Events Calendar

German physicist turned comedian Vince Ebert is set to win heads and hearts with his show »SEXY SCIENCE« Serious Humor – Made in Germany. Join Vince as he explains scientific facts using the fundamental laws of humor: Why is the sky blue? Why is the night black? Why shouldn’t we eat yellow snow? 

Join Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany for a fun evening exploring intersections of science, culture, and humor.

This event is part of the Wunderbar Together initiative, a yearlong celebration of German American Friendship with over 1000 events taking place in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

If not in fame, then in infamy…

Genius and jealousy collide in the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna in Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning “Best Play,” Amadeus. Directed by Richard Clifford (Folger’s Mary Stuart), the production features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Macbeth and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Folger) as the tortured composer Salieri, who does everything in his power to destroy his musical rival—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Samuel Adams).

Visit the Folger website for special related events.

“High-spirited humor, eccentric charm, and a joyous musical sensibility… guaranteed to raise a smile”—The Times (UK)

Last at the Kennedy Center in 2018 with the elegant Layla and Majnun, Mark Morris Dance Group adds some spice to this season with a colorful, exuberant new production that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ groundbreaking album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. A smash hit with audiences at its Liverpool premiere, Pepperland is “a gorgeously entertaining and witty tribute to the classic Beatles album” (The Guardian).

Co-commissioned by the Kennedy Center, the evening-length production features an original score by composer Ethan Iverson performed by a unique jazz ensemble of vocals, soprano saxophone, trombone, piano, keyboard, theremin, and percussion. Arrangements of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “With a Little Help from My Friends,” “A Day in the Life,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” “Within You Without You,” and “Penny Lane” intermix with six original Pepper-inspired pieces intended especially for Mark Morris’s profound understanding of classical forms: Allegro, Scherzo, Adagio, and the blues. Resounding with ingenuity and musicality, this production is a must-see for dance and Beatles fans alike.

Stay in the theater following the Nov. 13 show for a post-performance talk, free with your ticket. 
Dancers, choreographers, composers, creative team members, and/or other artists offer insight into the performance and a chance to ask questions!

Hen House presents Tiny Show 2, an all-female/trans/non-binary exhibit featuring grand concepts on a miniature scale. The artists challenged themselves to create works within the physical constraints of 5in x 5in, with the hope of confronting our society’s all-too-often narrow view of women and their place in the artistic continuum. As the concepts depicted transcend the boundaries of their physical size, so too does the courage, creativity and genius of women.

Join us opening night on November 15th from 7pm-12am at Good Fast Cheap DC (524 Rhode Island Ave NE). There will be live DJs, live painting, drinks and food available.

Gallery Hours on Saturday, November 16th and Sunday, November 17th are from12pm-5pm.

Sunday night, November 17th from 6pm-10pm we’ll be holding a fundraiser/Bingo night benefitting HIPS (find out more about their organization at www.hips.org)

Workshops:

Block Printing with Kate Parnell Tuesday 11/19|8pm-10pm $30

Screen Printing with Beth Hansen Wednesday 11/20|6pm-8pm $50

Marbling Workshop with Clara Cornelius Friday 11/22|6pm-9pm $75

Creative Writing Workshop with Zewiditu Saturday 11/23|1pm-3pm $15

Explore ARTECHOUSE’s newest exhibition, Lucid Motion, by globally renowned Japanese artist group Rhizomatiks Research and Daito Manabe. Opening September 28th in D.C., Lucid Motion aims to examine human motion from various standpoints using next-level technologies and expression methods to elaborate into three unique installations. Visitors will get to engage with dance performances themed on human motion, lights and shades as they experience these through multiple rooms. 

“An interdisciplinary digital Renaissance man”, Rhizomatiks founder Daito Manabe is known for his innovative approaches to the human body, programming, data, computers and other uses of arts and technology. Always future scentric, the Tokyo-based media artist and creative technologist uses programming, sound design and interaction design to develop groundbreaking production technology for major international events and art projects, from augmented reality videos for musicians to live interactive technology driven performances for dancers. 

