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Know Your Neighborhood Series: Mount Pleasant, An Historic Overview @ the Mount Pleasant Library:

Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library
3160 16th St NW
Saturday, April 20th, 2013
2:00pm – 4:00pm | FREE!

Mount Pleasant started as a post-Civil War country village, but most of the neighborhood we know today was built after the streetcar arrived in 1903. Historian Mara Cherkasky will use maps and images to take you back to Mount Pleasant’s origins and allow you to see how it developed as it did. Cherkasky has written several accounts of Mount Pleasant’s history and has led numerous walking tours of the neighborhood.

Join us Saturday April 20th at 2:00 pm in the meeting room on the main floor of the library for this wonderful presentation. Mara’s book about Mount Pleasant will also be available for purchase.

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Symposium: CODEX MEXICO SYMPOSIUM AND BOOK FAIR:

Mexican Cultural Institute
2829 16th Street Northwest
Friday, April 19th, 2013
9:00am – Sat 2:00pm | FREE!

Don’t miss the Codex Mexico: The Book as Art Exhibition Symposium and Book Fair from April 19th – 20th at the Mexican Cultural Institute. On Friday, April 19th, attendees will have the opportunity to hear short panels such as Tradition and History in Mexican Artist Books and On The Importance of Collecting Artist Books featuring well known printers, artists, and librarians, including founder of the Codex Foundation Peter Koch, Adan Griego and Roberto Trujillo from Stanford University Libraries, and Mexican poet Miguel Angel Prez Maldonado, among others.

Friday panels will be followed by presentations from five California artists whose work is on display as part of the Mexican Cultural Institute’s The Book as Art Exhibition. On Saturday, April 20th, the Mexican Cultural Institute will welcome the Artist Book Fair, where Codex artists and local printers will display pieces from their work.

For a full schedule of Symposium events, please visit: http://www.instituteofmexicodc.org/symposium.pdf

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DC premiere screening of LAST SHOP STANDING: THE RISE, FALL AND REBIRTH OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD SHOP:

Comet Ping Pong
5037 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
8:30pm – 10:00pm | FREE!

The Official Film of Record Store Day 2013, LAST SHOP STANDING: THE RISE, FALL AND REBIRTH OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD SHOP, is based on a book by Graham Jones, and directed by Pip Piper. Free screenings are happening this week in partnership with record stores across the country.

LAST SHOP STANDING should be an essential watch for anyone who grew up going to record shops or for those who want to explore the music world further deeper than what is online. Mark Searby, MTV

Hear from over 20 record shop owners and music industry leaders as well as musicians including Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Billy Bragg, Nerina Pallot, Richard Hawley and Clint Boon as they all tell us how the shops became and still are a part of their own musical education, a place to cherish and discover new bands and new music.

Get DCs Record Store Day started early with a free screening of LAST SHOP STANDING, hosted in the back room at Comet Ping Pong (5037 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20008). No cover. Regular food and drink menu available.

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HH Fundraiser to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention:

Nellie’s Sports Bar
900 U St NW
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
5:00pm – 8:00pm | FREE!

Please join us Wednesday night (4/17) from 5-8 PM at Nellies Sports Bar in Washington, DC, for a fun happy hourto bring mental health awareness OUT OF THE DARKNESS.

We are going to have some great drink specials, raffle items (Starbucks gift basket, Rollergirls Tickets and VIDA Fitness Give-aways), 50/50 raffle, and a fun happy hour to raise awareness. We will also have a professional photographer on site for the evening! EVERYONE is welcome to join and have a great evening with us.

Thanks for your support of raising mental health awareness and preventing suicide.

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D.C. Emancipation Day Book Talk and Reception with Lucinda Prout Janke:

The Historical Society Of Washington, Dc
801 K St NW
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
11:00am – 2:00pm | FREE!

Join the Historical Society for the debut of a new book, A Guide to Civil War Washington, D.C.: The Capital of the Union, by Lucinda Prout Janke.

The first such guide issued in over a decade, the book provides a new look at significant historical sites and a concise history of the city’s Civil War years. It also features images from the Society’s collections. On the 151st anniversary of the signing of the D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act, Janke will discuss its effects on the city’s demographics and how the law got its own local holiday.

