02.17 - february flowers
what’s going on in d.c.
Friday: The American Ballet Theatre performs Romeo and Juliet at the Kennedy Center (1:30 pm and 7:30 pm; also Sat/Sun) | Heurich House, a mansion/museum tucked off Dupont Circle, opens its outdoor biergarten (4-8 pm)
Saturday: The Wharf celebrates Mardi Gras with a parade and fireworks (3-7 pm) | metrobar also hosts a Mardi Gras celebration (3-11:30 pm)
Sunday: Make a Mardi Gras king cake at Mess Hall (4 pm) or learn how to make kimchi with the former chefs from Magpie & The Tiger (5:30 pm) | ‘90s R&B group Boyz II Men performs at MGM National Harbor (8 pm)
all weekend: Barracks Row celebrates Mardi Gras Weekend with sidewalk parades, food, and specials | Catch a stage production of the Harlem crime drama New Jack City at The National Theatre
ongoing: The Atlas Performing Arts Center’s INTERSECTIONS Festival begins tomorrow with art, dance, and music performances (through March 26) | The US Botanical Gardens presents an orchid exhibit with hundreds of flowers on display (through April 30)
let’s talk food and drinks
my weekly best bite: biscuit sammie at a baked joint
A fine dining Singaporean restaurant - the first of its kind in the area - opens at Tysons Galleria. Jiwa Singapura offers Singaporean dishes such as the “hawker” food and chili crab.
For a pasta fix, Eater compiled a bunch of the area’s best options.
what’s on our minds?
After an unseasonably warm winter, the Cherry Blossom’s “indicator tree” is starting to show flower buds. This tree consistently is ahead of the rest of the pack by about 7-10 days, potentially setting D.C. up for the earliest peak bloom (until now, the earliest on record was March 15).
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, closed since August 2021, announced its reopening date - October 21. The museum will add 20% more gallery space and additional learning venues.
Quick links to other weekly #goodreads:
Spirited Away to Miyazaki Land - per The New York Times Magazine, “What happens when the surreal imagination of the world’s greatest living animator, Hayao Miyazaki, is turned into a theme park?”
What you learn about beauty and grief as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - per Vox, “After his brother’s death, Patrick Bringley took a job at the grandest place he could find.”