Wake to Washington

Stars, Stripes & Polo

Start a new July 4th tradition with DC Polo Society. Come out for Red, White & Brews on June 30th and experience a new Sunday Funday with your friends. You bring the crew, we bring the fun!

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“Which DC novel best captures the city?”

WaPo dives into the question and ranks some recent book releases that cover capital “W” Washington on a scale of one to five Washington Monuments.

• Want some good books that really capture the spirit of DC? Try Edward P. Jones’ Lost in the City or Dinaw Mengestu's The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears.

"They need to put people over profit"

Anti-Amazon activists are preparing their next move to protest Amazon HQ2 after the Arlington County Board voted to approve the incentive package back in March. Organizers from multiple coalitions will look to leverage increased housing prices (a 49% drop in available homes, and a 17% spike by the end of the year) along with Amazon's lack of required local investing.

Trouble in paradise

Erstwhile Bachelorette contestants and DC-area locals Jean Paul Jones and Luke S. were just cut from the show. Cue the tears. Fret not: Luke S will be returning to us little people, working at Stoney’s on P.

• ICYMI: our rundown of all the DC bachelorette contestants.

Hands off DC

Rep. Andy Harrip (R-MD) seems to have finally given up trying to nullify our marijuana laws, bringing DC one step closer to recreational dispensaries. But he hasn’t totally given up on meddling: He tried and failed to use the federal budget to stop DC from decriminalizing sex work.

Forage in the forest

Maybe this writer is just high on trees after finishing Richard Powers’ eco-epic The Overstory, but it seems pretty freaking neat that Atlanta just opened America’s largest urban food forest, a seven-acre spread that will produce apples, pears, goji berries, paw paws, persimmons, peppers and much more in the middle of a food desert.

Also || Moving the bike lane conversation from quantity to quality | criminal justice reformer wins Attorney General seat in Arlington | DCA workers set to strike | there’s a “giant holiday maze” coming to nats park this winter | Goldlink released a new album with projections on U St | big open-fire grill restaurant opens at W

Miss Hamilton in DC?

Head to Baltimore. Apparently there are hundreds of tickets left for the show there next month.

The Kennedy Center Unwinds

Head to the KenCen for an open-to-the-public rooftop happy hour with music, contemporary artists and beer samplings. Maybe the rain will clear out and you and the 1.2K who said they’re going on FB can have a great time. (5-8pm)

Podcast Listening Party

Catch a live listen of White Lies, a new podcast from NPR that revisits the 1965 assassination of a UU minister and civil rights activist in Selma, plus Q&A with the hosts and an appearance by the family of the victim. (6:15pm)

Massive Music

Groupmuse, the organization that puts on classical music concerts in people’s living rooms, is hosting a Massivemuse at Milkboy Arthouse in College Park. Basically it’s a whole lotta people making new friends, relaxing and watching a string quartet. Recommend. (7:30pm)

Busy summer for local theater

• Today and tomorrow is a limited run of THIS IS NOT A DRILL, a play exploring racial injustices in America. (7pm, and tomorrow)

• Pointless Theater Co is putting on a Forest Treás, a show about the 2002 DC sniper attacks that seeks to “explore how people interact with and respond to media in an ongoing time of crisis.”

• Plan ahead: The 14th annual Capital Fringe Festival is on its way. The month-long local theater fest kicks off July 5th and runs through the 28th: plan ahead and buy tix for all sorts of performances.

Reminders from the Weekly Scheduler

• Catch the opening for “A Bloom is A Blur,” a two-person exhibition showcasing new works from queer DC artists exploring the concept of blur and in-between spaces.. (7pm)

• Patagonia made a fish doc and they’re screening it in store with free food and beer. “Artifishal” sheds light on the environmental costs of hatcheries and fish farms that put the wild fish population in danger. (7pm)

Also || pups in the park | fight imposter syndrome | capitol hill film classic | paint & sip with the domestic violence resource project | politics & art: district vox | greenerminds summer social | straw ban outreach | DC4D turns 15! | tunes: cold weather company (say 730 sent you for a free CD) | talk @ the library of congress: women in leadership | jazz archives tour & live jazz dinner | Graphic Sex Project: data and sex