This is a great week to plan your eco-friendly burial, enjoy the cherry blossoms sans crowd under the cover of darkness, drink on a roof deck to Marvin Gaye, and learn about finances.

MONDAY, APRIL 1

DIGGS IT: If you’re into public radio and Hamilton, boy do I have the event for you. Ari Shapiro (All Things Considered) and Daveed Diggs (Hamilton, duh) will be in conversation at Sixth & I, the proceeds from which will fund future cultural programming. Not only with these two marvelous men talk about success, storytelling, and the intersection of race and religious identity, but Diggs’ experimental hip-hop trio clipping. will play live. The cheap seats are sold out, but you can still buy great seats for $150, which includes a dessert reception after the event. You can also pony up more for VIP meet-and-greets, swag bags, and complimentary drinks. (Sixth & I, 7:30 p.m., $150-$1,000)

DEATH BECOMES GREEN: Recycling while you’re alive is great, but how can you be as green as possible in death? Gail Rubin, a certified thanatologist (person who studies the forensic and psychological aspects of death) and death educator will teach you about evolving eco death trends, like green burial, alkaline hydrolysis, and the carbon footprint of cremation. Come at 5:30 for a 60 minute tour of the Congressional Cemetery green burial options and new solar panel project. Best of all: complimentary beer, wine, and cheese will provided for the living. (Congressional Cemetery, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., FREE)

MONEY CLEANSE: Author Ashley Feinstein Gerstley’s The 30-Day Money Cleanse is billed as “Rich Dad, Poor Dad, but for the broke millennial who wants to develop a happier, healthier relationship with money.” If you’re like me and your financial philosophy is “If my debit card isn’t getting rejected I’m probably okay,” this might be a good book talk for you to attend. (Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 6:30 p.m., FREE)

HELLO DARKNESS: Seeing the cherry blossoms in the daylight is for tourists and children. Avoid the crowds and take this 1.8 mile, two-hour guided night walk around the Tidal Basin. These walks run through April 14, but peak bloom is today. BYO flashlight, or a headlamp if you’d like to keep your hands free for gesturing and warding off any night creatures. (Tidal Basin Welcome Area, 8 p.m.-10 p.m., FREE)

MORE: Let’s Eat Grandma (9:30 Club, 7 p.m., $20), Step Brothers Trivia (Nick’s Riverside Grill, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., FREE with registration), The People’s Pod Recording (1223 Connecticut Ave NW, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., $5),

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

HERBAN GARDEN: Overwhelmed by veggies? Start small with an urban herb garden. This class will teach you how to plant and maintain an indoor or outdoor mini-garden so you’re no longer buying $5 basil plants at Whole Foods just to watch half of it die on your kitchen counter, provided the cat doesn’t gnaw on it first (just me? nevermind). (District Hardware and Bike 6 p.m.-7 p.m., $6)

GET IT ON: What’s going on? Marvin Gaye’s 80th birthday celebration at the epinonimous 14th street roof deck and cocktail lounge. Marvin is usually closed on Tuesdays, but, for Mr. Gaye’s big day, Vinyl Headz will be playing his music on the deck and a speciality cocktail will be available for purchase. I heard it through the grapevine that a Marvin Gaye stamp is also being released today by the USPS, so purchase some postage then raise a glass to the late Motown icon. (Marvin, 5 p.m, FREE)

BLOCK PARTY: If you’ve been living life on the sidelines and have never learned how to make a block print, here’s your shot. Local artist and event designer Jessica Pinkston will teach you how to carve a design into a rubber block, dip that block in some ink, then stamp it on a pouch. What you put in that pouch is up to you: dreams, macadamia nuts, unsent love letters—the choice is yours. (Shop Made in DC at the Wharf, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., $55)

DISCO YOGA: Sure, you could do yoga outside in the “sunlight” because it’s “spring.” OR you could do yoga underground in the darkness like a flexible naked mole rat. Dupont Underground’s Silent Disco Yoga is back, baby, and you can flow to silence or music at this all-levels vinyasa class. BYO mat. (Dupont Underground, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., $22-$28)

