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'Tis the season! It’s the Fifth Annual Santa Bowl Flag Football Tournament benefitting Bridges to Independence.Compete on and off the field. Prizes are rewarded
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‘Tis the season! It’s the Fifth Annual Santa Bowl Flag Football Tournament benefitting Bridges to Independence.
Compete on and off the field. Prizes are rewarded to the top placing tournament winners AND to the team that collects the most donations for Bridges. Your team could win both!
Santa Bowl is a 7v7 Co-Ed tournament at Long Bridge Park in Arlington, VA.
COST:
Early Bird – $399 Per team before Tuesday, October 22
General Entry – $450 Per team after Tuesday, October 22
Minimum team size is 12 players.
Registration closes Tuesday, December 3 or when the tournament fills.
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location
Long Bridge Park
475 Long Bridge Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
Cost
450
07dec2:00 pm4:30 pmAMADEUS2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Folger Theatre
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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
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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.
Time
(Saturday) 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Saturday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
07dec5:00 pm11:00 pmKrampusnacht DC5:00 pm - 11:00 pm Gallery O on H St
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Krampus is Coming! Sat Dec 7th, Naughty & Nice converge for the 8th Annual Krampusnacht DC. Offering an incredible night of artistic expression, talented performance, family fun, & revelry for
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Krampus is Coming! Sat Dec 7th, Naughty & Nice converge for the 8th Annual Krampusnacht DC. Offering an incredible night of artistic expression, talented performance, family fun, & revelry for all! Krampusnacht DC celebrates an age-old tradition to benefit an amazing cause for DC’s foster kids. It represents one of the area’s most unique events & the perfect way to kick off the holiday season. No doubt, THIS is a night you WON’T want to miss!
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KrampusnachtDC.
Krampus on Youtube: https://youtu.be/n3Lh5YIvSlo.
Time
(Saturday) 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Cost
$15
07dec6:00 pmPigeons Playing Ping Pong6:00 pm The Anthem
Time
(Saturday) 6:00 pm
Cost
$35.00-$65.00
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This program explores joy, whimsy, and humor in music, and invites us to lose ourselves in delight. In addition to two motets by that most joyful of all
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This program explores joy, whimsy, and humor in music, and invites us to lose ourselves in delight. In addition to two motets by that most joyful of all composers, Johann Sebastian Bach, the program includes works by Gwyneth Walker, John Muehleisen, Jake Runestad, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ well-loved In Windsor Forest.
Featuring guest artist David Jones, clarinet
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$0-$45
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“A gut punch... nothing short of life itself: by turns hopeful, funny, surprising, and tragic”—The New York TimesA collaboration among legends, The Day is a new music/dance work by cellist
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“A gut punch… nothing short of life itself: by turns hopeful, funny, surprising, and tragic”—The New York Times
A collaboration among legends, The Day is a new music/dance work by cellist Maya Beiser, dancer Wendy Whelan, and choreographer Lucinda Childs, with music by David Lang. This bold, evening-long sensory exploration of two journeys—life and the eternal, post-mortal voyage of the soul—weaves together universal themes through the shared language of music and dance.
Cellist Maya Beiser, who conceived the piece, is a veteran of the world’s most revered stages; she has been described by the Boston Globe as “a force of nature” and by Rolling Stone as a “cello rock star.” Wendy Whelan, widely considered one of the world’s leading dancers, spent 30 years as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet and originated numerous roles in new works by the world’s most esteemed choreographers. The two will be onstage all evening, embodying the iconic choreography of Lucinda Childs—a Commandeur in France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and 2018 Hall of Fame inductee at the National Museum of Dance—to the original music of Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang.
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$25-$69
07dec8:00 pm10:30 pmAMADEUS8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Folger Theatre
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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
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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.
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
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DC punk/hard-rock band The Suspension plays 7DrumCity on Saturday night to mark the release of their new album, The Fearless. Free album download with admission.
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DC punk/hard-rock band The Suspension plays 7DrumCity on Saturday night to mark the release of their new album, The Fearless. Free album download with admission.
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Cost
$8 in advance; $10 day of show
07dec(dec 7)11:00 pm08(dec 8)3:00 amHouse of BOOM11:00 pm - 3:00 am (8) Backbar
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DC's all-vinyl House and Disco party is back with special guest Kenny M, plus Nick Garcia, DJ Eddy Bauer, and Big Chain.
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DC’s all-vinyl House and Disco party is back with special guest Kenny M, plus Nick Garcia, DJ Eddy Bauer, and Big Chain.
Time
7 (Saturday) 11:00 pm - 8 (Sunday) 3:00 am
Cost
$5
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Hear from professionals that work in the arts and sharpen your own creative skills with a hands-on activity. In this installment, DC makers and nature lovers Alicia Mazzara and Cielo
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Hear from professionals that work in the arts and sharpen your own creative skills with a hands-on activity. In this installment, DC makers and nature lovers Alicia Mazzara and Cielo Contreras teach you how to mount a small plant and maintain a beautiful living wall in your home.
Tickets: $12; Registration required, tickets available November 24 at 12pm.
Time
(Sunday) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost
$12
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Hop around 14th street for Tito's cocktails & small plates at some of our favorite restaurants!Guests will receive
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Hop around 14th street for Tito’s cocktails & small plates at some of our favorite restaurants!
Guests will receive 1 Tito’s cocktail & 1 small plate at each participating venue.
Go in whatever order or pace that you’d like! Food/Drink Tickets are valid from 2-6pm.
Ticket proceeds will benefit Martha’s Table.
Participating Venue’s Include:
– Check in (2-5pm): Red Light (1401 R St NW)
– Provision No 14 (2100 14th St NW)
– Doi Moi (1800 14th St NW)
– Cafe Saint-Ex (1847 14th St NW)
– Bar Pilar (1833 14th St NW)
– Pearl Dive (1612 14th St NW)
– After Party: Hawthorne (1336 U St NW) Food/drink ticket valid here from 5:30-6:30pm
– This is intended to be an intimate, holiday event so tickets are very limited.
