Photo by yonas1.BOOKS: Eric Ripert, chef, restaurateur and regular guest judge on Top Chef, comes to Hill’s Kitchen (713 D Street SE) tonight to sign copies of his new book Avec Eric: A Culinary Adventure with Eric Ripert and prove he’s better looking than Anthony Bourdain. 6 p.m.
>> Learn how to cultivate your green thumb when Michael and Audrey Levatino, husband-and-wife farmers and authors of The Joy of Hobby Farming: Grow Food, Raise Animals, and Enjoy a Sustainable Life, speak at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue NW). While you’re there, you can enter to win eggs, honey, jam or flowers from their farm. 7 p.m. Free to attend, $14.95 to buy the book.
HAPPY HOUR: Tonight’s Phillips After Five (1600 21st Street NW) art and cocktail event is centered on the theme “Roman Holiday.” There will be vocalists from the Washington National Opera, gelato and cupcake tastings, jazz musicians, art and more. 5-8:30 p.m. $12.
FOOD & DRINK: Pinkberry is throwing a Grand Opening (1213 Connecticut Avenue NW) party tonight, and at least 1,100 people (according to Pinkberry’s Facebook event page) are attending. Take on the crowds for free Pinkberry frozen yogurt, entertainment and prizes. 6-10 p.m.
>> Move over guys, Bourbon’s Adams Morgan location (2321 18th Street NW) is hosting a Ladies Beer Tasting 101 class tonight led by Brewmaster Lindsey Miller of Rockville’s Baying Hound Brewery. Five beers will be paired with five small bites to be tasted and discussed. Email to reserve your space. 6:30 p.m. $25.
>> Newly-opened Mexican taqueria and tequileria El Centro D.F. (1819 14th Street NW) celebrates Cinco de Mayo tonight with unlimited apperitivos and a cash bar. 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. $20.
POETRY: The Beltway Poetry Slam’s Grand Slam event, where ten D.C. poets compete for four spots on the National Poetry Slam Team, takes place tonight at The Fridge (rear alley, 516 8th Street SE). 7:30 p.m. $10.
STORYTELLING: Story League presents “Sophmore Outing”, their second storytelling event, this time about “sophomore slumps, sophomoric efforts/second bests, second chances, second strikes” and more at the Black Fox Lounge (1723 Connecticut Avenue NW). Doors 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. $10.
MUSIC: Columbia’s Bomba Estéreo, featuring the “sultry vocals” of Liliana Saumet, play the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) with Ocho de Bastos. 8 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
