The best things to do in the D.C. area the week of Nov. 17-23

World Cup Trivia at Guinness Open Gate Brewery: The World Cup begins on Sunday, however have you learnt your Ronaldo from Rivaldo, or the Leopards of Zaire from the Indomitable Lions? Take a look at your information at a particular trivia night time on the Guinness brewery. Organizers are calling it a “fan get together,” so the questions received’t all be soccer associated, although scarves and jerseys are inspired. The utmost workforce measurement is eight. 7 to 9 p.m. Free.

Triple Crossing Faucet Takeover at Shelter: Richmond stays one of many East Coast’s finest beer locations, and Triple Crossing is likely one of the key causes. This mini faucet takeover at Shelter, the bar contained in the Roost meals corridor close to Potomac Avenue, will make you a believer. The eight beers have one thing for everybody, from crispies (Hilltop unfiltered kellerbier; Czech pale lager on gravity cask) to hazies (the flagship Intelligent Woman IPA with Mosaic and Citra hops; the bolder Nectar & Knife double IPA with Simcoe and Mosaic). 4 p.m. Beer costs range.

Capital E-book Fest: For its remaining occasion of the 12 months, Capital E-book Fest provides hundreds of used books — and, for these nostalgic few, used CDs, DVDs and vinyl — for $6 or much less. Books are offered by bookstore Carpe Librum, and income profit nonprofit Turning the Web page, which aids dad and mom of scholars in bettering educational efficiency. Registration is appreciated however not required for this sale in entrance of the Ronald Reagan Constructing and Worldwide Commerce Middle downtown. 10 a.m. to five p.m. Free.

Worldwide Partnerships Live performance at Rachel M. Schlesinger Live performance Corridor: Right here’s a real signal of transatlantic cooperation: The U.S. Air Pressure Live performance Band has invited the Prince of Denmark Air Pressure Band to carry out in america for the primary time, in honor of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark’s 50 years on the throne and the seventy fifth anniversary of the U.S. Air Pressure. The live performance consists of each ensembles performing collectively at Northern Virginia Neighborhood School’s Alexandria campus. 7 p.m. Free.

Downtown Vacation Market: For the third consecutive 12 months, the Downtown Vacation Market is taking on two full blocks of F Road as a substitute of the comparatively crowded sidewalks in entrance of the Nationwide Portrait Gallery. The spacious footprint was developed for social distancing, nevertheless it permits for a way more comfy expertise looking the 62 cubicles of distributors promoting jewellery, prints, candles, chocolate and different items, together with areas reserved for native Black-owned and minority-owned companies. Snack on empanadas, mini-doughnuts and sweets whereas looking and listening to all kinds of musicians and performers: The lineup for Friday’s opening consists of excerpts from the Washington Ballet’s “Nutcracker” and a live performance by Sugar Bear and E.U. It is a market that warrants repeat visits: New distributors rotate in after Dec. 4. Midday to eight p.m. every day from Friday by way of Dec. 23; closed Thanksgiving Day and Dec. 5. Free.

District Vacation Lights: Fourteen of D.C.’s business corridors are getting dressed up for the vacations, as retailers and eating places enhance with lights, tinsel and the odd inflatable snowman. Browse the festive shows starting Friday night time, and if you end up drawn in to do some purchasing or to heat up with a drink or snack, a lot the higher. Collaborating neighborhoods embody Mount Nice, Logan Circle and Cleveland Park, with a map of companies on the D.C. Vacation Lights web site. After exploring a number of neighborhoods, vote in your favourite shows on-line. By Jan. 8. Free.

Manic Road Preachers and the London Suede on the Fillmore Silver Spring: When the Manic Road Preachers launched their debut album in 1992, the Welsh neo-punk band vowed to burn scorching and flame out rapidly. As a substitute, the group turned to sweeping enviornment rock and have become an establishment; its most up-to-date album, 2021’s “The Extremely Vivid Lament,” went to No. 1 on the U.Okay. charts. But the band is little identified within the U.S., the place it has not often toured. (Friday’s present is the Manics’ second ever within the D.C. space.) Maybe the trio’s lyrics are too bookish and political for mainstream U.S. success, however its rousing and more and more eclectic music ought to have extensive enchantment. There are even a number of outright pop songs within the catalogue of the Manics, who insist that “Extremely Vivid Lament” reveals a powerful Abba affect. Additionally on the invoice is the London Suede, whose debut album arrived a 12 months after the Manics’. This British neo-glam band (identified at dwelling merely as Suede) has a barely larger profile within the U.S. however by no means achieved the prominence on this facet of the Atlantic of such contemporaries as Blur. The group’s new “Autofiction,” the ninth album in a profession interrupted by a 2003-2010 hiatus, has been hailed in Britain as a return to type. Perhaps it will likely be Suede’s long-delayed American breakthrough. 8 p.m. $49.50.

