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Mount Pleasant Main Street Holiday Sweater Party:

Marx Cafe
3203 Mount Pleasant Street, NW
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
7:30pm – 10:30pm | FREE!

Break out your favorite wool sweaters and antlers and come join us for Mount Pleasant Main Street’s 2012 Ugly Holiday Sweater Party and Fundraiser at Marx Cafe.

Date/Time: Wednesday, December 5th 7:30-10:30pm
Location: Marx Cafe (3203 Mount Pleasant St NW)

Holiday Specials

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BloomScreen presents: The Murmuring Coast (film+discussion):

Bloombars
3222 11th Street, NW
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
7:00pm – 9:00pm |

The Murmuring Coast (A Costa dos Murmrios) (2004, 120 min) – Margarida Cardoso’s stunning drama, set against the backdrop of the Portugal-Mozambique war of the late ’60’s; and based on a famous novel by Lidia Jorge. (Portuguese w/ English subtitles). (Warning: brief nudity).

The film will be followed by Q&A with Iane Campos-Siddique, organizer of the Washington Portuguese Language Meetup and a university lecturer in Portuguese.

$10 suggested donation to support BloomBars. Free popcorn and refreshments will be available to enhance your movie-watching experience.

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Great American Square Dance Revival:

St. Stephens Church
1525 Newton St. NW
Saturday, December 1st, 2012
8:30pm – 11:30pm | $5

Come ring in the holiday season with us at the Great American Square Dance Revival, Saturday, December 1st! There’s nothing like a foot-stomping, rollicking, barn-shaking dance party to ward off the winter chills and get you to feelin’ right. In the tradition of Appalachian-style community square dances, we’ll have a live string band and a caller to guide you along – no experience needed. Just walk on in and dance!

This time around, Richmond caller Grant Hunnicutt & friends will be teaching us the moves, with sweet string-band tunes by the Weiss Guys – that’s Leah Weiss on fiddle, Gary Wright on guitar, Kate Brett on banjo, and Kevin Enoch on bass. We’ll be churning out the dances and jams and serving up wassail (!) from 8:30 until 11:30 p.m. As always, $5 from you helps us pay the band and the hall. Feel free to bring drinks or snacks to share, potluck-style.

Folks from outside the neighborhood, we recommend taking the metro! St. Stephens is a short walk from the Columbia Heights station on the green line.

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Ellen Richardson, a graphic designer and Pleasant Plains resident, created the blog, Listed District. Listed District offers daily DC Craigslist findings of everything from Mid-Century and Industrial furniture, to bikes and the utterly strange.  Every week Ellen is going to share a roundup of some Phenomenal Finds with PoPville.

$650 – Minty Fresh Patio Set
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/fuo/3427233471.html

Photo by PoPville flickr user sarahcottontail

Howard Theatre Oral History Day

Saturday, December 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Howard Theatre Oral History Project, December 1, 2012 at the legendary Howard Theatre, Washington, DC featuring interviews with the legendary Dick Gregory, Sandra Bears of the Jewels and other Howard Theatre past performers and staff.

Howard Theatre Restoration, Inc. (HTR) the nonprofit organization that supports the community issues regarding the Howard Theatre and that led the effort to restore the Howard Theatre will produce an event to launch the Howard Theatre Oral History Project. The Oral History Project is a long term initiative that will become a part of the exhibition to be installed at the soon to be built Howard Theatre Education and Cultural Center annexed to the Howard Theatre.

The Oral History Project will specifically document history of the Shaw/U Street neighborhood and Washington’s art and cultural community as it relates to the Howard Theatre. On Saturday December 1, 2012 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Historic Howard Theatre, HTR will record oral history interviews with performers, previous theatre staff and audience members who have had unique experiences at the Howard Theatre.

Hundreds of people will benefit from the experience of Oral History Day on December 1, while thousands will benefit by watching and listening to the produced history recordings that will be the result of this historic event. The public is welcome free of charge to join in viewing the recordings of history, to include interviews with the legendary Dick Gregory, musicians, Greg Gaskins (guitar player for Elvis Presley, The Manhattans and others), David Akers (trumpet player with Wilson Pickett), Sandra Bears of the Jewels, and other surprise guests.

