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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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Ice skating returns to Canal Park on Friday for the season. (Photo: Canal Park)

Weekend Guide

13 Nov 2015
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10th Anniversary Gala, AFI Silver, Atlantic Plumbing Building, Barry Louis Polisar, Bullfrog Bagels, Bulls Bay Saltworks, Canal Park, Cider Week Virginia, Commemorate and Celebrate Freedom, Dan Steinhilber, Daniel O'Connell's Restaurant and Bar, Dock 5, Emporiyum, End of Season Party, fashion fights poverty, French Embassy, Hillwood Museum, ice rink, Ice skating, Indigo Landing, International Spy Museum, Internet Cat Video Festival, Jim Sanborn, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Joyce J. Scott, kennedy center, Kinderhook, Maketto, Mast Brothers, Metro, Milk Bar, Museum Shop Around, National Building Museum, National Geographic Museum, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of Women in the Arts, NoMa, Phillips Collection, Preludes and Fugue, Renwick Gallery, Runningbyrd Tea, Rustico Restaurant & Bar, Sfoglini Pasta hop, Smithsonian, Strathmore, Swizzler Gourmet Hot Dogs, Taco Bamba, Timber Pizza, Twyla Tharp, Twyla Tharp 50th Anniversary Tour, union market, Washington Produced Artits, Washington Project for the Arts, weekend guide, Whisked!, William Christenberry, Wonder, Wunder Garten, Yowzie
11 Things to Do This Weekend in the DMV Thanksgiving is almost upon up, and holiday events are in full swing. Here are some things to do from ice skating at Canal Park to visiting the reopened Renwick Gallery to fill your weekend. Metro is planning construction on all six subway
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Harley Newman will be one of the side show act performing at Side Yards on Saturday. (Photo: Circus of Wonders)

Weekend Guide

06 Nov 2015
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100 Montaditos, 1989, Abraham Lincoln, Alan Arkin, Alexandria Film Fetival, AMC Hoffman 22, American Sokol Washington D.C., Ariel Rechtshaid, Beatley Central Library, burlesque, Carly Rae Jepsen, carnival, Cava Mezze Grill, Circus of Wonders, Del Frisco's Grille, Dev Hynes, Diane Keaton, DJ Adrian Loving, DJ JD Samon, Embassy of the Slovak Republic, Emotion, Fillmore, former Spanish Ambassador's Residence, Fort McNair, Fotoweek D.C., glass ornaments, Grant Hall, Harley Newman, Holiday Market, John Goodman, Justin James, Love the Coopers, Metro, Neighborhood Restaurant Group, Novemberfest, Rostam Batmanglij, Rustico, Side Yard, TaKorean, Taylor Swift, Vampire Weekend, weekend guide, Yards Park
7 Things to Do This Weekend in the DMV Although temperatures are going to be summer-like on Friday, it won’t be on Saturday and Sunday with highs only 62 on Saturday and 57 on Sunday. Luckily there are plenty of things to do inside – and a few outside – this weekend. There will
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The Sonci Transducers visit D.C. Brau's brewery. (Photo: D.C. Brau)

Weekend Guide

30 Oct 2015
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Artomatic, Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market, bar hop, Bar Louie, Bluejacket Brewery, Brookland Farmers Market, Brookland Pint, Cevinyon, Chesley Vegetable Farms, Chi-Cha Lounge, City Tap House, costume contest, day of the dead, Daylight Saving Time, DC Brau, Dirty Bar, Dirty Martini, DJ Kidd Cannibal, dupont circle, E Street Cinema, Edward Scissorshands, El Dia de Los Muertos, Exchange, Fado Irish Pub, Fall Frolic, gallery place, Glen Echo Park, Green Turtle, Gryphon, halloween, Halsa, Haunted Halloween Bash, Hyattsville, Irish Whiskey, James Hoban's, Jeff Simmermon, Johnny Depp, Kelly's Irish Pub, kennedy center, Lost Society, Mess Hall, Monroe Street Market, Moth StorySlam, National Museum of the American Indian, Nightmare on M Street, Ping Pong Dim Sum, Pleitez Produce, Potbelly, RFD, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Salty Dog Tavern, Scary League, Shrake, Sign of the Whale, Sonic Transducers, Story League, Sudhouse, Terrace Thatre, Trick-or-Treat, U Street Corridor, weekend guide
Ghoulish Activities for Your Halloween Halloween is Saturday, and the bewitching hour has begun. There are plenty of Halloween activities to fill your weekend from friendly-friendly events to those your should leave the kids at home for. Metro will be working on all six lines
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Zombies will take over the streets of Silver Spring on Saturday. (Photo: Visit Montgomery)

