Friends of the National Zoo

Name: ART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadol
Start: 2019-7-16T10-10-00-00
End: 2019-7-16T22-22-30-00
Location: ARTECHOUSE

Partying with Lions at ZooFari

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D.C.'s biggest party animals...

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Save the Date: Zoofari 2019

BYT at largeApril 11, 2019

A real wild party...

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Photos: BrewLights at The National Zoo

Jenn TisdaleDecember 3, 2018

BrewLIT...

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Preview: BrewLights at Smithsonian National Zoo

Jenn TisdaleNovember 15, 2018

Share a beer with a lion...

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Preview: Night of the Living Zoo

Jenn TisdaleOctober 12, 2018

Lions and tigers and skeletons...oh my...

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Giveaway: Zoo Uncorked

Jenn TisdaleSeptember 5, 2018

Same animals different drinks...

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The Fast & The Fierce 5K Photos

Jenn TisdaleAugust 30, 2018

Runnin' runnin' and runnin' runnin'...

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What to Wear to the Friends of the National Zoo’s The Fast & The Fierce 5K

Jenn TisdaleAugust 23, 2018

This is about (animal) family...

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Dream Jobs: Suzan Murray, Conservation Fiend

Kaylee Dugan and Clarissa VillondoAugust 15, 2018

From seeing Jane Goodall on TV at five-years-old to becoming colleagues with Jane Goodall...

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Friends of the National Zoo Present: Zoo Uncorked

Jenn TisdaleAugust 13, 2018

Have a glass of Roarsé...

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Friends of the National Zoo Present The Fast & The Fierce 5K!

Jenn TisdaleJuly 25, 2018

Run your life a quarter mile at a time...

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Announcing: Brew At The Zoo

Kaylee DuganJuly 5, 2017

Get drunk at your favorite place in the city...

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Giveaway: ZooFari (5/18)

Kaylee DuganMay 11, 2017

All of the things you love in one place....

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Reasons To Love D.C. Part 2

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16jul10:00 am10:30 pmART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadolat ARTECHOUSE10:00 am - 10:30 pm ARTECHOUSE

16jul6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: The Worst President Ever?6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern

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Profs and Pints presents: “The Worst President Ever?” with Michael Ross, professor of history at the University of Maryland at College Park.

As talk of impeachment stirs in Washington, it’s worth taking a trip back into history and examining the troubled political career of the first president ever to be impeached by the House of Representatives, Andrew Johnson.

Johnson was deeply insecure, racist, ill mannered, and prone to drink. His political instincts were usually wrong, and he confused stubbornness with strength. Yet in 1864 President Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, picked Johnson, a Democrat, as his running mate in order to demonstrate national unity during a close election and divisive war.

No one thought Johnson would ever be president. Then an assassin intervened and on April 15, 1865, Johnson assumed the presidency at one of the most critical moments in American History. With Robert E. Lee having just surrendered at Appomattox, Washington needed to answer critical questions about the nation’s future: What would happen to the states that had joined the Confederacy? Should there be treason trials for Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders? What would freedom look like for the four million former slaves recently liberated from bondage? Some Republicans had confidence that Johnson, who had talked tough about punishing the planter class and redistributing land in the South, was up to the task. But others, like the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, quickly realized Johnson was the wrong man with the wrong values at the wrong time. “Whatever Andrew Johnson may be, he is no friend of our race,” Douglass remarked bitterly after the two met.

Professor Ross will guide the audience through what happened next: Johnson’s disastrous plan for Reconstruction, his titanic struggles with Republicans in Congress, and his impeachment and trial. After assessing Johnson’s lasting impact on American race relations and the United States Constitution, Ross will put up for debate the question of whether Johnson was the worst president in American History, as some scholars claim. You’ll walk out with important historical perspective. (Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please give yourself plenty of time to place an order and get settled in.)

Time

(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Bier Baron Tavern

1523 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037

Cost

Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.

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16jul6:00 pm9:00 pmFuture of Relationships Netwalk: The Role of Online to Offline RelationshipsPresented by Netwalking, LLC6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Corps d E'lite

Event Details

You are cordially invited to the Future of Relationship Netwalk on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at 6 pm. Join local experts as they share insight into the role of online to offline relationships in an experiential setting that combines wellness, engagement, and creativity.

