A Chilly Fall Weekend Is on Tap in the DMV
It is going to be a chilly fall weekend in the DMV with temperatures near 60 both days. At least there is no rain in the forecast, so if you are planning to drive out to Western Maryland to see the leaves changing colors or go apple picking, it should be nice. Just bundle up. Also, remember to turn clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night as Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep!
Red Line trains single track between Grosvenor and Twinbrook with trains running every 18 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont with additional trains between Medical Center and Silver Spring from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Orange Line trains single track between Foggy Bottom and Clarendon, Silver Line trains will operate between Wiehle-Reston East and Ballston ONLY and Blue Line trains will single track between Foggy Bottom and Arlington Cemetery. During that time all three lines will run every 24 minutes. Also, the Franconia-Springfield station will be closed on Sunday until about 2 p.m. with free shuttle buses replacing trains. Yellow and Green Line trains single track between L’Enfant Plaza and Mount Vernon Square every 24 minutes with Yellow Line trains running between Huntington and Mount Vernon Square ONLY.
Side Yards
For the fifth year in a row, Yards Park will transform its open space into an offbeat sideshow spectacle – complete with a big top – for Side Yards. Aerialists, fire breathers, contortionists, escape artists, poi spinners, a tightrope walker and more eccentric performers are the main attractions at this family-friendly event, which also boasts fortune tellers, caricature artists, faux tattoos, a photo booth and more oddball activities. There will be food and drink by Ice Cream Jubilee, Due South and Agua 301 with specialty cocktails, been, wine and frozen drinks.
Nov. 3 from 5-9 p.m. at Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. Admission is FREE!
Smithsonian Food History Weekend
The fourth annual Smithsonian Food History Weekend offers a revealing look at the history, culture and future of food. The event features a wide-ranging schedule of panels with industry insiders, cooking demonstrations, hands-on activities for children and more. Friday’s agenda includes four roundtables from 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday features a festival from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. with cooking demonstrations, including one from Aarón Sánchez at 12:15 p.m., hands-on activities, a “Sounds of Faith” dance performance mixing South Asian bhangra and Mexican folkloric styles and a “Power of Place” conversation on how food has shaped regional identities.
Nov. 2 from 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. and Nov. 3 from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE, but registration is recommended.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse
Innovative Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer will bring the largest interactive technology exhibition to the Hirshhorn in the museum’s history. Pulse takes up the entire second level, with three major installations using heart-rate sensors to create kinetic and audiovisual experiences from visitors’ biometric data. Together, the biometric signatures create spellbinding sequences of soundscapes, lights and animations. Each installation captures biometric signatures and visualizes them as repetitive sequences of flashing lights, panning soundscapes, rippling waves and animated fingerprints. These intimate “portraits,” or “snapshots,” of electrical activity are then added to a live archive of prior recordings to create an environment of syncopated rhythms. Pulse Index records fingerprints while it detects their heart rates, displaying data from the last 10,000 users on a scaled grid of massive projections. Pulse Tankuses sensors to turn visitors’ pulses into ripples on illuminated water tanks, creating ever-changing patterns that will be reflected on the gallery walls. And Pulse Room features hundreds of clear, incandescent light bulbs hanging from the ceiling in even rows, pulsing with the heartbeats of past visitors. You can add your heartbeat to the installation by touching a sensor, which transmits your pulse to the first bulb. Additional heartbeats continue to register on the first bulb, advancing earlier recordings ahead one bulb at a time. The sound of the collected heartbeats will join the light display to amplify the physical impact of the installation.
Nov. 1-Apr. 28 from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street & Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today
The self-portrait has taken on entirely new life in recent years, with the rise of “selfies” and the constantly evolving notion of identity. In Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today, the National Portrait Gallery draws mostly from its large collection to showcase how artists have portrayed themselves since the beginning of the 20th century, showing the importance of self-portraiture in American history and culture. More than 75 works are on display, including portraits by Diego Rivera, Edward Hopper, Elaine de Kooning, Josef Albers and many more.
Nov. 2 through Aug. 18 from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Dia de los Muertos Celebration
Petworth Arts Collaborative hosts its second annual Dia de los Muertos festival, a Mexican holiday honoring those who have passed away that coincides closely with Halloween. On the Friday, there will be calavera face painting and flower crown craft making from 4:30-5:45 p.m. at Qualia Coffee, followed by a Day of the Dead procession on Upshur Street beginning at 6 p.m. at Walls of Books walking north along Georgia Avenue towards the 800 block of Upsur Street NW. Altars will be showcased while live mariachi music plays from 6-9 p.m.
Nov. 2 from 4:30-9 p.m. at Qualia Coffee, 3917 Georgia Ave. NW and along Georgia Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Long Way Down
DMV native Jason Reynolds’ best-selling young adult novel receives a world premiere Kennedy Center commission from this weekend. Using free-form poetry throughout, the production of Long Way Down tells the story of Will, a 15-year old whose brother has been shot. Will immediately seeks revenge, but when he hops on his building’s elevator, his plans are interrupted. At every floor, he is visited by spirits of other people from his community who were also killed by guns. They each have message for the young man that will affect his ultimate decision. After each performance, a facilitator will guide discussion with the audience about everything from gun violence to family to masculinity. Recommended for ages 12 and up.
Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 3 and 4 at 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $25-$35.
Ragamala Dance Company: Written in Water
The Ragamala Dance Company practices Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance that is anything but stuck in the past. The company’s latest work, Written in Water, also incorporates painting, text and live music. The piece is inspired by the Indian board game Paramapadam – the 2nd century precursor to Snakes and Ladders — and a 12th-century Sufi poem, The Conference of the Birds highlighting how humans are constantly searching for transcendence.
Nov. 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $39.
Anything Goes
Anything Goes follows the SS American on its journey from New York to London. On board, Billy is attempting to halt the marriage of countess Hope Harcourt to the millionaire Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. With the assistance of a merry band of characters, Billy embarks on wooing the love of his life, while you get to enjoy musical comedy of the highest order along the way. This gold standard musical features music and lyrics by the legendary Cole Porter.
Nov. 2 through Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday (except Nov. 3) and Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. Tickets are $51-$105.
Anastasia
Drawing on the classic films, the musical Anastasia has the Tony Award-winning creators of Ragtime at the helm, making for a can’t-miss production this fall. It begins with the downfall of the Russian Empire then moves to the lively Paris of the 1920s, following a young woman as she attempts to uncover her past. Adventure, romance and riveting music will have the entire family jumping for joy.
Oct. 30 through Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $49-$175.
Billy Elliot
All 11-year-old Billy Elliot wants to do is be a dancer, social norms be damned. While Ireland’s 1984 miners’ strike squeezes his family and splits his town, Billy’s passion for ballet first divides, then ultimately unites, the community—and changes his life in extraordinary ways. This touching tale details Billy’s trials and tribulations as he attempts to master ballet. Based on the 2000 film, it features music composed by Elton John.
Oct. 30 through Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday (except. Nov. 3) and Sunday, 7 p.m. Sunday (except Nov. 4) and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets are $40-$104.
Hocus Pocus
If you aren’t yet sick of Halloween, check out Hocus Pocus, a beloved movie of the season in which three evil witches return to Salem, Mass., on Halloween night after three centuries, and it is up to a two teenagers, a young girl and an immortal cat to stop them. Arrive early to make a trip around the market to stock up on snacks for the film. This is the last drive-in movie event of the year at Union Market.
Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. at Union Market, 1309 Fifth St. NW. Parking lot opens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 7:45 p.m. Admission is $10 per car, walk-ups are FREE!
Adams Morgan Apple Festival
The District is finally settling into fall weather, and what better way to celebrate than enjoying seasonal apples? The Adams Morgan Apple Festival turns the neighborhood’s farmers market turns into a showcase for all things apples, and will feature its fifth annual apple pie contest, where local amateur bakers will show off their best versions of the classic dessert. Afterwards, you can purchase slices of the pie with proceeds going to a local charity. There will also be an heirloom apple tasting.
Nov. 3 from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at 18th Street and Columbia Road NW. Admission is FREE!
Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950
One of America’s most important photographers is showcased in Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950, which covers an entire decade of his work. Parks went from documenting everyday life in Saint Paul, Minn., and Chicago to becoming a true visionary featured in leading publications such as Vogue, Life and Ebony. This exhibition features 150 objects, including some of Parks’ most striking photographs as well as books, magazines, letters and family pictures. You will be granted an intimate look at a revolutionary artist
Nov. 4 through Feb. 18 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution 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.
Actually at 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday through Nov. 18 plus 2 p.m. on Nov. 3, noon on Nov. 14 and 8 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. Tickets are
$30-$69.
The Agitators at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 25, plus 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 and 25 and 11 a.m. on Nov. 7 and 15 at Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are $50-$65.
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!
Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Mar. 17 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. 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!
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.
Churchill’s Shakespeare from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 6 at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. Admission is FREE!
LAST CHANCE! The Comedy of Errors at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (except Sept. 30), 7 p.m. Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday through Nov. 4 at Lansburgh Theatre, 450 Seventh St. NW. Tickets are $44-$118.
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!
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.
The Fall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 18 at Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. Tickets are $20-$55.
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!
Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Sept. 29 at the National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Heisenberg 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 Nov. 11 at Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets are $40-$89.
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!
Japan Modern: Photography from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Jan. 21 at the Freer|Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Japan Modern: Prints in the Age of Photography from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Jan. 21 at the Freer|Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
LAST CHANCE! Kids Euro Festival at various times and locations through Nov. 4. Most events are FREE, but some require RSVPs.
King John at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday (except Oct. 27) and Sunday, 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday through Dec. 2 at Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE. Tickets are $42-$79.
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!
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!
Nordic Impressions from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Thursday and noon-6:30 on Sunday through Jan. 13 at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors 62 and older, and children 18 and younger are 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!
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!
LAST CHANCE! 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.
A Revolution in Arms: Weapons in the War for Independence from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon-4 p.m. on Sunday through Mar. 24 at Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
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!
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!
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!
LAST CHANCE! War on Our Doorsteps from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday 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, but timed passes are required.
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!
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