On View September 29th – December 1st at ARTECHOUSE / DC

Tickets: $8-20 // Open to all ages

For tickets & details, visit: www.artechouse.com

Daytime Admission:

Daily // 10AM – 5PM

After Hours Admission (21 ):

Sun – Thu // 5PM – 10PM

Fri & Sat // 5:30PM – 11:30PM

If not in fame, then in infamy…

Genius and jealousy collide in the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna in Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning “Best Play,” Amadeus. Directed by Richard Clifford (Folger’s Mary Stuart), the production features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Macbeth and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Folger) as the tortured composer Salieri, who does everything in his power to destroy his musical rival—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Samuel Adams).

Visit the Folger website for special related events.

Profs and Pints presents: “The History of Tibetan Buddhism,” with Justin Jacobs, associate professor of history at American University and scholar of ancient China and the Silk Road.

Come take a scholarly journey to Tibet, the “rooftop of the world,” to gain a deep understanding of the history and current status of Tibetan Buddhism.

Your guide will be Justin Jacobs, who previously has given fantastic Profs and Pints talks on Chinese philosophy, the Silk Road, and the history of archeology. He’ll teach you about the origins of Tibetan Buddhism and the invention and evolution of the Dalai Lama reincarnation process. You’ll also learn about the lineage of the Dalai Lamas, about their contentious and oft-misunderstood relationship with the rulers of China over the centuries, and about how China has long attempted to manipulate how the Dalai Lama is named.

Our chief stop on this virtual tour will be Lhasa’s Potala Palace, a towering red and white structure that serves as a symbol of both the unique brand of Buddhism found in Tibet and of the Tibetan nation itself. Since its construction in the seventeenth century, the Potala Palace has been home to ten Dalai Lamas and witnessed several traumatic encounters with the outside world. We’ll explore the inner sanctum of this religious fortress, and examine the art and artifacts that have animated Tibetan Buddhism’s past and continue to mold its future.

You’ll come away from this talk fully conversant in the arcane politics and rituals destined to accompany the selection of the next Dalai Lama sometime in the near future. (Advance tickets: $12. Doors: $15. Save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk begins 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself adequate time to get seated and settled in.)

With three days of consecutive performances, Radical Recitations is an arts festival that not only celebrates the human right to artistic freedom of expression and the radical power of storytelling to catalyze social change – it is a call to action in defense of artistic freedom.Radical Recitationsis presented by Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI), who last year brought you Revolutions & Movementsat Dupont Underground.

This year, AFI has partnered with Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Studio Theatre and Tamizdat to bring you performances both powerful and personal by revolutionary international artists NOURA MINT SEYMALI, TOTO KISAKU, and KING RAAM.

As artists are increasingly censored, imprisoned, restricted from moving freely across borders, tortured, or even killed, it is more critical than ever that we safeguard the right to free expression and zealously champion the courageous artists who exercise it. Join us! Radical Recitations is being held Friday, November 15 – Sunday, November 17, 2019 in Washington D.C.

If not in fame, then in infamy…

Genius and jealousy collide in the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna in Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning “Best Play,” Amadeus. Directed by Richard Clifford (Folger’s Mary Stuart), the production features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Macbeth and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Folger) as the tortured composer Salieri, who does everything in his power to destroy his musical rival—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Samuel Adams).

Visit the Folger website for special related events.

Hen House presents Tiny Show 2, an all-female/trans/non-binary exhibit featuring grand concepts on a miniature scale. The artists challenged themselves to create works within the physical constraints of 5in x 5in, with the hope of confronting our society’s all-too-often narrow view of women and their place in the artistic continuum. As the concepts depicted transcend the boundaries of their physical size, so too does the courage, creativity and genius of women.

Join us opening night on November 15th from 7pm-12am at Good Fast Cheap DC (524 Rhode Island Ave NE). There will be live DJs, live painting, drinks and food available.

Gallery Hours on Saturday, November 16th and Sunday, November 17th are from12pm-5pm.

