What better way to celebrate Singles' Awareness Weekend than to get woke while eating chocolate at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian?! (Naming...i know...) February 13th and 14th, it's going DOWN. 4th St & Independence Ave., SW, all day. See schedule here.
"The museum invites visitors to enjoy a tasty assortment of presentations.
Spectacular Peruvian scissor dancers compete in endurance, acrobatics, and
creativity. Kuna textile artists from Panama and Colombia share the art of
making their charming, colorful molas. Hands-on activities encourage
young and not-so-young visitors to investigate the Mayan glyph for “cacao,”
grind cacao beans, and froth their own hot chocolate. Food demonstrations, a Chocolate Talk about the science and sustainability of the cacao plant, and one-on-one discussions with indigenous Bolivian cacao growers offer different perspectives
on this surprisingly complex subject. Finally, the museum presents Burwa dii
Ebo/The Wind and the Water, a contemporary Kuna coming-of-age story by the Igar Yala Collective of Panama in a Valentine’s evening Dinner and a Movie."
