Doing, Reading, Eating, Watching – March 31, 2025

March 31, 2025 – April 7, 2025

Doing

Tidal Basin Run | Tuesday, April 1 – 6:30-8pm | Free – $25 | Smithsonian Metro – 1200 Independence Ave

Word Power pres. AESTHETIC poetry show & open mic | Thursday April 3 – 7-9pm | $5 | Busboys and Poets – 2004 Martin Luther King Junior Avenue SE

Barrister’s Ball 2025: Masquerade Ball | Saturday, April 5 – 7-11 pm | $100 | The Anthem – 901 Wharf Street SW

IGNITE ’25: Powerful Leaders Igniting Digital Transformation | Tuesday April 8 – 1:45-5pm | Free-$225 | The National Press Club, 13th Floor – 529 14th St NW

APOLLYCON 2025 | Wednesday, April 9 – Sunday, April 13 | $27.48 | Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center – 201 Waterfront Street

That’s So Vintage Market | Saturday, April 12 10 am – Sunday, April 13 5pm | $5-25 | Dock5 – 5th Street NE

2025 DC Beer Fest | Saturday, April 12 – 12-8pm | $55-90 | Nationals Park – 1500 South Capitol Street SE

Travesuras: Reggaeton Day Party DC | Saturday, April 12 – 4-10pm | $15-35 | Public Bar Live – 1214 18th Street NW

Hamdi: Abomination Club Tour | Friday, April 18 – 10pm-3:30am | $35-200 | Culture – 2006 Fenwick Street NE

Uncorked: D.C. | Saturday, April 19 – 4-8pm | $75-110 | Nationals Park – 1500 South Capitol Street SE

AITalks 2025 | Thursday April 24 – 8am-2pm | Free – $395 | Waldorf Astoria – 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20004

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Reading

Charmaine Wilkerson | Good Dirt | January 28, 2025 | Popular Fiction | Ballantine Books

Kristina Forest | The Love Lyric | February 4, 2025 | Romance | Berkley

Victoria Christopher Murray | Harlem Rhapsody | February 4, 2025 | Historial Fiction | Berkley

Colum McCann | Twist | March 25, 2025 | Literary Fiction | Random House

Emma Pattee | Tilt | March 25, 2025 | Popular Fiction | S&S/Marysue Rucci Books

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Eating

Sagrada | Dinner – Plant-Based/Flexitarian Dining | $111 per guest | 1901 14th Street NW – 2nd Floor

Bar Betsie | Lunch, Dinner – Puerto Rican Inspired Cocktails/All-American Drinking Snacks | $20-30 | 1328 4th Street NE (Union Market)

Tapori | Dinner – South Asian Street Food | $50-100 | 600 H Street NE – Suite E

Fuddruckers | Lunch, Dinner – Hamburgers | $10-20 | 734 7th Street NW

Occidental | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner – High-End American | $100+ | 1475 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Watching

Moana 2 | Wednesday, March 12 | Family/Adventure | Disney+

Mufasa | Wednesday, March 26 | Adventure/Musical | Disney+

Jurrasic World: Chaos Theory: Season 2 | Thursday, April 3 | Sci-Fi | Netflix

Black Mirror: Season 7 | Thursday, April 10 | Sci-Fi | Netflix

The Rehearsal: Season 2 | Sunday, April 20 | Docu-Comedy | HBO