Design Remix with Corey Damen Jenkins
Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 5:30-8 p.m. (Lecture 6:30-7:30 p.m.)
Corey Damen Jenkins, nationally acclaimed interior designer, will show how to use (and love) bold colors, create dramatic contrast by mixing patterns and geometry, make a statement with neutrals, translate fashion inspiration into your home, and much more.
Please note: This is the fourth and final program in the Great Homes and Gardens lecture series and will be presented in person and online via Zoom.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
National Meatball Day is coming up on Wednesday, March 9 and in honor of National Meatball Day, Lena’s Wood-Fired Pizza & Tap is hosting their First Annual Meatball Madness Relay on Saturday, March 5! Individuals are welcome to gather teams of four to see if they can balance Lena’s Giant Meatball on a spoon without dropping it in record time. As teams win, they will advance to the next round in this fast-paced tournament. Only one team will be named the 2022 Meatball Madness Winner. All participants will receive a free t-shirt and free Lena’s Giant Meatball and the winner receives a trophy and a $100 Lena’s Gift Card. Entry fee will be donated to the Carpenter’s Shelter who support people experiencing and at risk of homelessness to achieve sustainable independence through shelter and housing placement, guidance, education, and advocacy.
Lena’s First Annual Meatball Madness
Saturday, March 5
10am – 12pm
Teams will check-in at Lena’s and the race will happen across the street from Lena’s at the Lenny Harris Memorial Fields at Braddock Park (1005 Mount Vernon Avenue).
On actual National Meatball Day (March 9) at Lena’s, will be offering 50% off Lena’s Giant Meatball Appetizer and Spaghetti and Meatball entree in restaurants and online all day. Lena’s meatball is a 10 oz. house-made all-beef meatball, stuffed with fresh mozzarella and covered in house-made marinara sauce. The history behind Lena’s giant meatball comes from Lena’s owner the Yates family’s mother who made her signature giant meatball recipe to help feed her four sons faster, because making smaller meatballs took too long to feed her large growing family.
Atlas Brew Works is excited to celebrate its annual Ponzi Day next month. On Saturday, March 5, from 3pm to 5pm, join the Atlas team at the Half Street Brewery & Tap Room location in honor of Charles Ponzi’s birthday, the inspiration behind the solar-powered brewery’s West Coast IPA.
Featuring generous additions of Cascade, Chinook, Centennial, Mandarina, and Amarillo hops, followed by hints of Munich malt, Ponzi is a criminally good IPA. Enjoy day-fresh Ponzi kegs, a special Ponzi cask, and other limited-edition Ponzi variants. The $30 ticket includes unlimited draft beer, wine, and house cocktails. Enjoy award-winning Andy’s Pizza offerings a la carte. Those looking to take the party home can pre-purchase or purchase a Ponzi IPA six-pack onsite for $9.99.
WHERE:
Atlas Half Street Brewery & Tap Room
1201 Half Street SE, Suite 120
Washington, DC 20003
WHEN:
Saturday, March 5
3pm to 5pm
TICKETS:
Purchase an all-you-can-drink ticket at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ponzi-day-tickets-266382947567.
Conversation with Allison Pataki, author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 5:30-8 p.m.
Join Allison Pataki, best-selling author, and Kate Markert, executive director, in conversation about Pataki’s new novel, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, an intimate portrait of Hillwood’s founder, a larger-than-life woman who embraced her own power and shaped history in the process.
Please note: This hybrid program will be presented in person and online via Zoom.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Conversation with Allison Pataki, author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 5:30-8 p.m.
Join Allison Pataki, best-selling author, and Kate Markert, executive director, in conversation about Pataki’s new novel, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, an intimate portrait of Hillwood’s founder, a larger-than-life woman who embraced her own power and shaped history in the process.
Please note: This hybrid program will be presented in person and online via Zoom.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Virtual Tour | An Orchid-Filled Greenhouse
Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 12:30-12:50 p.m.
Horticulturist Drew Asbury brings Hillwood’s orchid-filled greenhouses to you, sharing the history of the greenhouses, Marjorie Post’s infatuation with orchids, and the exotic blooms and fragrances on display now.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Virtual Tour | An Orchid-Filled Greenhouse
Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 12:30-12:50 p.m.
Horticulturist Drew Asbury brings Hillwood’s orchid-filled greenhouses to you, sharing the history of the greenhouses, Marjorie Post’s infatuation with orchids, and the exotic blooms and fragrances on display now.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Virtual Horticulture How-To | Orchid 101
Friday, March 11, 2022, 12:30-2 p.m.
Learn how to care for your orchid and get blooms year after year from Drew Asbury, Hillwood’s horticulturist.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Lionel Yu, the DC-based pianist behind the hit YouTube channel MusicalBasics (1,000,000+ Subscribers), makes his debut at the Kennedy Center, performing MUSICALBASICS, A Transcendental Experience at the Terrace Theater on Sunday, March 13 at 2:00 PM. An ambitious program of his most popular piano pieces, the concert will feature Yu’s remixes of pieces by Beethoven and his biggest hits “Fires of a Revolution” and “Rolling Thunder”. Yu, whose YouTube performance videos regularly go viral, takes the Terrace Theater stage after a memorable few months. In October, Yu performed to a sold-out crowd at the Europäische Musikstage Festival in Heidelberg, Germany. In January 2022, he released the second volume of his 2021 album, MusicalStories Volume II, which has been streamed over 900,000 times on Spotify. Yu subsequently reached 1 million YouTube subscribers.
Yu will be joined onstage by Korean-born violinist Soo Yeon Kim, a multi-faceted artist who regular appears in recitals in major concert halls and giving masterclasses throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and cellist Jeremy Russo, a winner of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Concerto Competition who has performed in major festivals such as Schlern International Music Festival in Italy, Jeju Music Festival in Korea and Summit Music Festival in New York.
“The Kennedy Center show will be my biggest concert to date. I’ll be featuring all new arrangements of my own original piano pieces accompanied by violin and cello,” said Yu. “I’m also excited to perform a few interpretations of Beethoven’s work, including EDM dubstep remixes of his 5th Symphony, Fur Elise and Moonlight Sonata.”
Tickets to MUSICALBASICS, A Transcendental Experience are $38 – $55and available now at https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/classical-music/2021-2022/musicalbasics/.
