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Cécile McLorin Salvant

The highly acclaimed and wonderfully talented young singer performs fresh interpretations of unknown and scarcely recorded jazz and blues compositions.

Date:
Nov 1, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

SOLD OUT

Category:
Music

An Evening with Pete Yorn

You & Me Acoustic

The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist performs material from throughout his career that began with the release of his highly acclaimed LP, musicforthemorningafter, in 2001.

Date:
Nov 2, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

$30 in advance
$35 day of show

Category:
Music

Cathy Barrow

In Conversation with Bonnie Benwick

In Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry: Recipes and Techniques for Year-Round Preserving, the author of the food blog of the same name shows what home cooks can do to turn the fleeting abundance of the farmers’ market into a well-stocked pantry full of canned fruits and vegetables, jams, stocks, soups, and more.

Date:
Nov 3, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

Ticket: $12
2 FREE tickets with book purchase: $35

Category:
Authors & Talks

Ethics Under Fire

Does the IDF Maintain a Moral High Ground? With IDF COL (Res.) Bentzi Gruber, PhD

Based on his 30-year combat record in the reserves, Colonel Bentzi Gruber explores the moral and legal aspects of the war on terror and how the IDF applies ethics when making life and death decisions during combat.

Date:
Nov 3, 2014 • 7:30 pm ET
Admission:

Free

Category:
Authors & Talks

Walter Isaacson

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet, as well as a guide to how innovation really happens.

Date:
Nov 4, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

Ticket: $15
1 ticket + 1 book: $35
2 tickets + 1 book: $40

Category:
Authors & Talks

Basically Jewish

Rabbi Scott leads an experiential introduction to Judaism course designed for those looking to reconnect with Judaism, as well as non-Jews looking to discover.

Date:
Nov 4, 2014 • 7:30 pm ET
Category:
20s & 30s Programming

Text from Last Night

Get a half hour fix of the week’s Torah portion over lunch.

Date:
Nov 5, 2014 • 12:15 pm ET
Category:
20s & 30s Programming

Karen Armstrong

In Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence, Armstrong sets out on a journey from prehistoric times to the present to discover the truth about religion and violence in each of the world’s great traditions.

Date:
Nov 5, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

Ticket: $15
1 ticket + 1 book: $30
2 tickets + 1 book: $35

Category:
Authors & Talks

Eric Hutchinson

with Special Guest Tristan Prettyman and Nick Howard

The Washington, DC-raised singer, pianist, and guitarist performs his irresistible songs with an unmatched, engaging presence.

Date:
Nov 6, 2014 • 7:30 pm ET
Category:
Music

Friday Night Services with MesorahDC

Services with soulful melodies and contemporary insights. Dinner served on Friday.

Date:
Nov 7, 2014 • 6:30 pm ET
Admission:

Dinner is $8 per person
or $12 per couple.

Category:
20s & 30s Programming
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