– Guests must check in at Red Light between 2:00pm-5:00pm
– Use promo code “bytHOPS” for 20% off your ticket! (Brings ticket down to $40!)
Attendees must be 21 with a valid government issued ID. Do not drink and drive.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Red Light Bar
1401 R Street NW
Cost
40.00
08dec2:00 pm4:30 pmAMADEUS2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Folger Theatre
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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
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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.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
08dec3:00 pm8:00 pmElectric Rainbow: Nutcracker EditionA Onesie Party3:00 pm - 8:00 pm Capo Backroom
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Instead of roasting your chestnuts by an open fire, join us at Electric Rainbow: Nutcracker edition. Join special guest host Orri and our Sugar Plumb Fairies (KC B Yonce and
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Instead of roasting your chestnuts by an open fire, join us at Electric Rainbow: Nutcracker edition. Join special guest host Orri and our Sugar Plumb Fairies (KC B Yonce and Jazzmin) for this whimsical LGBTQ event. Bring forth your favorite onesie so that you can freely jingle your bells to the beats by DJ Chord and DJ Twin. There will be a grand prize for the best onesie…so dress to impress!
Time
(Sunday) 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
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Join Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic for delightful musical treats during the holiday season including Vaughan Williams delightful version of Greensleeves with WMP principals
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Join Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic for delightful musical treats during the holiday season including Vaughan Williams delightful version of Greensleeves with WMP principals Lynn Ann Zimmerman-Bell on flute, and Heidi Sturniolo on harp. The concert will begin with holiday vocal selections from the Great American Song Book performed by Soprano Elizabeth Kluegel. WMP’s principal violinist Tim Kidder solos in Lukas Foss’s melodious and virtuosic Three American Pieces, orchestrated by Foss for Itzhak Perlman. WMP’s principal Tubist Karl Hovey explores Richard Strauss’ romantic Horn Concerto, playing it on the tuba. Discover how Stravinsky evokes the world of commedia dell’arte clowns in Pulcinella.
Holiday Selection from the American Song Book with soprano Elizabeth Kluegel
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves, Lynn Ann Zimmerman-Bell, Flute; Heidi Sturniolo, Harp
LUKAS FOSS Three American Pieces, Timothy Kidder, violin
RICHARD STRAUSS Horn Concerto No.1, Karl Hovey, tuba
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella
Time
(Sunday) 3:00 pm
Cost
$25; 18 & under FREE
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Sunday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
08dec6:00 pm8:30 amProfs & Pints: The Science of Inspiration6:00 pm - 8:30 am Bier Baron Tavern
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Profs and Pints presents: “The Science of Inspiration,” a look at how the brain creates, with Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington
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Profs and Pints presents: “The Science of Inspiration,” a look at how the brain creates, with Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University and co-author of The Molecule of More.
Creative ideas seem to come out of nowhere, often popping into our heads, fully formed, with no apparent work being done on our part. Sometimes creative ideas solve simple problems, other times they revolutionize an industry. Are they divine inspiration? The influence of a friendly muse? Or are they manufactured by hidden circuits within the brain that we’re ordinarily unaware of?
Come learn what neuroscience tells us about the creative process from Dr. Lieberman, who previously gave fantastic Profs and Pints talks on brain chemistry and politics based on his book The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity―and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race.
He will review five strategies that activate the creative parts of the brain, with illustrations from ancient history and modern life.
Our modern economy is no longer based on natural resources or physical labor. It’s based on ideas. Understanding creativity—what it is, where it comes from, and how to stimulate it—gives us the key to understanding progress in the 21st century.
Whether the next creative task in front of you involves coming up with a strategic plan, writing a book, or simply helping build a snowman, you’ll leave this talk with a much better understanding of how your brain will rise to the challenge. You might even find yourself better at such tasks than you had been before. (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.)
Time
(Sunday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 am
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.
08dec7:00 pm9:30 pmAMADEUS7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Folger Theatre
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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
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Event Details
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.
Time
(Sunday) 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Monday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
09dec6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: Trump’s Two-Faced War on Terror6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern
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Profs and Pints presents: “Trump's Two-Faced War on Terror,” with Stephen Tankel, associate professor in the School of International Service at American University and an adjunct senior fellow at
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Profs and Pints presents: “Trump’s Two-Faced War on Terror,” with Stephen Tankel, associate professor in the School of International Service at American University and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.
Donald Trump made defeating terrorism one of the defining themes of his campaign for president, and his election on a hyper-nationalist America First platform naturally raised the question of how U.S. counterterrorism would change under him.
If a satisfying answer to this question appears elusive more than two years into Trump’s time in office, it is because his administration’s counterterrorism policies have been Janus-faced. One face consists of policies that Trump inherited from his predecessors and which can be defined as actual counterterrorism. These policies may have evolved under a Trump administration, but they still exist within a traditional counterterrorism paradigm. The other face is faux counterterrorism. These policies, such as the “Muslim ban” and using U.S. forces to pillage Syrian oil, masquerade as counterterrorism, but are really intended purely to serve political and ideological objectives.
Come learn in detail about these two approaches to counterterrorism, and the distinct threat to national security posed by faux counterterrorism, from Professor Stephen Tankel, an expert on terrorism, counterterrorism, security assistance and cooperation, and security and military affairs in South Asia. His analysis will be based on extensive experience that includes a former position as a senior adviser at the Department of Defense, field research in Afghanistan, Algeria, Kenya, Lebanon, Pakistan, Tunisia, and the Balkans, and his authorship of works such as With Us And Against Us: How America’s Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror.
Professor Tankel will discuss how policies that can be termed faux counterterrorism fit into a wider pattern of rhetoric and actions that risk undermining actual counterterrorism efforts against groups like the Islamic State. They also may actually enable white supremacist terrorism domestically and globally. Recognizing the two faces of our current counterterrorism policies is essential not only for making sense of current U.S. efforts, but also for addressing the threats that faux counterterrorism policies pose to American ideals. (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.)
