Patrick Ryan / DCist
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
NIGHT MARKET PARTY: Spend your Monday happy hour at Electric Cool Aid’s night market party. The market will showcase all sorts of vendors selling crafts like seasonal jewelry and spooky candles. And the bar’s signature frozen drinks are buy one get one free from From 5 to 6 p.m.! (Electric Cool Aid; 5 p.m.; FREE)
COMEDY FESTIVAL: DC Comedy Festival kicks off this week. From Monday to Friday, more than 100 comedians will perform as part of the fifth annual festival. This first event features New York comedian Sherrod Small. (Dupont Underground; 7 p.m.; $28.52)
HARRY POTTER TRIVIA: Test your wizarding world knowledge with Harry Potter trivia. This event will focus exclusively on the Sorcerer’s Stone book but in the future you’ll be able to test your knowledge of the series’ other installments. (The Board Room; 7 p.m.; FREE)
MY MAMA AND THE FULL SCALE INVASION: Ukrainian playwright Sasha Denisova’s new play explores the present-day war and global crisis in Ukraine. Inspired by online chats with her mom, Denisova weaves a tale that gives the audience a taste of the frontlines of Russia’s invasion. The show will run until October 8. (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; 8 p.m.; $5+)
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