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On Sale Now! Events in the ~ future ~ that you may want to buy tickets for before they sell out

6-week pottery handbuilding course (January–February), tunes: Soccer Mommy (1/27), tunes: Wheatus (3/24), tunes: Lane 8 (3/29)

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Wednesday November 20

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Fixing the housing crisis

Join Next City for their webinar on fixing the housing crisis, going beyond supply. Engage with speakers who will discuss methods for increasing affordability, making units and homes permanently affordable, and more. (2pm)

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I need a new winner pick

We get it, it’s another week of Survivor, and my winner’s pick was voted out last week. Anyway watch it at DC9 with other fans. (8pm)

Or head downstairs at DC9 and listen to the beautiful songs of Sun June! Check them out live on KEXP, then see their show! (8pm)

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Also || breaking sound, journaling, crystals and tarot, tunes: Chuck van Zyl / Daniel Klag / Danielle Nia / Null Phi Infinity / Tangent Universes, tunes: Django’s Jazz Manouche, new exhibit: Samantha Box, everybody loves puppets!, book: Bad Jew, bold yoga, Climate Changemakers, formerly incarcerated poets (on Zoom), golf course protest

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Thursday November 21

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Shopping, but at night!

Cleveland Park’s night market is back! Need a candle? Need a new jacket? Want to get a head start on your holiday shopping? Then head on over to Cleveland Park! (5-9pm)

While you’re out in Cleveland Park, head over to Comet Ping Pong for a show featuring Local News Legend, Sister Wife Sex Strike, and more! (9pm)

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Black politicians and The Anger Penalty

In their book “The Anger Rule,” Antoine J. Banks and Ismail K. White examine how Black politicians are uniquely penalized for expressing anger. Stop by Politics and Prose to hear them and Congressman Glen Ivey discuss racial inequality and constraints on Black politicians. (7pm)

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Also || Queer bike ride, author talk: Jon Tuteur, book talk w/ Teighan Gerard: Half Baked Harvest, Ancestral Spaces, art history at NGA, party: 50th Anniversary of Home Rule (sold out), NGA: Finding Awe, Tudor Place ‘Ancestral Spaces’, Green Drinks DC, new fiction: Sound Museum, NSO: Schubert & Bruckner, what’s mutual aid, $5 Peronis and stand up, K/NOW Democracy Dialogue, Cleveland Night Market, Bread & Puppet

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Friday November 22

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I said it before and I’ll say it again: I want house

Fed up with the housing crisis? Join Tracy Rosenthal (co-founder of the LA Tenants Union) and organizers from Stomp Out Slumlords for a conversation on collective action, stories of resistance, and the future of affordable housing. (7pm)

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Sound gay, I in

Hello my homiesexuals! You’re invited to Queer Crafting Night at Merry Pin! Bring your favorite project (or buy a craft kit there!) and create and connect while sipping tastings from Alchy Cocktails! (6pm)

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Also || tunes: Craig Finn (& Katy Kirby), downtown holiday market starts, queer crafting night, tunes: Bark Culture, NGA: Finding Awe, theater: Alice in Wonderland, a biography of Mitch McConnell, opening reception @ Honfleur, community fridge and pantry, Bluejacket X Velocity Girl, Chamber of Comedy, Craft and Design Center

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Saturday November 23

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We’ve got Spirit, yeah, yeah, we’ve got Spirit!

Come cheer on the Holy Trinity. Our own NWSL team the Washington Spirit are in the league finals! Washington Spirit has watch parties throughout the city at metrobar, Astro Beer Hall, Dacha Navy Yard and more! Or grab your friends and start your own watch party! (8pm)

We recommend Midlands, Exiles, and more!

