Week 11: August 8 – August 14

DC Adventures

Monday
Science Cafe at Busboys and Poets
Event Type: "The DNA you knew nothing about even though it is all about you"
Location: Bus Boys and Poets (5th & K St, NW)
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Tuesday
Daredevils and Yellow-Bellies: Stories about courage and cowardice
Event Type: DC’s Moth knock-off event a night of true tales told live
Location: Town Danceboutique (2009 8th St, NW,Washington, DC)
Time: Doors 5:30 PM, Show starts at 8:00 PM
Cost: $15.00

Wednesday
Science in the Cinema Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Event Type: Cuba Gooding Jr. as pediatric neurosurgeon, Ben Carson
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE, Ticket distribution starts at 4:00 p.m. day of

Thursday
Phillips after 5
Event Type: Art + Music + Cocktails
Location: Phillips Collection
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE with Admission (Reservations)

Friday
Truckeroo Food Truck Festival: #3
Event Type: Food truck smorgasbord
Location: Half St. and M St., SE
Time: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Pistolera
Event Type: Brooklyn + Mexico meet the accordion
Location: Artisphere (1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington)
Time: 9:00 PM
Cost: $15.00


NY Adventures

Monday
A Little Night Music:International Contemporary Ensemble
Event Type: Stravinsky, Bach, Denisov, Berio and more
Location: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Time: 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Cost: Varies

Tuesday
Lincoln Center Festival: Royal Shakespeare Company (thru August 14)
Event Type: Last opportunity to see RSC in NYC
Location: Park Avenue Armory
Time: 10:30 PM
Cost: $45.00

Wednesday
"WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT - THE STORY OF LATIN BOOGALOO"
Event Type: Documusical. . . live music and documentary film
Location: Central Park Summer Stage
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Bon Iver
Event Type: Concert squatting, all the cool kids are doing it
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: (Sold Out)

Thursday
Cut Copy with Foster The People and Midnight Magic
Event Type: Get your dance on . . . . on the other side of the fence
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: (Sold Out)

Saturday
Bass Island Adventure
Event Type: LUPE FIASCO, Z-TRIP, PREFUSE 73, VIRTUAL BOY, DAVE NADA and JORO BORO
Location: Governors Island, South Island Field
Time: 4:00 PM
Cost: $46.00

Rite of Summer Music Festival: Ethel
Event Type: plugged-in, post-classical string quartet
Location: Governors Island, Colonel Row
Time: 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Sunday
"GOSPEL EXPLOSION"
Event Type: Feed your musical soul with a little gospel under the sun
Location: Central Park Summer Stage
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE

28th Annual Roots of American Music Festival
Event Type: Soul to Soul inside of Stax Records
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium
Time: 2:00 PM
Cost: FREE