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  • People ice skate at the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden ice rink, adjacent to the National Archives (rear). (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

    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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  • A giant dragon lantern (Photo: Winter Lantern Festival)

    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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  • A bowl full of Reese's Cups, Snickers, Kit Kats and Milky Ways sit on a porch beside a pumpkin. (Photo: Steve/Flickr)

    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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  • Participants at the Boo at the Zoo family-friendly Halloween event. A boy dressed as a vampire gets candy from a female volunteer. (Photo; National Zoo)

    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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  • The Downtown Holiday Market in Penn Quarter features more than 150 vendors. (Photo: Downtown Holiday Market)

    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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CITY SCENE

Go trick-or-treating at the National Zoo during Boo at the Zoo this weekend. (Photo: Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Weekend Guide

21 Oct 2016
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3 Stars Brewing Co., A Lot of Sorrow, American Fine Craft Show, Anacostia Community Museum, Arris, art glass, BadWolf Brewing Co., Ballou Majestic Marching Band, Banana Express, Barcelona, basketry, Batala Marching Band, Beatles, beer, Biz Marzie, Block Party, Bluejacket, Bolivia, Boo at the Zoo, Brazil China, Brewers on the Block, Buffalo & Bergen, Café Deluxe, Calvert Brewing Co., Capitol Riverfront, Cathedral Commons, Chaia, Cinema Hearts, city council, common, Copper Fox Distillery, craft beer, crafts, D.C. Armory, D.C. Brau, D.C. Flagship, dance, dj, drink, Ethiopia, Fabolous, face painting, Faith Evans, Fall Festival & Craft Beer Showcase, Fall Harvest Days, fashion centre at pentagon city, food, From Royal Mail to Public Post, furniture, Gangplank Park, George Washington, georgetown, Georgetown Olive Oil Co., Grilled Oyster Co., halloween, Hirshhorn Fall Fest, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, homecoming, House of Sweden, howard university, Illusion Travls, indonesia, inflatable slide, International Yard Fest, jewelry, Lao, leather, Lighthouse Row, Little Bacon Bear, Lovely Rita, Lyon Distilling Co., Mad Fox Brewing Co., Magnus Lush, Mason Dixie Biscuit Co., mayor, Metro, Mexico, mixed media, More AM than FM, Mosaic International Showcase, Mount Vernon, National Postal Museum, National Zoo, Neal Place Tap & Garden, One Eight Distilling, paintings, pet costume contest, Philippines, pottery, presidential vote, public housing, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin decorating, Pumpkin Palooza, Pumpkin Patch, pumpkin pie eating contest, Ragnar Kjartansson, Raku, RAR Brewing, REI, Rocklands Barbeque, S.S. Shucking, SafeTrack, Salt N' Pepper Burgers, Scott Kurt & Memphis 59, sculpture, Small Axe, Steadfast Supply, Sweden Festival, Swedish Embassy, Taste of Tudor Place, Tattiana Aqeel, The Plums, The Wharf, the Yards, Three Notch’d Brewing Co., Tudor Place, Twelve Years That Shook and Shaped Washington, Union Brewing, union market, United Kingdom, urban renewal, vietnam, War & Treaty, wearable art, weaving, weekend guide, Wil Gravatt Band, Woman in E, Yellow Dubarmine, Yusef Kelliebrew, Zivaara
Fall Festivities on Tap in the DMV In spite of unseasonably hot temperatures this week, it is fall in the DMV. That means Halloween and fall festivals are on tap this weekend including Boo at the Zoo, Fall Harvest Days at Mount Vernon, the Hirshhorn Fall Fest, the Fall Festival
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Imax theaters will show all eight Harry Potter films including

