This Weekend Is Full of Activities in the DMV

There is plenty to do outdoors this weekend, and if you plan on doing any of it, Saturday is your best bet with temperatures in about 80 and only 20 percent chance of rain. Sunday doesn’t look as good, so save the indoor activities for then when temperatures are expected to be about 68 with a 50 percent chance of light rain.

Red Line trains will single track between Twinbrook and Grosvenor with trains running every 18 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont with additional trains every 9 minutes between Grosvenor and Silver Spring from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Orange Line trains single track at West Falls Church, but will operate on a regular weekend schedule. Blue and Yellow Line trains single track between Pentagon City and National Airport with trains running every 20 minutes. Yellow Trains run between Huntington and Mount Vernon Square ONLY. Green and Silver Line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule.

The King Street Art Festival, which was postopned last weekend, will go on this Satruday and Sunday in Old Town.
(Photo: Howard Alan Events)

King Street Art Festival

The 16th Annual King Street Art Festival, which was postponed from last weekend due to Hurricane Florence, hosts more than 200 local and national artists showing works of art, jewelry, handcrafted apparel and decor. In addition to all the crafts. You can purchase paintings, life-sized sculptures, glasswork, photography, ceramics and more. Also during the show, The Art League is hosting its Ice Cream Bowl fundraiser. Buy one of 1,400 handmade bowls with a scoop of ice cream for $15 to benefit the Art League. Across Union Street at the Torpedo Factory Art Center there will be a beer and wine garden from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. both days with craft beers and wines.

Sept. 21 from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sept. 22 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. along King Street in Old Town Alexandria from Washington Street to Union Street. Admission is FREE!

Capital Home Show

Visit the Capital Home Show this weekend at the Dulles Expo Center to get decorating and home improvement ideas or to see Vern Yip of TLC’s Trading Spaces. (Photo: Capital Home Show)

Get home renovation ideas at the Capital Home Show this weekend. The show features 225 exhibitors, plus seminars and home-remodeling productions. The featured guest is Vern Yip from TLC’s Trading Spaces, who will talk about Essential Elements to Make Your House a Home at 4 p.m. Friday and noon and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Sept. 21 and 22 from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sept. 23 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Dulles Expo Center, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly. Tickets are $7 for adults ages 13 and older, $3 for children ages 6-12 and free for children 5 and younger in advance. Adult tickets are $10 at the door.

WalkingTown D.C.

WalkingTown D.C. participants tour the many murals in D.C.
(Photo: Jagadish Yellapu)

This is the final weekend for WalkingTown D.C.’s free tours, which blanket the city. More than 50 guided walking tours from Congress Heights to Herring Hill and from St. Paul’s Rock Creek Parish to Dupont Circle cover topics such as the rebirth of the Southwest, architecture in Hillcrest, the landscaping of Capitol Hill and the mansions of Meridian Hill. Tours come in many variations, from “bite-size” lunchtime tours to after-work “happy hour” soirees to long weekend tours. Historians, licensed tour guides, community leaders and business owners, among others, volunteer to host these excursions that will take you to both well-known and hidden gems across D.C. Some events, including a bike tour of the District’s most Instagrammable murals, are expected to fill quickly. Check out the tour descriptions and the schedule.

Sept. 21-23 at various times and locations throughout D.C. Admission is FREE, but registration is required.

D.C. Fashion Week

D.C. Fashion Week continues through Sunday with local, national and international designer presenting their latest fashions.
(Photo: D.C. Fashion Week)

Journey to the cutting edge of fashion during D.C. Fashion Week, which features a new event nightly. Friday at 8 p.m., D.C. designer Ean Williams presents his latest fashion collection (sold out) at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, 1001 F St.NW. On Saturday, the Metropolitan Emerging Designers Showcase & Indie Artists features emerging fashion designers from across the country a from 6-9 p.m. at the Crystal City Doubletree, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington. The event concludes with the 29th International Couture Collections Show at the Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW, from 5-8 p.m. on Sunday, where international designers present their latest and creations.

Through Sunday at various times and locations around the city and in Arlington. Tickets are $50-$70.

