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Robyn, night 2 (9/9), DC Sketch Comedy Show: Bad Medicine (9/15), 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 September 2
Do you like vintage?
You can try the natural wines at Sonnys, then bring your 80s vinyl to the DJ next door. Show off your superior taste!! (7pm)
Everyone’s a little bike-curious
Ask all the questions you want at the cargo e-bike show and tell. If you like what you see, borrow one for free. (5:30pm)
Also || 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, bookclub: The Everlasting, V-J Day at the WWII Memorial, hollywood spy talk at the Spy Museum, are you smarter than a 5th grader?
Thursday September 3
Pringle, shingle, tingle, jingle, etc.
Tired of the apps? Head to metrobar for a singles mingle. Bring a friend, enjoy some drinks and icebreakers. (7pm)
Hi, girls! Girls, hiiiiiiii.
Talk about a runner’s high. Join a cannabis-friendly walk after work through Old Town. Speciality lemonade provided. (6:30pm)
Also || 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, short film screening, tiki vinyl night, comedy: Alok, blood vampire rave
Friday September 4
You only have until the stroke of midnight…
To submit your indie horror short to Eunoia Cinema House. Those who succeed will lift the curse of creative block. (11:59pm deadline)
Eurydice in her own words
Head to Atlas Performing Arts Center for Songs of the Goat, a Beckett-inspired play telling the story of Eurydice through her own words. See it Friday through September 13th. (8pm)
Also || local tunes: threeeyedmouse w/ threethirtytwo + SIR E.U + Kilian Fonlon, virtual art talk: the look of amber, jazz at rhizome, anti-capitalist coworking club, friday night fishing, free arts + humanities programming for DCPS teachers, GLITCH at dew drop inn, tunes: Empire of the Sun, dance party: Crash Out, Jinx Proof 30th anniversary
Saturday September 5
Learn about DC’s punk roots
From Bad Brains to Dave Grohl, this walking tour trots around the city, hitting all the old punk landmarks on the way (including the original 9:30 Club). Go see the roots of punk that lie beneath all the luxury condos. (2pm)
Finally deal with that pile of clothes
Dupont Neighbors are hosting a Ward 2 clothing swap. Bring the stuff that’s clogging your closet and leave with a refreshed wardrobe. The buy-in is a bag of your donations, and it’s open to all – Ward 2 resident or not. (12pm)
Also || youth in government at pocket, dinos in b-more, LARP at Rhizome, songs of the goat, screening: Oklahoma!, zine lab, hot nights karaoke, vintage pop-up, pilates at the park, cannabis comedy show, vintage watch pop-up, DC Jazz Festival, Battle of the Beats producer night, sunflower festival, live-scored Scarface screening, Annandale Koretown food tour, tunes: Slings & Arrows
Sunday September 6
Eat pie for glory
Pending statehood, the DC State Fair is taking place at Anthem Row for a packed Sunday of music performances, educational workshops, and live competitions. Enter an eating competition and make our city proud. (11am)
CAW CAW HOOT TWEET COO CHIRP
It’s words from birds! Wake up way too early on a Sunday, listen to nature, write a poem with strangers. (7:30am)
Also || indigo & shibori 101, Ladybird w/ Dylan Rockwell + Little Lungs, birding in rock creek, negative space explorations, holiday decor swap, crochet 101, screening: Shoot the Piano Player, sunflower festival, sweet wine tasting, sunday commons in friendship heights, walking tour: socialite spies of georgetown, Indie Rock Karaoke
Monday September 7
Honor Labor Day by barely moving
The Electric Coney 0.5K race is for those who are dedicated to doing the bare minimum. In exchange for “running” a third of a mile you’ll get a hot dog, drinks, and a participation medal. Even with minimal effort, you’ll support a good cause with part of the proceeds going to Bread for the City. (11am)
Are you down dog?
