DC MEETMarket is a monthly outdoor market featuring local designers, artisans, musicians and food purveyors. Held on the first Saturday of every month, the DC MEETMarket is located at 15th & P St.,NW in the heart of Logan Circle, Washington, DC. The market aims to bring together 42 local vendors and the surrounding neighborhoods in a celebration of community and craftsmanship.

From a press release:

Adult Swim is a weekly Summer pool party held every Sunday at the Capitol Skyline Hotel (10 I Street SW, Washington DC), hosted by Liquid Lifestyle. The Grand Opener is happening Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday, May 26th from 11am-6pm. These highly anticipated South Beach-style pool parties feature the best local DJs, celebrity appearances, fashion shows, live musicians, dancers and surprise entertainment.

And if a giant pool, dance music and bottle popping isn’t enough, the party also features an all-day barbeque with burgers and hot dogs, blow-up pool toys, 6 bars throughout the pool deck, and al fresco atmosphere that transports Washington’s young and hip crowd to the tropical beaches of Miami.

Free admission until 1pm with RSVP by texting your full name to 202-RESERVE, then you will receive a text confirmation to show at the front door. After 1PM or without RSVP, cover charge is $20. Exclusive table packages are available by reservation only and usually sell out about a week in advance. Table reservations are made by calling 202-737-3783 or 703-577-8500 or 703-597-3941.

From a press release:

Today, Tuesday, May 21st, twelve Adams Morgan restaurants will serve savory and sweet tastes during a culinary neighborhood tour called Taste of Adams Morgan. All proceeds of the event will be donated to Mary’s Center, a community health center founded and headquartered in Adams Morgan.

Taste destinations include: Meskerem, Mellow Mushroom, Rumba Café, La Fourchette, Madam’s Organ, Bardia’s New Orleans Café, Bossa Bistro, Chief Ike’s, Madam’s Organ, El Tamarindo, Millie & Al’s, Town Tavern, Pi Pizzeria.

“We’re thrilled to have an opportunity to support Mary’s Center in its twenty-fifth year of operation,” said Sefika Kurt, proprietor of A Little Shop of Flowers. “Mary’s Center precedes nearly all of the restaurants participating in this event. It is an anchor in this community, and we’re grateful for the high-caliber services it offers.”

To participate in Taste of Adams Morgan, purchase four ($20) or seven ($30) taste tickets today at A Little Shop of Flowers (2421 18th Street), Toro Mata (2410 18th Street), or Wise Owl Club (2010 18th Street). Those who already bought tickets online can pick them up at A Little Shop of Flowers between 4:00 and 7:00 pm. Each ticket may be redeemed for one pre-fix savory or sweet “taste” at participating restaurants.

The event will take place from 4:30-8:00pm.

Policy’s 3rd Annual Crab Festival:

Policy in conjunction with Blue Moon Brewing Company, is gearing up for its 3rd Annual CrabFestival over Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday, May 26 from 12pm -5pm.

Blue Moon Brewing Company, which is running a summer Campaign of “Blue Moon, Blue Craband Old Bay Seasoning”. They are taking over the taps, with Blue Moon, Blue Moon Agave Blonde, and two very exclusive, never tasted in the United States and the only place in Washington DC to have these special craft brews; Raspberry Cream Ale and Honey Grand Cru with Ginger. All Beers will be sold for $5 per glass and $15 Pitchers of Blue Moon and Blue Moon Agave Blonde. Sorry, the two exclusive beers are only sold by the glass.

Policy will trade in their black cloth napkins for rolls of paper towels and silver ware for wooden mallets. Transforming the diner-like dining room, graffiti tagged lounge and three outdoor patios into a pop up crab house for the day. For $35 per person, you can indulge in all you can eat crabs and tradition sides like Hushpuppies, Corn on the Cob, Cole Slaw, Hot Dogs and Policy Wings.

To purchase tickets in advance, visitwww.policydc.com and click the shopping cart tab and follow the directions. Limited tickets available at the door.

Photo by Rick Reinhard

Mount Pleasant Spring Shop Hop
This Saturday May 18th

Mount Pleasant Street….All day long A Parade. One of DC’s Best Farmers Markets. A preview of Each Peach Market, a new artisan food store set to open this summer, A Karate Demo and an outdoor Kettlebell Class in Lamont Park. Singha Saturday at Beau Thai.

It’s Mount Pleasant’s annual Spring Shop Hop with local shops and restaurants offering some great deals and fun specials in DC’s most eclectic neighborhood.

As you stroll the corridor, you can watch Bancroft Elementary School’s marching band lead a parade (10:15 AM), enjoy some youth artwork displayed in shop windows and at the newly renovated Mt. P library, get your bike fixed, eat some homemade ice cream , get your fitness on with the DC Self Defense Karate Association and That Yellow Gym in Lamont Park (2PM) and much more.

