March 27th – April 3rd, 2023
It’s about to be April aka Q2 and this year is rolling right along. I am ready for Spring to enter the chat. Looking forward to warmer weather, longer days and FESTIVALS!!! Here’s some of what’s going on this week. Looking forward to the first DC Planner Journal Con happening later this month. It’s the first one and it’s already sold out but you can sign up for next year!!
Doing
Mayah’s Lot: Building the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders
What: This talk describes how the Environmental Justice Chronicles began. It chronicles how Mayah’s Lot has been used to teach basic civics, build environmental justice awareness, turn environmental knowledge into social advocacy, and cultivate a new generation of environmental leaders. As we work toward a just transition to a carbon-free economy, these lessons are central to achieving climate justice and energy justice as well as environmental justice. The Environmental Justice Chronicles is not only a good story, but it is also a teaching tool that introduces readers to street science, basic administrative procedures, and effective community organizing. Readers learn alongside Mayah. From its start as a comic book, Mayah’s Lot has grown into a video and curriculum that has engaged students in classrooms across New York City, the United States, and beyond. Using non-traditional tools and project learning, the book opens conversations about what kind of a society students want to have—asking them to notice how environmental benefits and burdens are currently distributed across populations, and then to work for a fairer, greener world.
Where: George Washington University Science and Engineering Hall 800 22nd Street Northwest Washington, DC 20052
When: March 27, 2023 |12pm – 2pm
Tickets: Free. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mayahs-lot-building-the-next-generation-of-environmental-leaders-tickets-549439898527?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
The Comedy Shuffle (Stand-up with Live Color Commentary)
What: At The Comedy Shuffle, a comic (any comic) does their little jokes while a seasoned comic (also lit and w/ a mic) interrupts them. If the joke doesn’t initially work, the Shuffler’s burns do. The Shuffler can end their set at any time (if it’s not going well), or let the comic go a little longer to find some brand new material (in a supportive, but accountable atmosphere). It’s not mean. It’s not. Okay. It’s a little mean. But, it’s fun and constructive too. How often do you get to see a brand new joke birthed to the world? We’re more nervous than you. The show is in the basement of The Comedy Loft (2 blocks west of Dupont Circle) at 8pm every Monday. Doors at 7:30pm. (List to sign-up goes out at 7pm.)
Where: The Bier Baron Tavern and DC Comedy Loft 1523 22nd Street Northwest Washington, DC 20037
When: March 27. 2023 | 8:30pm – 9:30pm
Tickets: Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-comedy-shuffle-stand-up-with-live-color-commentary-tickets-47477377113?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Scaling Mount Polarization: Is dialogue the best way to reach the summit?
What: Scaling Mount Polarization: Is dialogue the best way to reach the summit, or is there a better way to blaze the trail (mass messaging, debates, policy change)? Location: Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, Meeting Room 1. This will be in-person only. Panelists: Cheryl Graeve is the National Organizer – Director of National Programs for the National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD); James Coan, Co-Chair of the Braver Angels DC Alliance Moderator: Luke Phillips, Co-Chair of the Braver Angels DC Alliance
Where: Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library 4450 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20016
When: March 28, 2023 | 5:30pm – 7pm
Tickets: Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scaling-mount-polarization-is-dialogue-the-best-way-to-reach-the-summit-tickets-574951464307
Rails Comedy : The Improv Mixer
What: Join us for a fun night of fast paced and exciting improv comedy! Come watch DC’s best improv comedy teams, experimental shows, and mashup teams perform for one night only. It’s a mix you don’t want to miss! This month we’re featuring:
*Human Magnet – Team show inspired by a fictional story based on an audience suggestion.
*Life in a Day – Experimental show based on the life story of an audience member.
*Chicken McCluck – Experimental show that takes place on a farm and one of the players is a chicken.
*2 Improv Mixer Teams!
Where: The DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
When: March 28, 2023 | 7pm
Tickets: $10. https://www.railscomedy.com/shows/207947
Green Drinks DC March Meet Up
What: Join us for our March meet up at Public Bar Live! 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. We will be indoors so we ask all attendees to be fully vaccinated.
Where: Public Bar Live 1214 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20036
When: March 29, 2023 | 6pm – 8pm
Tickets: Suggest $7 – $12 for donations. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-drinks-dc-march-meet-up-tickets-580925201917?aff=Email1&mc_cid=6a3124b8d0&mc_eid=3f7e32a15c
Hilton Carter Living Wild Book Tour
What: Join Hilton Carter, plant/interior stylist, author and artist, for an evening of conversation as he celebrates the release of his new book, Living Wild: How to Plant Style Your Home & Cultivate Happiness. Hilton will share stories and insights from his life designing spaces that embrace nature and will reveal how you can bring more greenery into your own home. Books will be available for purchase and signing by Hilton. The event will include a talk by Hilton Carter, Q&A, and book signing. General seating will be available. Wine, beer and food will be available for purchase by Lost Generation Brewing and Eat Well MD. There is a handicap lift available to help guests enter the space from the upper entrance by the parking lot. There will be an ASL interpreter for the duration of the event.
