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<a href="https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Profs and Pints DC</a> presents: “When Nazis Prowled Our Coasts,” a
 look at how Hitler brought war to America, with Kevin Matthews, 
professor of history at George Mason University and teacher of courses 
on early 20th century European history and World War II.
A German submarine surfaces in New York’s harbor. Nazi saboteurs 
armed with explosives land on a Florida beach with orders to blow up 
factories in Tennessee and dams on the Ohio River. American ships are 
sunk in broad daylight while vacationers look on from New Jersey to 
Virginia Beach, from the Outer Banks to Key West.&nbsp;&nbsp;
It wasn’t the plot of a bad movie. Such events actually happened 
during the early months of 1942, helping to explain why watchtowers 
still stand near the beaches of Delaware and New Jersey today.
Come learn about this forgotten episode of our nation’s World War II 
past with Professor Kevin Matthews, who previously has given excellent 
Profs and Pints talks on the Battle of the Bulge, the rise of Fascism, 
and the history of the Irish Revolution.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
He’ll describe how Nazi Germany sought both to make the United States
 pay for siding with Britain, and defeat us at home before our forces 
could get to Europe, by sending its forces places you now associate with
 boardwalks and bodysurfing. It ordered its U-boats to beat America like
 a “kettledrum” as part of a campaign known as Operation Paukenschlag
 (which translates as “drumbeat.”) And by the spring of 1942 its 
submarines also were prowling the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
Aiding the success of Nazi Germany’s campaign were two unwitting 
allies: the U.S. Navy, which refused to change tactics in the face of 
Germany’s attacks; and the leaders of American cities, who refused to 
impose blackouts and thereby created a neon-lit shooting gallery the 
length of the East Coast.&nbsp;&nbsp;
You’ll learn how Britain’s Royal Navy and Royal Air Force helped 
defeat the U-boats at a time when they threatened our entire war effort,
 and how the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover helped establish himself as the 
nation’s top cop by doggedly tracking down Nazi agents.
It’s a talk that will give you plenty to think about on your next 
trip to the beach. (<a href="https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-nazis-prowled-coasts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Advance tickets</a>: $13.50 plus sales tax and 
processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is 
for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.)
Image: The tanker S.S. Dixie Arrow after being torpedoed by a German 
submarine off Cape Hatteras in March 1942 (U.S. Navy photo).

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Profs & Pints DC: When Nazis Prowled Our Coasts

Profs and Pints DC presents: “When Nazis Prowled Our Coasts,” a
 look at how Hitler brought war to America, with Kevin...

<a href="https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Profs and Pints DC</a> presents: “The ‘Gooning’ Lecture,” answers
 to our questions about a growing online sexual practice, with Jenn 
Pollitt, assistant professor in the gender, sexuality, and women’s 
studies program at Temple University.&nbsp;
The term “gooning” has exploded across online spaces, yet many people
 have only a vague or wildly inaccurate sense of what it actually 
references.
Learn about gooning both as a sexual practice and as a cultural 
phenomenon shaped by the internet with Jenn Pollitt, a scholar whose 
research focuses on pornography, digital culture, and the changing 
nature of intimacy in the age of screens.
She’ll provide clear, grounded, and research-informed exploration 
what gooning is, how it emerged within digital porn cultures, and why it
 resonates with so many people in an era defined by screens, algorithms,
 and constant stimulation.
Drawing from media studies, sexuality research, and firsthand 
analysis of online communities, Dr. Pollitt will situate gooning within 
broader conversations about intimacy, attention, and embodiment in the 
digital age. Rather than treating gooning as fringe or purely 
sensational, she’ll frame it as a lens for understanding larger cultural
 shifts, especially in terms of how people navigate loneliness, 
overstimulation, and the search for intimacy in increasingly mediated 
environments.
Among the questions she’ll tackle: What does gooning reveal about how
 technology is reshaping desire and sexual experience? Why does it blur 
the line between pleasure and dissociation? And how does it challenge 
traditional ideas about connection, agency, and control? (<a href="https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-gooning" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Advance tickets</a>: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 
with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes 
later.)
Image: Photo by Terry Johnston / Creative Commons.

