Just thought I'd provide a list of things that are on my Facebook radar, which either friends are involved with or I'm generally interested in, and happening in the District (and surrounding area) this weekend!
On/beginning Friday for the weekend:
Fire Festival, Peculiarity Productions at Old City Farm & Guild
"To celebrate our last weekend of the 8 Bit Circus S*it performance series at Old City Farm [see below] we will have several local vendors at Old City Farm. Come by to meet local artisans and get yourself some amazing products before enjoying the show! Enjoy goods from Eat 170 Catering, natural products, jewelry, clothing, and more! The festival is free."
Fri 7/21 @ 6:30 PM
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/1879455952303210
The Kind of Thing That Would Happen, Agora Dance at Gallaudet's Elstad Auditorium, presented as part of Capital Fringe
In a post-truth world, what makes a good story? Does it matter whether it’s true? Monologue, dance and an original score weave a narrative exploring elusive memory, love and how truth and untruth affects how we perceive the world.
Fri 7/21 @ 5:45 PM
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/1889031831418254
After the loss of their mutual best friend, Lorna and Julie are forced to find a new roommate to fill the space Carolyn left behind. Amidst a tangle of forbidden love, a bizarre new friend, and a sea of grief, can Lorna and Julie's friendship survive?
Fri 7/21 @ 7 PM, Sat 7/22 @ 3 PM & 7 PM, Sun 7/23 @ 3 PM & 7 PM
Tickets here: capitalfringe.org/events/1096-exit-carolyn
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/398522523880915
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, a play with music by Lanie Robertson, takes place in South Philadelphia in March 1959. Billie Holiday is performing in a run-down bar, during one of her last performances four months before her death in July 1959. She sings, accompanied by Jimmy Powers on the piano, and tells stories about her life.
Fri 7/21 @ 8 PM, Sat 7/22 @ 3 PM & 8 PM, Sun 7/23 @ 3 PM
Tickets here: anacostiaplayhouse.com/calendar
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/118838902061053
“to tell my story” takes the story of Hamlet into the one place even more dangerous than medieval Denmark: the mind of a teenage girl. In a world where political backstabbing plays out on Facebook and Teen Vogue is helping lead the progressive resistance, this is the reimagining of Shakespeare’s Danish detective story that we need.
Fri 7/21 @ 8 PM, Sat 7/22 @ 3 PM & 8 PM, Sun 7/23 @ 2 PM & 7:30 PM
Tickets here: brownpapertickets.com
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/308494469592897
The ladies of The Kinsey Sicks are throwing down their sequined gloves and itching for a fight in Things You Shouldn’t Say, their most personal--and political--show ever. Full of their signature panache, hilarity and perfect harmonies, this all new show takes a searing journey into Trumpism, racism, AIDS, giraffes, Bette Midler, oblong vegetables, and much, much more. The Kinsey Sicks are the Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet that The San Francisco Chronicle has deemed “high-camp, unafraid, subversive and astonishing.”
Fri 7/21 @ 8 PM, Sat 7/22 @ 2 PM & 8 PM, Sun 7/23 @ 2 PM & 7:30 PM
Tickets here: edcjcc.org/center-for-arts/theater-j
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/1905836789657522
This is a live stage performance designed to bring video games to life through fire and circus arts. Through two acts, the audience will be immersed in an alternate reality of two video games: Alessa's Nightmare and Pyro fighters.
Fri 7/21 @ 8:30 PM, Sat 7/22 @ 8:30 PM
Tickets here: peculiarityproductions.tix.com
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/127955381117663
DJ Dan with Proxxy & Lantern, at U Street Music Hall
The legendary DJ Dan has become a master of his craft throughout his career of over two decades. His music has been repeatedly praised by some of the all-time biggest house artists like Carl Cox and DJ Sneak for its funky, boundary-breaking sound known as "West Coast House." Catch this celebrated artist when he returns to U Street Music Hall this summer!
Fri 7/21 @ 10:30 PM
Tickets here: ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1494208
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/1499153886781519
The Changeling Child, The Coil Project at Atlas Performing Arts Center, presented as part of Capital Fringe
Thirty years after a fateful midsummer’s night, discord brews once more. The changeling child at the center of that infamous custody battle lives caught between two worlds, while the heir to Athens' dukedom would rather read poetry than lead armies.
Fri 7/21 @ 11 PM & Sat 7/21 @ 1:45 PM
Tickets here: capitalfringe.org/events/1069-the-changeling-child
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/1849558405364152
On/beginning Saturday for the weekend:
River Otters Pirate Booze Cruise, Otter Den DC leaving from Georgetown Waterfront Park
A 2-hour booze cruise on the Potomac with otter pal DJ Jeff Prior (CTRL, Trade). Departing from Georgetown. Tickets only $20. A full bar is available on board and it accepts cash and credit caaaaaaarrrr-ds (you knew that was coming).
Sat 7/22, 4:30 PM -6:30 PM
Tickets here: eventbrite.com
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/460125044346813
Arden Now, Rude Mechanicals at Gallaudet's Eastman Studio Theatre, presented as part of Capital Fringe
Using William Shakespeare's As You Like It as a framework, this play celebrates the diversity of love using modern concepts of romance, relationships, gender, and sexuality.
Sat 7/22 @ 2:30 PM
Tickets here: capitalfringe.org/events/1075-arden-now
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/1086271564838767
Spend a glorious evening with us on the district's most flagrant patio as we welcome Octo Octa for her Washington, DC debut!
Sat 7/22 at 6 PM to 3 AM
Tickets here: residentadvisor.net
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/1259735457486912
Charissa Saverio, a.k.a. DJ RAP, has been the undisputed queen of the turntables and voted the number one female DJ in the world for the last 10 years! DJ Rap has infiltrated the music industry with her arsenal of talent. She has established herself as the CEO of her labels: Propa and Impropa Talent, developed her creative direction as a full-fledged producer, and remains to be the recording artist and DJ that everyone has come to love and love dance to!
Sat 7/22 at 10 PM to 3 AM
Tickets here: ticketfly.com
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/1556181787734556
On Sunday:
Storytellers' Brunch, Story District
[Disclaimer, I'm a current Story District board member]
Spend Sunday morning with Story District at this morning mixer for storytellers. Eat, drink, shmooze, and swap stories with fellow storytellers. Also, Artistic Executive Director, Amy Saidman, will share a brief presentation and Q&A about the vision for Story District for the next few years based on our strategic planning process and community input. Plus, bring your story ideas and Amy will give feedback to as many people as possible on making a strong pitch.
Sun 7/23 at 11 AM to 1 PM
Tickets here: storydistrict.secure.force.com
On Facebook here: fb.com/events/299592020512906
That's it!
Hope you're able to make at least one of these awesome shows or parties. If you do, make sure to check in, share on Facebook or Twitter, and even let me know about it in the comments here!
- JR
- JR