Alexandria Cider Pageant: Since 2012, Virginia cider makers have designated every week in November because the official Virginia Cider Week. Whereas there are tastings and particular releases throughout the state, the spotlight on this area is the Alexandria Cider Pageant. Ten producers from the Previous Dominion, together with Winchester Ciderworks, Potter’s Craft Cider and Albemarle CiderWorks, pour their onerous ciders within the grounds of Previous City’s historic Lloyd Home. Tickets embody tastings and dwell music; meals is obtainable for buy. Proceeds profit Alexandria museums. 1 to five p.m. $55-$65. $20 designated drivers.

Native Cinema Showcase: The Nationwide Museum of the American Indian’s digital movie competition showcases Indigenous filmmakers, with screenings of six options and 30 shorts representing Indigenous communities in eight international locations. In the course of the Native Cinema Showcase, tune in for documentaries; a set of family-friendly brief movies; music movies; and longer works resembling “Bootlegger,” a Canadian drama a few debate over the sale of alcohol on a reserve in Quebec. A number of of the movies have a restrict on the variety of viewers, so that you’ll need to register prematurely. Whereas the competition is predominantly on-line, Saturday brings an in-person screening of the documentary “Imagining the Indian: The Battle Towards Native American Mascoting” at 2 p.m. within the museum’s Rasmuson Theater, adopted by a dialogue with a panel together with museum director Cynthia Chavez Lamar. Seating is free on a first-come, first-served foundation. The dialog will even be live-streamed. Pageant Friday by way of Nov. 25; in-person occasion Saturday from 2 to five p.m. Free.

Bartees Unusual at 9:30 Membership: Bartees Unusual went from very D.C. company jobs (together with, most just lately, communications director for a nonprofit) to an alternate profession path the place he’s now a rock star headlining 9:30 Membership. (Desires actually do come true!) The genre-hopping Unusual is touring behind his sophomore album, “Farm to Desk,” which is a little more chilled out than his frenetic, critically acclaimed debut. It’s additionally a declaration of Unusual’s arrival to the higher echelons of indie rock — full with boasts about FaceTiming Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon. Doorways at 6 p.m. $20.

Membership Quarantine Dwell on the Kennedy Middle: Within the early days of the pandemic, D-Good’s streaming DJ units on Instagram introduced pleasure and funk to large audiences, starting from Michelle Obama and De La Soul to music lovers sitting on their group home couches. D-Good is taking the present on the highway and turning into the primary hip-hop DJ to headline the Kennedy Middle’s Opera Home. Particular visitors embody EPMD, Digable Planets, Religion Evans, LeToya Luckett and lots of extra. Inventive black-tie outfits are requested. 7:30 p.m. $189-$299.

D.C. Punk Rock Flea at St. Stephen Episcopal Church: The place do you discover the right present for a good friend or co-worker who will get enthusiastic about zines, classic hardcore data, punky pins and hand-dyed vegan scarves? That’s precisely what units the D.C. Punk Rock Flea aside from different markets presently of 12 months. Held within the basement of the legendary punk venue St. Stephen’s in Columbia Heights, the occasion doubles as a meals drive for We Are Household, a corporation that delivers meals, items and different companies to D.C. seniors. There’s no admission cost, so deliver a can or two of meals. Midday to five p.m. Free.

Dupont Circle 18th Road Popup: Native artisans have you ever lined in case you’re seeking to clean up your property earlier than that two-dozen-guest Thanksgiving you remorse agreeing to host. This pop-up market, that includes 14 makers and hosted outdoors on the 1800-1900 blocks of 18th Road NW, is targeted on dwelling decor, together with textiles, pottery, wall artwork and wooden crafts. Anticipate houseplants and macramé on the market from distributors like PLNTR, whose storefront is situated steps away. Midday to five p.m. Free.

Friendsgiving with Darling Nikki at Hill Prince: Be a part of DJs Jerome Baker III and Mathias — the skills behind the twice-monthly Darling Nikki get together at Capo and veterans of the town’s high nightspots — and visitor Micky Slicks for an early Friendsgiving behind comfy H Road NE lounge Hill Prince. Dance to the whole lot from retro R&B jams to present pop hits, effortlessly combined. You’ll be grinning very quickly. 10 p.m. $5.

