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Hit the Ice
Why not make the best of the cold temperatures this winter? Strap on some skates and go for a spin around the ice. Area ice skating rinks are now open.Read More
19 Nov 2024
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Holiday Happenings
To help get you in the holiday spirit, we have put together a list of some holiday light displays and events in the DMV. Many are free, although not all.Read More
12 Nov 2024
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Sweet Tooth
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are the most popular Halloween Candy in the DMV. In fact, Reese’s dominated the map, claiming the top spot in 40 states. Read More
22 Oct 2024
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Boo at the Zoo
Boo at the Zoo trick-or-treat event for children returns to the National Zoo Oct. 18-20. Night of the Living Zoo, a 21-and-over party, is Oct. 25.Read More
15 Oct 2024
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Bah! Humbug!
Two D.C. business improvement districts (BID) will hold dueling holiday markets this Christmas -- one in Dupont Circle and the other in Penn Quarter.Read More
02 Oct 2024
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Oscar winners Mahershala Ali (l to r), Casey Affleck, Emma Stone and Viola Davis. (Photo: A.M.P.A.S.)

The Oscar Goes to…

Moonlight Wins Best Picture From La La Land The Oscar for Best Picture was so close for La La Land, but then Moonlight snatched it away, literally. Just minutes after presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announced that the musical La La Land had won the best picture Oscar at

Yayoi Kusama's All the Eternal Love I Have for Pumpkins is included in the Hirshhorn's new display. (Photo: Hirshhorn)

Weekend Guide

24 Feb 2017

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Alexandria Restaurant Week, All Rise, And the Winner Is..., Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse, Atlas Intersections Festival, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Benton Spruance, Cheesetique, Cherie Sweetbottom, chinatown, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Clown Cabaret, Cooking Up History, craft distilleries, D.C. Armory, D.C. Distillers Festival, D.C. Film Society, D.C. Rollergirls, DMV, Family Fun Day, Filmfest D.C., Foggy Bottom Whomp Stompers, Food and the Great Migration, Free State Roller Derby Black Eye'd Suzies, Gerald Geerlings, H Street, Hen Quarter, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, I Saw the Light, Ice Yards, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Jeff from Accounting, Jermoe Baker III, Jerome Grant, Jessica Carbone, Joseph Magnus, Kenneth Lonergan, Laoban Dumplings, Live Oak, long view gallery, Louis Lozowick, Mabel Dwight, Manchester By the Sea, Martin Lewis, Metro, mirror rooms, Morgan State Gospel Choir, National Gallery of Art, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of American Hisotry, National Philharmonic, Northside 10, On Rye, One Eight, oscars, Oscars viewing party, Punxsutawney Phil, Reginald Marsh, Restaurant Eve, SafeTrack, Shades of Blue Festival, Snark Ensemble, Specific Gravity, Stars & Stripes Cafe, Stow Wengenroth, Strathmore, the Circus Collective of San Diego, The Comic Road: A Roadhouse Picture Show, The Heist, The People Work, The Urban Scene, Tom Hiddleston, Tongue in Cheek Jazz Band, Vermilion, Victoria Hutson Huntley, Vola's Dockside Grill, weekend guide, White Ford Bronco, Wynton Marsalis, Yards Park, Yayoi Kasuma: Infinity Mirrors, Yayooi Kusama

Go Enjoy These Warm February Events The DMV is expecting spring-like temperatures for the last weekend of February (take that Punxsutawney Phil), with temperatures in the mid-70s on Friday and Saturday and the mid-40s on Sunday. Get out and enjoy it with one or more of these

Celebrate George Washington's birthday all weekend at Mount Vernon and get free admission on Monday. (Photo: George Washington's Mount Vernon)

Weekend Guide

17 Feb 2017

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Alexandria Restaurant Week, Alsa, anime, Anna, Antietam Battlefield, Arendelle, Ariel, Aroura, Belle, Bethesda Urban Partnership, Blind Driver Challenge, Brookeville Beer Farm, Capitol Hill Volleyball Classic, Cheesetique, Cinderella, Colonia Army, cosplay, D.C. Independent Film Festival, Discover Engineering Family Day, Disney on Ice, Dream Big, Elevator Repair Service, Ernest Hemingway, evolution, Executive Order 9066, FeBREWary, Fort McHenry, Fort Ward Park, Free Entrance Day, Friendship Firehouse Museum, Frozen, Gadsby's Tavern Museum, Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, George Washington, George Washington Birthday Parade, Great Falls, Heavy Seas, Hen Quarter, holiday, imagination stage, Inferior Night, interment camps, Jeff Gordon, Katsucon, Lansburgh Theatre, Library of Congress, Live Oak, Love Thy Beer, Main Reading Room, Manassas Battlefield, manga, Mars Exploration Rover, Maryland Craft Beer Lovers Month, Metro, Mission BBQ, Mount Vernon, NASA, NASCAR, National Building Museum, National Harbor, National Museum of American History, National Parks, naval heritage center, Northside 10, Olaf, old town, open house, PBS Kids, Peabody Heights, Pearl Harbor, Play in a Day, Presidents Day, Ramesy House Visitro Center, Rapunzel, Red Coats, Restaurant Eve, Revolutionary War Reenactment, Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II, Roger Crouch, Shenandoah National Park, Silver Spring Civic Building, Snow White, Space Shuttle Columbia, Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, STEM, The Lyceum, The Select, The Sun Also Rises, Thomas Jefferson Building, Tiana, Tinker Bell, Verizon Center, Vermillion, Vola Dockside Grill, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington's Birthday Weekend, weekend guide, World War II, Young Readers Center, Zoom

