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🔮 see the future // consult the WEEKLY SCHEDULER online for more events

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On sale now! Events in the ~ future ~ that you may want to buy tickets for before they sell out:

Taylor Tomlinson at 6th&I (9/23), all things go (9/25-9/27), Charli XCX (9/28), Two Door Cinema Club (10/11), tunes: Rebecca Black (10/15), JPEGMAFIA (10/21), Beck (10/25), Dana and Alden (10/29), Slow Pulp (11/9), Julia Jacklin (11/10)

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Wednesday September 16

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Hide and seek but scarier

Women Running From Houses is a “night of gothic revelry” from three horror novelists. Expect wine, fortune telling, literature, and…oh god…I think I know where the call is coming from… (7pm)

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If you can rush downtown before work starts…

Then you can relax with a wellness experience inspired by works at the National Gallery. Be sure to look for priceless, fragile pieces before you stretch too far. (8am)

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Also || phone free experience, hometown dc closing event, educator night at Living Room, wine tasting at PLNTR, Abdul El-Sayed fundraiser, music in Mount Vernon Triangle, tunes: Ava Mirzadegan at rhizome, book talk: never say die by Ke Huy Quan

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Thursday September 17

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*tfw the 15th street protected bike lane ends and you’re trying to get safely to mt pleasant without getting hit by a car*

Turns out, you’re not alone in this! Join organizers, ANCers, and WABA for a Mt P bike safety walk to learn about proposed bike lanes and how to make biking safer for all, with a stop for tacos at the end. (5:30pm)

If you can’t attend the walk, sign the petition for bike lanes.

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This event just makes sense

Head to metrobar for a night celebrating Street Sense Media. Enjoy live performances, food trucks, and a gallery of art created by talented vendors and artists – plus maybe even take some art home! (6pm)

Did you Street Sense is published biweekly?! The articles are great, plus, there’s always an awesome crossword so you word it up while eating breakfast! Download the Street Sense app to make buying from your local vendor quick & easy.

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Also || book talk: Kristin Hannah, soundscape at phillips collection, Teshuva workshop, tunes at rhizome, honest to goodness, tunes: Visit Neptune, book talk: Names Have Been Changed, burlesque and karaoke, screening: cow trip, Muslim Counterpublics Lab, local art exhibit, local tunes: Samir LanGus, Island Cinema at the Yards, Capitol Hill Swing Dance, fundamentals of song writing, black lesbian collage night, pat metheny at strathmore, Thee Sacred Souls at Wolf Trap

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Friday September 18

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I vant to drink your vine

From the creators of Drunk Shakespeare comes a retelling of history’s most famous vampire. It’s…. Drunk Dracula! (7pm & 9pm)

In a similar spirit, Drunk Black History is on too, recapping the life of a Black historical figure who never got their due. (7pm)

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Mural, mural on the wall

To close out their mural festival, NoMa is throwing a free community party. Go to check out their 16 new murals, make some art, visit food trucks, catch live go-go music. (4pm)

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Also || caribbean happy hour, PARK(ing) Day, tunes: Mt. Joy, anti-rat webinar, the art of looking, art talk: Marguerite Gerard, tunes: The Sweet Spot, Drone All Night, trivia on the farm, finding awe at NGA, anti-capitalist coworking club, open mic night, Training on cooperative businesses, art at georgetown, comedy & hookah, all trinkets go vintage market, civil war sex work walking tour, comedy: Carmen Lagala, Bernhardt/Hamlet at Silver Spring Stage, poetry and performances at strathmore, talk: women on the stage

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Saturday September 19

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The H stands for Helluva-block-party

H Street’s biggest day is back. What started as a 500-person block party now shuts down twelve blocks and pulls in around 150,000 people for a day of music, culture, and great food. Fifteen stages, hundreds of vendors, and one very full afternoon. (12-7pm)

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Got any neon in your closet?

