January 29 – February 5, 2023
Doing
Antonia Hylton — Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum – with Astead Herndon
What: In Madness, Peabody and Emmy award-winning journalist Antonia Hylton tells the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still stands to this day in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She blends the intimate tales of patients and employees whose lives were shaped by Crownsville with a decade-worth of investigative research and archival documents. Madness chronicles the stories of Black families whose mental health suffered as they tried, and sometimes failed, to find safety and dignity. Hylton also grapples with her own family’s experiences with mental illness, and the secrecy and shame that it reproduced for generations.
Where: 5015 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC
When: Jan 29, 2024 7pm
Tickets: Free, First Come First Serve Antonia Hylton — Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum – with Astead Herndon — at Conn Ave | Politics and Prose Bookstore (politics-prose.com)
Profs & Pints: Cousin Vs Cousin, Queen vs. Queen
What: Profs and Pints DC presents: “Cousin vs. Cousin, Queen vs. Queen,” on the feud between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, with Amy Leonard, associate professor of history at Georgetown University and scholar of women during the early modern period. The fraught relationship of Elizabeth I of England and Mary Stuart of Scotland dominated British politics in the mid to late 16th century and has been the focus of numerous fictional and historical accounts. Learn about these two iconic queens from Professor Amy Leonard, who has earned a considerable following among Profs and Pints fans by delivering fantastic talks on the wives of Henry VIII, on women and the French Revolution, and on women and sexuality in premodern Europe.
Where: Penn Social 801 East St, NW
When: Jan 29, 2024 |6pm – 830pm
Tickets: Profs & Pints DC: Cousin vs. Cousin, Queen vs. Queen Tickets in Washington, DC, United States (ticketleap.com)
Shared Grief, Shared Hope
What: As the war between Israel and Hamas continues and threatens spillover to other areas in the region, hear from bereaved Israelis and Palestinians who remain committed to peace, reconciliation, and a path forward based on empathy and honoring the humanity of all. Robi Damelin and Mohamed Abu Jafar, bereaved members of The Parents Circle–Families Forum (PCFF), share the devastating common bond of having lost a close family member to the long-standing conflict. In a conversation moderated by Rabbi Nora Feinstein, they’ll share their own stories that transcend history and politics to shed light on the human cost of violence.
Where: Sixth & I 600 I St. NW, Washington, DC
When: Jan 29th, 2024 7pm
Tickets: $6 In person & Virtual Shared Grief, Shared Hope Tickets, Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
Women Uncorked – Let’s Talk About Sex
What: Is one of your intention to manifest a richer sex life in 2024? Let’s talk about what you want more of and what you hope to avoid. And if that’s not your intention, then why not? That sounds juicy too. If you’ve been meaning to come to one of these sex discussions, here’s your engraved invitation: join us! This group is open to anyone who identifies as a woman (cis or trans) or is nonbinary/assigned female at birth. It welcomes people from all walks of life and all stages of life: all ages, races, ethnicities, education levels, sexual orientation, and sexual experience levels. People who are brand new to Women Uncorked and who are attended many sessions are all invited to join.
Where: Sense Salon 3111 Irving St NW Washington, DC 20010
When: Jan 29th 2024 | 7pm
Tickets: $25 Women Uncorked: Let’s Talk About Sex Tickets, Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
Prof & Pints DC: Putin’s War on Queer Russians
What: Profs and Pints DC presents: “Putin’s War on Queer Russians,” an analysis of a state campaign to vilify and persecute LGBTQ people, with Ksenia Turkova, linguist, former news anchor in Russia and Ukraine, and guest lecturer at American universities. Gain a deep understanding of how an authoritarian government uses propaganda to oppress a segment of the population with Ksenia Turkova, a linguist and former Russian and Ukrainian journalist who previously has given several excellent Profs and Pints shedding light on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to control what Russians hear and think.
