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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

The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade will fill Constitution Avenue from the National Archives to the Washington Monument from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday. (Photo: National Cherry Blossom Festival)

Weekend Guide

15 Apr 2016
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AMC Mazza Gallerie, American Idol, America’s Got Talent, Anthony Lombardo, April Sampe, Arbor Day, Arepa Zone, Ballou High School Marching Band, Betty Cantrell, Be’la Dona, Bianca Ryan, Black Alley, Brookland, Capitol Riverfront, CapMac, Carnegie Library, Carol Burnett, Cherry Blast, Cochon 555, Coolidge Auditorium, D.C. Emancipation Day, D.C. Slices, Data Lords, E Street Cinema, Earth Day, Events D.C., Filmfest D.C., Filter Coffeehouse & Espresso Bar, Fort McHenry, Freedom Plaza, Goodie's Frozen Custard, Great Falls, Half Street Fairgrounds, Hamilton, Herndon High School Marching Band, Jennifer Carroll, Jersey Boys, Jonah Kim, Korean BBQ Taco Box, Lazro Arbos, Library of Congress, Loews Madison Hotel, Louis Goral, Manassas Battle Field, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Marjorie Meek-Bradley, Meghan Lindsey, Miss American, Monroe Street Farmers Market, National Cherry Blossom Festival parade, National Park Service, National Park Week, Nationals Park, Only Make Believe, Peruvian Brothers, Pittsburgh Rick's, plant sale, Raheem DeVaughn, Rare Essence, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Requin, Ripple, Roofers Unions, Rural Society, Sakura Matsuri Japanese street festival, Sang on Wheels, Sisaundra lewis, Strathmore, Sweet Honey in the Rock, The Big Cheese, The Bike Rack D.C., The Voice, Tiffany, Trouble Funk, Truckeroo, Tudor Place, Urban Poutine, USA Science and Engineering festival, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, weekend guide, Yona
National Cherry Blossom Festival Wraps Up Like the petals of the famous cherry blossom trees have already done, the National Cherry Blossom Festival comes to its end this weekend with the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade, the Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival and the
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The Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival features activities beginning at 1 p.m. and fireworks at 8:30 p.m. rain or shine. (Photo: National Cherry Blossom Festival)

Weekend Guide

08 Apr 2016
Mark Heckathorn
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10 Year Celebration, astronomers, Atlas Brew Works, beer-and-cider garden, Bethesda Art Walk, Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, Bethesda Urban Partnership, cherry Blossom Celebration, Cherry Blossom Chase, Cherry Blossom Princess, Consider It Done, D.C. Bike Party, D.C. Vote, David Grasso, dragon boats, dupont circle, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Explore the Universe Day, face painting, fireworks, food truck rally, fountain, Gallery B, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Gen OUT LGBTQ Youth Chorus, Hains Point, Home Rule Beer Launch, Home Rule IPL, House of Representatives, Japanese Stone Lantern Lighting Ceremony, Kasa hats, Koi windsocks, Makers' Mart Arts and Craft Show, Metro, Milk Cult, NASA, National Air and Space Museum, National Capital Region, National Cherry Blossom Festival, National Conference of State Societies, National Museum of Women in the Arts, National Park Service, NCSS, paper glider, paper-bag puppets, Phoebe Waterman Hass Public Observatory, planetarium, Rainbow Youth Alliance, Rock Creek Singers, RYA, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival, Studio B, taiko drummng, telescopes, The Chromatics, tidal basin, Titanic Memorial, Toho Koto Society of Washington D.C., Tunnel Vision, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, Washington Japanese Choral Society, Waverly Street Gallery, weekend guide
Fireworks Festival Highlights Weekend Peak bloom may be over, but the National cherry Blossom Festival is entering its second-to-last weekend with plenty of free events across the city, including the Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival and the SAAM Cherry Blossom celebrations
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Three hundred floating “paper boats” with colored LED lights will fill Inner Harbor's water between Piers 5 and 6. (Photo: Light City)

Weekend Guide

01 Apr 2016
Mark Heckathorn
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2016 Nuclear Summit, A Conversation with Gregory Peck, America’s Front Yard, America’s Got Talent, Annapolis Film Festival, Atlantic Plumbing, baltimore, Baltimore Aquarium, Barbara Kopple, blossom kite festival, Byamba, Capitol Improv, Cava Grill, Cecilia Peck, chanko-nabe, cheese and beer party, Cherry Blossom Freedom Walk, Cherry Blossom Rugby Tournament, Chesapeake Bay, Coldstream Homestead montebello, Columbus Center, Community Day, Daikaya Haikan, Dan Darwin, Dan Deacon, DuPont, Ekoji Buddhist Temple, Fred Gundry, FSK Auditorium, Greater Mondawmin, Gregory Peck, Hampden, Inner Harbor, International Pillow Fight Day, James Caan, Jeff Currier, Jonathan B. Jarvis, Karsa Farahani, Katsuya Fukushima, Keir Gilchrist, Kenichiro Sasae, Kwame Onwuachi, Light City, Light Yards, Linda Saffire, Little Italy, Logan Miller, Lyon Bakery, Maryland Hall Auditorium, Metro, Miami Marlins, Minnesota Twins, Mustang, nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, National Cherry Blossom Festival, National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, National Mall, National Park Service, National Portrait Gallery, Nationals Park, Nen Daiko drummers, Norman Mineta, Philly Wing Fry, Pier 5, Pier 6, pop-up, Power Plant, Reel Portraits, Right Proper Brewing Co., Ripe, Rokaku, Rosecroft Raceway, Shaw Bijou, Shay, Smithsonian Kite Festival, St. John’s College, Station North, Sumo-Sized Sunday Shaw, Sundance, SXSW, Takeshi, The Waiting, Ti White, To Kill a Mockingbird, Top Chef, Trevor White, Union Station, Washington Monument, Washington Nationals, weekend guide, Yama, Yards Park
Kites Fill D.C. Skies; Lights Fill Baltimore This weekend is a big one for the National Cherry Blossom Festival with the Blossom Kite Festival on the grounds of the Washington Monument on Saturday. But if you were a fan of Light Yards a few weeks ago at Yards Park, or missed it,
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Weekend Guide

