The DC Lineup for this weekend: Rainbow flags, reading and human rights

This weekend, June 7 to 9, the District celebrates the LGBTQ+ community with the Capital Pride parade and festival and the return of the DC Dyke March. There are also events to promote reading and wildlife, as well as chances to engage in social dialogues about issues like abortion, gun violence and women’s rights. The local arts scene will be spotlighted with a jazz festival, art fair and mural dedication. The Navy Yard neighborhood’s Summerfest DC is a reminder of what’s just around the corner, and an Eastern Market celebration highlights an iconic vestige of the District’s past.

High temperatures will be in the 70s and 80s throughout the weekend, according to the weather forecast, with clouds on Friday and Saturday followed by rain on Sunday.

1. Activism: The DC Dyke March is returning after a 12-year hiatus. The “public act of protest and celebration,” as the event is described on its website, will be held on Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. Attendees will meet at McPherson Square and are encouraged to bring signs, noisemakers, banners and money to donate. The Dyke March is not affiliated with the Pride Parade. It is a grassroots movement that started in the District in 1993 and was later held in large cities across North America and the United Kingdom. This year the DC group is marching against displacement and will raise funds for organizations such as No Justice No Pride, Empower DC, ONE DC, Black Lives Matter DC, HIPS and Casa Ruby.

2. Festival: Rainbow flags have gone up around the District this past week in preparation for the Capital Pride parade, festival and concert. The parade will stretch 1.5 miles from Dupont Circle to Logan Circle and run from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday. More than 200 groups are expected to march or sponsor floats, with DC politicians among the perennial participants. Judges will present awards in 10 categories, including the best decorated, the best marching contingent and the most outrageous. This year’s theme is “shhhOUT: Past, Present & Proud,” in honor of the 50th anniversary of the pivotal Stonewall uprising in New York City. Related events that day include a “Crack of Noon” brunch and the third annual block party from 4 to 10 p.m. at 15th and P streets NW. … Sunday’s festival and concert — taking place from noon to 10 p.m. on Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 7th and 3rd streets — is an annual event that brings together the LGBTQ+ community on what the organizers hail as “America’s Main Street” for a day of music, food, drink, education and entertainment, including headliners Marshmello, Zara Larsson, Todrick Hall, Shea Diamond, Calum Scott, Nina West and Big Dipper. Highlights include a dance party and 300 organizations on site with information about their work. This is a free, family-friendly celebration hosted by Capital Pride Alliance, HOT 99.5 and PRIDE Radio.

3. Literature: Join the DC Public Library on Saturday to kick off its Summer Challenge to read for at least 20 minutes every day. The opening celebration is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Martha’s Table, 2375 Elvans Road SE. The schedule includes performances by the National Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, the DMV Hip Hop Orchestra and The CooLots, along with a storytime, a fitness class and chances to learn more about musical instruments and to meet a Washington Ballet dancer. The event is free and open to the public, with complimentary snacks provided by the DC Public Library Federation of Friends.

4. Nature: Close out the weekend with a nature-themed trivia night that will raise funds for injured and orphaned wildlife in the District. The event is hosted by City Wildlife at Kingfisher, 1414 14th St. NW, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday. General admission costs $15 in advance or $75 for a bundle of six tickets. Tickets will also be available at the door for $20. Entry includes a chance to win prizes. City Wildlife is a DC-based organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals throughout the city.

5. Music: The DC Jazz Fest — which kicks off tonight and runs through June 16 at venues across the city — presents Jazz in the ’Hoods in Anacostia this Saturday. Free music events are open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. Participating venues are Anacostia Arts Center at 1231 Good Hope Road SE; Check It Enterprises at 1920 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE; Busboys and Poets at 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE; and the East River JAZZfest Café at 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE. Musicians such as the Washington Jazz Arts Institute, the Khalid Gray Quartet, Herb Scott and Reshada Pullen-Jireh will perform at the Anacostia venues through a collaboration between the Anacostia Business Improvement District and Events DC, the sponsor of the citywide festival. Other DC Jazz Fest events this weekend — more than a dozen in all — range from the Anat Cohen Quartet at Hamilton Live on Friday at 7 p.m. to the Kelly Green Trio at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage on Sunday at 6 p.m. The festival continues with daily events before concluding next weekend with more than 20 free concerts at The Wharf from 2 to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

6. Art: A Day of Community, a mural dedication, will be held on Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at Justina’s Hair Gallery, 4001 Gault Place NE (near the Minnesota Avenue Metrorail station). The community event celebrates arts and culture in Ward 7, including a new mural designed by Candice Taylor and painted by the CreativeJunkFood team (Candice Taylor and Nabi Bilal) called “A Community. A Family.” The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is among the event’s sponsors. … A curated art fair featuring 51 local artists — the first event of the forthcoming By The People festival — will open Saturday at 1267 Wisconsin Ave. NW and continue for two weeks. Presented by festival organizer Halcyon in partnership with Monochrome Collective, the free event aims “to cultivate a culture of support for practicing artists” in an environment comfortable for new as well as experienced collectors, according to the festival website. The fair will operate daily through June 23 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends and from noon to 7 p.m. on weekdays in a space previously occupied by the Jonathan Adler store, which closed in April. Curator Nina O’Neil worked with a three-member panel to select the lineup for the By The People Art Fair lineup.

7. Activism: Friday is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and many are participating in the Wear Orange movement to send a message. The color orange was chosen to pay tribute to Hadiya Pendleton, whose friends wore orange in her honor after she was shot and killed in Chicago at the age of 15. The Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW, will join the campaign by lighting up in orange during a vigil at 8 p.m. The cathedral’s Bourdon bell will ring 109 times — representing the number of Americans killed by gun violence each day in 2017 — at 9 p.m. to memorialize the victims. The vigil is hosted by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

8. Education: Following the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment this past week, the National Portrait Gallery will present a Votes for Women-themed Family Day on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Kogod Courtyard. The program includes music, art activities, a suffragist storytime hosted by the DC Public Library, and tours of the exhibit Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence. Family Days at the National Portrait Gallery — located at 8th and F streets NW — are free and open to the public. No reservations are needed.

9. Film: Join the national conversation about abortion rights at a free screening of the documentary Trapped, which tells the stories of workers at abortion clinics and lawyers who are involved in the fight to protect the right to abortion in America. The Sundance Jury Award-winning film will be shown on Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Eaton Cinema, 1201 K St. NW. A Q&A session will follow. The film’s director, Dawn Porter, graduated from Georgetown Law Center and worked in the District for five years as an associate at the law firm Baker & Hostetler LLP. This screening is a part of the Current Movements Film Series hosted by Eaton Impact and the nonprofit Current Movements. The series showcases art that is connected to activism.

10. Local Festivals: Celebrate summer a little early with Summerfest DC, a beer, wine and music festival happening in the Navy Yard neighborhood on Saturday from 12:30 to 8 p.m. at The Bullpen, 1299 Half St. SE. Entry to a three-hour session is $45 for general admission or $65 for VIP admission. Tickets include tastings of wine, beer and cider. Food is available for an additional cost. The day will also include live music, a DJ, outdoor games, interactive art and local vendors. … This weekend also marks 10 years since the iconic Eastern Market reopened after a fire seriously damaged the structure in 2007. The Rediscover Eastern Market celebration will be held at 225 7th St. SE throughout the weekend during market hours — 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Events will share the market’s nearly 150-year history as well as promote the small businesses that set up shop at the marketplace to sell food, jewelry, art and more. The DC Department of General Services — which led the restoration after the fire — is hosting this weekend’s event. The fest is free to attend.