You’ll gain tips on:

Perfecting your online dating profile
Mindset
Networking
Shop local
Inner / Outer Beauty
Dating on a Budget

You will connect with Netwalking Leaders:

Shun Pittman (Beauty Expert, Owner of Corps d’Elite LLC), @theshunpittman, http://www.corpsdelitesalon.com/
Eve Monica (Matchmaker, Dating Coach, Founder of Sip with Socialites), @eve_monica, http://sipwithsocialites.com/
Khadija Jordan (Executive Mindset Coach, Founder of Jordan’s Best), @khadijajordan, www.jordansbest.com
Erika Ettin (Online Dating Coach, Founder of A Little Nudge), @alittlenudge, https://www.alittlenudge.com/
TBD Speaker (Budget Expert)

Event Schedule: We will walk approximately 2 miles at a leisurely pace.

Along the Netwalk you are paired up (walking side by side feel at more at ease with meeting someone new) Netwalkers and repaired during the 3-4 breaks. During these breaks you have an opportunity for photos, storytelling from Netwalking leaders, try new food and/or drink, connect with local storefront businesses (women, veteran and minority-owned), see the city in a new way and meet Netwalkers.

End at a happy hour spot featured in the Happied App. The Netwalks are created for all fitness levels and ADA accessible for a more welcoming environment.

The event will begin inside Corps d’Elite. We start promptly at 6:15 pm.

Description: We will be updating the downtown and Shaw area local businesses participating!

Chaia Tacos – Taco Tuesdays!
Corps d’Elite – Feel beautiful inside and out!

Limited to 30 Netwalkers

For further information on sponsorship tiers and packages, please email us at [email protected] There are limited partnerships available, so don’t delay!

Learn more, netwalkglobal.com.

Time

(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location

Corps d E'lite

1015 U St NW Washington, DC 20009

Cost

$22.00

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16jul7:00 pmAmyl and the Sniffers7:00 pm U Street Music Hall

16jul8:45 pm9:45 pmACUÑA ACUNA (ONE-PERSON COMEDY SHOW ABOUT A PERUVIAN'S JOURNEY TO AMERICA)CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL8:45 pm - 9:45 pm Westminster DC

17jul10:00 am10:30 pmART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadolat ARTECHOUSE10:00 am - 10:30 pm ARTECHOUSE

17jul6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: The Fight to Save Sharks6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern

Event Details

Profs and Pints presents: “The Fight to Save Sharks,” with David Shiffman, marine conservation biologist, environmental policy consultant, and college guest-lecturer.

It’s the perfect talk to gear up for Shark Week. Dive deep into the murky waters of marine conversation—and, specifically, the effort to protect shark species—with marine conservation biologist David Shiffman, an award-winning science communicator who frequently guest-lectures at the University of Maryland and other higher-education institutions.

Sharks and their relatives are in more trouble than most other vertebrate animals on Earth, with nearly one out of species assessed as threatened with extinction on the “Red List” maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Although they were swimming in the oceans before the existence of dinosaurs or trees, and have survived many global mass extinction events, our current day’s unsustainable fishing practices threaten them like never before.

Shiffman, who has worked extensively with sharks, will summarize the latest research showing which sharks are in trouble, why they’re in trouble, and why the loss of sharks is bad for humans. He’ll also introduce you to the world of shark conservation policy, with a focus on the debate between limit-based and target-based policy solutions, which pits advocates of promoting sustainable shark fisheries against those who want to ban all fishing for sharks and all sales of shark products.

This talk will not only highlight Shiffman’s research on shark conservation policy but introduce you to key players in the world of ocean conservation. He’ll also bust myths about sharks and challenge popular ideas about shark conservation, such as the beliefs that banning the shark fin trade will be effective, that sustainable shark fisheries cannot and do not exist, and that ocean plastics are a major threat to sharks. (They are to whales and turtles, but not to sharks.) It will be a talk you can sink your teeth into. Young people under 18 welcome if accompanied by an adult. (Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself plenty of time to place any orders and get settled into place.)

Time

(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Bier Baron Tavern

1523 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037

Cost

Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.

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17jul6:00 pm9:00 pmDC Central Kitchen's Summer Happy Hour Hop6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

17jul6:30 pm9:30 pmSmashed History: An Evening of Tassels and Trivia6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern