Editor’s note: DCist suspended our daily events guides in mid-March. But we’re bringing back weekday and weekend posts with ways to have virtual fun. We’ll be focused specifically on digital offerings from D.C.-area artists, musicians, fitness instructors, and others. (Want us to know about a virtual event? Submit them here.) And don’t forget about our guide to free movies, audiobooks, art and other offerings from area institutions.
MONDAY, MARCH 30
MAGIC MONDAY: Get the week started off right with an hour of family-friendly magic and vaudeville on Facebook. It features local D.C. magicians and Pete Heat, a London-based street magician (Jude Law is a fan, apparently). It’s all to benefit the local non-profit Martha’s Table. (7 p.m., Suggested donation: $15)
NOW BREATHE: Join Lauren Chelec Cafritz, author and trained transformational breathing instructor, for a virtual breathing class that will surely help you exhale that stress. No pre-registration required and just join Zoom five minutes prior to the class. (7:15 p.m., Donation Suggested)
STREAMING SHOWTUNES: JR’s Bar on 17th Street NW knows it is “A Whole New World” out there, so they’d like to invite you to be “Be Our Guest” for their new weekly event, “Stay-At-Home Showtunes.” Every Monday until midnight, they’ll be hosting performances from a rotating cast performing everyone’s favorite hits from the stage. It’s free, but they are asking for virtual tips via Venmo to the performers. (8:30 p.m., Donation Suggested)
MORE: Future of Transportation with Uber Elevate’s Nikhil Goel (Air & Space’s Facebook, 12 p.m., FREE), Online Music Trivia Night with Songbyrd Cafe in Adams Morgan (Facebook, 7 p.m., FREE), Busboys & Poets Live! (Instagram, 8 p.m.)
TUESDAY, MARCH 31
MEMOIR: Instead of cancelling, Sixth & I is doing their best to live stream as many of their upcoming book events as possible. Join former CEO Esther Safran Foer in conversation with her son (and Atlantic staff writer) Franklin Foer about her debut memoir. (7 p.m., FREE with registration)
COOKING CLASS: Some of D.C.’s best chefs and bakers are putting out free tutorials and demonstrations on how to make their best dishes. So, get out the whisk and the measuring cup and join Convival’s former pastry chef Eva Kronenburg on Youtube, Ed Hardy from Harlot on Facebook, and Kith and Kin’s Kwame Onwuachi on Instagram for tips, trips, and delicious help. (Various, FREE)
CREATE BEATS: DMV-based musician The Experience aka Dayon Greene is hosting live beat challenges and virtual studio sessions to help people learn how to create their own dance parties at home. (7 p.m., FREE)
MORE: DC Dogs’ Quarantine Concert Series (Facebook, 8 p.m., suggested donation),
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1
WILL & TESTAMENT: D.C. Performance artist Brian Feldman is known for washing dishes, giving IKEA tours, and reading the baseball rule book. Now, he’s going to broadcast himself writing his last will and testament in real time. What’s more, he’ll include you in his will if you follow the instructions on the Eventbrite page, apparently. (12 p.m., FREE with registration)
GO INTO A STRETCH: Every day at lunchtime, Bluebird Sky Yoga in Brookland is streaming their Power Yoga class. So, bite into that home-made PB & J and go into a downward dog (12:30 p.m, $35 for new students for a week).
MORE: Pilates class with S’culpd (Instagram, 12 p.m., FREE)
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
HANSEL & GRETEL: Synetic Theater is streaming an encore performance of their holiday hit “Hansel & Gretel.” Transport back to a time before quarantine and watch this performance from a theater that recently received a second act. Available from March 31 to April 5. (Anytime, Pay-As-You-Wish)
DRAWN: Are your self-portraits looking a little rough? Every Thursday on Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery’s Instagram, artist Jill Galloway will lead a virtual workshop teaching how to draw figures and the human body. (11 a.m., FREE)
MORE: Spine Love Workout Class (Pole Pressure DC Online, 12 p.m. FREE)
Matt Blitz