Father’s Day Fun Is in the Weekend Forecast
It is Father’s Day weekend, so why not spend some time with dad? There are plenty of things to do this weekend, and your sure to find something that your dad would enjoy. And the forecast is only calling for a 20 percent chance of rain both days with temperatures in the mid- to upper-80s. Perfect weather to take dad out and show him how much your care.
Major Metro disruptions continue this weekend with all six Blue and Yellow Line stations south of Reagan National Airport including Braddock Road, King Street, Van Dorn Street, Franconia-Springfield, Eisenhower Avenue and Huntington closed through Sept. 8. The Wiehle-Reston East station will also be closed. On the Blue Line, shuttle buses will operate between Franconia-Springfield, Van Dorn Street, King Street and National Airport, but not Braddock Road. There will be also be an express shuttle between Franconia-Springfield and the Pentagon Station. On the Yellow Line, buses will operate between Huntington, Eisenhower Avenue, King Street, Braddock Road and Crystal City, but not National Airport. There will also be an express bus between Huntington and Pentagon. Blue and Yellow Line trains on the remainder of the route will run on regular weekend schedules, with Blue Line trains run between Reagan National Airport and New Carrollton. Yellow Line trains now running to and from Greenbelt. Red Line trains single track between Friendship Heights and Medical Center after 10 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Trains will run every 6-7 minutes between Shady Grove and Silver Spring from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and every 16 minutes after 10 p.m. Silver Line Trains single track between Morgan Boulevard and Largo Town Center, but will run on a regular weekend schedule. Green Line trains single track between Naylor Road and Anacostia, with trains every 24 minutes. Orange Line trains operate on a regular weekend schedule.
The D.C. Jazz Festival returns to The Wharf from 2-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. (Photo: D.C. Jazz Festival)
D.C. Jazz Festival
The District’s star-studded jazz history reigns on with the D.C. Jazz Festival, an annual showcase of national and local musicians which commemorates its 15th anniversary this year. The citywide celebration, which wraps up on Sunday, invites guests to venues including The Wharf and the Kennedy Center, as well as some of D.C.’s most intimate jazz clubs. Concerts are both ticketed and offered free of charge. Can’t-miss shows this weekend include Snarky Puppy at 8 p.m. Friday at the Anthem (tickets $49-$450), the FREE D.C. Jazzfest at the Wharf from 2-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with 11 groups on two stages each day, and Jon Batiste & Stay Human at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Anthem (tickets $49-$450). You can check the full schedule online.
June 14-16 at various times and locations citywide. Tickets are FREE-$450.
Infinite Space
Infinite Space by Refik Anadol is now open at Artechouse.
(Photo: Artechouse)
Infinite Space highlights the work of Los Angeles-based, Turkey-born artist Refik Anadol. The centerpiece of this exhibit is his immersive Infinity Room, which tries to capture the idea of a limitless infinity in a finite space using light, sound and projection. There are also several smaller installations that use data to create art, such as Wind Data Paintings, digital paintings created using wind patterns in cities such as Dubai and Boston.
June 13-Sept. 2 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 5-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 5:30-11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Artechouse, 1238 Maryland Ave. SW. Tickets are $8-$16 online and $10-$20 at the door.
6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition
6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition explores the reasoning behind the Corcoran Gallery’s decision to canel Robert Maplethorpe: The Perfect Moment in 1989. (Photo: Frank Herrera)
New York’s Guggenheim Museum is in the midst of a massive retrospective of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s work, but in Washington, gallery-goers can learn more about the Mapplethorpe exhibit that never was. The Corcoran School of the Arts & Design’s 6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition dives into the Corcoran’s decision to cancel the museum’s 1989 exhibition, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, in the face of political pressure over the artist’s controversial work. Internal memos and other documents will be revealed, recalling the closure’s effect on issues of artistic freedom and censorship.
June 14-Oct. 9 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-6 p.m Saturday and Sunday at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, 500 17th St. NW. Admission is FREE!
Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits
Photograph of Harriet Beecher Stowe by an unknown photographer. (Photo: National Portrait Gallery)
See daguerreotypes and ambrotypes of icons such as women’s rights advocates Margaret Fuller and Lucy Stone, best-selling author Harriet Beecher Stowe and abolitionist Lucretia Mott in Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. While these women were doing incredible work in advancing civil rights, portrait photography was on the rise. The historic portrayals are all the more poignant in 2019, as the work of these women still reverberates today.
June 14-May 31, 2020 from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
HERstory: Love Forever, Hip Hop
HERstory: Love Forever, Hip Hop tells the story of hip hop personified as a dying woman. (Photo: Kennedy Center)
In HERstory: Love Forever, Hip Hop, the play from writer/director Goldie Patrick, Hip Hop is personified as H.E.R., in tribute to Common’s classic song about his love of hip-hop, I Used to Love H.E.R.. When H.E.R. is rushed to the hospital on the verge of death, five women from five different backgrounds show up at her side. Each woman represents a different era of Hip Hop and each tell their stories filled with pain, love and joy, culminating in facing the decision of whether they should keep H.E.R. alive. Saturday’s show is sold out.
June 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $25-$35.
Falsettos
Falsettos, now playing at the Kennedy Center, shows the possibilities of the modern family. (Photo: Kennedy Center)
The groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical Falsettos from William Finn and James Lapine comes to the Kennedy Center in an all-new production from Lincoln Center Theater. The story focuses on Marvin, a charming but neurotic gay man, as well as his wife, lover, about-to-be-Bar-Mitzvahed son, psychiatrist and lesbian friends next door. This poignant story shows the incredible possibilities of the modern family through crisp dialogue and fantastic songs.
June 11-23 at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $49-$139.
By the People Festival
Maya Freelon’s Reciprocity Respite & Repass hangs at the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, one of three “hub” sites for the annual By the People Festival, which begins Saturday.
(Photo: Chris Ferenzi)
The By the People Festival attracts some of the modern art world’s top talents, who display works spanning various forms of media, including a billboard art installation on a barge that will float on the Potomac and Anacostia rivers making stops at Georgetown, the Capitol Riferfront and Anacostia during the course of the festival. The free festival also features collaborations with Smithsonian museums (including late-night access during Solstice Saturday next weekend) on and off the National Mall, as well as points of interest throughout the neighborhoods.
June 15-23 at various times citywide including the Smithsonian’s Ars and Industries Building and Union Market. Admission is FREE!
Innovations in Flight
See more than 50 vintage and modern airplanes and helicopters, along with vintage cars at Innovations in Flight family day at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.
(Photo: Mark Avino)
The Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center hosts its annual Innovations in Flight family day and outdoor aviation display. See more than 50 vintage, modern, recreational and home-built airplanes and helicopters on display outside the museum and talk with their pilots. You might even get to sit in a cockpit. There will also be vintage automobiles on display. Participate in hands-on activities such as flight simulators, paper airplane contests, discovery stations and, for younger fans, story time.
June 15 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 1439 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, Va. Admission is FREE, but parking is $15 per vehicle.
Manifesto: Art x Agency
Julian Rosefeldt’s multichannel film, Manifesto, will be displayed as part of Manifesto: Art x Agency at the Hirsshorn.
(Photo: Julian Rosefeldt)
Manifestos summarize the principles of artistic movements and groups, and the Hirshhorn looks to guide you through a century’s worth of art using the statements as a guide. In Manifesto: Art x Agency, works by seminal artists such as Salvador Dalí, Jackson Pollock and Alexander Calder will serve as an introduction, followed by manifestos that inspired their work. Julian Rosefeldt’s multichannel film, Manifesto, will be displayed in its own section, while a third portion of the exhibit will showcase contemporary pieces that shine a light on political movements and social change. In conjunction with this exhibit, the Hirshhorn will present In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth, a participatory installation that will be on the outdoor plaza through June 23, for the first time in D.C.