Visit Mtpleasantdc.com for more info and a listing of specials brought to you by the Mount Pleasant Business Association

Celebrate Memorial Day at President Lincoln’s Cottage, and enjoy the rare opportunities to take a free guided historical tour of the USSAH National Cemetery and to picnic on the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home!

President Lincoln’s Cottage will host an array of activities on Memorial Day, May 27th 2013, to honor the men and women who have served in the U.S. military. Family-friendly activities include guided tours of the first National Cemetery, commemorative ceremonies honoring veterans at multiple locations, picnicking opportunities on the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home, and tours of President Lincoln’s Cottage, the seasonal residence of the Lincoln family during the Civil War.

Registrations requested; visit www.LincolnCottage.org/MemorialDay2013 to register and learn more information. The wreath-laying ceremony, cemetery tours, and access to picnic grounds are free of charge. Regular fees apply for tours of President Lincoln’s Cottage.

Twenty-Five Miles to Go @ Marx Cafe:

Marx Cafe
3203 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest
Thursday, May 16th
10:00pm – 1:30am | FREE!

All vinyl soul, funk, R&B, disco, and soul jazz spinning into the late night for your listening and dancing pleasure. Enjoy the friendly confines of Marx Cafe in the heart of beautiful Mount Pleasant.

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Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Branford Marsalis This Friday, May 17 at 6PM:

Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club is pleased to announce a very special event — The Grand Re-Opening ribbon-cutting ceremony which will be held this Friday, May 17th to coincide with the 75th Anniversary of the theatre’s historic building, the Bethesda (Boro) Theater. Following the ceremony which will include legendary jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis, he will take the stage for this special evening.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony which will include remarks from local dignitaries and Marsalis, will begin promptly at 6 pm, followed by a reception and cocktails from 6:30 pm-7:15 pm. Dinner service begins at 7:15 pm, and the performance begins at 8:30 pm. Tickets are available through the Bethesda Blues & Jazz website www.bethesdabluesjazz.com or at the Box Office, which is open from 10 am – 6 pm, Monday through Friday.

Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club is the DC metro area’s newest concert venue, serving excellent food & drink seven nights a week. Top entertainment spanning many genres is presented in an intimate, elegant, and acoustically superb setting that seats 500 patrons. Housed in the historic Bethesda Theatre, Bethesda Blues & Jazz offers live music, monthly dance nights, and a 40′ Art Deco bar and lounge area. For dinner, the Club serves up a blend of Continental and Creole/Cajun cuisine; dishes such as beignets, gumbo, crab cakes, gnocchi, and prime rib are lovingly crafted with only the freshest ingredients.

Since opening its doors to the public on March 1st, Bethesda Blues & Jazz has enjoyed a warm welcome from the Washington area community and exceptionally positive feedback from guests. Beginning with its opening weekend, which featured Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Bethesda Blues & Jazz has sold out many of its shows. This early success continued with two nights starring the rising Country vocalist Maggie Rose and a Saturday evening with Doc and Chou Chou Scantlin & The Imperial Palms Orchestra. The Club has made a name for itself in the local jazz scene with its house big band, the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Orchestra, which plays every Monday.

More recently, Bethesda Blues & Jazz has welcomed to the stage the Motown greats Leonard, Coleman & Blunt of Temptations, Platters, and Drifters fame, as well as the exceptional jazz pianist Keiko Matsui for the S&R Foundation’s Spring Fundraising Gala, a unique performance of “Gia Mora is Einstein’s Girl,” featuring Gia Mora and Charlie Barnett, and an evening with the fabulous blues vocalist Janiva Magness. After her performance, Janiva commended the Club as “a beautiful new venue that knows how to treat the artist and the audience.”

The Club, which is located at 7719 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, is adjacent to the Cheltenham Garage county parking lot and is a block and a half walk from the Bethesda Metro.

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The Ever-Changing Metropolis: DC Then, Now, and Tomorrow:

RFD
810 7th Street Northwest
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
7:00pm – 9:00pm | $9

The District of Columbia as a city means different things to different people. To some, it’s home and always has been. To others, it’s just a brief stop-over on a journey of public service. But regardless of which DC you belong to, the city is always changing.

Once sought out neighborhoods are losing their cool, while those that have struggled in recent years are emerging as tomorrow’s hot spots.

Join Georgetown Professor Brian McCabe and ANC Commissioner Marc Morgan as we explore DC’s past, try to tackle some of the concerns of the present, and speculate on where we might be going in the future.

Tickets: $9 Advance, $13 At-the-Door
BUY AT: http://www.wanderingmindssociety.com/#!the-ever-changing-metropolis/c1wnz

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Shortcut to Europe: European Union Embassies Open House:

Saturday, May 11th, 2013
10:00am – 7:00pm | FREE!

