Talks & Entertainment

Back to School Comedy Featuring Louis Katz

with Mike Finazzo and Grant Gordon

Deftly combining high and lowbrow humor, Katz headlines an evening of class act comedy featuring emerging stand-up comedians on our Downstairs stage.

Christian Rudder, OkCupid Co-founder

In Conversation with Megan Garber

In Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking), the Harvard-trained mathematician, rock musician, and OkCupid cofounder helps us understand human nature.

Peter Thiel

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future draws on everything the co-founder of PayPal and investor in hundreds of start-ups has learned about how to build companies that create new things.

DC Candidate Forum

Candidates for mayor and attorney general, DC’s newest elected office, share their vision for the District and answer your questions at this community-wide forum.

An Evening with Nicholas Kristof

From the authors of the #1 New York Times best-selling Half the Sky comes A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity—a unique narrative about making a difference in the world and a road-map to becoming a conscientious global citizen.

Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg

In Conversation with Elise Hu

In How Google Works, Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman and Rosenberg, advisor to the CEO, offer an inside look at how Google defines its unique culture, values and strategies.

Walter Mischel

In Conversation with Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth

In The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control, Mischel explains how self-control can be mastered and applied to challenges in everyday life—from weight control to quitting smoking, overcoming heartbreak, making major decisions, and planning for retirement.

Valerie June

with Tom McBride

Valerie June has traveled a long road to the remarkable moment at which the soulful singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist now finds herself.

Hammer Time: Sukkah Building

Pitch in to raise Sixth & I’s sukkah. Tools, building supplies, and food to fuel the build will be provided. No skill set required. Please wear closed-toed shoes and appropriate clothing.

A night with The New Republic’s Chris Hughes, Franklin Foer and Michael Kinsley

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of The New Republic, Insurrections of the Mind: 100 Years of Politics and Culture in America offers essays exploring the pivotal issues of modern America culled from the archives of the magazine.