Sure, Halloweekend happened, but there are plenty of tricks and treats to be had around town this week.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 29
WAIT, WAIT…RUN: Outside his duties as host of NPR’s weekly news quiz Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, Peter Sagal is a runner, and a serious one at that: He’s raced the Boston Marathon several times, even as a guide for visually impaired runners, penned a Runner’s World column, and now authored The Incomplete Book of Running. Hear him in conversation with Linda Holmes of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour. (Sixth & I, 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. conversation, $20-$50)
LITERARY FRIGHTS: Like your recreational reading on the frightening side? Join the PEN/Faulkner Foundation as it hosts authors Dan Chaon, Mark Z. Danielewski and Brian Evenson for a discussion of horror fiction moderated by Elizabeth Hand. Admission includes a drink. (Penn Social, 7 p.m., $15)
SCARY SPRINTS: DC Run Crew continues the group’s weekly HIIT & RUN series with a Fright Night Fun Run for all fitness levels. (Potomac River Running, 7 p.m., FREE)
MORE: DC Death Cafe (The Potter’s House, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., FREE), Somms Uncorked (Zaytinya, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., $150), Cookie Dough-It-Yourself: Trick or Treat Dough’self Edition (The Dough Jar, 6:30 p.m., $40; also Tuesday, 8 p.m.)
TUESDAY OCTOBER 30
TOE THE LINE: As is Tuesday-before-Halloween tradition, the 32nd Annual 17th Street High Heel Race, the yearly run between JR’s Bar and Annie’s Paramount Steakhouse, is set to race once more. This year’s running marks the first year that the event is an official D.C. government production. (17th Street between R and P Streets, 7 p.m. parade, 9 p.m. race, FREE)
ONE MEAL AT A TIME: Four days after Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, chef José Andrés was on the ground; following the storm, his team served 3.6 million meals to the island’s inhabitants. Andrés will discuss and sign his new book, We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time. (Busboys and Poets 450K, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., $27.99)
GRAB THE PHONE: Just in time for the midterms, Call Your Girlfriend, a podcast for “long-distance besties everywhere,” brings its Shine Theory 2018 tour to Washington. (Sixth & I, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, $28-$30)
MORE: Howl-O-Ween Trick or Treating with Puppy Kisses (Fairmont Washington, 6 p.m., FREE), Racing Into the Sky: The Women Who Broke the Original Glass Ceiling (S. Dillon Ripley Center, 6:45 p.m., $20 member, $30 non-member) Queer Girl Movie Night: Halloween Edition (Black Cat, 7 p.m., FREE), Haunted Georgetown Walking Tour (Corner of 27th and Q Street NW, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., $25)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31
ART: If the posters you saved from your college dorm don’t cut it in your adult apartment, head to the Superfine! Art Fair for a showing of local and global visual artists. The weekend begins with the Masquerade Vernissage party featuring performance art and live mural painting. (Union Market, 7 p.m.-11 p.m., $45-$55)
CUT IT: Celebrate Halloween with Scissor Sisters’ frontman Jake Shears, who released his first solo record earlier this year. SSION and Sammy Jo open Wednesday’s show—plus, come in an Annie-themed getup to participate in the 9:30 Club’s costume contest. Win and you’ll score two tickets to every show at the venue in November and December. (9:30 Club, doors 7 p.m., $25)
YOU’RE A WIZARD, HARRY: It’s been 20 years since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was first published in the U.S. Celebrate Halloween Hogwarts-style with Union Stage’s Wizard Fest: Halloween Party. Of course there’s a live music and a costume contest, but also in order: Quidditch pong, butterbeer, and firewhiskey. (Union Stage, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, $25-$60)
MORE: The Exorcist extended director’s cut (Landmark’s West End Cinema, 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m., $9.50-$12.50), Halloween Night Hunt at the Mansion on O (2020 O St. NW, 11 a.m., $50), Halloween Fundown with George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (The Howard Theatre, 6 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, $55-95), Trick or Treating on Embassy Row (DuPont Circle Metro, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., $35), LeVar Burton Reads Live! (Lincoln Theatre, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
FOR THE CHILDREN: There is only one Wu-Tang Clan. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the group’s seminal record Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) at the group’s D.C. concert. (The Anthem, 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, $85-$125)
EAT UP: The 4th annual Smithsonian Food History Weekend begins with a seated black tie dinner gala honoring Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. Tickets for that event are $500, but the rest of the weekend’s festivities are free, including dialogues, roundtables, cooking demonstrations and hands-on activities. (National Museum of American History, through Sunday)
GET HISTORICAL: This year’s 45th annual D.C. History Conference focuses on the theme of Mobility, Migration and Movement and begins with a lecture from National Museum of African American History and Culture curator Dr. Ariana A. Curtis at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives. Doors open at 6 p.m. The weekend of panel sessions also features go-go yoga and the Humanitini happy hour. (University of the District of Columbia, through Sunday, FREE-$30)
MORE: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Pulse (Hirshhorn, through April 28, 2019, FREE), El Día de los Muertos Celebration (National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard, 5:30 p.m., FREE), The Moth Story Slam (The Miracle Theater, 6:30 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show, $10), Anastasia (The Kennedy Center Opera House, 7:30 p.m., $49-$175), Underground Silent Disco Yoga (Dupont Underground, 7:45 p.m., $22-$25)
