May 29 – June 5, 2023
Doing
Indigo De Souza (NEW DATE)
What: Indigo finds recent inspiration from community and stability. “Up until recently, my life felt chaotic,” she says. “Now, so much of the chaos is behind me. I have an incredible community, I love where I live, and I’m surrounded by truly incredible people who are dedicated to deep connection and joy. My music feels like it is coming from a centered place of reflection.” Opener “Time Back” deals with the necessary forward momentum she cherishes. It is a song about rising out of struggle, putting things in the past, and moving on where she sings over comforting synths, “I feel like I’m leaving myself behind / And I’m so tired of crying / I wanna get back up again.” The track later explodes with her voice booming over a stunning arrangement. “You can fall into dysfunction or sadness or allow other people to hurt you and not have boundaries,” she says. “There was a time in my life when that was a lot of what I was doing. I thought this track was a sweet way to talk about coming back to yourself, to your true self.”
Where: 9:30 Club 815 V St. NW
When: May 29, 2023 |7pm
Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/indigo-de-souza-washington-district-of-columbia-05-30-2023/event/15005E41F0CC5769?_
Mindful Mondays with Great Energy Group
What: Join the crew from Great Energy Group and Eaton’s Wellness Director Tara Aura for a unique mindfulness series, exploring movement, mindset, and music of the Black diaspora. This will be a rhythmic, restorative, yoga flow that links movement to the breath. This class is fun for inflexible people and yogis of all levels. Detailed verbal instructions, modifications for beginners, use of props and more challenging pose extensions for advanced students. Participants will stretch muscles, build strength, find balance, and create internal space, setting intentions for the week. And of course, the vibe is heightened by the healing power of music from the Black diaspora from reggae and jazz to hip hop and R&B.
Where: Eaton DC 1201 K Street Northwest Washington, DC 20005
When: May 29, 2023 (Any day)
Tickets: $10-$25 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-mondays-with-great-energy-group-tickets-565633514067
Raise a Round for Keegan Theatre at Aslin DC
What: To enjoy good beer in good company all while supporting the work and mission of The Keegan Theatre. A portion of all sales mentioning Keegan will support award-winning live theater productions, arts education for local youth, and events spotlighting new works and unique performances. Plus, we will be raffling off exciting Aslin and Keegan prizes. We will see you there!
Where: 1740 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
When: May 30, 2023 |5-9pm
Tickets: FREE https://keegantheatre.com/special-events/
Qi Gong for Beginners
What: Introducing the basic concepts of Qi Gong, a slow movement practice that originates in China, this class features movements and postures that help purify, tonify, and circulate Qi (pronounced “chi,” meaning energy) within the body. Participants will learn how to “tap in” and feel their Qi for reduced pain, better body mechanics, increased range of motion, improving mood, and boosting energy. It is a gentle, standing practice, which makes it especially accessible for elders and anyone with limited mobility.
Where: Eaton DC 1201 K Street Northwest Washington, DC 20005
When: May 30, 2023 (Any Day)
Tickets: $25 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/qi-gong-for-beginners-tickets-288618845737?utm_source=pocket_reader
Green Drinks DC May Meet Up
What: Join us for our May 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.
Where: Public Bar Live 1214 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20036
When: May 31, 2023 | 6-8:30pm
Tickets: Donations as for tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-drinks-dc-may-meet-up-tickets-636679715167?aff=Li&mc_cid=adea0b01b7&mc_eid=3f7e32a15c
The Sketch Jam: An open mic for sketch comedy!
What: Half-open mic, half-writer’s group, this show is a place for writers to bring something new that they have written to the stage so they can see it performed live for the first time. Bring yourself along for fun and be an onstage performer or write a script yourself and see it come to life.
Where: Crazy Aunt Helen’s 713 8th Street Southeast Washington, DC 20003
When: May 31. 2023 | 7pm
Tickets: $5 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sketch-jam-an-open-mic-for-sketch-comedy-tickets-610626248547?aff=erelexpmlt
Disney Trivia at Atlas Brew Works Ivy City
What: Join us for a special edition of Thursday Night Trivia at Atlas Brew Works Ivy City! Bring a team of your biggest Disney fans and battle it out for Disney trivia supremacy! Your host is always fantastic Michael Bolton!
