WEEKLY SCHEDULER

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Wednesday, November 7

An evening with Daybreaker

As oxymoronic as that sounds, come enjoy a talk with the cofounder of Daybreaker--a morning party company that has grown rapidly. The chat will focus on building real friendships. (7-9pm)

Talk about your love life

Audition for a Valentine’s Day storytelling event focused on love lost. If you are heart broken and have a story to tell, come out to audition for the Lincoln Theater event. (Time Varies)

Also || Tenacious D, riots & retail, intro to meditation, Perfect Liars Club, author Alyson Hagy

value of water happy hour (more info here), rap music in germany and austria, Make a wreath from paper flowers, an Sweet & Young Jesus, Aida

Thursday, November 8

Year of the Anacostia update

Hear an update on the progress and outlook for cleaning up the Anacostia River from panelists including Tommy Wells, Director of the Department of Energy & Environment. (6:30pm)

Pedestrian memorial walk

Partake in a memorial walk to remember the ten pedestrians who have been struck and killed by drivers on DC roads so far in 2018. (5:15pm)

Also || dream journal user guide, Capitol Food Fight, the Virgin & the Juggler: Byzantine Studies!, emotional labor 101, racism and antisemitism workshop with George Derek Musgrove, Lafayette Wright (Comedy Central)

Religion and the 2018 Midterm Elections, Frankenstein play, solidcore 5th anniversary party, WWI in America, The Flying Tigers book launch, Art for DASH, casino night for La Clinica del Pueblo, wreath laying at WWI, social reproduction, Network for Victim Recovery

wine with writers, cider bash, alternatives to calling the police, WIT road show

Friday, November 9

Catharsis on the Mall

No, there’s no 50-foot naked statue facing the White House this year. But Catharsis on the Mall, a “Vigil for Healing,” is back, featuring Burner-lite art installations, “serpent healing,” yoga, blockchain and offgrid seminars, and, of course, disco tents and a pillow pile. (Friday-Sunday)

ROAM turns 5

The pop-up rave has somehow made it through five years. Celebrate at a Warehouse Near You. (10pm-”late”)

Also || Super Spectacular Comedy for LGBTQ Youth, Ronnie Spector, The Emporiyum, winter forest bathing

Damageable Perfection (Korean sculpture), The Invalid Corps: A Forgotten History of Disabled Americans, 20 years of irfa, Ruck the Runway 2, Slow Living Retreat, go go-karting,

Saturday, November 10

Tunes: From Catharsis to classical

Dance with a special Daybreaker at Catharsis on the Mall. (yoga 10 am, dance 11 am)
Experience the rush and push of The Joy Formidable, who I think are great but am nonetheless surprised to learn opened for Paul McCartney once. (8 pm)
The New Orchestra of Washington plays a really incredible repertoire of songs about “An End to War,” including Ravel and Holst but also Radiohead’s “Harry Patch (In Memory Of,” which sparked one of my favorite weird indie spats of all time. (5-6:30 pm)

All the flannel

Choose between the Frugal Fashionista clothing swap in Alexandria and the punk rock flea marketat Saint Stephens.

Also ||documentary: Pilot District Project, one of Rolling Stone’s 5 comedians to watch, The Emporiyum, learn to crochet with queers

brett dennen, frankenstein, meditation retreat, JDVBBS pre-snow season bash,, The Clown of God, .5K underachiever’s run, the People and the Police, mindful communication, it’s not all glitter and rainbows

Sunday, November 11

Bluejacket turns 5

The beloved brewery helped kickstart the city’s microbrewery megatrend. Celebrate with a live radio broadcast, tunes, and tee shirts. (11 am-4 pm)

The Emporiyum

A weekend-long food market hosted by Washington City Paper, featuring 90+ vendors showcasing everything from sweets and condiments to beer and cocktails, plus snacks whipped up for you on site. Fill your pockets for us. (all weekend)

Also || sucker for love auditions, What makes a great America?, WIT road show, JUFJ turns 20,

, FlyFit @ DC Brau, yoga: remembering Tallahassee, mass meditation

Monday, November 12

People UncorkedAn expanded version of the popular Women Uncorked group, a sex discussion and education group open to all. Bring a partner or friend, your dinner or a snack to share, and questions or confessions to share anonymously. Come as you are. (7pm)

Go see a play

“In This Hope: A Pericles Project” is part play and part ritual, led by an all-female/multi-cultural ensemble that uses Shakespeare’s epic Pericles as the starting point to come together to uncover the power of memory and storytelling. (Runs til Dec. 2nd, in case you have a case of the Mondayz.) (8pm)

Also || Life is Rich: free documentary screening, Toro Y Moi (sold out), Danish String Quartet, People Uncorked, the edge of heaven ($5 film screening), death cafe at Rhizome

Tuesday, November 13

DC Statehood launch party

DC Vote and City Winery DC are teaming up to create a series of local wines for "The 51st", a launch party to support statehood for DC. (5:30 pm)

Stories!

Two of DC's premier storytelling series fall on the same evening tonight. Story District share personal tales about superstitions, strange beliefs, and cat-headed babies at Black Cat while The Inner Loop will wrap up their fifth season featuring nine local writers in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. (6:30 pm)

What Do The Midterms Mean? with The Atlantic's Politics Team

One week after the country votes, The Atlantic’s politics staff writers McKay Coppins, Vann R. Newkirk II, and Elaina Plott, together with editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, will take stock of the results and analyze what they mean for the president, policy, and politics leading up to the 2020 campaign.

Also || a history of intelligence, spies of the soviet screen, GMAT Prep 101, Feminism To Me: An Exhibit and Discussion, design your own gift wrap

Looking Ahead

11/14: industrious launch party, midterms & you: post-election haze, Community Stories Festival, tennis, Esme Patterson, trees matter symposium, mindfulness class, post-election panel, comedy for BLM

11/15: CLEO Gala, PREET, Lawfare podcast recording, Yonder Mountain String Band, DASER, NatSecGirlSquad Conference, DC Inno 50 on Fire, tackling white fragility, femex empowerment, Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, LGBTQ women’s mixer, Take 5: jazz at SAAM