February 12, 2024 – February 18, 2024
Doing
Profs & Pints DC: The Love Lecture
What: Together, we’ll explore different possibilities for love and those mysteries about it that have left more than a few of us feeling befuddled.
Where: Penn Social 801 E St NW
When: February 12, 2024 6 – 830pm
Tickets: $15 Profs & Pints DC: The Love Lecture Tickets
Monday HIIT & Run
What: Join DC Run Crew for a HIIT workout and conditioning run. Get a great workout and build your community!
Where: Banneker Recreation Center 2500 Georgia Avenue Northwest Washington, DC
When: Feb 12th, 2024 |7 – 8:30pm
Tickets: Monday HIIT & Run Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite
Valentine’s Themed Cookie Decorating Class
What: Fall in love – with cookies and cider! Join Sugarcoated for an all ages, beginner level cookie decorating class in Old Town Alexandria
Where: Lost Boy Cider317 Hooffs Run Drive Alexandria, VA
When: Feb 13th, 2024 6 – 8pm
Tickets: $65 Valentine’s Day Themed Cookie Decorating Class Tickets
Asking For A Friend
What: Just before Valentine’s Day, give some TLC to the less discussed relationship type, friendship. Amidst declining marriage rates and a loneliness epidemic, friends and authors Rhaina Cohen and Dr. Marisa Franco illuminate friendship’s power to transform how we define a fulfilling life.
Where: Sixth & I 600 I Street, NW, Washington, DC
When: Feb 13th, 2024 6 – 8pm
Tickets: Asking for a Friend
Profs & Pints DC: “Kink” or “Disorder”
What: An entertaining look at how psychology approaches unusual sexual behaviors, with Brian A. Sharpless, licensed clinical psychologist, visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and editor of Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders.
Where: Penn Social 801 E St NW Washington, DC
When: Feb, 13th, 2024 6 – 8:30pm
Tickets: $15 Profs & Pints DC: “Kink” or “Disorder”? Tickets in Washington, DC
My Funny Valentine
What: Comedy Supreme presents the 13th Annual My Funny Valentine Comedy Show (comedy for a cause) starring Raydiva, Mike Brown, Greg Stevens, B Stefany, and Adaylah Banks.
Where: The Comedy Loft Of DC 1523 22nd St NW Washington DC
When: Feb 14th, 2024 | 7:30pm
Tickets: $25 The Comedy Loft of DC
Kiss & Ride at Metrobar
What: Sit in metrobar’s railcar bar and lounge as jazz lingers in the air, sipping on bubbly. Where: Metrobar DC640 Rhode Island Avenue Northeast Washington, DC
When: Feb 14th, 2024 | 6:30pm
Tickets: $65 Kiss and Ride: Valentine’s Day at metrobar Tickets
Valentine’s Day Pop Up
What: Drop by for this special Valentine’s Day Pop-Up. There will be art making activities, and more to explore at Met Park!
Where: Met Park 525 14th St S, Arlington, VA
When: Feb 14th, 2024 | 11-2pm
Tickets: Free Valentine’s Day Pop Up Tickets
YAPPY HOURS @ Union Market
What: Grab your pooch, have a pint and shop pet-centric pop ups!
Where: Shop Made in DC Union Market : 325 Morse Street NE
When: Feb 15th, 2024 5pm
Tickets: YAPPY HOURS @ Union Market Tickets, Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
BOOM BOOM ROOM at Saint-Ex
What: Boom Boom Room is a dance heavy party; be ready to enjoy afrobeats, hip-hop, soca, funk, amapiano, R&B, reggae, house, dancehall, disco, throwbacks, and much more!
Where: Cafe Saint-Ex1847 14th Street Northwest Washington, DC
When: Feb 15th, 2024 10pm – 2am
Tickets: Free Everything Nice Presents: BOOM BOOM ROOM at Saint-Ex Tickets
The Victorian Ladies Detective Collective
What: Sherlock Holmes meets “Arsenic & Old Lace.” In 1893, a brazen serial killer is terrorizing London. So two strong-willed sisters who run a boarding house for single ladies take matters into their own hands – especially when Scotland Yard proves no help at all. Teaming up with a cheeky American actress, they set off to solve the crime in this entertaining murder mystery with a modern women-take-charge sensibility.
Where: 900 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
When: Feb 15th-18th, 2024 | 2:30pm, 7:30pm, & 8pm
Tickets: $50-$60 Theatre Tickets Washington DC Buy Tickets |
Winter Lanter Festival
What: This unforgettable experience celebrating traditional Chinese lantern festivals is stopping by Washington DC on its latest tour through the US. Don’t miss it!