Members of the Historical Society are also invited to afternoon refreshments and continued discussion following the book talk. Please RSVP to [email protected]. If you are not already a member, you may join online or call 202-249-3952 for more information.

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Sexy Space Party: Countdown to Yuri’s Night:

Artisphere
1101 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA
Saturday, April 13th, 2013
8:00pm – 2:00am | $25

The sixth annual Countdown to Yuri’s Night will celebrate the anniversary of the first human spaceflight with robot flare. This one-night event features an exhibition of interchangeable robot paintings; a burlesque show with Trixie Little and The Evil Hate Monkey, Mr. Gorgeous, Candy Del Rio, The Reverend Valentine, Fannie Spankings, and Kittie Glitter; music from the bands Dance for the Dying and Atomic Mosquitos; and more

A 21+ event.

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Tarantella and Pizza:

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
545 7th St SE
Friday, April 12th, 2013
6:30pm – 8:00pm | FREE!

Eat a little pizza, dance a little Tarantella, paint a little fresco, have a LOT of family fun at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop’s FREE family arts night and camp open house! If you’re not familiar with the summer camp experience at CHAW this is the perfect opportunity to come meet our camp staff and see what a camp day is like. If you already know the ropes, stop by anyway, say hello and bring a friend. Camps are for students ages K-5 with some options for pre-k 4 and 5 year olds. Feel free to call our office at 202-547-6839 or visit our website for more information: http://chaw.org/index.php/register/summer_camp

Free but RSVP by calling 202-547-6839 or email [email protected].

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Congo-The Grand Inga Project:

Arlington Cinema And Drafthouse
2903 Columbia Pike
Arlington, VA
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
7:00pm – 11:45pm | $12

Presented by DC Adventure Films and Active Nature, Fish Mungas CONGO The Grand Inga Project, will make an appearance in the nations whitewater capital, Washington, D.C.! Steve Fisher, expedition leader and the director of the film will be on hand to introduce the film and talk about the expedition.

Recently awarded BEST FILM at the X-Dance Film Festival in Salt Lake City the worlds premiere action sports film festival. CONGO The Grand Inga Project is an 80 minute film that follows Steve Fisher, Tyler Bradt, Ben Marr, and Rush Sturges through the 50 mile stretch of the Congo River known as the Inga Rapids. Flowing at 1.6 million cubic feet per second, these rapids have resisted navigation since the first attempt by Henry Mortan-Stanley in 1874. Congo explores the previous attempts at navigating the massive whirlpools and waves of Inga, while also documenting the teams training, preparation and the historic first successful descent. This is a river like no other, and these rapids were a big step more difficult than we’d anticipated, says Fisher, We may have survived these rapids, but somehow we feel more humbled than proud.

D.C. is home to the Great Falls of the Potomac River, a cascading gem of the whitewater world. Its proximity to the nations capital and incredible gradient, make it one of Fishers favorite places to paddle in the nation, Great Falls has some of the best paddling in the country especially this time of year. D.C. has been a vibrant kayaking community for decades and home to many world renowned Olympic athletes and thousands of beginners to experts in multiple disciplines (freestyle, river runners, etc). For this reason, DC Adventure Films and Active Nature along with Steve Fisher share this exciting film to the D.C. Metro paddling community. Fisher says I have some good paddling friends there, and I’d love the paddling scene to see the films.

Presented by DC Adventure Films and Active Nature. Check out DC Adventure Films on Facebook for more adventure and action sports films in the Washington, DC area.

Event Details
Thursday, April 11th
Arlington Cinema & Draft House, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA
Showtimes: 7:00pm, 9:45pm, Doors 6:00pm
$12/ticket available online at Arlington Cinema & Draft House website or at the door
Direct Ticket Link: http://arlingtondrafthouse.com/drafthouse/event.aspx?eid=1682

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Benefit concert for child soldiers: Soheil Nasseri:

Church Of The Epiphany
1317 G St NW
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
7:30pm – 9:30pm | $35

World-renowned pianist Soheil Nasseri to perform benefit concert for former child soldiers. Nasseri will play Rachmaninoff and Beethoven for the Grassroots Reconciliation Group to aid former child soldiers in northern Uganda. Reception with drinks to follow. 100% of proceeds will go directly to projects to benefit former child soldiers in northern Uganda through the Grassroots Reconciliation Group, a 501(c) nonprofit organization.

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