Sunday night, November 17th from 6pm-10pm we’ll be holding a fundraiser/Bingo night benefitting HIPS (find out more about their organization at www.hips.org)

Workshops:

Block Printing with Kate Parnell Tuesday 11/19|8pm-10pm $30

Screen Printing with Beth Hansen Wednesday 11/20|6pm-8pm $50

Marbling Workshop with Clara Cornelius Friday 11/22|6pm-9pm $75

Creative Writing Workshop with Zewiditu Saturday 11/23|1pm-3pm $15

Explore ARTECHOUSE’s newest exhibition, Lucid Motion, by globally renowned Japanese artist group Rhizomatiks Research and Daito Manabe. Opening September 28th in D.C., Lucid Motion aims to examine human motion from various standpoints using next-level technologies and expression methods to elaborate into three unique installations. Visitors will get to engage with dance performances themed on human motion, lights and shades as they experience these through multiple rooms. 

“An interdisciplinary digital Renaissance man”, Rhizomatiks founder Daito Manabe is known for his innovative approaches to the human body, programming, data, computers and other uses of arts and technology. Always future scentric, the Tokyo-based media artist and creative technologist uses programming, sound design and interaction design to develop groundbreaking production technology for major international events and art projects, from augmented reality videos for musicians to live interactive technology driven performances for dancers. 

On View September 29th – December 1st at ARTECHOUSE / DC

Tickets: $8-20 // Open to all ages

For tickets & details, visit: www.artechouse.com

Daytime Admission:

Daily // 10AM – 5PM

After Hours Admission (21 ):

Sun – Thu // 5PM – 10PM

Fri & Sat // 5:30PM – 11:30PM

Profs and Pints presents: “Getting Down in Downton Abbey,” an analysis of the dramatic series’ depictions of sex and sexuality, with Julie Taddeo, professor of British history at the University of Maryland at College Park.

Downton Abbey is the most watched period drama in TV history. For six seasons millions followed the Crawley family and their staff below stairs as they lived through Britain’s Edwardian “golden age,” the First World War and the Roaring Twenties. Thanks to tourism to Highclere Castle, Downton-themed merchandising, and a new Downton Abbey movie, it continues to capture widespread public interest. Yet, despite (or perhaps because of) its popular success, Downton has been panned by most historians as presenting history through nostalgia-colored glasses.

There is still much in Downton that subverts our expectations, however, and this special encore talk will focus on its story lines about sex can be read as empowering and transgressive. From Lady Mary’s multiple attempts to find pleasure in the bedroom, to story lines about birth control, abortion, rape, and homosexuality, Downton is, as one fan declares, “nothing like the show that would be on at your grandparents’ house if they didn’t have cable when you were a kid.”

Comparing it to other popular costume dramas like Poldark, Peaky Blinders, and Call the Midwife, we’ll also see how these types of historical fictions are as much about our own time and values as they are about the past being represented on our small screens. (Advance tickets: $12. Doors: $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts about 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself adequate time to place any orders and get seated and settled in.)

With three days of consecutive performances, Radical Recitations is an arts festival that not only celebrates the human right to artistic freedom of expression and the radical power of storytelling to catalyze social change – it is a call to action in defense of artistic freedom.Radical Recitationsis presented by Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI), who last year brought you Revolutions & Movementsat Dupont Underground.

This year, AFI has partnered with Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Studio Theatre and Tamizdat to bring you performances both powerful and personal by revolutionary international artists NOURA MINT SEYMALI, TOTO KISAKU, and KING RAAM.

As artists are increasingly censored, imprisoned, restricted from moving freely across borders, tortured, or even killed, it is more critical than ever that we safeguard the right to free expression and zealously champion the courageous artists who exercise it. Join us! Radical Recitations is being held Friday, November 15 – Sunday, November 17, 2019 in Washington D.C.

Hen House presents Tiny Show 2, an all-female/trans/non-binary exhibit featuring grand concepts on a miniature scale. The artists challenged themselves to create works within the physical constraints of 5in x 5in, with the hope of confronting our society’s all-too-often narrow view of women and their place in the artistic continuum. As the concepts depicted transcend the boundaries of their physical size, so too does the courage, creativity and genius of women.

Join us opening night on November 15th from 7pm-12am at Good Fast Cheap DC (524 Rhode Island Ave NE). There will be live DJs, live painting, drinks and food available.

Gallery Hours on Saturday, November 16th and Sunday, November 17th are from12pm-5pm.

