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🔮 see the future // consult the WEEKLY SCHEDULER online for more events

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

tunes: PinkPantheress (5/3 & 5/4), tunes: Cobrah (5/7), tunes: Courtney Barnett (5/10), Bike to Work Day (5/15), Pattie Gonia (5/31), Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso (6/17) St. Vincent with the NSO at Wolf Trap (6/25), tunes: Robyn night 2 (9/9)

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Wednesday, April 22

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What do you call a big lizard that went extinct?

A die-nosaur! 66 million years ago, a meteor took them out. Tonight, paleontologist Ian Wilenzik teaches us about the lesser known mass extinctions they survived and what creatures might survive future ones, all while you sip an ice cold beer.  (6pm)

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It’s Earth Day everyday

Here are some ways to help prevent the next mass extinction:  

• Attack trash from a kayak! Help keep the Wharf clean and support the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at this waterway cleanup. (5pm)
• Meet your new roommate! Take a workshop to learn how to make the best spring floral arrangement for your dining table. (6pm)

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Also || root to rise yoga, New Penn Ave plan meeting, author talk: Livonia Chow Mein by Abigail Savitch-Lew, community building book club: life after cars, movies in milian park, tunes at rhizome, tunes: Cor De Lux w/ Eraser Girl & Undertow, tunes: Ritt Momney, tunes: The Moss / Good Boy Daisy, tunes: Sosocamo, taste of iceland’s tunes: Inspector Spacetime, film: Racist Trees, redefine the american dream thru collage

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Thursday, April 23

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I’m the (tandem) captain now

Learn to be a tandem bike captain with the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes. Once you’re trained you can captain a tandem bike on the Thursday, Friday, and weekend rides. (5:30pm)

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Mocktail and boardgames at the library? Sign me up!

Head to the Georgetown Library for a night of boardgames, card games, new friends, and mocktails. Why pay $20 for “elevated juice” at a restaurant when you could get it for free at the library! (6pm)

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Also || Cleveland Park night market, East City Bookshop talk, Taste of Iceland, site walk of RFK campus master plan, film: The Big Parade, talk on exploring space with robots, on stage: West Side Story, tunes: Janel Leppin, open mic for producers, book talk: Our Brains, Our Selves, public health meet-up, Baldwin House webinar, producer open mic at Pocket, icons and flow

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Friday, April 24

Night at the museum isn’t real, it can’t hurt you

But just to be safe you should leave before midnight. The Museum of Natural History is open late and you get to learn how to mount a specimen from the botany collection. (5pm)

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Support Indie Artists

AU has their own record label SDR! Come see a showcase of some of their newest artists: Quinn Volpe, gracie gilligan, fly fish fly, Big Balenci, and Pablo 17. Support local! (7pm)

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Also || Bernard/Ebb Songwriting Awards Concert, DCLX (April 24-26), comedy: becoming your parents, local funk, liberation weekend II day 1, I Love R&B dance party, heated rivalry rave, dc abortion fund fundraiser, bike ride w/ Lauf Cycles, student pottery show, book signing with Saeb Eigner, book talk: Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age, pussy portal @ transmission, book talk: How to Be a Dissident

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Saturday, April 25

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Draw me like one of your DC girls

Are you interested in figure drawing but unsure how to get into it? Join Rhizome for an introductory figure drawing class. You’ll pose for each other (clothed), learn about drawing sessions in the DMV, and learn some more basics. (11am)

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Cleaning up RCP

Come get a behind the scenes look at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre by helping clean it up! Help remove invasive species, litter, and more. (10am)

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Also || tunes: Eliza McLamb, washington bach consort, spring craft circle in edgewood, new kitchens on the block, maDCraftery, planned parenthood's impact gala, awkward party, visit the NMAI, DC Black Cat Bookfair, painting workshop at Kreeger, 90 years of the Federal Theatre Project - staged reading of Macbeth, bark in boro park, transportation advocates for Aparna Raj (Ward 1 Candidate), waterfront wellness weekend, hill family birthday bike ride, pints for wildlife protectors, stewarding your family's story, dc bookstore crawl, liberation weekend II day 2, tunes: Sarah Kinsley, 70’s flashband showcase, DC Wasians Meetup, People's Correspondents' Comedy Show, Harlem Renaissance in DC, garden fair plant sale, flea and art market, finding awe at NGA, dance: under a desert moon, coffee pop-up