Born Yesterday

The naive Billie Dawn comes to D.C. with her crooked boyfriend and gets a crash course in policics and corruption in Born Yesterday now playing at Ford’s Theatre. (Photo: Scott Suchman)

Ford’s Theatre stages the screwball comedy Born Yesterday, which has the politics of D.C. at its center. Harry Brock, a tycoon, brings his girlfriend, Billie Dawn, to the nation’s capital to run roughshod over the political system. Harry hopes to take advantage of the scrap metal left behind in Europe after the war and has hatched a scheme to import the scrap metal back into the U.S. and doesn’t want to bother with tariffs and other regulations. He offers to pay Senator Norval Hedges in exchange for a new Hedges-Keller Amendment, which will guarantee that the government will not interfere in free enterprise. Billie, who questions her relationship with Harry and how he treats her, picks up on the scheming and with the help of a reporter, works to fight back against corruption. Prepare for a healthy dose of laughter when you check out this sharp satire set in the 1940s.

Sept. 21-Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. Tickets are $20-$62.

Heisenberg

Georgie and Alex meet in a chance encounter at a London train station and are drawn to each other in Signature Theatre’s Heisenberg. (Photo: Cameron Whitman)

Tony Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens penned this Broadway smash. strong>Heisenberg is about Georgie and Alex, who happen to meet in a chance encounter at a London train station. After mistaking him for someone else, Georgie finds herself improbably drawn to the much older Alex. Their instant connection ignites a tender, funny and intimate journey making for a love story you won’t soon forget.

Through Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday (except Sept. 22) and Sunday, 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets are $40-$89.

Homecoming at President Lincoln’s Cottage

Homecoming at President Lincoln’s Cottage offers free family day activities, including the chance to make a top hat.
(Photo: President Lincoln’s Cottage)

President Lincoln’s Cottage combines its Freedom 5K and Family Day for this can’t-miss Homecoming event. The day begins with yoga at 8:15 a.m. followed by the 5K at 9 a.m. and a 100-yard Tot Dash at 10 a.m. From 10 a.m.-3 p.m., the cottage offers free Family Day activities, including the chance to explore a Civil War encampment and learn about Lincoln’s personal guards, enjoy pony rides, have lunch at a large picnic (pack your own or purchase from vendors), make cards for veterans, family tree or a top hat, listen to stories and music, and tour the cottage (for a fee).

Sept. 22 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home, 140 Rock Creek Church Road NW. The 5K run is $40 and cottage tours are $15 for adults and $5 for children. All other activities are FREE, but registration is requested.

Museum Day

About 1,500 museums nationwide are free on Saturday during Museum Day, including The Phillips Collection. (Photo: Pepe Gomez)

More than 1,500 museums and cultural institutions all over the country will join Smithsonian Magazine in celebrating Museum Day. Participating museums will offer free admission to anyone that presents a Museum Day ticket, which provides entry for two people. Expect special events and activities at all of the Smithsonian museums, as well as access to new and exciting exhibits. Participating museums in the DMV include the the Calvert Marine Museum, the Chesapeake Children’s Museum, the College Park Aviation Museum, Dumbarton House, Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, Historic St. Mary’s City, the Kreeger Museum, the Lee-Fendal House Museum and Gardens, the Loudon Heritage Farm Museum, Montpelier Mansion, the National Building Museum, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Newseum, the Riverdale House Museum and The Phillips Collection.

Sept. 22 with most open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. though hours vary at participating museums. Admission is FREE with ticket.

Clarendon Day

Clarendon Day with food, music and fun takes place Saturday from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. around the Clarendon Metro station.
(Photo: Clarendon Alliance)

The Clarendon Day festival is one of the highlights of the area street festival circuit and brings together the core community of a neighborhood that features local and regional food including Virginia craft beers and wines, along with arts and crafts for sale, a kids zone play area with a petting zoo and live musical performances throughout the day from groups like Bushmaster featuring Gary Brown, Fellowcraft, SubRadio, the Dave Kline Band, Calista Garcia, Soul Stew and Ruepratt.

Sept. 22 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. around the Clarendon Metro Station along Wilson and Clarendon Boulevards from Washington Boulevard to North Garfield Street and along Highland Street from Wilson Boulevard Street to North Hartford Street. Admission is FREE!

Wiener 500

Up to 96 dachshunds will race during the Wiener 500 from 1-5 p.m. Saturday at Yards Park. (Photo: Amanda Andrade-Rhodes)

Dachshund fans and owners should head to the Capitol Riverfront for the seventh annual Wiener 500, D.C.’s most ridiculous and hilarious Oktoberfest tradition. The competition for the stubby-legged pooches (up to eight per heat) draws up to 96 competitors with the races broadcast live on a 17-foot video screen. The three fastest dogs overall win cash prizes. But when you aren’t cheering on your favorite dog, entertainment includes a canine costume contest — which, unlike the races, is open to all breeds — and a beer garden with a DJ playing music. There will also be a stein hoisting contest for humans and Oktoberfest munchies from area restaurants. The event support of the Humane Rescue Alliance, which will have furry friends there available for adoption.

