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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

Barbecue will fill Pennsylvania Avenue during the National Capital Barbecue Battle this weekend. (Photo: National Capital Barbecue Battle)

Weekend Guide

24 Jun 2016
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178 Product, AFI Docs, AFI Silver, Alexandria Cupcake, Alexandria Food & Wine Festival, All in the Family, Allan Scott Band, ALS, Arepa Zone, Babe Ruth, Bikini Bottom, Capital Fringe Music Festival, Captain Cookie & the Milk Man, Carluccio’s, CarolinaQ, Columbia Heights, Congressional Country Club, D.C. Slices, D.C. Taco Truck, DJ Ben Chang, DMV, E Street Cinema, Family Day, Federal City Brothers, Fiona’s, Gleason, Greensky Bluegrass, Hank Aaron, Howard Gospel Choir, Justin Trawick and the Common Grounds, La Grange, logan circle, Maude, Metro, Mum Mum Thai, National Capital Barbecue Battle, National Portrait Gallery, National Postal Museum, Newseum, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, Old City Farm and Guild, old town, One Life: Babe Ruth, Oronoco Bay Park, Pennsylvania Avenue, Potoma Point, PupusaFest, Quicken Loans National, Railstop Gastropub, Roger Maris, Shark Week, Shinola Block Party, Shrine of the Sacred Heart, SpongeBob SquarePants, Steve Gleason, summer, Taste on Wheels, The Jefferson, the Yards, Tiger Woods, Urban Bumpkin BBQ, Vine on the Waterfront, weekend guide, Whitman-Walker Health, Zongo Junction
Summer Brings Plenty to Do in the DMV Summer has finally arrived in the DMV, and it looks like it brought friends: great music, cold beer, golf, movies and plenty of food. And the weekend’s weather looks perfect. So here are this weekend’s best bets. Metro is in the middle
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Sunset Cinema will bring movies to Georgetown's Watefront Park on Tuesdays in July and August. (Photo: Sunset Cinema)

Outdoor Movie Guide

19 Jun 2016
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A League of Their Own, Adam's Morgan, Aladddin, Aladdin, Alexandria, Alexandria Outdoor Film Festival, Alice in Wonderland, All that Jazz, Anacostia, Apollow 13, Arlandria, Arlington Mill, Babe the Gallant Pig, Back to the Future, Ben Brenman Park, Bethesda, Bethesda Outdoor Movies, blanket, Bottle Shock, Bridesmaids, brooklyn, Brother Where Art Thou?, Canal Park, Capitol Riverfront, Carnegie Library, Casablanca, Casino Royale, Chocolat, Cinema Del Rey, City Hall, Clarendon, Clear and Present Danger, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, Comcast, Comcast Outdoor Film Festival Benefiting NIH Charities, Coming to America, Cool Runnings, Creed, Crystal City, Crystal Screen, D.C. Armory, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Del Rey, Dirty Dancing, Drive-In, Dupont Brass Band, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Events D.C., Fantastic Four, Fast Five, Field of Dreams, Films in the Field, Films on the Stone, Finding Nemo, Fly By Light, Four Mile Run Plaza, Four Mile Summer Movie Series, Gateway D.C., Gateway Park, georgetown, Golden Cinema, Golden Triangle, Grease, Hail to the Chief, Happy Gilmore, Harrison Field, HBO, He Named me Malala, Hitch, Home, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Hot Pursuit, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Indiana Joes and the Last Crusade, Inside Out, Into the Wild, John Carlyle Park, Joy, Jumanji, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Kalorama, Karate Kid, Kung Fu Panda 3, Legally Blonde 2: Red, Life of Pi, Lion King, Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story, Maleficient, Mancurian Candidate, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Marie Reed Elementary School, Market Common, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Matthew Muray Elementary School, Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, Mean Girls, Meet the Parents, Men in Black, Minions, Mitchell Park, Mosaic District, Moulin Rouge, Mount Vernon Recreation Center, Movies on th ePotomac, Movies Under the Stars, Mr. Roberts, Mrs. Doubtfire, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, National Harbor, National Mall, Nationals Park, Natural Treasure: Book of Secrets, NoMa, North Bethesda, Ocean's 11, Ocean's 12, old town, outdoor movie, outdoor movie guide, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Penrose Square, picnic, Pitch Perfect 2, PIxar, Planet of the Apes, Pretty in Pink, race, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ratatouille, Remember the Titans, Restore Alexandria, rockville, Roman Holiday, Rosemont, Rosslyn, Rosslyn Cinema Outdoor Movie Festival, Rudy, screen on the green, Sideways, Skyfall, Spotlight, Star Wars: The Force Awakes, Storey Park, Strathmore, Strawberry Park, Summer Cinema, Sunset Cinema, Surf's Up, That Sugar Film, The Book Thief, the butler, The Devil Wears Prada, The Fault in Our Stars, The Good Dinosaur, the Goonies, the hunger games: catching fire, The Longest Yard, The Martian, the Notebook, The Peanuts Movie, The Princess and the Frog, The Princess Bride, The Rosemont Reel, The Sandlot, The Smurfs, The War Room, The Wiazrd of Oz, Thelma and Louise, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tomp gun, Toy Story, U Street, U Street Movie Series, union market, Up, Washington City Paper, water, Waterfront Park, Whiplash, White & Blonde, Willy Wonka, Zoolander, Zootopia
Watch Films Under the Stars This Summer After 17 years, HBO and Comcast pulled the plug on Screen on the Green on the National Mall, but there are still plenty of places around the area that are hosting free film screenings under the stars. Nearly every night of the week you can
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D.C. Jazz Fest at the Yards comes to Yards Park Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free Friday night. (Photo: Fritz Photo Graphics)