Weekend Guide

23 Oct 2015
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14th Street Bridge, AFI Silver, Arlington National Cemetery, B Chord, Barcelona Restaurant & Wine Bar, Barnhouse, Belly Love, Beltway, Blue Ridge Kettle Korn, Boo at the Zoo, Bradley Coal Mine, Bradley Farm Haunted House, Brew LoCo, Bryan Voltaggio, Buffalo Wing Factory, Cactus Cantina, Capital Eagle, Cathedral Commons, Cathedral Height Fall festival & Craft Beer Showcase, Chritina Tosi, CityCenterDC, Columbia Heights, Congressional Cemetery, Corcoran, Crooked Run, Cured, David Gaus, day of the dead, Deluxe Café, Dirt Farm, Dracula, droit Theory, Eat the Rich, European Union, Frankenstein, Giada De Laurentis, Giant Foods, Grilled Oyster Co., Halloween on Screen, Herndon-REston FISH, Hops and Nut, Hotel Monaco, Jackies, Jailbreak Brewery, Kids Euro Festival, Lenny Burridge, LoCo Brewfest, Lost Rhino, Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Loudoun Brewing Co., Loudun County, Mad Horse, Marine Corps Marathon, Marine Corps War Memorial, Mario Orsini, McDowell’s Brew Kitchen, Mercy Creek, Metro, Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show, Michael Symon, Milk Bar, Monk's BBQ, National Mall, National Zoo, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, Ocelot, Old 690, Old Ox, pumpkin carving contest, PureBarre, Quattro Goombas, Raku, Red Derby, Route 110, Shaw, Silver Spring Zombie Walk, Smithsonaian, Soul Stroll, The Franklin Project, The Remainders, The Washington Ballet, tidal basin, Verizon Center, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington International Horse Show, weekend guide
Halloween Activities Arrive in the DMV Halloween may be next weekend, but there are many Halloween events going on this weekend including haunted houses, cemetery tours, Boo at the Zoo, a zombie walk and pumpkin carving contests. There are also a few fall festivals going on and
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The Takoma Park Street Festival will fill Carroll Avenue in Takoma Park to Carroll Street in Takoma. (Photo: Julie Wiatt)

Weekend Guide

16 Oct 2015
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9:30 club, American Field Pop-Up Market, Arts Walk, Ball and Buck, Banned in D.C., Beatles, Best of Brookland, Bethesd, bethesda row, Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Brookland Pint, Brookland’s Finest, Busboys and Poets, Capital City Cheesecake, Colonel Josh, Crawdaddies, Cynthia Connolly, D.C. Bike Party, D.C. Punk Underground, D.C. Space, David Young, dupont circle, Eirinn Abu, Evolve, Family Day, General Knot & Co., Georgetown Park, Halloween Ride and After Party, Halsa, Janet Spahr, Jazz Lobsters, Jerry Pinkney, Julie Mack, Justin Trawick, Kin Da, la Mano Coffee Bar, Lansburgh Center, Lonestar Beefhouse, Low Counts, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Matt Miskie, Menomale, Middle Earth Studio, Middle East Cuisine, Monroe Street Market, Montgomery College, montgomery county fairgrounds, Mr Gabe, Narragansett Beer, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of American History, Oscar's Eye, Pablo Antonio y la Firma, Pizza, Randolph Engineering, Republic, Rick Whitehead Duo, Robbie Schaefer, Roscoe's Pizzeria, Seth Kibel, Smith Public Trust, Smithsonian, Sound Bike D.C., South Rail, Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, supervillian, Takoma Park Street Festival, Takoma Station Tavern, The Art of John Lennon, The Drew Drop Inn, The Olive Lounge, Todd Baker & Andrew Brown, Tysons Corner, Tysons Corner Center, Verny Varela, weekend guide, World of Montgomery Festival
Fall Events Fill Weekend 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 Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Gaithersburg, The Art of John Lennon in Tysons Corner, the American Field Pop-Up
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D.C. Dead opens at the Anacostia Playhouse through Halloween. (Photo: D.C. Dead)D.C. Dead opens at the Anacostia Playhouse through Halloween. (Photo: D.C. Dead)

Weekend Guide

09 Oct 2015
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Adam's Morgan, American University Museum, Anacostia Playhouse, Art on the Avenue, Artist’s Proof, BadWolf Brewing, baklava, Baltimore Beer Week, Black Squirrel, Boat Home Tour, Bruce in the USA, Capital City Brewing, charm City Chug Run, Columbus Day, Crooked Run Brewing, Cross MacKenzie, Das Best Oktoberfest, DC Dead: Mutation, Del Ray, Do the Loop, dolmades, Fairfax Fall Festival, Fall Fest, finikia, Gangplank Marina, Greek Festival, Greenbelt Rhythm and Drum Festival, Heritage, kataifi, Lost Highway Band, loukomades, M&T Bank Stadium, Manassas, Maurine Littleton Gallery, Metro, Mid-Atlantic Oktoberfest, moussaka, Neptune Fine Art, Ornery, Pastistio, Robert Brown Gallery, Roosevelt Center, Shirllington, Smashing Pumpkin Beer Fest, souvlaki, spanakopita, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Sugarwalls, Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Taste of D.C., the Kreeger Museum and Dumbarton Oaks Museum as well as Addison Ripley Fine Art, Tin Cannon, Washington Channel, Washington Printmakers, weekend guide, White Ford Bronco, zombies
Plenty of Fall Fun on Tap This Weekend This weekend’s weather is supposed to be better than last weekend’s cold, rainy weather and many of last weekend’s activities are on this weekend. Plus, there are plenty of fall festivals and activities to fill your long Columbus Day
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