Olney Theatre Center will mark a year since closing its ill-fated production of The Amateurs, a play about actors surviving a plague.

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MONDAY, MARCH 15

ONE YEAR LATER: Olney Theatre Center is marking one year since its last live, in-person performance by bringing together the cast, playwright, and director of that production of The Amateurs to discuss how theater survives. The play centers a troupe of actors trying to survive a deadly 14th-century plague, which is a bit on the nose. (7 p.m., pay what you can)

IRISH POETRY: Join Irish ambassador Daniel Mulhall in the latest installment of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s poetry series, featuring work from Irish poet and writer Doireann Ní Ghríofa. The event will also feature Choctaw poet LeAnne Howe for a conversation on the connection between Irish and Indigenous communities. (6:30 p.m., $15 suggested price)

IRISH FEAST: Looking to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this week with some Irish grub? Kirwin’s at the Wharf is offering a three course virtual dinner with Guinness pairings. The pub will offer crab cakes, chicken pot pie, and chocolate cake for pick-up between 3 and 5 p.m., and each course paired with a pint of Guinness. ($60 per person)

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The National Museum of Women in the Arts team up with Charismatic Creations’ Chrissy Sheffey for a virtual happy hour. Allison Meier / Flickr

TUESDAY, MARCH 16

VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR: Join the staff of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, now reopened to the public, for a virtual happy hour to celebrate artist Rose Bonheur’s birthday. The virtual event will feature instructions on how to make a themed specialty cocktail, and Bonheur’s artworks and stories. (5:30 p.m., FREE)

NAME THAT TUNE: Tune into the American Pop Orchestra’s weekly virtual trivia night for a surprise musical theme. Your host Maestro Luke will pose regular and live audio trivia questions based on a theme during a Facebook Live. (7 p.m., FREE)

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Learn how to make charoset, chrayme, and chocolate and coconut cake with Sixth & I for Passover. Courtesy of Sixth & I

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17

MAKE A BOOK: Kids can learn how to make books with Irish print artist, illustrator, and book maker Ann Kenny in this online bookmaking workshop. Kenny will demonstrate three techniques, including book folding and notebook making, in this class that will be available for two weeks after access opens. (Solus Nua, FREE)

BAR TALK: This Baltimore Symphonic Orchestra Sessions episode features ethnomusicologist and composer Béla Bartók. The online concert, which will be available on demand through June, will feature Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances, which includes a movement used in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. (8 p.m., $10)

PASSOVER PREP: Learn how to cook a delicious meal for Passover with this virtual cooking class led by chef Vered Guttman. The menu features Tunisian charoset, chrayme, stuffed artichoke bottoms, almond drink, and chocolate and coconut cake. (Sixth & I, 7 p.m., $12 or free for those in need)

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The Botanic Garden, pictured here with a view of the Capitol, will help you figure out how to keep your houseplants alive. United States Botanical Garden / Flickr

THURSDAY, MARCH 18

DRAGONS AND STARS: This installment of the Carnegie Science Earth and Planets Laboratory’s virtual lecture series will feature astrophysicist Dr. Alycia Weinberger and her tale of two stars that are scorching nearby planets through solar flares. (6:30 p.m., FREE)

SALVADORAN HISTORY: Join the D.C. History Center for a program all about how Salvadoran immigrants have shaped D.C. and its neighborhoods throughout the past 40 years. The virtual event will also examine issues of Latinx representation in local and federal politics. (7:30 p.m., donations suggested)

NATIVE ACTIVISTS: Watch a virtual conversation between Aidan Graybill and Christina Haswood, two young Native activists who work in Kansas, as part of a monthly series featuring Native activists from the National Museum of the American Indian. The event will be streaming on demand starting at midnight. (FREE)

GREEN THUMB: Learn how to keep alive those plants you bought during quarantine with U.S. Botanic Garden plant health care specialist Chelsea McKinley and the Anacostia Community Museum. McKinley will use images and plants from the garden to share tips for addressing common houseplant concerns during this online event. (2:30 p.m., FREE)

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