25 Mar 2016
Janessa Jackson
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6821 Quintet, American University, Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Cinema Restaure, Cinematsui, Classical music, dance, Don't Block the Box Comedy Show, Drink the District Cherry Blossom Beer and Wine Festival, Easter Weekend, film, film festival, free events, free movies, free music, French film, George Washington University, Hillary Scofield, Japanese Culture Day, Japanese film, Julien Duvivier, Library of Congress, Madame Tussauds' wax museum, Millennium Stage, National Building Museum, National Cherry Blossom Festival, National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day, National Cherry Blossom Festival Pop Up Concert, National Cherry Blossom Hansel and Gretel, National Gallery of Art, Persona Non Grata, The Kennedy Center, The Plaza at CityCenter
A Blossoming Weekend in the DMV The cherry blossoms are here! Due to the uncharacteristically warm weather, peak bloom is here sooner than expected, but hey, we’re not going to complain about that! In celebration of the blooms, the National Cherry Blossom Festival is in
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Follow climber Rachel Pohl, mountaineer Conrad Anker and adventure photographer Max Lowe as they explore our most pristine parks in National Parks Adventure narrated by Robert Redford at 6:15 p.m. Sunday in the National Museum of Natural History's IMAX theater. (Photo: D.C. Environmental Film Festival)

Weekend Guide

18 Mar 2016
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A Ballerina's Tale, Ada's Kitchen on Wheels, American Ballet Theater, Angelika Pop-Up, Ann Porcella, Anna RG, annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Atlas Brew Works, Bethesda Film Fest, bethesda row, bingata, blossom kite festival, Bluegrass Jam, Boots Class & Sass, Charles Carroll House, cherry blossoms, Chop My Money, Cinematsuri, Conrad Anker, D.C. Cowboys, D.C. Environmental Film Festival, D.C. Square Dance Collective, dance, DMV Food Truck Association, E Street Cinema, Feelin' Crabby, Flying Colors, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, George Washington University Museum, Great American Square Dance Revival, Hecht Warehouse, I Am a Monk, imagination stage, In the Path of My Father, Ivy City, Japanese-American Society of Washington D.C., Junior League of Washington, karate, Kate Bretton, Kites of Asia, Lincoln Theater, Los Angeles Call of Prayer, Luchadoa, Maryland Day, Max Lowe, Metro, Misty Copeland, National Air and Space Museum, National Cherry Blossom Festival, National Cherry Blossom Festival parade, National Parks Adventure, Okinawa, Okinawa Matsuri Family Days, Omer Bayrakdar, origami, Persona Non Grata, RachelPohl, RaSeph Wright, River Finlay, Robert Redford, Robin N. Hamilton, Ronald Reagan Building, Sarah Gibson, Sia Wright, Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, Snow on the Blades, St. John’s College, St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, The Emporor in August, The Textile Museum, Theo Anthony, This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fanny Lou Hamer, Tossed & Found Rummage Sale, U.S. Naval Academy, union market, Washington Monument, weekend guide, Welcome to Hecht, Wiliam Paca House and Garden, Wright brothers
Cherry Blossom Festival Kicks Off This weekend marks the start of the National Cherry Blossom Festival from Sunday through Apr. 17. Currently, the National Park Service is predicting the blossoms will begin their peak bloom Mar. 23-24 if a cold spell this weekend doesn’t damage
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“Monument Watcher at Dusk” taken by photographer Bridget Murray Law is one of the winning photographs selected for the Exposed D.C. photography exhibit now on display at Carnegie Library. (Photo: Bridget Murray Law)

Weekend Guide

11 Mar 2016
Janessa Jackson
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1984, American Bred, Ava Chin, Bethesda Row Cinema, Boots Class and Sass, Carnegie Library, Castle in the Sky, College Park Aviation Museum, Culinary Historians of Washington DC, D.C. Indpendent Film Festival, Dreams Rewired, Driving While Black, Exposed DC, Film Screenings, Foraging History, free events, free music, Gadsby's Tavern Museum, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, George Orwell, Global-Phonic Music Festival, Japanese anime, Jean-Marc Barr, Kiki's Delivery Service, Koshland Science Museum, Landmark E Street Cinema, Lulacruza, Museum Day Live!, music performances, My Neighbor Tatoro, National Building Museum, National Gallery of Art, National Inventors Hall of Fame, National Museum of Women in the Arts, National Portrait Gallery, Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind, naval heritage center, photography, Riverdale House Museum, Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre, Satisfaction International Rolling Stones Show, Seriously Funny Shorts, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, Spirited Away, State Theatre, Studio Ghibli, Terrific Tiles, The Lincoln Theatre, The Rolling Stone, The Studio Ghibli Collection, VisArts Rockville
Celebrate the Arts This Weekend From singing to clogging, the arts are everywhere this weekend. For those who want to watch, catch opening night of George Orwell’s 1984 or take in a screening of a Japanese anime film. For those who want to do, sign-up for a tile painting
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