DC Gaymers ‘Pokémon Scarlet’ and ‘Pokémon Violet’ Launch Social gathering: The discharge of “Pokémon Scarlet” and “Pokémon Violet” has the gaming world abuzz, and never simply because you may make actually freaky sandwiches to feed your pokepals: There’s a big open world to discover and a variety of new characters. Get a style of the sport at Uproar, the place DC Gaymers, a gaggle of LGBTQ avid gamers, is holding a launch get together. (BYO Nintendo Swap.) Along with battling mons on Uproar’s TVs, there’s a raffle for a particular Pokémon OLED Nintendo Swap. Doorways open at 5 p.m.; Pokémon from 6 to 9 p.m. Free admission.

The World Pup at Barkhaus: In case your canine loves Lionel Messi or Christian Pulisic as a lot as you do, deliver it to the World Pup get together at Alexandria’s dog-friendly Barkhaus bar. The soccer-themed occasion, held throughout the first World Cup match between Qatar and Ecuador, consists of photograph ops, a meals truck for canine, free puppuccinos, and food and drinks specials for people, too. Costume your four-legged good friend in a global outfit to win prizes, or fill out a World Cup bracket. A portion of the day’s proceeds advantages Motion Towards Starvation. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free.

Ted Lasso Costume Social gathering at Dacha Navy Yard: The World Cup begins Sunday. The subsequent collection of “Ted Lasso” begins — nicely, “in some unspecified time in the future,” to cite Jason Sudeikis on the Emmys. However the starting of the world’s greatest soccer event would possibly as nicely have a good time America’s most-loved soccer export. Dacha Navy Yard is screening the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador alongside a Ted Lasso costume contest. Costume like Coach Beard or put on an AFC Richmond jersey and obtain a free beer; win the competition and obtain a $100 present card. The match begins at 11 a.m.; stick round for dwell music from Cowl Artwork at 1:30 p.m. 11 a.m. to five p.m. Free.

Bikes and Lights at Watkins Regional Park: Get a little bit of a festive exercise by pedaling by way of 2.5 million lights on the Pageant of Lights’ annual Bikes and Lights occasion, which takes place earlier than Watkins Regional Park’s seasonal show opens to vehicles on Nov. 25. No autos will likely be allowed on the roads throughout this occasion, so cyclists could have the three-mile path to themselves, driving previous animated shows starting from Santa Claus to “The Wizard of Oz.” Vacation-themed costumes and bike decorations are welcome, and individuals are required to have lights on their bike and to put on a helmet. 5 to eight p.m. $5 per bike; youngsters 10 and youthful trip free. On-line registration required.

Groovy Nate at Hook Corridor: There’s been a number of discuss in regards to the Grammys this week, however let’s not overlook a neighborhood artist who was nominated final 12 months. Groovy Nate, who obtained his nod for contributions with the One Tribe Collective, has one of many youngest audiences on the town — and what would you anticipate from a person who caters to the pre-Okay and early-elementary crowd? In Groovy Nate’s world, there’s beatboxing on “The Wheels on the Bus,” and the musical PSA “Put Your Seat Belt On” is backed by a deep go-go groove. He visits Hook Corridor in Park View for the Household Fundays collection, the place there are crafts for youths and low for fogeys. 10 a.m. to midday. $5 per household.

Rock Creek Seashore Social gathering in Rock Creek Park: Earlier this month, the Nationwide Park Service introduced that Higher Seashore Drive, a thoroughfare that’s been closed to vehicles and open to cyclists and pedestrians because the starting of the pandemic, will stay closed to vehicles year-round. That was welcome information to the Rock Creek Conservancy, a nonprofit group that works to protect the park — a lot in order that it’s throwing a celebration. Head to Picnic Grove 10 off Seashore Drive on Sunday morning for a celebration of nature with chook walks led by D.C. Audubon, readings from the D.C. Public Library, demonstrations about immersive crops within the park, scorching chocolate and s’mores, and music by DJ Lance. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free.

Ice rink preview on the Wharf: Regardless of final week’s 70-degree days, chills this week portend the top of PSL season loud and clear. These as keen because the climate to welcome winter can get a preview of the snowy months on the Wharf, which is celebrating its ice rink reopening for the season Nov. 23. However earlier than simply anybody can lace up their skates, the Wharf provides a one-day free skate for Southwest D.C. residents. Proof of residency is required, and anybody below 16 years previous should be accompanied by an grownup. Midday to six p.m. Free.

Ani DiFranco at 9:30 Membership: She began as a solo troubadour, accompanied by simply her acoustic guitar, but Ani DiFranco was by no means actually a folkie. The stalwartly indie feminist singer-songwriter adopted perspective from punk and phrasing from hip-hop, and steadily developed a jazzy, soulful fashion exemplified by her newest album, 2021’s “Revolutionary Love.” At 52, DiFranco just isn’t the relentless highway warrior she was, however her mellower fashion just isn’t an indication of retreat. Her latest materials could also be unusually lush, however the pattering congas and swirling flutes don’t blunt the sting of such songs as “Do or Die,” which features a imaginative and prescient of seeing “proper there on Pennsylvania Avenue / the sheetless KKK.” The present will embody three acts signed to the singer’s Righteous Babe label: Gracie and Rachel, Jocelyn Mackenzie and Holly Miranda. Doorways open at 7 p.m. $41.

