Aug
27
Tue
Live! Concert Series on the Plaza @ Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Aug 27 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Join in for free lunchtime performances featuring the area’s most talented entertainers. Enjoy a variety of musical flavors, such as jazz, neo soul, bluegrass, reggae, country, pop rock and more. There is plenty of outdoor seating on #WilsonPlaza, so take the Metro, grab lunch and spend the afternoon grooving.

Bruery Society Member Meetup @ Roofers Union
Aug 27 @ 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Join Roofers Union on Tuesday, August 27 at 6PM as The Bruery taps into its upcoming

Preservation Society exclusive releases. Come out and have a beer with Society members and The Bruery team. The event is open to the public in addition to their group’s beer club members.

Beer geeks will rejoice at seeing two of the most sought after bottled beers of last year’s releases available at the eventFolks will get a taste of the Elizabeth Rutherford, co-fermented with Napa-sourced Cabernet Sauvignon aged in New French Oak, and the Bourgogne Noir, a sour blonde co-fermented with Pinot Noir grapes, a touch of carbonation adds a slightly prickly sensation to the pallet. These beers are some of Roofers Union GM and Beer Director, Dave Delaplaine’s, favorite beers in the last several years.

Draft beers featured in the Bruery takeover include:

Paws and Claws – two new offshoot August release beers, an ipa and a dipa respectively.

Vermont Sticky Maple– A perfect maple syrup to complement this barrel-aged imperial stout, it’s sticky and decadent, with a subtly sweet and big bold mouthfeel (11.3% ABV).

Chocolate Reign– The elevated version of Chocolate Rain – a double barrel-aged imperial stout with cacao nibs and vanilla beans (21% ABV).

Mash & French Toast– A bourbon barrel-aged barleywine ale, joining forces with even stickier, malt-forward forces from our barrel warehouse to create the gooey-sweet profile with hints of caramel and rich maple character, summoning spices and warm vanilla notes (13.7% ABV).

Island Time – A sweet stout brewed with Hawaiian sea salt and lactose; with marshmallow, toasted coconut, and natural vanilla flavor added (8.6% ABV).

S.H.I.T S’mores – A rich Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with marshmallow, cacao, graham cracker and vanilla added (15% ABV).

Retreat – DIPA brewed with a simple malt bill and hopped heavily with fruit-forward Mosaic, Cashmere and el dorado for aromatic tropical notes (8.6% ABV).

Relax – An unfiltered, fresh and full of hop flavor IPA without the bitterness, leaving citrusy notes (6.8% ABV).

Spontanaheim – A spontaneously fermented sour blonde ale aged in oak barrels (5.8% ABV).

Wit The Funk – brewed with an orange peel and fermented with wit yeast, resulting in a complex sour wheat beer that is tart, funky, oaky and citrusy (5.4 ABV%).

WHEN:                Tuesday, August 27, 2019

                                6:00-10:00 PM

                               

WHERE:              Roofers Union

2446 18th St NW

Washington, DC 20009

https://roofersuniondc.com/

Aug
28
Wed
Live! Concert Series on the Plaza @ Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Aug 28 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Join in for free lunchtime performances featuring the area’s most talented entertainers. Enjoy a variety of musical flavors, such as jazz, neo soul, bluegrass, reggae, country, pop rock and more. There is plenty of outdoor seating on #WilsonPlaza, so take the Metro, grab lunch and spend the afternoon grooving.

Generation Abe: History on Foot Happy Hour @ Ford's Theatre
Aug 28 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Generation Abe: History on Foot Happy Hour ​
August 28, 2019, from 6:00p.m. to 9:00 p.m.​
 *For young professionals ages 21-35. A valid ID must be presented at check-in in the Ford’s Theatre lobby
Join 1860s Detective James McDevitt for a walking tour related to the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy with other Generation Abe history fans. Revisit the sites and reexamine the clues from the assassination investigation during the 1.6 mile journey from Ford’s Theatre toward the White House. Stick around after the tour for a drink or two with Ford’s Generation Abe Staff at the historic Round Robin Bar located inside The Willard Intercontinental Hotel. Lincoln-inspired cocktails will be on the menu just for Generation Abe. Cash bar. ​
Aug
29
Thu
Live! Concert Series on the Plaza @ Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Aug 29 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Join in for free lunchtime performances featuring the area’s most talented entertainers. Enjoy a variety of musical flavors, such as jazz, neo soul, bluegrass, reggae, country, pop rock and more. There is plenty of outdoor seating on #WilsonPlaza, so take the Metro, grab lunch and spend the afternoon grooving.

Aug
30
Fri
Cultural Capital: Step Afrika! @ National Museum of Women in the Arts
Aug 30 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Join us for an exhilarating dance performance! 

Step Afrika!, the world’s first professional dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping, celebrates its 25th anniversary season with the energetic and exciting 7th annual Step Xplosion tour of all eight wards in Washington, D.C. This free tour includes performances and workshops for all ages. NMWA hosts the Ward 2 lunchtime performance. Enjoy this interactive experience and then grab a bite at the museum’s Mezzanine Café. For more information about other tour performances, visit www.stepafrika.org.

WHERE:
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-783-5000
WHEN:
Friday, August 30, 12–1 p.m.

PRICE: Free. Registration not required.

