Downtown BID

The Downtown DC Business Improvement District (BID) is a non-profit organization that provides capital improvements and resources to diversify the economy and enhance the Downtown experience. This district encompasses a 138-block area from Massachusetts Avenue on the north to Constitution Avenue on the south, and from Louisiana Avenue on the east to 16th Street on the west. The Downtown BID promotes public/private partnerships to create a remarkable urban environment. An upcoming Downtown BID community event is the 14th Annual Downtown Holiday Market, which opens Friday, November 23, and runs through Sunday, December 23. The market will be on the F Street sidewalk in front of the Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery.

Turkish Movie Night: Balik

The Yunus Emre Institute in Washington, DC is hosting its biweekly Turkish movie night this Friday, November 16. The film series aims to bridge the cultural spectrum between American and Turkish cinema. See the 2014 drama Balik, which follows a struggling fisherman's family who lives on the shores of a lake. The film centers on the human-nature relationship, the myth of a fish, and parents trying to find a cure for their daughter. Get tickets here.

Red Bull Conquest Finals

Events DC is hosting the Red Bull Conquest National Finals at the Entertainment and Sports Arena this weekend! Red Bull Conquest challenged more than 3,000 competitors to represent their local fighting game scene and embark on the journey that began April 28 in Chicago. This Friday, November 16 to Sunday, November 18, top regional fighting game champions from 15 U.S. cities and online will face off in a final battle to determine the best fighting game region in the nation. The three-day tournament includes the Capcom North American Finals for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition.

CANstruction

CANstruction is a program that aims to raise awareness about hunger. Organized by the Washington Architectural Foundation as a creative design-build competition, CANstruction is an exhibition of structures made from unopened cans of food that are later donated. The DC competition begins Sunday, November 18 at the National Building Museum and benefits the Capital Area Food Bank. Teams from DC architecture and design firms build sculptures out of cans of food, as visitors stop by to view the sculptures and vote for their favorite one by bringing a canned good donation. CANstruction's 2018 theme is CAN't Stop the Beet! The project is on display through Sunday, November 25.

Folding the Future: Theoretical
Origami Devices

For hundreds of years, the art of folding paper, origami, served as an entertaining craft and a symbolic decoration. More recently, origami ventured into the world of artists and science and engineering. The new origami exhibition, Folding the Future: Theoretical Origami Devices, celebrates World Origami Day and presents designs developed at Brigham Young University. This exhibit at the Japan Information & Culture Center is open to the public and on display through December 21.