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On sale now! Events in the ~ future ~ that you may want to buy tickets for before they sell out: 29 things you can do to protect democracy, iconic sci-fi fest: Yume Kitasei, Ray Nayler, Julia Vee, and Fran Wilde (10/16), tunes: Doechii (10/21), tunes: Magdalena Bay (10/25), tunes: Parcels (10/27), tunes: Samara Joy (11/12), Alison Roman at 6th & I (11/13)

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Wednesday, October 15

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Artists and architects

Hear artists Rashid Johnson and Sarah Sze and architect Peter Marino in conversation on how their separate contributions to museums create dynamic, collaborative spaces for gathering and introspection. (1pm)

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Does your dog love Halloween?

Spookify your pup and head to Howl-O-Ween Bar(k) Crawl for an evening of Halloween-themed fun. Grab dog-themed cocktails and bites, plus free gifts for your dog! (5:30pm)

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Also || tunes: Ben Folds, talk: Jack the Ripper, Wednesdays at Waldorf, book talk: Anna North, talk: stop financing factory farming, talk: the road to public power in DC, tarot and wine tasting, Free DC MD+VA meeting, Free DC Ward 8 meeting, IONA 50th, Faux Cake Decorating, DC Archives Crawl, WABA awards, candlelight yoga, live band karaoke (now at Sauf Haus)

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Thursday, October 16

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The Coachella of modern sci-fi authors

Authors Yume Kitasei, Ray Nayler, Julia Vee, and Fran Wilde head to East City Bookshop for a panel for the travelling Speculative Fiction Festival. They’ll discuss their books, where the genre is heading, and more! (7pm)

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Deaf Way Film Festival

Deaf Way Film Festival kicks off a weekend celebrating deaf culture, film, and community with a screening of Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore at Gallaudet, followed by a conversation with the director. (7pm)

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Also || tunes: Weston Olencki / niki afsar, Oktoberfest @ CJM, DIY polymer clay pies, theatre: julius X, Deaf Way Film Festival, Yes Queen comedy, month offline graduation party, the art of roller skating, dance & sip series, federal worker training

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Friday, October 17

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I’ve been needing an excuse to wear my assless chaps

Howdy partner! Grab your cowboy boots and join the DC Rawhides for a wild night of queer line dancing in Eastern Market. All levels are welcome and all events begin with a lesson. (7pm)

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Chat, has anyone seen the demon cat of capitol hill?

DC is a ghost town these days, and not just because of the government shutdown. Get scared straight at Creepypasties, a burlesque and variety show tribute to urban legends from slumber parties and subreddits alike. (7pm)

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Also || tunes: Chris Thile, tunes: Consone Quartet, art: Fragments @ Thundershark, tunes: Chris Ryan Williams / Truculent, art: Fragments, comedy: Robert Mac, Hill Family Biking: Tween Mall Ride (parents optional), hands-on Halloween pottery, FEMA solidarity rally, Madams of DC walking tour, tunes: Peni Candra Rini

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Saturday, October 18

LAMB! MOWERS!!!!

Who said that baby sheep have to be a symbol of the spring? The Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild hosts its second annual Fall Festival, featuring pumpkins, food, and my new fav band, the Lamb Mowers of Fairfax. (10am)

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Rico, if you’re nasty

PG County native Rico Nasty takes her home stage to perform her latest album, LETHAL. Get ready to Rage (oh fr?) and thank God you didn’t have to smack a b…. today. (8pm)

Want to get nastier or maybe repent? Church On Sunday presents ALTAR EGO: the official tour afterparty. (11pm)

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Also || authentic relating, intro to LARPing, walk to prevent suicide, third coast percussion, 86th ladies board rummage sale, gallery talk: new exhibit of Australian indigenous art, choir: Sacred Jewelbox, The Big Build @ NBM, sauna pop-up, tunes: tire x silver x theresedreaming / Argyle Torah, DIY in DC Festival, yoga at kreeger, jazz, family day: creating comics, Goatman’s Camp Fear, Juke Joints and Jubilee, My Sister’s Place walk, from here(ish) comedy, Free DC book talk on police, adults only monuments bike-ride, friendship & community, halloween at a haunted house, bathe-ing DC (community wellness), history of Black Georgetown, District of Punk Walking Tour

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Sunday, October 19

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Ceramenics

Your roommates won’t be able to tell you’re on your fifth Cup Noodles this week if you eat it out of a meticulously crafted ceramic bowl. Sio Ceramics hosts a beginner-friendly ramen bowl workshop. (1pm)

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The amount of time it takes to dry out semi-oxidized Camellia sinensis leaves (without the tea)

What is “oolong”? Edgewood Community Farm teaches you how to make your own custom tea blend, from plucking to withering and blending. (5:30pm)

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Also || Run For A Better Life 5K, mozart's requiem, choir: sacred jewelbox, tunes: David Barker, Mellowdrome, talk: Richard Kind, vintage and vinyl fest, Free DC Ward 7 meeting, On View: Elise Ansel, Georgetown Canal Day, Art that Inspires: Curator Tour, November Project DC Turns 10, Spies in DC, Rainbow Rights Workshop, Meet the Makers DC (50% off)

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Monday, October 20

Watch this house

Grab your vests, corduroy, and NPR hats to see Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) at 9:30 Club. Plus, don’t miss their opener, “Frail Talk,” who may be your next favorite band! (7pm)

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Nightmare on Connecticut Ave NW

Welcome to primetime, b*** (beloved subscriber)! Catch Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors at Comet Ping Pong and prepare to never sleep again. (6pm)

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Also || talk: DC Folk Horror, Free DC Ward 3 meeting, Free DC Ward 2 meeting, town hall for LGBTQ+ community, NewsBash 2025

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Tuesday, October 21

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The first true crime podcast

Think your true crime podcast is original? Try, instead, “The Possessed,” an Italian noir movie based on the real Alleghe killings (one of Italy’s most notorious true crimes). Only at Suns Cinema of course. (7pm)

Or, later at Suns, “What Have You Done to Solange?” a jazzy, creepy, 1970s Italian whodunnit. (9:15pm)

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Are you In The Loop?

Tap into the local literature scene with The Inner Loop’s October reading. Hear from featured reader Lisa Sewell alongside nine local nonfiction, fiction, and poetry writers! (7pm)

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Also || LGBTQ Jews, poetry reading: tomorrow’s verses, night on the farm, tunes: Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners, social housing town hall, Free DC “pro-cott” training, Grenache Night @ Reveler’s Hour

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OCTOBER

10/22: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl at Sixth & I, Free DC orientation, Free DC orientation for Ward 2, replacing your lead pipes, Alliance rally, candlelight yoga

10/23: halloween dance party, coven dancing at black cat, book talk: Iman Hariri-Kia, stand up comedy, performance: inheritances, Free DC statehood teach-in

10/24: tunes: Patti Griffin & Ricki Lee Jones, tunes: Big Thief, rare book collecting festival, O St Museum halloween event, Please don’t haunt me for the rest of my life

10/25: District Arcade 2025, tunes: Belly, Late Skate @ Anacostia Park, Family Spooky Disco, tunes: Magdalena Bay, prohibition time burlesque, Blavity House Party, avery fagliano at washington performing arts, dedicated writing at rhizome, walk/run club, queer line dancing, dance: Picasso Dances, kids art at kreeger, Bad Medicine Sketch Night, Congenital Heart Walk, cyclists against invasive vines, Earth and Planets Lab open house, tunes: Amadeezy and Native Sun, hill family biking halloween ride, spooky book exchange, Fall-O-Ween, federal worker training academy