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OCTOBER
10/30: tunes: MJ Lenderman, tunes: Bear Hands, Community Changemakers (ticket discount: 730DC20), queer horror discussion, dance: if i die before the revolution, putting the movement back in civil rights teaching, an evening with Susan Choi, hot takes comedy show, fall fest at Woodrow Wilson, tunes: PICKAXE
10/31: outdoor Nosferatu w/ live sound by Novparolo, tunes: lilly palmer, Ward 1 Mutual Aid Halloween party, Ephemeral Architecture and Urbanism in the Late Spanish Colonial Caribbean, Charli vs Chappell Dance Party
NOVEMBER
11/1: Coco & Clair Clair, improv: POTUS Among Us, monthly Dupont ArtWalk, comedy: Laurie Kilmartin ($5 off with code 730DC), Stepping Out for the Homeless gala, dance: if i die before the revolution, art: the Star Family Reunion (ex-HITS), The Star Family Reunion , tunes: Kimia Hesabi & Erin Snedecor, Tarot and Magic at Folger Institute
11/2: film: 1874, The Birth of Impressionism, tunes: Astronaut Class,urban foraging!, Night of the Livecoding Dead + dawn of the livecoding workshop, flashband showcase, Friendship Heights makers market + attainable housing walking tour, early Max Fleisher animations, weed at Tudor Place, negro motorist green book exhibit opening, meditation class, gen Z round table, improv: POTUS Among Us, dance: Air Time, opening of DCPL’s exhibit on the Green Book
11/3: tunes: The Go! Team, art exhibition: Paris 1874, learn the basics of punch needle, talk: the friendship of Zola & Manet, Scully Prize: Theaster Gates, photo critique at Multiple Exposures Gallery, storytelling night: finding light, Matty Matheson at 6th and I, tunes: Al Margolis & Tom Hamilton, negro motorist green book exhibit opening, Listening is Fundamental, CCS Family Concert
11/4: Pottery Party: Singles Edition, Profs & Pints: A World Heritage of Tattooing, Dia de Muertos reception
11/5: Profs & Pints: Your Prep for the 2024 Election Results
11/6: pay what you will for second city @ wooly mammoth, natural wine tasting series
11/7: Rediscover Your Creative Voice, pay what you will for second city @ wooly mammoth, DC is Indian land, Marvel vs. DC Trivia, tunes: Pod Blotz, experimental short films at Rhizome DC, Reading Palestine book club/talk
11/8: tunes: La Femme, tunes: Spirit of the Beehive, tunes: Oscar Suh-Rodriguez & Keith Butler, Side Yards carnival, after hours karaoke
11/9: ikat (rugs) from around the world, Comedy Karaoke Trivia Funtime Show, 5k race for the river, tunes: RE(space), art: Amy Lamb, Bharatanatyam, tunes: Chet Udell, DC Sing-Along
11/10: know your rights: worker classification, tunes: Django’s Jazz Manouche, tunes: Sultry, Pollute, Sad Roach, Cataclysmic
11/11: author talk: Jim Beane, comedy: Etch a Sketch, Profs & Pints: Dead Men Tell Tales
11/12: Jerusalem Demsas talks Housing Crisis, tunes: Jordan Sand, On with Kara Swisher, Profs & Pints: Washington’s Impressionist Art
11/13: tunes: James Vincent McMorrow, musical improv jam, Strathmore’s Fresh AIR concert
11/14: tunes: Tokyo Police Club, art talk: Fractals in Textiles, holiday market @ Strathmore, tunes: Camp Saint Helene, tunes: CBGBDC, Mantagonist, Sligo Waterdogs, torrents: new links to black futures, the feels dating event, talk: DCFPI charts The Road Ahead, Four Seasons Wine & Dine, DuPont Sip & Shop, Profs & Pints: Poets of the First World War, Community Public Safety Forum
11/15: syBLINGS!, tunes: Alma Laprida / Brian Weitz, Tinder Live! (10th anniversary), Berliner Philharmoniker, dance: warming up, I’m ready, umbrella art fair / torrents: new links to black futures, adult book fair, KINDA EVIL album release party
11/16: tunes: Pond, art talk: Stories of Syria’s Textiles, syBLINGS!, sounds of us festival, fall festival, dance: warming up, I’m ready, soup art afternoon, umbrella art fair / torrents: new links to black futures, Hirshhorn: Above & Beyond, holiday ornament making workshop, tunes: LESSON ZERO, tunes: Drew Gardner Band, Exile and Memory in Haitian Cinema, culture house listening party
11/17: world toilet day comedy benefit, Sarau de Samba, walking tour: a history of DC police violence, umbrella art fair / torrents: new links to black futures, talk on Caravaggio
11/18: tunes: flo petite, eraser girl, Profs & Pints: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
11/19: tunes: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Profs & Pints: Spirits Around the Place
11/20: journaling, crystals and tarot, tunes: Chuck van Zyl / Daniel Klag / Danielle Nia / Null Phi Infinity / Tangent Universes
11/21: author talk: Jon Tuteur, book talk w/ Teighan Gerard: Half Baked Harvest
11/22: tunes: Craig Finn (& Katy Kirby), downtown holiday market starts
11/23: tunes: Adrianne Lenker, tunes: Velocity Girl, tunes: V. Vecker, the untold story behind Ted Lasso, christmas tree luminaries workshop, Exile and Memory in Haitian Cinema
11/24: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Exile and Memory in Haitian Cinema
11/25: tunes: Marc Rebillet, Circling seminar, talk: Hakeem Jeffries, Spatial Prismatic Active Listening
DECEMBER
12/1: Learn about Conifers!, photo critique at Multiple Exposures Gallery
12/4: film screening: Food and Country
12/5: tunes: Ride
12/6: monthly Dupont ArtWalk, candlelight tour of Tudor Place
12/7: Hamilton singalong, comedy: Peter Revello ($5 off with code 730DC), Christmas with Thomas Circle Singers, wealth building panel, theatre: Rigoletto, holiday mug crafting!
12/8: theatre: Rigoletto, Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture 2024
12/9: learn about George Washington from GW researchers, Federal Contractors winter soiree
12/11: art exhibition: Paris 1874, Candlelight Tour of Tudor Place
12/12: Capital Hockey Classic, Disco Christmas
12/14: tunes: Stephen Wilson Jr., Comedy Karaoke Trivia Funtime Show, theatre: Rigoletto, film screening: Harlem Family and other shorts
12/15: tunes: The Jesus Lizard, Holiday Tea and Tour, theatre: Rigoletto, film screening: Moments without Proper Names
12/20: tunes: Ella G
12/28: film: 1874, The Birth of Impressionism
2025
1/4: film: 1874, The Birth of Impressionism
1/5: photo critique at Multiple Exposures Gallery
1/12: author talk: Gale Galligan
1/15: art exhibition: Paris 1874
1/19: author talk: M.C. Casper, Learn about Conifers!
1/23: tunes: Porridge Radio
1/26: book talk: Somewhere Toward Freedom
1/29: author talk: Rebecca Brenner Graham
3/8: Alton Brown live
3/14: author talk: Charlotte Taylor Fryar
4/14: tunes: Ty Segall
5/9: Katt Williams
5/10: comedy: Maria Bamford