Where: 2052 West Virginia Avenue North East Washington D.C., DC 20002
When: Jun 1, 2023 | 7-9pm
Tickets: FREE https://www.facebook.com/events/552163626809622/?
Summer in the Parks at Carter Barron Mini Oasis
What: Thursday evenings this summer, join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for FREE fun for all ages near the Carter Barron Amphitheater and at Fort Slocum. Bring a picnic and enjoy music from DJ Lance Reynolds and other games and activities.
Where: 7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 500, Bethesda, MD 20814
When: Jun 1, 2023 | 6-8pm
Tickets: Register here https://secure.everyaction.com/FbAoEY3ij0qwSI7nCO6zjg2
Absence of Proof – DC Launch Party
What: Welcome to Absence of Proof DC! We are so excited to be partnering with our friends at Binge Bar to bring more non-alcoholic nightlife options to DC. We will welcome you to the party with complimentary non-alcoholic bubbles from Starla Wines! We will have a full menu of non-alcoholic cocktails from Spiritless, games, music, and more! Food will also be available for purchase a la carte at Binge Bar. See you soon!
Where: Binge Bar 506 H St NE LL, Washington, DC 20002, USA
When: Jun 2, 2023 | 7pm
Tickets: https://www.handstamp.com/event/absence-of-proof—dc-launch-party-wemhio3z
Three by Yeats: short plays celebrating great Irish theatre, music & dance.
What: Join us for an entertaining evening where we celebrate Irish culture with drama, music, dance, and sing! Scena Theatre continues its 34th Season in Washington with “Three by Yeats” a trio of plays by the great Irish writer, William Butler Yeats. Get to know the works of Yeats who represents the finest drama and culture from Ireland. Scena Theatre has a rich history of staging Irish plays by many great writers featuring both local and global talent with authentic accents and characterizations.
Where: DC Arts Center (DCAC) 2438 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20009
When: Jun 2, 2023 (Any Day)
Tickets: $28-$40 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/three-by-yeats-short-plays-celebrating-great-irish-theatre-music-dance-tickets-611015793687
ART OUT LOUD: A Rooftop Pride Party
What: Kick off Pride Month with District Fray Magazine at our six-hour, Saturday night dance party at cultural hub Selina Union Market in Noma.
Where: Selina Union Market & Cowork 411 New York Avenue Northeast Washington, DC 20002
When: Jun 3, 2023 | 6-11:30pm
Tickets: $25-$45 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-out-loud-a-rooftop-pride-party-tickets-633328812527
The Comedy Karaoke Trivia Funtime Show with Danny Rouhier
What: The Capital City Showcase, the variety show that features the DMV’s best performing artists and is hosted by Christian Hunt, presents a unique blend of entertainment. Bring a team or fly solo and win prizes by dropping knowledge in a trivia competition, then duking it out in a karaoke battle!
Where: 2010 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA 22202
When: Jun 3, 2023 | 7:30-9:30pm
Tickets: FREE https://www.facebook.com/events/249627107500896/
Uptown Shuffle 2023
What: Co-presented with the Cleveland Park Community Association, join us for an afternoon of dancing, games, food, and fun in the parking lot of Sam’s Park and Shop.
Where: Cleveland Park 3400 11th St. NW Suite 200 Washington, DC. 20010
When: Jun 4, 2023 | 12-4pm
Tickets: FREE https://www.districtbridges.org/events/uptown-shuffle-2023/
DOLLY – Gay Men’s Club of Washington, DC
What: Saluting the music of country music-legend Dolly Parton. Grab your boots and cowboy hats! We close out our 22-23 Season with a salute to none other than country music legend Dolly Parton. With a career spanning over 50 years and a record-setting 25 #1 songs on the Billboard Country Music charts (tied with Reba McEntire), she is known for her inspiring lyrics and incomparable melodies. We are pulling out all the stops for our season finale! Songs include “Here You Come Again,” “Islands in the Stream,” “Jolene,” and “My Tennessee Mountain Home.”
