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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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Teams of 25 will compete to see which can pull an 82-ton airplane 12 feet the fasted at the Dulles Day Plane Pull. (Photo: Dulles Day Plane Pull)

Weekend Guide

16 Sep 2016
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13th Street Meats, 3 Stars Brewing, Abraxas, aircraft, Alabama Shakes, Alaskan, Alexandria, Anne McClain, AnthemAda’s Kitchen on Wheels, Arepa Zone, Aslin, Atlas Brew Works, Barboursville, Barley & Music Fest. Blue Mountain, Barstow., BBQ Bus, Big Cheese, Black Tooth Brewery, Blue Mountain, Bluejacket, Bold Rock Hard Cider, brothers, Brother’s Craft, Bull Run Regional Park, Burley Oak, burrito eating contest, Capital Chicken & Waffles, Captain Cookie & the Milkman, Carluccio’s, centerville, Chaos Mountain, Cheateau Morrisette, Chesapeake Sherriffs Office, chili cookoff, Christian Heurich, Cinematery, Clarendon Day, classic-car show, Clips Beer & Film Tour, Colorado State Society, Congressional Cemetery, Crab Cab, Crepe Love, Crystal City, d.c., D.C. Brau, D.C. Braus, D.C. Empanadas, D.C. Slices, Das Pretzel Haus, Dave Matthews, Deschutes, Devils Backbone, District Chophouse & Brewery, Dolcezza, Dulles Access Road, Dulles Day Plane Pull, Dulles International Airport, DuPont, Eastern Market, Fairfax Alliance for Better Biking, Farm Aid, Feelin’ Crabby Food Truck, Fen Tao, Fordham & Dominion, Forge Brew Works, Go West Beer Fest, Goodie's Frozen Custard, Gordon Biersch, Greg Engert, H Street, H Street Festival, Half Street Fairgrounds, Happy Hour Boys, Hardywood, Hellbender Brewing, Heritage family Day, Heurich House Museum, Howard Alan Events, Ice CReam Bowl, Insects vs. Robots, Jamey Johnson, Jefferson, Jester King, Jiffy Lube Live, John Carlyle Square Park, John Mellencamp, Justin Trawick and the Common Good Band, karaoke, kids truck pull, Killer Tomato Pizza, King Street Art Festival, Kogod Courtyard, Lato, Legend, Lego, Lego Family Day, lemongrass, Lips of Faith, Mad Fox, Mary Cleave, Melvin Brewery, Mess Hall, Metro, Molly Venter Goodnight Moonshine, Montana State Society, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, National Park, Neighborhood Restaurant Group, Neil Young, Nevada State Society, New Belgiam Brewing, New District, No. 1 Sons, Oktoberfest, old town, Oregon State Society, O’Connor, O’Neill-James Irish Dance, Perennial, pie eating contest, Pittsburgh Rick's, Pork Barrel BBQ, Port City, Pro Shuckers, Promise of the Real, Pups and Pilsners, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Reston, Reston Town Center, Right Proper Brewing, Rockbridge, Rocklands Barbeque & Grilling, Ruth Law, Sally Ride, Sehkraft Brewing, Sherry’s Crabcakes, Sloppy Mama’s Barbeque, Smartmouth, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Snallygaster, South Street, Special Olympics Virginia, Speedy Ortiz, Spirit Animal, Starr Hill., Starryville, Sturgill Simpson, superhero costume contest, Surfside, Sweetwater, Tasty Kabob, The Big Cheese, The Devolvers, the Orange Cow, the Public Option, Troeg’s. Union Duckpin, Trukeroo, U.s. Patent Office, UDoVooDoo, Uno Pizzeria, Virginia Oyster Pavilion, Virginia Wine Festival, Washington State Society, weekend guide, Westray’s Finest Ice Cream, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Willie Nelson, Woman in Aviation and Space, Wyoming State Society, Yards Park, Zabb Thai
It’s a Weekend to Drink, Drink, Drink It’s a weekend to bend your elbow and drink beer and wine with festivals in Reston, Centerville, Old Town, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Yards Park, H Street and Dupont. Also, Farm Aid returns to Jiffy Lube Live and there are several
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Weekend Guide