June 15-Jan. 5 from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue and Seventh Street SW. Admission is FREE!
A woman gets a henna tattoo at last year’s Chinatown Community Festival. (Photo: Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs)
Chinatown Community Festival
Celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander cultures at the 2019 Chinatown Community Festival. Live performances include Wushu, Japanese drumming, a dog tricks show, Indonesian dance, a traditional Filipino performance, a Turkman folk dance, Hawaiian Halau Hula and other cultural demonstrations. Other events include fitness demonstrations, face painting, hennat tattoos, 3D paper cutting, K make-up and other Asian arts and crafts, plus bike repairs.
June 15 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Chinatown Park, Fifth and I Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Smorgasburg D.C.
Smorgasburg D.C. opens Saturdays in the Capitol Riverfront from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. beginning this weekend. (Photo: Smorgasburg D.C.)
Billed as the world’s largest outdoor food market, Smorgasburg D.C. sets up shop in Tingey Plaza behind the Department of Transportation Building in the Capitol Riverfront on Saturdays from June 15 through at least October. Expect to see more than 30 food vendors from a range of backgrounds, including Skew’d, “a new yakitori concept” from Sushi Taro chef Nobu Yamakazi, as well as Hot Lola’s, the Sichuan-meets-Nashville hot fried chicken from Himitsu chef Kevin Tien, which is currently found only at Ballston’s Quarter Market. Also scheduled to be there are Chaia, Seylou and Timber Pizza. There will also be periodic pop-ups throughout the market’s run, a bar serving beer and wine, and shaded seating.
June 15 through October from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.Saturdays at Tingey Plaza, 200 Tingey St. SE. Admission is FREE!
Bloomsday
A marathon 32-hour reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses complete text takes place over 32 hours with more than 30 locals taking turns reading. (Image: Loyalty Books)
June 16, any scholar of Irish bards and authors will tell you, is Bloomsday, the day that the events of James Joyce’s monumental novel Ulysses take place around Dublin. Washington has celebrated Bloomsday since 1981, when the James Joyce Society began public readings in Dupont Circle. Over the years, the event has been held at the Irish Times and sponsored by the Harvard Club, but it is currently celebrated in Petworth. A marathon 32-hour reading of Joyce’s complete text takes place between Petworth Citizen, where it begins at noon on Saturday, and Loyalty Bookstore, where it ends sometime between 7 and 8 p.m. on Sunday. More than 30 locals will take turns reading, including NPR personalities and members of the D.C. theater scene. On Saturday night, mixologist Chantal Tseng will pour Joyce-inspired cocktails in the Petworth Citizen Reading Room.
June 15 and 16 from noon-4 p.m. at Petworth Citizen, 829 Upshur St. NW, and 4 p.m.-midnight or when the book reading is finished at Loyalty Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. Admission is FREE!
Ripcord
Ripcord at the Keegan Theatre is about a feud between two women in a retirement home. (Photo: Keegan Theatre)
In Ripcord, the curmudgeonly Abby is forced to share her quarters on the upper floor at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, where the sun shines in. The new arrival, Marilyn, whose perpetual joy only irritates Abby, must be forced out at any cost. A bet between the two escalates into an eye-for-an-eye showdown, revealing the competitiveness and deeply held secrets of both women.
June 15-July 6 at 8 p.m Tuesday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (except June 15) at Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. Tickets are $20-$50.
America; It’s Complicated
Second City returns to the Kennedy Center with America; It’s Complicated. (Image: Second City)
The Second City comes back to the Kennedy Center with an all-new show that will take no prisoners in its searing social satire. From politics to entertainment to pop culture, the country’s most famous comedy troupe takes on an array of topics through hilarious improvisation and original songs in America; It’s Complicated. The equal opportunity hilarity will reign.
June 15-Aug. 11 at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday (except July 4), June 15 and July 1, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday (except June 15) and 3 p.m. (except June 16) and 7 p.m. Sunday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $49-$59.
