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Drummers perform outside the Japanese Embassy. (Photo: Cultural Tourism D.C.)

Weekend Guide

May the Fourth Be with You This Weekend May the Fourth be with you this weekend as you celebrate Cinco de Mayo and partake in other activities around the DMV. (Look here for a listing of bar and restaurant celebrations.) Temperatures are forecast for the low-70s to low-80s
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Children getting ready to go canoeing on the Anacostia River. (Photo: 11th Street Bridge Park)

Weekend Guide

Get Out Hopping This Easter Weekend It is Easter weekend, and the weather isn’t cooperating with rain forecast all weekend. Temperatures are expected to be in the low 60s on Saturday and low 70s on Sunday. Hopefully the morning showers on Saturday won’t dampen the free Easter egg
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Marchers going past the National Archives dressed in green t-shirts pull three cherry blossom balloons. (Photo: National Cherry Blossom Festival)

Weekend Guide

Cherry Blossom Festival Calls It a Wrap It is the weekend before Easter and the last weekend of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. This weekend you can take in not just the National Cherry Blossom Parade, but also the D.C. Emancipation Day parade one after the other on
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