It Is Going to Be Hot This Weekend
It is going to be a scorcher this pre-July 4th weekend with temperatures in the upper 90s Saturday and Sunday and on into Monday with no rain in sight. If you are going to be out at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall or the Quicken Loans National golf tournament, make sure you wear sunscreen, drink plenty of water and take breaks in the shade.
The Medical Center and Bethesda Metro stations will be closed this weekend, with buses replacing trains. Red Line trains will operate every 10 minutes between Shday Grove and Grosvenor and Friendship Heights and Glenmont. Orange and Silver Line trains will single track between Eastern Market and Stadium Armory every 24 minutes, and Blue Line trains will run every 24 minutes between Franconia-Springfield and Eastern Market ONLY. Yellow Line trains will single track between Braddock Road and Washington National Airport and will run every 24 minutes between Huntington and Mount Vernon Square ONLY. Green Line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival — the annual celebration of folk arts, crafts, music and cultures — opens it tents for the 51st time this weekend with more than 850 participants and more than 750,000 visitors expected. Over the years, the festival has celebrated the cultures of countries around the world. This year is no different. Curators have focused their attention on Armenia, a small country at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, and Catalonia, a society in northeastern Spain with craft exhibits, live music, cooking demos and more. The other focus is On the Move, a program about migration and immigrations. A marketplace will sell pottery, jewelry, embroidery work, woven baskets, gifts, T-shirts and more from Armenia and Catalonia, as well as textiles by artists from Ghana, Niger and the African Dispora along with folk art from artists from 15 countries. On July 8, the festival will celebrate women artists at an evening concert tribute to the Sisterfire festivals that Roadwork produced in D.C. from 1982-1989. Daytime presentations will include poetry, spoken word and reflection on the 40th anniversary of Roadwork. The festival will host evening concerts most nights at 6:30 p.m. The full schedule is online.
June 27-July 1 and July 4-8 from 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. with concerts most nights at 6:30 p.m. on the National Mall between 12th and 14th Streets between the National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian Castle. Admission is FREE!
Quicken Loans National
The Quicken Loans National is a summertime fixture for area sports fans, as 120 of the world’s top golfers descend upon the nation’s capital for a weekend of competition. This year’s competitors include Tiger Woods, World No. 8 golfer Rickie Fowler and defending champion Kyle Stanley. Take in premier play on the green as well as gourmet food and signature cocktails in a communal atmosphere. All ticket sales benefit the TGR Foundation.
June 29-July 1 with gates opening at 7 a.m. on Friday and 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, 10000 Oaklyn Drive, Potomac. Tickets are $39 per round, students are $29, active, reserve, retired and National Guard members and children 15 and younger are FREE! On-site parking is $49 per day and satellite parking is $20 cash only.
Baseball Americana
The Library of Congress tips its cap to baseball with an expansive new exhibit with photos and artifacts that will open just in time for te 2018 MLB All-Star Week, July 11-17. Baseball Americana puts the library’s incredible resources to use, chronicling the game from its earliest days – see: baseball’s “Magna Carta” featuring the official rules of the game, as written in 1856 by the game’s founder Daniel “Doc” Adams – to its modern day status as a worldwide sport. Highlights include photos from previous times the District has hosted the All-Star Game, a Babe Ruth baseball card, the 1908 sheet music to Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Dorothy “Dot” Ferguson’s Rockford Peach uniform from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
June 29 through June 2019 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday at the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. Admission is FREE!
The American Revolution: A World War
The American Revolution: A World War examines the true scope of the American Revolution in this year-long exhibit. The revolutionary victory at Yorktown and the Franco-American friendship that made it happen will be the focus. The exhibit will include two famous paintings by Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe, The Siege of Yorktown and The Surrender of Yorktown paintings and a famous portrait of George Washington from the early 1780s. The latter three will be displayed together for the first time since the late 1700s.
Through July 9, 2019 from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily at the National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
Heavy Metal – Women to Watch 2018
In Heavy Metal – Women to Watch 2018, the fifth installment of its Women to Watch series, the National Museum of Women in the Arts highlights contemporary artists working in metal all over the world. Works vary in size and form, from large-scale installations to small jewelry. Expect to see remarkable creativity in the use of iron, steel, bronze, silver, gold, brass, aluminum, tin, copper and pewter.
Through Sept. 16 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for seniors 65+ and students older than 18. Youth 18 and younger are FREE!
One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey
In the same year that the National Portrait Gallery opened its doors, America was in the midst of one of its most memorable – and turbulent – years as a country. The gallery will feature One Year: 1968, An America Odyssey, a one-room exhibition, as part of its golden anniversary, as well as to highlight the incredible and world-changing events of 1968. A collection of 30 portraits of the year’s newsmakers will tell the stories, including the first manned orbit of the moon, groundbreaking athletes Peggy Fleming and Arthur Ashe, the Civil Rights Act being signed into law, the turning point of the Vietnam War, musicians Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, and the tragic deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.
June 29 through May 19 from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Independents Day Georgetown
More than 35 independent merchants throughout Georgetown celebrate their independent spirit during Independents Day Georgetown the Saturday before Independence Day. Participating small businesses will offer special discounts and deals on their products while you enjoy “adult” lemonade and bubbly while shopping and Fourth of July-themed giveaways. Between noon-3 p.m. there will be additional festivities in the TD Bank parking lot, 1611 Wisconsin Ave. NW, and the Fornash lot, 3217 P Street NW, including live music, games, a balloon artist, photo ops with an Uncle Sam stilt walker and face-painting. You will also be able to grab hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, fried Oreos, funnel cake and more. You can see all the sales on the website.
June 30 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. mainly along M Street, Wisconsin Avenue and Cady’s Alley in Georgetown, as well as a few of the side streets. Admission is FREE!
Caps Fan Fest
The Stanley Cup has been won, the victory parade is over, but Washington Capitals fans are still celebrating. The team’s annual Fan Fest once again includes an equipment sale, allowing fans to buy game-used sticks, gloves, practice jerseys and other gear. There is an open scrimmage featuring the development camp squad and a special public skate session that costs $5, including skate rental. This year’s Fan Fest also features Alex Ovechkin’s new BFF: the Stanley Cup. The team is offering “Stanley Cup Photo Ops.” (The line will be cut off around 1:15 p.m.) There are rules — one photo per person or group, no selfies — but it is worth it to get your hands on the Cup.
June 30 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, 627 Glebe Road, Arlington. Admission is FREE!
Backyard Beach Party
The Heurich House’s landscaped rear garden is turning into a Backyard Beach Party this Saturday, filled with sprinklers, kiddie pools, beach balls and funky lawn ornaments. (Blankets, towels and lawn chairs are welcome.) The museum, named after 20th century brewing magnate Christian Heurich, is mostly known for its German-inspired events, such as Oktoberfest and Christmas market, but this party does have a beery tie-in: Guests can cool down with beers from Aslin, one of Northern Virginia’s most buzzed-about breweries, and a food truck. Admission includes a commemorative cup and one beer, though kids of all ages are welcome. The inside of the museum will be closed.
June 30 from 4-7 p.m. at Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children 2-12 and kids younger than two are FREE!
Wild Strawberries
Celebrate the storied filmography of legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman as the National Gallery of Art and AFI Silver team up on the occasion of his 100th birthday. The director is most known for his influential Seventh Seal, but you can catch some of his other works through Sept. 3, including Wild Strawberries, which director Stanley Kubrick called his second favorite film of all time, this Sunday.
July 1 at 4 p.m. at the National Gallery of Art, East Building, Fourth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Ongoing events
1968: Civil Rights at 50 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 2 at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Admission is $21.21 for adults, $16.96 for seniors 65 and older, and $12.71 for children ages 7-18 in advance or $24.95, $19.95 and $14.95, respectively, at the door.
Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through July 22 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $59-$175.
Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon from 10a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through March 3 at the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Admission is FREE!
Americans from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through 2022 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Baselitz: Six Decades from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Sept. 16 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue and Seventh Street SW. Admission is FREE!
Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through July 14 at the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Admission is FREE!
Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. through Mar. 10 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Botanical Art Worldwide: America’s Flora from 10 a.m-5 p.m. daily through Oct. 15 at the U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
LAST CHANCE! Cézanne Portraits from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through July 1 at the National Gallery of Art, Sixth and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Community Policing in the Nation’s Capital from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 15 at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for seniors 60 and older, students with valid ID and youth ages 3-17 Children are FREE!
LAST CHANCE! Camelot at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday through July 1 at Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. Tickets are $44-$118.
Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through June 2, 2019 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Diane Arbus: A Box of Ten Photographs from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Jan. 21 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Does the Body Rule the Mind, or Does the Mind Rule the Body? from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Aug. 12 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue and Seventh Street SW. Admission is FREE!
Do Ho Suh: Almost Home from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. through Aug 5 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Oct. 20 at the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. Admission is FREE!
Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice across Asia from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Nov. 29, 2020 at the Freer|Sackler Galleries, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Evicted from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through May 19 at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Admission is FREE!
Fabergé Rediscovered from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday through Jan. 13 at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for college student, $5 for children 6-18 and FREE for children younger than 6. Adults and seniors get $3 off weekdays and $1 off on weekends when purchased online.
Fridays at the Fountain from 5-9 p.m. Fridays through Oct. 19 at the Crystal City Water Park, 1601 Crystal Drive, Arlington. Admission is FREE!
Generation Gap at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday and 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sundays through Aug. 12 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $49-$59.
Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through July 8 at the National Gallery of Art, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Friday Night Concert Series from 7-9 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 24 at Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. Admission is FREE!
Hamilton at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 1:30 p.m.. Saturday and Sunday through Sept. 16 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $99-$625. There is a limit of four tickets per household.
Hung Liu in Print from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through July 8 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors 65 and older or students and free for children 18 and younger.
In the Library: The Richer Archive at 75 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and closed weekends through Aug. 24 at the National Gallery of Art, Sixth and Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
Jazz in the Garden from 5-8:30 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 24 at the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Making Room: Housing for a Changing American from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 16 at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for seniors 60 or older, students, and children ages 3-17.
The Marines and Tet: The Battle That Changed the Vietnam War from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through July 8 at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Admission is $21.21 for adults, $16.96 for seniors 65 and older, and $12.71 for children ages 7-18 in advance or $24.95, $19.95 and $14.95, respectively, at the door.
Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Nov. 12 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Marking the Infinite from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sturday, 10 a.m. -8:30 p.m. Thursday and noon-6:30 p.m. on Sunday through Sept. 9 at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors 62 and older, and FREE for visitors 18 and younger.
Mural from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 11 a.m-6 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 28 at the National Gallery of Art East Building, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
LAST CHANCE! Naked Eyes from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. or 5:30-11 p.m. (21 and older) through June 30 at Artechouse, 1238 Maryland Ave. SW. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students, seniors and the military and $8 for children younger than 8.
No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Jan. 21 at the Renwick Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW. Admission is FREE!
Other Life Forms at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday through July 7 at Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. Tickets are $35-$45.
Outbreak from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through 2021 at the National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Pictures of the Year: 75 Years of the World’s Best Photography from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 20 at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Tickets are $24.95 for adults, $19.95 for seniors 65 and older, $14.95 for your 7-18 and free for children 6 and younger.
Portraits of the World: Switzerland from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Nov. 12 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Postmen of the Skies: Celebrating 100 Years of Airmail Service from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through May 27 at the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Admission is FREE!
The Prince and the Shah: Royal Portraits from Qajar Iran from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Aug. 5 at the Freer|Sackler Galleries, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Recent Acquisitions from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Nov. 4 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Remembering Vietnam from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Jan. 6, at the National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
LAST CHANCE! The Scottsboro Boys at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday through July 1 at Signature Theatre Company, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets are $40-$110.
Secret Cities from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through March 3 at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for seniors 60 or older, students with ID and children 3-17. Children younger than 3 are FREE!
Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints Into Maiolica and Bronze from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 5 at the National Gallery of Art, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Subodh Gupta: Terminal from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through 2020 at the Freer|Sackler Galleries, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Summer Concert Series from 6:30-8 p.m. Fridays through July 27 on the outdoor plaza at Tysons Corner Center, 1961 Chain Bridge Road, McLean. Admission is FREE!
The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Sept. 3 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
To Dye For: Ikats from Central Asia from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through July 29 at the Freer|Sackler Galleries, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Tomb of Christ from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Aug. 15 at the National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St. NW. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors/students/military and $10 for children 5-12.
Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Jan. 6 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light, Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Jan. 6 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through June 2019 at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1400 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE, but timed passes are required. Timed passes will not be required weekdays in September.
What Absence Is Made Of from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through the summer of 2019 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
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