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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

Decorated boats sail in Alexandria Harbor last years. (Photo: R. Kennedy/ACVA)

Weekend Guide

05 Dec 2014
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Alexandria Holiday Boat Parade of Lights, Alexandria Marina, American Art Museum, American University, Bangkok Golden, chart House Restaurant, Donkey Kong, Filene Center, Game Lab, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Handel's Messiah, harbor, Herndon Holiday Arts & Crafts Show, holiday happenings, Holiday Sing-A-Long, House of Sweden, Indie Arcade, International Game Developers Association, kennedy center, Kogod Courtyard, Laos, Laotian restaurant, Lincoln Theatre, Logan Circle Holiday House Tour, MAGFest, Pac Man, Rockin' The Holidays, Rosslyn Holiday Market and Skyline Lighting Ceremony, Santa, Santa Lucia Procession, Seng Luangrath, Smithsonian Holiday Festival, star wars, Story League, Studio Theater, SWEA Washington D.C., Swedish Christmas Bazaar, Swedish Embassy, thai, thailand, Theater Lab, Thip Khao, Torpedo Factory, Tron, United States Marine Corps Band, Washington National Cathedral, weekend guide, wolf trap
Holiday Happenings Abound This Weekend With only 19 days til Christmas, there’s plenty of holiday events on tap to fill your weekend. If you aren’t out shopping, you can ring in the holiday season as Rosslyn lights up on Friday or Old Town at the Alexandria light up boat parade.
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ZooLights is open nightly from 5-9 p.m. except Christmas Day. (Photo: National Zoo)

Weekend Guide

29 Nov 2014
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A Very Electric Christmas, black friday, Cady's Alley Holiday Bazar, DC Brau, Del Rey, Downtown D.C. BID, Downtown Holiday Market, Gaithersburg, georgetown, holiday tree lightiing, Lightwire Theater, Made in D.C. Market Place, National Zoo, Old Town Alexandria, Penn Quarter, Reston Town Center, Seneca Creek State Park, singalong, Small Business Saturday, Strathmore, thanksgiving, weekend guide, Winter Lights Festival, Zoo Lights
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas It is Thanksgiving Weekend and that means many of you will be waiting in lines Black Friday and Small Business Saturday to get holiday bargains. But when you tire of the holiday shopping crowds, there are plenty of other things to do in
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ICE! is back at Gaylord National Resort with a Frosty the Snowman theme. (Photo: Gaylord National Resort)

Weekend Guide

21 Nov 2014
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Adam Savage, Allison Seymour, American Ballet Theatre, American Legion Post 177, Appelsin, Ballou High School Marching Band, Blue Duck Tavern, Christmas on the Potomac, City Market at ), D.C. Craft Beer Festival, Ddendyl, Discovery Channel, Fox 5, Freyju Hris, Frosty the Snowman, Frozen, Garrett Park Nursery School, Gaylord National Resort, GPNS Craft Fair, Historic Garrett Park Town Hall, Holiday Shops, holiday windows, ICE!, Icelandic Association of Washington D.C., Icelandic Christmas Bazaar, Jamie Hyneman, Junior League of Washington, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, Macys's, Mali Music, Misty Copeland, montgomery county fairgrounds, MythBusters: Behind the Myths, National Harbor, Newseum, Park Hyatt Masters of Food & Wine, Ryan LaRoche, Santa Claus, Scottie Dog Prize Hunt, Shaw, Spinx Club, Sugarloaf Craft Festival, The Nutcracker, The Voice, The Washington Ballet, Visit Alexandria, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington Performing Arts' Children of the Gospel Choir, weekend guide, What to Do with Thanksgiving Leftovers
Let the Holiday Festivities Begin With Thanksgiving on Thursday and Black Friday the day after, there are plenty of opportunities this weekend to get a jump on your holiday shopping. Also, Friday will be the first tree lighting of the season in the Shaw section of the city at
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Ice! returns to Gaylord National Resort this weekend with a Frosty the Snowman theme. (Photo: Gaylord National Resort)

