The Yards is getting in the spooky spirit with its seventh-annual Side Yards! The free, can’t-miss event is the perfect way to spend a fall evening, and is full of surprises for the whole family.
Saturday, November 5th, guests are invited to enjoy contortionists, magicians, escape artists, sword swallowers, aerialists, lollipop lyra performers and other spook-tacular performances. Attendees are also able to take part in interactive activities including tarot card and palm reading, balloon artistry, and glitter tattoos, and warm up with hot cocoa and bites from Agua 301 and Due South Dockside.
Side Yards is free to attend, but registration is required through Eventbrite.
WHEN/WHERE:
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Saturday, November 5, 2022 | 5:30pm – 8:30pm
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The Yards | 355 Water St SE, Washington, DC 20003
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Event Registration here
The Dupont Circle BID is excited to announce that their See You at the Circle Concert Series will kick off on Saturday, June 11th at 12pm in Dupont Circle with The Experience Band & Show and Deborah Bond. The concert series will take place on the second Saturday of every month through November. The July through September concerts will run from 5-8pm, and the October and November concerts will run from 4-7pm. A DJ will be performing for the first hour of every concert.
The series line-up includes:
- 6/11: The Experience Band and Show (Go-Go) and Debórah Bond (Indie Soul)
- 7/9: Michael Bowie presents “DC Jazz All Stars” (Jazz)
- 8/13: Oddisee (Rap)
- 9/10: Bio Ritmo (Salsa)
- 10/8: La Mafia Del Guaguanco (Salsa)
- 11/12: Leonardo Garcia & Son Horizonte (Salsa)
“After receiving rave reviews during last year’s Summer Jazz Music Series, the BID is thrilled to be bringing live music back to the Circle,” says Colleen Hawkinson, Executive Director of the Dupont Circle BID. “This year we’re offering a musical line-up that spans a wide array of genres including Go-Go, Soul, Jazz, Rap, and Salsa. We can’t wait to welcome you to the Circle on June 11th.”
Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore
Berlioz Requiem
Stan Engebretson, conductor
Norman Shankle, tenor
with the National Philharmonic Chorale & Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Stan Engebretson, artistic director of the National Philharmonic Chorale, celebrates his storied tenure with the ensemble with Berlioz’s visionary and masterfully orchestrated Requiem. Engebretson brings Berlioz’s bombastic Opus No. 5, also known as “The Grand Messe des Morts,” to life with the power of the NatPhil Chorale and soloist Norman Shankle, a tenor who has risen to worldwide prominence through acclaimed performances with the Metropolitan and San Francisco Operas, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Dresden Semperoper in Germany.
Come see why Berlioz said, “If I were threatened with the destruction of the whole of my works save one, I should crave mercy for the Messe des Morts.”
Program:
Hector Berlioz, Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Ticket Information
Tickets ($19–$99) are available online at nationalphilharmonic.org. Kids 17 and under can attend National Philharmonic performances for free through the All Kids. All Free. All the Time. initiative.
Special Community Program & Candlelight Vigil
The Corner at Whitman Walker
1701 14th Street, Washington, DC
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
DC community is invited to honor and pay tribute to those lost during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The program will include remarks and reflections from community members, Whitman-Walker leadership, Japer Bowles, Director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs Office, and other notable guests and activations. Program begins at 6:00 p.m. at The Corner followed by a candlelight vigil outside the building.
Sunday, December 4
World AIDS Day: A Time to Pause, Honor, and Resolve
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Whitman-Walker Health CEO, Naseema Shafi
Each December the world pauses to observe World AIDS Day, honor those affected by HIV, and resolve to end the epidemic. Despite all the pharmaceutical tools available to stop new infections and halt the progression of HIV to AIDS, a situation still exists where the benefits are not being equally shared across racial, ethnic, and regional groups of people. Ending the HIV epidemic requires a commitment to reaching those at greatest risk of contracting the virus and removing the stigma, social, and economic barriers that culminate in continued transmission and lack of access to health care. This World AIDS Day we take stock of the U.S. HIV AIDS epidemic, celebrate those working to end the epidemic and assess the work yet to be done.
Whitman-Walker has been part of the fabric of Washington, DC, and nationally for almost 50 years as a first responder and care-provider for those living with HIV; a leader in LGBTQ care and advocacy; a research center working to discover breakthroughs in HIV treatment; and one of DC’s most trusted partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whitman-Walker envisions a society where all people are seen for who they are, treated with dignity and respect, and afforded equal opportunity to health and wellbeing.
The Folger Consort’s annual holiday concerts return this year with performances of A New World Christmas at St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill December 9-11. Shows will include music composed in the late 16-18th centuries.
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore
West Side Story & Romeo + Juliet
Piotr Gajewski, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
From ballet to Broadway, Shakespeare’s most romantic and tragic love story has been interpreted by some of the greatest composers in history. Experience the exquisite Fantasy Overture from Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a passion piece for National Philharmonic Music Director and Conductor Piotr Gajewski, followed by Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite, arranged by David Newman. Violinist Sarah Chang, a favorite of NatPhil audiences, lends her captivating tone and energizing spirit as the featured soloist for the Bernstein classic. Finally, Gajewski will conduct a performance from Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet ballet. Bring your loved one and make of your hands one hand while you listen to three distinct yet equally emotional musical interpretations of the bard’s most beloved tragedy.
Program:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture — Fantasy
Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story Suite (arr. Newman)
Sergei Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite
FitDistrict Studios & Energy Cafe will be hosting their Wellness Day & Grand Opening Event. FitDistrict is a premier fitness studio in the heart of Arlington, VA tha has an indoor cycling studio, a hot yoga room, an interval studio and an attached Energy Cafe serving up healthy food and drinks! Additionally, Local artist, Rajan Sedelia will be creating a live original piece of art during the event and there will be live music in the Energy Cafe by local group Sidewalk Soul.The event will be on Saturday, December 10th from 8am-5pm at 2300 Wilson Blvd. Arlington VA 22201 Arlington, Virginia 22201 and will feature complimentary samples from the cafe, complimentary fitness classes happening throughout the day, spots can be reserved by emailing aelman@fitdistrict.
The Folger Consort’s annual holiday concerts return this year with performances of A New World Christmas at St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill December 9-11. Shows will include music composed in the late 16-18th centuries.
The Folger Consort’s annual holiday concerts return this year with performances of A New World Christmas at St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill December 9-11. Shows will include music composed in the late 16-18th centuries.
