May 1st – 7th, 2023
I’m exhausted and behind but we’re gonna keep swimming. Excited to reset this weekend at the High Vibe Day Retreat!!!
Doing
Profs & Pints DC: Artificial Intelligence and You
What: Profs and Pints DC presents: “Artificial Intelligence and You,” a look at AI’s huge unseen impact on society and your daily life, with Lauren Maffeo, adjunct lecturer in Interaction Design at George Washington University, a founding editor of the journal AI and Ethics, and author of Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up. The release of various iterations of ChatGPT, an artificial-intelligence chatbot with extraordinary powers to learn and generate images and ideas, has given rise to the perception that we’re entering an “AI Era” full of promise and peril. While the fans of ChatGPT praise it for its ease of use and accuracy, many scientists and government officials are sounding alarms of potential consequences evoking dystopian science-fiction films. A long list of computer scientists and tech industry officials have signed a letter arguing that AI labs are “locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that no one – not even their creators – can understand, predict, or reliably control,” with “profound risks to society and humanity.”
Where: LITTLE PENN COFFEEHOUSE 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004
When: May 1, 2023 |6pm – 8:30pm
Tickets: https://profsandpints.ticketleap.com/ai/dates/May-01-2023_at_0600PM
DC@2:50 – ten minutes of daily mindfulness
What: This is an open webinar that anyone can join on any day. Launched at MIT (Cambridge, MA), the event has gained a global daily following. @2:50 is secular and does not promote any creed, sect, organization, or ideology.
Where: Hirshhorn Museum 7th Street Southwest Washington, DC 20560
When: May 1, 2023
Tickets: FREE
Free Weekly Bingo Series at The Fainting Goat
What: Get out of the house and turn your Tuesday into fun with DC Fray and The Fainting Goat for our FREE, in-person, bingo series running on Tuesdays. Fray will provide the game night host, bingo materials including daubers, and awesome prizes.
Where: The Fainting Goat 1330 U Street Northwest Washington, DC 20009
When: May 2, 2023 | 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Tickets: FREE https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-weekly-bingo-series-at-the-fainting-goat-tickets-475260766747?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Dine & Dance Latin Night
What: Dine & Dance Latin Tuesday About this event: New venue. New vibes. FREE COVER- doors open at 8p, Bachata class by NOELIA, 9p, Dancing until 130a, Music by world-renowned DJ EMERZIVE, Drink specials by ERMIS- MangoBartending , Delicious dinner & Sushi bar (full menu available until 11pm) , Performances & demos , Live painting by Lorena Garcia of NOVAGlore STUDIOS, Beautiful LED lighting & ambiance, Dress code enforced at the door (no sweatpants, baggy pants, sneakers, baseball hats, tank tops.
Where: Lima Twist 1411 K Street Northwest Washington, DC 20005
When: May 2, 2023
Tickets: FREE
250 Years of Trees at Kew: An Illustrated Lecture by Tony Kirkham
What: This illustrated lecture begins around 1731 and takes us on an historic journey through the development of the tree collections and the heritage landscape, meeting people like Sir William Hooker, Capability Brown, William Nesfield, William Baron, William Dallimore, and many more figures who were key movers in the arboretum world, responsible for making Kew’s arboretum one of the world’s premier tree collections today. Attendees will be guided from the founding of a 9-acre botanic garden with 5-acres set aside for an arboretum where some of the original trees known as the “Old Lions” still exist to the first director of Kew, Sir William Hooker, being appointed through to the 1987 hurricane that ravaged the collections and the transformation that followed. The talk will focus on some of the key heritage trees and important scientific tree collections that can be found growing in the arboretum landscape and the collectors and curators that have been influential in assembling this unique collection. The lecture will end with more recent tree related overseas collecting expeditions and Kew-based projects including the Xstrata Treetop Walkway which was designed to give visitors safe access to the tree canopy and create a “Sky Classroom.”
Where: Dumbarton Oaks – The Oak Room 1700 Wisconsin Avenue NW Washington, DC 20007
When: May 3, 2023 | 5-7pm
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/250-years-of-trees-at-kew-an-illustrated-lecture-by-tony-kirkham-registration-569781721467
Women in Wine ft Antinori Family Wines led by three daughters in 27th generation of the Antinori family
What: To celebrate female-made Tuscan wines, Sommelier Raquel Ortega of Imperfecto is sharing a few of the restaurant’s favorites from the Antinori family on Wednesday 5/3. The Antinori family has over 637 years of continuous ownership now run by the three daughters from the 27th generation. Cecile Roesch-Giannangeli, the Antinori US brand ambassador, will lead guests through this extraordinary lineup. All seven featured wines are made from small, picturesque villages atop rolling hills where Sangiovese is the King.
