Jorja Smith

Name: Hubert Henry Davies’ “The Mollusc”
Start: 2019-7-19T20-20-00-00
End: 2019-7-21T23-23-55-00
Location: The Writer

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19jul(jul 19)8:00 pmHubert Henry Davies’ “The Mollusc”Directed by Jack Sbarbor8:00 pm The Writer

20jul(jul 20)9:00 pmAmerica The Game Show. F*ck Yeah!presented by Astro Pop Events9:00 pm Gala Hispanic Theatre

21jul10:00 am10:30 pmART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadolat ARTECHOUSE10:00 am - 10:30 pm ARTECHOUSE

21jul6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: Innovation, from Stone to Silicon6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern

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Profs and Pints presents: “Innovation, from Stone to Silicon,” a brief history, with Lawrence Husick, lecturer at Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting Graduate School of Engineering, chemist, patent attorney, hacker and entrepreneur.

“Innovation” is a hot commodity, with seemingly every company, elected official, employee, and organization out there either striving to be innovative or claiming they already deserve the label to anyone who will listen. The problem is that few can answer basic questions about innovation such as: How do you do it? How can you recognize it? Why is it worth doing?

Although we apply the term “innovation” to some new thing that someone has developed–the “better mousetrap” that’s been built–innovation is much more than gizmos. It’s also a process, a way to bring about change by introducing valuable new methods, ideas, or products. It’s coming up with different ways of thinking and doing. Innovations may be beliefs, organizational methods, and discoveries. Innovation is the creation of value. And despite the stereotype of the innovator as a tireless tinkerer, the impulse that spawns innovation is laziness. It arises from our desire to extract more value from our time and from things around us. It’s how we’ve managed to get away from long days of hunting and gathering and generate economic surpluses. It’s often been a way to spend more time in bed or on the couch.

Come learn about innovation—and the surprising lives of some of our lazy inventive heroes—from Lawrence Husick, whose job titles also include Co-Director of the Program on Teaching Innovation at the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Wachman Center. He’ll tackle a tough-but-fun question: What are the 25 most important innovations in history, ranked in order? You’ll be welcome to chime in with your own ideas, as independent thinking is a big part of what this talk is about. You might not leave able to build a better mousetrap, but you’ll gain appreciation of those who did. (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

(Sunday) 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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21jul7:00 pmSummer Saltw/ Dante Elephante, Motel Radio7:00 pm U Street Music Hall

21jul7:30 pmHow Did This Get Made – LIVE!Presented by Live Nation7:30 pm DAR Constitution Hall

22jul10:00 am10:30 pmART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadolat ARTECHOUSE10:00 am - 10:30 pm ARTECHOUSE

22jul6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: The Great American Road Trip6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern

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Profs and Pints presidents: “The Great American Road Trip,” with Allen Pietrobon, adjunct professor of modern American history at American University and visiting professor at Trinity Washington University.

Perhaps no genre of book is so typically American than the travel narrative. From the Underground Railroad to the Settlement of the West to the modern cross-country road trip, travel narratives have infused American history and popular culture.

Many of these stories are written by people who found themselves to be “outsiders” along the way. From Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi, to John Stienbeck’s Travels With Charlie, to Jack Kerouac’s On The Road, in most of these stories the protagonist is positioned as an explorer in an exotic place—whether that be Jim Crow Alabama or the American West—on a journey of self-discovery to encounter the “real” America.

What is so compelling about travel stories? What can they teach us about American history, culture, and society? And why are there so few female road narratives?

Just in time for the summer vacation season, join Allen Pietrobon for a trip into America. After exploring the nature and impact of American travel stories, we’ll look at one specific treacherous journey in 1753; a 10-week hike into the interior of America through the wilderness in what was then enemy territory. This “road trip” to deliver a single letter would spark a war that would redraw the map and change the fate of North America forever.

Come along for a journey with a detour into a crucial turning point in American history. You’ll have a blast without spending money on tolls and gas. (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 any orders and get settled in.)

Time

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

Location

Bier Baron Tavern

1523 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037

Cost

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

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23jul10:00 am10:30 pmART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadolat ARTECHOUSE10:00 am - 10:30 pm ARTECHOUSE