Lion Babe
with Kamau
The New York-based duo is made up of singer/songwriter and performance artist Jillian Hervey and instrumentalist and producer Lucas Goodman. The duo constantly embrace polarity, mixing and matching sounds and visuals to create something new and unique.
Trivia Under the Stars
At Union Market
Fuel your brainpower with fresh air at our thought-provoking summer series. Enjoy the same trivia format you know and love outdoors at one of the nation’s best food halls.
- Date:
- Jul 27, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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$12 in advance
$15 day of event
- Category:
- 20s & 30s Programming
Benjamin Clementine
The Mercury Prize-winning poet and musician brings relentless piano and haunting lyricism to downtown DC with songs from his debut EP, Cornerstone.
CANCELED: Sixth & I Goes to the Movies
We’re heading to the Carnegie Library for an outdoor screening of Back to the Future. Meet outside Sixth & I at 6:30 pm and we will walk over to Carnegie as a group. For those arriving later, look out for the Sixth & I sign. Movie snacks provided.
Jonathan Franzen
In Conversation with Marcela Valdes
In remarkable works of fiction such as The Corrections and Freedom, Jonathan Franzen has become one of today’s defining literary voices. His fifth novel, Purity, now in paperback and soon to be a Showtime series, showcases his abiding concern with family as well as his signature dual focus on large issues—nuclear weapons, mass surveillance—and personal concerns.
Trivia Under the Stars
At Union Market
Fuel your brainpower with fresh air at our thought-provoking summer series. Enjoy the same trivia format you know and love outdoors at one of the nation’s best food halls.
- Date:
- Aug 17, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Online sales are now closed. Tickets will be available for purchase when doors open at 6:15 pm.
- Category:
- 20s & 30s Programming
An Intimate Evening with Rickie Lee Jones
The two-time Grammy winner and cultural phenomenon performs songs from her first new album in over a decade.
- Date:
- Aug 20, 2016 • 8:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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$35 in advance
$40 day of show
VIP Tickets – SOLD OUT
- Category:
- Music
Rabia Chaudry
In Conversation with Wajahat Ali
In Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice after Serial, Chaudry takes readers back into Adnan Syed’s case, exposing new evidence on the investigation and trial.
- Date:
- Sep 8, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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1 ticket: $17
1 ticket + 1 book: $30
2 tickets + 1 book: $40
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Man’s Attempt at Thoughtfulness
Combining spirituality, psychology, modern masculinity, and good scotch, Rabbi Scott brings a group of men together to discuss some of life’s more important questions.
Hari Kondabolu
with Carmen Lagala
Dubbed one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today by the New York Times, the Brooklyn-based comic brings his political humor to downtown DC, following the release of his sophomore album, Mainstream American Comic.