Sunday night, November 17th from 6pm-10pm we’ll be holding a fundraiser/Bingo night benefitting HIPS (find out more about their organization at www.hips.org)

Workshops:

Block Printing with Kate Parnell Tuesday 11/19|8pm-10pm $30

Screen Printing with Beth Hansen Wednesday 11/20|6pm-8pm $50

Marbling Workshop with Clara Cornelius Friday 11/22|6pm-9pm $75

Creative Writing Workshop with Zewiditu Saturday 11/23|1pm-3pm $15

Explore ARTECHOUSE’s newest exhibition, Lucid Motion, by globally renowned Japanese artist group Rhizomatiks Research and Daito Manabe. Opening September 28th in D.C., Lucid Motion aims to examine human motion from various standpoints using next-level technologies and expression methods to elaborate into three unique installations. Visitors will get to engage with dance performances themed on human motion, lights and shades as they experience these through multiple rooms. 

“An interdisciplinary digital Renaissance man”, Rhizomatiks founder Daito Manabe is known for his innovative approaches to the human body, programming, data, computers and other uses of arts and technology. Always future scentric, the Tokyo-based media artist and creative technologist uses programming, sound design and interaction design to develop groundbreaking production technology for major international events and art projects, from augmented reality videos for musicians to live interactive technology driven performances for dancers. 

On View September 29th – December 1st at ARTECHOUSE / DC

Tickets: $8-20 // Open to all ages

For tickets & details, visit: www.artechouse.com

Daytime Admission:

Daily // 10AM – 5PM

After Hours Admission (21 ):

Sun – Thu // 5PM – 10PM

Fri & Sat // 5:30PM – 11:30PM

Profs and Pints presents: “Handicapping the Democratic Primaries,” with David Barker, professor of government and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University.

In races between political candidates, it’s important to consider not just the strengths of the contestants, but the rules of the game and the conditions of the field. The relative advantages of insiders versus outsiders, sprinters versus marathoners, and clean runners versus “mudders” can vary tremendously from one place or time to the next. Our electoral system’s status as one of the most complicated in the world does not make understanding it any easier, and media pundits are rarely much help.

Profs and Pints is offering you a chance to gain a sophisticated knowledge of the factors at play as we look to see who will emerge from a crowded field of Democratic candidates vying to be their party’s nominee for president and evaluate their chances of winning in 2020. Coming to the stage to help you make sense of it all is David Barker, who previously has given illuminating talks on Congressional gridlock and the impact of “alternative facts” in American politics. Drawing upon his decades of research, Professor barker will tackle questions such as:

• How does the primary and caucus calendar affect the outcome? Which candidates does such timing favor?
• How do the rules vary, and which candidates have an advantage in primaries vs. caucuses, or open primaries vs. closed primaries?
• How is “electability” shaping this contest? How are related considerations pertaining to race, gender, sexuality, religion, age and ideological “extremism”?
• How do campaign strategies differ in nominations vs. general elections?
• Who is running the smartest campaign?
• How are the media influencing this race so far, and is that likely to change?
• What role do party insiders play, and who are they lining up behind?

You might not end up feeling like a winner after the ballots are counted, you’ll at least have less of a chance of being surprised. (Advance tickets: $12. Doors: $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself time to place any orders and get seated and settled in.)

If not in fame, then in infamy…

Genius and jealousy collide in the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna in Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning “Best Play,” Amadeus. Directed by Richard Clifford (Folger’s Mary Stuart), the production features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Macbeth and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Folger) as the tortured composer Salieri, who does everything in his power to destroy his musical rival—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Samuel Adams).

Visit the Folger website for special related events.

Hen House presents Tiny Show 2, an all-female/trans/non-binary exhibit featuring grand concepts on a miniature scale. The artists challenged themselves to create works within the physical constraints of 5in x 5in, with the hope of confronting our society’s all-too-often narrow view of women and their place in the artistic continuum. As the concepts depicted transcend the boundaries of their physical size, so too does the courage, creativity and genius of women.

Join us opening night on November 15th from 7pm-12am at Good Fast Cheap DC (524 Rhode Island Ave NE). There will be live DJs, live painting, drinks and food available.

