Here’s what you should check out this weekend:
Grab a pint: Sandlot Georgetown, which opens today, is a shipping-container bar and venue that highlights Black-owned businesses. Learn all about the new sunny-day hangout spot here.
Under the sea: Calling all those who are still not over their
Little Mermaid obsession (Meghan Markle, I’m looking at you). GW professor and folklorist Philippa Rappoport will explain the Slavic folkloric tradition celebrating Mermaid Week. Learn all about Russian water spirits this Profs and Pints online talk, “Mermaid Tales.” Friday 5/7 at 7 PM; $12, buy tickets here.
Get creative: Take a three-hour studio arts class to learn “Gyotaku: The Japanese Art of Printing with Fish” from Smithsonian Associates. You’ll use ink to make a special print with schools of colorful fish (here’s the supply kit). Saturday 5/8 at 10 AM; $75-$85, buy tickets here.
Modern Art, Yoga, and Drive-in Movies: Things to Do in DC, March 4-7 washingtonian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
change volume WTOP s Jason Fraley previews the Alexandria Drive-In (Part 1)
The Alexandria Drive-In Theatre successfully launched last August. Now, it’s back by popular demand, revealing its March lineup of movies.
Co-founder Allen Brooks told WTOP, “We recognized that people during this last year of uncertainty were just looking for a way to celebrate, gather and be together again in some way that would allow them to connect with each other again in a public setting.”
The drive-in is in the parking lot of 5001 Eisenhower Ave.
Brooks said the films are shown on a 55-foot inflatable screen with a high-def projector, and the audio streams through the audience’s car radios.