MONDAY, NOV. 7
DMV BLACK RESTAURANT WEEK: That’s right, this now 4-year-old event celebrating Black-owned restaurants and food businesses started Sunday, and there are specials at lots of places around the D.C. region, including three-course prix-fixe meals at Bammy’s, the D.C. Caribbean spot where Chef Peter Prime is now cooking, and Silver Spring’s All Set, as well as specials at more casual restaurants like Spice Kitchen West African Grill in Brentwood, Queen Mother’s in Arlington and Fish Scale in Shaw. (Through Nov. 13, locations and prices vary)
PROTEST TALK: Learn more about the protests in Iran from a professor, author, and co-director of a Rethinking Iran Initiative. Profs and Pints presents the talk with Narges Bajoghli with the latest updates on the movement for women’s political freedom, sparked by the death of a woman in Iranian policy custody. (Little Penn Coffeehouse; 6 p.m.,;$12.72)
COOKING DEMO: Cook with what you already have with Christopher Kimball, an award-winning chef, at this Smithsonian Associates’ virtual event. Kimball will discuss his new cookbook, Milk Street: Cook What You Have, before demonstrating some recipes and offering tips on how to make any meal an adventure. (Smithsonian/virtual; 6:45 p.m.; $25)
MORE:Washington National Opera’s Il trovatore (Opera House at the Kennedy Center; 7 p.m.; $45), A conversation with Professor Nikole Hannah-Jones (Embassy of France; 6 p.m.; FREE), Writing To Wellness Workshop (Creative Suitland Arts Center; 6 p.m.; donations suggested), A Photographic Journey of Oman’s People, Culture, Nature and Wildlife (Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center; 6 p.m.; FREE)
TUESDAY, NOV. 8
HISTORY TALK: Join the DAR Museum for a virtual talk about white women who profited from nineteenth-century slave markets. A professor of history will go in-depth about the mistresses of the market who provided good and services supporting slade traders and the slave market economy. (DAR Museum/virtual; 12 p.m.; FREE)
COCKTAIL HOUR: Common Good City Farm teams up with two local bars, Astoria and Barrel, to bring this cocktail hour and end-of-the-year fundraising campaign. Ticket holders can enjoy two handcrafted cocktails — either a hot toddy or a bee’s grin with gin — light refreshments, and the atmosphere at the farm. (Common Good City Farm; 6 p.m.; $25 donation suggested)
ELECTION WATCH: People will be watching the election returns at bars around D.C., but Busboys & Poets is always a hub for political parties around the city. The restaurant is hosting election night parties with happy hour specials on drinks and food all night at all of its locations, including those in Maryland and Virginia, but the Anacostia restaurant is actually hosting a party in concert with Ward 8 Democrats. (Busboys and Poets various locations, 6 p.m.; FREE admission)
MORE: Guðmundur Steinn and the USA Clangers / Pique Collective (Rhizome DC; 7 p.m.; $10), NMWA xChange: Girl Power with Gallerist Myrtis Bedolla (virtual; 12 p.m.; FREE), Ceremony (DC9 Nightclub; 8 p.m.; $16), Baking by Feel: An Evening with Becca Rea-Tucker Benefiting DCAF (Bold Fork Books; 6 p.m.; $25), Complimentary cocktails with I Voted stickers (Yours Truly; 4 p.m.; FREE admission), Kitchen Table Tarot’s Autumn Tarot Reading (Smithsonian American Art Museum; 12 p.m.; $64)
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9
DON’T MUTE D.C.: Don’t Mute Moe authors Ron Moten and Jeffrey Anderson join Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy for a discussion of the book at MLK Library. Don’t Mute Moe reprints 16 of Moten’s published op-eds from over three decades and pairs them with in-depth interviews of Moten by Anderson, of District Dig; it was released earlier this year. (Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 6:30 p.m., FREE)
ART OPENING AND WORKSHOP: Eaton DC’s artist-in-residence Jesse Raine Littlebird opens up his exhibition, “A Fragmented Exodus.” Enjoy a formal workshop on putting Decolonial Praxis in action through art, informed by Littlebird’s experiences as a contemporary Puebloan artist. (Eaton DC; 6:30 p.m.; FREE)
WHAT’S FOR DESSERT: Beloved baker Claire Saffitz, formerly of Bon Appetit magazine fame, heads to Sixth & I for a book talk with the food and dining editor of The Washington Post, Joe Yonan. In-person tickets are sold out, but tune in virtually for Saffitz’s reveal of some of the 100 recipes for all dessert people in her latest cookbook. (Sixth & I, virtual; 7 p.m.; $12)
