11 Things to Do in the DMV this Weekend
Next weekend may be St. Patrick’s Day, but you can kick your celebration off this weekend with Ireland at the Wharf on Saturday. And since March is Women’s History Month, you can take in exhibits at the National Museum of American History or the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center. March also means college basketballs, and the National Building Museum has its own way of celebrating hoops. And don’t miss one of the Newseum’s last new exhibits before it moves out of its Pennsylvania Avenue digs at the end of the year as it looks at 50 years of the gay rights movement. And don’t forget, Daylight Savings time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, so move your clock ahead one hour when you go to bed Saturday night or you will be late for brunch.
On Metro this weekend, Red Line trains single track between Van Ness-UDC and Dupont Circle after 10 p.m. Saturday and all day Sunday. After 10 p.m. Saturday, trains run every 16 minutes. On Sunday, trains will operate every 8 minutes between Farragut North and Silver Spring from 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. and every 16 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont. Blue Line trains will single track between Pentagon City and Arlington after 10 p.m. Saturday and all day Sunday with trains every 24 minutes. Yellow Line trains single track between Pentagon City and L’Enfant Plaza after 10 p.m. Saturday and all day Sunday with trains every 24 minutes between Huntington and Mount Vernon Square ONLY. Orange, Silver and Green Line trains operate on regular weekend schedules.
Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement
Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement explores the modern gay rights movement through artifacts, images and print publications. It marks the 50th anniversary of the June 1969 police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village, which sparked the Stonewall riots — the catalyst that inspired the modern gay liberation movement and the ongoing fight for LGBTQ civil rights. Other key moments of the fight for LGBTQ rights are also covered, including the AIDS crisis and the assassination of Harvey Milk. The exhibit also looks at the role of popular culture in changing attitudes about the LGBTQ community. To mark the exhibit’s opening, this weekend is http://www.newseum.org/event/family-pride-weekend/?instance_id=53342 Family Pride Weekend with two free kids tickets (18 and younger) with every adult ticket. Saturday will include special guests at a program hosted by Mix 107.3’s Jimmy Alexander at 2:30 p.m. Family Pride tickets can only be purchased at the door.
Mar. 8 through Dec. 31 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Tickets are $12.71-$21.21 online or $14.95-$24.95 at the door.
All Work, No Pay
Ideally timed for Women’s History Month, All Work, No Pay highlights women’s work in the home and the corresponding issue of unwaged labor. Despite advances in the paid labor force, women continue to be responsible for most of the unpaid work at home. “Work wear” for domestic work ranging from colonial times to the 1990s show how women are expected to manage the housework regardless of class, race, culture or community. The display explores the theme of unpaid work in three sections: Separating Home and Work, which identifies the changing perspectives of gender roles and work in early America; Making Unpaid into Paid Work, which contrasts gains in the paid workforce against the continuation of unpaid work in the home from the 1890s to 1940s; and The Second Shift, in which the unspoken expectation of housekeeping continues despite progress in women’s rights from the 1960s through the 1990s. Visitors are able to learn the inequality and unfairness of this outdated societal assumption through artifacts and images.
Mar. 4 through February 2020 from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
Into the Woods
Stephen Sondheim’s fairy tale mash-up musical Into the Woods comes to Ford’s Theatre for the spring season. A baker and his wife want to reverse a witch’s curse so that they can have a child together. However, their quest becomes much more complicated, with Little Red Ridinghood, Jack and his beanstalk, Cinderella and Rapunzel all eventually getting involved. A beautiful score highlights this darkly humorous journey into the imagination.
Mar. 8 through May 22 at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon on Friday (except Mar. 8) and 2 p.m. on Saturday at Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. Tickets are $27-$81.
Queen of Basel
Hillary Bettis, a star playwright and former writer for FX’s universally acclaimed The Americans, penned Queen of Basel, the explosive story that combines issues of class, race and power in Miami Beach. Art Basel is Miami’s week-long party and hotel heiress Julie is at its center. But after an argument with her mogul father and a collision with a tray of cocktails, Julie considers her next move, which will involve a waitress and an ambitious Uber driver. Don’t miss this modern-day take on August Strindberg’s Miss Julie.
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Mar. 6 through Apr. 7 at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday,2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 7 p.m. Sunday (except Mar. 10) at Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. Tickets are $20-$111.
World Stages: Cirkus Cirkör: Limits
Sweden’s Cirkus Cirkör and its director, Tilde Björfors, bring this contemplative, physical theater piece to the Kennedy Center stage. Limits provides an enlightening perspective on the limits we set into our lives, whether it is fences around houses, walls between countries or soldiers standing guard. Expect swift and acrobatic movement in this thought-provoking international production. Stay after the performance for a discussion with Cirkus Cirkör artists Perter Aberg and Saara Ahola and producer Amy Fee.
Mar. 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $19-$85.
We Can Do It! Women in Aviation and Space
The National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center celebrates women’s impact on space and aviation with a We Can Do It! Women in Aviation and Space family day. There will be hands-on activities for families, Rosie the Riveter photo opportunities and special guests who will inspire the next generation of women to break down barriers.
Mar. 9 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly. Admission is FREE, but parking is $15.
Hoops
March Madness comes to the National Building Museum in its own special way. The work of photographer Bill Bamberger will be showcased in Hoops, which depicts both public and private basketball courts and hoops all over the world. From makeshift backyard set-ups to playground hubs in the heart of the city, Bamberger’s 75 large-format photographs illuminate the worldwide appeal of the game without showing people playing it, letting the viewer’s imagination run wild.
