The Heurich House Museum is bringing back its old Heurich Oktoberfest celebration, but with a new twist: their Senate Beer revival will be fully available to the public for the first time since 1956, and the museum asked some of their new friends to help celebrate!
On September 21st from 1-4pm the Oktoberfest-style biergarten festival will take place in the museum’s Castle Garden and feature Senate Beer plus brews from Sankofa Beer Company, Red Bear Brewing Co., ANXO Cidery, Silver Branch Brewing Co., Supreme Core Cider, Crooked Run Brewing andStreetcar 82 Brewing Co.. Owners and representatives of these breweries and cideries will be onsite. During a VIP hour, meet Tom Shellhammer from Oregon State Fermentation Science Department who helped develop the Senate Beer recipe based on historic documents. All tickets include unlimited tastings and full-pours, and a meal from Helga’s Catering of grilled bratwurst on a roll (sauerkraut & mustard optional), and a pretzel.
Senate Beer, DC’s hometown brew, is the most historically and scientifically accurate beer revival we know of. Based on a 20-page-laboratory-report from 1948. This Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. Senate Beer brand, was popularized in the 1890s, survived Prohibition, and was produced until 1956. After guests taste tested the beer for the first time in over 60 years this June, the museum finalized the recipe.
Tickets:
VIP Access – $85
1-2pm:
Exclusive access to VIP Senate Beer Bar and talk by Tom Shelhammer from Oregon State Fermentation Science Department who helped develop the Senate Beer revival.
2-4pm:
Unlimited Beer, 1 Meal, 1 Pretzel
General Admission – $65
1-4pm:
Unlimited Beer, 1 Meal, 1 Pretzel
The Details:
1pm: Castle Garden gates open
1-2pm: Exclusive VIP Bar open to VIP ticket-holders
1-4pm: Biergarten
4pm: Event ends
Tickets: http://bit.ly/HHOkt2019
*This event is 21+, I.D. must be presented at the door.
**Please take note that the museum will not be open during this event.
Due to overwhelming demand, Maxwell and the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) Pops have added a fourth show to their September run on Saturday, September 21, at 5 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. These concerts mark the soul star’s first ever performance with a live orchestra, and will feature veterans of his longtime band in reimagined arrangements of songs from Maxwell’s hit-filled career—including thirteen #1 R&B chart toppers.
Fresh Talk: Judy Chicago: New Views
Sunday, Sept. 22, 4:30–6 p.m., followed by book signing and Catalyst, a cocktail hour with a topic and a twist, 6–7 p.m.
Join iconic feminist artist Judy Chicago for the debut of Judy Chicago: New Views—the first major monograph on the artist in nearly 20 years. Published by NMWA and Scala Arts Publishers, Judy Chicago: New Views offers fresh perspectives on the artist’s oeuvre by leading scholars and curators. Chicago joins book contributor Martha C. Nussbaum, philosopher and Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, to discuss New Views and the current exhibition Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction, featuring her newest body of work. The exhibition is on view at NMWA from Sept. 19, 2019, to Jan. 20, 2020. Reservations required. $80 general, $65 members, seniors, students. Price includes museum admission, program, one copy of Judy Chicago: New Views (available for preorder in the Museum Shop for $49.95) and Catalyst cocktail hour (during which Chicago and Nussbaum will be available to sign copies of Judy Chicago: New Views). Reserve online.
On September 23, 2019, Tzedek DC, a DC legal services organization will hold Eat Well, Do Justice: Celebrity Chef Knish Knockout!. The event raises funds for Tzedek DC (“Sedek DC”), a non-profit organization headquartered at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law with the mission of safeguarding the rights of low-income DC residents facing often unjust debt collection lawsuits and other predatory consumer crises. www.tzedekdc.org
The event will be held at the University of the District of Columbia Student Center. Five acclaimed DC area chefs will create their own take on the knish, the traditional Jewish staple. Attendees will sample each creation and, along with a panel of judges, vote to determine the winner.
