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

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

open calls for artists in DC, last chance to see Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared (closing 2/1), tunes: Electric Guest (2/9), DC indie film fest (opens 2/11), Valentines flashband showcase at The Pocket (2/15), tunes: Broke Royals (2/21), tunes: Blood Orange (3/3), volunteer for 2026 Wammie Music Awards (happening 3/28), tunes: Jordan Ward (4/19), tunes: PinkPantheress (5/3 & 5/4), tunes: Courtney Barnett (5/10)

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Wednesday January 28

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Remembering Alex Pretti

Join your neighbors and community in honoring the life of VA nurse Alex Pretti at the VA Headquarters in Downtown DC. (5:30pm)

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Don’t miss Korean Treasures!

This incredible exhibit closes on February 1st at the National Museum of Asian Art, hosting a remarkable selection of masterpieces donated to the Korean nation by the family of Lee Kun-Hee. The objects on view were originally created for Buddhist temples, Confucian academies, and scholars’ studios to trace the evolution of Korean innovation. (all day)

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Also || DIY show at Rhizome, What's your hand in the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence?, tunes at WPA, queer Jewish singles event, new year new beginnings, new year plant workshop, youth poetry workshop celebrating John Lewis, awards ceremony: excellence in public service, evergreen needles workshop

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Thursday January 29

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Ba Dum Tss

New year’s resolutions don’t have to be boring; maybe you just wanna be cooler? 7DrumCity’s group drum classes are back. (various times available)

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Protect queer art

Award season’s back in full swing. Join haus of bambi in honoring photographer Farrah Skeiky’s work at the HAUS AWARDS, dedicated to recognizing queer artists. And stay for fun campy performances from winners of years past. (7pm)

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Also || cairn two, the ballistic missile defense question, book talk: Gov. Shapiro, write a song to imagine DC’s next 250 years, bullet journaling + wine, komedy @ kellies, shakespeare for kiddos book talk, teaching + assessing writing talk, tunes: Not This Blue House / Bohemian Waxwing / Laundry List, game night + mocktails, tunes: fly fish fly / Alligator Hands / Birdcage, shakespeare immersive bar rock concert , game night at the stacks, a shrine for us

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Friday January 30

Goosebumpin’ that

Still craving some ice after all this snow? Or looking for somewhere to get warm? Transmission is joined by Luv.202 for PERMAFROST, a night of techno and club featuring headliner Jasmine Infiniti. (10pm)

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World Premier Alert!

The Keegan Theatre is showing the world premier of “John Doe.” With a hook like “people-avoider Zia suffers from anthropophobia, the fear of people. People-watcher Doe suffers from being dead,” this is a show you won’t want to miss. Plus, there’s nothing like supporting local theatre! (7:30pm, playing until Feb 22)

Also || art: Diego Borgsdorf, application deadline: VisArts Emerging Curator Program, chamber of comedy, bike ride to ice skating, tunes: Astronaut Class / Bryce Bowyn / Shelby Morgan, gallery opening, local improv: Joyride, endless OM first bday party, film: The Great Yawn of History, spyfest, tunes: Ammonite / Adele Marie / My Mandy

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Saturday January 31

What happens when you combine a box and a sack?

You get Sangjaru (“sangja” + “jaru”), a band infusing traditional Korean folk music with elements of funk, rock, and improv. Stop by NMAA to hear their exhilarating sound as part of Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, and Shared. (2pm)

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Dragging you to this event

It’s the creature feature drag show at Rhizome, with 10 different drag queens, all hosted by Exquisite Corspe. (8pm)

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Also || the music and lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, Mt. Plantry at Rhizome (sold out sad!), Reek4Real at The Pocket, write a song to imagine DC’s next 250 years, standup show, pre-code film series: Morocco, open stage drag show, dayshift party, beading workshop, stand-up: Xavier Morgan, boycott target DC, all laughs no breaks, Ashley Jaye Williams: Interactive Echo Chamber — Transformer

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Sunday February 1

Your fav berry fibs

Did you know raspberries aren’t actually berries but aggregate fruits? If you can get past this betrayal, Edgewood Community Farm hosts a hands-on workshop on rooting and growing the berry-shaped suckers. (2:15pm)

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Because we know you want to be like to the cool crochet kids

Every time my friend is wearing a cool piece of knitwear, I go, “where did you get that?” and they always say, “oh I made it”... which makes me SO jealous. Don’t be jealous anymore, learn how to crochet at Rhizome in their Crochet 101 class. (11am)

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Also || tunes at rhizome, book brunch with EDCJCC, y2k burlesque tribute, film: We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe, tunes: venray album release, pearl jewelry workshop, tunes: Fox Stevenson / Yue, tunes: Jacob Banks, tunes: Deep Dive, Prabir Mehta / Naoco Wowsugi & Maya Glicksman — Rhizome DC

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Monday February 2

Barry Farm: Community, Land and Justice

One of the most historic neighborhoods in DC is Anacostia’s Barry Farm, which transformed into a thriving community for free African Americans post-Civil War and later became a fertile ground for activism and culture. Join for a screening of the film followed by a panel with co-director Sabiyha Prince. (7pm)

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We could all use some meditation right now

Life is heavy right now, liberate your mind and relax with meditation through Kadampa Meditation Center. Monday night includes online or in-person classes. (7pm)

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Also || community tap class, kinky profs & pints, indie press book club: Season of the Swamp, valentine’s candle-making experience, meditation class, longform improv, tunes: February / Soap Box Derby / Expiration Date

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Tuesday February 3

Is there someone in your life who could be a little more…understanding?

Now’s your one chance to literally tell them to go to Empathy 101. Dr. Jamie Keaton Jones explains why the ability is necessary for survival (and even answers whether it can be captured by AI). (6pm)

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Hats? Bad!

Bad Bad Hats is celebrating the 10th anniversary of their album “Psychic Reader”. The band has toured with The Beths, Margaret Glaspy, The Front Bottoms, Hippo Campus, and Michelle Branch, and will be headlining their own show at Union Stage. (7pm)

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Also || book talk: the End of Romance, socialist night school: police abolition, another book talk: one & only, lunchtime meditation, buy your tickets on Groundhog Day for “Groundhog Day” that evening at Suns Cinema, urban growing

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FEBRUARY

2/4: tunes: Summer Salt, Vivian Tu at Sixth & I, album release party, tunes: David Foster & Katherine McPhee, the love lecture, tunes: The Secret Trio, trivia: Black history and DC culture

2/5: improv-a-ganza, arrangement and card making workshop, book talk: Paris in Ruins: Love, War and the Birth of Impressionism, book club: Well Met, poetry showcase, transpobingo begins!, girlgenuis night @ pieshop, ordinary life in rural china, Eunoia Cinema House launch party at The Pocket, VDAY 101, comedy at Kelly's Irish Times, film talk: Mesa Soto, folk art is fine art, yarn & yap at the library, virtual poetry reading