Where: Gay Men’s Chorus Of Washington DC – 1140 3RD STREET NE, 2ND FLOOR WASHINGTON, DC 20002
When: Jun 4, 2023 | 3pm
Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/15005D3A11916178
Reading
Author: Angela Joy and Jen Reid
Title: A Hero Like Me
Description: A Hero Like Me is inspired by the events of 7th June 2020, when a statue of Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into Bristol Harbour. It is a ground-breaking picture book that provides important lessons and gives children an example of a hero that’s just like them. On 7th June, 2020, Jen Reid attended an anti-racism protest in Bristol. During the protest, a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into Bristol Harbour. Despite being afraid of heights, Jen spontaneously felt compelled to climb onto the empty plinth and raise her fist high above her head.
Publisher: The Quarto Group
Release Date: Jun 6, 2023
Author: Peace Adzo Medie
Title: Nightbloom
Description: When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls, they were more than just cousins; they were inseparable, they would do anything for each other, they implored their parents to let them be together, and there was no one else who each confided in. Then Selasi begins to change and become hostile and quiet; her grades suffer, she loses interest in everything, and she begins to build a space around herself, shutting Akorfa out. It will be years before Akorfa learns what has happened, and in the intervening years, the two will become estranged. Only a crisis can ultimately bring them back together.
Publisher: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
Release Date: Jun 13, 2023
Author: Nisi Shawl
Title: Everfair
Description: From noted short story writer Nisi Shawl comes Everfair, a brilliant alternate-history novel set in the Belgian Congo. What if the African natives developed steam power ahead of their colonial oppressors? What might have come of Belgium’s disastrous colonization of the Congo if the native populations had learned about steam technology a bit earlier? Fabian Socialists from Great Britain join forces with African American missionaries to purchase land from the Belgian Congo’s “owner,” King Leopold II. This land, named Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven, an imaginary Utopia for native populations of the Congo as well as escaped slaves returning from America and other places where African natives were being mistreated. Shawl’s speculative masterpiece manages to turn one of the worst human rights disasters on record into a marvelous and exciting exploration of the possibilities inherent in a turn of history. Everfair is told from a multiplicity of voices: Africans, Europeans, East Asians, and African Americans in complex relationships with one another, in a compelling range of voices that have historically been silenced. Everfair is not only a beautiful book but an educational and inspiring one that will give the reader new insight into an often-ignored period of history.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Release Date: Jun 13, 2023
Author: Tiya Miles
Title: The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts
Description: When one of her regular readers takes issue with her weekly history column, Jinx Micco, a free-spirited Muscogee (Creek) tribal historian, cannot get the criticism out of her head. Soon she finds herself on the road from Oklahoma to the Hold House, a nineteenth-century plantation home in Georgia originally owned by the Cherokee Chief James Hold, to track down the long-forgotten mystery of what happened to a tribal member who stayed behind after the United States instituted a policy of Indian Removal.
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Release Date: Jun 13, 2023
Eating
KNEAD Hospitality + Design: Pride Cocktails for The Trevor Project
The Largest LGBTQ+ company in the DC region will celebrate Pride at all of their full-service restaurants with a special cocktail in honor of Pride Month. Their specialty cocktail, “Plus One” includes Tito’s Vodka, Chinola Passion Fruit, Aperol, Vanilla, Lime, Bubbles ($16) and will be available at all KNEAD locations (MI VIDA, Succotash, Mi Casa, Gatsby, The Grill, etc.). A portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Trevor Project.
SUMMIT Rooftop: Sip back and relax with unparalleled views of DC and Frosé & Palomas on Tap!
Enjoy Memorial Day Weekend with Conrad DC’s sweeping rooftop views of DC, Frosé, Palomas and more on tap, signature cocktails highlighting the flowers, herbs and garnishes from the rooftop garden and the “Partly Sunny” menu featuring dishes prepared in their solar oven. SUMMIT is open Thursday-Sunday. Reservations here.
KNEAD Hospitality + Design: MDW Bottomless brunch & dinner at various locations!
