Taffety Punk's Oxygen closes this weekend
Aside from mourning Chuck Brown this weekend what else are we going to do?
Tonight head over to the Hill Center for another Talk of the Hill event with Bill Press. This time he sits down with Matt Apuzzo and Eileen Sullivan of The Associated Press. They are part of the team that won a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for their series outlining the New York Police Department’s surveillance of minority — and particularly Muslim — neighborhoods since the 9/11 terror attacks. The event is free and begins at 7pm. Register here.
Friday is a good time to check out Taffety Punk’s Theatre Company’s latest offering Oxygen being performed at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. This 70 minute play set in modern day Russia and centers on two lovers, male and female, both named Sasha. The small but powerful company often merges a punk aesthetic with classic texts. This performance includes a live DJ spinning tunes from the local music scene. This is the final weekend so get those tickets now.
Saturday is the 35th Annual Peter Bug Day celebrating “Unity in Your Community. The festivities begin with a parade at 9:30 am. The parade will form at 19th and E Streets SE, across from Congressional Cemetery between 9 and 9:30 AM. Itwill wind through Ward 6, along Potomac Avenue, through Barney Circle, K St., both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue, 12th St. to C St.,then 13th St. and Peter Bug Matthews Way (13th St. between D and E Streets SE), It will end at Peter Bug’s Shoe Repair Academy, at the corner of E St. and Peter Bug Matthews Way.
The Parade will feature marching bands, cheerleaders, the Super-Bowl champion Watkins Hornets, mounted police, ROTC, Congressional Cemetery Dog Walkers, and antique cars. The rest of the afternoon, from 12pm to 7pm will features games and live entertainment. Expect to hear plenty of oldies they say.
Saturday is also the
Friends of the Northeast Library’s spring used book sale. The sale will be open to the general public from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm at the Northeast Library at 330 7th Street, NE. There will be a special preview sale from 9:30 am to 10:30 am for FONEL sustaining members ($25 contribution within the past year). Saturday is also the Washington Wine Academy’s Try and Buy at Eastern Market. Vendors will on hand in the North Hall offering samples of wine to try…and then for you to buy. Orders placed that afternoon will be available on Wednesday. $20 in advance gets you 20 tasting tickets and a souvenir glass. Otherwise it’s $20 at the door for 15 tasting tickets, $10 for six, or $5 for three tickets. Buy your tickets
here.
Have a story to share about the Hill? The
DC Public Library and WAMU are sponsoring an oral history project at the Southeast Library, Saturday afternoon. Record your story about the place you call home from 1-5 p.m., at the Southeast Library. Come with family and friends, photographs and your stories! Your interview may air on WAMU 88.5’s Metro Connection, and all recordings will be archived at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in the Washingtoniana Division for years to come. Most interviews will take around 15 minutes. Walk-ins are welcome, but if you would like to reserve a specific time slot, please call the library at
202-698-3377.
Sunday afternoon at 3pm at the Hill Center catch a screening of the BBC documentary
Dinah Washington-Evil Gal Blues. The singer lived a hard life of excess and died at 39. After the screening there will be a discussion of
Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington by Nadine Cohodas. The event free and you can register
here.
And above all my friends this weekend spend some time just having fun and bustin’ loose in honor of the Godfather of Gogo.
Don’t forget tomorrow is Bike to Work Day! There will be pitstops in the morning (free food!) at Eastern Market and Yards Park. Looking to ride with others to find a bike-friendly route? I’m running a commuter convoy through the Hill, passing the Eastern Market pitstop around 7:30am (convoy #27). More details at: http://www.biketoworkmetrodc.org/