Weekend Guide

14 Oct 2016
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Aki Matsuri Autumn Festival: Bonsai Band Beyond, Alicia Silverstone, AMC Hoffman Center 22, AMC Loews Georgetown 14, AMC Loews Rio Cinemas 18, AMC Magic Johnson Capital Center 12, AMC Tysons Corner 16, American Field, Arepa Zone, AWOL, Ball and Buck, BBQ Buss, Ben Rameaka, bethesda row, Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Big Cheese Truck, Bull Run Regional Park, Bulleit, Carolina Q, CCACC Gu Zheng Club, Center of the Universe, china, Chinese Menu Comedy Invitational, Christian Slater, Colonel Josh, Crepe Love, D.C. Arts Center, D.C. Empanadas, D.C. Slices, Dave Chappell, Denizens, Dock 5, Due South, El Salvador, Elikeh, Ethiopia, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Feelin' Crabby, Gala Hispanic Theatre, Garrett Clayton, General Knot, Goodies Frozen Custard and Treats, Goshin bonsai, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter Marathon, Hiroshima, Hispanic Heritage Month Family Day, IMAX, improv, india, injera, International Grill, James Franco, Jelly Roll Mortals, John Kocur, Julie Mack, Justin Trawick, Kensington Fall Festival, kimono fashion show, King Cobra, Lewis and Pine, Lilo Gonzalez, Loev, Lost Society, MacDowell Brew Kitchen, Metro, Miss Pixie’s, Molly Ringwald, Montgomery College, More Than God, Narragansett, National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, National Portrait Gallery, New Balance, Northern Virginia Fall BrewFest, People’s Boa, Peruvian Brothers, Pittsburgh Rick's, Polartec, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Reel Affirmations, Regal Majestic Cinema 20, Reog Ponorogo D.C. Yellow River Art Ensemble, Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, rice balls, Roti, Sehkraft, Sister cities, Sister Uke & Friends, Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Strike a Pose, Super Lucky Elephane, Surfside, Swizzler, taiko drumming, Tall Tales, Terry Withers, The Big Cheese, The Fairgrounds, The Great Ethiopian Cultural Band, The Salvadoran Band, Tipperary Titans, Tohru Suzuki, tortillas, Truckeroo, U.S. National Arboretum, union market, Upright Citizens Brigade, Urban Poutine, Washington Chu Shan Opera Society, weekend guide, World of Montgomery Festival, Wytold, Young Choe, Zabb Thai
Fall Festivals Fill This Weekend’s Calendar Fall is in the air, and it is time to start your holiday shopping. There are of plenty of shopping opportunities this weekend like the American Field Pop-Up Market at Union Market, the Bethesda Row Arts Festival and the Kensington Fall
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Diners enjoy their food on Pennsylvania Avenue at Taste of D.C. (Photo: Taste of D.C.)

Weekend Guide

07 Oct 2016
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14K, Abulele, Ace Cosgrove, AKA Nadia, All Things Go Fall Classic, Arecibo Observatory, asia nine, Atomic Falafel, baseball playoffs, Beefsteak, Black Flag, Brewer's Art, Brookville Beer Farm, Buredo, Capitol Hill Crab Cakes, Capitol Movement, Capitol Riverfront, Clayton Kershaw, Columbia, Columbus Day, Compass Coffee, d.c., DGS Delicatessen, Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, electronic music, Empire of hte Sun, Erika Wright, Fauda, Georgia Brown's, Ghostbusters, Great Hall, Harvard, Heavy Seas, Heritage family Day, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hops and Harvest Festival, Innovators in Air and Space, Jane Franklin Dance, Joey Chestnut, Landmark Music Festival, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mad Science, Manor Hill, Mastro's Steakhouse, Max Scherzer, Metro, Milk Cult, Mr. Gaga, National Air and Space Museum, National Building Museum, National League Division Series, Nationals Park, Occidental Grill, Pablo de Leon, Passion Pit, Pennsylvania Avenue, Pizzeria Vetri, Princess, Radio, Sand Storm, Sered D.C., Shake Shack, Shakespeare Theatre Co., SKWR, Smithsonian Craft2Wear, Sundance Film Festival, Sydney Harman Hall, Sylvan Esso, Tacorean, Tadich Grill, Taste of D.C. Ben's chili Bowl, Texas de Brazil, Texas Jacks and Barbecue, The Capital Grille, Timber Pizza, Two Vines, union market, Union Market Drive-In, VelocityDC Dance Festival, Washington Ballet, Washington Jewish Film Festival, Washington Nationals, weekend guide, World Chili Eating Championsip, Yards Park
Things to Fill Your Columbus Day Weekend Monday is Columbus Day, so some people may have a three-day weekend. If you aren’g going to Nationals Park to cheer on the Nationals as they take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in first two games of the National League Division Series, there
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One lucky reader will win two VIP Tastemaker tickets to this weekend's Taste of D.C. (Photo: Taste of D.C.)

Free Tickets

04 Oct 2016
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Win Tickets to This Weekend’s Taste of D.C. DC on Heels readers can win a pair of VIP Tastemaker tickets to this weekend’s Taste of D.C. One winner will receive two VIP Tastemaker tickets good for admission from 1-8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.8, OR from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on
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Weekend Guide

