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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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Rolling Thunder brings thousands of motorcycles to the DMV over Memorial Day weekend. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Weekend Guide

27 May 2016
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1812 overture, 19th Street Band, 2016 Summer Blast Off, A Prairie Home Companion, America Now, American Idol, Arlington Cemetery, Arlington memorial Bridge, Bay Bridge, beach, Beach Boys, Betty Cantrell, Buzz Aldrin, Catholic University, Chaise lounge, Chris Thile, Constitution Avenue, Deanna Bogart, Delaplane Strawberry Festival, DJ Adrian Loving, DMV, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Enter the Haggis, fireworks, Garrison Keillor, Gary Sinise, George V. Johnson Jr., Independence Avenue, Jazz in the Garden, Joe Mantegna, John Michael Montgomery, Katharine McPhee, Lake Wobegone, Leyla McCalla Trio, Manual Cinema, Martin Puryear, Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions, memorial day, Memorial Day weekend, Metro, Miss America, motorcycles, National Gallery of Art, National Mall, National Memorial Day Concert, National Memorial Day Parade, National Museum of American History, National Portrait Gallery, National Symphony Orchestra, National Zoo, Nickel Creek, Pavilion Cafe, Peace Corps, pentagon, Phil Vassar, plastic pollution, Punch Brothers, Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Robert Irvine, Rolling Thunder, Sculpture Garden, sculptures, Sept. 11, Sierra Leone, Skymeadows State Park, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Musuem, summer, The President's Own, Tony Orlando, Trace Adkins, trash, Trent Harmon, U.S. Capitol, United States Marine Band, Vessel, Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea, weekend guide, West Lawn, West Potomac Park, wolf trap, World War II
Things to Do Over Memorial Day Weekend It is Memorial Day weekend – the unofficial start to summer. While it is a three-day weekend for many people, it also means trips to the beach, long lines to cross the Bay Bridge, the annual concert on the West Lawn of the Capitol, weekly
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The 141st Preakness Stakes comes to the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday. (Photo: Getty Images)

Weekend Guide

20 May 2016
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13 Hours: TheSecret Soldiers of Benghazi, 14th Street Bridge, 3 Stars Brewing, 7 Locks, Ahmir Thompson, Al Pacino, All Time Low, America, Anand Varma, Angelika Film Center, Arlington, Bard in the Park, Beyond Glory, black-eyed Susans, Bugs Bats and Brews on the National Mall, Canal Park, Carnie Blood, Chainsmokers, Chris Duffy, Citradelic Tangerine, Constitution Gardens, craft beer garden, D.C. Bike Ride, D.C. Community of Yoga, Danielle N. Lee, DC Ecotone, Delarcos, dollhouse, DuClaw, Elevation Burger, Embassy of Canada, Emerald Isle, EsmePatterson, Fetty Wap, Folger Theatre, Founding Farmers, French Horn Rebellion, G.I. Film Festival, Gary Sinise, georgetown, Heavy Seas, howard theatre, InfieldFest, Ireland 100, Jailbreak, kennedy center, Kentucky Derby, Logan McGear, Los Amigos Invisibles, Lt. Dan Band, lying Dog, Merchant of Venice, Metro, Metro D.C. Yoga Week, Milkhouse, Mosaic District, National Building Museum, National Geographic, National Mall, National Park Service, naval heritage center, New Belgium Brewing, Nyquist, Oliver Brewing Co., park Potomac, Pimlico Race Course, Potomac, Potomac River, Preakness Stakes, Questlove, Redhead Day, Rockville Fire Department, Romeo and Juliet, Roots, SafeTrack, Small Stories, Smoke and Barrel, Spring Festival, Stolen silver, SuGo, Summer BBQ Series, Sushmita Mazumdar, Sylvan Theatre, Top Gun, Tour de Fat, Trap Queen, Triple Crown, Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood, Washington Monument, weekend guide, West Side Story, White Ford Bronco, X-Men: Apocalypse, Yards Park, Yoga on the Mall, Your'e the Expert, Zoes Kitchen
Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come Back After May Friday looks nice, but Saturday and Sunday both have chances of shower and thunderstorms. If there are breaks in the rain, there’s plenty of outdoor activities this weekend in the DMV. If not, there are a few indoor activities too. This is
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Dancers on stilts perform at the Italian Embassy during the EU embassies open house day in 2014. (Photo: Yuri Gripas)