Weekend Guide

17 Jun 2016
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11th Street, 1432 R, adventure, Akua Allrich, All About Eve, American Tap Room, Ane Baxter, Arepa Zone, BBQ Bus, Beautiful Swimmers, Bette Davis, Big Bowl, Bilal, Buffalo Wing Factory, Bull Run Regional Park, Captain Cookie, Captain Crab, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Chris Burns, Chris Nitti, Christopher Martin, Chuck Brown Band, Cinematery, Cissa Paz, Columbia Heights Day Festival, Congressional Cemetery, Crepe Love, D.C. Jazz Fest at the Yards, D.C. Jazz Festival, DCJazzPrix, Delsur Baked Goods, DJ G-Nice, DMV, Due South, E.J.Strickland, Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Septet, Edwin yearwood, Elektra, Escutcheon, father's day, Feelin' Crabby, Fred Foss, Freddie McGregor, Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival, GreenFare Café, Gregorio’s Trattoria, Half Street Fairgrounds, Hamilton, Harriet Tubman Elementary School, I & I Riddim Reggae Band, Igmar Thomas, Ikaya, Image Band, Jackie McLean, Jamaican folkd reggae, Juan Zapata, Kasasi Washington, Ken Fisher, Lato, Lisa Frank, Lisa Moody, Lloyd Braun Band, Lloyd Dobler Effect, M&S Grill, Marceo Parker, McCormick and Schmick’s, Metro, Michael Campbell, Miso Honey, Mon Ami Gabi, Nationals Park, Neyla Mediterranean Bistro, Nomadds, Nomini Bay Oyster Ranch, Norther Virginia Summer Brewfest, Not Your Average Joe's, Obi Sushi, Paradise Catering, Pennsylvania Avenue, Petworth Park Summer Jam, Petworth Recreation Center, Pitango Gelato, Pittsburgh Rick's, Potomac Avenue, Ravi Coltrane, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Reston Chamber of Commerce, Reston Town Center, Revive Big Band, Rew Smith, Robecks, SafeTrack, Sam Burns, Sharel Cassity, Smartmouth, Sol Power All-Stars, Sol Power Band, Spencer Devon, Stadium-Armory, Surfside, Taib Kweli, Taste of Reston, Tavern 64 Regional Kitchen, That Cheesecake Truck, The Big Cheese, The Melting Pot, The Tribe, Transient Beings, Trev-ski, Truckeroo, Udon Food, Ultra Nate, Urban Poutine, Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro, weekend guide, WMATA, Yards Park
Treat Dad to Some Fun This Weekend It looks like it is going to be a great weekend for Father’s Day in the DMV. If you can keep Dad off the golf course, there is plenty to do around the DMV including community festivals, jazz on the Capitol Riverfront, movies in a cemetery and
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Plan ahead to make the most of your weekend. (Photo: Alan Schreitmueller)

Mini Vacation

15 Jun 2016
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beach, boat, campgrounds, camping, canoe, chores, comedies, details, dinner, DMV, fire, flick, free time, hammock, home improvement, independent film, kick back, lakes, lounge, meals, mini vacation, Monday, movies, national forests, ocean, outdoors, outdoorsman, plan, R&R, restaurant, rivers, Saturday, scheduling, show, state parks, Sunday, sunscreen, superheroes, tent, theaters, time off, Tuesday, water, watercraft, waterfront, weekends, yacht
Fun Ways to Kick Back on the Weekends Most working folks know how precious the weekends are for having fun and relaxing. It may be the same length of time, but Saturday and Sunday seem to go by a lot faster than Monday and Tuesday. Many of us have high hopes for getting the most
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Celebrate Fairfax comes to the Fairfax Government Center this weekend. (Photo; Craig Bisacre)