Weekend Guide

14 Nov 2014
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American Festival Pops Orchestra, American University Museum - Katzen Arts Center, Astro Doughnuts, Audubon Naturalist Society, Baird Auditorium, Beyond Ballywood Film Festival, Bittermilk, Bluejacket, Brookside Gardens, Chantilly, Christmas on the Potomac, Christmas story, Crack Pie, Dulles Expo Center, East Side King, Emporiyum, Fifth Street Folly, Follain, Foundation for the National Archives, Frostbite Factory, Frosty the Snowman, Gaylord National Resort, George Mason University Center from the Arts, georgetown, Gilt City Warehouse Sale, Hanging on a Line, Herb Cottage at Washington National Cathedral, Hillwood Estate, ice skating rink, ICE!, International Spy Museum, Just Imagine! The Shop at Imagination Stage, Metro, momofuku, Montgomery County Historical Society, Museum and Gardens, Museum of Natural History, Museum Shop Around, National Building Museum, National Geographic Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Northern Virginia Christmas Market, President Lincoln's Cottage, Red Apron, Runningbyrd Tea, Santa, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Spike Gjerde, Strathmore, Supreme Court Historical Society, the College Park Aviation Museum, The Kennedy Center, The Phillips Collection, The Popcorn Gallery at Glen Echo Park, Thread, Toki Underground, union market, Washington Harbour, weekend guide, winter, Woodberry Kitchen
Winter Weather & Events Blow Into the DMV Although the calendar doesn’t yet say Winter, the temperatures this weekend does. Almost as if it was planned, Ice!, the gigantic ice show, opens at Gaylord National Resort this weekend and so does the ice skating rink at Washington
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The free Concert for Valor will take place on the National Mall on Veterans Day. (Image: HBO)

Weekend Guide

08 Nov 2014
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Alexandria Film Festival, Alton Brown, AMC Hoffman Center 22, Beatley Central Library, Berlin Wall, bruce springsteen, Carrie Underwood, Chase, Chopped, D.C. Beer Festival, Dave Groh, Dock 5, Edible Inevitable Tour, Eminem, FotoWeekDC, Goethe-Institut, HBO, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Jessie J, joe yonan, Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home, Marcus Samuelson, maya beiser, Meryl Street, Metallica, National Mall, Nationals Park, Newseum, polar vortex, Red Rooster, rihanna, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Starbucks, Steven Spielberg. Tom Hanks, Suzanne Vega, The Concert for Valor, the Zac Brown Band, Trash to Treasure craft fair, union market, Vertrans Day, Warner Theatre, washington post, Watkins Nature Center, weekend guide, Yoga with Nya
Enjoy Time Outside Before Cold Swoops In Long-range weather forecasts are calling for a polar vortex to hit the north-central part of the U.S. and then expand southward and eastward. Not only will it be brutally cold, the weather may linger well past the middle of the month. But
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Jo-Jo Valenzuela, honorary cocktail chair of the March of Dimes Signature Chefs Gala, mixes his Oyster Can You See cocktail. (Photo: Christopher Smith/DC on Heels)

March of Dimes

05 Nov 2014
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Aaron Joseph, Beefeater Gin, Ben Wiley, Bobby McKey's, Café St. Ex, Cava Mezze, Chef Geoff's, Christine Kim, Christopher Smith, City Tap House, D.C. Craft Bartenders Guild, Daikaya, Glendon Hartley, Graffiato, Gypsy Rose, Jamie MacBain, Jo-Jo Vanlenzela, march of dimes, Occidental Grill, Old Glory, Paul Taylor, Pernod Ricard, Plymouth Gin, Rhodeside Grill, Rico Wisner, Ris, Ritz-Carlton, Signature Chefs Gala, Tico, Wit and Wisdom
Bartenders Join Chefs at Signature Chefs If you don’t have your tickets to the annual March of Dimes Signature Chefs Gala, time is running out and tickets are almost sold out. Next Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton, 1150 22nd St. NW, 23 chefs and eight bartenders/mixologists will
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