Monday, August 27
MOVIE: Outdoor movie season is almost over, but you’ve got one last chance to check out Crystal
City’s rom-com festival with a screening of
When Harry Met Sally
—one of the rom-comiest movies of all time and the one that turned Meg Ryan into the
genre’s biggest star. Things get started near the Crystal City Metro at sundown. Free.
Tuesday, August 28
FOOD: Dupont Circle’s
Fiesta Lounge is hosting a super-cheap tasting event Tuesday: $5 gets you a free beer or rail drink
and admission to the family-style tasting dinner. Meet new people and sample more
than 15 Mexican and Latin-American dishes, brought out over the course of two hours.
$5. 6:30 PM.
Wednesday, August 29
KARAOKE: Every Wednesday,
Hill Country hosts live-band karaoke, which, let’s be honest, is the closest a lot of us will
ever come to feeling like rock stars. The HariKaraoke band knows about 300 songs—most
of them tend to be country and pop classics, so you won’t be able to get up and sing
R. Kelly, despite how funny you think it’d be. Free. 8:30 PM.
Thursday, August 30
TALKS: For a year,
thirst. has been doing for DC what TED has been doing for the Internet: giving super in-depth
talks about random things. At Thursday’s anniversary party, things get a little wilder
than usual. It starts off with a talk about how the shady business of professional
wrestling works. During that talk, you’ll get food from Micro-Greens’ chef
Allison Sosna. Then the party begins—DJ Yorker spins for a little while before U Street Music Hall’s
main act for the night,
Claude VonStroke, takes the stage. Anyone there for thirst. is invited to stay and mingle with the
masses. Tickets ($20) are available through Ticketleap. 7 PM.
Know of something cool going on around town? E-mail Jason Koebler at jasontpkoebler@gmail.com,
or find him on Twitter @jason_koebler.
