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On sale now! Events in the ~ future ~ that you may want to buy tickets for before they sell out:
lost city books September book clubs and future book clubs at the library, Robyn, night 2 (9/9), Thee Sacred Souls (9/17), Taylor Tomlinson at 6th&I (9/23), all things go (9/25-9/27), Charli XCX (9/28), Two Door Cinema Club (10/11), tunes: Rebecca Black (10/15), JPEGMAFIA (10/21), Beck (10/25), Dana and Alden (10/29), Slow Pulp (11/9), Julia Jacklin (11/10)
Wednesday August 26
Are you reading this on your phone?
Put it down and look around your Metro car. Make eye contact with a cutie. Then head to Logan Circle for a vibey, screen-free cocktail hour. (6:30pm)
A free drink for you and a date (for your friend)
If you’ve said you have a super hot single friend who you could totally set me up with… it’s time to prove it. Bullet points, graphic design, and slideshow effects required. (7pm)
Also || Wharf movie night: Project Hail Mary, farmer’s market at common good city farm, comedy: Honey, Drop It at DCAC, book club: Secret Life of Groceries, book talk: the rise and fall of carlos, the world's first super-terrorist
Thursday August 27
The worst part about looking for a job is that I don’t want to work
Perhaps this abysmal job market is a sign you should pivot your career? Check out this visioning practice to figure out what’s next for you. (12pm)
One night at Camp Cobb…
It’s not too late to live out your summer camp daydreams!! Celebrate the last days of summer at Camp Cobb from Thursday to Saturday. Thursday night the park turns into a roller rink, so get groovin’. (6:30pm)
Also || own your experience, tunes at rhizome, journal show and tell (sold out), Capitol Hill tree tour (use code 730DC for a discount), hot book of the month: Country People, Knits & Yarns, cleveland park night market, film: Summertime at the Library of Congress, queer reading night at as you are., tunes: AdMo vibe, Kehlani at MPP, the history of sandwiches
Friday August 28
Sleep-away camp walked so this could serve wine
As we near the end of summer, the Yards is hosting Camp Yards, where you’ll explore the neighborhood and earn patches for visiting local shops and restaurants. There’s live music, camp games, and camp “activities” that happen to include wine and beer. (6pm-8pm)
They said it was im-pasta-ble
Here’s a mix you may not have expected: gnocchi and R&B? Make pasta while listening to some smooth sounds. (6:30pm)
Also || tunes at pocket, BYOB trivia, author talk: John Manuel Arias, anti-capitalist coworking club, space fire truth, mario movie at cobb park, renewing the dream launch event, DC stand up showcase, tunes: Sorry About Your Daughter, book talk: portrait of a witch undone, DC Sober Climb, disco biblioteca
Saturday August 29
Happy little accidents only
Spend an evening turning creating a beautiful meadow out of oil pastels. No experience or natural talent required. They’ll teach you the skills and you’ll leave with something to put on your wall. (5pm)
Just do si do it
The DC Square Dance Collective is taking over Peirce Mill yard for a night of dancing and live music under the lights. A caller hollers out every step, so you can just follow along, partner. (7pm)
Also || freelance sweatpants at pocket, disco in the district, graftings at rhizome, back 2 school boro bash, Smut Slam DC, back to school bike ride, surviving the woodchipper, book talk: The Harrow Home for Wayward Girls, Central Table, comedy in dupont, camp yards, protect Hains Point and East Potomac Park, Flashband Warped Tour Showcase, 40K+ piece puzzle!!!, carnival at cobb park, get flee market, korean language table, outdoor movie night: confessions of a teenage drama queen, sounds of africa concert, vintage vintage vintage rummage sale, Black GIrl Art Show, yoga festival
Sunday August 30
Tears with peers
The creator of Crying in DC is hosting a crying workshop in Union Market. You’ll get a giftcard, a smoothie, and an “adaptogen beverage,” to ease the pain. (3pm)
Eat pastries with strangers
Yes, you can make new friends on this pastry crawl. But it’s important to be strategic here. If you walk too slow, there might only be gluten-free vegan raisin bran muffins left. (12:30pm)
Also || honey harvest festival, parks flea market, home is where the bat is, Survivor DC, local tunes: Go on Red + Ranchos w/ Hungry Bug + Apricity, trans writing workshop, collaging grief, comics book club, tiniest lemon bread, Capitol Hill tree tour (use code 730DC for a discount), pressed flower earring making, mini cake decorating workshop, stationary crawl (waitlist), open mic at peoples book
Monday August 31
Well-versed
Calling all AAPI artists and writers! D. Sea Writer’s Collective is hosting a writing workshop where you can bring something you’re working on or just come ready to create. (6:30pm)
Heckle hath no fury like a comic scorned
A brave comic will take the stage at Town Tavern while a seasoned comic comments throughout their set. Jokes that don’t land get roasted, and either way, you get to watch new material get born (or die) in real time. (8pm)
Also || sour tooth at rhizome, paint n sip, book talk: the hidden history of the n-word, union market bollywood workout
Tuesday September 1
Wastin’ away again…
The summer may be over, but you can still drink a gigantic margarita and eat a $5 hot dog at Nats park. Then somberly observe the hallowed Jimmy Buffet Day of Service sponsored by Margaritaville. (6:45pm)
Don’t be knit-picky!
