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FRIDAY
BIKES: If your original prom experience was awkward and forgettable, go for a do-over tonight with the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s (WABA) Bike Prom at the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW). Doors open at 9 p.m., and tickets are $10 for WABA members and $15 for everyone else. Buy tickets here by 3 p.m. today.
MUSIC: Watch Kishi Bashi’s Tiny Desk Concert at NPR and you’ll know why you need to make it to the show at U Street Music Hall (1115A U Street NW), with Tall Tall Trees, tonight. 7:00 p.m. $12.
DRINK FOR THE GOLD: If you even remotely care about the Olympics Games, drink to them! A number of H Street NE bars have teamed up for an Olympic Pub Crawl tonight. Start at the Argonaut (1433 H Street NE) at 5:30 p.m., and then proceed to The Pug, Star & Shamrock and The Queen Vic. Free.
OUTDOOR MOVIES: Head over to the Gateway Park (1300 Lee Highway) in Rosslyn for an outdoor showing of Swing Vote or make your way to Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle (at the corner of Norfolk and Auburn Avenues) for Crazy, Stupid Love.
SATURDAY
EXPLORING ANACOSTIA: The National Building Museum’s (401 F Street NW) annual Investigating Where We Live program takes local teens and allows them to explore, understand and interpret a D.C. neighborhood using digital cameras, creative writing, interviews, and their own observations. This year the focus was Anacostia, and today the fruits of their labor go on display. Investigating Where We Live: Connecting with Anacostia explores this neighborhood through the themes of “community,” diversity,” and “change.” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $8. (And while you’re there, why not play a round of mini-golf?)
EXPLORE ST. ELIZABETHS: We recently visited the east campus of the historic St. Elizabeths Hospital in Congress Heights (1100 Alabama Ave SE), and today you can too. The doors to the campus are being thrown open to the community, with a schedule of walking tours, mural making, face painting, music, and local art displays. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free.
NATIONAL DANCE DAY: Love dancing? Head down to the Mall and celebrate National Dance Day, where dance groups from across the region take center stage, along with chances for the audience to join in the fun. 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the National Mall, near the Smithsonian Metro station.
PHOTOGRAPHY MEETUP: The folks from the Library of Congress’ Prints and Photographs Division are hosting a photography meetup today from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Thomas Jefferson Building’s Great Hall. Free.
MMMM BEER: Drink, eat and be merry with Drink the District’s Craft Beer Event today (500 New York Ave NW). For $30—$40 at the door—you get access to an unlimited tasting of over thirty specialty suds. Food trucks and entertainment will be on hand to cap it all off. Two sessions are available: Noon to 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are here. If that’s not enough, join the D.C. Homebrewers Club at Smith Commons (1245 H Street NE) for its Back Porch Brew, an afternoon of DIY beer-making where professionals and homebrewers will be on hand to discuss various techniques, tips, and methods of creating delicious brews. 1 to 7 p.m. Free.
SUNDAY
NAUGHTY POOL PARTY: So yeah, if you’ve never been to the Capitol Skyline Pool (10 I Street SW) for one of those MTV-like pool parties, today might be the day to go—if only to say that you want to a pool party hosted by former XXX superstar Jenna Jameson. No, clothes won’t be coming of. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free before 1 p.m., $10 thereafter.
STORYTELLING: This month’s Story League theme is “Winning! Stories About Trying to Get to the Top.” Submit your 100-word winning story on their website or in-person (Busboys and Poets Shirlington, 4251 South Campbell Avenue), and make it good—a $100 cash prize goes to the winner. 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 here.
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Martin Austermuhle