International Day of Yoga
Ambassador Navtej Sarna and others doing yoga at last year’s International Day of Yoga. (Photo: Embassy of India)
The Embassy of India and Friends of Yoga sponsor the fifth International Day of Yoga at the Washington Monument, which includes a practice with poses, breath work and guided meditation. The event is open to all ages, no prior experience required and early guests get a free yoga t-shirt (first-come, first-served), but participants should bring their own mat. After the event, head over to the Freer|Sackler for an Indian Vegetarian Food Festival, where food will be available for purchase on the museum’s plaza.
June 16 from 8:30-11 a.m. at the Washington Monument, 1600 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE, but registration is requested. (The Indian Vegetarian Food Festival is from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Freer plaza, 1150 Jefferson Drive SW).
Ongoing events
All Work, No Pay from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through February 2020 at the National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
American Myths & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Oct. 14 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Animals, Collected from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.6 p.m. Sunday through Spring 2020 at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Tickets are $7-$10.
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!
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975 from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Aug. 18 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. 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!
Byhalia, Mississippi at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through July 7 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $25-$89.
Capital Harvest on the Plaza from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays through Nov. 22 at the Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
Capitol Riverfront Friday Night Concert Series from 7-9 p.m. through Aug. 30 at Yards Park, 355 Water Street SE. 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!
Describe the Night at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday through June 23 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. Tickets are $20-$89.
DinoRoars from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Aug. 31 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut 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!
Enrico David: Gradations of Slow Release from 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. daily through Sept. 2 at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue SW and Seventh Street SW. Admission is FREE!
Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live Show at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday through Aug. 31 in the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Visitor Center’s National Zoo Theater, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for children ages 2-12 and children younger than 2 are 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!
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!
Farragut Fridays from 9 a.m.-5p.m. through Sept. 20 at Farragut Square, 17th and K Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Game Change: Elephants from Prey to Preservation from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Feb. 1, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Gardens Across America from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Oct. 1 at the U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 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!
Helen Zubhaib: Migrations from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Tuesday and Sunday through July 28 at the Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 S St. NW. Tickets are $5-$10 at the door. Children younger than 12 are FREE!
Hello, Dolly! at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through July 7 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $49-$159.
Hoops from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 5 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.
Mid-Century Master: The Photography of Alfred Eisentaedt from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday through Jan. 12 at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for senior citizens, $10 for college students, $5 for children ages 6-18 and children younger than 6 are FREE!
In Mid-Sentence from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Mar. 8 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
The Life of Animals in Japanese Art from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 19 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
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!
Jazz in the Garden from 5-8:30 p.m. through Aug. 23 at the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden, Sixth and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
LAST CHANCE! Love’s Labor’s Lost at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7 p.m. Sunday at the Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE. Tickets are $42-$85.
More is More: Multiples from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 22 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for people 65 and older and students, and children 18 and younger are FREE!
National Geographic Photo Camp beginning at 10 a.m. daily through June 20 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. 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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through Jan. 3, 2021, at the National Archives, 701 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
Rirkrit Tiravanija: Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Green, from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through June 24 at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue and 7th Street SW. Admission is FREE!
Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 31 at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Tickets are $12.71-$21.21 online or $14.95-$24.95 at the door.
Sculpture Down to Scale: Models for Public Art at Federal Buildings, 1974-1985 from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. through June 6, 2020, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday through September 2020 at the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. Admission is FREE!
LAST CHANCE! Sooner/Later at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through June 16 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are $20-$50.
LAST CHANCE! Step Afrika! 25th Anniversary at 8 p.m. June 14 and 15, 2 p.m. June 15 and 4 p.m. June 16 at 4 p.m. at Hartke Theatre at Catholic University, 3801 Harewood Road NE. Tickets are $45 and $60.
Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Oct. 20 at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
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 Avnue 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!
Tiffany Chung: Vietnam, Past Is Prologue from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Sept. 2 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
The Way of the Kami from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through Nov. 1 at the Freer Gallery of Art, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is 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!
Whistler in Watercolor from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through Oct. 6 at Freer Gallery of Art, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
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