Enjoy authentic music, dance, food, film, and art from 28 distinctive nations along with a rare behind-the-scenes look into the European Union embassies. Complimentary shuttle buses transport visitors along the embassy routes. Participating embassies include: Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, France and the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Delegation of the European Union, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Republic of Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden. Admission is free, no reservations required, and complimentary shuttle service is provided.

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Arachne Aerial Arts and In-Flight Theater:

Dance Place
3225 8th St NE
Friday, May 10th, 2013
8:00pm – 10:00pm | $8

A 18-foot kinetic steel sculpture of a weather vane rises at the heart of an original story exploring mothers, daughters and the seasons. Three women blend their personal stories with the myth of Demeter and Persephone to reveal the seasons of connection between mothers and daughters while spinning atop a suspended six-foot arrow and swinging on the intricate arms of the standing sculpture below. The show was created by Burkholder, Neimanis and Witting over two years of intense collaboration and features an original script by Neimanis, dramaturgy and direction by Bryce Butler, music by Helen Chadwick, costumes by Chris Dalen, lighting design by Daniel Burkholder, and sculpture by Tim Scofield.

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7th Street Social Ride with BicycleSPACE:

Bicyclespace
1019 7th Street Northwest
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
8:00pm – 10:00pm | FREE!

Is it a group ride or a party on wheels? This event, which has weekly themes to inspire wild costumes, is uniquely fun because we bring along a bike that trails a huge stereo system. With music playing, riders are encouraged to cheer and animate onlookers. We travel around the city passing popular night spots and landmarks while seeking out unexpected hideaways like rooftops of parking garages and waterfront overlooks to stop for breaks to eat popsicles and mingle.

With the city lit up at night, the temperature always a bit cooler, and with fewer drivers out, it is a perfect time to coast the streets. Meet up at the shop to spend an evening smiling and stirring up fun.

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Improv Happy Hour at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Harman Hall:

Shakespeare Theatre Company: Sidney Harman Hall
610 F Street Northwest
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
5:30pm – 6:30pm | FREE!

Trust us, it’s all made up! Rooted in the 16th century Italian commedia dell’arte all’improvviso, improvisational comedy is both an art form and a sport delighting and wowing audiences nationwide. On May 8, watch premiere Washington, D.C. long-form improv ensemble Press Play and Washington Improv Theater ensemble Season Six make it up on the spot and make you, and probably themselves, laugh as well. Come and end your work day the unscripted way with Season Six and Press Play!

Press Play is a long form improv ensemble that performs regularly around the Washington, DC area, as well as comedy venues across the nation. Learn more about Press Play on Facebook.

Season Six is a Washington Improv Theater ensemble and represents the best of improv comedy. Learn more about Season Six at washingtonimprovtheater.com

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Imagining the Renaissance: ALBRECHT DURER AND ITALY:

Embassy Of Italy
3000 Whitehaven St NW
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
7:00pm – 9:00pm | FREE!

Presented in collaboration with the Goethe Institut.
Albrecht Drer’s relationship to Italy inspired him, of course, but also Italians in his own time, writers reimagining the Italian Renaissance in the late 19th century, and thinkers today. This talk, by art historian Alice Jarrard, examines Drer’s role in the 19th-century construction of the Renaissance as a historical phenomenon, and considers some of the German writers and scholars who cast Drer in the role of the heroic protagonist who delivered Italian inventions north of the Alps. Inspired by the occasion of the Albertina show at the National Gallery of Art, it then looks closely at a few of Drer’s works and their complicated relationship to Italian art and culture. How does one chart artistic reception? By what means can we gauge artistic influence? The answers are not so simple.

German ensemble Capella de la Torre is renowned for their performances centered around historical double-reed instruments.

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Spring Fling at the Old Soldiers Home:

President Lincoln Cottage
140 Rock Creek Church Road Northwest
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
1:00pm – 5:00pm | FREE!

Friends of the Soldiers Home in cooperation with the Armed Forces Retirement Home is proud to announce the entertainment for Spring Fling:

Music by the cool jazz sounds of Herb Spice & The Cinnamonstix and The Nicole Saphos Group, featuring Nicoles dulcet voice accompanied by her stand-up bass

Also:

*60-minute nature walk of the Homes lower grounds with Brookland landscape architect Mary Pat Rowan, starting at 2 p.m.
*Children activities and prizes including toy boat races on the Soldiers Home pond!
*Local food vendors hes back, Captain Cookie and the Milk Man, home-made ice cream sandwiches to die for; The Big Cheese, try the Mt. Fuji with MT tam brie, fuji apple, honey on multigrain; DC Ballers, serving falafel & fries with different dipping sauces.
*Local craft beer from DC Brau.
*Carnival Games: Bocce/Volleyball/Football Toss/Horse Shoes/Baseball Throw/Golf Putting Mats and More!
*A tent where you can play many of your favorite board games.

Friends of the Soldiers Home is grateful to our friends at the Soldiers Home for assisting with this wonderful event that will benefit Home residents and the community.

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