Did you know? You can find lots more local events online on the new local events site, Gravy + if you have an iPhone or Android, I recommend downloading the free Gravy app!
Some cool things that make Gravy unique:
You can save events + select to save them saved directly on to your calendar on your iPhone!
You can search by what you are in the mood for! Whatever, Lively, Classy, Brainy; Playtime
You can also search by Currently Trending Events
Channels: My favorite channel of course is the Free & Discounted one! Others include Live Music, Happy Hours, Family Friendly, Around the Corner and more - connecting you with specific types of things going on around you. You can find the Channels in your MyStuff section.
The Gravy app is totally Free, which of course we all love, and you can download it here now!
Select Free events found on Gravy listed below!
Friday, September 6th
Live Music at the W Hotel
Sharif performs live at the W Hotel
9:00pm - 12:00am
LA-based artist Sharif performs. He recently performed at the Beacon Hotel Rooftop Acoustic Night organized by Art Soiree. You can read more about him on the invite for that event here as well.
W Hotel
515 15th St NW
Metro: Metro Center
Live Jazz Music at Black Fox Lounge in Dupont
Artist-in-Residence Aaron Myers performs in the cozy lower level
9:30pm-12:30am
Aaron Myers and the Black Fox Lounge Jazz Ensemble live.
Black Fox Lounge
1723 Connecticut Ave NW
Metro: Dupont Circle, Q St north exit, keep to the right side of Conn Ave and walk north a few blocks
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Saturday, September 7th
Family Friendly Event at the National Zoo
Celebrate Sloth Day at the National Zoo!
10:00am - 2:00pm
P.S. Be sure to see the baby Panda, born August 23rd, while there!
Turn your world upside down at the National Zoo's Sloth Day event. Visit the Small Mammal House and learn all about Sloths and their habitats. Take part in educational and fun activities for children and adults, listen to keeper talks and watch live animal demonstrations.
Smithsonian's National Zoo
3001 Connecticut Ave NW
Metro: Though Metro would recommend Woodley Park, it's an uphill walk from that station. Cleveland Park is actually just as close, and an easy, flat walk. Another option is to enter using the back entrance of the zoo at Harvard St in Adams Morgan, near Rock Creek Park. Closest Metro to that entrance is Columbia Heights or take the H2, H4, 42, S2 or S4 bus to Harvard/ Little Harvard and walk, bike or taxi if you like.
All Day Outdoor Art Festival in Old Town Alexandria
11th Annual Alexandria King Street Art Festival!
10:00am - 7:00pm
Note: Festival is two days, continues on Sunday, September 8th from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Historic King Street - from Washington Street to the Waterfront - is transformed into an outdoor art gallery with original fine artwork by more than 200 artists from the US and abroad. Enjoy live music, an art giveaway, interactive art activities, the Art League's Ice Cream Bowl Fundraiser, and Saturday afternoon demonstrations and performances at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. See VisitAlexandriaVA.com or www.ArtFestival.com for more details!
Metro: King St and walk if you like or take the free trolley, which runs pretty frequently, down King St
Indoor Art event in Old Town Alexandria
Art Activated at the Torpedo Factory Art Center
12:00pm - 4:00pm
The visual arts come alive at the Torpedo Factory Art Center's 7th annual Art Activated, taking place during the Alexandria King Street Art Festival. During this free event, stop by to cool off from the street fair and feed your inner creativity with artist demonstrations and hands-on projects.
Torpedo Factory Art Center
on the Waterfront at the bottom of King St
official address is 105 N. Union St - Alexandria, VA
Metro: King St and walk if you like or take the free trolley, which runs pretty frequently, down King St
Community Celebration on the 11th St Bridge
Local 11th Street Bridge Celebration
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Come join the fun at the Local 11th Street Bridge Celebration on Saturday afternoon, connecting 11th St SE with Anacostia! This festive community event will feature live music from local bands, Truckaroo on the bridge, face painting, story telling and crafting for kids and much more. The event will commemorate the completion and full opening of the new local bridge portion of the larger 11th Street Bridge Project and will also honor fallen Metropolitan Police Officer Kevin J. Welsh.