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Sunday, April 26

The earth is always becoming

The iconic clay sculpture outside the American Indian Museum, Always Becoming, is indicative of the ever-evolving nature of life. In celebration of America 250, the museum hosts the Living Earth Festival, where you can make a seed ball, watch pottery sculpting demonstrations, and meet Nora Naranjo Morse, the artist behind the piece. (11am-5pm)

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Swap till you drop

Springtime means it’s time to swap clothing. Head to the Mt Pleasant library for a clothing swap. Bring items and leave with some items (but plz only gently used stuff!) (2-4pm)

• While you’re in Mt Pleasant, head to the Spring Art Market to check out paintings, pottery, jewelry and more. (11am-5pm)

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Also || hill center family day, comics book club, profs & pints: Facing Fascism, clean up with rock creek, tunes at pocket, pottery student sale, sourdough baking 101, meditate and create, liberation weekend II day 3, the best of the apollo, tunes: Oceanic / Borderline, local hip hop & rap performances + vinyls, congressional cemetery spring fair, experimental jam sesh, dc modular society meetup, fill a bag w/ books for $10, Socialites and Spies of Georgetown

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Monday, April 27

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Grass & roots wins the race

Slow Food DC hosts their annual Snail of Approval awards in honor of local chefs, producers, and farmers who embody good, clean, and fair food for all. Honor this year’s awardees with your ticket, which also gets you access to their silent auction and a Turkish buffet style dinner. (6pm)

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The Disco Witches of Fire Island

With a name like that and a description like “Unaware of all the mystical shenanigans going on, Joe starts to fall for the super-cute bisexual ferryman who just happens to have webbed feet and an unusual ability to hold his breath underwater,” you know this is a book you don’t want to miss. Join Solid State Books for their monthly gay agenda book club. (7pm)

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Also || tunes: Oklou (sold out), tunes: Jason Anderson, fiction book club: The Last of Earth, profs & pints: Fake News and War of the Worlds, Dramathon 2026, tunes: DDG, tunes: Austin Mackay, silk road supper: Lao Sze Chuan, book talk: The Patriot's Daughter, Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid

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Tuesday, April 28

What’s better than a walking taco?

A taco crawl! As part of April’s Tour Del Taco challenge, District Bridges takes you to four different taco spots, culminating in a vote for your favorite and a free hat for whoever eats the most. (6pm)

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A rhyme with a view

Renowned spoken word poet Jasmine Mans takes the roof at MLK library, alongside other local artists. Learn more about her debut collection Black Girl, Call Home while enjoying an evening of original performances and reflection. (7pm)

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Also || how to discover your life's work, acoustic set at rhizome, Scifi Fantasy Book Club: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, profs & pints on cuba, death cafe, benefit for Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, tunes: Fishbone, tunes: Aaron Hibell / Kotier, tunes: Jesse Solomon

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APRIL

4/29: tunes: Peni Candra Rini, profs & pints: Exploring the Deep Sea, movies in milian park, workshop: secondhand shopping, green drinks dc happy hour, collage poetry workshop, hiit happy hour

4/30: short film showcase: black light, trivia at the stacks, plant workshop: snake, 826DC's Trivia for Cheaters fundraiser, songwriter showcase at pocket, wine and card games, Collector's View 2026, tunes: Yumi Zouma, We Deserve to Party, Virginia Tech talk: Helmet Lab, screening and Q&A: Deepfaking Sam Altman, comedy without the hangover

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MAY

5/1: rhythms of the world: classical indian dance, DMV tunes: Ugly Pageant, LUSH (dc lesbian club night), hill family biking, Working Class Literature Festival

5/2: guided garden tour at Tudor Place, weekend weeders at Tudor Place, running of the chihuahuas, local punk at rhizome, dc girl punk, DMV tunes at pocket, noobie night with dc bike polo, iheartdc, OBSESSED dance party, queer clothing and cosmetics swap, rockville arts fest, exhibit at rhizome: 500 miles out, biking bridges, sound scene at hirshhorn, Project Poetic Justice with DC Jail, comedy: Green Card!, comedy: Meet Cute

