MONDAY, APRIL 10
INTRO TO VINYL: Learn how to work analog music with DJ and sound producer RWEONTHEAIR?!. She will guide attendees through operating analog equipment, like connecting turntables, record players, and various mixers, to play vinyl records creatively. (The Pocket; 7 p.m.; FREE admission)
CRYING IN H MART: Bestselling author and singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner, known as Japanese Breakfast, brings a book talk to Sixth & I. Zauner will share more from “Crying in H Mart,” a memoir about family, food, grief, and growing up Korean American. In-person tickets are sold out, but guests can still tune in virtually. (Sixth & I; 7 p.m.; $12)
MORE: White House Historical Association liquidation sale (White House History Shop; 9 a.m.; FREE admission), Profs & Pints DC: Class, Culture, and Conflict in Britain (Little Penn Coffeehouse; 6:30 p.m.; $14.31), Majid Araim & Monique Osorio / Lucifier Arias, Priscilla Smith, & Ray Swinn / Rex Delafkaran (Rhizome DC; 7 p.m.; $10), Air reading and talkback (The Keegan Theatre; 7 p.m.; FREE), Stage Fright’s Free Easter Monday Late Night Comedy Show (Sudhouse; 9:45 p.m.; FREE), Sounds Fake but Okay book talk (Busboys and Poets Takoma Park; 6 p.m.; FREE), Satiated: In Bloom (Grand Duchess; 6 p.m.; $15), Literature on Screen: Louis Bayard’s The Pale Blue Eye (St. Mark’s Capitol Hill; 7 p.m.; $20), Curtain Call Open Mic Night (Crazy Aunt Helen’s; 7 p.m.; FREE), Food Waste Innovation Panel (Tastemakers; 3 p.m.; FREE), Rainbow Rage Burlesque Therapy Workshop Series (Dwell; 7 p.m.; $35)
TUESDAY, APRIL 11
DISCRIMINATION IN NAVY: To mark Emancipation Day in D.C., check out this series of scholarly programs that explore the Civil War and aftermath from the perspective of African Americans. This year, historians Regina Akers, Edward Valentin Jr., and Joseph Reidy discuss the discrimination African Americans faced and persevered through in the Navy. (Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital; in-person or virtual; 7 p.m.; $10)
REPURPOSED CIRCUS: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. This touring group brings a repurposed circus show filled with a variety of daring acts in a set filled with trash and dumpsters (Silver Spring Black Box; 7 p.m.; $25)
IFTAR DINNER: Join an in-person interfaith Ramadan Iftar with Anera. There will be live traditional music from an oud player and poetry readings during the meal. Plus, funds raised will be used to send vouchers to families in Palestine, food packages to Lebanon, and vouchers and meals to Jordan. (Patterson Mansion; 7 p.m.; $85)
MORE: Tuesday Talk: Revolutionary Appearances: How Portraits of Women Evolved Around the Revolution (DAR Museum; in person or virtual; 12 p.m.; FREE), A Likely Story author Leigh McMullan Abramson with Laura Hankin (East City Bookshop; in person or virtual; 7 p.m.; FREE), Spanish Young Music Talent: Carlos Marín (Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain; 6:30 p.m.; FREE), NoMa Nights Tuesday Concert Series: David Thong Duo (Alethia Tanner Park; 6:30 p.m.; FREE), Olga screening (La Maison Française; 7 p.m.; $10), The Supreme Court Film Series: Little Pink House (The Avalon Theatre; 8 p.m.; FREE), Spring Terrarium Candle Class with Relume Co (PLNTR; 5:30 p.m.; $50), Winemaker Visit from Les Lunes (Planet Wine; 6 p.m.; $30), Bird Walk (Four Mile Run Park; 8 a.m.; FREE), Bingo! With Landmade Beer (Doubles; 6 p.m.; $15)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12
CHAIR YOGA: Relax among art at this gentle, seated yoga in an art gallery. The instructor focuses on strength, core, balance, and mobility, and ends the class with an opportunity to journal. (Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington; 1 p.m.; $15)
DINNERTIME DOCUMENTARY: Explore the Hillwood Estate grounds and garden before enjoying a dinner at the Merriweather Cafe and watching a documentary. This spring, Hillwood will screen documentaries highlighting determined women; this week, watch A Ballerina’s Tale about Misty Copeland and her rise to stardom. (Hillwood Estate; 5:30 p.m.; $22)