Event takes place on the local section of the 11th St Bridge, see map on this page, below. Nearest Metro Stations: Anacostia, Potomac Ave or Eastern Market, recommend biking from any of these stations if you have a bike. More about the bridge for those interested: By far the largest DDOT project underway, the 11th Street Bridge Project is critical to improving travel and achieving the larger vision of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative. The project replaces two bridges built in the '60s with three new bridges that separate local and freeway traffic. The new freeway bridges provides direct connections between the SE-SW Freeway and both directions of Interstate/DC-295, fixing a long-standing issue that forced motorists to use local streets to connect to and from both freeways. The new local bridge also includes a 14-foot-wide pedestrian/bicycle path on the bridge, connecting the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail!
Evening Live Music at Coffeeshop near Union Station
Alejandra O'Leary - Live in the Coffeehouse at Ebenezers
7:00pm - 8:45pm
All ages welcome. Learn more about the artist here!
Ebenezers Coffeehouse
201 F St NE
Metro: Union Station, short walk from the metro, walk over on F St NE one block to the corner of 2nd
Late Night Live Music in Old Town Alexandria, VA
Pigs from a Gun play at the Light Horse
10:00pm - 12:00am
21+
Learn more about the band and listen to their music here.
The Light Horse
715 King St - Alexandria, VA
Metro: King St and walk if you like or take the free trolley, which runs pretty frequently, down King St
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Sunday, September 8th
All Day Outdoor Art Festival in Old Town Alexandria
11th Annual Alexandria King Street Art Festival!
10:00am - 5:00pm
Note: Festival is two days, begins on Saturday, see details above
Image of Artist from Brightest Young Things
Afternoon Artist Talk at the Luce inside of SAAM/ NPG in Chinatown
Luce Local Artist Series - Artist Talk with Dana Jeri Maier
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Local Flashpoint artist, illustrator Dana Jeri Maier will give a talk at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Luce Center. She'll connect her pen and ink drawings to Ben Shahn’s After Titian, which is on view in the Luce Center. Maier’s drawings often feature large crowds of curious characters. This event is part of a series where local artists discuss a work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection and why it resonates with them. Free coffee or tea available. Note that the artist has a show at Flashpoint gallery, located just across the street from the museum at 916 G St NW, however it is only open Tuesday - Saturday and by appointment. Details about the show below.
Luce Foundation Center, American Art Museum, 3rd Floor
8th & F St NW
Metro: Chinatown
Art Exhibit On View - in Conjunction with the Talk listed above
On view at Flashpoint Gallery - Show by Dana Jeri Maier
"If we could all agree not to care, we wouldn't have to do this"
Free
On view Friday, August 9th - Saturday, September 14th
Tuesday - Saturday from 12:00pm - 6:00pm, and by appointment
The artist will be giving a talk across the street on Sunday, you may want to call for a Sunday appointment.
DC-based artist, Dana Jeri Maier will transform the gallery into a cartoon universe with this drawing installation. Maier will cover the gallery with a series of panels of dense, absurdist drawings in the gridded format of comics. The space will be punctuated with life-size ink and acrylic wall-drawings of characters interacting with each other and the space to immerse the viewer in private conversations.
Flashpoint Gallery
916 G St NW
Metro: Gallery Pl - Chinatown, 9th & G exit
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Tuesday, September 10th
Live Jazz Music at Black Fox Lounge in Dupont
Live Music by Peter Fields and Tara Hofmann
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Peter Fields and Tara Hofmann. Vocals, Guitar. Jazz. Main Level.
Black Fox Lounge
1723 Connecticut Ave NW
Metro: Dupont Circle, Q St north exit, walk north on Connecticut Ave a few blocks, on the right side.
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Wednesday, September 11th
Author Event at Busboys and Poets 14th & V Stephen Kimber "What Lies Across the Water"
6:30pm - 8:00pmJoin co-sponsors the Institute for Policy Studies, International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5, Teaching for Change, and Busboys and Poets as they welcome Stephen Kimber to discuss and sign his new book about "The Real Story of the Cuban Five." Read more about this event on the IPS website here. Stephen Kimber is a professor of journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax and an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster.
Busboys & Poets
14th & V St NW
Metro: U St and walk a few blocks or take the Circulator bus, Woodley-McPherson route, to 14th & U
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