41st Annual Washington Antiquarian Book Fair
March 4th, 2016 at 08:00 AM | bcampbell@wabf.com | Tel: 202-363-4999 | Event Website
Exhibitors from around the country will convene, offering both serious collectors and budding enthusiasts rare books, manuscripts, modern first editions, autographs, prints, maps, drawings and other rare finds. Over the course of two days, the fair will also host a series of exciting programs including: On-Demand Poetry, created on vintage typewriters by Typewriter Rodeo. In five minutes or less, get an original and personal poem as a keepsake. Many more programs to be announced in 2016.
Address
Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge; Rosslyn Ballroom, Shenandoah Suite & Dogwood Room; 1900 North Fort Myer Drive; Arlington, VA 22209
The Capital Club’s 21st Annual Shamrock Soiree
Fri, March 4th 2016 at 9:00 PM | Event Website
The Capital Club is pleased to invite you to once again kiss the blarney stone at their 21st Annual Shamrock Soiree on Friday, March 4th, 2016 from 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. The party will take place at Malmaison. The 2016 Shamrock Soiree is brought to you by Tito’s Vodka, BlankLabel, and SELECT.
This year’s Shamrock Soiree will include a beer and wine OPEN BAR from 9 p.m – 11 p.m., live music from the Lunch Money Bandits, Irish jigs and surprises, and an All-American good time.
Your ticket buys you:
-Beer and Wine Open bar from 9 p.m – 11 p.m.
-DC’s favorite party band, the Lunch Money Bandits
-Drink specials all night long
Adress
Malmasion; 3401 K ST NW
Chris Smither
March 5th, 2016 at 07:30 PM | $25-$27 | wolftrap@wolftrap.org | Tel: 703-255-1900 | Event Website
Fingerstyle guitar wizard, named “one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world” (Associated Press), showcases his rollicking songbook of “clever blues-based folk tunes” (The Washington Post).
Address
The Barns at Wolf Trap; 1635 Trap Road; Vienna, VA 22182
Easter Card Making Workshop
March 5th 2016 at 11:00 AM | Event Website
Join Paper Source for an Easter Card Making Workshop on March 5 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. The turn of a new season always brings with it a creative spark. Welcome Easter with this card making workshop. Craft with some of Paper Source’s newest stamps, tapes & adornments, learn essential DIY techniques and come away with four handmade cards for the holiday. A 10-percent-off coupon will be provided with the class. Workshop registration is $28. Buy two seats at the same time and save10 percent off each seat.
Address
Paper Source; 3019 M ST NW
Green: March Exhibition at Washington Printmakers Gallery
March 5th 2016 at 3:00 PM |
Stop by the Washington Printmakers Gallery on March 5 at 3-5 p.m. for the Opening Reception for GREEN, a new exhibition of works by WPG’s members focusing on the color green. The exhibition will be on view from March 2 – March 26, 2016.
Green is the color and theme of Washington Printmakers’ March exhibition. Green celebrates the beginning of Spring after a cold winter, St. Patrick’s day, renewable energy, natural resources, and growth and renewal. Green is often regarded as a positive color, a color of balance and energy. It comes in many shades, from muted grey-green moss and deep fir greens to vibrant limes. WPG’s members will be showing a variety of prints and photographs encompassing the range of greens.
Address
Printmakers Gallery; 1641 Wisconsin Ave NW
Compline by Candlelight
March 6th, 2016 at 08:00 PM | FREE AND OPEN TO ALL | sam@stjohnsgeorgetown.org | Tel: 202-338-1796 | Event Website
This 30-minute traditional service is chanted by the St. John’s Choir in the warmth and beauty of candlelight.
Join us for this ancient rite of contemplation as we reflect and meditate on a quiet night at the end of a Winter day.
Warm beverages and sweets follow in Blake Hall.
Address
St. John’s Episcopal Church; Georgetown Parish; 3240 O St. NW
Museum Series: Selling Suffrage – Strategies for Victory
March 9th, 2016 at 07:30 PM | Free. Donation suggested | communityrelations@workhousearts.org | Tel: 7035842900 | Event Website
In commemoration of Women’s History Month, Edith Mayo, Curator Emeritus, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, will discuss the different strategies employed by the two wings of the American suffrage movement pushing Congress and the President toward winning voting rights for women. These women, in a pre-electronic age, literally invented a new type of political communication within a system had previously been all male.
Address
W-3 Theatre; 9518 Workhouse Way; Lorton, VA, 22079