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Profs & Pints DC: The Gooning Lecture

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<a href="https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Profs and Pints Northern Virginia</a> presents: “Fighting Words, Civil War,”
 on the fiery debates about free speech, political violence, and slavery
 that led to armed conflict between the Union and the Confederacy, with 
Paul Quigley, professor of Civil War History at Virginia Tech and 
director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.
Just like in our own time, the years leading up to our nation’s Civil
 War found Americans wrestling with thorny questions related to free 
speech. Among the questions being asked: Who got to say what to whom? 
Which words were so incendiary as to justify physical reprisal?
These questions became more urgent than ever in 1856, when South 
Carolina congressman Preston Brooks used a cane to beat Massachusetts 
Senator Charles Sumner unconscious in the Senate chamber in retaliation 
for Sumner’s Senate speech denouncing slavery and personally insulting 
Brooks’s relative. Although the caning lasted barely a minute, it 
greatly intensified the fight over slavery that ultimately led to the 
Civil War.
Professor Paul Quigley examined that notorious incident, its impact, and its relevance to today in depth for his book The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War. He’ll
 connect the caning to wider struggles over free speech, violence, and 
slavery in a talk that will deepen your understanding of our nation’s 
history and deepest divisions.
He’ll describe how proslavery Americans, realizing that antislavery 
talk could spark slave uprisings, censored abolitionism by any means 
necessary, burning abolitionist pamphlets and carrying out the 1837 
murder of newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy.
Undeterred, abolitionists embraced the power of provocative language 
as they repeatedly exposed slaveholder brutality and the injustice of 
enslavement. Their heated rhetoric fueled increasing acceptance of 
antislavery violence, culminating in John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harpers 
Ferry.
The spiral of rhetorical and physical violence escalated the conflict
 until it erupted in secession and a war that we’ve never completely put
 in our past. Could today’s political tensions lead to a similar 
outcome? (<a href="https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/nv-fighting-words-civil-war" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Advance tickets</a>: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. 
Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk
 starts 30 minutes later.)
Image: From a reproduction of a famous John L. Magee cartoon depicting Preston Brooks caning Charles Sumner.

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Profs & Pints Northern Virginia: Fighting...

Profs and Pints Northern Virginia presents: “Fighting Words, Civil War,”
 on the fiery debates about free speech, political...

Profs & Pints Northern Virginia: Fighting Words, Civil War

<a href="https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Profs and Pints DC</a> presents: “Fighting Words, Civil War,”
 on the fiery debates about free speech, political violence, and slavery
 that led to armed conflict between the Union and the Confederacy, with 
Paul Quigley, professor of Civil War History at Virginia Tech and 
director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.
Just like in our own time, the years leading up to our nation’s Civil
 War found Americans wrestling with thorny questions related to free 
speech. Among the questions being asked: Who got to say what to whom? 
Which words were so incendiary as to justify physical reprisal?
These questions became more urgent than ever in 1856, when South 
Carolina congressman Preston Brooks used a cane to beat Massachusetts 
Senator Charles Sumner unconscious in the Senate chamber in retaliation 
for Sumner’s Senate speech denouncing slavery and personally insulting 
Brooks’s relative. Although the caning lasted barely a minute, it 
greatly intensified the fight over slavery that ultimately led to the 
Civil War.
Professor Paul Quigley examined that notorious incident, its impact, and its relevance to today in depth for his book The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War.
 He’ll connect the caning to wider struggles over free speech, violence,
 and slavery in a talk that will deepen your understanding of our 
nation’s history and deepest divisions.
He’ll describe how proslavery Americans, realizing that antislavery 
talk could spark slave uprisings, censored abolitionism by any means 
necessary, burning abolitionist pamphlets and carrying out the 1837 
murder of newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy.
Undeterred, abolitionists embraced the power of provocative language 
as they repeatedly exposed slaveholder brutality and the injustice of 
enslavement. Their heated rhetoric fueled increasing acceptance of 
antislavery violence, culminating in John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harpers 
Ferry.
The spiral of rhetorical and physical violence escalated the conflict
 until it erupted in secession and a war that we’ve never completely put
 in our past. Could today’s political tensions lead to a similar 
outcome? (<a href="https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-fighting-words-civil-war" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Advance tickets</a>: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. 
Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk
 starts 30 minutes later.)
Image: From a reproduction of a famous John L. Magee cartoon depicting Preston Brooks caning Charles Sumner.

Local Event: Profs & Pints DC: Fighting Words, Civil War

Profs & Pints DC: Fighting Words, Civil War

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Fighting Words, Civil War,”
 on the fiery debates about free speech, political violence, and...

