Celebrate the World Series Win at a Parade
The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 6-2 on Wednesday night. On Saturday afternoon fans can celebrate with the players with a parade along Constitution Avenue NW followed by a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue. If baseball isn’t your thing, there are plenty of other things to do, including some leftover Halloween partying like a screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Kennedy Center’s new Reach venue on Friday or Side Yards at Yards Park on Saturday.
All Metro lines will operate on regular weekend schedules, except the Red Line after 10 p.m. and on Sunday until 2 p.m. After 10 p.m., Red Line trains single track between Van Ness and Dupont Circle every 16 minutes. Also, Glenmont will be closed on Sunday until 2 p.m. During that time, buses will replace trains between Wheaton and Glenmont.
Nationals Championship Parade
The Washington Nationals won the World Series on Wednesday night, the first time the District’s MLB team has done so in 95 year. On Saturday, the city is throwing a Nationals Championship Parade for the team along Constitution Avenue NW starting at 2 p.m. The parade will be followed by a rally immediately after at Third Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Pennsylvania Avenue between Constitution Avenue NW and Third Street NW will be closed beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. The entire area between 15th Street and Third Street NW and Independence Avenue SW and E Street NW will be closed to vehicles from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday.
Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. along Constitution Avenue between 15th Street and Third Street NW. Admission is FREE!
Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction
To honor the 30th anniversary of the African Elephant Conservation Act, the National Museum of American History displays Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction that explores the American relationship with elephants over time. Topics include U.S. ivory consumption, the decline in the elephant population and this country’s efforts to use study, conservation and legislation to battle said decline.
Nov. 1 through Sept. 13 from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily at the National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
Kids Euro Festival
One of D.C.’s greatest family events is organized by countries thousands of miles away. The 12th annual Kids Euro Festival brings the culture of the 28 countries of the European Union to the DMV for two weeks of film screenings, story times, art activities and traditional music and dance performances at venues that include embassies, the Kennedy Center and city libraries. Take your little ones to see an interactive German theater group at Strathmore, or have the whole family participate in an arts-and-crafts workshop at the Swedish Embassy’s House of Sweden. Preteens can attend a Tintin cartooning workshop at the Embassy of Belgium, or see new animated films at the French Embassy.
Oct. 26 through Nov. 10 at various times and locations in the DMV. Most events are FREE, but some require reservations.
Hall-O-Screen Party: The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Kennedy Center’s new expansion gets into the Halloween spirit with an outdoor alternative to trick-or-treating. It begins with dance instructors teaching the moves to The Monster Mash, Thriller and the decidedly-not-family-friendly Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, followed by an outdoor screening of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas on the Reach’s video wall. Take a picnic or purchase something from food trucks and bar stations.
Nov. 1 with dance lessons from 6-7 p.m., film at 7:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW. Admission is FREE!
Newsies
Newsies, the Tony Award-winning musical based on the 1992 film, takes audiences back to the summer of 1899. Inspired by true events, the play details how New York City newsboys battled Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, the two most powerful men in the country at the time – and won. Filled with energy and songs that will be stuck in your head for days, this production is ideal for a family outing.
Nov. 1 through Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (except Nov. 2) and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Arena Stage,1101 Sixth St. SW. Tickets are $66-$102.
The Manganiyar Seduction
Audio and visuals combine for a spellbinding experience at the Kennedy Center during The Manganiyar Seduction, part of the center’s World Stages series. More than 40 singers and instrumentalists, all from the Rajasthani deserts, will be seated on-stage in a four-story bank of lighted pods, with each occupied by a different performer and illuminated whenever he or she enters into the extended piece of music via voice or instrument.
Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $19-$69. Friday night is sold out.
After-Hours Party: Live Dangerously
The National Museum of Women in the Arts welcomes you to this costume party the day after Halloween. The After-Hours Party: Live Dangerously will grant you a behind-the-scenes look at “Live Dangerously,” currently one of the most fascinating exhibits on display at the museum. There will also be spotlight tours, an open bar with Smirnoff and Captain Morgan cocktails, light refreshments and a prize for fiercest costume inspired by women artists.