Where: Lerner Town Square at Tysons II 8025 Galleria Drive, Tysons, VA
When: Feb 16th-18th, 2024 | 5pm – 9pm
Tickets: $25 Winter Lantern Festival – Tickets
Say “Goodbye” To Your Exes!
What: Replace traditional Valentine’s or Galentine’s festivities on February 16th at our Love Rocks show, starring your favorite performers! Flying solo like a free bird? Don’t stop believin’, after all, life is made of small moments like this!
Where: Howl At The Moon 900 7th St, NW Washington, DC
When: Feb 16th, 2024 | 5pm – 3am
Tickets: Valentine’s Day Party: Love Rocks | Live Music Bar
Sweet Home Café Chef’s Table with R/A Executive Chef Jeff Cortez
What: Sweet Home Café will feature special menu takeovers by select chefs from across the country. These chefs will tell stories from their heritage through the exquisite menus they curate and execute in the Sweet Home Café kitchen.
Where: National Museum of African American History & Culture
When: Feb 16th, 2024 | 12pm – 3pm
Tickets: Free Sweet Home Café Chef’s Table
Mixology Class on H Street
What: Mixology Class on classic craft cocktails. Learn some history as you mix hands on and taste. You will learn how to make shaken and stirred cocktails and also create your own cocktails with the knowledge you gain. Great for team building, birthdays, bachelor or bachelorette parties, dates, or just a day out with the homies.
Where: 1427 H st1427 H st NE Washington, DC
When: Feb 16, 2024 | 7pm
Tickets: $70 https://www.eventbrite.com/c/washington-dc-event-calendar-cfxtptk/
Indigo & Shibori 101
What: Itching to get creative? Come dye with me! This class will cover making and dyeing with indigo, including the basics of shibori (Japanese tie-dye). You’ll learn how to:-make an indigo vat-dye with indigo for long-lasting color-tie up the cloth for a variety of beautiful patterns-care for your indigo-dyed items
Where: 6950 Maple St NW, Washington, DC
When: Feb 17, 2024 | 1pm
Tickets: $15 WORKSHOP: Indigo & Shibori 101
2024 DC High School Film Festival
What: Join us to watch the amazing films selected for the 2024 DCIFF High School Film Competition!
Where: The Miracle Theatre535 8th Street Southeast Washington, DC
When: Feb 17, 2024 | 12pm -6pm
Tickets: Free 2024 DC High School Film Festival Tickets Eventbrite
Vintage & Vinyl @ The Runaway
What: Burger, Booze & Nothing To Lose!
Where: The Runaway 3523 12th St NE Washington, DC
When: Feb 18, 2024 | 12-2pm
Tickets: Free 🖤FEBRUARY🖤
Living the Dream…Singing the Dream
What: When the power of the human voice meets the spirit of community and the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the result is guaranteed to be joyous and inspiring—as thousands of Living the Dream…
Where: Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC
When: Feb 18, 2024 | 7pm
Tickets: $25 Living the Dream…Singing the Dream | Kennedy Center
Reading
Author: Sue Lynn Tan
Title: Tales of the Celestial Kingdom a book by Sue Lynn Tan and Kelly Chong (bookshop.org)
Description: Tales from the Celestial Kingdom collects nine spellbinding stories–two previously published, seven original, including the epilogue to the duology–set in the enchanting world of Sue Lynn Tan’s stunning debut. Filled with magic and mythology, friendship and love, these stories intertwine through the past, present, and future of the two novels, told from the perspectives of multiple characters, including Chang’e, Shuxiao, Liwei, and Wenzhi.
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Release Date: Feb 6th, 2024
Author: Mariah Stovall
Title: I Love You So Much It’s Killing Us Both
Description: A Black woman’s coming-of-age story, chronicling a life-changing friendship, the interplay between music fandom and identity, and the slipperiness of sanity.
Publisher: Soft Skull
Release Date: Feb 13th, 2024
Author: Malka Older
Title: The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
Description: Mossa has returned to Valdegeld on a missing person’s case, for which she’ll once again need Pleiti’s insight. Seventeen students and staff members have disappeared from Valdegeld University–yet no one has noticed. The answers to this case may lie on the moon of Io–Mossa’s home–and the history of Jupiter’s original settlements during humanity’s exodus from Earth.But Pleiti’s faith in her life’s work as a scholar of the past has grown precarious, and this new case threatens to further destabilize her dreams for humanity’s future, as well as her own.