You’re gonna knit. You can knit alone, or you can knit with a group. Join the circle—it’ll be fun! (5:30pm)
Also || Grief in Action, Profs & Pints on Yemen, JLG listening session, la petite swap, surprise short film discussion, puzzle swap, you’ve still got time to read it: romance book club
SEPTEMBER
9/2: Wharf movie night: When Harry Met Sally & First Wives Club, farmer’s market at common good city farm, tunes at rhizome, Jewish Page Turners, songs of the goat, root to rise yoga, cargo e-bike show & tell
9/3: sarah longwell at 6th&I, Phillips (Collection) After Five, comedy in takoma, Phillips after 5, storytelling in DC, a night of moving images, Funny Arabs at the Comedy Loft
9/4: local tunes: threeeyedmouse w/ threethirtytwo + SIR E.U + Kilian Fonlon, the look of amber, art: the look of amber, jazz at rhizome, submit your horror film by midnight
9/5: youth in government at pocket, dinos in b-more, clothing swap in dupont, LARP at Rhizome, songs of the goat, screening: Oklahoma!, zine lab
9/6: indigo & shibori 101, friday night fishing, Ladybird w/ Dylan Rockwell + Little Lungs, birding in rock creek, negative space explorations, holiday decor swap, crochet 101, screening: Shoot the Piano Player
9/7: Shivfest at Rhizome, secret door museum
9/8: live taping of sources and methods, give it a chai, how to feel worthy, book talk: hexy beast
9/9: author talk: R.F. Kuang, punk at pocket, looney tunes rediscovered, local tunes: prometheu$, Crossroads Farmers Market
9/10: somewhere over the border, somewhere over the border, script to spotlight, Fresh Produce's open mic for producers, funny farm, psychedelic assisted therapy, tarot comedy show
9/11: Camp Merry, tunes at pocket, beyond belief at 6th & I, finding awe at NGA
9/12: book of stories, DMV girls hockey weekend, Rosh Hashanah lunch, New Synagogue Project for the High Holidays, tunes at the hamilton, Bethesda Row Arts Festival, lunch at 6th & I, high holidays at 6th & I, Bethesda Row Arts Festival, beer in the garden, celebration of textiles: Andean traditions, screening: The Dream and the Lie, Space Festival
9/13: steph phest 2026, community bike ride, Bethesda Row Arts Festival, victory bike ride, finding awe at NGA, screening: Napoleon, beginner friendly mahjong class, sound bath, blend your own face oil, The Stories in Our Bones, study hall at rhizome
9/14: book club: lost in translation, dune and messiahs
9/15: science of longevity, author talk: Michael Don
9/16: books about women running from houses
9/17: book talk: Kristin Hannah, soundscape at phillips collection, Teshuva workshop, tunes at rhizome, honest to goodness, tunes: Visit Neptune, book talk: Names Have Been Changed, burlesque and karaoke, screening: cow trip
9/18: caribbean happy hour, PARK(ing) Day, Mt. Joy, anti-rat webinar, the art of looking, art talk: Marguerite Gerard, tunes: The Sweet Spot, Drone All Night, trivia on the farm, finding awe at NGA
9/19: hope journey walk for autoimmune association, local tunes: muddlehead, jazz at kreeger, 50 Years of the American Folklife Center, collaborative screenprinting workshop, learn more about tarot, screening: hoop dreams, dc lifter girls picnic
