Session 19: Winter 2018

Tuesday
9 January
2018

Queer Book Club: One Man Guy

time 7 p.m.

The publisher says it’s “a heartfelt, laugh-out-loud-funny story of romance, family, and self-discovery.” What do you say?

user Instructor: Johnna Percell

Saturday
13 January

Lock Picking

time 2 p.m.

Learn how locks work and how to break them.

user Instructor: David Knauer

Wednesday
17 January

Make the Most of Your Makeup Bag

time 7 p.m.

What’s at the foundation of your makeup bag?

user Instructor: Anthony Kinard

Thursday
18 January

Irreality

time 7 p.m.

Reality is trippy.

user Instructor: Simon Kanter

Wednesday
24 January

Can I Really Buy a House in this DC Market?

time 6:30 p.m.

Buying a house or condo in D.C. is expensive, but it may be more possible than you think.

user Instructor: Alex DeLorme and Laura Pimentel

Saturday
27 January

An Intro to Film Noir + Screening

time 1:30 p.m.

Dive into the fatalistic world of film noir to find out why “dead men are heavier than broken hearts.”

user Instructor: Julia Mazur

Saturday
3 February

Community Calendar: People’s State of the Union

time 2 p.m.

“We the People.” Meet with others in a story circle to talk about the past year in education.

user Instructor: Knowledge Commons DC

Tuesday
6 February

35 Questions to Soul & Career

time 6 p.m.

What are the right questions to ask to get to the “aha!” moments in your personal and professional life?

user Instructor: Caitlin Magidson

Queer Book Club: When the Moon Was Ours

time 7 p.m.

A Stonewall Honor Book in 2017, this novel is “such a lush, surprising fable, you half expect birds to fly out of the pages.” – Jeff Giles, New York Times Book Review

user Instructor: Johnna Percell

Wednesday
7 February

Influential Fashion Designers of the 20th Century

time 6:30 p.m.

Fashion designers of the past shaped the styles, ideas, and events that come to mind when we think of fashion today.

user Instructor: Vashti Joseph

Tuesday
20 February

I Can’t Draw and So Can You

time 7 p.m.

Putting ink to paper can be freeing!

user Instructor: Hannah Dean

Saturday
24 February

Space Weather

time 1 p.m.

What is space weather, why does it matter, and how is it related to the Northern Lights?

user Instructor: Leila Mays

How to Watch Curling

time 3:30 p.m.

Why do they sweep?

user Instructor: Tycho Spadaro

Monday
5 March

Identifying and Pitching Stories for Aspiring Freelancers

time 6:30 p.m.

Learn how to nab the writing assignments you’ve always wanted.

user Instructor: Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato

Monday
12 March

Fix a Broken Electric Thing

time 7 p.m.

Fixing electric things is less scary — and requires considerably less magic — than you might think. We’ll help you get started for free.

user Instructor: Matt McEntee

Queer Book Club: What Belongs to You

time 7 p.m.

As their trysts grow increasingly intimate, an American teacher finds that the enigma of a young Bulgarian man becomes inseparable from that of his homeland, a country with a difficult past and an uncertain future.

user Instructor: Johnna Percell

Wednesday
14 March

Finance: Under the Hood

time 7 p.m.

Bring your financial engine in for a tune-up.

user Instructor: Racquel Ramlal-Slawinski

Thursday
15 March

Be Still Y’all: The Nuts & Bolts of Meditation

time 6:30 p.m.

Meditation gets a lot of attention these days, and we want to show you why.

user Instructor: Stephanie Holcombe

Monday
19 March

Open Meeting with the Knowledge Commons DC Wonder Dojo

KCDC Event time 7 p.m.

Talk with Knowledge Commons DC organizers about the classes you want to see, your ideas for the organization, and opportunities to volunteer or become an organizer.

user Instructor: Knowledge Commons DC

Monday
26 March

It’s All in the Cards: Board Games of the 21st Century

time 6:30 p.m.

Watch out … things are about to get dicey.

user Instructor: Labyrinth Games & Puzzles

Tuesday
27 March

Humanizing Digital Experiences in the Nonprofit World

time 6:30 p.m.

Nudge your audiences to donate. (Or find out how nonprofits are nudging you to donate.)

user Instructors: Allison Carpenter, Nate Andorsky