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🎟️ The best free things to do in DC this summer
June 9, 2025 · 💌 Kaela
Hey, neighbor. How was everybody's weekend? I am T-I-R-E-D. Luckily, coffee is never far in D.C. Here are the District's most underrated cafes, as told by a gal on a mission to visit every one.
☕ Also, check out this sick site a local reddit user made that tells you what D.C. neighborhood you should live in based on your coffee snobbery level.
What's CITY Talking About?
DC Schools Ban Cellphones
Starting this fall, students at DC Public Schools won’t be able to use their cellphones during the school day. This comes after DCPS’s phone-free pilot showed increased engagement and decreased anxiety for students. [NBC4]
Plastic Surgery Hot Among Washington Men
Square heads are so in right now. Washington men are apparently seeking defined jaws that give a powerful look with “bipartisan appeal.” Local surgeons say their male clients have doubled in the past year. [Politico]
Military Parade Grounds DCA Flights
DCA is expected to halt all takeoffs and landings for several hours during the military parade Saturday — which also happens to be President Trump’s birthday — delaying about 100 flights. The Coast Guard is also closing all movement on the Potomac from Key Bridge to Hains Point. [NoVa Mag/X]
Health Care Company Ends Local Hospital Partnership
Adventist HealthCare’s planned acquisition of Howard University Hospital has fallen apart and the group will stop managing the hospital by February. Howard University Hospital says it will not affect its plans to replace its current facility with a new hospital. [Washington Post 🔒]
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What To Do
Monday, June 9
- 🎞️ EuroAsia Short Films Screening at the Embassy of Spain (Columbia Heights)
- 🍺 Profs & Pints: A Short History of Revenge at Penn Social (Penn Quarter)
- 🪲 Ecology Book Club at the Cleveland Park Library
- 🪵 Woodblock/Lino Print Workshop at Washington Printmakers Gallery (Georgetown)
Tuesday, June 10
- 😆 Bad Medicine Comedy Presents: Time to Pretend at DC Improv (Downtown)
- 🧑🍳 Embassy Chef Challenge at the Andrew W Mellon Auditorium (Downtown)
- 🎵 Sunset Sounds Concert: Akua Allrich at Alethia Tanner Park (Eckington)
- 🎷 Austrian Jazz Night: HAEZZ at Embassy of Austria (Van Ness)
- 🧶 Intro to Rug Tufting at Relume Shop & Craft Café (Capitol Hill)
- 🧜 Profs & Pints DC: Mermaid Tales at Penn Social (Penn Quarter)
- 🕺 Dancing on the Waterfront (Georgetown)
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