06.02 - curiouser and curiouser
what’s going on in d.c.
Friday: ArtWalk Dupont with performances and public art activations (6-8 pm) | Paramore performs at Capital One Arena (7 pm) | Outdoor movies are back in full swing: Congressional Cemetery will show Alice in Wonderland (8:30 pm) while Rosslyn Cinema hosts a viewing of Jumanji (9 pm)
Saturday: The Chinatown Community Festival brings performances and activities to the neighborhood (11 am) | Takoma Trukgarden beer festival sets up in the Takoma neighborhood (12-5 pm) | The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC performs Dolly Parton songs at The Lincoln Theatre (8 pm, also on Sunday at 3 pm) | The Washington Spirit host pride night during their game at Audi Field (8 pm)
Sunday: Open Streets Brookland closes one mile of 12th St NE to cars (9 am - 3 pm) | Planet Bethesda, Bethesda’s annual food festival, returns with plant-based food and snacks (12-6 pm)
let’s talk food and drinks
my weekly best bite: caramelized cauliflower at Chloe
Any Day Now, a new Navy Yard all day café by famed Tim Ma, features breakfast scallion pancakes with kimchi, egg, and cheese (based on the photo, looking like a strong contender for next week’s best bite)
More New York bagels are making their way to DC - H&H Bagels, well known in the city, plans to open 10 stores in DC/VA in 2023. Not wanting to stray too much from the “New York” of the bagel, the bagels will be made in Queens, shipped in frozen trucks to DC/VA, and then finalized here.
what’s on our minds?
The popular tennis tournament Citi Open announced its merger with women’s tournament Silicon Valley Classic, elevating the level of the women’s tournament in DC. Although the Citi Open includes women’s play, the Silicon Valley Classic, previously on the same weekend, was a higher level pro event that generally drew the top female players. Following the merger, the women’s and men’s events at the Citi Open will both be on the same level for the first time.
Quick links to other weekly #goodreads:
“She Developed A Culture of Madness”: Inside the Casa Ruby Scandal - per Washingtonian, “The nonprofit offered LGBTQ+ youth a safe haven, and made founder Ruby Corado a DC icon. Then it all came crashing down.”
When the Neighbors Don’t Share Your Vision (and That Vision Involves ‘Transformers’ Statues) - per NY Times, “A professor decorated a sidewalk in Georgetown with 10-foot sculptures of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. The well-heeled locals were not pleased.”