MORE: Harry Potter Movie Trivia (Pinstripes Georgetown, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., FREE with registration), Macrame Plant Hanging Workshop (REWILD, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., $58), Jokes On Tap Open Mic Comedy Show (Union Stage, 8 p.m., FREE), Rope Basics for Every(Body) (Black Rose, 8 p.m.-9:30, $10)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

NERD MECCA: Concerned that people don’t pick up on your air of superiority? Say it with a “Public Radio Nerd” t-shirt or cycling shirt. Pilgrimage the the holy land, NPR headquarters, for a spring shopping happy hour. There will be games, activities, and a photobooth, and cocktails, beer, and wine available for purchase. (NPR, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., FREE)

NOTE TO SELF: That Post-It note on your mirror is sad. Come make a hand lettered, illustrated “note to self,” at this creative play class hosted by Salon Betty. Artist Virginia Strobach will show you how to hand letter and lead a conversation about interrupting negative self-talk with empowering mantras and positive thinking. Your creativity will flow, as will the free wine. (Shop Made in DC at the Wharf, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., $39)

PURA VIDA: While the FAA and Boeing get their act together, avoid planes and get some international culture on Embassy Row. The Embassy of Costa Rica invites guests to see Costa Rican art and film and and enjoy a buffet of traditional foods, including fried plantains, empanadas, roast pork legs, and tres leches flan. (Embassy of Costa Rica, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., $50)

DOWN(TON) AND DIRTY: Polite, vaguely incestual sex? Tell me more! Julie Taddeo, University of Maryland’s professor of British history will talk about the often transgressive sex portrayed by Downton Abbey. With a new movie in the works, what better time to rehash the storylines about birth control, abortion, rape, and homosexuality in the beloved series in the context of the time period. (La Pop, 6:30 p.m., $12-$15)

MORE: Acoustic Open Mic (Union Stage, 7:30 p.m., FREE), Game of Thrones TV Trivia (Lucky Bar, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m., FREE), Book Talk: Dr. Monica M. White’s Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement (Union Market, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., FREE-$35), Pure Poetry DC (Ozio Restaurant and Lounge, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., $10), Women Seeking Women Speed Dating (Nellie’s Sports Bar, 7 p.m., $25)

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

MINOTAUR FREE: Struggling to find a local labyrinth that can guarantee the absence of a half-bull half-human monster? Westminster’s 7-circuit labyrinth will be open to the public for those who prefer no-bull, indoor self-reflection. Live classical music and light refreshments will be provided. (Westminster DC, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., FREE)

PAPER MEMORIES: Preview local artist Mills Brown’s collection of painting and collages, titled Interiors, at a public opening reception. “I am particularly interested in the way that perceptions of home and childhood are altered in adulthood. Within each created environment I try to present a beautifully strange and magical place, but often with an edge of the uncanny,” Brown says in her artist statement. (Latela Curatorial, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., FREE)

RUM AND ART: This month’s Phillips After 5 is dedicated to Puerto Rico, Cuba, and artist Zilia Sánchez, whose work sits at the intersection of the two cultures. Enjoy rum punch from Todd Thrasher of Tiki TNT and island snacks at the Tryst Cafe, watch the documentary created for the exhibition, Soy Isla, and create Zilia Sánchez-inspired art. (Phillips Collection, 5 p.m.-8:30 p.m., $10-$12)

SOUNDS LIKE SPRING: Spring doesn’t have to sound like a thousand cherry blossom spectators jostling for a better view, it can sound like a string quartet. Former Tokyo Symphony Orchestra composer-in-residence Akira Nishimura will premiere his latest work, “Spring,” with his string quartet. The program will also include Haydn’s Quartet Op. 64 and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in D, which are great names to drop if you want to look cultured. (Freer Gallery of Art, 7:30 p.m., $6 in advance, FREE at the door)

MORE: Boss Lady Portraits (Shop Made In DC, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., $39), Felted Succulents Workshop (Femme Fatale, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., $40-$45), Live Succulent and Terrarium Crafting (District Hardware and Bike, 6 p.m.-7 p.m., $5), J Hoard Performs American Protest and Freedom Songs (The Kennedy Center, 6-7 p.m., FREE)

This post has been updated to reflect that the Costa Rican embassy will be hosting Wednesday’s arts event.