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.

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.

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.

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.

Jonathan Safran Foer

In Conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg

Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks, in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis.

Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz

In Conversation with Jessica Sidman

The co-founders of The Gefilteria, a company that reimagines and produces Ashkenazi Jewish food, present more than 100 recipes from the kitchens of Eastern Europe and the diaspora of North America in The Gefilte Manifesto.

Ian McEwan

In Conversation with Richard McCann

Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit by McEwan, whose works have earned him worldwide critical acclaim.