Weekend Guide

10 Jun 2016
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7 Locks, A Night at the World's Fair, Alex Newell, Amarjeet Sohi, American Horror Story, Anita Bonds, Arts and Industries Building, B-52s, Braden Holtby, Capital Pride Festival, Capital Pride Parade, Celebrate Fairfax, Charlie Puth, D.C. Alley Museum, D.C. Jazz Festival, D.C. Shorts, David Grosso, Discover Strathmore, DJ Trayze, DuClaw, dupont circle, Elevation Burger, Ellen Cherry, Etienne Charles, Fairfax County Government Center, Flying Dog, Founding Farmers, George V. Johnson Jr., Greater U Street Collective, Hamilton, Heavy Seas, Hokum Jazz Trio, jack evans, Jailbreak, Jazz in the 'Hoods, Jazz in the Garden, Kenyan McDuffie, Leslie Jordan, Living Colour, logan circle, Lovely Rita, Meghan Trainor, Melanie Martinez, Metro, Milkhouse, Murial Bowser, National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, Oliver Brewing Co., park Potomac, Pennsylvania Avenue, Phil Mendelson, Plain White T's, Red Rockers, SafeTrack, Salpshot, Silver Spring International Middle School, Smithsonian at 8, Spring Festival & Beer Garden, SuGo, Takoma Park JazzFest, Takoma Park Middle School, Turning the Page: Children's Book Illustrations, U.S. Capitol, Vincent Orange, Washington Capitals, Washington Mystics, Washington Nationals, Washington Wizards, weekend guide, Will and Grace, Wizard Girls, Zoes Kitchen
The DMV Shows Its Pride This Weekend It is Capitol Pride weekend in the DMV, and there are no end to related activities. As many as 350,000 people from the DMV and the Mid-Atlantic Region are expect to participate in Saturday’s Capital Pride Parade and Sunday’s Capital Pride
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A craft beer representative pours at beer at last year's Savor. (Photo: Brewers Association)

Weekend Guide

03 Jun 2016
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7 Locks Brewing, Adam West, All-New All-Different Avengers, Amaretto, Anderson House, astronaut, Awesome Con, badminton, Bao Banh Boys, BeClaws, beer pong, Beethoven 2, Bill Nye, Blue Point Brewing Co, Brewer's Art, Brewers Association, Brothers Yares, Burt Ward, cheerleader, Christ Gail, corn hole, cosplay, croquet, Cultural Arts Center, D.C. Ballers, D.C. Jewish Community Center, Denizens, Dr. Who, Dub City Renegades, Dumbarton House, Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, eat pray love, emen Blues, English Country Dancers, Eugene Mirman, Feria de Sevilla, Filipo’s Italian Specialties, flamenco, Foozie, Gateway Park, Go Cozy, Gordon Biersch, Gotham, Green Plate Catering, Hada Noibert Trio, Hardy's Barbecue, Hellbender, Heurich House, Hollywood East Café, Hung Phat, IHOP, India Jones Raiders of the Lost Art, International Space Station, Isabell Anderson, Jailbreak, Jenga, Jeremy Ford, Kevin Smith, La Strada, Ledo Pizza, Library of Congress, Los Cobanos, Lumpia Pansit Atbp, Luner Reconnaissance Orbiter, macaroons, Main Street Takoma, Mark Waid, Metro, Moby Dick Sushi, Montgomery College, National Air and Space Museum, National Building Museum, National Museum of American Jewish Military History, Peter Capaldi, Peter David, Phillips Collection, Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory, Pollo Campero, Port City, Ravid Kahalani, Republic, Robin Lord Taylor, Ron Simmons, Rosslyn Business Improvement District, Rosslyn Cinema, Ruan Thai, SafeTrack, Sarku Japan, Savor, Say Cheese, Shirt/Pants, Smithsonian, Space Day, spain, Squire’s Rock Creek Chophouse, Starbucks, Start Wars, StarTalk Live, Stead Park, Strathmore, Swings, Takoma Park, Takoma Trukgarten, tapas, Taste of Wheaton, Terry Virts, The Big Cheese, the Limerick Pub, The Sea Life, There is Nothing to Do on Mars, Timothy Zahn, Tio Caliente, Toasted Tour, Top Chef, Tropicalia, U.S. Royalty, Urban Funk, Vacationer, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington Jewish Music Festival, weekend guide, Wilson House, WJMF in the Park, Yards Park, Yummy in My tummy
10 Things to Do in the DMV This Weekend Summer is here, with hot temperatures. Pools are open, the air conditioners are running, and outdoor movies are back. Awesome Con, D.C.’s comic book, superhero and sci-fi festival is back too. And what’s summer without music, food and beer?
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