Mar. 9 through Jan. 5 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for youth ages 3-17, students with ID and seniors ages 60 and older.
Ireland on the Wharf
St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, which means your favorite Irish (and not-so-Irish) pubs are going to be crowded all of next weekend. Get an early start at on celebrations at Ireland on the Wharf, a family-friendly Irish festival with live music, Irish dance performances, bagpipers and a waterfront beer garden pouring a few pints of Guinness.
Mar. 9 from 1-6 p.m. on the District Pier at the Wharf, 1100 Maine Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Eugene Onegin
The Washington National Opera brings Tchaikovsky’s legendary opera of unrequited love and missed opportunities, Eugene Onegin, based on a famous novel by Alexander Pushkin, to life this March. A young Tatiana shares her love for Onegin, a traveler who subsequently rejects her. However, years later, Onegin begs for a matured Tatiana’s love, leaving her with a monumental decision. Featuring period costumes, gorgeous ballroom scenes and an unforgettable duel.
Mar. 9, 23 and 25 at 7 p.m., Mar. 12 at 2 p.m. and Mar. 20 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $45-$300.
Hands on a Hard Body
The 1997 documentary Hands on a Hard Body captured an annual competition in Longview, Texas, where the contestant who kept his hand on a new pickup truck the longest — without leaning or squatting — would win the truck. The Keegan Theatre presents the regional premiere of the musical adaptation with music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green that follows 10 Texans desperate to drive away in that shiny new truck.
Mar. 9 through Apr. 6 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. Tickets are $20-$62.
Rock Like a Girl!
Perfectly aligned with Women’s History Month, Rock Like a Girl! sees the Kennedy Center and Black Girls Rock! join together to celebrate the immense contributions of black women to the arts around the world. The night will be filled with transcendent performers, including the Grammy-nominated talents of Jazmine Sullivan and Mumu Fresh. The concert will be hosted by Angie Ang and features DJ Quiana Parks; Be’la Dona with Elle Varner, Leela James, Rapsody, Nonchalant and more.
May 10 at 8 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $59-$119.
Ongoing events
Admissions at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 7 p.m. Sunday through Mar. 24 at Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. Tickets are $20-$111.
LAST CHANCE! Ain’t Misbehavin’ 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 Mar. 10 at Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets are $40-$114.
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!
Ambreen Butt — Mark My Words from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Apr. 14 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 older than 18, and youth 18 and younger are 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 July 27 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 Apr. 7 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Big Apple Circus at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, noon and 4 p.m. Sunday through Mar. 24 at National Harbor, 165 Waterfront St., Oxen Hill. Tickets are $20-$95.
LAST CHANCE! Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. through Mar. 17 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Celebrating New American Gardens 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! Cyrano de Bergerac at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Theater at Crystal City, 1800 S. Bell St., Arlington. Tickets are $15-$50.
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 Apr. 21 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Disrupting Craft from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through May 5 at the Renwick Gallery, 1661 Pennsylvania Ave. 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!
LAST CHANCE! Everything in Existence from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday through Monday and 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday (over 21 after 5 p.m.) through Mar. 10 at Artechouse, 1238 Maryland Ave. SW. Tickets are $8-$15 online or $10-$20 at the door.
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!
Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Aug. 18 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
First Chefs: Fame and Foodways from Britain to the Americas from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Mar. 31 at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. Admission is FREE!
Flickering Treasures from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 14 at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for seniors ages 60 and older, youth ages 3-17 and students. Children 2 and younger are FREE!
Game Change: Elephants from Prey to Preservation from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Feb. 1, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 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!
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!
LAST CHANCE! The Heiress at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. Tickets are $40-$95.
LAST CHANCE! Huckleberry Finn’s Big River at 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday; and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday through Mar. 10 at Adventure Theatre, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo in Glen Echo Park. Tickets are $20.
JQA at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday through Apr. 14 at Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. Tickets are $92-$115.
It’s Hip to Be Square: The Mint Family from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Nov. 31 at the U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Nature’s Best Photography from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through September at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
LAST CHANCE! Nell Gwynn at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE. Tickets are $42-$79.
LAST CHANCE! Once at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. Tickets are $54-$89.
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!
Orchids: Amazing Adaptations from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Apr. 29 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery’s Kogod Courtyard, 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!
Perfume & Seduction from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday through June 9 at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Admission is $18 for adults, $15 for senior citizens, $10 for college students, $5 for children 6-18 and children younger than 6 are FREE!
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: Korea from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Nov. 17 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!
Queens of Egypt from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Sept. 2 at the National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St. NW. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, students and military, $10 for children 5-12 and children younger than 5 are FREE!
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Apr. 28 at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street & Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Recent Acquisitions from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Nov. 3 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
The REDress Project from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Mar. 31 at the National Museum of the American Indian, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW. 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!
LAST CHANCE! Richard the Third at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday through Mar. 10 at The Shakespeare Theatre Co.’s Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. Tickets are $44-$118.
Sea Monsters Unearthed, Life in Angola’s Ancient Seas from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through 2020 at the National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through January at the National Museum of the American Indian, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Shaping Clay in Ancient Iran from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through September 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!
Superheroes from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through Sept. 2 at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through June at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1400 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE, but timed passes are required.
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!
Zilia Sánchez: Soy Isla (I Am an Island) from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday and noon-6:30 p.m. Sunday through May 9 at the Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for students and senior citizens 62 and older, and children 18 and younger are FREE!
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