Weekend Guide

13 May 2016
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Aaron Gage, Abyssinia Restaurant, Allman Brothers, Alta Strada, apple strudel, Art Soiree, Arts in Foggy Bottom, bagpipe, Ballston, Barcelona Restaurant & Wine Bar, Barley Mac, Bataclan, Beggars Tomb, Bethesda Curry Kitchen, Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda Urban Partnership, Better Off Dead, Bibim, Big Cheese, Biseri Folklore Dance Group, Blondie, Brasserie Beck, Buredo, Café Deluxe, Cathedral Commons, ceramics, chocolate, Circa, cookies, Crepe Love, D.C. Acoustic Band, D.C. Central Kitchen, Danielle O'teen, DC Brau, Dean Dupuis, Del Campo, Deschutes Brewery, Dock 5, Dracula, drawing, DuClaw, Dylan Fultiner, Eagles of Death Metal, Eames Armstrong, embassies, Embassy of Belgium, Embassy of Spain, Eric Scott, European Union, Fire Station Restaurant, Forty Dollar Fine, fries, Fuego, furniture, Gaijin Ramen Shop, Ghar-E-Kabob, giant, glitter tattoos, Golden House, Grateful Dead, Greek Festival, Guinness Book, gyros, Haagen-Dazs, Halsey, Huntly, Iberico ham, Italian Kitchen, Jailbreak, jewelry, Joi Carter, Justin Jones, Kefa Cafe, Kelly Bell Band, Kiss & Ride, Kyle Bailey, Lamb Jam, Lesaac Ethiopian Cafe, Liberty Tavern, Little Sesame, Lost Growlers, Lost in Paris, Lotus Cafe, Luke’s Lobster, Mamma Lucia, Mandarin Restaurant, Marcelle Afram, Mary-eL, Merriweather Post Pavillion, Metro, Michael Zentner, Miguelito Flamenco Band & Dancers, mititei, mixed media, moon bounce, music, Nonna's Kitchen, Nothside Social, outdoor sculpture, paella, painting, pasticcio, Pepe, Pepita Cantina, petting zoo, photography, Prince, Raku, Rappahannock, Romanian Food Festival, sarmale, SER, SerbFest D.C., Serbian cuisine, Shamir, Shortcut to Europe, Silver Spring, Sith Engine, Slovenian embassy, Smoke BBQ, spit-roasted lamb diners, spit-roasted pig, Spring Festival, St. Andrew Romanian Orthodox Church, St. Luke Serbian Orthodox Church, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Stealing LIberty, Stehen the Great, stuffed cabbage rolls, sweetgreen, Sweetlife Festival, Sweetnova, Tara Hendricks, Taste of Arlington, Taste the World in Fenton Village, Texas Jacks Barbecue, The 1975, The Arsenal at Blue Jacket, The Band, The Greek Place, The Next Step, The Oxymorons, The Tony Grass Band, tiropita, Too Much for Todd, Tuff and Terrain, union market, Victor Ibisu, Villain & Saint, Vince Staples, Vlad the Impaler, waffles, walnut roll cake, Watergate Gallery, Watkins Glen Summer Jame, weekend guide, West Tucker & the Skillets, White Ford Bronco, Will Artley, wine, Yamas Grill, Yona, Zlatne Uste
Eat Your Way Through This Weekend This is a weekend to eat: St. Sophia’s Greek Festival, St. Luke’s SerbFest D.C., St. Andrew’s Romanian Food Festival, Taste of Arlington, Lamb Jam and Taste the World in Fenton Village all promise to add inches to our waists. There’s also a big
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Weekend Guide

06 May 2016
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1.8, Adams Morgan Partnership BiD, Adams Morgan Summer Concert Series, Ambar, Amsterdam Lounge, Andre Royo, Anonymous Donor, Around the World Embassy Tour, Atlas Brew Works, baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, Banana Cafe, Barracks Row, Bayou Bakery, BB&T Bank, belga cafe, Big Cheese, Boat Burning, Buredo, Capital Teas, Captain America: Civil War, Captain Cookie, Carmina 35, carousel rides, Chakai Bookers, Chat's Liquors, Congressional Cemetery, cooking, Cowspiracy - The Sustainability Secret, Crmina Burana, Dangerously Delicious Pies, Dave Ihmels, Day of the Dog, DCanter, Dirty South Deli, District Doughnut, Doug the Food Dude, Flower Mart, Folding the Chesapeake, Funk Parade, Gallim Dance, Gargoye Tours, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Goin' Goin' Gone, Green Festival, Harrison Rec Center, Hollertown, Hunger Gatherer, In the Midnight Garden, Janet Echelman, Jelly Roll Mortals, Jennifer Angus, John Batiste and Stay Human, John Grade, John Waters, jujitsu, kennedy center, Lavagna, Leo Villareal, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson, Love They Name, Maetto, Maryland Film Festival, Matchbox, Maya Lin, Medium Rare, Metro, MICA Brown Center, Middle Fork, Milk Bar, mother's day, National Public Gardens Day, Nellies, New York City Master Chorale, Nooshi Sushi, Original Wailers, Oxymorons, Paige Cutrona, Paperhaus, Pineapple and Pearls, Port City Brewing, Rachel Weisz, Red Hook Lobster Truck, Renwich Gallery, Robert Baker, Running of the Chihuahuas, Rural Dog Rescue, Sapore, Slate Wine Bar, Sly 45, Sol Mexican, Souk, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Sweet Lobby, Taste of 8th, Terence Davies, The Deep Blue Sea, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Wharf, Timber Pizza, Tom Hiddleston, Tower Climbs, Trouble Funk, Tudor Place, U Street Corridor, velvet lounge, VinoFest, volume, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington National Cathedral, Waters Museum, weekend guide, Wonder, Yards Park, yoga, Young Kwang Yoo
Mother’s Day Weekend Events in the DMV Here’s hoping that Friday’s rain goes away for a weekend filled with fun things to do outside and a sunny Mother’s Day. But if it doesn’t, there are plenty of movies — both festivals and big-screen blockbusters with the opening
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A band performs at last year's Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival. (Photo: Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival)