Nov. 1 from 8-11 p.m. at theNational Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. Tickets are $35 for member and $45 for non-members.
Día de los Muertos Weekend Festival
The Day of the Dead is celebrated by Latino communities across the U.S. as well as in Mexico and parts of Central and South America. The tradition was begun by Indigenous cultures, including the Aztec and Maya, hence the National Museum of the American Indian’s hosting of this free, Saturday-Sunday Día de los Muertos Weekend Festival. Visitors can enjoy an interactive mural, make paper marigolds in honor of lost loved ones and take in a wealth of Native American culture and customs.
Nov. 2 and 3 from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the National Museum of the American Indian, Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Día de los Muertos
The Mexican Cultural Institute will serve up hot chocolate and pan de muerto, along with dance performances at its Día de los Muertos celebration. To honor the solemnity of the day, an altar will be constructed by local artist Enrique Quiroz in remembrance of the victims of the El Paso shooting as well as artist Francisco Toledo, humanitarian Miguel León Portilla and singer José José. who died this year. There will also be folk dances by Corazón Folklórico followed by a Catrinas Corazón show, a photo booth and continuous screenings of the film The Universe Apart about the life and work of Mexican artist Francisco Toledo.
Nov. 2 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th St. NW. Admission is FREE!
Capital Skate Fest
Get ready to rock it on the roller rink at the new festival held at the D.C. Armory. Capital Skate Fest will turn the venue into a skater’s paradise. Whether you wheel around near Kalorama Road or in your neighborhood in Virginia or Maryland, there will be space for you to strut your stuff on the hardwood. Expect music to be blaring and skaters to be grooving. There will be two skate floors, one for beginners and one for advanced skaters. Free skate rentals are available, just make sure to purchase your tickets in advance. Skating after 7 p.m. is adults only.
Nov. 2 from 3:30 p.m.-midnight at the D.C. Armory, 2001 East Capitol St. SE. Tickets are $9.40. Kids 12 and younger skate for FREE with adult supervision. Registration is required.
Side Yards
For the sixth year in a row, Yards Park will transform its open space into a tribute to vintage circus sideshows – complete with a big top – for Side Yards. Sword swallowers, daredevils juggling flaming torches, aerialists, contortionists, a tight rope walker and more eccentric performers are the main attractions at this family-friendly event, which also boasts fortune tellers, caricature artists, faux tattoos and more oddball activities. There will be food and drink by Ice Cream Jubilee, Due South and Agua 301 with specialty cocktails, beer, wine and frozen drinks.
Nov. 2 from 5-9 p.m. at Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. Admission is FREE!
The Magic Flute
The Washington National Opera presents Mozart’s romantic opera as interpreted by children’s author/illustrator Maurice Sendak. The Magic Flute, which opens Saturday, follows Tamino and Papageno, a prince and bird catcher duo who are approached by the Queen of the Night to rescue her kidnapped daughter Pamina. Equipped with a magic flute and bells, the two set out on an unforgettable adventure. However, not all is as it seems and not everyone can be trusted. Friends will become foes and enemies will become allies.
Nov. 2 through 23 at 7 p.m. on Nov. 2, 4, 9 and 23, and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6, 12, 15, 17 and 22 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $25-$299.
Tweed Ride
If you have seen a band of bikers clad in tweed peddling penny-farthings through the streets of D.C., you haven’t been caught in a time warp: You have just witnessed the annual Tweed Ride. You don’t have to have a vintage bicycle to participate in this 11-year-old tradition — all you need to do is dress in your finest tweed or Jazz Age attire and gather at a location revealed only to those who register at 11 a.m. A 10-mile through the city begins at noon, followed by an after-party at Roofers Union in Adams Morgan ($20-$25) with hot jazz and rags performed by the Foggy Bottom Whomp-Stompers.