Where: IMPERFECTO by Enrique Limardo 1124 23rd Street Northwest Washington, DC 20037
When: May 3, 2023
Tickets: https://www.exploretock.com/imperfecto/event/411504/womens-wine-on-wednesdays?utm_source=search
Yes Queen!
What: Celebrate the queens and royalty of DC comedy! The debut show features the DMV’s funniest female-identifying and non-binary comics. Polish your crown and snag your ticket for a night of bad bitch laughs. A portion of the ticket proceeds will go to a charity to be named. ASL interpreter will be provided for the show. P.S. Male comics get in for free
Where: The Comedy Loft Of DC 1523 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037
When: May 4, 2023 | 8pm
Tickets: https://www.dccomedyloft.com/shows/214550
The Tea Cart British Tea Room (Berryville, VA): A Coronation Celebration
What: Buckingham Palace is pleased to announce the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla and the Tea Cart, Shenandoah Valley’s premiere British tearoom and event destination, invites you to join them to commemorate this incredible historic event! Join the Tea Cart for a one-day special themed tea – coronation style. This three-course afternoon tea is complete with special royal favorites including a bottomless pot of tea, of course. For the adults, champagne and mimosas are also available for purchase.
Where: 16 W Main St, Berryville, VA 22611
When: May 4, 2023
Tickets: https://www.exploretock.com/teacartva/
Congress of Jugglers 2023
What: The Congress of Jugglers has been an annual juggling convention for those on the East Coast for more than 20 years. The purpose is to have fun, meet people, learn new things, and teach new things.
Where: 7675 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD 20740
When: May 5, 2023
Tickets: FREE
The Sweet Spot Burlesque, DC
What: The Sweet Spot is a high-energy; heart-pumping; down-right decadent-dancing; laugh-out-loud burlesque stage production celebrating the sexier side of life. Performing in over 30 cities, this immersive show takes you on a bold adventure where anything can happen. Get ready to experience the world’s best performance poets, sultry burlesque dancers, live music, comedy, and the most electrified host you have ever seen. Brilliantly weaving satire, artistry, and top 40 hits, this is 21st century burlesque at its best! Leave your rules, restrictions and expectations at the door and let The Sweet Spot open your spirit, awaken your passions, and leave you in a sweeter place.
Where: The Howard Theatre, 620 T Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
When: May 5, 2023
Tickets: https://www.vipsocio.com/event/thesweetspotDCMay2023
High Vibe Tribe – Day Retreat
What: Feeling stuck in the city? Need a day to get into nature? Let’s get on the farm. Join me an hour outside of DC for a day of wellness. 💮ONE DAY WELLNESS RETREAT💮
Join me an hour outside of DC for a day of wellness.
Here’s what’s on the agenda:
✨️10:30 Arrival – Welcome drink
✨️11:00 – Heart Opening Cacao Ceremony – Led by Jamie Sabat @distillandexpress
✨️11:45 – Eucalyptus Bundles – Led by Valencia Wilson @plantmatter.art
✨️12:30 – Candle Pour – Led by Michelle Elizabeth @fireandbloom
✨️1:15 – Farm to table Lunch + Conscious Conversation
✨️2:30 – Restorative Yoga Let by Britt Daniels @prophitfitless.life
✨️3:15 – What is CBD? Learn more about the cannabinoid system. Led by Eve Simonsen @thisisreunion
✨️3:30 – Reiki + Sound Healing Journey – Led by Lexie Tingle @thehealing_circle_ (CBD powered by Reunion)
✨️4:30 – Closing Ceremony | Integration
✨️5:30-7:30 After Party – Comus Inn (15 minutes away)
Spend the day in nature on self care, healing and discovery.
Where: Sugar Loaf Mountain – 13120 Prices Distillery Road Clarksburg, MD 20871
When: Saturday, May 6, 2023
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/high-vibe-tribe-day-retreat-tickets-603043107167
Posers Feat. BrandoFlows
What: Yoga with an Afterparty
Where: Serenata
When: Sunday May 7th
The Max Johnson Trio with Anna Webber and Michael Sarin
What: Fresh off the release of their 2022 album “Orbit of Sound” and their tour across Europe, virtuoso double bassist and composer Max Johnson presents his trio with Anna Webber (saxophone, flute), and Michael Sarin (drum set). Between the three of them, they have worked with artists such as Anthony Braxton, Mary Halvorson, John Zorn, Dave Douglass, Jen Shyu, William Parker, and this project highlights the individual sounds and experiences of these three unique voices, traversing tightly knit grooving composed music to patient sprawling improvised textures, blending their unique sounds to create something truly special.