Habib Koité and Bamada at Metropolis Vineyard: When Mali’s Habib Koité made his European debut in 1991, most African musicians identified outdoors their homelands fronted massive bands that emphasised Western devices and drew closely from African American soul and funk. Koité modified the paradigm when he based Bamada, a virtuosic four-man backing group with a mild acoustic fashion that options such conventional devices because the xylophone-like balafon. Koité himself performs guitar, however tuned so it feels like a n’goni, a West African lute with a chiming tone. Koité’s songs, with lyrics in Bambara, French and sometimes English, are constructed on rippling African polyrhythms, however such lilting tunes as “Baro” additionally characteristic vocal harmonies akin to California folks rock. That’s a mode that comes as naturally to Koité and Bamada because the call-and-response chant of “Cigarette Abana,” the rollicking tune that was their first African hit and stays a crowd-pleaser three many years later. 7:30 p.m. $35-$55.

Soccer within the Circle: The primary Soccer within the Circle outside viewing get together was held in the course of Dupont Circle throughout the 2010 World Cup, drawing a whole bunch of followers to look at america draw with England. In 2014, with the assist of the German Embassy, an unlimited U.S.-supporting crowd cheered their workforce regardless of a loss to the eventual champions. On Monday, the Welsh authorities is among the many sponsors of a seven-hour Soccer within the Circle get together. The centerpiece is the two p.m. match between america and Wales, proven on a large outside display screen, nevertheless it additionally includes a DJ spinning Welsh and American music, a portray collaboration with Welsh and American artists, Welsh meals, and, as an appetizer, the 11 a.m. match between the Netherlands and Senegal. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free.

Capitals Rock the Retro at 9:30 Membership: The Washington Capitals 2020 Reverse Retro jersey proved to be one of many best-selling jerseys within the league — onerous to outdo, till this 12 months’s design received an entire get together devoted in its honor. Throughout an occasion hosted by Elliot Segal of radio present “Elliot within the Morning,” choose Capitals gamers will have a good time the jersey drop with ’90s Tribute band White Ford Bronco at 9:30 Membership. Followers can decide up a free Reverse Retro T-shirt (not jersey) with a ticket buy. Doorways open at 7 p.m. $25.

‘The Final Waltz’ at Boundary Stone: “The Final Waltz,” one of many best live performance movies of all time, captures the Band’s star-studded farewell live performance on Thanksgiving Day 1976. And each Thanksgiving Eve since 2011, it’s been proven at Boundary Stone, Bloomingdale’s neighborhood pub, with full sound. E-book a desk for 9 p.m., or barely earlier than if you wish to ease into Martin Scorsese’s epic documentary. 9 p.m. Free.

The Evening Earlier than on the Black Cat: For many years, the Black Cat’s Pink Room has been a refuge on Thanksgiving Eve, welcoming these making an attempt to flee their households and those that weren’t making the journey dwelling. This 12 months, the Cat is bringing again two veteran DJs: Mark Zimin and Stereo Religion, whose Britpop- and indie-pop-fueled Mousetrap events have been drawing crowds for an extended, very long time. Doorways open at 8 p.m. Free.

Uncommon Essence at Metropolis Vineyard: In the event you’re going to feast on Thursday, you would possibly as nicely dance off some energy prematurely. Go-go legends Uncommon Essence take over the loft at Metropolis Vineyard for a preholiday present. There’s restricted seating within the loft, so arrive early — doorways open at 7:30 p.m. — to attempt to discover a place on the bar. 9:30 p.m. $35-$40.

Disq at DC9: Right here’s one method to maintain your tackle indie rock from turning into formulaic: Begin a band with a number of singer-songwriters. On its second album, the brand new “Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet,” Disq performs tunes composed by 4 of its 5 members. If that weren’t sufficient to offer selection, the Wisconsin group flips types inside particular person songs: Guitarist Logan Severson’s “Prize Contest Life” is an easygoing midtempo rocker with high-tenor vocals that detours abruptly into raw-throated grungy aggression. Such shifts are attribute of the album, which floats blithe melodies over three-guitar roar and sometimes throws synth noise or bassist Raina Bock’s soprano into the combo. The stylistic restlessness fits the band’s lyrics, which depict uneasy minds and a capricious universe. Largely, although, the musical permutations simply make sure that Disq by no means settles right into a rut. 8 p.m. $13-$15.