Best Weekend Bets

Hey everyone!
This week’s BEST WEEKEND BETS are, as always, hand selected from our awesome AGENDA HOMEPAGE and carefully calibrated for maximum fun, minimum stress. As far as the theme goes, it is Tina Fey. Because she has a movie out but also because you can’t go wrong with some Tina as a BWB spirit animal.

• The First Annual DC Bike Ride is coming! Mark May 22nd on your calendar!
• ALSO, they come with a special little boost from our friends at LYFT : BYT – $50 worth of free ride credits when you sign up (just go here to do it)
• Some cool announcements coming up so: stay forever in the loop and follow us on Facebook & Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest. Use #BYThings too.
  
• Can you even handle the excitement?

All sorts of great stuff:

• Welcome to March. Make it Your Best Month. We hand select the best of food, drink, movies, art, EVERYTHING for you.
• Welcome to March. Welcome to Women’s History Month. We will be spotlighting cool women and cool women who inspired them ALL MONTH LONG.
• Our DC Dream Jobs series continues with Dom Adams, the guy behind the awesomely cool retail side of Maketto.
• Our This Used To Be That series continues with the National Building Museum.
• We published the op-ed Space Is Not the Final Frontier or 6 Things We Can Do Better for the Arts in D.C. People have strong opinions on the arts in D.C.
• A group of D.C. folks made a documentary short and it got into Sundance and is about to premiere on ESPN. This is how that happened.
• We tried a bunch of new exercise classes.
• Why can’t Ramen World come as often as Truckeroo?
• We did a Taste Test at the new Mulebone, old Eatonville.
• The people behind Teddy & The Bully Bar and Lincoln opened Declaration. We did a Taste Test.
• PLUS: FREE AND ALMOST FREE THINGS TO DO IN DC & our always useful LIVE SHOWS GUIDE for the week.

• SOCIAL MEDIA BONUS: tag all your Instagram stuff #BYThings (@brightestyoungthings) and get a chance to shine on OUR Instagram feed too:

It seems we’re getting there, at least.

• First things first: our FREE THINGS TO DO IN DC GUIDE. And our HAPPY HOUR HOTLINE. We’re always thinking of you.
• We recommend the Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival Kickoff at The Hamilton.
• Go see the lit up bunnies at Yards Park!
• The Washington Jewish Film Festival has a free, lunchtime talk at the Library of Congress.
• We like the NSFW + Underground Comedy event at Bier Baron.
• Color Palette plays Luce Unplugged. It’s one the prettiest place to see a show in D.C.
• Cal Ripkin Jr. will be at DC Public Library talking about his book The Closer. Yes, that Cal Ripkin.
• We Were Pirates has their record release party at the Black Cat.
• Hypnotist Flip Orley begins his run at the DC Improv.
• Pat Green is at 9:30 Club.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff
  

• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is in theaters. Tina Fey stars in it. She’s our BWB theme!
• You, Me, Them, Everybody returns to The Wonderland Ballroom.
• Drive-By Truckers are at 9:30 Club. They play good music that makes you want to drink in a good way.
• Do you like puns? You’re in luck (I’m assuming you answered yes)! Beltway Pundits is at the Improv.
• Breakin’ Even Fest night 1 at Songbyrd. Loud Boyz headline.
• Jason Weems is at Big Hunt.
• The Intersections brings the Go-Go Symphony to Atlas. Cool.
• A Great Big World will play the relatively small U Hall.
• Do you miss Red Palace? You’ll enjoy The Wonder Show of the 21st Century at Black Cat.
• Otter Crossing is at Green Lantern. Dance.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

• Do daytime stuff:
• Try a new exercise class?
• Spend the day perusing books you wish you could afford at the Washington Antiquarian Book Fair.
• If you feel like watching something depressing with a group of strangers, check out The Iron Ministry at the NGA.
• Head to DC Public Library for the Girls Rock! Instrument share then stay for performances by The Cool Kids and the CooLots.
• Happy Persian New Year! Nowruz, a Persian New Year celebration is at the Freer and Sackler Gallery.
• Breakin’ Even Fest day 2 begins at 3 p.m. at Songbyrd. Iron Chic headline much, much later than 3 p.m.
• The National Postal Museum, which is a real place, has a Women’s History Month celebration.
• Then, go home and relax/hatch some plans for this evening:

• then, in the evening:
• We’ll be covering the Ortiz VS Thompson fight at the DC Armory because boxing.
• A few members of the BYT staff will be headed to Baltimore for Last Podcast on the Left at Ottobar.
• More than a few people from D.C. are headed to Baltimore for Trevor Noah at The Hippodrome.
• Br’er, Nag Champa, Abdu Ali, Elon (w/ Dylijens), and DJ Ayes Cold are all at The Pinch.
• Yannis Pappas is at the Drafthouse.
• The DC Web Fest is at the Carnegie Institution for Science.
• Adam Lambert is at Lincoln Theatre. If he’s good enough to sing with Queen, he’s good enough for you.
• Jeff Simmermon and Anthony Devito headline Black Cat. We’re recommending the show for opener Natalie McGill.
• Slayer is at Fillmore Silver Spring. Hail, Satan.
• Prince Rama is at Comet Ping Pong. Probably hail, Satan.
• Buckwheat Zydeco is at The Hamilton. Probably not hail, Satan.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff 

• BRUNCH TIME–Our BEST DC BRUNCH guide is live and ready to serve you. USE THIS EXTENSIVELY.
• Home entertainment guide should come in handy at this time too. All new streaming and DVD and VOD things this week.
• The Last Man on Earth returns tonight! Stay in!

• Leaving the house, you brave little Sunday warrior, you?
• Migos is at Fillmore Silver Spring.
• It’s your last chance to see the glowing bunnies at Yards Park!
• Ra Ra Riot headline 9:30 Club. They’re as fun as their name sounds, which is very fun!
• The author of Woody: The Biography has a talk at the DCJCC.
• Laurie Anderson has a 2 p.m. show at the Kennedy Center.
• Vicente Amigo is at Lincoln Theatre.
• Today would have been Marion Barry’s 80th birthday. Satellite Room is celebrating D.C.’s Mayor For Life with DJ CrushingBoo.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff
• Whatever you do, use LYFT to get around from point A to point B. They are offering BYT friends $50 worth of free ride credits when you sign up (just use the code BYT / click here to do it)

• And just like that, the weekend is over. How do you feel about that?

PHEW. THAT WAS A LOT. BUT:  THERE ARE A BAJILLION OTHER THINGS TO DO LISTED IN THE BYT AGENDA PAGES, so use it (to both post your events and search for them) and if you think we may have missed something, comment away–you know you want to. NO EXCUSES / NO DISTRACTIONS!

Till next time, we’ll let you deal with the residual feelings about this weekend any which way you please: