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Saturday! We are so honored to be hosting the adored Montreal based @ferias.mtl for ambient bathing hours tomorrow 4/18 2-5pm in the listening room here @washingtonbaths.

The Ferias crew is deeply rooted in the MTL dance community. Always providing deep record bags and plenty of groove, they explore sounds from all horizons. This will be a vinyl only set! So special! Come immerse yourselves in their expansive and down tempo tones with us. Ambient hours is free with entry to the baths. 🌸🕯️

We will be CLOSED this Sunday April 19. See you Monday <3

Wednesday, April 8 - Ben Seretan and John Thayer

@benseretan and @sonic_monkeywrencher dished out one of the most parasympathetic, blissful sets of bathing music for us at Ambient Bathing Hours this past fall. Now they are returning for a proper show on the occasion of the release of their new record Sunbeam of No Illusion which releases March 27. See you there :)

Tickets available at washingtonbaths.com

Wednesday, April 8 - Ben Seretan and John Thayer

@benseretan and @sonic_monkeywrencher dished out one of the most parasympathetic, blissful sets of bathing music for us at Ambient Bathing Hours this past fall. Now they are returning for a proper show on the occasion of the release of their new record Sunbeam of No Illusion which releases March 27. See you there :)

Tickets available at washingtonbaths.com

Ambient Bathing Hours
Saturday, March 14
Kodomo (@kodomoremix)
Bodie

Projections by Glen Baldridge (@glen_baldridge_studio)
and Juliette Sutherland (@juliette_films)

Atmospheric ambient sounds and landscapes and truly spectacular footage of underwater dancing shot in 2025 in Curaçao.

2pm - Bodie
5pm - Kodomo

Free with entry to the baths

Ambient Bathing Hours
Saturday, March 14
Kodomo (@kodomoremix)
Bodie

Projections by Glen Baldridge (@glen_baldridge_studio)
and Juliette Sutherland (@juliette_films)

Atmospheric ambient sounds and landscapes and truly spectacular footage of underwater dancing shot in 2025 in Curaçao.

2pm - Bodie
5pm - Kodomo

Free with entry to the baths

CLOSED TODAY 2/23 due to the storm! See you Thursday <3

Trump Throws a Toga Party: Exploring the Autocrat's Embrace of Neoclassical Architecture

Tuesday, February 3rd
5:30pm
Free

This talk, accompanied by visuals, will focus on the tendency for autocratic regimes to embrace the neoclassical style in architecture, with an emphasis on the new (one year old) White House edict that all new federally-funded buildings must be executed in the neoclassical style. Never before has the government named a style, much less insisted upon it. Why?

Opportunity for questions. Some refreshments available. Saunas and pools will not be open.

Jon Calame is specialized in the fields of architectural history and historic preservation. His research has focused on post-war reconstruction of historic cities, and has been supported by fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, the Fulbright Senior Scholar program, and the MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing program. In 2009 he co-authored a book comparing five ethnically partitioned cities. He currently teaches at MECA and USM, and writes a column on architecture and the built environment for the Portland Press Herald.

Trump Throws a Toga Party: Exploring the Autocrat's Embrace of Neoclassical Architecture

Tuesday, February 3rd
5:30pm
Free

This talk, accompanied by visuals, will focus on the tendency for autocratic regimes to embrace the neoclassical style in architecture, with an emphasis on the new (one year old) White House edict that all new federally-funded buildings must be executed in the neoclassical style. Never before has the government named a style, much less insisted upon it. Why?

Opportunity for questions. Some refreshments available. Saunas and pools will not be open.

Jon Calame is specialized in the fields of architectural history and historic preservation. His research has focused on post-war reconstruction of historic cities, and has been supported by fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, the Fulbright Senior Scholar program, and the MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing program. In 2009 he co-authored a book comparing five ethnically partitioned cities. He currently teaches at MECA and USM, and writes a column on architecture and the built environment for the Portland Press Herald.

New foot in the stack. Sign up for our newsletter - Things That Are A Foot to stay informed. At Substack or at the bottom of the Washington Baths website ❤️

CLOSING at 5pm today (Sunday Jan 25) due to the storm. Last entry for bathing is 4pm <3

Fresh new foot on the Substack! In today's newsletter we announce a new record on @poole.music and go deep into the backstory (saga, really) of its creation. We talk about the artist's @sugaiken_ inspiration for the record, as well as working with Portland-based artist Elizabeth Atterbury @e_atterbury on the album art. Jump to the bottom of the Substack for a link to preorder the record, which releases on LP and Digital formats January 30th.