Talks & Entertainment

Moving On Up: How to Benefit from Mentorship

For women in their 20s and 30s

A strong mentor can offer a wealth of knowledge and experience to guide you on your career path. Lisa Eisen, Vice President of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and director of its DC office, will discuss how to find a mentor, the types of realistic expectations bring to the relationship, and how best to maintain it – specifically as it relates to women.

Joel Grey

In Conversation with Leon Wieseltier

The actor, producer, and director—best known for his role in Cabaret—draws back the curtain on his seven decades in entertainment in Master of Ceremonies.

CANCELED: Running Club

Lace up your sneakers and hit the streets for a fun run around town, followed by a meal at a local eatery. Choose either a two-mile or four-mile route.

Amy Cuddy

In Conversation with Guy Raz

The Harvard Business School social psychologist explains the science underlying power poses and other body-mind effects, and teaches us how to become self-assured in life’s most trying moments in Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges.

Man’s Attempt at Thoughtfulness: Daddy Issues

Men talk about having children

Combining spirituality, psychology, modern masculinity, and excellent bourbon, Rabbi Scott brings a group of men together to attempt some thoughtfulness about life’s more important questions.

Sixth & Chai: A Tea Tasting

Warm up this winter with sips and samples from nearby tea shops while expanding your knowledge of all things tea.

Diane Rehm – POSTPONED

This program has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 31 at 7:00 pm.

Zuli

with Sean Croft

Zuli’s off-kilter debut EP, Supernatural Voodoo, is an exploration in psych pop. Performing every instrument and conceptualizing each sound on the record himself, he found clarity in isolation.

Voices in a Promised Land

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aleksandar Hemon, and Cecilia Muñoz

Three MacArthur “genius grant” recipients—Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sarajevo-born author Aleksandar Hemon, and Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz, talk about their pioneering work as it relates to immigration.

Sister to Sister: The Stories We Share

For women in their 20s and 30s

Taking inspiration from All-of-a-Kind Family, a series of books about five sisters growing up in early 20th century New York, Judith Rosenbaum, Executive Director of the Jewish Women’s Archive, leads a salon-style conversation about sisters—by birth and by choice—and the significance of the stories we share from one generation to the next.