Enjoy These Presidents’ Day Happenings It is George Washington’s birthday weekend the the three-day Presidents’ Day holiday. There are several activities honoring the first president including a parade in Old Town, free admission to National Parks and a birthday celebration

Silent Dance Society holds a Sadie Hawkins dance on Saturday at the Embassy Row Hotel. (Photo: Silent Dance Society)

Weekend Guide

10 Feb 2017

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Academy Awards, Alpha Phi Alpha, animated, Black History Monty, Children's Tumor Foundation, Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova, cosmic experience, Cupid's Undie Run, d.c., D.C. Shorts Wins!, DC Shorts, Dem Raider Boyz Step Squad, documentary, Embassy Row Hotel, Explore! Chilcren's Museum, Explore! With the National Portrait Gallery, Flashpoint Gallery, Franklin Square, full moon, howard university, Independent Film Festival, Journey Is the Destination, Landmark E Stret cinema, Landmark West End Cinema, live-action, lunar eclipse, Metro, Miracle Theatre, Music Center, National Portrait Gallery, National Postal Museum, Naval Heritage Society, Oscar, Pear Cider and Cigarettes, Piper, PIxar, Rated, Sadie Hawkins RomDance Party, SafeTrack, Selfie: Me Myself and Us, selfies, short films, Silent Dance Society, Snow Moon, Sparkplug Collective, Step Afrika!, Step Xplosion, Strathmore, The Chop, The Lady Raiders, The Park at 14th, valentines day, Valentines Day Card Workshop, weekend guide

Enjoy These Pre-Valentine’s Day Events Despite a cold start Friday, the weather this weekend should be mild enough to get out and do something. Here are some ideas for your pre-Valentine’s Day weekend. Metro’s SafeTrack Surge 12 begins Saturday and runs through Feb. 28, closing

The Washington Auto Show continues through Sunday at the Washington Convention Center. (Photo: Washington Auto Show)

Weekend Guide

03 Feb 2017

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Abigail Schumann, Art-of-Motion, Atlanta Falcons, Beijing Opera Art's College, Beining acrobats, Bolt EV, bristle dolls, calligraphy, Chinese Musicians, Chinese New Year Celebration, Chocolae Challenge, Chocolate Lovers Festival, Chris Stezin, Color-In Creativity Night, commercials, Continental Army, D.C. Cool Night, DJ Jimmy, double agent, Fairfax, february, General Cornwallis, George Washignton, groundhog, Helen Hayes Awards, Houston, Jamar Jones, James Lafeayette, Keegan Theatre, kennedy center, lady gaga, Luce Foundation Center, Lunar New Year Celebration, MacBeth, Mack Beth, Marquis de Lafayette, Martha Washington, Metro, Mount Vernon, new england patriots, NRG Stadium, Old Town Hall, Old Town Square, paper-cutting, Revolutionary War, Ride 'N Drive, Sackler Gallery, salve, Shakespeare, Slave Spy: The Story of James Lafayette, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Super Bowl LI, Taste of Chocolate, Tudor Place, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington Auto Show, Washington Dollar Days, weekend guide, Willie Wonka, winter, Year of the Rooster

Nine Things to Do to Help You Forget Winter It is Super Bowl weekend as the New England Patriots prepare to take on the Atlanta Falcons. But football isn’t the only game in town this weekend. There is plenty to do despite the groundhog seeing his shadow and predicting six more

The Washington Auto Show returns to the convention center for 10 days beginning this weekend. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

Weekend Guide

28 Jan 2017

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Alice Waters, arena stage, Art-of-Motion, Beiing Opera Art's College, Beijing Acrobatic Troupe, Beijing Chinese Orchestra, Beyond Gender: Inspiring Generations of Female Writers, Bolt EV, calligraphy, Carlyle Club, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Chinese New Year Festival, D.C. Central Kitchen, D.C. Record Fair, Destination Winter Showcase, International Spy Museum, Jane Fonda, Joan Nathan, Johns Hopkins University, Julia, Keep Winter Cold, Kogod Courtyard, Lillian Helman Festival, Lion parade, Lunar New Year, Martha's Table, masks, Metro, Metropolitan Washignton Winter Restaurant Week, Natioanl Plaza, National Harbor, Newseum, paper lanterns, Peking Opera, Penn Social, Pentimento: A Book of Portraits, Polar Bear Plunge, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, Ride 'N Drive, scavenger hunt, Sips & Suppers, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Spy Fest, The Children's Hour, Vanessa Redgrave, vinyl, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington Auto Show, weekend guide, Year of the Rooster, Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe

Auto Show Races Into Town This Weekend The Washington Auto Show is back in town for a 10-day run. Check out the new makes and models or even take one for a test drive. It is also Lunar New Year and the Smithsonian American Art Museum is celebrating on Saturday. If you are really

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