Where: Penn Social – 801 E St. NW, Washington, DC
When: Jan 30, 2024 | 6pm
Tickets: $16 Profs and Pints DC: Putin’s War on Queer Russians Tickets in Washington, DC, United States (ticketleap.com)
Green Drinks DC – January Meetup
What: Green Drinks DC is the best opportunity in the city to connect in-person with professionals, students, and enthusiasts who care about the environment. Our values are community, collaboration, and fun. Regulars, newcomers, and first-timers are welcome! Join the Green Drinks DC community for drinks, connections, laughs, and great times Where: Shaw’s Tavern 520 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC
When: Jan 31, 2024 | 6-830pm
Tickets: Donation Green Drinks DC January Meet Up Tickets, Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
Wines Of Greece
What: Join us for a casual seated wine class with our Wine Director, Erin Dudley, we will discuss the vast history and modernization of Greek wine while sipping six distinct Greek wine styles at Planet Wine!
Where: Planet Wine 2004 Mount Vernon Avenue Alexandria, VA
When: Jan 30, 2024 | 6-7pm
Tickets: $39 Wine Class – Wines of Greece: A Revolution of Fine Wine Tickets, Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
R&B Yoga Playground
What: Get from behind that screen and drop into a weekly Wellness routine. Whether you come as you are or bring a change of clothes, leave your stress and your shoes at the door. Guided by Sydnea and her dynamic R&B playlists on our yoga mats, we’ll take the opportunity to breathe mindfully and enjoy a playful movement experience together.
Where: Eaton DC 1201 K Street Northwest Washington, DC
When: Jan 31, 2024 7-8pn
Tickets: R&B Yoga Playground Tickets, Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
Love Is In The Air – Phillips After 5
What: Invite people you love to the Phillips! Sing your heart out with The Regular & District Karaoke, try cocktails with Oishii Farms strawberries and sweet treats from The Chocolate House, jam to indie band Broke Royals, and make friendship bracelets. Bread Furst will be serving ceviche tostada; caviar, avocado, and crème fraîche tostada; elderflower and strawberry spritz; strawberry-dipped spiked sipping chocolate, wine, and beer.
Where: The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
When: Feb 1, 2024 5-8:30pm
Tickets: $20, Free for members The Phillips Collection (blackbaudhosting.com)
Artwalk Dupont
What: ArtWalk Dupont, which occurs on the First Friday of every month, features the Dupont Circle arts community. Each month, art galleries, museums, embassies, and more open their doors from 6-8 PM for a night of special programming. We hope you will join us as we celebrate the arts!
When: Feb 2, 2024 | 6-8pm
Tickets: FREE ArtWalk Dupont Tickets, Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
City Cast DC Live Podcast Taping
What: Join City Cast DC at The Square for a live podcast taping with Jade Womack of Clockout DC! Come early to say hi to us and try free churros and hot chocolate (for this event only!) from chefs at The Square. The live taping will begin around 1pm.
Where: The Square 1850 K Street Northwest Washington, DC 20006
When: Feb 3, 2024 | 12pm
Tickets: FREE City Cast DC Live Podcast Taping Tickets, Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite
Broadway’s Leading Men: A Musical Celebration
What: Join the American Pops Orchestra (APO) for a one-night only concert: BROADWAY’S LEADING MEN: A Musical Celebration! APO will present some of Broadway’s most celebrated leading men performing hits from an array of Broadway musicals! This performance will be filmed with a live audience to be broadcast on national television later this spring.
Where: Cramton Auditorium 2455 6th St NW Washington, DC 20059
When: Feb 3, 2024 | 7:30pm
Tickets: BROADWAY’S LEADING MEN: A Musical Celebration Tickets, Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite
Chocolate & Beer
What: It’s Chocolate Fondue Day!! Come out to Shipgarten on February 3rd from 1-6 pm for our Chocolate and Beer Festival. Enjoy sampling over 40 breweries, compete in festival events for prizes, or take pictures in our photo booth- there’s something for everyone! Shipgarten is 100% dog-friendly, whether on-leash or in our off-leash dog park! We offer lots of treats such as Pup Cups and Kongs filled with peanut butter so the whole family can enjoy a treat.
