Events/Things To Do

Pizzeria Paradiso in Spring Valley will host a safe and socially distanced “Pizza and Dance Party” this coming Sunday in the vacant parking lot across the street from the restaurant, located at 48^th Street and Windom Place, NW.

The morning starts off with 305 Fitness’ signature 55-minute cardio dance party class, led by one of the studio’s most popular instructors, Owoade Kadara. The pop-up class will feature aerobic choreography moves set to high-energy dance tunes from a curated playlist. Following the class, guests can take a short walk across the street to Pizzeria Paradiso Spring Valley (located at 4850 Massachusetts Avenue, NW) for a fresh out-of-the-oven pizza pie or lunch sized salad, which can be enjoyed on the restaurant’s patio or for takeout.

Starting at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 25., tickets which can be purchased here, are $24 and include:

• The 55-minute 305 Fitness class
• Choice of one pizza or a lunch sized salad*
  • Pizza options include: Margherita OR Macellaio OR Bosco OR Quattro Formaggi OR Genovese OR Atomica OR Siciliana OR Paesana
  • Salad options include Insalata Paradiso OR Insalata Romana
  • *Menu descriptions are included in the ticket link or can also be found here on the Pizzeria Paradiso website.
• Space is limited as we’ll be dancing 15 feet apart. Masks are required upon arrival and may be removed during class.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ first-ever Education Artist-in-Residence, Emmy Award^®–winning writer and New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Mo Willems, and musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) invite you to express yourself in a different way this Election Night with DEMOCRACY DOODLE 2020.

On the important night of November 3rd, important screens will be filled with important pundits opining on this important election—and you might want to take a break from it.

So, find some paper, markers, and loved ones and click on to the Kennedy Center website starting at 7pm ET for a series of doodle exercises led by Mo Willems accompanied by performances by members of the NSO.

Democracy and doodles are both forms of self-expression worthy of celebration.

VIDEO TRAILER: https://youtu.be/5bVYAYO1pi8

WHEN:  Tuesday, November 3, starting at 7 p.m. ET

WHERE:  www.kennedy-center.org/mowillems

BMA x NMWA: Healing
Join us for BMA x NMWA, a livestreamed monthly talk show presented by The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA). In this virtual program, educators from both museums discuss concepts of healing in art. Special guests include NMWA’s Director of Public Programs Melani N. Douglass and Public Programs Manager Amanda Vercruysse to discuss the participatory online exhibition RECLAMATION: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals.

WHERE
Online on both BMA and NMWA Facebook pages

WHEN
Tuesday, November 10, 12–12:45 p.m.

PRICE
Free. No reservations required. Add to your calendar here. For more information, email education@nmwa.org.

On November 19^th,  Meridian International Center, in collaboration with the National Museum of Women in the Arts, is pleased to present Diplomacy X Design, a virtual panel to discuss the role of Fashion in Diplomacy moderated by New York Times chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, with four innovative leaders in fashion: Wes Gordon, creative director, Carolina Herrera; Mara Hoffman, founder and creative director, Mara Hoffman; Abrima Erwiah, co-founder and co-creative director of Studio One Eighty; and Aurora James, founder and creative director, Brother Vellies.

The creative economy in which we are engaged, provides for us a way to engage and express our individual style and emotions. Today, fashion and the business of fashion even more so, has provided platforms for activism on the topics of sustainability, inclusivity, cultural appropriation, and racial and social equity. What we choose to put ON our body is a decision as much as what we choose to put IN our body. What we wear reflects who we are, our politics, and social change.

Holiday Blood Drive

Monday, December 21

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Tysons Corner Center will be partnering with INOVA Blood Donor Services for a holiday blood drive in support of community blood needs throughout the holiday season. Donors who participate will be treated to season treats. Sign up link.

Past Tense Yoga and Tabla, DC’s second Georgian restaurant, have partnered together for a yoga and cooking event, Flow + Feast. On Saturday, March 13, starting at 5:00 p.m., the virtual workshop kicks off with a 45-minute flow class led by instructor Meagan Estep.

Following the class, registrants will learn all about Georgian food and wine with a three-course dinner and a khachapuri-making demo from Tabla. Students must pre-register for class, and dinner kits will be available for pickup from the new Past Tense studio (located at 3221 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW *alley entrance) on Saturday, March 13 between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

The class includes a three-course dinner for two, with a “make at home” ajaruli khachapuri kit (includes ball of dough and cheese filling) and prepared pkhali: a vegetable paté of roasted carrots, walnuts and spices as well as khinkali: Georgian soup dumplings made with either pork and beef, sweet potato and ‘imeruli’ cheese or lamb (reheating instructions will be provided). *Following the yoga class, the Tabla team will lead a demonstration on how to form and shape the khachapuri dough.

Flow + Feast tickets are $50 inclusive of dinner and can be purchased here. Early bird tickets are available through Monday, March 8 for $45 with the promo code TABLA. An optional add-on of still or sparkling Georgian wine from the Tabla wine list is available for $25. If interested in purchasing wine, please email Kelly DiNardo directly at kelly@pasttensestudio.com.