<a href="https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Profs and Pints DC</a> presents: “Hell and Gone,”
 on American belief in damnation and doomsday, with Lindsay DiCuirci, 
associate professor of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore 
County and scholar of nineteenth-century spiritualism.
On highways across the American Midwest are giant billboards meant to
 inspire soul-searching. They carry messages such as “HELL IS REAL” and 
“If you died today, where would you spend eternity?” Although the share 
of Americans who believe in hell has been slipping for two decades, 59 
percent of respondents to a 2023 Gallup poll still believed in its 
existence. On a related note, 55 percent of respondents to a 2022 Pew 
Research poll expressed the belief that Jesus Christ will return to 
earth someday as part of the earth’s apocalyptic ending.&nbsp;
Speculation about the afterlife and the world’s end has been the 
pastime of theologians, laypeople and charlatans for millennia. The 
enduring concepts of hell and the apocalypse have served as cultural 
barometers, measuring the status of all kinds of beliefs and behaviors 
far beyond those associated with organized religion.&nbsp;
Join Professor Lindsay DiCuirci, a scholar of early American 
literature and print culture and of the spiritualist movement of the 
nineteenth century, for a fascinating discussion of American beliefs 
about doom and damnation and their connection with broader worldviews.&nbsp;
We’ll start by looking at early colonial America, when Protestant 
Christianity predominated. You’ll learn how back then questions related 
to the end times and our fates after death were not simply personal or 
abstract, but factored into major societal conversations about art and 
literature, social reform, criminal justice, and foreign and domestic 
policy. We’ll discuss Puritan poet Michael Wigglesworth’s famous 1666 
work “Day of Doom,” which scared generations of young Christians with 
its graphic depiction of fire and brimstone. Moving across the 
centuries, we'll look at abolitionist David Walker’s 1829 treatise 
“Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World,” which called America 
itself “hell upon earth!!!” for people of color. You’ll gain an 
appreciation of how the rhetoric—if not the reality—of hell and the end 
times activated people’s conscience.
We’ll also examine how the concept of hell has always had its 
detractors, even among self-identified Christians. Some of its most 
vocal opponents were nineteenth-century spiritualists, a diverse and 
diffuse group of people who believed that they could speak with the 
dead. For spiritualists, the elimination of hell was a balm for those 
who are mourning but it also had great political potential. Many 
spiritualists were also radical reformers, working on issues like the 
abolition of slavery, women’s liberation, capital punishment reform, and
 indigenous rights. The idea that the soul not only lived forever but 
continued to learn and progress even after it was “disrobed of the body”
 invigorated their quest for social justice on earth.
Today, beliefs about hell and the end of the world remain entangled 
with questions about human suffering, the nature of justice, and the 
future of the planet. You’ll emerge from the talk with a richer 
understanding of how your views on various questions of our day are 
shaped by your assumptions about how it all will end. (<a href="https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-hell" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Advance tickets</a>: 
$13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with 
student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk begins 30 minutes later.)
Image: From “Pandemonium,” an 1841 John Martin painting of the 
capital of hell as described in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” (Louvre 
Museum/Wikimedia).

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Profs & Pints DC: Hell and Gone

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Hell and Gone,”
 on American belief in damnation and doomsday, with Lindsay DiCuirci, 
associate...

Fairmont Washington D.C. Georgetown

– Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown and Veuve Clicquot are partnering for a limited-time pop-up experience in celebration of the IndyCar Series historic debut in the nation's capital with the inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
From Friday, August 14, through Sunday, August 23, guests can enjoy elevated culinary pairings featuring Veuve Clicquot in the hotel's lush Courtyard, Lobby Bar and Loggia from 11am until to 11pm daily. The festive experience will feature signature Veuve Clicquot décor, bistro-style seating and photo opportunities that add to the experience.
Executive Chef Jaime Montes de Oca and his culinary team have created a menu of specialty pairings, including a glass of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label.
Chesapeake Oysters | $35
Three Chesapeake oysters with cauliflower mousse and caviar
Lobster Temaki | $32 
Hand-held sushi cone with Maine lobster, cucumber, avocado, sushi rice and nori
Roseda Farm Burger | $45 
Roseda Farm beef burger with garlic chili mayonnaise, crispy pancetta, aged cheddar, served with French fries
Guests may substitute a glass of Veuve Clicquot RICH or Veuve Clicquot RICH Rosé
Served over ice with fresh strawberries for an additional $5.
No reservations are required for the Fairmont x Veuve Clicqout Pop-up Share and Pair. Tax and gratuity are not included.

