Dec
11
Tue
Chaturanga & Cocktails @ District Distillery
Dec 11 @ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Let your cocktails and your yoga practice flow this holiday season with VIDA Fitness. On Tuesday, December 11 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., VIDA Fitness will host a public Chaturanga & Cocktails event at District Distilling to benefit Thrive DC – a local nonprofit dedicated to ending and preventing homelessness in DC. For the first hour of the night, VIDA instructor Alexandra Chili will lead a yoga flow. After the yoga session, guests will try skinny versions of District Distillery cocktails, as well as a special VIDA cocktail menu that features health-conscience beverages. The money raised that night will benefit Thrive DC, who can provide much-needed clothing and supplies to DC’s homeless community. To reserve your place at VIDA’s Chaturanga & Cocktails, make at least a $5 donation to Thrive DC by visiting http://www.thrivedc.org/vidayoga.

 

WHO:              VIDA Fitness, District Distillery & Thrive DC

 

WHAT:             Chaturanga & Cocktails

                        VIDA Instructor Alexandra Chili will lead yoga flow

                        Sample healthy cocktail samples and special VIDA cocktail menu

$5 dollar or greater donation to Thrive DC holds your spot and benefits those in need

Please bring your own mat

Reserve your spot here: http://www.thrivedc.org/vidayoga

 

WHEN:           Tuesday, December 11

                        6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

 

WHERE:          District Distillery

                        1414 U Street NW

                        Washington, DC 20009

Dec
12
Wed
RodarTEA @ St. Regis
Dec 12 @ 11:45 AM – 3:00 PM

 St. Regis Washington, D.C. hosts RodarTEA, a fashionista afternoon tea, in partnership with the Rodarte exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. There will be a Champagne sabering in the lobby, poured for guests along with elaborate pastries inspired by Rodarte fashion pieces. The tea includes round-trip luxury transportation for guests to explore the Rodarte exhibition. The cost is $80 per person, exclusive of tax and gratuity.

VIDA Fitness Holiday Bazaar @ VIDA - City Vista
Dec 12 @ 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

VIDA Fitness is relieving the DC area of gift-giving anxiety by bringing fun, local retailers into their studios for a Holiday Bazaar this December. The Holiday Bazaar will be open to the public on Wednesday, December 12 at VIDA’s City Vista location and again on Thursday, December 13 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at VIDA’s U Street location. Retailers include District Distillery, District of Clothing, Dani Marie Artistry, Prescription ChickenLuLaroeGrape IntentionsFreres BranchiauxMilk Bar,Snowing in Space CoffeeMetal and Stone Creations and Bicycle Trash. All local merchants will provide a discount and distribute free samples.

WHO:        VIDA Fitness

                  Vendors Include:

WHAT:      Holiday Bazar

                  Register: vidafitness.com/bazaar

WHEN:       VIDA – City Vista

Wednesday, December 12

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

“We Choose to Go to the Moon” Performance @ Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Dec 12 @ 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

WHAT:          “We Choose to Go to the Moon” performance

WHEN:          Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 15, 18

                        6:30–7:30 p.m.

                       

WHERE:       Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

                        Eighth and G streets N.W.

 

WHO:             Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company

The National Portrait Gallery will present “We Choose to Go to the Moon,” a performance by the museum’s resident Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company. Inspired by the Portrait Gallery’s “One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey” exhibition, which notably displays a portrait of the Apollo 8 astronauts, the performance reflects on America’s idealism around the space race, the mystery of the cosmos and the fragility of life.

“We Choose to Go to the Moon” was created in collaboration with NASA and includes sound bites from leading scientists and astronauts in addition to selections of pop culture music including “Stairway to Heaven” and “Fly Me to the Moon.” The title of the dance refers to a line from the 1962 speech by President John F. Kennedy about the national effort to land a man on the moon. This work was recently performed at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Dec
13
Thu
VIDA Fitness Holiday Bazaar @ VIDA - U Street
Dec 13 @ 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

VIDA Fitness is relieving the DC area of gift-giving anxiety by bringing fun, local retailers into their studios for a Holiday Bazaar this December. The Holiday Bazaar will be open to the public on Wednesday, December 12 at VIDA’s City Vista location and again on Thursday, December 13 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at VIDA’s U Street location. Retailers include District Distillery, District of Clothing, Dani Marie Artistry, Prescription ChickenLuLaroeGrape IntentionsFreres BranchiauxMilk Bar,Snowing in Space CoffeeMetal and Stone Creations and Bicycle Trash. All local merchants will provide a discount and distribute free samples.

WHO:        VIDA Fitness

                  Vendors Include:

WHAT:      Holiday Bazar

                  Register: vidafitness.com/bazaar

VIDA – U Street

Thursday, December 13

                  5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Dec
15
Sat
“We Choose to Go to the Moon” Performance @ Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Dec 15 @ 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

WHAT:          “We Choose to Go to the Moon” performance

WHEN:          Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 15, 18

                        6:30–7:30 p.m.