Time
(Monday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.
09dec7:30 pm9:00 pmEmily Dickinson Birthday Tribute7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Folger Shakespeare Library
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Artist Lesley Dill and poet Tom Sleigh celebrate Dickinson at Folger's annual tribute to the iconic poet. Following the presentation, the two artists will have a conversation about their shared
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Artist Lesley Dill and poet Tom Sleigh celebrate Dickinson at Folger’s annual tribute to the iconic poet. Following the presentation, the two artists will have a conversation about their shared muse. Black cake from Dickinson’s own recipe will be served at a wine reception following the reading.
Artist Lesley Dill works with paper, wire, horsehair, photography, foil, bronze, and music. Her artworks are in the collections of over 50 museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her opera based on Dickinson’s poems, Divide Light, was performed by New York’s New Camerata Opera Company in 2018.
Tom Sleigh’s ten books of poetry include Army Cats (John Updike Award) and Space Walk (Kingsley Tufts Award). His book of essays, The Land Between Two Rivers: Writing in an Age of Refugees, is being published as a companion piece to his latest book of poems, House of Fact, House of Ruin.
Time
(Monday) 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost
$15
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Tuesday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
10dec5:30 pm8:00 pmHandi-hour5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Renwick Gallery
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Looking for holiday gift ideas? Craft your own at our December Handi-hour, choose from a variety of crafts, like cork photo holders and miniature wreaths. Enjoy beer from Denizens Brewing
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Looking for holiday gift ideas? Craft your own at our December Handi-hour, choose from a variety of crafts, like cork photo holders and miniature wreaths. Enjoy beer from Denizens Brewing and live music from Mink’s Miracle Medicine while you get crafty. Tickets ($25) include two beers, a souvenir glass, crafting supplies, and light snacks. Must be 21 or older to purchase tickets and present a valid ID at the door for entry.
Tickets: $25; Tickets available online
Time
(Tuesday) 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
$25
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Profs and Pints presents: “Sex, Love, Orgasms, Marriage, and Evolution” with Rui Diogo, associate professor of anatomy at Howard University's College of Medicine and resource faculty member
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Profs and Pints presents: “Sex, Love, Orgasms, Marriage, and Evolution” with Rui Diogo, associate professor of anatomy at Howard University’s College of Medicine and resource faculty member at George Washington University’s Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology.
For far too long, scholarly research on sex and love was based on the researchers’ personal prejudices or on pseudo-scientific ideas divorced from scientific observation. Today, fortunately, we are in the process of gaining a more objective understanding of how sex, love, and marriage have evolved throughout human history. Researchers from fields such as psychology, neurobiology, anthropology and evolutionary biology are using archeological research into extinct human groups, studies of primates and other animals, and comparative studies of various subgroups of modern humans to gain a much better understanding of how couples end up on the alter or what takes place under the sheets.
Join Professor Rui Diogo, who previously enthralled Profs and Pints audiences with his talks on evolutionary medicine and on evolution and racism, for a fascinating discussion of the findings of such research. He’ll take up longstanding questions related to nature versus nurture and clear up confusion rooted in racism, sexism, and other prejudices. He’ll discuss how culture might lead to differences in ability to reach orgasm, and how sexuality was since long an obsession of organized religions and continues to be a cultural taboo. Young children see adults close their doors to ‘do it’, as if it is a horrible, forbidden act, and the empirical evidence shows that parents’ promotion of such thinking has negative implications throughout life.
Professor Diogo also will describe how various social changes, such as the rise of capitalism, have influenced human sexuality, and in particular had allowed love to conquer marriage, for the better or the worse. He’ll also show how homosexuality occurs naturally in other species, not being unique to humans or anything ‘unnatural’, and how monogamy may be mainly a social construct mainly related to humanity’s shift from hunting and gathering to a more sedentary lifestyle with the rise of the first cities.
Profs and Pints normally allows audience members under 18 if they’re accompanied by an adult, but you’ll probably want to leave the kids home for this one. You might not emerge from the talk a better lover, but you’ll probably end up being a more thoughtful one. Your ancestors up in the trees missed out on such learning opportunities. (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 sufficient time to place any order and be seated and settled in. )
Time
(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.
10dec7:30 pm10:00 pmAMADEUS7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Folger Theatre
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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
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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.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$42-85
10dec8:00 pmSam Amidon with Lotion Princess8:00 pm Songbyrd
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Sam AmidonIn his decade-long career as a recording and touring musician, singer and multi-instrumentalist (banjo, guitar, fiddle) Sam Amidon has always managed to create work that’s utterly original, even when,
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Sam Amidon
In his decade-long career as a recording and touring musician, singer and multi-instrumentalist (banjo, guitar, fiddle) Sam Amidon has always managed to create work that’s utterly original, even when, as on previous discs, he was digging through the sounds and stories of traditional American music.
On his latest project, Amidon says: “Fatal Flower Garden is my tribute to the elusive spirit of Harry Smith and to his wondrous Anthology of American Folk Music. Harry Smith believed in the secret connections and mysteries that existed in culture … whether it was the feeling of Thelonious Monk’s rhythmic phrasing; the patterns in string games and Ukrainian egg painting designs; the wild fiddle tunes; or the epic folk ballads. He understood American Folk Music to be a wildly heterogeneous category that included multiple cultural, racial, and linguistic elements.”
Lotion Princess
Lotion Princess makes hypnotic indie pop out of Washington, DC. An “aural form of a cathartic walk in the woods” (DCist).
Time
(Tuesday) 8:00 pm
Cost
$15
11dec11:00 am5:00 pmArty QueersDC's LGBTQ Indoor Art Market11:00 am - 5:00 pm The DC Center
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Arty Queers is The DC Center’s Monthly Indoor LGBTQ Art Market featuring original artwork for sale including paintings, pottery, photography, jewelry, glass work, textiles and clothing.This is the place to
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Arty Queers is The DC Center’s Monthly Indoor LGBTQ Art Market featuring original artwork for sale including paintings, pottery, photography, jewelry, glass work, textiles and clothing.