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Fairmont x Veuve Clicquot - Freedom 250 Grand...

– Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown and Veuve Clicquot are partnering for a limited-time pop-up experience in celebration...

Fairmont x Veuve Clicquot - Freedom 250 Grand Prix Pop-up

<a href="https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Profs and Pints Northern Virginia</a> presents: “Encountering Cryptids,” on
 the cultural, historical and psychological significance of beings that 
may exist only in lore, with Joshua Barton, lecturer in English at 
Virginia Commonwealth University and scholar of horror.
Some started out as anecdotes shared by explorers. Others were 
created as cautionary tales, or literally were just developed as spooky 
stories for kids. Regardless of their origins, they’re now entrenched 
inhabitants of our nation’s landscapes, their lives perpetuated through 
tales told by communities that believe they’re real.
They’re cryptids with names like Sasquatch, Mothman, the Jersey 
Devil, Ogopogo, the Flatwoods Monster, and the Beast of Bray Road. And 
your single best chance to get to know them might be by coming to this 
talk by Joshua Barton, a scholar of horror who has earned a loyal 
following among Profs and Pints fans with incredibly entertaining past 
talks on folklore and horror.
He'll look at the genesis of the tales themselves and what they tell 
us about historic approaches to the unknown. He’ll discuss how tales of 
cryptids reflect societal fears, inspire local legends, and connect 
communities through shared myths, and he’ll examine the impact of 
cryptid tales on modern storytelling and local tourism.
Turning his attention to specific cryptids, Barton will describe how 
the Jersey Devil speaks to our nation’s puritan roots and our collective
 fear of evil. The chupacabra reflects anxieties over the blending of 
cultures, while Bigfoot and Mothman stand out as huge generators of 
tourism revenue.
You’ll learn how the study of such creatures—cryptozoology—exists at 
the intersection of oral folklore and modern belief, and you’ll probably
 emerge from the talk eager to tell cryptid tales of your own. (<a href="https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/nv-encountering-cryptids" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Advance tickets</a>: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 
with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes 
later.)
Image: An 1889 Garrick Mallery sketch of a painted rock encountered 
on the Tule River Reservation in California. Cryptozoologists have 
interpreted the three figures painted on it, generally regarded as 
Native American symbols for negation, as instead representing an entire 
Sasquatch family.

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Profs and Pints Northern Virginia presents: “Encountering Cryptids,” on
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The National Leverage Lab 2026, presented by The Fair Path Project, brings a full day of practical strategy on workplace accountability to Washington, DC on Friday, August 28. The summit runs in person at the Friends Meeting of Washington near Dupont Circle, with a virtual option for those joining from afar.
Headlining the Lab is Gretchen Carlson, the former broadcast journalist portrayed by Nicole Kidman in the 2019 film Bombshell. She takes the keynote stage alongside Julie Roginsky, her co-founder at Lift Our Voices, the nonprofit whose advocacy helped end forced arbitration of sexual assault and harassment claims under federal law. Together they have reshaped the national conversation on how workers can speak up without being silenced.
Beyond the keynote, attendees choose from three concurrent tracks built for employees, HR professionals, and attorneys, with continuing education credits available (CLE, HRCI, and SHRM). Expect real tools, real cases, and a room full of people committed to fairer workplaces.

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Rogers Resolution Services

Hi, I'm Shelby! I’m a local mediator who helps neighbors resolve family, relationship, and workplace conflicts in a calm, structured way. Through my small business, Rogers Resolution Services, I offer mediation and conflict-resolution support tailored to your unique needs and help guide people through difficult conversations. I work primarily with co-parents, partners, relatives, roommates, and teams who need help talking through decisions, routines, boundaries, or recurring disagreements. I also support workplaces and community groups facing communication challenges or breakdowns. My role is neutral. I don’t give legal advice or take sides. I facilitate conversations, de-escalate tense situations, and help people reach practical and maintainable agreements they can feel comfortable with. Services include: • Family, community, and workplace mediation • Co-parenting communication planning • Conflict coaching (one-on-one support) • Group and organizational facilitation • Workplace and team communication support Please feel free to reach out if you or a neighbor need help with repairing communication, setting boundaries, and/or creating a healthier dynamic at home or at work. Thank you for reading, and I look forward to helping you!

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