Talks & Entertainment

Alan Cumming

In Conversation with Ari Shapiro

In You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life is Stories and Pictures, the award-winning stage, television, and film actor and man-about-town shares forty-five wildly entertaining real-life stories.

An Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates

In Conversation with Iris Deroeux

Coates, a national correspondent at The Atlantic, MacArthur Fellow, and the author of Between the World and Me, for which he won a National Book Award, offers reflections on American culture, race, and politics.

Sorry, Not Sorry

For women in their 20s and 30s

Approaching the High Holidays, a time when we ask for forgiveness, Rabbi Suzy leads an interactive conversation about when women should be sorry, or not sorry, and what Jewish texts can add to our modern understanding of being a woman.

Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton

In Conversation with David Plotz

Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide To The World’s Hidden Wonders is the definitive guide to the most astonishing, curious, unusual, off-the-beaten path destinations and secret marvels across the globe.

Jessica Bennett

In Conversation with Adam B. Kushner

In Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace, Bennett shares practical strategies, stealthy hacks, and much-needed camaraderie that every working woman needs to battle her way through the modern workplace.

Livingston Taylor

with Chelsea Berry

Taylor picked up his first guitar at the age of 13, beginning a 40 year career that has encompassed performance, songwriting, and teaching. The musician recorded his first record at age 18 and has continued to create well crafted, introspective, and original songs that have earned him listeners worldwide.

Brooklyn Rider & Anne Sofie von Otter

The groundbreaking string quartet return to our stage this fall with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter for a program ranging from the Beatles to Björk.

Get Out the Vote

With less than a month away from the most historic election in U.S. history, Sixth & I is partnering with the Election Protection Coalition to hold a non-partisan voter registration drive in Alexandria. No prior experience necessary; training will take place on site.

Cathi Hanauer

In Conversation with (her husband) Daniel Jones

The Bitch is Back is a collection of essays about love, sex, work, family, independence, body-image, health, and aging: the critical flash points of women’s lives today.

Bake Pink, Think Pink

For women in their 20s and 30s

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, make pink challah and learn how to be proactive about your health with Sharsheret, an organization that offers a community of support to women of all Jewish backgrounds, diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer or at increased genetic risk. Braid pre-made pink challah dough, add fun pink toppings, and take it home to bake fresh for Shabbat.