Publisher: Tordotcom
Release Date: Feb 13th, 2024
Author: Emily Farris
Title: I’ll Just Be Five More Minutes: And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain
Description: A memoir-in-essays both entertaining and enlightening, I’ll Just Be Five More Minutes is for people with ADHD, as well as those who know and love them. This is a powerful collection of deeply relatable, wide-ranging stories about a woman’s right to control her own body, about overwhelm and oversharing, about drinking too much and sleeping too little, and about being misunderstood by the people closest to you. At its heart, I’ll Just Be Five More Minutes is about not quite fitting in and not really understanding why–something we’ve all felt whether we’re neurodivergent or not.
Publisher: Hachette Books
Release Date: Feb 6, 2024
Author: Elba Iris Pérez
Title: The Things We Didn’t Know
Description: Andrea Rodríguez is nine years old when her mother whisks her and her brother, Pablo, away from Woronoco, the tiny Massachusetts factory town that is the only home they’ve known. With no plan and no money, she leaves them with family in the mountainside villages of Puerto Rico and promises to return. Months later, when Andrea and Pablo are brought back to Massachusetts, they find their hometown significantly changed. As they navigate the rifts between their family’s values and all-American culture and face the harsh realities of growing up, they must embrace both the triumphs and heartache that mark the journey to adulthood.
Publisher: Gallery Books
Release Date: Feb 6, 2024
Eating
Baker’s Daughter: Think Pink with February Seasonal Specials New on the menu at Chef Matt Baker’s all day, chef driven cafe (locations in Georgetown, K Street, and Ivy City) are delish treats like Linzer Cookies with Raspberry Jam and Shortbread, Matcha Tea Cake with Sugar Glaze — wash all of these treats down with a Cardamom Rose Latte. Feeling chill and want to stay home in your sweats? Order delivery through Uber Eats or GrubHub and warm up with all day breakfast, a comforting Shakshuka or a hot sandwich.
Gravitas: New 3 Course, $75 Tasting Menu begins Chef Matt Baker and team are thrilled to now offer a 3 course menu with luxe ingredients for budget-minded guests. Diners are invited to enjoy first courses like Celery Root and Truffle Veloute, entrees like Pan Seared Scallops with Vermouth and Fennel Cream, and finish the elegant experience with desserts like Brown Butter Cake with Caramel Apples.
Balos: Travel to Crete During Your Lunch Break with Balos’s NEW Lunch Offerings Enjoy a new 3-course lunch menu from Balos. The pre-fixe lunch menu includes favorites full of mezze flavors such as the Spanikopita, Greek Salad, Chicken Souvlaki (served with pita, tzatziki, Greek fries), and Baklava for dessert ($35pp). Whether you’re seeking a lunch spot for business or pleasure, Balos provides a dining experience fit for all, including vegetarian menu options and seating for groups of all different sizes. Lunch is available from 11am-3pm.
Bresca: is returning to an a la carte menu (and will still include some tasting menu options, Saturday evenings will still be tasting menu only) beginning Wednesday, February 7th.
Seven Reasons: New weekday lunch launch! + A la carte & prix-fixe options! Seven Reasons’s new lunch runs Monday through Friday from 11am to 2pm with new dishes like the “Sweet Potato Madness” (Roasted fancy sweet potato, adobo, beet gel, almond dressing, garlic pure, crispy shallots), “Chicken and Mole” (Heirloom chicken breast, green rice, guava mole, yogurt cream, carrot pickles), and a “Seven Reasons Smashburger” (white cheddar, house pickles, dijon mustard, pineapple/prunes mayo, sesame potato roll). A three course Prix Fixe lunch is also available for $38.
The Dabney: The Dabney Cellar is now open on Sunday and Monday from 5pm-11pm featuring 24 seats. Enjoy regional oysters, cheeses, country hams and dishes including scallop crudo and bacon cheddar & buttermilk biscuits. Beverage highlights include 20 wines by the glass, bottles from The Dabney’s wine list, and specialty cocktails. Walk-ins only.
Watching
The New Look
Genre: Drama
Release date: Feb 14th, 2024
Where to stream: Apple TV +
This is Me…Now
Genre: Musical
Release Date: Feb 16th, 2024
Where to Stream: Prime
The Vince Staples Show
Genre: Drama
Release date: Feb 15th, 2024
Where to stream: Netflix
House of Ninjas
Genre: Action
Release date: Feb 15, 2024
Where to stream: Netflix
James Brown: Say It Loud
Genre: Documentary
Release date: Feb 18th, 2024
Where to stream: A&E, Hulu