09 Sep 2016
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202 Arts & Music Festival, 3-year anniversary party, 5 on Friday, Ada's Kitchen on Wheels, Adams Morgan Day, Akua Allrich, Atlas Brew Works, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Barley Mac, Batala Washington, Bill's Backyard BBQ, Bistro 360, Black aley, Black Masala, Bmore Greek Grill, Boy George, Canal Park, Captain Cookie & the Milkman, Culture Club, D.C. Shorts Film Festival, D.C. Slices, D.C. Tapas, Dan Deacon, Dirty South Deli, DJ D-Mac, DJ Quicksilva, drag, Drive TFC, Durham Station, E Street Cinema, Ecotone, Fall Family Festival, Fall Festival, Freaks & Greeks, French Horn Rebellion, Gateway Arts District, Gateway Park, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Glen David Andrews Band, Go Crazy, Go Fish, Grupo Fantasma, Healthy Fool, Heavy Seas Alehouse, Hyattsville Arts and Ales Festival, jazz, Jerkface Jerky, Kalorma Park Unity Park, Karen Lovejoy Group, Kokayi, Kona Grill, la Mano Coffee Bar, Mad Science, Metro, National Geographic Museum, North Bethesda Market, Old Town Food Co., Pancho Villa, Petworth Fashion Fest, Piola, Pressed Panini, Rated, Republic, Rocklands BB, roots rock, Rosslyn Jazz Fest, Scott Kurt & Memphis 59, Scott Slay and the Rail, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, Smudge, spaghetti, Strathmore, Sugar Bear and Experience Unlimited, SunTrust Plaza, Sunwolf, Sweet Earl Greene, Takoma Folk, Takoma Park Community Center, Takoma Park Folk Festival, Takoma Park gazebo, Team Familiar, The Big Cheese, The Scotch Bonnets, Tomato Fest, Tomato Toss Up, Two Inch Astronaut, U.S. Navy Memorial Burke Theater, Upshur Street, Vieuux Farka Touré, VIT Brunch, weekend guide, Wild Anacostias, zydeco
It’s a Fall Festival Weekend in the DMV It is a fall festival weekend in the DMV with several around the region including the D.C. Shorts film festival, the 202 Arts & Music Festival, the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum’s Fall Family Festival, the Rosslyn Jazz Fest, the North
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The Maryland Terrapins take on the Howard Bison at noon Saturday at Maryland Stadium. (Photo: University of Maryland)

Weekend Guide

03 Sep 2016
Mark Heckathorn
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Academy Award, Alan Paul, Amy McAdams, annapolis, Ariana Ross, Ayana Gregory Band, Backbeat Underground. Black Masala, Bard, Boston Globe, Bumper Jacksons, Capital One Field, Caribbean, Carifesta, Catholic Church, Celebration of Textiles, child molestation, college football, College Park, Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, Coyaba Dance Theater, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, embroidery, Eric Byrd Trio., fabric painting, Fordham, Fred Hughes Jazz Trio, Freddie Dunn, Free For All, George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, Great American Songbook, Great Hall, Herndon Labor Day Festival, Herndon Town Green, Hirshhorn Museum, Howard Bison, Hurricane Hermine, ice chutes, Icebergs, James Corner Field Operations, Jazz in the Garden, knitting, labor day, Labor Day Capitol Concert, Labor Day Weekend Music Festival, lace making, Lansburgh Theatre, Le Bonheur, Lincoln Theatre, Margot MacDonald, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions, Maryland Stadium, Maryland Terrapins, Michael Keaton, movie, National Building Museum, National Gallery of Art, National Symphony Orchestra, National Zoo, Navy Midshipmen, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, open rehearsal, Pan American Symphony Orchestra, paper weaving, Penrose Square, quilting, Robert Irwin: All the Rules Will Change, Romeo + Juliet, Ronald Reagan Building, Run Come See, Sculpture Garden, Shakespeare Theatre Co., Smithsonian, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Sol Roots, Sories of Migration: Contemporary Artists Interpret Diapora, spnning, Spotlight, Steven Reineke, Storm Large, summer, Textile Museum, The JoGo Project, The Sweater Set and Sara Curtin Five, U.S. Capitol, Wanted Man, Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea, weaving, weekend guide, West Lawn, Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Enjoy These Labor Day Weekend Activities It may be the unofficial end of summer with Labor Day upon us, but there is still a lot going on in the DMV this long holiday weekend. As the last of area schools get ready to reopen on Tuesday, exhibits are getting ready to close at the
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The Maryland Renaissance Festival kicks off Saturday near Annapolis. (Photo: Donna Headlee)

