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December 30, 2025 · 💌 Kaela
Hey D.C.! Have you taken our end-of-year local news quiz yet? Test how tuned in you really were to D.C. happenings this year, or better yet, test your friends and relatives at the dinner table. They’ll loveee that.
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What To Do
Tuesday, Dec. 30
- ❤️🩹 Mental Health Drop In Hours at Anacostia Neighborhood Library
- 👑 NYE Crown Make & Take Workshop at Merry Pin (Takoma)
- ✂️ DC Gals Vision Board Night at SALAZAR (14th St. NW)
- 🏃 The Night Run Club at Smithsonian Metro (National Mall)
- 🎤 The Tuesday Night Showcase at Room 808 (Petworth)
- 🌮 A Night in Mexico: Handmade Tacos and Fiesta Flavors at La Cosecha (Union Market)
Wednesday, Dec. 31
- 🎉 Noon Year's Eve! at Georgetown Library
- 🧒 Family New Year's Party at metrobar (Brentwood)
- 🧘 Free New Year’s Eve Community Restorative Yoga at Josephine Butler Parks Center (Columbia Heights)
- 🎟️ NYE Benefit for Gaza Soup Kitchen at Busboys and Poets (14th St. Corridor)
- 🪩 The 2025 New Year's Eve Swing Ball at Black Cat (U St. Corridor)
- 🍺 Free New Year's Eve Party at Wunder Garten (NoMa)
- 🤠 DC Honky Tonk New Year’s Eve Party at Desert 5 Spot (Union Market)
- 🕺 NYE: Disco Inferno at DC9 (Shaw)
- 🥂 NYE 2026 at Mission Navy Yard
- 🎶 Tunes: The Flaming Lips at the Anthem (The Wharf)
- ⏱️ NYE Midnight Affair at Yours Truly DC Hotel (Dupont)
- 🎤 Cabaret Performance at The Watergate Hotel (Foggy Bottom)
- ⭐ Evening Star Cafe's New Year's Eve Bash (Alexandria)
- 💃 The Sovereign's New Year's Eve Soirée (Georgetown)
Thursday, Jan. 1
- 🪩 Fun-a-Day DC 2026 (Starts) at Rhizome (Takoma)
- 🖊️ Aspiring Writer’s Circle with D.C. Public Library (Virtual)
- ♥️ Kwanzaa: Creating Mkeka Mats by Needlepoint at the Anacostia Community Museum
- 💌 Highlights Tour at the Postal Museum (East End)
- 🍻 "The Hangover" Brunch & Day Party at Lima (Downtown)
- 🕺 A Warm Beginning: A New Year’s Day Gathering by Mixtape Sapphics (U Street)
- 🧹 Trash Cleanup at Belle Haven Park (Alexandria)
- 🧘 Yoga + Cider (Alexandria)
Thanks for reading and talk to you in the New Year! 🎉
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