5/3: yoga book club, plant swap, georgetown walking tour, play at keegan: The Minutes, writing workshop/fundraiser for Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid, noise is a riot, sinta quartet, where poetry meets wellness, nopales workshop, eugenics then and now, sunday night rest at rhizome, crochet 101, profs & pints: Eugenics Then and Now

5/4: teacher appreciation celebration, tunes at rhizome, happiness workshop

5/5: pressed floral art, vadym kholodenko at 6th&I, torture in the middle ages

5/6: book talk: Birth Vibes, fundraiser for local literacy non-profit, webinar: know your tenant rights, reading performance at rhizome, root to rise yoga

5/7: tunes: Cobrah, fundraise for food justice, stories we didn't see coming, local tunes: Dorinda, poetry open mic, weekly thursday trivia, DJ: retro 60s surf, screening at rhizome: Polari & Carry On, Mac Barnett at LOC, trivia thursday

5/8: walking tour of Columbia Heights, baltimore tunes at the pocket, pop up trivia, woodworking workshop, project blackbird gala

5/9: The Messthetics / James Brandon Lewis, musical improvisation at rhizome, walking tour of U St NW, performance at rhizome, dc tunes at the pocket, pet rescue comedy night, mandalas art class at rhizome, memory keepers club, barre3 at Commons Park

5/10: modern calligraphy at museum of illusions, tunes at pocket, tunes at rhizome, Black Mothers March 2026, brunchtime burlesque

5/11: co-op film fest: food for change, terrors of irish fairylore

5/12: tunes at rhizome, nightmares and creativity

5/13: iona senior services celebration

5/12: history talk: pop culture in 1970s

5/14: standing with immigrants, tunes at rhizome, comedy in takoma, game night at DCPL, when washington burned, funny farm, blue note burlesque, Annual Taste of the Garden, producers open mic at The Pocket

5/15: Bike to Work Day, local experimental rock at rhizome, rock raise

5/16: 11-mile guided hike, petworth yard sale, tunes at pocket, guided wine and charcuterie experience, Wangari Gardens Spring Festival, workshop: ode to the gardens

5/17: walking tour along Penn Ave, dc tunes at pocket, birdhouse workshop

5/18: book talk: Tears From the Mother of the Sun, co-op film fest: We The Owners

5/19: tunes at Pie Shop, poetry series finale at folger, local rock: Knave

5/20: bike ride of silence, spring garden party at Tudor Place, popstar playbook dc, interfaith couples workshop, burlesque benefit

5/21: JAM the revue

5/22: doom and dinos, dmv rap at pocket, queer magic dance party at black cat

5/23: natural dye workshop, walking whiskey tour in mt. pleasant, alice in wonderland burlesque, heaux in wonderland, tunes at rhizome, tunes: femi and the foundation + rock creek kings, honoring Indigenous service members

5/24: live karaoke at pocket, yogis for Janeese

5/26: experimental introduction to Judaism

5/27: tunes at rhizome, Crisis of the Common Good

5/28: advocacy in action

5/29: punk benefit at black cat

5/30: accessory swap, improv at WIT, tunes at Pocket, tunes at rhizome

5/31: Act of Serviceberry Day, Washington Men's Camerata, bouquet crafting workshop

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JUNE

6/1: tunes at rhizome

6/3: tunes: Andrew Bird (with national philharmonic), 1960s comedy at Tudor Place, tunes: Penanggalan / Crows Foot, Dr. Jill Biden at 6th&I

6/4:  tunes: Andrew Bird (with national philharmonic)

6/5: 1960s comedy night at Tudor Place

6/6: guided garden tour at Tudor Place, weekend weeders at Tudor Place, beer bourbon and bbq fest, alt pop at the pocket, flea market at library

6/7: elevation yoga

6/8: tunes at rhizome

6/9:  tunes: Michael Foster's Ghost

6/11: tunes: Cécile McLorin Salvant: Book of Ayres

6/13: Sing Democracy 250

6/14: podcast recording: MS NOW

6/16: Lisa See at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center

6/21: dad noise at rhizome, Duanwu DIY at Rhizome, yacht race

6/27: local tunes: Spark Isle Spark Isle, tunes at rhizome

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JULY

7/5: heavy tunes at rhizome

7/14: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World

7/19: local tunes at Pocket

7/25: Cafe Love on the Clock

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OCTOBER

10/8: cookbook talk at 6th&I

10/15: comedy at Sixth & I

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