MONDAY, MAY 24
UNPACKING DATA: Hear about research findings on millennials from Pew Research Center’s 2020 survey of Jewish Americans in a conversation with Rabbi Aaron and fellow millennials. The Sixth and I event will stream online. (7 p.m., donations welcome)
VIRTUAL CONCERT: Tune into a live concert shot and produced at DC9 Nightclub. Rachel Levitin, a D.C.-based independent artist will play her original music, which has drawn comparisons to Norah Jones and Sara Bareilles. (7 p.m., $10)
MORE: Hear Me Roar Toastmasters (12 p.m., FREE)
TUESDAY, MAY 25
TRIVIA AND DRINKS: Looking to make a bar your regular trivia joint? Upper Westside Café at the Squash on Fire building has made their Tuesday evening trivia a weekly occasion! Teams of up to five can sit on their third-floor patio and play to win gift cards for first and second place, and even enjoy happy hour specials until 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m., FREE)
SECRET WASHINGTON: Learn more about the hidden gems of the city at this Politics & Prose virtual book talk with JoAnn Hill. Hill has lived in D.C. for over 19 years as a travel blogger who has found and documented several weird and obscure sightseeing opportunities in the District. (8 p.m., FREE)
VIRTUAL TOUR: Join the Smithsonian and American University associate history professor Justin Jacobs for another tour of one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites. This time, you’ll visit the Bamiyan Buddha ruins in Afghanistan. (6:45 p.m., $25)
MORE: White House History Live: Grant’s Tomb – The Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant (5 p.m., FREE)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26
AREPAS COOKING DEMO: Planet Word is teaming up with Immigrant Food to celebrate International Cultural Awareness Month with a virtual event about the hand pie. First, you’ll go on a global tour of handheld dough wrapped around something savory — whether you call them samosas, piroshkis, pupusas or empanadas — then you’ll learn how to cook arepas, another hand pie, yourself! (6:30 p.m., FREE)
MUSIC FOR THE MOMENT: For the end of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History are teaming up for a virtual concert. The performance features Asian American women musicians ranging from performance art and ritual to hip-hop, rock, and pop. (7 p.m., FREE)
BLACK WALL STREET: Learn about the development of Black wall streets nationwide, how Black businesses found success and struggled throughout the 20th Century, and what inequality looks like for Black entrepreneurs today with the National Archives Foundation. The virtual panel will be followed by a Q&A session. (5 p.m., FREE)
MORE: DIVERCITIES: Breaking Barriers-The Language of Gender Identity (Planet Word Museum, 11 a.m., FREE), Curator’s Corner: Spooked with Barry Meier (International Spy Museum, 12 p.m., FREE), Venture X Arlington – Courthouse Metro Celebrates Grand Opening (5 p.m., FREE), BSO Sessions Episode 27: The Band’s Back (8 p.m., $10), Fighting for Space: Pilots Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb (Smithsonian Associates, 6:45 p.m., $25), DC Pride – A Conversation with Sheila Alexander-Reid (DC Public Library, 6:30 p.m., FREE)
THURSDAY, MAY 27
MUSEUM OF GLASS: The Smithsonian Institution gives you an inside look at the Corning Museum of Glass in N.Y., the largest museum in the world dedicated to glass, and its collections. The virtual event will explore the development and evolution of the museum, its library, and innovation center. (12 p.m., $30)
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS FILM: Watch the premiere of INSeries Opera’s Spanish reinvention of Puccini’s Boheme in the Heights, but this time it’s set in Columbia Heights with Le Diplomate as the centerpiece of Act II. The film, created by young Baltimore animators, will be followed by an artists’ reception at 8:45 p.m., and run on-demand indefinitely after the premiere. (7 p.m., FREE)
MORE: Why D.C. Statehood Matters to Our Region (ACLU D.C., 5 p.m., FREE), Book Club: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury – Lost City Books (7 p.m., FREE), BSO OrchKids Daring Innovation (7 p.m., FREE)
This story was updated to correct the spelling of Rachel Levitin’s name.
