Talks & Entertainment

Friend Request

For women in their 20s and 30s

Connect with other local women who sway to the tune of sisterhood at our 7th annual speed-friend-making event.

David Mayfield and Sean McConnell

Charismatic bluegrass performer and powerful songwriter David Mayfield joins forces with self-proclaimed “Lyric-driven Roots Rock with Soul” performer, Sean McConnell.

Rabbi Harold Kushner

The New York Times bestselling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People shares lessons and inspiration from the sum of his teaching, study, and experience in Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life.

Cheryl Strayed

In Conversation with Emily Yoffe

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wild comes Brave Enough, a collection of more than 100 quotes from Strayed’s writings that urge us toward the incredible capacity for love, compassion, forgiveness and endurance that is within us all.

How to Fix the Planet

With Robert Pollin and Joseph Romm

This will be a lively debate on a most pressing international problem – climate change – by two leading global thinkers on the environment and the economy.

Joey Alexander Trio

12-year-old piano prodigy Joey Alexander takes the stage this fall at Sixth & I—and, in the process, becomes the youngest headline artist ever presented by Washington Performing Arts.

CANCELED: Men’s Spa Day

Enjoy tailored personal training and a shvitz (sauna) with other Sixth & I men. Off Road DC will provide expert trainers, and then we’ll move onto the sauna and steam room at VIDA City Vista.

Anonymous 4

with Bruce Molsky

Noted for its unforgettable, virtuosic ensemble singing, captured on 20 recordings over 30 years of performances, Anonymous 4 returns to Washington with a valedictory performance just weeks before retiring.

Mary-Louise Parker

In Conversation with David Plotz

In Dear Mr. You, the Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe award-winning actress and star of Weeds and Angels in America composes letters to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today.

Running Club

Hit the streets for a pre-Thanksgiving run around town.