UPCOMING & ONGOING: OPEN MIC: Weekly: New event at Cobalt! "Love Music Hate Homophobia Open Mic" every MON night beginning on MON, Dec 3rd! Support LBGT rights and be entertained! 9:00pm - 12:00am, Free! 21+

New Weekly Open Mic Night for all Performers starts December 3rd
"Love Music Hate Homophobia Open Mic" at Cobalt
every Monday night
9:00pm - 12:00am
Free! 21+

Starting on December 3rd, Monday nights at Cobalt will feature a new series! "Love Music Hate Homophobia Open Mic Night" will showcase local talent and artists. Musicians, Poets, Storytellers, Dancers, Drag Queens and more get on the stage to share their talents! This new event is a great way for the LGBT community and their friends to fight intolerance and injustice using the power of art. From the invite: "We use a creative outlet to say what we need to say and to promote an awareness for bigotry and homophobic tendencies... We must demand full equality for all." In addition to the free open mic, $5 martini specials will be available.

Cobalt
1639 R St, NW
Metro: Dupont Circle and walk, closest by bus, take the S2 or S4 bus along 16th St to R St and walk a half block. You can catch the bus from McPherson Sq. Also walking distance from U St metro.

UPCOMING & ONGOING: DANCE: Weekly: All levels Belly Dance Class at BloomBars MON, Sept 3rd - and every MON Night - from 6:45pm - 8:00pm, by donation, $10 suggested

Belly Dancing Classes at BloomBars

Oriental and Tribal Belly Dance by Marta
Drop in class, bi-lingual, all levels welcome
every Monday Night

6:45pm - 8:00pm, doors 6:30pm
by donation, suggested $10

Learn to belly dance with Marta Vizueta Bohorquez. No experience necessary. Please wear comfortable, yoga type pant and top, not too baggy as she'll want to see your body to determine correct posture, etc. Bring a water bottle, yoga mat, and finger cymbals, if you own a pair.

"Explore the mechanics of dance posture; soft & hard isolations; how movements initiate, flow & culminate; timing & sinking into the movement; listening & improvisation; deep, internal undulations with careful attention to weight shifts; beautiful hands & arms; shimmy drills & combinations." Oriental & tribal styles, all levels. Bilingual community classes. More info at  MoveYourBelly.com

"A nurturing and demanding instructor, Marta approaches teaching from a holistic perspective, emphasizing technique, stylization, and musical interpretation. With a clear historical and cultural foundation, she invites more advanced students to fuse their own styles, where appropriate, allowing for the exploration of each one's unique voice."

BloomBars
3222 11th St, NW
near Kenyon next to Wonderland
Metro: Columbia Heights