Where: The Sun Room, 327 S Street Northeast Washington, DC 20002
When: March 29. 2023 | 6pm – 8pm
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hilton-carter-living-wild-book-tour-tickets-574553333487?mc_cid=41d8244e5d&mc_eid=1e340109d9
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras: Alma
What: Sara Baras sits among the most renowned figures of the art of flamenco. The internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and superstar of the flamenco world returns to the Kennedy Center after wowing audiences at the 2015 IBERIAN SUITE: global arts remix festival. Baras now brings her latest show Alma following its world premiere in 2021. In Alma, flamenco embraces the bolero, and the bolero is embraced by flamenco. Baras pays respect to flamenco’s techniques while fusing it with her own modern touch, brilliant footwork, and captivating stage presence. With lavish costumes and live music performed onstage featuring flamenco rhythms, Alma promises to be an exhilarating evening with the “Flamenco queen” herself.
Where: EISENHOWER THEATER
When: March 30, 2023 | 8pm
Tickets: https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/dance/2022-2023/ballet-flamenco-sara-baras/?pid=5277178&promocode=501886&utm_source=pocket_saves
Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer at Miracle Theater
What: Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Washington DC. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Hans Zimmer at Miracle Theatre under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Where: Miracle Theatre 535 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003, 20003
When: March 30. 2023 | 6:30pm – 9pm
Tickets: https://feverup.com/m/112038?utm_source=pocket_reader
Women Making History Awards Gala 2023
What: We are thrilled to gather again to celebrate women’s contributions—past, present and future—during the Women Making History Awards Gala held in Washington, DC. We invite you to join us for an elegant, empowering, and inspiring evening. Guests will enjoy cocktails, a formal seated dinner, live entertainment, and much, much more. Hosted by Zarna Garg with performances by Laura Bell Bundy, Shayna Steele, and more.
Where: The Schuyler at the Hamilton Hotel | 1001 14th Street NW |Washington, DC 20005
When: March 31, 2023 | 7pm – 11pm
Tickets: https://events.womenshistory.org/events/women-making-history-awards-dc-2023/
The Nosebleed
What: Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of our parents? Through a series of absurd autobiographical vignettes, Aya Ogawa’s THE NOSEBLEED delves into the sh*t show of parenthood, as both a parent and a child – and what it takes to forgive. A trip to their home country of Japan, a child’s nosebleed, and the hit reality TV show The Bachelor come together in this “wackily funny, psychologically insightful” (The New York Times) theatrical tribute to Ogawa’s father, with surprises like a healing ritual for the audience and a transcendent appearance by a 20th century icon. The Nosebleed runs approximately 75 minutes without an intermission.
Where: 641 D ST. NWWASHINGTON DC 20004
When: March 31, 2023
Tickets: https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/the-nosebleed/?utm_source=pocket_reader
Pink in the Park : National Landing
What: Celebrate the arrival of cherry blossom season with an unforgettable festival hosted by Orlando Jones, featuring musical guests DJ Chan Don, Crush Funk Brass, Umami House, Reesa Renee, Footwerk, and headliner Black Alley. Enjoy a beer & wine garden, food trucks, giveaways and all things pink.
Where: Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center Parking Lot – 333 Long Bridge Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
When: April 1, 2023 | 3pm – 7pm
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pink-in-the-park-tickets-558872461577
NoMa in Bloom
What: The NoMa Business Improvement District invites you to join us in celebrating the return of spring, with our third annual NoMa in Bloom celebration! From our Annual NoMa in Bloom Festival on April 1 at Alethia Tanner Park to special cherry-themed food and drink specials at NoMa bars and restaurants, check out what spring has in store for us.
Where: Alethia Tanner Park 227 Harry Thomas Way Northeast Washington, DC 20002
When: April 1, 2023 | 11am – 3pm
Tickets: Free https://www.eventbrite.com/e/noma-in-bloom-festival-day-tickets-530581592827
DIY Cheeseborad Class
What: In this class, we’ll begin with a guided cheese tasting followed by an in-depth board building lesson with the owner of Cheesemonster, Alice Bergen Phillips. Cheesemonster is an artisanal-cheese centered business focused on cheese education, cheese display building, shop and restaurant consultancy, and occasional cheese writing and recipe development. Each class member will build a cheeseboard from an array of local and artisanal cheeses and pairings. The class details how to pick items for your cheeseboard, and then how to cut and arrange ingredients with an eye towards color, texture, and design. Alice will also share some food photography tips and discuss the perfect “bites” to taste on the cheese board. There will also be unlimited complimentary house red and white wines to enjoy during the class*. In this 90-120min experience, each attendee will leave with their own curated to-go cheeseboard…unless you eat it here first…and there’s not shame in that! VIP class members will receive a slate cheeseboard to take home and one additional cheese to enjoy. You may add charcuterie to your board as well. Please be sure to select during ticket checkout. This add-on includes 2 meats. *Ages 21+. Please enjoy alcohol responsibly.
