Washington, D.C. Event Calendar

JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF IMPACT,COMMUNITY,AND CELEBRATION AS WE RECOGNIZE DUPONT CIRCLES LEGACY BUSINESSES!

5:30 PM COCKTAIL HOUR AND NIBBLES

6:30 PM OPENING REMARKS

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS

7:30 PM LEGACY BUSINESS 20TH

ANNIVERSARY AWARD CEREMONY!

Join First Shift Justice Project at “Dance Like a Mother,” a fun house music party benefiting DC-area low-wage working parents & caregivers fighting workplace discrimination. First Shift helps working parents assert their workplace rights to prevent job loss. The money raised at this fun event will enable the organization to increase its pro bono legal services to low-wage workers, conduct more community outreach, train more medical providers to be workers’ advocates, and much more. The event is free with a $25 suggested donation.

Dance Like a Mother is family-friendly from 6-8 pm! Stop by the kids’ cabana for fun activities.

Join First Shift Justice Project at “Dance Like a Mother,” a fun house music party benefiting DC-area low-wage working parents & caregivers fighting workplace discrimination. First Shift helps working parents assert their workplace rights to prevent job loss. The money raised at this fun event will enable the organization to increase its pro bono legal services to low-wage workers, conduct more community outreach, train more medical providers to be workers’ advocates, and much more. The event is free with a $25 suggested donation.

Dance Like a Mother is family-friendly from 6-8 pm! Stop by the kids’ cabana for fun activities.

Come hungry and leave happy! Experience culture, community, and cuisine all in one place. See you at the festival!!!!

Join metrobar, SAMASAMA Art, and Kam and 46 on Sunday, May 19th, for the annual “Sari-Sari Pop-Up Market” including a new addition with the team at DC Beer, “Cheers & Beers: AAPI Brewers of the DMV“!

The market is free to attend and runs from 12:00-5:00pm ft. beats from Les the DJ and DJ Mắmchèlla, plus artists, chefs, and makers to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Tasting tickets are available now with a dozen beers for $25 and 2:00pm or 3:30pm time slots, ft. pours from Lost Generation, Bluejacket, Elder Pine, YOJU Soju, and spring #dcbeer offerings from DC Brau, Right Proper, Soul Mega, and Red Bear, plus discussion with the brewers/makers and DC Beer teams.

Kick up your heels at Bad Medicine’s COMEDY CABARET extravaganza at the DC Improv Comedy Club on Tuesday, May 21st. Revel in the sights and sounds of this entertaining musical revue, with songs, dance and sketch comedy that will have you shouting, “Encore!”

Inspired by Saturday Night Live, Bad Medicine is DC’s premier sketch comedy troupe. Trained by the Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City, their comedy focuses on the absurdity of life. For more than half a decade, Bad Medicine has performed at North American festivals like Montreal Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, Chicago Sketchfest, and Sketchfest Seattle. They also produce award-winning short comedy films, and a podcast about the craft of sketch comedy called Sketch Nerds

The annual DC Day of Archaeology Festival gathers archaeologists from Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia together to talk about our local history and heritage. Talk to archaeologists in person and learn more about archaeological science and the past of our communities. There will be engaging activities for children, artifact displays, music, and crafts. Organized by the local nonprofit Archaeology in the Community, this free event will be held at Dumbarton House on June 1 at 10:00 AM-3:00 PM.

Come celebrate and bid farewell to Frank Albinder in his final concert as Music Director of the Washington Men’s Camerata featuring a special program of his most cherished pieces for men’s chorus with works by Ron Jeffers, Peter Schickele, Amy Beach, Nikolai Golovanov, Gabriel Fauré, Randall Thompson and others.

Tickets: Regular $25.00, Student $15.00, Family $60.00