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It’s time once again to embarrass yourself on skates in front of your friends

The ice rink at the sculpture garden is back open! Head over now for the best place in town to rent cheap skates and fall on your face in front of your friends… or crush. (11am-9pm)

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The dream of the 90s are alive in DC

Velocity Girl emerged from the DC indie scene in the early 90s, now they’re back playing some of their first shows in 25 years. Other local acts Outer World and Bad Moves will be opening! (8pm)

Also || Behind the Groove: DC Edition, mapping Petworth’s cultural assets, tunes: Adrianne Lenker, tunes: V. Vecker, the untold story behind Ted Lasso, christmas tree luminaries workshop, Exile and Memory in Haitian Cinema, Native American history of DC, yoga in the Gallery, DC Risoprint Fair, rave: HDF x Ben UFO, Hill Family Biking, Transformer 20th annual gala, candle making, video game concert, celebrate autumn @ Fox Haven, DC-based romcom playwriting workshop (in Anacostia), cardboard workshop, NGA: Finding Awe, theater: Alice in Wonderland, poetry @ Union Market, local sci-fi: CJ Rivera, Holiday Ornament Workshop, theater: Behind the Groove

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Sunday November 24

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Granny, Granny and the boys!

Your favorite 90-year-old-lead cover band is playing at Showtime! Come sing your favorite songs with DC’s favorite cover band at DC’s favorite dive bar! (5pm)

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All other cities get like Zayn Malik or Zendaya look alike contests… and we have Jack Schlossberg

I mean, I guess it’s better than a Tony P lookalike contest. Anyway, head to DCs Jack Schlossberg look-alike contest because why not? (2pm)

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Also || Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Exile and Memory in Haitian Cinema, movie benefit: CONCLAVE, DC Risoprint Fair, Crochet 101, DC-based romcom playwriting workshop (in Mt. Pleasant), theater: Alice in Wonderland, Rhizome experimental jam, talk: raised to obey, solutions exchange, jack schlossberg look-alike contest, Hike Party DC

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Monday November 25

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What do you call a Congressman turned children’s book author?
Hakeem Jeffries, apparently? In “The ABCs of Democracy,” Jeffries envisions an American future with equal opportunities for all. He shares what that looks like in a conversation with Liz Cheney (lol) at 6th and I! (7pm)

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You’re telling me the gallery IS the instrument? Has science gone too far??

“Spatial Prismatic Active Listening” is a one-of-a-kind experience where Rhizome is transformed into an instrument and the music changes while you walk around the gallery, with sine waves by Max Lorenzen and Bob Hoffnar on the pedal steel guitar. Stop by to see and hear it for yourself! (7pm)

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Also || tunes: Marc Rebillet (sold out), Circling seminar, talk: trans kids, our kids

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Tuesday November 26

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Music for when u wanna scream but also dance

Inspired by classic horror and sci-fi films, Justin Pointer and Tony Kim formed Dance With the Dead to make music that’s a blend of metal and dark synthwave. Catch them live at Union Stage with openers Korine and Megatronix! (7pm)

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Building a disability-inclusive world

Tiffany Yu’s book “The Anti-Ableist Manifesto” provides a framework for identifying microagressions, tackling ableism, and paving the way towards authentic allyship. Hear her in conversation with disability advocate Mia Ives-Rublee to learn more about supporting people. (7pm)

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Also || tunes: Dorothy Carlos / Sarah Lutkenahus / Ivan Liptak

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NOVEMBER

11/29: DC Holiday Hunt

11/30: National Holiday Tree Lighting, soap making workshop, DC-based romcom playwriting workshop (at the Folger), Pie Shop Concert for Girls Rock

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DECEMBER

12/1: Learn about Conifers!, photo critique at Multiple Exposures Gallery, NMWA holiday market, DCPL puzzle swap, Rhizome Death Cafe, Holiday Market

12/2: book talk: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt, profs & pints: What the 2024 Election Results Mean

12/3: Everyone home DC, ggwash readers and writers hh, Latte Art Competition, Girls Rock Giving Tuesday, The Gothic Ghosts of Christmas

12/4: film screening: Food and Country, a Swingin’ Little Christmas w/ Jane Lynch, Light Yards Express, An Irish Carol