Where: 6950 Maple St NW, Washington, DC 20012, USA
When: May 6, 2023
Tickets: https://withfriends.co/event/15976228#%E2%AD%90
This Mammoth’s Moment Spring Gala
What: At Woolly Mammoth, we believe that theatre can be a catalyst for an equitable, creative, and engaged society. It is a mighty art form that is part of a rich cultural tapestry that stretches back generations and resonates even in today’s ever-divided America. At Woolly, people see how their stories, their histories, and their cultures collide with the world around us through the plays on our stage and our programming within the local community. The key to the lasting power of theatre is rooted in bold, courageous, and innovative storytelling.
Where: 1400 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560
When: May 6, 2023
Tickets: https://www.classy.org/event/this-mammoth-moment/e469588/register/new/select-tickets
Alchemy of Awakening – Elemental Breathwork – Washington
What: You are living in a time of rapid awakening. You can’t and don’t necessarily want to return to the way things were. At the same time, it can be overwhelming and confusing as you attempt to navigate the awakening process while experiencing intense transitions and shifts in awareness. It may feel like you are growing out of your relationships, your careers, or your old way of thinking and being in the world. The old victim mentalities and the poor-me syndrome is exhausting. You are ready to step into embodied power.
Where: Washington DC online via zoom Washington DC, DC 20053
When: May 7, 2023
Tickets: FREE
DIY Greeting Card Workshop
What: Customized cards are the perfect way to honor and celebrate the special women in your life. This Mother’s Day, design a unique, hand-made card with pressed flowers in this DIY workshop. Use pressed flowers and mixed media to hand-craft an exquisite card. Add a sincere note, poem, or heartfelt message to complete this unique bouquet of gratitude.
Where: 1644 31st Street, NW | Washington, DC 20007
When: May 7, 2023
Tickets: https://12200.blackbaudhosting.com/12200/Guided-House-Tours-28Apr2023-6
Reading
Author: Eriq La Salle
Title: Laws of Wrath
Description: There are those who fight the devil within them. And those who worship it. The butchered body of a cross-dresser is found in a dumpster in Chinatown, New York. Nothing out of the ordinary for the NYPD, except the victim just so happens to be the brother of Detective Phee Freeman. At first the slaying looks like the random act of a vicious killer, but when it is discovered that there are similar ritualistic murders throughout the city, Phee, and his partner Quincy Cavanaugh, along with FBI Agent Janet Maclin, have no choice but to join forces with Dr. Daria Zibik, a brilliant but deranged Satanic cult leader. Phee and his partners must do everything they can to stop the bloodshed and determine if the evil they are hunting and the psychopath they are trusting could actually be one and the same.
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Release Date: May 1, 2023
Author: Angela Davis
Title: Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Description: “I am excited to be publishing this new edition of my autobiography with Haymarket Books at a time when so many are making collective demands for radical change and are seeking a deeper understanding of the social movements of the past.” – Angela Y. Davis. Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison abolitionist movements for more than 50 years. First published and edited by Toni Morrison in 1974, An Autobiography is a powerful and commanding account of her early years in the struggle. Davis describes her journey from childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century: from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party, and the Soledad Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy Department at UCLA to the FBI’s list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Told with warmth, brilliance, humor, and conviction, Angela Davis’s autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle with echoes in our own time.
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Release Date: May 2, 2023
Author: Sara Elise
Title: A Recipe for More: Ingredients for a life of abundance and ease
Description: A Recipe for More is a quest to examine the ingredients of our lives, those essential components that make up our days. Have we chosen rest, breath, movement, agency, visibility, play, and pleasure? Or are we trapped in the numbing and violent pattern of self-inflicted suffering? Do we celebrate the unique and precious wiring of our brains? Are our relationships a garden of ever-growing and evolving roots? Do we nourish our bodies with what it requires to sense and receive? Are we liberated, awakened, and alive? In the tradition of Adrienne Maree Brown and Sonya Renee Taylor, A Recipe for More is a radical argument for dismantling the systems that oppress us. But it begins with the individual, and the simple recipe of our every day.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: May 2, 2023
Author: Ibi Zoboi
Title: Nigeria Jones
Description: Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria Jones’s father calls her. He raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals to connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother the perfect matriarch of their Movement disappears, Nigeria’s world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she does not want.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: May 9, 2023
Author: T.D. Jakes
Title: Disruptive Thinking: A Daring Strategy to Change How We Live, Lead, and Love
Description: For most of our lives, we are encouraged to trudge along the well-worn paths of those who have come before us. We learn the rules – in our families, in our schools, in our workplaces, in our churches and most of the messages we receive tell us that following the rules will allow us to arrive at the lives we desire.