Weekend Guide

27 Aug 2016
Mark Heckathorn
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17th Street Festival, acrobats, annapolis, Anne Boleyn, areialists, arena stage, Batala Washington, bounce house, Capital Dragon Boat Regatta, Carl Van Vechten, carnival games, Carousel, Catherine of Aragon, D Fusion, D.C. Rawhides, D.C. State Fair, DMV, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethan McSweeny, face painting, fix-a-flat bike tire reace, Free For All, Harlem Heroes, hoola-hooping, James Baldwin, King Henry VIII, knights, Lookingglass Theatre, Maryland Renaissance Festival, Metro, Moby Dick, National Museum of African American History, NoMa Junction, petting zoo, Rogers and Hammerstein, Season Kickoff Carnival, Shakespeare Theatre Co., Sidney Harman Hall, sloppy Joe eating, Smithsonian American Art Museum, So You Think You Can Dance off, Southwest waterfront, Storey Park, The Captivators, The Tempest, The Wharf, turkey legs, Village of Revel Grove, W.E. B. Du Bois, Washington Channel, weekend guide
7 Things to Do in the DMV This Weekend We’re looking at another hazy, hot and humid weekend in the DMV with temperatures in the low-90s. There’s plenty to do indoors and out, if you like the heat, this weekend. Red Line trains will single track between Forest Glen and Glenmont
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Bao eats her frozen fruit cake last year. (Photo: Jim and Pam Jenkins)

Weekend Guide

19 Aug 2016
Mark Heckathorn
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African Diaspora International Film Festival, Alexandria Restaurant Partners, Alexandria Restaurant Week, Ashlar Restaurant & Bar, BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, Bao Bao, Bei Bei, Bombay Curry Co., BQ Bus, CapMac, Captain Cookie, Chinese Embassy, Chuck Brown Day, Chuck Brown Memorial Park, Comcast Outdoor Film Festival, Crepe Love, D.C. Empanadas, D.C. Slides, Dan Dan noodles, Del Rey, Destined, Due South, Eric Lewis, Ethan McSweeny, Fairgrounds, fall, FedEx Field, Feelin' Crabby, Free For All, George Washington University, Giant Panda Birthday Party, Godfather of Go-Go, Gotta Catch Them Ass, Grand Atlas Tours, Jurassic World, Kimpton, Kirk Cousins, lafayete Square, Lafayette Square, Majestic, Marvin Center, Metro, Minions, Morrison House, National Institutes of Health, National Mall, National Zoo, Nationals Park, New York Jets, old town, Patrick Page, Pittsburgh Rick's, Plunky and Oneness, Pokemon Go, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Secret Society, Shakespeare Theatre Co., Sidney Harman Hall, South Meets East, Strathmore, summer, Surfside, The Big Cheese, The Chuck Brown Band, The Tempest, The Wizard of Oz, Tian Tian, Truckeroo, Washington Redskins, weekend guide, white house
Nine Things to Do This Weekend in the DMV The weather may still be shouting summer, but this weekend’s events are hinting at fall’s arrival with the Redskins’ first preseason home game on Friday. The Shakespeare Theatre Co.’s annual Free for All is also back with The Tempest, and
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Star Wars characters in costume stand with the Washington Nationals after the national anthem on Star Wars day last year. (Photo: Alex Brandon/AP)

Weekend Guide

12 Aug 2016
Mark Heckathorn
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14th Street Burger Battle Royale, 3 Stars, Adroit Theory, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Alexandria Sidewalk Sale, All that Jazz, AMF, Arlington, Art of Afghanistan, Atlanta Braves, Ben Brenman Park, Blue Mountain Brewery, Bowlmor, Bowlmor AMF, Brusnswick, Cafe Saint Ex, Center of the Universe Brewing Co.. D.C. Brau, City of Alexandria, Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, Death Star, Del Rey, Fair Winds Brewery, Feeding America, fireworks, Force, Fred Hughes Trio, Garden District, Imperial Stormtroopers, Jazz in the Garden, Jedi, lightsabers, Lion King, Lorton, Matchbox, Metro, Moonshine Society, movie night, Movies on the Potomac, Movies Under the Stars, Mustang Sally Brewing Co., National Bowling Day, National Gallery of Art, National Harbor, Nationals Park, Old Ox Brewery, old town, open house, Paul Carr, Pavilion Cafe, Peeps, Penrose Square, Port City Brewers, Racing Presidents, Return of the Jedi, Sackler Gallery, Sculpture Garden, Sin Miedo, star wars, Star Wars Day, Star Wars Marathon, Star Wars Trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back, The Karate Kid, Turquoise Mountain: Artists Transforming Afghanistan, Warner Theatre, Washington Nationals, weekend guide, Workhouse Arts Center, Workhouse Arts Center Brewfest, X-Wing Fighters
11 Things to Do in the DMV This Weekend This forecast is calling for hot, humid and oppressive weather this weekend. A good weekend to do something inside. Metro is closing four stations this weekend – Shady Grove, Rockville, Twinbrook and White Flint. Red Line trains will run
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