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On sale now! Events in the ~ future ~ that you may want to buy tickets for before they sell out:

District Fringe happening all week, pool party for DC abortion fund! (7/22), register for the free 5min horror filmmaking workshop, Mubadala DC Open (7/25 onward), celebrate 730 Day at the park with us! (7/26), open call for artists at Gallery Y (closes 7/26), Colson Whitehead at 6th & i (7/27), Lord Huron (8/2), tunes: Robyn, night 2 (9/9), Thee Sacred Souls (9/17), Two Door Cinema Club (10/11), JPEGMAFIA (10/21), Beck (10/25), Dana and Alden (10/29), Slow Pulp (11/9)

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Wednesday July 15

Move over track clubs, it’s time for trash club

Make your community cleaner & make friends at the NW Trash Club. This week they’re cleaning up around U Street, then heading to Whitlow’s after. Trashy! (7pm)

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One thing about DC summer reads is that you never know what someone’s gonna be reading …

One person reading “Yesteryear” is next to another reading “Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.” And you know what, I support one of those reads. (cough cough, not Yesteryear) Anyway, head to the Yards to find your summer read! They’ll have a complimentary library, seats for reading, crafts, used books, and more! (6pm)

Or enjoy DC’s other great sundeck reading oasis, Banneker Pool! Join Councilmember Nadeau for Ward 1 pool day featuring a Nats ticket raffle. (10am-12pm for the raffle, and 5pm onwards for club Banneker)

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Also || Wharf movie night: League of Their Own, farmer’s market at common good city farm, hardcore at rhizome, novel talk: The Broken Hearts Agency, firefly yoga, night at the wine bar, Champagne & Caviar, realize your leadership potential, who did it? improvised comedy!

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Thursday July 16

One up a film bro by seeing a movie NOT by a white man

The DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival kicks off Thursday with documentary shorts. The films cover a wide range: A momentous bike ride from DC to the cemetery at the Carlisle Indian Boarding School, a hog hunt among friends, and more. Plus, directors and subjects from the films will be there for a Q&A. (6:30pm)

Opening night reception after at Metrobar! (8:30pm)
The festival continues through Sunday with other incredible films.

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Hot diggity dog!

Female Rage (DC hot sauce company) is raising money for the DC Abortion Fund with hot dogs! Get hot sauce, hot dogs, drinks, and more at Garden Fund all while feeling good about yourself because you’re supporting the right to an abortion. (6pm)

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Also || author talk: Sisterhood Above All, improv-a-ganza, tunes: birthday girl, podcast: On with Kara Swisher, live tarot reading (and maybe roast?), paint & play & pour, tunes: Red Sunflower, Gather on the Green: The Cookout, APA film festival, youth organizing, ice cream & photography

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Friday July 17

Get that fish tinder pic of your dreams

Did you know every Friday in the summer Anacostia Riverkeepers host a free fishing clinic? Head to Diamond Teague Park to learn how to catch and release fish. Perfect for kids or anyone looking to up their fish game. (5pm)

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Support independent theatre

District Fringe is back! Held over three weeks in the summer, the festival supports independent theatre, dance, comedy, and more. Monday’s shows include: “Aye Aye,” a pirate musical (6pm); “B*tch Eat Dog,” a puppet sketch show (7:30pm); “Define Black,” a play exploring what blackness looks like (7:30pm); and “When I Was,” an exploration of the playwrights younger years (9:30pm).

District Fringe is happening until the 26th, find more epic shows here!

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Also || 80s happy hour, trivia at 51st wick, Sarah Gross at Pocket, APA film fest, tunes: Train, tunes: Finn Wolfhard, tunes: Isaac Sherman, Hand Around the Kennedy Center, lunch and learn: community-rooted public safety, virtual art discussion with NGA, sunrise yoga

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Saturday July 18

Peak heat but also peak bloom

The lotuses and water lilies are at their peak, and Kenilworth is celebrating with art, music, and cultural programming including Buddhist monks chanting and Indian cultural dance. There's almost no shade out there, so hydrate accordingly. (10am to 8pm)

