Shankar Vedantam
In Conversation with David Greene
In Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain, the host of the “Hidden Brain” podcast argues that, paradoxically, deceiving ourselves and others can play a vital role in human success and well-being.
- Date:
- Mar 2, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
-
Ticket: $6
Free Ticket + Book with Signed Bookplate: $33
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Julia Turshen
In Conversation with Antoni Porowski
In Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food, the bestselling cookbook author shares a healthier take on the simple, satisfying comfort food for which she’s known, plus menu suggestions, adaptations for dietary needs, and personal essays.
- Date:
- Mar 4, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
-
Ticket: $10
Ticket + Book with Signed Bookplate: $38
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Baking with Sonny’s: How to Make Challah
Mix up your quarantine baking routine and learn how to make a classic challah loaf enriched with eggs and sweetened with honey.
- Date:
- Mar 7, 2021 • 11:00 am ET
- Admission:
-
Single class: $30
Three-class package: $75 (includes a digital version of Sonny’s new cookbook, For Starters)
- Category:
- Social
Mari Andrew
In Conversation with Mary Laura Philpott
From the writer and artist with over 1 million Instagram followers comes My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All the Times in Between, a collection of essays and illustrations that parallel the phases of the sky—twilight, golden hour, night, and dawn—with all of the moments, be they small, momentous, heartbreaking, anxiety inducing, or healing, that life brings our way.
- Date:
- Mar 8, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
-
Ticket (limited quantity): $12
Ticket + Book with Signed Bookplate: $28
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Jake Cohen
In Conversation with Pati Jinich
In Jew-ish: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch, the self-described “nice Jewish Boy” reinvents the food of his Ashkenazi heritage and draws inspiration from his husband’s Persian-Iraqi traditions to offer fresh takes for a whole new generation of eaters.
- Date:
- Mar 9, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
-
Ticket: $10
Free Ticket + Book with Signed Bookplate: $35
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Genius: Aretha – Virtual World Premiere
Experience the world premiere virtual screening of “Genius: Aretha,” a new-eight part limited series on National Geographic starring Cynthia Erivo and Courtney B. Vance that chronicles the life and legacy of the Queen of Soul.
- Date:
- Mar 11, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
-
FREE
- Category:
Could DC be the 51st State?
In early 2021, a bill to make DC America’s 51st state was reintroduced in the Senate after passing the House for the first time in history last year. With President Biden – a statehood supporter – in the White House and Democrats in control of both chambers of Congress, is DC on its way to becoming the 51st state?
- Date:
- Mar 17, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
-
Free. RSVP required.
Donations appreciated and will be shared equally between WAMU and Sixth & I.
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Giada De Laurentiis
In Conversation with Alex Guarnaschelli
In Eat Better, Feel Better: My Recipes for Wellness and Healing, Inside and Out, the Emmy award-winning television personality walks you through how to select food that can actually make you feel better and how to curate a personalized wellness routine to support a healthy mind, body, and spirit.
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.
Baking with Sonny’s: How to Make Upside-Down Cake
Mix up your quarantine baking routine and learn how to make a moist, nutty upside-down cake with syrupy, jammy fruit.