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On Sale Now! Events in the ~ future ~ that you may want to buy tickets for before they sell out

Theatre Week (9/18-10/5), Immigration Film Fest 2025 (9/19), DC Fashion Week (9/26-28), Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show (9/28-28), call for Palestinian Vendors (by 9/27), an evening with David Byrne (9/27), submit to The Phillips (by 9/30), tunes: Cascada (10/6), tunes: Rico Nasty (10/11), tunes: Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners (10/21), tunes: Doechii (10/21), tunes: Magdalena Bay (10/25), tunes: Parcels (10/27), tunes: Samara Joy (11/12)

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Wednesday September 17

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Cacao is the bean!!!!!

The Summer I Turned Pretty might be the straightest show in the world (Jerimiah’s bi storyline randomly brought up once a season?), but watching it with fellow gays is exactly what you want! Come laugh with your gays and say “Belly! Just go with Benito omfg!” at as you are. (7pm)

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Rory Gilmore-coded

It should surprise nobody that DC has a book club that meets at lunch time (for maximum efficiency). Anyway, discuss Demon Copperhead over Zoom and then join Politics and Prose’s daytime book club! (12:30pm)

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Also || tunes: Latter, yoga in Edgewood, talk: Immigration Legislation, Then & Now, the emerging world order, miso making class, wine tasting, anime & wine, tunes: Garbage, autumn collage workshop, talk: public architecture, book hill talks: speculative fiction in Georgetown, designing w Dahlias, online meditation, queer book club at LCB, tunes: James Marriott, tunes: Radio Free Alice

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Thursday September 18

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Body so tea they threw me in the harbor

What better way to kick off the weekend than a vintage-style tease and tee-hee-hees? Blue Note Burlesque features circus clown Jim Dandy and burlesque artist Delilah Dentata as part of its thrilling variety show. (7:30pm)

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Teach me how to juggle, teach me teach me how to juggle

Wanting to learn more about flow arts (think juggling, hula hooping, etc)? Then head to Temperance Alley Garden for some practice and play. Hone your skills in juggling, or meet with others to learn how! (7:00pm)

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Also || karaoke for a cause, Women in Government Relations, after hours @ the renwick: state fairs, dance & sip at the stacks, night @ the anacostia museum, talk on immigration, late night flea market, thursday night out: techno dance party, storytelling salon, food rescue DC fundraiser, the regular sketch show (you know them from tik tok)

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Friday September 19

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Will my Stardew Valley/Animal Crossing fishing skills translate to IRL?

Find out with a community fishing event at the National Arboretum with the Anacostia Riverkeeper - all supplies and instruction provided for free! (4:30pm-7:30pm)

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Outdoor movie night lives on forever!!!

Tie-dye girl? Lindsey Lohan playing twins? The craziest wedding dress combo you’ve ever seen? It must be Parent Trap (1998). Head over to Mitchell park for free popcorn, snacks, and lizard mania. (7:15pm)
You’re killing me Smalls! That’s the only line I know from the Sandlot. But, you could know a lot more lines from it if you go see it at Bridge District’s outdoor movie night. (7pm)

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Also || tunes: Alabama Shakes, tunes: Wet Leg (sold out), Pickleball on the Mall, BBQ and barrels, back to the yards, Immigration Film Fest 2025, Georgetown art galleries opening reception, art: memory landscapes, comedy in arlington, Wanda Alston Fdn reception, Capclave, Madams of DC walking tour, jazz ballads cabaret-style

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Saturday September 20

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Resting in Resistance

The Black Georgetown Foundation leads a guided tour of the Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society Cemeteries, the oldest remaining intact Black cemeteries in DC, centered on resistance, remembrance, and on-going preservation. (12pm, 3pm)

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We’re walking here!!!

