Concert Pick: Jenny Lewis @ The Anthem (9/5/19)

Jenny Lewis
Jenny Lewis (Photo Credit: Autumn de Wilde)

Touring for her latest album, On The Line, Jenny Lewis will take over The Anthem on September 5th with her soulful and charming, yet rocking, ballads about life and relationships.

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Do This: La Cosecha’s Calle Latina Block Party + Concert w/ Ozomatli (9/7/19)

La Cosecha Exterior
La Cosecha Exterior (Photo Credit: Daniel Swartz)

Are you excited about the new Latin marketplace coming to the Union Market District?

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Sports Pick: Bobblehead Night: Washington Nationals vs. Milwaukee Brewers (8/17/19)

Patrick Corbin Patrick Corbin (Photo from Yahoo! Sports)

The second to last bobble is on Saturday. And playoff baseball is on the horizon…

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Sports Pick: Washington Mystics vs. Seattle Storm (8/14/19)

Elena Delle Donne guards Damiris Dantas Get your Elena Delle Donne bobblehead on August 14th (Photo Credit: Flickr User Lorie Shaull)

Have you been to a WNBA game this year?

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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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