Madame Gandhi
Sixth & I and DCist Present: Living Room Sessions
Listed among Forbes Music 30 Under 30, Madame Gandhi is an artist and activist who has toured drumming for M.I.A, Thievery Corporation, Oprah Winfrey’s 2020 Vision Stadium Tour, and others.
Journalism in the Time of COVID-19
With Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg and Rabbi Shira Stutman
What does it take to operate a virtual newsroom? In a conversation with Rabbi Shira Stutman, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, unpacks what it means to run a media company right now—pulling back the curtain on what it takes, the stakes, and what has changed about media since the world turned upside down.
- Date:
- May 6, 2020 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Free via Facebook. RSVPs appreciated. Download a user’s guide to Facebook Live here.
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- Category:
- Authors & Talks
CANCELED: Tori Amos
In Conversation with Hanna Rosin
Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage shares how the multiplatinum singer-songwriter has managed to create meaningful, politically resonant work against patriarchal power structures across her career.
Cat Janice
Sixth & I and DCist Present: Living Room Sessions
Broadcasted live from the artists’ living room, this show is part of Sixth & I’s new weekly concert series designed to shine a spotlight on the best local talent. Stream More +
CANCELED: Terry Riley & Gyan Riley
Known as the “Father of Minimalism,” revered composer and multi-instrumentalist Terry Riley performs with his son, guitarist Gyan Riley, to delve into classical minimalism, jazz, Indian ragas, and more.
- Date:
- May 9, 2020 • 8:00 pm ET
- Category:
- Music
Sixth & I Virtual Trivia Night
From sports and pop culture to geography and politics, we’ll test your knowledge of it all from the comfort of your own homes.
VIRTUAL: John Moe
With Sean Doolittle and Linda Holmes
In The Hilarious World of Depression, the host of the hit podcast of the same name brings depression’s universal themes to light, including struggles with identity, the challenges of work-life balance, and the lack of understanding of symptoms through his own personal story as well as insights from interviews with comics, musicians, and public figures who are among the millions who have experienced the disease.
- Date:
- May 14, 2020 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $10
1 ticket + 1 signed book: $32
A link to access the program will be sent 2 hours before it begins.
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Lauren Calve
Sixth & I and DCist Present: Living Room Sessions
Broadcasted live from the artists’ living room, this show is part of Sixth & I’s new weekly concert series designed to shine a spotlight on the best local talent. Stream More +
CANCELED: Danilo Pérez’s Global Messengers
The jazz piano master and UNESCO Artist for Peace leads an international sextet boasting musicians from Palestine, Greece, Jordan, and Panama with the goal of building community through music.
- Date:
- May 16, 2020 • 8:00 pm ET
- Category:
- Music
VIRTUAL: Symone Sanders
In Conversation with Anna Palmer
In her rousing call to leadership, No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America, the senior advisor for former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign rallies the young and the young at heart to find their authentic voice and use it to both fight ideological battles more effectively and to resist those who try to silence them.
- Date:
- May 19, 2020 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $10
1 ticket + 1 signed book: $30
Free: For those with financial need
A link to access the program will be sent 2 hours before it begins.
- Category:
- Authors & Talks