Where: Shipgarten – 7581 Colshire Drive Tysons, VA 22102
When: Feb 3, 2024 | 1-6pm
Tickets: Chocolate and Beer Chocolate Fondue Festival Tickets, Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
DC Plant Swap – Atlas Brew Works
What: The OG plant swap in DC. Plant lovers, old and new! Bring your cuttings, plants, plant pots, planters, bags of soil, lights, plant food any kind of plant accessories you like. Trade with others or leave your plant on the “free table” where swappers can leave non-traded goods you wish to gift. New to plants? Don’t have anything to share? Don’t worry, everyone is very kind and loves to gift. Food will be available from local food trucks. Street parking, or at Hecht’s Warehouse. Family friendly. This includes pups!We offer lots of treats such as Pup Cups and Kongs filled with peanut butter so the whole family can enjoy a treat.
Where: Atlas Ivy City 2052 West Virginia Ave NE Washington, DC 20002
When: Feb 4, 2024 | 1-5pm
Tickets: https://atlasbrewworks.com/pages/events#calendar-6b61a93c-aa92-4eba-a2d0-7ec84e488325-event-ef101e69-b9ce-4d13-915c-a85cf95989ad
Gangsters & Dragsters Brunch
What: DC’s hottest drag brunch will have you splitting your sides with each “Yas Queen!” Join Vagenesis, National Bearded Empress 2022, as she brings the finest drag entertainers and comedians to the DC Improv comedy club. Grab your friends and some dollar bills and get ready for a hilariously fabulous good time.
Where: DC Improv 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036
When: Feb 4, 2024 | 1:30pm
Tickets: $20 https://dcimprov-com.seatengine.com/shows/24272
Reading
Author: Emma R Alban
Title: Don’t You Want Like A Best Friend
Description: A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other–the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed!
Publisher: Avon Books
Release Date: Jan 9, 2024
Author: Sanji Patel
Title: A Drop Of Venom
Description: Circe goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian mythology, a YA epic fantasy addition to the Rick Riordan Presents imprint. All monsters and heroes have beginnings. This is mine. Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters–she’s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King’s army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom’s famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe–but you would be wrong. Seventeen-year-old Pratyush is a famed slayer of monsters, one of the King’s most prized warriors and a frequent visitor to the floating temples. For every monster the slayer kills, years are added to his life. You might think such a powerful warrior could do whatever he wants, but true power lies with the King. Tired after years of fighting, Pratyush wants nothing more than a peaceful, respectable life. When Pratyush and Manisha meet, each sees in the other the possibility to chart a new path. Unfortunately, the kingdom’s powerful have other plans. A temple visitor sexually assaults Manisha and pushes her off the mountain into a pit of vipers. A month later, the King sends Pratyush off to kill one last monster (a powerful nagin who has been turning men to stone) before he’ll consider granting the slayer his freedom. Except Manisha doesn’t die, despite the hundreds of snake bites covering her body and the venom running through her veins. She rises from the pit more powerful than ever before, with heightened senses, armor-like skin, and blood that can turn people to stone. And Pratyush doesn’t know it, but the “monster” he’s been sent to kill is none other than the girl he wants to marry.
Publisher: Rick Rioden Presents
Release Date: Jan 16, 2024
Author: Kaveh Akbar
Title: Martyr!
Description: A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Release Date: January 23, 2024
Author: Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Title: The Bullett Swallower
Description: A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to save his family, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect a cosmic debt generation in the making.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: January 23, 2024
Eating
Residents Café & Bar: Tucked away in the heart of Dupont Circle, Residents (a three-time Michelin Bib-Gourmand restaurant) offers a captivating multi-sensory cocktail and dining experience with a keen focus on high-quality, seasonal ingredients and atmospheric design. From the visually stunning botanical surroundings to the beats of founder-curated playlists, enticing aromas, and exquisite tastes inspired by global cuisine, Residents embraces the philosophy that less is more in culinary artistry while delivering an unforgettable well-rounded experience for brunch, dinner, and weekend late nights. The “Residents” name stems from immigrant founders and current DC residents, David Nammour and Farid Azouri. Reservations available here.
Moon Rabbit 4x James Beard Foundation nominee and RAMW ‘Chef of the Year’ Chef Kevin Tien’s much anticipated and beloved restaurant, Moon Rabbit, reopened in its new home on Monday, January 15th (and yes, they’ll be offering a Restaurant Week menu!) on 927 F St, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004 (regular opening hours Tuesday- Saturday, 5pm-9:30pm; Bar: 5-10:30pm). The reimagined menu is a sweeping journey through Vietnam — a deeper exploration of regional dishes and landscape plus innovative touches from Chef Kevin Tien’s roots, with desserts by Pastry Chef Susan Bae, and cocktails by Speed Rack finalist and Top 100 World Class Bar Director Thi Nguyen. Reservations are available via RESY, here.