This is the place to get your monthly dose of art created by local LGBTQ Artisans in the heart of U Street Corridor.
Grand Opening of our first art market is on Saturday April 13th at The DC Center from 11am-5pm.
Check out our art market on the 2nd Saturday of each month on the following dates:
May 11th, June 8th, July 13th, August 10th. September 14th, October 12th, November 9th & December 14th
Art Space available for $20.00 per table
Interested Artists Please Click Here To Submit Your Application
Click Here To Pay For Art Market Fees
Time
(Wednesday) 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost
0.00
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
11dec6:00 pm7:00 pmYoga in Luce6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Bring your mat and relax with this Vinyasa yoga and art appreciation series. Participants are invited to reflect on an artwork of their choosing in the Luce Foundation Center before
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Bring your mat and relax with this Vinyasa yoga and art appreciation series. Participants are invited to reflect on an artwork of their choosing in the Luce Foundation Center before unwinding with a one-hour all-levels vinyasa yoga class.
Tickets: $10; Tickets available online starting November 27 at noon. Cash is not accepted at the door.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost
$10
11dec7:30 pm10:00 pmAMADEUS7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Folger Theatre
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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
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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.
Time
(Wednesday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$42-85
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The Story Collider returns to Bier Baron Tavern on Wednesday, December 11th with a night of true, personal stories about the gifts that science brings—from the gifts that power
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The Story Collider returns to Bier Baron Tavern on Wednesday, December 11th with a night of true, personal stories about the gifts that science brings—from the gifts that power our geekery to those that help us cope with our relationships.
Stories by
Natalie Amini, DC Regional Producer of the Moth
Ian Anthony, Public defender
Tori Ball, Storyteller and math teacher
Phill Branch, Storyteller and filmmaker
Taylor Winkleman, Veterinarian and global health security policy expert
About the Story Collider
The Story Collider is a nonprofit organization dedicated to true, personal stories about science. Since 2010, we have been working with storytellers from both inside and outside science to develop these stories, and we share them through our weekly podcast and our live shows around the world.
Time
(Wednesday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost
15.00
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
more
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
12dec6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: Understanding Therapy6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern
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Profs and Pints presents: “Understanding Therapy,” a guide to how to find psychological help and get the most from it, with Jeremy Steglitz, clinical psychologist in Washington DC and
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Profs and Pints presents: “Understanding Therapy,” a guide to how to find psychological help and get the most from it, with Jeremy Steglitz, clinical psychologist in Washington DC and former teaching fellow at Northwestern and Yale.
‘Tis the season to wonder if therapy might be a good idea. With the holidays and winter approaching, it’s not uncommon for people to feel especially “off”. On the whole, anxiety and depression have been on the rise—especially among millennials in urban areas like DC—with burnout, financial stress, social media, loneliness, and even noise pollution being just a few contributing factors.
But finding a therapist in a place like metro Washington DC can be challenging. The process often brings up questions and concerns that aren’t widely discussed outside a therapist’s office, creating a catch-22 for those who have not found a therapist already. Regardless of whether you think you might benefit from therapy or you are just trying to guide someone you know who might need help, you’ll benefit from this introductory talk about therapists and the therapy process.
Drawing from the research literature and his own experiences, Jeremy Steglitz will tackle many of the common questions that patients have, such as: Is my therapist right for me? What am I supposed to share in therapy? How do I know if therapy is working? He will suggest ways to decide if a therapist is good fit, and demystify the types of psychotherapies out there, discussing whether it matters what type a patient chooses. He’ll also talk about what a “typical” session looks like, and how to think about “therapy success” and when and how therapy should end.
You’ll walk out a better-informed consumer, and better able to seek help for yourself or advise others on how to get it. (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.)
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.
12dec7:30 pm10:00 pmAMADEUS7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Folger Theatre
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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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Thursday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$42-85
12dec7:30 pm10:00 pmThe HeavyWeights Comedy Show!7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Brixton
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The HeavyWeights Comedy Show is back with another hilarious lineup! This month's lineup includes amazing comics such as Steven
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The HeavyWeights Comedy Show is back with another hilarious lineup! This month’s lineup includes amazing comics such as Steven Chen [Church Night], Andrew Cook [Kennedy Center], Michael Summers [Kennedy Center], and Rahmein Mostafavi [FOX, Sirius XM, TEDX]. Don’t miss out on this night of hilarities on December 12th. Support Live Entertainment!
Time
(Thursday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$8 Online; $10 Door
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Catch an encore performance and live filming of the hit Capital Fringe show Acuña Acuna! 'Acuña Acuna’ is a one person comedy show (monologues,
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Catch an encore performance and live filming of the hit Capital Fringe show Acuña Acuna!
The show had a sold out run at the 2019 Capital Fringe Festival and it was voted as ‘Best Solo Performance’ and ‘Best of Fringe’. It was also reviewed by NPR, DCist and Broadway World as one of the “must see” shows. The show was also a finalist at the Yes, And… Laughter Lab in partnership with Comedy Central.
Time
(Thursday) 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost
$10
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Friday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
Event Details
4TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY POPUP SHOP18 Local Makers, Visit from Santa, Hot Chocolate, Sweet & Savory Crepes, Gingerbread Cookie Decorating with Bread Furst, Free Kids Craft Room, Free Adult Holiday Card
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4TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY POPUP SHOP
18 Local Makers, Visit from Santa, Hot Chocolate, Sweet & Savory Crepes, Gingerbread Cookie Decorating with Bread Furst, Free Kids Craft Room, Free Adult Holiday Card Making Room, Caroling on Connecticut and more!