Get a deep dive of the history of Columbia Heights with this informative walking tour! (10am)
Learn the history of the Harlem Renaissance in DC, and why U Street was once known as Black Broadway. (5pm)
District of Columbia? More like district of punk!!! Learn about the history of punk in DC on this walking tour. (2pm)

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Learn something: cookbook talk: Samin Nosrat, artist talk: Carla Williams, author event: Robin Davis, street law 101: organizing workshop, children’s book & learning fest, nutrition workshop

Music: jazz at Kreeger, tap jam!, Jazz in The Parks, not your average jazz night

Outside: yoga in the garden,

Art: self-care: yarn art, scrapping metal 101, 8-week pottery class for youth starts,

Food: Lolo’s Cuban Social Club, DC supper club, Oktoberfest

Other highlights: h street festival, clothing swap at the library, qtbipoc book swap & celebration, local artisan market, bakery party, ANC 1A potomac paddle off, Capclave, comedy for the peace corps

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Sunday September 21

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Life’s too short to be in a bad jam

Any instrument, any skill level…I bet you could tap on a jar of jam with two spoons if you were bold enough. The DC Jam is open to all – everyone gets to pick a song, just make sure to download the songbooks first! (11am)

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What’s more punk than Rock Creek Park?

Celebrate Rock Creek this weekend with Paddling on the Potomac, history talks, and most importantly… punk rock pin and zine making in Rock Creek. Press your own button and connect with nature. (10am-2pm)

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Art and reading: art exhibition opening: Photography and the Black Arts Movement, poetry & prose reading: America’s Future, films by Ulysses Jenkins, Gaza Champions Zine Launch, talk: Elizabeth Gilbert, Capclave (SF/F convention)

Outside: fall equinox forest bathing, architecture tour of tudor place,

Festivals & fun: 17th Annual Columbia Heights Day, oktoberfest, DC Clay festival,

Food: DC Cocktail Experience, DC Supper Club, japanese milk bread class

Community: death cafe in takoma, airplane mode: offline gathering at MLK, MtP Transit Party

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Also || Bilingual kids programs at BloomBars, SUN Day, butch fever dance party, sip & shop, vocal feminization workshop, techno dance for palestine, mutual lemon-aid fundraiser, music: Avram Fefer, Socialites and Spies of Georgetown

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Monday September 22

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This is how I find out I’m older than Busboys & Poets?

The DMV staple turned 20 this month. What better way to celebrate than a poetry showcase? The past, present, and future come together with spoken word, community storytelling, and heaping plates of vegan nachos, of course. (6pm)

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Música tradicional

Latin Grammy nominated folk artist Nidia Góngora is celebrated for her traditional singing style from the Colombian Pacific coast. Hear her perform live at Global Sounds on the Hill! (7pm)

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Also || tunes: Sharp Pins & Mod Lang, talk: peacock room, fall prevention awareness week, underground comedy magic show, dc knowledge gameshow, State of the District, autumn equinox and tarot, tunes: Ganavya

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Tuesday September 23

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Songbyrd turns 10!

Songbyrd is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with a series of 10 shows specially curated to tell the venue’s story. Grab tickets for the first “10 for 10” show featuring classically trained harpist Mary Lattimore! (doors at 7pm)

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Y tu, FBI?

Head to the Folger Shakespeare Library for a new take on Julius Caesar, through the lens of the civil rights movement, focusing on Malcolm X. Plus, get 25% off tickets in sections A-C with code “730DC”. (7:30pm)

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Also || writers meetup at BloomBars, author: Michele Evans, Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, art in the am: state fairs, talk: emerging markets, make graffiti-inspired art, KooKoo Restaurant and Lounge 2 Year Anniversary, book talk: Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus is Alive, tunes: Buzzcocks

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SEPTEMBER

9/24: Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award Celebration, author talk: Naomi Novik, improv for high-stakes communication, talk: the navy, dc punk archive processing night, Drunk Dracula begins, kids music with Mama Elena, autumn equinox witch party, author talk: Patricia Lockwood

9/25: book talk: Boy from the North Country, author talk: Robin Givhan, tunes: Andre Mehmari Trio, street sense media art show, immigration film fest, comedians for repro rights, hummus pizza @ city blossoms, queer reading night, tudor nights: games people play, clothing swap + vegan gf pastries, author event: Mary Roach, The Parasole Woodblock Carvers in Early Modern Rome, tunes: Lily Rose