KNEAD Hospitality + Design restaurants are going all out for Memorial Day Weekend with multiple bottomless options around the city. If you are looking for an elevated brunch on the water, check out The Grill’s “brunch with benefits.” If a retro themed “no prohibition here” bottomless dinner seems more your speed, Gatsby in Navy Yard is for you. For the margarita fans out there, “fiesta de bebidas” at participating MI VIDA locations, will have unlimited margaritas that are perfect to kick off the start to summer.
TheSaga: Open all day on Memorial Day! Stop by for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
New Spanish/Latin hotspot in West End within The Ritz-Carlton, Washington D.C., will be open all day on Monday for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Swing by for a classic breakfast with eggs and fresh juices in the morning, try an Oxtail and Calamari Sandwich for lunch, or swing by for dinner for five different types of colorful rice inspired by different regions.
Ghostburger: MDW Brunch, Beers, and Burgers!
Ghostburger will be open on Memorial Day (and throughout the weekend) for brunch on Monday to kick off summer with specials like their burger of the month, The Jalapeno Popper Burger (charred jalapeño, bacon pimento cheese) and new brunch specials. Bottomless mimosas, $4 off cocktail pitchers, and a wide selection of beers and cocktails will also be available.
Pupatella: Memorial Day patio pizzas + takeout specials!
All Pupatella locations will be open for lunch and dinner on Monday, 5/29. Join them at both Arlington locations, Reston, Springfield, Dupont, Mosaic or Leesburg for a patio lunch + Pupatella spritzes. They will also be offering their seasonal zucchini pizza and zucchini fries at all locations for both dine-in and takeout all weekend long!
Wilson Hardware: Cool off on Wilson Hardware’s rooftop w/ summer sips all weekend!
Spend the long weekend on the rooftop at Wilson Hardware to try their new summer cocktails. Whether you are looking to heat things up with their Spicy Tangerine Margarita or cool things down with a Frozen Espresso Martini, their seasonal cocktails are perfect to sip on all summer long. They will also be hosting parties on Friday and Saturday night with a DJ from 9 p.m. – close.
lili DC: Aperol spritz popsicles and more for Memorial Day!
Enjoy mezza with a view this Memorial Day at Ilili DC, located at The Wharf! From classics such as hummus and tabbouleh to lamb stuffed grape leaves and hearth baked loup de mer, the menu has something for everyone and is perfect for groups. New spring cocktails will also be available, including “Spritz-ycle,” a twist on an aperol spritz with a frozen popsicle, and “It’s mint to be” featuring bourbon, earl grey and Morocan mint cordial, amaro, and lime juice. NA options are also available, like the popular “Karkadih,” a hibiscus and rose hips cordial with rose water and lime juice.
Parlour Victoria: Five-time Food Network winner Executive Chef Brandon Sumblin has added a “Victorian Burger” to the menu featuring prime angus beef, white cheddar, bread and butter pickles and Churchill sauce and a side of fries ($19). Stop in for lunch or dinner to celebrate National Burger Day in Downtown DC!
Watching
Kathal
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: May 19, 2023
Where to Stream: Netflix
Muted
Genre: Drama
Release date: May 19, 2023
Where to stream: Netflix
The Secrets of Hillsong
Genre: Documentary
Release date: May 19, 2023
Where to stream: Hulu
White Men Can’t Jump
Genre: Sports
Release date: May 19, 2023
Where to stream: Hulu
Crater
Genre: Science Fiction
Release date: May 12, 2023
Where to stream: Disney+
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
Genre: Educational TV
Release date: May 4, 2023
Where to stream: Disney+
A Thousand and One
Genre: Drama
Release date: Mar 31, 2023
Where to stream: Peacock
The Year Between
Genre: Drama (True events)
Release date: Mar 3, 2023
Where to stream: Peacock
Peacemaker
Genre: Action
Release date: Jan 13, 2022
Where to stream: HBOMax
Titans
Genre: Action
Release date: Oct 12, 2018 – May 11, 2023
Where to stream: HBOMax
Robots
Genre: Fantasy/ Animation
Release date: May 19, 2023
Where to stream: Apple TV
Come Out Fighting
Genre: Adventure
Release date: May 19, 2023
Where to stream: Apple TV
