Joshua Wolf Shenk

In Conversation with Alix Spiegel

In Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs, Shenk breaks the myth of the lone genius apart and draws on new scientific research to show how the pair is the embodiment of ingenuity.

The Sharp Things

CANCELED

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this show has been canceled.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

In Conversation with Andrea Mitchell

In Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World, the senator from New York recounts her personal journey in public service and galvanizes women to reach beyond their busy lives and make a meaningful difference in the world around them.

Jeffrey Kluger

In The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed-in Your World, Kluger, the chief science writer at Time magazine, frames the new research on narcissism and explains the complex, and oftentimes exasperating personality disorder.

Ronna & Beverly

with special guest Bishop Gene Robinson

Comedians Jamie Denbo and Jessica Chaffin bring their alter egos, fifty-something Jewish mothers Ronna and Beverly, to our Downstairs stage for a live-taping of their self-titled, acclaimed comedy podcast.

Serve Others with Sixth & I

Volunteering at SOME

Serve breakfast at So Others Might Eat (SOME), an organization that works to end chronic homelessness in DC.

Just Neighbors

Individual Meeting Training

Reverend Luis Leon from St. John’s Church organizers from the Industrial Areas Foundation lead an introduction to community organizing principles on how to conduct a one-on-one meeting.

David Mitchell

In The Bone Clocks, the best-selling author tells the spellbinding story of a teenage runaway who wanders deep into the English countryside, where visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life.

Joyce Carol Oates

In Conversation with Louis Bayard

Lovely, Dark, Deep is a collection of ten stories that map the eerie darkness within us all, making visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurk at the edges of ordinary lives. Bayard, a former student of Oates, also shares what he learned from the legendary literary master.

Who Needs a Pulse

CANCELED

The DC-based duo formerly known as “Mike and Cody” brings its danceable pop electronic sound to our Downstairs stage.