Top off the long weekend with sunset yoga on the National Mall because there’s nothing like a good citywide shavasana as summer winds down. Be sure to get there early to claim your spot on the lawn. (7pm)
Also || Shivfest at Rhizome, secret door museum, walk along the palisades trolley trail, what happened to cookouts?, tunes: Channel Trees
Tuesday September 8
Beauty behind bars
Head to Rhizome for a beautiful collection of pieces created by incarcerated artists. Join for art, poetry, and an open mic night by currently incarcerated people and returning citizens from DC. (6pm)
Do you have what it takes to be in the Washington Ballet?
Take a free outdoor barre class with the Washington Ballet in Farragut Square. Bring your mat, water bottle, and get ready for a low-impact, ballet-based workout. (5:30pm)
Also || live taping of sources and methods, give it a chai, how to feel worthy, book talk: hexy beast, intro to figure drawing, tunes: Peter Hook & The Light
SEPTEMBER
9/9: author talk: R.F. Kuang, punk at pocket, looney tunes rediscovered, local tunes: prometheu$, Crossroads Farmers Market, embroidery class, doc screening: breaking the west, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom opens at Round House Theatre
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, short film: One Call, America: The Game
9/11: Camp Merry, tunes at pocket, beyond belief at 6th & I, finding awe at NGA, anti-capitalist coworking club
9/12: book of stories, DMV girls hockey weekend, Rosh Hashanah lunch, New Synagogue Project for the High Holidays, tunes at the hamilton, 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, consequences of surveillance 25 yrs after 9/11, art all night in chevy chase, vintage swap, art all night: logan circle, andrew sa at pie shop, tunes: She Says, Korean food tour of NoVA
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, sunday commons market, collaging the high priestess, stevie wonder nights at songbyrd
9/14: book club: lost in translation, dune and messiahs, screening: brailled it, EJ and Health Disparities Symposium, local tunes: Baltimore Avenue
9/15: science of longevity, author talk: Michael Don, masters degree fair, a monument to comedy
9/16: books about women running from houses, phone free experience
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, Muslim Counterpublics Lab
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, anti-capitalist coworking club, open mic night, Training on cooperative businesses, art at georgetown
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, local tunes: Alex Alavi & The Funky Breakfast, nerd nite, Sinophone Independent Film Festival, Korean food tour of annapolis, poetry at rhizome
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, Sunday Jazz & Tea, all about oaks, bricks4dc
9/21: the critical musician, Havdalah and Break Fast, Falls Prevention Awareness Week, falls prevention week, Travel Like an Anthropologist
9/22: Psalmayene 24 at Folger Theatre, grief in process, Falls Prevention Awareness Week, talking to strangers, preventing election violence
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, open house event for teachers at the spy museum
9/25: comedy: Body Language, tunes: Thesaurus Rex, violin: K8A, anti-capitalist coworking club, improv: stumped
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, avoid the pro-data center party, hardcore tunes: plastique pigs, korean food tour in annapolis
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
9/29: let's go to rhizome
9/30: music improv at rhizome, journaling with crystals, this cursed beautiful land, yoga at the farm, Educator Night at East City Bookshop
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, anti-capitalist coworking club, heart of the matter
10/3: pianist Élisabeth Pion, screening: Stories and Pictures By, home rule fest, Swap Palooza
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, KINDA EVIL at pie shop
10/9: local tunes: Eliza Tebo w/ Integriti Reeves + Melanie McDowell, anti-capitalist coworking club, local noise at rhizome
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, anti-capitalist coworking club
10/17: local hip-hop: DFG Ju w/ Tolento Jones, screening: Maysles Films Inc., Tregaron Unplugged, textiles 101
10/18: Simone Dinnerstein at WPA
10/20: cocktails for a cause, O.B. Hardison Reading with Cornelius Eady, revisioning internal rhetoric, jason calhoun at rhizome, the room where it happened
10/21: Raphael Rogiński at Rhizome
10/22: local tunes: Theron William
10/23: beatbox battle, give a shuck, anti-capitalist coworking club
10/24: tunes at rhizome, book talk: art & water, linocut workshop, Niladri Kumaar at WPA, eye on the prize at NGA
10/25: parks flea market, screening toni cade bamabra school of organizing
10/28: Silas House at East City
10/30: anti-capitalist coworking club
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
11/7: nervous verbs
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
11/21: try writing a song
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