30 Sep 2016
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1789 Restaurant, 2 Birds 1 Stone, 4935 Bar and Kitchen, Adam's Morgan, Adrienne Gaither, Alexandria, Alexandria Live Music Week, American Tap Roo, Art on the Avenue, Atlas Brew Works, Baked & Wired, bangkok joes, Banned Book Week, beef stroganoff, Bethesda Curry Kitchen, bigus, Bikes and Brews, Black Masala, borscht, Capitol City Brewing, cash bar, Chaia, Chain and the Gang, Chef Tony’s Seafood, City Bikes, Clyde's, Columbia Room, Crafty Bastards, D.C. Beer Week, D.C. Brau, D.C. Public Library, David Bowie, Del Rey, District Doughnut, DJ Ayes Cold, DJ Smudge, DJ Trayz, DMV, Dog Tag Bakers, Duck Duck Goose, East Building, Elikeh, Enid A. Haupt Garden, fall, Feedel Band, Free flowing Musical Experience, George Lucas, Glen's Garden Market, Glow in the Garden, Goblin King, Gold Leaf Bakery, Gusto Italian Kitchen, Hahn/Cock, Hellbender Brewing, Hirshhorn, I-Thai, In the Tower: Barbara Kruger, jaleo, Jim Henson, K Street, Katharina Fritsch, King Street Blues, Labyrinth, Louisiana Kitchen & Bayou Bar, Matryoshka dolls, Mess Hall, Metro, Mid-Atlantic Oktoberfest, MoMo Chicken & Gril, Mount Vernon Avenue, Murphy's Irish Pub, Mussel Bar & Grille, National Gallery of Art, Olivia Macaron, ornaments, Passage to Indian, pelmeni, Penang, Petworth Citizen, photo booth, pie-baking contest, pirozhki, pumpkin painting, Ring auditorium, Russian Bazaar, Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, scarecrow making, Shangri-La, Shirlington, Simit & Smith, Smithsonian at 8, Smithsonian Castle, Smoke BBQ, Suma Restaurant + Bar, Symphonie - Monotone+Silence, Tandoori Nights, taste of bethesda, Taste of Georgetown, The Sovereign, This is Spinal Tap, trivia contest, Uncensored: The Cocktail Party, union market, Vicki Chow, Vino Volo, weekend guide, Woodmont Triangle, Yves Klein
Eat and Drink Your Way Around the DMV It’s going to be a great fall weekend to get out and eat (and drink) your way around the DMV. Start with drinks tonight at the D.C. Library’s Uncensored: The Cocktail Party and fill up on Saturday at Del Rey’s Art on the Avenue, Taste of
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Watch Opera in the Outfield free on Saturday night at Nationals Park. (Photo: Washington National Opera)

Weekend Guide

23 Sep 2016
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3 Stars Brewing, 3 Twisted Vegans, 45s, American Youth Chorus, Angelique Kidjo, Annette Gordon-Reed, Arena Statge, Art All Night, Babe Ruth, Barracks Row Fall Festival, Batala, Beer-B-cue, belga cafe, Berkely Breathed, Bob Woodward, BrewHaHa, Bugs Bunny, Busboys & Poets, butterfly release, Captain Cookie, Carl Hiaasen, chesty, Circus of the Night, Collabo, College Park Aviation Museum, Congress Heights, Constellation Theatre Co., D.C. Beer Week, D.C. Record Faie, D.C. Rollergirls, D.C. VegFest, Dachshunds, Diane Rehm, DJ Chris Styles, donkey parade, Duke Ellington School, Dumbarton House, dupont circle, End of Watch, Experience Unlimited, Fellowcraft Band, Folger Theatre, Freedom Sounds Festival, Gadsby's Tavern Museum, Gala Hispanic Theatre, glow-in-the-dark disco, H Street NE, HipCityVeg, Holly Robinson Peete, howard theatre, Hpfunk Fest, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, John Meacham, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, KBQ Real Barbeque, Ken Burns, King of Horror, Koshland Science Museum, Kreeger Museum, Library of Congress, Living Colour, Lloyd Dobler Effect, Lois Lowry, LPs, Marine Barracks Washington, Marine Corps Brass Quintet, Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, Marriage of Figero, Matchbox, Meshell Ndegocello, Metro, Ms. Brown, Museum Day Live!, National Book Festival, National Building Museum, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Nationals, Nationals Park, NatMobile, Newseum, Newt Gingrich, North Capitol, Oktoberfest, Old Ebbitt Grill, Olney Theatre Co., Opera in the Outfield, Pennsylvania Avenue, petting zoo, Phillips Collection, President Obama, Public Enemy, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Riverside House Museum, Rocksalt, Roots, Roots Market, Salaman Rushdie, Sarah Vowell, Savoy Elementary School, Screech, Sense and Sensibility, Shakespeare Theatre Co., Shaw, Shiva Rea, Shonda Rhimes, Shouuk, Signature Theatre, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen King, Studio Theatre, Swizzler, Sylvan Theater, Synetc Theater, Tenleytown, The Little Foxes, Theatre Week, Tofurky, Treeline Cheese, Turkish Festival, Urinetown, Van Ness, vegan, Vegan Treats, vinyl, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington Humane Society, Washington Monument, washington national opera, weekend guide, What's Up Doc?, Wiener 500, Woolly Mamoth Theatre Co., Yards Park, Yoga on the Mall
Busy Weekend on Tap in the DMV This could be one of the biggest and busiest weekends this year in the DMV. Visitors will be flocking to the area for the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Saturday’s National Book Festival; Art All Night,
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