Gallery Hours on Saturday, November 16th and Sunday, November 17th are from12pm-5pm.

Sunday night, November 17th from 6pm-10pm we’ll be holding a fundraiser/Bingo night benefitting HIPS (find out more about their organization at www.hips.org)

Workshops:

Block Printing with Kate Parnell Tuesday 11/19|8pm-10pm $30

Screen Printing with Beth Hansen Wednesday 11/20|6pm-8pm $50

Marbling Workshop with Clara Cornelius Friday 11/22|6pm-9pm $75

Creative Writing Workshop with Zewiditu Saturday 11/23|1pm-3pm $15

Explore ARTECHOUSE’s newest exhibition, Lucid Motion, by globally renowned Japanese artist group Rhizomatiks Research and Daito Manabe. Opening September 28th in D.C., Lucid Motion aims to examine human motion from various standpoints using next-level technologies and expression methods to elaborate into three unique installations. Visitors will get to engage with dance performances themed on human motion, lights and shades as they experience these through multiple rooms. 

“An interdisciplinary digital Renaissance man”, Rhizomatiks founder Daito Manabe is known for his innovative approaches to the human body, programming, data, computers and other uses of arts and technology. Always future scentric, the Tokyo-based media artist and creative technologist uses programming, sound design and interaction design to develop groundbreaking production technology for major international events and art projects, from augmented reality videos for musicians to live interactive technology driven performances for dancers. 

On View September 29th – December 1st at ARTECHOUSE / DC

Tickets: $8-20 // Open to all ages

For tickets & details, visit: www.artechouse.com

Daytime Admission:

Daily // 10AM – 5PM

After Hours Admission (21 ):

Sun – Thu // 5PM – 10PM

Fri & Sat // 5:30PM – 11:30PM

Profs and Pints presents: “Revolutionary Manners,” a look at calls for civility in response to demands for change, with Olufemi Taiwo, assistant professor of political philosophy and ethics at Georgetown University.

Many decry the decline of civility in an age of increasing political polarization and easy mass communication via social media. Among them, Amy Olberding, author of the recently published book The Wrong of Rudeness, defends politeness with some unexpected help from ancient Chinese thought that held that neglecting courtesy comes at great costs to social beings like ourselves. On the other side, the broader conversation on social justice often links demands for civility with oppressive social structures, a charge for which history provides plenty of evidence.

Join Olufemi Taiwo, a scholar of political and social philosophy who previously has given well-received Profs and Pints talks on environmentalism and colonialism, as he unpacks the civility debate and describes its potential hazards.

Professor Taiwo will describe how the fact that civility gets mobilized in defense of injustice is no idiosyncrasy of our current political moment, but a natural extension of the sort of role that civility plays in organizing social life. He’ll argue, however, that rather than abandoning the idea of civility, we need to reclaim and repurpose it precisely for the sake of taking oppression seriously. To understand why this is the case, we need to understand civility differently, and see how informal social patterns play an important role in distributing social goods like attention, respect, and status. Any non-authoritarian version of a better world would also have systems of civility and etiquette. Justice in this informal aspect of social structure is an important part of the wider struggle for social justice.

Dr. Taiwo will describe what role civility already plays in the pursuit of social justice—both in past campaigns about social norms, like the “Ms.” form of address for adult women and nascent norms of etiquette that encourage people to ask others their pronouns. And he’ll discuss what role it could play in future campaigns for justice, and what’s at stake—even for activists, organizers, and political gadflies—if civility is left by the wayside. (Advance tickets: $12. Doors: $15. Save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk begins 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself adequate time to get seated and settled in.)

If not in fame, then in infamy…

Genius and jealousy collide in the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna in Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning “Best Play,” Amadeus. Directed by Richard Clifford (Folger’s Mary Stuart), the production features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Macbeth and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Folger) as the tortured composer Salieri, who does everything in his power to destroy his musical rival—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Samuel Adams).

Visit the Folger website for special related events.

Hen House presents Tiny Show 2, an all-female/trans/non-binary exhibit featuring grand concepts on a miniature scale. The artists challenged themselves to create works within the physical constraints of 5in x 5in, with the hope of confronting our society’s all-too-often narrow view of women and their place in the artistic continuum. As the concepts depicted transcend the boundaries of their physical size, so too does the courage, creativity and genius of women.

