Here Comes the Sun, 9th Birthday Kickback
• – • The Roost
About the speaker
9 years ago CMDC was born out of a desire for a rhythm of gathering folks from all corners of our city’s creative landscape to be inspired together. 2 years ago, on February 28th at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, we hosted what we didn’t know then would be our last in-person event before the pandemic would close the doors of all those theaters and auditoriums our community had come to know as home.
We’re so happy to announce that on the evening of Thursday, March 24th at 6:30pm, we’ll be joining with Cameo, The Roost, and Aslin Brewing to open those doors again - inviting you in. To celebrate not only our 9th birthday but also the start of longer warmer days, and hopefully a benchmarked end to two years of only knowing the warmth of this great community through a tired computer screen!
If this feels a bit last minute, that’s because it is. Our team, like all teams, is just finding our rhythm. Flexing old muscles and working to understand the new swing of things. But we didn’t want to let the month pass without marking it as an end of one and beginning of another chapter in our CMDC Folklore.
This won’t be a typical CM event. No speaker, no programming, just the face of friends old and new. Come wade back slowly into the pool with free food, drinks, and swag.
See you all at The Roost on Thursday!
Local partners
An award-winning, multi-disciplinary team specializing in creative strategy, content production, brand evolution, graphic design, data visualization, film production, UX/UI design, web development, and social media marketing. Creative is a for-profit agency whose primary function is to support the work of BitterSweet Monthly, the heartbeat of our creative group. With Monthly, we square up with the harsh realities and heavy statistics to find glimmers of solution, of fearlessness and faithfulness, of hope. Working together to reject cynicism, defy apathy, and celebrate good that the world needs more of.
Since the inception of Aslin Beer Company, we’ve aimed to create a culture that celebrates beer with a passion and depth of knowledge that’s contagious to others. Through our rapid growth, we’ve come to realize that our beer is not the only good we have the opportunity to cultivate, but that our community is truly at the core of what we do.
Cameo is a specialty coffee shop offering thoughtfully-curated coffees and teas, while prioritizing seasonality, sustainability, and social responsibility. The menu features a hyper-seasonal list of coffee shop classics with a few twists – something for every palate.
The Roost is an ambitious food hall and neighborhood gathering place located on the corner of Pennsylvania Ave and 14th on Capitol Hill. The Roost brings together a handful of the District’s best chefs along with a lively & diverse collection of the area’s most compelling food, beer, wine and spirits purveyors. You’ll find everything from coffee by local roasters, to that perfect burger and craft beer for any night of the week, to refined cocktails, a full service restaurant and so much more. In short, The Roost is an altogether unique food hall created by the DC community, for the DC community.
Location
Hosted at
The Roost
1401 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Washington, DC, DC United States 20003
When
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Photographer Deidre Pulley
