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This is a time where many of us are learning to be alone together (or together apart), which can be challenging or downright upsetting for some, yet new and exciting for others. This week, as many large public gatherings have been cancelled, postponed, or brought online, we encourage you to do things--alone, or with others--that keep us joyful, appreciative, and safe.
Wednesday, August 5
Make sweat sexy with 305 Fitness
Fitness is way more exciting when it’s dance cardio and it’s on Union Market’s rooftop. Send your last work email and treat yourself to an adrenaline boosting twerk session with 305 – grab your spot now.
Quarantining can challenge self-motivation and confidence in the best of us, especially when coupled with the anxieties around COVID and unemployment. Join DCCenter’s weekly job-seekers zoom to energize your job search with strength-led strategies and support. (RSVP 6pm-7pm)
Live from the Mansion
This free, virtual concert from Strathmore brings together Josanne Francis and Chao Tian who create a "transcendent soundscape" with their tropical steelpan and Chinese dulcimer. Grammy-nominated progressive hip-hop artist Christylez Bacon will host the event. (7:30 pm, free)
On art and community
Hirshhorn assistant curator Betsy Johnson will host a conversation with Mexican-born artist Aliza Nisenbaum about her community-based portraits of fellow immigrants. The Zoom broadcast is free, but advance registration is required. (8 pm)
Thursday, August 6
Blues, BBQ, Bourbon… and art?
Enjoy music, food, art, and conversation at this month’s Phillips After 5—all the same artsy ambience, now online! Listen to funky tunes, order in Texas BBQ, and experience the work of Digital Intersections artist Luca Buvoli. (5:30pm)
From stick figures to...actual figures?
Develop your inner artist with the Portrait Gallery’s Drawn to Figures online workshop, where artist Jill Galloway teaches the techniques and challenges of figure drawing. Guided instruction opens this workshop to all skill levels. (11am)
Sup with the scientists
Join a virtual cafe with three scientists from the National Museum of Natural History to hear stories about the topics they’ve dedicated their lives to exploring, from the history of the cell phone to whales...and what it means to be wild. (6:30pm)
Friday, August 7
Summertime and living is uhh, anything but easy, but just go with it
Need to feel a cool breeze after this week? Plan a (socially-distanced) night out to look forward to at Union Market’s cookout pop-up. Enjoy local beef and meatless burgers, sauerkraut-topped brats, and elote on their new roof, then take a spin on the Florida Ave bike lane to work it off. (4-11pm)
The Psychopathic Brain
Take out your calipers, crime podcast fans. Profs & Pints has a neurobiologist in to talk psychopaths in the public imagination...and what actual brain scientists are learning about the why and how of psychopathy, plus the ethics and legal implications of this research. (7pm)
Saturday, August 8
Support Black-owned businesses
Because it’s one of the simplest things you can do to help the movement. Check out a supply store pop-up featuring DC’s Black-owned businesses, as well as distanced food and entertainment. (2-7pm)
From Russia Without Love
A political science professor stumbles into the underworld of Russian organized crime - what could possibly go wrong? Join performer Sufian Zhemukhov for a new show on everything from nerdy professors to mafia members. (8pm)
Sunday, August 9
The call to cultivate
Community rooftop gardens are one answer for urban access to produce—and you can be part of it. Volunteer at Cultivate the City, a NE rooftop garden that turns unused space into paradise with greenhouses, flowers, fruits and veggies. (12-4pm)
Monday, August 10
For the early risers
Someone once said the key to working from home is establishing a daily routine. What better way to start your day than free meditation? (5-6am)
Talk the talk
- East City Books hosts a virtual convo with Alexandra Petri on her new essay collection (7pm)
- Politics & Prose hosts chats with Call Your Girlfriend girlfriends Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman on their new book about friendship (8pm)
Tuesday, August 11
Like a virgin
Story District takes you back (or forward, hey) with tales of “innocence, naivete, and first-times.” (7:30 pm)
Let’s cut to the chase
Dating is rough. Zoom dating in a pandemic: ouch. Cut to the chase with virtual speed dating. Conversations last 7-8 minutes and mutual matches are emailed the same evening. (7pm)