Nov. 3 starting at 11 a.m. at a secret location in the District. Admission is FREE, but registration is required.
Otello
Giuseppe Verdi’s take on the Shakespeare classic comes to the Kennedy Center courtesy of the Washington National Opera. Last staged by the company nearly 20 years ago, Othello is filled with riveting music and vocal performances as you follow the heart-wrenching narrative. A storm is about to break on Cyprus as governor Otello returns from a successful battle. However, his ensign, Iago, has launched a vicious plot to make Otello believe that his wife, Desdemona, has been unfaithful. Jealousy, conflict and tragedy ensue in this legendary tale.
Through Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. on Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8 and 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 and 15 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street NW. Tickets are $45-$299.
Ongoing events
All Work, No Pay from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through February at the National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave. NW. Admission is FREE!
Alonso Berruguete: First Sculpture of Renaissance Spain from 10 a.m.-5 p.m Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 17 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue 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.
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!
Bonnard to Vuillard: The Intimate Poetry of Everyday Life from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon-6:30 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 26 at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors 62+, and children 18 and younger are FREE!
By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs from the 1850s to Apollo 11 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 5 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
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!
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!
The End: A Mediation on Death and Extinction from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 20 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 FREE for children 18 and younger.
Everybody 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 Nov. 17 at the Shakespeare Theatre Co.’s Lansburgh Theatre, 450 Seventh St. NW. Tickets are $49-$112.
The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 1 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through February at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue and Seventh Street 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!
Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Jan. 5 at the Renwick Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW. Admission is FREE!
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.
I Am . . . Contemporary Women Artists of Africa from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through July 5 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is 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!
Intersections: Los Carpinteros from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon-6:30 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 12 at the Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors 62 and older. Children 18 and younger are 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!
LAST CHANCE! Kid Prince and Pablo at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 3 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Tickets are $20.
Live Dangerously from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 20 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 FREE for children 18 and younger.
Lucid Motion from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday through Dec. 1 at Artechouse, 1238 Maryland Ave. SW. Advance tickets are $16 for adults, $12 for students, seniors and military and $8 for children 2-14 and $20, $15 and $10, respectively, at the door.
Manifesto: Art x Agency from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through Jan. 5 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue and Seventh Street SW. Admission is FREE!
Michael Sherrill Retrospective from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Jan. 5 at the Renwick Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW. Admission is FREE!
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!
One Life: Marian Anderson from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. through May 17 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!
The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Aug. 30 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
Pat Steir: Color Wheel from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Sept. 7 at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Picture Books of the Past: Reading an Old Master Painting from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Sept. 30 at the Museum of the Bible, 400 Fourth St. SW. Advance tickets are $19.99 for adults, $9.99 for children 7-17 and children and younger are FREE. Tickets at the door at $24.99 for adults, $19.99 for seniors, military, first responders and students, $14.99 for children 7-17 and children 6 and younger are FREE!
Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Apr. 12 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets 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!
LAST CHANCE! 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 Right to Be Forgotten through Nov. 10 at Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. Tickets are $72-$115.
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!
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.
Sacred Dedication: A Korean Buddhist Masterpiece from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Mar. 22 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Sculpture Down to Scale: Models for Public Art at Federal Buildings, 1974-1985 from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. through June 6 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. 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 Ave. SW. Admission is FREE!
Seriously Funny: From the Desk of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 31 at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Admission is $12.71-$21.21 in online or $14.95-$24.95 at the door.
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday through September at the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. 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!
Theory at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday (except Nov. 3) through Nov. 17 and 11 a.m. matinees on Nov. 7 and 14 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are $10-$65.
The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 26 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 12 at the National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Admission is FREE!
What Absence Is Made Of from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through March at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. Admission is FREE!
Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 5 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $8 for seniors 65 and older and students. Children 18 and younger are FREE!
Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through May 31 at the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. Admission is FREE!
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