Full schedule and times: https://www.facebook.com/events/2404429303149924/
Time
13 (Friday) 5:30 pm - 15 (Sunday) 4:00 pm
Cost
free
13dec8:00 pm10:30 pmAMADEUS8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Friday) 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian
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Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra and women’s chorus.
“The best Christmas concert in Washington” – DCist
Time
(Friday) 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost
$52, discounts available
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Goldie Grigio hosts a fabulous night of questionable holiday attire. A $10 donation gets you a free poinsettia cocktail. All donations support The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention service for
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Goldie Grigio hosts a fabulous night of questionable holiday attire. A $10 donation gets you a free poinsettia cocktail. All donations support The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention service for LGBTQ youth. You can strut your stuff for cash prizes. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes go to the ugliest knits!
Time
13 (Friday) 9:00 pm - 14 (Saturday) 2:00 am
Location
18th & U Duplex Diner
2004 18th St NW,
Cost
Free, $10 suggested donation
14dec2:00 pm4:30 pmAMADEUS2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Saturday) 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra and women’s chorus.
“The best Christmas concert in Washington” – DCist
Time
(Saturday) 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cost
$52, with discounts available
Event Details
Experience the holiday season with festive activities and fare at historic sites throughout Alexandria!Discover Alexandria's holiday traditions through the centuriesDance in the
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Experience the holiday season with festive activities and fare at historic sites throughout Alexandria!
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Discover Alexandria’s holiday traditions through the centuries
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Dance in the ballroom at Gadsby’s Tavern Museum
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Warm yourself by the fire at Carlyle House
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Make a Victorian keepsake at Lee-Fendall House
Enjoy seasonal decorations, refreshments, and take advantage of a 10% discount at the participating Museum Shops! A cash bar for adult beverages will be located at Gadby’s Tavern Museum.
Ticket includes admission to Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, Carlyle House Historic Park, Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden, and the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum.
A free shuttle will run between all participating sites throughout the event!
Time
(Saturday) 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost
$8-$30
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Saturday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
14dec6:00 pm10:00 pmFreedom Party® DC6:00 pm - 10:00 pm U Street Music Hall
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Freedom Party® NYC is the longest running, most legendary old-school dance party in NYC history! Since 2003, Freedom's brought people together from all over the world to dance to classic
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Freedom Party® NYC is the longest running, most legendary old-school dance party in NYC history! Since 2003, Freedom’s brought people together from all over the world to dance to classic party hits from yesterday thru today, be it hip-hop, R&B, pop, rock, reggae, disco or house. 16 yrs, 800 parties…and counting!
TICKETS just $10 in advance! ($20 day of.)*
www.tinyurl.com/freedom1214
*PORTION OF PROCEEDS DONATED TO: https://www.blackalleyband.com/hoodrock-university
BIRTHDAY SPECIAL: 2 free passes if you were born in December! Email [email protected] to claim yours, but quickly–it’s while supplies last!
SIGN UP for our newsletter and be on the lookout for discount codes: https://freedomparty.activehosted.com/f/1
MUSIC by Herbert Holler
POWERED BY Cam Poles (Black Alley Chocolate City Farmers Market) and Jan from the Innovashion Group!
WINNER: “Best Dance Party” — Village Voice
WINNER: “Best Party (Peoples Choice)” — Papermag
WINNER: “Best Party Nationwide (Runner Up)” — URB Mag
On Saturday, December 14th, the Freedom Party NYC takes over DC’s #1 dance destination, U Street Music Hall! From 6pm to 10pm, Herbert Holler spins all your favorite hip-hop, R&B, reggae, house, rock, disco and pop hits from the 70s through today. Come down, bring your friends, make new ones, sing along, and we’ll see you on the dance floor!
PEEP THE STRATEGIES:
www.freedompartyworldwide.com
www.facebook.com/freedompartynyc
www.instagram.com/freedompartynyc
www.twitter.com/freedompartynyc
www.youtube.com/freedomdanceparty
www.soundcloud.com/freedompartynyc
www.mixcloud.com/freedompartynyc
SEE YOU ON THE DANCE FLOOR!!!
Time
(Saturday) 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$10
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The holidays are a time for great music to be enjoyed with loved ones young and old. As a part of SONOVA's family, we invite you to celebrate
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The holidays are a time for great music to be enjoyed with loved ones young and old. As a part of SONOVA’s family, we invite you to celebrate the season with a Holiday Sing-a-long! We look forward to making music with you during this special time of year!
Ticket prices increase by $5 at the door – have a group of 8 or more? Reach out to us on Facebook for a discount!
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$17 General Admission / $12 Students and Seniors
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Please join us for the NCE Holiday Concert which brings the finest classical masterpieces and holiday favorites together in one fun program for the whole family. The concert
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Please join us for the NCE Holiday Concert which brings the finest classical masterpieces and holiday favorites together in one fun program for the whole family. The concert will be followed by a (free!) wine and cheese reception with the artists.
The festivities begin with Leroy Anderson’s classic “Sleigh Ride” and “Chanukkah Festival” in a setting by Daniel Leavitt. Outstanding Young Artist Award — piano competition winners Michael Chen (13), Tucker Stone(16) an Daniel Kim (15) will join the ensemble to perform music by Mozart, Granados, Gershwin and more.
A group of young violinists ages 11 to 17 will perform festive film music by Shostakovich. Audience favorite, tenor Patrick D. McCoy returns to sing “Comfort Ye and the aria “Every Valley” from Handel’s Messiah and of course to lead the Carols Sing-Along, which concludes the program. Start warming up your voices!
Find out more about NCE and the 2019-2020 Season at www.NationalChamberEnsemble.org.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
4444 Arlington Blvd Arlington, Virginia 22204
Cost
$36 Adult / $18 Student
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra and women’s chorus.