Join us opening night on November 15th from 7pm-12am at Good Fast Cheap DC (524 Rhode Island Ave NE). There will be live DJs, live painting, drinks and food available.

Gallery Hours on Saturday, November 16th and Sunday, November 17th are from12pm-5pm.

Sunday night, November 17th from 6pm-10pm we’ll be holding a fundraiser/Bingo night benefitting HIPS (find out more about their organization at www.hips.org)

Workshops:

Block Printing with Kate Parnell Tuesday 11/19|8pm-10pm $30

Screen Printing with Beth Hansen Wednesday 11/20|6pm-8pm $50

Marbling Workshop with Clara Cornelius Friday 11/22|6pm-9pm $75

Creative Writing Workshop with Zewiditu Saturday 11/23|1pm-3pm $15

Explore ARTECHOUSE’s newest exhibition, Lucid Motion, by globally renowned Japanese artist group Rhizomatiks Research and Daito Manabe. Opening September 28th in D.C., Lucid Motion aims to examine human motion from various standpoints using next-level technologies and expression methods to elaborate into three unique installations. Visitors will get to engage with dance performances themed on human motion, lights and shades as they experience these through multiple rooms. 

“An interdisciplinary digital Renaissance man”, Rhizomatiks founder Daito Manabe is known for his innovative approaches to the human body, programming, data, computers and other uses of arts and technology. Always future scentric, the Tokyo-based media artist and creative technologist uses programming, sound design and interaction design to develop groundbreaking production technology for major international events and art projects, from augmented reality videos for musicians to live interactive technology driven performances for dancers. 

On View September 29th – December 1st at ARTECHOUSE / DC

Tickets: $8-20 // Open to all ages

For tickets & details, visit: www.artechouse.com

Daytime Admission:

Daily // 10AM – 5PM

After Hours Admission (21 ):

Sun – Thu // 5PM – 10PM

Fri & Sat // 5:30PM – 11:30PM

**This show will have ASL interpretation**

Is your appetite simply insatiable? Food and sex are two of the greatest pleasures in life, and it’s irresistibly erotic to bring them together. Take a break from Turkey Day planning and join us for drinks and nibbles as we trade recipes for aphrodisiac encounters. Let’s get ravenous with stories about seductions that were finger-licking good!

(Not familiar with Smut Slam? It’s a storytelling open mic where audience members sign up for 5-minute slots to tell their best real-life, first-person, consensual sex stories. It’s queer-friendly, kink-friendly, lifestyle-friendly, body-positive, sex-positive, and wildly fun. No costumes, no notes, no gimmicks, just straight-up raw truth! See the full rules and how it works on our Rules of the Road page.)

This month, our theme is “Feast for the Senses”. We want to hear about how you got trussed and stuffed, or the night you wore nothing but whipped cream. Did those oyster shooters seal the deal on your happy hour hookup? Tell us about the dinner party where one of the guests was dessert, or the ways you’ve amused your bouche. Tonight, the chef’s special is raw sexuality served up in its own juices!

Your fabulous femme-cees are as always Smut Slam DC co-producers Mindi Mimosa and Diva Darling, joined by a panel of local celebrity judges who’ll have what you’re having.

Join us before the show to enjoy delicious pub fare, sample our exclusive cocktail specials, and browse collections of F*ckbucket confessions from past shows. Get swag, merch, and edutainment from our vendor and partner tables– including Smut Slam DC merch.

As always, the F*ckbucket (where audience members can throw in anonymous confessions or questions) is generously sponsored by nJoy sex toys. We’ve got some fabulous storytelling prize packs on tap for you from our show sponsors, Lotus Blooms, GlydeAmerica, Überlube, and Creamed and Sugared.

Doors at 7, show at 8. Our show is 18 but we must ask our under-21 friends to stay in the Slam space while they’re on the premises. Parking in the area is limited, so we recommend leaving extra time to park or taking Metro or ride-sharing. We’re a short walk from the U St. and Shaw Metro stops.