Weekend Guide

29 Apr 2016
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Anacostia River, Arbor Day Fest, Arepa Zone, At the Lighting of hte Lamps, autographs, beatboxers, Bellamy Young, Big Cheese, Bitter Dose Combo, Book Hill, Bumper Jacksons, Calvary, cannons, Captain Cookie, Carmen’s Italian Ice, Charlie Brown, Chris Baker, Clinton Portus, Columbia Heights, concert, Culture Shock D.C., D.C. Empanadas, D.C. Slices, dance crews, dancers, Darryl Grant, Dexter Manley, Dori Freeman, Draft Day Party, Dupont Underground, face painting, family tent, FedEx Field, Forlorn Strangers, Freddie Dunn Trio, Funk Academy, Future Shock D.C., General Lafayette, Georgetown French Market, Goodie's Frozen Custard, Herb & Hanson, Hou de Sousa, jam tent, Jonny Grave. Oh He Dead, Josh Doctson, Josh Norman, juggling, Julian Wachner, kennedy center, Kingman Island, Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival, Kingman Lagoon, Lady Washington, Laissez Foure, Lauren White Band, Lisner Auditorium, Living Classrooms, locker room, Magic Giant, Mary Alouette and the Crew, mime, Miss Shevughn & Yuma Wray, Mount Vernon, National Arboretum, National Building Museum, National Herb Garden, Paris, Parisian Spring, Phunktions, Pierre Garcon, Preston Smith, Raise/Raze, rappers, re-enactments, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Redskins cheerleaders, Redskins drumline, Requiem of Maurice Durufle, Revolutionary War Weekend, RFK Stadium, Rich Millot, Ricky Jean Francois, Rose Moraes Trio, Rubenstein Family Organ, Running of the Chihuahuas, Santana Moss, Scandal, screen printing, Sloppy Mama’s, Sly 45, Sol Mexican, South Meets East, Spirit Family Reunion, spoken word, Staint-Ettienne-du-Mont Church, Sundress Fest, Super Bowl trophy, Swing Guitars D.C., Swizzler, The Beach, The Woodshedders, Thierry Escaich, unicyclist, Washington Chorus, Washington National Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls, Washington Redskins, Washington Youth Garden, weekend guide, Wonderland Ballroom, youth muster
10 Things to Do in the DMV This Weekend Unfortunately the weather forecast calls for drizzle and a high of only 59 degrees on Friday, cloudy and a high of 63 degrees on Saturday and a high of 73 degrees on Sunday, but a 60 percent chance of thundershowers. But if you are able to
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Visitors to the National Harbor Wine & Food Festival on the piers in 2013. (Photo: Trigger Agency)

Weekend Guide

22 Apr 2016
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AMC Mazza Gallerie, Anacostia Water shed Society, Antietam National Battlefield, BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse, Bobby McKey's, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dunn, Danny Lee, Del Campo, E Street Cinema, Earth Day Cleanup and Celebration, Ella Fitzgerald, Filmfest D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, Fort McHenry, Funk Parade, Granite City Food and Brewery, Gravitas, Great Falls, Happy Birthday Ella, Harpers Ferry, Jazz Appreciation Month, Jennifer Carroll, Judith Varga, kennedy center, Kwame Onwuachi, Manassas National Battlefield, Mandu, Mason Dixie Biscuit Co., Matt Baker, Mea Rhee, Metro, Michael Heilman, Millennium Stage, Montgomery County, My Internship in Canada, Namu Cho, Nando’s Peri Peri, National Building Museum, National Harbor, National Harbor Wine & Food Festival, National Park Service, National Park Week, Nickle Shakespeare Girls, Old Rag, Philippe Faldardeau, Prince George's County, Reduced Shakespeare Co., Requin, RFK Stadium, Rise Band, Scott Drewno, Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration, Shaw Bijou, Shenandoah National Park, Smithsonian Craft Show, Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Ensemble, Smithsonian's American Art Museum, Target Family Night, The Source, track work, U.S. Army Fife and Drum Corps, Victor Albisu, weekend guide, WETA Classical Players, William Shakespeare
Celebrate Earth Day or a Birthday ` It is Earth Day weekend and there are plenty of opportunities to get outside and enjoy nature. You can help clean up the Anacostia River, visit a national park for free or sip wine along the Potomac. You can also help celebrate El
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