                       

WHERE:       Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

                        Eighth and G streets N.W.

 

WHO:             Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company

The National Portrait Gallery will present “We Choose to Go to the Moon,” a performance by the museum’s resident Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company. Inspired by the Portrait Gallery’s “One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey” exhibition, which notably displays a portrait of the Apollo 8 astronauts, the performance reflects on America’s idealism around the space race, the mystery of the cosmos and the fragility of life.

“We Choose to Go to the Moon” was created in collaboration with NASA and includes sound bites from leading scientists and astronauts in addition to selections of pop culture music including “Stairway to Heaven” and “Fly Me to the Moon.” The title of the dance refers to a line from the 1962 speech by President John F. Kennedy about the national effort to land a man on the moon. This work was recently performed at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Dec
18
Tue
“We Choose to Go to the Moon” Performance @ Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Dec 18 @ 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

WHAT:          “We Choose to Go to the Moon” performance

WHEN:          Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 15, 18

                        6:30–7:30 p.m.

                       

WHERE:       Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

                        Eighth and G streets N.W.

 

WHO:             Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company

The National Portrait Gallery will present “We Choose to Go to the Moon,” a performance by the museum’s resident Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company. Inspired by the Portrait Gallery’s “One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey” exhibition, which notably displays a portrait of the Apollo 8 astronauts, the performance reflects on America’s idealism around the space race, the mystery of the cosmos and the fragility of life.

“We Choose to Go to the Moon” was created in collaboration with NASA and includes sound bites from leading scientists and astronauts in addition to selections of pop culture music including “Stairway to Heaven” and “Fly Me to the Moon.” The title of the dance refers to a line from the 1962 speech by President John F. Kennedy about the national effort to land a man on the moon. This work was recently performed at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Paint Night at City Tap Dupont @ City Tap Dupont
Dec 18 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Paint Nite @ City Tap Dupont – Tuesday, December 18

Cozy up with a drink and learn how to paint your own work of art at City Tap Dupont’s Paint Nite on December 18. From 7pm to 9pm, guests can sip drinks while an instructor guides a class guiding how to paint a snowy forest scene.

Dec
23
Sun
NSO: Return of the Jedi @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Dec 23 @ 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

The National Symphony Orchestra continues its Star Wars series this season with Return of the Jedi, in three performances on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 7 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday, January 23 and 24, 2019 at 8 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. NSO Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke leads the Orchestra in John Williams’s memorable score to accompany the film as it’s shown on the big screen above the Orchestra.

Acclaimed Broadway actress and Grammy Award®–winning singer Brandy joins the NSO for her first ever collaboration with an orchestra. Brandy and the NSO, led by Steven Reineke, will explore the unlikely connections between R&B and symphony as she revisits personal favorites from across her own career and from artists and works that have inspired her. Two performances take place: Friday and Saturday, January 25 and 26, 2019 at 8 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.

The NSO concludes its Star Wars live score series with The Force Awakens(February 21–23, 2019). Other 2018–2019 NSO Pops performances include An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr. (May 1–3, 2019) and 50 Years Over the Rainbow: A Judy Garland Celebration (June 28–29, 2019).

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets (Star Wars: $34–$149; Brandy: $39–$139) are available at the Kennedy Center Box Office, online at kennedy-center.org, and via phone through Instant Charge, (202) 467-4700; toll-free at (800) 444-1324. For all other ticket-related customer service inquires, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540.

Dec
24
Mon
NSO: Return of the Jedi @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Dec 24 @ 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

The National Symphony Orchestra continues its Star Wars series this season with Return of the Jedi, in three performances on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 7 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday, January 23 and 24, 2019 at 8 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. NSO Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke leads the Orchestra in John Williams’s memorable score to accompany the film as it’s shown on the big screen above the Orchestra.

Acclaimed Broadway actress and Grammy Award®–winning singer Brandy joins the NSO for her first ever collaboration with an orchestra. Brandy and the NSO, led by Steven Reineke, will explore the unlikely connections between R&B and symphony as she revisits personal favorites from across her own career and from artists and works that have inspired her. Two performances take place: Friday and Saturday, January 25 and 26, 2019 at 8 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.

The NSO concludes its Star Wars live score series with The Force Awakens(February 21–23, 2019). Other 2018–2019 NSO Pops performances include An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr. (May 1–3, 2019) and 50 Years Over the Rainbow: A Judy Garland Celebration (June 28–29, 2019).

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets (Star Wars: $34–$149; Brandy: $39–$139) are available at the Kennedy Center Box Office, online at kennedy-center.org, and via phone through Instant Charge, (202) 467-4700; toll-free at (800) 444-1324. For all other ticket-related customer service inquires, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540.