Metropolitan DC Restaurant Week
Washington, D.C., boasts a vast diversity of restaurants, but costs can often prove a barrier to students wanting to try new places. Fortunately, the city’s highly-anticipated annual restaurant week is back in town, offering special deals on meals and unique menus. Peruse the list of over 200 high-quality eateries that participate to alleviate our winter blues, taking place during the week of Jan. 19 to Jan. 25.
Dave Malloy, the playwright of several renowned musicals including “Ghost Quartet” and “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” is back with a dynamic and complex performance. “Octet,” showing from Jan. 14 to Feb. 22 at the Victor Shargai Theatre, features an eight-person a capella group singing about digital dependence in an abandoned church basement. Following the story of eight strangers who meet and decide to lock away their phones in a box, the in-the-round a capella musical promises to be fun, unforgettable and impactful.
Peter Campus, an influential figure in the new media art movement, now has his iconic early art on display in the Phillips Collection until May 3. The collection features a first look at his new landscape videos alongside his earlier work from the 1970s. Included in the general admission ticket to the Phillips Collection, this exhibition will be evocative, melancholic and moving, especially for those native to Campus’ home of Long Island, N.Y.
At the Vanguard Smithsonian Exhibit
Celebrating and exploring Black stories of resilience, artistry and legacy, “At the Vanguard” is an exhibit that teams up with five historically Black colleges and universities from around the country to highlight the history, ingenuity and creativity of these campuses. Showing with free admission from Jan. 16 to July 19 at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, this exhibition is sure to be unmissable and memorable.
