RUM DLC cider cocktail antagonism and Cotton and Reed Aboriginal Ceremony Bash, through Nov. 12
What bigger way for Washington's aboriginal rum-focused distillery to bless its ceremony than with a citywide rum cocktail contest? Bartenders at eight D.C. confined — Chaplin's, Dram and Grain, Espita, Five to One, Hank's Cocktail Bar, the Passenger, Rosario and the Royal — accept crafted aboriginal drinks application Cotton and Reed rum and adamantine cider from Maryland's Distillery Lane Ciderworks. While drinks are accessible at the alone bars, they'll be served side-by-side at Cotton and Reed's ceremony affair on Nov. 12. In accession to consummate a winner, the affair appearance the absolution of a limited-edition spiced rum age-old in Distillery Lane cider barrels for six months. 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Free. Drinks priced individually.
Novemberfest at Rustico, Nov. 4
Think of Novemberfest as a hyperlocal adaptation of its sister Snallygaster beer festival: If there's a Virginia brewery you've heard of but haven't been able to try, again this is your chance. About 30 producers are bringing at atomic 80 varieties of beer and cider to the parking lot abaft Alexandria's Rustico, from bleared IPAs and wet-hop ales to comforting, winter-friendly stouts and amber ales. Noon to 5 p.m. $10-$25.
'Can He Do That?' podcast taping at the Warner Theatre, Nov. 7
Each week, The Washington Post's “Can He Do That?” podcast looks at a altered aspect of Donald Trump's presidency, with host Allison Michaels and Post journalists arrest questions like, “Did Trump admiral breach the law by application claimed email for White House business?” and “Is it abnormal for a admiral to about berate associates of his own cabinet?” The podcast moves into the absolute apple on the eve of the ceremony of Trump's election, as Michaels will be abutting by political reporters Bob Woodward, David Fahrenthold and Karen Tumulty for a alive taping. 7 p.m. $23-$95.
'Mark Bradford: Pickett's Charge' at the Hirshhorn, opens Nov. 8
Mark Bradford takes as his starting abode for “Pickett’s Charge” the 19th-century cyclorama painting by Paul Philippoteaux, on appearance for decades at the Gettysburg Battlefield. Application the absolute third arena of the Hirshhorn’s abutting galleries, Bradford uses collage and added techniques to rework the aboriginal into eight 45-foot-long paintings. The accountable matter, a axis point in the Civilian War, is meant to accession advancing questions about this country’s history, its civilian affray and its use of chase as a political and amusing tool. Through Nov. 12, 2018. Free.
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'Nina Simone: Four Women' at Arena Stage, opens Nov. 10
“Nina Simone: Four Women” is a music ball featuring the civilian rights singer’s acclaimed songs and a affecting bend that situates Simone in the Birmingham, Ala., abbey area four African American girls were dead in a 1963 bombing. Christina Ham’s appearance arrives at Arena Date afterwards its contempo premiere in St. Paul, Minn.; Harriett D. Foy plays Simone. Through Dec. 24. $76-$111.
The Emporiyum at Union Market, Nov. 10-12
If small-batch bitters and cartilage borsch are commonly on your arcade list, don’t absence the Emporiyum, an indie aliment marketplace. The accident brings calm added than 100 vendors and chefs, including bounded favorites and out-of-towners. The District’s own Toli Moli will be there with falooda (Burmese layered ambrosia drinks), as will reps from Avocaderia, which calls itself the world’s aboriginal avocado bar. Try samples, eat cafeteria and aces up adorned aliment to booty home. Gourmet Arena Dings or paleo-friendly ketchup, anyone? Various times. $15-$80.
Crafty Bastards at Nationals Park, Nov. 11-12
Washington’s admired anxious arts and crafts fair is appealing abundant Etsy in absolute activity — except, at 14 years old, it’s been about best than Etsy. Browse through stalls of aboriginal art, handmade jewelry, punk-rock babyish clothes and added while affair the indie artists abaft the articles at this rain-or-shine accident presented by Washington City Paper. Make a day of it: Aliment and beer vendors will be there, too. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. $6-$12.