Sept. 22 from 1-5 p.m. at Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. Admission is FREE!

U.S. Border Patrol Invitational

The PRB U.S. Border Patrol Invitational comes to EagleBank Arena in Fairfax this weekend. (Photo: Andy Watson/Bull Stock Media)

The Professional Bull Riders’ elite tour, the U.S. Border Patrol Invitational, bucks into Fairfax this weekend. The22nd stop of the Unleash the Beast tour features the top 35 bull riders in the world against the best bulls in the industry. The roster of cowboys is expected to include reigning PBR World Champion Jess Lockwood and former world champions Cooper Davis (2016), J.B. Mauney (2015, 2013), Silvano Alves (2014, 2012, 2011) and Guilherme Marchi (2008). Fan favorites Derek Kolbaba and Ryan Dirteater will also make the journey along with reigning Rookie of the Year Jose Vitor Leme and current rookie standings leader Keyshawn Whitehorse. Also expected try to stay on their bulls for 8 seconds are the top 3 riders in the world standings, Kaique Pacheco, Claudio Montanha Jr. and Ramon de Lima, respectively, who are separated by fewer than 400 points, the number of points the winner will take home. The two-day winner takes home $30,000. You can meet Mauney and get his autograph from 5:30-6:15 p.m. Saturday and rider Cody Nance from 12:30-1:15 p.m. Sunday, both in the arena’s concourse.

Sept. 22 beginning at 6:45 p.m. and Sept. 23 at 1:45 p.m. at EagleBank Arena, 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax. Tickets are $25-$110.

The Last American Hammer

The Last American Hammer is about what happens when a conspiracy theorist loses his job in the town’s hammer factory and threatens to break a priceless pitchen in jug museum.
(Graphic: UrbanArias)

Current events echo through this production of The Last American Hammer from UrbanArias. Malcom Negley, a conspiracy theorist who espouses his findings on YouTube, is secluded in a basement of a rural Toby jug museum on a vacant American Main Street awaiting the FBI. He has a theory about the “original” 13th Amendment, which negates the authority of the government, and corresponding justice. He occupies the museum because it is the only place left in the failed town to receive federal funds for the upkeep of a rare 17th century British pitcher known as “Sir Oswyn.” But only Agent Reyes, a young rookie agent pays him any attention. Malcom explains that the town’s only major source of employment – a hammer manufacturer – has gone under, leaving the residents lost. He is armed with “the Last American Hammer” to roll off the plant’s line and intends to hold a proxy trail against the U.S. Government using Toby jugs as physical sand-ins for a court. When his strongest piece of evidence is unveiled, the story takes on an entirely new element.

Sept. 22, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 23 at 3 pm.at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are $25-$45.

MakeHER Mart

Local women artists and deisgners will sell their wares during the MakeHER Mart from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
(Photo: National Museum of Women in the Arts)

Local women artists and designers draw the spotlight during MakeHER Mart. The pop-up artisan market promotes local women artists and designers who create handcrafted art and merchandise including jewelry, fine art, home accents and personal accessories. The mart is part of the MakeHER Summit, which adds on a Fresh Talk public program series and a workshop.

Sept. 23 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors and free for members at the door.

Taste of Georgetown

Sample food from about 25 of Georgetown’s most popular restaurants during Taste of Georgetown from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday. (Photo: Same Kittner)

Eat and drink your way through a Sunday afternoon in one of D.C.’s most historic neighborhoods during Taste of Georgetown. Now in its 25th year, the event welcomes you and yours to try more than 60 dishes from 25 of Georgetown’s most popular eateries. Beer and wine will be available as you stroll from appetizing booth to appetizing booth. There is also live music, doughnut, cupcake and pasta eating contests, and a kids’ corner with coloring and face painting.

Sept. 23 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. along K Street NW between Wisconsin Aveue and Thomas Jefferson Street near the Georgetown Waterfront. Admission is FREE! Food and drink tickets (1 ticket per food item, beer or wine) are 2 for $11, 4 for $22, 7 for $33 or 10 for $44 at the event.