Where: Mess Hall 703 Edgewood St NE Washington, DC 20002
When: April 2, 2023 | 12pm
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diy-cheeseboard-class-tickets-549496899017?aff=mc1
Ronya-Lee Anderson: The Light Sessions
What: Dance Place presents Artist in Residence (AIR) Ronya-Lee Anderson in The Light Sessions. The Light Sessions is an interactive choreosonic journey exploring notions of fear and love. Built around the original music of Ronya-Lee and the Light Factory, the work investigates the meaning of art making; inviting witnesses into the creative process. The Light Sessions weaves together live music, movement, text and research notes to create a vibratory, sensory experience.
Where: 3225 8th Street NE Washington, DC 20017
When: April 2, 2023 | 4pm
Tickets: https://danceplace.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F4w00001o8XQBEA2
Reading
Author: Sadeqa Johnson
Title: House of Eve
Description: 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: February 7, 2023
Author: Tracey Rose Peyton
Title: Night Wherever We Go
Description: A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me, “in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie” (The New York Times).
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date: January 3, 2023
Author: Jessica Wilson MS, RD
Title: It’s Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies
Description: Eating disorder specialist and storyteller Jessica Wilson challenges us to rethink the politics of body liberation by centering the bodies of Black women in our cultural discussions of self-image, food, health, and wellness.
Publisher: Hachette Go
Release Date: February 7, 2023
Author: Renata Cherlise
Title: Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life
Description: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life. After falling in love with family photo albums as a young girl, Cherlise has threaded together moving scenes from everyday life, spanning family albums and institutional archives from the 1930s through the ‘90s. You’ll want this one on your coffee table.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Release Date: February 14th, 2023
Author: Ernest Owens
Title: The Case for Cancel Culture: How This Democratic Tool Works to Liberate Us All
Description: Owens offers a fresh take on cancel culture as a powerful instrument for change, mapping the origins of cancel culture from The Boston Tea Party all the way through the Twitter era, and sharing his own experiences with cancel culture as a Black queer millennial.
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Release Date: February 21, 2023
Author: Lorraine Avila
Title: The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
Description: Lorraine Avila’s debut coming-of-age young adult novel The Making of Yolanda La Bruja uses Afro-Latine spirituality to tell a necessary story about gun violence, race, and education. The novel follows Yolanda Alvarez, a high school student in the Bronx, as she begins her initiations into her family’s bruja tradition. Yolanda begins uncovering her gifts when she starts receiving troubling visions of a boy in school planning a mass shooting. The problem: He’s the son of a powerful white businessman and emerging politico, so no one believes her. Instead, she must lean on the wisdom of her matriarchs, her ancestors, and her friends to stop the violence from happening.
Publisher: Levine Querido
Release Date: Expected publication April 11, 2023
Eating
Pizza Serata: Buy One, Get One Free Pizza all March Madness! (3/14-4/3)
Pizza Serata is offering buy one, get one free pizza all month to celebrate March Madness! Order directly through UberEats and enjoy MICHELIN chef Chris Morgan’s inventive focaccia style pizzas such as “The Unicorn” featuring tomato, house-made mozzarella, lemon ricotta, roasted mushrooms, and pickled cherry peppers. See the menu, here: https://bit.ly/3n4jiIM.
New LOCAL distillery BO & Ivy to unleash their latest offerings to DC (WED, 3/29) Bo & Ivy, DC’s newest female & veteran-owned distillery, will be showcasing their Founder Series & Bourbon which are new to the market at MICHELIN-starred Gravitas. Guests are invited to taste their Gin, Corn Whiskey, Bourbon, and Founder’s Series Whiskey throughout the night. At 6:30pm, the event will start with a cocktail “hour” featuring cocktails and passed bites, followed by a three-course tasting experience. Each dish will be accompanied by a pairing of the spirits. Menu here. Tickets can be purchased here.
Crooked Run Fermentation: First annual “Mr. Leesburg” Pageant (SAT, 4/1) Stop by Crooked Run Fermentation’s downtown Leesburg location on Saturday, April 1st for the first annual “Mr. Leesburg” pageant! Enjoy Crooked Run’s selection of natural beers, wines, ciders, and seltzers while watching the pageant, with proceeds benefiting at-risk women and youth. Address: 205 Harrison St, Suite 100, Leesburg, VA.
