Booty Shakin' and Money Makin'

Thanks to Julia for this:

Dance4Life
Ibiza nightclub, 10pm-close
Get down with your bad self (and other like-minded individuals) and help raise money for HIV/AIDS awareness in DC high schools.

Music brought to you by: DJ 2rip, Dainbramage, and The Pseudo Society with special guests Hiphopapotamus and Rhymenocerous (okay just kidding, but that would be awesome, right?)

No cover before 11pm if you email GLOWLIST@DISTRICTIGNITION.COM to get on the guest list.

Save the Date!

Phew! Don't worry, guys: Screen on the Green does not start until July 14. So stretch your outdoor movie viewing muscle with James Bond until then.

Stay tuned for upcoming posts on DC's secret gardens, bikin' and hikin' trails, ethnic markets and other summer hotspots.

Drinkin' for Good

DC is a drinkin' town: Home of the Happy Hour. Sometimes its just hard to network your way onto the hill without lubing up first. Other times you need to drown the misery of 9-5 in front of a computer screen. But most times, it's just fun.

To ensure your beer money goes to a good cause (read: feel less guilty about that guilty pleasure), check out these events:

Next Step Charter School Benefit
The Heights, Wed May 21 5-9pm, specials 'til 7:30
Battle gentrification by...wait what?

Coast to Coast for Vets send-off
James Hoban's in Dupont, Wed May 21, 6:30-9pm
BUIs are a serious issues, guys.

Live Green Launch
Local 16 on U Street, Wed June 18
Featuring live musical talent from likes of Thievery Corporation!
Mention New American Dream for a discount on cover

Happy Hour-ing!

Weekday Pleasures

Shitty day at your underpaid job? Do you just want to get out and enjoy your Wednesday evening? Try these free weekday pleasures:

Bond Film Festival
Outdoor James Bond Movies every week at sunset
New York and Florida NE on Thursdays
Crystal City on Mondays
Rosslyn on Fridays (see comment from Res below)

Art-o-matic
Wednesday thru Sunday until June 15th
11 floors of local artists

Sounds in the Square
Local bands you already love play in Farragut Square
Random Thursdays at 5pm through September
Think they'll give us anything for wearing our MetroTees?

Jazz in the Sculpture Garden
Friday evenings starting May 23
Bring a picnic and a concealed nalgene of wine

Portrait Gallery,
Open until 7pm everyday
Hip-hop and vintage poster exhibits

In the beginning...

there was fun, but then somehow the good times got lost in the bustle of the capital city where we are all scrounging to build our resumes and, just maybe, make some real change in the world.

Somehow, even our social lives seem overburdened. We get dozens of emails a week, just for "fun" stuff: happy hours, concerts, openings, films, parties, and the like. That doesn't even account for the gchat status messages that include flippant invites to spontaneous festivities.

It's hard to keep track of all the frivolity. This is where you'll find updates on interesting and enriching things to do in DC.

Think of it as a guide to freevolity and other fun.

Cheers,
Mary Jo

PS Please please feel free to post comments or send me emails with events.