“The best Christmas concert in Washington” – DCist
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost
$52, with discounts available
14dec8:00 pm10:30 pmAMADEUS8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
It’s that time of year again... The Cheshires of Mischief are pleased to announce Naughty Snowball 11: The Nightmeow Before XXX-Mas. DC’s favorite naughty holiday party will get a gothic,
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It’s that time of year again… The Cheshires of Mischief are pleased to announce Naughty Snowball 11: The Nightmeow Before XXX-Mas. DC’s favorite naughty holiday party will get a gothic, Burton-esque twist as we set about Making XXX-Mas! La! La! La! It will be the Strangest Thing in DC this holiday season and whether you’ve been naughty or nice, we invite you to a night of community, music, art, the Pumpkin King, and SANTA! Since nobody does Halloween better than the burner community – we’ve decided to extend one holiday season right into the next! Time to figure out if you live in Halloween Town, Christmas Town or the strangest combo of BOTH! We invite all of our santas, skeletons, elves, devils, and angels to celebrate the holiday season and oogie-boogie with us at The DC Eagle.
https://www.facebook.com/events/424254951807941/
Time
14 (Saturday) 8:00 pm - 15 (Sunday) 5:00 am
Location
DC Eagle
3701 Benning Rd NE, Washington, DC 20019
15dec2:00 pm4:30 pmAMADEUS2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra and women’s chorus.
“The best Christmas concert in Washington” – DCist
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Cost
$52, with discounts available
15dec2:00 pm4:00 pmProfs & Pints Matinee: Meet the Snow Maiden2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Bier Baron Tavern
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Profs and Pints presents: “Meet the Snow Maiden,” a discussion of Russia's beloved winter folktale with folklorist Philippa Rappoport of George Washington University.Having captivated Profs and Pints audiences with
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Profs and Pints presents: “Meet the Snow Maiden,” a discussion of Russia’s beloved winter folktale with folklorist Philippa Rappoport of George Washington University.
Having captivated Profs and Pints audiences with her talks on mermaids and netherworlds, folklorist Philippa Rappoport is back with the perfect talk for the approach of the winter solstice.
In winter Russians transfix their children with the folktale of Snegurochka–the Snow Maiden–a girl made out of snow. Her story has inspired a symphony, a ballet, and elaborate costumes, and is at the center of rituals through which Russian peasants ushered the long winter season in and out of their lives.
Duck into the cozy Bier Baron Tavern to hear Professor Rappoport, an expert on Slavic folklore and rituals, tell the tale of the Snow Maiden and of her emergence not just from snow, but traditional Russian culture. Her talk will draw connections between the beloved folktale and Christmas, Chanukah, and other winter solstice celebrations. (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.)
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Sunday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
15dec7:00 pm9:30 pmAMADEUS7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Sunday) 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Monday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
16dec6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: Robert Frost's Winter6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern
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Profs and Pints presents: “Robert Frost’s Winter,” with Michael Manson, former lecturer on literature at American University and past president of the Robert Frost Society.“Whose woods these
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Profs and Pints presents: “Robert Frost’s Winter,” with Michael Manson, former lecturer on literature at American University and past president of the Robert Frost Society.
“Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.”
Thus begins “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” which ranks as one of the most popular American poems of the 20th century and helped cement Robert Frost’s status as of one of our nation’s most beloved poets. As we approach the darkest evening of the year, come to the Bier Baron Tavern for a talk that will have you delighting in Frost and embracing winter, the subject of several of his poems.
Winter challenges modern urban Americans less immediately than it did Frost, who owned several New England farms. Yet the questions Frost raised through the metaphor of winter remain vital. Are humans meant to live and thrive on this planet, or is existence some cruel joke? How do we explain human resilience, the ability to keep pushing through despite the odds? Is there some force above us, in life itself, or some stubbornness at the heart of being human? What does it mean to thrive?
Frost raised questions like these in his poetry without answering them. For him, the answers are to be found in the process of making. Whether we’re making poems, keeping gardens, playing sports, building careers, or raising families, we are all turning chaos into order. “Strongly spent,” Frost says, “is synonymous with kept,” and he is inspired by those times when humans spend their lives strongly and thus keep them.
Come hear Michael Manson, a veteran scholar of Frost, read and discuss some of Frost’s poems on winter and other subjects. He’ll cover some of Frost’s best-known poems—“Stopping by Woods,” “Desert Places,” “The Wood-Pile”—as well as lesser-known works such as “Afterflakes,” “Questioning Faces,” and “Good-by and Keep Cold.” Whether you walk out with miles—or just a few blocks—to go before you sleep, you’ll leave with a different perspective on the season ahead. (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.)
Time
(Monday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.
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Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra and women’s chorus.
“The best Christmas concert in Washington” – DCist
Time
(Monday) 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost
$52, with discounts available
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Tuesday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
17dec6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: You Better Watch Out!6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern
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Profs and Pints presents: “You Better Watch Out,” a look at terrifying holiday folklore around the world, with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, former instructors at The Ohio State
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Profs and Pints presents: “You Better Watch Out,” a look at terrifying holiday folklore around the world, with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, former instructors at The Ohio State University and co-founders of the Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic.
Today, the December holidays are all about joyous magic, warm evenings curled by the fire, and celebrations of the good in the world. Traditionally, however, the winter season also ushers in the terrors of the dark and the cold, teaching us to bar doors, whisper warnings, and, above all, to be “good for goodness’ sake.”
While many are now familiar with the holiday terror of the Krampus, this talk will explore a few less familiar, but no less frightening, folkloric characters of the season.
You’ll hear tales of the Icelandic Jólakötturinn, a gigantic cat that devours naughty children, and learn how to best the Welsh Mari Lwyd, a skeletal horse with a taste for song and poetry. You’ll get to know the Eastern European Christmas witch Frau Perchta and trace the history of the sometimes mischievous, sometimes terrifying Yule Lads and their monstrous mother, Grýla.
Join Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, who in October gave a sold out Profs and Pints talk on witches in the Grimms’ fairy tales, as they explore the scarier holiday traditions around the world. (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.)
