Photo by wolfkannANNIVERSARY PARTY: Happy 3rd anniversary, Dodge City! Help the U Street bar (917 U Street NW) celebrate tonight with $4 DC Brau beers and 13th Street Meats on the grill. 8:00 p.m.
DANCE: Dance Metro DC’s mission is to “foster an environment for dance in the D.C. metropolitan area that is stable, inclusive, sustainable, and evolutionary.” See them perform tonight on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (2700 F Street NW). 6:00 p.m. Free.
BEER: Mother Earth Brewing is releasing its Triple Overhead, a bourbon barrel-aged tripel, at ChruchKey (1337 14th Street NW) tonight. Come out and try what “may be the tastiest Bourbon barrel-aged Tripel out there!” 6:00-11:00 p.m.
Coming up this week…
TUESDAY: Raise a glass to spring at the Belga Cafe (514, 8th Street SE) Spring Beer Dinner this Tuesday. The three-course meal will be paired with 7 beers and will feature Trappist Rochefort, smoked trout, Orval, and braised beef cheeks. Call (202) 544-0100 for reservations. 6:30 p.m. $49.
WEDNESDAY: In advance of the Kentucky Derby this weekend, Del Frisco’s Grille (1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) is holding a “Derby” Bourbon Dinner this Wednesday. The five-course meal, on the patio, will “pair select bourbons with Executive Chef Rob Klink’s inspired cuisine like jumbo shrimp wrapped in sugar-cured bacon, mesquite smoked pork loin with Byrd Mill stone ground grits and double chocolate chip cookies stuffed with butter pecan ice cream.” Call (202) 450-4685. 6:30 p.m. $70.
THURSDAY: Go on a Hamptons Getaway this Thursday with Phillips After 5 (1600 21st Street NW). Inspired by artists Jackson Pollock and Alfonso Ossorio, who both lived in the Hamptons, join in for a “Pollock-inspired group splatter painting” and a gallery talk on “Cradle of Abstract Expressionism: Pollock and Ossorio in East Hampton.” There will also be live jazz from the Marshall Keys Quartet, Shake Shack frozen custard, cocktails, and an animated short on Jackson Pollock. 5:00-8:30 p.m. $12.
FRIDAY: Hold on to your pasties and shimmy over to the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) this Friday for Whedonism II, the second annual Joss Whedon Tribute Burlesque Show. First show 8:45 p.m., second show 11:00 p.m. $10 in advance, $15 day of.
The Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s annual BikeFest fundraiser takes over Eastern Market at 8 p.m. Friday. The Casablanca-themed party features casino table games, a silent auction, and local bike shops competing in a bicycle-building contest. Tickets $55, $45 for members.
SATURDAY: Make your love of books competitive this Saturday in a literary bike race. Mashing is FUNdamental: A Literary Alleycat is a books scavenger hunt (via bicycle) that will start on the east steps of the American Art Museum (604 7th Street NW) and take you to libraries throughout the city, where you will pick up books from different genres. Make sure you have your DC library card handy, and if you don’t have one, pick one up in advance (to be eligible for a DC library card you need to live in DC, Arlington, MoCo, PG, Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Falls Church, or Frederick). Proceeds from the event will be donated to 826DC. Registration 1:00 p.m., race start 2:00 p.m. $5.
SUNDAY: Do you ever miss elementary school? Particularly P.E. and recess? Then come out to Yachad’s Grown Up Field Day at Mary Reed Elementary School (2200 Champlain Street NW) this Sunday for obstacles, relays, games, and more. Participants can sign up as teams or individually (and you’ll be assigned to a team). Prizes will be given out to the best team, worst team, and team with the best costume. The event is a fundraiser for Yachad, “a nonprofit that brings communities together by preserving affordable homes and revitalizing neighborhoods throughout the DC area.” 11:45 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Registration: $25 per person.