Cultural Capital: Step Afrika!  @ National Museum of Women in the Arts
Aug 30 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Cultural Capital: Step Afrika! 
Friday, Aug. 30, 12–1 p.m.
Step Afrika!, the world’s first professional dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping, celebrates its 25th anniversary season with the energetic and exciting 7th annual Step Xplosion tour of all eight wards in Washington, D.C. This free tour includes performances and workshops for all ages. NMWA hosts the Ward 2 lunchtime performance. Enjoy this interactive experience and then grab a bite at the museum’s Mezzanine Café. For more information about other tour performances, visit www.stepafrika.org. Free. No reservations required.

Hay Adams Author Series: Unsheltered @ Hay Adams
Aug 30 @ 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

On Friday, August 30, the award-winning Hay-Adams, located steps from the White House at 800 16th Street, NW, 20006, will host its next Author Series luncheon honoring Barbara Kingsolver to discuss her latest work, Unsheltered. The Hay-Adams’ Author Series, where literary crowds honor literary masters, is an on-going event, which hosts outstanding writers in a historic setting.  One will enjoy exceptional food, drink and lively conversation in the elegant Hay-Adams Room, one of Washington, D.C.’s signature stately event venues. Tickets are priced at $90 per person (all inclusive), which includes a three-course, prix fixe menu with wine pairings: https://www.hayadams.com/author-series/events.  The menu, themed around the book, will be created by Vice President & General Manager Hans Bruland working closely with Executive Chef Nicolas Legret.

Additionally, Kramerbooks (http://kramers.com) will be on hand so guests will have the opportunity to purchase a copy of Unsheltered, which published October 16, 2018, as well as other notable works by the author. Kingsolver will be available to sign and personalize after the luncheon.  Tickets go on sale August 2 and will be available online at: http://www.hayadams.com/author-series/washington-dc-author-events. For information guests can email Kathleen Newman at KNewman@hayadams.comor call (202) 638-6000.  Tickets must be purchased by August 23 and will not be available at the door.

WHO:             Barbara Kingsolver, is The New York Times bestselling author of Flight BehaviorThe Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards—including the National Humanities Medal, our country’s highest honor for service through the arts. Critical acclaim for her books includes the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Orange Prize andmultiple awards from the American Booksellers Association and the American Library Association. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle won numerous prizes including the James Beard award. She was named one of the most important writers of the 20thcentury by Writer’s Digest.

Her newest book, Unsheltered, is a timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval. It is the compulsively readable story of two families, in two centuries, who live at the corner of Sixth and Plum in Vineland, New Jersey, navigating what seems to be the end of the world as they know it. With history as their tantalizing canvas, these characters paint a startlingly relevant portrait of life in precarious times when the foundations of the past have failed to prepare us for the future. A New York Times bestseller, the novel is the recipient of many accolades including being named an O, The Oprah Magazine’s Best Book of 2018, and both an NPR and Newsweek’s pick for Best Books of The Year.

Barbara Kingsolver was born and grew up in rural Kentucky. She earned degrees in biology from DePauw University and the University of Arizona and has worked as a freelance writer and author since 1985. She has two daughters, Camille and Lily. Her husband, Steven Hopp, teaches environmental studies. At various times in her adult life, she has lived in England, France, and the Canary Islands, and has worked in Europe, Africa, Asia, Mexico, and South America. Kingsolver spent two decades in Tucson, Arizona, before moving to southwestern Virginia. She currently resides on a farm in southern Appalachia, where she and her family raise an extensive vegetable garden and Icelandic sheep.

WHEN:          The luncheon will be held in The Hay-Adams Room on Friday, August 30, 2019, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. (doors open at 11:30 a.m.).

 

Live! Concert Series on the Plaza @ Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Aug 30 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Join in for free lunchtime performances featuring the area’s most talented entertainers. Enjoy a variety of musical flavors, such as jazz, neo soul, bluegrass, reggae, country, pop rock and more. There is plenty of outdoor seating on #WilsonPlaza, so take the Metro, grab lunch and spend the afternoon grooving.

Sep
1
Sun
NMWA Free Community Day @ National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sep 1 @ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The first Sunday of the month is Community Day at NMWA! Visit us on Community Day for FREE admission to the museum—take this opportunity to explore our permanent collection and programs. Current exhibitions include: More is More: Multipleswhich celebrates the functionality and artistry of multiples, artist-designed objects produced in series of identical editions using industrial or commercial processes; and Betsabeé Romero: Signals of a Long Road Together , the latest installation in NMWA’s public art series, the New York Avenue Sculpture Project.
Fierce Women Tours are also available from 1–2 p.m. during Free Community Days. Discover a diverse cast of fierce women artists who refused to let men define their place; pushed back on the limited roles society accorded them; and blazed trails as artists, activists and innovators. If you’ve participated in our “Fierce Women” tour and want more, this is your chance to meet a new squad of pioneering artists. If you are new to the “Fierce Women” family, welcome!
WHERE:
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-783-5000
WHEN:
Community Day: Sunday, September 1, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Fierce Women Tour: 1–2 p.m.
TICKETS:
No tickets are required for Community Days, but space is limited for Fierce Women Tours. First come, first served; sign up at the Information Desk upon arrival. Tours departs from the Great Hall.
 
PRICE:
Free