Author: Jeremy Bailey

Writer and editor living in Washington, D.C.

Festival Pick: Grungefest @ The Fillmore Silver Spring (8/23/19)

Superunknown (tribute band)
Look for Superunknown at Grungefest! (Photo from FB @superunknownpdx)

I just put on my only surviving flannel, which hasn’t been drawn tight around my waist in more than a decade, to write this preview.

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Do This: National Book Festival 2019 @ Walter E. Washington Convention Center (8/31/19)

Book Festival 2019
Book Festival draws large crowds! (Photo from Book Festival website)

Your favorite annual book festival returns on August 31st!

Get down to the Washington Convention Center for the National Book Festival. The 2019 edition is looking pretty solid.

Some of the notable authors and panels:
* Panel: Fiction Through a Different Lens @ 11am
* U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg @ 11:30am
* Conversation: Animal Emotions @ 12pm
* José Andrés @ 1pm
* David Grann @ 2:30pm
* David McCullough @ 5:30pm
* Barbara Kingsolver @ 6pm

Find the full schedule.

Why this event? You love to read! Or you should. And it’s free. And there are lots of your favorite authors attending. And reasons.

Find the list of authors here.

Free. 9:30am – 7:30pm

Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC 20001)

Concert Pick: Top 15 Concerts for August 2019

Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend performs at Merriweather on 8/29! (Photo courtesy of Nasty Little Man)

Which concerts will you attend in August?

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Concert Pick: Alex Lahey @ U Street Music Hall (8/22/19)

Alex Lahey
Alex Lahey (Photo Credit: Callum Preston)

Alex Lahey returns to DC supporting her second album, The Best of Luck Club (via Dead Oceans).

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Do This: Maggie O’Neill’s “Let’s Play” @ Union Market Rooftop (7/28/19)

Maggie O’Neill’s
Maggie O’Neill’s “Let’s Play” artwork (Photo credit: Dominique Fierro)

Cool art in the city!

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Concert Pick: Hammer’s House Party @ Entertainment and Sports Area (8/23/19)

Hammer's House Party

MC Hammer is in the house!

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