ZERO-PROOF SOIREE: Celebrate the area’s best mixologists and their zero-proof cocktails in support of Alcohol Awareness Month. This fundraiser competition benefits Samaritan Inns, a local recovery organization. Mixologists will submit their best mocktail with Polynesian flair for the prize of best in D.C. (The Capital Turnaround; 7 p.m.; $100)
MORE: Planet fitness Grand Opening party (Planet Fitness Rockville; 4 p.m.; FREE), “Housing is a Human Right” poetry, music, & open mic (Busboys and Poets Hyattsville; 7 p.m.; $5), Volunteer at the farm (THEARC Farm; 10 a.m.; FREE), Cloudy with a Chance of Science (Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library; 6:30 p.m.; donations welcome), The Speakeasy Comedy Showcase (Room 808; 8 p.m.; $10), SOUND X SOUL: Residency for R&R (The Corner at Whitman-Walker; 7 p.m.; $35), Sound Meditation with Leemor Chandally (Femme Fatale; 7 p.m.; $40), A Question of Survival Film Screening and Director’s Q&A (Embassy of Bulgaria; 6:30 p.m.; FREE), Demystifying Sake: Cherry Blossom Sake X Tenugui Workshop (Mess Hall; 6:30 p.m.; $140), People Pleaser Album Listening Party (Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse; 7 p.m.; $10), See Me screening (Chamber Dance Project; 6:30 p.m.; $25)
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
PHOTO EMBROIDERY: Examine rare needlework pieces in Dumbarton House’s collection and then try your hand at a few different stitches at this workshop on how to create photograph embroidery. Send a picture in to have printed or use a historic D.C. picture. (Shop Made in DC Georgetown; 5:30 p.m.; $35)
COCKTAIL FUNDRAISER: Dance and drink for a good cause at this fundraiser for the DC LGBTQ Communiy Center’s upcoming relocation and renovation. This spring cocktail celebration includes entertainment from a DJ and drag kings and queens. A base level ticket includes one hour of open bar, or go for the VIP for an all-night open bar and a swag bag. (Dupont Underground; 6 p.m.; $20-50)
CARIBBEAN NIGHT: Travel to Haiti in one night at this Caribbean evening. The Embassy of Haiti hosts a celebration with a buffet of Haitian food and samples of rum. Don’t forget to dance along to Haitian music and enjoy various artworks displayed around the embassy. (Embassy of Haiti; 7 p.m.; $64)
ALBUM RELEASE: Celebrate a new album release with local artist Ryan Lucas at the Anacostia Arts Center. Lucas will perform songs from his upcoming hip-hop soul album alongside other local artists. (Anacostia Arts Center; 7 p.m.; $20)
SPONSORED JEFF VANDERMEER’S ANNIHILATION: Enjoy a night of (un)natural history with best-selling author Jeff VanderMeer as we enter the world of his eco-fiction novel Annihilation. (Yes, the book inspired the film.) Join us for a book talk and signing and take a peek at “Area Q” specimen in the Q?rius Education Center. (Museum of Natural History; 6:30 p.m.; FREE)
MORE: National Symphony Orchestra: Gianandrea Noseda & Daniil Trifonov (Kennedy Center Concert Hall; 7 p.m.; $15), Jackie Kashian (Busboys and Poets Takoma; 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; $35), Easy Vegetarian Indian Cooking: Creating Quick Curries (Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital; 6 p.m.; $69), Gaston Lacombe opening (Nepenthe Gallery; 6 p.m.; FREE admission), Love Hope Strength Foundation benefit with Go Mod Go (Pearl Street Warehouse; 8 p.m.; $15), BSO Presents Marin Conducts Rach 3 (Music Center at Strathmore; 8 p.m.; $35), Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity book presentation (Austrian Cultural Forum; 7 p.m.; FREE), Wicks & Wines (National Union Building; 7 p.m.; $50), Spring Wreath Building Workshop with a Cocktail (Jungle & Loom at Union Market; 6:30 p.m.; $85), The Sex Ed We Need: Consent, LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Pleasure (Bulldog Alley; 3:30 p.m.; FREE), Confessional Cabaret (Crazy Aunt Helen’s; 6 p.m.; $10), How to Survive a Plague: Film Screening + Discussion with Rising Organizers (The Outrage; 6 p.m.; donations welcome), Bulgarian Wine Class with Nataliya (The Mediterranean Way; 5:30 p.m.; $35), The Sip of DC Brew Tour (Meet outside the National Portrait Gallery; 5:15 p.m.; $99)
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