The five local Chefs who will be featured at the event are:
· Cathy Barrow, Cookbook author and Washington Post Food columnist
· Ian Boden, Chef, The Shack
· Todd Gray, Chef-owner Equinox
· Johanna Hellrigl, Partner, Fat Baby Restaurant Group, Executive Chef of Doi Moi
· Keshaun Winston, Instructor at Cookology and former personal chef for President Obama
Guest Judges who will determine the celebrity chef winner (along with event attendees) are:
· Renée McDonald Hutchins, Dean, UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
· Dahlia Lithwick, Legal writer, Slate
· The Hon. Jamie Raskin, U.S. House of Representatives
· Ed Scarpone, 2018 Eat Well Do Justice! winner and Schlow Restaurant Executive
Bonnie Benwick, Former Deputy Food Editor for The Washington Post, will serve as the Honorary Chair of the event. Co-chairs for the event are Courtney Weiner, June Kress, Laura Kumin, and Nina Simon.
“Tzedek DC’s focus is fundamentally on a civil rights issue, serving the communities where predatory abuses in lending and lawsuits have been most prevalent,” says Ariel Levinson-Waldman, Founding President and Director-Counsel for Tzedek DC. “This event is an entertaining way to raise funds for this important work, in which we are inspired by the ancient command from the Book of Deuteronomy: “Tzedek, Tzedek tirdof,” or “justice, justice you shall pursue.”
Pints with a Purpose benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association – Tuesday, September 24 @ 5pm to 8pm
Guests are invited to The Rooftop at The Graham Georgetown on Tuesday, September 24, for Pints with a Purpose. This month’s charity partner is theAlzheimer’s Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research. 10% of all Rooftop sales throughout the evening will benefit the organization’s mission of eliminating Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research, providing and enhancing care and support for all affected, and reducing the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.
Chance for Life will host its first annual Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month Poker Tournament at Union District Oyster Bar & Lounge on Sunday, September 29. The tournament will last from 3:30pm to 6:30pm with an after party until 9:30pm. Guests are invited to purchase their poker seat or after party ticket at poker4research.givesmart.com. All net proceeds will benefit Chance for Life, furthering its pediatric cancer research initiatives and clinical trials.
7 p.m. Skylight Pavilion
Ben Folds Book Signing and Discussion
National Symphony Orchestra Artistic Advisor Ben Folds will sign copies of his new memoir, A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons. The event features a moderated discussion with Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company
Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co. creates a fully improvised Shakespearean masterpiece right before your very eyes! The night could reveal a tragedy, comedy, or history. Each play is completely improvised, so each play is entirely new!
Tickets: $39-49
The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City will launch its second season of this popular series with two bestselling authors: Frank Miniter and Dean Reuter. The author series is complimentary to the public and gives attendees the opportunity to meet and purchase the authors book, along with a cash bar.
Dean Reuter: Reuter is co-author of The Hidden Nazi: The Untold Story of America’s Deal with the Devil. The worst Nazi war criminal you’ve never heard of. A true story about General Hans Kammler, sidekick to SS Chief Heinrich Himmler and supervisor of Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, Kammler was responsible for the construction of Hitler’s slave labor sites and concentration camps.
WHEN:
The Hidden Nazi: The Untold Story of America’s Deal with the Devil by Dean Reuter
Wednesday, October 2
6pm – 8pm
WHERE: The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City
1250 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA 22202
The Ambassador Room
TICKETS:
Dean Reuter: To RSVP click here
Women Looking at Women: LIFE Magazine’s Female Photographers
Thursday, October 3, 2019, 5:30-8 p.m.
Alissa Schapiro, museum curator and art historian, will explore LIFE Magazine’s female photographers and their documentation of the fluctuating status of women in the United States while solidifying their own place within LIFE’s male-dominated photography staff.
Note: This is the first program in the Mid-Century Master lecture series.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