9/20: oktoberfest community sing, beyond belief, Capitol Hill tree tour (use code 730DC for a discount), The Victorians' Sexual Underworld, screening: Golub, foliage workshop
9/21: the critical musician, Havdalah and Break Fast, Falls Prevention Awareness Week
9/22: Psalmayene 24 at Folger Theatre, grief in process, Falls Prevention Awareness Week
9/23: Taylor Tomlinson at 6th&I, burlesque: velvet hour
9/24: tunes at rhizome, local tunes: Annie Stirling, book talk: The Refuge, comedy at as you are., the US flag in art
9/25: comedy: Body Language, tunes: Thesaurus Rex, violin: K8A
9/26: jazz in the parks, tunes at pocket, anti-rat webinar, dance and post-performance discussion at Kreeger, "Firebird" at Theatre of Harlem, The Art of Cyanotype, screening: Chicago Crossings
9/27: parks flea market, tunes at pocket, family square dance, fall decor workshop, screening: Life Itself, paw paw tasting and growing
9/28: Charli XCX, jeff surak at rhizome
9/30: music improv at rhizome, journaling with crystals, this cursed beautiful land, yoga at the farm
OCTOBER
10/1: local tunes: Magic Item w/ Dr. Horsedoctor + Rain Shears, tunes: Magic Item
10/2: eli winter trio at rhizome, tunes: The Tumblers, finding awe at NGA
10/3: pianist Élisabeth Pion, screening: Stories and Pictures By
10/4: author talk: Audrey Goldberg-Ruoff, DC fall classic 5K & Half, screening: While We Are Here, Killick Hinds at Rhizome, finding awe at NGA
10/5: john grisham at 6th & I
10/7: michael douglas at 6th & I
10/8: cookbook talk at 6th&I, Coco Smith at Rhizome, art: Change Ringing
10/9: local tunes: Eliza Tebo w/ Integriti Reeves + Melanie McDowell
10/10: Chelsea Wolfe at 6th&I, Afterglow: Stories that linger, hip hop: EPIK HIGH, screening: Primary, Painting in the Kreeger Sculpture Garden
10/11: moony w Wall Carpets, screening: If You Lived Here You Would Be Home Now
10/12: the italian job, tunes at rhizome
10/13: grief quiltmaking
10/14: tunes at rhizome, hair workshop for girldads, violinist Itzhak Perlman
10/15: comedy at Sixth & I, local tunes: Boat Burning
10/16: parks line dancing, Black Women and Shakespeare, finding awe at NGA
10/17: local hip-hop: DFG Ju w/ Tolento Jones, screening: Maysles Films Inc.
10/20: cocktails for a cause, O.B. Hardison Reading with Cornelius Eady, revisioning internal rhetoric
10/22: local tunes: Theron William
10/23: beatbox battle, give a shuck
10/24: tunes at rhizome, book talk: art & water, linocut workshop
10/25: parks flea market
10/28: Silas House at East City
10/31: screening: Titicut Follies and A Couple
NOVEMBER
11/1: Mary in Ecstasy at NGA
11/4: sound at rhizome
11/6: OFFSITE duo at rhizome, finding awe at NGA
11/8: finding awe at NGA
11/9: Rick Steves at Sixth & I, book talk: spy school
11/10: Julia Jacklin
11/13: love isn't blind, finding awe at NGA
11/14: Red Brick Weekend, comedy for a cause, finding awe at NGA
11/15: monet: life in letters, finding awe at NGA
11/18: tunes: frances of delirium
11/28: echoes of doubt at rhizome
11/29: parks flea market
DECEMBER
12/4: HUMP! Film Festival, finding awe at NGA
12/5: HUMP! Film Festival, pas musique at rhizome
12/8: hbd emily dickinson
12/9: sneak peak at folger's english christmas
12/11: English Christmas for the Ages
12/12: finding awe at NGA
MARCH 2027
3/2: hamlet at folger
MAY 2027
