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

Potters House temporarily reopening for holiday market (11/12-12/23), winter wonderland at nats park (11/20), Ilana Glazer (11/20), tunes: Victoria Monét (11/27), tunes: Tyla (12/2), Matt Roger’s Christmas Show (12/16)

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Wednesday November 11

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There’s more to Navy Yard than new build condos

The first African church in DC, the country’s first federally subsidized housing, the Navy Yard itself… Learn more about it all with your neighbors! (2pm)

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Have the day off?

Catch the last of the peak leaves if you have the day off at Hillwood Estate (10am-5pm) or the National Arboretum (8am-5pm)

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Also || poetry & music at rhizome, grief in process tarot workshop, international arts market, art talk at NMWA (+ free community day!), exiled matriarch, veterans day ceremony at WWII memorial

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Thursday November 12

The only Potter I’m giving money to this holiday season…

…is Potter’s House! Their holiday market will be open 8am-8pm seven days a week. Come by for vintage shopping, used books, events, coffee, and more. Proceeds will help Potter’s House hopefully reopen in the new year. (until Dec 23rd!)

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I’m bugging out

Gregor in Kafka’s Metamorphosis wakes up as a giant bug and still panics about being late to work. Scena Theatre is staging the whole spiral at the DC Arts Center in Adams Morgan. Catch it through Nov. 22. (7:30pm)

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Also || film: district of pupusas, makers holiday market, turn hard into humor workshop, burlesque piano bar, community journalism program applications close, book talk: The Squatters, local tunes: Simp and Sons, Jazz for Justice, talking homelessness, presentations from artists, art talk: Jeffrey Gibson, arts & crafts market, solidarity economy study group, pottery jam, tunes: Sammy Rae and Friends, grief support with friends, exhibit opening at Amy Kaslow gallery, winter citrus garland making, masterchef irl for DC central kitchen, pitch-a-friend

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Friday November 13

Ever wonder who grew your coffee?

Growers from Paisa Coffee will be at Doubles explaining how their Colombian beans are grown and processed. There will be roasted coffee and yummy pour-overs to try. (12pm)

For those who prefer their caffeine in soda form, Santa will be at the Wharf’s Market Square with a polar bear and a creamy vanilla Coke to sample. (6pm)

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G-I-N-K-O

It’s plant bingo! Sit among plants, talk about plants, win some plants… (7pm)

There are other trees too, if you’re in the mood.

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Also || finding awe at NGA, comedy: love isn't blind, makers market, indie showcase: 4la7la, screening: Ghost in the Machine, garden tots, Farmers Supporting Farmers Market, Veterans History Project at LOC, friendsgiving clothing swap, art talk: "out of bounds", alexandria film fest, maker-led workshop, district horror creative showcase, hadestown tix on sale, last day to apply for community journalism program, zinefest pre-party, submit ot exhibit art with VisArts, scrap fabric stuffy workshop, tunes: 630 club house show

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Saturday November 14

Let’s make Audi Rowdy

Spirit to the semis taking on the Utah Royals. Last year, tickets sold out, so get ‘em while they’re still on sale. (12pm)

Or if you’re not watching the game irl, watch it at any number of bars playing the game!

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Insert zine to continue

MLK Library is unofficially hosting one big DIY convention: Local developers showing off 30+ games at District Arcade, and DC Zinefest is in the same building that day for punk’s 50th anniversary. (11am-4pm and 1pm-5pm)

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Also || Red Brick Weekend, comedy for a cause, finding awe at NGA, Ellington Carthan at Strathmore, minsoo sohn at WPA, boots on the boardwalk, Hanukkah Spectacular, film screening: The Last Foray, queer biking in rock creek, gogh easy at NGA, neighborhood tour, flower potluck, welcome back an old gay bar, capital keys schubert concert, needlepoint a keychain, DIY recipe book, silver spring showcase community concert, community tree planting, book talk: Will Work For Food, good ol’ square dancing, jazz flashband showcase, secretaries cup, open studios at 52 O St NW,

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Sunday November 15

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Join the kimjang gang

Kimchi day falls on November 22, and the Korean Cultural Center is throwing the pre-game at MLK Library. You can make and take home your own bath of Korea’s beloved staple, with a K-pop dance workshop and chef chat on the side. (1pm)

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Do your fish want to hang out with some plants?

Join this aquaponics workshop at Edgewood Community Farm and learn how to make their co-habitat more harmonious. Plant and fish tasting included! (5:30pm)

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Also || monet: life in letters, finding awe at NGA, old saw at rhizome, death cafe, DMV tunes: Absent Habits, screening at NGA: The Promised Land, local tunes: Shallow Alcove, dc concert orchestra, study hall at rhizome, nature's hidden logic, jazz @ the makerspace coop, ride for your life dc, local theater talk. Girls Who Mahjong

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Monday November 16

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At what point does gossiping with your friends become DC oral history?

Listen to some real local historians and eat snacks to find out. (6pm)

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This is your brain on Beethoven

Brain scans at a classical concert? Sure! A Johns Hopkins neuroscientist is pairing scans and film clips with a full performance of Beethoven’s Eighth to show how our brains respond to music and images. (6:30pm)

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Also || women writers anthology reading, more women writers reading!!, tunes at rhizome, brainfacts live, browntown improv, nature's hidden logic, revolutionary snipers, Love Actually in concert

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Tuesday November 17

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Salsa at the museum

It’s after hours at the Portrait Gallery with salsa lessons and dancing. First, get inspired by the queen of salsa, Celia Cruz’s portrait in the gallery, then dance the night away with social hour. (5-7pm)

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Love Letter from the Afterlife

Celebrate the life and work of acclaimed poet Andrea Gibson in this immersive show. This multimedia night will include parts of the documentary film of Andrea’s last performance, live poetry, and accompaniment from the Washington National Orchestra. (6:30pm)

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Also || tunes: big head todd and the monsters, contemporary folk at rhizome, aga khan master musicians, cry baby creatives (baby-friendly creative space), craft in the living room, the tragedy of the kennedy center, blue ribbon pies with the DC state fair, vampire book talk, pie baking class, book talk: Alma Vampires

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NOVEMBER

11/18: tunes: frances of delirium, local architecture, assemblage poetrics, writing circle, classical guitar at rhizome, author talk: Craig Thomas, garbage day live, book talk: In a Holidaze

11/19: virtual creative writing workshop, Amarilis Dueñas Castán at Kreeger, tunes: Sirintip, teen publishing project, doc premiere: Creating While Black, Ward 7 public humanities shareback, tunes: geologist in a planetarium, benefit event for baldwin house, art for the people, art supply swap, climate talk: Al Gore and Maxwell Frost, screening: The Poet Speaks