Seven Reasons: New weekday lunch launch! + A la carte & prix-fixe options! Seven Reasons in CityCenter is launching their first lunch menu! Lunch will run Monday through Friday from 11am to 2pm with favorites like the “Holly Breakfast” with white sofrito, crispy bacon, tasty chorizo, smooth potato foam, duck egg, shaved truffle, and Manchego cheese and a decadent new Cheeseburger. A three course Prix Fixe lunch is also available for $38.
The Vineyards at Dodon: Cozy winter winery escape just 45 minutes from DC Looking for a cozy activity for the winter? The Vineyards at Dodon is the perfect escape just outside of DC. Their wood-paneled tasting room with fireplaces overlooks their 17-acre vineyard. Guests can taste a variety of their cold-weather wines, from full-bodied red blends to crisp winter whites like sauvignon blanc and chardonnay. Book a tour and tasting today.
Nama Ko: Celebrate National Soup Month with Build-Your-Own-Ramen Join Nama Ko on Sundays from 4-9PM and build your own ramen during happy hour! Pricing is $8/pp with optional add ons including miso chicken, spicy sesame pork, shrimp, and Japanese uni. Enjoy alongside specialty cocktails ($10) including the Namarita, featuring a spiced tequila blend, passionfruit liquor, lime juice and a chipotle rim.
Balos: Balos Launches Lunch Service This Week! Balos now offers a new prix-fixe lunch menu ($35 pp) featuring starters like the Spanakopita, Grilled Octopus, and the Greek Salad. Main course lunch options include dishes like the Balos Burger topped with tzatziki, feta, and kasseri cheese as well as the Chicken Souvlaki served with pita, tzatziki, and Greek fries. Finish with something sweet such as the Baklava or the Galaktoboureko (a custard-filled phyllo pastry). The prix-fixe menu is available alongside the dinner menu during lunch hours (11am-3pm). Reservations here.
Immigrant Food (Planet Word): The Winter “Celebration Cocktail Flight” just launched! The planet word location of the gastro-advocacy restaurant group just launched their new seasonal cocktail flight, the “Celebration Cocktail Flight” to continue celebrating the New Year. This new winter cocktail flight is $23 for a selection of three cocktails from the six new creations. Highlights from that menu include the “Pom Pom” (citadelle jardin d’ete, rosé prosecco, pomegranate syrup), the “Lunar Luck” (Etsu orange gin, yuzu vermouth, japanese sweet vermouth, orange juice), and the Chai Hot Buttered Rum (chai fatwashed coconut and dark rums, cinnamon honey, tulsi masala chai). They also have a non-alcoholic “Foni Negroni” available (deder wild, non-alcoholic gin, lyre’s aperitif rosso, lyre’s Italian spritz).
Watching
Love On the Spectrum US
Genre: Docuseries
Release Date: Jan 19, 2024
Where to Stream: Netflix
Percy Jackson & The Olympians
Genre: Drama
Release date: Dec 19, 2023
Where to stream: Disney+
Chrissy & Dave Dine Out
Genre: Docuseries
Release date: Jan 24, 2024
Where to stream: Hulu
In The Know
Genre: Comedy, Animation
Release date: Jan 25, 2024
Where to stream: Peacock
Expats
Genre: Drama, Limited series
Release date: Jan 26, 2024
Where to stream: Prime
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Genre: Drama
Release date: Feb 2, 2024
Where to stream: Prime
Fargo – Season 5
Genre: Drama
Release date: Nov 21, 2023
Where to stream: Hulu
Finest Kind
Genre: Crime
Release date: Dec 15, 2023
Where to stream: Paramount+
Griselda
Genre: Crime
Release date: Jan 25, 2024
Where to stream: Netflix
Grammy’s
Genre: Award Show
Release date: Feb 4th, 2024
Where to stream: CBS