Time
(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra and women’s chorus.
“The best Christmas concert in Washington” – DCist
Time
(Tuesday) 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost
$52, with discounts available
17dec7:30 pm10:00 pmAMADEUS7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
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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.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
18dec6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: Wintery Fairy Tales6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern
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Profs and Pints presents: “Wintery Fairy Tales,” an evening among ghosts, snow queens, and friendly bears, with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, former instructors at The Ohio State University
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Profs and Pints presents: “Wintery Fairy Tales,” an evening among ghosts, snow queens, and friendly bears, with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, former instructors at The Ohio State University and co-founders of the Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic.
As cold winds whip through your hair, and winter’s chill bites your skin, there is little more inviting than a warm cup of tea, a cozy blanket, and a good fairy tale.
Join two engaging folklorists for a magical evening of favorite winter tales. You’ll explore realms known only to the winds, search for a kingdom of ice, and ride a polar bear. You also might find strawberries in the snow, and perhaps encounter a ghost or two.
Winter folklore often serves the dual purpose of emphasizing the dangers of the season and offering hope and possibility in the midst of the darkness. In Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” a young girl survives fierce winter magic and rescues her best friend. Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe’s “East of the Sun, West of the Moon” features a romantic quest through ice and snow, while the Japanese stories of the Yuki Onna warn of the perils of wintery love.
Sara and Brittany will guide you through these tales and more, demonstrating the cultural power of these stories that teach hope and caution in a frozen landscape. (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.)
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with student ID.
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra
Event Details
Folger Consort journeys to Venice for its annual holiday concerts, performing Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria in D, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Scarlatti’s Cantata for Christmas Eve, and other masterpieces from the Italian Baroque. With period orchestra and women’s chorus.
“The best Christmas concert in Washington” – DCist
Time
(Wednesday) 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost
$52, with discounts available
18dec7:30 pm10:00 pmAMADEUS7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
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Event Details
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.
Time
(Wednesday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
Event Details
Profs and Pints presents: “How Dickens ‘Invented’ Christmas,” with John Pfordresher, a professor of English at Georgetown University who has taught courses on Charles Dickens for 50
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Profs and Pints presents: “How Dickens ‘Invented’ Christmas,” with John Pfordresher, a professor of English at Georgetown University who has taught courses on Charles Dickens for 50 years.
Only an unrepentant Scrooge would say “bah humbug” to this evening with Professor John Pfordresher, who, along with extensively researching and teaching Charles Dickens, curated his university library’s 2012 exhibition, “Dickens at Georgetown.”
We’ll start our scholarly journey through time in December of 1843, just before a Christmas past. Chapman and Hall published a deluxe Christmas book by Dickens titled A Christmas Carol. Bound in cloth, with gilt edges, four color engravings and four more black-and-white wood cuts, and priced at a relatively low five shillings, it sold 6,000 copies before Christmas Eve. Critical response was largely rhapsodic. The already celebrated satirist William Makepeace Thackeray described the book as “a national benefit and to every man or woman who reads it, a personal kindness.”
Flash ahead to Christmas present. In the 176 years since its publication, this little book has achieved an unusual presence in western culture. The basis of many theater productions, films, and television shows, its characters, and some of their catch phrases, have entered in many ways into the ways that people celebrate the darkest days of the year and their hopes for brighter days ahead. Dickens, more than any other figure, transformed an old religious tradition into a season of compassionate care for those in need. The book emerged from his own indignation at the suffering of the poor he witnessed first-hand, and the callous indifference voiced by many of his contemporaries to those sufferings. Scrooge became the embodiment of a money-hungry capitalism Dickens had been attacking for years, and his radiant conversion became a model for a Christmas of personal generosity to others and convivial celebration of the pleasures of life.
Come hear Dickens and his immortal work discussed in a talk that will fill you with the spirit of Christmas present and looking forward to Christmases future. (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.)
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Social Circle Bistro at the Cambria Hotel - Washington DC Convention Center
899 O Street NW, Washington DC 20001
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.
19dec7:00 pmThe Slackers9:30 Presents...7:00 pm U Street Music Hall
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm
Cost
$20
Event Details
**This show will have ASL interpretation**Who’s stuffing your stockings this winter? We’re wrapping up the year with festively frisky stories of our favorite toys. Take a
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**This show will have ASL interpretation**
Who’s stuffing your stockings this winter? We’re wrapping up the year with festively frisky stories of our favorite toys. Take a break from the endless rounds of office parties and holiday stress, and join us for a cup of cheer as we enjoy each other’s decidedly grown-up playdates (batteries included).
(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 “Toys in Bae-land”. Handmade and wooden or high-tech and remote-controlled, sex toys are naughty AND nice. They make playtime even hotter, so tell us all about the ones that are always on your wish list. Do they make you fully poseable? Are they ride-on? Tell us how you got pervy with a toy that didn’t start out that way. We want to hear about them all—the buzzy ones, the thuddy ones, the shiny ones, even the misfit ones!
BREAKING UPDATE! Our prize sponsors this month will also include Best Women’s Erotica of the Year! Every winner will receive a copy of the new Volume 5 that’s just coming out this month– plus we’ll be doing a little steamy reading between tellers to whet your appetite.
Mindi Mimosa will be out of town this time around, so your fabulous femme-cees are Smut Slam DC co-producer Diva Darling with special guest judge Scarlett Ropeburn! We’re joined by a panel of local celebrity judges (TBA) who think everyone’s toy chest should be full.
Join us before the show to enjoy delicious pub fare, sample our exclusive cocktail specials, and browse vintage erotica and 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 Austin Travis.
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Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 11:00 am
Cost
$10 in advance, $15 (cash or Venmo) at the door
19dec7:30 pm10:00 pmAMADEUS7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Thursday) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Step into the Entertainment and Sports Arena this December for premier college basketball action!Events DC, the official convention and sports authority of the District
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Step into the Entertainment and Sports Arena this December for premier college basketball action!
