People Get Ready
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Tonight get down and dirty in the kitchen with musician/cook Frank Solivan, the leader of the band Dirty Kitchen Experience. This two-hour clinic is geared to build confidence in the kitchen covering basic knife skills and other practical cooking tips while Frank shows you how to make his famous Caprese salad and delicious meatballs. Enjoy a glass a wine, get a hands-on preview of Saturday’s Dirty Kitchen Experience menu. The two-hour class begins at 6:30 and costs $40. Purchase tickets here.
Friday night indie rock/performance art band People Get Ready takes the stage at the Atlas. Founded by David Byrne’s guitarist Steven Reker and Yeasayer’s Luke Fasano the band has an appealing jangly sound and fills its shows with dance performances. Show begins at 8pm and tickets are $18 and can be found here.
Saturday head to the Hill Center for the very first annual volunteer day. Volunteer Capitol Hill, a volunteer fair featuring 25 non-profit organizations, on April 20 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Participating organizations include the Atlas Performing Arts Center, Anacostia Watershed Society, Barracks Row Main Street, Brethren Nutrition Program, Capitol Hill Community Foundation, Capitol Hill Group Ministry, Capitol Hill Village, Community Connections, Eastern Market DC, Everybody Wins! DC, Father McKenna Center, Inc., First Book – DC, Food & Friends, Girls on the Run – DC, Haye Girl, Higher Achievement, Hill Center, Jan’s Tutoring House, Kid Power Inc., Legal Council for the Elderly/D.C. Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, Little Lights Urban Ministries, Momentum Dance Theater, Neighbors Feeding Neighbors, One in Ten/Reel Affirmations, Opera Lafayette, Rural Dog Rescue, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, STRIVE DC, Inc., Trees for Capitol Hill, and We Are Family DC.
Volunteer Capitol Hill will also celebrate the contributions made by Nicky and Steve Cymrot over a period of forty years to the Capitol Hill community and, in particular, their vision and leadership in the creation of Hill Center. The event will begin with a brief ceremony honoring the Cymrots at 10 a.m. Capitol Hill’s own bluegrass band, Blue Panamus will provide music. Light refreshments will be available and door prizes will be given away. Fojol Brothers, District Taco, Red Hook Lobster, and Goodies Frozen Custard & Treats food trucks will be at Hill Center selling food as well.
Get your War on. Revolutionary War that is. Go back in time at the Congressional Cemetery and learn about the Revolutionary War veterans and patriots resting for eternity at the historic cemetery From drummer boys to surgeons, statesmen to generals, many of the Cemetery’s individuals played an integral part in the founding of the nation. Reenactors from the College Company of William and Mary will talk about life in the Revolutionary War. Learn about the musket and enjoy firing demos. It wouldn’t be a Revolutionary War events without a fie, so the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps will provide musical enjoyment. The event goes from 11 am to 3 pm and admission is free.
Come back to the Hill Center for both dinner and a show that night. Remember Frank Solivan? Well he will prepare and his band mates the Dirty Kitchen will serve a three course meal, with wine, beer and dessert. Following the dinner your caterers will put on a show for you featuring tunes from their latest CD On the Edge. Tickets are $125 and include dinner, drinks, the performance and an autographed copy of the CD. What a deal! The fun begins at 7:30 and you can buy your tickets here.
Sunday Union Market celebrates Earth day from 10am -4pm. There will be a pop up market featuring eco-conscious vendors and for every purchase you make at the market that day you get a seedling to take home and plant (or in my case, kill) courtesy of Buffalo and Bergen. A listing of activities and vendors is here.
If you have still not had enough Frank Solivan, the Dirty Kitchen will perform a free sunset concert on the lawn of the Hill Center Sunday evening at 5:30. Register here.