This holiday weekend, celebrate Kwanzaa, listen to a twin bill of Christmas radio plays, and shop vintage.

Most students in the Washington region have not set foot in a physical classroom since March. But about a dozen D.C. charter schools are offering some form of in-person instruction.

Creative Grounds is set to open this month.

Master the cocktail, learn how to code, practice your hand-lettering, and more.

Cheesemonster is partnering with Lost & Found’s Hilarey Leonard, who will run the studio’s beer and wine program.

There’s a wide variety of classes out there to help D.C. oenophiles get to know their grapes.

You can start of the week by setting some good intentions and then learn how to make latte art, decorate a cake, or mix up a classic cocktail.

There’s a free class several days of each week in June, spread throughout the city.

Over at his blog, D.C. Council member Kwame Brown is pimping the new fall classes available from the city’s Workforce Development Program. These are free job training classes available to D.C. adults, most of which start later this month. You can download a list of classes and registration materials from the CCDC web site. The types of classes offered include carpentry, pre-apprenticeship construction, hospitality industry, computer basics, medical billing, Spanish in the workplace, and more….

There was supposed to be a big press conference for the new D.C. Trapeze School this afternoon, complete with an appearance from the mayor, but the rain kinda put a damper on that parade. Perhaps you’ve already read about the school being put together in the Washington Post, but when we went by the old convention center site today, it did indeed look like they’re ready to start classes this weekend. Check out the…