Events for April, 2015
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Café NiteCafé NiteExplore several learning options with MesorahDC, including Hebrew lessons, bar and bat mitzvah training, and basic or intermediate study sessions. Black Jewish ...Black Jewish Unity SederDC’s African American and Jewish communities host this inaugural seder exploring the connected history, values, interests, and commitment to a better city and world. |
Gretchen RubinGretchen RubinIn Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives, Rubin tackles the critical question: How can we make good habits and break bad ones? |
Morning EditionMorning EditionEach Wednesday, start your morning off right by finding a space for gratitude, meditation, and prayer. Text from Las...Text from Last NightDuring lunch, get a half hour fix of each week’s Torah portion with Rabbi Scott. Interfaith Co...Interfaith Couples WorkshopRabbi Shira facilitates a guided, nonjudgmental space for Jews and their non-Jewish partners to explore the basics of Judaism and Jewish life. |
DakhaBrakhaDakhaBrakhaBlending urban avant-garde and Ukrainian village culture, the self-proclaimed “ethno-chaos” group refreshingly revisions Eastern European roots music. Sell Your Cha...Sell Your ChametzBefore Passover begins, Sixth & I will accept chametz and collectively sell it in accordance with Jewish tradition. |
Community SederCommunity SederChazzan Larry Paul and musician Robyn Helzner lead a traditional seder, complete with reflection and singing. Participatory...Participatory SederRabbi Scott leads a highly participatory, traditional seder. |
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Matzah MealMatzah MealHungry for a decent dinner during Passover? Enjoy a kosher for Passover meal worthy of bubbe’s blessing. |
Is It Time fo...Is It Time for the Jews to Leave Europe?Memories of the Holocaust inoculated Europe against overt anti-Semitism for over half a century, but recent fatal attacks and mounting hatred have left the continent confronted with a crisis and its Jews with an agonizing choice. Atlantic national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg discusses his reporting for the April cover story with James Bennet. |
Morning EditionMorning EditionEach Wednesday, start your morning off right by finding a space for gratitude, meditation, and prayer. Matzah MealMatzah MealHungry for a decent dinner during Passover? Enjoy a kosher for Passover meal worthy of bubbe’s blessing. The Blessings...The Blessings of Vulnerability and AuthenticityExplore the paradox of vulnerability in a social media-obsessed society through Jewish and secular texts. |
Shabbasana™Shabbasana™Prepare your mind and body for Shabbat with Jewish-inspired yoga and meditation. 6th in the Ci...6th in the City ShabbatMusical and interactive service at 7:15 pm with Rabbi Shira and musician Rick Recht, followed by a kosher for Passover dinner. |
Havdallah Bik...Havdallah Bike RideHead out on a communal bike ride through DC, followed by Havdallah and a happy hour. |
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Sixth & ...Sixth & I TourUncover the unexpected story of renewal, revitalization, and reinvention of our building that has led to what Sixth & I is today. Rodrigo AmaranteRodrigo AmaranteThe Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist sings his stripped-down and tender songs to our Downstairs stage. |
Candice BergenCandice BergenIn A Fine Romance, Candice Bergen shares with humor, honesty and wisdom the big events of her life: her marriage to a famous French director, the birth of her daughter, Murphy Brown, widowhood, falling in love again, and watching her daughter blossom. |
Erev Yom HaShoahErev Yom HaShoahHolocaust Memorial Day Serve Others ...Serve Others with Sixth & IServe breakfast at So Others Might Eat (SOME), an organization that works to end chronic homelessness in DC. Jennifer TeegeJennifer TeegeIn 2008, Teege, a German-Nigerian woman who was given up for adoption as a child, discovered that she is the granddaughter of the Nazi commandant portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List. My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me recounts the shocking discovery that profoundly disrupted her sense of herself. |
Yom HaShoahYom HaShoahHolocaust Memorial Day Andrea GibsonAndrea GibsonNow on her fifth full-length album, Flower Boy, and her second book, The Madness Vase, Gibson’s raw fearlessness has led her to the forefront of the spoken word movement. |
Good Soul Sha...Good Soul ShabbatRabbi Scott, Kevin Snider of DeLeon, percussionist Guy Irlander, and Michal Bilick offer soulful acoustic music, deep spirituality, and thoughtful service to DC. |
The Hot SardinesThe Hot SardinesThe Sardine sound—wartime Paris via New Orleans—is steeped in hot jazz, salty stride piano, and the kind of music Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, and Fats Waller used to make: straight-up, foot-stomping jazz. |
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An Evening wi...An Evening with Vijay Iyer TrioThe GRAMMY-nominated group updates the sound of their classic jazz piano trio, creating a powerful, cutting-edge new music firmly grounded in groove and pulse, but also rhythmically intricate and highly interactive. |
Nora PouillonNora PouillonSpanning the last forty years of our culinary history, My Organic Life: How a Pioneering Chef Helped Shape the Way We Eat Today tells the story of the natural foods pioneer who, earlier than anyone else, made it her mission to bring organic foods to the American table. |
Elvis PerkinsElvis PerkinsThe folk rock recording artist has earned comparisons to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. |
Yom HaZikaronYom HaZikaronIsraeli Memorial Day Ellen McCarthyEllen McCarthyThe Real Thing: Lessons on Love and Life from a Wedding Reporter’s Notebook is a collection of insights—on dating, commitment, breakups, weddings, and marriage—that gives us a window into the mystery, the science, and the secrets of how we find love and make it last. |
Yom HaAtzma-utYom HaAtzma-utIsraeli Independence Day David BrooksDavid BrooksIn The Road to Character, the New York Times op-ed columnist tells the story of ten great lives that illustrate how character is developed, and how we can all strive to build rich inner lives, marked by humility and moral depth. |
Downtown ShabbatDowntown ShabbatA Carlebach-inspired service led by Chazzan Larry Paul and musician Robyn Helzner followed by dinner and Shabbat singing. |
Shabbat: Pure...Shabbat: Pure & SimpleRabbi Scott guides an open service at a relaxed pace that allows for thoughtful prayer in a comfortable, spiritual setting. Ute LemperUte LemperThe cabaret and jazz singer brings her newest project, a song cycle set to the love poems of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda. |
Sunday in the...Sunday in the Park with Sixth & ICelebrate the end of cold weather with a potluck picnic lunch in Meridian Hill Park. Lowland HumLowland HumOn our Downstairs stage, the North Carolina-based songwriting duo intertwines folk, indie-rock, and Americana as a foundation for their entrancing vocal harmonies. |
Kate BolickKate BolickIn Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own, Bolick uses her personal experiences to explore why she, and more than 100 million American women, remains unmarried today. |
reBar Your Mi...reBar Your MitzvahCANCELED Dustin Kensru...Dustin Kensrue (of Thrice) and Andy Hull (of Manchester Orchestra)Dustin Kensrue of Thrice and Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra perform songs from their solo careers. |
Toni MorrisonToni MorrisonThe Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner tells a searing tale about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult in God Help the Child. The Police, t...The Police, the People, and the TorahJoin Rabbi Scott as he facilitates text study and discussion on one of the most challenging, pressing contemporary issues facing our society. |
The Ballroom ...The Ballroom ThievesOn our Downstairs stage, the Boston-based folk outfit performs its impassioned brand of folk music that combines deft instrumentation with expressive lyricism. |