Lucky Fairfax City! El Pollo Rico is here. You've heard about it, now try it yourself. It's the marinade. That was celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain's conclusion
Waterfront Yoga, Indigenous Poetry, and a Show Memorializing George Floyd: Things to Do in DC, May 24-26
Plus: How and when DC-area theaters are reopening.
Tuesday marks one year since the murder of George Floyd.
Here’s what you should check out this week:
Lyrical lessons: Current US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo the first indigenous writer to receive that honor curated the recently published
Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry. Verses from major indigenous voices including pro-basketball player-turned-poet Natalie Diaz, novelist Ray Young Bear, and activist Layli Long Soldier meditate on displacement, resistance, perseverance, and cultural preservation. Harjo will speak with authors Deborah A. Miranda and Eric Gansworth in a virtual book event from Politics and Prose. Monday 5/24 at 8 PM; register here.
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Chubby Squirrel Brewing Co. was able to survive the COVID-19 restrictions by selling canned beer for its customers to take home. (Michael O Connell/Patch)
As the sign says, the Chubby Squirrel Brewing Company was the first brewery to open in the City of Fairfax. (Michael O Connell/Patch)
Caboose Commons in Merrifield s Mosaic District brews its beers in house. (Michael O Connell/Patch)
FAIRFAX CITY, VA Eighty-five percent of adults age 21 or older, as the Brewers Association puts it, live within 10 miles of a brewery, including the residents of the City of Fairfax.
With four breweries in or near Fairfax City, the Brewers Association is urging craft beer drinkers to support local breweries as American Craft Beer Week approaches. The 15th annual weeklong observance will run from May 10-16 this year.