PARIS AT MIDNIGHT: Head to the Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center to escape to Paris at midnight. The Postclassical Ensemble presents the original score performed live alongside a screening of the 1924 Surrealist film Entr’acte. The concert includes more tidbits from the 1920s, with a final discussion with the modern art curator from the National Gallery of Art. (Kennedy Center; 7:30 p.m.; $45)
MIXING CLASS: Travel to New Orleans at downtown D.C.’s own Dauphine’s, as Neal Bodenheimer, owner of that city’s renowned bar Cure, discusses his newest cocktail book, New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em. Bodenheimer will celebrate the Louisiana city while mixing up some of his favorite drinks at Dauphine’s. Tickets include light snacks, your first cocktail, and a signed copy of the book. (Dauphine’s; 5:30 p.m.; $60)
MORE:Stitcher Takeover of Augie’s Mussel House (Augie’s; 6 p.m.; FREE), Photography 101: Exposure Basics with Marie Joabar (District Camera & Imaging Arlington; 7 p.m., $65), Frederick J. Fisher Lecture | Cartier and Islamic Art: A Curatorial Perspective (Hillwood Museum/virtual; 6:30 p.m.; $10), Book Launch for Ukrainian Poet Vasyl Makhno (Dupont Underground; 7:30 p.m.; FREE), Artist talk with Lex Marie and Jerrel Gibbs (Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington; 6 p.m.; FREE), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Olney Theatre; 8 p.m.; $42), Double Take Virtual Art Talk: Preserving Portraits of War (American Art Museum; 1 p.m.; FREE), Priest Da Nomad ‘Receipts’ Listening Party (Alice DC; 6 p.m.; FREE), ‘Running is Prayer’ Film Premiere and Group Run (Pacers Running; 6:15 p.m.; FREE)
THURSDAY, NOV. 10
ARCHITECTURE STORIES: The National Building Museum hosts Germane Barnes, an architecture studio owner, for a night of storytelling and architecture. Barnes will discuss the ways Black people have defined their communities through buildings, films, exhibitions, furniture, and more, to explore the connection between architecture and identity. After the presentation, enjoy live music, drinks, and bites. (National Building Museum; 6 p.m.; $35)
MUPPETS IN MOSCOW: Discover how Sesame Street was brought to Russia with author and creator Natasha Lance Rogoff. The show’s Russian counterpart, Ulitsa Sezam, was a culmination of a small group of creatives working to deliver messages of tolerance in post-Soviet society. Rogoff will give a behind-the-scenes look at how they overcame culture collision and even violence. (Planet Word; 6:30 p.m.; FREE)
PLATTER CLASS: Impress your guests with impeccable snack platters by taking Each Peach’s platter art class. Limited to 10 people, the class will go over how to select crowd-pleasing cheese and pair them with perfect accompaniments then arranging everything beautifully. Tickets include a glass of wine, samples of charcuterie, and materials for a take home platter. (Each Peach Market; 6 p.m.; $75)
MODERN WARRIOR: Modern Warrior, an immersive experience about U.S. Army veteran Jaymes Poling and his three deployments in Afghanistan, returns to the Library of Congress, celebrating a new collaboration with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. The performance includes a narration from Poling himself alongside music from artists like a trumpeter.There will also be a post-performance discussion. (Library of Congress; 7 p.m., FREE)
MORE: National Gallery Nights: Americana (National Gallery of Art; 6 p.m.; FREE), In The Cut Pop-Up Art Show (City-State Brewing; 5 p.m.; FREE admission), DMV Floral Wood Embroidery w/ Three Little Birds Sewing (Shop Made in DC Union Market; 5 p.m.; $70), Sensory Tea Tasting and Meditative Art Experience (Girls Who Paint; 7 p.m.; $35),The Soldier’s Opinion screening (Cafritz Hall at DC JxJ; 7:30 p.m., $14), Blind Bourbon (Nationals Park; 6 p.m.; $100), “An Aesthetic of Blackness: The Sacred and The Profound” Opening Reception (Mehari Sequar Gallery; 7 p.m.; FREE), Washington Improv Theater Improv for All workshop (Petworth Library; 6 p.m.; donations suggested), DMV Comedy Wars: A Comedy Benefit for Humane Rescue Alliance (O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub; 7:30 p.m.; $15), Latino Patriots: A Veteran’s Remembrance Conversation (Smithsonian National Museum of American History; 6:30 p.m.; FREE)
