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Profs and Pints: “Snow Maiden” Night

The Bier Baron Tavern 1523 22nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints presents: "Meet 'The Snow Maiden'," a discussion of Russia's beloved winter folktale with folklorist Philippa Rappoport of George Washington University. In winter Russians transfix their children with the folktale of Snegurochka--the Snow Maiden--a girl made out of snow. Revisit the joys of story time by hearing Prof. Philippa Rappoport, an expert on […]

$10.00

Profs & Pints: Robert Frost’s Winter

The Bier Baron Tavern 1523 22nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints presents: “Robert Frost’s Winter,” with Michael Manson, former lecturer on literature at American University and past president of the Robert Frost Society. “Whose woods these are I […]

$2 – $12

Profs & Pints: The Macabre Poe

The Bier Baron Tavern 1523 22nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints presents: “The Macabre Poe,” with Amy Branam Armiento, professor of English at Frostburg State University and president of the Poe Studies Association. Stephen King has said that […]

$2 – $12.

Profs & Pints DC: The World of Norse Gods

Church Hall

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The World of Norse Gods,” with Lilla Kopár a professor of medieval literature and culture at Catholic University who teaches courses on Norse mythology. Norse […]

$2 – $12.

Profs & Pints DC: Delving into Dune

The Bier Baron Tavern 1523 22nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Delving into Dune,” an exploration of religion and race in the classic science fiction novel and all that the book has inspired, with Peter Herman, former lecturer of theology and religious studies at Marymount University and scholar of religious and social themes in science fiction. The highly acclaimed Dune film […]

$2 – $12.

Profs & Pints DC: Arabic Literature’s Drinking Buddies

The Bier Baron Tavern 1523 22nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Arabic Literature’s Drinking Buddies,” with Jennifer Tobkin, Teaching Assistant Professor of Arabic at George Washington University. You might not yet know what a nadim is, but by the end of this talk you might end up wishing you had one. Come to this crash course on the nadim by Dr. […]

$2 – $12.

Profs & Pints DC: Camus and Crisis

Little Penn Coffeehouse 801 E Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Camus and Crisis,” a look at what Albert Camus’s The Plague tells us about our own uncertain times, with Andrew Sobanet, professor of French and […]

$2 – $12.

Profs & Pints DC: Tolkien’s Untold Tales

Little Penn Coffeehouse 801 E Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Tolkien’s Untold Tales,” a look at hidden stories underlying The Lord of the Rings, with Peter Grybauskas, senior lecturer in English at the University of […]

$13.50 – $17

Profs & Pints DC: Tolkien’s Untold Tales

Penn Social 801 E St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Tolkien’s Untold Tales,” a look at hidden stories underlying The Lord of the Rings, with Peter Grybauskas, senior lecturer in English at the University of Maryland, teacher of courses on J.R.R. Tolkien, and author of A Sense of Tales Untold: Exploring the Edges of Tolkien’s Literary Canvas. Today J.R.R. Tolkien […]

$13.50 – $17

“Poetry is a country”

National Gallery of Art, East Building 150 4th Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

"Poetry is a country” will bring celebrated poets from across the nation together to premiere original poetry inspired by works in the National Gallery of Art's collection. These free, annual events will take place on Saturday, September 23, and will open with a keynote address by Ada Limón, the 24th US Poet Laureate, who was […]

Free

Ferebee Hope Family Literacy Festival

Ferebee Hope Recreation Center 700 Yuma Street SE, Washington DC, United States

ADA Partner WANDA Shares the story of creating a diabetes-free legacy at the Ferebee Hope Family Literacy Festival Join us for the Ferebee Hope Family Literacy Festival hosted by The Bookshelf Project, Inc. on Saturday, October 21, 2023, from 11:00am to 4:00pm at the Ferebee Hope Recreation Center, 700 Yuma Street, SE. Dive into a […]

Profs & Pints DC: Haunted Landscapes of Middle-Earth

Penn Social 801 E St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Haunted Landscapes of Middle-Earth,” on J.R.R. Tolkien’s use of horror, with Peter Grybauskas, who has written extensively on Tolkien and teaches courses on him at the University of Maryland and abroad in the UK. Come on a tour of some of the spookiest sites in Tolkien’s invented world and to […]

$13.50 – $17

Profs & Pints DC: The Science of Frankenstein

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Science of Frankenstein,” with Richard C. Sha, professor of literature and philosophy at American University and author of Imagination and Science in Romanticism. In assembling her great creation, the classic 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley drew upon the science of her day and pondered where […]

$13.50 – $17

Season of Hope

DAR Constitution Hall 1776 D St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Washington Performing Arts’s Children of the Gospel Choir joins the acclaimed United States Air Force Band as special guests in a series of joy-filled holiday performances at DAR Constitution Hall. Admission is free, but tickets are required via the U.S. Air Force Band website. Limit four tickets per household.   Co-presented with The United States Air […]

Free

Profs & Pints DC: Good, Evil and “Dune”

Penn Social 801 E St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Good, Evil, and Dune,” an exploration of the hit sci-fi franchise as epic without a hero, with Peter Herman, former lecturer of theology and religious […]

$13.50 – $17.