Events DC, the official convention and sports authority of the District of Columbia, is excited to host the second annual “Events DC Holiday Hoops Fest” a clash of high-quality NCAA Division 1 men’s college basketball programs to be played at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. from December 20 – 22.
The event features eight universities – The University of Akron, William & Mary, Tulane University, Radford University, University of Richmond Towson University, Liberty University and Saint Francis University.
The three-day event will feature a tournament style format on December 20 and 21 followed by a four-team doubleheader on the 22nd. A daily ticket is valid for both games each day.
For more information, game schedules and tickets, visit dcholidayhoopsfest.com
Time
20 (Friday) 2:00 pm - 22 (Sunday) 5:30 pm
Cost
$10
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Friday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
20dec8:00 pm10:30 pmAMADEUS8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Friday) 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
21dec2:00 pm4:30 pmAMADEUS2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
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Event Details
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.
Time
(Saturday) 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Saturday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
21dec8:00 pm10:30 pmAMADEUS8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
22dec2:00 pm4:30 pmAMADEUS2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Sunday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
22dec6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: Nightmares Before Christmas6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern
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Profs and Pints presents: “Nightmares Before Christmas,” a discussion of Krampus and other dark holiday lore, with William Egginton, professor of humanities and director of the Alexander Grass Humanities
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Profs and Pints presents: “Nightmares Before Christmas,” a discussion of Krampus and other dark holiday lore, with William Egginton, professor of humanities and director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
(Tickets also available for a special 3pm matinee.)
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and if not a creature was stirring, it might have been because they were cowering under their bed covers, terrified. Come to the cozy Bier Baron Tavern for a discussion of the darker lore of the holiday season—the tales that inspire us to search our own souls and worry about the price we’ll pay for being naughty rather than nice.
The star of the talk will be Krampus, the hairy, horned, demon who accompanies Saint Nicholas in visiting homes in Germany, Austria, and other Central European nations every December 6th. Americans happily embraced the kindly Saint Nicholas, who brings toys and chocolates to deserving children, as our own jolly, red-suited Santa Claus. We were less willing, however, to open our homes to the evil Krampus, who lurks behind St. Nick’s white beard and robes and promises punishments to those less deserving of treats. He’s catching on now, however, as evident by the nation’s growing number of annual Krampus parades, including DC’s own, on H Street.
Professor Egginton, a scholar of horror in literature and popular culture, will summon up other frightening figures and dark lore associated with the holiday season. He’ll delve into the pagan roots of Christmas as a solstice ritual, and show how its early origins helped give the season a sinister side and inspire traditions such as coal in stockings. He’ll talk about that mean one, Mister Grinch, conjure up the ghosts of Dickens, and explore the growing genre of Christmas horror films. He’ll show how thrilling and scary antics often associated with carnival and Halloween have their place in Christmas traditions as well. (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.)
Time
(Sunday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost
Advance ticket: $12. Door; $15, save $2 with student ID.
22dec7:00 pm9:30 pmAMADEUS7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Folger Theatre
Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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.
Time
(Sunday) 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost
$42-$85
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Monday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
24dec5:00 pm8:00 pmChristmas Eve & Day Dinner5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Kingbird at The Watergate Hotel
Event Details
Christmas just got better. Give your family the gift of a stress-free meal at Kingbird in the Watergate Hotel. - Reservations available from 5pm - 8pm - $150 prix fixe 5-course menu
Event Details
Christmas just got better. Give your family the gift of a stress-free meal at Kingbird in the Watergate Hotel.
– Reservations available from 5pm – 8pm
– $150 prix fixe 5-course menu with $56 wine pairing option
– Music & holiday decor
— Please make your reservation on OpenTable or email [email protected]—
Time
(Tuesday) 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
$150
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Tuesday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
25dec11:00 am3:00 pmChristmas Day Brunch11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Event Details
After enjoying family time and opening presents join us for an unforgettable (& stress-free) Christmas Day Brunch!Christmas Brunch Includes:- $99 for adults; $55 for kids 6-12, 5
Event Details
After enjoying family time and opening presents join us for an unforgettable (& stress-free) Christmas Day Brunch!
Christmas Brunch Includes:
– $99 for adults; $55 for kids 6-12, 5 and under free
– Reservations available from 11am – 3pm
– Delicious brunch buffet
– Unlimited juice, coffee, tea, cider, and mimosas
– Live musician & holiday decor
— Please make a reservation on OpenTable, email [email protected] or call (888) 589-2499 —
Time
(Wednesday) 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost
$99 for adults; $55 for kids 6-12, 5 and under free
25dec5:00 pm8:00 pmChristmas Eve & Day Dinner5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Kingbird at The Watergate Hotel
Event Details
Christmas just got better. Give your family the gift of a stress-free meal at Kingbird in the Watergate Hotel. - Reservations available from 5pm - 8pm - $150 prix fixe 5-course menu
Event Details
Christmas just got better. Give your family the gift of a stress-free meal at Kingbird in the Watergate Hotel.
– Reservations available from 5pm – 8pm
– $150 prix fixe 5-course menu with $56 wine pairing option
– Music & holiday decor
— Please make your reservation on OpenTable or email [email protected]—
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
$150
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region's only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
more
Event Details
Experience the sparkle of the season at GLOW in Georgetown, the region’s only free, curated outdoor public light art experience! Join us for the 6th edition, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020, with works lit nightly from 5 – 10 pm.
Follow along at #GeorgetownGLOW and visit our dedicated GLOW website, georgetownglowdc.com, for information (coming soon!) on this year’s 11 installations from local, regional and international artists, an exhibition map, and information on additional GLOW programming — including more than 30 walking tours, a late-night shopping and dining event, and holiday family fun on Book Hill.
For more holiday happenings in Georgetown, visit georgetowndc.com/events.
Photo by Sam Kittner for the Georgetown BID
Time
(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Georgetown
Cost
FREE