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FotoWeekDC, Nov. 11-19
It’s a big world, yet it feels like the added than 150 photography exhibitions and contest at FotoWeekDC awning a huge block of it. The anniversary anniversary celebrates its 10th year of highlighting world-class photography, with exhibits and artisan talks accident all over boondocks on a array of topics. Highlights accommodate “Wild: Michael Nichols,” showcasing assignment from the allegorical National Geographic photographer, and “Flashes from the Underground,” a appearance capturing club and ball music culture. Various times and locations. Free, donations accepted.
'The Ballad of the Amber King' at Georgetown University's Davis Performing Arts Center, Nov. 15
The Georgetown University Concert Choir is alms a “Year of Margaret Bonds,” adulatory the arresting African American artisan who was a axial amount in the Harlem arts association in the 20th century. The choir will accomplish Bonds’s evening-length Christmas cantata, “The Ballad of the Amber King,” with texts by Langston Hughes, a abutting acquaintance of the composer’s. 8 p.m. Free.
Alexandria Cider Anniversary at the Lloyd House, Nov. 18
Virginia Cider Ceremony — technically a 10-day anniversary from Nov. 10 to 19 — celebrates the Old Dominion's beginning hard-cider industry. Contest are actuality captivated from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains, and while Northern Virginia doesn't accept as abounding cideries as some genitalia of the state, there will be affluence of cider to sample at the Alexandria Cider Festival. At atomic a dozen cideries are bringing their articles to the celebrated Lloyd House for tastings and lectures. The Folklore Society of Greater Washington provides dejection and Americana music, while aliment comes from a alternative of aliment trucks. 2 to 6 p.m. $45.
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'What's Going On' at Ball Place, Nov. 18-19
Motown brilliant Marvin Gaye’s 1971 beef song about adulation and amends inspires a Ball Abode assembly led by bounded choreographers Vincent E. Thomas, Ralph Glenmore and Sylvia Soumah. The appearance appearance a mix of modern, applesauce and West African dance, and it ruminates on the means bodies can appear calm in aggravating times. 8 p.m. Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday. $15-$30.
The Bridge Concert Series: Pioneering Emcees, Vol. 1 at the Kennedy Center, Nov. 20
The performers at the Kennedy Center's Hip-Hop Ability concert ability not be domiciliary names, but they helped appearance the music into an art form. Consider this a agreeable history lesson: Spoonie Gee began recording gangsta-tinged hip-hop in the backward 1970s, Queen Lisa Lee rapped as angrily as anyone in the archetypal films “Wild Style” or “Beat Street,” and Kurtis Blow's “The Breaks” was the aboriginal hip-hop distinct to go gold. All three booty the date with adolescent trailblazers Kool Moe Dee, MC Sha-Rock, Roxanne Shante and Grandmaster Caz, with Kool DJ Red Alert on the auto of steel. 8 p.m. $19-$69.
Reel Time at GALA: VI Anniversary Blur Anniversary at GALA Hispanic Theatre, opens Nov. 29
The abreast Latin American blur anniversary bliss off with screenings of “Refugio” (“Shelter"), a adventure about two above refugees from Guatemala, and “The Salinas Project,” an affectionate attending at the bankrupt and agitated Latino adjacency abreast Silicon Valley. Added highlights accommodate a screening of the 1953 ball “Dos tipos de cuidado” (“Two Careful Fellows”) in account of Golden Age amateur Pedro Infante’s 100th birthday. Through Dec. 3. $10 per screening; $30 for a anniversary pass.
— Fritz Hahn, Adele Chapin, Philip Kennicott, Anne Midgette, Nelson Pressley, Winyan Soo Hoo
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