Good, you’ll need it because The Yards is hosting an 80s throwback night with a cover band running through the decade’s hits. Safe to bet on a lot of Journey being played. (6:30pm)

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Also || hope journey walk for autoimmune association, local tunes: muddlehead, jazz at kreeger, 50 Years of the American Folklife Center, collaborative screenprinting workshop, learn more about tarot, screening: hoop dreams, dc lifter girls picnic, local tunes: Alex Alavi & The Funky Breakfast, nerd nite, Sinophone Independent Film Festival, Korean food tour of annapolis, Thai cultural festival, poetry at rhizome, comedy: thank me later, renewing urban renewal, solidarity hh, potomac paddle-off, all trinkets go vintage market, puff, puff, purl, a day of belonging, tour of U Street aka Black Broadway, Children’s Book and Learning Festival

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Sunday September 20

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I love cats, i love every kind of cat, i just want to hug all them but i can’t hug every cat

Meet neighbors, peep their houses, and meet their cats! All that could be yours at the Mt. Pleasant cat safari. A two mile walking tour through Mt. Pleasant meeting some lovely feline friends. Bring walking shoes, water, and maybe even your own cat in a backpack! (11am, waitlist)

Or, if trees are more your thing, join educational arborist Sam Nelson for a Capitol Hill tree walking tour (use code 730DC for a discount!) (5pm)

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Stick it to Pepco

Two local groups are teaming up to wheat paste posters around Foggy Bottom, spreading the case against Pepco and in favor of public power. They’ll provide the glue and posters so all you’ll need is the will to organize. (1pm)

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Also || oktoberfest community sing, beyond belief, The Victorians' Sexual Underworld, screening: Golub, foliage workshop, Sunday Jazz & Tea, all about oaks, bricks4dc, walking tour of columbia heights, walk around tasting: latin spirits, jazz showcase at pocket, eat a banana with me, all trinkets go vintage market, chili cook-off, walking tour: Socialites and Spies of Georgetown, music for a cause, bmore art

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Monday September 21

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Learn to write your own Pitchfork review at home

It’s often been a popular notion that music critics play for the opposing team, but musicians (and others) could learn a lot from the craft of writing effectively and personably about music. Learn all about writing like a music critic at this workshop lead by violinist and journalist Jennifer Gersten. (7pm)

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Join a walking tour marathon

EventsDC is hosting a week of ward-specific walking tours across DC. On Monday, you can catch arts, culture, and history tours across Wards 1, 2, and 5. Walk, don’t run! (Time varies)

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9/21: Havdalah and Break Fast, Falls Prevention Awareness Week, Travel Like an Anthropologist, tunes: Automatic at Atlantis, Washington Psychotronic Film Society

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Tuesday September 22

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And they were bandmates

ARTIVISM hosts an open jam for musicians of every level spanning jazz, blues, R&B, and more. Show up with your instrument, meet your fellow artists and make some sweet, sweet music together. (8pm)

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Have you ever been to a movie with a dress code?

Don’t worry, the dress code is casual. While you’re watching a moody, smoky noir film you can indulge in the classiest popcorn, cracker jacks, and milk duds available. (6pm)

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Also || Psalmayene 24 at Folger Theatre, grief in process, Falls Prevention Awareness Week, talking to strangers (film, not the flop malcolm gladwell book), preventing election violence, cry baby creative, Layne Garrett at Rhizome, sunset sips, fall equinox yoga

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SEPTEMBER

9/23: Taylor Tomlinson at 6th&I, burlesque: velvet hour, living room becomes writing room, tunes in the triangle

9/24: tunes at rhizome, local tunes: Annie Stirling, book talk: The Refuge, comedy at as you are., the US flag in art, open house event for teachers at the spy museum, dc yimby hh

9/25: comedy: Body Language, tunes: Thesaurus Rex, violin: K8A, anti-capitalist coworking club, improv: stumped, book talk: how to kill a witch, comedy: Yasmin Elhady, where dead women go to dance, comedy: stumped, director talk: measure for measure, detention after dark, hill family bike ride, local tunes: Bryce Bowyn, DC community organizing festival