ZooFiesta

ZooFiesta at the National Zoo from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday focuses on the animals and conservation in Central and South America for Hispanic Heritage Month. (Photo: National Zoo)

The Smithsonian National Zoo hosts ZooFiesta in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Bring the entire family to enjoy live music with De Sanguashington at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and Zon Zandunga at noon and 2 p.m., authentic cuisine and educational activities regarding conservation in South and Central America. Animal keepers will be on hand for talks, feedings and demonstrations that highlight a range of animals from the region, including Andean bears, sloths, golden lion tamarins, giant anteaters, Panamanian golden frogs and more.

Sept. 23 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Smithsonian National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!

D.C. State Fair

Contestants see who can eat a sloppy joe the fastest at the 2017 D.C. State Fair. This year’s fair is from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday at the Southwest Waterfront Metro. (Photo: Blushing Whale Films)

Waterfront Station at the Southwest Waterfront will host the ninth annual D.C. State Fair, a free showcase featuring local food, music, art and entertainment. Peruse arts and crafts, scoop eats from D.C.-based vendors, enjoy live music and workshops and participate in any number of contests, including photography, artwork, plant-growing including the Best Buds, ice cream eating, hula hooping, double Dutch, limbo, sloppy joe eating, watermelon seed-spitting, So You Think You Can Dance, whisker wars and tattoos.. There will also be a pet parade and classes, such as country western line dance and gardening. A kids’ tent will have activities, such as origami, story time and a bug circus.

Sept. 23 from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Waterfront Station, 399 M St. SW. 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.

Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon from 10a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Mar. 3 at the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Admission is FREE!

The American Revolution: A World War from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through July 9 at the National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave. NW. 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!

Baseball Americana from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday through June at the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. 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!

Bound to Amaze: Inside a Book-Colleting Career from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 25 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors 65 and older and students, and FREE for youth 18 and younger.

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!

Corot: Women from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 31 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!

Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through June 2 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!

Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Mar. 17 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue 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!

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!

A Glimpse of Ancient Yemen from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Aug. 18 at the Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!

Gloria at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 30 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, 641 D St. NW. Tickets are $20-$69.

If I Forget at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 14 at Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. Tickets are $20-$104.

Intersections: Richard Tuttle from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Thursday and noon-6:30 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 30 at the Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. Admission is $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors 62 and older. Children 18 and younger are FREE!

Investigating Where We Live from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through mid-January 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 at the door. Children are FREE!

Let’s Get It Right: Work Incentive Posters from the 1920s from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through Jan. 6 at the National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!

LAST CHANCE! Macbeth at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sunday at 7 p.m. at Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE. Tickets are $42-$79.

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!

Maryland Renaissance Festival from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. weekends and Labor Day through Oct. 21 at 1821 Crownsville Road, Annapolis. Tickets are $26 for adults, $22 for seniors 62 and older and $11 for children ages 7-15. Children 6 and younger are FREE!

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!

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!

One Year: 1968, An America Odyssey from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. through May 19 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!

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!

LAST CHANCE! Passion at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7 p.m. Sunday at Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets are $40-$104.

The Pianist of Willesden Lane at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday (except Sept. 24) through Sept. 30 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $44-$74.

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.

Playball and the National Pastime from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday through Apr. 30 at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Building 76, 736 Sicard St. SE. Admission is FREE!

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!

Rachel Whiteread from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 13 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 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!

Represent: Hip-Hop Photography from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through May 5 at the National Museum of African American History & Culture, 1400 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE. Timed tickets are required on weekends and for groups of 10 or more.

Sean Scully: Landline from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Feb. 3 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!

Secret Cities from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Mar. 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!

Sense of Humor from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 6 at the National Gallery of Art, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!

Shaping Clay in Ancient Iran from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through September 2019 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!

South Pacific at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 7 at Olney Theatre, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. Tickets are $42-$84.

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!

Tino Seghal: This You from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Oct. 14 at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!

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!

Turn Me Loose at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday through Oct. 21 at Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. Tickets are $76-$115.

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!

War on Our Doorsteps from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday through Nov. 3 at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum, 437 Seventh St. NW. Tickets are $9.50 for adults, $8.50 for seniors 60 and older and military, and $7 for students.

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. Timed passes will not be required weekdays in September, only on weekends.

Water, Wind and Waves: Marine Painting from the Dutch Golden Age from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 25 at the National Gallery of Art, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!

Welcome to the New World from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Spring 2019 at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Tickets are $24.95 for adults, $19.95 for seniors 65 years and older, $14.95 for youth from 7-18 at the door with a 15 percent discount when purchased online. Children 6 and younger are FREE!.

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!