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SKI FILM-Thursday Nov 29th- Matchstick Productions “Superheros of Stoke”:

Arlington Cinema And Drafthouse
2903 Columbia Pike
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
6:30pm – 9:30pm | $12

Adams Morgan based DC Adventure Films is hosting Matchstick Productions “Superheros of Stoke” this Thursday, November 29th at the Arlington Cinema and Draft House. Athlete James Heim signing posters. 7:30pm start, 6:30pm doors. $12/ticket Raffling off 2 pairs of skis, Mountain Hardwear gear, lift tickets, etc

DETAILS

Matchstick Productions Ski Film Superheroes of Stoke
Thursday, November 29th at 7:30pm (doors 6:30pm)
Arlington Cinema & Draft House
$12. Buy your tickets on the Arlington Draft House Website or here.

MSP/Mountain Hardwear Athlete JAMES HEIM will be in the house!!!

For the fourth year, DC Adventure Films is proud to bring you another Matchstick Productions film. This is the most eagerly awaited ski film of the last two decades. SUPERHEROES OF STOKE celebrates MSPs heritage and 20 years of skiing progression, showcasing icons of the sport and honoring the moments that helped define modern freeskiing. This awe-inspiring new film takes a captivating look at the past, present, and future of freeskiing through comprehensive storytelling and engaging first-person perspectives from those who helped change the game. Throughout the film, MSP honors the heroes who have emerged over the years and pays tribute to the heroes who have been lost. SUPERHEROES OF STOKE showcases incredible new action from all corners of the globe, encompassing overhead powder at Chatter Creek, massive spine walls in Alaskas Tordrillo Mountains, pillow lines and tree jibs in Japan, and massive man-made features at Whistler and Alyeska.

Starring an elite class of superheroes, including: JAMES HEIM, Mark Abma, Ingrid Backstrom, Riley Leboe, Russ Henshaw, Eric Hjorleifson, Gus Kenworthy, Richard Permin, PK Hunder, Sean Pettit, Michelle Parker, Cody Townsend, Jacob Wester, Aidan Sheahan, Logan Pehota, Leo Ahrens, and Sam Anthamatten. Also featuring legendary cameos from earlier generations of the MSP universe: Shane McConkey, Seth Morrison, Wendy Fisher, JP Auclair, Mike Douglas, CR Johnson, Tanner Hall, Eric Pollard, Hugo Harrisson, Sarah Burke, and many more.

Raffle prizes: Win a pair of skis from The Ski Center, Mountain Hardwear gear, lift tickets from Whitetail, Liberty, and Roundtop, MSP DVDs, DC Adventure Films gear, and more.

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Public Enemy:

9:30 Club
Wednesday, Nov. 28
Public Enemy
7:00pm Doors
$35

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LISA MARIE JAKAB AT TONIC:

Tonic Restaurant
2036 G St NW
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
6:00pm – 8:00pm | FREE!

Lisa Marie Jakabs current work focuses on elegantly intertwining densely controlled masses with lighter atmospheric elements. The abstract imagery she creates using biomorphic forms is derived from a loose interpretation of observational visual stimuli. She uses a mostly monochromatic palette as well as synthetic, high intensity colors.

The energy in her works are sustained by process-oriented methods. She experiments with the natural tendencies of paint and ink, like dripping, and embraces these accidents as fuel for reactionary controlled brush marks and line. In her beautiful works, Jakab explores the psychology of cognition, specifically the space between a definable idea and its origin within human thought processes and sensory stimulants.

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STC Presents: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart:

Bier Baron Tavern
1523 22nd Street Northwest
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
7:00pm – 10:00pm | $55

Theatre + beer + burgers= What’s not to love?

The Shakespeare Theatre Company brings this widely popular theatrical production by the National Theatre of Scotland to Washington D.C. at the Bier Baron Tavern. Set in a pub in Kelso, Scotland, Prudencia Hart tells the story of a young woman who gets snowed into a bar on a mid-winter’s eve and must pit both her wits and her heart against an other-worldly adversary. Become a part of the story as this Scottish cast sings, dances, and belts karaoke around and on top of your tables in a bar in DuPont. Get there early and you can enjoy a burger + draft for only $10! Patrons may consume beverages during the show.

**Important Performance Information: As The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart takes place in a pub, all patrons will need to bring a legal I.D. with them. An I.D. is required for entry, no exceptions. All patrons under 21 years of age who wish to see the show must be accompanied by a legal guardian.

Visit ShakespeareTheatre.org for more information

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