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Welcome to aca-dulthood

Supreme Chord is throwing itself an 18th birthday concert at the Atlas, themed around life milestones and growing up. Two other DC groups are pitching in: Chord of Appeals, who've sung at the White House, and The Augmented Eight, who've been at this for over 75 years. (7pm)

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Also || arts and crafts swap, the youths are jamming, yoga at the sculpture garden, jazz at kreeger, APA film fest, Project Green Foot produce pickup, Improvised Murder Mystery, comedy: Meridith Dietz, Save Hains Point, book talk: Raps of Resistance, body language workshop performance, Cupboard’s Cabaret, dc dating live

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Sunday July 19

I'm blue, da ba de da ba di

If that is what you want your art to be saying, check out this intro to cyanotype, which they call “equal parts chemistry and magic.” You'll create designs, expose, and develop your print. (1pm)

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Men’s World Cup wooo

This writer is convinced that the World Cup is the pathway to solving the male loneliness epidemic. There are specials and watch parties happening around the city. So, text your friend or just pick a place to watch and make a friend for the Final Match. (3pm, but if you’re even thinking about going to Franklin Hall, you gotta go way earlier).

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Also || local tunes at Pocket, art of drying and preserving flowers, punk at rhizome, mayonnaise at songbyrd, APA film fest, tunes: Phish

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Monday July 20

The early bird catches the cake

Gone are the days of birds being all wings, no cheeks. Extremely Accurate Birds, written by cartoonist and GW alum Tommy Siegel, gives 80+ backyard species their real lower halves. Anatomically correct and I cannot stop staring. In conversation with composer Billy Libby, free, first come first serve. (7pm)

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Pop punk people

Riley! from South Texas takes the stage at Pearl Street Warehouse. Their new EP To Live And Die In The American South is coming out next week, so get ready for new and angsty teenage tunes to jump up and down to. (6pm)

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Also || fundraiser at franklins, tunes at rhizome, sunrise yoga, tunes: Arlo & The Violent Queens

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Tuesday July 21

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Thighs Wide Shut

A woman moves into the apartment below her ex best friend and now hears all the deets of his dating life! Uh oh! Join East City Bookshop for a conversation with the author Hayley Flemming about her debut novel. (7pm)

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For lovers of curating the perfect living room hang

Profs and Pints hosts a lecture called “Designing Belonging.” Professor Martha Kakooza will discuss how a space’s design can either make people feel on edge or at ease, what makes a space feel welcoming, and how to design public spaces with belonging as a key element. (6pm)

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Also || film: DARUMA, register for Urban Growing course, tunes: Plastic Toys (Gaza fundraiser), film: All the Vermeers in New York, film: Shoot the People, school of rock allstar tour

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JULY

7/22: Wharf movie night: Catch Me If You Can, farmer’s market at common good city farm, yoga at natl. arboretum, lovergirl at rhizome, tunes at pocket, sundeck summer reads, DCAF pool party!, finance workshop, First Allies: Polly Cooper and the Oneida Indian Nation, YIMBY happy hour, tunes: Noah Kahan

7/23: author talk: Come Undone, commit to connect, unplug at the playground, variety acts at blue note burlesque, origami workshop, intel talk at spy museum, tunes: CADENZA DUO, 5min horror filmmaking workshop, cleveland park night market, outdoor screening: Showing Up

7/24: bootgaze at Pie Shop, trashcan cinema

7/25: Cafe Love on the Clock, OCCIPITAL Fashion Festival, maya delilah at atlantis, tofu party, Mubadala DC Open, SubDistrick, hill family bike ride, scout out at the NMWA, sketch comedy: mothers pouch, boy meets pearl

7/26: parks flea market, gardening 102, tunes at pocket, owl wisdom, collaging the magician, tunes: slime queen bingo, open call for artists, vintage pop-up,

7/27: Colson Whitehead at 6th & I, unearthing family roots, America Me: 250 Years of Promise and Prejudice

7/29: Wharf movie night: Apollo 13, farmer’s market at common good city farm, book talk: Maggie and Arthur's Magic Moment, gong bathing at the national arboretum, sundeck summer reads, tunes at rhizome

7/30: post-punk at rhizome, tales of heat, heart, and hindsight, book artists at NMWA