the exchange of ideas and promote education in the fields of art, science, and public policy. Through our event programs and expert-led discussions, we hope to create community and facilitate lifelong learning.
How to become a member? Sign up free to be kept in the loop on Forum, DC Alumni Society, and Washington Film Institute Events (our sister organizations):
18:17: A Holiday Fête
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête.
18:17: A Holiday Fête
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête.
Come celebrate the Holidays with us at the elegant Arts Club of Washington and meet some of the most interesting Founders, Creators and Connectors in the DC Metro Area!
18:17: A Holiday Fête
James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Fête.
Come celebrate the Holidays with us at the elegant Arts Club of Washington and meet some of the most interesting Founders, Creators and Connectors in the DC Metro Area!
Come celebrate the Holidays with us at the elegant Arts Club of Washington and meet some of the most interesting Founders, Creators and Connectors in the DC Metro Area!
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MEET THE CREATORS
A Festive Holiday Celebration
Breathtaking design for home living.
Come celebrate the Holidays with us at the elegant Arts Club of Washington and meet some of the most interesting Founders, Creators and Connectors in the DC Metro Area!
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MEET THE CREATORS
A Festive Holiday Celebration
Come celebrate the Holidays with us at the elegant Arts Club of Washington and meet some of the most interesting Founders, Creators and Connectors in the DC Metro Area!
Founded by John Hanshaw, CONVERGE is inspired by the simple belief that great things can happen when people, ideas, and resources come together in the same space.
Our mission is to convene individuals, groups, and organizations from a wide variety of fields —business, science, technology, and the arts—to spark synergies, create new conceptual frameworks, and strengthen communities.
MEET THE CREATORS: A Festive Holiday Celebration
And Celebration of the Tech » Enviro » Arts Communities of Washington
Come celebrate the Holidays with us at the elegant Arts Club of Washington and meet some of the most interesting Founders, Creators and Connectors in the DC Metro Area!
Thursday 18 December 2025
6:00 – 9:45 pm
The Arts Club of Washington
901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Creator’s Showcase
A Celebration of the Holidays
and The Creative Spirit
Converge DC
Bringing people together. One event at a time.
About
Founded by John Hanshaw, CONVERGE is inspired by the simple belief that great things can happen when people, ideas, and resources come together in the same space.
Our mission is to convene individuals, groups, and organizations from a wide variety of fields —business, science, technology, and the arts—to spark synergies, create new conceptual frameworks, and strengthen communities.
CONVERGE (verb): To tend to one point from different places; to approach nearer together, as lines; to tend to meet in a point or focus.
— The Oxford English Dictionary
“Synergistic CONVERGEnce is the most important idea we have at our disposal to . . . move forward in a nonlinear manner toward an evolutionary society.”
— Barbara Marx Hubbard
“แม่น้ำหลายสายย่อมไหลมาบรรจบกันที่ทะเลฉันใด ความแตกต่างของผู้คนก็มิอาจปิดกั้นการอยู่ร่วมกันได้ฉันนั้น” — พระไพศาล วิสาโล
“Nothing on the planet grows except by CONVERGEnce.”
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Events
Launch Party
A Launch Party for
DC Startup & Tech Week
And Celebration of the Tech » Enviro » Arts Communities of Washington
Saturday 18 October 2025
7:30 – 9:45 pm
MLK Library, 4th Floor
901 G St NW, WDC 20001
Conversation Lounge
After-Party
In an undisclosed location
Supporters
Supporters
Guests will include
Guests will include
Sebastian Schuster
Fine Art Photographer / Digital Collage Artist
Cameron Powell
Co-Founder, DeepLaw
