Saturday, December 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, December 15, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
An annual holiday favorite! Hillwood celebrates the holidays in Old Russian style. A fun play based on traditional Russian stories of Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden will be performed for the festival again this year. After each performance, families can meet Grandfather Frost, Russia’s Santa Claus, and take pictures with him. While lively Russian folk music enlivens the day, a hands-on art activity will allow visitors of all ages to create their own kokoshnik, a lady’s headdress, or traditional Russian gentleman’s hat. Shopping and festive dining from Merriweather To Go round out this day of family fun.
All of Hillwood’s 2019 festivals are supported by a grant from the Sally Foss and James Scott Hill Foundation. All exhibitions and programs are funded in part by the U.S. Commission of the Fine Arts through the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program.
$18, $15 seniors, $12 Hillwood members, $10 students, $5 children (ages 6-18), free for children under age 6.
Visit www.HillwoodMuseum.org to register or call 202.686.5807 for more information.
On December 15th, La Famosa, the forthcoming Puerto Rican restaurant opening this coming spring in Navy Yard, will host a holiday pop-up coquito cocktail class in collaboration with Cotton & Reed at their Union Market distillery. The class, led by La Famosa’s chef and co-owner Joancarlo Parkhurst, will explore the history of coquito, a traditional Puerto Rican coconut-based Christmas cocktail. Parkhurst will demonstrate how to prepare three varieties of the popular drink: a classic version of coquito, a vegan variety of coquito, and a spicy calabaza coquito, a fun interpretation using spices and pumpkin. The $60 ticket include 3 cocktail tastes, an assortment of Puerto Rican holiday cookies and appetizers from La Famosa, one 750 ml bottle of Cotton & Reed Rum and a bottle of one of the three coquito bases.
Sunday, December 18, 10 a.m.-noon
Create a fresh and festive wreath featuring live air plants to adorn your home this holiday.
$75, $60 Hillwood member.
SETH KIBEL & THE KLEZTET
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
8PM
Tickets: $19–$26
Klezmer fans—rejoice! Seth Kibel, one of the best local instrumentalists and winner of not one, not 10, but 28 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards), brings his joyful quartet to AMP. Kibel & The Kleztet light up the night with joyful klezmer music, jazz, swing, and traditional Hanukkah tunes. A masterful woodwind player, Kibel blends Eastern European Jewish folk music with jazz and diverse modern influences. The band includes Sean Lane on piano, bassist Joshua Bayer, and percussionist Tim Jarvis.
Boundary Stone’s Fifth Annual Toy Drive – Thursday, December 19 @ 5pm to 11pm
Join the Atlas Brew Works team at Boundary Stone (116 Rhode Island Ave NW) on Thursday, December 19, for the pub’s annual Toy Drive. Bring an unwrapped gift for the drive and receive a complimentary Atlas beer. All toys will be donated to St. Martin’s Catholic Church to be handed out to children in the neighborhood for the holidays. Rumor has it Santa will even make an appearance. For more information, visit here.
Xmas Fitness Event
Wednesday, December 19
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m
Level 1, Interior Bloomingdale’s Entrance
This year, get a head start on the holiday feast recovery for a fun, fitness filled event that will have you feeling toned headed into the big day.
Photos with Santa at Atlas Brew Works – Saturday, December 21 @ 11am to 2pm
Photos with Santa returns to Atlas Brew Works (2052 West Virginia Ave NE) on Saturday, December 21. Take as many photos as you like with your own device for a minimum recommended donation of $25. Come out and support a good cause as all donations will go directly to St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Any guest that brings an unwrapped toy for the toy drive will receive a complimentary beer.
SOUL CRACKERS
ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW
Saturday, December 21, 2019
8PM
Tickets: $20–$35
The best party music ever made + a band belting out soulful sounds = a rockin’ good time! The Soul Crackers honor the music of Memphis and Motown with their rollicking renditions of timeless songs like, “I Feel Good,” “Dancing in the Streets,” “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours,” plus some holiday favorites. Known for their signature medleys, lead vocalist Tommy Lepson, along with the nine-piece band’s horn section create combustible energy to get you on the dance floor.
This year will mark the 33rd year that Jewish singles and their friends come together in one place for what is considered the nation’s #1 holiday party, the MATZOBALL. The MATZOBALL will be held in select cities around the country, making it the event of the year. This year, they have partnered with the organization Gift of Life Marrow Registry, providing attendees with the chance to save a life this Hanukkah. This is a fun annual bash that singles will not want to miss out on. Whether meeting up for a fun-filled night, or finding someone that turns out to be their soul mate, MATZOBALL has a long reputation of bringing Jewish singles together.
By partnering with Gift of Life Marrow Registry, MATZOBALL is giving people the option to help those who have blood cancer. The organization will have a table set up at the events and those who would like to be potential lifesavers can easily join the marrow registry with a simple cheek swab. At some point, they may be contacted regarding being a match for someone who needs a blood stem cell or marrow transplant.
BIG STAGE MAGIC SHOW WITH RICHARD BLOCH
When: Sunday, December 29th at 4:00pm
Where: O Museum in the Mansion, 2020 O Street N.W., DC
Tickets: $25/person. On-line reservations required: http://www.omansion.org/magic
Join us for a night of magic with Richard Bloch, one of the busiest corporate entertainers in the world. Rich is a frequent headliner on Las Vegas and Atlantic City stages, a motivational speaker (Rich is a two-time recipient of the coveted “Blackstone Award” from the International Platform Association), author and playwright. He has served as scriptwriter and magic consultant to the legendary Orson Welles (who once introduced Rich as “an Edison of Magic”) and to various theater companies, including the Folger Shakespeare Theater in Washington. He has been a five-time nominee for Stage Magician of the Year and is a 2006 Fellowship recipient at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle.
Rich also has a long history in magic as an inventor, (out of magic, too — he holds a patent on a device to assist disabled ice skaters), builder and performer. He is the originator of more than a hundred effects used worldwide by professional magicians.
In 2010, Rich opened Dickens Parlour Theatre in Millville, Delaware, which has quickly become a favorite entertainment spot for both local residents and tourists, as well as a much desired venue for performing magicians from all over the world. And, he is the founder of the highly successful “Magic Castle At Sea” program, exclusive to Crystal Cruises, which provides their vessels with world class magic performers on every cruise.
Guests are invited to explore the museum’s themed rooms and secret doors, 60 signed guitars, memorabilia, art and much more before the event begins.
Be sure to bring a shopping bag — everything is for sale!
Cash Bar.
Proceeds of this event go to support the artist-in-residence, heroes and other programs at O Museum in The Mansion.
