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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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Have a haunting good time this Halloween weekend. (Photo: BPC Block Party)

Weekend Guide

31 Oct 2014
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AFI Silver Theater, Alba Osteria, Alice in Wonderland, Bardo Brewpub, Beetlejuice, Bicycle Space, Boorito, chipotle, Clark's Elioak Farm, Clarkland Farm, Czech Christmas Market, Dark Shadows, daylight savings time, Denizens Brewing Co., dog costume contest, dog parade, EcoFriendly Foods, Ed Wood, Ellicott City, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Fall Festival, Fear at the Freer, film festival, Frankenweenie, Freer Gallery of Art, grave yards, halloween, hand rolls, inside/out rolls, K Street Farm, Kaz Okochi, Masa 14, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Night of the Bicycling Dead, OurCity, Pumpkin Chucking, Reagan Building, Ringu, Silver Spring, Sleepy Hallow, Sol Roots Trio, Southern Baptist Church choir, Sunday Sushi School, The Corpse Bride, Tim Burton, Vincent, Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Yards Park
Spooky Fun on Tap for Halloween Weekend It’s Halloween and there will be parties galore tonight in the DMV. Most bars and clubs will be having spooky specials to celebrate All Hallows Eve. Then on Saturday, you can take your jack-o’-lanterns to Ellicott City and chuck them from a
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DC USA in Columbia Heights is a three-story shopping center across from a metro station. (Photo: Streets of Washington)

City Shopping

29 Oct 2014
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antique stores, boutiques, capitol hill, Columbia Heights, d.c., DC USA, dupont circle, Eastern Market, gallery place, georgetown, Penn Quarter, shopping guide
D.C. Shopping Guide for City Newcomers One of the first things newcomers to a city want to know is where the best shopping venues are. Whether you seek those everyday necessities or occasional luxuries, a good range of shopping malls bring life to a city, and that is most
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Silver Spring's Zombie Walk and dance will happen Saturday night. (Photo: The Spider Hill/Flickr)

Weekend Guide

24 Oct 2014
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17th Street NW, AFI Silver Theatre, AIDS Walk Washington, Arlington, autumn, Butler's Orchard, Cobalt, Craft 2 Wear, DC Central Kitchen, Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead, Downtown Silver Spring, fall, Fall Frolic, Fashion Yards, Fillmore, Freedom Plaza, Germantown, Gladys Knight, Glen Echo Park, halloween, Harvest Festival, High Heel Race, Jason Derulo, Marine Corps Marathon, National Building Museum, National Geographic Museum, Nicecream Factory, Pumpkin Festival, Sliver Spring Zombie Walk, Susan Sanders, sweetgreen, Walk to End HIV, Warner Theatre, weekend guide, Whitman-Walker Health, Yards Park, Zombie Dance Party
Pumpkin Festival, Zombie Walk on Tap Fall is in the DMV in full force with leaves turning yellows and orange, and starting to fill our yards. With only a week until Halloween, there’s plenty of holiday events from a Pumpkin Festival at Butler’s Orchards in Germantown and a Zombie
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Britian's Topshop opened its first DMV store at the new mall. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

Springfield Town Center

20 Oct 2014
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Bath & Body Works, chipotle, Chuy's, Dave & Buster's, Dick’s Sporting Goods, F&F, Finish Line. Panda Express, Forever 21, Francesca’s, h&m, Hairy Cuttery, Hard Times Cafe, J.Crew, JC Penney, Jeff McKay, Justice, Loft, macys, Maggiano's Little Italy, Michael Kors, Mitchell Schear, Nando’s Peri Peri, New York & Co., Nordstrom Rack, Olive Vine Gourmet, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Pholicious, pink, Pizza, Rack Room Shoes, Regal Cinema, Sarku, Sephora, Sleep Number, Springfield Mall, Springfield Town Center, SuiteBlanco, Target, Teavana, Topshop, Torrid, Uniqlo, Victoria's Secret, Vornado/Charles E. Smith, White House/Black House, Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill, Yard House, Zinburger
Mall Opens with Topshop, Other New Stores The renovated Springfield Town Center in Springfield, Va. opened Oct. 17 after about two years. Hundreds of people began gathering at 4 a.m. for the 10 a.m. opening to get a peek inside the new shopping center that cost a reported $250
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190 juried artists will turn Bethesda Row into an outdoor gallery this weekend. (Photo: Bethesda Now)

Weekend Guide

17 Oct 2014
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At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection, Ballou, Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Block Party, Buffalo Billiards, Burke Theatre, chinatown, D.C. Mimosa March, Days of Endless Time, Decades of Docs in Our City, dupont circle, Eastern Market, Gordon Bunshaft, halloween, Hirshhorn After Hours, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Irish Whiskey, Madhatter, Maggiano's Little Italy, Rushmore, Science Club, Springfield Town Center, The Front Page, The Gryphon, The Lot at Atlantic Plumbing, Toasted D.C. Wedding Expo, Transcending Surgeon, U.S. Naval Heritage Center, Union Kitchen, Union Market Fall Drive-In, weekend guide, Zola Jesus
Fall May Be Here, But There’s Plenty on Tap It may be autumn in the DMV, but there are still many events to fill your weekend. If you don’t see anything below, there are several farms to go pumpkin picking and haunted houses and fields are starting to open up for their annual
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The drive-in returns to Union Market this month with Rushmore tonight. (Photo: Union Market)

Weekend Guide

10 Oct 2014
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11th Street, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Addams Family, AFI Silver Theater, Afterimages, Alewerks Brewing Co., Andrew Bucket, army ten-miler, Autumn Spectacular, Ben's Chili Bowl, Call Girl of Cthulhu, Capital Area Food Bank, Champion Brewing Co., Clarendon, Columbia Heights, Columbia Heights Day, Columbus Day, Courthouse Arts & Craft Beer Festival, Crooked Run Brewing, D.C. Music Download, D.C. Rollergirls, Edward Scissorhands, ET: The Extra Terrestrial, Exists, Fairfax Fall Festival, Fall Drive-In, Founders Brewing Co., George Mason University, Ghostbusters, Guitars Not Guns, Harriet Tubman Elementary School, howard theatre, Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Lowercase Letters, Monsters University, National Coming Out Day, Park Road, Pennsylvania Avenue, pentagon, Pete Cahall, Pierce Mill, Port City Brewing Co., Raise Your City, Reel Independent Film Extravaganza, Remember the Titans, Rock Creek Park, Rushmore, Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival, Suburban Gothic, Taste of D.C., Teen Mom, Teenage Ghost Punk, The Babadook, The Bone Garden, The Sea Life, Timber Pizza Col., Typefighter, union market, West End Cinema, Wild Woof Brewing Co., Wilson High School
Festivals Fill This Fall Weekend It’s Columbus Day weekend and many people – especially government workers – will have a long weekend. It’s a perfect time to celebrate with a festival and the DMV has plenty to choose from – film festivals, arts festivals, food festivals,
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