Hey everyone! This week’s BEST WEEKEND BETS are, as always, hand selected from BYT ALL CITY and carefully calibrated for maximum fun and minimum stress, and will be punctuated with inspirational images of Mike Nichols post-collegiate ennui/hot older lady classic, THE GRADUATE, which is celebrating it’s 45th birthday this week with a brand spanking new re-release print (playing in DC starting tomorrow)
A COUPLE OF PSAs before we start:
- A couple of AMAZING BYT events coming your way soon:
- ZOU BISOU BISOU @ The Embassy of France on May 26th (next week!). An enchanting evening of music/dancing/awkward multiple cheek kisses/vintage lace tee-pees and more. Get them tickets NOW.
- Then-BYT Summer Camp Pool Parties return with a special BRIDE OF HIPSTER CAMP turn on June 2nd. Its ladies choice day. Details here/tickets at the door.
- AND-BYT and Capitol Pride come together for the 3rd annual BYGays Pride Weekend Extravaganza-WILDLIFE @ Howard Theatre on June 8th. We have Amanda LePore, JD Samson of MEN, Natty Boom, Summer Camp and more all lined up. Details and tickets here.
- Our SPRING/SUMMER Guides are live as we speak: peruse the very exhaustive/extensive: FILM+MUSIC+FOOD+THEATRE+ART+STYLE
- Read up on food here, our amazing movie reviews are here, STYLE Licks can be found here, and as always, GAY Best Weekend Bets are coming right up.
- AND-WE START PUBLISHING OUR NEW YORK BEST WEEKEND BETS NEXT WEEK. GET ALL SORTS OF EXCITED.
OK-ready for the weekend now?
THURSDAY
- we always like to kick the weekend off with a fine balance of arts and drinks-so stop by the Alliance Francaise’s Grande Soiree de Gala @ The Mexican Cultural Institute (the location is a little confusing, but the evening promises to be a delight)
- for fashion fans: Bethesda Row’s THE FRONT ROW weekend of activities (including Andy Cohen sightings, movie screenings and more) kicks off today.
- if you’re in the mood for a dinner you haven’t had yet: check out THE PIG, a brand spanking new restaurant which just opened on 14th street. Our first look with some truly delightful photos can be found here.
- and – another edition of ALL THINGS GOLD (this time with Le Castle Vania and Viceroy) hits U Street Music Hall. Always a fist pumping kind of a good time.
- then-BYT’s favorite dance party to pour champagne all over ourselves during (QUE SERA @ NAPOLEON) turns 2 years old. Go and celebrate with them.
- + ALL SORTS OF other stuff
FRIDAY
- kick things off right by getting yourself some show tickets before they sell out: OUR FULL AND AWESOME “SHOWS GOING ON SALE THIS WEEK” guide/playlist can be found here (this week with everyone from Nicki Minaj to Metric to Hot Chip on it)
- the big news for today is that ARTOMATIC officially kicks off tonight. Starting at 6pm, over 1300 artists take over 11 floors of an empty building in Crystal City and chances are, you probably want to be there to check it out.
- for theatre lovers: HUM just opened @ Theatre Alliance and the best word to use to describe this would be: intriquing.
- drink some good beers with us @ SMITH COMMONS
- lots of high quality, relatively low key shows:
- Beth Orton and Selah Sue are @ U Hall, La Sera is @ Red Palace, Vandaveer, Astra Via and The Beanstalk Library are @ Black Cat…
- for more uptempo show needs: The White Panda are @ Howard.
- + ALL SORTS OF other stuff
SATURDAY
- DC Craft Beer Week reaches it’s culmination with a Homebrewer’s Day Party @ Smith Commons. Read our extensive food/beer porn preview here + enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to it here.
- great ART DAY:
- this is the very last weekend to catch SONG 1 being projected on the sides of HIRSHHORN, so … CATCH IT. Read up on it here.
- also-FOTODC’s Renegade show is AH-MAY-ZING (check out Denis’ great photos from the opening here)
- also amazing-Leo Villareal’s light and magic installations @ Conner Contemporary (check out Dakota’s fabulous photos from the opening here)
- pool party time: MOTHER TRUCKER combines DC’s love for DJs, food trucks and bikinis, all in one handy event. Washington Post has the scoop.
- also during daytime: PREAKNESS infield with THE DARKNESS and WIZ KHALIFA + thousands of your closest, sweaty, hard-partying “friends”.
- at night: AWESOME show with Penguin Prison and Class Actress @ RNR Hotel. Go.
- for good and funny times: Brian Regan is at Warner Theatre this weekend. Read our interview with him here.
- and of course: FATBACK. As always: free and sweaty over @ LIV. + Peach Pit. As always: cheap and sweaty over @ DC9.
- for those in the mood for something, shall we say, more special: PSYCHEDELIC DREAMSCAPES 2 is the way to go.
- + ALL SORTS OF other stuff
SUNDAY
- the #1 thing we want you to do today is go to SOUNDBITES, the awesome food+music+drinks benefit for DC Central Kitchen over @ 930 club. $40 gets you a TON of amazing food, performances by ESL bands, a chance to hang out with me and Spike Mendelsohn while we drink our way through the mixology contest (this last part may not be as much of a selling point as the ones above it) + a chance to support a truly great non-profit. SERIOUSLY-GO.
- also-SUNDAY FUNDAY with Iggy Azalea at the Warehouse Loft. Daytime partytime.
- also-new movies ahoy…check back in on Friday for full reviews of everything from “BERNIE” (+ an interview with Richard Linklater!!!!), “BATTLESHIP”, “WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING” and more.
- at night:
- Spirit Animal is @ Red Palace
- The Barr Brothers are @ The Hamilton
- + ALL SORTS OF other stuff
REMEMBER: THERE ARE A BAJILLION OTHER THINGS TO DO LISTED IN BYT ALL CITY, so use it (to both post your events and search for them) and if you think we may have missed something, comment away–you know you want to.
and as a parting note:
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