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Ásgeir

with TUSKS

The artist’s raw emotional honesty is threaded through exciting songs about dragons, gods and wilderness on his last album. With a new album as gently boundary-pushing and moving as Afterglow, Ásgeir creates music that is cathartic for his countless fans, as well as for himself.

Date:
Oct 2, 2017 • 8:00 pm ET
Admission:

$20 in advance
$22 day of show

Category:
Music

Dinner Unplugged: Sukkot Edition

Exhausted from an over-committed schedule and increasingly fast-paced, go-go-go lifestyle? Detox from nonstop technology with our recurring mid-week dinner – sans smartphones. Mark the first night of Sukkot with an More +

Date:
Oct 4, 2017 • 6:00 pm ET
Admission:

SOLD OUT

Category:
20s & 30s Programming

Whitney Cummings

The Los-Angeles-based comedian, actor, writer and producer is the executive producer and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, which is currently in its sixth season. She also wrote, produced and starred in Whitney, which aired on NBC from 2011 to 2013. Cummings directed her first feature film The Female Brain, which will be released in 2017.

Date:
Oct 7, 2017 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

1 ticket + 1 book (include meet & greet): $45

Category:
Authors & Talks

Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh

In Conversation with Ari Shapiro

Known for his inventive savory and vegetarian dishes, as well as his London delis and fine-dining restaurant, NOPI, Ottolenghi is sharing his secrets for making the very best baked goods, desserts, and confections in Sweet, written with Helen Goh.

Date:
Oct 9, 2017 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

SOLD OUT

Category:
Authors & Talks

Throwing Shade Live

Called “the perfect combination of silly, intelligent, cynical and charming” by Entertainment Weekly and “well worth dialing up” by the New York Times, “Throwing Shade Live” is the boundary-pushing political comedy podcast and TV show hosted by Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi who bring their fresh takes on pop culture, women’s rights, and LGBT rights live to the stage for an evening of hilarity and vulgarity.

Date:
Oct 10, 2017 • 8:00 pm ET
Admission:

$25 in advance
$30 day of show

Category:
Comedy

Alt Nation Presents Atlas Genius

with Magic Giant and Half the Animal

Produced by Atlas Genius and Frederik Thaae, Inanimate Objects is the follow-up to the band’s 2013 full-length debut, When It Was Now.

Date:
Oct 16, 2017 • 8:00 pm ET
Admission:

$20 in advance
$23 day of show

Category:
Music

Esther Perel

In Conversation with Rabbi Shira Stutman

In The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity, the renowned sex therapist challenges assumptions, upends conventional wisdom, and offers a nuanced look at affairs from multiple viewpoints.

Date:
Oct 17, 2017 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

Ticket: $18
1 ticket + 1 book: $32
2 tickets + 1 book: $45

Category:
Authors & Talks

Amy Tan

In Conversation with Deborah Tannen

The bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement explores her life as a writer, her childhood, and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory in her new memoir, Where the Past Begins.

Date:
Oct 18, 2017 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

Ticket: $18
1 ticket + 1 book: $35
2 tickets + 1 book: $45

Category:
Authors & Talks

Sisterhood Gets Fresh

For women in their 20s and 30s

Stroll through the Penn Quarter farmers market, buy fresh food, and learn about how DC farmers markets create a more sustainable food system from a community expert from FRESHFARM. Hear More +

Date:
Oct 19, 2017 • 6:00 pm ET
Admission:

$5

Category:
20s & 30s Programming

Man’s Attempt at Thoughtfulness

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

Date:
Oct 19, 2017 • 6:00 pm ET
Admission:

$10

Category:
20s & 30s Programming
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