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The Downtown Holiday Market in Penn Quarter features more than 150 vendors. (Photo: Downtown Holiday Market)

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Two D.C. business improvement districts (BID) will hold dueling holiday markets this Christmas -- one in Dupont Circle and the other in Penn Quarter.

Six Flags American is decorated with millions of lights for Christmas and is open weekends through Jan. 2. (Photo: Six Flags America)

Holiday Happenings

30 Nov 2017

Mark Heckathorn

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3-D video, A Christmas Carol, Bazaar, bitterroot, Brookside Gardens, Bull Run Festival of Lights, Bull Run Regional Park, burberry, Cadillac Ranch, centerville, Chanukah, christmas, Christmas at Mount Vernon, Church of Jesus Christs of Latter-Day Saints, CityCenterDC, Columbia, concert, Coney Island Hot Dog Stand, Corn Palace, Craig Walace, creeches, DBGB Kitchen and Bar, Dean Cain, Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House, Downtown Holiday Market, Dreidelman & the Macabees, dreidels, Ebenezer Scrooge, Ellipse, Engelmann Spruce, Ferragamo, Festival of Lights, Ford's Theatre, Gaithersburg, Garden of Lights, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, George Washington, Georgetown Glow, gucci, Hermes, Holiday in the Park, holiday spirit, Howard County General Hospital, ICE!, igloo, JD Ireland Interior Architecture + Design, John W. McCormack, Joseph Ireland, kathy Lee Gifford, Kensington, Kootenai National Forest, laster light show, latkes, light displays, Light Yards, Louis Vuitton, Lucky the Elephant, Manheim Steamroller, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Meadowlark's Winter Walk of Lights, Merriweather Park, Montanna, Mount Vernon, National Christmas Tree, National Harbor, National Menorah, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Portrait Gallery, National Zoo, North Pole, Nutcracker, orchids, Palmer Alley, Pathway of Peace, Penn Quarter, poinsettia, reindeer, Roadside Attractions, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Season's Greenings, Seneca Creek State Park, Six Flags America, Smithsonian American Ar Museum, snowflakes, star, Symphony of LIghts, Symphony Woods, Tchaikovsky, Teddy Bear Land, The Beach Boys, The Park at CityCenter, U.S. Capitol, U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Navy Band, United States Air Force Band, United States Botanic Garden, Victorian Village, Vienna, Warner Theatre, Washington Ballet, Washington Harbour, Washington Monument, Wheaton, Winter Lights Festival, Winter Woods, Wynonna, Yards Park, Zoolights

Get Into the Spirit with These Holiday Events Christmas and Chanukah, which begins Dec. 12, are just around the corner. To get you in the holiday spirit, we have put together a list of some holiday light displays and events in the DMV. Most are free, although not all. The

EU embassies open house day at Austrian embassy in Washington on May 10, 2014. Photo by Yuri Gripas

Weekend Guide

12 May 2017

Mark Heckathorn

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2o miles, 9/11 to Now, Ada's Kitchen on Wheels, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Architecture of an Aslyum: St. Elizabeths 1852-2017, arena stage, Borinquen Lunch Box, Capital Crab Company, Chirst Church, D.C. Bike Ride, DAR Constitution Hall, Deborah O'Grady, DJ Biz Markie, DJ Smudge, Dom Flemons, Down These Mean Streets: Community and place in Urban Photography, eclipse, European Union, European Union Embassies' Open House, Everything's Alright, Finish Festival, Folger Tehatre, France, Frank Espada, Frank Sulivan & Dirty Kitchen, Frederic Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism, From the Canyons to the Stars, GALA Hispanci Theatre, Georgetown Garden Tour, Germany, Goodies Frozen Custard & Treats, Green Festival Expo, Hiram Maristany, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, I Don't Know How to Love Him, Ian Merrill Peakes, In the Heights, Jeff from Accounting, Jesus Christ Superstar, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, kennedy center, King Lear, Kingman Island, Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival, MacBeth, Manuel Acevedo, Metro, mirror rooms, mother's day, National Air and Space Museum, National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, National Building Museum, National Gallery of Art, National Museum of American History, National Parks, National Portrait Gallery, Nearly Lear, Oiveier Messiaen, Oscar Castillo, Passport D.C., Pennsylvania Avenue, Poland, Rocklands BBQ, SafeTrack, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Shortcut to Europe, Sidney Harman Hall, Signatoure Theatre, Smart People, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Space Day, Susanna Hamnett, The Faces of Battle: Americas at War, The First Lady of Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald at 100, The Woodshedders, Tim Rice, Timon of Athens, Town Mountain, Tudor Place, U.S. Airforce Band, U.S. National Arboretum, United Kingdom, Urban Poutine, Utah, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington Area Bicyclist Association, Washington Performing Arts, weekend guide, World Bonsai Day Festival, Wst Potomac Park, Wunder Garten, yayoi Kasuma, Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors

Treat Mom to Some Fun This Weekend The weekend will start out a bit chilly with temperatures in the upper 50s Friday and Saturday but finish in the low 70s on Sunday. The forecasts also calls for rain Friday night and Saturday morning, but a mostly sunny Sunday, just in time for

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