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Release Date: May 9, 2023
Eating
The Wildset Hotel (St. Michaels, MD): Spring into spring with this 15% off travel deal – Rest, relax and refresh yourself with an escape to the Eastern Shore this spring. From 4/30-5/4, enjoy 15% off your room rate when you choose to stay at The Wildset Hotel. No code is needed – two nights stay minimum. Please book directly by calling (410) 745-8004.
Blue Rock: Friday Live Music Series in Rappahannock County! – This spring and summer, relax on the Rappahannock with Blue Rock’s live music series! Every Friday from 6-8:30pm Blue Rock will feature different local artists on their Tasting Room lawn. Enjoy cocktails, wine, beer and light bites from the foothills menu here.
Lutèce: French brunch items with Oaxacan influence are the perfect balance for Spring – The quaint Georgetown Neo-Bistro is ready for spring with brunch specials like their Mezcal smoked salmon (w/ brioche, crème fraîche, dill), Caramelized Grapefruit (Fennel pollen, olive oil, black pepper), and of course their Cheese Selection (raspberry jam, walnut raisin bread). Brunch drinks include fresh juices or cocktails like a mezcal Espresso Martini or NA selections like their Espress-NO Martini and Non 4 New York Sour. Outdoor chalets available.
Lapis: Outdoor brunch season at Adams Morgan’s Afghan favorite! – Lapis is ready for brunch season on their outdoor patio with their $35 brunch special with a selection from three menu sections: pastries, entrées, & sweet delights. Try the Lapis Pancakes (rosewater-cardamom pancakes, with warm rose water syrup & pistachios) and Brunch Bolani (pan seared crispy afghan flat bread served with yogurt & chutney + your choice of fillings). Brunch cocktails also include favorites like the “Afghan” (cognac, housemade cardamom syrup, lemon, champagne) and the “Pompage” (housemade pomegranate syrup, champagne).
Ilili Restaurants (ilili NYC and Ilili DC): Welcome ilili Restaurants to our EE family! – Inspired to bring Lebanese cuisine to the forefront of the culinary world, Chef Philippe Massoud was determined to create a restaurant where the over 100 year cuisine would gain the recognition it deserves. The world-renowned NYC restaurant is a full sensory experience of the culture and cuisine as well as an homage to his family’s roots. While ilili’s NYC location celebrates the Phoenician empire famed for their maritime and trade prowess, ilili DC, located on the SW Waterfront, reverts to the age of pre-war innocence of Lebanese heritage, possessing a rich, colorful, l garden-like atmosphere and is homecoming for Chef Massoud, who has deep roots in DC’s culinary scene.
Pupatella x Uber Eats: Mosaic District launches robot food delivery – Neapolitan pizzeria Pupatella is just one of the handful of restaurants participating in a program with Uber Eats in Fairfax’s Mosaic District. Starting this month, residents of the Mosaic District can now order delivery from Pupatella Mosaic + additional surrounding restaurants through Uber Eats’ autonomous vehicles. Fairfax is the second location Uber & AI robotics company Cartken are testing their robot delivery vehicles in, with the pilot program taking place in Miami.
Lutèce: French brunch items with Oaxacan influence are the perfect balance for Spring – The quaint Georgetown Neo-Bistro is ready for spring with brunch specials like their Mezcal smoked salmon (w/ brioche, crème fraîche, dill), Caramelized Grapefruit (Fennel pollen, olive oil, black pepper), and of course their Cheese Selection (raspberry jam, walnut raisin bread). Brunch drinks include fresh juices or cocktails like a mezcal Espresso Martini or NA selections like their Espress-NO Martini and Non 4 New York Sour. Outdoor chalets available.
Watching
Netflix
Show: Florida Man
Genre: Comedy Drama
Release Date: Apr 13, 2023
Netflix
Show: Transatlantic
Genre: Drama
Release Date: Apr 7, 2023
Hulu
Show: Algiers, America
Genre: Post-punk experimental rock soul hip-hop industrial
Release Date: Apr 19, 2023
Disney+
Show: Raven’s Home Tv Series
Genre: Family Sitcom
Release Date: (Season 6) Apr 19, 2023
Disney+
Show: Suga Road to D Day
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: Apr 21, 2023
Peacock
Show: Mrs. Davis
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: Final Release date Apr 20, 2023
Peacock
Show: Leguizamo Does America
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: Apr 16, 2023
HBO
Show: #BringbackAlice
Genre: Mystery
Release Date: Apr 14, 2023
HBO
Show: Fired on Mars
Genre: Short-Animation/Comedy
Release Date: Apr 20, 2023
Apple TV
Show: Gotham Knights
Genre: Superhero Fiction
Release Date: March 14, 2023
Apple TV
Show: Happy to Be Home With the Benkos
Genre: Flip Homes
Release Date: Apr 9, 2023