Destino: $3 off all Cócteles Clásicos from 4-6 everyday (and best enjoyed on their patio!) The bustling Destino patio at La Cosecha is back in business, and ready for sunshine with their happy hour deals from 4-6 with all their Cócteles Clasicos $3 off. Highlights from the Cócteles Clasicos include their Daiquiri (charanda, cocchi rosa, lime – beautifully floral take on a classic daiquiri featuring a mexican style of rum), their Chalqueño (blue corn chip washed bourbon, lime oleo, ancho chile), and their classic Mayahuel (espadín mezcal, legit triple, ‘nogave’, lime, chile salt rim – their classic mezcal margarita.
Immigrant Food (White House): Extended hours so you can keep the good vibes going. Immigrant Food is extending their hours on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at their White House location until 9pm so you can keep the good vibes going, especially as the weather gets warmer! Stop by for Aperitivo Hour from 4-8pm (TUES – SAT) and stay for favorites like their “Red Helada,” a chilled sangria or bites like Taj Mahal Chicken Sliders and Crispy Yucca.
Wilson Hardware: Celebrate the first week of Spring with a rooftop happy hour! Wilson Hardware is ready to celebrate the start of Spring with $5 cocktails, $4-$6 beers, and $5.45 glasses of wine on their newly expanded rooftop! Voted “Best Rooftop” by Northern Virginia Magazine, their rooftop bar (now doubled in size) is the perfect setting in Arlington’s bustling Clarendon neighborhood to enjoy discounted drinks and $3 off all shareable bites like the charred eggplant, tuna poke nachos or garlic shrimp skillet. Happy hour is available from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
CitySwing: Happy hour has arrived! Swing + Sip at CitySwing – The wait is over, happy hour has finally arrived at CitySwing. Starting March 13th, you can enjoy discounted food and drinks while playing a round of golf. Happy hour is from 4-7PM and includes $9 crab fries, $6 fried cauliflower, $9 chicken nachos, $8-9 speciality cocktails, $8 wine, and $5-7 beer. Get the group together and check it out for yourself!
Swingers: The British “crazy golf” sensation opens its Navy Yard location! Calling all golf pros! Swingers Navy Yard is now open! The British crazy golf concept that arrived in DC in 2021 just opened their second DC location in Navy Yard. KNEAD Hospitality + Design is behind their food concepts, bringing you a taste of their hit restaurants including Lil’ Succotash, KNEADZA Pizza, Mah-Ze-Dahr, and TuTaco.
Alma Cocina Latina (Baltimore, MD): Vegan Month is here! Vegan month is here and Alma Cocina Latina has launched a three-course prix fixe menu that will change the way you view vegan cuisine. To start try the Toston Playeros or Baby Gem Salad, then make your way to the Pabellón Vegan which is their vegan paella with bomba rice, sweet plantains, pickled onions, beans, guasacaca, shiitake mushrooms, charred green onion and to finish, you will have a choice of strawberry-mint or chocolate-coconut sorbet. The vegan menu will be available all of March for $50.
Dolce Vita: Date night is any night w/ Dolce Vita’s new daily deals on wine, paella, etc. Any night is date night at Dolce Vita, which just launched their Spring “Daily Deals.” On Mondays, the Mediterranean-fusion restaurant offers a 3 course pre-fixe menu for only $35 with a glass of wine. On Tuesdays, they have half price bottles of select wines. On Wednesdays, they now offer Paella for two for $35 with the option of their Seafood Paella (Bomba Rice, Calamari, prawns, monkfish, mussels) or their Black Seafood Paella (Bomba rice, Calamari, Monkfruit, Sofrito Lobster Jus, Squid Ink).
Watching
Netflix
Show: Unseen
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: March 29th, 2023
Netflix
Show: Unstable
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: March 30th, 2023
Hulu
Show: Great Expectations
Genre: Novel
Release Date: March 26th, 2023
Hulu
Show: Bruiser
Genre: Drama
Release Date: February 24th, 2023
Disney+
Show: Incredibly Small World
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: March 29th, 2023
https://www.filmaffinity.com/jwredirect.php?link=74b8b19cf1e8935f76f82e7e2b57d760a4f0f318
Disney+
Show: Crimes Against Nature (S2)
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: March 29th, 2023
https://www.natgeotv.com/asia/crimes-against-nature
Peacock
Show: Queens Court
Genre: Reality Dating Show
Release Date: March 16th, 2023
Peacock
Show: Barmageddon, S1 (USA)
Genre: Game Show
Release Date: March 27th, 2023
HBO
Show: Perry Mason
Genre: Drama
Release Date: March 6th, 2023
HBO
Show: Those Who Wish Me Dead
Genre: Action
Release Date: March 29th, 2023
Apple TV
Show: My Kind Of Country
Genre: Musical, Reality
Release Date: March 24th, 2023
Apple TV
Show: The Big Door Prize
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: March 29th, 2023
